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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Would DisestabIish
the Church Of England

London, Eng Dec. 13.-Renewed in
terest is being taken in the question
of Welsh disestablishment. of immense
Importance to the church and church
men. A stirring speech against the
bill was delivered by the archbishop
Of Canterbury, and demonstration
was arranged to be held in London as
a protest against the government pro-
ceeding with the measure, which under
the parliament act automatically be-
comes law after its next passing by
the house Of commons, no matter what
action the house of lords takes.
There is no doubt that much Of the
apathy which heretofore had been
shown by the laymen of the church Of
England in regard to the bill arises
from the fact that. like home rule for
Ireland, it has been suggested that the
bill should be the subject of cOmpro-
mise On the other hand, there is the
whole body of Welsh nOncOnfOrmist
opinion, backed by cOreligionists in
every part of the United Kingdom
For 40 years now the Welsh nom
confOrmists have been urging the dis
establishment of the church in their
principality. and today disestablish-
ment is supported by the whole Liberal
party, as well as the NatiOnalisLs, and
there are many UnfOnists who believe
that it would not be bad thing for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

the church Most of the opposition.
however. bitterly oppose it.
The bill among other things provides
that so far as Wales and Monmouth
are concerned, the church OF England
will cease TO be established by law: all
cathedrals and ecclesiastical corpora
lions viii be dissolved: the bishops OF
the four Welsh diOceses will cease to
be members Of the house of lords: the
present ecclesiastical law viii cease to
exist as law, and no ecclesiastical court
viii have any cOercive jurisdiction. the
bishops and clergy will not be men,
bers of or be represented in the houses
of cOnvOeatiOn Of the province Of Can
terbury.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

the straps Of their suit case. Someone
always trips over it. Or when they pile
heavy bags and packages in the racks.
These are very likely to jar off and fall
on the head of some passenger
Here are some of the other dangerous
habits that conductor Hoy has noticed
among the travelling public:
1. Passengers getting off a train
every time it stops and waiting until IL
starts before they get on again. This
causes a jam and the last man is very
the wheels
?. Getting off a passenger train when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

A man walked on the railroad track
And didn't hear the whistle,
And all they found of his remains,
Was Whiskers on a thistle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

The dangers of dancing-or, rather,
the place where you dance-were plain
ly illustrated when a Geographic acci-
dent report came into one Of the offices
of an Ell Paso railroad. 1t read: IN
iured man was dancing in a boxcar, fell
out and fractured his skull"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
sonrEWHAT E1IRARRAssEn

There were times when McFee gIO-
ried in the fact that he was the faith
er of nine children, even If they were
on the lines of the prOverbial hu-
man stepladder, but on the day when
he was taking them out for a walk
he felt chagrined.
He was walking along at a fairly
good gait when he was halted by q
policeman, who asked:
Il say. you, what you been doins"
Nothing" replied McFee. Why
''Weu, what's the crowd following
you fOr2-Judge-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

J. R. Enlow, superintendent of Chi
huahua shelter; Mr.. Johnson, his mas
ter mechanic, and Geo. NJ. Douglass.
general inspector, Safety and Employees
Welfare department, of New York, were
present as guests
A regular safety inspection Of the
plant has just been made and the Vari-
Gus recommendation which resulted
from it We're discussed at the meeting
The committee reported that the safe
guarding of the men, by equipping the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

F" HE first meeting of the FL Paso
Smelter Safety organization was
- held Tuesday. December 9, 1918
Superintendent J. J. Ormsbee was chair
man, and the members Of the committee
We're. H Z. Easter. assistant Superin-
tendent; A. F. Mccormick, second as
sistant superintendent; James Phipps,
general foreman; z. Kipp, master me-
chanic. and DR. L. g. -WitherspoOn, med
ical director Of the plant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

it is on a siding and walking around
on the tracks. The passengers may not
be looking carefully and might be
struck by an incoming train; or they
stand too close to the tracks and may
be hit with a falling piece of coal
from the tender of the passing train, or
an empty bottle thrown from one Of
the car windows.
3. Standing up in the aisles and yes
tibules as the train comes into the sta
ton. a sudden jarring of the train
may throw the passengers down and
the croWding makes it impossible for
trainmen to attend to their duties.
Conductor Hoy ends by saying that
while he was in charge of No 3. man
and woman stood. in the vesttbule- as
they were coming into FL PaSO. The
couple had opened the vestibule door
and were ready to jump off the train
at Stanton street when Mr. Hoy asked
them to remain on the train until II
stopped at the union depot As soon as
his back was turned the same couple
reopened the door and the woman
jumped off backward, of cOurse) at
Oregon street. Conductor Hoy just
looked out in time to see her perform
ing tumbling acts that he thought were
possible only for an acrobat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

! pant WIN every necessary SGLeLF de-
/ vice. IS having its effect in securing
| greater efficiency in every department.
| The question of protection from nOx-
\ iOus fumes and dust was discussed
| Large sums have already been appro-
/ priated for the purpose Of securing ad-
| equate ventilation, and only recently a
/ representative Of the government VS.
/ tied the smelter and reported that it
| is in excellent shape in this respect
~
The Pearson company will. at an
early date, appoint safety supervisor
to start a safety Organization for the
Pearson plant in FL PasO and the Ma
dera plant, at MADEIRA, Mexico. The
safety work for the Mexico North
Western as soon as it begins operations
! again.
Look way down the track and see
your finish. Is 1t sudden death through
carelessness, or old age through safety
first?
A man walked on the railroad track
And didn't hear the whistle,
And all they found of his remains,
Was whiskers on a thistle
This reminds me Of letter from Ed
Shields, engineer of the Ell Paso &
Southwestern: He says:
Il believe that this column devoted
to safety first is a good thing for all,
a while, we can get the much needed
treSpaSS laws enacted in the state Of
Texas. 1 have read that there is an
average of IA people killed daily tres
passing on the railroads of the United
States. We engineers see every day
dozens Of men. women and children
lettering in the yards and around the
tracks and every day some engineers
hair is made to stand on end because
some person takes a fools chance and
goes ahead of the engine and il is a
wonder that so many Of these people
escape unhurt."
The dangers of dancing-or, rather,
the place where you dance-were plain
" illustrated when a telegraphic acci-
dent report came into one Of the offices
of an Ell Paso railroad. 1t read: In
jured man was dancing in a bOxcars fell
out and fractured his skull
One of the greatest safety measures
ever taken in FL PasO, from the stand
point of efficiency, was the installation
of what IS known as the prepayment
street car. Prior to its appearance here
an average of 80 people a month were
injured. leaving moving cars. The plat
form doors absolutely eliminate this
type of accident and beyond question
hundreds of broken arms and legs have
been saved.
The Bank of Safety pays 100 percent,
and it never fails.
Charlie Hoy, a diplomatic conductor of
the L. p. & 5. W, writes that in 2S
wears experience at raiIroadine- he has
seen many things that the travelling
public might do, or refrain from doing,
which would promote safety. As an il
lustratiOn, he says that this week,
while he was in charge of A train he
heard d signal from the engineer and.
on looking out to see what was the
matter, saw a mans legs hanging out
of one of the coach windows. He made
the man put his legs where they be-
longed, and probably saved them as.
if he had allowed them to remain where
they were a few miles further the man
would have been hit by a coal chute.
He says, further, that passengers are
most neglectful of the safety of the
other fellow when they board a train
with an umbrella or stick stuck through
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

The ordinary cost of a Want Ad in
The Ell Paso Herald is % cents. II
reaches an average of about $4,000
readers each issue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
CONVERTS FOR SAFETY FIRST"

Officials Safety eng-Pears6n
Mexico North Western Will Have Safety Supervisors.
safety Department EDWARD TINKER
Supervisor E. P. S. W. R.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

Wanted: a gOverness who is a
good stenOgrapher, to take down the
clever sayings of our child. File
gende Blaetter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

The Pearson company will. at an
early date, appoint a safety supervisor
to start a safety Organization for the
Pearson plant in FL PasO and the Ma
dera plant at MADEIRA, Mexico. The
same safety man viii take charge of
safety work for the Mexico North
Western as soon as it begins operations
again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

humor that is not ridiculous. adventure
that is not CHASTITY, and romance that
is not Grass.
Studded with rarest bits of irresistible
slang and novel images, garnished with
equally happy figures and original allu-
slons, fragrant with the freshness of at
mosphere and character delineation, it is
a tale to make you chuckle. and smack
your lips, and crave a second helping of
the same.
As the author himself put it, /. Seven
Keys to Baldpate" is story of alarms,
excursions and blue eyes" 1t presents
hero who has a type of smile that
moves men to part with 10 until Satur-
day. and woman to close her eyes and
dream of Sir Launcelot" and heroine.
who, when she weeps. gives the general
Impression of mist on the sea at dawn, !"
and introduces a dozen other individuals
as different from one another as the
| squares on crazy patch quilt.
The plot is of the capriciously i'm
probable sort made sufficiently plausible
by the light and airy treatment that
makes one feel that close examination
as TO whether or not it would really
ever happen is out of place.
| The scenes are laid in a great deserted
summer hotel in the dead of winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
"BACK HOME"

by irwin S. Cobb. George H. Doran Co.,
New York.
There is scarcely a reader of any kind
in the country who isn't acquainted, and
most pleasantly, too, with Irwin S, Cobb,
whose stories in various Journals and
magazines have been featured for the
past few years.
Mr. Cobb is a JSentuckian and has the
rare gift of delineating the most realis-
tic and lifelilxe characters with a skill
that is surprising, and besides this kift
he has an inimitable sense of humor that
has placed him in an enviable position
before the American public as one of
the most noted writer's of the day.
In his very readable book, Back
Home" Mr.. Cobb has drawn a character
that will live and become a part of his
tory.
This character is the little round
paunched Confederate veteran, Judge
Priest.
the common people by this noted judge,
when "off the bench. makes him a most
potent character, for he knows as much
about human nature as he does about the
law any time in the day.
There are 20 stories in all in Back
Home" and in the first one, words and
Music" we are introduced to Judge Priest
and here he is seen at his best He In
geniously excites the old Confederate
spirit in favor of the accused man, by
having q darky outside the courthouse
play the tune that Forests cavalry heard
when it charged in battle.
when the Fighting Was Good" is per-
haps the best story in the collection.
which depicts an episode in the life of
"old Press Harper" who has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for two years
on account of killing a man.
Press" was a strong drinlxer and when
'in liquor was very auarrelsome. After
his sentence he asks that he be allowed
mp without attendants. 1t happens that
he travels on a train where body of
old Confederate sVets" are going to a
reunion" The train is held up by rob-
bers and dtsPress" becomes hero by whip
ping and throwing from the train the two
masked men. Judge Priest is one of the
men held up and when Press, gets to
the place where the pententiary is the
Judge refuses to let him go, but says
that his heroism deserves a pardon
The stories are all clever and original
and the little. judge becomes q very
close friend to every reader as he Is
woven into each of the stories with
Mr.. Cobbs ingenuity.
"SEvEN KEYS TO BALDPATEn
BY Earl Derr Biggers. Illustrated by
Frank Snapp. The Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
indianapolis
Like a toothsome plum pudding, spiced
with delectab1e adventure, sweetened with
the happiest romance, saturated with de-
lfclous mirth. chockfull of delightful sur
prises and enveloped all the while in n
glowing flame of richest humor. is this
brand new comedy y-novel, Seven Keys to
Baldpate," by the new American humor-
lsf, Earl Derr Biggers. 1t is a wonderful
mixture, seasoned to the universal taste.
but at the same time destined to satisfy
those literary eplcures who hunger for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

Valentines day Washing tons birthday.
Decoration day, Fourth OF July. Flag
day Arbor day, Labor day. Columbus
day Halloween. Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and Easter will convince one that
it is we'll named
Besides the number of nav copy
righted songs already mentioned. it
contains all the old and new songs
for each month in the year it contains
all tie old and new songs that are sung
at reunions. conventions, entertain
ments. social gatherings, devotional ex-
ereises, childrens exercises, school and
college exercises, including copyrighted
songs for each of these times, and in
short. 1t is the greatest collection OF
songs ever assembled in one book.
.HOME PLACE"
BY g. w. Ogden; Harper Brothers, sew
York.
with a beautifully illustrated cover
which in measure depicts the idea OF G.
w. Ogden's very interesting story, Home
Place." we are introduced to this delight
I'll volume.
Entirely original in every way, this
story represents cross section OF me-
the rich and the poor-the humorous and
the homely--ending in sunshine and nap
piness.
No name could be more suggestive OF a
beautiful story than the title of this book,
Home Place.
No theme could be so sweet-no idea
could be more ingratiating than just
Home Place.
Il means SO much.
OTHER BOOKS RECEIyED-REvIEN
LATER:
'aIE COLLECTED WORKS OF AM
BROSE BIERCE'
Antepenultimata; the Neale publishing
company, New York
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES"
By Roger A. Pryor: the Neale publishing
company, New York.
WANTED AND OTHER STORIES
BY James Otis; Harper Brothers, New
! York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

to crown himself with fame instead of
popularity, and fees to Baldnata Inn
(Which belongs to his friend Hal Bentlv,
where he hopes. in profound solitude. to
be able to write a powerful "high-brow,,
rovel whose pages shall avoid excite
ment as earnestly as a man lodging a
creditor Quimby, the grizzled caretalser
Of the Inn. who lives in the VALLEY as-
corts Magee to the lonely hotel. and
sees him installed amid the s.utteritrr
OF 40 Christmas candles, a Cracking
hearth fire, camphor-ridden bedding ard
a few pieces of dusty furniture in room
No. T. on the second floor, before takinr
his leave. But there are seven KEYS to
Baldpate. Billy Masee is not the ONLY
one who can boast the possession of one
-ard much to his sorrow. For hardly
had he settled himself before his heart5
fire than he is rudely reused from his
reveries by the intrusion of the holder
Of key No .. And from that time on
almost to the very close of the story
Baldpate keyholders drop into Raldnats
Inn like mama into the camp of the
ancient Israelites. There is a hermit
cook with literary aspirations who fees
from BARRIERS and women There is an
apothecary blonde who "just loves men
There is q wizened little college professor
driven into retirement for publicly COM
mending a type of woman found chiefly
in the back row of a musical comedy
chorus. There Is a real-for-sure leafs
EN- alive political boss, There is a belle
of high societee. There is bold. bad
clubman. These are the keyholders of
Baldpate. but beside them come half a
dozen other typical individuals, includ-
ing The Girl, who, by the way. Billy
Magee had Encountered previous to her
advent to Baldpate, when they met by
chance in the railway station down in
the valley.
Each of the winter guests gives flimsv
excufe for his presence, when in truth.
all but the novelist and the hermit are
chasing rainbow of political intrigue
to its end. where lies hidden a package
of 100000 in bribe money. And from the
first click of a key in the lock at Bald
pate Inn there is a seething whirlpool
Of screamingly funny and enjoyably
thrilling excitement, midnight encounters,
rendezvous, hand-to-hand struggles, pistol
shots, mystery and romance that keeps
up to the slam of the last door at the
happy elimination of the tale.
The tone of the story is Invariably brisk
and lively. The dialogue is rapid and
spontaneous. It is a creation In original
expressions, and the authors free use
and misuse of familiar quotations is de-
lightfully humorous. His characters at
once become "Biggers' people, unlike
the creations of any other writer, yet
they are typical types that fill their po-
sitions and meet their requirements to
the best advantage. There is not an
unnecessary figure in the whole book,
and each character, even to the occa-
sonal Thaddeus Quirnby, the caretaker,
has direct bearing on the plot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Season


when that company went to the war-Oh
when that company went to the war;
Some of the knapsacks were so neavy
that they weighed 80 pounds,'' those i'm
ported knapsacks.
F. Company started to war on SUM-
day April q, 1861. On the tenth of De-
cember they marched to meet General
Jackson, at Winchester, and became
part of the far-famed Second Brigade"
TheE-Somewher in the melee-they lost
their white gloves and became fighting
men. They fought like tigers and en-
dured like men four unspeakable years
until they came to Richmond again-the
majestic, broken, ragged. indomitable
Twenty first Virginia'-with their ban
ner<of 100 wounds, Through the brilliant
Valley Campaign, the terrible Seven Days
Campaign, and the Maryland Campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

The place is Baldpate inn, which clings
for all it IS worth to the side of a
mountain like a>fat man to the running
board of an open street car. threatening
to tumble down at most any moment,
pell nell into the little New York Cen
tral flag station down in the valley,
called Upper Asquewan Falls. N. Y, by
the postal guide, and everything but
that by the summer boarders who must
disemharl< there to reach Baldpate.
To this place comes William Hallowell
Magee more intimately known as Billy
Magee, a popular novelist, who has been
writing ''the kind of novels they sell by
the pound in the department stores wild
thrilling tales for the tired business mans
tired wife, For Magee has determined
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
osoCTALIsM sIJMMEp 1Ipo

''SOCIALISM SUMMED Up"
BY Morris Hillquit The Metropolitan
Magazine Co, New York
In Socialism Summed Up Mr. Morris
Hilquit in an 'introduction'' and seven
chapters, places before the American peo-
pie the why's and the wherefores'' of
socialism, and he gives them an oppor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

the whole civilized world. should the
name of Mccormick be perpetuated as
inventor of the reaper.
s0f all American inventions. that of
the first practical reaping machine. the
machine that more than all others,
made bread cheap. should rank highest.
There is no desire to detract from the
honors due Mccormick for his great
business abilities which have enabled
him and his successors to develop the
magnificent industries incidental to the
manufacture and distribution of reap
ing machines. But Il is to Obed Hus-
sey that everlasting fame is due as
the inventor, and he should be awarded
niche in the national hall of fame,
for the elements of his reaper are es-
sential to every successful grain cut
ting machine as yet devised by man,
which is untrue of any other man
either of his time or previous thereto.
He saw in the west the harvest
truly is great, but tho laborers are
rev. and was first to respond. A few
ocross the ocean, had dreamed he
wrought and won. His reaper, first
in the field, did more than all else
to open up the great west. and the
Inspiration he lent to others brought
steamers to our lakes and netted the
prairies with rails of iron. When we
consider the marvellous harvest of to-
tdS vi NAhA dioiiN tAV illiiion buSil-
elsl the inestimable value of Hussey's
invention is apparent"
:THE MOST POPULAR SONGS FOR
EVERY oecAsIoN."
Selected and arranged by Gilbert Cliff
ford Noble. Hinds, Noble & Eld-
ridge. publishers, 81 West Fifteenth
St, New York.
The title of this wonderful collec-
tion. is The Most Popular Songs for
Every OCCASION" and so far is the first
time a publishing house has attempted
to gather together under one cover.
songs for every special and general
occasion throughout the year.
glance at the classified index,
which includes new copyrighted songs
for New Years, Lincoln's birthday, st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
ONE OF JAcKsoN's FOOT cav


AIRY.
BY John H. Worsham. Illustrated. The
Neale Publishing Co., New York.
If Dickens had followed Stonewall jack
son, he would have written Just such a
book as this. Worshams sense of humor
his pathos, his fancy. his descriptive pow
er made him just the man to write this
spirited account of the great campaigns
in which he took part. Like Dickens.
too, he knew how to appraise greatness;
consequently his pictures of the noted
leaders that he followed are finely drawn.
And few men have ever had so good
e nose for news. Many have written
about the greatest game of all time. the
war of the states; but i'm way that re-
calls THE Tale OF Two Cities that
wonderful picture of the French Revolu-
ton, Worsham has made realistic the
humorous, the dramatic and the weird1y
picturesque of the greatest game played
by human pawns.
In Richmond, "befor de War" there
was an old volunteer company known
as f. Company. It was ''crack" COM
pany, numbering about eighty men, and
rather dainty in its taste. There KNAPP
sacks were imported from Paris when
on DUTY every man was required to wear
white gloves, and carry IN his lknapsack
a jacket made of gray cadet CLOTH" And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

tunity to famiiiarize themselves with the
political beliefs OF the socialist party.
The following thought is used as a
'foreword1 on the cover of the book:
Socialism is here. To scoff at it is
futile. TO ignore it is folly. It must be
faced 1t should be understood. All that
you don't know about this significant and
important world movement is told you in
this book in understandable man-ian-
guage by one of socialism's most forceful
writer's. This book represents a concise
authoritative and intensely interesting
presentation of the socialist movement.
brought right up 10 the minute. It is
the most comprehensive book ever pub
lished on the subject