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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
All Denominations Repre- sented in Statement
 Issued to People TNEFFICIENCY ON
 PART OF OFFICIALS Enormous Incomes of Officials Cited to Show That the County Should
 Have the Very Best of
 Government

Pastors of all religious denomira tions of Birmingham yesterday issued q clarion call to the people of Blr- mingham and Jefferson county for more efficient administration of the law.
 The subject was recently taken up by the Pastors union and others were invited to join the movement with the result that the call issued yesterday represents all of the most prominent religious >.enominations in the city.
 The statement calls attention to the last grand jury report, urges every patriotic citizen to do his duty and the signers pledge their best efforts 10 do everything in their power to rem ady conditions.
 The call reads as follows:
 "To the People of Birmingham and
 Jefferson County:
 We, the clergy of this ce 1mon- wealth, of every faith and order. be- lieving that you have called us to exercise leadership among you in moral Issues and realizing our responsibility tc God and to you. issue this letter, and we pray you to give it's contents your serious consideration.
 Tn the light of the recent report of the grand jury of Jefferson county we submit that our community is op- pressed by an unparalleled moral con Gition The Birmingham News de- clares:
 . An examination of that report re- veals a veritable chaos of administra tive inefficiency in many quarters, of systematic and widespread corruption, of absolute paralysis and defiance of law
 Tt would be difficult to dwell 1t length on every detail of the horrible exhibition of our affairs as reported by the grand jury. Fraudulent voting, malfeasance In office, oppression of the weak under guise of law process, gambling, burglary, highway robbery, shameless drunkenness on our thor oughfares, low dives of various char acters which seem to thrive in the fac e of police surveillance, all together make up in part long and terrible indict- ment of lawlessness of such variety and degree as perhaps is not equaled in any other community of the nation. port bristles with sickening recital of crime and official incompetency May We tax your patience to empahsize one or two of the more salient points in the report2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
Iniouitous Fee System

Y a
 "The fee system in this city and county appears to be iniquitous in it's graft and oppression of the poor and ignorant. It's effect has been to seriously impair, if not to paralyze, the administration of justice in the county. The knowledge of these conditions is widespread. In a recent copy of the Richmond Times Dis patch we read:
 The annual fees collected by tie various officers of Jefferson county are Sheriff. $40,000; judge of probate, $25,000 county back tax commissioner, s15OOo clerk Of the criminal court, $l500; clerk ot the city court, s15,000; clerk of the cir enit court, s1O,0Oo; register in cnancery, s10,000; tax collector, 15,00O; tax assessor, $l5,0O0, Thus the total annual sum paid to these officials by the people of the county is $16O,0O
 "In other words as the Times-Dspatch declares, we distribute among nine of- ficials in Jefferson county an equivalent of the combined salaries of
 The President of the United States, the vice president of the United States, two United States senators from Ala bama, 10 congressman, governor of Ala bama, chief justice of the supreme court of Alabama
 "A magnificent sum surely A sum that should cause every taxpayer and every patriot to inquire as to the return which the commonwealth receives for such ex- pensivc administration. In answer, the grand jury shows that in round numbers 1881 cases were docketed during the cur rent year. with only 799 convictions, while 2539 cases were mol pressed. or disposed of by demurrers and abatements.s such figures would seem to mean that in some instances at least the real intent of the courts, namely: the just administration of law and the prevention of crime, had been subordinated to petty cases, without real legal value, but each one of which was made to yield up to the unsuitable maw of the offieeholder, fee, larger or smaller. But this is not all Says our grand jury
 What Grand Jury Says
 Tn our opinion, the justice of the peace system as operate in this county 's a disgrace to civilization. Every of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
More to Be Erected

It is confidently believed at the city hall that one or more of these destroyerS of garbage will be in operation here by April. 1912. The old city council tried many methods of getting a crematory started. but aside from taking trips of inspection to look at plants elsewhere nothing was ever accomplished. Commis sioner Weatherly and his associates have been working on the crematory proposi- tion less than four weeks.
 The movement for a crematory is the first move of the commission to do something for Birmingham. They have been so busy looking after details that very little construction has been accom- plished. The next item on the list is viaduct on First avenue. This problem will be tackled just as soon the ere matory resolution is acted upon, pro vided for and work inaugurated Com missioner Weatherly will perhaps father the viaduct negotiations that are expected to result in something being done to re- lieve the dangerous situation near Soss furnaces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
Introduce Resolution

q have conferred with Mr. Gafford about the erection of crematory,' said Nil. Weatherly yesterday, and 1 will in troduce a resolution before the commits sloners at the meeting Tuesday, making provisions for the work, I calculate that the measure will lie over short time. I think, as does Mr. Gafford, that we should build one plant first and see how it operates here. The first one will be on the city jail site near Green Springs. We will secure MT. Kirkpatrick of Jack son to come here and build our plant the same in every detail as the one at Jackson was built. In that way no fun damental mistakes will be made in the construction MT. Gafford believes that a plant will serve Birmingham as well as ;he one at Jackson has served that city. If it works well in Jackson there seems to be no reason why it would not work well here.
 "If the initial crematory is all right, we propose to construct three or four other plants in greater Birmingham. They will be so situated as to eliminate the long haul of refuse which now costs the city so much money. If We can elim- mate that expense, l take it that the 1e- pertinent may be operated at a much
 lower expense than now. However what the street department spends now is a very inconsiderable sum compared to the cost of former operations, and while the cut has been deep, I do not see any great amount of work left undone. In this connection it has been suggested that by substituting motor apparatus for the horses and mules now used in the street department that a saving could be made. l have not looked into that proposition very carefully but will do so and something may come of It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
What Grand Jury Says

" Tn our opinion, the justice of the peace system as operate in this county 's disgrace to civilization. Every of fense that it is possible for human n- genuity to devise for separating dollars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10

Judge R. L, Simmons of North Caro-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11
JOSE ECHEGARAY

JOSE ECHEGARAY
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Acaso soy importuno?
E3WestO.
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su amista es su derecho,
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cuando los ojos mira
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pero todo 10 dire.
Don Julian perdone uste;
uste tamben, ipor favor! GA Te0doro.l
Yo soy un loco, nino,
y ingrato; puridad,
nj merezco su bondad
nj mereZco su carinO.
Y dibiera ser dichoso
con tai padre tai hermana,
no penSar manana
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cue piense. La explicaci0n
me sonroja.. j. No me entienden ~.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11

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Acaso soy importuno?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-11

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Uncle Sam Fights to Save the Salmon

swallowed head foremost. The blobs
1t seems. eat them both ways.
The destructive average Of the blob
is estimated at six salmon a day
which is maintained for about sixty
days year. This would make the de.
structive capacity of one fish total $50
salmon annually, to say nothing of the
little trout gathered in and sometime s
little blobs. The latter kind Of feed
ing, however, meets with the approval
of the fish experts.
Blobs in general are bottom fish and
prefer to remain hidden under stones,
etc. 1t is just in similar places that
young salmon and trout hide at Ger.
tain hours Of the day, usually when
the sun is hottest. 1t is then that the
blobs can get them with the least diff.
ficulty. For this reason, it is believed
the stomach contents of each of the
blobs examined represented one days
feeding and that under proper condi
tons (when the salmon eggs or young
salmon are available) the same
amount would be eaten each day.
The greediness of some Of the blobs
was most rema rkable. One had eaten
seven salmon, five of which were about
two inches long and the other two
nearly three inches long. The last fish
eaten had been swallowed tail first
AS there Was not room in the blob
stomach for this one, only it's tail was
found there, while it's head stretched
up into the mouth Of the blob.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Weeping Widow Quickly WEEDS CONSIDER

G WA1NSBORO, Outstanding beside
- the open grave into which the
oody of her husband was about to be
lowered, Mrs. J. J. Jewell was hyster-
ical with grief, and friends had to re-
strain her from throwing herself into
the grave upon the casket of the man
with whom she had lived happily for
Is years an1 who was the father of
her six children.
Women tried in vain to comfort her
and the scene was an unusually pain
full one until Robert S. Mcdaniel, a
young man who recently came here
from Joplin, Mo-, and who had become
very friendly with Jewell, stepped
close to the widow and whispered a
black
Whatever Mcdaniel said seemed to
give the widow courage to bear up
during the soul-trying "ashes-to-ashes,
dust-to dust" period of the ceremony,
and she waited through those painful
moments with surprising fortitude,
considering her pitiful condition be-
fore the whispered consolation given
to her by Mcdaniel.
Turning from the grave when it was
all over. she leaned on the arm of Nc
Daniel as she walked to the gate.
where she and her children were
helped into a carriage by kind-hearted
neighbors and We're driven to the ia.
!herless home, a little farm for which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Texas Papas May Prevent Elopements

CORT WORTH, Developments of
/ lovers under the legal age, twenty
one for the young man and eighteen
for the girl, will be effectually checked
in Texas by the new law adopted by
the late legislature and now effective.
Under this law no person under the
legal age can obtain a marriage H.
cense without the written consent OF
the minors parents, and the paper
must be acknowledged before notary
public like a deed. II minor has no
parents, a county judges consent to
the union is necessary. II the clerk
doubts that either the prospective
bride or bridegroom has attained the
legal age, he is authorized to require
the AFFIDAVIT of some other than the
contracting parties. County Clerk
Beavers has interpreted the law to
mean that the written consent Of both
parents, properly executed, must be
filed, and that the consent of the ia
Their or the mother singly is not sufti-
cient.
The old law authorized the county
clerk to require the bridegroom or 9TH
er person applying for marriage H.
cense to make affidavit to the ages OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Midshipmen May Early Become Ensigns

IF congress acts favorably on a
recommendation made by the board
OF visitors to the United States Naval
academy and Endorsed by the secre-
tary of the navy, a young man who
has completed the course at the acade-
my will be commissioned an ensign on
graduation. Under the present law
graduate does not get his commission
as an ensign until he has completed
the two years cruise at sea. This law,
it Is asserted, discriminates against
the graduates Of the Naval academy
A graduate from the Military academy
at West Point gets his commission as
a second lieutenant on the day Of grad.
uation, and salary, which a graduate
until he has taken his two years
cruise.
Midshipmen receive $500 year
while at the Naval academy, under the
new pay table, and during the two
years they spend at sea they receive
$1,400 annually. Not until they have
passed their final graduation-that is
to say, not until they have completed
their two years cruise can they get
the $1.700 which is paid to graduates
from West Point to become second
lieutenants and rank with ensigns.
The board Of visitors to the acade-
my has been urged to favor another
change in the regulations of the
school. but it has not yet consented
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
City Wages War to Rout Army of Rats

estimate is based on an allowance of
one ounce of food for each rodent each
meal.
Dogs, ferrets and cats are used In
the war Of determination, and although
thousands of rats are slaughtered
daily their number continues to in
crease. This can easily be understood
when it is known that from one pair
of rats to a nest one thousand young
surmulots will breed in year.
Back of the yards" crowds OF boys
gather nightly to &C on hunting expedi-
lions for rodents. Garbage cans are
overturned, and as the rats scamper
away dogs accompanying the boys
catch and kill them,
The boys carry sticks or clubs In
their hands and hu the rats when
they attempt to escape. Many become
so expert at rat catching that in after
years. they embark In 1t as a profess
sion.
Some of the steres in the loop dis
trict have pack Of trained fox ter
riers to keep the rats away. but the
animal which has earned the name OF
natures police woman" is the plain
alley cat that stalks the street at
night.
Rats cause heavy losses to business
houses. They burrow through bolts OF
cloth to build their nests. destroying
many thousands of dollars worth OF
goods.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

to do so. This change, if granted,
would raise the bar which now pre-
vents a midshipman from marrying I'm.
til he has completed his two years
cruise, or in other words, has obtained
his commission as ensign.
The prohibition against marrying
until final graduation is based on the
assumption that the midshipman is
not receiving salary enough to enable
him to support wife. The plea is
made that this regulation discrimi.
mates against the midshipmen. There
Is no bar to a graduate of West Point
marrying as soon as he receives his
commission as second lieutenant.
The board Of visitors to the Naval
academy hopes to be able to persuade
President Taft to recommend in his
December message to congress that
midshipmen be made ensigns on the
day of graduation. The agitation for
this change in the law is not new, but
it seems to be becoming stronger at
this time than ever before.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Horse Poisoning Is the Newest Graft

tain section of the city, preferably one
in which one or more big stables are
located. His assistant is then sent out
to poison two or three horses a day
for a week.
This Is accomplished by giving them,
as the opportunity may occur, a lump
of sugar, half an apple or some other
equine delicacy, loaded with poison.
There is no monetary gain in this,
the preliminary stage, which is mere
ly done to create favorable state of
affairs-that is, from the viewpoint
of the CRATER. AS soon as the poison
ings begin to be talked of the finan-
cial man gets busy. He goes to the
owner of a large stable, mentions the
numerous deaths from poison, and Of
fers protection for sum varying from
$25 to 500 a week.
If the owner refuses to pay, coercion
is brought to bear in the shape of
few deaths among his animals. The
fact that the two grafters we're never
seen together made the game diff
cult one to stop, but the final rounding
up of the gang Of prisoners should end
this peculiar graft, since the penalty
under the law is heavy one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Army Has a Mobile Fireless Kitchen

JINGLE SAM, like so many other
~ alert and up-to-date housekeepers,
is an advocate of tireless cooking. To
further satisfy himself Of the efficacy
Of this feature of preparing meals, he
has set aside, through the war depart
ment, $4,000 for the construction and
testing of the equipment Of the mobile
kitchen, which is the invention Of
Capt. Frederick Stopford, of the coast
artillery corps, post commissary at
the Preside of San Francisco.
This rolling field kitchen is designed
to feed men in the field on the march.
And it is owing to the good service it
has given, and which ELECTED praise
from the officers in command, that the
device is so highly thought Of by
Uncle Sam. The vehicle is equipped
with a sufficient number Of alright
compartments to prepare the rations
for two companies of infantry or
troops of cavalry, the outfit being ar
ranged to mount on any sort of wagon
or truck.
These dreless compartments consist
of large improved field range with
hot water attachments, a large tank
for carrying hot water, and compart-
ments for meat and utensils. About
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

WAsHlNGTON-An army of unem-
W ployed men propose to soon
swoop down on this city following in
the footsteps Of Coxey's famous army.
James Eads How CT St. Louis, friend
1T the proletariat and protector of the
wandering tramp, will head this great
movement that is to overflow Mary
land, sweep into the District of Colum-
bia and spend its force against the
walls Of the national capitol and the
great buildings of state along the
Washington thoroughfares. 1t will be
the first march Of protest since the ut
ter failure Of the Coxey movement
back in the '90s.
Somewhere between 250, 900 and 5OO.-
900 of voorhees, workers are expected
to Join in the march of the discon-
tented. The campaign to gather them
up is already under way. The first
plans for the great march were made
last spring at the Hobo convention in
Milwaukee. These have since been
perfected and 1t is hoped now that
half million from the party of dis
content will join the protesting column
in its march upon the capital city.
James Eads How, the st. Louis
millionaire worker in the realms of
trampdom, the man who laid aside the
dress shirt for the blue flannel of the
worker, is the moving spirit in this
movement. He has been in the val
ley towns along the Ohio for weeks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

N the interest of Alaskan salmon
the determination of the fresh-wa-
ter sculpin. called also "miller's
thumb "bullhead," or blob" is
urgently demanded. 1t is a worthless
fish, with tendency to feed on sal
mon fry and salmon eggs, and has a
soracious appetite and wonderful d.
Tesisve apparatus.
Barton A. Bean and Alfred C. Weed
Of the division of fishes, United States
National museum, recently have inves-
tigated the blob" and find that it is
extremely destructive to salmon eggs.
These fish have no trouble gathering
in the fry, two or three inches long,
and occasionally manage to corner
some larger ones.
Fourteen blobs were found to have
made way with 80 salmon and As eggs,
an average of almost three salmon
and little over three eggs for each
fish. These blobs were not at all par
ticular about holding to the average,
as some of them had exceeded it mate
rally, nor did they bear out the theory
we'll known to every fisherman that
the bait is first turned by the fish and