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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Nothing cohld be more ridiculous, gays
the New York World, than the assertion
that Mr. Morgan's death was hastened by
the worry and anxieuty involved in his
appearance before the Pujo committee.
Such charge" continues the World, lis
not hattering TO Mr.. Morgan. It implies
that he was in possession of dark finan-
oial secrets which he feared the commit
tee would drag into light, and that his
health was wrecked by the strain of
desperate attempt to conceal the truth
gans testimony that could have cost him
two minntes trouble or sleep. He was
treated with the highest consideration by
the committee and its counsel. He told
his own story in his own way, and told
it very frankly He did not act like a
man who was trying to conceal anything
nor do We believe that he did try to con-
ceal anything Wall street would like to
make 1t appear that the Pujo committee
is to blame for Mr.. Morgan's death, but
the attempt Is characteristically foolish
Francis NJ. Jones Of Chuckery, a few
miles south OF Utica, n. Y, has sold to
Stevens Bros of Liverpool n. Y, a bull
and COW for $4,000. The animals are
brother and sister. The COW holds the
worlds record for seven days in butter
production and is practically sure of win
ming the worlds record for 80 days. Her
record production for the seven days was
will be about 167 pounds. Mr.. Jones re-
fused today an offer of 100000 for the re-
mainder of his herd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
FATE

BY Bret Harte.
1.-THE sky is clouded, the rocks are bare &
The spray of the tempest is white in air.
The winds are out with the waves at play
And | shall not tempt the sea today.
s"rhe trail is narrow. the wood is dim =
The panther olings to the arching limb.
And the lions w1elps are abroad at play
And shall not join the chase today
But the ship saird safely over the sea,
And the hunters came from the chase III
glee, a
And the town that was builded upon {
rock AZ
Was wallow' d up In the sarshauak,
shock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
c.yNoN on An AIRsHIP
Inc Iondon chronicle.

From the London ChfonicIe'
Berlin-In strong west "ind the new
Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen' on the Lake
os Constance, made trip OF an hour
duration, when for the first time a trial
was made with a machine gun firing
from the upper car.
About 500 shots were fired and It is
stated Mat the experiments We're highly
successful. the gun working easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

the distinguished young eontralto. the
second evening.
when Birmingham gets its needed
auditorium we will doubtless have a
week of grand opera every year. but
it Is hoped that we will never become
a one idea town musieally and cut out
virtuosos, chamber bands and orches-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
A LIMIT REACHED.

LIMI ItEANII1I7'
The Rochester Democrat and clror
icle does not place any confidence
the announcement that skirts will b
worn tighter than ever this year. fe
the very good reason that the "tensil
strength of fabrics woven by man hs
definite limits" We hadn't though
ing about. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

The old fashioned sages who used to
write to the newspapers that woman's
sphere is the home seem to have dropped
out altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
CONTRARY.

do you think wife should tell HI
husband all she knows?"
"Oh. yes, but the average wife pr
fers to tell her husband, how muc
he doesn't know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Uncle Sans revenue cutters relieve each
other every two weeks on the Grand
Banks, and these cutters may yet become
favorite 1unket of congressman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
THE AGED DYsPEPTIc.

Although he's worth a million now,
He often sighs for days of yore,
When he would dine with tranqr
brow
on country Gates and homely store
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
sOON ANsWERED

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
IF pretty miss misses KISS what's
amisse' chirrups a minor poet on the
young man, most likely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

The consumer begins to see that he has
a friend at court when oscar Underwood
is around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

President Wilson is a rank amateur.
for to this hour five months after his
election he continues to assert that he
will adhere to the policies advocated dur
ing the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Plumbers and dentists will also have
to pay an income tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

At recent conference OF, the Methodist
church in New York it was urged that
il every member would put aside cent
a day more than FIVE times the amount
now given would be annually raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Two of the baseball parks may be over
flowed on opening day of the levees
break.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Drowsiness in church is now attributed
more to a clashing color scheme in church
decoration than to the sermon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Huerta and Diaz have doubled their per-
sonal guards. Each is suspicious of the
other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Washington has a girl with the Mona
Lisa smile, but she is engaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

The colonels family story is generally
regarded as a whopper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
LEFT BEHIND.
CALLING.

He's seldom known
To take great pains,
Whose meter
Is calling trains.
Birmingham Age-Herald'
He's always sure
To have the stuff
Who bets his stack
To call a bluff.
-Johnstown Democrat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Baseball is to be this year much more
popular than office seeking from President
Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

Montenegro is to the powers what a
baby is in New York apartment house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ABOUT TIME.

ABOUT TIME.
Old Father Time is on the job,
AS he has been before;
And soon we'll see the old man ~
That hour glass once more.
-YonlSers Statesman
The lesson from the verse we LED
Is this, respected brother:
The world must see that one good tul
Forsooth, deserves another.
youngstown Telegram
But few In Father Times own class
With perfect safety stand:
Although he often turns glass,
He never loses sand.
-Waco,S Texas, Morning News
Old Father Time keeps jogging on
And doesn't seem to care
How soon we sigh for youth ina
gone,
Along with all our hair
LEFT BEHIND.
II live in the past sighed MOI
son.
You do. eh?" said Frittersby. Il wi
you'd look about you and see II y
can locate my income. I've been Il
ing so far ahead of it for the p;
ten years fear it win never catch
with me again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
CHILDISH CURIOSITY.

Run along now, Tommy, and play
But, mother, I'd rather stand here
with you and watch the people next
door move out.N
"Why are you so interested?"
II want to see them bring out the
family skeleton I heard you and pa
talking about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
why are you so interested %
WELL, HARDLY.

For worldly wisdom the owl isn't
in the same class with the avera ge
cabaret chicken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

The office seekers are overlooking an op-
portunity when they neglect to purchase
a painting by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
HE'S BACK AGAIN.

HE'S BACK AGAIN.
Behold the man with heart elate.
who goes and digs a can of bait, then
with his pole and fishing line pur-
sues a sport that's superfine. He may
be just lazy cuss, at whom his wife
delights to fuss, but whe nhe sees
the river roll flood tide surges in
his soul, however poor his lost may
be, of elemental poetry.
BY STARTING EARLY.
Lets discuss some of these modern
problems"
'All right"
do you think a girl could live com
fortably on So a week?'
"a girl a week old might"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09

= ADVANCED WOMAN.
Behold the lady lecturer,
or nothing she's afraid,
And If you'll only list to her,
She'll call a spade spade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-09
TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connec"ss
all departments), No. AS0e.
Pr'y thee peacej

Pr'y thee peacej
7 d,r. do aI that may become a man,
who dares do more. is none.
Macbeth.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05

only rare. occasional visitor at his
mothers house. and tonight the hall
stripped for revelry looked strangely
unfamiliar.
"Gentlemens dressing-room first
floor to the right" repeated the ser.
want, and Dominick became aware OF
the mans eyes. fixed on him with a
CLEAN Of uneasy scrutiny shining
through cultivated obsequiousness.
Where Is my" he was going to
say "mother."bTait checked himself,
amending 1t with. where is Mrs.
Ryan," -
The servant indicated the open door.
way to tho right and Dominick passed
In. Through the vista OF two rooms,
their connecting archways uncur.
tained. he saw the shining spacious.
ness OF the ballroom, the room his
mother had added to the house when
Cornelia. his sister. had "come out"
As he entered he saw his mother
and Cornelia. They had been stand.
Ing in one corner, Cornelia adjusting
the shade Of an electric light.
His mother was standing beside her
watching the arranging hand. She
was sixty.eight years Of age and very
stout. but her great wealth made II
possible for her to employ dressmak.
ers who were artists and experts, and
her Partisan costume made her look
almost shapely. II fell about her In
some jetted garnishings. With their
shifting CLEAN the CLINT Of diamonds
mingled. She also wore pearls round
her neck and some diamond orna.
ments in her acknowledgement gray
hair.
"There!" said Cornelia "Now
they're all evon." and shs wheeled
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hoof.beats woke the echoes a sudden
violent barking Of dogs broke out.
Antelope was evidently not as sound
asleep as 1t looked. At the hotel, es-
pecially. there was life and move
ment The bar disgorged a throng Of
men, and Perley, the proprietor. had
to push his way through them to wei.
come his midnight guests. Antelope.
though remote. was In telegraphic
communication with the world, and
the operator at Rocky Bar had wired
Perley to be ready for the distin.
guished arrivals-news that In half.
hour was known throughout the
town and had brought most Of the
unattached male population into the
hotel.
Jake Mcveigh was pulling the lug.
gage from under the seats and Can.
non was interchanging the first greet.
ings with his landlord. when the girl,
who had gone to the balcony railing
and was looking out into the dark.
ness. cried:
why, papa, snow!"
The information seemed to startle
every one. The men crowded from
the doorway and balcony into the
street. Mcveigh set down the bags,
and. turning his weather.beaten face
to the sky, uttered a smothered ejac.
ulation Of a profane character. Can.
non came forward to where his daugh.
tor stood and looked into the black.
ness beyond. The girl had drawn of
her glove and held her bare hand out.
then stepping back to the light Of the
window. she showed II to her father.
The white skin was sprinkled with
snow crystals.
"suro enough" he said In q thought.
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ful voice. well, 1t won't be the tlrst
time I've been showed up in Ante
lope."
CHATTER II.
A Young Man Married.

That same evening, at the hour
when Bill Cannon and his daughter
were setting out from Rocky Bar,
Dominick Ryan was walking up Van
Ness Avenue toward his mothers
house.
Dominick did not know at what
hours balls of the kind Mrs. Ryan
was giving that evening were sup
posed to begin. 1t was nearly three
years since he had been participant
in such festal gatherings. He had
not been at dance, or dinner. or
theater party since his marriage.
He had heard that these functions"
as people now called them. began lat
er than they did In his day. Stop
ping by lamp he drew out his watch
ten o'clock. 1t was later than he
expected. In truth. as he had seen
the house looming massively from its
less imposing neighbors, his foot had
! Jagged, his approach had grown slow.
er and slower. 1t was his mothers
home, once his own. and as he drew
nearer to it his reluctance to enter
grew stronger, more overpoweringly
oppressive.
The stimulating unquiet Of festival
was in the air. Round the mouth Of
the canvas tunnel that stretched from
the door a dingy crowd was Assem-.
bled, staring in at nothing more In
spring than the blank visage of the
closed portal. At every passing foot
step each face turned to the street
hopefully expectant Of the first guest
The whining Of catgut strings, swept
by tentative bows, struck on Domi
nick's ear as he pushed his way
through the throng and passed up the
tunnel. Before he touched the bell
the door swung back and man.ser
want he had never seen before mur
INJURED politely in low tones:
"Gentlemen's dressing-room first
floor to the right"
Dolninick stood uncertain. He was
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05

been able to see plainly she would
nave noticed the change in the foli-
age, the disappearance Of the smaller
shrubs and delicate interlacement Of
naked boughs. and the mightier
growth Of the pines. soaring shafts
devoid Of branches to a great height.
boulders appeared among their roots,
straight falls of rock edged the road
IKE the walls of fort.
McVeigh turned and caught the
bright eye.
Seems like your paw must think
lot OF what he's heard about the
new strike at Greenhide to come all
this way" he whispered.
y guess he does." came the re.
sponse In the same key.
1T sort of stumps me to know why
you came along with him." he contin.
ued. his eyes on the horses, but lean.
Ing back to catch her answer.
'Mightn't Just want to see the
country?"
We'll. mebbe you might, but 1t
don't seem to me that you're seein
much Of It tonight"
He heard her smothered laugh. shot
his glance back to his horses, and
then turning back to her.
You're a lively girl. amt you," he
said.
II don't feel very lively Just a,
this minute. I'm cold girl, the cold
est in California, think"
That made him laugh, too, but he
turned back to his horses, saying with
quick consideration:
II guess you are. Come, boys." &c
the horses. we've got to get a move
on. We can't let this young lady
catch cold"
The horses quickened their pace
and there was no more talk. An houl
later the first broken lights Of Ante
lope sparkled along the road. The
old mining camp, in a hollow between
two buttresses Of the Sierra, lay shut
tered and dreaming under the star
light. A lamp-lit window, here ant
there, showed the course Of Its strag
Cling main street, and where the no
tel stood, welcoming rays winkel be
tween the boughs Of leafess trees.
As the thud Of the approaching
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with the alertness Of youth, promising
"a cold lunch" in q minute. To the
others 1t came as piece Of intelli-
genoe that added awe to the lighter
emotions Of the occasion. By common
consent their eyes focused on the
great man who stood warming his
hands at the stove. Even the rare.
unusual woman. revealed now as sufl-
GENTLY pretty to be an object Of fu-
ture dreams. was interesting only to
the younger and more impresslonable
members Of the throng. All but these
gazed absorbed, unblinking. at Bill
Cannon, the Bonanza King.
He was used to 1t. It had been a
part Of his life for years. Eying his
admirers with genial good humor.
he entered into conversation with
them, his manner marked by an easy
familiarity. which swept away all
shades Of embarrassment, and drew
the men around the stove. eager to
respond to his questions as to the con-
dition and prospects Of the locality.
The talk was becoming general and
animated, when the ancient man re-
turned and announced that the cold
lunch" was ready and to please step
after him into the dining.room."
This gaunt apartment. grimly un-
adorned and family illumined, an oc-
casional lantern backed by tin re-
fector projecting a feeble light into
Its echoing emptiness. was swept of
all intruders, and showed barn.like
baroness Of wall and loftiness Of roof.
Lines Of tables. uncovered between
fanking wooden benches. were ar.
ranged down Its length. Across the
end OF one Of these white cloth was
spread and three places set. Jake
Mcveigh, less innocently democratic
than the hotel proprietor. was about to
withdraw from the society Of his dis.
tinguished patron and seat himself In
seemly loneliness at an adjacent
table, when Bill Cannon's voice arrest.
ed him.
What are you going of there for,
sonny. as II you were a leper? Come
over here and sit side Of u.s."
Cannon. his overcoat removed, was
seen to be powerful, thick.set man,
with a bulkiness that was more a
matter Of broad build and muscular
development than fat. His coat set III
upon him and strained at the buttons.
1t had the effect Of having worked up
toward the shoulders. noticeable In
the clothes Of men who are deep.
chested and sit bunchily. He had a
short neck which he accommodated
with rundown collar, gray beard,
clipped close to his cheeks and square
on the chin. and gray hair, worn rath.
er long and combed sleekly and with.
out parting back from his forehead.
In age he was close to seventy, but
the alertness and intelligence Of a
conquerlng energy and vitality were
In his glance, and showed In his move
ments. deliberate, but sure and full Of
precision. He spoke little as he ate
his dinner. leaning over his plate and
responding to the remarks Of his
daughter with an occasional monosyl.
liable that might have sounded curt,
had 1t not been accompanied with a
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"What Are You Going on There For,
Sonny, ~ II You Were 4 lepsr7"

"What Are You Going on There For,
Sonny, 40 II You Were 4 Lepsr7"
lazy cast Of bis eye upon her that was
as full OF affection as q caress.
The young lady, who had also put
of her outer wraps, still wore her hat,
which was widebrimmed and cast a
shadow over the upper part Of her
face. Below II her hair showed fine.
bright blonde; giving forth silky
CLEANS In the lamplight. To the peep.
Ing heads ip the doorway she seemed
q creature instinct with romantic
charm. which was expressed In such
delicacies Of appearance az pearl.
white throat. rounded chin, and lips
that smiled readily. These graces, ca.
gerly deciphered throujh dimness and
distance. had the attraction Of the
semi.seen, and imagination, thus giy.
en- an encouraging iillip. invested Bill
Cannon's girl with q haunting beauty.
II was remarked that she bore no re-.
semblance to her father In colorinr.
features. or build. In talking II over
later. Rocky Bar decided that she
must favor her mother. who, a. all
California knew. had been q waitress
In the Yuba Hotel It Marysvills, when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
New Contender For Middleweight
=: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
He Is Gus Christie, of Milwaukee
By Hop
BY THOs. S. ANDREWS.

GOorty had repudiated the contract
Tommy Walsh had signed for him to
meet Dillon before the Queensbury A
c., Of Milwaukee, November 3, and up
bobbed Christie with an offer to meet
either one, winner take all He was
told that if he could make good against
Zanders he could have the match
Well. Gus made good in record time
and got the match. McGOrty wanted
the club to give him a guarantee OF
$3.50 with a privilege, after his sup
posed manager, or representative, Mr..
Walsh, had signed articles on straight
percentage basis, and as a result the
boxing commission Of Wisconsin has
taken the matter up and may suspend
Eddie for his action
McGoOrty finally offered to go on
if the club would postpone the show
four days to give him more time TO
train, but Dillon would not consent to
a pOstponement and the mater was
dropped. Now it wiz be Christie and
Dillon and judging from the interest
displayed il is going to be a cracker
jack of a match 1t might be well to
mention. too, that the commission an
nOunces that boxers who do not keep
faith with clubs will be severely dealt
with and the suspension viii also be
in effect in New York and Montana
a working agreement having been
made with those two states
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08


Even though the present reserve
clause Of major baseball league con-
tracts should prove binding in court
preventing Independent bodies like the
Federal from employing Jumpers,
owners of clubs in the big circuit are
going to have a trying time next sea
son for a while.
Though the courts ultimately decided
that the disputed men properly belOns
to the National or American organiza-
ton the Federal Will have achieved
one point-that of keeping the disputed
men out of the big league lineups and
forcing the old league clubs to scramble
for talent
Court processes are tedious, and the
way Of the injunction is devious. Sew
eral weeks might elapse before a per-
manent injunction is returned compel
ing the players signed to "25 per cent
clause" contracts to work in the majors
or not at all. This will mean falling
away in the class of the big teams and
play strength.
Treading on Thin Ice.
The Federal league is going forward
on the assumption that the present re-
serve clause is illegal and may find it
self in a rare predicament at the start
of the spring campaign, With big
league men signed to manage nearly
all the clubs of 1914, should the majors
be able to hold the players to their re-
servatiOns the third league" will find
itself without managers and stars when
the season opens. Laughing at an arSu-
ment never settled one; but the FEEDER
ais seem to think that the new big
whom the jest may be. when the time
rolls round, remains to be seen. The
betting IS strongly in favor of it beinS
on the Independents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
Originator of Turteback Diamond Improve Polo Grounds
Henry Fabian, First to Raise
the Mound For the Pitchers
Builder of Diamond at Dallas Tex Furnished Idea in
the Turtleback Diamond that Has Been Used
Extensively For Big League Grounds.
BY SAM CRANE

time and adopted the plan for his own
grounds on the West Side in Chicago.
That was its introduction into the big
leagues, and it has been followed more
or less since
Fabian also claims to be the first
gTOundkeeper to raise the pitchers box
above the diamond. The idea was sug-
gested by the Dallas club, then having
as pitcher Virgil Garvin, who had a
most peculiar drop curve that, while
deadly effective when he could control
it, he had great difficulty in doing
that the bail hitting the ground fire.
quently in front of the plate. Fabian,
being an old catcher, thought out the
plan of raising the pitchers box to OBJ
worked like a charm on its first trial,
and the pitcher was in ecstacy over the
discovery.
Sole Master of In Curve.
Garvin, whom Joe McGinnity says is
the only right handed pitcher who ever
mastered an in curve, swept opposing
teams off their feet and had a marvel
Gus winning record
McGinnity, the iron man" of base
ball, was a close student of pitching,
and he spoke to me frequently about
GarVin'S ability to get an in curve and
wished he had the knack of it Other
right hand pitchers, Joe claimed, could
get an IN drop shoot but none a per-
ceptble in curve.
Joe says Mathewson's famous fade
away was the nearest to Garvtn'S curve,
DuL was not quite the real article.
McGinnity explained Garvin's feat by
the latter's having such big hand and
long fingers that were abnormal, and a
looseness of shoulder muscles that other
pitchers did not have, which enabled
the tall, 1anky Texan to give the ball
the in crook.
Raised Box Was Legal.
There was no rule then to prevent the
raising of the pitchers box, and the
Dallas club kept the secret for some
time, much to the benefit of Garvin and
other pitchers Of the home club
Some released player of the Dallas
club gave the snap away finally, and
Fabian's original scheme was adopted
by every ball club in the country.
by leagues and minors. The idea was
carried to extremes, though. until the
box was dubbed "the mound the
field" and other suggestive names, 50
that at last the magnates called a halt.
and a limit Of one foot was established
as fixed rule for the raise of the box
over the level Of the diamond.