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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Mr.. Buck In the City

C. Il. Buck of Chattanooga, who was
a resident of Birmingham for several
years. is registered at the Hillman. He
arrived yesterday in the forenoon, and
will probably remain here until tomorrow.
Mr. Buck, as is well known, is actively
engaged in the iron business. He Is re-
ceiver of the Chattanooga furnace and is
putting it in high class condition for OPP
Grafton.
Mr.. Buck was the organizer of thu
LaceyBuek Iron company OF Birmng-
ham, which merged with the Schiller in
terests in the formation of the Southern
Iron and Steel company. When learning
upon his arrival here that a receiver was
about to be appointed for the Southern
Iron and Steel, Mr.. Buck said that Mr..
Bowron would be the right man for the
place.
Mr.. Bowron' has made splendid rec
ord in operating the COMPANY said Mr..
Buck. land he will naturally I'LL the bill
with the utmost satisfaction as receiver.
When the company is finally reorganized
1t can be made one of the most prosper
Gus concerns in the SOUTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
MExICO,s OUTLOOK

Mexico City Special to Financial Amer
ica
l. II. Temple. general superintendent
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany, in Mexico, says that construction
work on the extension from Topic to
Guadalajara on the west coast is pro-
crossing. While the company's property
was damaged by the rebels in Sinaloa and
Topic last spring, the loss was not as
grea. as reported. Several bridges were
destroyed and one is still out of service,
but repairs are proceeding at a rapid
rate.
Mr.. Temple, who has just returned from
a tour through Sonora and Sinaloa, says
that the inhabitants on the west coast
are settling down to normal business and
agricultural occupations and that they
are in favor of peace. The people. he de-
clares. are loyal to the government and
are weary of revolution. though, of
course, there are sporadic instances of
lawlessness.
Mr.. Temple spoke In an optimistic vein
of the outlook. While he does not ex-
l,ect boom he predicts steady improve
ment, and says that the Americans are
returning and that the mines are resum-
ing operations. Shipments of new ma
chinery are made weekly over the South
ern Pacific. Foreign capital is coming
into that region steadily. Crops are ex-
cellent The yield of chick peas, which
is one of the most important crops in
Sonora and Sinaloa, is twice as large this
year as 1t has ever been.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Alabama's Mineral Outputs

The coal mines of this state yielded
15,51S,965 tons in 1911, total never
exceeded in this district except in
1910, when the production went to
16,111,1 1862 tons. Five states mine
more coal than Alabama does, and
these states are in order Pennsylva-
MIA, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana. Kentucky stands next be-
low Alabama and is close rival.
jefferson county turns out more
than half of the states yearly prod
uct of coal, and the other coal produc-
ing counties are, in order, Walker,
Bibb, Tuscaloosa, st. Clair, Shelby
Etowah, Blount and Winston. Nearly
all the coke of the state is made ir
jefferson county. Tuscaloosa and
Walker assist in this work.
The iron ore states are, in order
Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama, Wis.
consin and New York. In 1911 rec
ore was mined in this state to the ex.
tent of 3,955,5S2 tons, seven-eighths
of which was produced in Jefferson
county. Brown ore to the extent OF
1856 1886 tons came from Tuscaloosa
Franklin, Talladega, Cherokee, Jeffer.
son and Calhoun counties. Tuscaloosa
is the leader in this respect, or rattle,
was in 1911.
jefferson county is the coal, coks
and ore center of the entire district
which includes the entire state. Here
in Jefferson county are the largesl
mines of coal, and nearly all the coke
ovens, and here, too, is mined much
the larger part of the districts suppl,
of iron ore, and here is turned ou
most of the districts production Of
iron and steel.
1t is indeed busy imperial county
without rival in the state and with
but few of higher standing elsewhere
in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
The Gambling Shirt

"Ex-Judge Dittenhoefer OF New York
believes in publicity as an effective
means of suppressing the gambling
evil" says a writer in the New York
Times 'IIe would have the games
played open and above board, on the
frst floor, and in the presence of the
multitude; but ii Is doubtful that such
remedy would cure the disease. On
the contrary. 1t might have the effect
of spreading the plague and of en-
couraging those who have never VEN
tured anything to take a hand.
"a better plan would be to break up
the gambling habit in the family and
church, the bridge party and the grab
bag being, in fact, the primary classes
from which graduates in the higher
art have not infrequently been turned
out. OF course there is vast Diff
ference between these who take chances
at the bridge table or in a righteous
rattle, but the suggestion at least is
evil. All men are gamblers in the
sense that they are always taking
chances of one sort and another. and
the best that can be hoped for, pos
siblv. is that the worst forms of the
snort can be controlled, II not de-
stroyed. They never can be controlled
so long as the police stand in with
the houses"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Omen Air Music Fund

at is hoped that those who intend con-
tributing to the band concert fund will
do so promptly" said a music lover who
has taken much interest in Nappi's pro-
grammes.
THE Music Study club, under whose
management the concerts are given. has
only money enough in hand to provide
concerts up to the middle OF August
About $3.50 will be needed to continue the
musical performances until September 1.
1.-THE city win possibly be able after
this summer to pay for the park concerts.
/ remember when Memphis was bankrupt
and was administered by a receiver, but
that was many years ago. Now the city
of Memphis appropriates 5000 season for
summer concerts. A band of "a or %
men play daily for 10 weeks. The con.
certs are greatly enjoyed and the tax
PAYERS think the public money is well ex-
pended"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02

From the Washington Post.
Bob" Toembs shattered proverb by
declaring that figures are the greatest
liars in the world-if you put 'em down
wrong" The Photographic likeness is
in the same category. The clever manip-
ulation by which obscure and even Grim
inal persons are represented in attitudes
of cordial fellowship with the President
and others In high station has at last
provoked legislation to stop the deception.
When the proposed measure is enacted
into law, desperate Romeos, on their trav-
els. can no longer melt the icy barriers
of a cold disdain by sending to the Juliet
| homestead back in Podunk counterfeit
presentment of the camaraderie with
which greatness welcomed him as he
went. Touts, priggers, thimbleriggers,
mankillers, and plain embezzlers can no
| longer scatter primroses to muffle the
| football of crime by exhibiting a photo
graphic likeness of their association with
bankers, plumbers, nerve specialists and
other men of honor and affluence.
While the crusade is on, perhaps the
camera will be forbidden to take any lib
critics with the law of optics by represent
ing, in the interest of land spectators,
that a sapless crab tree is bearing APP
pies, each of which would choke the bell
mouth of the horn of plenty; the casual
streamlet of roadway thanlx-you-ma-am
shall not be magnifed into a permanent
irrigation system.
And yet a great deal of the mendacity
Photographic llkenesses" is amusing
\, han at tbe
current portraits of Leftenant Becker of
the New York finest Being off duty when
he posed, there was no special reason why
his countenanee should have been fur
rowed with the ferocity of Jonathan
Wilde, but it seems a little out OF drawing
that he should be rolling his eyes to
| heaven in the beatific rapture of one of
Raphaeis cherubs 1t would seem that
| long before the trouble began, when he
was perpetuating his features for a CRATE
| full posterity, he purposely assumed an
expression whereat the beholder would
| exclaim: could a dome like that hatch
evil? Could smile like that rest in
diligently upon villainy and villains?"
Even as judgment should be held in
allegiance as to his guilt of, the crime
charged against him, so should we look
charitably upon the bland innocence with
which he is watching for the little bird in
the studio ceiling. He is not the only Of
| fender. 1t is the daily. business of pho
| Biography to touch out the crows feet
and pencil away the telltale wisps of gray.
| Claiming to rank only as an art. it cam
not afford to be bound by all the laws
of nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Sirius. the Dog Star

Sirius, the dog star, reigns on earth,
and has reigned, according to the al
ffanacs, since July 3. It's reign will
continue to August IL, covering a
period, all told, of 40 days. There are
other dates and other authorities be-
fore the people, but the almanac
makers agree that when Sirius first
appeared with the sun on July 3 the
true beginning of the dog day period
became known.
The dog star has been closely OBJ
served at least three thousand years,
for it's arrival at the zenith gave
warning of the rising of the Nile, and
they proceeded then to appease its
rage by sacrificing foreigners. When
the Romans conquered Egypt they
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
MOiOrist. Without Legs

"The ease and simplicity of oper-
alton of some automobiles is perth
nently illustrated in the experience of
V. F. Young of Vallejo, CAL said an
automobile man.
About a year ago Mr.. Young lost
both legs in an accident on the South
ern Pacific railway and. being thus in
capacitated and an enthusiastic motor
list, he has occupied most of his time
touring the country. His car Is fitted
with special levers by which he can
onerate the clutch and brake by hand.
Mr. Young has recently returned from
a S0-day trip through southern CAL
fornia, covering more than 1900 miles
and doing the driving himself. He says
he has never failed to control his car
perfectly"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02

Erie might not have prevented that road
from reducing rates and bringing a cheap
er service within the reach of the ship
rers: and it was necessary to show him
that the capitalization had nothing to dc
with fixing rates. and that the oniy-differ.
ence would be that the present stoclhold-
ers of the Erie would make profits as
large as those of the Lackawanna. He
acknowledged the corn like a gentleman.
This country is singularly ungrateful to
the one institution which unfaifingly
squeezes out the water In eapitaliza-
ton. This is the, function of the Stock
exchange, as the victimized stock and
bondholders of. the Erie and other roads
have learned TO their cost What earns
the dividends is not the nominal eapital-
ization. or even the actual cash put into
the property. unless it Is wisely spent. 1t
is the brains in the management. wnlcn
not only gets business, and KEEPS pusi-
acss. but builds up the earning capacity
o. the machine. No one would accuse
James J. Hill of overcapitalizing the Great
Northern: and yet ne issued stock repre-
senting Intelligently anticipated profits
what the loose mouthed politicians call
''water'-and built up the road out OF
earnings and brains, chiefly brains
Relatively young men VIII remember the
day when a large portion of what Is now
the most fruitful part of this country ap-
peared in the school geography as tine
Great American Desert" Much has been
made of federal and state irrigation en-
terprises, but the most wonderful irriga-
ton operation ever done was the fertliza-
ton of the Great American Desert by the
much abused water from Wall street
The enterprise of developing these I'M
known and unpromising surfaces was one
involving the risk of total loss of capital.
There was no public body to offer induce
ments. such as a municipality can give to
the builder of trolley system or an cleo
trio power plant. Railroads now of the
highest credit, in order to achieve this
wonderful enterprise, had to float bonds
below par at per cent, and give dollar
for dollar in watered stock besides. They
'opened up this country as no other ooun-
try has been developed, and in nine cases
out of 10 the money of the original invest
crs was lost.
A'ee 'tS "a UT VI theii Souta5S anu Aeueii
remains in smiling fields of corn ripening
to the harvest. The Stock exchange
squeezed out the water, the purely pre-
sumptive profit on their enterprise. The
railroads they built operate solely on the
value of their service to the communities
they created Little people with great
faith went down into their pockets and
built up more in generation than all
the politicians who pirate about water"
and Wall street have achieved in GEN.
fury,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
DeIIrhted with BirmIngham


| Mr.. Justice Pooley of the supreme court
J, of New York. and Francis Leslie Hon,
capitalist. are making a southern tour.
and have been spending few days In
Birmingham They live in Buffalo and
Justice Pooley Is one of the NEST known
men in the state of New York.
Birmingham makes a splendid i'm
preston upon visitors" said Mr. Hon.
Justice PooleS and l are travelling to-
gether, and we are both delighted with
this part of the country. We visited
Ensley and Corey, and were naturally
impressed with the large industrial actiy-
tiles in evidence.
I'VE have seen something of Birming-
hams fashionable residence section. High
land avenue is~ one of the most beau
tjful residence streets I have ever seen.
In an auto car we went up Cliff road
and rode along Altamont road. On the
crest of the mountain we stepped for
some time enjoying the scenery. Few
famous resorts have such enchanting
views; and as for the temperature-weh,
we found it delightfully."- cool in the early
afternoon and l imagine everybody liy-
ing on Birmingham's high places must
sleep under blankets at night through
out the summer.
Birmingham is well-adyertlsed city,
and although we had heard a great deal
about It, it was revelation when we saw
it. We shall always remember 1t not
only as a prosperous. rapidly growing
industrial center, but as city of charm
Ing landscapes and beautiful homes
Justice Pooley and Mr.. Hoff are both
republicans. They said they would vote
for President Taft. but admitted that
Woodrow Wilson was an uneommoniy
strong candidate. Mr.. Hoff said II was
too soon TO say how New York, would go.
but he had no hesitancy In saying that
the rupture between Roosevelt and Taft
was most unfortunate for the republican
party
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
SELF-RELIANT BOY SCOUTS
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
A call has been made for funds to sup
port the five field superintendent who
will be made necessary by the enroll
ment of the fourth hundred thousand Of
Boy Scouts, and with the call is coupled
the suggestion that these funds be con-
tributed by the Boy Scouts themselves.
Public spirited philanthropists through
out the country have responded literally
to previous appeals for contributions in
aid of one of the most popular movements
ever instituted In the interest of Young
America. 1t is pointed out now, how
ever, that If the boys themselves were
encouraged to meet at least large part
of the expenses of the future, it would
stimulate in them the excellent virtue of
self reliance.
If there is any one thing more than
another for which the organization set
on foot by Baden-Powell stands, it is this
very lesson of resourcefulness and indie
pendence. From the secrets of woodcraft
and the art of war to the successful
handling of skillet. the whole training
of the Boy Scouts is along lines which
tend to make them in after years the
masters of their own destiny. 1t is this
Strengthening of the fiber of manhood
which has won for the movement such
cordial commentator on the part of the
children of a larger growth.
1t is the logical thing. therefore, to in
spire these boys to make their organiza-
ton self supporting. The Washington
troop, which is one of the most virile and
enterprising in the entire order, has come
forward promptly with the pledge that
each member will contribute % cents. An
equal sum from each of the 100000 scouts
in the United States-a number which, as
previously set forth. promises soon to
swell to 400,000-should go far toward COW
ering all the necessary costs of opera
ton, while the lesson instiled into the
boys would fulfill one of the chief pur-
poses which the founder had in mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Your spirits shine through You.
Macbeth.
Premier Asquith and Lloyd George

If the Asquith ministry lasts until
next December it will have been in
office seven years. And those years
have been years of heated political
contests. At times it has faced dis
aster and at all times it has carried
a programme that few ministries
would have faced. :
In six years and half this re-
markable ministry has put through
old age pensions, compulsory insur-
ance of workingmen, minimum wage
for coal miners, and is about to pass
a home rule bill for Ireland and a
church disestablishment bill for
Wales. 1t is ministry that does
things. The new act for sick or un-
employed workmen creates a good
deal Of friction but in the long run it
promises to bring relief where relief
is greatly needed.
The ministry is compelled to face
not only the tories but to stand
against the laborites when their de-
mands are excessive, and it has at
times to curb the home rulers. That
this coalition of home rulers, laborites
and liberals should have lasted SO long
astonishes all, but when it took away
the veto-power of the house of lords
it not only changed the British con-
stitution but it wrought a reform that
was begun in William and Mary's day
and that was greatly needed.
The chancellor of the exchequer
David Lloyd-George, has succeeded in
imposing new death duties and land
taxes and whisky taxes, and he is I'M
derstood to be considering Legislation
that will break up the British land
monopoly. The great Welehman is an
admitted force in the Asquith min
istry.
Parliament will soon adjourn until
October, and the ministry goes right
on. The home rulers cannot afford
to desert it until the two years have
expired in which the lords can hold up
the home rule bill, and the laborites
know that they are getting more than
they could get from a tory govern
ment. 1t looks as if the ministry has
considerable life left in it beyond Oc-
tober.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Medical Department of University

The Mobile Register declares war
against any plan of benevolent assim-
ilation by which the Birmingham medi-
cal college would gain state recogni-
ton. 1t says that Mobile should mo-
nopolize the medical department of
the University of Alabama against
all intrusion and all benevolent assim-
ilation.
1t admits that money talks and il
therefore appeals to Mobile to be UP
and doing. 1t admits that the hospital
in Mobile is not up to mark, and il
asks the people of Mobile to increase
its rs beds to 200, with equipment to
correspond. The Register calls for as
surances on this point before the
meeting of the trustees of the Uni
versity in September.
This is matter that pertains tc
the welfare of the state and of the
university and it should not be de-
cided on any local or personal grounds
The good Of all the state should have
first consideration, and the good Of
the university should be close sec
ond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
SUNDAY BALL PLAYING

From the New York Times.
The police are in danger of going too
far in the suppression of Sunday base
hall. When it comes to prohibiting
match game of two clubs of a Catholic
narish. arranged with the sanction OF
the priests, it seems. indeed. that per-
sonal liberty is being interfered with un-
necessarily. Rowdyism. hoodlumism,
should be suppressed every day in the
week. The best Judgment of the citizens
sanctions the prohibition OF professional
baseball on Sunday. Ball playing in the
streets. or anywhere else where y serious
Nv interferes with the peace and comfort
or law abiding persons, should be stopped.
,rhera is Justice. of course, professional
ha sehall being barred, in prohibiting all
for which an admission fee is
s,,arged But In many cases the fee is
nothing more than contribution toward
having for the uniforms and the imple-
ments of the game.
We are confident that a majority of the
neople of this big city will not uphold the
,soid nrohibition of Sunday baseball play
i1r There are hundreds of places in
Greater New York where baseball games
can he played Sunday afternoons without
interfering at all with the comfort or
nreiudces of people who keep Sunday
strictly. The old Protestant idea of a
Sunday devoid of all pastimes does not
generally prevail in this city. Baseball.
within proper restrictions. is no worse
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02

sacrificed dogs to Sirius, which was
far better.
Sirius is still with US and its COM
ing and going is held nowadays to
usher in the silly season which comes
with the heat and discomforts of mid
summer. The prevailing midsummer
madness will eliminate in the latitude
of Chicago on August 5, and it will
last south of the Ohio river until Au-
gust II.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
NOBODY TO BLAME, AS USUAL

From the New York Times.
OBODY is to blame This is the
IN sum of the preposterous report of
L Lord Mersey. presiding judge of
the court of inquiry,s instituted by the
British board of trade, on the loss of the
Titanic. To be sure, the court finds that
the collision was due to excessive speed,
and that, although the Titanic was suf-
fcently and efficiently Differed and
manned, and complied with all the regu-
lations of the British merchant shipping
act regarding safety, yet an extra look
out should have been placed in the stem
of the boat and a sharp watch kept
by the officers on both sides of the bridge.
But nobody is blamed because a sharp
watch obviously was not kept. The speed
of % knots was excessive, but Bruce
Ismay's presence on board did not i'm
properly influence Captain Smith. The
CAPTAINS course in maintaining speed in
face of ice warnings is described as in
accordance with the long existing custom
due to competition and TO the desire of the
public for quick passage rather than to
the lack of judgment by navigators."
There is a bare hint here that the blame
for the disaster rests with the public.
presumably the American public. The
captain is not blamed, Mr.. Ismay is
not blamed, and his preservation of his
own life when so many passengers We're
drowned is excused on the ground that
had he not done so be would merely
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-02
Democratic Strength

Indications point to the election of Will
son and Marshall by a great majority"
said Henry ]. Upton OF Chicago
II vote the democratic ticket, and q
year ago my preference was for Harmon
as the party standard bearer. After MN
IJnderwoods candidacy was announced
thought from all I read of the Alabama
statesman that ne would make an, ideal
nominee of the party. / was afraid that
Woodrow Wilson was too much OF a pro-
gressivc to suit those of us who believe in
safe and sane politics.
But Ihave come now to regard Wilson
as great public man. do not believe he
is going to be bit radical. He should
make q great hit with his speech of &C.
ceptance. Big business as well as lit
tic business will doubtless find In Mr.
Wilson a model chief executive"