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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-17
Location COMMITTEES.

The question of location for the club
was brought up and discussed last night
and W, |. Staley, Max o. Buren an |
Rev. A. A. Winter were chosen as a
committee to take care of that mattel,
The work of preparing the final arti
cles of incorporation was given into the
hands of |. II, Van Winkle, r. A. Har'
ris and Walter Goss,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-17
TELL OF SHORT wBIoHT.

San Francisco, Dec. l7.-Portland
and Seattle witnesses occupied prac-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-17

Farmer got $26.35 for veal, but af
ter buying little dressed, he says that
WASH I half enough.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-17

tieally the entire morning session today
at the trial of the eight officials and
employees of the Western Fuel com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
A FAMOUS CHURCH

From the ST. Louis Times.
The Church of the TRANSPORTATION,
better known as the Little Church
Around the Corner is located at 5
East Twenty ninth street, New York
city, In denomination 1t is Protestant
Episcopal. The pastor is Rev. G. c..
Houghton. Fifteen or 20 years ago sew
eral actors went to church in the
neighborhood with a request that the
minister conduct funeral service over
the body of an actor friend The min
lister told them he did not care to con-
duct the services, but said he thought
the rector of "the little church around
the corner" would perform the funeral
rites. At that place they met with a
sympathetic reception from Rev.
Houghton, of whom the present pastor
is a near relative From that time the
actor folk went to the 'little church
around the corner" until today the name
of the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
is known to but few while the Little
Church Around the Corner" is known
from one end of the country to the
other, and in many other countries
where American actors travel. A recent
telegram from New York stated that
the church was to be RACED to make
room for skyscraper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28

cent storms seems to have fallen on
the cities-on Omaha, and Dayton and
Peru and Terra Haute, all good sized
towns. Possibly the losses in the open
country have not yet been summed up.
Just as San Francisco rose from
great earthquake shocks so will the
towns in the middle west from Omaha
to Dayton recover ground lost IN
cyclones and floods. The neighboring
country and the government will aid
them and the effects of the great dis
asters will be obliterated, although the
memory of them cannot be.
The circling wind storm cannot De
prevented but the damage wrought py
overtaxed reservoirs can be, and the
new constructions will no doubt De
much stronger. They should be strong
enough to withstand the greatest pos
sible pressure. The reservoirs that did
so much damage in Ohio were prob
ably built before the use Of reinforced
concrete had become known to en-
p,ineprs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
NEGRO MINSTRELSY IN LONDON

and a fondness for pigeon wing" dane
ing and plantation songs. Even liz a very
cons iderable part of the United States
there is plenty of applause for the min
strel whose stage negro is no more like
the real negro than the average stage
Jew. Irishman or German is like the real
life type he so crudely and libelous;y Carl
catures.
True comedy is a faithful, and, there
fore, informing, representation OF life.
But its popularity presupposes, and de-
nlands, sufficient enlightenment to make
1t possible for the audience to receive the
information it conveys. Horse play bears
no intimate relation to life, and is at It's
best as entertainment where the least is
known about the subject with which 1t
deals. London, of course, will get horse
play instead of comedy. The negro as he
will be seen in London would not be rec
cgpzed in the black belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
Fair Weather Predicted

Fair weather and modified cold
wave are predicted by the weather
bureau throughout the country. The
storm which had been central in Ken
lucky passed into the broad Atlantic
last night, and two days of fair wealth
er this week are predicted-the two
remaining days of the week.
This will lessen the floods and the
circling winds which had outstayed
their welcome. Two days of peace If
not of sunshine will be gladly ac-
cepted.
The spring season was started pre-
cipitately and in most sections ahead
of time. A cool dry spell of couple
of days or even of week will do no
harm. The weather has been unduly
boisterous, and perhaps currents of
air and general conditions of weather
will be more favorable after short
term of cool weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
LoNDoN,s ODD DRAGON CLUB

From the London Chronicle
The Dragon club with dinner for
sixpence, has stirred many inquiries. 1t
was a woman journalist who, at her
last sixpence. offered to organize that
Chelsea restaurant on cheap lines and
run it as club. 1t was the superfluities
that were cut off The laundry bill
why should not you eat from bare
table that can be easily cleaned? The
crockery business was run on careful
lines There is too much crockery for
the simple life.
I'VE eat off bare tables" writes the
founder of the Dragon club, "and the
food is dished in French fireproof bowls
with lids to them, serving the double
purpose, when necessary, of saucepan
and plate. Our spoons are of born and
bone, to save labor in polishing silver,
and our mugs are Doulton. to save
labor and we wait on ourselves, also
to save labor. The meal is substantial,
and the hungry person can get 1t by
joining the club and putting up his six
pences for tickets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
TREASURE ISLAND

From the New York Tribune.
Another search for pirate gold mas
ended in failure, according to dispatches
from Paris. tiny island lying south
west of Panama some hundreds of miles
out in the Pacific was the goal of the
expedition. The alluring name of Cocos
belonged to the island, and the treasure
yarn was of the best. But not a single
piece of eight was discoverable
There have been other expeditions to
this particular seat of pirate gold. That
is the discouraging feature of every pref
ty tale of buried treasure. You can always
be sure that scores of searchers nave
already dug up about every square foot
of suspected territory. But your real
treasure hunter is the most hopeful crea-
ture going. The fascination of the sport
stills every sense of caution.
The financial hackers Of the present
Cocos island search, for example, were
hard-headed Englishmen. Two women
with turn for theosophy were the NOV
ing spirits. But good British gold out
of business pockets was invested in the
ship that sailed out by the Strait of
Magellan and spent two months lying or
the island, while landing party dug and
dug and dug.
As was observed before, the tale OF
the treasure was all that could be de-
sired. A Spaniard named Bonito was
supposed to have made of with the trea-
sure from Vera Cruz, not by sea, but by
pack mules, all the way to the Pacific.
Thence he sailed to Cocos island, at
~ taa1 1,ttpx rfr
the bearings, landmarks and other equip
ment without which no buried treasure
can be said to be respectable.
Far be 1t from us, however, to be cap
tious toward treasure hunters. We like
them one and all, and only wish we had
time to ship with them. And there are
lots of ways of staying nearer home and
losing money faster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
Peace in the Balkans Near

The fall of Adrianople is but one in
cident. Last week $4,000 Turks sur
rendered in Albania to the Servians,
and Turkeys money and credit are
exhausted Peace is near at hand, and
its terms will be dictated by the
powers.
This is unfortunate in one respect,
for it means that Scutari will remain
a part of an autonomous Albania to be
governed by an automaton prince who
will get his instructions from Vienna.
This in substance means that little
Montenegro, containing but 250,000
people, will be disregarded when Aus
tria gets ready to seize the entire
eastern coast of the Adriatic.
General Savoff, the Bulgarian COM
mander, holds Adrianople after one of
the most stubborn defenses in the his
tory of warfare. The city may be
burning but the Turkish army has
surrendered and the fortress and lines
are in the hands of the Bulgarians
The siege lasted over five months and
the rejoicing among the Slavs is very
great. Hunger and sickness did more
to conquer Adrianople than the long
series of bombardments, but still the
fact that Turkey could not relieve the
siege showed her weakness and lack
of military power.
1t is reported, too, that the Tcha-
talja line has been broken, and alto
gether it is probable that the wal
will soon be ended and that Turkey
in Europe will be limited to one city
and it's suburbs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
The Land Congress

THE Alabama State Land Congress,
which was organized at Mobile last No
vember. can be made a means of add
ing untold wealth to this commonwealth
already rich in natural resources said
r. s. Sydnor of st. Louis. Birmingham
is well known and Alabama is well
known, but both will be. benefited by
judicious advertising. This city is GER
tainly widely and favorably known and 1t
seems to be growing at faster rate now
than ever; but attractive advertising will
make it grow still faster
Alabama as an agricultural state has
great future and the land congress
will be able to exploit its resources prop
erly and with comparatively little cost.
Good farm lands can be bought in Ala
bama now for one-ffth the price that
would have to be paid for land in the
north no more productive than this cot
ton belt soil''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
ALABAMA SEES A LIGHT

From the Rochester Democrat anc
Chronicle.
The flight of the clerk of the state
convict board of Alabama, followed by
the discovery that his accounts were
short about 100000 and the arrest oil
the president of the board on charge
of embezzlement after evidence had
been secured tending to show that ne
was cognizant of the 1ooting OF the
convict fund. is likely to lead to much
needed reform in the prison system o.
that state 1t has for years been the
custom there to bind out state con-
victs to corporations to mine coal.
Grave charges have been made of In
human treatment of convicts in the
mines, but the state has been satisfied
to allow the system to continue be-
cause it was profitable. The defalca-.
tions have wiped out the profits, ana
enlightened Alabama newspapers have
seized the opportunity to urge re-
form. They propose the discontinuance
of the lease system and the employment
OF convicts in building highways. Ala
bama has been one OF the most back
ward states in the Union in the de-
velopment of it's highways. If the con-
victs were accorded humane treatment,
their employment on the highways
would be great change for the better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
xxo,,d croak like raven; 1 would
bodc, L would bode.
-TroiIus and Cressida.
Lewis and Sherman Elected

All deadlocks vanished as the near
anproach of the seventeen amend
ment became threatening. Only tnree
moro states are needed to take from
legislatures the power to elect OniVeu
States senators. This great reform leu
no doubt to the breaking OF the lliii'ois
deadlock. the last one on the list
The complete Senate will now STAND
81 democrats, AZ republicans and Two
propressives. There are some near
nrooressiyes among the. 43 republi-
cans The democratic majority is not
large. but it will answer for a while
at anv rate. 1t will be increased, for
no member of the old guard feels at
pll secure of reelection. The old party
is going to pieces, and the popularity
of the Wilson administration is hast
ening its disappearance from the
scene.
The election Of James Hamilton
Lewis to the long term is gratifying
to the south in particular. The short
term went to Lawrence |. Sherman, a
republican. A compromise had become
racassarv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
ONE ON THE MULE

From Tit-Bits.
A Scotchman was riding donkey one
day across a sheep pasture, but when
the animal came to sheep drain ne
would not go over. So the man rode
back a short distance, turned and applied
donkey, when at top speed, would jump
the drain. But when the donkey got to
the drain he stopped sharply and the
man went over his head and cleared the
drain. No sooner had he touched the
ground than he got up, and, looking the
beast straight in the face, said: Vera
well pitched, but then hoo are ye goin'
to get over yoursel'?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
Tariff Revision in Good Hands

Democrats everywhere have read
with great satisfaction that President
Wilson and Majority Leader Under
cod are studying the tariff and the
income tax together diligently. When
the two men upon whom the great
responsibility chiefly rests study these
questions of public policy we may be
sure they will endeavor to ascertain
what is best. The best is always what
a majority of the people want, and no
two men understand public sentiment
better than the two distinguished con-
ferees.
President Wilson will certainly be
commended for the active part he is
taking in the new legislation. 1t is ex-
actly what the premiers of other coun-
tries do, and there is no reason in the
world why the President should not
share in the shaping of bills that will
determine the tate OF his party and
therefore of himself. If recent reports
be trustworthy the President is giving
a good share of his time at present to
a study of the pending tax problems.
There is no greater work before him
and he can well afford to send the
placehunters to the members of his Of
ficial family if in that way he can
give time to study the great public
problems shut up in tariff bill and
an income tax.
The bills that came out indorsed by
President Wilson and Leader Under
wood will assuredly command the sup
port of a united and enthusiastic
DartV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
PAPA TOOK NOTICE

Cleveland Plain Dealer
One night last week papa got home
late. There had been SO many things to
attend to at the offlce-and after that
customer from out of town had arrived,
and-well, papa got home awfully late.
He hated to disturb the family, so ne
camped in the dining room. And in the
morning, being thirsty, he arose, drank
water and retired under the table again.
Then came his little son, the earliest
to arise. Little son viewed the situation
in the dining room, then lifted up his
voice and wept.
whats the natter" groaned papa.
you've gone and drank up all the
water in that glass aquarium you gave
me for Christmas"
well, never mind that You can put
some.fresh water in it, and it'll be all
the DETER
Yes. but who's goin' to put fresh gold
fish and pollywogs an mud turtles In
it?'
Then papa sat up and took notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
The Relief Fund

''All the cities and large towns of this
country will respond generously to the
appeals for relief for the flood suf-
ferers in Ohio. Indiana and the other
states that are sorey stricken said
a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Not many years pass that some Sec
tion of the country is not visited by a
terrible catastrophe-foodo or earthquake
and the relief fund has been large and
the Individual contributions have been
liberal Fortunately, the states, many
of whose people are now in distress, are
able to make large appropriations through
their legislatures. but in addition to the
millions that will be given in that way
many millions-more will be contributed
by individuals and corporations and all
the money will be needed.
THE world may sometimes seem to
be sordids Business may be driven at
high pressure. Modern civilization may
be fcvcrish, but let disaster come and
the whole world is kin and aid for the
afflicted is quickly forthcoming. 1t may
be assumed, Of course, that the people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28

J. p Morgan has been and still is suf-
fering, says Herbert IL. Satterlee, his som
in-law. from the severe prostration, but
the malady is following its normal course
and today his condition is far better in
every sense than it was when he was in
Egypt. For three weeks at Cairo, Mr..
Morgan scarcely slept at all. lie was
greatly depressed and would sit listlessly.
taking interest in nothing. The acute
phase of the malady has now passed
and, although his appetite is variable and
his taste for food is somewhat capricious,
he sleeps all night and takes nap dur
ms the day, getting at least u hours of
good sleep out of the "a His interest in
life is returning and the only difficulty
now is to keep him perfectly quiet At the
present rate OF Improvement he should
be completely restored to health within a
month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
The spring Time

'The trees in the parks are being
pruned and there are other evidences
that spring is here, Notwithstanding the
severe drop in temperature said cit
izen. 'The cold spell will be of short
duration and by next week people will
be complaining of the heat. The grass
will be lush and green and flowers will
be plentiful
Birmingham has not as many parks
as it should have and even those we
have are not quite as well cared for
as in other years. There is no re1ec-
ton whatever on the men employed to
look after the parks, or on anyone, as
for that matter. All do the best they
can. The trouble is with the financial
condition of the city, But the people
themselves might help the situation if
they would not tramp1e upon the grass
and would not make short cut paths
through the parks. Keep off the Grass
signs might do some good. 1t is worth
while, at any rate, for the park COM
mission to try it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
Tornadoes Followed BY Floods

The country was shocked by the
damage done by cyclonic winds in
Omaha, but the floods in Dayton and
in other towns in Ohio and Indiana
are even more dreadful One must go
back to the Galveston disaster on Sep
tenber 8, 1900, to find an event more
appalling.
While the rural districts Of the
middle west have suffered heavy
damage, yet the chief loss of the re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
JUDGMENT.

The books we think we ought to read are
poky, duh and dry;
The books that we would like to read
we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never
can recall; rWl
And the books that people give us-oh.
they're the worst of all!
Carolyn Wells.
The plays we think we ought to see, they
send us fast asleep;
The plays that We would like to see-to
them we darent creep;
The plays that people talk about strike
us as rather small;
And the plays that people take us to-oh.
they're the worst of ALL
Denver Republican.
The folks We think we ought to know
they bore us to despair;
The folks whom we would like to know
for us have little care.
The folks that people talk about--somehow
they seem to pail,
But the folks that come to see us-why
they're the best folks of all.
Seattle acknowledgements.
For things we really ought to do we never
find the time
And that Is why SO few OF us attain to
heights sublime.
But when at last we're old and gray and
twilight shadows fall
The prizes that we failed to get will seem
the best of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
SOME HOUsEKEEPING HINTS
om the C,hicago Record-Herald

From the Chicago Record-Heraid.
To Danish reaches, use equal parts Oh
plaster of paris and powdered sugar. You
invite a roach to have plaster OF paris
statuette made of him, and whiie ne Is
posing you make a molasses of the sugar
and enmesh him in it.
Good eggs will sink in brine OF two
ounces of salt to a pint of water; bad
ones will float. Pop says the coid s'or-
age ones will skate If the water is Irozeh'
Fine lace fiounced, satin draped sKirts
will be worn with short, bright coioreu
satin dosnan mantlcts. Pop says while
round steak continues to soar there VIII
be nothing in the lace line on any do'"an
mantlet we might have in mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
CHESTERFIELD AT TIE GATE.

(which one of these trains must take
for Higginsyille?"
MADAM" answered the polite attend
ant, Il would be incapable of denying you
if you wished to take any one of these
trains for Higginsville, but the only train
that could possibly carry you to Higgins
vile has been gone for half an hour"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
Ysaye Comes soon

"The Jefferson theatre will be crowded.
no doubt, on the night of Monday, April
Z, the occasion being Ysaye's first ap-
pearance here said an old music lover.
..There are few artists in the musical
world whose names are so familiar to the
general public as Ysaye's. This violin vir-
tuoso is man of massive physique; of
massive brain, and of magnetic power,
as we'll as wonderful technlclan
with the bow Other great violinists
there are, but Ysaye towers high above
them all | have heard him in New York
each season he has visited America, and
| would never miss hearing him when
ever the opportunity presented itself, even
if seats were selling at So"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
A Business government

From the Mobile Register.
A trouble with state administration is
the appontees selected for their political
rating imagine that political service is all
that is expected of them. They do not
give to their offices the attention and
care that would be exacted of them il i'll
private employment. The gerater need,
therefore, of practical, business like SUI
pervision at headquarters. What is meant
when the people ask for a business gov
crnment is that there shall be this kind
Of supervision, and, if they do not get 1t,
they are justified in feeling of disap-
pointment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
GIVE ALL TO LOVE


BY Ralph Waldo Emersen.
Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;
Friends, kindred, days,
Estate, good fame,
Plans, credit and the Muse
Nothing refuse.
IT'S brave master;
Let it have scope;
Follow it utterly,
Hope beyond hope;
High and more high
1t dives into noon,
With wing unspent,
Untold intent;
But 1t is a god,
Knows it's own path
And the outlets of the sky.
I. was never for the mean;
1t requireth courage stout,
Souls above doubt,
Valour unbending;
Such twill reward
They shall return
More than they were,
And ever ascending.
Leave all for love;
Yet, hear me, yet,
One pulse more Of firm endeavor-
Keep thee today,
Tomorrow, forever,
Free as an Arab
OF thy beloved.
Cling with life to the maid;
But when the surprise,
First vague shadow of surmise,
Fits across her bosom young,
OF joy apart from thee,
Free be she. fancy free;
Nor thou detain her vesture's hem.
Nor the palest rose she flung
From her summer diadem.
Though thou loved her ~ thyself.
As self of purer clay;
Though her parting dims the day.
Stealing grace from all alive;
Heartily know
When half gods 40
The bods arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
FRANK

From the New York Telegram.
Doctor suing an estate to recover for
professional services said he had pro-
longed the life of his patient by forbear-
ing to send in a bill, as he feared sight
of 1t would bring on heart failure Can't
be mean and niggardly with a frank anG
generous soul like that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
SMART GIRL,

The Manhattan, Kaus.. Industrialst
quotes a Manhattan girl as saying that
March is the shortest month in the year
because the wind blows three days out
of every week. What does she care, so
long as it blows the dust in the bad mans
n,.n9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28

The house of representatives of the
Connecticut general assembly has passed
a measure which prohibits and abolishes
saloon free lunch. The State Anti-Tuber-
culosis commission is back of this bill and
Commissioner John Gunshanan is the
originator of the idea. The commission
maintains that the free lunch counter in
the poorer class of saloons especially is
one of the most dangerous means of
transmission of tuberculosis germs be-
cause the utensils with which it is taken
advantage of are seldom washed, and are
d constant source of infection. The tenn
perance or prohibition interests had little
or nothing to do with the passage of the
bill and the liquor interests did not op-
pose it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-28
STATE PRESS
A Hard Hitting League, Too

From the Gadsden Journal.
Gadsden has been invited to join the
Gcorgia-Alabama league. the Appalachian
league and the Cotton States league, but
thus far no word has come from the Bal
kan league.