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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
American Durability

The Frenchn1an, who latterly has been looking with interest at two propositions lone the incomparable Rolls-Royce, rightly the dernier cri of Paris; the other. the little cycle-car, which eventually may knock the bottom out of every argument which this controversy has provoked-the Frenchfnan has heard of the American car, and his mechanical wits have quick ly sized 1t up. To him it Is a new prop osition: 1t is also a proposition full of all those possibilities with which it is asso- ciated here in England. The qualities of standardization; the undoubted durabiI- ity of the latest American productions, the power of their engines. the cheapness with which spares can be purchased for these things the French purchaser, as the British, will sacrifice little to the coachwork and ignore the limitations of the cheaper American chassis.
 In brief it would appear that the Amer ican car has gone to France to do a greater thing than It has done before. It's achievements there are already remark able. It's progress will be watched with unusual interest--as will the action of the French economists toward it. The government can keep it out by a stroke of the pen. Perhaps 1t Is a little sur prising that they have viewed it's ad- vance with such seeming equanimIty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
ELBEN E. N1ARTIN, WHO CAPTURED SCHRANk. HOLDING k1R. ROO5EVELTS
 BULLET PIERCED MANUSCRIPT

Why should a man on his birthday be called upon invite, say. his golf compan- ions of the morning. his pastor, his two physicians. or even the old-time business associate to dinner? Would the Times have had him dine with pomp and cere- mony, with dishes of stewed meats Bur gundy and champagne. with a swarm of trenchermen and trencherwomen and q fiery Hungarian band on the veranda?
 There are men--also women-who after they have passed the fifties do not wei come allueions to their birthday. They may bless and not curse the day of their birth. but as they near the limit of life set by the psalm attributed to Moses they shun reminders of the nevita ble end, nor or they consoled by the windy assurance that they do not show their age; that they never looked younger A birthday is to them as any Tuesday or Wednesday,, as far as a celebra ton is concerned They do not wish to hear on one particular day in the year the speech of the Trappist to his brother
 It might also be said that MT Rocke- feller's stomach Is notoriously weak. and his diet is simple It takes n man of will to sit at a table and persist In mod eration or self-Genial when joyous guests at birthday dinner expect something more than q basin of gruel or courses of herbs and fruits with water from the spring.
 There is also a sentimental explanation, for even M- Rockefeller may have his sentimental moments in private life. Mrs. Rockefeller was the only one of his i'm mediate family in the town Was 1t not possible that on his birthday she may have preferred to be alone at table with her husband who, whatever may be said or thought about him by others. has been for many years the man she knew best. Perhaps she wished to go over their life together quietly; to tell old stories about early years. the children that came to them to gossip about house. hold affairs: to lay plans for the future It would be hard to persuade Mrs. Rocke- feller that her. husbands career is not successful simply because they "dined alone'' on hisibirthday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

signed He began to calculate the num- Der of miles they would run upon good British macadam, and this was the equa- tion in which is generally represented the value of his prejudiees The ears, he said, would be scrapped in three months or in six, his dictionary was raked for terms in which to describe them antag- onistically, and he caught up on his yer bal fork such terms as fish kettle" 'tinpot, and box of tricks" In a kind ly mood he would tell you that the cheap American ear looked like a cab accident, and leave 1t al that. He was for a little while fooling all the public, but, the ancient maxim prevailing, the folly re- ooiled upon himself and his was the pinfon which impeled the steel. Sudden ly he realized that the British public had given him the slip. Despite his magnilo quence. his lofty scorn, his paternal solicitude, the man in the street had had the impertnence to buy the American car in large numbers and to drive 1t with effrontery on the high road Now arose wailings and sacrifice at the altar of the great god Protection. We heard amid the howls that this country alone could suffer this pernicious dumping; that France and Germany and Italy would never know it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Invasion of France


 Well, here are the facts and here are the statistics. What may be happening in Italy and Germany l am unable to say; but what France is doing Is clear to the least observant-she has discovered the cheap American car and she is. using it. Every tourist who has driven much on the other side of the channel this present season returns with the same story. Ford and Flanders. Hu5mobile and Hudson we meet upon every road. In Paris the in- terest is said to be considerable and one which has stirred the French industry to it's depths. The imports of American cars into France for the first four months of the. current year represent a value of e299. 400. as compared with 2 value of f17S.6O for the same period in 1911 and f51,So0 for the first four months of 1910. To take, say, a Ford car into France re- quires the payment of duty of G1 0s. 4d. for every hundredweght upon the scale. The average weight of the Ford touring model. when fully loaded, is just a few pounds more than Newt, and it may be said roughly that e14 is the duty paid to the French government upon every Ford that enters the country. We know that these models are sold here in England at s170 complete; in France, therefore, the cost must be G1S4 to the purchaser. Even at this it has not yet been found possible for any French man ufacturer 10 offer the motorist the engine power and the accommodation which the American engineers have been careful to secure almost from the beginning. Lit tie cars there are in France, admirable runabouts. at something between f120 and e150-cycle- which you can buy for sums varying between eco and 990; but the engine of 20-h.p. and the chassis to match is a proposition which costs anything from e40o to geo from the more famous makers. and is rarely sold at less than eio0 even by the newer firms Complete one of these big cars from such house as Renault or Panhard or De Dietrich and you have little cheque of a7OO or eSoo to draw even if your ambitions in coachwork be relatively modest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Sight Restored by Bee Stings

Ohio Correspondence San Francisco Call.
 While changing swarm of bees from one hive 10 another George Bailey, who lives near Placerville and makes Iivfnp selling honey. but who had been almost blind for some time because of some ail- ment of his eyes, was stung on the face and eyclids by several bees.
 Bailey Intended to go to Sacramento to consult a specialist with view to hay- ing his sight restored, but the bees did the work that he intended the specialist should try to do The effect of the stings has been to restore his sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
AMERICAN AUTOS
 IN OLD COUNTRY See Many Cpearer Cars on
 the Roads THEY ARE WELL LIKED French Are Delighted With Ameri- can Cars of Cheaper Grade and
 Buy Many of Them
 Each Year

Max Pemberton. in London Daily Mail
 We were motoring from Doulo-Ge to Ostend when first we saw it and none but the expert expressed any great as tonishment He, however. wondered ex- ceedingIy, and he continued to declare at intervals that it was incredible. Hers upon French soil, in the land which has known Levassor and De Dion, here we had met and passed an American carl The expert declared 1t to be impossible; he gazed out of the window after 1t, as though some horrid shape of dream would presently vanish at the dawn.
 We consoled the man with what assur- ance we could and had brought him to a state of comparative reason, when sec ond Ford appeared upon the hillside, descended the valley gracefully, and had breasted the crest almost before the ex- pert could ask: What is it? From this time forth a measure of resignation helped him in some philosophy, and he sat down to mourn his shattered idols For the rest of us the entertainment had but begun, and every klmetre added to the humor of It. We were passing the yellow and blue wheels almost as often as the charettes in which France does her marketing. One by one the Ameri- cans went by proud owners looking out from high-poised bodies. light chassis raising little dust, good springs defying even tho unnameable Belgian highway. We found them in the villages where their owners were shopping; we discov- cred them at the gates of casinos where their owners were not shopping: they career gally bout the towns: they were speeding wonderfully upon the national roads. Nor did fail to point them out to the expert, who remembered Levas- sor. Perhaps at heart we were sorry for him, for this was truly an astonishing thing. The Foringee at Mecca! Even tie man who knew admitted that 1t surprised him.
 We fell to talking of this great matter In the inn at night and between us ar rived at some sort of an understanding The man who knew, and had been there, pointed out some remarkable facts too often lost sight of in this economic con troversy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
THEY DINED ALONE
Other Side of Current Comment on
 Rockefeller Birthday

From the Boston Herald.
 A dispatch from Cleveland, O.. informed the world that on his 73d birthday Mir. and Mrs. Rockefeller dined alone" The New York Times commented on the fact that there were no guests; it called atten- tion to sshall one say the pathos?-of the dinner at which only two sat down, the master of millions and his wife: it ar gued in conclusion that MT. Rockefeller would hardly have done that had his career been real and complete suc- cess.
 But what have millions in money to do with the nature of a birthday dinner?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
ave 1t quite the accelerated movement

gave 1t quite the accelerated movement Ne did.
 What he was working for was better highways to the country towns and to the railway stations. cheaper hauling for the farmer and better profits on the products and more traffic for the Frisco. 1t was an excellent plan and well managed. and to- day the question s national, but Yoakum was the original starter in the race. He is now after the farmer to organize and introduce systematic and direct methods for selling his products, and before long he will have helped him In his agricuI- tural section to some practical plan,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Inducement

From the Washington Star.
 Aren't the walls of these houses rather thin?'
 Yes replied the enterprising sales man. they are made that way on pur. pose. Only don't say anything about 1t to the man next door. He is an eminent pianist and our construction enables you 10 hear his magnificent performances without paying cent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Creme dela Creme
 uh;skey

Is too precious liquor to be sold in bulk. Every drop of it IS bottled. and every bottle sealed, by the distillers The label IS guaranty of quality supreme--purity All first-class cafes have It.
 THE l. TRACER CO.,, Disilers, Cincinnati
 Sold by mailorder houses everywhere
 Four full quarts, $6.O0--twelve full
 quarts, $15.00-express prepaid.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
The Gutter
Runs Full
Of Cream

With the price of whipping cream
ranging from 25c per pint and up
ward strange sight was presented
today when a good-sized stream Of
this valuable product made its course
down the gutter from the Townsend
creamery to Jim Lawrences store,
where it disappeared in the sewer. A
can Of whipping cream became un-
manageable when an employe of the
creamery attempted to remove it in
the building, and, slipping out Of his
grasp fell to the sidewalk, and the
contents went into the gutter before
the heavy receptacle could be up
righted Several CANNES took ad-
vantage Of the free lunch" by lap
ping up what they could and, If the
reporter Is not mistaken, several con-
sumers wore a painful expression
when they passed the crea mflood, evil
IDENTIFY remorseful over the waste.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
Think Boy
Got Away
With Gems
POLICE THINK HIGH SCHOOL BOY
WA STHE BURGLAR WHO THURS
DAY NIGHT BURGLARIZED THE
WOODS HOME.
UNITED pRrss leased wIRE.l

San Francisco, Dec, 14.-That a
high school youth, desperately in need
of funds, robbed the home OF S. N.
Wood, a prominent clothing merchant
here Thursday night when $4,000 in
jewels was stolen, is the theory of
the police are working on today.
The theory is given strong credence
since the receipt Of a note by Wood
offering to return the jewels for $4,000
cash. Handwriting expert Kytka, af-
ter an examination OF the note, ex,
pressed his belief that It was written
by youth, 1t is penned on a sheet
torn from a small note book, such as
students use, and the orthography,
spelling and punctuation bear out the
school boy idea.
The note was brought to the Wood
home by a small boy, who said a
stranger had given him 10 cents to
deliver IT, A maid held the lad and
summoned Wood The latter imme-
diately telephoned the police, who re-
sponded by sending a wagon load Of
policemen to the house The strang-
er could not be located and the boy
was sent home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
Business Chances

If you are looking for chance to
get a good paying business it will pay
you to investigate the following:
Small grocery and confectionery,
good location; daily sales from $50
to $50; invoice about $500; rent $40
month. See Mr. Scott.
General merchandise store at depot
on Oregon Electric; invoice about
$S5OO; good country trade. Owner
wishes to retire. See Mr.. Scott.
A small store on railroad, including
one acre and building This is a good
proposition, and can be bought right,
as owner wants to go East. See Mr..
Scott
Good suburban grocery, doing good
business; excellent location; can be
bought right for quick sale. See Mr..
Scott.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
A Movement
to Purify the
American Stage
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

New York, Dec. 14.-To make a
cleaning up Of the American stage a
nationwide crusade, members of the
National Catholic Theatre movement
are today scheduled to hold a meeting
here at the residence Of Cardinal Far
ley, who will preside.
The national Catholic Influence is to
be concentrated first in New York,
where plays censured by the move
ment will not find Catholic audiences
anywhere in the country
The plan is approved by Cardinals
of Baltimore, and O'Connell,
of Boston; Archbishop Riordan, of San
Francisco, and the bishops Of New
ark, Sioux City, Richmond and Bis
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
FISH WILL BE Plentiful
AND LOW IN PRICE
LrNlrrn rRnss lrAsrn wmr1

Portland, Ore, Dec. ll-The bot
tom is expected to drop clear out of
the local fish market for several DAYS
here, following the granting of per-
mission by the county commissioners
to the contractors on the old railroad
bridge to blow up the remaining piers
OF the bridge in the Willamette river.
The run Of carp, salmon trout and
other varieties is especially heavy At
this season of the year, and an awful
slaughter Of the fish is sure to result
when the piers are shot skyward
In fact the expected fish mortality
drew the attention Of the state game
warden to the blasting. and he also
granted permission. Thousands of
Porltanders are expected to get I'M"
on the big free catch
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
President
Is on His
Way Home
UNITED rnEss InAsrn wmrl

UNITED PRESS LEASED wRrl
Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 1l.-Pres-
ldent-elect Wilson and his party sailed
for the United States on the liner Ber-
mudim this morning. A big crowd
cheered Governor Wilson on his de-
parture, lie said; 81 am feeling fine.
| have had great vacation"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14

A Singer You win Remember
All your life. David Bispham, bar
itone, THURSDAY, DEC. 10. Season
tickets reserved Wednesday, Decem-
Der IS, a. m.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-14

Possibly some dads win wait TN the
last day in the evening to buy EN-. so
as TO make the excuse that they we're
crowded out and could get nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-18
NELSON GIVEN SEAT
 ON JURY COMMISSION
Morgan County Law and Equity Court Rec0nvened at Decatur
 This Week

Decatur, January 1I.-(Special. )-The Morgan county law and equity court has reconvened after having adjourned last week on account of the juries having been illegally drawn, as held by the presiding judge, Judge Thomas W. Vert.
 The iuries for this term of court were drawn by two members of the jury com mission, which fs composed of three mem- bers Some time ago Governor. O'Neal ap- pointed w. D. Edmondson a member of the jury commission to fill the vacancy caused hy the removal of pr. B. w. Wat son, one of the members from New De- catur to south Alabama. Later the gov ernor appointed James A. Nelson Both MT. Nelson and MT. Edmondson were de nied the right to serve on the commission bv the other two members, they holding that there was no vacancy on the board.
 The case was argued before Judge Weri by Attorney w. w. Callahan and Judge Vert decided that MT. Nelson was ell titled to a seat on the board and ordered the juries already drawn dismissed ana others drawn. Mir. Nelson was allowed ta serve with the other two commissioners and the iuries were drawn and court Is now being held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-18
PROTESTS AGAINST
 HOOK GROUNDLESS

Washington. January 17.-The protests against the suggested appointment of Judge William C. Hook of Kansas to the United States supreme court bench t) succeed the late Justice Harlan have been investigated by Attorney General Wickersham and found groundiess. The complaints were based upon Judge Hooks decision in the Oklahoma ? cent rail- road rate case, which he held to be con fiscatory.
 MT. Wickershaw concluded it was ex- tremely unwise to judge the character of a jurist by one opinion, simply be- cause it happened to be favorable to the railroads. An organization of Judge Hooks record in interpreting the rail road and other laws of the country re- futed, in the Judgment of the Attorney General, the charge that Judge Hook was too conservative. His conception of the man was based upon consideration of his whole career upon the bench.
 The result of the investigation means that Judge Hook still is among the fore most candidates for the supreme court vacancy, but the President. it is declared, in authoritative circles, has not yet made up his mind as to the selection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-18
STRIKERS CLASH
 WITH M|L|T|AMEN Commander of Soldiers Attempts to Arrange
 Settlement

Lawrence, Mass, January IA clash between parading strikers and militiamen was one of several develop ments today of the textile strike in which 15,0O0 mill operatives are con cerned. On the heels of this disturb ance, Col F. Leroy Sweetser. command- ing the militia, announced that he had taken a hand in the efforts to settle the trouble.
 Colonel Sweetser conferred tonight with Joseph j. Ettor leader of the strikers, and later said he had sug- gested to Etter plan for definite set clement, thereby ending the strike temporarily at least. Details of the plan were not revealed, but Colonel Sweetser later arranged further meeting with Ettor.
 Investigation by federal officials of certain elements of the situation was begun today with the arrival of F. G. R. Gordon, an immigration inspector who was sent here by the immigration department at Washington. It is un- derstood the department has received reports of alleged illegalities in the importation of alien operatives for the mills. Between 300 and 400 additional employees of the Arlington mills joined the strike today, but notwithstanding this development, more operatives than on any day this week were at work. Only the Everett and Lawrence Duck mills were idle. and the latter Is ex- pected to reopen tomorrow.
 In expectation of another parade of strikers tomorrow, police and military preparations to prevent the paraders from entering the mill district were carefully planned tonight.