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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
Strikes on Both Sides of the Sea

There are some signs that the Law
 renee strike will be adjusted on a basis of an increase of wages varying from 5 to 25 per cent, and Premier Asquith is endeavoring to induce the British
 miners to return to work on the basis of s1.25 minimum wage for men and ~6O cents wage for boys. There are stiu many obstacles in the way. both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
TwoULD SEEM so.

lNOU1D SEEM SO. There was a man in our town Who dotted on his wife. And that was very strange, because She led him such a life, He didn't know from day to day, Just what she would do next; Sometimes to guess her latest move He surely was perplext. Howe'er, 1t didn't take him long To hit upon the truth, When with a chauffeur she eloped, A rather handsome youth. Her spouse, deserted, then remarked, Straight from his bosom's core. Pm forced to think my darling does Not love me any more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
REFLECTIONS or \ BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Races die out but not their red hair.
 The whole race learns to read and then has to read to learn.
 Bragsing doesn't convince anybody. so nearly everybody does it. What makes a man like coffee Is 10 have crazy idea he knows how 1t ought to be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
PLAYING ON wOMAN's CREDULITY


 Were it not for women victims, profess sional fortune telers would have to quit their trade. Not only do poor servant girls frequent the parlors of professor" an,l "madam' but richly gowned women, whose education and position in life ought to signify more common sense, are to be found in the same places, seeking advice concerning the future. One of the worst features of the humbuggery is that the seers are in league with fake stock brokers, with whom they induce their vic tims to invest" their savings. And it is not the women who come to them in au- tomobiles who suffer in this respect, but the house servant or shopgirl who has | saved few dollars. The police have started a fresh campaign to clean the par asites out of New York. But we have had such campaigns before. They should be cleaned out completely, and then kept | out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

year does not seem good. In fact, the cost of making iron has already ad- vanced, and this advance seems nkeiy to be progressive.
 Business in iron this week has been small, because sellers are holding back They do not know and cannot know where they are at and until the sit uation clears they are bound to feel their way cautiously. Inquiry is good and consumers are beginning to realize the situation. Already mum ber of the largest iron masters have withdrawn from the market and re- cent sales have been at higher prices than those lately quoted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
VIII Re n nusx snrlng

Birmingham will witness great build ing operations this spring." said w. j. Dangaix. Ut will be the busiest spring, perhaps, in our history. There is good deal of building already in progress, and within the next few weeks new forward movement will be in full swing.
 T have watched Birmingham's growth for many years, but have never known such a bright outlook as now, notwith- standing the fact that this is a presiden- tial campaign year. It will certainly be a new high record year in the erection of big buildings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
Iron Companies Holding Back

The whole market has been thrown
 into confusion by the trouble of the
 coal miners" say Matthew, Addy &
 Co., in their Cincinnati iron report.
 While as yet there has been no strike of miners this side of the ocean,
 yet it is probable that not two- thirds of the men here are at work. This
 reduced production taken into con nection with the fact that thousands and thousands of tons of coal are be- ing sent abroad is rapidly getting the whole industrial world out of its regu- lar stride. so to speak. Of course iron
 suffers first, for iron and coal are one and inseparable. Contracts for coke for future shipment are impossible be- cause no one can make prices with 1 things so uncertain. When the last coal strike occurred we ourselves sold
 foundry coke at s11.o0 and furnace coke at si.50 per ton. In the Councils | vile field furnace coke has gone in a
 few weeks from s1.50 to $500 ton
 This means a great increase in the cost of making iron, and there is nc 1 reason to expect any reduction soon
 | The lake docks are swept clean-nc coal in stock and the demand for coal l on the lakes and in the northwest will | be so tremendous that the high price of coal which is inevitable, is bound
 to keep up the price of coke. So the
 prospect of cheaper iron later in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The Maine will sail out of Havana har- bor on Saturday, and then it will be well nigh impossible to remember the Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

and political prejudice and work for this man who can carry as many votes as any other. living democrat? st
 The Dawson News-The Woodrow Will son organs are plainly displeased at the opening of Underwood headquarters in Georgia. It is natural that they should be. as there is already ample evidence that the southern candidate for President is very strong in athis state It will be no picnic to beat him with the New Jer- sey governor-the state which is notorious as the home of trusts.
 The Columbus Ledger-The Ledger is of tho opinion that MT. Underwood is the favorite in Georgia and we predict vic- tory for the brilliant Alabamian in ad- vance of the primary. Loyal southerners cannot afford to support either of the western candidates nor the northern gen. tleman who claims to have resided in the south short time % years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Congressman Broussard of Louisiana wants Congress to qeit kicking Louis iana's pet industry aroun'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Captain Scott, the south polar explorer, is now a great mystery, and all are wait ing for his reappearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Oakland, Cal. proposes to recall it's en- tire city administration. clean sweep now and then is a good thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Francisco l. Madero would like nothing better than vacation. but there is no rest for the ambitious Mexican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
DEATH IS WARNED

Jonsons Epitah on the Countess of Pel broke.
 Underneath this sable hearse
 Lies the subject of all verse t Sidney's sister. Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair and good as she Time shall throw . dart at thee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The suffragettes who smash windows may not get the ballot but they will at least demonstrate to the owners of the windows their zeal in the cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

They feel able in northern cities to make a dash for the pole after passing through the late and lamented winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
RESULT OF PROLONGED DAMP
 NESS
WALT MAsoN's DEFENSE.

fFxfiJ' 4fIffOO.N D DEf fAN DEls
 "The Philadelphia North American prints a long and exhaustive essay en- deavoring to prove that the Tat Poet of Emporia is demoralzng the public taste. The Hon. North American applies the christening rod gently, but is firm in is conviction that the popularity of the Emporia brand of poetry will be fatal to the real thing in undying song Then the able essayist goes ou to say: Out side of small company of persons,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Chicago begins to think that some of the band of sidewalk cleaners will have to get new shovels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The presidential preference primary, delegates and all, has come to stay in Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
SCINTILLANT.

'Is Mrs Wopper a brilliant conversa- tionallst?p
 ''Yes. when she's wearing her dia- monds."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

THERE ARE OTHERS. The tourists way all merrily he wends, He loafs along in bliss without a flaw, And sends lot of postcards to his friends Of things and places that he never saw.
 Washington Star. The congressman enjoys his daily feed, Nor needs of farming lore to read word; He sends out tons of unknown garden seed To men whose blooming names he never heard. Chicago Tribune. The liner agent writeth up the stuff That tells the beauties of each noble ship He sendeth out flood of printed gulf To folks who can't afford a street car trip,
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. The man who deals in patent medicine Spreads spacious words upon the printed page. And wghts who read grave symptoms shown therein, For s dope forthwith give up their hard-earned wage.
 PAITI, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Yuan Sinai Kai Is not popular in his own ward He Is like the Kaiser in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Dr. Abbott says the colonel will stay with the Outlook until he is elected Pres ideut. He has q life jobs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
SPIRITUAL COMFORT.

To sit up near the pulpit
 We greatly do aspire, When Maud upon the organ plays And Grace sings in the choir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
RIVALS IN CULTURE.

RIVALS IN CULTURE.
 Professor Enoeh Dubber is going to read very learned paper before the Mental Research society tonight. Do you think you will be there?' Do you suppose the Gribbits will at tend?"
 'Yes. l hear they are going"
 Well, I'll be there. My wife never lets Mrs. Gribbit go to anything of a high-browed nature that she doesn't at tend herself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

In some part of Spain there are 200 holi- days a year. This Is held to be exces- sive..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
A THRUST THAT HURT

From the Watch Dog.
 A witty person of my acquaintance re- ceived letter the other day, which. to his surprise and disgust, contained only one word, and that word was Idiot" As he recognized the handwriting, he pro- ceeded to answer 1t thus:
 Dear K I often get letters without signatures. but this is the very first time I have received a signature without a letter. Yours, Z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

l pr. Wiley is booked, it is said, to edit
 the magazine Good Housekeeping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
THE CHRONIC BoRRowER.

THE CHRONIC BORROWER. He always wants a little change Until tomorrow night And people keep out of his range He is touching sight.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. He always wants a little change. A little change of air, But very far he cannot range Who lacks the railroad fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
MIST BE cocOANUT.

MUST BE CocOANUT. Rather light lunch"
 "Yes; just cup of coffee and piece of utility pie." What kind of pie is utility ple?" No matter what kind you want, It is the kind you eventually buy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The colonel is playing hide and seek with the tariff question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
A PHILANTHRoPIsT

"Ilind sir. could you give me a little help?"
 T will do so with pleasure. Here is an automobile catalogue for 1912. You may find it interesting to read during your leisure moments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
IN STRAITS.

IN STRAITS. Oh, little song,
 l can not sing youi To metric form
 l dare not bring you. Unless the Muse
 Swift aid doth lend me, This toll of rhyme,
 l fear, will end me, RESULT OF PROLONGED DAMP
 NESS. "A respected citizen was carried off to the insane asylum yesterday babbling all the time about little drops of water" Lost his mind, eh?' "Yes. We've been having too much rain around here lately"
 CAUSE ENOUGH. His eyes are crossed,
 But do not blame; He tried to read
 A Russian name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The weather permitting, spring will be- gin on March 21. See the Almanac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The innocent bystander in Peking is leading a very strenuous life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The President is willing to be aggres- sive, but never progressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Spain would like to annex Portugal. She is evidently seeking trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

The call of the wold is not always the call of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
ADRIFT WITH THE 7IMI71

there exists low opinion Of poetry, un- less 1t be the sort that jingles in the ear and does not tax the mental molecules.
 Here We see the ancient, uncompromis- ing attitude of the highbrow. Poetry thar people can understand without contract ing headache is necessarily inferior. A poem is not poem unless it is a puzzle. The true purpose of poetry is to give iour-eyed people an excuse to form cul- ture clubs. The fat Emporia hard has no exaggerated idea of the value or im- pcrtance of his product. He has never hinted, even to himself, that he was or dained to wake to ecstasy the living Tyre He eats fried liver rather than pomegranates. But he does claim to have demonstrated one thing, to-wit: That poetry with horse sense in it will make wider appeal than poetry that has to be studied like problem in geometry The reading of poetry should be an enter tainment. not punishment Walt Ma son, in the Emporia Gazette. H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Captain Scott may be amazed when he sees those tracks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Chicago begins to think that some of | the band of sidewalk cleaners will have to get new shovels. The presidential preference primary, delegates and all, has come to stay in Massachusetts. 1 Yuan Sinai Kai is not popular in his own ward. He Is like the Kaiser in that respect. In some part of Spain there are 200 holi- days a year. This is held to be excess sive. l pr. Wiley is booked, it is said, to edit the magazine Good Housekeeping"  The weather permitting, spring will be- gin on March 21 See the almanac.
  Spain would like to annex Portugal. She is evidently seeking trouble.
  The innocent bystander in Peking is leading a very strenuous life.
  The President is willing to be aggres- slve, but never progressive.
  The colonel is playing hide and seek with the tariff question.
  The call of the wold is not always the call of the people.
 ----s.-- Captain Scott may be amazed when he saas fhoga tracisS + is too early to oil the lawn mower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
AN CARE, LINCOLN STORY

IL is too early to oil the lawn mower
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
MAJESTIC MATINEE FOR FUND
DELAYED UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY
Reynolds & Ross Players Decide to Give More
People Chance to Attend by Post
ponement Of Performance.
MORE ADDITIONS TO THE CONTRIBUTORS LIST

The date for the Majestic matinee
for The Sentinel's Good Fellow fund
has been postponed. Instead of be-
ing held this afternoon the Reynolds
& Ross players have decided to put il
on Friday afternoon. when everybody
will have an opportunity to come out
and help swell the Christmas fund.
The Reynolds & Ross company,
which has made a scream in "A Par
ish Priest" and The Other Mr.. Full
err" will put on When We Were
Twenty-one" tonight. Friday after
noon. the date of the special matinee
for the Good Fellows fund. they will
produce "A College Boy" Leon Nc
Reynolds, always a favorlte among
the playloyers of Grand Junction.
will be at his best in the leading
part.
Billy Ross, the company's mana
ger, said today: We want to put
something in your fund that will be
a real donation. We want to live up
to our regulations as good fellows
and we want to help you in your
efforts to give the kids a good time
So, let's just advertise this matinee
a little more than could have been
done for the Monday performance,
and give the folks a chance to come
and see us in something good"
So 1t is arranged for Friday after
noon at 3. Put on your bib and
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Guests Make
Merry at Big
Union Banquet

Jovial good fellowship reigned su-
preme at the banquet given at the
La Court hotel last night in honor of
the daily publishers of the city. Not
only did the menu serve to tighten
the minds of the guests but the COM
panionship of kindred spirits lent an
air of keen pleasure to the event that
could not obtain in any other craft.
For they were all newspapers to-
gether. All were parts of the ma
chinery which grinds out the grist
of, the days news and as such they
were bonded into a fellowship as
strong as any free-masonry. Toast
master w. w. Chandler put every
guest at his ease with his happy in
troductory remarks and as the fes-
tivities progressed the good nature of
company became more pronounced.
DIR. E. F. Eldridge, whose poem
ITO Those Who Rule the World" or
naments the souvenir menu cards,
made a brief but happy talk on the
art preservative. closing with anoth-
er poem on The Shielded Light. "
His talk was enjoyed to the fullest
extent and was roundly applauded.
Mayor T. NJ. Todd told of the early
history of the union OF printers in
Grand Junction and gave the organ
ization some wholesome advice.
Continued on Page 20
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Wants Alaskan Development to
Proceed Amendment Of
Mining Laws Wanted.

fective manner" and he attributes
this principally to the fact that a
permit is "revocable at any time and
without specific treason" He calls
it a serious and uniustifiable obsta-
Gle to the development and utiliza-
tion of one of the nations greatest
natural resources. He declares that
conditions and limitations should be
defined by statute on which permits
should be issued. and only for breach
of which they should be cancelled.
AS to federal as against state con-
troll of water-power concessions on
streams which are not navigable. the
secretary says:
"The suggestion is made frequent
ly by those who are in one way or
another representing either present
or future investment in water-power
development that such power sites
and their control should be turned
over to the respective states in which
they are located. 1t is interesting to
note, however, that the ordinary cit
izens of these states are not at all
concerned over federal usurpation or
unjust treatment. They suspect that
the, real purpose of those who urge
the turning over of the federal do
main to the states is that they may
escape the longer and the stronger
arm of the federal government and
may take advantage of the more lin
tied resources and governmental IA
cilities of the individual states.
while some states undoubtedly
have wisely conserved certain of the
lands and natural resources turned
over to them by the nation, the story
has too often been the acquisition of
these lands and resources by special
interests or individuals without ade-
quate recognition of the public In
terest. This is no policy which 1t
| Continued on Page ~
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
The Regulation Of Big Business
Should Be Accomplished
With Brief Authority.
COMMERCE AND LABOR REPORT
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington Dec. 16.-Charles Ma
gel. secretary OF commerce and labor.
would sharply define and restrict the
powers and discretion of the pro-
posed federal commission to regulate
Industrial corporations. In his an
nual report. submitted to President
Taft today, the secretary opposes the
endowment of such commission, If
finally created by congress-. with far
reaching powers equal to those exer-
cised by the interstate commerce
commission over railroads. He dis
approves the suggestion that the COM
mission have authority to fix prices
OF commodities.
Epitomizing his doctrine for gov
ernmental supervision of business.
Mr.. Nagel says:
Instead of pressing federal regu-
lation as far as possible, the real de-
sideratum in legislation affecting the
country's business should be to pre-
serve to the greatest extent consist
ent with the public welfare the ele-
ment of self-regulation. The effort
should be to lay down principles of
conduct sufficiently specific to i'm
pose desired restraints. at the same
time leaving a wide field for individ-
paI achievement.
p If such a trade commission is well
defined, the secretary says, at may
serve the general purpose of giving
large industrial and commercial con-
Germs much needed federal authority
and control. 1t Is possible. by lodg-
ing in the commission well defined
discretion. an intelligent purpose
may, be served: but the obvious dan
ger Is that such n commission, once
created, will soon be vested with fur
ther powers. The disposition will
undoubtedly be to give it authority
to fix prices and conditions OF opera
ton. similar to that which the inter-
state commerce commission now eX-
ercises with respect to railroads and
their rates. In other words, there is
q strong tendency to disregard the
fundamental distinction between a
public carrier and a private enter
prise"
At the outset, at least. in the judg-
ment of Secretary Nagel, the general
powers and the degree of discretion
of the commission should be carefully
restricted.
To make more effective the work
of the bureau of corporations and
pave the way for constructive legis-
lation regulating, business, the secre-
tary urges that congress provide for
the automatic submission by corpor-
ations engaged in interstate trade of
certain fundamental data, such as
facts relating to capitalization, prop
erty. business. investment, profits,
officers. directors and controlling In
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Better Water-POWer Policy and
New Public Lands CIassifi-
cation Are Needed.
Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. ia definite
and comprehensive water-power pol
icy for streams upon the public do
main and navigable streams not on
the public domain Is urged by Wal
ter l.. Fisher. secretary of the inter
ior, is the most important subject
pending before congress and the
country, in his annual report sub
mitted today to President Taft
Other legislation which Secretary
Fisher recommends as important to
the welfare of the country embodies
an enlarged application of the leas-
ing principle as applied to the pub
lie domain in general; comprehens-
i've leasing law for coal, oil and 9TH
er mineral lands, and laws providing
for the classification of public lands
according to their respective charac-
teristic and appropriate uses and ad-
ministration in accordance there
with.
Secretary Fisher also declares in
favor of legislation for the develop
ment of the transportation facilities
and the coal lands of Alaska and for
the withdrawal from entry of public
lands in the west needed to conserve
the water supply at the sources of
streams. He recommends the retire.
ment and pensioning of the civil en-
ployes of the government. Most of
his recommendations are in renewal
and emphasis of those made in his
previous annual report.
As to water-power policy. he says
that it must be made certain that
those who receive special privileges
connected with water-power develop
ment shall in fact proceed by appro-
pirate degrees and within appropri-
ate times to develop the availage
water power to Its highest capacity,
having due regard to the possibili-
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
M0NTR0SELAD
TAKES OWN
L|FE {
Oliver Neeley, Aged
25, Takes Bi-Chlo-
ride of Mercury.
IN FIT OF MELANCHOLY
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Montrose, Dec. 16.-Oliver Neeley,
aged 25, student in Colorado Col
lege, committed suicide Saturday
evening by taking tablet of hi
chloride of mercury. He expired an
hour after he swallowed the poison.
Neeley was suffering from "A fit of
melancholia, accompanied by suici-
dal mania. He has been effected by
these occurrences for several years.
the cause lying in injuries he receiv-
ed in fight in Silverton when n boy
He was engaged in an alteration
with miner while in the mining
town and was severely beaten. A
blow on the head caused him to suf-
fer from terrible headaches on in
frequent occasions and these were
usually accompanied by fits of dis
tress when he wanted to take his
own life.
He was in Colorado College at
Colorado Springs until two weeks
ago when he returned following one
of his spells.
A few moments after he had tax
en- the poison he told his mother
that he would be better of dead than
alive and wanted to save himself
from suffering.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row.