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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
WAS SHELLEY MURDERED?

| Their bodies We're found more than a
week later; the little sloop found after
ward by dredging; a hole had been stove
In its side.
Trelawny seems to have had sus-
pisions at the time, but the Italian Of
ficials made light of them. Evidently,
they said, the boat had swamped during
the storm Forty years afterward an old
italian seaman died in the town of Com
bo. Before his death he declared that he
had been one of crew of four who had
run down the Ariel, meaning to rob it;
the vessel sank he said, before it was
possible to get any loot.
Byron had intended to sail with Shell
ley and his friend. and the longshoremen
knew Byron was rich. He was the man
whose life and gold they sought. And so
they followed the sloop out of the harbor.
and during the storm purposely ran it
down, planning to cover their crime by
the storm itself; for 1t was known the
Enslshmen We're Indifferent sailors.
OF course, these coast bandltti did not
know Byron had changed his plans. They
saw three Engishmen go aboard the
| sloop; Williams and Shelley had a sailor
boy named Charles Vivian with them.
Shelley had drawn money from the bank
at Leghorn. He had the coins in bag
with him. And so the longshore pirates,
sailing in a heavier boat and sailing it
better rammed Shelley's vessel.
| Their plans fiscarried, because the
Ariel, a boat without a deck, was ball
| lasted with scrap iron, which made 1t
sink within two minutes after the coll
| bsion.
| Their plans miscarried, because the
Shelley died. SO, too, it seemed, Heins
believed. His letter contains graphic,
though, of course, imaginative, account
of the tragedy; of the four men hailin0
the boat binding the Englishmen and then
sinking the Ariel. 1t seems more likely
that the flucca merely rammed the boat
and sank it sooner than the Italians had
intended. However that may be, tho
death of Shelley will always remain
something of q mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
MissOuri's Insurance Troubles


The fire insurance companies that
have stopped writing policies in Mis-
souri, are evidently in a bulldozing
mood, for the Orr law does not go
into effect until June %. The Orr law
forbids the companies to combine in
the making of rates. 1t aims to re-
store competition in fire insurance
rates. But at present and for nearly
two months to come the companies
make their own rates in their own
way.
Missouri has opened up the whole
fire insurance problem in her Orr bill,
and the manner in which it will be
adjusted cannot be foreseen. The haste
of the insurance companies will do
nothing to settle it. The Orr law
cannot be repealed until the legisla
ture meets and acts, and arbitrary ac-
ton on the part of the insurance COM
panies will settle nothing. The insur-
ance question needs discussion and
common sense consideration, and i'll
temper and haste will not help the sit
uation a particle. The people of Mis-
souri, have accumulated problem that
will stay with them considerable
time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
asocrAu pEcApENeE.

Scott Nearing. In the May number OF
the North American Review,
Conclusions derived from English
studies are not, of course, applicable
to the United states, yet it is interest
ing to note that in kindred racial
stock. living primarily in towns and
cities and engaged. like the Americans,
In Industrial pursuits, 1.-The group OF
lower social worth are largely respon-
slble for replacing the population.
Would similar study In American
cities Yield like results7 Certainly the
American data already presented create
a strong presumption in favor of the
statement that the American popula-
tion is being most rapidly increased
from among those of low social status
The available data clearly show that
in the United States the well educated
and we'll to do portions of the popula-
tion have a birth rate (about two chill
dren per family below that necessary
to maintain the population. While 1t
cannot be definitely shown that the de-
fectives are propagating at higher
rate than the other classes of society
the data thus far would SO indicate.
on the other hand, 1t has been proven
beyond cavil that the rate of increase
among the immi grants is at least twice
as great as that among native born
families, while among the lowest In
come groups the rate of propagation
Is several times as great as 1t is among
college graduates and the well to do
elements in the population. Here is evil
dence of stationary population among
those of high social worth, and a rap
idly increasing population among those
of low social worth.
The American population may, there
fore, be increasing most rapidly from
that group least fitted by heredity or
by income to develope social worth
in their offspring. The continuance of
such a condition must inevitably mean
the replacement of the more able by a
less able stock. Such process OF
reversed selection" must mean, for
the nation, a constant decrease in the
social worth of each succeeding genera
ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Thomas Allison known as Eneie Tom,
who resides in Newton county, Arkansas,
has furnished record In the number of
his offspring and descendants which more
than conform to the views of Colonel
Roosevelt regarding the preservation of
the family. Uncle Tom is % years old.
The birthday yesterday OF son to one
OF his granddaughters caused a review
of his record, which Shove that he has
2G2 descendants In ALL Here It is: Mar
ried three times: father of 50 children:
great grandfather of 60 children; great
great grandfather of 27 children. ALI
sons youngest child is II years old, the
Oldest 65. He was born in Clinton coun-
ty, Ohio,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
business MANS practical Remark.

Il was much impressed with a short
speech made by Mr.. Beck at q meeting
of the board OF directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce Wednesday" said a
prominent business man who happens
to be a director and who attended the
meeting referred to.
1T was an executive session, but
am betraying no secret when I say that
Mr.. Beck stressed the indirect benefits
which Birmingham derives from such
events as the potlatch celebration. 1 have
known this gentleman for a number of
years; have known him as one OF Bir-
mingham's most public spirited citizens,
but l had never heard him talk on his
feet before. Ills manner is quiet but he
expresses himself clearly and foreefully.
Speechmaking is an art and Mr.. Beck
has that art well developed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
RECREATION IN THE NAVY

Norman Reeve. in Leslie's.
On the long level stretch of hard sand
to the eastward of Deer Point, Guantana-
mo, Cuba, our navy's winter base within
easy walk of camp and rifle range, an eX-
cellent baseball diamond has been laid
out. Under the coaching of officers,
many of whom were stars in their days
at Annapolis, each battleship endeavors
to develop a championship team. The
teams are enthusiastically supported and
the final game for the fleet championship
played some fine February day on an
amphitheatre framed by the Cuban hills
Is usually replete with sensational plays.
While one division is thus engaged in
combined drills and recreation ashore the
rest of the fleet is devoting its attention
seaman's profession. Late in the after
noon the drills for the day, concluded,
there are sailing races between sailing
launches whale boats and dirghes of the
various ships; and, on Saturday and Sun
day afternoons, many trim cutter
manned by bluejackets, cleaves the blue
waters of the bay.
/ Rowing, too, claims its votaries. Care
fully selected crews train perseveringiy
in the 12 Dared navy cutters. Constant
races between individual ships eliminate
in the final two mile struggle for the
Coffin cup, the winning of which gives
great prestige to the victorious crew.
Until the adoption of Guantanamo as a
base, the layman would have marvelled
at the large number of enlisted men of
the navy who were unable to swim a
stroke At present, thanks to daily swim
ming parties and consistent instruction,
this condition has been remedied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
Returning from Chicago

Maj. w. f. Tebbetts of Mobile spent
yesterday in Birmingham on his way
home from the north. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Tebbetts. an accomplished
vocalist, who made a great hit in chi.
cago when she sang at one of the con-
certs in connection with the National
Federation of Musical clubs.
Il spent 10 days in Chicago and found
business there very active said Major
Tehbetts. I'm fact, business conditions
seemed particularly satisfactory There
was~an optimistic feeling on every side
and great prosperity is expected this sum-
mer I stopped in Indianapolis and found
business there also good
"One sometimes hears pessimistic talk
about the effect of revised tariff but
croakers are now few and far between.
Big crops this summer will certainly
make business hum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
The Presidents silent Partner

| Peter Clark Macfarlane, in of the
periodicals, writes interestingly of Edward
NJ. House, President Wilson's silent
| partner said a club man. Colonel
House registers from Texas. "Those
who know" says Mr.. Macfarlane, give
this man credit for influencing the ap-
pointment of at least four cabinet Off
| GERS and say there is no doubt that
| his voice was heard concerning every one
of the others.
" Last winter, when Mr.. Wilson and
Mr.. Bryan were trying to look each other
in the eye, it was this man who did
the focusing and vlbrated between Prince
ton and Miami until the premiership of
the Nebraskan in the cabinet of the New
Jerseyman was assured
I'm telling of Colonel Houses influence
over the President and the tete-a-tetes
at the White House, the sketch writer
says:
" The talk will range over art and lit
erature. 1t is sure to cover more than
a segment of history and come around
by and by to the science of government
the President great interest being in
practical side of this latter issue. Some
where in between they will talk little
politics and come at the adjustment of
presidential principles to administrative
exigencies, which means also that they
must begin to weigh and sift the char
acters and qualities of individual men.
This, now. is where the silent part
ner begins to coruscate. He is not mere
ly the Presidents playfellow; he is his
scales and balance. He can gauge the
moral and intellectual half of a man as
keenly as any person in public life to-
day. He is an adept at estimating the
depth and force of the currents of public
opinion. He can put his finger on~ the
key log in a political jam, or unravel
tangled threads with the deftness that
belongs to genius. When 1t comes to the
smelling of mouse. his olfactory nerves
are not only nothing lacking but un-
usually sensitive. And so the hours would
pass. frequently concluding, If in the
Afternoon, with an evening at the the
afre.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Declaring that she preferred death to
separation from her two children, Mrs
Martha e. Elite of York, Pa, went on a
hunger strike when she was committed
to prison last Saturday on a charge of
larceny, and the authorities, fearing she
would die of starvation released her on
Monday. The woman had refused food
since her incarceration and when her
condition was regarded as alarming, her
release was secured through the inter
vention of the York Society to Protect
Children. Mrs Ettie had taken her chill
dren. and 10 years old, to Jail with
her, but because of their tender ages they
were removed to the detention home by
the Childrens society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
Mr.. UnderwOod's Assailants

The attacks upon Mr.. Underwood by
Minority Leader Mann and the at
tacks made upon the use of convict
miners in Alabama by Representative
Stanley of Kentucky were promptly
met and dispelled. Mr. Underwood is
ready for all comers whether they as
sail his own motives in making rates
on iron and coal or whether they assail
his state because convicts are still
used in the mines. He showed that
every item in the pig iron business
had either been reduced or placed on
the free list. "If | could not" he add
ed, represent my constituency and at
the same time represent the people of
the United States, without feeling
had to be a special pleader for inter
ests that happen to be located in my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
LlFE's TRAGIC INCIDENTS
m the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Scene-a crowded car.
Strong featured woman, standing, L
man, sitting: IF you were a gentleman
sir, you would give your seat to lady
The man. II can't do it. ina am
The woman 'Why not? You are bis
and able bodied
The man: 81 know it, lady. But it ain't
safe. No, ma'am."
The woman: what isn't safe?"
The man.: "Why, the last time I gave
my seat to lady somebody told my wife
about it and 1t took a month of good be
havior to square myself. She's a vers
jealous person, ma am. and likely to d,
most anything when she'd mad. O1
course, | wasn't to blame. Why, fhs
woman | gave my seat to wasn't {any
prettier or better dressed than YOU areI
ma am. Honest, And he resumed his
brain racking analysis of what JACKSON
did at Detroit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
IBsEN IDEAS ABOUT AMERICA

From Personal Recollections of Ibsen BY
Bolette Sontum in the May Bookman.
Mrs. Ibsen had told him that I was sail
ing for New York and had come to saw
goodby. We talked about the happv
days at Grefsen and my father, then ne
said "And now you are going to Amer
lea. Are you going to write books?" "Oh
no., I laughingly answered, II am going
to learn how to put them correctly on the
shelves" He said: "Yes, their libraries
are famous and then he sat thinking
1T must be great country with many
chances, he repeated slowly, twice. But
it seems so far away. You must be care
full with yourself. My son says, beware
of the Ice water and the hot bread'' Mrs
Ibsen also asked me not to have too
much of Athose American dishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
HARKING BACK.

Now is the time of the year when
we see small boy, with long
handled brush and a pensiye look on
1t is quite evident from the unemo-
tional and laborious manner in whicn
he goes about the task that his heart
is not in his work. No doubt it is far
away, with his playmates who have a
ball game in progress on some vacant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

President Wilson, in presenting an
American flag to delegation of AZ school
boys from San Francisco, made a little
speech in which he said: II dare say you
think that schoolmasters are often a bit
hard on you in requiring you to do things
in order that you may pass the tests of
the school, but 1 want to warn you that
when you get out of the school you are
going to have harder schoolmasters than
you had before. The world requires that
we make good, no matter what happens,
and the man who does things amounts to
great deal more than the man who
wishes he had done things and who prom
ises he will do things. The men I am
sorry for are the men who stop and think
that they have accomplished something
before they stop at the grave itself. You
have got to have your second wind in this
world and keep it up until the last min
ute."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
"In Backward New York"

The Chicago News considers New
York a backward state because Boss
Barnes of Albany and Boss Murphy
of Tammany Hall are stronger than
the people of the state. "To the peo-
pie of Illinois," it says, "the New
York contest reads like page from
history. Although it was not long ago
that direct primary legislation was
enacted in this state, after bitter
struggle between the people and the
machine politicians, memories of the
conflict >fe already beginning to grow
dim irI the popular mind. 1t is part
of the past and the state has become
engrossed in new issues. The wisdom
of direct nominations for offices prop
erly partisan in their nature is no
longer seriously called into question
in Illinois"
The legislature in New York is
about to adjourn, and the subject goes
to the people, and they will decide how
many conventions, if any, they want.
What is good in Illinois would seem
to be good in New York, for the
voting populations in the two states
are similar. The tendency in all states
is towards the elimination of the con-
vention system because it breeds
bosses, clique rule and railroad cam
paien subscriptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Major General Mackenzie. chief OF staff,
and Lieut.-Col George Palley of the Can
adian army arrived in Washington this
week to join officers OF the United
States army in working out the problem
of what would have happened in the civil
war If It had been fought with modern
arms and ammunition. The problem has
been placed before the officers now study
ing at the war college and the Canadian
officers were invited to join them. The
officers will make trips to battlefelds 81
Maryland and Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

At the Kansas City stock yards 1905
goats from Texas, three carloads. sold
al $40 hundred pounds. and the season
more goats than any other market in the
United States, and the bulk of the suppl,
is marketed in April. May and June
Their final disposition is mutton. Few
persons can tell goat meat from its fnel
cousin, mutton. At present the goat meal
3 cents a pound cheaper than mutton
Compared with year ago, prices for fai
goats are \about 81 hundred pounds
higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
THE CAUTIOUS SCOT

From Cassels Saturday Journal.
A Scotsman went to a solicitor, laid be-
fore him question, and asked him IL he
could undertake the case.
Certainly" replied the solicitor II will
readily undertake the case. We're sure
to win
80 we really think it's a good case?"
Most decidedly, my dear, sir. l am
prepared to guarantee that you will se-
cure 81 favorable verdict"
"Ah, weel, I'm much obliged tae ye, but
>dinna think I'll go tae law this time,
for, you see the case I've laid before ye
is my opponents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Eddie Plank won a baseball game the
other day and pitched only 81 balls. Thai
is less than 10 for each inning A base.
ball player says that a good pitcher puts
enough steam behind every ball to carry
it 100 yards, provided he gives it the
proper elevation. Thus Plank must have
pitched only, five miles of ball, whereas
a pitcher who used, say 100 balls, would
be throwing the equivalent of nearly n!
miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Local business copdIiiop,

Business in Birmingham has been good
Tor some time and it is good today
said Leo *. Steiner, banker
industrial conditions In this district
have been notably prosperous for year
past. Wages are high and the pay rolls
being uncommonly large 4 great deal OF
money is In circulation. Prosperity has
certainly been the rule In mercantile cir
cles' One hears few men complain of
business conditions for the simple reason
That there has been little or no room
for complaint"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

lot, or maybe~the river sinsY in his
cars and he wishes the handle of that
detested brush were a fishing pole His
el6ers who pass by may be tempted TO
smile at his woeful face and after they
have done SO the memories of some
of them will doubtless go fitting back
to the days when they read "Tom Saw
ser." and one scene in that book once
more will rise viyidly before them By
using diplomacy Tom managed to have
his whitewashing creditably done by
another boy. but all boys are not as
shrewd as Tom was. Besides, even those
who might be capable of trieling a
comrade into working for them DONE
Rave the good fortune to find a victim
at hand, so they splash the whitewash
in moody silence and nine times ont
OF ten, unless the parental eye is !,
stern one, they quit before the job Is
finished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
Art thou afeard

Art thou nfeard
rra h. the same in thine own net and
valor,
As thou art In desire: Wouldst 'no"
have that
hich thou estcem'st the ornament VI
life,
And live a coward In thine own esieen"
Lasting I dare not, wait upon 1 would,
Like the poor cnt L the adaEe'
Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
sERENADE


BY Longfellow.
Stars of the summer night.
Far in yon azursr deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!
Moon of the summer night.
Far down yon western sleeps,
Sink, sink in silver light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps! %
Wind of the summer night!
Where yonder woodbine creeps,
Fold, fold thy pinions light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!
Dreams of the summer night!
Tell her, her lover keeps
Watch while in slumbers light
She sleeps!
My lady sleepsl
6leepsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

If the American league baseball pen-
nant goes to the National capital, no.
body will be gladder than Sir Cecil Ar
thur Spring Rice the new British ambas-
sador Sir Cecil announces himself a fan.
He qualified many years ago. hesaid, for
this is the fifteenth time he has been in
the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Mere predictions of trouble to come will
not change Oscar Underwoods determina-
tion to revise the tariff in the interest u
consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Professor Sargent of Harvard says
baseball is an irritant to the nerves So
it is, but the chief part of the irritation
falls on the umpire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
THE FLY.

THE FLY.
Contributed
| am very sorry for you, little fly.
Since the doctors have declared that
you must die.
With your dirty. filthy feet.
You have walked upon my meat
And you gave me typhoid fever. little
fly.
I am very sorry for you, little fly.
And to hurt you is enough to make
one cry.
But 1t makes me almost scream
When l see you in the cream,
After wallowing in sewage in a sty
sm very sorry for you. little fly.
But this is what the doctors say. not l,
That my cholera infantum,
With its horrors, and a quantum
OF my sickness is your doing, lit
tie fly.
This is how it stands between us it,
tie fly:
Since the doctors say that one of us
must die,
I will swat you on the head
Until all your race is dead,
You sprawling, crawling, micro -reek-
ing fly. II. l. NJ
ONE OF THE CHIEF CAUSES.
Every now and then a crank jumps
UP and enumerates a list of reasons
Why people go crazy"
That's true. and he invariably leaves
himself out of the list"
NOT SUITED.
Bard with the blues
To sing regret.
Don't ever use
The triolet
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Let us give the young woman in the
September morn picture credit for one
thing-she does not wear a Bulgarian gar
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

The Montenegrns We're in at the start
and at the finish also King Nicholas is
very much in earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

The name of the new ambassador is
Spring-Rce, and in some way this name
suggests wedding festivities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
A MODERN TYPE.

y
The auto crack sman grabs the loot
And swiftly rolls away;
He scarcely deigns his horn to toot,
Fen though you bid him stay
When coppers come from everywhere
There's not clue, 1 ween,
Save that there fingers on the air
The scent of gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

If drug stores would keep umbrellas on
Sunday they would nave about every
necessary of life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

The brewery vote can no longer be de-
pended on to support the author of the
grape juice plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
HOW SHE MUST SUFFER-!

"Mr. and Mrs. Whittier never have
any arguments"
How does that happen?"
'Mr. Whittier won't argue"
"The poor woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

1t has been suggested that there should
be a revision downward in tariff speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Tyrus Cobb wass photographed as lie
put pen to paper and baseball contract.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Coney Island is open with all attrac-
tions in full blast, including the icy old
ocean itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Pennsylvania proposes to carry free all
her veterans to the Gettysburg celebra-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
A ROAST.

''What do you think of this sketch
of miner
We'll, It's up to date, any way"
'How is that?"
"It looks like the work of post
impresslonist."