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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-22

MAKES PUBLIC REPORT ON
COUNTY TREAS OFFICE
The Chicago Bureau of Efficiency,
Julius Rosenwald chairman, makes
public today a report on the county
treasurer's Office. The bureau
charges:
That there is no legislation COM
polling the county treasurer to ac-
count for the interest on public
funds;
That as result of pledges made
before election the present county
treasurer, VIM. L. 0'Connell, and his
two predecessors, John R. Thompson
and John ]. Hanberg, turned over to
the county certain lump sums as in
terest on bank deposits;
That the treasurer handles about
S55,000,000 of the peoples money an
nually;
That in the year 1911 Treas.
O'ConneI paid to the county as in
terest earned during the year 1911
$150,557.39,. while the bureau COM
putes the interest the county should
have received at 1921, 526.18, making
$130,968.79 that the treasurer should
have got and the county didn't get;
That the treasurer keeps public"
and private" records of public
money handled;
That the interest he should have
received and turned over to the
county amounts to much more than
the 1921, 526.18, the amount esti-
mated by the bureau;
That Treas. O'Conne1 has not ac-
counted for more than $130,968 in
terest which he did receive; that the
constitution of 1870 requires that all
fees, perquisites and emoluments of
the Office of county treasurer shall |
be paid into the county treasury;
The bureau recommends that the |
county board demand from Treas. |
O'ConneH a full and complete ac-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-22
A. F. OF L. JUMP ON HEARST

A. F. OF 1. JUMP ON HEARST
Seattle, WASH, Nov. 22.-The
American Federation by implication
today took fall out of Hearst for
his meddling with President Wilson's
Mexican policy and trying to force
Wilson to intervene in Mexico with
armed force. The following resolu-
ton, aimed at Hearst, was unani-
mously adopted:
''The American Federation of La
Dor condemns attempts being made
by American and foreign corpora
tons and certain lingo newspapers
to force armed Intervention by the
United States government in Mexico,
and urges upon the president of the
United States the continuance of a
policy looking to peaceful adjust
ment of the conflict among the Mexi-
can people, and the president and
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor are instructed to transmit
the position of the federation upon
that matter to the president of the
United States.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-22

That there is no check or audit Of
his accounts, except such as he or his
bondsmen may conduct; -,
That the treasurer. disregards the
law in making remittances to the
city and other taxing bodies on ac-
count of taxes and special assess
ments collected for them;
That he holds back money until
the urgent need of the taxing bodies
make it necessary for him to pay'it
over;
That he keeps no books or records
showing his interest or deposit ac-
counts with the banks; that he fails
to show upon the public" records
the receipt of millions in tax collec-
tons until months after the money is
actually received.
The bureau calls on Gov. Dunno to
call an extra session of the legisla-
ture to make laws that will straighten
this matter out and make county
treasurers pay into the county treas
urer the money that is earned as in
terest and rightfully belongs to the
people of Cook county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
The Parcels Post

Postmaster General Burleson, unde-
tered by senatorial criticism, an
nounces that he will proceed at once
to revise the rules governing the par
cells post and provide for reduction
of rates and an increase in the size of
packages which may be carried. He
proposes to raise the weight limit
from II to 20 pounds and to abolish
the second distance zone.
Mr.. Burleson contends that the
government will profit by the new
arrangement, and that in a short
while further reductions an rates will
be possible. He says the business of
the postoffice department has shown
enormous increase since the inaugu-
ration of the parcels post, and he ex-
poets the increase to continue. The
interstate commerce commission,
through Chairman Clark, has agreed
to the innovations, being convinced
they are for the purpose of promoting
the service to the public and that the
receipt of revenue will be entirely ad-
eguate to pay the cost.
Ample authority is. provided the
Postmaster General under the law as
it stands. One section of the act gives
him power to reform the classified
ton of articles mailable, as well as
the weight limit, the rates of postage,
zone or zones, and other conditions of
mailability" This seems comprehen-
sive enough. 1t was put into the bill
at the instance of Mr.. Lewis of Mary
land, one of the representatives who
believes that the government should
transport coal and pig iron. Mr.. Bur-
Lesson intends to make his changes eff
fective August 15. Just how oppo-
nents of the plan are going to stop
him is not very clear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Iron Ms n Rarometer

The pig iron market is improving and
l am looking for a decided advance with
in the next week or two" said man
who keeps in touch with the industrial
world
Early in the summer considerable
tonnage was sold at $40 on No. . basis,
but l understand that no Birmingham
iron can be bought now for less than
$3.50 for No. ?. The tendency is decidedly
upward. The market will be firm, 1
think, at 81 in the near future There
is good profit on 81 iron. but there is
little or none at $40. Years ago iron was
produced in this district at IS a ton; In
the middle of the nineties at Sc or lower,
but in recent years wages have advanced.
Cost sheets are no longer what they used
to be. Some furnace companies may
make iron for less than $40, but the SELL
ing price must be over that figure to
make profit worth while
pig iron is a very important business
barometer and the fact that 1t is advanc-
ing is one of the many evidences that
prosperity throughout the country is IN
evidence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
The Mexican Situation

If the United States should send an
army of invasion into Mexico mobili-
zation would be easier and more ex-
peditious than it was in the Spanish
American war in 1898.
The United States army, although
still comparatively small, is about
three times as large as it was Is
years ago. While a large body of
troops is stationed in the Philippines
the regulars in service on the main
land are double the number of en-
listed men constituting the army
prior to our conflict with Spain. And
the regular army is supposed to be
more efficient now than ever before.
Another fact worthy of note is the
higher state of efficiency of the ma
tional guard. There are about 100000
guardsmen-officers and men-and of
this number at least 100000 would be
available on short notice for service in
the field. 1t is safe to say that the
organized military is fully 100 per cent
higher in efficiency than it was Is
years ago.
Although this republic does not
pose or boast and is not conspicuous
as military power, being rather a
peace loving nation, no generation has
passed since the revolution without a
war. Americans have always been
good fighters and as long as the pa
triotic spirit is here no nation or allied
powers can conquer or seriously hurt
the United States, "the home of the
free and the land of the brave"
But it is sincerely hoped there may
be no war with Mexico. In every large
country there are always many hot
heads who would be quick to foment
trouble with neighboring country.
But President Wilson and his cabinet,
while firm in dealing with Mexico, will
do all that is reasonable and right to
avert war.
A war would mean great loss of
life and would cost millions of dollars.
There have been righteous wars
wars started and fought out on pa
triotic lines to preserve the integrity
and honor of a nation, but it looks now
as if war with Mexico would be un-
justifiable. The situation is grave but
it does not, it is believed, call for an
armed conflict. However, if the United
States is forced to intervene the regu-
lars and volunteers would make quick
work of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
buildings Much Needed

Birmingham shodld have a library
building, and it unquestionably needs a
large auditorium" said business man.
within the next two or three years we
should be able to raise money enough to
erect suitable library building. A cam
vass is to be made shortly for 1.-The uni
versity. free oispensary. The next canvass
after that should be made for library.
But more needed, think. than any OF
the buildings referred to is an auditorium
with a seating capacity of 5000 to 10000.
The city should build and own an audi
torium. Something not only suitable for
today, but something that would do for
25 years or more will cost, / understand,
about 100000 The voters will have the
oportunity of saying whether the city
should issue bonds not to exceed 100000
to provide for this great need.
Hardly month passes that the need of
a large auditorium is not felt. State
bodies having annual meetings really need
buildings larger than any we have at
present, and when 1t comes to national or
ganizatons with meetings attended by 1o-
900, we cannot ask them to come here un-
til we have the auditorium. The voters
will express themselves at the regular
lection in September. 1t is hoped the ma
jority in favor of bond issue will be
practically unanimous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
bloody. nrutnl nuIgnrinna

1.-THE popularity of Bulgarian as ap-
piled to woman's dress and the color of
fabrics, win quickly decline now that the
horrible pictures of the atrocities of the
Bulgarian army are being brought to
view" said a student OF affairs.
when the war opened the Bulgarians
occupied the prominent position, and were
regarded as the dominant forces in the
great contest with the 'unspeakabe
Turk All is changed; henceforth, when
the brutalities of rapine. and cruelty un-
speakable, are mentioned in a compare
tive sense, the brutal. bloody Bulgarlans
shall be the measure of such damnable
deeds. To the we'll informed it has been
long known that the Turks were not al
together what they have been painted;
at least not by strict rules of comparison
with the Montenegrins and particularly
the Albanians, both wild semi -barbaric
descendants of the Aryan race. The AL
banians are largely of the brigand type
and were allowed more liberty by the
Turks through a system of tribute paid
in money But of the Bulgarians much
was expected, more especially after the
remarkable successes which crowned the
arms of the allies. In the hour of victory
the Bulgarians showed their true charac-
ter, showed themselves unworthy the
palm of victory of the laurels due only to
noble victors in honorable warfare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
ST. MARy's LAKE


Thou know st 1t well-nor fen, nor sedge
Pollute the pure lakes crystal edge;
Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink
At once upon level brink;
And just a trace of silver sand
Marks where the water meets the land.
Far in the mirror bright and blue,
Each hills huge outline you may view;
Shaggy with heath, but lonely. bare
Nor tree. nor bush, nor brake, is there,
Save where of land yon slender line
Bears 'thwart the lake of the scatter'd
pine.
Yet even his nakedness has power,
And aids the feeling of the hour;
Nor thicket, dell. nor copse you spy,
Where living thing concealed might lie;
Nor point. retiring, hides dell,
Where swain, or woodman lone, might
dwell;
There's nothing left to fancy's guess,
You see that all is loneliness;
And silence aids-tfough the steep hills
Send to the lake thousand rills;
In summertide. 80 soft they weep,
The sound but lulls the ear asleep;
Your horses hoof tread sounds too rude.
So silly is the solitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28

clahsts The party of Debs has not ad-
Yocated such a doctrine as this. We
cant lust remember what the socialists
do advocate, but we are sure that their
sole and lonesome representative in Con-
gress, the late-politically late-Mr Ber-
ger did not make any speeches on the
moor OF the House advocating this normal
business.
AND this brings us back to the original
proposition-the minute a citizen gets up
and Wildly advocates some impossible and
unheard of manner of living, or political
reform. or psychology, or something
everybody significantly taps their head
and proceeds to pass sentence-"s social
lists" The minute a prominent politician
becomes suddenly virtuous and starts out
on a new tack, largely because he feels
that the old tack has been wrong, and he
is in danger of losing out, he is called
a socialist" by his former associates. Ii
a man is little eccentric and fails to
take a bath more than twice year he is
dubbed socialist" If he let's his hair
grow long. he is a socialist; In Short any
person out of the ordinary or abnormal
is called a socialist; and now comes Mrs.
Winslow, who claims that to be perfectly
normal, and all that one must be So
cialist Somebody is mixed, up on what
really constitutes a socialist.
The socialists platform adopted in 1919
does not throw much light upon the SUBJ
ject Ii denounces the capitalistic classes
no capitalist can be socialist in good
standing unless he is bug enough TO pay
his dues in advance and divide UP his
coin. The socialists demand the abolition
of the United States Senate and various
and sundry other reforms of like nature.
among which is the initiative and the ref
erendum and the recall, but they are as
silent as a cast iron biliken on the sub
ject of matrimony and the normal bus
mess advocated by Mrs Winslow.
Somehow or other we believe that Mrs.
Winslow has put one over on the social
ist party. We are willing to coneede that
the socialists will stand for good deal.
and its none of our business, but don't
believe that political party in this coun-
try which has succeededin annexng sew
eral hundred thousands of voters will fall
for such plan of living as suggested by
Mrs. Winslow
We don't hold any brief for defending
the socialist party, and we are free to adj
nit that we knock them every chance we
get, but we won't sit calmly by and see
them slandered without raising our voice
In protest. We believe that the socialists.
with all their foolishness and wild eyed
ideas, believe In the fundamental prin-
oF
of his bosom-that is, at least until she
has conelusively proven that she will no
longer support him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
Pity Mrs. Pankhurst

The worlds sympathy for Mrs.
Pankhurst in her present plight is
that for an old and sick woman. There
are few who regard her as martyr.
Her desperate condition today is due
to her misguided zeal for political
change her. own actions have served
to thwart. Woman's suffrage in Eng
land is now farther from attainment
than it has been in years. 1t is human
to believe that the demonstration of
unique capacity for arson and as
sault is not convincing argument to
establish fitness for the ballot.
An article by Hamilton Fyfe in the
London Daily Mail says that today
all the ground gained by the suffra-
gettes by years and years of patient
effort has been lost--lost when the
reward of that effort was in sight.
"The mass of the nation" the writer
goes on, "into which the reasonable
ness of the claim was quietly perme-
ated, has become Violently hostile. At
this moment it would be impossible for
either party to alter the constitution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
LANDS OF ILLUSION

From the Literary Baedeker BY Arthur
Bartlett Maurice. in the August Book
man.
On the map of Europe draw a line from
Leipsig to Trieste; another from Warsaw
to Belgrade, and then connect Leipsig and
warsaw, and Trieste and Belgrade, and
one has a great square, which. IL 1t has no
political nor diplomatic significance, is OF
immense Importance to the makers and
req ders of the modern romantic novel.
since Mr. Hope set the fashion by sending
Rassendyl away from the West End o.
London on his journey, this square has
been experiencing the most marvellous up
heayals and complications. If one has
the proper amount of imagination, and
Is not over strong on geography, any
thing may happen here. You may wear a
rapier, and with it run your neighbor
gracefully through the midriff, as gentle
men used to do in the good days of Car
dinal Richelieu; you may swim moats
and demolish donjons, hobnob with royal
personages and match pennies df you call
them groats) with prime ministers and
archbishops--no diplomatic formality Is
necessary, nothing but the proper amount
of British imperturbabiity or good Ameri-
can cheek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28

factor In this respect the situation IS
somewhat spotty, as during the past
week some sections of the interior have
suffered from excessive heat and
drouth. Remembering that the condi-
tions on July / were somewhat better
than the government report Indicated.
the prospects at the moment are Tor
crops decidedly above the average
The present outlook is for 720,OO0,0oo-
bushel wheat crop, a yield of 3,0OO,O0o'-
600 bushels of corn and heavy cotton
crop. The next week or 10 days, how
ever. win be a critical period for corn
and other grain crops; hence 1t Is pre-
mature to assume too much confidence
regarding the outcome. Our merchan-
disc markets are generally in sound
condition.
aside from monetary and crop un-
eertainties, the stock market outlook
is encouraging. The Mexican difficult
ties Will not be serious factor except
to a limited class of securities. The
high rates paid by some corporations
for financing, notably the New Haven.
are suggestive reminders of the neces-
sity for conservatism in new borrow
ings. The volume of general business
has been well sustained; far better In
fact than might have been well antie-
ipated This is confirmed by con-
tinued satisfactory railroad earnings
AS for the dispute between the railroads
and their employees, more rational means
of adjustment are being found than for
merly existed, and arbitration Is likely
TO prevent serious consequences. Our
foreign trade is running upon very
liberal scale and promises to so con-
unue. The new tariff will unquestiona-
bly, stimulate imports, and these in turn
will encourage exports. Larger mar
kets for American manufacturers are
absolutely necessary and sure to come.
With the favorable outlook for more
satisfactory outcome of affairs at WASH
ington we are promised a more active
and stronger market 1t will be WELL
however, to keep a close watch upon
the crop and money outlook, also upon
developments in Mexico. Furthermore
too rapid advance in the market will
be sure to provoke disastrous reaction.
We have turned the corner and may
look for reasonable improvement, but
over buoyant optimism for the present
at least should be rigidly frowned
down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
ORDERING BY TELEPHONE

From Golfers Weekly.
The awakening really came through the
purchase of two shanks of ham. One had
been ordered over the telephone. For this
we had been charged 80 cents.
Two wekes later, at the market. l paid
4S cents in cash for shank of the same
size and quality. For the convenience
of the telephone in this one instance l had
paid almost double the amount of my
purchase.
Under the system of convenience the
meat and grocery bills for our family of
seven never had been less than SIS week.
Usually it was more. l decided to make
a busiaess of my marketing 1 never
had studied the chemistry of foods, but l
knew the common sense of buying IL l
permitted myself to make use of my
knowledge. began by experimenting with
$40 a week. This was set aside every
Monday morning as a stated allowance. 1
have tried this plan now for nearly year
and | have not increased the allowance.
We have had better food than we had be-
FORE we have had the same quantity of
it and we have met the cash purchases
on our SO a week.
BY paying cash we have not been SUBJ
ject to overcharge. BY being present at
the weighing we have not been subject
either to underweight or overweight-two
expensive items in months bills. Only
recently I went to the market and asked
for leg of lamb. setting the limit of my
price at $780, The butcher brought out a
tempting piece of meat which he weighed.
Il am sorry he explained with a smile,
but this is a bit heavier than the piece
you asked for. 1t is an excellent leg of
lamb though, and will cost you only s1.92.' .
Yes" | answered. Il know 1t is good
cut, but it is larger than 1 need Select a
piece for me which will not cost more than
S150"
He turned, cut from the piece In his
hand enough to have amounted. perhaps,
to three chops. reweighed the leg, and
added:
This will cost s1.54"
l took it. Instead of paying AZ cents
more than / had wanted to pay, | paid
only cents additional and had an excel
lent cut of meat Had the leg of lamb
been ordered over the telephone the larger
late to permit its return.
At the market | pay 20 cents pound
for Goldfish. over the telephone-as have
tested many times-I pay 25 cents a pound.
At the grocer's when I select my own
order of lettuce l get three small or two
large heads of crisp, fresh leaves for 20
cents When all the leaves may be util-
ized this will make salad for two meals. A
fortnight ago 1 ordered lettuce over the
telephone. There came two tiny heads,
old, withered, and the outer leaves decay
ing. The inciosed bill registered charge
of 20 cents. l sent 1t back. The good
leaves would not have provided salad for
one meal.
These are just instances which serve
to illustrate all foods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28

From the Baltimore Manufacturer Rec
ord
II the United States government should
decide to build its own armor plate plant.
then it would seem that without question
the proper location for it is in the
south. Not only has the south In greater
abundance than anywhere else in the
country in close proximity raw materials
for the making of iron and steel, but it
las the geographical location with re-
speet TO what is to be the center of
of the worlds commercial activities
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea.
The cutting of the canal across the 18TH
mus of Panama, as has been stated, "di-
vides a continent. but unites a world"
The opening of the canal to trade will
bring about the sudden shifting of the
worlds commercial activities, and like
wise the shifting of all the elements that
make for strategic advantages in the
case of war. We trust that this country
may be saved from the horrors of war.
We believe that the advancement of
civilization and Christianity should make
war impossible by such nation as this.
Nevertheless, if ever war comes to
this country, the Gulf of Mexico will be
the great strategic point.
In considering the location of an ar
NOR plant, if it should be decided upon,
Congress and the people of the country
should regard the question not as one
having only local or a sectional value,
nor one in which only sectional interests
are involved. The south as the ma
tion's greatest asset, greatest in It's re-
sources for development and for the ad-
vancement of its material welfare, should
receive every possible benefit that can
be given to it by the national govern
ment within constitutional limits, and the
development of the south should never
be thought of merely as a matter ofsin-
terest to the southern people, but as a
matter of national Importance. From
this standpoint therefore, the south
should receive favorable consideration as
we'll as from that of its great resources
for steel making.