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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
CONVICTS ON ROADS
NET RESULTS

The conversion TO New Jersey, north
ern state, to tile plan of prison labor
will be of much interest to all good roads
promoters of the country. For several
years some of the southern states have
been employing convict labor almost ex-
clusively on road work but in many of
the northern states the plan has met with
more or less opposition.
Col Edwin A. Stevens, state road COM
missioner of New Jersey, after one sea-
sons trial of convict labor on the roads
of his state, is enthusiastic in endorsing
the policy generally. In communication
to the A. A. A. National Good Roads
Board the commissioner writes:
THE experiment of convict labor on
state roads, which was proved to be a
success in one week, is only the beginning
of good road building beyond what we
already have and at a price which will
spread out the money of the state beyond
its present confines. g"
In describing the work In New Jersey
Colonel Stevens says: Il gave orders to
the man in charge that he was to give
me a 'swagger' job there. In other
words. he was to build the best seEion of
road ever constructed in New jersey. If
after a rain there was as much as a tea
cup of water remaining on any spot, the
road was to be torn up instantly and re-
laid by these men. This is my school,
and ! believe that in the future men
trained in prison-short term men. il
cannot get others-men who have nothing
else to do when they are turned out into
private life again. can be taught the
highest class of road building. They can
be made to do the highest class of work.
Il do not expect a bank president to
become a road builder, but there is ex-
cellent material in prison which can be
trained in this way, and I expect to man
ufacture out of this labor a corps of
men who will continue the work from
choice when they have served their time
With the training l will give them they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
MARMON AGENT TALKS
OF Mr.. HANCH

The automobile industry RECEIVED SUD
stantial recognition on December 26. 1872
when c. c. Haneh. treasurer of the
Marmon company, makers of the Mar
mon car, was elected president of the
new Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
Says L. A. White Read, 'the new busi-
ness organization results from the con-
soldation of six of the commercial and
civic bodies of the city and the signal
honor conferred upon Mr.. Hanch in cleo
ting him to the first presidency of the
Chamber of Commerce, comes as re-
ward for his efforts toward bringing
about consolidation.
Mr.. Hanch has for several years been
associated with nearly every public and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
MR. MORRIS SPEAKS OF
NEW EQUIPMENT

Los Angeles police have recently called
the attention of the motoring world tc
the Importance of complete auto equip
ment.' says Tom e. Morris, Jr., of the
Cadillac company, by a request for an
ordinance covering automobile traffic.
Inc law requested in the western city is
one which would require motorists to
carry an electrical device with which to
warn the driver, the public and. the Off
GERS whenever the speed limit is being ex-
ceeded.
The device is a complicated affair. in
tended to be carried on the dash of the
car. II consists of three lights, red,
white and green, placed one above the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
Because of Their Number You
Know Them

WHY ARE THESE CARS SO EN-
TElNSIVELY BOUGHT?
The buyer of Marmon, an Oldsmobile
or Buick knows before he makes the
purchase just what service he will get
from his car-good service always. Year
after year, these factories have produced
new modelszalways built around those
distinctive principles that have made
them leading cars-but always the very
last word in motor progress; never be-
hind the times, but usually very much in
advance.
Not "single hobby cars. Their makers
have not specialized along any single
line For instance-the transmission,
although it may be the best transmission
made is no better than the most insig-
nificant part of the car Each individual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
MRS. BARNETT SECURES
BROC ELECTRIC

1t was announced yesterday by the
Highland Garage that Mrs. ]. Mercer
Barnett had purchased one of the latest
model Broc electric The car has been
delivered. Mrs. Barnett is very much
pleased with the electric and eongratn-
lated the local agents upon the well
proven efficiency. The local dealers have
under way several additional trades for
eleetries which 1t may be said are grow
ing very popular in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM AUTOMOBLISTS

speechless he stood barheaded at the
door, it would have been a picture that
would have never efaced its image from
the memory of the onlookers. His grief
as sincere and as heartfelt as the par
ents of that blossoming youth added to
the sorrow of the parents to say moth.
ing of the anguish no doubt felt by the
driver of the car is a terrific price to
pay for any automobile antic.
Old railroad men console themselves
when serious wrecks occur on their lines
by the observation that is as long as
trains are operated there Will be wrecks
And it is taken that so long as auto
mobiles are operated there will be acci-
dents. But in the recent years Safety
first notices have been hung by rail-
roads at every tank station. Every pre-
caution that can be secured from the
wisdom of many thousand railroad men
the being put into effect to minimize this
danger. So it seems meet that the auto
mobile dealers and owners of Birming-
ham could gather here and devise some
was whereby at least the dangers of the
present may be lessened. 1t seems that
some traffic rules and examinations and
other safeguards could be arranged .that
would at least lessen the chances for
a repetition of such pictures of sorrow
as that was enacted this week.
In passing it should be taken to heart
by every.parent in Birmingham that chill
dren should be more securely guarded.
They are allowed to play continually In
the streets and at corners. 1t seems that
Birmingham has sufficient open space
and sufficient parkage to provide places
of play for children removed from the
deaths that linger in the crossings. Then
again the danger from getting hold of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
BY CLYDE w. ENNIS

ny I'll lie w. ENNIS
NEATH stallxed abroad in automo-
bile circles last week and claimed
A--~ as it's toll the life of a promising
s-year-old chap. Brimmed full of life,
romping in the sunshine at his father
door, a brieht-eyed youngster was reaped
in by the grim seepter with no warning.
That accident which has brought un-
namable grief not only to the parents
and family deprived of son, but to the
owner of the automobile driven at the
time by a negro driver, calls attention
again TO the danger that turks in the
streets of Birmingham from automo-
biles. 1t emphasizes that which has
been said in this column time and time
again. that the greatest care is abso-
lutely imperative in driving in this city,
not only down town, where traffic is con-
gested, but in the residential districts,
where the same dangers takes on added
growth by reason of children playing and
crossing the streets.
There will be no attempt here to crit
icise the driver of that automobile which
claimed its victim last Thursday after
noon, nor will his chances before the
courts be injured one way the other
by any words here. However, the fact
that the owner of that automobile. a
gentleman every inch of him, the father
of children and r man in whom all who
know him find manliness and truth is
bowed down himself with anguish, is
almost heartbroken over the accident
should be pointed out. If ever automo-
bile owner could have witnessed that
grief strickened man as he called at the
house of death caused by the driver of
his car and could have seen the over
mastering grief swell his heart until
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

Will be a valuable asset to New Jersey
roads, and that is why I wanted nothing
nut the highest class of work done by
ihls experimental class of men They
VIII get. If I can get it for them-and
the prison authorities seem to be willing
10 cooperate in every way to make this
work successful-commutat for good
pehavior, and excellent work beyond that
obtainable inside the walls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
MIR. MOODY BUYS
ANOTHER MARMON

Lee Moody, of Bessemer, whose letter
of Fluctuations to the Marmon company
was recently published has secured an
other car from that company. 1t will
be in Birmingham Monday it is announce
er. 1t will be on exhibition at the local
agents. the Highland Garage on Second
avenue for one day only. The new Mar
mon is equipped with electric self-starter
electric headlights and all the latest con-
trivanees innovated this season. Mr.
Moody is very strong for the Marmon
and continually boosts the car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
GUM SHOE
DEPARTMENT LATEST

another ear stolen in New Orleans;
please take this letter to the 'gum-shoe'
department.
A clerk in the office of the Overland
company recently gave the above order
to an office boy, as he handed the young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

/, other and connected with the transmits
sion by speed countershaft. The idea
is that when the car IS making 10 miles
or less per hour the white light burns; at
20 miles per hour the green light shows
and at . miles per hour the red hght
comes into plav. At speeds in excess of
this various combinations of flashes are
shown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
Read These Three Names
Marmon--O Oldsmobile-- Buick
and Then Think

If you were asked to name ten leading
automobiles with which you are most fa-
miliar, YOU would name these three
among them.
WHY?
Because these three cars have been
known to you for years-you see them on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

cars on bicycles and roller skates con
tinues unabated.
In the name of God protection should
be invoked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

part is right and is proven to be so be-
fore it goes into the car Then, when
these parts that are right have been as
sembled into the perfect machine, the
machine itself is given a thorough and
practical test to see that all parts are
working properly Only then is the car
allowed to leave the factory for sale.
This individual care is what keeps
these cars out of the shops and saves re-
pair bills, tire bills-keeps upkeep ex-
penses at the minimum
MIR. MOTORIST:
You think other cars may give you the
service you desire. YOU KNOW
THESE CARS WILL GIVE YOU
THAT SERVICE.
Let us demonstrate their adaptability
for your individual service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

the streets every day-your friends own
them and brag about them.
Because these three cars perform good
service day in and day out-on city
streets and country roads-up hill and
down-in the mountains and on the
plains and in all kinds of weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

I'VE pleased in
Birmingham and surrounding territory the Wnon Six To
those who know this splendid nothing be
those people who know
of the leading Of America
1Those because it is
exceptionally automobile in many ways.
1.-THE Winton Six company
started manufacturing pleasure Winton
the first build six cylinder exclusively They
have devoted all of their time and attention
six cylinder only, and they know how to build sxe
1.-The Winton Six the first o be
with self This
which has been years
in the self yea-t
proven
Many other features of this worth attention
your This literature will be glad you
request
1--WE cordially invite you o and this
BrOWnell Auto Co
1885 South 10th Street Birmingham Alabar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

Continued on Page Forty)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

WE SELL THE AI,CO TRUCK known as the truck
that ''deivers the goods This commercial vehicle will
deliver your goods for you every day the year with
little trouble is possible
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-07-26

comfort, and that because of the meager-
ness Of the salary of $4,000 per annum
he is compelled to neglect the duties of
his Office and go upon the lecture plat
form in order to earn living, and
Whereas there are now pending be-
fore the Department of State matters of
the highest Importance to the nation
affecting the relations of our country
with Mexico, Japan, England and other
foreign countries that demand the most
earnest careful and continuous atten-
ton of the Secretary of State; therefore,
BE it resolved, That the President be
requested, if not incompatible with the
public interests, to advise the Senate
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-07-26

what would be a proper salary to en-
able the present Secretary of State to
live with comfort and to enable him to
give his time to the discharge of his
public duties, for which he is now being
paid the sum of $1,000 per month; and
BE it further resolved, That the Pres
!dent be respectfully requested to give
this subject as prompt attention as his
convenience will permit in order that
Congress may take immediate steps to
relieve the country from the great loss
which it suffers by being deprived of the
services of the present Secretary OF
State, though it is now paying for such
services at the rate of 81, 900 per month"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-07-26
SECRETARY BRYAN
CREATES SENSATION

The sensation of the week in public
lecture platform for the avowed reason
that he cannot live on the $4,000 per
year paid him as a member OF President
Wilson's cabinet. Mr. Bryan has accu-
mulated a very good share this
worlds goods by his long career as a
writer and lecturer, at high figures; MS
children have grown up and been mar
ried; his home is not given to eiaDorate
entertaining; and to the average man 1t
would seems that Mr. Bryan ought to be
able to worry along on 81 600 per month,
without deserving his Office as Secre-
tary of State for a six weeks lecture
tour on the Chautauqua platform. His
action has naturally created a good deal
OF adverse comment and VIII be a good
deal of a blow to the influence of
man who has heretofore been regarded
as the Great Commonar," the champion
of the plain people, the scorner of CAPT
tai and all its evils. Indeed, SO unusual
has Mr. Bryan's action seemed and his
statement in defense thereof, that Sena-
tor Bristow, of Kansas, introduced in the
Senate a resolution, which read as fol-
lows:
Whereas from 1889 to 1893 the salary
of the Secretary of State was $4,000 per
annum, during which period the office
was occupied by Thomas Jefferson and
Edmund Randolph, and
Whereas from 1893 to 1919 the salary
of the Secretary of State was $1,000 per
annum, during which period the office
was occupied by such eminent states
Madison
James Monroe and John Quincy Adams,
and
Whereas from 1919 to 1853 the salary
OF the Secretary of State was $4,000 per
annum, during which period the office was
occupied by such eminent statesmen as
Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren,, Daniel
Webster, John C. Calhoun and James
Buchanan, and
Whereas from 1853 to 1911 the salary
OF the Secretary of State was $4,000 per
annum, during which period that high
Office was occupied by such eminent
statesmen as William H. Seward, James
G. Blaine, Thomas F Bayard, Walter Q.
Gresham, Richard Olney, John Sherman,
John Hay and Elihu Root, and
Whereas during this long period Of
time no one of those eminent statesmen
was compelled to neglect the duties OF
the Office because of the meagreness Of
the salary, and
. Whereas during the year 1911 the sal
AIRY of the Secretary of State was in
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 per annum
and
Whereas the Great Commoner' now
holding that high office, Hon W. j.
Bryan, has stated in the public press
that the salary of $1,000 per month is
not sufficient to enable him to live with
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-07-26
NOTICE

This is to notify my customers that
on and after July LIST, 1913, will stop
taking orders from house to house. /
will be glad to have them come or
send to the store early each morning
and get the order they want for the day
and the same will be delivered as early
as possible, which think will be better
for my customers and better for myself.
AS can sell cheaper, and will give
the trade the benefit of that at all times.
A continuance of your business is soil
cited and satisfaction guaranteed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-03

ion, and possibly the polished gentle
man will soon hear another buzzing
in his bonnet. If he would only
come farther west and note the
wrecks and boiler explosions, and
dilapidated physical condition of the
Illinois Central and Hartman Lines,
he might have material enough to
write editorials by the yard every day.
The lockout of the Printing Press
men in Chicago by the Newspaper
Trust more than a year ago, led by
the Hearst manager, was the straw
that broke the camels back.
Mr.. Hearst first came into Chicago
and established his papers independ-
ent of the Newspaper Managers As
sociation, which brought on trouble
galore. The trouble among the
newspapers was the real cause of
most of the smuggling and murders on
the streets of Chicago, and the re-
ports are that they were the ones
that originated the automobile
squadron. Mr.. Hearst established
good union conditions and wages in
the face of this flying squadron of an
tagonistic sluggers. In fact, he took
the lead. He even paid some of his
employees over the union scale, so
anxious was he to establish himself
in the good graces of the unions, and
everything moved along smoothly
until he overcame the Opposition of
the Managers Association, and was
induced to join them, and then the
trouble started.
Mr.. Hearst was selected, evidently
to lead the fight. 1t was,in the press
rooms of the Hearst papers that po-
licemen were stationed, and the
pfessfnen were told that they would,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-03


steals and other scandals, was appreci
all Americans knew that 1t was the pr
afurious buzzing In his bonnet. Failing
ernorship of New York was accepted ;
mayorality of New York City would h
of those plums were left for others to
Unable to reach the executive offic
New York, failing to make the union m
political kite, he seems to have lapsed
an attack on all of his employees in tn,
out. He turned the batteries of the
Hearst papers, and along with that
notorious fire brand of the Mer- /
chants and Manufacturers Assoeia-
ton, Harrison Gray Otis, they fought I
union men for two years in Los An
geles.
Before the strike of the Illinois
Central and Hartman Lines, the
General Officers were offered the '
Hearst private wire from Chicago to
San Francisco, by the Hearst Papers !
of Chicago. We took advantage of
this offer on one or two occasions, / t
but while in San Francisco, we were
called to their Office to talk to Chi
eago, and arriving there we were in {
formed that they had just received {
orders to allow no further use of the s
wire for that purpose.
The Hearst papers practically 1
closed their columns to us for any 1
further matter favorable to the en- t
ployes or the roads involved. The /
Chicago end of the case, we were in t
formed, had been used to the adj S
vonta on of tho Illinois Central Rail- Z
road Company by the Hearst papers
Our suspicious, we believe, were well t
founded, as the attitude of the Hearst t
papers during this strike has been e
absolutely antagonistic, and especial a
Iy the Chicago Examiner and Ameri- i
can. e
A few weeks ago an editorial ap- L
peared, over the signature of Mr. t
Hearst himself, ripping the railroad il
infpTpsfo Of tha Fast from stem IN f
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-16
CONGRESSMAN CARTER RESO.
LUTON AFFECTS FOURTH
CLASS POSTM NSTERS.
WOULD NULLIFY ORDER
Cali for All Names of Present I'm.
plOycrs of the L. :. Under
CIViI Service.
By Staff CorrcSpondcnt)

WASiIlNGTON. d. c., Feb. 10
(SpeciaD What is claimed by Re-
pubicans to be a pan to practically
nullify the recent order of President
Taft placing several thousand fourth.
class pOstmHsters in the United states
under the civil service is the privil-
eyed resolution calling upon the
president Of the United states to turn.
sh the house of representatives with
all names Of the present employees
of the civil service, and other data re
garding the service. introduced in the
house by Congressman Charles D..
Carter of oklahoma. Mr.. Carter de
clarcs that he does not believe In
placing anyone in the classified serv-
ice by executive order or otherwise
and proposes to go into the records
of these persons with the idea Of
forcing them out Of the service unless
they can pass the examination.
The resolution calls for all of the
names of the present employees of the
United states under civil service,
date Of appointment and sa,ary paid
each, and requires specifically that
this Information be compiled so as to
distinguish the names Of all those
who have been regularly passed into
the civil service by examination from
those who have been put in 10y exc
cutiyc order.
II IS understood that Mr. Carter has
no intention of disturbing those who
got into the service in "a regular man
ucr. but from his statements he i'm
tends going after the others and cs-
pecialN the fourth-c'1ss postmlsfers
throughout the United states, and
they are the principal offenders, ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Carter.
Mr.. Carter says he expects To press
this resolution to passage at the earl.
lest possible date and as soon as he
obtains the information. vii, call on
the house committee on reform In the
civil service TO make thorough IN
yestIgation Of all discrepancies and
shortcomings OF the present system
with view to have real merit
system under the next Democratic ad-
minstration.
Asked as TO what he thought the
chances for passing the resolution
were. Mr. Carter stated that he
hoped he would be able 10 get IL
through at this session, but II he
failed. he asserts he will introduce
II again at tho next session. at which
time he feels sure It will go through.
After the atm Of March Mr. Carter
will be ranking members Of the COM
mlttec on reform I'm the civil service
and believes he Will be able to get
the committee to report fl fayorablN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-16

The nature ot the issues involved
in the case of the United States Of
America against Phillip Mackey and
others, pending in the United States
Court, and its bearing upon the so
called sand and gravel controversy
involving the right of the state to
grant exclusive privileges either by
sale or lease to individuals or corpor-
atlons to control the removal of sand
and gravel or the production of oil
and gas from the bed of the Arkansas
River, brings ont the vital points in
the sand and gravel matter in Okla
hOma.
The pending case does not neces-
sarly involve the principle upon
which the state claims the power to
dispose OF the sand and gravel, oil
and mineral rights in the lands COM
prsing the bed of the Arkansas River
but II presents the matter in such a
manner as to indirectly affect the
states interests.
The present suit was brought Ia re-
strain certain oil companies operat-
ing under leases granted by the
Mackey heirs, from drilling wells and
producing the oil on what Is known
as the sand bar lying between the
meander line and the low water mark
of the Arkansas River being the por-
tion of said stream occupied by
water.
1t is the contention of the gov
crnment that the meander lines along
the Arkansas River do not necessarily
or even primafacialy mark or cstab-
lish the banks of the stream, nor do
they designate the point often re-
ferred to as high water mark OF tho
river, but that the mcander lines We're
run for the purpose of segregatiug
the lands within the sections trav-
crsed by the river which We're of suf-
flcient value to he taken into account
in the matter of the allotment Of the
public lands of the Creek Nation
among It's enrolled members. from
those regarded as waste lands, not to
be allotted.
The result of the survey Of the pub
lie lands of the Creek Nation through
sections traversed by the Arkansas
River was to create irregular tracts
of land not marked by the bOunda-
res Of any regular subdivisions OF a