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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

that the business would be placed in
the hands of law abiding men and that
those who in the past have been lax in
the observance of regulatory measures
would. be most eager to obey the regu-
lations.
A license renewable automatically
would not give anyone a vested right"
to remain in the liquor business. be-
cause 1t would be subject to the will of
the people to retain the license system.
and also it would be subject to the
obedience of the holder to the law
The penalties for law violation should
be definite and unvarying and the court
should not have the power to set these
penalties aside.
In other words. the law should pro-
vide that the first and second convic-
tions should carry with them the re-
spective penalties, suspension and revo-
cation.
The suggestions made here in the
way of essential factors in the solu-
tion of the liquor problem will not do
away with intemperance.
Individuals will be Incorporate in
diet and in everything else until hui
man nature changes. Law cannot
change human nature but it can re-
ward we'll doing and punish evil doing
in the dispensing of liquors.
If il were more profitable to obey
the law than to violate 1t, very few
retailers would be tempted TO violate
the law.
The adoption and enforcement of
reasonable regulatory laws is tho need
of the cities, towns and states that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

make up the nation insofar as legis1a-
tion may improve conditions. The
churches should be, and are in some
cases. a tremendous force in building
up self-control and inculcating the les
son of temperance. but the trouble Is
that instead of teaching self-eontro1 a
great many of the churches have been
misled into teaching enforced teetotal-
ism. Enforced abstinence destroys
the power of self-contTol and tends to
prevent the upbuildlng of character.
The result is a weakening of the
spiritual influence of such churches as
may attach themselves to prohibition
that does not prohibit and Is not in
tended TO prohibit.
The schools should teach temper
ance, but in many cases the text books
hold up the use of liquor as terrifying
and horrible from an anatomical stand
point and the temperance lesson Is lost
when the pupils know that temperate
drinkers are lust happy and long
lived as are the total abstainers.
Time is wasted in determining how
much alcohol Is required to retard re-
sponse to nerve stimulation. or in find
ing out how much food there is in Il
quart of beer. Such speculation merely
gums ZIP the cards" and retards prog
ress toward the proper and legal So le
of an article that is demanded by near
ly everybody, and will. therefore, be
sold legally or illegally, secretly or
openly, 50 long as mankind demands
the kind of stimuation that can be
obtained from alcoholic beverages, from
high proof whisky down to near-beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

fact that the repetition of a violation
of either of the provisions of the liquor
bill results in a loss of the saloons Ii
cense makes the proprietors exceeding
1y careful to stay within the letter Of
the law. The cost of "a license, $4,000.
is considered high.
Conditions of the present are far
better than have ever before obtained
In Jefferson county. In the old days,
any man who desired could open a sa
loon and conduct it as he desired This
condition furnished a fine opportunity
for the entrance of the Alabama Anti
Saloon league. In 1907, a prohibition
fight was precipitated in Jefferson
county, and after a bitter campaign
the people by majority of more than
1900, voted dry" Then ensued what
is now referred to as the "blind tiger
days. Sections of the city heretofore
known as respectable boarding house
districts became the territory for the
unlicensed and covert sale of alcohol
Conditions became-though in another
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Model License League
On Whisky Question
Continued From Pare SIX

tNoDunued FROM rage DIX
-~---~>~-->>>@~~~>~>~----
! saloons there is usually an undesir
able monopoly and there is always an
invitation to the Illicit seller to enter
the field
~ license to retail liquors should not
be renewable or forfeitable arbitrar-
| lily at the hands of a political licens-
| ing board. The license holder should
be an independent business man in
SO far as politics is concerned and
should have legal protection SO Ions
Us the bushes is licensed in his To-
oality and SO long as lie obeys the
law.
The enforcement of the laws should
be certain and not dependent on the
attitude of the administration" The
law should be so drawn as to compel
the judge or other authority TO suspend
a liquor dealers license for 80 days
upon the holders first conviction of
violation of law and to revoke the
license permanently upon the holders
| second conviction.
Filming saloon keepers found guilty of
violating the law amounts to nothing III
| the way of permanent reform. a
wealthy dive keeper can pay heavy
| fines and still remain in the business
and prosper, but he could not remain
in the business at ali IL his license
were cancelled permanently for law
breaking.
Regulations Obeyed ....-...
| If the retailer had a license reneMa
! BILE so long as he obeyed the law and
| certainly revocable upon his second
conviction of violation of the law he
would either strive to obey the law and
keep his license or else he would for
felt his license The result would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
SALOONS WELL REGULATED |
UNDER EXCISE COMMISSION
Review of the Conditions Which Precpated Prohibition Fight
in Alabama Finally Resulted in Present Strict Regu-
ation and High License Under Local Option

1t is the consensus of opinion that
saloons in Birmingham and Jefferson
county are being conducted as orderly
as saloons can be conducted. Irrespec-
tive of political differences, practically
every man agrees on the above conclu-
sion.
There are in Jefferson county, inclu-
sive of wholesale dealers, 141 licensed
dispensers of alcoholic beverages, of
which number 105 are located in Bir-
mingham. The sale of liquor is under
the direction and supervision OF the
Jefferson county excise commission, of
which the members are w. c. Agee,
chairman; Sydenham Moore and e. Will
kinson. Under the provisions of the
Smith and Parks bills enacted during
the 1911 session of the Legislature, the
strictest regulations are thrown around
the saloons. The number is determined
by population. The location is outlined
by the commission, and not by the ap-
plicants for license. The closing hour
of IL o'clock is rigidly observed. The
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24
MAN ON RUNAWAY CAR
Has Wild Ride-Defective Brakes Cause of
Runaway.

NEbtbRD. ore. June 10 With his Ian
tern ,~lneang IN brave attempt I" VAIN
the people. \ Fowler an ashland safd
man. came through Mediord tonight at -
NIT, an hour On top al a runaway freight
car With the wires busy clearing the rsht
i way. switch engine IN charge uf Engineer
Adams IN wild pur ,ui,, and a doctor motoring
to the scene al the expected tragedy. the car
by miracle escaped collision with freight
tram at Central Point. as It fastened INTO a
siding safely. and made the sharp curves at
Gold Ray and finally came To a stop one mile
tins side oi Gold Hill Some idea OF the speed
II the runaway car may be determined from
the fact that the car slipped loose from the
tram at Ashland at 80 and reached Mediord.
a distance OF IL miles down grade. at 10 OF, a
run al II minutes. or an average OF IS miles an
hour. The pursuing engine made the distance
IN IS minutes. hall OF the schedule time, but
lost sight OF the runaway at Talent Fowler
was pretty well shaken up by his experience.
but said he was too busy swinging the lantern
and keeping his balance to think much about
his danger. The news spread through Med
lord rapidly and there were hundreds OF peo-
pie at the Southern Pacific station to get the
first news OF the result OF the wild ride An
examination Of the car showed that the bra
was broken Fowler tired to stop the car
Tor a siding, but the brakes would not work
Instead OF Jumping. however. he stuck TO his
post Portland Press
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24


management ot the Hartman lines me- th'r
niJ ,,rnl.,f> and .hnNn them the sau CON
,,der,tIon A. shown by pat manapeincnt',
thereby prtAtnt1re tia -irlke. than - have
,n,n, millions al dollar, II the stockholders
mun,, an a u,clc,> r.fs,r, t. crush III tn
labor ORGANIZATIONS on thcr system. and there -.
by ptnt,,t the lnfr.r>t at the public a. VEL
A. III, stock holdcrs ot tins company >niai
am,unt al money spent b. the Hat tinal man
ap,mrnt M thi> ,tfikr would hdst satisiitd
IN, demands oi their tmploye> tor mann Acats
Ia com, and pcaer and harmony would have
prevailed and the public - vel a thu si1ts
holder, would have been saved thee great
Io..r.
After Is months 81 industrial WAX backed
M ON ON. side b> an unreasonable manage
mcn,. and ON the other by the courage of hon
est convictions al the MEN III thcu reason
abl, demands. the power and rolling took OF
tn, Hartman lints = IN a dcplufahle o"nd.
t,on and the miserable >tr,ire you are receN e
,np !, the result The, have TAXED the tour
Corner. al the earth Ia secure strike breaker.
and While they have been able t. get many
a great mob ii inexperienced help To- nll up
the shop. they ha.. utterly iailcd 10 secure
COMPETENT NE, HANGS L. Keep up the
repairs which - proNtn by the dcplutdhlc ser
vice rendered Ia the puhlic
Now Mr. Shipper. while the Hartman line
are CARVING ON WAR ii rNtermiuaiun
Against thor I'D rmplnNt> and organized IA
b,r on their y stem. YOU aud the lutlr ,te,A-
holder are haNing to lot the bill How much
longer ar, YOU guiny L. ,tand for ,uch scr
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24
DAMAGE SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS

The citorts on the part Of railroad attorney,
and officials To stay the growing tendency oi
Juues I" properly assess damages against rail
road companies where the railroad, mutilate
and Kill individuals and destroy property by
thcir negligence will meet with little favor
ttnm the public.
The railroad, have received "a great consid-
Grafton at the hand, OF the people and Of the
pres III Mississippi a. IN any OF the states
The people are never disposed Ia impose un-
necessary burdens upon the railroads and IN
a Larry. measure >ympathiIe with them IN their
mt>ioriunc> which frequently come. \ few
Aodr> AK" when there Ms a bull before the
legislature L. make the passenger rate two
vents Tor all service. the press aud the public
practically took the SIDE al the railroads and
urged that the legislature should not pass
such bill The people uf the state ha,e
ncNer demanded rate, that did not show a
prunt On all freight handled INSIDE the stat.
The commission ut the state ha> been eN-
trcmclN liberal with the roads and ha, never
imposed burdens upon them by demanding
thc construction al station houses and I'M
proving their equipment. hut an the other
hand haze failed IN >ome instances to demand
the accommodation, both IN service and depot
facilities. t. which the public l. entitled In
tn, >iatc> ot Arkansas and Texas. the roads
are forced tn furnish the public service re
gardless OF wrecks and accidents Where a
tram l. delayed. state Laws compel the roads
II the state To make up other trans and send
them cut To- meet the schedule oi the delayed
tram No such extreme measures have been
demanded by the public IN Mississippi
The charge made by speaker at the
pres association. that these damage suits
wctr hatehed up by >hy,ter lawyer, i, not
hatne mt by the facts. Railroad damage suits
are leSitlmate and the best lawyers eagerly
take them Their motives are the be-, aud
~ charge should be made against attorney,
because 81 these damage suits The only re
lies tina, the people have against the rail
toad. ~ any corporation. j. through dam
axe ,uIt The roads violate the laws of the
>iatc rSrry hour oi the day. They should be
held accountable Tor niractions of the law
Just individuals. The only way to make
them feel the hand oil the law by levying
damage, at the hand, OF jurics The lives and
property ot the people should be protected and
thu, only be done by the courts. The rail
roads have no just complaint against the peo-
Pile nj Mi>sl,,i ppi.-Tupelo Journal
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24
TRAINS COLLIDE;
BOTH CREWS JUMP
Conductor Garter and FlagmAn Montgomery
Injured Both Engines Stand Up on Track.

CANTON, Ms, June ij.-Extra freight
Tram No. 80. gong north. and freight tram
Ne IL. >puthbound, oil the Illinois Central.
had head-en collision two miles north OF
canton thl- morning at o'clock Three ribs
Il Conductor Garter were fractured and Flag
man Montgomery wa hurt about the head.
Ne.thtf Is thought To be fatally injured. The
engineer II %o. = overlooked HI, order, and
met extra ". 80 IN curve. Both engineers
slowed down quickly "a possible and
both engineer, and firemen jumped in time
/" 'ave themselyes The two engines almost
TODD " Wien they met, both beng wrecked.
Fortunately the tam iroia The north had only
~" car. which were e .tly checked and No.
81 iron the south u going upgrade. which
,ased a terrible, week. All trans will be de
aged shor. tune
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24
VARDAMAN WANTS
RAILROAD PROBE
Would Have Congress Determine Causes Of
Great Number of Accidents and
Loss OF Life.

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Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-24
TRAFFIC MANAGER YOUNG n
Has Hard Time Tracing Missing Car Wheel
Shipment

bourne Iaeoh, Company. Columbus. Ohio. was
IN the city Yesterday tracing car wheels that
were shipped from Huntington. w Va. on
May ~. but have rot been seen 50 far The
{. and o. put refrigerator car in the car
wheel factory pl-rt and the shipment was
placed IN that car. 1t had originally come
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05
WASHINGTON.

NORTH.-Charles Palmer, who has
resided here for some years, has moved
his family to Weeks Mills, China, since
the death Of his wife. He now resides
with his sonin-law, Elmer Emmons.
Mrs. NJ. w. Lenfest, who has been
nursing at Augusta, returned home.
Tuesday, having finished up her work.
Mrs. Sarah Lenfest, who has beer
critically i'll for some weeks, is better
and improving slowly. She is still con-
fined to her room.
Mrs. Rose Edwards of Liberty, is at
work at f. M. Lenfest's.
Ernest Hannah and Will Palmer
worked for F. w. Cunningham two
days last week. with teams getting up
the years wood.
Rex Prescott and brother, WILL are
doing a large amount of numbering this
winter,
NJ. w Lenfest went to Augusta on
business, last Monday.
Will Palmer is stopping at T.. w.
Cunningham for a while.
Edward Jones of Boston is visiting
his cunt Mrs. VIII Leighor, for a few
weeks
Miss stella Jones visited her friend,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
March Term Convenes, Tuesday
Morning-Much Business Is Expect

The March term of the Kennebec
county supreme court, Associate Jus
tlce A. NJ. Spear presiding, opened az
10 A. NJ, Tuesday, with a prayer by
Rev. Henry f. Dunnack of the Green
street Methodist church. The chief
business of the morning session con-
sisted of the calling of the cases, and
assigning them for trial. The jurors
for this term of court will not report
until Thursday forenoon, at which
time the first trial case will be heard.
AS usual, many of the members of the
kennebec County Bar Association
We're present, to attend the opening
session. If part of the cases are not
settled without trials. the session
promises to be more lengthy than the
usual March term.
1t is very probable that Justice
Spears attention will be occupied, all
day, Wednesday, with naturalization
cases. as there are 80 assigned for the
consideration of the court.
Among the attorneys present were:
viii c. Atkins, c. A. Knight, o. p.
Clason and George w. Heselton of
Gardiner; Melvin r. Sawtelle, William
ii. Fisher, Warren c. Philbrook, Ern-
est L. Mclean, Charles Andrews. Wal
ter NJ. Sanborn, Melvin $ Holway,
Samuel Titeomb and Benedict r
Maher of Augusta G. W. Hussey. e.
w. Clair, John T. Nelson. A. IT.
Bridges and Carroll y. Perkins of
Waterville; George w. Field of Oak
land; George NJ. Chapman Of Fair
field, L. NJ. Halliday of Newport, l..
I. Carleton of Winthrop and Emery
q. Beane of Hallowell
After the morning session of the
court, the members of the Kennebec
Bar Association held special meet
ing with Pres. George w. Heselton Of
Gardiner, presiding 1t was decided
at this meeting by a unanimous vote
that the Association in a body sholiid
be present, in the afternoon at the
meeting of the state judiciary com
mlttee at the State House. The pnr-
pose of the bar in attending the meet
ing OF the judiciary committee was to
ask That the amendment to the State
laws governing the time which a sn-
preine court justice shall retire be re-
pealed. The amendment, which was
mace two years ago, states that a su-
preme court justice shall retire on
half salary at the age of 20 years. and
that If the justice does not choose to
do So and serves the remainder of his
term, that he shall then retire with
out pension
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05
TOWN ELECTIONS.

RADE-Moderato +. T. Yeaton;
clerk. f. II. Mosher; selectmen, l.. f.
Dunn, Arthur L. Gottle and W. z. Saw
telle; Treas, d: H. Mosher; Coll, II. II.
Adams school Com, w. T, Larkin, Har-
old Page; road Com, Herbert Alexander,
Will Wadieigh; constable, Howard Cow
ell; sexton, j. II. Thing; cemetery Com,
Geo. Bucknam. Jean Towle. The moder-
ator. selectmen, treasurer and school COM
mittee are Democrats the others, Repub-
leans.
SMTTHFIELD-Se J. +, Downs
1st Fred stevens %, Sanford Rowe 3D.
Treas, Harvey Sawyer; collector, \. B.
Cole; school committee, Fred Stevens
road Com. Fred Thompson; clerk, Berl
Groves Money raised For highways
$1,000; support of schools, $500; school
books, 500: school supplies, $25; better edu-
cation of youth, $59: schoolhouse repairs
support of poor, $500; appropriation for
snow bills, to be taken from the treasury
LGTCHFIELD-Mo Moderator, H. F. Wood.
ard selectmens e. +. Springer, +. M
Adams; treasurer, f. r. Lane; town
agent. b. p. Springer; auditor, +. w
Libby; collector of taxes, W. $. Rowe:
school committee, Henry Taylor. road
commissioner Geo f. Kicker, Appropri-
atoms: Schools, $500: school books, $40,
school supplies, SIS; incidental expenses,
roads and bridges, $3.50: snow bills. 500;
State road, $400; Memorial day So: remov-
al of brown-tail moths, 5000
ROME-The annual town meeting was
held at Town hall on Monday. March >
Officers elected as follows ModeI atoT,
w. d. Damren: clerk, +. ~ Halves. Sc
lectmen, b. a. Halves LIST, j. H. Little
field I'd, Clarence Smith Sd; treasurer. L.
L. Richardson; road commissioner. r. II.
Kelley; school committee, Adelbert l<el-
ley; tax collector, l.. A. Brown: consta-
bles, L. a. Brown and w u. Damren
ANON-Moderator joel Wilbur; clerk.
II. w. WoTthley: Selectmen. assessors and
overseers of poor. +. a. leary. Geo. WI
bur. D. w Toothaker; town treasurer. II.
w. Worthley member OF school commit
tee, Charles PearY; road commissioner.
y. w. Wells; superintendent of schools.
II. w. Worthley. appropriations: Sup
port of schools, 500. repair OF school
houses, $50; text books, $50: High school
tuition, 500; town charges, SO; town off-
GERS bills, $500; interest on town debt,
$40; town debt, $500; support of poor, $3.50;
roads and bridges, $1,000; snow bills. $500:
abatement of taxes, 800: Memorial pur-
poses. $40; State road. $500. discount on
taxes, Sl01
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05

The Chapman Concert.

Tickets go on sale, this morning. at
Bither's Drug store for the Chapman
Concert The prices are soc, 75c. and
$1.00. 1t will be well to get your
seats early and thus be assured of
desirable location.
Certainly it has been years since
Augusta has had the privilege of hear
ing so noted a singer as Giordano. A
splendid program for the evening mas
been prepared which will surely de-
light all lovers of music. In Portland
when Giordano sung there, the audi
ence simply went wild over this son
of sunny Italy with the music OF
great harmony in his wonderful voice
Miss Otis, the New York soprano, en-
gagged to tour Maine with Giordano Is
receiving much favorable comment.
OF course Maine already we'll Knows
and appreciates Miss Winchell, the
brilliant young cellist 1t will be an
evening of great pleasure to those
fortunate enough to attend. Keep that
evening for Giordano. 1t is an OPP
portunity of a lifetime. Next Mon
day night, at City hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-05
''How Governed,
Subject of Lecture
At Library Hall.

Mrs. Morrill, Hamlin laid particular
stress in her lecture, Tuesday after
noon, at. Library hall, upon the topic,
How We Are Governed" upon the
fact that the people are the final
court of appeals in all governmental
matters.
She paiG high tribute to the Con-
stitution of the United States and the
man who framed it, saying that it was
the greatest document ever conceived
by human brain. She commented, too,
upon the fact that those who drew it
up had been wise enough to place q
check upon those in authority by pro-
viding three branches of the govern
ment, the executive, the legislative.
and the judicial.
Briefly, she analyzed the duties of
each and the mode of appointing their
members. The House of Representa-
tiVes, she said. was most closely allied
with the peoples interest, since it was
elected directly by the people. The
President was appointed by electors,
chosen by the people, and hence in
directly by the people themselves, and
while the President had the power of
appointing the judiciary, their APP
pointment must nevertheless be rati-
fed by the Senate. Then again the
Representatives We're elected one in
every two years. the senators every six
years, and the President of the United
States every four years. so that, by
that means, the balance of the power
was always maintained.
Mrs. Hamlin went no to show that
the same balance of power existed in
the administration of affairs. by OUT
lining the duties of the President, the
judicial branch, the United States
supreme court. Congress had the
power, she said, to make laws and en-
force them through the President.
Congress might declare war at tho
Presidents suggestion. The President
alone never could. The President had
the authority to appoint ambassadors
and censuls. but his appointments
must be ratified by the Senate A law
must be promulgated by Congress
and signed by the President to go in
to effect. or if he vetoed it must be
passed over his veto, before it could
become a part of the statutes. In all
these matters Congress and the Presi-
dent acted as checks upon each other.
Ana should the people disagree with
the action of both, there was a final
check, the supreme court, whose in
tervention might be secured by an APP
peal, and in order that the court
might not have too much power it
was not permitted to interfere with
the President or Congress in any way.
To limit the power of all. said the
speaker, there must be an established
power of impeachment, whereby any
official who proved unfaithful to his
trust might be removed.