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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
nnnY Is TEnI-Nn u RIYER-

Denver Colo, oct. 23.-The body Of
a man believed to be George r. Minet,
of Denver, was found today in the
Platte river at the foot of Third street.
The clothing had been torn from the
body on which were two deep knife
wounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
NO DECISION RENDERED.

IN SNEED BAIL HEARING
Austin, Tex. Oct. 24.-The court OF
criminal appeals did not render its de-
cisiOn today in the Sneed case. due to
the failure of the attorneys represent
ing the prosecution in submitting a
supplemental brief Sneed is applying
for bail.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23

E.P. & S. w. ort Bliss special leaves
at p. m. tOmOrrOw.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

corn production. The south used to be a large buyer of corn. Last year the majority of farmers raised their own stock food, and some of them had corn to sell.
 Encouraged by the excellent results of increased corn and hay production there is every reason to think that the tillers of the soil will make new high record in corn and hay crops this year. All cotton belt states are suited to almost every crop. The south is certainly the best trucking section in this country, and in hay and corn it will soon rank as second to few only of the northern fertile states.
 The prosperity of the farmer spells prosperity for the merchant and the manufacturer. A boom that includes mining, mercantile enterprise, and agriculture will soon double the wealth of the south and will attract more capital and more population than did the west quarter of cen tury ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
A AREMARKABLE INTERVIEW

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Birmingham Age Herald sent one of its bright young men to Tuscaloosa county the other day.to get some inter- views on the Hobson-moody race for Congress from the Sixth district. The Tuscaloosa citizens interviewed seemed very optimistic over the prospects for their home man, Senator Moody. But that is neither here nor there. Though many citizens were called on by the newspaper man, not one among them talked more interestingly or profusely than did Lieut.. Gov. Walter D. Seed, who is well known in Alabama political circles. It Is just as well that we le. The Age Herald man tell the story:
 "Walter D. Seed, governor, and candidate for the gubernatoral nomination in 1914, did not voluntarily commit himself yesterday afternoon as to whom he will support in the congress sional campaign, and the reporter did not question him in that regard. He gave it as his opinion, however, that Hobson vii not make the race for gov ernor in 1914 and that he would not v1- pose Senator Johnston tor another term in the upper House of Congress. Hob son desires" said he, "to return to Washington as congressman. It is his ambition to disseminate his famous speech concerning the evils of liquor, that speech which he calls The Great Destroyer, throughout the length and breadth of this nation. As he has stated on the platform, he hopes to mould the thought of the youth of America throughout a period of 20 years.
 AS a matter of political gossip 1t might be interesting to note that MT. Seed expects no opposition in Col. Hugh s. D. Mallory, despite the fact that all ready, acording to well defined runors, overtures by the prohibitionists of the state have been made to the distin- guished citizen of Dallas. MT. Seed does have an idea, however, that B. B. Conner is preparing to make the race in 1914. But the ex-Governor, according to tho lieutenant,' will play the Jim Jeffries stunt in an effort to come back"
 Notwithstanding the fact that MT. Seed Is a fellow townsman of Senator Moody, and notwithstanding he and Captain Hobson alike are opposed to ir- rigation and for one and the same req son. notwithstanding he is personally close to one and politically thick with l the other, as you might say, our former | treasurer, present assistant governor and tireless candidate for first place, did not hesitate to let the world know how he stands on the fight for Congress in his district Firm, but nof-e the less just, MT. Seed has set noble example to aspiring youth in thus setting forth his views on the merits O. the two candi dates for Congress over there in the sixth district, where the farmers will not be too busy to vote on April ].
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
YOung NInrauhers

Crowds of young boys marauding in the residential districts late at night in hunt of amusement sHould be stopped at once," said a railroad man yester- day, who makes a run" from Birming ham to New York, and Is compelled to De away from home Tor three days at a time
 T live in West End where there is but one policeman C., duty from II o'clock at night until in the morn ing. and my wife Is compelled 10 stay at home alone with our two children when I am on my run. She is not afraid under ordinary circumstances. In fact, I have often felt very proud of her sensibleness in believing that she is in no more danger alone than when am at home. But for two or three nights in the past week she has been greatly alarmed by hearing someone walking on the front porch about 10 o'clock and twice the front door was approached and shaken. Of course, she was alarmed and telephoned for the police, who arrived three or four hours later and could find nothing wrong.
 "A day or two afterward she learned that crowd of boys, between the ages of 12 and 15 years, had been touring the neighborhood, walking on porcnes and shaking doors in order to frighten the inmates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

This change is widespread, is not confined
 to the security markets and is merely a reflection of facts before they are com monly recognized. Spring is at hand. Outdoor work is being resumed, and with this change in the season there usually comes more hopeful spirit, which ma terially assists any we'll founded recuper- ative Tendencies. Crop prospects are highly encouraging. A long and severe winter has left the soil in much better condition than usual, and though it is too early to form definite expectations, especially as spring is late, 1t is a valua- bic advantage to start with good soil con ditions Nothing will do more to allay discontent arising from the high cost of living, or more quickly put the country again on the high road to prosperity than good harvest in 1912 This is the prime necessity of the year., and beside it the question of the next President is a very secondary issue
 'The political atmosphere at home is somewhat clearer. Radicalism is on the wane, and though the political barome- ter is notorious for unexpected huctua- tions, there is reason to believe that the stock market has discounted the worst that is likely to happen in the political weather bureau. The technical position of the stock market is strong. The loat- ing supply of stocks is concentrated in few, hands and has not yet been widely distributed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
THE PITY OF IT ALL

From the Atlanta Constitution
 During the height of the teapot tenn pest by which overzealous partisans of Governor Wilson sought to infiame prejudice against Oscar Underwood by misrepresentations concerning his southern birth and affiliations, the Ala bama statesman maintained a silence characteristic of his manllness and re- strant. Now that calm has followed the repudiation even by staunch Wilson organs of this bushwhacking and irrel- evant strategy" Underwood speaks for himself and in no vague terms re- garding his southern affiliations and his antecedents. 1t Is the Constitutions privilege to reproduce elsewhere in full his frank and Illuminating narrative. It is a striking document, pulsatins with human interest, scrupulous in de- tail There is nothing vindictive about it, no note of apology, since there Is need of none-just a straightforward story, told without establishment, ting6 here and there with unconscious pathos and reporting a heroic and illus
 trious ancestry in which, any twentieth century American might well take pride.
 This unassumihg self revelation of Underwood ought to make interesting reading to those who wrenched out of it's context single episode in his life,
 and finding nothing else whereupon to
 indict' him, sought to manufacture and infiame sentiment against the ablest southern democrat in Congress since the civil war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Home Rule in Sight

Soon after the Easter recess Pre- mier Asquith has promised to bring in an Irish home rule bill. Abot 20 years ago MT. Gladstone brought in a bill of this nature, and it passed the commons not long after by narrow margin of 34. 1t was sent to the house of lords where it was defeated by a vote of 419 to Al. That ended the Gladstone effort. The house of lords enjoyed at that time considera- be popularity. This was in 1893.
 Home rule in Ireland has been quiet issue ever since and it has stead fly gained ground. Asquith succeed cd last year in taking away the veto power of the house of lords. That body may indeed reject the home rule bill that will soon be sent to it. They can reject it, and they may reject it second time, but if they reject it the third time it becomes law. The three rejections must cover a period of two years, and this probably means that the present government will last that length of time In case the unionists do force general election they must secure majority of the commons in order to stop the progress of home rule. Says the veto law, Eff any bill other than money bill is passed by the house of commons in three sue cessive sessions, whether of the same parliament or not" it shall become law.
 Should the home rule bill go through it will end an agitation that can be traced almost back to the union of Great Britain and Ireland-cer- tainly to Daniel O'Connell's effort to break up that union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

From the Athens Banner.
 The Georgia newspaper is fair index to public opinion in the community In which it is published, not that it follows public opinion, but that in majority Of cases it leads and helps to mould public opinion.
 It is significant that in the present con test for the nominating vote of Georgla in the next democratic national conven- ton the sentiment of Georgia editors IS overwhelmingly in favor of the nomina- ton of oscar w.. Underwood. There are some papers for Wilson and a few for Clark, but the great majority of the Georgia papers, both daily and weekly, are for Underwood There is every reason to believe that the majority of the democrats in Georgia are of the same opinion as the majority of Georgia editors and that Underwood
 will be given the 2s votes of the state of Georgia in the next nominating conven- ton of the democrats of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
ALL WINTER ABOARD A WRECK

George Harding, in Harper Magazine TOT
 April.
 In winning salvage the Newfoundland CTS do not seem to reflect upon the length of hardship and peril to which they must go. This is characteristic of their lives in every respect; it is proverb with them that they go when they can, and leave getting back Ito luck and good conduct Not long ago an American fishing schoon- CT, abandoned by her crew in the Strait of Belle Isle in early winter as hope lessly lost. was carried off in the ice Hoe. It was the slimmest chance in the world that the derelict would ever be seen again. There was not the slightest eX- peotation, indeed, that she would be; the underwriters paid the insurance settle ment without complaint or question, and crossed the schooner off for lost. But the schooner was not lost. She was sight ed in her wanderings by two fishermen. They boarded from shore. found her hard and fast in the ice, but still tight and worthy a craft to their taste, valuable p,operty to which they must cling, no matter what came of 1t. It cost them dear: the ice would not loosen it's grip on the schooner-nor would the fisher men. They might from time to time have escaped ashore; it would have been the part of wisdom, perhaps. and certainly the part of caution, to do so; but rather than abandon their salvage these two cheer- fully reckless fellows stuck to the ship for the rest of that bitter winter. When navigation opened in the spring of the .. +,a fret ma il steamer sighted the l craft, still fast in the ice and manned by two gaunt skeletons. They had sub | sisted through the winter on one barrel | of flour and some frozen herring. Hav- | ing accomplished this, it was child's play
 for them to take their prize to port when l the foe released her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Religious Prefixes in Chicago

Chicago, the city of progress, has a new fad. It proposes to drop Rev erend" and Doctor" as prefixes of men in orders or those set apart for the ministry. This will be shock to those accustomed to established GUS tom, but when it is stated that the Chicago ministers are themselves leaders in the new movement it will not seem so wicked. The ministers of Philadelphia are not, however, ready to fall in behind their brethren of Chicago.
 It appears that a similar effort eprang up among the Baptist in Phil adelphia about 30 years ago, and lit tie came from it. The members of the Baptist association did drop in print the titles in question, but the rank and file went on using the titles, and the action of the association came to naught. So it will be in Chicago. A "reform" of that nature must start among the people, rather than among the peoples spiritual leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Long Official Primary Ticket

One hundred and seventy six names on the primary ballot of April Il! This is too many even if the ticket for delegates to the state convention be omitted. But there is no remedy while the fee system lasts, and per haps none after the fee system is dead and buried.
 The members of the Board of Rev enue receives salaries, and the pres sure for places on the board is some thing awful. The list of the slain on April will be something awful also
 The primary ticket in big county is big problem, and ready solution of it is by no means simple and easy. It should be brought down to smaller dimensions, but no one sees how this can readily be done, while preserving the all important primary principle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Progress in Agriculture

It is generally believed that the en- tire south will witness a commercial boom this year, and southern agricul- ture will probably boom too. In no department of human activity has there been greater progress than in agricultural development In the south this advance has been practical ly noticeable during the past three or four years. The intelligent and indus trious farmer is no longer satisfied to make a bale of cotton on three acres. We have come to the bale to the acre period, and while such yield is not yet general many farmers have made 25 bales on 25 acres, and the man who does not produce at the rate of bale to an acre and a half is considered backward.
 The low price of cotton last year should result in greatly decreased acreage this year. Agriculture is much more business like than ever and the farmer who used to plant 100 acres in cotton will find it more prof jtable to put in only 25 acres and cul- tivate that on the intensive plan.
 But the most significant fact in 11opthern farming is the increasing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
AFTER CAUDLE HAD LENT, AN UM-
 BRELLA

Douglass William Jerrold, in Mrs.
 Caudles Curtain Lectures.
 That's the third umbrella gone since Christmas What were you to do? Why let him go home in the rain, to be sure I'm very certain there was nothing about him that could spoil Take cold. in deed He doesn't look like one of the sort to take cold. Besides had better taken cold than take our. umbrella Do you hear the rain, Mir. Caude? I say, do you hear the rain? And. as I'm alive, if it isn't St. Swithin's day. Do you hear it against the windows? Non sense; you can't impose upon me. You can't be asleep with such a shower as that, Do you hear it, I say? Oh you do hear it, Well, that's pretty flood. I think, to last for six weeks; and no stirring all the time out of the house. Pooh. don't think me a fool, Mr. Caudle. Don't insult me. He return the um- brelal Anybody would think you were born yesterday As if anybody ever did return an umbrella, There-do you hear it? Worse and worse Cats and dogs for six weeks-always six weeks. And no umbrela'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

saloon.
 No" l answered, firmly; for when the smooth efficiency of my human machine is menaced I am as faddy and nervous as a marine engineer over fabrication. II I did, I shouldn't sleep"
 And what of it?' demanded my par ticular friend challengingly.
 It was rebuke. It was as if he had said, "On this great night, when you enter my wondrous and romantic country for the first time, what does 1t matter whether you sleep or not2'
 l saw the point. l drank the coffee. The romantic sense, which had been momen- tarily driven back by the discussion Of general ideas. swept over me again. .. In fact, through the saloon windows could be seen all the Battery end of New York and the first vague visions of skyscrap- CTS. Then-the moments refused to be counted-we were descending by lifts and by gangways from the high upper decks of the ship. down onto the rocky ground of the United States. l don't think that any American ever set foot in Flu rope with a more profound and delicious thrill than that which affected me at that instant. . I was there. :. The official and unofficial activities of the quay passed before me like d dream. 1 heard my name shouted by a man in a formidably severe uniform, and I thought, Thus early have I somehow violated the constitution of these states? But it was only a telegram for me. :. And then was in a most rickety and con- fined taxi, and the taxi was full to the brim with luggage, two friends and me. And I was off into New York
 At the center of the first crossroads l saw a splendid and erect individual. fash ing forth authority, gaietY and utter snlartness in the gloom. Impossible not to believe that he was the owner of all the adjacent ground, disguised as cavalry officer on foot.
 What is that archduke?" l inquired.
 Hes just cop"
 I knew then that I was in a great city.
 The rest of the ride was an enfevered phantasmagoria. We burst startlingy into a very remarkable deep glade-on the floor of it long and violent surface cars, a few open shops and bars with con- missionaries at the doors, vehicles dipping and rising out of the holes in the ground. vistas of forests of iron pillars, on the top of which ran dearening, glttering trains, as on tight rope; above all that, of darkness enormous moving images of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
LIFE COMPLIMENTS UNDERWOOD

Ilom the Moblle fseslsiti.
 The New York Life, generally accept- ed as among the smartest of~American publications devoted to humor, is an astute commentator editorially upon public matters It's recent articles upon the presidential situation have provided very entertaining reading and not lit- tie of instruction. In the latest issue, Life tears holes in MT Roosevelt s claims that the country needs him and is demanding that he shall break the precedent as to the third term and be- come President again. The conclusion of the article has a graceful reference to Mir. Oscar Underwood:
 For our part (relating to MT Roose- velD we humbly prefer 70 keep him in private life. He does good there. We would rather have Taft in the White House than him; and, if a democrat is to go there, the one who looks best to us Is the one who has talked least and done most for good laws and goou gov ernment--Oscar Underwood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Safety First

Safety First is the title of an attractive calendar which has just been gotten out by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company said prom inent citizen yesterday, and they have been scattered among the employees of the company by the thousands. Tpe calendar bears the monogram of the company and the whole presents quite an unusual and commanding appear ance.
 The calendars, l understand,' are hung in the homes O every employe and in all the offices of the company throughout the mines and plants. This new motto. Safety First, has been adopted with the idea of educating the men toward constant caution so as to prevent accidents.
 "It has been demonstrated in ac- tual tests in northern plants that such methods of education have done far more than any other expedient toward reducing the number of accidents, and when combined with persistent watch . fitness for guarding machinery and us~ ing safety appliances IS saving lives by the hundreds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Unit and TwO-Thirds Rule

Some of the democratic newspapers, notably the New York World, do not admire either the two-thirds rule in democratic national conventions or the unit rule. Of the two the World dis likes the latter the more. It does not want to see Charles F. Murphy con- trolling 46 delegates from New York city gain control of New York's 90 delegates. 1t does not want to see James M. Guffey cast Pennsylvania s 76 votes under the unit rule because he has gained control of 39 delegates. And so on to the end of the list of bosses and machines.
 The two-thirds rule and the unit rule have both stood long time, and it is not probable that change will take place at Baltimore. Not since the civil war has any man failed to secure two-thirds of the delegates after securing majority of them. And then again it is claimed that a state should be permitted to cast it's vote as it pleases, and other states should not interfere. There is no great lack of democracy in a majority rule and states rights.
 The more the two ancient rules and customs are considered the more they seem to appeal to democratic preju- dices and democratic methods. The two-thrds rule renders clear choice of a standard bearer certain, and surely state should be the judge of its representative men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
"INNIsFREEn

by w. B. Yeats. will arise and go now, and go to lnns-
 free. And a small cabin build there. of clay
 and wattles made; Nine bean rows will l have there, hive
 for the honey bee. And live alone in the bee loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for
 peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to
 where the cricket sings; Theremi dnight's all a glimmer, and noon
 a purple glow. :. And evening full of the linnet's wings. I wifi arise and go now, for always night
 and day I hear lake water tapping with low sounds
 by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the
 pavements gray, ; hear it in the deep hearts core.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Foreigners Point of View

q have been voting the republican ticket since 1 was old enough to vote. which was in 1876, and l expect to cast my ballot for MT. Taft next November. . said Jacob Creighton of Philadelphia. 'I used to be an ardent admirer of Mir. Roosevelt and l still admire him for some of the things he has accomplished. but he has been disappointing of late. He is en- tirely too radical in his talk. He will be a political dead duck after the Chicago convention adjourns, if not before.
 "The democratic situation is interesting more so than usual. Democrats that T happen to meet in the east seem to be either for Harmon or Underwood The Alabamaian is undoubtedly growing in political strength an6 it would not sur prise me to see him head the presidential ticket,
 T met an Englishman few days ago and he said that if Underwood were in the British parliament it would be only
 question of time when he would be made premier He said that Underwood looked to foreigner familiar with poll
 ties like himself to be the logical man for the democratic presidential nomina- tion."