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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

bination has not been lessened or loosened in any way.
 Out of these things will grow need full changes in the antitrust law. Possibly the remedy will be found in federal chaters or in federal bureau to supervise operations of industrial corporations very much as the rail roads are now supervised by the in- terstate commerce commission. What ever the outcome is it will no doubt be thorough and comprehensive, and that is just what the court dissolu- tions of so-called trusts are not.
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tinguished character. No one in the educational world occupied a more commanding position, but it was Colonel Harvey who discovered" him as statesman and made him a for midable candidate for the presidency. Personally Wilson has many attractive qualities, but his lack of experience in practical politics has led him into serious blunders, this recent affair being perhaps the most serious. It will retard his cause, to say the least. It is only fair, however, for the public to withhold judgment until Governor Wilson himself makes a full state ment.
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am i'll nt reckoning, it Gtteth tht spirit of n tapster.
 -Love's Labor Lost.
Lees Anniversary

Robert E.. Lee, the illustrious Con- federate chieftain, was born at Strad- ford House, Westmoreland county, Virginia, January 19, 1907, and the day of his birth is legal holiday in most of the southern states. Lee was a great soldier. He came of fighting stock. His father was Gen. Henry Lee of the Revolutionary army, whose soubriquet was Light Horse Harry Lees family has been traced back to the medieval chevaliers, and genera tion after generation of them have produced men of heroic mould.
 But Robert E. Lee was much more than a great general. His ideals were lofty and no nobler American has lived than he. A man of splendid dig nity, he was considerate of the sensi- bilities of high and low alike. The em- bodiment of valor, he had tender heart. He was kind by nature and seemed never so happy as when he was able. to render aid to a friend He abhorred vice in every form, and being frank and true, it was to him unthinkable how any well bred man could be guilty of intrigue or the practice of petty politics.
 Soon after the surrender at Appo- matox General Lee accepted the pres idency of Washington college, now Washington and Lee, at Lexington, Va. Although he was then we'll past middle life and had been always a soldier, so well rounded was his cul- ture and so orderly his mind that he turned out to be, as might have been expected, model educator. He died in Lexington on the 18th of October, 1870.
 The people of this country honor the memory of every patriot. Several anniversaries are regularly observed to keep in remembrance the great statesmen and captains of the past. A few have been honored by legisla- tive enactment, naming the date of their birth as public holiday; but the man whose anniversary is being observed today was in high minded ness, moral force, poise and Christian citizenship well nigh peerless. Those who knew him in life looked upon him as "the noblest Roman of them all, y and now, more than 40 years after lis death, his fame has lost none of its lustre.. Just as the southern peo- pie delight to honor the name of Ulysses s. Grant, the magnanimous the people of the north speak 1T eulogy of Robert E. Lee, the immor. tai, and so it wifi ever be.
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IN HOTEL LOBRIES
The Russlnn Trio

Birmingham is having the opportunity of listening to more high class music this season than ever before,' said an old music lover. I've have already had Bis pham, Rudolph Gang. the United States Marine band and the Pasmore Trio. Next Sunday afternoon we are to have the Rus sian trio, which is one of the greatest chamber music organization in the world.
 "on Sunday. February IS, we are to have Lila Ormohd. the famous and beau- tiful young mezzo-soprano, and on Sun day, March 10 Spalding, the popular violin virtuoso, will appear, The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra has been engaged for the music festival to be held early in May.
 As a rule. the audiences this season have been large and appreeiative. and if our musical attractions continue to draw well next season will be even more bril- liant than the season of 1911-12."
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Oil Before and After

Before the decree of the supreme court dissolving the Standard Oil the price of oil, as rule, stood stationary with an occasional drop. Since the octopus has been transformed into 30 or 40 smaller concerns oil, both crude and refined, has been marked up three or four times, and gasoline, naptha and benzine keep the pace every time. All are going up.
 Now, why is this ? Also, where does the consumer come in in this method of dissolving trusts? These and sim liar questions are now perplexing the "peepul,' and they are not able to solve the problems presented by the situation. If prices are to be ad- vanced whenever a trust is dissolved the antitrust law will lose its popu- larity-or supposed popularity.
 The trouble no doubt is that disso- lutions of the large monopolistic con cerns do not change the control. Those who were in control of Stand ard Oil are practically masters of the 30 or 40 lesser concerns, and they are worked as so many cogs in wheel There has been no disruption of the power that creates monopoly, names prices and restricts trade. The Stand ard Oil company of New Jersey is apparently small affair, but it seems to be as powerful in the oil trade as the old Standard Oil was. And this is because the inside com
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ALABAMA's MORGAN MONUMENT

From the Mobile Register.
 Among the first newspa pers of Alabama to second the Registers advocacy of state monument to John T. Morgan in the new park at Mobile is The Birming- ham Age-Herald, which gives enthusiastic support to the project The following is from The Age -Heralds editorial on the subject;
 ''The monument to be erected in Nor gan park willNcost, it is estimated, $10000. While some sculptor Of an inferior class would be glad to undertake the work for the amount named, the people of Mobile, with the assistance of the people through out the state, should raise not less than 0OG1 and secure the services of an en- inent sculptor to model a heroic statue of the great statesman whose memory is to be honored.
 ''The south has given this country many men who have added lustre to American statesmanship, but no senator from north or south has surpassed in high minded ness, capacity or influence John T. Nor gan. A monument fund should be raised without delay
 The Register is not confined to a s10000 fund for the monument, and that figure was only tentative as a minimum expen- allure in the work. The Age-Herald has the earnest support of this newspaper in it's desire to see erected here a monument worthy of the statesman whose memory
 is to be Eonored. If the people of the state subscribe $3O,0O0 it will be to their lasting credit and show proper apprecia- ton of the cause for which the fund has been launched At the same time the work of erecting the monument should rot be permitted to drag along, as similar public works have sometimes done in Alabama If we cannot get a s30,00o mon- ument. let us build the best that we are able to obtain according to the means al the disposal of the committee to whom the work will be given, within stipu- lated time. It would be highly appropri- ate to unvei the Morgan monument at Mobile on the same day that the Panama canal is opened to traffic for the first time. The honor which the state seeks to pay to Morgan's memory is not wholly as the 'Father of the 1sthmian canal, but in recognition of his distinguished services to the state. To the outside world, however. the name of Morgan is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
IRON HAND OF WILHELM II

When the Rechstag Bell Rings" Joe
 Mitchell Chapple, in National Magazine
 for January.
 |, visitor traversing the German empire today must needs be deeply impressed with the wonderful progress made by the Teutons. The secret of German success has been perfect government organization and effective team work" No country can be studied more profitably in this re- spect than the Germans. While the atti- tude of the people may seem repugnant to Americans, the German plan has been effective in utilizing important resources, and individual ability has been enlisted for the common prosperity of the na- tion. What will happen in the passing of the Kaiser is difficult to prophecy, for Germany is in some respects like Mexico, where the great power of Diaz was the dominating influence for so many years.
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Fine Physical specimens

I've have been advised from headquar- ters that the recruits from the Brming
 ham district are the finest in point of physique and intelligence of any point where a recruiting station is established,' said Corporal Powell, who is attached to the local recruiting office of the marine corps. This is very gratifying to our office and certainly speaks well for the district In this connection I might say that the marine branch of the service is proving very popular and the corps is almost recruited up to it's war strength.
 Since the establishment of headquar- ters in Birmingham we have been,, very successful ard the report from headquar- ters bespeaks the general character of the applicants. The office here may be discontinued owing to the fact that the number required by the war department | is about completed. However, Birmng- ham will be remembered by the depart n;ent for the splendid character of Inc men enlisted from this great district"
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From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 A TIER a two year campaign, which
 A cost him in the neighborhood of A $10O,000, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., this week will see what he calls the sue cessful continuation of his plans to obtain a law to end white slavery"
 When Archangelo Piromalli, an importer of olives, is sentenced by Judge Mulqueen, in the court of special sessions, on a white slave" charge Mir Rockefeller will sever his connection with the campaign and devote his attention and means to another and greater kind of public ser vice which he has under consideration.
 When MT. Rockefeller became foreman of the celebrated grand jury which was charged with the duty of investigating white slavery" he told his friends and fellow jurymen that he would fight the traffic until there should be placed on the statute books law that would send to jail practically for life any person con- victed of this crime. Now that he has caused such law to be enacted and enforced, besides having induced the fed eral government to continue the campaign which he began, he feels his duty to the public in this direction has been ended.
 The conviction of Piromalli Is the first in this country since the summer of 1910, when the celebrated Belle Moore case was tried, in which it was proved that there was an actual safe or a white slave" This came under section 246O of the penal law as amended in September, 1910, as a result of MT. Rockefeller's ac- tivity.
 The amendments simplify the enforce ment of the law and make the punish ment more severe. The extreme penalty for this offense Is now term of 20 years in the state prison and fine of s50Oo.
 Records in the district attorneys office show that during 1911 there were more than three times the number of convic- tions under the provisions of the amend
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From the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
 George Ade had finished his speech at a recent dinner party, and on seating himself a well known lawyer arose, showed his hands deep into his trousers pockets, as was his habit, and laughingly Inquired of those present:
 ''Doesnt it strike the company as a little unusual that professional hu- morist should be funny?"
 When the laugh had subsided, Ade dra %led out;
 Doesn't it strike the company as a little unusual that a lawyer should have his hands in his own pockets?"
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GREAT FIGHT SEEMS WON

ed law than there were during the pre- found and three defendants received prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years each. In one instance a 5000 fine was levied in addition to the 20 year prison term. Two defendants were acquitted, while five were allowed to plead guilty to lesser degrees of crime. At the end of the year four indictments were pending.
 District Attorny Charles S. Whitman yesterday expressed himself as being gratified at the efficiency of the new law as shown by the results during the first year of its operation.
 Tn the first place." said MT. Whit man, T want to make it clear that the increase in the number of indictments and convictions on charges of white slavery by no means indicates that white slavery IS on the increase in this city. but rather shows that the small percentage of white slavery existing here is being grad ually stamped out. And the new law is all admirable weapon for that purpose
 Not only has the operation of the law been simplified. but the increase in the maximum penalty will enable us, think. to keep this evil at a minimum"
 Judge Warren w. Foster of the court of general sessions also expressed himself as pleased with the success of the new law.
 During the last year there was tried before me one of the meanest and most brutal cases of white slavery that has ever been called to my attention,' said Judge Foster to a Herald reporter. "Philip Solow, youth of 20 years. lured a beautl- ful Pittsburg girl from the home of re- spectable parents and then sold her into life of white slavery here in New York. He was convicted and I gave him the maximum prison term and a fine of $5000, making in all an aggregate sen tence of 34 years. It is such sentences as these and the wide publicity attending them that hit the right spot'
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CELEBRITIES.


 lie had written lovely verses, touching hollyhocks and hearses, lotus eaters, la cles' lilies, poFcupines, and pigs and pies, nothing human was beyond him. and ad- mlring people conned him, adoration in their bosoms and a rapture in their eyes He had sung of figs and uuinces in the tents of BedotIin princes, he'd embalmed the Roman forum and the Parthenon of Greece: many of his odes were written in the shrouding fogs of Britain, while. he watched the suffrage ladies mixing things with the police.
 So we met to do him honor; worshiper and eager fawner begged a tasse1 of his whiskers or his autograph in ink: never Was there so much sighin round a palld human lion, as he stood his lines explain ing taking out the hitch and knk
 All were in joyous flutter, till we hear some fellow mutter: Here comes Griges, tine southpaw pitcher, fairly burdened with his famel He 1t was who beat the Phil lies-gave the Quaker bugs the willies- he it was who saved our bacon in that 'leven inning gamer.
 Then we crowded round the pitcher, making that great man the richer by a ton of adulation. in a red hot fervor flung: and the poet, in pickle, unused upon the false and tickle plaudts of the heartless rabble, till the dinner gong was rungi- Walt Mason. in the Twice Month Popll- lar Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Big heads are worn mostly at home.
 When a man threatens to kiss a girl he runs big risk of her getting indignant if he doesn't.
 What makes a man lose his temper is the way his wife can say he always does when he knows he never does.
 It takes a man to feel important because he saw the President come off a ferry boat in a closed carriage.
 Every man thinks he knows good coffee so well that if he only pays enough for it. no matter what it is it's right.
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YOUR VIOLIN

By James Whitcomb Riley. Your violin! As, mel Twas fashioned OCT the sea, In storied Italy
 What matters where? It is it's voice that. sways And thrills me as it plays The tunes of other days
 The days that were. Then let your magic bow Glide lightly to and fro close my eyes. and so,
 In vast content, I kiss my hand to you, And to the tunes we knew Of old as well as to
 Your instrument. Poured out of some dim dream Of luling sounds that seem Like ripples of a stream
 Twanged lightly by The slender, tender hands Of weeping willow wands That droop where gleaming sands
 And pebbles lie. A melody that swoons In all the truant tunes Long. lazy afternoons
 Lure from the breeze, When woodland boughs are stirred, And moaning doves are heard, And laughter afterward
 Beneath the trees. Through all the chorusing I hear on leaves of spring The drip and pattering
 Of April skies, With echoes fs}nt and sweet, AS baby angel feet Might make along street
 Of Paradise. ,,zH
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PORT.


 He made his peace with all the world And when life's battle flag was furled, He laid him down with thankful heart As one who'd bravely played his part. Though there were bitter days of rue, Without glimpse of heavens blue, And though the storms oft beat upon His luc.lless head. he stilled toiled on. Hope buoyed him up when shadows fell And whispered that 'twould all be well With him some day, if he could wait The grist of slow-revolving fate. And so it came as hope had said: Long since the lowering clouds had fled And sunshine beamed upon his way And whilom fears ceased to dismay. So tranquil seemed his journeys end, As one who did but softly wend From regions fair to fairer yet Without q tremor of regret, All marveled, though that hour bereft. Upon his face a smile was left. So may we win through sorrows past To quiet harborage at last.
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WHY NOT MADISON saUAREf

From the New York Herald.
 The World, admitting 1t has lost it's wager of a dinner to Col. Henry Watter- son, invites the distinguished Kentuckian to name the time, the place, the food and the guests" With no desire to interfere in the affairs of our friends. the Herald respectfully suggests that it be held in Madison Square Garden and that the doors be thrown open.
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Judging 1912 By 1910

The New York Times prefers to substitute for mere guesses the re- suits of the gubernatorial elections of 1910 in an effort to ascertain how the country will vote this year. Using the latest gubernatorial elections as basis this forecast of next November is presented by the Times:
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TWO TYPES.

distinction is now being made be- tween the professional highbrow and the unaffectedly intellectual person. The pro fessional highbrow reads what is popu- larly called ''deep stuff" so he can tall, about 1t before other people wieh a trip ping tongue, while person who Is truly intellectual reads deep stuff" for his own satisfaction and doesn't care hoot whether anybody else knows he reads il or not The latter type is less apt to be a bore
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tho state tax commission. passed through Birmingham yesterday en route to Flor enee.
 Col w. P. Pratt, a former resident or Birmingham. and now located in Macon, is visiting friends in the city.
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identlhed with the interoeeanic waterway,
 and the unveiling of a monument to him
 on the day that the canal is opened would lend to Alabamas event nation wide in-
 terest and more firmly impress the name of Morgan on the history of the cnnntrx
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AN EASY MARK

There goes Biffels. He boasts that he never makes mistakes
 wish you would introduce me to Bif- fels the first chance you get,s Why do you want to meet him?" I have some mining stock worth about ID cents share. If Biffels is the sort of man you say he is. I can sell him my stock for at least dollar a share" 5 HE KEEPS ON LEcTURING.
 When people prate
 Bout Get the hook,n
 It has small weight
 With Doctor Cook
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The girls of a high school in Pennsyl- vania are widely praised--because that hair device known as the frat has been prohibited among them.
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The thermometers are bravely striving to become normal again and if the wealth. CT forecasters will quit forecasting, all will be well.
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The Atlantic Monthly gave Julia Ward Howe $5 for the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and that is all she ever re- ceived for it.
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A birds lunch counter is the latest nov city of the humane and thoughtful It affords great pleasure to the owner and his guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

One night nine degrees off the zero mark sufficed to make ear muffs humer- ous and popular in this locality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

A statesman is simply a politician who poiticates to suit one's own fads and faneies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

The touch of the north pole which came to this section this week has put crimp in each househoders coal pile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

Mr Carnegie intimated that he had been short changed when he was induced to sell out to the steel corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

The common towel is to be abolished Little by little mankind is becoming san itary.
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OF cOrRSE.

His wife has made him what he is" Well. the punishment fits the crime." How is that?p
 Shes married to him, isn't she?"
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New York is again trying to discard its horse cars and to establish civic center It Is a town that aspires to be fashionable under great difficulties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

John D. is trying to boom the paper business by making paper vests popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

No one anywhere is crying aloud for an old fashioned winter. This January fills the bill reasonably well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

MT Hitchcock is the only bachelor in the cabinet, and he felt compelled to do something remarkable in this leap year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

Carnegie did put one on Rockefeller and the latter got even by putting 1t over the Merritt brothers.
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Russia cannot Shusterize Dr. Sun Yat Sen when Japan is looking on.
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SHARP REPORT

| No one has yet explained why women never need ear muffs.
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The local Chinese colony of San Fran cisco proposes to make $1,0Oo,OOo Chinese display at the Panama exposition in 1915.
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EXCUSE THEsE TEARs

EXCUSE THESE TEARS. ] chose a pet word yestermorn And now I'm feeling lonely. Twas 'inly," but as sure's you're born. The printer made 1t "only."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

The mercury is now exploring the upper part of the thermometer.
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M. Briand appears in every cabinet. He is Frances strong man, and Del casse is another.
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China is real republic. for she has a vice president. This is the true sign of republicanism.
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HAST ONEP

The chap who has dreadful cold IS very far from feeling jolly; IS lar more apt, if truth be told. To yield himself to melancholy.
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The Stanley committee is inclined to think it did not learn anything from aIr. Carnegie.
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WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.

An actor writes to one of the New York papers asking somebody to invent a face powder that will not rub off
 lie says It is always embarrassing to set smear of white on your black coat when you embrace an actress,
 But we never do.-cleveland Plain Dealer.
 DO you mean, Brother Rose, that yoli never embrace an actress, or never get powder on your coat when you do?