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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10

From the New York American.
 Has a Great Dane dog. owned by a German, any right to bite an Irishmap? This is a question upon which Supreme Court Justice Ford has reserved decision. There are side lights to the main ques- tion, but they are like froth upon the glass of Pilsner that the plaintiff was drinking at the time, part of the case, but irrelevant to the main fact.
 The man who was bitten is Peter H. Haegan. For assault by the Great Dane he has sued for 5000, which he asks Jacob Berger to pay. Heagan and Ber- ger differ politically. Whether they vote the same way on election day makes not the slightest difference.
 MT. Berger keeps saloon, termed by Mir. Heagan a gin mill, where beer is drawn from the wood Berger draws it and Heagan pays for what he gets It was while Heagan was slipping a glass of beer that the argument over politics became so hot that Berger decided to sacrifice finance to sentiment and ordered his customer out of the place. No man who has just paid for a glass of lager likes a saloonkeeper. who minute be- fore has asked what he will have, to be told to drink 1t and get out. And, be- sides, if saloon is not a place to drink beer and talk politics, what is it for7 | With a self-assertiveness that left no doubt of his manliness and his opinion of Berger, Reagan said he would remain. l Then it was, Heagan explained to the court, that he was double-crossed by Berger. Berger ceased addressing him in English and spoke rapidly in German. The dog, that had been catching flies and keeping persons with no visible means of support away from the free lunch, gave a bound toward Heagan. It is for the action of the dog that Reagan sues
 He declared in court that he knew the dog understood two languages. German of his nationality, he spoke Danish, or understood 1t. although he would not swear he ever heard the dog spoken to in Danish.
 Berger insisted that he did not address the dog in German and command him to make a meal of Heagan. He says while he spoke about something in German, the dog seized Heagan by the trousers and escorted him to the door.
 The animal he insisted, had heard Heagan refuse to leave the place and could not stand for the attitude he as- stunned in refusing to do it. It was his opinion that Heagan had made some re- marks about the dogs nationality which the animal, being sensitive. and having few relatives in this country, resented.
 The dog was not called as a witness, although the court interpreter was there in case he was called to see whether In hs few years in this country the dog had picked up any other languages than those that Reagan was certain he understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
LOOPING soLoMoN,s TEMPLE

From the New York World.
 The Turkish government is reported to take g. serious view of the alleged de- spoliation of the mosque Of Omar in Je- rusalem by an Anglo-American syndicate of excavators, and the incident promises to result in diplomatic complications.
 If it is true that the excavators have absconded, with sacred relics surreptitious- Iy obtained the indignation of the Turks is really understandable. What right a band of foreign archaeologists has to loot Soomons temple any more than to plunder St. Sophia itself Is not apparent. The explorations of western delivers in Asiatic dust heaps have sometimes given rise to belief that they were conducted on the theory of higher law of archaeo- logical treasure trove.
 If this company of explorers has re- covered Solomon's crown. sword and ring, together with an ancient manuscript of the Bible, 1t has enriched the modern world with a rare find" But even so, the relics belong to the Turks. It is not nowadays allowable to abstract them as the Parthenon marbles were abstrated One regrettable aspect of the affair is the affront to Mohammedan religious soruples, we'll known to be peculiarly sen- sitive to any proclamation of a sacred structure by a Frank, and in this case promising to intensity strained religious relations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
COTTON TIES IN THE SOUTH

From the Mobile Register. %
 Although ties are used in the south only, yet none are made in the south, unless 1t placed on the cotton bales are, as rule, made In the Pittsburg district and floated down to Memphis and Baton Rouge for distribution throughout the cotton belt. If 1t be true that the Helena mill is to be reopened for the purpose of making ties from billets turned out by the Southern Iron and Steel company it will show thaS the independents are entering this field. The duty at preesnt on ties is three-tenths of a cent pound, or about $s ton. If the free list bill should become . law this duty would be taken off, and the Helefa mill would make ties against the world on an even basis. The cost of making iron in this district is put by Mir. Underwood, who is in the iron trade, lat s7.5o a ton. and surely billets made from s7.5o iron can be proftably turned into ties at the very heart of the cotton belt. Birmingham Age-Herald.
 This is on the theory that if the. free listing of cotton ties forces the Helena mill to drop $ or s off the price. the natural thing far the Steel corporation to do will be to make the ties in Birmingham and save the freight. that is estimated at s a ton. It will be the same way with regard to the production of all other iron and steel articles that are used in tho south. The free list will inevitably build up BirminSham's industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
MAKING RUBIEs TO ORDER

From the New York World.
 Making big rubies out of little ones while you wait' is new industry intro- duced in Fifth avenue
 In a laboratory at the rear of show room, a little crowd gathered to witness what was announced to be the first at tempt in this country to produce artificial gems by fusion. A. J. Van Exen, Bel gian, was the manager of the undertake ing.
 First of all was shown a bottle of pink material said to be ruby powder, made by crushing small ruby particles. The pro- cess of manufacture, as displayed, was simple. The apparatus, called chalu- meau, Is an adaptation of the oxy-hydro- gen blow pipe.
 There were two small furnaces capable of producing enormous heat, each of which contained a retort The powder of natural stone was put into metal cup at the top of the retort and by means of electric tapping was forced through tiny sieve and blown by oxygen down a pipe, falling into a gas flame intensified to 12Oo degrees Fahrenheit. The modern particles dropped through the flame upon a point, where they gradually built up a white hot glowing cone. When cooled this showed itself to be what the manager called a ruby in the rough"
 MT. Van Exen said that 1t took about one hour to build up one of six carats. A record stone of 25 carats required IS hours of continuous watching.
 There was also an exhibition of the manufacture of sapphires, but these, 1t was explained, were merely synthetic, composed, not of sapphire particles, but of the chemical constituents of the senu- inc stone, aluminium, oxide of iron and oxide of titanium. Real Sapphire par ticles when fused lose their color, but the "synthetic' stones become deep blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
President Pro Fem. Gallinger

Senator Frye of Maine, who re- signed because of failing health the office of president pro tenn. of the Senate, is to be succeeded by Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. Both are regulars. Both belong to the old guard. Nine progressives refused to attend the caucus, and the four who did attend it took their medicine without a murmur.
 Senator Gallinger was born in Can ada, and at one time he was print CT. Later he became a physician, and later still politician. He has been a member of the Senate twenty years. He is regarded as fair man and per- haps the Senate has made as good a selection as it could have made from the ranks of the standpatters. The progressives desired the election of Senator Clapp of Minnesota, but in the republican caucus they were not strong enough to bring this about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
Change in Prohibition Sentiment

"The sentiment in Alabama regarding prohibition seems to be very different now from what 1t was the last time I was In this state-about three years ago." said Rufus T. Harrison of Phila- delphia.
 Tn 1908 had business interests that kept me In what Is called the wiregrass section for several months, and before returning east I spent a week or so in the northern part of Alabama. Prohi- bition politics had the state in great commotion. Prohibition was at fever heat, and half of the men I met struck me as fanatics. Many of them were as hysterical as women. All this excite ment had its effect on the legislature, and the lawmakers being swept off their feet passed statewide prohibit ton. If the leaders had been trained to high reflection they would have known that reaction would quickly set in. Re- action against extreme measures, es- pecially sumptuary measures, is as cer- tain almost as the rising and setting of the sun.
 T watched the situation In this state Wlln interest, ana was not SuTpflseu when I read of the overwhelming de- feat of constitutional prohibition in Mo- vember, 1909. I have been in Alabama two weeks on this trip and the few prohibitonists I meet are exceedingly mild hammered compared with those of three years ago. In visiting Mobile and Montgomery I found what appeared to be an overwhelming majority in favor of the establishment of saloons in those respective cities. and the few persons I have talked with here in Bir- mingham seem to be in favor of sa- looms.
 Everybody must admit that the abuse of liquor has been fearful in this country, and that total abstinence is the only safeguard. But no first-class statesman has ever advocated statutory prohibition. Abraham Lincoln spoke fiercely against prohibition, and I be- lieve Jefferson Davis is on record as having pronounced against it. Presi- dent Taft and all the other broad statesmen of the present time have written against prohibition. In 10 years from now the word will be almost for gotten"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
Be patient till the last
 Julius Caesar.
Chattanooga's Commission Govern
 ment


 The use of the injunction has proved ineffective as against the new commission elected by the city of Chattanooga. It has been dissolved, and the commission recently elected has taken charge of Chattanooga's municipal affairs. A board of five, headed by mayor, now has charge of the chief city of the Tennessee alley.
 The election of board of five Is a Ondication of the people, for Chat
 a does not contain five better
 those chosen by the people.
 ; can always be, trusted to bie and upright men, pro- vided sus oh mn will make the race. The disrSnclinaion of many men to enter pobbSullr scramble is the sole trouble in the way.
 The addition of Chattanooga to the list of commission towns in the south is gratifying, and the commission of that city can, by earnest efforts, rem der the new plan of municipal govern ment even more popular than it is now. The prospect is very good that all cities in the south in which the people are stronger than the machine will soon adopt the commission plan of government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10

date for the resignation would be very unwise, imparing as it would the prestige and authority of the nations chief" As the presence of the nations chief has filled the coun- try with discontent and revolution ists, it is difficult to see how a defi- nite resignation would make matters worse.
 The nearest he comes to any resig- nation is couched in those words :: "The president of the republic, who thus has the honor of addressing the Mexican people at these solemn mo- ments, will, let there be no doubt, re- tire from power when his conscience tells him that he can do so without giving over the country to anarchy, and he will then retire in the digni- fled manner which the nation has a right to expect, and to which ne nlm- self is entitled as a ruler who may have made many mistakes, but who has also fought in defense of his country and has served her with loyal devotion"
 This is certainly very indefinite and it remains to be seen whether the revo1utionists who are gaining strength daily will cease to demand the retirement of Diaz. The resig- nation he offers in his manifesto is altogether too vague and indefinite to satisfy the average revolutionist who has suffered many wrongs at the hands of the Diaz machine. The chances seem to be that that kind of resignation will not bring back peace. It is too airy, and the string tied to it is too apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
WANTED ODD MONUMENT
New Orleans Correspondent to New York
 World.

New Orleans Correspondent to New York
 World.
 Through the dark streets tomorrow morning a funeral procession will move, so timed as to arrive at the cemetery just at dawn, for a curious burial. Some time ago W. J. Dahoney, long the proprietor of an oyster saloon in Magnolia street, sent a sealed envelope to his friend, P. J. McMahon, an undertaken, with instruc- tIons that 1t be opened upon his death. The undertaken opened 1t today.
 "I want to be buried just at daybreak," :" wrote Dahoney. '"The coffin must be pur- pie. with holes bored in 1t. I want mo- body there but one man, the sexton. Let him shove the coffin in place and brick 1t In. Then on top want marble menag- erie placed as monument. I want a marble lion. tiger. dog. cat and a few other animals of stone.'
 ''Whatever he wants he shall have" said McMahon. Yes, he left the price,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIEss
ReyIynI of Pro.perItx

Now that the railroads are getting ready to place large orders for rails and equipment of all kinds. revival of pros perity is assured" said well-known and successful business man. with the Southern railway double-tracking from Chattanooga to Washington, the Louis- vile and Nashville railroad double-traek- ing from Birmingham to Louisville. to say nothing of other railroad work, there will be a brisk demand for rails.
 We have had very dull times for some weeks past, though the general condition of the country is healthy-it was never more so, but as predicted early in the year, the first six months of 1911 would witness inactivity in trade. traceable di- rectlys to national politics, and the big trust cases pending in the supreme court
 Tt was also predicted that beginning with July there would be a return of prosperity. I do not believe we will have to wait until July. Before the end of this month of May the industrial situation will improve, and 1t is safe to say that by the middle of June this district will be fairly booming Just as soon as the iron and steel business does start up every industry In the United States will follow.
 'The crop situation Is favorable. From all appearances we may look for bumper crops this summer. and the bigger the crops the bigger will be the industrial boom Croakers and pessimists will have to take back seats, for the optimists and the men who do things will be to the front"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
Passage of the Free List Bill

Under the firm and experienced hand of Floor Leader Underwood the House passed the Free List bill after rejecting S3 amendments. The final vote on the bill as originally drawn was 236 yeas and 109 nays. The ma jority of 127 was cast by the demo- crats voting solidly, reinforced by 24 republicans. This vote is a great tribute to Chairman Underwood, for largely upon his shoulders fell the task of drawing up bill that would keep the democrats together. We introduced this bill," he said recently, ito give the farmers cheaper agri- cultural implements and the city dwellers cheaper meats and bread. We could not go beyond that without endangering the revenues. We intend to take up in proper order all tariff rates and to adjust all of them."
 This is exactly what the democrats by a thousand campaign pledges made last summer and fall consid- cred themselves in honor bound to do, and the country begins to see that Speaker Clark and Chairman Under wood and their associates intend to make good those pledges in the best possible manner. The tariff is to be revised downward, keeping in mind at all times the need of revenue for gov ernmental uses.
 No one need trouble themselves over what the Senate or the Presi dent will do. If either or both get in the way of lower cost of living so much the worse for them. The coun- try wants lower prices for the neces- saries of life, and the party that can lessen the cost of living is the party that will be entrusted with power in the November election of next year. The democratic party is fulfilling its pledges. It is strongly led in the House of Representatives, and what has already been accomplished there is guarantee of still better work when the Aldrich tariff is taken up schedule by schedule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
Direct Election of Senators

The finance committee will not be ready tosfeport the reciprocity bill this week, and so the Senate is ex- pected to discuss the resolution for the direct election of senators. The House passed a resolution providing for the election of senators by the people and providing further that the states shall have control of the times, places and manner of holding such elections. The Senate judiciary com mittee has reported the House resolu- tion favorably, after voting down the Sutherland amendment.
 Senator Sutherland will again, no doubt, offer his amendment on the floor. He desires to take from the states control of direct elections for senators by giving to Congress all power except as to the places of choosing senators. Congress may not exercise this power, but then again it may do so if the Sutherland amendment is incorporated in the bill.
 No one expects Congress to inter- vene in this matter, and the clause is inserted in the hope it will keep south ern senators from voting for the reso- 1ution. Some would and some would not, and the best way is to organize against the Sutherland amendment. It is wholly unnecessary proposi- ton and it's appearance at the present time is misleading and uncalled for.
 The states controlled their own elections at all times down to 1866 when deadlock in New Jersey led to trial of congressional control. The law of 1866 was failure and it was soon repealed, and the states have ever since controlled their own elections. The Sutherland amend ment will probably lack votes when it next comes up in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
Resardius the College of Cardinals

ssF,rem time to time we read in the New York papers that two American cardi- nals will be created, but these rumors do not materialize," said a we'll informed layman.
 "One New York paper has stated at least once a year during the past 10 years that New York was about to have a car dinal. Some years ago when the papers were full of new cardinal stories the Baltimore Sun said editorially and by au- thority that so long as Cardinal Gibbons lived he would be the only cardinal in the United States-this being determined at the vatican as compliment to the be- loved Baltimore prelate. The college of cardinals is limited to 10, but there have been so many vacancies recently by death that the number living is. I believe, be- low 50, and many of the cardinals are too inflrm to attend consistory. In course of time the United States will have sev- eral cardinals no doubt, but it may be many. many years Pope Plus X is now 7s years of age. His health is feeble, and disquieting rumors are heard in Rome His holiness may not be great states man, but 8 more pious Pope never lived. He will go down into history with a great record for stimulating the faithful to greater devotion to the eucharist.
 This paragraph appears in one of the northern papers apropos of the Pope's health.
 There have been several happenings quite lately which are said to be looked upon, not only by the Pope, but even by those around him, as ominous. One of them is the death of Mgr. Angelini, the prelate intrusted with the duty of writing the Latin letters addressed by the pontiff to reigning sovereigns and to the princes of the church. Mgr. Angelini's predeces- sor in office died suddenly a few days previous to the demise of Leo XIII. Then. too, there is the killing of man through the fall ten days ago of a col umn In the ethnographic exhibition. the column bearing the heraldic representa- tion of Venice, the city of which Plus X was for so many years patriarch. and which he loves. to this day above all others in Italy, as his old home. There are other things, too, of no great impor- tance in themselves, but which neverthe- less tend to the depression of the holy father and to imbue him with the convic- ton that his reign is rapidly drawing to nloSe'o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
President Diaz's So-Called Resigna-


 President Diaz is not willing to re- sign at once because such an act would precipitate new election Awhile political passions are in effer- vescence and before order could be re-established throughout the re- public"
 This is just about no reason at all. If Diaz should resign Minister of Foreign Affairs De La Barra would succeed him, and an immediate cleo tion under De La Barra, who is trusted by both sides and who has few or no enemies, because he has been absent from the country serving as minister at Washington, would make for peace, whereas the presence of Diaz makes for war. Diaz is a Eource of friction. He inspires the insurrectionists to action. De La Barra would pacify them.
 Again Diaz says that to fix given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
THE LEGEND OF EVIL

By Rudyard Kipiing. This Is the sorrowful story
 Told when the twilight fails And the monkeys walk together
 Holding each others tails: "Our fathers lived in the forest
 Foolish people were they; They went down to the corn-land
 To teach the farmers to play. Our fathers frisked In the millet,
 Our fathers skipped in the wheat, Our fathers hung in the branches,
 Our fathers danced in the sstreet. ..Then came the terrible farmers.
 Nothing of play they knew. Only they caught our fathers
 And set them to labor, too! ..set them to work in the corn-land. < with blows and sickles and fails; Put them in mud-walled prisons,
 And cut off their beautiful tailsls "Now we can watch our fathers,
 Sullen and bowed and old, over the millet,
 Turning the stupid mould. Driving a foolish furrow,
 Mending a muddy yoke, Sleeping in mud-walled prisons,
 Sleeping their food in smoke. eve may not speak to our fathers.
 For if the farmers knew They would, drive us out of the foresa
 And set us to labor. toov' This Is the horrible story
 Told as the twilight falls. As the monkeys walk together NfN.'
 Holding each others tails-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
THE NEW BoARDER "GOT oNv

From the Mirror.
 When the new boarder went into tho dining room and 'sat down, there was only one other person at the table The new boarder had a kind heart and thought he would be affable.
 T s'pose you've boarded here for some time?" he said to the other man.
 'Yes, quite while"
 How Is 1t? Any good?'
 "Yes, pretty fair have no complaint to make"
 'Landlady treat you decent?"
 Well, perhaps I ought to- and then he hesitated.
 "Oh, never mind, old man. the new boarder said. That's all right. I'm on. But, say, maybe, you never tried chuck ing her under the chin once in a while That's the way to get on with 'em. I never had a landlady that didn't treat me Al yet. It's all in the way you ham de lem. see I'll bet I can live here for month on end without being asked for a shilling Watch me banter her when she comes in. Before this time to- morrow she'll be telling me her family history Poor old girl! She looks as if she'd had her troubles. Probably got tied to some John Henry, who was about man enough to shoo chickens out of the yard, and that's all. My names Smith. Let's see, havn't heard yours, have I?'
 Mono. I believe not. But 1t doesn't matter I'm just the landlady's husband" ]"