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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
Dissolution of the Standard Oil

The Standard Oil company accepts without a protest of any sort it's Con demnation or ratbss -sa4slaaa.tion by the United Stategsupreme court. Its dissolution bas been decreed, and how this IAOoabe accomplished is matter <zdblic interest.
 - 1t is not an operating company. It is a holding company, and some think the subsidiary companies will be left to operate each in it's own terri tory. This would, however, necessi- tate a division of subsidiary stocks among the Standard Oil stockholders, and it is difficult to see how the con- trol of all the subsidiary companies could in that way be kept in the hands of the present chief owners of the Standard Oil stock.
 Another suggested plan looks to the absorption of the physical pros- perity of the subsidiary companies after their dissolution by new cor poration which would be an operating company and which would not at any rate be combination" But would not the new company be as much in restraint of trade as the old one was?
 All in all it is not easy to see how he big concern is to be dissolved Doubtless plan has been formulated and in due time the big concern will perhaps tell the public how the change in the makeup is to be ac- complished. John D. Rockefeller made the Standard Oil company secret in all it's methods, and it may be the dissolution ordered by the su- preme court will be executed in all secrecy also. This will, however, be difficult.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Better

'
 General trade will be active from now on,' said L. F. Langdon. a manufacturer of Philadelphia
 T had felt that the business situation would improve just as soon as the United States supreme court rendered it's decision in the Standard oil case, assuming as did that the decision would be adverse to the vast corporation, but the bueyancy in evidence now is even more widespread than had imagined The trading pub lie is largely affected by sentiment and although Wall street had to some extent discounted the supreme courts adverse decision. so long as the suspense con tinued business was ,halting and unsatis- factory. But the moment that the court jump and it will continue to advance. And no matter whether or no one has any direct interest in stock speculation, bulish market helps business in gem eral way. The market is at least a pretty good barometer.
 If we have big crops this summer high degree of prosperity will be the rule in every part of the country. was in Atlanta yesterday and found commer- cial activity prevailing there: and here in Birmingham business seems far better than it was reported to have been two weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

who will oppose a supreme court de- cision. He will accept 1t even if he does not like it, and in December no doubt he will advocate federal in- corporation bill. It is perhaps better to let the entire subject go over until December when clearer views con- corning it will no doubt prevail throughout the country.
 In the meantime the general busi- ness situation is becoming more and more satisfactory. The decision of the United States supreme court in the Standard Oil case had bullish effect on the stock market and at this june ture the advance in the price of se- curities affects favorably the financial and industrial world, and that means pretty much everybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
Let Us Keep the Traffic Squad

The traffic squad-the alert and brawney policemen who stand at con- gested street intersections and look out for the safety of men, women and children-mpst be retained.
 Retrenchment in the city's expen- ditures is good thing of course, and the commissioners have been heartily commended for the work they have accomplished in abolishing un- necessary offices and in cutting down expenses in various departments.
 Most of the economies which the new commission government has put into effect thus far have been wise and business-like. But there is such a thing as overdoing retrenchment, and the retirement of the traffic squad would be, indeed, a very seri- ous mistake.
 Few salaries paid in this city have brought better results than the sal aries paid to the traffic policemen at certain corners. Birmingham has been growing rapidly and will con tinue to stride forward. Even be- fore automobiles had come into gen. eral use certain congested intersec- tions required policemen to handle traffic. Life was not in much jeodardy then, but as matter of convenience and comfort few police men detailed for traffic work was considered necessary.
 But today with the automobiles and and other vehicles crowding the prin- cipal thoroughfares life would be in constant danger at the following crossings were is not for the traffic squad: Twentieth street at First ave- nue, at Second avenue, and Third avenue; Nineteenth street at Second avenue and Third avenue, and Twen- ty-first street at First avenue and Second avenue. This makes seven in- tersections where life would be in con- stant danger during the busy hours of the day but for the active services of stalwart policemen.
 The pay of these seven men totals between 5000 and $700 a month. Es- pecially do women and children need protection from automobiles. If the policemen are withdrawn and one child were killed mighty howl would go up and the public would be right in giving expression to it's indigna- tion, for death would be traceable to false economy on the part of the city.
 By all means let us retain the traf- fic squad for duty at seven intersec- tions at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
victor Herbert. Nationality

Victor Herbert. the conductor-com- poser, is an Irishman and is proud of that fact, although many persons who are not familiar with his biography take him to be German" said an acquaintance of the distinguished gentleman who comes to Birmingham with his orchestra next week.
 He was born in Dublin in 1859. He came of musical stock His grandfather, Samuel Lover, man of letters by pro- fession, was composer of character istic Irish songs. Victor Herbert's father was gentleman of culture and was an amateur musician. Upon his fathers death his mother took him to Germany. where he received his musical education, beginning his studies at the early age of r He was pupil in the Stuttgart conservatory. and there perfected himself on the viooncello. His first important appearance was as principal cellist of the court orchestra at Stuttgart, and in 1Sss he held a similar position with the Metro politan orchestra in New York. He played under Theodore Thomas, and was after wards cellist under Seidl and was also associate conductor.
 He Is the composer of some of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

From the Washington Post.
 note that visitors to Europe seem eager to see the oldest old homes of great men, lords and princes of ancient times" remarked Mark Smith, late dele gate from Arizona, at the Willard. q have no doubt the study of ruins and of castles and such that are still inhabited Is mighty interesting, but we have ruins of human habitations and castles in the Arizona region, which are thousands of years older than any that can be shown to you in Europe. There is no way of estimating the exact age of the struc- lures that are unearthed by the archae- ologists out our way, but the estimate of 2ooo years does not seem too great. A friend of mine just returned from Flu rope, told with much interest of going through the oldest inhabited residence on the continent. There are ruined cas- ties that are older no doubt than the cas- tie of Count Grieffenklau at Winkel on the Rhine, but his is admittedly the oldest house still in use. This house. so much visited by tourists because of it's age, was built in A. D. $50, yet we can show ruins of palaces in Arizona that must be much older Our archaeologists cannot tell who built these western structures of stone and clay. The Indians, wno came after the original dwellers in our region. have no traditions concerning the ruins There have been volcanic over flows since the original buildings were oc- cupied and lava has covered many of them for untold centuries In digging for gold or in irrigation work, the ruined walls are found, but they are without in scriptions to tell that the people who built the walls had any language or literature like the ancient Egyptians"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
JAMES HAMILTON

Editorial in Music News of Chicago.
 It was heprivilege of the writer to hear a private recital of songs by James Ham ilton the other day, and there is no hesi- tancy whatever in pronouncing his voice to be one of the finest dramatic tenors ever trained in Chicago
 MT. Hamilton as is now quite well known, Is a native of Birmingham, Ala, and is a protege of Mrs. Truman Aldr1ch, Jr. He Is at present under the tutelage of Walter Allen Stults in the School of Music at Northwestern university in Evanston, and the remarkable results at tained during the short time he has been here have certainly not been duplicated in many instances anywhere.
 While MT. Hamilton has the physique and the voice to be classed emphatically' as dramatic tenor, he yet has so beau- tfully lyric a quality as to place him also in the list of purely lyric voices.
 His range is remarkable and the power of his voice is amazing, at the same time this power in nowise interferes with quality. and he is able to sing steadily, euavely and with great leeway in modu- atory effects. MT. Hamilton has tempera- ment in abundance and withal his taste in readings is pronounced and varied ab- solutey to the requirements of each work given. a
 At the aforementioned recital he was heard in Cadman's At Dawning, snow ing great sustaining power; Rubinsteih's 5 Der Agra" in which there was dramatic feeling of the very strongest kind A Red, Red Rose." by Hastings, in which the emotional quality was beautifully expressed, though admirably repressed' also Calm As the Night (Bohm),' in which the phrases were splendidly sus- tained and the general interpretation was fine: Lullaby" by Brahms, in which ad- vance in pianissimo was indicated an '.Elijah aria. which was indeed indi- cative of the splendid work which may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
ABOUT NAGGING WIVES

in his career when a fit mate would have been so helpful, And so the male friends of Hannah Jane's husband commiserated by an eloquent silence, while his female acquaintance came right out and said Poor, poor mani' until he was sure that he had been very badly treated indeed.
 And this way of looking at the whole proposition has no little vogue in the present day "Od wives for new''' is a cry that is heard in more places than Pittsburg and among the 400. Some hold, also, that man is naturally a Mormon. It may be so. But there are some ain- stincts, as well as some laws, that are more honored in the breach than in the observance. At all events, few, if any, women are Mormonesses, and they have their side of the situation to be consid- cred. sT
 There are thousands of women in the world who do not look particularly good to the other fellows, and it is just as well that they should not. Wise nature knew what she was about when she threw the glamour of illusion over one man. so that he should think there was none other than the single paragon among her many sisters. And when he married her. she was that. Happy is he is the alchemy of love still invests her with charms for ever gone. And if she has been true and faithful wife, God help him if he has forgotten the bliss of the honeymoon and the day when he stood by her side with the promise on his lips to cherish and protect until death do us partv'
 .sosssss.ssssssssssss.ss Jssssssssssssss shortly be expected from this young tenor along this line, and an aria from "Regi- nella" a little used s-era of Braga in which technical profcie. y in many di- rections was clearly proven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
If do vow friendship, I'll perform It To the last article. -othello'
New Issue of Panama Canal Bonds

New issue or dndHhd Sdlihi DohuS
 A bond issue to the extent of $50,- 900 ,000 for the Panama canal has been put before the people. The new bonds are to bear per cent interest, and in order to render the bonds available to small investors, they will be in denominations down to $100. These bonds cannot be used by the national banks as a basis of circula- tion. They cannot be sold at less than par.
 The national banking system ere ated an artificial demand for United States bonds, and the offer of bonds outside of that stimulus is regarded with interest. The per cent govern ment bonds are selling above par. These bonds are, however, available for banking purposes. The belief is that the new per cent bonds will sell at about 102, and if they do the credit of this country will stand as high as that of any other country. There is no reason why this country should not be able to borrow money on as favorable terms as the best of the European countries, and the new bond issue will be an excellent test of our credit uninfluenced by the circu- lation needs of the national banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
No Special Trust Message

The President has no present inten- tion of sending a special message to Congress proposing additional anti trust legislation. He certainly will not send a message on this subject to Congress until after the decision in the tobacco case is rendered. This decision will be made just before the adjournment of the court for the sum- mer recess.
 Congress consists of a democratic House and republican Senate and the entire question is a live party wire, and it is safe to say that the entire subject will be, permitted to 70 over to the regular session in De- cember when public opinion will have become plainer.
 No amendment of the Sherman law of 1890 is advocated by anybody, but the President has long favored fed eral Incorporation law which would practically enable the government to supervise all corporations engaged in Interstate trade. The President sent i special message to Congress on this subject on January ', 1910, and in that message he advocated the ideas of Justice Harlan. He is not a man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
THE SONG OF THE CAMP

By Bayard Taylor. ,.Give us a song" the soldiers cried, The outer trenches guarding, As the heated guns of the camp allied Grew weary of bombarding. The dark Redan, In silent scoff, Lay grim and threatening under; And the tawny mound of the Malakon No longer belchd it's thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman saio; "We storm the forts tomorrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of sorrow. 4 They lay along the battery's sides Below the smoking cannon: Brave hearts from Severn and rr>
 Clyde, And from the banks of shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame: Forgot was Britain's glory < Each heart recalld different name But all sang Annie Laurie" voice after voice caught up the song, Until its tender passion Rose like an anthem, rich and strong Their battle-eve confession.
 ~ Dear girl her name he dared not speak. But as the song grew louder, Something upon the soldiers cheek Wash'd off the stains of powder. Beyond the darkenng ocean burn'd The bloody sunsets embers, While the Crimean valleys learn'd How English love remembers. And once again a fire of hell
 Raind on the Russian quarters, With scream of shot, and burst of shell. And believing of the mortars! And Irish Nora's eyes are dim; For a singer dumb and gory; And English Mary mourns for him Who sang of Annie Laurie" Sleep, soldiers! still in honor'd rest Your truth and valor wearing: The bravest are the tenderest-- The loving are the daring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
My heart is a little garden.
INDIGNANT SHERIFF.

Hamilton Webster fcalled Ham" for short had just been elected sheriff of a county in one of the western states. He had received strict orders to keep no prisoner in solitary confinement One evening he found himself in possession of but two prisoners, one of whom escaped during the night.
 The next morning Ham opened the cell of the one remaining, man arrested for horse stealing. and proceeded to kick him out, remarking "Git out of here, you pie-face! You stayed in to get me In trouble over That derned solitary ca7s. finement regulation, didn't ye?"-Success Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
nEFIEcrIoNs or A RAcHELoR

From the New York Press.
 The silly season is all the year round for most people.
 A girl will add years to her age to ar rive at being a young lady and subtract them to stay there.
 Some men are so self-satisfled that even if they had wooden leg they could think 1t was becoming
 It's very rare man that ever remem- bers his wife has at least some of the rights his business partner has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
THE PICKLE FAIR

She told dear Reginald goodbye.
 She wept upon his manly chest: For most a week with fearful eve
 She went about, indeed deprest. But soon her winsome smile returned, Her absent lover she forgot And with desperate longing yearned
 To change forthwith her maiden lot. She dreameth now of Algernon.
 Whose handsome face she doth adore He puts some nifty raiment on
 And works in a department store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE.

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE. The Jester won to the mountain peak And turned to gaze behind Was that a path for a step so weak? Thank God that I was blind. "The sunlit stretch where I laughed so loud, Did it skirt that precipice? The bridge where I stood to sketch the cloud. Did it span that black abyss? When I turned aside to the little stream, Was that somber tarn so near? Was tke eagles swoop in the evening On the bones I see from here?" He faced to the front again: his sight Could scarce discern the track; The slope on the left with mist was white, And the wood below was black. Into hollow just ahead The pathway crept along Enough Is hid for mirth." he said, And the curlew heard his song.
 Westminster Gazette.
 MATS WAY. Marriage is sacred rite" Nat Goodwin seems to consider 1t an inalienable right
 CARUSO'S WELL.
 Cheer up. cheer up
 And don't complain.
 Cousin Caruse''
 Will sing again.
 HELP! "Can you tell me how a lumber yard resembles a sailor?" Not this morning. Because 1t usually has a rolling gate" THE TROPICAL LAMENTS. Alas, alack, my heart is sad,'' Cried William Henry Wooster q don't get money from my dad As often as I useter."
 HIS STATUS. "Who is the vapid young man in the corner?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

Mayor Gaynor assures New York water drinkers that they will have the Catsxill article in two years. In the meanwhile they will doubtless be content to drink beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
RAISE HIS PAY

From Life.
 "rve got a great story" says the new reporter.
 aYou have?" growls the city editor "What is it?"
 .rhe only actress who never married Nat Goodwin is engaged to the only man who never married Lillian Russell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
Distinguished Churchmen

"The new dean of St. Pauls Cathe- dral in London. the Very Rev. William Ralph Inge, Is not generally known to the public, perhaps, but as he Is great scholar and a man of more than ordinary force he will soon be listed among the celebrities said Bir- minghan1 layman who keeps n touch wit world affairs.
 'H le deanship of St. PauFs is, In many respects, higher than some of the Anglican bishoprics. It is like the episcopal office in the Anglican com munion-a political plum. The dean is nominated by the prime minister, and there is usually great deal of poll ticat ting on the part of friends of the clergyman wha is aspiring to the much coveted post; and in times past deans anu would-be deans themselves have been active politicians.
 "Dr. Inge was Lady Margaret pro- fesor of divinity at Cambridge univer- sity In 1908 he delivered the Paddock lectures at the General Theological seminary in New York. A writer in the New York Sun describes him as man of clear and incisive delivery. At St. Pauls Cathedral he will fill the position once occupied by Liddop and Scott Holland of modern days. He Is the ninety first dean of St. Pauls, and in the course of centuries there have been many distinguish ed men at the head of that great cath edral, among them Colet, the founder of St. Paul's school: Dome, the brilliant courier, poet and divine, whose life has been so graphically delineated by Izaak Wal ton; Tilloston, the amiable and eloquent preacher of his day, who became arch bishop of Canterbury; Butler, the au- thor of the Analogy" Stillingf1eet. Prettyman, Copleston, Milman, Mansell Church and Gregory.
 "Dr. Inge's work has been chiefly In the classroom, but for two years he was vicar of All Saints church, Ennis more Gardens, where he was known as popular preacher. He Is the author of Truth and Falsehood in Religion, book that has had wide reading"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

Every gown and every diamond of great value is being secured across the sea in order to be presented at the Brit ish court. It is race of the rich and the snobbish, all led by John Hays Ham, mond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

The Japanese have reached the con- clusion that the most difficult thing to learn in the honorable baseball game is the batting. They are not big enough to produce to order three-baggers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
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the Kingdom during the coronation pe- riod. This disposes of many delicate prob iems in dealing with her on that occasion She does not accept the general situation with an amable temper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
A Young Southern Mans Rise


 "All of us some times see the adage, There Is Always Room at the Top verified" said a prominent business man. One of the most esteemed and widely circulated papers in the United States Is the New York Commercial. and on it's editorial page is published the name of Mercer P. Moseley, presi- dent and publisher.
 "I have known MT. Moseley sinse he was mere youth and we meet fre- quently in New York and talk over old days. I first met him in the early sos. In 1895 he was clerking in a hotel at Huntsville, Ala. Later he was pro- prietor of the hotel, and was at the same time running the Monte Sano re- sort About 1897. w. P. Bankhead of Jasper and Mr. Moseley went to New York together and set themselves up in some sort of an agency business. In 1898 Moseley left New York and went to North Carolina, where he joined his father in the lumber business.
 "A year or so after that he was em- ployed by the American Tobacco com pany on a small salary in the sales of flee here in Birmingham. He worked two or three years for the American Tobacco. He had been promoted rapid ly and was getting large salary with headquarters in St. Louis at the time he left that concern and entered the newspaper field. It was about this way. The president and publisher of the New York Commercial was H intimate with one of the high officials of the American Tobacco company. He said to this friend one day. want to em- ploy for the paper young man who has had experience as a salesman and has made a success of his job. Adver- Using has come to be like any other commodity. I want first-class sales man to go out and sell advertising space The American Tobacco company official said, we have a man that might suit you We don't want to give him up, but if you can pay him enough I will not oppose his leaving should he thinks the newspaper business would be in the line of advancement; in other words, would make for his own good. Our salesman that I have in mind is young Moseley.'
 "The newspaper publisher got Nose ley's address and wrote to him asking him to come on to New York and con- fer about taking an advertising posi- ton which would have a large salary attached. Moseley replied by wire, say ing in substance that he was very busy and could not take the time to go to New York; that if the publisher of the Commercial wanted to see him very bad he would have to come to St. Louis. The publisher did go to St. Louis and there secured Mir. Moseley. The first year that Moseley was with the Com