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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
ARCHITECTS CRITICISM

productive of an architecture which al- ways would be recognized as of this age?"
 Mons. Guimard, who designed the en- frances to the Paris sunway stations, thinks the kiosks here are unsightly, in that their lines are unrelieved in any artistic way and do not conform to their architectural surroundings
 In Paris Mons. Guimard designs build- Pings and apartments and all their ap- purtenances and interior furnishings, from doorknobs and grillwork even to furniture and silverware, in his own shops. Several private homes, as well as semi-public buildings, have been constructed according to his ideas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
The Lewisburg Investigation

The investigation by the coroner's Jury of the assassination of Felix Ellard at Lewisburg will be resumed this morning. The jury was organized primarily to probe the killing of Ellard, but has since been instructed to sift the many tragedies and homi- cides that have caused the Lewisburg precinct to be designated by such a humifiating appellation as "Bloody Beat 22."
 Many witnesses have already been examined and many more have been summoned to appear before the jury to testify, not only in the Ellard case but in the score or more murders al legged to have been committed in that locality during the past few years, and, to somebody's shame, not one of the perpetrators have been punished for these numerous crimes.
 Some one is responsible, more or less, for this deplorable condition, and it is the purpose of the coroner's jury to place if possible the responsibility and to bring guilty ones to the bar of justice.
 But a responsibility of another kind rests upon the lawabiding citizenship of Lewisburg and it's environs. Not withstanding contrary impressions held by some people the lawabiding class in that community are largely in the majority. The vicious and the lawless class comprise small minori- ty; desperate it is true, but after all a mere handful of lawless and igno- rant men.
 The best element has always pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
THIS IS A REAL LEADER

From the Mobile Register. Whether we think that man Underwood little conservative or not, we all like and respect him. He Is about the most prominent example of the efficient man in our public life today. As Barclay sug- gests in his cartoon this morning, he knows how to lead donkey without get ting either himself or the donkey tangled up in the reins. The course of the dem- ocratic majority in the House of Repre- sentatives. since he has been at its head, has been marvelously straightforward and sensible and patriotic. Real leaders in America, as elsewhere. are too scarce for the people not to make use of them when they find them.-Baltimore Even- ing Sun.
 This puts the case with great clear ness. Real leaders are rare. There can hardly be doubt of what the people will decide. They are hungry for real deader- ship. for they have found to their sor- row that there are leaders who are not real, that is to say. who. are not seeking to lead for the peoples good. but for their own.
 The reason why Underwood is recog. nized as a real leader is that there is no subterfuge in him. Some politicians play the game to fool the people. Underwood plays no game at all. He goes about the peoples business in a manner that the Baltimore Sun says is straightforward and sensible and patriotic" The Sun says, moreover, that it is marvelously SO which may be accepted as tribute to the rarity of this phenomenon in polti- cal life.
 The brief of it is that the people are able to understand man who is at work attending to business, seeking results and getting them; and the Sun Is right when it adds that the people will make use of such a man, rejoicing that they have found him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
SOME CONGRESSIONAL FIGURES

From the Wall Street Journal
 According to a statement prepared by the Stanley congressional commit tee which has been Investigating" the United States Steel corporation, the 21 directors of that company through their seats upon other boards control 8 total of $15,2os, 497, 1925, calculated upon the nominal capital of the vari- ous companies of which they are also directors. To give honor where honor is due, this stupendous figure has been calculated by J. ". Boston, clerk to the committee.
 It was necessary to point out the other daE the absurdh1es in the report of the expert who proved the corpor- ation a monopoly by the simple pro- cess of doubling the highest and most hostile estimate of the value of the ore supplies controlled. But of all the portentous nonsense brought out by this ridiculous inquiry these figures are about the silliest and most futile. Because Clement A Griscom, Percival Roberts and Henry C. Prick are direc-
 tors in the Pennsylvania railroad as WCll d5 OL lu6 0lttl lnc $712,9SS, 900 capitalization of the Penn sylvania railroad is counted three i times
 l Even if the figures were correct it would be utterly meaningless. No given director controls a corporation because he occupies seat on its board Doubtless there are directors who sit
 on many boards. But the more widely
 they diffuse themselves the smaller their influence must necessarily be. From the point of view of the monopo- ly hunter, George F. Baker, with near ly 60 companies, to which he cannot
 possibly. give anything like close at tention, is a comparatively harmless individual beside George F. Baker. q
 director of only 10 companies, to which
 he could give all his attention. Our
 trust hunting politicians cannot or will
 not see that the majority of directors
 on all boards are merely passengers | on the coach, and that the real driving is done by the executive committee. They are there because their names
 are useful, or at least ornamental Comparing the nominal capitaiiza- tion, multiplied in the absurd way all
 ready shown, with the total amount of
 money in circulation in the United States may have some meaning or use fitness to Chairman Stanley or his colleagues; but what earthly relation
 there is between the two things passes the comprehension of this newspaper. To such crude amateurs as these, fig
 ures have no real weaning. Given something big enough to make the politician of the country stare gape, and it is a matter of no consequence whatever whether the amount is S15,- 900, 100000 or s50,oo0, 100000. Either expression is meaningless so far as it adds to the sum of human knowl- edge, or lends aid to the process of human comprehension.
 There is not a single fact drawn out by the Stanley committee which was not well enough before, and at the service of anybody who cared to in quire. The only cases in which any thing new has been adduced have been such instances as this, where the com
 mittee states something which is not so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Fools get lots of fun out of it by not knowing il.
 Reform seems to think everybody else likes to have his toes trod on.
 The most convincing lie is to let the other fellow coTkserew it out of you.
 If lawn mower cost s4O00 to buy and S2oo a month to run most every man would be crazy eo push it all day long.
 A man Will make more fuss about a drop of water trickling down his neck from the umbrella he is holding over his wife than he will about falling overheard at sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
THE LEGEND OF THE NIGER

From the Wide World Magazine.
 There is a curious legend connected with the source of the Niger. Tradition says that devil lives inside the rock whence the river springs. The natives are very superstitious, and greatly fear this demon, who is supposed to kill any individual who dares to look at the source. Hence, when showing a stranger the spot, they cover up their face and walk backward in the direction of the source, pointing toward it with hand outstretched behind the back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Instead of smashing windows the suf- fragette leaders in Great Britain are pre- pairing to engage in a comprehensive boycott that will embrace unfriendly churches and equally unfriendly summer resort towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Congressman Underwood says the Bos- ton Transcript, is preparing a measure to be known as the Market Basket tar if bill, which proposes to put on the free list meat products, cereals, fruit and other articles of food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Contributed to the New York Sun. consensus being the onwith of the day, permit me to join with few ran
 dom observations anent those of the distinguished gentlemen who, fndine no existing language robust enough to
 bear the precious burden of his ful-
 minations, bethousht himself and in
 vented wonderful medium of express sion yclept the American language which hereby adopt, as it seems 10 be just the thing, and I wonder how we ever go along without it.
 Truly the American language is d wonderful instrument of expression as exampled in algs, eggs, fresh eggs. fancy fresh eggs &c Our grandmoth CTS, in youth, wore "imitation" jew elry; later our mothers in ditto, wore
 artificial jewe1ry; now. sisters are
 wearing "semi-precious" jewelry Same thing, of course-but then there's the American language.
 Next we have "silk.'' real" silk, and silk "effects.' Wonderful American
 word that-"effects." Miss Lexington eveningairs in silk. Miss 5thavnu
 operalistens to Gilda's yearnings in
 "reai silk; the while Miss Macsig- norina, radiant in silk "effects," polka
 tizes to the staccat strains of "Papa's
 pail is filled with lager, Filled with
 lager to the brim" In flnalizing allow me to refer to Beans, beans, beautiful beans: beans, the humble comestible which, with aigs and eggs, divides evenly the hon. . ors and responsibilities of sustonance.
 as will be immediately truthicized by
 reference to pages 62-39l, vol ", Bal lads of Park Row" In the unavailing English language our forefathers used to speak of the dark ages preceding the prescendological Era, beans were | the crescendological Era, beans were lhenceforth, however and forever, if 1 , do not infringe on the Backes copy right and if l may be permitted to Rush3 or RushissimoS**s where angels fear to tread, the subtlesome savior 1 faire oi the American language will no doubt soon differentiate as follows: l. So-called Beans, 2. Hasbeens. 5, Beans in ambiguo, 1 1. Beans Effect. D, Fancy Beans Effect. 6. Beans in actu. '. Beans.
 s. Beterb cans. g. Hygradebeans. 10. Superbeans. Il. Beans*s**
 12. Beans in aeternum 13. Beans in excelsis,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

In the reform calendar New Years Day is postponed to the vernal equinox. but in some of the states it Is still win ter on March 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Andrew Carnegie admires the fat man in the White House and also that young lady in Pittsburg, and neither meets with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Boston now demands three certificates the medical. the financial, the culi- nary-before marriage ceremony can be performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Carnegie is sorry he said that Pitts burg girl is the most beautiful in the world There are other cities and other girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

The old parties joined hands In Mill waulSee to fight the socialists who see that a crisis has arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

The commerce court has no friends, and 1t may be abolished before this ses- sion of Congress is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

This is the glad spring. time in theory at any rate but it is still unsafe to bet on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

The political highways are full of steam rollers, all actively employed in picking up delegates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

New York is still nursing and discuss ing the Brandt case It is a case that has two sides to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

The Kaiser wants the Panama canal fortified. He talks like a press agent of the Krupps at Essen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Colonel Roosevelt does not talk to empty benches, but there is no assurance that he wins over those that are filled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Memphis would today despise a 14-foot channel, for it has one 40 feet deep and still rising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

A muddy torrent 50 miles wide sweeps at present by the levee at Cairo, ILL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

There are more presidential bees than House flies thus far this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Swearing over a telephone line is just plain profanity and is illegal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

The revision of the tariff downward proceeds slowly in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Dr. Wiley is out of office, but his foun- tain pen Is stnl in the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

Philadelphia's wealthiest policeman has been retired. He had more than $25O,0Oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03
gHE AMERICAN LAyCUaCn

The weather is not good for either base ball or third termers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

III fenn upon one crutcir, and fight with the other, Ere stny behind this business.
 -Cymbeiine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

TELEPHONES Bell (private exchange connecting nii departments), No. 49O0. Peoples, Editorial rooms, 231j busi- ness office, 230.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
Finn FURNISHED
FIREWORKS TO-DAY
Pennsylvania Boss Given
GrueIiqg Examination Be-
fore Senate Investigating
Committee
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treasurer of tbe Run Moose norty voc
;be first witness todav hoforo tha
clam committee mvoetioafi,o cap,.
Daien eontribntions ONLY . few, snoc.
lators were On hand when tbo hoo,inc
began William t,linn Of pittsnnrsb
was The star attraction uoo,,ar nro.
dueed The records If the Now yorl5
county committee shov.ioe tbo 70.
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a,fen rbo tot,l nro .eopyontion ro
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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01

The most disastrous freight wreck
that has occurred for some time in the
local h. q O. yards, took place Il
short distance north Of the 9. V. r.
II, overhead bridge, about 1880 O'Clock
this morning. when extra eastbound
freight drawn by engine No. 4l51 ran
into the rear end of another extra
eastbound freight drawn by engine
No. 1880. Aside from the unusual
fact that no one was killed or injured
the wreck was unique in that il in
volved a work train on the west bound
siding, drawn by engine No. 1215. and
yard engine No $50 with draft of
cars on the east bound siding. The
four tracks, east and west main and
east and west sdinRs were blocked
with Il mass of wreekasc thai delayed
All fast passenger trains until along
about 2.15 O'CLOCK, this afternoon
The first eastbound freight had
stopped down near the Queen street
crossing to let off car and the rear
of the train was beyond the bridge
whom No 4151 crashed into the ca
boose The cause of the wreck is the
subject OF an investigation. Some
say the 0agman had stepped around
another train othora say he had
been called IN and his train did not Al
oHco start.
There was ne one in The cahoose
otherwise there would have been ono
or more fatalities. MOI only was the
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01

Lawrence Mass, oct. ]. More than
80 textile workers at the Arlington
mills were dubbed into insensibility
this morning, when they attempted
to storm the gates after they had
been shut on them.
When the gates were opened several
Of the workers were told that because
they had broken windows and ma
chimes last Saturday they could not
got their jobs back The crowd then
rushed for the entrance, and the gates
~cte swung shut. When the men
bombardod the gates with rocks, the
police Waded into them with their
clubs and slrcwed the ground with
PROSTATE forms. Further serious trou
Bile is anticipated by the authorities.
William d. Haywood, leader of the
Industrial Workers of the World, ar
rived here this afternoon to take
charge of the strike situation.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
Cashiers Meet First
Time In "a Years

Two well known banking meu met
in Martinsburg Monday for th first
time in "a years. one was Mr.. ~
Douglas Fuller, cashier Of the Far
mers and Merchants National Bank Of
Winchester and the other was Mr..
George S. Hill, cashier Of The Old Na-
tional Bank of this city. Althonah
they had transacted business amount.
ing to thousands Of dollars by mail
and only lived but % miles apart dizzy
have always been too busy to frater-
nize. Mr.. Fuller married the daush-
ter of Mrs. ]. ". McShcrry.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
Formal Order Served
Upon County Court

In the County Court this morning,
Sheriff Kcttering served thc formal
Circuit Court order for Tire records
Of the court in the final settlement
with former Sheriff Gardner, the order
being filed with Mr.. D. p Iemastor
as Bresideu; Of the court. Each mem-
Der OF the court had been previously
served as an Individual M mGa Of
the court The County Court records
VIII be delivered to Judge Faulkner
when the Circuit Court meets in ape.
cial session December ?, when the
case wil be formally opened.
Former Sheriff Gardner and sheriff
Ke0erne h1ge retained Attoruog# A.
c. Nadcnbousch and Attorney j. N.
Woods as their counsel IN The matter,
and the members ozthe Comfy Court
viii probably boropresentad By staia's
Attorney Allen z Noll.
The County Com granted s-
taurant license to ca-is stocI,er Of
South Queen street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
FOUR TRAINS INVOLVED
IN B. & D. WRECK TODAY
Rear End Collision Of Freghts The Other Side
The Overhead c. v R. R. Bridge Ties Up All
-Four Tracks For HOurs----N0 One Killed
Or HuPt-Many Visit The Scene

eaboose broken into kindling wood.
but the last box car as we'll. XThese
were tightly wedged up against'~tao
front of No. 4151 and soon were fierce.
~ burning from fire caused by the
stove in the caboose. A refrigerator
car about the fifth from the caboose.
was telescoped and splintered, the
heavier parts holding together and
standing on an end projecting some
forty feet II the air Others were
more or less damaged and gang of
Italians were soon put to work I'M
loading them. Most of the contents
were thinning material. Tho refrig-
orator car was empty.
: The impact of No. 4151 caused it's
train 10 buckle in several places,
Nearly al of the cars In this train
Hflt VI TIT 1iB DdllitbnlP Type, just
few being wooden coal cars. Two of
these wooden ones were smashed to
pieces, while two Of the steel cars
were turned inside out and one was
literally torn to shreds Others were
bent and damaged. In all some elev3,
en- coal cars were involved
Fireman Bowell's Escape.
The work train, with about forty
men employed in the immediate vi
cinity WAS standing ON the west
bound siding. When the train drawn
by No 4l5l bucklcd it threw coal
ear over against the left side of this
Continued on page g.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
PoPE's PHYSICIAN DEAD.
(By United Press.)

Rome, Iitaly, Oct 1.-Dr. Tettaceb
the Pope's physician, died today. I
owe my life to him many times over"
declared his holiness, giving the ply
stefan his blessing before death came.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01

For the beneat of Oak Grove School
four miles from town on the VII
Transport pike, there viii be sale
Friday night of Virginia chicken soup,
homemade candies, cakes and ice
cream. 10 1&3 lip
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
COMMISSIONERS
NAMED By COURT
Officials Who Will Have
Charge Of Election In
Berkeley Co. Selected
Clerks Later

Upon recommendation of the chair
man of the Democratic and Republi-
can county executive committees. the
county Court today appointed the com
missionera to have charge OF the com
inc election. The clerks and chal-
Ieneers VIII be appointed at later
session Of Che court Each precinct
will be in charge of three commission
ers, and in the following list the two
first named are Republicans and the
third 4 Democrat The appointments
were.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
Martinsburg District.

Hospital c. cutler, c. G. Grove
G. T. Martin.
East Martin Street +. L. ENTER r.
Z Matthews ehas ~ Young
West King street-A Zimmerman,
il, W NJ. McQuilken. W. {. Kilmer
West Burke Street School A. A.
Westrater, John L. Bateman, A. NJ.
Gilbert
Fellers naIl-A. Zimmerman, sr.
J. T. McQnilken, II. S. Miller.
High School Joseph Crimes Henry
T, Gayer, Taylor Durham.
Vest John Street School ! NJ.
Darlington, Il. l.. Ienshaw, e. Y Lit
tie.
High Street school c. ". Kline
Fred NJ Cline Richard OBrlea
Iioose Street school X. l. Hrant-
ner, J. f. Oliver. ]. c. IIeberlig.
onderdonk' s. Edw Brandenbars, j.
5. Brat, J. r Hopper
Arden District.
Fairview- W. II. Miller, l. u Van
CONTINUED on page 81
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01
SEED AND FERTILIZER,

Choice Seed Rye, choice Seed Whe};
choice Timothy Seed, best Fertilizer
lower than any other dealer.
9 Up If T. p. LICKLIDER
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01

The annual conference of the Unit.
ed Brethren church for the Virginia
district will commence in the hand.
some new church edifice on North
Queen street, and will continue until
Sunday night. A complete list of the
ministers who will attend the confer
ence was published day or two age
in The Evening Journal.
This conference promises TO b. ono
of the most important and interesting
in the recent history Of the tnited
Brethren church in the Virginia dis
trict, and one of the chief features
will be the formal dedication 10 God
of the fine new church now bciug gj}
en- its finishing touches. Asid from
this climax to the events OF the week
there will be many matters OF interest
to claim the attention Of the minis
ters and laymen, as vel - u. '-si
tors. The full program for t4c COL
ference will be as follows
Tuesday Evening, 7.3o O'Clock.
Opening sermon and communion
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-01

Tho Evening >~lrnai-all the news
The Lamar register., 1912-12-04

Beware Of esIf.satIsfaetIon.
seafsatisfaction 10 slow but abso-
utsiy sure sign Of decay; to indulge
, platituds 10 the stspson Of an en-
eQAAaaeA AAsaaaAsaA
The Lamar register., 1912-12-04
De1nuuest Lit II IAnn Slewalk { ersiilg Bia. Ne q

LIZ nsaDscts d1s nave
ssId Drtnaoal Interest And
psssA bsss1ssAsd bsfoss 49, - mao ~
psune anssne q psnairsA
The Lamar register., 1912-12-04

Mrs. Wssteott glanced 1t Aw hue.
bard to detect any fraud in, his ai1
OF fankness. but he was adding the
names to his. list enthusiastically.
Thsre ars-twsnty that can't coma.
he counted. Anally.
4fs. Westcott sighed . deep slsh
OF thanksgiving. That's all right.
fhsu," she sazd. Nov, we'll Just aak
our own immediate friends in to tss
fhek night and have . good time.
ThatH DO eight or ten altogsthsr-
and. thank goodness, most of my obi.
gAtions will be paid!"
Then she handed his nsvspap>e n
him snilinsly.