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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
REGULAR AID CLUB
LUNCHEON TODAY
Details of Proposed Home
for the Club Will Be
Announced

It is important that every member of the
Birmingham Ad club attend this after
rooms luncheon at the Gold Lion tea
loom, according to officials, as the home
OF the club will be discussed. The lunch-
con will begin at o'clock promptly. and
the usual Dutch treat idea will prevail.
Tho clubs directors have put in much
time and energy on the proposition lately,
and many new details of the proposed
home will be announced. All indications
point to home for the club, and one Of
the finest of its kind for a city of the
size of Birmingham In the country.
Many of the novel features of the home
have yet to be announced, and every
member is urged TO be present at this
afternoons luncheon to participate in the
discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25

Philadelphia, February 2L-Eight year
old pupils attending public schools, form
physiological problems which must be han
died with careful judgment and common
sense, said Charles Fl. Judd of the Uni
versity of Chicago, in an address here
today at a meeting preliminary to the
opening of the convention of the depart
ment of superintendent of the National
Educational association. Mr.. Judd fa-
vored the elimination of machine methods
as much as possible.
Prof. Frank z. Thompson of the Uni
versity of Colorado advanced the idea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25

definite nature was accomplished. The
meeting was more for heart to- heart
talk among the directors as to the date
and general features of the fair this
fall and to launch the active work on
arrangements
To this end a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the league was
called for Wednesday noon. The ex-
executive committee, which will meet
at the league headquarters, is com
posed of nine of the directors as fol-
lows: John l.. Parker. w J. Adams
Colman Blach, r. A. Brown, J. H. Hol-
combe, George McCleary, Oscar c. Tur-
ner, j. N. Rose and A. II Ford Presi-
dent Burton, Vice President George A
Blinn and Treasurer Bertram Jacobs
are ex-officio members of the commit
tee.
AT the committee meeting Wednes-
day the active preliminary work for
the fair will be begun and will be
kept up from then on until it is held.
Secretary Sam Fowlkes states that
communications have already been re-
ceived from the large concession COM
panies of the country asking for a
contract. Since the date has now been
fixed by the directors Secretary Fowlkes
will take up correspondence with
| these people and deals will be closed
as soon as possible
The directors meeting was largely at
tended and all We're enthusiastic over
the prospects for a bigger and better fair
| this year than ever before held in Bir-
| mingham. 1t has been the aim of the
league to make the fair better each sue
ceeding year, and this will be the main
purpose this year. Everything about the
fair this fall will be made as different
from previous fairs as possible in order
to give novelty and make everything new
and therefore entertaining.
The date selected is a week later than
the fair was held last fall. This is a
favorable date for the big Alabama fair,
but for the last two years ii has been
raining regularly all this week. The di-
rectors last night, however, were of the
opinion that the third year this time
would be the charm and that it would be
clear and fair weather A later date was
desired because 1t would give the farm
ers more time to harvest their crops for
exhibition.
Clear weather during the fair dates is
absolutely essential. Last year the fair
association carried a large daily insur-
ance against rain and the same will prob
ably be done this year. This helps de-
fray the expense of rainy weather, but
of course does not make the fair a sue
cess If it rains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
INDIAN CHIEFS
VISIT PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, February 24.-Thirty-
five Indian chiefs in their tribal rega-
liza, en- route from the ceremonies in
cident to the ground breaking for the
national memorial monument to their
race in New York, today visited this
city. At William Penn house in Fair
mount park, where they were taken
in automobiles, the visitors paused to
pay a tribute to the founder of this
state for his treatment of the In
dians. Earlier in the day they were
stirred by moving pictures depicting
the early life of the Indian, and some
broke into weird chants when a war
dance was shown on the screen. The
party will leave for Washington to-
morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
PUPILS NEED CAREFUL
Z TRAINING, SAYS CHARLES JUDD

that the teachers and not the pupils are
inclined to become mechanical He said
that teacher who adhered too closely
to the routine laid down in text books
was not really teaching.
+ The use of prizes. honors. grades and
examinations for encourage pupils to
study for the benefits to be derived from
the knowledge and not as a means oil
securing prizes or to avoid humiliation
through failure to pass examinations" he
declared.
In the discussion which followed several
of the educators defended the use OF
prizes as an incentive to study and spoke
of the necessity of examinations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Executive Committee Will
Hold Another Conference
at Noon Tomorrow
PLANNING TO ADD
MANY NEW FEATURES
Many Applications From Concession
Companies Are Already in Hand.
Trying to Figure Against
Rainy Dates

October 9-1S the Alabama State Fair
for 1913 will be held at the State Fair
grounds at Birmingham.
At the meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Business Mems league in
the league headquarters in the Cham
Der of Commerce building last night
this date was decided upon. President
&. b. Burton presided over the meet
ing.
General plans for the big fair this
tall were discussed but nothing of any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
CHARGES FAVORITISM IN
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT

chief clerk to Grandheld. which was
highly prejudicial to the government
interests" that Grandfield and Bush
nell deliberately and systematically
favored the Time Marking Machine COM
pany and the B. r. cummins company,
represented by Cummins, and that there
was an understanding between Cum
minis and the department officials in
the advertisement of four year con-
tracts for the cancelling machines,
that, If his lump sum bid was the low
est. he would receive an exclusive con-
tract.
The report also charged that the can
ceiling machine committee was domi-
mated by Dr. Granfield so as to rem
der its findings partial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
ACCEPT AN ARMY
MANEUVER GROUND

Washington, February 24-The accept
ance of gift of 5000 acres of land near
Tullahoma, Tenn, for an army maneuver
ground was authorized today by the Sen
ate committee on Indian affairs. The bill
approved today had passed the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25

Washington. February 24-Charges
of fayoritism of the postoffice depart
ment toward B. r. Cummins. a contrac-
tor, a brother of Senator Cunmins of
Iowa, that First Assistant Postmaster
General c. p. Grandfield entered into
an Outrageous" arrangement with
Cummins and that the department S
cancelling machine committee was
guilty of gross neglect, were made to
the House today in a report on the
committee on expenditures in the post
office department.
The committee majority reported that
3. L. Cummins exerted an influence on
both Grandfield and u. T. Bushnell,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Wells Wins Bout

London, February 24.--Matt Wells,
the English lightweight, defeated
Hughie Mehegan, the Australian cham
pion. tonight in 20-round fight at the
National Sporting club. Wells won on
points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Earthquake in Guayaauil

! Guayaquil, Ecuador February s4,-Sev-
| eral light earthquake shocks We're felt
here last night and today. The shock
| Saturday was violent and extended all
over the republic. No loss of life was re-
ported.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
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without guards-some 800 miles away from the
prison-have created a national reputation for
loyalty. Less than one per cent have violated
thelr pledges by successful escape. Communi-
ties no longer fear to have our convict camps
established near them We have made manhood
as well as money by this healthy. hearty out
door labor. We have built the prisoners up both
physically and morally Men discharged from
our road camps do not have the prison paor
the physical weakness and the hesitating, hang
dog appearance of the typical discharged con-
vict They are bronzed, sturdy healthy. efficient
aborers and are in demand as such. About so
per cent. OF those we have sent from this camps
on the completion OF their terms have made
good The other 20 per cent. have mostly found
their way back into prison elsewhere"
Under the Colorado system, the convict is
allowed ten days off his sentence for each month
OF labor performed on the roads This Is in
addition to the usual reduction made for good
behavior. There are other incentives for the
copvicts to SO conduct themselves that they will
be put at work on the roads. according to War
den lyman. For one thing" he says the man
who is allowed to leave the prison for the road
camp practically has seen the last of prison II
he conducts himself properly. His food Is bet
ter his clothing Is better. He has not constant
ly before his eyes the guns of the guards to
remind HIM that he Is convicted criminal and
has no place In society. His self-respect re-
turns, he is taught self-reliance and sustained
application. and these things enable him to take
his place among other people and do a mans
work when he Is released from prison"
As to the economic side OF the question. War.
den lyman is Just optimistic He declares
that the state has saved large amount Of
money and that It will save hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars during the next ten years
through the use Of convict labor the roads
With reference to the cost of maintaining the
convicts In the road camps. Warden lyman gives
some statistics.
In one OF our camps" he says I'VE worked
86 men. not including the camp help. one month.
The maintenance Of each of these men cost the
state exactly 25 cents per day. The total cost
Of all the work for the month. including salaries.
care OF stock. feed for teams and cost of equip
ment, was $b16ib. or AN cents per day per
man Had this number Of men been employed at
the standard WACO rate Of 50 per day, the cost
OF wages alone would have been $1,6325O"
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

In New Jersey the convicts are handled a lit
tie differently, but the object is the Here
the guards have not thrown away their guns.
but the firearms are not in evidence and the
casual visitor to the convict camp scarcely
tell which the keepers and which convcts.
Woodrow Wilson, when he governor OF
New Jersey, thought he saw way to solve some
of the problems presented by the state prisons.
He outlined his idea to the state prison labor
commission and turned over to that body, togeth-
with the state road commissioner the task
of working out his ideas. The result of President
Wilson's suggestions is Don't Worry Camp" the
first of the road convict camps to be established
in New Jersey.
This is very much like any other summer
camp, except that it is better equipped One
large holds the convicts' BEDS while in a
projecting ell there is space for Ave guards.
whose beds are SO placed that every square foot
OF the convicts' quarters be seen through q
glass partition This Is the only suggestion OF
surveillance, except forSthe locks that placed
on the doors at night. The convicts' room con-
tains shower-bath and other facilities The
ventilation is scientific and the floor. walls cell
ing and beds are spotless Two former chefs.
now convcts, preside in the kitchen and prepare
the meals, which include meat twice a day and
plenty of fresh vegetables
All the buildings in the camp construct
ed by the convicts themselves, without any out
side help, save where expert workmanship such
as could not be furnished by the convicts was
needed. After the camp was completed the
victs put to work on the nearby roads.
Asphalt roads to be laid and culverts and
bridges constructed. and in this connection 10
seen OF the chief benefits OF the new sys-
tenn. far as the convicts are concerned. The
prisoners will have opportunity to learn the
masteries Of scientific road-making. profession
which is not overcrowded. Those prisoners who
show an interest in the work will be promoted to
responsible positions and will be in a position to
secure wellpsid jobs when their terms expire.
the authorities believe.
While these few states have been taking the
lead In the efforts to solve the problem of con.
vict labor. other states have been studying tho
question OF how best to direct the labor OF the
states ward both for his own interest and that
OF the state and rapid progress is predicted
along these lines during the next few years by
those familiar with penal conditions throughout
the country.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
D|zzY,s HEADACHY,
SICK, ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box

Sick headache, biliousness. dizzt
ness. coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed. fermenting food in the
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines. instead Of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing. sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you eleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
Mine Company Pledges Aid to All.
Dawson, N, M,-Dr. T. P. Nor

O1WBOn, N. M.-Dr. t. T. MOrrls,
the Red Cross special representative,
left here for Trinidad after receiving
the assurance Of Governor Mcdonald
that the fuel company would defray
the expense Of funerals and would do
all in its power to relieve the suffer-
ing of the stricken families. For the
time being, It is proposed to give all
families who suffered by reason OF the
disaster orders upon the company
store. More liberal provision will be
made later.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Two hundred and sixty-three dead.
Twenty-three rescued alive.
On Friday 202 bodies were still
buried behind tons of fallen rock,
four thousand feet from human aid.
Fire from old entry slowly eat
Ing its way through the ruin.
Disaster brings offer of aid from
mine strikers and operators alike.
Mine company promises every pos
sible financial assistance to fami-
lies of victims.
Federal mine expert declares
himself unable to in any way ac-
count for the accident.
Expected to be a week at least
known.
National Red Cross places $1,000
fund at disposal of mine officials
to aid families of victims.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
Fathers Neat Rebuke.

This is story told Of an old Evan
gelical clergyman who had son In
orders. The young man became a
fullblown Ritualist. On one occasion
the father paid visit to his son.
who asked him to preach In his
church. For some time the old man
refused, but pressed to do so. he at
length consented and chose the text,
Lord, have mercy. upon my son. for
he Is lunatic."
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

dred and sixty. three miners are
entombed and may be dead as the re-
suit of a terrific explosion at o'clock
last Wednesday afternoon in No. 2
mine Of the Stag Canon Coal Company
at Dawson, New Mexico. Sc miles
south Of here. The mouth of the main
stope is caved completely in and early
Thursday rescuers had been able
to penetrate but 100 feet into the
wrecked mine.
According to telephone messages
received here from Dawson there
were 302 miners working in the mine
at the time of the explosion. Other
estimates based on the number OF
men usually at work places the num-
ber imprisoned at 2s0.
The cause of the explosion is at
tributed to black damp.
Flames Add to Tragedy.
Dawson, N. NJ. Oct 24.-Thirty-
eight known dead, twenty-three res
cued and 223 miners entombed at
least 1000 feet from human aid, be-
hind tons of fallen debris, which
block all known passages, is the toll
in tragedy and death taken by the ex-
plosion in Stag Canon mine No. of
the Stag Canon Fuel Company. SO far
as known up to late hour last night.
To add to the horror OF this great
est of Western mine disasters, fire
from old entry No. is eating its way
through the ruins.
Heroes Die in Dawson Pit.
nnt
harvest in death gathered by the ex-
plosion of the Stag Canon mine. the
worst disaster in the history of West
ern mining, is 263. OF these 261 lives
were snuffed out by the first force OF
the catastrophe Wednesday afternoon.
two were sacrificed yesterday when.
daring the mines hidden dangers. two
helmet men gave up their lives.
That all hope for those entombed
must be given over became known last
night when government and mine
crews reached the explosions center.
The helmet men whose lives were
claimed were James Lurdi and Will
liam Poisa. killed by after-damp in
room Is of the High Line" entry.
In frenzy of terror at a fall of
dust and coal which threatened to en-
velop them. they stripped off their
safety equipment, started to run, and
died instantly.
Walter Keri and Roy Simpleton.
who followed them closely into room
IS and who also stripped their he'll
NETS from their heads, were rescued
with difficulty.
Five of the entombed miners have
been reached and taken out alive.
They had suffered much from the gas
which resulted from the explosion.
The list of identified dead now
numbers fifty-seven. In addition six
bodies too badly mangled and charred
to permit of recognition have been
recovered.
Only Twenty-Three Survivors.
Twenty.three men-all but six OF
whom were in distant portion of the
mine when the explosion uttered it's
death-call--are al, who survive to tell
its horror.
The center OF the explosion has
been definitely fixed at room Is of the
High Line" entry. 1t was there that
four of the seven bodies were found
Friday night.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
Pain in Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands. To Of
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
to work for you from the first dose. and ex-
ert SO direct and beneficial an action in the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
mcnt of kidney trouble soon disappearA
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
Only Twenty.Three Survivors.
First Funerals Held.

The first of the burials took place
Friday afternoon when, with services
for Protestants by the Rev. II. NJ.
Shields, camp chaplain. and for Cath
olics by the Rev. Fathers A. and Louis
Cellier of st. Josephs church at
Springer, N. M, thirty of the thirty
six bodies at tho morgue were in
tered In the camp cemetery.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhammA
ton .allays pain, cures wind cole, ,25c bottleAa
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
DOCTORS DID
NOT HELP her
But Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Restored
Mrs. LeClear's Health
Her Own Statement.
Detroit Mich. -"I am glad to dis
cover remedy that relieves me from

m y suffering a n d
pains. For two years
/ suffered bearing
down pains and got
all run down. was
under q n ervous e
strain and could not
sleep at night /
went to doctors hero
in the city but they
did not do me any
good.
"SeeingL lydia e.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Alas, that wise man can't help
looking like a fool at his own wed
ding!
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue: have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Australia raises nearly 100000
acres Of wheat a years
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound adver-
tised, l tried it My health improved
wonderfully and am now quite well
again. No woman suffering from fe-
male ills will regret it If she takes this
medicine. Mrs. JAMES G. LECLEAR.
1856 Hunt St., Detroit, Mich.
Another Case.
Philadelphia, Pa.-"Lydia e. Pink
hnm's Vegetable Compound il all you
claim 1t to be. About two or three
days before my periods would get bad
backaches, then pains in right and left
sides, and my head would ache. called
the doctor and he said had organic In
fammation. went to him for while but
did not get well 30 took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. After tax
ing two bottles was relieved and finally
my troubles left me. ! married and
have two little girls. have had no re-
turn Of the old troubles. Mrs. CHAs.
BoEIL, $3.50 8. Chadwick ST., Phila, Pa,
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
Some COURAGE.

Els Bandbox a brave man?"
We'll, he wears a hat with q red
feather in the bow"
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
263 ENTOMBED
ATDAWS0N,N.M.
COAL DUST ExPLoDEs IN MINE
NUMBER TWO, TRAPPING
THE DAY SHIFT.
RESCUE TwEN7Y-7HREE
REscuERs WORK FRANTlcALLY
TO SAVE MINERS; BLACK
DAMP Is CAUSE.
MINE DISASTER AT A GLANCE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30

a HumDer OF states tHe lnmates OF
the penitentiaries have been employed at various
times in the construction of highways
But the modern idea of convict road labor is new
and it is only just beginning to appear in various
parts of the United States. The old idea-where
convict labor was employed the roads-was
merely to utilize the labor of the convicts to the
best advantage to the state-to make the convict
produce as large revenue possible in order to
repay the state for the expense Of maintaining its
penal institutions. Into the idea there has
Gilpin observer., 1913-10-30
GAzNo az cGNI7cT.RQ4D M112K11aes

II HERE is nothing particularly or
; ; : : ; !: J. ; J: j i ]
revolutionary about the working Of
convicts upon the public roads. For
many years 1t has been the custom
u II in most Of the cities of this country
to place vagrants and other minor
Offenders caught in the police drag
net at work upon the streets and in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-09

the territory Immediately contiguous
to the Panama Canal is one OF the ele-
mentS which assure the instant success
of that waterway. Panama will become
an oil supply station for the merchant
ships of all nations.
In view of the immense oil deposits
in the regions bordering on tho Gulf Of
Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, compe-
tition for tho oil probably will wax
keen, but the extent of this competition
will be determined largely by the
amount of the supply Tho fact that
the great nations are adopting oil as
a fuel is due to two reasons; First,
that tho sailing distance Of the ships eau
be vastly increased. and. secondly, be-
cause oil is more economical than
coal. The conflict of international
interests will not come until the experts
forcsee the scarcity of oil as result
Of the increased use by the navics of
the world; but even at this time the
foreign nations realize the necessity of
acquiring adequate oil supplies, and
Secretary Daniels understands that the
United States must not delay too long
if it expects to obtain its fuel AS
cheaply as the European nations plan
to obtain their fuel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-09
HETCH IIETCHY VICTORY.

The people Of San Francisco are to
be congratulated upon tho passage OF
the Hetch Hetchy bill by tho Senate
1t Will become a law as soon as it is
signed by the President, and San Fran.
cisco will then be able to avail itself
of the best water supply it can obtain.
The success OF the bill was threatened
by the agitation OF impractical idealists
who placed csthetic sentiment above
human necessity. From tho ranks of
such sentimentalists the ultra-cautious
consorvationists Of this country obtain
many recruits, and as a result the de.
velopment of our natural resources is
sensibly retarded.
Poetry, sentiment, and love OF the
beautiful have their place in human af-
fairs, but when they are given such
exaggerated Importance that they are
permitted to interfere with the ma
terial welfare of millions of human
beings they become deplorable super
stition