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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

mate, it is appalling. The coroner is
at work on his annual report and he
says that when it is completed it will
be accurate in every detail.
Judge Lane, in an interview in Sun
days Age-Herald, says: az do not
wish to be misunderstood in this mat
ter. | am not championing crime or
defending our record. Heaven knows 1t
has been bad enough. But what | am
protesting against is making it worse
than it is. l think Coroner Spain has
made an honest mistake | do not be-
lieVe for moment that he Intentional
ly intends doing any harm to this
community. But that does not get
around the fact that he has done
harm, and much harm by his repeated
statements in the press holding this
city up as a haven of criminals and
giving figures and statements that
are not facts. am not attempting to
vindicate the police department, of
which l am the head, or anyone else.
merely want the people to know the
facts in the case, which in themselv IS
are bad enough when they are cor
rect"
Coroner Spain's official report will
be awaited with painful interest. If,
upon analysis, his figures can be
brought closer to Judge Lanes figures
the public and the coroner himself
will be thankful, no doubt, for every
body, it may be assumed, is eager to
see the record minimized.
The fact that state convicts, after
serving. out their terms, have been
dumped upon this community explains
to some extent the excessive number
of homicides, but the pistol carrying
habit accounts more than any one
thing for this county's terrible stain.
Many loose takers have a way of
charging nearly all crimes to liquor,
but while observant persons know
know that intemperance often gets
men into serious difficulties and
causes them to commit crime, most of
the homicides hereabouts have been
committed by men who were not un-
der the influence of intoxicants.
Vicious temper and irreligious living,
combined with the unrestrained habit
of carrying concealed deadly weapons,
may be truly said to be at the bottom
of most of our bloody tragedies.
A vigorous campaign of education
is needed in Jefferson county; also
speedy trials and fewer miscarriages
of justice. and above all, let there be
an enforcement of the law against
carrying concealed weapons, If private
citizens who go about armed were
divested of their death-dealing weap-
ons, homicides would be few and far
between. The situation is enough to
arouse all right-minded men to the
point of taking concerted action that
would at least mold strong public
sentiment and reduce in a very con-
siderable degree the number of kill
ings year by year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
A SONG OF INDIAN SUMMER.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
l am the indian summer.
The king of all the autumntide,
My power is great. my domain wide,
From lakes to glff, from sea to sea
rule in potent majesty;
From lowlands cast in bronze and gold
To highland steep that soft clouds fold.
rule the days of gold September,
am the Indian summer.
The great outdoors is my palace!
hold my own the laughing rills,
The peacock colors of the hills,
The music from the winds tuned Tyre;
The glitter in the golden fire
OF bergamots the sunshine weaves;
1 hold my own the strength that heaves
The leaves from forest belvaderes;
And every fire that leaps and flares
Burns as incense in a chalice!
l am the Indian summer!
What kingly cloth proclaims my might!
My twilight mantle that the night
Has broidered with her frery globes;
The white frost gives me ermine robes;
And lace SO light that soft winds toss
Blows In the silver of the moss
While all my chests and caskets hold
The sunshine cloth that drips with gold
l am the Indian summer.
Who counts the wealth J. waste
content
From studded jewels In sandals set
To lustre of my coronet.
Carved from the great moons changing
hue
OF gold and silver, green and blue!-.
Who counts the crusted stars and be-
1ieves esyn
7 am no king? The coral leaves
Do as I bid,s rule the land.
/ give | take and comm nd
Obeyed by every element!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

with fruit drunkenness" for it is an
extraordinary fact that the excessive
! eating of Strawberries often results in
many of the sensations connected with
alcohol attacking the eater. These
symptoms consist of giddiness, head
ache, blurred sight and occasionally
double vision.
For Strawberries contain far more acid
than most of the other fruits in season
at the same time, and this juice acts
very quickly on the nervous system
especially in the ease of stout and full-
blooded people. Excessive rhubard eat
ing can also produce symptoms of in
toxication, owing to the excess of
oxalic acid which turks in this fruit.
But this is only one of many ways
in which symptoms of drunkenness can
be developed. apart from excess of al
cohol. 1t is quite possible to become
temporarily intoxicated by excess of
emotion, whether it be sorrow. JOY or
music.
The explanation is that deep emotion
deranges the nerve centers, which are
thrown out of unison with each other,
so that such actions as walking ana
talking become difficult. An invalid
who lives on diet for some considera-
BILE time, and then suddenly has huge
meal, can quite easily get symptoms
of drunkenness on a chop or steak.
Strong coffee on an empty stomach
also produces results similar to alco-
hol, whilst the fumes of turpentine are
very liable to render you light-headed.
Recently six men were reduced to a
rolling condition while unloading
cargo of this spirit from a barge at
Bristol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
Armor Plate Plant

Alabama's representatives in Con-
rress and the various civic bodies
should endeavor to induce the govern
ment to build an armor plate plant
and to select this state for it. Those
are the first things to be done. After
the government commits itself to the
policy of making armor plate, 1T
should be comparatively easy mat
ter to prove that Alabama is the logi-
cal state for it.
Tuscaloosa, Admission, Gadsden, Bir-
mingham and perhaps Mobile would
be candidates in the event the gov
ernment should decide to go into the
armor plate business in Alabama.
c. w. Roberts, general secretary of
the Gadsden Chamber of Commerce,
writes The Age Herald in part as fol-
lows:
Live cities in all parts of the United
States are now active In the matter of
locating the proposed armor plate plant
to be erected by the United States
government. The latest issue of the
Manufacturers Record tells us about
Baltimore and other cities making great
campaigns for this plant. If this plant
is to be built, then the south is the
place for it and Alabama is certainly
the state, and which is the city? IL each
of the live cities of the state make an
effort to secure this plant through our
representatives we will stand less
change of getting it than If we win
an request our senators and congress
men to pull for Alabama" not Bir-
mingham, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa or any
other city
1t seems to me like child's play for
our representatives to go up there
(Washington) and pull for certain
cities in matter of this kind A plant
of this nature would benefit and ad-
vertise the whole state and all cities
of the state would no doubt receive
their share out of it.
1 really believe that Gadsden was
the first city to put in its claims for
the plant, through the writer. However,
my personal opinion is that we can do
more by all of us pulling for Alabama.
At our meeting Monday night next l
hope to have resolution passed along
the lines l have outlined in this article,
provided / do not meet with too much
oposition, and l do not believe that
will. think it would be well for all
other commercial organizations of the
state to do likewise.
General Secretary Roberts letter
has the true ring. While it can be
demonstrated, no doubt, that an ideal
site for an armor plate plant would
be between Ensley and Woodward, in
Jefferson county, yet if the govern
ment experts who would have charge
of the survey worle and whose recon-
nendation would have great weight in
Washington, favored Gadsden, Tusca-
loosa or any other industrial city in
the state, this district would be ready
with its congratulations; but the
whole question of government armor
plate industry is in the "talk," or
problematic stage. Nothing may be
done for it's promotion by the Sixty
third Congress, but the very possibili-
ty of the government making its own
plate is appealing and is enough to
stir up lively interest in all steel cen
might act should be somewhat re-
mote, all Alabamians should be ready
now to cooperate in pushing the
movement along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

A problem of abnormality'' in a Lon
don girl who insisted on doing everything
backward was solved by X-rays. A cable
account explained that her heart was on
the right side. 1t might have been just
as clear if the Associated Press corre-
spondent had said that her heart was
on the wrong side, for in human anatomy
the right side is the wrong side for that
vital organ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
woMAN SUFFRAGE.

Savannah Morning News: Discussions
of the reasons for and against woman
suffrage are always in order, bat the
fact should not be lost sight of that
lit has too strong a foothold in the
United States to. be ousted and has
every prospect of increasing very rap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

months, and in that time he may have
made some mistakes but as a chief mag
istrate he has been signally successful,
Colonel Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

The slit skirt is said to be more in
vogue than ever Notwithstanding the jokes
and criticism. Now that the public is
fact, it is extremely becoming in some
cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

South America is now in the limelight.
to pass through Alabama ON his return,
as this state does not object advertise
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
DRUNK ON sTRAwBERRIEs

From the Portland (Or) Evening Tele-
gram.
Those who cannot resist the temp
tation of too many strawberries should
not be surprised If they are attacked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

If the administration at Washington
Remember Emersons Lam of Com
mingham district, the dismissal of the
suit against the Steel corporation for dis
solution would be about the right thing.
glee, and would give mighty impetus to
industrial operations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

"Heflin and Women Clash in Debate
says a headline. The Alabama congress-
man is evidently not taking heed to the
humiliation of English statesmen at the
hands of the militants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

One thing about Santa Claus he never
grows too old to perform his appointed
duties. He is working overtime now, but
he never complains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

1t is hoped that the homicide habit in
jefferson county will be discontinued, at
least until after the holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
LONG TIME SANTA CLAUS

without guns and abe emancipation of
women. Here's another thing that's COM
ing. Mars is now signaling to us, that's
a thing I'm sure of. In time we can
communicate with the Martians They
are trying to give us some idea of their
Inventions and we cannot make out
what they are saying. had almost rather
know what they are doing in the line
of invention on Mars than go to heaven,
although l know that wings are mighty
dressy.
"As l fond of children? Well, I've
learned to look for their good points.
When l had shop of my own every
mother who came to buy baby carriages
would ask me: Isn't my baby the most
beautiful? and I always said: The very
most beautiful I've seen in some time.
What else could say to her? Well, that
has made me see all babies, no matter
how odd looking. in their best light
The old toymaker is rather proud of
the fact that he has not too much of
this worlds goods,
Ibid you ever know one of us that
had any money!" he asked. He picked
up little toy set of soldiers and shook
his head. Il set up many an army he
said, but l never conquered and took
prisoner everlasting wealth. I've set lit
tie soldiers on their alittle, horses and
placed captain at the head of his
troops; but they never marched out for
me and brought me back my desire graft
flied.
I've had money once in a while, few
days or so, and then l lost 1t. | was
happy in the gaining and happy in the
losing. 1t was such a fine shade of diff
ference that you could not easily grasp
the sensation"
Among Mr.. Crandalls inventions is
convertible baby carriage. magical af-
fair of latticed strips. which, when drawn
to their fullest, form a comfortable crib
His favorite experiments have always
centered around horses, and he has FASH
ioned many jgger horse and bell horse.
the first being designed TO take the place
of the ordinary bay jumper His amer
lean speeder' was the first hand running
car which developed later into the many
forms of cars now worked by children
with the action of the foot. Aside from
toys, Mr. Crandall has invented many use
full street car devices, among them an au'
tomato switch for tramways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08
washington bureau. 2O7 Hibbs build

such a deal of wonder is broken out
within this hour that the ballad
makers cannot be able to express 1t.
Winters Tale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

Richmond Va, News-Leader: All
that we ask of the men is what Do
genes asked of Alexander said DR..
Anna Shaw. speaking at the forty-ffth
annual convention of the suffragists.
and that is that they get out of our
sunshine And pursuing classical IL
Illustrations. little further. all the men
ask is deliverance from such nagging
by the suffragettes, as Socrates suf.
fered from their antetype Xantippe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter unoer
act of Congress Marcn 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

idly the territory it has conquered
| Once having taken possession of
state it can not be driven out again
| Whatever the foes of equal suffrage
| hope to do in any state must be done
lif 1t ever is done, before that state
votes to give women the ballot. Woman
suffrage can. not be experimental with
| in the sense that If 1t is not found sat
| isfactory it can be laid aside. The
state that gives women the vote does
| SO FOR keeps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-08

A. ]. Eaton, Jr.. and o. E. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
xentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culaIion department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
RECORDED LEASES.

with name and address or lessee)
AVE b, ~ and 225; all: Jacob Selie 10
Leon Krans: : years from Jan l. 1913; sioOo'
address. 400 Madison 81.
/cROTONA AVE. cor 18th st; corner
store. Mista Construction Co 20 Rafaole 80
logucsr. 10 wears from Nov /, 1912. $500; ad-
dress 2i3l Cambrelieng ave.
HUDSON ST. IA: al; Max Ullmann 10
Henry ID Lehrmann; . II years from Dec ~
1912. S2I. 600: address. 1925 linton ave.
MADISON AVE ll2 to il6; store and base
mcnt: Lee lIolstein Construction 60 TO = 5
Roscnthal Co: years from Feb ], 1875
$I@ 600: address. - Greene 80
MADISON ST 80; all; Rebecca o Brien 70
George ClntOs; years from May ], IVA;
81 500. address. 40 Madison st.
SPRING 81. Il; store and basement; Pletro
AlviuO 10 Antonio MOntassa. years from
80, !. 1912. $50. address, l7ig Spring 81.
WILLIS AVE. 463, store. kanter GO 10
William Sudbrink. ; II years from May i,
1919. 1880: address. 7d0 - AIMS ave.
nth AVE. 512. store floor: Jane Common
m Phillip Stirisich. years from Sept !, 1917;
81 DO. address. 600 18th ave.
18TH ST. - from 18th ave 70 Broadway
store. etc. Fifth Ave and 10Th 81 GO TO FIX
change Eu0ct Corporation. 20 He years from
Sept 4. 1913. $1,000. address. Broad 81.
53D SI. 100 East. west store: Emily Cooke
no Niu"c12o Nolpc. 1912 years from May f..
1871. $50. address. 100 East sd 81.
33D Sr. 20S 70 3ii East. all. Maurice Stern
% Wolf Morgenrath and ano, 3 years from
Jan ]. 1875 81. J02: address. ~ Rivington ST.
1fNTU Sr. G2} East. all: Bernard Treptow 10
l-lfD-c thinner, years from Jan !, 1913,
$1,000. address. 9SI Union ave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
BIG APARTMENT SOLD
House on Historic Site on
Riverside Drive.

The Hamilton apartment house. NJ the
northeast corner Of Riverside Drive ana
Iith street. figured in an interesting trade
Yesterday. ON the site where TINS
structure now stands was tho mouse
whore Hamilton and Burr arranged FOR
their duel 1t is said.
The property was sold by Barton Chaplin
for the Riverside Drive Realty Company
CA. g.. and H. VI. Halp. II IS thirteen
stories I'm height and covers half the block
ON Riverside Drive and l9i feet In liith
street.
II rents for $4,000 a year and rs fu'ly
occupied. II was completed last octoner
and has been held AT $4,000. The buyer
Mrs Rebecca Mayer who has purchased
for Investment. gives In part exchange the
two unimproved block fronts on the east
side of broadway. extending from 1871 to
18th street. each being 200 feet front by
90 feet in depth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01

Manhattan.
AVE p. IS. 1853 II n OF I'd At. c&2z9o:
Dec -. 1905: Bernard COIN and ano 70
Jacob klngenstoin; $4,000; attorneys, euilf'
van a. Cromer. 40 Wall 81.
BROADWAY. :, 100 II Of 261Se u.
runs 526.1 TO Spencer ave K along
same, 5. 4i5.3 to e cor Of 2eoth q :.
to begin. April 49, 1909: Charles Schrnits
to Margaret Kerby; $4,000; Attorney ssy-
bel & Frf ps6pE 4 Park i Roy a. 1900, sam.
to Catherine Paris; $4,000.
SAME PROPERTY: April 4. 1911; same "a
Margaret KERRY; $4,000.
BROADWAY, - 1903 II Q Of Grand q.
at n / bldg 4A Broadway. runs 25x 2ct
10 Crosby ST. n BOX " s0x Is TO
49, Broadway W 100 TO begin; Jan 3, 1901
William and Emma Hyams et 81 IN the
Mutual Life Insurance co. 30 Nassau ~;
S100. 900
BAXTER ST 127. . cor OF Hester Ct
Oa4 and 1860. runs look 79x 25x " 2ox
n - 10 5 : Hester at 30 10 begin; Juns
20 1910. Otto Lorenzo and ano 20 ny ARM
helm: $4,000. attorney, Frederick F Ene'
mann. ~ Park Row.
COLUMBUS AVE. fsl q cor Of sgd 81,
&c sx10O: June IS. 1900: John and Catherine
Reilly 70 Brooklyn Savings Bank: sS0.0oo,
attorney, Title Guarantee Co. 176 Broadway.
19SxI5 Feb Is. 1909: Marcus and Rosa
Jalten to Moses Goldman: $1,000: attorney.
Abraham Stern. 81 Nassau Ct
DIVISION ST, 20. iS.sxl l6.9xi1 loxloes
Nff - az NidN LEVIN "NN '''N ~ w. -
MADISON ST. S57. 300 It Of scanned
ST. 239xq6 July /. 1912; Rose Freund @
Noritz HcnborS: $500. attorney DAVID
Hornblueh. $40 Nassau 81.
RIDGE ST. 26. 2Jx72: May I. 1905. Morris
Levy 81 al 10 Joseph SDanier: $1,000; attor'
new Jacob Rieger. 2J7 Broadway.
IST AVE. $50. 20. t0xl00 May >: 1902:
Rebecca Lewis TO Title Guarantee and Trust
co. i76 Broadway: $4,000
I'd AVE. 5. 25.ii II Of 1O5th st. 9Jk
-. MAY 2s. 1906. Virginia c siraguss 70
Martin y levy; $4,000; attorney. d Levy
90 Broadway
9Th AVE : cor OF 18th ST. runs 20
s 5Ox " III 10 8 ave n q "a q 10 begin:
March 10 1859: Alexander and Catherine ,
McCleland 10 West side Savings Bank
$1,000: attorneys. Bowers Sands, 81 Mas
s3u ST.
SAME PROPERTY: May I. 1883; same to
same: S2i 600.
10TH AVE. cor ~ 3sth 81. :t'xl"
June % 1873: Adam Schaab to Mary Zohn ana
sno. extrces: 10000; attorney, John Harry
2G5 Broadway.
2JrH 81, n s IA q W Of 7th ave. 2lrsssi
Ian - 1895: Elizabeth Boylsn 70 Jean Jacques
and Henrietta T Reubell and Allen W DTaro
trus for Lillian l. Swami; SloI5o; attorneys
Evarts. Choate & Sherman. so Wall 81,
10Th ST. n :. 2ls = e OF ON svs
pee s.. I9il: Roscom Realty Co to Campbell
Darlington. trus; $4,000: attorney. Lawyers
Title Insurance ana Trust co. 100 BtoanN.y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
BROOKLYN LEASES.

George Milne has leased for a term OF
years the entire building No. lOll Gates
avenue 10 the RadOr Paper Company.
Charles T. Meyer reports the closing OF
the leasing and sub-leasing OF Nos. 40S-
H2 Fulton street for the ABREAST Realty
Company The building was leased to the
W. T. Grant Company of Lynn, Mass.
proprietors OF 2J-cent stores. for a long
term OF years. The first floor was sub
leased To the Star Shoe Company; the
second floor was leased to the Dentist
Supply Company, of Manhattan. The
total rentals aggregate about $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
pI,ims,NG APPLICATION FORMS.

Rudolph p. Miller, superintendent Oh
buildings. yesterday announced the issu-
auce of new forms of applications Tor
plumbing and drainage, beginning jan
uary /. after which date all Applications
must be typewritten and made In trlph-
cate All unnecessary questions have been
eliminated. and the system has been gen.
orally smplifed. When an application Is
finally approved and before beginning the
work. a duplicate affidavit must be filed
by a registered plumber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
THE CROP MARKETS
Wheat and Coffee Make Gains
Corn and Oats Decline.

Related shorts covered December op-
tons in wheat late yesterday 10 sucn an
extent that the month closed at an a"-
vance of 1c, with later months . 10 sc
higher There was little decisive news IN
the market. except a rather bulllsh lot
eign crop summary. The December corn
option broke cents a bushel on heaNy
liquidation, ard under pressure from the
country other months were down i2e.
oats also broke in the December option'
closing at net unchanged To a decline OF
&c. With less selling pressure from
Brazil, the technical position of the conee
market was believed to be firmer. ana
after d slightly easier tone. following a
steady opening. the market rallied TO
close firm and 3 TO 10 points higher.