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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
s Iha a touch of your condition
Ana cannot bear the accent OF reprooi'
--ichard the Third.
Three New Battleships

For a few years past Germany has
been straining every resource to build
nm it's navy. and owing to the TACT
that only one new battleship was pro-
vided for in the appropriations mace
bv the last United States Congress, IL
now ranks next to Great Britain as
naval power. England has long MAIN
tanned policy of warship construc-
t;on at rate to assure the superiority
of it's navy over the sea strength OF
any two Of the nations of continental
Europe. Englands internal programme
changes. but the government, whether
II be unionist or liberal, permits no
recession in expenditures for the
navy.
1t is now rumored in Washington
that the naval appropriation bill to
be introduced in the December session
of Congress will provide for the build
mo of three new battleships of the
largest and most powerful type.
Should this be done, the United States
will again pass Germany as sea
power. 1t is the motto Of Secretary
Daniels to spend "less money ashore
and more afloat," and in this he is
said to have the support of the ad-
ministration.
The democrats have shown that
warships can be built at prices much
chepaer than those which have been
paid in the past by the republicans.
The threat to construct a government
armor plate plant has resulted in a
cut of S100 ton in that product, and
vital parts Of the new battleship, No.
80, will be supplied by an English
firm at large saving to the treas
ury of the United States.
According to the latest figures
available, Great Britain now has AZ
modern battleships, 10 cruiser battle
ships, Is older battleships and Al first
class cruisers. Germany has 27 modern
battleships, cruiser battleships, 10
older battleships and 9 first class
cruisers. The United States has %
modern battleships, no cruiser battle
ships, 8 older battleships and 10 first
class cruisers. The United States is a
nation of high prices, and navies here,
like everything else, come high
Though slightly superior to that OF
the United States, the navy of Ger
many does not cost so much. The fig
ures for 1928 are: United States
$123, $40; Germany, 111,254,OOO
England's navy for the same period
cost 1920, APT 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

sands and escorted through the city to
a big hotel
He will be honored for what he has
done in the past, not for what he is
to do in the future.
His friends and neighbors at home
are justly proud of Oscar Underwood
and now that the first great legisla-
tive achievement of the democratic
party in 20 years is finished by grace
of the presence and personality of
Oscar w. Underwood, his home folks
purpose to do him honor.
All Alabama will share in Birming-
hams pleasure on that occasion. All true
Alabamians are proud of Mr. Under
wood and his remarkable public record.
In fact Mr.. Underwood, we believe.
is as popular in the villages, hills and
forests of Alabama as he is in Bir-
mingham, his home, and universal
pleasure is taken in the fact that Bir-
mingham plans to do such handsome
he's young as statesmen go,
After this reception and conference
with his friends, Mr.. Underwood will
go back to Washington and resume his
duties. He will let his friends make the
fight in Alabama.
In this connection 1t is amusing to
watch the antics of our friend, Captain
Hobson.
over at Wetumpka he began his talk
on Underwood by expressing the fear
that Mr.. Underwood in making the
race for the Senate. would lose much
time from his public duties and spend
1t in Alabama. He used that as a point
against his opponent.
But later on in his speech Captain
Hobson told his hearers that inasmuch
as none of them would buy a horse
without seeing him, they shouldn't
choose a senator without seeing him
whereupon he urged his hearers to get
Mr. Underwood to come down so they
could look him over
Regardless of whether Captain Hob
son wants Mr.. Underwood to come to
Alabama, the Birmingham gentleman
Will remain in Washington and run for
senator on his record.
Is Captain Hobson willing to do that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
An Annual Event

Calhoun county is getting ready for
its annual trial Of Erwin Pope. The
Pope trial has become to be yearly
event in Calhoun, a regular institution
that is looked upon with disgust by
The usual run of citizens, but regard
ed as a feast of reason by the Arte-
mus Quibbles and the Quirks, Gam
mons and Snaps not only of Alabama
but of all places where tbs technicality
blossoms and bourgeons.
Erwin Pope has a distinction of
which it may be safely said he is su-
premely proud. In fact, if he didn't
have this distinction he wouldn't have
breath. Six times he has faced death
as the outcome Of trials before Cal
houn juries, but today is alive and
healthy and looks forward to another
arraignment with all the confidence
that Napoleon must have felt when
he saw the waving plumes and the
glittering sabres of the Old Guard as
it moved forward to the charge which
would complete the rout of the enemy.
]. B. McClurkin, well known mil
Ter and planter of Oxford, was killed
April 10, 1909. Pope was tried for
murder month after the killing. He
was convicted and sentenced to hang.
He appealed the case, which was re-
versed and remanded on rehearing
after the supreme court had affirmed
the verdict of the lower tribunal.
He was convicted again in April,
1910. He again appealed, and again
the lower court was affirmed and
again the supreme court reversed it.
self on rehearing.
Pope was tried in Admission third
time in the spring of 1911, and was
again convicted and given a death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
Eamou. Catholic Preachcr.

among the Catholic clergy of the Bir-
mingham district there are many attrac-
tive preachers" said a layman, but 1T
is safe to say that never in any one
week in the near future will there be so
much excellent discourse in Catholic
churches hereabouts as we have heard
or will hear within the next few days.
''The Rev. DR.. William Turner, profess
sor of logic and philosophy at the Cath
olic University of America, Washington,
d. c., and the author of popular text
book on the history of philosophy. to say
nothing of his other brilliant achieve
ments, preached a notable sermon
Wednesday at the dedication of the con-
vent in the Blessed Sacrament church,
West End. On Sunday next the Very
Rev w. d. Moon. o. p, of Washington,
d. c.. will preach sermon to the
knights of Columbus at st. Paul's church
at the 1890 o'clock mass.
ION Sunday morning two distinguished
Redemporist fathers will open mission
at the Blessed Sacrament church, west
End. One of these missionaries. Father
Carroll, enjoys the reputation OF being
an especially charming preacher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
Yuan Shi Kai Inaugurated

We have been educated to believe
that China's soil would be among the
last to grow the tree of liberty. The
idea of that vast hive of benighted
humans governing itself as a republic
somehow seems incongruous. The Ori-
entails are stolid and silent. Few
dreamed that they would ever throw
off the yoke of the governing class
They seemed to bear their burder
with the patience of the OK.
Today China inaugurated its first
eonstitutionally chosen President
Yuan Shi Kai has been able to sup
press the rebellious provinces of the
south, and begins his administration
with peace prevailing. His task is a
stupendous one. 1t is probable that
America is China's only true friend.
Her great wealth is looked upon with
covetuous eyes by Japan and the ma
tions of Europe. Yuan Shi Kai must
keep ever on the alert to preserve to
his own people that which has been
given them by nature.
President Wilson's message to the
new President of China is filled with
sentiment noble and eloquent. True
friends of freedom will wish the peo-
pie of the new republic every success
in their experiment in self-govern-
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
The birmingham Y. NJ. G. A.

''The wants, desires. and needs OF the
young men and boys of Birmingham
have been anticipated and embodied IN
our new building and its equipment
said a member of the Y. NJ c. A 1t
combines comfort with luxury, utility
with amusement and the freedom OF
the home with the splendor of mod
ern hotel
From its we'll equipped basement
and spacious lobby on up through lts
great gymnasium. balconied auditorium
and airy dormitory rooms, to its para
petted roof one will hardly detect a
missing or superfluous feature. 10
fully appreciate this well-planned
building and well-manned Organization
one must become a member and partici-
pate In it's various activities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
ANCIENT METAL oBJEcrs


From Metallurgieal and Chemical Engl-
neering.
In paper read at the recent meeting
of the lBritish) Institute of Metals in
Ghent, Belgium, the writer described his
investigations into the crystal structure of
Egyptian metal objects, all more than 20ao
years old made either OF bronze or cop
per.
An interesting photograph reproduced in
the paper is of a Roman coin which still
shows cores.
The writer described the case of bronze
knife $500 years old In which the original
cored structure has endured until the
present day, and is still perfectly stable
at atmospheric temperatures. The view is
held that the knife was hammered cold
and so the best cutting edge was obtained.
The crystal grains are very small, there
having been apparently no crystal growth
during the ages that have passed since
the metal was first worked. This shows
either that reerystalizaton does not take
place at ordinary temperatures or if it
does then many times $500 years Is re-
quired to effect the change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
THE GARDEN IN SEPTEMBER

BY Robert Bridges
Now their mists temper the slow ripening
beams
OF the September sun;,his golden gleams
On gaudy flowers shine, that prank the
OF high grown hollyhocks, and all tall
shows
That Autumn f1aunteth in his bushy bow-
ers;
Where tomtits, hanging from the droop-
ing heads
or giant sunfowers. peck the nutty seeds,
And in the feathery aster bees on wing =
Seize and set free the honeyed flowers
TIL thousand stars leap with their visit.
ing;
While ever across the path lazly fit.
Unploted in the sun,
The dreamy butterflies
With dazzling colors powdered and soft
White, black and crimson stripes, and pea
cock eyes,
Or on chance flowers sit,
With idle effort plundering one by one
The nectaries of deepest throated blooms.
With gentle flaws the western breeze
Into the garden saileth, s1t.
Scarce here and there stirring the single
y trees
For his sharpness he veileth!
SO long a comrade of the golden corn.
~" "a Oiii tiiS StubIiCo WilCHSe lue SHOCKS
are borne -
Ger dewy lawns he turns to stray,
AS mindful of the kisses and, soft play
Wherewith he enamored the light hearted
May.
Ere he deserted her;
Lover of fragrance, and too late repents:
Nor more of heavy hyacinth now may
drink.
Nor spicy pink,
Nor summers rose, nor garnered laven-
der,
And 1he few lingering scents
or streaked pea, and gillyfower,. ana
stocks
OF courtly purple, and aromatic phlox.
And at all times to hear are drowsy tones
OF dizzy flies and hummng drones,
With sudden flap of pigeon wings in the
sky
Or the wild cry,
OF thirsty rocks. that scour ascare
The distant blue, to watering as they
fare
With ereaking pinions. ORION business
bent, ). ~
II aught their ancient polity displease-
Come gathering to their colony, and there !
Settling In ra gged parliament. ~
Some stormy council hold in the higI
trees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
Condition. in the Carolln...

During the past few months nave
been looking after business in the Caro-
linas," said Thomas \. Hall. who Tor
merly had his headquarters in Birming-
ham.
Business conditions in North Carolina
are good, but l was agreeably surprised
at South Carolina's thrift Sumpter, 5.
c., is one of the rapidly growing cities,
and it has a large general trade. Tele-
phones used to be manufactured there,
but now one of the leading industries
is the manufacture of magnetoes | can
remember Sumpter when it had only a
few hundred inhabitants. Its popula-
ton is now about 5000. 1t is fine city
like place. Columbia is another progress
sive city. 1t is old, but it has new
move on it. Charleston does not go ahead
very fast, but it is a solid city and its
social atmosphere is delightful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
Is Now for Underwood

The Union Springs Herald made a
public announcement sometime ago
that it would support Richmond Pear
son Hobson for the Senate. The race
was then between the late Senator
Johnston and Mr.. Hobson, but now the
Herald comes out strongly for Under
wood for the Senate. The significance
of the Herald's position will be appre-
ciated by all Alabamians who have
kept up with the times. After stating
a few simple facts, the Herald says:
The main question then for every
voter is which of the candidates
will do most for Alabama and best
represent us in the Senate. Judg-
ing the future by the past it APP
pears to us there is but one an
swer and that is summed up in the
word Underwood. a man who has
done for the south and for the
country what Underwood has done
in the House, will surely be credit
" MS Slttic Al tiV t'cho'S' Aii- Nif
I derwood is tireless and ceaseless
worker. He sticks to his job and
there is every reason to believe that
he Will do more for the state than
any other candidate
And this is about the way that the
majority of Alabama voters will lool
at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
uxpERwooD STAYS ON THE JOB

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Oscar Underwood will not sacrifice
his duties as House leader to his can
didacy for the United States Senate.
Regardless of how warm the fight may
become in Alabama, Mr.. Underwood Will
remain at his post of duty in Washing
ton and continue his work.
This is what the Washington corrc-
spondent of the Birmingham Ledger
wires that paper. Mr.. Underwood will
be in Alabama in a couple of weeks or
so to confer with his friends and make
the plans which will govern the organ
ization of his campaign committee.
"However," says Mr.. Underwood, Il
will say in advance that these plans
will not provide for any neglect Of my
duties in, Congress The people of Ala
bama are familiar with the record that
/ have made in Congress during the
best part of 10 terms and 1 am willing
to submit my case to them on the
record that l have made
There's the philosophy of states
man of the highest type. He's willing to
risk his chances in political campaign
solely on his public record.
We know of some other candidates
for high office who have records, but
are not willing to rest their cases on
those records They insist upon being
elected on the record they promise to
make in the future.
Mr.. Underwood will, Of course, be In
Birmingham soon. Such. a reception as
was never rendered an Alabama states
man viii be rendered AIr. Underwood
by his neighbors Of birmingham. The
Iplans are under way and Mr.. under-
wood mas accepted the Invitation. He
! will be met at the terminal BY thou-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
ONE of THE CITY's DANGERS

From the Popular Magazine.
Beyond all doubt he was a boob. a
mushhead and a simp. He was straight
from the country, and his whiskers, as
o. Henry would remark, were such that.
on the slightest provocation, flock OF
field mice would run out of them and
scamper down the street. He stood, his
feet wide apart, MS hands in his pock-
cts, in the middle of the asphalt.
Hit called a newsboy, in bored man.
ner, "Old fellow, :f you don't move, the
first thing you know you'll have your piss
tol pocket full of street cars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
UNDERWOOD for the senate.

II am not a democrat but I feel an
interest in Underwood as matter of
sentiment and 1 hope he will be elected
United States senator" said Horace w
Starr of Philadelphia. "Mr. Underwood
is unquestionably a great statesman. II
may well be assumed that he is the great
est statesman that Alabama has ever pro-
duced; and for any candidate of only
ordinary achievement to beat Underwood
would be we'll nigh unthinkable.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
NoTIcEABLY so.

NOTICEABLY so.
81 believe the average man aspires 70
be well thought of by his neighbors.'
mo doubt. Still, the man with get
rich-quicS scheme gets more undivided
attention than the man who tells us how
to build character"
WHEN BILL BRYAN WAS ENGINEER.
Champ Clark received bad shaking
up in the Pittsburg railroad yards when
locomotive crashed into his car"
"still. dare say it was nothing like
the jolt he got at the Baltimore conven-
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
SUFFICIENT GROUNDS.


A Missouri woman wants divorce from
her husband because he called her "A
darned old hypocrite" and said II she ever
got to heaven hell would be for rent.
Moreover, he told the neighbors that he
had to sleep in the barn and was glad to
get scraps to eat. But his "cutest" trick
was whetting a large carving knife before
he went to bed and saying he would cut
his throat with it before morning No
wonder the 1ong-suffering wife seeks re-
lief. She is married to monster of de-
ception. The single incident of the carv-
ing knife proves it. He hasn't cut his
throat yeti PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Governor O'Neafs act in ordering the
removal of state convicts from a camp
where it appears that they were cruelty
mistreated, will be applauded by all hu-
inane persons. 1t is to be regretted that
officials sometimes find it hard to learn
the exact conditions in convict camp be-
cause the convicts themselves are afraid
to tell the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

not stop here. Every effort should
be made to bring justice to those who
have imposed upon the helpless hu-
mans confided to their hands by an
overtrusting state. Such outrages as
those which have been perpetrated at
Atmore should not go anpunished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
THE VERY LATEST DANCE

time, but only American boys and girls
understand that"
Europeans can't Dance" Miss Walton
interrupted. Il taught the tango to the
Grand Duke Michael, and later to the
Grand Duke of Mechlinberg Streitz.
Strelitz told me l was the first woman he
had ever danced with. l didn't have any
difficulty in believing him. Because
felt as il l were dragging a chair around
the room. But when he got on to the
swing of II he learned quickly the tango,
the maxixe-everything.
'oh, the maxixe, shrugged Maurice, is
easy. | could teach anybody in an hour"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PLA1NTIvE PLEA.


They say we are foolish who spend all
We earn,
Never thinking of hardships in store:
We are told that John d. began early to
learn
To daily salt down a bit more;
We are getting advice from the wealthiest
men,
Who candidly show us the way;
But what is the chance for the father of
ten
To save on three dollars a day?
Chicago Record-Herald.
To answer your question may seem very
hard.
Except in this state where we live;
Though troubles come thick and misfor-
tunes retard,
The man with ten children can give
The Taught to adversity's minimum wage,
And. even his duties may shirk
There's nothing you'll find on our
statutes fair page
Forbidding his children to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

A Partisan who had fought nearly 200
duels was defeated by a doctor who had
never, so it is said, had a sword in his
hand before However, it is quite likely
place to spit his adversary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Every now and then George Ade is the
subject of political boom. That man
gets lot out of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

The Mobile Post live and progressive
Mobile. The Post bids fair to become a
strong factor in southern journalism. The
first issue shows careful editing and
management. The Age-Her wishes the
Post the greatest success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
A BRAVE EXAMPLE.

We'll worry along, somehow"
He said when misfortunes came,
And the courage that welled from his
dauntless heart
Fed hopes undying flame.
"We1l worry along, somehow"
His face still wore a smile,
Though the road that he travelled was
strewn with thorns
For many a weary mile.
A MERRY WIDOW" PERHAPS.
Under the big top, Is circus saying.
believe"
''Yes. 1t reminds me of hat my wife
used to wear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Coosa county has voted against the is
suance of bonds for road improvements.
If Coosa doesn't want to grow and pros
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

DR.. George e. Vincent, president of the
University of Minnesota, says his state
does not want the kind of thing he
thought culture was when he was grad
uated from Yale university. This speaks
pretty well for Minnesota but at the same
time is a little hard on Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Speaker Clark was badly bruised in an
accident in the railroad yards at Pitts
burg, but it was nothing like the jar he
got at Baltimore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
s. pankhurst is looking forws

serenely to her entry into the United
States without difficulty She will prob
ably be allowed to enter this country and
will probably find her reception anything
but suffragette riot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
TREED.

The 'possum S crouched upon a limb,
To 'scape the foes pursuing him,
And often when the nights are dark
He seems to hear the hounds deep bark,
A sound that through the whispering
gloom
In accents grim foretells his doom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

The Irish suffragists have been raiding
the Dublin candy shops, which shows
that woman, after all, is not wholly un-
sexed by her demand for the ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

The Gatun locks are "skyscraper' locks,
but then the Panama canal, you must
remember, is no ordinary ditch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

The Carnegie, Bethlehem and Midvale
Steel companies have again submitted
bids for armor plate, and as all of them
were identical they have been rejected.
The armor plate trust thinks the govern
ment is just bluffing about putting up an
armor plate plant of its own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Dear old Jim" Riley survived his brth~
day celebration, and what is more, the
birthday poetry written in his honor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

A New York woman was sent to Jail for
beating her husband. It's a sad COM
mentary on the husbands inability to de-
fend himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

There is reduction in the price of seats
on the New York stock exchange, but
the average man who is very, very tired
has no desire to sit there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
FRANK.

A furniture house advertises "oriental
rugs made in America Now, that's
honesty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
OSCAR UNDERWOOD

Young Louis Sarecky seems more than
willing to be the Sulzer goat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
A SOURCE OF GLApNEss

A joyous light is in her eye,
The hues of health are in her cheek;
Her alimony-this is why
Is paid her promptly every week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
CREATING A THIRST.

This music is positively stimulating" /"
'..Yes. Particularly the drinking song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11
PA EXPLAINS.

PA, what is autonomy
That's a mans condition before he is
married, SON."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Signor Nappi's band serenaded The Age
Herald yesterday, Call again. Signor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

Entered at the Birmingham <Ae.,
postoffice as second class matter uhuei
sci Of Congress March 9. 1879.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-09-05

Ferry. Idaho.
b. Neis Peterson wife Annie), Mora
via, Idaho.
c. d. Black (wife Clara, Bonne's
Ferry. Idaho.
]. V. Stanley (wife Virginia b. Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho.
Chas. Benbom (single). Boomers Ferry