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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Yesterdays Primary

A large vote was boiled in Ala bama yesterday. The name of Oscar ". Underwood as a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presi- dency headed the ballot and although full returns are not now at hand it is known that he received practically the unanimous indorsement of the people of this state.
 In Jefferson county the vote was unusually large. It had been feared that there would be congestion at some of the polling places, but not withstanding the long ballot voters experienced less discomfort, and lost less time by standing in line, than in some of the former elections.
 Among those who offered them selves for office were many of Jeff ferson county's best citizens. The candidates as whole were thoroughly representative.
 The friends of various candidates worked hard yesterday. The voter was earnestly entreated to give his suffrage to this or that candidate, but never perhaps was there a more orderly primary election. Those can didates who failed to win will take defeat philosophically as good demo- crats generally do.
 Now that the primary is over the people will settle down to their various pursuits and go forward with renewed energy in the upbuilding of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
NEW YORK A YDDIsH CITY

Herman Bernstein in the New York Sun.
 New York, with the greatest Jewish community the world has ever known, with four large Yiddsh daily newspa- pers, with weeklies and monthlies pub ljshed in Yiddish, with four successful Yiddish theatres on the East Side, has tempted many of the leading Yiddish and Hebrew writers to forsake their native lands and come to these shores. Asidc from those who came here. with estab- lished reputations, many younger mon have developed in this city as writers out of the ordinary. but as their work is done in Yiddish they remain unknown to the outside world. only from time to time the works of some of these writ CTS are rendered into Russian, German and English, and then they attract con- siderable attention.
 Among these may be mentioned Nor ris Rosenfeld, Yehoash (Bloomgarten), David Pinsld, Kobrin and Libin. Re- gently there came to New York a young Yiddish poet and dramatist of whom his Peretz Hirschein.
 Though but S2 years he has produced IF dramas, in which he treated variety of themes. He has also written numer- ous poems in prose. In his works he has depicted nature as perhaps no other Yid- dish writer has. Some of his plays have already been translated into Russian and produced with success. The son of a mill Ter, he was reared in a deserted village in Lithuania, and the sadness In Lithuania, and the sadness and poetry and tragedy of that region are reflected in his works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
A bond of air, strong ms the axie-tre' On which heaven rides.
 -TroIlus and Cressida-
Death of Robert Love Taylor

The death of Senator Taylor at the age of 61 came unexpectedly and the people will mourn the loss of the man who had captivated audiences in near Iy every state in the Union- He was born in Happy Valley, in East Ten nessee. He was thrice governor of his state, and he had occupied seats in both branches of Congress. It IS said that he played his way into the hearts of his audiences, for his fiddle was carried wherever he campaigned. His most famous lecture was entitled HThe Fiddle and the Bow" Few men will be more widely missed, or more sincerely mourned-
 His untimely death was really due to an operation that had been deferred too long. One physical trouble fol lowed another until death came He will be buried in Knoxville, near the place of his birth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
The Mutations of poiitic.

Now that it Is all over, the agony and with some the doubt, if not the tumult and the shout, I wish to point to the error of those who should know bet ter than to play so much 'bushWa Tn the local game of politics" said man who has had much experience in poll tics.
 "Enthusiam Is desirable pre- requisite to principles. but bold and arrogant claims on the eve of the cleo ton has a tendency to drive away voters. In politics 1t is well to be as twas written upon the gates of a walled city: On the first. Be bold! upon the second. Be bold" and again, Be ever bold! but in the inner circle, Be not too bold""
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
RAT-PROOFING SAN FRANCISCO

Thomas F. Logan in the April World S Work. publishes an interview with pr. Rupert Blue, in which the surgeon gen. eral tells in his own words the story of how to rid San Francisco of bubonic plague.
 We learned, beyond all chance of a mistake, that rats are almost invariably the carriers of the disease. flea bites an infected rat, and Is thereby infected. Then the flea bites another rat-or a hu- man being-and so transmits the bubonic infection.
 Rats get into buildings by gnawing through the wooden floors. So I hired gangs of laborers and had them cut away all woodwork and substitute concrete in the foundations and basements of all the buildings in China town. Our success in eradicating the plague by this method es- tablished the principle that by ratproof- ing buildings and driving the rats out of their homes we could destroy the plague Altogether, we ratproofed the entire 2 blocks of Chinatown, even wiring any opening that might be near the ground"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THE PENNSYLVANIA CossAcKs

This is the name given by the miners and mill workers to the organized body of Pennsylvania mounted police
 MT. F. Blair JaeSel has a great deal to say in praise of them in the April Worlds Work.
 The most picturesque. the most efficient. the most effective body of armed men in these United States. Sift the country from Tacoma to Tampa and you will not find it's equal Ninety per cent of it's members have served in the United States army.
 Many have seen active service in the Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico in China at the time of the Boxer uprising. Now and again you will find among them a man who fought the Boers in South Africa un- der the British flag. There are doctors, lawyers, college graduates, cowpunchers, genuine blown in the bottle soldiers of fortune on the force. Each is we'll set up, we'll seasoned, thoroughly disciplined and gentlernanly-let me italicze that-and gentlemanly veteran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Sacrifice of Dogs

'The press announcement that the 'bloodhounds' of the state of West Vir- ginia are to be used to trail and aid In the capture of Sldna Allen and Wes- ley Allen, the Virginia outlaws. has a tinge of anxiety and humanitarian in terest," said Percy Clark.
 If the Aliens are armed it certain ly means the death of the dogs, for men cannot follow close enough in the thick cover of mountain fastnesses to keep the Aliens from killing the dogs, and they may not fire gun. The mountaineers can seize the dogs and cut their throats. Any man familiar with dogs can do this. It Is all a mis- take to write blood curdling phrases about the terrible bloodhounds' for there are no bloodhounds in use, in the man chasing business at least. The heavy built red bone dogs that have been used in this country for deer and foxes are the progenitors of the man chasers.
 of course, the dogs ought to be used, for only In that way can human life be saved in the capture of the Aliens. I think from the signs that the Aliens are short of ammunition Sidna Allen would not have threatened Ayres with pitohfork, as he did last Friday, if he had not been short of cartridges, and was reserving his stock for the last desperate stand with his would-be captors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THE EAGLE THAT WENT TO WAR

, veteran furlough with his comrades, as he was entitled to do. When he said good by to us his plumage was a beautiful dark brown from saber-curved beak to yellow shank. When he returned after 60 days, 10, he looked down from his shield in the majesty of a snow white head and neck. more beautiful and regal than ever, the change that comes in the plumage of Haliaetus leucocephalus-that was his family name-at about three years of age.
 At the close of the war he was formal " presented to his native state Governor LeW1s receiving him in the name of Wis oonsin from the hands of his comrades. During the winter of 1864. accompanied by guard of honor, he attended the san itary fair at Chicago, where the sale of his photographs. unautographed. net ted the sum of H6oo0 for the fund for sick and disabled soldiers. He became great traveller. being in attendance at many political conventions and soldiers reunions. The sculptor Leonard w. Folk executed a model of him, which has been used in replica for a number of public monuments.
 'fHe died on March 26, 1881. full of hon. | ors though not of years, for he came of family famous for longevity, some of his relatives living beyond the age of 100 years. But his vitality was seriously irn- paired from the effects of smoke inhaled at fire which occurred in his home, the state capitol in Madison, early in the year of his death. His body was prepared | and mounted by a skilled taxidermist and occupied prominent place in the mili- tary museum in the capitol until the building was destroyed by second fire, February 24, 1904
 Old Abe was a living standard, nooler than any effigy in bronze or gold ever borne above the legions of Napoleon. It was fitting that he should pass away in names, even as the stormy years of his youth had been lived in the fierce joy that challenges death amid the fire and smoke of battle I think of him every time l look at quarter. His portrait makes 1t big as a dollar. I often wish all my creditors had belonged to The Eagle brigade. You see, patriotism not only makes mans country seem great CT; 1t makes her coinage appear more precious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
CHARM OF THE BUNGALOW

Aymar Embury in Leslie's.
 Bungalows seem to have had, during the past few years, a peculiar fascination for the American public, and 1t is fasci- nation not altogether difficult to under stand. since the one story building com pines all the conveniences of the modern flat with the location of a suburban home. Great numbers of tbem have been built in California, and to lesser extent in Florida, where they are used for all the year round homes. In the northern and eastern states most of them are intended for use In the summer months only. The genesis of the term is East Indian. In India the buildings are very lightly con- structed and are open to the air on all sides; but our American bungalows do not resemble these and their derivation in the southwest was from the one story adobe ranch houses, and in the northeast from hunting cabins or lumber camps The charm of the bungalow Is not, I think, In the main due to it's little cost or to convenience of Its plah or to its artis- tic exterior, but to the fact that there is great proportion of the American peo- pie who desire to live more simply and with less convention than they find neces- sery in the typical suburban community. There is probably no one of us who does not occasionally long for place in which he can wear his old clothes with comfort. smoke his old pipe in peace and bripg np his children in the simple and natural way impossible in the city and difficult in the suburbs, and 1t Is to this vague long ing for simpler and less artificial life that the great popularity of the little rough built houses we call bungalows is dittA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Cant. Amundsen Secures the Honor

Cant. Amundsen Secures the Honor
 The honor of first reaching the south pole belongs to Captain Amund- sen. On January 8 Captain Scott was still 150 miles from the pole that Amundsen reached three weeks pre- vious. Captain Scott intends to re- main in the Antarctic regions through nut another winter, and no more will be heard from him until next October.
 There is a belief that the Siberian ponies and the motor sledges which he depended upon were not equal to the work that Captain Amundsen's Sibe- rian dogs accomplished. All of Cap tain Scott's delays and troubles will stand unexplained until he returns home-
 The English people are greatly dis appointed. The Scott expedition in cluded more scientists and was better equipped than any previous expedi tion. Amunosen had little else than his Siberian dogs, and they did the work under the hardy explorers direc- ton. Captain Amundsen deserves his great honors. He reached the pole and secured all needful observations, and that is all any one wants at either end of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Underwood's Growing Strength

"It is something to be well known congressman; 1t Is a great deal to be chairman of the ways and means com mittee or speaker of the House, but to be recognized as the ablest exponent of the tariff reform issue is the next thing in honor to being President" said A. F. Nolan of Chicago.
 William Mckinley was potential in Congress as the exponent of the high pro- lection idea, and he made an ideal Presi- dent from every point of view excepting the tariff. Underwood now occupies the same position in the democratic party that Mckinley did in the republican party.
 q am an independent in poltlcs-voted for Cleveland in 1892 and several times voted for democratic candidates in H. linois state elections. Underwood began to be a great national figure last sum- mer But he has grown rapidly since then and he is as we'll known to the masses at the present time as any of the democratic candidates for the presidential nomination. The national democratic con vention would do wise thing if it places Mr. Underwood at the head of the ticket. I do not know whether the Alabama statesman could defeat Taft who, by the way, is more popular than he ever was But Underwood would stand a good chance of winning, and if he could not be elected in November then no democrat could be.
 Nearly all the democrats whom l hap pened to meet last fall were either for Harmon or for Woodrow Wilson. There has been a decided change since then. Will more popular than any candidate in the field
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
State Rate Cases in Supreme Court

State Rate Cases in Supreme Court
 The United States supreme court took up yesterday cases involving the state rate laws and orders in seven different states, ranging from Ohio to Oregon. These cases are to be heard together, and if all the points Involved are passed upon by the court, the litigation between this state and the Louisville and Nashville and the Central of Georgia railroad will have been determined before judgment had been pronounced.
 The famous Minnesota case is one of the seven. In this case the lower federal court held that reduction of state rates is burden on interstate commerce. The judge did not, how ever, go on to say that the state rates ronfiscate the property of the rail- roads.
 The cases to be heard arose in Mis- souri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ore gon, Minnesota, Arkansas and Ohio, and their decision promises to be of more importance to more people than any other los of cases to be heard this term.
 A decision of these cases may req sonably be expected before final ad- ;ournrnent for the term in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
THE LANGUAGE OF DICTORS

From the La Ari de Paris.
 Scientific terms are ordinarily crammed without mercy into the medical certifi- cates that are brought into courts of justice. These have alwayse the effect of thoroughly frightening the magistrates, who hardly understand them more than do the good public.
 At a recent court room judge session M Masse, the presiding judge interrupted the reading of medical certificate.
 When will these doctors resolve to abandon their gibberish and speak French?"
 M, the advocate. Gondinet, lowing and smiling, said:
 Monsieur. the president, the doctors remain as they were in the time of Mo l liere." The presiding judge then said with a sigh: "They are worse than in the time of Moliere. In the epoch at least the doctors made use of kind of Lat in that one could understand Today no one can understand them at all'' Does monsieur, the president, believe that the gibberish of the lawyers is any more understandable than that of the doctors?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
MEN SHOULD LIVE os YEARS

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
 Dr. W. J. Howells, E1i24 Tenth ave- nue, medical expert and former superin- tendent of the insane hospital at Med dical lake, believes in the theory of the eminent Chinese statesman, Dr. Wu Ting Fang, that men can live to greatly in- creased life pr. Wu believes his limit at 93 years, while pr. Howells believes that S5 years would be no unreasonable age for men to expect to attain under prop CT conditions.
 Take most business or professional men today and they are old at CO., said Dr. Howells. 'T talked with a farmer q years old, who during the last few months whittled 25,0G0 shingles by hand with a drawknfe. He was hale and hearty and really looked younger than many men of 5o.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
The south,s Geographical Hub

Birmingham has made wonderful strides since l was here last, four years ago." said Thomas V. Ross, who repre- sents George F. Wharton's well known book agency in New Orleans.
 ''The south as a whole Is making steady progress. New Orleans has 8 large in- crease of population every year, and from now on it's growth will be at very rapid rate. Atlanta is a fine, prosperous city, and nearly every city in the south is pushing right ahead. But Birmingham leads them all in many respects. It seems to be growing faster than any city in the south, and it certainly has the greatest future of any southern city, excepting possibly New Orleans.
 'I was born and reared in Pittsburg, and Birmingham reminds me more of Pittsburg than any city south of the Ohio river. It is well nicknamed the Pitts burg of the South
 q was thinking of opening an office in Atlanta, but have decided on Birming- ham as the better place. as the best place in the south for that matter. Bir- mingham is the geographical center of the south, and 1t will soon become crowded with representatives of business concerns in various parts of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
From the sundag sehool Tlmes.

From the Sunday School Times. IA AY regiment was one of the four M which, with the Second Iowa bat
 \ tery composed what is known as the Eagle brigade. It got it's name from iment of that brigade carried q young American eagle all through the war.
 "Old Abe had the post of honor at the center of the regiment. his perch being constructed of the American shield, and he was carried by a sergeant between the two flags. the Stars and Stripes and
 the regimental standard of blue en- blazoned in gold with the state coat of arms.
 "AlI the brigade adored him, and se- cured chickens for him-he was fonder Of chicken than the chaplain and not half so particular about the cookery. To see him during battle fly up into the air to the length of his long tether, lowering above the flags in the cloud of smoke, screaming like the bird which bore the thunderbolts of love, was to raise such a mighty shout from the brigade as would have blown Jericho off the map. Other regiments had dogs, bears, coons. goats. mere was only one eagle in the army. He was an eaglet when the war broke out, and enlisted young, like many of the boys who loved him and fought beside him. He was captured on the Flambea,u river, Wisconsin, in 1861, by Chippewa Indian, Chief Sky, who sold him for a bushel of corn. Subsequently a Mr. Mills paid $5 for him and presented him to Company c of the Eighth Wisconsin reg iment, known as the Eau Claire Eagles. The soldiers at of1ce adopted him as one of their standards, made him a member of the color guard. named him in honor of the greatest of the Presidents. and he never disgraced his name.
 Through 38 battles he screamed among the trumpets, smelling the battle afar off, fiuttering among the thunder of the cap tains and the shouting. Never once did he finch. He was wounded in the assault on Vicksburg and in the battle of Corinth. At this battle it is said that a reward was offered by the Confederate General Price for the capture or killing of -he eagle.
 AS he re-enlsted at the close of his three years service he went home on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
JUST CHORUS GIRLS

From the Chicago Examiner
 How interested people are in the pri- vate affairs of chorus girls! We are ex- amined at various times by persons who have more nerve than good manners. The only way to abash those who ask you about your past life Is to reply with some remark that throws them off their course. Whenever anyone asks me If have ever been married, l say I've never entered the state of matrimony, but I have SUD- ported ten actors in all parts of the coun- try. Once the question was put to a snow girl of my acquaintance:
 Are you married or unmarried9'
 Standardization times" sne replied demurely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Plans for Hotel TutWiIer

In another column will be found official announcement of the Hotel Tutwiler company setting forth the plans for the million dollar hotel at the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Twentieth street. For sometime past Birmingham has needed large fire-proof hotel of modern design and appointments. The excavation work for the Tutwiler will begin this month and no time will be lost in pushing the building to completion.
 It is significant fact in connection with the Hotel Tutwiler that the prof ect is financed entirely by citizens of Birmingham. The money was easily raised and this of itself affords un- mistakable proof of Birmingham's growing public spirit. It is a distinct achievement of which the whole com rnunity will be proud.
 It is the intention of the officers and directors of the company to erect a hotel that will be in point of com fort and beauty in the class of the most famous hostelries in this country.
 This year will witness a number of large building operations, but noth- ing that will be accomplished here in the building line will surpass in pub lie interest the Hotel Tutwiler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
Underwood Battons Popular

"A Birmingham lady. who happened to be visiting in Aberdeen, Miss. wore an Underwood button" said gentleman who takes an active interest in the Underwood Marching club.
 ''The button was greatly admired by the Aberdeen folks and that lady wrote to me to send her some of these Under wood emblems for distribution. I sent her 20oo. The lady said when she left Aber- den every man in town wore the Under wood badge. These buttons are very at tractive and should be distributed by the pillions..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-02
HOTEL HOBBIES
BirmInghan,'s Prosperity

ie first quarter of this year has wlt-
 sed good deal Of prosperity In Bir-
 lnsham and the second quarter just be- ginning will witness still more, sald member of the Chamber of Commerce. Tt Is not too much to say that this city will expand more rapidly in this year of 1912 than in any former year. Not ohiy Is population increasing very fast but larger building operations are being un- l dertaken than in any period in the past
 This city has now many skyserapers' but there is room for more, and more will be built within the next year or two The double tracking of the LouisVliie and Nashville railroad Is one of the great factors in recent development. Another great factor is the merging of the BIT mingham Coal and Iron company and the Woodward Iron company. The Alabama Consolidated and the Southern Iron and Steel company's merger project, when was announced some time ago, will ultl- mately materiallze, and when 1t does the company will, I understand, have large capital for development. These and number of other important moves in the districts industrial life will give impetus to all business in northern Alabama It is generally felt that we are starting upon healthy boom that will continue for several years"