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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
Days of
s162.sbs.OOo
Total :. 100000

These sums do not include mobiliza-
tion expenses, or the interim expenses
during the armistice. Some statisti-
cans say the actual cost of the war,
including the sums spent by Austria
Hungary, at total of 100000, 900,
all of which will have to be met by
public loans.
None of the countries involved in
the struggle will be able to carry the
accumulated Indebtedness easily, and
this fact will lead all of them to desire
a way out of the war. A vast indebt-
edness is bugbear to the allies as
we'll as to Turkey, and any increase of
it will if possible be avoided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
The Kcnyon-sheppard nm

''The Sheppard bill will prob-
ably become law" said a well known
democrat. 1T is a just bill and ! will
be glad TO see 1t pass, although l am not
a prohibitionist. l am a firm believer IN
local option and in our own city voted
for the return OF the saloon. although
seldom enter saloon, and my drinking
is confined chiefly to beer. II lived in
a small town ] would vote dry, but
think that in the large cities there should
be iegalized sale of liquor.
''Total abstinence is the only safeguard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
statcsmanship and Federal patronag,


Every member OF Congress should
be glad when all federal offices are
under the civil service rule said an
old voter.
Some men in public life may talk
in favor of the old idea, TO the vic
tors belong the spoils.' but really the
politician will be relieved of great an
noyance when there is no longer any
federal patronage, and at heart he is
in favor of the merit system.
president Taft did good thing for
the country when he extended the civil
service law to thirty-odd thousand
fourth class postmasters. The day will
come when all the first second and
third class postmasters will be taken
out of politics and appointed for life.
There should be no political appoint-
ments by the President except the cab
met and even cabinet officer not of
the party of the President might prove
highly efficient. There have been sew
eral notable examples of this kind
Party policies are important. of course.
All free governments must have par
tisan politics but in the United States
the legislative branch of the govern
ment is where politics rightly be-
longs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
On board the minneapolis which ar

On board the Minneapolis which ar
rived from London this week four cattle
men. James Rodman Hastings and Jesse
Harbon Of Butte, Mont; Francis Nc
Dermott OF Austin. Texas and Charles
b. Curley of kansas City, sat down on
Monday night ior a little poker game.
Hastings opened pot with three aces.
Hastings got pair of jacks to his three
aces. McDermott got an ace, filling out
a straight. curley drew three tens to
pair of aces. Harbon drew three queens
to a pair of aights. When $500 was up,
McDermott called and laid down his
straight. containing one ace. Hastings
laid down his three aces, and when Cur
ley put his cards on the table contain
ing two more aces, making six aces In
all, the members of the party looked at
each other in amazement. The cards
were counted. rhe nine of spades and
the seven of clubs were missing. Some
careless steward had replaced the miss
ing cards with two aces. The pot was
divided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
ANOTHER MATTER.

''Who is the convivia1 person buying
wine at the third table on our right?"
That's Whiffers. one of our best
known poultry fanciers."
"He doesn't look like man who could
manage a chicken farm"
"Oh, dare say he doesn't know how
to manage a chicken farm, but the swell
pullet he has with him proves that he
knows thing or two about chickens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

West Virginia and New Jersey are
ment. The action of these states will
make 1t the sixteenth amendment. and the
ratification of the seventeenth amend
ment, providing for the direct election of
United States senators. will then become
a matter of interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

The extreme huoyancy of rettung made
from Philippine cotton called Kapok by
German process. is attracting attention.
An undervest made of it will keep any
woman afloat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
A POSTPONED TRIP.

I like to read of gay Paree
And razzle-dazzle doings there.
Although, alas. il seems to me
I never will get steamer fare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Dear old abbreviated February, the
grorndhogs own month, is hore at last
Tomorrow is gronndhog day, and the
hope is that the creature will not be
able to see his shadow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Gov. Locke Craig of North Carolina
is very careful Of late 10 say NOTHING
to Coy. Cole Blease of South Carolina
They no longer sieak In a confidential
manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

The British suffragettes are to be pun
ished by laws that they did not make.
They prefer in other words to become a
horrible example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

a great deal Of hydro-electric energy is
going to waste in the Mississippi
crevasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

glass windows are compelled to keep
their shutters up day and night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Governor Wilson simply wishes New
Jersey to become a stepmother to the
trusts. He means we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
DEFINED.

A man is putting on airs who buys a
bungalow for 81 down and SO a montls
and calls it his town house,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

liobble skirts are by no means new.
They were worn by the Romans and
even the Egyptian mummies are clad
in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

The eotillon leaders have an opinion
of Woodrow Wilson which will find TX
preston in 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Or. Wiley is rot in the improvis ID
ca binet lists, but he may be in the one
that will be announced March 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

The first rooias should hold national
convention, or at least organize society
of f. RS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Jim Thorpe may not have been tie
soul of honor. He simply won the prizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
GEOLOGICAL MYTHS.

GEOLOGICAL MYTHS.
Certain creatures oft heard of, pray who
ever saw?
There's the camel whose back broke
beneath the last straw,
There's the wonderful goose that laid
eggs of pure gold,
And the bull that got in where the
china was sold.
There's the ass that the skin of lion
doth wear,
And the wrong pig we frequently get By
the ear.
The wild horses that never. no never,
could drag
Us somewhere-there the cat we let out
of the bag,
There's the bird that goes whispering
secrets around,
Whoever has seen it, whoever has found2
There's the aforementioned dog in tho
manger that stands.
And the elephant someone has got on his
hands,
There's the ravenous wolf from our
doors that we keep,
And the wolf that goes round in tire
clothing of sheep,
There's the nightmare that somebody
tells us they've had,
There's the cat with nine lives and tae
March hare that's mad,
And the fox that declared that the high
grapes were sour,
And the grim Jcgs of war-it would take
quite an hour
Just to list all the odd, freakish erea-
lures that we
Nearly every day hear Of, but never once
see.
C. Fl. W., IN the Boston Transcript
SKIRMISHING.
Making love is sometimes like making
war"
And I presume Smack, smack, smack"
Is loves artillery fire.
IN WINTER.
'Tis sweet to think,
AT carly dawn,
We do rot have
To NOW the lawn.
HOPEFUL.
IT didn't know Bronson was great
optimist until this morning"
What convinced you of the fact?'
'I heard him say, A Dingledale car
will be along in a few minutes"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Nothing peases a small boy more than
to get chance 10 squeeze the bulb on
a honk horn OF pn automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
FRIENDS.

He did his best,
Then sank to rest,
The birds sang requiems above him;
The world forgot
His lowly lot,
And yet there was dog did love him.
A homely cur,
AS you'll infer
That sort of man could have no other;
The throng passed by
With fearless oye,
His comrade mourned-his four-fcot
brother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
nEFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOI

Arizona should send its electoral vot'
hereafter by parcel post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

In 1895 E. F. Boxwell of Hoisington
Kan. said he would allow his hair to
grow until a democrat was President OF
the United States. and thus far he has
kept his VOW. When Mr.. Wilson takes
the oath of office at noon on March
Mr. Boxwell will be absolved. He will
dash to the nearest shop and invite
the swiftest barber in the place to set
to work at once. The women of Ho's-
ington are said to be jealous of the sillien
locks of Mr.. Boxwell. They are A inches
long. His beard and mustache are also
long and very bushy. Including his hair,
Mr. Boxwell weighs 300 pounds. He Is
regarded as one of the handsomest men
in Kansas. He comes of German par
entage and is wealthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
A MARTYR.

A MARTYR.
"Well poor Chumply is dead
"And so young, tool What was the
cause of his demise?'
''He tried to keep two laps ahead OF
the styles and the pace killed him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

A HOLOCAUST.
A large hotel
Burned .iown one day;
Ten million bed
Bugs passed away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Robert Arlington of Teignmouth, Eng
land, is dead. He left an estate of over
s50OO,000, and of this amount he gave
$3.50, 600 to be devoted to carrying the
gospel to every heathen tribe on earth.
To carry out the purpose of his will he
save s25o0,oo0 to the Baptist Missionary
society of London and s2.0oO0oO to the
London Missionary society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
FIRST ATTEMPT TO sLAY LINCOLN

The captains joy knew no bounds. With
out waiting for the good brother to finish
his prayer, the former mounted chair.
and cried out at the top of his voice, Get
off this boat, every ID one of you:
this prayer meetings ended
'At the depot, awaiting ss as the train
rolled in, were Mr.. Washburn of Illinois,
and Senator Seward. He then proceeded
at once tQ Wizards hotel, where Mr..
lincoln registered his own name and that
of Mr.. Lamon and myself. and was as
signed rooms, though not those he expect
eC; he would have, as he had arrived
somewhat in advance of the appointed
time During the morning, after the
news of his arrival had spread, there was
more or less excited talk. Few men were
willing to believe he had actually reached
the city, and many were the vile and bit
ter imprecations heard heaped upon his
head while mingling with the crowds in
the hotels and public places of that rebel
lious city. It's people, as a rule. appeared
scarcely more favorable to the Union than
in Baltimore. Mrs Lincoln, accompanied
hy Mr.. Judd and the rest of the party.
followed in due time. Before they lett
Harrisburg, the news had been tee-
graphed all over the country of the safe
arrival OF the President-elect in Wash
ngton. In passing through Baltimore
they met with anything but cordial re-
cepton. At Mr.. Lincoln's suggestion, l
returned to Baltimore that afternoon for
tine purpose of learning whether those
who sought his life in that city might not
amend their plot so as to attempt to de-
stroy him on the day of his inauguration;
and | accordingly remained there till after
Inc latter event had taken place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

Colonel Goethals may not after ell be
able to open the Panama canal this
year. For long time the notorious Gu
curscha slide on the east bank of the
canal has been quiet. but on the after
noon of January 16, the earth movement
began so rapidly as to carry away sorpe
of the dirt cars and completely COW
cred all OF the railroad tracks in the
caral except one. Purple Hill is hold
ing back tremendous amount OF earth,
slowly moving toward the cut, but the
bill shows signs of weakness and should
1t break away the canal prism would
be almost filled at that poinf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

H. 4. Duke of Dallas, Tex, who
has 91 scent stores in Texas, has
turned over the entire profits of
those stores to religion. Three years
ago Duke and his wife agreed 20
turn the entire profits of his stores over
TO the church when his savings invested
in bonds and Texas realty should reach
pleted. These stores will support mis-
sionaries. they will pay the salaries OF
ministers, they will comfort the needy,
they will furnish the lessons of Chris
tianity to the untaught The nickel
stores scattered through Texas will
spread Christian influence throughout
the state and to foreign lands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
sKIRMIsHrNG.

Making love is sometimes like making
war;
And presume Smack, smack, smack"
Is loves artillery fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01
IN WINTER

'Tis sweet to think,
At carly dawn,
We do not have
To NOW the lawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-01

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Rotary Club Formed
To Insure Honorable
Methods in Business

An Atlanta Rotary Club, which will
become a part of the International
Association of Rotary Clubs, has
been organized by Atlanta business
men. Ivan E. Allen is its moving
spirit.
The objects of the organization are
to develop honorable business meth
DDS and to advance and build up the
commercial interests of Atlanta and
vicinity
The following officers and directors
were elected:
President. Hubert w. Anderson:
vice president. Henry w Grady; sec
ond vice president, Ben Lee Crew;
secretary, Howard Geldert: treasur-
err, w. S. Lounsbury; directors. Ivan
E. Allen, chairman; A. S. Adams, R.
L. Foreman, L. D. Hicks, Jack H.
Lewis F. H. Cone, George NJ. Greene,
Evelyn Harris. Fred Houser, Francis
E. Hamper, Charles D. Atkinson, w.
L. Halstead. E. H. Goodhart. w. B.
Seabrook. Paul p Reese.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
WILSON CURRENCY
BILL IS ATTACKED
Measure Gives Politicians Control
Over $1O,OOO,OOO,OOO Bank
ing Power, Says Financier.

DULUTH, MINI, July 10.-George
NJ. Reynolds, president of the Cont
mental and Commercial Bank of Chi
cago, the second largest bank Of the
nation. to-day assailed as revolution
airy the Wilson administration cur
rency bill in a speech before the Min
nesota Bankers Association.
I'VE are confronted with a plan, -
he asserted, which proposes TO COM
pei the banks to turn over to a politi-
cal committee virtual control of about
$40, 900, 100000 of banking power, the
result of SO years conscientious labor
on the part of officers of 1900 Ma
tional banks in the United States"
His chief objection was based upon
what he termed the political control
over such great banking power. He
saw demoralizing influences in the
proposed plan of decentralization OF
money and credits. While he believed
in Federal supervision, he said il
should be regulatory, not administra-
tive.
Il claim" he concluded, that the
amount of bank notes issued should
be determined by the requirements OF
business rather than by guess"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
SCORE
TAX ON FUTURES
Chamber Of Commerce Files Pro-
test With u. S. Senators on
Cotton Tariff Amendment.

A protest against the passage Of the
amendment to the tariff bill pending
in the United States Senate has been
made by the directors of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce. The measure
taxes cotton futures dealings.
The protest was made at a meeting
Of the Atlanta body Wednesday aft
ernoon. Letters were sent to the two
Georgia Senators and to Congress
man William Schley Howard, urging
them to oppose the rider"
F. NJ. Inman was chairman Of d
special committee which handled the
matter. He made the report recon-
mending that the chamber go on
record against the bill. Other mem
bers of the committee were T. A.
Nicolson, J. s. Akers and f. S. Ehney
Objection to the bill. was based on
the charge that it would eliminate the
cotton exchange. would throw the
farmers into the hands of the spin
ners, thus forcing the price of cotton
down.
The members Of the committee hello
that it would do away with the cotton
merchant who deals directly with the
farmer and country merchant in that
It would prevent him from using fu-
ture contracts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
DespOndent Society
Girl Shoots Self in
Jacksonville Home

JACKSONVILLE. July 1O.-Miss
Inez Seebring, a 17-year-old society
girl, daughter of w. r. Seebring, an
extensive real estate operator and
granddaughter of w. H. Seebring.
former Mayor of Jacksonville and a
Confederate general, to-day is at the
DeSoto Sanitarium with a bullet
wound in her head, following an at
tempt to kill herself last night at her
home.
Worry over the recent death of her
mother is said to have led to her act
Her father had her at Atlantic Beach
for two weeks in hopes that the gave
ties of seashore life would dispel he1
melancholia. She came home late yes
terday afternoon and, after talking to
a girl friend, retired to her ROOM
where she shot herself. She has only
slight chances of recovery.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
vuwford Died of Poisoning, Expert Says
Beavers in Speech
Warns Policemen to
Keep Out of Dives

Chief of Police Beavers caused a
stir Thursday morning when he went
before the day watch and addressed
the men on their conduct. His talk
resulted from the recent scandal In
which several policemen we're found
guilty of visiting a resort in the rear
of 127 Auburn Avenue.
ANY man who hangs around a ne
gro dive has no place on the police
force OF Atlanta" the Chief said. ad =
dressing the men. IF you get posi-
tive evidence that any of your broth
er officers are engaged in discredita-
BILE practices and frequenting disrep-
utable places, it is your duty to re-
port it,
The Chief will make a similar
speech 10 the night and morning
watches
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
WILL FIGHT
TESTIMONY
STIRRING
Attorneys for Widow Of Crawford
Declare Poison Testimony
Will Be Shattered.

A positive statement from DR.. F.
H. Harris, of the State Board Of
Health that Joshua Crawford died of
morphine poisoning instead of pneu-
monia. the announced cause of his
death by the attending physician, DR..
]. w. Hurt. was the sensational de-
velopment in the Crawford $4,000
will case Thursday
DIR. Harris was called to the stand
at noon. Attorney Reuben Arnold for
Mrs Mary Belle Crawford, the widow,
TO whom all the estate was left, pin
ned him to the assertion.
For the first time in his career. he
said. he deviated from his custom of
merely mentioning possibilities or
probabilities.
There was absolutely no trace Of
pneumonia or any disease of the
lungsa-said DR. Harris. Morphine
poisoning very likely produced death"
Statement mistaken.
DR.. Harris was on the stand for
very nearly an hour, but his state
ment was mistaken.
No announcement would be made
by the attorneys for the heirs at law,
who number more than thirty, but It
was confidently understood they
would not rest the case with the in
PRODUCTION of Dr. Harris, but would
have other experts, and probably
members of the family to take the
stand in an effort to substantiate the
evidence of DIR. Harris.
Attorney Arnold stated that the
evidence of DR.. Harris would be torn
to pieces when he put Dr. J. w. Hurt
on the stand to tell Of administering
morphine and opium to Crawford in
an effort to stop the violent fits of
coughing and near congestion of the
lungs, with which he suffered in the
last month of his life.
Widow Not in Court.
He intimated also that he would
introduce experts to prove that the
quantities of opium and morphine
found in Crawford's stomach by DR..
Harris were not sufficient to produce
death, nor more than a normal dose
administered by the average physi
clan.
Mrs. Crawford, the widow, was not
in the courtroom Wednesday when
the poison theory was advanced by
DIR. Harris, and it was doubtful
whether she would attend the hearing
Thursday.
Heirs at-law to the estate and their
friends attended in large numbers,
and despite the fact it is a strictly
civil procedure and no court official
is presiding, it had all the appear
ance and interest of a sensational
criminal trial.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Huerta Wins Pivotal
Battle With Rebels

Special Gable TO The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, JULY 10.-The most
important federal victory in the north
since rebellion broke out against
President Huerta was reported from
Monclova to-day by General Rublo
Navarrette, COMMUNICATIVE chief of
the Government troops in Northeast
ern Mexico.
-Four thousand rebels under General
Carranza were defeated by General
Navarrette's column. and those of the
insurgents who were not killed,
wounded or captured were put to
flight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Society Leaders, in
Masks, See Risque
Paris Play 'ILove It.
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, July 10.-Wearing of masks
by society women who attend racy
theatrical productions, but who are
ashamed to let their relatives and
friends know of it, has come into vogue
here.
large number of women from court
circles are daily attending the risque
French show, II Love It." but all wear
masks for fear OF the censure of their
husbands and Of Queen Mary, who has
forbidden any OF the ladies of her court
from entering the Middlesex Theater,
where the production is on.
Clergymen are beseeching the censor
to close up the theater, declaring it
will debase all who see it because of its
gross morality.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Queen of Greece
Cables for Chewing
Gum for Troops

NEW YORK. July lO.-Solon G
Vlasto editor of The Atlantis. to-day
received a dispatch from Queen So
phia, of the Hellenes, asking for a
shipment of chewing gum.
To make him more certain why
chewing gum was so urgently needed
Miss Contostavlos. a lady in waiting
to the Queen, cabled later:
Chewing gum is against thirst"
Mr.. Vlasto cabled 81, 1000 at once and
is about to send the chewing gum.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Congress Prepares
For Investigation
Of Mulhall Charges

WASHINGTON, July 10-Congress
was busy with two lobby investigations
today. While the Senate lobby inquiry
committee continued 10 pry into the
secrets Of the wool lobby, the Garrett
committee of the House, appointed by
Speaker Clark yesterday, made plans for
an inquiry into the MulhaH charges.
Clarence H Brown, chairman of the
hosiery manufacturers legislative COM
mlttee, testified that his committee was
instructed in 1909 not to attempt to in
terfere with tariff rates.
II never even bought a cigar for a
member of Congress-" said Brown.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Trainmen Will Not
Meet With Wilson
To Discuss Strike

NEW YORK, July illumination was
given here to-day by w. G Lee, Presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Trainmen,
and A. D. Garretson president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, that they
would not accept the arbitration of Pres
ident Wilson and Secretary Of Labor
Wilson in the wage dispute of the train
men on railroads east of Chicago. which
threatens to precipitate 100000 men in
a strik.
Lee and GarretSon said they would not
go to Washington Monday to meet
President Wilson and the Secretary OF
Labor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Fly Pests Cost U. s.
$l57,8OO,OOO a Year

WASHINGTON, July 10.-Figured
out in money, to say nothing Of the
loss in human life, the cost to the
United States annually Of supporting
it's fly population amounts to $751;
100000, say Government experts wh0
have been making a study of the re-
suits of the germ spreading activities
Of these insects.
1t is estimated that the fly is re-
sponsible for an expenditure of $780,
100000 for the handling of tubercu-
losis cases, attributable to germs
spread by the pests, while $40, 900, 900
represents the cost of typhoid fever
cases originating in the same way.