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Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14
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EDITORIAL. COMMENTS
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO.
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Intervention In Mexico would mean
an extremely expensive, and prob
ably long continued, war OF con-
quest in a country where transpor-
tation facilities are poor and travel
difficuit. We should do what We set
out TO do. but the game would not
be worth the candle. The position
OF the United States as a republic
averse to wars of conquest and ag-
grandizement OF territory would be
sacrificed. along with the cordial re-
lations now existing between this
country and Latin America. and the
confidence of Europe and Asia N
Americas intentions in South Amer
lea. From the misfortune Of cross
ing the Rio Grande, may the Lord
and the president deliver us.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

What the Bull Moose is really work
ing is a more restricted and a more
complete trust ownership of govern
'nent than we have now. Should the
lSIi' Moose party come into power
I. .cntingency which We mention be
case fits theoretical interest; but
rJt because of it's practical danger
re rhould discover that Mr.. Perkins,
W. Morgan, ct al. would be telling the
government how ito be good" while
pretending to permit the government
10 tsH them.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

Colonel Roosevelt's idea Of broad
and enlightened patriotism is an in
tention to vote the Bull Moose ticket
Immediately after having declared
and voted for the republican ticket.
as he wants the progresslves all to
DO in Maine. 1 -
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

In reply to the inquiry Of the man
who signs himself Hugh Bill" we
will say that the rates to be estab-
Iished by the corporation commission
regarding electricity and gas fur.
nished by the Tucson Gas, Electric
Light & Power company will not be
retroactive. The company will be al
lowed to keep what it has collected
from you.
II Penrose had to spend $4,000 oil
Standard OIL money to carry the
state when the republicans elected
their ticket by 100000 majority, how
much would he have to spend to car
~ the state this year when the signs
point to a democratic victory
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

and deporsed himself in a perfectly
orderly manrer. instead Of in the
lurid manner IN which the incident
was described.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14
Masses VIII sun .. uassIns.

A soap box orator the other night.
at the close of a fervid appeal. wound
up with the following lucid and ex-
pressiye peroration. "And now, COM
rades, after everything has been said.
after everything has been done, the
great masses of the people win still
constitute TIE bulk Of the population"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

Perkens and Munsey each gave
$3.50 toward the Bull Moose cam.
paign, so the report states. That is
a very small amount for men as
wealthy as they. Can't the colonel
make them Jar loose in the same way
he separated Archbold from his
coin?
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

The country is to have test Of the
parcels post the first Of the year. al
though on a minor scale. Gradually
it VIII be worked out so that it will
become a useful department of the
government, and will be patronised
in the United States as largely as it
is in foreign countries.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14
Some Hot Weather Verse.

Some Hot Weather Verse.
Oh. hear the sleighbells ringing,
A most delightful sound
The beauteous snow is falling
And blanketing the ground
The kitchen pipes are freezing
The plumbers on the way,
Seems like old-fashioned winter
Has come this time to stay.
Oh, hear the wheels all squeaking
Upon the frozen snow,
The whiskers OF the drivers
Are freezing as they go.
stoke up the hot air furnace,
Pile quilts upon the bed,
The mercury is droppin',
So cover up your head.
A good old-fashioned winter.
The first since SO,
The kind that makes a Teller
Feel full of life and ane.
! say there's nothing like it
To make the red blood dow:
| love it crisp and snappy
And twenty-five below.
Satisfied.
I'm only a commonplace
Sort of a lob.
I've got no false notions and
I'm not a snob.
Who has no ambition 10
Raise any hob.
No bee buzzes round my old
Ivory knob.
For more worlds to conquer /
Never do sob.
In peace and contentment |
Smoke my old cob
I'm thankful T. r. isn't
After MY Job.
Good Hot Weather Menu.
BREAKFAST
Buckwheat Cakes
Salt Pork Dainty Pig Sausage
Oatmeal and Doughnuts
Hot Mince Pie. Coffee
LUNCHEON
Boiled Dinner
Sauerkraut and Speek
Hot Gingerbread
Pigs Knuckles and Cabbage
Pumpkin Pie Coffee
DINNER
Old-fashioned Cocktail
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Hot Pork and Beans
Pate de fol Gras
Potatoes au Gratin
Potato Pancakes
Sasonpfeffer Coffee
What a Woman Can Do.
She can do a irst-class job of car.
penter work with a pair of shears.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

The Bull moose progressives have
named their candidates for presi-
Dental electors and congressman and
that will be as far as they will get in
this campaign. so far as Arizona is
concerned. The Arizona electoral
vote will go to Wilson and Marshall
and Hon. Carl Hayden will easily win
the seat in congress.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

Reports from Douglas say that our
neighbor on the border is putting on
military airs again. With the ninth
cavalry and three troops of the Fourth
on this side of the line and with
something like eight hundred Mexi-
can federals, including four hundred
Yaquis Indians in Aqua Prieta, the
Douglasite should feel secure from
harm.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

Recently a story was printed cal
culated to injure Governor Hunt. IL
came from o man who was not pres
ent wher the incident he was supposed
TO relate happened. when enemies OF
the state administration" remarked
the Phoenix Gazette. have TO manu-
facture falsehoods without any foun-
dation Of facts for them to rest on.
in order TO try and discredit it, they
are pretty short of real ammunition
for campaign purposes. That Red Rock
story was a fair sample Of the extent
to which some Of them win go. The
man was given the privilege of visit
ing his family on petition Of his neigh
bors. was accompanied 0y two guards
Bisbee daily review., 1912-09-14

prises in plant life and bird life
await the excursioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
HUNDRED CASES
 ARE SET FOR TODAY
Board of Revenue Will Resume Tax Hearings This Morning at
 9 O'Clock

The hearing of the proposed property valuations listed with the board of reve- nue by Captain J. " Allen, tax commits sioner will be resumed this morning in the circuit court room c, the county court house. On the docket set for hearing today are 100 cases. Many of these have been settled by agreement and it is ex- pected the docket will be cleared by night. The board of revenue will begin the hearing at at o'clock and at F o'clock will recess for lunch. At ? o'clock the hearing will be resumed and continue until o'clock or as long as there are any cases to be heard.
 President Job Going and the other mem- bers of the board again cali attention to the fact that a failure to put in an appearance by those who have received citations to appear today and who have not asked for a continuance will be con sidered as indication that the raise pro- posed by the tax commissioner is satis- factory and default judgment will be entered.
 While many big settlements have been made there are still number of large interests whose property has been sub stantially raised and it is understood some of them will oppose the raise. The committee from the real estate dealers exchange who have retained Attorney R. B. Smyer as counsel are representing several hundred of the property holders who are resisting the raises as proposed by Captain Allen.
 Six hundred cases have been set for the week by the board of revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
AT THE HOTELS

R. c. Burt of Atlanta. J. L. Cobbs of Montgomery and c. s. Fuller of Mont gomery are among those stopping at the Metropolitan.
 R. D. Busbee of Vinegar Bend, J. B. scully of Montgomery and J. E. Lewis of New Orleans are registered at the Nor ris
 B. H. Williamson of Memphis, w. F. Shackleford of Hackleberry, Ala, and T. B. Lee of Chicago are among the ar rivals at the Florence.
 N. T. Noel of Montgomery, c. H. Davis of Asheville, N. C., and J. L. Lane of Rome Ga.. are registered at the Bir- mingham.
 G. D. Harris of Sulligent, J. R. Car nezel of Mobile and M. L. O'Nealle of Coal City are among those registered at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
BAR ASSOCIATION
 TAKES ON NEW LIFE
Forney Johnston Thinks It Will Now Enter on Period of Unusual
 Activity

That interest in the State Bar associa- tion, for long time practically extinct, is now in state of resurrection. was the opinion vouchsafed yesterday by For ney Johnston and Frank s. White, Jr.. local attorneys who attended the meeting in Montgomery Saturday
 For long time" stated MT. Johnston, "there was comparatively little interest in the association. In Montgomery, how ever, 1t seemed that new life was taken on, and it is now my opinion that the association will in the future do great good"
 Attorneys returning declare that the meeting was one of the most interesting ever held. MT. White stated that by reference certain Birmingham attorneys alleged to be indulging in so-called non- ethical practices, were unmercifully score although no effect charges were made. He complimented the paper read by Gov ernor O'Neal
 Captain Frank s. White, who was elect ed president of the association over w. C. Fitts, returned Saturday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
PARK QUESTION WILL BE
 AIRED "WEDNESDAY Y NIGHT
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 parks and boulevards in Memphis and he will deliver an address on this sys- tenn at the meeting. A special commit- tee consisting of Hill Ferguson and Frank Smith went to Memphis last Friday and were the guests of MT. Gal loway on Saturday They were taken on a tour of inspection of the park and boulevard system and will likely talk a the meeting Wednesday night. Oth- CT prominent Birmingham men will be called on for short speeches and 1t Is expected that the civic betterment cam paign will be given a good send off. Secretary Radcliffe of the Chamber of Commerce will send letters of invita- tion to all members of the chamber to- day. On account of the mass meeting there will be no weekly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
HELD AS PICKPOCKET
Aged Negro Badly Hurt in Attempt
 to Arrest Tom Davis

Tom Davis. negro, has been lodged in the city jail charged with being a pickpocket, and with assault with at tempt to murder. The arrest was made by Officer Lyons in the Ferguson sa- loon.
 Davis had picked two pockets in the room and was caught with his hand in a third. When an attempt to arrest the man was made he jumped on an ether negro, Henry Austin. Both were badly cut before they could be sep arated
 Austin is an old negro man 63 years of age and he will in all probability die as the result of his wounds. Davis was seriously cut but it is not thought that he will die.
 Tom Davis is suspected of being an escaped convict and murderer wanted in south Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
Officer Is Fired Upon

An assault with an evident attempt to murder was made on E. c. Garfield. patrolman on South Twentieth street, early Sunday morning, when two shots were fired at him. The first bullet went wild. but the second cut through his coat just below the heart. Both shots were fired from Avenue B, and immedi- ately after negro ran out, across Twen- tieth street, and up the opposite alley. City Detectives Hood, Henderson and Tully went to the scene of the shooting, but no clue as to the would-be assassin's identity could be gained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15

that the company had made it's bed and must lie in it or. in other words, that the meter rate did not apply at all where less than 1000 gallons daily was used, and that only the flat rate could apply under the contract. and that therefore Kelley owned the company only s2.37i2 although his daily consumption for the quarter amounted to 3Ao gallons
 Shocked the Company
 Now this decision benefited Kelley and shocked the company.
 Judge Lane argues as though Kelley and others like hm in Graymont and eise- where would be injured grievously if this Graymont contract should be allowed to stand as thus construed. But Kelley does not want it changed, nor does any other consumer in Graymont want it changed.
 Tt is the company that wants fl changed, because it does not permit the company to charge a meter rate for less than a 1000 gallons daily, and the com pany has persuaded Jucge Lane and MT. Exum to recall the courts decision and to relieve the company of this burden until the year 1888
 Other Suburbs Affected
 But that is not all, the Ensey, Wy lam Pratt City, Elyton, West End, Avondae, Woodawn and East Lake con- tracts have similar provisions, and im- pose like burdens on the company. and grant like privileges and benefits to the consumer. No such case as the Kelley has yet arisen in any one of those other towns, but is liable to arise at any time and doubtless many consumer in these towns, all on the meter basis, has been charged excessive charges for years and forced to pay them, who did not, as Kelley did go into the courts for relief. Judge Lane and Mir. Exum have been persuaded by the company to relieve 1t of this bur den as to all these other contracts for the long periods they have yet to endure.
 "The new con ntract, If ratified by the people, will enable the company to col- lect from Kelley the sum of $5.S5 for 29 250 gallons a quarter, or more than twice as much as they can collect from him now, and what can be done to Kelley can be done to others in Gray mont and the other towns for periods ranging from 15 to 2S years.
 "This Is only one of the tremendous concessions made by the two commis- sioners to the water monopoly. But 1t is enough alone to damn 1t forever. According to this plan, 1t Is all right to relieve the monopoly of a harsh con tract burden voluntarily assumed, but the city and the citizens must be held down to the letter of the contracts without substantial relief.
 Recall the Decision
 "The company has striven for the right to install meters in all Birming- ham for many years. 1t was deprived by another decision of the supreme court of the right to install meters for domestic service in old Birmingham. Judge Lane and MT. Exum by their contract also recall this decision and give the company great compensation or return.
 "They reform the contracts to suit the company, but not to suit the people.
 We should stand on our present rights, repudiate this decision recalling contract. and fight for everything in sight including the right to condemn the plant of the company their con tract rights and monopolistic fran. chises. JAMES WEATHERLY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
COLONEL GALLOWAY, WHO PLANNED THE SYSTEM IN MEMPHIS, WILL BE CHIEF SPEAKER AT TURN YEREIN

Col. Robert Galloway of Memphis has accepted an invitation to address meeting of the members of the Cham
 Der of Commerce and other Birming- ham citizens at the Turn Verein at o'clock Wednesday evening. The affair will be in the form of dinner and general discussion of a general civic plan for the city will be held It is likely that the idea of a civic center will also come in for its share of the discussion. MT. Galloway is the man who planned the magnificent system of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
Says She Had the "JOlliest, Royal Time of Whole
 Life" Yesterday
FRANK IN ANSWERS
 TO ALL QUESTIONS
Her Attorney, A. c. Hartridge, Will Confer With Heflin This Morn ing-0fficers Held Consul
 tation Yesterday
DEVELOPMENTS IN
 POISONING CASE

News of Miss Gunters arrest blocks plans of sheriff's office.
 Three persons wanted by sheriff left town immediately after hear ing of Miss Gunters' arrest.
 Miss Gunters' preliminary or habeas corpus trial will probably be held today or tomorrow.
 Miss Gunters says: I'm having a jolly time. I am innocent and will be turned loose soon.''
 A. G. Hartridge, her lawyer, says: 'They haven't thing against the girl
 Former Sheriff Higdon says: Miss Gunters' handwriting should be compared with letters l have Detective Murphy says: "1 be- lieve Miss Gunters has no connec- tion with letters received by Chief Bodeker."
 Sheriff Walter K. McAdory says: "Our plans have been blocked. Miss Gunters' trial will not be later than Tuesday"
 Deputy Sheriff Irving Steele says: I've had the prettiest line of cases worked up you ever saw. l don't know what we will do now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15

Leave 6:3o a. m.. 9:3o a. m, 3:55 D. m. $50 p. m. and 215 midnight via Southern railway Pullman cars on all trains; dining car service unexcelled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
STEWART TALKS ON
 MEXICAN TROUBLE Thinks It May Yet Be Neces- sary for Uncle Sam to
 Put an End to It

Walter S. Stewart, formerly of BrminS- ham, and now located in Chihuahua, Mexico. Is again at home. Of the reyolu- ton he talks most interestingly.
 "There is no warfare as warfare is known elsewhere" stated he. "The fed erals meet the rebels and the two armies fire at each other. but seldom hit their marks They do considerable damage. however, to surrounding property
 Warfare, I believe will be continued indefinitely, and there is no doubt but that sooner or later America will have to step down and take charge of the situation and the country. The state of Texas could wipe out every vestige of
 evolution in a week. The state of Texas could conquer Mexico without trouble In | week. All that would be required would DC straight aiming,
 "As an illustration of the mettle of
 he the Mexican insurgents I will relate m incident in which one man stopped q company seeking plunder The man in question is an operator of mine in Sonora. Once the repels appeared and drove him away. They took what prop erty they could Next came the federals and did likewise. Thereafter the man Tn question left for California and returned with several guns and much ammunition. He constructed breastwork about his mine, and soon the rebels approached. He opened fire, killed several and wounded others. There occurred a stam- pede, and since then the mine has not been troubled
 President Madero is an able and just man. but in my opinion lacks the az gressiveness to cope with the situation. Mexico is so constituted that the power ful arm and hardened heart of Diaz is necessary to restore peace and main- tain peace"
 MT. Stewart will be here for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
Thinks Judge Has Fallen Into ''Egregious Error"
 in Discussing Matter
SAYS ALL SUBURBS
 ADVERSELY AFFECTED
Says the Kelley Case Is of Far Reaching Importance at This Acknowledgement Re-
 calls Courts Decision

Commissioner James Weatherly who voted against the ratification of the re- cent water rate agreement and who has taken active interest in securing a ref erendum on the question: last night s- sued the following statement:
 Judge Lane has suffered himself to fall into an egregious error in his statement
 in Sundays Age-Herald with reference to the effect of the Kelley case. Tn other respects he makes a very goed plea for the water company. but a very lame one for the people.
 ''rhe Kelley case is of far-reachng im- portance at this juncture and so I shall try to make it clear.
 Kelley lived at Graymont with his wife and three children, In five room house, without bath tub or sanitary con nections and he kept a COW. He became customer of the water company, and under the flat rate was chargeable with $ a year for his residence, that is s6 for the three rooms and sl each for the other two rooms and he was chargeable with $1 50 for his COW. They kept no servants and did their own cooking and housework. This made his annual bill S9. 50, or 2.371s a quarter. fiat rate The contract between Graymont and the com pany also has a meter rate for daily consumption of 1900 gallons. 30 cents per 1OO0 gallons with a minimum charge Of s1 a month or $3 a quarter, and gave either the company or the consumer the right to set meter on the service pipe to fix the charge for measured water.
 Meter Without Request without the request of Kelley the com pany put a meter on the service pipe In February, 1909, and in October present. ed him a bill for s8.75 for the consunp- ton of 9,250 gallons of water for the months of July. August and September This metering and charge seem to have been provoked ty the fact that on the back porch was a small churn and this churn was run daily eight or ten min utes A day, six days during the week. with water supplied through a one-six- teenth of an inch pipe and conveyed from the churn into trough where the COW drank from and there to an all ley.
 .'The 29. .250 gallons at 30 cents per 1000 came to the amount charged Kelley sS "a. but exceeded the minimum meter rate of s3 a quarter by s575 and 1t ex- ceeded the flat rate charge per quarter by SC. .3s1k. Kelley however. was willing to pay the minimum meter rate of s3. but declined to pay more on the ground that the 90 cents a 1000 rate did not apply to his case.
 "The company turned off his water whereupon he paid the company's charge under protest and sued for damages, and won his case in Judge Ferguson $ court and in the court of appeals.
 "The court of appeals decided in effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15
spRINGHILL CoLLEGE

SPHINGTTIEL COILE(sfG
 REV. FATHER FAZAkEHLY OF sPRINGHILL COLLEGE, MOBILE, IS THE GUEST OF FATHER COYLE AT ST. PAUL'S RECTORY AND WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET ANY PARENT COLLEGE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15

Woodlawn and West End if the contract is rescinded and the old contract rein stated, will find that their meters, which I am informed Is the universal method of measurement in the suburban towns, will have to be taken out by the water company to protect itself against the conditions above referred to, and these suburban consumers will be forced back on the flat rate, which as above pointed out is 150 per cent higher than the old meter minimum and even higher still as compared to the new minimum rate.
 "The new contract not only secures reduction of 50 cents a quarter in the
 minimum meter rate, but the price of me-
 tered water Is reduced from 30 cents to
 20 cents per fs00 gallons, and in addition
 it secures in plain language valuable
 right which the people according to the
 decision in the Kelley case never had
 before, to-wit: the right to buy their wa
 ter by meter measurement.
 The Average Consumer
 "Take the average five room cottage with one toilet. one bath and one sprinh-
 Ter. the flat rate is s22 per annum, or an
 average of s5.5O per quarter the year around on the meter basis this same dwelling can get under the new contract. 2,5O0 gallons, for s2.50 per quarter the year around The average householder whose pipes do not leak and who does not
 waste water by letting it run away with
 out serving some purpose, uses less than 12,5O0 gallons per quarter, which at 70
 cents per 1000 is S2 50 per quarter, the
 minimum meter charge. This statement is proven by the fact that the records of the Birmingham Waterworks company show that a large majority of the con- surners in the suburban districts are rare | ly ever called upon to pay more than the minimum meter charge and this was true under the old rate when the price was 3D | cents per 1000 and the consumer on the minimum meter rate was only entitled | to use 5000 gallons. It is therefore reason | able to assume that with the rate reduced | from S3 to s2 30 per quarter and the al- | lowance increased from 5000 to l2500 gal | Ions that in 95 per cent of cases there will never be any excess over the aixai- mum.
 "Is there any justice in making a poor
 man pay for 27.500 gallons. which at 20 cents per 1000 amounts to S5.50 per quar- l ter, which Is the flat rate. when as shown above he uses less than 12,5C0 gal Ions? If he Is required to pay for 2l,-
 300 gallons when he uses less than 12,-
 5OO gallons. he thereby pays for some | thing he does not get and dces not use Respectfully submitted.
 M. M. ULLMAN, | A.aE A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-15

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