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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
TRAIN IS WRECKED
NEAR GREENV|LLE
Engine and Two Cars De-
rallied by Broken Track.
Three Are Injured

Greenville, January 2.-(Specia1.)-
Louisville & Nashville passenger train
No. wrecked this morning two and one
half miles south of Gavlan below here
at about $40 O'Clock. The train was
running about 40 miles an hour when it
hit broken rail- throwing off engine
No. 1877 and two express cars. Engineer
Conner Wilson, his fireman whose name
is not known, and two express messen-
gers were slightly injured. The train
was crowded with passengers, many be-
ing college students en- route to the
different colleges The passengers We're
given a severe shock. greatly fright
ening 'them hat none was injured, The
wreck was cl,Ared and by O'Clock this
afternoon. traffic had been resumed.
Conductor Ollie Wilson was in charge of
the wrecked train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
WALSH INDORSED
TO SUCCEED FOSS

Boston, January 2--Leut.-Go David
Walsh was indorsed as the party's candi-
date for governor next fall at the annual
banquet of the democratic state COM
rnittee tonight. All the committeeman
pledged support to his candidacy.
While no formal announcement has been
made that Governor Eugene N. F'oss
would not again be candidate, it has
been generally understood that ne would
follow the precedent in Massachusetts,,
which had heretofore limited incumbency
of the executive chair to three terms
Governor Foss, who was at the BAN
qret tonight. made no reference to his
position in the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
OPEN HOUSE FOR
INDERFED HORSES

Evansville, Ind, January a.-Adolph
Melzer, millionaire philanthropist, to-
day continued holding open house" for
overworked and underfed horses at the
Friendly Inn, which he conducts, and
many animals had the feed of their
lives Melzer, who is local head OF
the animal protective association. began
"open house" yesterday and decided to
continue all week
The horses yesterday consumed 40
bushels of oats and several tons of hay
The drivers were given sandwiches ana
coffee.
Melzer attracted attention some time
ago by depositng $1,000 in a local bank
and giving the certificate to the city
of Evansville on condition that it be
not used for $50 years, when it would
amount to $l9,O00O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
WOULD HAVE STATE
REGULATE RAILWAYS

Boston, January 2.-Immediate and ade-
quate state regulation of transportation
systems was declared by Governor Foss
today, in his third inaugural address,
to be the alternative to national owner
ship, and operation of the railroads OF
the country.
1.-The greatest problem before the
American people," he said, is to main
tain the government above railroad
domination. This problem has reached a
crisis in Massachusetts. 1t is clear that
If commonwealth does not control the
railroad situation the demand for con-
troll by ownership and operation by the
federal government will soon become ir-
resfStib1e'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
COLE FACES CHARGE
OF ACCEPTING BRIBE

Atlanta, January 2-G. w. Cole, former
chief of police at Lawrenceville, Ga, who
is wanted at Mena, Ark, to face chargeA
OF accepting bribe and perrnittins
murder suspect to escape, passed throush
here tonight in custody Ct Deputy Sheriff
Huugat en- route for the Arkansas town.
Charges against Cole resulted from the
disa ppearance of Wade Higgins. arrested
In Arkansas in connection with the killing
of William McClung, in Gwinnett county.
Georgia, IA years ago. Higgins was being
brought to Georgia by Cole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03


| fixed policy of the government of .he
! United States, as above stated, the Ala
bama Power company has now pending
before the Congress of the United States
a bill seeking the approval of Congress
| under the general dam law to the con-
struction of a dam at Lock IS on the
| Coosa- Alabama river, for the development
| of power and the Improvement of navi-
| CATION The purpose for which the pro-
posed power to be developed at Lock IS
| is to be used is of world wide import
ance, and especially is 1t important to
| the cotton growers of the south This
power is to be used for the fixation of
atmospheric nitrogen for fertilizers, which
would provide an American substitute for
Chilean nitrates. a product of which the
Chilean government holds the greatest
monopoly in the world. While the fixa-
tion of atmospheric nitrogen is being car
ried on quite extensively in almost every
civilized country on the globe, yet there
| is not a single plant of this kind in the
| United States.
! The cotton fields of the south do
not only now consume large quantities,
but they probably offer an opportunity
for the most profitable use of nitrogenous
| fertilizers of any other section in the
world. With the world dependent on the
south for cotton with which to clothe
the people, the fixation of atmospheric
nitrogen for fertilizers by the water that
| is now going to waste over the great
| rapids of the Coosa-Alabama river, right
| in the midst of the cotton field, where,
| by the use of this nitrogen four bols
of cotton may be grown where we now
grow one, 'is consummation devoutly
to be wished by the world at large.
Bureaucracy
| Irrespective of all the foregoing facts,
there is an element in Washington, i'm
bued with bureaucratic proclivities that
| Is doing all it can to keep the Alabama
| Power company from getting the ap-
proval of Congress to the construction
/ of the proposed dam at lock is. This
bureaucratic sentiment seems to have
originated in some of the bureaus at
Washington. and is one of the most am
bilious moves of modern times. The
effect of this bureaucratic move as now
advocated by these peopje, were it sue
cossful, would be to seize all the state
and riparian rights in the water ways
OF this country, by confiscating the rights
OF the riparian owners and usurping the
rights of the states, and placing these
great natural resources in the hands of
bureau at Washington to be handled
and controlled by bureaucratic form OF
goyeYsnent. welded by one mal.s or
bureaucrat, form of government, were
| it accomplished, that would do credit to
| the middle ages. We are persuaded to be-
lieve that the advocates of this policy
are sincere in their purposes, but they
certainly have not weighed and consid-
cred the gravity of such a move, nor
either do the people at large understand
it. The United States has what is called
a constitutional form of government and
| is supposed to be a government of laws
and not of men, Were the bureaucratic
| form of government as advocated by the
| Washington element established, we
would have government of men and
not of laws.
"Where law ends.
| There tyranny begins"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

the party secured quarters in an apart
ment house and remained in seclusion. The
apartment house is near the handsome
home of Mr.. Rockefeller.
Extreme secrecy is maintained by the
people on Jekyl island regarding the de-
parture of the Rockefellers. The name of
the vessel on which they departed also
has been carefully withheld Tonight 1t
was stated that Mr.. Rockefeller chartered
a special steamer.
A rumor also was current that the party
sailed on the private yacht, of prominent
New York sportsman and their destina-
ton was Bermuda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER

Brunswick, Ga. January 2.-According 2.
to reports current here tonight William
Rockefeller, wanted as witness before
the Pujo 'money trust investigation COM
mittee, sailed from Jekyl island, near
Brunswick, Tuesday on an unidentified
vessel for an unknown port.
Accompanied by his wife and son, Will
liam G. Rockefeller, as well as the latter's
wife. Mr.. Rockefeller arrived at Jekyl
island more than three weeks ago, ac-
cording to the reports. Instead of 60
ing to the Rockefeller winter home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
Alleged Forger Arrested

st, Paul, Mimi, January "A man
believed TO be Jacob Levikow, said to
be wanted at Kansas City, Chattanooga
and other cities on charge OF banls
swindline' was arrested last night.
Levikow is held on a vagrancs charge
pending further Investigates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
Three Drowned Playing Hockey

Olivet, Mich, January 2.--While play
ing hockey on Pine Lake near here this
afternoon. three boys broke through thin
ice and We're drowned in spite of he
roic efforts by their companions to rescue
them The dead are: George Dewey.
IA years old; Clark Morgan, II, and
Stanley Lansborough, 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
WELL KNOWN ALABAMIANS
IN BIRMINGHAM YESTERDAY

Power company. was in Birmingham,
and appeared in the afternoon before
the directors of the Chamber of Conn
merce. w. p. Lay of Gadsden, also in
terested In the Alabama Interstate
Power company, spent few hours here.
Judge Ed deGraffenreid of the supreme
court of Alabama, spent yesterday in Bir-
mingham on legal business, and Judge
Joseph II. Nathan of Sheffield, one of
the best known men of the state, was
here with his friends.
Mayor J. l.. Clay of Selma and r. E. L.
Neil, editor of the Selma Times, came
to Birmingham last night and will
spend today here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

New York, January S.-Far out from
shore, their lights hardly diseernible
in the thick weather the British cruiser
Natal, bringing home the body of the
late ambassador to England, Whitelaw
Reid and her escort of six United States
warships, came abreast of Fire Island at
o'clock this morning. The British
war craft was met at Nantucket at .
o'clock Thursday morning by the Amer
ican vessels. The programme is for the
Natal and her escorting squadron to
enter the harbor at an early hour and
steam up the Hudson to their final
anchorage here about 10 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

preme court of the United States in
many decisions since the organization
of the federal government. As an ex-
ample of some of these decisions, we
quote:
Water Power company VS.. Water
Board, 16S u. S. Page 36tR
The high court says: 'The jurisdic-
tion of the state over this question OF
riparian ownership has been always
and from the foundation of the gov
ernment. recognized and admitted by
this court
Kansas VS.. Colorado. 206 U. S. Page 46.
when the federal government Is not
interested as the owner of riparian
lands, the only interest 1t has in the
water of a stream is as to its use for
navigation, and 1t can lay no claim to
the use of the water for any other pur-
pose, not even irrigation
The United States Appellant VS.. the
Chandler Dunbar Water Power Co. 209
U. S. Page 447.
But whatever may be the law as
to the lands under the Great Lakes, we
believe that the law still is as Ii was
declared to be in Grand Rapids and
Indiana Railroad company VS.. Butler,
159 u. S. S7-94, that: "A grant of land
bounded by stream, whether naviga-
BILE in fact or not, carries with it the
bed of the stream to the center of the
thread thereof, and that this applies to
the Sault Ste. Marie, whatever it be
called. The fact that it is not boun-
Diary has not been held to make a diff
ference. The riparian proprietors upon
1t own to the CENTER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
.S|XTY-ON CASES or
SPINAL MENINGITIS
Tennessee Town Threatened
With Epidemic-May
Order Quarantine

Dyersbure. Tenn. January Sixty
one cases of cerebro spinal menin gifts
nave developed TO date in Dyer county,
and of this number 30 have died, ac-
cording to a statement made to the As
ISOLATED Press tonight by Dr. J. A. AL
bright, formerly secretary Of the Ten
nessee board of health, who's was en-
gagged by the county authorities to di-
rect efforts to stamp out the disease.
fwenty-one of the cases and 4 deaths
occurred within the town of Dyersburg.
Within the past "a hours two cases de-
veloped in Dyersburg and two cases in
other parts Of the county.
DR.. Albright stated that immunizing
agents are being freely used and within
few days he anticipates that his
forces will have the situation well in
hand, and a marked improvement Will
be shown. Public gatherings have been
discontinued.
Quarantines have been established by
adjoining counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

Washington, January president
Taft will go to New York to attend
the funeral of Whitelaw Reid, late ans
bassador of the United States to Great
Britain, which will take place Satur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
Simply Proprietor

After the formation of the federal gov
ernment and the adoption of the con-
stitution, the original states ceded vast
tracts of land then held by them, to
the United States, which lands became a
part of the public domain, to which the
general government held the fee by force
of the deeds of cession, the constitu-
tion and by the statutes enacted for that
purpose, hence the federal government
became possessed with only such rights
and titles as were specifically delegated
to it. BY this means the government
became simply the proprietor of these
lands and the water appurtenant there
to, and held them only as such proprie
tor, where they We're located in the states
created out of the territory ceded to it,
and not by any municipal sovereignty OF
right of eminent domain Consequently
the only title the government of the
United states ever acquired to the wa
ters of this territory Injured to it with
the land, and where the government has
parted with the title to the land with
out reserving the wafer appurtenant
thereto, the title to the waters passed
with the land 10 the riparian owners,
subject only to the sovereignty retained
by the states.
1t is true the United States acquired
large areas of land by purchase and ces-
sions other than those ceded by the orig
nal states, in which case the United
States became the absolute sovereign, as
well as proprietor over these territories.
But almost all of these territories have
since been admitted into the union as
states on the same basis as the original
states. therefore, the same laws govern
ing the waters in the territory formerly
comprising the original states are prac-
tically applicable to every state in the
union
Development at Lock Is
As riparian owners and acting in good
faith under what they deemed TO be the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

Men we'll known throughout the state
were visitors to Birmingham yester-
day. From Jasper came John Ii. Bank
head and his son, the well known at
torney, John II. Bankhead, Jr. In the
afternoon they returned home, from
from where the senator will leave this
afternoon for Washington.
George w. Darden of Oneonta, who
represents Blount county in the legis-
lature, was a visitor. Representative j.
C. Miner of Lamar county, had business
in the city.
John w Worthington of Sheffield, in
terested in the Alabama Interstate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

San Mateo, Cal. January Memorial
services for Whfteiaw Reid, American
ambassador to the court of ST. James,
will be held here on the Reid estate
at Millbrae on the same day and the
same hour with allowance for the diff
ference in time. as those held in New
York city. The same hymns and the
same marches will be rendered stimuli
taneously.
Mrs. Reid, the widow, is the daughter
of D. OgGeTt Mills, and has always kept
the Mills estate at Millbrae For many
years she and her husband spent a por-
tion of each winter there. The Reids
were liberal donors toward the building
of a parish church and a Red Cross
hospital now being built here at cost
of 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03
Basis of Rights

DaSio VI hhiShtn
To perceive why this is so. we only
have TO reflect that when Sebastian Cabot,
the English navigator, under the patron
age of King Henry the Seventh IN 1893
planted the English flag upon the Atlantic
coast of the present United states he
laid the foundation upon which all of
our rights, title and sovereignty are
based.
Mr.. Kenny has we'll said, 1.-The English
possessions In America were not acquired
by right of conquest, but by right OF
discovery; and all discoveries made by
persons acting under the authority of
that government We're for the benefit of
the nation, and not for the benefit of
such person individually. The same may
be said relative to sections of the coun-
try discovered under the authority of
other European nations. And, according
to the principles of International law,
as then understood ~ the civilized pow
ers of Europe, the indian tribes in the
new world were regarded as mere tenn
porary occupants of the soil. and the
absolute rights of property and dominion
We're held to belong TO the European ma
tions by which any particular portion
of the country was first discovered
The revolution having taken place, by
which the power of England over the
colonies was shaken off by the treaty
of 1888, the English possessions in that
territory, which is now included within
the boundaries of the United States, be-
came the property of the several states
formerly composing the English colonies.
from the fact that they were united, at
that time, only by the articles of con-
federations, the federal government not
having been formed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

Little Rock, Ark. January 2.-Of 20
cases of spinal meningitis which have
developed at the town of Lepanto in
Pernsett county within the past TWO
weeks, IL have died and seven are still
Under treatment, according to a report
made tonight to DIR. Morgan Smith, sec
retary of the Arkansas board of health,
by DIR. c. w. Garrison. state director
of sanitation. DIR. Garrison was sent 10
Lepanto last night to take charge of
the situation. DIR. Smith will leave to-
morrow DIR. Garrison expressed the
opinion that the situation in Lepanto
was improved.
One case was reported at the town of
Marion in Crittenden county today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

Memphis, January 2.-Dr. NJ. Colt
man. superintendent of the department
of health of Memphis, today ordered
railroads entering this city not to trans
port persons from vicinities where men
ngitis is prevalent unless certificates
of health can be shown. As an addi-
tional precaution inspectors have been
assigned to incoming trains with in
structions to detain all persons who
might convey the disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

DeveIOpment at LOCK Is
As riparian owners and acting in good
faith under what they deemed TO be the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-15
A Good Homemade Paste.

Every housekeeper has use for a jar
paste. and she usually needs 1t just at
the time when she has zone in the
house. This recipe will make almost
n quart Of paste and will last for any
length OF time and has not the I'M
pleasant odor that most pastes give
forth after they have been in the
house for several months.
To make this. use one cupful OF -four,
one-half cupful Of water and one tea
spoonful of alum. Mix into a smooth
paste: then add two cupfuls of water
and place on the stove. stirring it until
it comes to a boil. Then add a few
drops OF oil Of cinnamon and formal
dehyde.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-15
TREAT ANIMALS KINDLY.
Dogs Should Never Be Whipped Nor
Struck a Blow.

The best authorities agree that dogs
should not be whipped nor struck a
blow more severe than a slap with the
hand. A dog is intelligent and as SEN
sitive TO the tones of the voice as a
child. The voice alone is all that is
needed to reprove him. If it is neces-
sary to punish your dog do it at the
time of the transgression and not as
one boy did. two days after the wrong
doing.
The boy was the owner of a splendid
st. Bernard who ran away from home
on one occasion. When he returned
his master cruelty whipped him, al
though a neighbor demonstrated. warn
ing him that the dog did not under
stand what he had done TO merit pun
ishment. when the dog goes on next
time do you think he will come back
when he remembers that a thrashing
is awaiting him thereT' angrily In
quired the neighbor.
The boy paid no attention to the
warning. and when Barko went away
a week or so later he ~neighbors
words came true. Barko v came
back
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-15
W0MAN'S BEAUTY.
Authorities Attempt to Discover at
What Age Sex is Most Attractive.

AT what age is a oma most beau
tifuli" has been the subject of a some
what spirited discussion In Partisan
art circles. NJ. Ferdinand Humbert.
the head Of the School of Fine Arts,
owns to two ideals. As III artist his
favorite feminine type is between the
ages of eighteen and twenty-ive-the
time Of the radiant youth" AS a
mere man. he considers that women
from twenty-five to th~irty-tive years
old are the most fascinating and
charming.
The veteran painter Harpignies is
not So generous. for he sets the time OF
beauty at from sixteen TO twenty-five
age of youthful simplicity. unmarried
by the cares and anxieties which years
bring In their train. NJ. Gabriel Fer
rier. ON the other hand. accords TO
beauty a lengthy reign. He considers
the oma Of today is beautiful from
the age OF twenty-five to fifty. for she
has become mistress of the art of how
to make the best Of herself with the
help OF skilled modistes.
NJ blllHNl'HaNs ~ Ahhpt 'NN'PhpA
Of the beautiful Parthenon statues,
sets the time OF beauty ut between the
ages of eighteen and twenty-five, but
with the reservation that there is no
true beauty without goodness and that
beauty of face and form without beau
" Of soul has no appeal TO him.
Jean Boucher. another famous sculp-
tor. says that woman is at her best Vs.
tween the ages Of one and n half and
twenty. though from youth to old age
she is adorable. What would appear
to be the most comforting opinion OF
all. however. from the point of view
| Of the fair sex. is that expressed by
the famous portrait painter. Francois
Flameing. "A woman's greatest beau
~ may dawn at any time between the
ages OF fifteen and fifty" he says.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-15
KITCHEN SIDE LIGHTS.


To quickly cream butter and sugar
use the wire potato masher and have
the ingredients IN a thick round bot
toned crock.
When baking apples, instead Of fill
ing with sugar after the core has been
removed. try filling with honey and
broken valnuts. This is a delicious
dish and a decided change from the
sugar filed apples.
Many housewives dislike to strain
soup. This discovery may make II
easier: Pour the soup while hot
through a muslin cloth which has Just
been wrung out of ice water. When It
has all been strained heat again and
serve.
A good -four should not be pure
white, but rather creamy in tint. When
a little is rubbed between the thumb
and first finger 1t should have a slight
ly granular feeling. A good -four alb
serbs more moisture than one Of infe-
rior quality.
A rather hot fire is required for bak-
Ing cookies or drop cakes. and many
times they burn on the bottom Of the
baking pan. 1nvert the pan. bottom
side up, and place the cookies and
cakes on II to bake. You will find that
they will not burn as easily. and il is
mandy to remove them when done.