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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18


 is now mcarcerated as the other four | made bond.
 | Charley Ratclif, foreman of the Brigh- ton street gang. was arrested today by the Bessemer police on charge of con tempt of court and receiving stolen prop erty It is alleged that Ratliff did not | appear in court as witness after receiv- ing a summons to do so, and that he bought a set of harness from the negro against whom he was to testify. He made bond and his trial will come before Mayor Lewis tomorrow morning. s' Announcements Bessemer Lodge No. 45S, A. F. and A. M., will meet in regular communication Monday night.
 Woodman's Circle, Bessemer Grove No. P. will hold their weekly meeting Mon day night. The protracted meeting to be held at | the Methodist church at Walnut Grove station this week was opened this morn ing and the services will be at 10 o'clock in the morning and 30 o'clock in the evening daily. Rev. s. P. West of Brigh- ton and Rev. c. E. Boyd of Ensley are the ministers conducting the revival. Personals Miss Isabel Curry will leave Tuesday for Nashville Tenn. where she will en-
 ter Belmont college for the ensuing term
 Miss Bailey of Birmingham is the guest O. MT. and Mrs. J. L. Rarden and will
 remain until the early part of the week when she will leave for Tuscaloosa to enter school
 Robert Bumgardner of Jonesboro will | return to the University of Alabama in
 Tuscaloosa tomorrow. Briggs Alverson of Birmingham is the weekend guest of MT. and Mrs. Griffen P. Martin at their home in Jonesboro. MT. and Mrs. T. w. Woodward of
 Tupelo, Miss. are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. O. E. Randle at their home Miss Dorothy Huffman will return from a months visit to relatives in Memphis,
 Tenn, and Oxford, Miss, tomorrow. | Miss Bessie Gordon of the Brighton school faculty will be with Miss Milton West until the return of Mrs. Richard Williams, with whom she will be at home | this winter.
 l Miss Ninna Horn of the Brighton | school faculty will be. domiciled with Rev and Mrs. S. P. West of Brighton | for the winter.
 | Mrs. Cleve Huffman will leave this | week for Paddock. Ga, to visit relatives | for several weeks. | Mrs. Gray Huffman will be among the out of town visitors at the Tri-State | fair to be held next week in Memphis, and will be the guest of her sister while | in that city.
 | c. D. Scott was removed from the Rob- 1 inson hospital last evening to the home | of his uncle. pr. T. C. Donald, where he will remain until his complete recovery before returning to his home in Corey. Mrs. K. c. Wooten is rapidly improving after an operation for appendicitis per- formed at the Robinson hospital, where she was removed last night. Leon Williams of Gadsden Is the guest of J. E. Milton for today. J. o. Humphries. superintendent of the Republic mines at Reno and Gothite
 vas the guest of friends in this city today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18

LICE JOY. Undertaker. Phones 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
SHAW, tho undert.nsr. Phone. ,.

JOHNS Undertaking Co.,. Phones 100,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18

brought to the city jail where only one is now ncarcerated as the other four made bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18

] The liveiest time of the week and among police circles was furnished by five crap shooters discovered at Wood ward ore mines last night, wasting their substance, which had just been handed
 to them in pay envelope, on the flip of the dice. Right merrily did they call sizes or threes until Deputies smithson and Parker interrupted. They were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18

All children attending the opening of the Bessemer public schools tomorrow morning are requested to be on hand al S:45 o'clock with their promotion cards in order to facilitate the class organiza- tion and report to the grades to which they have been promoted. The pupils advanced to the seventh afd high school grades will report to the high school for enrolment and book lists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

ed to pardon, Charles w. Morse of Now York, and John o. Walsh of Chicago, were parallel in many re- spects Both were convicted of ir- regularities in the use of bank funds which they controlled. Each rose from poverty and obscurity to a posi- tion of tremendous power in financial affairs
 The downfall of Morse followed the panic of 1907, during which he failed to produce S5O0,000 demanded by the New York Clearing House. Morse then owned the National Bank of North America, controlled twelve other banks, owned six steamship lines, a telephone company and had just re- tired from the control of the ice mo- nopoly of New York and vicinity. He was convicted of nisappropriation of funds and owed $T 100000. He was confined in the Tombs but was al- lowed to visit his office to transact his business and succeeded in paving $5.000,000 on his indebtedness.
 On January 3. 1910, he went to At lanta penitentiary for a term of 15 years. His wife began a fight for his liberty which eliminated in a monster petition for his pardon being presented to President Taft
 The failure. in 1905, of Walsh's Chi cago banks resulted in his indictment in January, 1907 He was convicted on 54 counts in January. 1908. and on MGrcn 13 1908, began a five year term at the Leavenworth penitentiary. He Is more than 70 years old and pardon is asked that hes may not die in pris- on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
Taft Denies Pardon To Convicted Bankers
 Walsh And Morse
President Declares They Grossly Misused Trust and Deserve no More Clemency Than Poor Criminals

Washington, May 25-President Taft, has denied the application for clemen- cy in the cases of Charles w. Morse and John R. Walsh, the convicted bankers who are now serving peniten- tiary terms at Atlanta and Leaven- worth
 Announcement of this action was made at the White House late yester- day afternoon, following an extended conference between the President and Attorney General Wickersham. The President points out that in September Walsh will be eligible to parole and he extends permission to Morse to re- new his application after Jan. i, 1913 He intimates that the ten months spent by Morse in the Tombs Prison in New Yorh city will be considered then in the appeal for reduction of sentence.
 In a rather extended opinion on each application the President goes into the merits of the case and explains the ground for his action. He holds that each man was guilty of gross misuse of trust funds. of the sort that ought to be severely punished and he sug- gests that the application for elem ency subordinates the rights of so- ciety in general to consideration of the prisoners.
 The cases of the men Taft was ask
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
MASONS ENTERTAINED
 IN PROVIDENCE
Lafayette COnsistory Loud in Praise of Hospitality of its Hosts

Tired but happy, about 100 members of Lafayette Consistory of Masons ar rived in Bridgeport at 2 a. m. on a special train from Providence. R. l.. in which city they were the guests tory.
 Members of the local body were unbounded in speaking the praises of their Providence brethren. They say that they were given sample of Rhode Island hospitality that will live forever in their memories, and are looking forward to the date when their hosts of yesterday may be httngly entertained in Bridgeport.
 The local Masons left Bridgeport at 11:s0 a. m. yesterday, and arrived in Providence at D. m.
 At the railroad station they were met by a string of automobiles and taken to the beautiful grounds of the Pomham Club on the shores of Mar ragansett Bay Here they were served with one of the most delicious shore dinners they ever tasted in their lives.
 After putting away this feast, they returned tc the automobiles and were given a trip through the parks and show places of Providence. viewing many historic spots famous in New England history and admiring the beautiful parks of the Rhode Island city.
 Tn the evening at Masonic hall, the visitors worked the degree in the fashion for which Lafayette Consis- tory is famed throughout Masonry. So superb was the work of A. M. Wooster and Eugene B. Peck of the local Consistory, that the Providence Masons gave them a great personal ovation at the conclusion of the de- gree, and declared that the work of the Bridgeport Consistory could not be surpassed.
 other banquet, and the members of Lafayette Consistory left for home on special train at Il p. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
MY DOG A LOwLY TEACHER.

Some years ago one of ouf American bishops wrote sonnet about his dog, who must have been a noble animal. I have forgotten how the sonnet ran; all I can recall is the first line:
 1T believe he thinks that I am God"
 When I read it and some of the good bishops personal traits came rather wildly to mind, my first men, tai response was that it was no won- der the dog thought so, if he had seen the bishop, as I had, in the dignity of full canonicals. Then chided my self for being so impudently profane; and, of course, that was not the reason at all. The church vestments had nothing to do with it. have seen dogs look up with equal devotion to men in overalls. We read of dogs we know what poor apologies for mas ters dogs will be faithful to, even though their worship goes wholly vast ed. A very significant thing when you think of it; it became one of my first lessons in theology. For it seems to reveal that such an emotion exists in the core of creation, even in the strata below us. There are creatures in actual existence in whom has been put the instinct to look up- ward from their station to beings high CT in the scale, to choose these for friends and masters, to stand by them and reverence them. not for what they can gain by it--for too often, abating no jot of fidelity, they get but kicks and hard words-but purely as spontaneous, intrinsic outflow of dog nature. I like to contemplate a crea- tion that is rich enough to include such a thing as this; to contain disinterest- ed affection as a widespread elemental fact; it gives me better opinion of the universe. Some things, scholars tell us, are more fully evolved in the animals than in man; the eye in the eagle. the swift foot in the stag. I should be sorry to think that, be- cause the lord e& S<sation gets things so tangled up with reason and selfish ness. the dog should have got the afnrt of us in this virtue. I am glad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

he is not self-conscious; that would spoil it all.
 Many times a day Caleb comes to my armchair, as I sit studying, with say, HOW do you do7'' and, never without waiting for the word of per- mission, he jumps up on my knee, re- mains a minute, and then goes about his affairs. And many a time I have been half startled by wondering yet wholly loving expression in the great brown eyes so induiringly searching mine. Only asking me to drop the prosy book and go walking with hin? ? No; that expression is quite different. Those eyes look as if they We're searching for something that we two might hold in common and so have a silent understanding of each other, Is it something higher than can enter his dog conscience? I am often nov- ed to respond: 'fIt's you and I, Caleb. We do know each other in some things don't we?' And there comes a twinge of pathos in it, too; and, oddly enough it sets me thinking of what an apos- tie once said about whole creation grooming in pain and travail together should redeem the body I am some- times silly enough to ask him: DO you too, Caleb. belong to that vast con- tinuous line of upward-1ooking. on- ward-looking things? Are you, too, dimly conscious of waiting for some thing which is destined to come some how by the way of the higher orders? Does the First-born of every creature make his relationship felt in some far off way even as you?' He never ans wers me except by that wistful look, which vanishes as soon 'as I begin to theologize; but the look has on me the strange effect of worship, so that @1x,
 ops sonnet. Who am I, to be scru- tinized so? What is mans office in the sum of things. when such great liquid eyes are gazing up at him from below ?---John Franklin Genung, in Harper'R Magazine for May
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

Ald Walker smokes a Nugget
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
BENZOATE OF SODA
 FORBIDDEN IN PRUSSIA

Nuggets ali over the town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
A BAD BILL INDEED IS PUBLIC
 UTILITIES MEASURE REPORTED BY
 MAJORITY OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Any senator who public utilities bill by the majority rightly traitor to the his pledge the people he of those who committed them selves The majority till commissions rather maintains in being the railroad
 
 tric light
 attempts railroads than that embodied in the existing law which is perfectly we'll railroad
  road that are most serious railroad abuses that cry loudes corrected and that must be corrected before the fight is it's initial bill regulate proposed pre- which would strip the people of Connecticut of such protection as they now have in hav been granted. sweeping words Section of proposes repeal charged rendered by railroads substitute notorious merely the right to recommend" rates and service proposition in charter is protect the public Such is usually corporation go usually a reasonable
 then are concerned the majority
 
 in public entirely mercy commission.
  having been politicians complacent very they sup posed to donin
 perhdious, the reguation of public services other than railroads the of railroads protection  repealed nothing power politely rcraton politely decline to do. iniquy majority
  of Connecticut
 Here it is;
 The provisions public statutes of the charters of such by any ses eorpoon @ are Hereby rel repeaied " ~ What the attempted effect of this secton effect that the declare uneonsitutionaI
 language local conditions and make plication n familiar
 The charter of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company provides that shall furnish water at certain pressure and at other city shall be supplied by private 
 relating service a Under this the city and it's people hard fight
  muncipay under the of this charter and that csed by determined is receiving large proportion of it's 
 majority valuable stue therefor commission with to recommend" service 8sfsa The people of New by company Haven which limits rates enables the city to have revision of rates every five years
 All arrangements would be repealed strip peep New Haven of protection gained only after and strenuous contest
 A tickets hoo children It would be repealed and nothing would be given it's stead. examples of all of the of these companies would fur all evil that quantity of the majority bill. And be benefited of  poraon and the corporation desired maintai them. the a take which is not charged such sub sequently repealed General Assembly. Assembly cities and
  The bill of the majority does abandon all rights and all which people from public wreaks ignorance, faith and malice toward the public
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

The governmental board of experts of Prussia has presented a report to the Prussian ministry regarding the use of benzoic tacid and sodium ben zoate in food. The board reviews the work done in this country by Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agricul- ture and by the Referee Board, says the Journal of the American Medi- cal Association, and concludes that the use of benzoio acid and sodium benzoate should not be permitted for the preservation of foods. The dan- ger or harm is most marked in chil- dren and weak or sick individuals The board further states that by the use of benZoate of sodium and ben zoic acid the care necessary to pre- vent the food products from putrefy- ing or moulding will be neglected by manufacturers and dealers, while if the use of these products, is not permitted the utmost cleanliness aud care on the part of manufacturers will be necessary t0 prevent food products from spelling.
 The microbe is so 0gnifed and grave
 he doesn't like
 To have light-hearted folks like us
 refer to him as Mike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

New York.-The right of one of the residents of fashionable Seagate to open her house for summer boarders is to be determined by justice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

Chicago.-President F. A. Delano, of the Wabash Railway, says if the In- ter-State Commerce Commission is a good thing for the railroads, why not try to regulate newspapers by it?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25

The people who lend their troubles are not so apt to share their joys New York Times.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-02
HOUSE HAS A BUSY DAY
Constitution of New Mexico
Unanimously Approved.
From The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington, March with all Its ap-
preparation tils out OF the way, the House
watched the tane'e in the Senate to-day
and devoted Itself % the calendar. which
Is crowded with legislation, both general
and private
The militia pay bill, placing the officers
2no men Of the state militia on the gov
ernment payroll for a limited compensa-
ton, was passed early in the day A grad
uated scale cf salaries Is provided for militia
officers THIS ranges from 10 % per cent
of the amount received by officers Of CORE
spending rank in the regular army. The
enlsted,Inen will receive the modest annual
stipend OF approximately SE each.
The Joint resolution approving the con-
stitution Of New Mexico which is knocking
at the doors Of Congress for statehood,
went through with a whoop.
The House also passed the Payne bill!
withdrawing the circulation privilege from
the recently authorized per cent Panama
Canal bonds. s number Of Democrats OBJ
jected 70 the bill on the theory that II
would establish a wrong policy. which In
the end might result in Withdrawing cir
culation privileges from all bonds, thus
hindering the establishment OF more banks.
The bill vas passed by a vote OF l6s 70 i35.
II has already passed the Senate and now
goes TO the President for approval
The House calendars are now In fair con
dition, and everybody who has & private
bill on tap lives in the hope that in the dull
moments # the next three days. while the
Senats vrestles with appropriation bills. II
will be possible 10 catch the Speakers eye
and pass pet project under suspension OF
the rules.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-02
TAFT TALKS TO PUBLISHERS
Is Determined on Adjustment of
Magazine Postage.

Washington, March f.-Mags zine editors
and publishers from various parts Of the
country called on President Taft to-day
to urge further investigation into the pos
tai rates that their publications should
pay. The President welcomed the visit OF
the publishers, whose spokesman was T. j.
Zimmerman, and In answering them de-
clared that as long as he was in Office he
was going ahead to bring about a proper
adjustment OF magazine rates. He said;
You may be able to defeat the present
proposal. These things are frequently ca
pable of defeat for a time, but as long as
have any power [ am going to recommeDd
the consideration of this question until II
is settled. II Is not in the slightest spirit
of hostility to the magazines that ] have
made this recommendation, but because |
am responsible for the government OF the
United States and the administration OF IL.
Although the President told them In re-
sponse to their request for an investigation
that the government had spent s2jOcoo since
his recommendation nearly two years ago
in regard 10 the matter, it Is understood,
although he did not tell the publishers so,
that he would be willing 10 see further
investigation providing the amendment in
creasing the magazine postal rates does not
pass at this time. The President said:
DELAY is always a vfcto~v for those who
are seeking 70 avoid a payment Of what Is
due the government Certainly the adop-
ton of the present amendment VIII only
fix an additional charge for one year, VIII
secure attention from the magazines and
bring about adjustment.
There have been suggestions by those
friendly advertisements that | have seen
covering whole pages that the motive OF
Mr. Hitchcock and myself Is TO get even
with somebody. Well, a man who has or
binary common sense does not seek the
hostility and the continued hostility, or an
interest as powerful as the magazines. He
only goes into a fight of this kind from q
sense OF duty.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-02

galleries rose to see what the object OF All
this dcnunciatlon would do. There was
an instant Of silence
"The gentleman is not n his seat" Mr..
La Toilette said. and ,Irned to face the
Senate. He then reyiewed circum-
stances he considered as substantating
his position and declared that il was i'm
possible that Mr.. Lorimer should not have
not known what was going on.
we cannot say just where the money
came from he said, but we know that a
large amount Of IL was used
Senator Burrows, Of Michigan, chairman
of the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tiors, which investigated the Lorimer case
and in its report exonerated the Senator.
was on his feet trying 10 interrupt. He
tried 70 read from the minority report,
which declared that the evidence did not
prove completely on Lorimer's part in the
alleged bribery.
Does the Senator yield?' asked the pre-
siding officer.
Just O minute, just a minute cried the
Wisconsin Senator. II know what the
Senator wants TO say. You never can
prove a thing like that. but you can know
il. I don't know where the money came
from that vas used to defeat my own re-
election 10 the Senate, but ] do know that
part Of 1t came from Wall Street
Bang! The gavel fell. and Senator La
Toilette sank back with the phrase Wall
Street" on his lips. litter Of laughter
ran over the galleries.
THE hour of 1890 having arrived said
the ce-Presidsnt, the secretary viii re-
port the resolution" II was read:
Resolved. That William Lorimer was not
duly end legally elected 10 q seat in the
Senate of the United States oy the Legisla-
ture Of the state Of Illinois.
The roll was then called, and the fact
that Nj Lorimer's title had been con-
frrned was announced.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-02

years" repIied Mr.. Money mo authority
exists on that side of tho House for the
transfer of the conduct Of this till 70 =
Senator not member os the commlttee
which gave the control to ti,s Senator from
Massachusetts There is something rotten
In the state Of D1nmark-or dead. is II
that the saying goes? Let's be honest ana
frank about this matter"
He moved TO recommit the bill.
Several Senator's protested against recon-
initial. Senator Penrose tried TO have the
bill laid aside and consideration given 70
the postofiice bill. Mr. Beveridge would
not consent to this, and Senators Lodge
and McCumber declared that 1t was not
true that all members OF the Finance Com
nttee were opposed to the Tariff Board
blu They said they were heartily for IT,
Finally. Mr. Lodge said:
"I came TO the conclusion that in stand
ing aside and giving control Of this bill to
another II would help along an agreement
on the Lorimer case and this measure
II feel like woman trying to pick
cork out of a bottle with n hairpn-get-
ting II little by little" retorted Mr.. Money.
He said that unless he could get the whole
,iutI ds W III" toSioiiiiS III 'A0 SSN'N'
agreement by which the transfer was made
he must insist upon his motion TO recon-
init The vote was then taken with the re-
suit stated
The agricultural appropriation bill, which
was taken up after the vote on the Lori
mer case. made smooth sailing until the
section making appropriation for the Forest
Service was reached. Here Senator Hey
burn, the enemy Of conservation, obdurate-
~ refused TO yield until he had attempted
to prevent what he termed the rayages
and impositions Of lot OF theorists" on
the lands Of the Western states. He Of
fered several amendments attacking the
Forest Service, which were defeated.
The agricultural bill was passed with
cut a rollcall.