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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
Railroad Track Gangs

"A new book of instructions published in nine languages has just been issued by the Pennsylvania railroad for the gov ernment of employees working on or about the tracks" said a railroad official. "The English portion of the booklet covers three pages and following it are transla-' tions into German, Greek, Hungarian. Italian, Lithuanian, Polish. Slovak and Swedish.
 Tn the average track gang in this sec ton of the country there are from three to six nationalities represented. As many of the foreign laborers understand very little English, the problem of protecting the lives of these men has become a se- rous one for the railroads. The IS rules in the booklet distributed by the Penn sylvania are designed chiefly to enforce proper care in the performance of hazardous duties. Rule 16 says, Any em- ploy who, while on duty, is careless about the safety of himself or others, or who disregards warnings, shall he subject to discipline Another rule makes possess sion of the book and knowledge of its contents obligatory for all track work men.
 Contrary to the general belief that the poorer classes of immigrants are very ig- norant, those who are in charge Of the track gangs say that practically all the men can read, and that one is rarely found who cannot sign his name.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
Marion Institute

Invitations are out for the final exer- cses of Marion Institute May 13 to 15. The baccalaureate sermon will be deliv- cred by the Rev. H. M. Edmonds, pas tor, of the First Presbyterian church of Montgomery The address will be by President D. O. Lovett, Ph. D., of the Rice institute. The junior-senior debate will be, Resolved That the State O. Alabama Should Adopt Compulsory Ed ucation Law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
THE POETS ORGANIZE.

The supreme court remains as calm as a clam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24

The Mississippi is doing pretty well at Cairo, where it has a depth of 90 feet. I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24

accentuated by the policies of Lloyd George and MT. Asquith. who with their sociaistic programme are increasing the burdens of taxation in every direction. The British investor is consequently nat urally turning to this country where, in spite of our similar political tendencies the attacks on capital are really less se- rious in their consequences than m Great Britain.
 "The investment demand for securities in this market has somewhat subsided, and is unquestionably being checked by public extravaganza. The buying power of those of moderate incomes has been seriously impaired by extravagance in liv- ing, in saving less and consequently has less wherewith to invest in securities. These are conditions, however, which will right themselves in due season, certainly after period of economy, and the out look is not without its encouraging feat ures. All things taken into consideration, we advise caution in speculative opera tions until conditions become more settled and promising"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
New York Stock Market


 Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 "In the local stock market cheap money continues the strongest factor of support. Funds are pilng up at all eastern mone- tary centers, and easy rates are assured for at least the next four months. After that period higher rates may prevail. Our foreign trade continues in very satis- factory shape, exports in March being un- precedented and the trade balance rising to nearly s23.0O0,OO0 in our favor. against s1e 900. cos in 1910 and s65OO.000 in 1909. This is most welcome development; one that Is materially strengthening our credit abroad and will certainly stimulate for eign investments in the United States. Tn Europe. and particularly in Great Brit ain, there are enormous sums seeking safe and profitable employment. In Great Brit. ain the socialistic tendencies, or the dis position of the state and municipalities to enter the field of private enterprise. is materially limiting the field for invest ment of British capital; and this dispo- sition to invest abroad is being further
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24

somnolent hours; although there's ono
 wretched worm told off to man the pre-
 scription counter in answer to the bell.
 Nor is this all. Encouraged by their
 success on Sundays, druggists are propos-- ing to advance their hour for weekday closing from 10:so, il or 12, to the alto, gether unreasonable hour of 9:30! Con- sider that. In Louisville this horrid pro- ject has already been carried through.
 After 9:3o man cannot get a light, or
 a headache powder, or call up ! friend, or drop in to pass the time of day. Oh. come now! That's interference with per- sonal liberty. Is Massachusetts going to stand for that?
 l Yet the campaign is pretty general In some places the wives of the druggists, emulating the Primrose Danes, have thrown themselves and their Vaccinations whole-heartedly into the fight for closed season for the man behind the cap-
 sule. Already Texas and Washington, California and Utah, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Kentucky and Ohio have been whipped into line. New York is working | for a law limiting the hours of the drug clerk to 132 in a fortnight, the present
 law leaving him free to sell soap and
 soda 10 hours every day in the week. | Ohio is still more drastic in her demands.
 She doesn't stops short of the 6o-hour
 week. And anybody can see that the
 60-hour drug clerk means Sunday trance for the pharmacy. since green hands are
 not tolerated among the drugs.
 | Wit ye well. This Is nothing less than the passing of an institution. Exit the druggist as the great public accommo- dator! Why has the drugman permitted | us to impose on him in 1901 small ways? | Forsooth, that he might lure us from the red light of the drugman across the street. | But. behold a union of drugmen, con | spiracy of naccommodatingness. The | day is not far off when we shall find ourselves forced to wait on corners for l troleys, buy our stamps from paid agents. get our medicinal advice from the doc tor, and carry our matches in our own vest pockets. For the worm, the patient l worm, has turned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
A Liberal Investment

"A summer stock company is a big investment for Birmingham to have, and little as anyone might think 1t, the sal aries are equal to those of a good in- custry," said Jack Doyle, stage manager of the classy Schiller Players at the Bijou we have from 20 to 30 actors here all the time, manager, stage man. ager and press representative. and the pay rolls amount to several thousand dol- lars a month. The actors are liberal spenders. they live we'll at the good hotels and they buy costumes, clothes and many other things in Birmingham. It would be safe to say that having summer stock company was worth $2o0O week to Bir-- mingham hotels. merchants and business men of all kinds. in addition to giving ern- ployment to a number of people connected with the Bijou.
 "All of our productions are being built up in Birmingham. We have scenic art ist from one of the great studios, and he works day in and day out painting scen- cry. Wait until the people see some of the great productions he will paint this season, and they will appreciate what mean. Every play will be staged elabo- rately. appropriately and with as much attention given to detail as if it were Belasco or a Frohman play.
 ''The ladies of the company have sev- eral trunks of beautiful costumes each, and they will wear a series of street and evening gowns, wraps and hats during the season which will attract wide atten- ton. Whenever the character of the play will permit we will have costuming that is beautiful.
 DO we like Birmingham? Well, no one could help but like a city where they have been received as we have In Bir- mingham. Why, Saturday afternoon at the matinee the swellest audience l have ever seen in a stock engagement greeted us. Every seat was occupied. and the audience was particularly appreciative. We always enjoy acting before an appre- ciative audience, and the effect can be noted instantly Of course we like Bir- mingham and Birmingham theatre-goers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
The National Sangerfest

'"The thirty-third annual fest of the North American Sangerbund to be held in Milwaukee from June 22 to 25 VII be, perhaps, artistically the best ever given" said a member of the Birming- ham Turn-verein. "The singing section of the Turn-verein under the direction of Professor Grambs will take part In the Sangerfest. The official programille has been issued and it shows that near ly 1000 singers will be heard in the con- certs. A special chorus of 700 women will participate. The musical director of the Sangerfest will be Max Zach of the St Louis Symphony orchestra. He has 65 pieces in his organization and this will be augmented by 20 or 40 musicians for special numbers. One of the great works to be rendered is Berlioz's requiem mass, in which an orchestra of 90 will be used. The royal court tenor, Herr Ludwig Hess of Munich, and many other eminent art ists, will appear in solo with the choruses. The two prize compositions, Volkslied August Homburg), by Kari Fochler, and Appeal to the Germans U.otar Brunke), by Frank Renard, will be performed by the Milwaukee Mannerchor and orchestra on the opening day of the festival.'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
HANDLED THE MONEY
WHEREIN LATE CORNELIUS BLISS
WAS GREAT PARTY LEADER.
Voters VIII Reoolleet Campaigns
When Republican Money Wac
Poured Out Like Water, and
lts Source Well Known.

We find in several Republican news
papers references like the following
to a recent item Of news:
THE death Of Cornelius Newton
Bliss removes from the political field
of this country another of the coterie
Of Republican leaders who have been
In the forefront of the party's affairs
for generation or more. He was
treasurer of the Republican national
committee from 1892 to 1908, and pre-
vious to that had been chairman OF
the New York state Republican COM
mittee."
Except that he was always an ex-
treme protectionist, advocating the
taxation Of Everybody for the benefit
Of Somebody, Mr.. Bliss was In the
forefront of the party's affairs for a
generation or more" In only one ca
pacity. He was the party treasurer,
first In New York state and after
wards for many years In the United
States.
To perceive at glance exactly why
man who merely receives and dis
burses the money Or u pvIItIOoI 1--ass
can stand In the forefront Of Its af-i
fairs for a generation We have only to
consider the fact that Mr.. Bliss treas
urershlp covered the period of colos-
sal campaign funds and shameless cor
ruption In their collection and use.
Mr. Bliss handled the money which
was fried like fat out of the manufac-
turers who are protected by the ex-
tortionate tariff. He handled the
money which those manufacturers paid
on Mark Hanna's promise that they
should have additional favors in the
tariff laws. He handled the money
which was stolen from the great life
Insurance companies In one Of which
he was a director He handled the
money which Hartman raised and
Standard OIL and Beef contributed
with the understanding that they
the money given dishonesty by the
officers OF thousand corporations and
financial institutions who hoped to
profit personally or politically by Re-
publican success.
II laws now In force and everywhere
recognized as necessary had been in
existence In 1895, for example, MIR.
Bliss and his associates would have
committed penltentiary offenses every
day. II was the crimes Of these men
at the very forefront of a great party's
affairs which made these laws neces-
sary. The moral sense of the people
has expressed itself with reference TO
the offenses Of these great party lead
ers by prescribing penal servitude for
all who repeat them.--St. Louis Re-
public.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
A Big Poultry Meeting.
fighting. engine.

The missouri hen," which has
made herself famous the world
over and is quite revenue pro-
ducer in this state, will be the
subject for discussion at the State
Poultry Institute and State Poul-
try Show to be held at Sikeston,
Mo-, November 21-24. This
county is a member of the South
east District, and the State Poul-
try Board, who have charge of
this meeting, are anxious that
poultry breeders of this commu-
nifty show their poultry and at
tend the poultry school them
selves If possible. Better meth
DDS of handling poultry will be
discussed by some of the best ex-
perts in Missouri and the United
States. Judges of national rep
utation will make the awards.
The State Poultry Board will pay
the premiums and furnish the
coops to exhibit the poultry in.
Liberal cash prizes and many
specials are offered on all varie-
ties of poultry. The meeting will
close with a big banquet to all
visitors.
More than $500 has also been
offered for prizes on corn at the
same time and place. Lectures
by noted corn experts.
Write T. E. Quisenberry, Sec
retary, Mountain Grove, NO., for
premium list and prepare to send
a few of your birds and attend
yourself. Entries close Wednes.
day, November 10th, 80 you will
have to hurry. The object is to
assist those now breeding poultry
and to stimulate greater interest
In poultry in Southeast Missouri.
The 9sxtstste institute and ex-
hibition following the one al
Sikeston willtake place ct Fulton,
December 5,s
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
Nobody Like Him.

The interests of the American peo-
pie demanded that ! should act Just
exactly as | did act for the
only thing which makes II worth while
to hold big Office is taking advantage
of the opportunities the office offers 10
do some big thing that ought to be
done and is worth doing"
No signature is necessary to the
foregoing quotation for readers to rec.
ognize that It comes from Theodore
Roosevelt. And no explanation is
needed to understand that II has ref.
erence to his action in regard to Sc
curing control over Panama.
Now that Mr.. Roosevelt has reached
a point in his experiences where his
routine expressions Of ancient and
trite generalities connot arouse public
attention, he has recourse to that Pan
anna business.
There Is no false modesty about him.
No hiding his light under a bushel No
shrinking from announcing his as
sumed infalllbility.
Others may doubt-even concerning
their own wisdom. But the nation and
the world still have one man who
wavers not in his confidence in the in
errency of his policies or the omnis.
cience OF bis actions.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
Democrats Must oruanlxe,

In order to win In the next national
election the Democratic party must be
organized. Now Is the time to under
take the organization of Democratic
clubs. Eleventh hour organizations, of
the mushroom variety" are all right
and do good work, but victories are not
the result Of chance-they are the re-
suits Of organization. of careful plan
ming, Of thorough equipment and Of
concerted actionl The National Demo
cratic League of Clubs and the Feder-
ated State Leagues invite all the pro
gressive young men Of the country to
Join their ranks now. The league Is
practically a young mans organiza'
ton, It appeals to them for support
aIk 1t relies on them to help carry
out its plans-whatever victories or
rewards follow will be theirs. Now
is the time for the progressive young
men OF the country to get busy II they
want to contribute to the perpetuity
Of Democratic institutions.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
ROBBED OF THEIR H0N0RS
Heroes Who Have Been Insultsd and
HumlIIated Because They
Were Democrats.

Rear Admiral Schley, now dead and
greatly honored, was at the height
of his very distinguished career dis
honored as few Americans have been.
Those in the military and naval serv-
Ice who resented the injustice done
him, like Gen. Miles and Admiral
Dewey. were also affronted to their
faces and in many ways made to feel
the insolenoe Of Office.
All of these men we're Democrats. 1t
was their misfortune that after thelr
brilliant public service was practically
closed there came to tie presidency by
accident colonel of cowboy regi-
ment who proceeded to appropriate to.
himself and his associates most of the
glories of little war In which the fa-
vored cowboys and their colonel act
ually played an Insignificant part. To
make heroes Of Wood and Roosevelt
L became necessary to destroy or to
belittle Schley, Miles and Dewey.
In all the history Of the presidency
there Is no record Of a more shameful
proceeding than that In which Theo-
dore Roosevelt, to bolster up the false
glamour of his own triflng perform
ances as soldier sought with the aid
Of his mighty Office to convict Schley
Of treason and cowardlce. He did not
do this In manly fashion. He did II by
lnsinuation and inuendo, coupled with
characteristic bluster. When Miles
and Dewey protested he heaped hu-
initiation and insult upon them.
We have had something like this
In comic opera. On the stage ships
cooks sometimes become kings. Trav-
cling statesmen may marry the en-
peror's daughter and 80 come to the
throne. Shipwrecked sailors have been
known TO set up as monarchs in the
cannibal islands. But never before
In real life did a civilian, clothed for
few weeks in the regimentals Of
wild west show, suddenly become COM
mander In chief and begin bullying,
wigging and nose pulling among lieu
tenant generals, admlrals and rear ad-
mirals grown gray In the service.
The impudence and vanity and self
lshness Of II all were not It's worst
features. The worst Of It was the
personal meanness which took refuge
behind great Office and addressed
language to subordinates which no
truly brave man would use to one
lower in rank even II guilt were al
ready established. The necessary 81
lenee of the men traduced and insult
ed on that occasion speaks eloquently
today and always will so speak In
defense Of true worth and in reproba,
tion of ambition, pride and arrogance,
strutting their brief day.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10

partment and Chief James T.
.O'Donnell of the st. Louis Un-
derwriter's salvage corps. Itwas
demonstrated that a stream of
water could be thrown 60 feet in
the air with 200 lbs. Of steam
pressure on a locomotive. In a
letter to Acting General Manager
j. W. Higgins of the Missouri
Pacific-Iron Mountain, Messrs.
Barry and O'Donnell endorsed
the appliance 80 strongly that it
has been decided to equip all yard
engines on the entire system and
some of the road locomotives with
it. The tanks of the large yard
engines hold 5000 gallons Of wa
ter. Barton's plan is to carry 30
feet of Ia inch steam hose on a
reel under the running board of
the engine. Steam hose is used
as the water which comes from
the tank and is forced through
the branch pipe is very hot, and
in short time would destroy the
ordinary rubber hose. The con-
nection is placed on the branch
pipe between the boiler check and
injector. The idea is that when
an engine reaches the scene Of a
fire in the yards a switchman is
to jerk the hose from the reel and
attach it to the coupling leading
from the branch pipe, and the
engineer is to start the injector,
while the fireman goes out on the
running board and opens the
valve in the branch pipe leading
to the boiler check. The stream
of water is then turned on the
conflagration. Mr.. Barton, who
designed the apparatus, was for
a number of years general in
spector OF the St. Louis Fire Pre-.
vention Bureau, and says that
many disastrous fires in railroad
yards are caused by the inability
of the city fire engines to get close
to the scene, whereas railroad To-
comotives can reach the scene in
the shortest possible time by rum
ming over the roads own tracks.
The cost Of the apparatus installed
will be $50, and by its use every
locomotive will be made a fire
fighting engine.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
Enthusiasm Everywhere.

Democrats everywhere are uniting
and enthusiastic. The last campaign
demonstrated what can be done
through organization and united Of.
fort. The progressive young men Of
the country are taking an active part
In politics and the league is doing all
1t can to encourage them to do so. In
speaking of the Maine elections re-
Gently, Gov. Frederick w. Plaisted
said.
The young men Of Maine woke up,
Just as they are waking up all over
the country.
The young men Of Maine support
ed US, voted for us and put us in
power. 1t was their campaign, their
election, and they won It. They can't
be delivered They won't be slaves
to partisanship as the older genera.
ton has been. They refuse to be
herded submisslvely into the Repub-
lican pasture because their fathers
have always stayed there. Did 1t look
like miracle to you folks outside
when We Democrats carried Maine?
Well. with Names young men in their
present temper that miracle Is apt to
be repeated pretty frequently. The
Republican sondity Of this state is
gone. Maine is progressive and she
will continue to be progressive and
Independent"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
PEOPLE WIDE AWAKE
INslNcERITY OF REPUBLICAN
PLEDGES FULLY REVEALED.
President 10 Forced to Make Tour Of
Nation With an Apology for the
Shortcomings Of His
Party.

In an address to the Democratic
state convention Of Illinois Mayor Car
ter HarrisJn of Chicago summed up
the politica. sftuaA4cA as follows:
in the last few years the people OF
this nation have been awakening to
the insincerity Of Republican plat
forms and the insincerity Of Repub-
lican pledges. The most notable ex-
ample, the one known to all citizens
Of the nation, Is the downward revi-
sion plank Of the last Republican CON
vention and the action Of Repub-
lican senate, of Republican presi-
dent, Republican congress In dealing
with that question; an action which
today causes the president OF the
United States TO be making a tour of
the nation with an apology for his
part in Il.
The people of this nation are be-
ginning to realize this fact. They real
ize they must look for relief to the
Democracy that has resulted in Demo
cratic victories which have cheered
the Democratic party for the last
( two years,
I'm that time our party has gained
governor in Maine, governor In
Massachusetts,, governor in New
York, governor in Connecticut, a gov
ernor In New Jersey, a governor In
Ohio, and governor In Indiana. More
than that, the nation has selected a
Democratic house of representatives
and that magnificent body OF true
Democrats in its last session showed
to the nation the difference between
the way In which Democracy handles
its party pledges and the Republican
party handles its pledges,
These are days, my friends, when
It feels good to be Democrat And
yet, when we look abroad at its mag
nlncent succession of Democratic vic-
tories In other states we Democrats
In Illinois wonder what has become of
our party. We ask ourselves what, In
these vears, has Democracy done? And
the best answer we can give is 1t has
elected a Republican senator Of the
United States.
MY friends, Democracy Is a party
of principle. Democracy stands con-
secrated TO the rights of the people. If
Democracy ia untrue to Its principles,
II It forgets for what purpose II was
called into being, Democracy cannot
succeed; II does not deserve to sue
coed.
1--WE ask you, my friends, to Join
with us today in movement which
will bring about a reorganization OF
the party or party management. We
do not want to drive a single Demo
crat from the party, but we do insist
that the leaders of the party shall be
men that believe in Democratic princi-
pies. On that kind of a platform, my
friends, we can go into the fight Of
1912. and In that great conflict the
Democracy of Illinois will do its full
share of work in bringing about q
Democratic victory in rescuing the
state of Illinois from the Republican
party. placing Democrat, whoever he
may be, In the state capitol at Spring
field and placing the reins of national
government once more in the hands OF
true Jeffersonian Democrat"