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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Strong Underwood Sentiment

Hinton E. Carr of Birmingham, who recently bought and sold a 50,000 acre tract of long leaf pine lands Tn Florida, returned this week from that state where he had spent about six weeks. He says he thinks that Florida will send solid Underwood delegation to the national convention.
 "I visited Jacksonville, Tampa, Or lando, DeLand, Ocalla and number of other places in. the six weeks that was in Florida" said Mr. Carr, and never lost an opportunity to put in word for Oscar Underwood. l feel sure that I did him no harm.
 "The severe weather of the north has literally flooded Florida with people from all parts of the north. Every hotel and boarding house had to turn people away. The great 500 room hotel at Tampa, known as the Tampa Bay hotel, had to press into service all the sleeping cars they could procure, and then it turned off people. This condi- tion is true on both the east and west coasts at all of the hotels.
 All of these visitors or tourists as they are called by the natives of Florida, are necessarily people of means, because it takes money to spend the winter in Florida. Therefore, they are representative of the better class from the neighborhoods from which then come and are people of intelligence and culture. While In Flor ida all they have to do is 10 play the different games of cards and-among the gentlemen-talk politics.
 When l would inform people that l was from Birmingham they would invariably sit up and take notice,' and then I would state that Brming ham was going to furnish the next President of the United States they would stand up and remark. Why, yes, l believe he will be the next President, because he is unquestionably the safest and sanest man that is being mentioned today for the high office. Of course, here and there d partizan republican would qualify it by stating that MT. Taft was misunderstood, etc, etc, but never one time was the question raised of Mr. Underwood being a southern man by one of these people from the north. They seemed to feel and know that MT. Underwood was a national product and not a sectional one.
 T talked with democrats from Maine. Connecticut. Rhode Island. New York and Pennsylvania, and the last one of them was an Underwood man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
Secretary Wilson Out of Date

The Moss committee of the House simply finds Secretary Wilson guilty of twisting at every possible turn the pure food law to make it serve special interests. It is high time that con- sumers should be aroused to the sit uation. They have slept while Secre- tary Wilson has connived by means of his Remsen board and Solicitor Me- Cabet to serve those who use odds and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
GoRGAs-cANAL TRAIL BLAZER

From the Atlanta Constitution. Visiting the Panama canal lately Sir
 Frederick Treves, physician, to the late King Edward of England. and a medical
 authority of worldwide note, commented upon the manner in which Col. William c. Gorgas had "cleaned up" the isthmus
 and declared this work has set the
 standard of what preventive medicine
 should be in the tropics"
 As the big ditch hears completion the eyes of the world turn more and more on the engineering genius and the admnis- trative skill that made 1t possible, and not many years will elapse before history begins to apportion credit for an achieve
 ment which is to rank with the foremost chapters of the twentieth century. Will liam c. Gorgas and his exploit will chal-
 lenge the study of the historian when this stage of the canals record Is reached.
 Colonel Gorgas may be called the trail
 blazer of the canal. Without him the fe-
 mainder of the work would have been an
 impossiblity. He preceded the engineer ing corps. and the administrative and found on his hands the multifarious prob- lems left by the inefficient French sani- tary engineers. The entire strip was a yellow fever breeding spot. Other dis eases of communicable nature abound ed there due to the blithe lack of ordi- nary precautions.
 Into a reign of chaos from the health standpoint, Gorgas projected the whole
 some energy of modern science, At the time the magazines and newspapers teemed with his work, the risks his men were running, the magnificent work they were doing in making the canal zone a habtable spot But of late years, with the task of sanitation accomplished, and
 a corps for maintenance efficiently drilled and instructed, the man who inaugurated
 the work has sunk more or less into the background and showier figures have taken his place.
 When the waterway is thrown open to commerce, however, and appropriate cere- | monials mark an event that bulks large in American history, due care should be taken to see that the man who cleared the way for the builders, who was and is himself builder, be given the credit for performing a task of herculean pro portions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
TIMELY ESCAPE

From an EXcndnSe
 A German shoemaker left the gas turned on in his shop one night. and upon ar irving in the morning struck match to light if. There was a terrific explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the middle of the street.
 A passerby rushed to his assistance, and after helping him to rise, Inquired if he was injured.
 The little German gazed in at his place of business, which was now burning quite briskly, and said:
 "No, I ain't hurt. But I got out shust in time, eh?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

child climbs up on the cart and says Grandfather and Marigold cries out, 'Ah, my God, she can speakl there was nothing more to it. They paid for that dinner without murmur.''
 There was brief silence.
 ''1t was wonderful gift" said the tall man, solemnly.
 No other writer had more of it." added the stout man. hs=#
 ''Und. yet, said the philosopher, ''he is called cheap caricaturist.
 Would there were more of them quoth the tall man. dt
 What is the name of that story?" tho conductor asked.
 'Dr. Marigod's Prescription.
 T believe I'll take dose when I get home,' said the conductor.
 ''Talle the whole treatment, son." ad- vised the old man.
 Public square, shouted the conduc- for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
by many states since it's adoption in

by many states since it's adoption 1T Alabama
 T feel quite sure that Jefferson coun- ty. will give him handsome majority First, because his administration should be indorsed in recognition of his spien- did work, and, second, because he has used such god judgment in the appoint ment of John Rosensthil, game warden for this county, whom everybody re- spects and admires. l like an officer who is fair and impartial. and from my long acquaintance of MT. Rosensthil know him to be a man of the highest integrity and absolute fairness in all his dealings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
co.d Word for Wallace

q see from the papers that an effort is being made to defeat John Wallace for game commissioner said A. l..
 Fulenwider, president of the Peoples Home Telephone company While l am only an occasional hunter at the
 same time I take great interest in see- ing the game laws enforced in order that our game may be protected, and
 from my best information MT. Wallace and his appointees have enforced the laws honestly and fairly. and in addi- tion to tlrfs MT Wallace is the author of our present law. which has been copied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
THE JoP HE uAD

HE JOB HE HAD. "clarissa's Italian count was killed on a gondola in Venice" I'll bet he. was handling the sweep"
 4TRIBuLATIoNs, Tie life of any seribbier Is not just what it seems, For topographic errors Do haunt him in his dreams. -Birmingham Age-Herald. And when he finds an error And sends Up a correction; They simply make another And fill him with dejection.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. And when he grabs the proofsheet And makes his meaning plain, This is the way it's printed: Aetouyqzzzkiij xxzzjiKx 567"~ And then he goes insane.
 Cincinnati Enquirer And when in circulation His work at last appears, 'He cribbed it,'' say the critics, fFrom the efforts of his peers"
 New York Evening Telegram. If there's any illustration His story to supply; It may be printed upside down Fate knows the reason why.
 Florida Times-union. And if perchance no errors show To add unto his gloom, His name has probably been pied Into nom de plume,
 Oregon Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Hope maketh the bill collector call again.
 Escaping poverty is just as hard as cap turing riches.
 woman has the children so a man thinks he knows how to raise them.
 What makes a man so proud of himself is he wouldn't be if he were any sort of judge.
 The man who succeeds is never able to tell how he does it, and the man who can always tell how he does it is never able to succeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
Bishop wiImer Coined n Word

"Talking about the wit of Bishop Will mer recalls an incident which happened in Birmingham some years ago. said l.. P. Hill.
 "A lady who was an old friend or tue bishop saw him standing at the corner of one of our principal streets, walked 'ip to him and addressed him in familiar manner, as friends do. The bishop did not recognize her at once. and the lady remarked:
 "'Why. Bishop, don't you know me. you married me-
 "The bishop drew back, ana saio' Madam, you are mistaken, l married my wife, but I marrified you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
Recognition of China

Millions are straving in China-3,- 100000 at any rate. And Russia stands ready to seize Mongolia, or Thibet, or Turkestan, or Manchuria, and the other European powers would simply demand slice also. Under such circumstances the republic of the United States could render the repub-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
The Music Festival

we expect to have a music festival early in May-May or A. said Presi- dent J. II. Holcombe of the Music Fes- tival association.
 "The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, which ranks now at the very top, will be one of the features of the festival. There will be number of vocal artists and at least one celebrity of the f1rsr magnitude. Our executive committee will secure the guarantee within the next week or two, and after that all details will be announced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
UNUSUAL CHARACTER

''Now, there is Biffels. Biffels Is a very original fellow.'
 'Is that sop
 q am quite sure on that point, be- cause he has never been heard to say that he wished he had John D. RockefeI- ler's money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
Peace Is Restored

"rf at any time," stated R. Tyler Goodwin yesterday afternoon, there was friction in the ranks of the demo- cratic party in Alabama, peace is now restored.
 Ut has been conclusiv4y demon- strated to everyone that the state dem ocratic executive committee, in adopt ing a plan for the state primary had in mind the purpose of benefiting Oscar ", Underwood No one had an aX 10 grind, and no one planned blow at any faction save the anti-underwood faction.
 "I have been in close touch with the situation in Alabama and Underwood is the unanimous choice of the people. And from the news that reaches me from other states, l am confident that he will make strong fight in the con- vention, with the chances favoring him of securing the nomination.
 The chairman of the state committee was in Birmingham on legal business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Several University of Minnesota stu dents are taking lessons in the lumber trade. They are ambitious to become lum- berjacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
REJECTED

Alas, alack, what sorrow preys
 Upon the bard who gets That cold announcement which conveys The editors regretsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Winona recently reported temperature % degrees below zero. MT. Taft was not surprised. He felt that way himself after visiting that town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Henry Van Dyke rises up to tell us that Walt Whitman was not real poet He must have had too many reform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
Tax Commission Elated

I've are glad that the tilt between the state and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, concerning the assessment of the former of the property of the latter, is concluded.' D said j. Lee Long yesterday.
 We have secured good increase in the assessment of the property of the local street railway system, and 1t is now unnecessary to undergo the trou- ble and expense of a long drawn out legal battle"
 MT. Long returned to Montgomery, as did the other members of the commits sion. John Powell and Judge A. A. Evans. The local office of the state board is now in the charge of the chief clerk of the commission, w. T. Lloyd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
YOU REMEMBER TINKER BELL,

YOU REMEMBER TINKER BELL.
 "Theatrical managers and railroad men clash sometimes
 ''so they do. When Peter Pan came south the manager had terrible time with a green ticket agent in a southern town. who wanted him to pay full fare for Tinker Bell.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

The Chicago Tribune finds that Uncle Ike Stephenson's vindication, when sub jected to analysis, is only eight-thr- teenths pure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Just at present the doctors are endea- voring to unload the blame of cancer on fish. Fish do have many cancers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Detroit declines to accept the list of 40 immortals because the name of Tyrus Cobb does not appear in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
PLAYING WITH FIRE.

PLAYING WITH FIRE. The people who go slumrfiing
 In very righteous vein, Some night, with hearts a-drumming, May sneak bask there again. A very foolish habit
 For persons who are weak To look for sin and grab it
 With both arms, so to speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

By keeping Tama Jim Wilson for mak- ing a record of long service in the cabi- net many scandals have arisen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
TEN GREATEST GEMS OF ORATORY From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer I got cha. Oh you kid. Be that as it may View with alarm. Far be it from me. Come in.
 What'll you have? This is so sudden. I will now conclude. Bulleeve me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Marse Watterson's flight to Florida should be duplicated by the great Nebras- kan. Reduced rates are offered by the railroads,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

It was with difficulty that Lake Mich igan was kept from freezing from shore to shore this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Eggs are declning,' but. the question Is, what kind of eggs are they? Ancient cold storage eggs are dear at any price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Charles w. Morse will undoubtedly be welcomed to the floor of the New York stock exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
UNkIND.

UNkIND. A carpenters gentle man, but frequently we find
 He takes a chisel and a saw and makes a window blind. Dallas News. Yes, we have seen him in his wrath OCT something he'd mislaid Get up and hand a poor, defenseless. harmless window shade.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. We've seen him when his worthy resolu- tions went to smash Retie them very neatly with a pretty win dow sash New York Telegram, When we were young we watched him work and felt extremely glum, Because we hoped and hoped in vain that he would mash his thumb,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Professional oyster openers never find a pearl, but it is cold day when anna teurs do not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

The 40 immortas have slid back into
 obscurity, and all Is forgiven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Marse Henry and Woodrow Wilson will not exchange valentines today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
QUITE so.

''If two people read out of the same book, is that sign they are chummy ?'
 Well, 1T two people live out of the same book, and it happens to be a pocket book, that's sign they are chummy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Senator Lorimer of the Lincoln league no doubt observed Lincoln's birthday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Some say the groundhog went back to his hole, while others say he froze to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Colonel Watterson's Ananias club k after all in a minor league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Eggs, meat and milk may soar beyond us, but the onion we always have with us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Boston women want lower car steps while present fashions are maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Thermometers without any zero mark are popular in the northwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

Gen. Joseph B. scully, adjutant gen eral of the state. after a business trip 10 Birmingham, is again in Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
VAIN EFFORT.

 "As we journey through life we gradu- ally learn few things" "For instance?' ''The man who hopes to assert his indi- viduality by wearing loud ties and noisy socks is simply wasting time"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
A CAUTIOUS CITIZEN.

When t came to rough-and-tumhIe
 scraps,
 He was disposed to wait And had no use for peevish chaps Who would not arbitrate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
UNDERWOOD AS A CANDIDATE

One of the registered woman voters in California is 1O1 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
As IIE I.NnERsTooD IT

<As |Iff1# UNIEFSI OOD IF The lofty browed, scholarly man whe was officiating as toastmaster at me banquet turned to the man sitting neA' to him. Rssr ry
 What is the next thing in the order ol exercises?' he asked.
 The other made whispered response Please say that again; l don't quite catch it." The answer was repeated.
 Gentlemen" said the toastmaster, ris- ing" the next thing will be an Irish song by that prince of entertainers. MT. Boek- fish, entitled. Hal Benny Bottle Ieer Seen Kel1 e?''--Chicago Tribune
 FAREWELL.
 Good-by, s
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
About Persons

R. B. Evins. legal adviser of the O'Neal administration. after spending yesterday in Birmingham, has returned to Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
IN PROOF.

"Oh, yes. There are several people in our neighborhood who can give fairly accurate pronunciation of Les Misera- bles.' ;"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

NO USE TO WATT THERE. "All things come to him who waits" Did you ever try ordering pate de foies gras in 'beanry'?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14
DICKENS: BY WILLIAM WATSON

the Dickens Centenary Observ in New York VVYY HEN Nature first designed NX/ her all-procreant mind
 w The whom here tonight We are met to honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-14

I TIE JUB HE HAD.
 "clarissa's Italian count was killed or a gondola in Venice"
 .'fl bet he was handling the sweep"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-02
MOT0RMAN IS
KILLED BY A
RUNAWAY CAR

Slipping on the wet tracks, with
brakes tightly locked. but the
wheels not holding on the slick
steel. Broadway car No. 265 went
roaring down Harvard av. yesier-
day afternoon. struck the ~" a,
Eastisss and toppIsd over. Motor.
man George c. shinoIt. aged ~,
1870 Remington court. who had
been applying the brakes all the
way down tire hill. tried 10 jump
when he ts~ the car hit the turn.
but the fan Of the big car caught
him between the door and the
pavement, instantly ending his life.
~ The front trucks Of the car
hit the ~" Charles Dove. field
engineer u the park department.
waA thrown from the rear platform.
landing on the pavement and Eus
tanning bad cuts about the head
Tho five other passengers on the
car escaped With only minor In.
turieE G. u. wheel. conductor. 127
18th Ay.. was also thrown 90 the
pavement. lie received cuts on the
face and a bruised arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Squire. 1851
18th av. ~ r. were inside when
the accident occurred. They re-.
eciyed bruises on the head and
body.
Mrs. George Owen. 2sos North
Goth Ei.. and Daniel w Doe. 1925
Thackeray place. were not Injured
other than from the shock.
Story OF Accident.
From the accounts Of the acct.
dent given BY eve witnesses. II
would appear that No. 2S5 started
down the hin at a fairly moderate
rate ~ speed: that when Il got
about half way down u began 20
Aide. flying down the hill aud hit
ting the ~" with n crash.
The front trucks went on the
~" and turned south. tho rear
trucks continuing on their course
for q few feet. when suddenly the
car turned sharply TO the right and
dropped on its side.
Conductor wheel was SO dazed
by the shock that he could not ~.
member much about H. 1T was
horrible" he said I hope | never
see another like a."
Mrs. George Owen said she
thought the car was approaching
the curve n little too fast. When
Il struck the switch. she says. IL
raised up slowly and then topplod
over
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-02
MISS HARRIET QUINCY.

BOSTON. July 2,-rsIllng from
an altitude Of 1000 feet from her
HIerios monopisne. mlss harriet
Culnqhy, the first woman In
America 10 receive an avistor's ~
Fcer.e. ~As dashed 20 death In the
waters Of Dorchester bay yesterday
evening. with her fell her passer'
aer, W. A. y. Willard, manager Of
the Boaion aviation meet. Beth
~ere Instantly killed. and their
bodies had 20 be dug out OF the
mud, 40 the water where they fell
ssas only five feet deep.
Tho tragedy happened when MiHa
Qulmhy vas returning from a trip
over boston hArbor 10 boston light.
a distance OF 20 miles.
Heading back into an eightmllc
guaty wind. the sviairlce started
To volpianc. The angle was too
sharp. the gusts caught the tail Of
the monoplane and throw the ma
chine no perpendicular For an IN
slant II poised there. then. clearly
outlined against the evening aby,
Willard WAS thrown clear OF the
chasuia. followed BY Mise Qnimby
They spiashcd Into the water a
second before the monoplane
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-02
FIRST WOMAN AVIATOR
IS DASHED TO DEATH

plunged down ~ feet away
Miss Blanche Scott. another WON.
an aviator. was flYing az the same
time. and observed the accident
while IN the air She heaitatcd
several fimca. bat finally turned
the nose ~ her machine downward
and landed safely. She collapsed
In her seat as her mon0plane
touched ground.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-02

fall. were called ca indemnity type.
written sheets ON which we're tran
aerlbed the original notes made bY
the detectives. and which were
used from time to time. during the
course ~ the inquiry. TO refresh thu
memory of tho witness.
Who WIS your clientf"
I'VE were employed By John II.
Perry"
Wanted TO Find Motive.
Were there others interested IN
employing you besides Mr. Perry -
Chairman Graham hers inter.
posed an objection. He asked porr
what the purpose Of that question
WAa
we want 10 find the motive thut
led 10 Judge tlanford being tfailed
BY tho detectives. II has been
thown that JOHN ~. Perry was one
II tho men arrested after the
Dreamiand rink meeting. and we
want Ia know OF others who we're
arrested were behind this aa well
a. Perry" porr said.
Graham Rules II Out.
Chairman Graham. however. re-.
piled that the motive Of thosa who
employed the detectives could not
in any way have any Influence on
whether or not the detectives them
selves ~srs telling the truth. and
that motive can only be shown q
effect tho testimony Of witnesses.