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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

on" / thought as much. "Well, it is a
rainy morning and / have nothing to do,
and | thought that you'd not be busy, so
came in to inspect some of your pledges"
It astonished him. l explained, Il mean
that 1 want you to show me some of the
things that have been left here by men
and women hard pressed by misfortune,
and I want you to tell me about them.'
The rain poured in torrents, and no
one came in to disturb us. My Jewish
friend proceeded to do as l had requested
him. We went into a rear room, he
turned on the electric light, and 1 saw
that 1 was surrounded by a thousand
parcels of all shapes and sizes. Here
was a veritable doldrum. handled a
woman's gold watch; on the inside of the
case was engraved, From Albert to
Louisa-1S51;' it had come down the
generations There wa beautiful
cameo breastpin. The frame was twisted
gold, and on the back was engraved
Alice" / scrutinized a lovely medal
lion with a row of fine diamonds around
field of blue enamel, on the back was
the deeply cut inscription, "F'rom Harry
to Jennie-1907." Package after package
was opened, and each had it's little his
tory. | saw old plate inscribed with the
name of one of the Oldest families in the
state, an urn and the largest punch bowl
of solid silver that l ever saw were en-
graved with the name of family yet
moving in the highest social circle. Still
parcel after parcel was opened. some
of them revealing the sorest tragedies of
pressing poverty. There was case of
rings which interested me. One ring,
well worn. had within it, IF ] lose you
/ am lost Another, God has given
you to me-" One was a fine sapphire
surrounded by pearls, and within was
the single word, "Kismet." 1t had a
sad story. | was turning away with a
sigh when my friend said, This was
brought in about a month ago. 1t was a
brilliant solitaire diamond. Has 1t an
inscription .'Yes, but you'll have to
use the glass to read it, He handed
me the magnifying glass, and / saw
we'll no matter what / saw. l, suddenly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
RAW up your chair and let's talk
things over bit.
You want to make something OF

NRAW up your chair and let's talk
things over bit.
- You want to make something of
yourself.
s"Well, why don't you?
Must be that you don't want to enough,
or else you are not willing to make the
necessary effort.
Everything is ready to your hand. Civ
ilization has given you every agency.
You have the greatest facilities for
gaining knowledge, for self Improvement.
for getting on in the world.
Why don't you?
Pardon this frank talk. In the really
serious and important things of life we
must be frank.
The world is calling for men such as
you want to be. 1t needs them vitality,
needs them now. 1t has place for you
when you have measured up to your
IDEAL.
why don't you?
Perhaps the trouble is that you wan.
1t only for self You want it for what
you can get and not for what you can
give.
That is a fatal handicap. You will never
get on in that way.
The world is not hunting people up to
put laurel wreaths on their brows. 1t il
hunting for men to give it what it wants
and needs.
After you have produced this it will
then be time to talk about laurels.
You want distinction. Well. the way To
get distinction is to do something dis
tinctve.
Why don't you?
You want wealth.
The way to gain wealth Is to render an
equivalent service.
You say old Scruggs did not get his
wealth that way Perhaps you do not
know. but are only taking idle gossip and
spiteful criticism. Perhaps you do him
an Injustice.
But If you are righ, acout him thea
you do not want his wealth after all.
You are not the sort of man who wishes
to gain things in that way. Now. are
YOU?
You must have greater faith in yourself,
greater concentration. more purpose and
enerGy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

Get right down to cases and And wha,
you can do, then do it.
Organize your inward forces. Get rid
of the vanities and unnecessary impedi-
menta. Be what you aspire to be.
Why don't you?
The new politics is not partisan; there
fore it is not partisan to talk about it.
1t has brought to all parties a new
viewpoint and outlook.
1t elevates the public above the private
the universal above the special.
1t emphasizes service and puts the soft
pedal on place for the sake of place.
IL attempts to apply In an everyday way
the command:
Let him who is geratest among you
be your minister
Minister in this sense means servant
and servant not in seeming, but in reali-
ty; not only in name, but in fact.
1t has long been motto among some
of the Indian tribes that he is richest not
who has most, but who gives most
According to the concept of the new pol
itics concerning public service. this is lit
orally true. The man who most gives
himself to the public shall in turn be given
highest place by the public.
The new politics is what Lincoln said
that government should be--sof the peo-
pie, for the people and by the people,
1t is an expression of the awakened
conscience of the nation.
1t Is a revolt against graft bosses, spe-
cial interests and secr-s government.
1t Is an aspiration toward a better re-
public than the world has ever known.
1t is an effort to conduct government
on business principles, with the same
honesty, efficiency and economy with
which great private undertakings are car
ried On.
1t is the evidence of a revival of public
spirit.
We have had too much back room gov
crnment. Hereafter we are to have gov
ernment in the front office.
There is nothing about the conduct Of
the peoples affairs that the people them
selves should not know.
An employer always has free access to
bis own books, always Keeps track OF
what his employees are doing.
lr the public service the public its slf
Is the employee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

And against the window pane;
i'eeping over chest and boxes.
Which with dust were thclxly spread,
Saw ] in the fartheset correr
What was once my trundle bed:
So | drew 1t from the recess
Where IL had remained so long,
Hearing all the while the music
OF my mothers voice I'm song
AS she sang in sweetest accents
What i since have often read,
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber.
Holy angels guard thy bed
AND that scene at summer twilight
Never has from memory fled:
And 1t comes with ali its freshness,
when | see that trundle bed
THE SCRAP BOOK DOLDRuM
The scrap book Is something of a lit
erary doldrum. Into it drift stray pieces
of poetry. choice bits of prose, wonderful
experiences, extracts of published letters.
war songs. and paragraphs of history,
biology and the sciences generally.
am quite familiar with very old
scrap book. A few days ago a pers On
wrote to me and mentioned this same
scrap book Yes" | wrote, Il remember
1t well. How old it must be- for it was
about 500 years old when / was a child'
or course, | was speaking hyperbolicallyS
But, truth to tell, 1t was in use genera
tions before my time. 1t is most val-
liable asset in the family treasures. Hera
may be found poetic waits, genuine poe
try written by nobody knows whom.
remember 1t contains few short stories
taken from "The Waverly Magazine"
the New York Ledger 1.-The Mercury"
all of which went out of existence. o,
ever-so-many years ago!
As child how l pondered over the
pasted treasures OF this scrap book, and
when | see it In present years, 1t awak-
ems dear memories of the days that are
no more.' and recalls forms and faces
that years ago passed on down the val-
ley of the shadow of death, and which
we
Have loved long since. and lost awhile,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

Then new politics would conserve the
resources and safeguard the interests of
the next generations. Just as 1t would
not serve a part as against the whole,
so it would not serve today as against to-
morrow.
In word, the new politics seeks to live
up to the motto of Henry George;
II am for men,
Is it possible to live the Christ life In
everyday affairs?
lis It possible to follow the spirit OF
Christ's teachings in business and poll
tics. in the home and in the club?
Ii not, is the fault with his teachings
or with us?
Are they impractical, or are we yet toe
crude. ignorant and savage to apply
them?
Perhaps the hardest of his commands
for men to obey is that concerning nonre-
sistance. Yet have we not progressed far
enough toward its realization to conceive
that in some happier and more civilized
age to come it will be followed literally?
His name is stamped all over our civIi-
zation. Why, then. do we not conform
our lives to his pattern? Why do we not
have the peace he protested? Why do
we not practice the healing he practiced
and commanded us to practice?
We have made great progress toward
the realization of his ideals and are still
making progress. Yet we have had 1900
wears in which to do II. Why is our adj
vance so slow?
'sYe cannot serve God and Mamnon.
What have we to say to that?
What has Wall street to say to it.
What has big business TO say?
Even as We have done 1t to one of the
least of these, my brethren, ye have
done it unto me.
What Is our attitude toward that:
What does child labor mean in the light
of that?
Love thy neighbor as myself
Do we love our neighbors as ourselves
Do we realize that all men with whom
we come in contact are at that moment
our neghbors?
Greater things than these shall ye
do
Are we doing greater things? Are we
ever remotely approximately toward do
Ing things as great3
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

London, Feb. Sit was announced
here Thursday that James Bryce, Brit
tsh ambassador to Washington, had
been appointed member of the per-
manent court of arbitration at The
Hague.
Seattle, Wash, Feb. THE wire
less operator at the United States
army post at Eagle, Alaska, heard the
government station at Key West, Fla,
sending message to Mare Island,
Cal, on December 18, according to
mail advices received. The airline
distance from Key West to Eagle is
more than 1000 miles.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. T. A legisla-
tive investigation of the recent strike
Of the American Steel & Wire COM
pany employees in Rankin and Brad
dock was practically assured follow
ing the adoption by th~ lower house of
the legislature Of resolution provid-
ing for a commission to investigate
the labor trouble.
Cleveland, o., Feb. flames NJ. Nc
Nicholas, mining promoter, recently
arrested in Boston and charged with
separating Cleveland, Elyria, Con-
neaut and other Ohio towns from
$500,000 by fake mining schemes,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned In
federal court here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
WOULD OWN ROADS
TAFT TRANSMITS REPORT OF
ALASKAN COMMISSION TO CON-
GREss WITH MESSAGE.
FAvoRS BUILDING OF LINES
Says No Matter Whether Government
Operates Carriers or Not 1t Should
Be the Possessor of Them and
Help Develop Country.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Accompanying
a report of the commissioners who
have been conducting an examina-
tion in Alaska with the idea of recon-
mending routes for the building of
railroads, President Taft on Thurs
day sent a message to congress in
which he favored governmental own
ership and private operation of the
lines which may be constructed.
The commission recommends the
construction of two railroads in Alas
ka, which shall connect tide water on
the Pacific coast with the two great
inland waterways, the Yukon and the
KuskokWim rivers. The railroads thus
recommended will constitute two inde-
pendent systems, involving 7S3 miles
$35,000,000. The commission in it's
report states in conclusion that 1t "is
unanimously of the opinion that this
development should be undertaken at
once, and prosecuted with vigor; that
it cannot be accomplished without
providing for the railroads herein
recommended, or some system
which will insure low transportation
charges and the consequent rapid set
tlement Of this new land and the utili-
zatlon of its great resources"
President Taft In his message says:
"The necessary inference from the en-
tire report is that, in the judgment of
the commission, its recommendation
can certainly be carried out only II
the government builds or guarantees
the construction cost of the railroads
recommended.
"If the government is to guarantee
the principal and interest of the con-
struction bonds, it seems clear that it
should own the roads, the cost of
which it really pays. This is true
whether the government itself should
operate the road or should provide
for their operation by lease or operat-
ing agreement. / am very much op-
posed to government operation, but
believe that government ownership,
with private operation under leases, is
the proper solution of the difficulty
here presented"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
HIGH TURK IS KILLED
scUTARPs GOVERNOR SLAIN AND
TWO POSITIONS TAKEN.
Refugees Flee From GaIIipoIi to Trans
ports and Drown in Panic %
Bulgars, Advance.

London, Feb. 10.-Scutaris governor
has been killed and the important
positions Of Rushati and Bardenjolt
have been captured by 10000 Monte
negrins and Servians bombarding
Scutari, say Balkan war dispatches to
London papers. Taking an oath Of
victory or death, Enver Bey has en-
barked for an unknown destination
with all Turkish troops that were on
the Asiatic coast of the Sea of
Marmora.
Fighting between the Balkan allies
and Turkish forces at Gallipoli and
Adrianople continue, but in the ab-
sence Of independent reports the con-
fiicting accounts from official sources
provide no basis for critical judgment
of what has happened.
The most daring feat of the war
was performed by Captain Maraltmis,
a Greek army aviator, who flew over
the straits Of the Dardanelles in a
hydroplane and dropped three bombs
into the arsenal at Maides, near the
southern point of the Gallipoli penin-
sula.
According to a dispatch from Con-
stantinople the residents of Gallipoli
are fleeing panic-stricken before the
advance Of the Bulgarian troops. This
dispatch states that hundreds of refu-
gees were drowned when the over
crowded transports on which they
were fleeing were overturned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
N. Y. INSPECTOR is HIT
HIGH POLICE OFFICIAL Is suS-
PENDED FROM OFFICE.
Confession Of Captain Walsh on Sick
Bed Causes Downfall of Himself
and His Superior Officer.

New York, Feb. 8.-Commissioner
of Police Waldo, here Thursday, sus-
pended from the New York police
force Dennis Sweeney, inspector Of
police. His name had been mentioned
in the graft confession made by Po-
lice Captain Thomas Walsh.
Commissioner Waldo also suspended
Captain Thomas Walsh, who confessed
on his sick bed that he was CRATER
to the extent of 100000, and had
shared graft with an inspector of po-
lice, and another man higher up.
The commissioner took action as
soon as he had confirmed from the
district attorneys office the authen-
ticity of Walshs confession. No ac-
ton against the inspector had been
taken.
A deputy police commissioner is
implicated by Walsh's confession and
his connection with the charges was
the subject during the day Of investi-
cation both by Police Commissioner
Waldo and District Attorney Whit
IIldll. NOIIlIIlSolOHcI " dluO ouIu-
moned the official to his office, with
two members of the staff Of the ac-
cused inspector.
Walsh will tell his story to the grand
jury. Soon thereafter numerous in
dictments are expected.
Walshs confession was made on his
sick bed. 1t was forced in part by
charges made by Policeman Eugene
Fox, who pleaded guilty to graft col
lections on February 8, and turned up
on Walsh as the man next above him.
Fearing that heart weakness with
which he has long been troubled might
foreshadow his death, and wishing to
purge his conscience, Captain Walsh
admitted taking vice graft to the ex-
tent of perhaps 100000 in single po-
lice precinct Half this amount he
turned over to those above him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
OIL MAN STRICKEN
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER NEAR
DEATH IN COLLAPSE At
PUJo HEARING.
QUIZ ENDS VERY ABRUPTLY
Questioned on Money Trust, After
Long Search, Flnancler Falls Back
Choking and speeehless-Doctor
10 Opposed to Examination.

Jekyl Island, Ga, Feb. 10.-Between
William Rockefeller and the Pufo
money trust investigators the shadow
of death came Friday. Face to face
with the oil magnate, brother of John
d. Rockefeller, after a pursuit which
lasted over a year, Chairman Pujo
and Samuel Untermyer, counsel to
the committee, were compelled to
abandon a victory which was in their
grasp through the danger that the
long-sought witness might die under
the pressure of cross examina-
ton.
Submitting to the jurisdiction Of the
committee Mr.. Rockefeller received
Chairman Pujo and Mr.. Untermyer
in the library of his apartments here.
He was practically voiceless. With
Doctor Chappell at his side, however,
the examination was begun after he
had lifted a palsied hand to subscribe
to the oath.
But twelve minutes elapsed Mr..
Untermyer had been able to ask but a
single question germane to the inves-
tigatiOn when the witness was at
tackled by a violent fit of coughing
His whole frame trembled; he became
absolutely speechless. The blood
rushed to his face, which turned pur-
pie and crimson. To all who looked
on 1t seemed evident that crisis was
at hand. Doctor Chappell hastily ad-
ministered an opiate. under which Mr.,
Rockefeller partially revived, but be-
fore the examination could be re.
sumed the doctor interposed:
Il strongly urge you not to pro.
ceed," he said, "as in doing so you are
endangering his life at the present
moment"
Chairman PuN and Mr.. Untermyer
exchanged hasty glances. BY this time
Mr.. Rockefeller had fallen back into
his chair in state of almost COM
plete collapse. Doctor Chappell was
sworn and amid deep silence, while
every eye was riveted upon the wit
ness patient, he solemnly swore that
a continuation of the examination
which had brought Mr.. Rockefeller to
verge Of spasm of the larynX
might choke him to death.
In the examination Mr.. Rockefeller
said, in answer to Mr.. Untermyer's
question, that his residence was $50
Fifth avenue. New York. That he had
never played game of golf in his
life. Remembered the organization
of the Amalgamated Copper company
in 1898. 1t was at this point that Mr.
Rockefeller collapsed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat-No. 2 red $1.11@1.14, No. 3
red $1.05@1.10, No. red S0c@1.09.
Corn-No. 2 white 56@57c, No. 8
white 55@56c, No. white 52@54c,
No. 2 yellow 53@54c, No. 3 yellow
51R@53c, No. yellow 50@51c, No. 2
mixed 53@54c, No. mixed 52@53c,
No. 4 mixed 49@51c, white ear 51@
E4c, yellow ear 52@55c, mixed ear 81
p54c.
Oats-No. 2 white S7@37kc, stand
ard white 361a@ @97c, No. 35@36c,
No. white 34@35c, No. 2 mixed 500
361ac, No. mixed 35h @36c, No.
mixed 33@34c.
Hay-No. timothy $17@1750,
standard timothy $16@16.5O, No. 2
timothy $15@15.50, No. 3 timothy
$12.5G013, No. l clover mixed SAG
Is, No 2 clover mixed $12@13, No.
clover $12.50@13.5O, No. clover $40
@11.75.
Poultry-Hens, heavy (5 lbs and
over) 15c, light 15c, young shaggy
roosters lie, old roosters 10c, spring
ers e lbs and under) 18c, springers
lover lbs) 15c, ducks "A lbs and
over 1Sc, white (under lbs) 1Sc, tur:
keys (8 lbs and oVer) 2012c, turkeys,
young (under lbs) 1O@12c; turkeys,
toms 1S1ac, culls &c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 23c, firsts 22c,
ordinary firsts zoe, seconds 1Sc.
Shippers $625@775; butch
er steers, extra $7.50@7.65, good to
choice $6.50@740, common to fair
$4.75@6.25; heifers, extra $710@725,
good to choice $6.35@7, common to
fair $4.25@6.25; cows, extra $6@6.25,
good to choice $5.35@59O, common to
fair $3.75@525; Gamers, $2.75@4.
Bulls-Bologna $6.50@6.75, extra
$6.60@6.65, fat bulls $6.25@6.75.
Calves-Extra $40, fair to good $3.50
@975, common and large $550@9.50.
Hogs-Selected heavy $8.25@8.30,
good to choice packers and butchers
$S.25@S.30, mixed packers $820@8.30,
stags $4.50@685, common to choice
heavy fat sows $6@7.50, light ship
pers $S,10@S.30, pigs Clio lbs and
less) $6@8.10.
Sheep-Extra SIS, good to choice
$4.50Q4.90, common to fair $2.75@4.40.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13

The love of money is the easiest
of all roots to cultivate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13

Washington.-Charges of incompe-
tency and maladministration of the
reclamation service are made and an
appropriation of $4,000 is requested
for congressional inquiry that will
deal broadly with reclamation projects
in report which was sent to the
house of representatives by the COM
mittee on interior department eXpen-
ditures. The report recommends dur
ing the pendency Of the proposed in
quiry the removal from office" of AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior Sam
uel Adams and F. H. Newell and L. c.
Hill, director and supervising engi-
neer, respectively, of the reclamation
service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13

The long predicted revolt against
the present regime, which has been
smoldering practically ever since Ma
dero overthrow Porfirio Diaz, was real
lied when a large part of the federal
troops revolted, released Gen. Felix
Diaz, and Gen. Reyes from prison and
with these two popular idols at their
head, descended upon the National
palace.
Gen. Reyes was killed in the at
tack.
The revolutionary plotters were
forced to act, because the government
had become apprised of their disloy-
atty, and arrangements were being
made to arrest several of them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
MEN PAY FINES OF $4,000
6ucketshop Defendants Admit Their
Guilt After Their Appeal to
Supreme Court Falls.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Several men
caught in the governments anti.
bucketshop crusade in 1910 pleaded
guilty, or nolle contendere, in the dis
trict supreme court here Friday and
paid fines aggregating $4,000. Louis
Celia of st. Louis and Angela Celia
and Samuel w. Adler Of New York
were fined $4,000 each, Oscar ]. Rap.
pei of Jersey City $1,000, and William
F. Fox of Baltimore and Charles r.
Alley of Washington $4,000 each. The
defendants had appealed in vain to
the Supreme court of the United
States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
Knew II All.

An old but sturdy lrishman, who
had made a reputation as gang
boss, was given job with railroad
construction company at Port-au-
prince, Haiti. One day, when the sun
was hotter than usual, his gang Of
black Haitians began to shirk, and as
the chief engineer rode up on his
horse the Irishman was heard to
shout:
"Allez-you sons of guns-allez!"
Then turning to the engineer, he
said: II curse the day.I iver learned
their language"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
ORDER U. S. WARSHIPS SOUTH
Dreadnouehts Are Sent to Central
America-Indicatlon of Much
Unrest There.

Washington, Feb. 10-Four Ameri-
can warships were ordered to Central
America to observe what are believed
to be indications of unrest Friday
The Annapolis at San Diego. Cal.
was ordered to Amapala, Honduras:
the Denver, at Acapulco, Mexico was
ordered to Acajutla. Honduras; the
Des Moines at San Domingo, was or
dered to Bluefields, Nicaragua, and the
Nashville at New Orleans was ordered
to Porto Cortez or Porto Barrios.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-13
COAL BAReEs ARE SUNK.

Memphis, Tenn. Havoc was
wrought to the feet of the Pittsburg
Coal Co. when the coal boats. barges,
pump boat and quarter boat of the
fleet, anchored just above Hopefield
on the Arkansas side of the river, were
torn loose by the strong current and
sunk in the river. AS far as could be
estimated by riyermen there are not
less than 13 boats and Darges sunk,
many Of which were loaded with coal.
phe loss on barges, boats and coal will
sun between $4,000 and 100000.