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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
CAUSES OF NINE DIsATERs

From HarperS weekly.
Many mine catastrophes are directly
due to the movement of the earth, shown
in the tendency of the ground around
the pit to sink, and internally by the
droop in the vault and in the sides of
the mines; such dislocations are due not
only to the pressure of the weight of the
ground, but to latent pressure resulting
from internal motion still in progress,
though dating from the early stages of
the earth.
AS consequence of its cooling after
the incandescent state, the outer crust OF
the earth was subjected to pressure which
is still existent, as is shown by spon-
taneous movements of the rock masses.
In some quarries where the gneiss is very
hard, even, and of the same quality
throughout, the ground swells in long
ridges and is rent asunder with prodig-
ious noise. All the rocks are in state
of compression due to the mechanical ac-
tions to which they have been subjected
Such action is peculiarly intense In coal
mines, and 1t takes effect not only upon
the galleries, where it bends the pillars
and the steel and crushes the masonry.
but on the coal also. which 1t softens and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
IT WAS COMING TO HIM.

We note In the news that Mr.. "Bridgie''
Webber has been mysteriously stabbed in
the back. Mr.. Webber made the grave
mistake of appearing in court as an inn
portant witness in the Rosenthal murder
trial. BY doing so he got himself "in
bad with certain of New Yorks profi
cient "gunmen," who are not averse to
using other methods of doing away with
person they don't like, if the other way,
the use of knife, for instance, is more
convenient The wonder is not so much
that Mr.. Webber has, in the parlance of
the underworld, "got his" but the fact
that he remained unscathed so long. Had
we been in his shoes, half the earth's
circumference would have seemed hardly
space enough to put between us and the
vengeance of those thugs whose enmity
he incurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

States, namely, emergency currency
notes shall pay for the first month a
tax at the rate Of 5 per cent per an
mum on the average amount of such
notes in circulation and afterward an
additional tax of per cent per annum
for each month until tax of 10 per
cent per anpum is reached, and there
after a tax of 10 per cent per annum
upon the average amount of such
notes.
President Wilson and Secretary Nc
Adoo have lively appreciation of the
and they are ready to meet
the disturbers of business conditions
face to face, and they go we'll loaded
with appropriate ammunition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Millions Are Ready in Treasury

Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
notifies the timid and vicious that he
has on hand $5OO,00O,O00 in emerg-
ency currency, and that he has full
authority under the Aldrich- -Vreeland
act of five years ago to issue this cur
rency to any national banks making
application. The Secretary says that
he would not hesitate to issue cur
rency to any bank making application
and qualifying under the act named.
The emergency notes are exactly
like existing bank notes and no one
can distinguish between them. No one
would desire to do SO.
The Aldrich- -Vreeland measure was
passed May 30, 1908, and it stands
good until June 80, 1914. Emergency
notes may be issued to national banks,
or to currency associations formed by
them.
The Aldrich-Vreeland act provides
that national banking associations
having circulating notes secured 9TH
Arwise than by bonds Of the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
As TO Strikes

Records fail to bear out the state
ment that strikes profit men, save In
certain individual cases" said we'll
known citizen who has long beeen con-
nected with the industrial world.
Some weeks ago Buffalo was select
ed as the place to test the strength of
the International Machinists' associa-
tion. A fight was made for the union
shop as against the open shop; so
hours week as against "a hours week,
and the minimum wage scale in place
of the piece and premium work, with
the result that of the 20 shops with
5000 employees that enlisted for the
fight, all but five of the shops and less
than 400 men dropped out. The men who
returned to work, went back as indi-
viduals under the very same conditions
which existed at the time they went on
a strike. The Employers association
simply insisted that the plants be run
as open shops and the men who re-
turned to work acquiesced
"Another instance of failure of a
strike was that of the Niagara Ma
chine and Tool works. Ninety-on one of
the walk outs voted to return to work
and Is to stay on the strike. A few
days following 103 men returned to
their old jobs under the exact conditions
which existed at the time they left.
IF in some cases victory has been
achieved 1t has been at considerable
cost as far as my observation goes. In
recent years losses sustained have sell
dom been balanced by profits achieved
for the wage workers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
General Business Is Sound

Securities have fallen in price in
Wall street, but this is no indication
that conditions in general business
throughout the country are not sound
and even prosperous. Business is not
even dull. Industries as a rule are
taxed to the utmost, labor is fully en-
ployed, and the railroads will soon
complain of a shortage of cars, for
winter wheat will soon be ready to
move, and other big crops are COM
ing on.
No doubt our money system needs
reorganization, and President Wilson
seems to be in earnest in demanding
that it be done without unnecessary
delay. Whether the currency evils can
be corrected before Congress adjourns
has not yet been determined.
AS for the tariff all know now it's
extent and scope, and the country is
settling down to an acceptance of it.
1t will be found far less unfavorable
to trade than many have imagined.
1t will justify itself within its first
year.
The trouble in Wall street sprang
from the Balkan war and European
liquidation, and they go to show how
closely the great markets of the world
are allied. There is, however. little
sense in cutting down the prices of
well known American securities be-
cause of Balkan war. More courage
is needed and deeper study of home
crops and home conditions. This
would speedily lead to a feeling of
confidence. Big crops are the best
antldote of such troubles as Wall
street is afflicted with. Wall street.
too, needs a leader like the late J. P.
Morgan whom no European scare
could disturb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting al
departments), No. 1900.
There's no time for a man to re-
cover his hair TINT grows bn1d.
Comedy of Errors.
Woman Suffrage in Illinois

The Illinois house of representa-
lives, by a vote of 83 to 5S, passed
the bill for partial woman suffrage.
The senate had already passed the bill
and Governor Dunno has said he will
sign it. That would make it law with
out any referendum or election what
soever.
The affirmative vote in the house
was cast by SO republicans, "a demo-
crate, "a progressives and 3 social
lists, thus showing that the movement
extends to all parties in Illinois.
Under this bill women may vote for
all officers which are not mentioned
in the constitution of Illinois. They
cannot vote for governor, lieutenant
governor, state officers, members of
the legislature, county or district
Judges, congressman or United States
senators; but they can vote for presi-
Dental electors, mayor, aldermen,
municipal court judges, sanitary trus-
tees, all township officers, all city and
village officers, and on all PROPOSE
tions submitted to the electors.
Illinois is large and populous and it
lies east of the Mississippi river.
When Governor Dunno signs the bill
Illinois will become the tenth state to
grant the suffrage privilege to wom-
en-, and the first east of the big
river. The extension comes to the
people suddenly. 1t is almost shock
to the eastern half of the country, and
no doubt the battle for woman suf-
frage in the east will be resumed with
renewed vigor.
Governor Dunno says he will sign
the bill unless he finds unexpected
constitutional defects in it. He will no
doubt sign it and Illinois would then
have to be listed as an equal suf-
frage state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
In st. Clair County

Farming and business conditions in
st. Clair are as a general thing pros
perous," said State Senator Watt T.
Brown of Ragland Cotton is not look
ing as well as it was week or so
ago but there is time enough for the
farmers to make large crops. The boil
weevil has not reached our county, so
there is no fear on that score"
Senator Brown said that while he
was seriously considering making the
race for lieutenant governor he had
decided to let the matter rest for .
while. "While l am considering the
matter of running for lieutenant gov
ernor l will wait until I have seen
what the situation really is" he said.
Il am simply asking my friends not
to commit themselves until they hear
from me. I am receiving a great deal
of encouragement and some from
sources unexpected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Porter Charlton's Extradition

The supreme court, in the Porter
Charlton case, renders certain his ex-
tradition to Italy where he will be
tried for the murder of his wife,
whose body was found in trunk sunk
in Lake Como. Charlton confessed To
the murder of his wife on their honey
moon trip. This was in 1910, and
Charlton has been held ever since
awaiting a final decision in the su-
preme court.
The case was not complex. Charlton
could not be tried in this country for
crime committed in Italy, and he
can be tried in Italy. If the court had
decided that he could not be extra
dited, then he never would have been
tried anywhere for an atrocious crime.
a new extradition treaty with Italy is
needed and perhaps the state depart.
ment will attend to that branch of the
business after a while.
The most that can be said about
Porter Charlton is that he is young
and a defective. To have let him es.
cape without trial would, however
have been a mockery of justice, and
the decision of the supreme court will
be considered just no matter how much
sympathy for Charlton exists among
the friends of his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
BEFORE THE TRAFALGAR

From the Kronstad (South Africa) Times.
A most interesting discovery, which, it
is believed has some connection with Nell
sons operations In the Mediterranean
prior to the battle of Trafalgar, is re-
ported in a telegram from Cassari, Sar-
dinia. According to the message some
fishermen who have arrived at Cassari
from Porto Torres state that a shepherd
has found near Cape Testa, the extreme
northerly point OF Sardinia, a largo cave
containing an enormous quantity of pow
der and other war stores The military
authorities at Maddalena are sending OK
perts to the spot 70 make an investigation.
1t is thought probable that the stores
were placed in rhe cave by Nelson when
he was watching the French fleet at Tou-
lon in the operations which ended in the
battle of Trafalgar. Nelson, as is well
known, used Sardinia as his base of sup
plies, and it vas while he was refitting
there that Admiral Villeneuve escaped
from Touon and got clear away to Mar
tinque, when he returned to European
waters, where he was at last brought to
bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
TO BE ENvIED.

The glancing current of a stream,
nook most fair to see.
A bird that MARBLES overhead,
AS happy as can be;
fisherman with pole in hand
And cork upon the tide
Who calmly waits to get the bite
That will not be denied
Sweet perfumes from the flowery mead
Come to him on the breeze
A pleasant shade around him spread
BY softly signing trees
Blue skies above. green sod below,
His troubles all forgot,
How many in this world of woe
Would gladly share his lott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Of Far.Reaching Benefit

Birmingham In the early years of
ats history was known only as an
industrial center and even today with
)ts largely diversified mercantile in
iterests it is still known chiefly be-
cause of it's iron and steel production
But Birmingham has been cotton
market for number of years. It's
compress business was an important
factor in the city's commercial life
even before the steel plant at Ensley
was built. The volume of the cotton
business here amounts to about 100,-
600 bales a year, but as result of
the union of the Birmingham Warrant
Warehouse company and the Magnolia
Warehouse and Compress company of
Mobile the business in both cities will
be greatly increased. Birmingham's
total of 100000 bales annually should
be doubled before many years.
This combination between Birming-
ham and Mobile is progressive move
and one of far-reaching Importance.
Prominent business men in both cities
are identified with it and the enter
prise means much for the whole state.
The economies of the joint arrange
ment will certainly save shippers of
cotton hundreds of thousands of
do1larc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15


From the London Chronicle.
A great deal of the drunkenness and
sin of the world is due to Indigestion,
and, therefore, / have yet to meet Il
fruitarian who is drunkard,' said DR..
Josiah Oldfield in a lecture on "Diet
and Dyspepsia" at the hall of the Order
of the Golden Age, Brompton road.
In the olden days if the judge were
in a bad temper owing to the state of
his digestion, the poor prisoner was
hanged. Many battles had been lost
owing to the bad digestion of the COM
mander he added, and the answer to
the question whether life is worth liv-
ting was, '1t depends on the liver"
A great many people took to drink,
continued the speaker, not because they
wanted it, but owing to the condition
of their stomachs, which craved for
something to drown their care Indi-
gestion was largely nerve disease, and
the nerves were often the cause of the
trouble. The pain Of indigestion was
not primary sign, and when that hap
pened the trouble was we'll advanced
and the patient in the way for gastric
trouble.
Doctor Oldfeld suggested a pint and
a half as the inclusive amount of liquid
to be taken during a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Wise men do as they please their
wives.
Singers are like loan sharks--always
taking notes.
It's wasteful to talk about making
good" Get busy.
The more the merrier-but this
doesn't apply to troubles.
Most of the easy jobs in politics cost
more than they are worth.
Folks who fall in love at first sight
learn to believe in second sight.
If woman knew how she looks while
running to catch a car. she wouldn't
The seamy side of life is much like
the other side with the polish rubbed
off.
Some theatrical managers try to ele-
vate the stage by raising the price Of
admission
Nearly every widow believes that all
the married women of her quaintan nee
would like to exchange places with her
Ever notice the look of supreme con-
tent that abides on woman's face as
she returns from the station after see
ing her guests off?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
BAzARs OF HYDERABAD

By the Hindu poet. Sarojini Naidu
What do you sell, o ye merchants.
Richly your wares are displayed
Turbans Of crimson and silver.
Tunics of purple brocade,
Mirrors with panels of amber,
Daggers with handles of jade
What do you make, 0 We goldsmiths?
Wristlet and anklet and ring
Bells for the feet OF blue pigeons, 10
F'rail as a dragon fly's wing u
Girdles of gold for the dancers.
Scabbards of gold for the king.
What do you cry, Oye fruitman?
Citron. pomegranate and plum
What do you play, o musicians?
Cithar. sarangi and drum.
What do you chant, o magicians?
Spells for the aeons to come.
What do YOU weave, o We flower girls
With tassels of azure and red?
Crowns for the brow of "a bridegroon,
Chaplets to garland his head,
Sheets of white blossoms new gathered
To perfume the sleep of the dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
NEW USE FOR BUTTERMILK

Georgetown Del) Special to the Phila-
delphia North American.
A discovery which should be hailed with
delight by painters has been made by
Walter 8. Camper of near Bowers Cam
per's discovery is that linseed oil is a
thing of the past in mixing Oil IL there is
plenty Of buttermilk available. Camper
was painting his house when he found
that there was no linseed oil for mixing
the paint.
The cans of paint had been left out IN
the yard near a mischievous child. Cam
per went back TO the paint and discovered
that 1t worked all right. Investigation
showed that the child had empited a
pitcher of buttermlk into the paint, and
that it had completed the mixing as we'll
as linseed oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

Eugene Maggi and his wife, believed TO
be the wealthiest persons in Switzerland.
committed suicide last week because they
lacked interest in life. Eugene Maggi was
joint estates we're estimated some time
ago at $lo,0oo.o)9 and recently Maggi in
herited the income from number of ex-
tensive factories. They had been married
for a number of years, but were greatly
disappointed because their union had re-
mained childless. They retired to their
bedroom, turned on the gas and Were
found dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

greatly disturbed by the breaking of one
of a pair of blue urn shaped vases given
to Queen Alexandra by the late Empress
of China. The Dowager Empress of Rus
sia, sister of Queen Alexandra, who is
visiting Marlborough House, dropped the
vase and broke handle. Just after the
royal palace Of Feking the rule of the
imperial family in China came to an end.
The vases are 100 years old, and the late
J. Pierpont Morgan offered Queen Alexan-
dra $4,000 for the pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
ALABAMA THE wETTEsT STATE

Il fOfII Il HfIII anu II ITVSIUt.
From weather bureau data covering
period of ID years, 1t has been dis
covered that the average temperature
of the United States is $40 degrees
Fahrenheit, and the annual amount Of
rainfall is 1908 cubic miles.
The state of Arizona had the lowest
amount of annual precipitation, SIS
inches, of any state during the IA years
which extended from 1891 to 1904 in
elusive. Alabama had the. greatest
amount of rainfall, 71.6 inches.
The state having the lowest average
temperature was North Dakota S5.5 de-
grees Florida had the highest tenn
perature, IT'S degrees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Cotton Crop

The recent cool spell has naturally
kept the cotton from growing, saia
Joseph b. CARRIER of Demopolis. lhe
plants are small but the weather is
turning warm again and the crop VIII
rapidly improve. sometimes think Una.
When the cotton is checked by cooi
weather there is some benefit, after all,
The roots are strengthened and we may
have a better crop in the END
There is dread now in our section
about the boil weevil. The pest Will
mean short crop in some counties,
Just what the extent of the damage VIII
be, of course, cannot be foretold now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
MOTHER MADE A GIRL OF HIM

From the Baltimore Sun.
After keeping Charles home all his
life in order to make him gentle and be-
cause | had no daughter. 1 think it out
ragous that people should call him Percy
ana Sissy and he nearly 10 years old,
complained Mrs. Ameda Heiss, 2041 East
North avenue. before Justice Dean of the
northeastern district
She accused neighbors of worrying her
son with the above epithets and wanted
them arrested.
i know he is girlish," she continued.
'Eut J never had a girl. so I deter
mined that he should be my girl. He
EeNer went out to work, but does all the
cooking, makes the beds and sweeps the
house. In that way he saves me money
When asked why she didn't bring her
SON to the station with her. she said he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
A SHIP WITHIN A SHIP
,m the American Machinist.


The 'Tmperator." the new crack ship
of the Hamburg American Steamship
line, due in New York on her maiden
trip on June IS, is practically ship
within "a ship.
A series of coal bunkers along the
sides. in conjunction with the double
bottom, give the Imperator a double
skin, so to speak. The forward or COL
1ision bulkhead extends through the
first deck The single amidship bulk
head weighs alone 66 tons. There are
SO watertight doors in the bulkheads.
controlled automatically from the
bridge.
This ship is the first of three sister
vessels to be built for the Hamburg
American line, each with a displace-
ment of 10000 tons.
The Imperator is 919 feet long, 9S feet
beam and so feet deep. She has 8
decks, the boat deck being 100 feet
above the keel, while the height OF
the mast trucks from the keel is 246
feet The three tunnels are each SO
feet long and the oval openings meas
uio 30 ny 10 leet lie IuueT diOHe
weighs 90 tons.
The ship will accommodate a popula-
tion of over 5000, this including a crew
Of 100 persons. The ship. is driven by
quadruple turbine engines of 10000
horsepower, designed to develop an av-
erage speed of 221a knots in, crossing
the Atlantic. One of the big rotors
weighs 135 tons and deyelOps over % :
600 horsepower. The rotor casing is
lS feet in diameter by % feet in length
The shafts are Is inches in diameter
and the four bronze propellers are 16
feet in diameter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
ANOTHER FORM OF IT.

''Where are you going with that big
box of candy?''
I'm lobbying for friend of mine
whose girl has kept him guessing for
three years. If can succeed in making
her come to his defense by saying he's not
appreciation of my efforts in his behalf
by inviting me to an elaborate dinner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
TABLE TALK IN A SEA STORM

From e. w Howe's African Travel Let
ters in his magazine.
At dinner, not half the passengers
were in their places, but Adelaide and l
occupied our usual seats at table, al
though we had a difficult time getting
down the two stairways to the dining
room. The dishes were fenced up, so
that they could not roll off the tables,
and the portfolios were under water
every roll of the ship. The sick man
who has been on, deck nearly every day
of the voyage surprised us all by ap-
pearing at dinner for the first time,
although he was almost literally carried
down the stairways, and across the
dining room floor The diners at the
two center tables were forced to go to
other tables, owing to crash In the
skylight above, and a downpour OF
| water.
But in sp..e of all this confusion, Mr.
Connell, very calm and we'll Informed
man who sits at my table, interested
me by telling of something he had read
during the day. At the battle of Water
loo, in 1912, less than 10000 men
were engaged. The battle lasted IL
hours. vet the casualties amounted to
81, 900.
The battle of Lule Borgas, fought
between the Bulgarians and Turks in
1912, lasted five days, and although 30o,-
600 men took part with modern imple-
ments of war, the casualties amounted
to only $1,000. We moderns have more
effective weapons than the ancients,
but seem afraid to use them. The mod
ern man has more sense than bravery
The old savage man had a fool notion
that it was bravery to fight for ruler,
but modern man has discovered that
bravery is to fight for himself ,and
meet his ordinary difficulties with pa
tience and fairness. The prizefghter
| is brave in that he is able to stand
great deal of punishment but in pri-
vate life he is not very nice, and often
keeps a saloon and whips his wife.
At dinner Mr.. Connell also told me
that in Australia, whore the women
have full suffrage, the wives of the
working men often vote against their
husbands. In certain election in 1911
the labor party demanded the adoption
of a measure that would result in many
strikes and much disturbance. 1t was
believed that the measure would carry
by a large majority, but the wives of
the labor men generally voted for peace.
and the measure demanded by their
husbands was defeated by two to one.