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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Q The Birmingham districts populat tor
is increasing rapidly, and SO are It's
pay rolls. This is probably the busiest
summer in Birmingham's history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Secretary Knox will be surprised when
he sees the sacred oxen that are to draw
the catafalquei of the dead Japanese EN-
peror.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The President simply struck out the
trative and judicial appropriation bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The army should be swung around and
an attempt made to capture in ma
neuver the gunner and gangsters of New
York
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

And Adlai Stevenson, too, is going to
stump for Woodrow Wilson. The party
is lined up solidly this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Schedule X goes to the people to be
fully reviewed and determined. The YER
dict will be made up on November 5.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The President spends the day at the
ball game and writes veto every even
Ing. He leads an exciting life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The advent of the Aston baby does MOI
arouse real enthusiasm outside OF New
York city and Newport
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

PLAIN ANARCHY.
A high-brow, in
A late election,
Would do away
With free rejection.
The voters did
Not catch his meaning
Discussed it while
'Gainst bar rails leaning,
Till one more wise,
Some sweitzer munching,
Said "Shucksl He's down
On gratis lunching"
HONEST
We'd like this for
An epitaph:
HE Did Not Fear
The Dictagraph.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The Hoo Hoos are not listed in Who's
Who. The latter is a hodsepodge of the
worthy and the unworthy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
DEFINED.

pa, what is a pessimist?''
"A pessimist, my son, is a man who
firmly believes that a telephone operator
takes delight in saying, The lines busy,
when, as a matter of fact. it would be
less trouble for her to make the connec-
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

1T is tragic TO be an exile from ones
native land
NO doubt that is true in most cases.
out l find it hard to shed any tears over
kings who arc. exiles in Paris"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
ENOUGH TO BORE HIM.

hotel clerk lin South Dakota yawned
So hard he broke two ribs.--Somebody
must have insinuated that his diamonds
were paste.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Senator Cumpaiua of Iowa has not yet
decided whom he will support for Presi-
dent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Ipu Saint is a candidate for President
of Hayti. but no Zone expects him to
live Up to his name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Mayor Gaynor's popularity seems to
have become lost quantity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The modern "gunman" is a picturesque
Of his calling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

As a rule , .,1ll moose Is a republican
who has been refused \ job as postmas-
ter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The plague rat at Key West was mis-
fit 1t did not carry the true and deadly
infection.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The tariff rises daily in public estima-
ton as the real overshadowing issue of
the campaign
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Young Hilles should have claimed all the
states. thereby covering the whole ground.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Canada is building railroad to Hud-
sons bay. Forty engineering parties are
in the field.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The Aston baby should be allowed to
grow up unceleerated, even IL it is q
100000 darling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
HOW COULD HE2

HOW COULD HE?
No man can say
He's made hit
With any girl
Who calls him ut"
OYSTER TIME is NEAR.
Ere long the bard
Whose style is terse,
VIII perpetrate
Some bivalve verse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

New York begins to think that plutocrat-
ic policemen are more than any city can
afford to indulge in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
DONr MARRY A GENIUS

From the Minneapolis Journal.
1t is fine to be genius But it isn't
always quite as pleasant to be his wife.
Here are a few cares that seem to prove
1t: Shakespeares married life Is supposed
to have been miserable. We know that
Millions was. Bernard Pallissey's wife
starved while her husband burned up her
furniture TO further his pottery inven-
tons. Neither of NapoIeons two wives
was happy or we'll treated. Julius Caesar
was a VIGOROUSLY bad husband. Henry
of Navafre was a worse one. Byrons
wife was made wretchsdly unhappy by
her husband. So was Shelby's. Lawrence
Storms wife was neglected, as was Bos-
wells. Nelson's wife was forced to leave
him. These are but a handful of in
stances 49, h,.ndrausn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
NOT QUALIFIED.

Is Jinkle a professional humorist?"
No, indeed. He never pokes fun at
Philadelphia or Boston,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
JnsErHINE.s CLOTHES

The calamity bowler is a misfit this
year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
HE WAS BUSY,

TIE W FAo DUE I.
They were interviewing Jonah after he
returned from his whaling voyage.
Didn't the awful solitude inside the
big mammal almost madden you?" the
reporter asked him.
Not at ALL. he replied. II didn't have
time to think about 1t. l was too busy
trying to locate the ambergris."
Whereupon realizing that they were
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
In the Musical World

"Signor D'Agostino, one of the fins{
violin virtuosos, who will shortly u
to Birmingham TO live. will be hea come
quently in musical recitals this rd ire
said Philip Memoy. easoh'
"pAgostino e remain o,.v.r.
but he is a tt Inc piaSe"
cian l know iMerrrsrso Tea mus
sure he will rsterdsl "a ! am
Although hen Whe9d.0
Ital,-n he good
bringing Kathesirmingl
of the Of Mr.. of my -
whickmuel changing to open Ii
ber.vynnton, u be able to announce
full the end of this montl
Miss, A.
Sauferssing a New Courthouse
Since the voters in last Mondays
ton rejected the courthouse and jail
proposition, we must wait two year
fore we can have another vote; Ii
M antime | think we should have
paign of education said a representa- .e
business man and taxpayer.
II say campaign of education, because
the large vote against the proposition
shows that the people are far from ready
for courthouse costing something like
81 100000. But think that in two years
from now, il we have a campaign. the
,,eople win. be willing to assist by their
votes in giving this county one of the
, largest and most beautiful public build
inas in all the south.
1T seems TO me that the new board
OF revenue. Which will come into office
| ~
they were TO ask for a special commits
sion to plan and supervise the construc-
/ ton of new courthouse and a new jail
! The two should be built separately. We
ne,d the skyscraper office buildings the
more the better for the city. but from
an artistic point of view finer architec-
| tural effects can be obtained in two Or
thee story structures. That means much
ground, of course.
I'm order to have commission TO ex-
ecute the peoples will in building a new
| lature will he necessary A commission
composed OF prominent men was created
to build the trunk sewer. The names of
The men who constituted the commission
F, were inserted in the act, and the result
was highly satisfactory. The courthouse
GO omission should he made up Of FIVE or
seven men. Everyone of them should be
we'll known to the public. The editor of
The Age-Hernld, proposing courthouse
jail building commission some weeks ago,
suggested john l.. Kaul as a good maa
| to lead il. | think We would all agree
OF Mr.. Kaul. Robert Jemison. Sr was
| a member of the trunk sewer commission.
and he would be good man for the
courthouse commission. George Gordon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
ASKING TOO MICH

While Secretary Knox will represent
this country as official mourner at the
funeral of Che Mikado, he will not be ex-
peeted to shed real tears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
SOMEHOW

Somehow, we still associate
The siren and the lbrimming chalice
With hours that are very late,
In what Is called lobster palace"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

WHY QUARREL WITH LIFE?
Why quarrel with life?
tbs futile and vain;
The days that are gone
VIII ne'er come again.
Tomorrow will dawn
In spiendor anew
And vistas more fair
viii beckon to you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
BURGLARIOITs METHoBs.

bCfIIs7aHIOUo MEI HUGS.
Can Mr. Bellows sing?"
'only after a fashion. When he breaks
into song l suspect that he uses a
jimmy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

SURE.
/ know one thing,
I'd be much richer,
II l were a first
Glass baseball pitcher.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Some men are masters when 1t comes
To covering up secret woe;
So well they keep great sorrow hid,
It's fell extent you'd never know.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

toes always reminded him of cold feet.
1t was also his habit to admonish people
to eat slowly and distinctly He got this
from the old saying. Read slowly and
distinctly"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
STRONG AND BRAVE.

Because he wore cheerful mien
And always seemed we'll pleased with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Not one in all the throng surmised
At home he had a nagging wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
Would Recall Taft

Washington, May 22.-senator Dixon. head of the Roosevelt national headquar- ters. today issued a statement practically calling upon President Taft to withdraw from the presidential nomination race. Ohio makes the tenth republican state where the candidacy of MT. Taft and Roosevelt has beer. submitted to the re- publicans for decision, he said.
 'Tne verdict has been unanimous one in every state, as Taft and his managers have fully realized this" said the state ment, they realized an adverse vote of ohio meant the death knell of the move ment to rcnonnate Mir. Taft. Realizing this, Mir. Taft frankly stated at Cleveland last Thursday, The vote in Ohio my home state, will be the decisive one, and will settle the question of the nomina- ton
 "The republican managers and voters so interpret tfe Roosevelt landslide in Ohio. The republican party is bigger than the ambition of any individual. The one patriotic thing to be done is for Mr. Taft, and likewise his managers, now to accept the unanimous verdict of the primary commonwealth end withdraw from the race
 Neither he ncr his managers can longer withstand the nationwide move ment that calls for Roosevelt once again to assume the reins over the republican wagon. Ills 1otnination is inevitable and his election is certain in November with due respect to the reunited democrats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
Sulzer Has Alaska Bill

Washington. May 22.-The first step to- wards committing the government to an other great engineering work was taken today when Representative Sulzer. dem- ocrat of New York. introduced bill pro- viding for the organization of an Alaska commission The measure was drawn by the Secretary of the Interior and Is an administration measure. It's chief purpose would be the railroad and mineral devel- opment of Alaska and the bill provides for the utilization of the equipment now be- ing used in completing the Panama canal.
 It is intended that the first work should be a survey of the most practicable line for a railroad in Alaska from Resurrec- ton bay to the Tanana or Yukon rivers. One provision is that the road should pass through the Matanuska coal fields. In this especial portion of tbe bill the navy de- partment is deeply interested.
 The sum of sl0O.000 for the commission is provided in tho bill. The commission CTS, to be appointed by the President, would number seven. and their nomina- tions would be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
Now For New Jersey

Newark. N. J., May 22.-The strng-
 gle for national convention delegates shifted today to New Jersey. The New Jersey primaries are next Tuesday and both republicans and democrats plan to carry the fight up to the very hour of opening the polls.
 Senator IaFollette opened his cam paign tonight with speeches in Jersey City and West Hoboken. President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt will enter the state tomorrow. starting tours that will touch nearly every important city and town in the state. The democratic situation is unusual. Although Governor Wilson Is the only candidate for the presidential nomin- alton named on the democratic ballot, his opponents inside the state have or ganized against him and named com plete list of delegates who will appear in ballots as "uninstructed. The anti- Wilson leaders have not announced what candidate they will support at Baltimore in case they go there with lanv delegates. Governor Wilson has made practically no speaking cam paign.
 New Jersey will send 2S delegates to the national conventions. The primary situation here is like that in Ohio. to the extent that the election may divide the delegates chosen to represent the several congrssonal districts among the various candidates. but the New Jersey law provides that the delegates at large shall be elected by the direct primary vote of the whole state and not by a state convention. Four dele gates at large will be chosen anu two from each of the 12 congressional dis tricts. the latter by the vote within their districts.
 In addition, the voters have the priv ilege of expressing direct preference for individual candidates for the pres idential nomination so that 1t Is pos sibIe for a candidate to lead In the number of pledged delegates but fail tn eet plurality vote from the state at large .,
 Taft. Roosevelt, LaFollette and Will son all have complete lists of district delegates and delegates at large on the primary ballots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
Senator McKinley's Side

Washington. May 22.-Director McKin- ley of the Taft national campaign bu- reau this forenoon issued q statement de- claring the President would nave at least GOO delegates in the Chicago convention
 The outcome of the Ohio primary yes terday has in no degree altered the rela- tive strength of the various candidates in the Chicago convention.
 '.President Taft has gained enough deI- egates in Ohio to assure him at least 600 delegates,'' said the statement
 Mir Mckinley said he was assured of control by q substantial majority. The statement continues;
 The outcome in ohio, whatever it may be. mas not in the slightest degree changed the slate except to add Presi- dent Taft to a list of fighting men. Roose- welt lost New York by S3. and Mir. Cum mins lost Iowa. Both these went to Taft When he took the stump in Massachu- setts the President said: T have only be- gun to fight That statement still holds good.
 'The outcome in Ohio If 1t has any effect at all on the Taft strength in the convention at Chicago, has only served to solidify the Taft lines and make more certain a Taft victory.
 The President will have majority of the delegates in the Chicago convention from every section of the country, clear ly indicating he is the choice of large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
|CEbERGS ACT
 VERY QUEERLY Drift Northward Against Wind, Says the Captain
 of the Minia

Washington May 22-A report by Captain Decarteret of the cable ship Minia, based on observations during the cruise of the cable ship searching for bodies of Titanic victims. received at the naval photographic office, dis credits practically all of the methods now in use for discovering the prox- unity of icebergs at sea.
 The hydrogra phic office deduced from Captain Decarterets report that an ice warning e4 hours old would be prac- tically useless to a vessel sailing the North Atlantic. He reported observa- tions which contradicted all present theories regarding the movement of bergs.
 We saw bergs moving northward even against the wind, said the re- port, when, according to theory, they should have been drifting southward. This was true of one great berg 70 feet high. I may say that 70 miles east of Cape Race 1 have seen bergs go past an anchored buoy travelling one mile an hour against slight north wind
 The captains report also discredited the theory that the proximity of ice- bergs is marked by fall in temper ature.
 Temperatures taken in the vicinity of icebergs showed no difference from those taken in other parts of the same current" the report said. "A captain might run 100 miles in cold water and never see single berg. The whole thing is so uncertain that no captain would be justified in making any alter alton in his course from the changes in temperature only"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
c. Covel.

A beautiful and impressive ceremony was the confirmation exercises yesterday morning at the Temple Emanu-El. when B boys and girls took upon themselves the VOWS of the Jewish religion. and con- secrated themselves to the service of God. God
 The temple was crowded with the rela- tives and friends of the young people who having reached the age of discretion and learned the principles and teachings of buddhism were received into the congre- gation by the laying on of hands.
 The ceremonial was solemn and im- pressive and breathed a spirit of deep de- votion, yet the presence of the children each one taking part in the exercises, ieciting passages of holy writ or ex- pressing high and noble thoughts on such themes as honor, mother love, rev. erence power, priesthood. scholarship and good name, of tenderness to the occa- sion that reached the heart of every one present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
Revolution Serious

Washington, May 22.-Today's state de- partment advices confirm the reports that the revolution in Cuba is much more alarming and more sporadic than at first believed. Foreign property coDcessions<are menaced.
 Conflicts between the rural guards and armed bands have resulted in the kill ing of many guards. f3f
 The Cuban government Is sending troops to the affected zones in an attempt to suppress the movement. An official estl- mate numbers the revolutionists at 15o0 now.
 It caused the state department to con slider the dispatch of ~ warship to the eastern end of the island. The cruiser Nashville is not far distant from the scene and the cruiser Montgomery is at Pensacola. Fla. This is two days run to Guantanamo. which appears to be the pivot of instruction.
 The increasing of the American naval force would not indicate a purpose on the part of the administration to again intervene in Cuba. however. but it Is believed it would have a salutary moral effect on the rebels who were menacing foreign property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
SCHOOL BURNED BY
 BOLT 0F LIGHTNING
Deaf Children in Michigan Institute Rescued With
 out Panic

Flint. Mich. May 22.--It is estimated that 1t will cost the state nearly s6o0,- 900 to replace the buildings of the Michigan School for the Deaf in this city that were struck by lightning and burned early today.
 All of the 290 deaf children and the teachers and attendants who were asleep in the main building when the fire broke out, were rescued without panic or injury.
 Several hundred deaf mutes, some not more than years old, displayed eour- age when the school was burned to the ground Passing hastily from one room to another, the asylum teachers turned on the lights shook the tots, and had hardly reached the corridors when the rear wall fell. The building was dis mantled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
ROOSEVELT WINS IN OHIO BY 25,00O;
 HARMON IS SAFE
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 same reason that I went to Ohio, and such delegates as we may receive from New Jersey vi III thus make assurance douhly sure.''
 Earlier in the day Director Mckinley of the Taft headquarters claimed "at least 6oG' delegates for the President. The Presidents estimate, while smaller, was declared at tho White House to represent ''rock bottom figures. which were ex- pected to be materially increased. The claim to the six delegates at large in Ohio was made by the President after re- assuring messages from his Ohio man. agers.
 No definite claim was made by the Taft forces today to the 2i delegates 10 be se- lected in New Jersey next Tuesday. Al Roosevelt national headquarters Senator Dixon expressed the belief that Colonel Roosevelt would carry all districts in the state and get the full delegation. In a statement early in the day Senator Dixon declared e lobe' Roosevelt would be nomi- mated at Chica go on the first ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-23
The Money Back Laundry
 I722 End Ave

Savoure estimates that about 750O ref ugees must be cared for but tho army officers are foreed to keep within the limits of the appropriation and they say the quantity on hand cannot stand the strain. According to Chairman Lecoq the relief accorded by the government has not been satisfactory, because of the poor quality of the ratons'
 Unknown persons this afternoon ex- ploded charge of dynamite under tho Texas and Pacific railroad embankment between Rosa and Palmetto, cutting Pal metto and the country beyond off from communication with the outside world. The dynamitlng was done to allow tha banked up floods to reach outlets to the Atehafalaya basin.
 A joint meeting of the Louisiana house and senate committees representing mem bers from the oyerhowed districts or the state today resulted in an agreement
 to urge the legislature to ask the war department to continue the issue Of ra- tions to flood refugees four weeks longer, It is believed that another month wilt pass before these refugees can return to | their homes.