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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
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From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
The Baltimore Sun, in a discriminating
editorial wherein it contracts what Mr..
Underwood has done with his opportunity
and what Mr.. Hobson has done with his
Mr.. Underwood being, according to the
Sun, "a progressive who is free from
hysteria, fervent patriot who is not our
international incendiary, a southerner
who loves his section none the less be-
cause he seeks to promote the interests
of the whole country" declares that Mr..
Hobson's main reliance may be Mr.. Hob
sons undoing:
The injection of the saloon question into
the Alabama senatorial struggle is relied
on by Mr.. Hobson's friends to strengthen
him with the rural voters of the state, bur
it may work just the other way, as 1t did
in Maryland. The people of Alabama do
not differ from the people of other states
in their capacity to discriminate and in
their ability to see the real issue IN
volved; and we feel confident that in thel
long interval before the decision at the
polls they will realize what the election|
means to themselves as well as to the|
country, and will not weaken the admin-|
istration nor discredit their state by in-|
dorsing narrowness instead of statesman-|
ship and progressiveness.
We think the line of argument will apply
also to that other phase of the situation,
namely, the stress placed by Mr.. Hobson
upon his district activity. The people of
Alabama, when they mediate upon theI
merits of the two candidates, will hardly
fail to conclude that Mr.. Underwood ha ]
proved himself bigger than a district, andI
that his activities and his grasp Of great
problems mark him as a man of senatorial
stature ase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
The Railroads Plea

Three years ago the railroads of
the United States east of the Missis-
sippi and north of the Ohio and Po-
tomac rivers asked permission of the
Interstate commerce commission to
raise their freight rates 10 per cent.
The request was refused. Now these
corporations are again petitioners, re-
questing an advance of per cent
The arguments they present will be
found hard to refute. Should the COM
mission see fit to authorize the in
crease, commentator, it is believed,
will be general.
The opening statement in behalf of
the carriers, made by President DAN
iel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio,
included some figures that are most
impressive. The railroads in the ter
ritory concerned, he said, in the last
three years have expended in property
investments 100000, 900, and in the
year 1913 the earnings have been $780,
100000 less than for 1910.
"A week or so ago the national board
of arbitration, a strictly non-partisan
body, awarded wage increases to 100,-
coo men of the eastern railroads ag-
gregating about $6,000,000 a year.
Since 1910 state laws requiring full
crews and other legislation of sim
liar character have increased the op-
Grating expenses Of the carriers in
that territory about $4,000,000 year.
The raise in taxes has amounted to
many millions. In settling the wage
dispute, the arbitration board said
among other things: "At the present
time ton of freight is moved in the
eastern territory for the distance of a
little over three miles at the cost of a
2-cent stamp. This is the cheapest
railroad service for shipment to be
found in the world"
Another significant statement was
this: "This board wishes to call the
attention of the public to its belief
that railroad accidents can be reduced
almost precisely in proportion to the
undermining of the railroads and the
improvement of their equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
CHARLES KINGsLEY,s PIPES

From the London Chronicle.
Charles Kingsley was an enthusiastic
devotee of the clay pipe, and he was in
the habit of keeping a supply of pipes
concealed in the most unlikely places A.
G. Benson recalls a characteristic story.
My father" he writes, used to tell
how once he was walking with Kingsley
round about Eversley, when Kingsley
suddenly stopped and said 1T is no
use; 1 know you detest tobacco, Benson,
but must have smoke;' and he had
accordingly gone to big furze bush and
put his arm in at hole. and after some
cropping about produced big church war;
den pipe, which he filled and smoked with
great satisfaction, afterward putting it
Into hollow tree, and telling my father,
with chuckle, that he had concealed
pipes all over the parish, to meet the ext
gencies of sudden desire to smoke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News
Success is the mother of imitation.
And lots of people do not work as much
as they wait.
It's no trouble to find woman who can
keep a secret-going.
Even a fourth class postmaster may be
a first class man.
A good husband is an asset, but a
worthless one is liability.
Many a man pats himself on the back
who isn't contortionist.
A woman will do a lot of cheeky things
to improve her complexion.
Propose to a girl in canoe and you'll
have two chances of being thrown over.
If a man begins by paying a young
widow attention she may expect him to
end by paying her bills.
Any girl can make a name for herself
if she can induce some man to face the
parson with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
THANKSGIVING As n Holiday.

Thanksgiving day seems to be bet
ter. observed in southern cities than
used to be- the case" said Joseph A.
Foster of Philadelphia.
II refer to the business -closing fea-
ture of the day in the large cities.
Ten years ago when / first visited the
south only comparatively few offices
and stores were closed even in the
afternoon. Now 1 understand all of
the large industrial concerns close
their headquarter Offices. and the Of
flee buildings have a Sunday appear
ance and a Sunday elevator service.
Il find that all business in Bir
mingham is practically suspended dur
ing the afternoon. attribute the
more general observance of Thanks
giving to football Some people say
that athletic sport is overdone in our
colleges, but the majority of us think
that clean sport has been a great
thing for.our educational Institutions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
Paving Alley Approaches.

"The city streets department is doing
in repairing, with brick some of the alley
approaches that were in very bad con-
dition," said a business man who has
heretofore called attention to the need
for this work.
Now, the repairing of the sidewalks in
the downtown district should be taken
up at once and pushed to completion. In
places, the asphalt is broken, or the block
have been forced up, until the walk is
uneven, and positive menace to limbs
from the danger of tripping and falling" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
State Life Insurance

Wisconsin has set a precedent that
in course of a few years may be
adopted by many states, if not by
all. By going into the business of life
insurance Wisconsin has taken step
that promises to be attended by re-
suits far beyond what appears at first
sight, not the least of which will be
an extension of the principle of in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
Organizing to Promote business.


"The large development of the south
during the past 80 years has been
much remarked in the north and 1T is
within the next 10 years will equal
those of the past 80 or 40 years." said
Jerry g, Gardiner of Chicago.
Organization is doing much for the
south now. There seems to be more
co operative spirit, and such organl-
cations as the Southern Commercial
congress, good roads associations and
the land congress. which as / am told
was held in Birmingham recently, will
have far-reaching results,
"We of the north naturally wish to
keep our people from moving away,
but in states of very large populations
there will always be some homeseekefs
who will better themselves by settling
in sections of the country where land
is cheap and where the climate IS
milder in winter. Friends tell ME
that Alabama is, all things considered,
the most attractive state from home
seekers point of view in the south.
While there is a great deal of agri-
cultural industry here, a third or more
of the good lands remain untitled, and
what is needed, of course, is people
to come here to cultivate these un-
worked acres. The south will get
some percentage of foreign immigra
ton, but for agricultural purposes
German American or Swedish Amer
lean homeseekers now living in the
north will be the most easily induced
to come south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
Jntere.t In Maud Powell.

"I. am glad. that indications point
to crowded house Sunday afternoon
when Maud Powell, the great violinis.,
will appear in recital at the Or
pheum,' said Frank A. Davidson.
She gave great delight when she
appeared in Birmingham two years
ago, and she will doubtless be greeted
by even a larger audience than on her
first appearance, and that was one of
the largest of the season..
"There are number of dazzling vir-
tuosos before the public now, but few
of them equal Miss Powell. She has
nique is perfect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

The postmaster of New York has given.
out figures showing that Greater New
York led all other cities in savings de-
posits, aggregating 100000 at the close
of last month. The Journal of Commerce
presents these interesting facts: 1.-THE
first depositary established in New York
was at Cohoes, on January 8, 1911. on
which date the postal savings system be-
gan operations in the United States with
the designation of one office in each state
and territory. 1t was not until August 1,
1911, that New York city was designated
as depostary. At the close of the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1912. Ii months later,
there were 14,635 deposits in New York
city with s1,17O.691 on deposit, or an aver
age of $50 per depositor Six months later,
December 81, 1912, the deposits had in
creased to S1,913025, an increase of GA per
cent. On June 30, 1913, there were 3O.1sS
depositors with s2,653,574 on deposit, or an
average of $SS per Ndepositor. 1t will be
noted that in one year the deposits in
creased 1867 per cent while the number
of depositors increased 1863 per cent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A wIFEs REQUEST.

Il wish you would wear that blue gown
of yours to the Bilkins reception" said
Mr. chawker.
Very well, dear" answered Mrs
chawker. "And there is something I wish
you would wear to the reception for my
sake"
And what is that?'
"A pleasant look on your face"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

The extra session of Congress is about
over, and while it has not accomplished all
that the administration had scheduled, it
gave us the Underwood bill and that was
the leading democratic issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

We don't know who belongs to Chi
tails" but we nominate the Chicago news
dealer who is assisted by two remarkably
smart dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

A trolley car conductor in Delaware
who returned 500 to a man who lost it,
received a reward of % cents. Even
though his conscience approved, he must
have felt like kicking himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

Five postage stamps which were stolen
November L from the International Phila-
telic exhibition, held in New York, were
valued at $2500. They belonged to C. E.
Chapman of the Stock exchange, and he
has offered a reward of $500 and no ques-
tions asked. The New York Sun says that
stamps of the total value of from So 500, 600
to 100000 were on exhibition. The miss
ing stamps are known as 'inverts of 1869 -
and are two 15-cent stamps, two 24-cent
stamps and one 30-cent stamp The first
four have inverted faces on them and the
3O-cent stamp inverted flags. Detectives
are said to have a good description of the
men supposed to have taken the stamps
and fingerprints on the glass case will be
compared with those on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

A Bulgarian bully staggered about
Paris inviting a duel until a Frenchman
finally sent him to the hospital badly
punctured. The moral is that if you look
for trouble long enough you will always
find it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

According to an investigation made in
California, railway porters overdo the
practice of tipping. The first thing we
know a profound Investigating commit
tee will announce that the sun has
habit of shining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

Secretary Daniels has predicted a new
era for the farmer. The farmer seems
to be getting all that is coming to him
as matters stand now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

Thanksgiving day is done, and few peo-
pie in this town dined without turkey or
failed to catch the football fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
The Iron Market.

The pig iron market continues dull but
a revival of activity is expected before
long. Rogers Brown & Co. noted for
their conservatism, have this to say in
their Cincinnati circular:
THE most encouraging feature is the
demand for shipment of iron on contracts.
This is going ahead steadily, and stocks
of iron on furnace and consumers yards
are at the lowest point known in years.
ut has been intimated that consumption
| is now proceeding at a greater rate than
productive capacity of the furnaces now
III blast, and as the majority of the fur
naces are well sold up for the immedi-
ate future and shipments consuming cur
rent make, it appears that If should be
but a short time before an acute stage
of reaction is reached.
This condition of low stocks is one
| of the strongest factors in the market
prospect and in case of renewed interest
| in buying or a turn toward the better,
would be of great and immediate i'm
| port.
In the face of the low prices prevail
ing and the general apathy of the iron
and steel market, the recent concerted
action OF 81 railroads III Tile central WeSt
petitioning the interstate commerce COM
mission to increase their freight rates
on approximate average of 5 per cent,
| has great deal of interest and sig
| nificance.
"A good tonnage of railroad inquiry is
| evident; this probably being as large as
! at any time in the past two years. Bid
| ding is going on and it has been esti-
mated that there are inquiries in the
| market for some 100000 tons of rails and
about 6O,Ooo cars, but few of these have
| been made public. The railroads still
| conducting financing operations and not
willing to commit themselves in case of
| the failure or partial failure of their
| financial negotiations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

The bagman in New York doesn't carry
horn to advertise his coming. He gets
better results by being as quiet as pos
sible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

AS Christmas is now less than four
weeks off, Santa Claus is beginning to
think he will be forced to work overtime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
LARGE FAMILY.

"Rid Mr.. Grumpins eat his Thanks
giving dinner at homer
He tried to. but there were so many
plates to fill he didn't get a chance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

Huerta thinks he resembles Napoleon.
He probably feels that way toward the
close of the day when tolerably we'll
s'lit up,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
PROVING IT.

''Is this the information bureau?'
1T is, madam"
Can you tell me when the next train
leaves for Spraddlesburg?
81 certainly can, madam"
well, slip me the information and don't
act so much like a little tin god. I'm a
lady, I amt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

The hunting season is drawing to a
close. As usual, it was worse on the
guides than it was on the deer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

And now make effective the slogan,
Shop early for Christmas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
SPORT IN PLENTY.

How was the football gamer"
Positively the greatest game
saw. Three players were MANNED
life, two had their legs broken an
had their eollarbones fractured"
Well Weilt
And to cap the climax, section ii
grandstand collapsed and injured J.
pIe."
THE LESSER OF TWO EvD
Though it's very poor picking, ~
It's wise little chap
Who insists on a licking
With a sterilized strap.
A COMMON COMPLAINT.
II hear Dobbs is suffering from an
durable complaint"
That's true"
Good heavensl What is it?"
MeSaiOHdnla.
TAKING NO CHANCES.
This old fellow boasts that he
in business for his health" III
Just hold my watch, please,
go in and talk with him. Al
-S te
HE DOESN'T SNORE. Al
Said Mrs. Reep I'll
'Mong other joya I'll
My husbands sleep alI
Is free from noisel'
SIGNIFICANT. :
rs Gribble popular with the ladi
He pretends to be. but 1 understs
that when he is out callint a
what time the next car leavss z,
they always tell him with ghd 4 8,
PAUL. Co s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28
GROSS FELLOWS.

GROSS FELLOWS.
The sweetest sound
Man ever heard,
is the lifting song
OF a happy bird
Though certain men
With paunches will
Say the dinner gong
Is sweeter still.
A POOR HAND.
do you believe fortunes can be told
by cards?"
"oh, yes. Only last night I looked at
some cards 1 held and knew that L
would soon be in need of money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

THE LESSER OF TWO EvD
Though it's very poor picking,
It's a wise little chap
Who insists on a licking
With a sterilized strap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

TELEPHONE
Bell (privste exchange connecting nj
departments), Main 1900.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-27
Ceyion Tea.

Tea plantations in Ccylon have
 been in existence only 30 years yet the annual exports of black tea amount to nearly S20,0O0, ,OOO in value. Formerly coffee consti- tuted CeyloQ's main industry, but after a disease of the plant in 1880 it's cultivation was discon- tinued. Many planters, however,
 recoupcd themselves by tea and rubber. Thanks chiefly to the former article, the islands old prosperity revived. Today Ceylon boasts 1,50O plantations.
 Plant necessary to tea cultiva- tion is costly but very labor-sav- ing. The work itself is not hard /; only the climate makes it irk- some. What is wanted mainly of employees is to watch machinery and feed it from the stock of tea leaves awaiting treatment. The workers are not Singhalese, but natives of southern India. A la borer's wages vary from eight to
 i6 cents a day, while foreman $ salary averages S2O0 a month.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-27
Cholera and Tobacco.

For long time il has been noted that smokers are relative ly immune to certain epidemic sicknesses, especially cholera. Dr. Wenck, professor of the Imperial Institute of Berlin, has found that by manipulating cigars in water containing l,5OO,000 cholera ba- cilli per cubic centimeter the mi crobes were destroyed in the course of 2l hours. The same doctor has proved that tobacco smoke rapidly kills the cholera germ. In a tobacco factory in Hamburg not a single case of cholera was found among the workers during the last great cpl demic, though they lived in dis tricts most affected by the pla- que. \
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-27

north by the Lakcview lode on the south by the Bully noy lode; on the east by ''I,sihn 1hr Anna 1od. n lode; on the west by the Beginning at Cor No. |. whence [. : L. M. No. i,. bears x. 33l deg, o3 min; N 7l deg 3S min w. Gno it. tn cor. N" sor ' ,'n@" tn n@r k 's ;hrnre n"s 2 mi" aot place of beginning. Area 2o.66i acres. | The loratton notice of said claim Is duly Talnrz rTro'a aaHka , a in " h""k " J. M of % Mnms La" a" , said orirr. This claim is bounded Oh h" l", n"r Hy t% rsa n"marr i""r ,h %n east by tn" Ajax lode; on the west by th" Winchester lode.
 Winchester Lode.
 hME'nnns Yn at hssrs r"r N"' ThrnrG %G" r m36'SS ft roo d,t i, thence N ,sns. des k B deg issoo min dar E. t1S'do ni,1 fl, to cor 1t. to cor. No: i: thence s. 2a deg. 52 min W. t065.iI #. to cor. No. |. the place Of beginning: Area 1i.733 acres: The lo- ord in the office of the Recorder at Val dcz. Alaska. in Book J; of Mining Loca, tinns. at page t76. of the records s., Of a,, said | l by unknown claimants; on the south by iakevirw lode: on the west by unknown claimants.
 Beginning at cor. No. i, whence l.. s. t. N; N9; fG bears s; 70 deg 5S , min min f hs'S min w h s75ss a's! r 'h'"e' x deg thence ': 7l deg. 3s min. w. 575.37 ft to cor No. B. thence N 20 deg; ;,55,d 5S mig lpp min 60O if cor. No |. the place of beginning: Area tt;7st acres; The location notice of said claim air sordef: at at Valdez Alaska: in Book J. ,S Of records of said ofricc. This, claim is bounded on the north DX the o W,hsneS!er inc sotr by the Waterfront lode: on the east by the Legal Tender lode; on the west by un' known cla'manst Wst.rfron. Lode.
 L. ' M' N". is. bears \. 7a deg. aa min E S"s n ,on as I nens. tn c.r $ 's dGF thence ss No 3; thence \. a6 deg ls min. E. aai rt. tH cor So 4 thence N |" deg ;,sOcs 20 mi9 is deg. g min. E: ss7.1s fl. to cor: No: C: thence s: 7i deg. 3s min: F. 575.37 ft to cor No l. the place of beginning; ming of said claim is duly of record in the office of the Recorder at Valdez. Alas. ka. in Book ]. of Mining Locations: a' page 473. of the records of said office. This claim is bounded on the north by the Hillside lode; on the south hN un. Bully Boy lode on the vest vhyy by nrysr D. ys,, Bay and unknown c'amaass; das o var ;on a! I The survey covering said mining claims being designated as Mineral Survey N" 954. ~
 Any and all persons; claiming adverse. surface ground are hereby required Ia nle their adverse claims, with the Reg neal. Alaska, within the time preScrib ed hy law: or they will be barred hS virtue of the provisions of the statute.
 C. B. WALKER.
 II Is hereby ordered that the forego- ing notice be published for the statutory period in the "Valde2 Daily Prospector. daily newspaper published at Valdez.
 C. B. WALKER.
 Register. Date of first pub. Feb 96. 1918; Date of last pub. April 30. 1913.