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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
ELUCIDATION OF
CHARGE AGAINST
CHARLTON ASKED

Naples, December 16.-Signor Cata-
pano, counsel for the defense in the
case of Porter Charlton, the American
now awaiting trial for the murder Of
his wife, asked the court at Como to-
day for an elucidation of the charge on
which the prisoner is to be tried
Counsel requested that four New
York alienists. who visited Charlton af-
ter his arrest in the United States on
lis arrival from Italy, be interrogated
as to his mental condition Signor Cat
apano also asked that the court take
the testimony of eight American Cit
izens with regard to the alleged vio-
lent character of Mrs. Charlton, who
was Mary Crittenden Scott of San
Francisco.
The Judge at Como complied by
transmitting counsels request to the
court of appeals at Milan, which on
giving it's definite consent, will ask
that the interrogations be made through
diplomatic channels
After January ! the new penal code
goes into effect and counsel will be
allowed to visit Charlton during the
reriod Of Investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

we cannot legislate good morals into men;
the less agitation, the saner the laws gov
erning the liquor traffic. the less drinking
and the less drunkenness we will haVe1A
when there was little or no more license
ON the sale of liquor than on groceries and
no regulation or restriction on drink ex-
cept the obligation men owed to society,
there was but little drunkenness. and
that condition prevailed within the MEM
ory of the writer. Prohibition has ever
proved a failure and it has been tried Cor
nearly 60 years from Maine to Kansas.
and as was fully illustrated or proven by
the Tree of forbidden fruit in the Gar
den of Eden" and drinking has stead
lily increased under statutory prohibition,
let us return to saner laws and try to
correct the evils by moral suasion. as we
were taught by our Redeemer, the gentle
Nazarine, who we profess to follow: He
never called on the strong arm of the law
to punish sinners.
If there was as much energy dispensed
by those misguided wives and mothers 70
make home pleasant for their husbands
and sons and teach their sons and daugl-
ters to resist evil as they exert to pass
prohibitary laws, homes would be happier
and there would be much less drunken
ness. ]. f. BAKER
Morris Hotel, Birmingham, December
15 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
SMITH IS ACQUITTED
OF BRIBERY CHARGE
Former Huntsville Mayor
Not Guilty of Bribing
Voters in Election

Huntsville, December 16,-(Speeial.)- )-R
Earl Smith, ex-mayor of Huntsville, was
acquitted today of the charge of bribing
voters in the last, municipal election.
After the state finished its evidence Judge
Speake of the circuit court, delivered the
general charge for the defendant and the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty
without leaving their seats. One other
similar case against Smith went off the
same way and two others were continued
by the state.
Mr.. Smith urged an immediate trial,
saying he intended to become candi-
date for county solicitor and does not
wish to have the charges standing against
him. The other cases were set for Feb
ruary.
Judge Ballentine of the law end equity
court was notified today that the validity
of his grand jury, which recommended
the Impeachment of eight county officials
last October, had been upheld by the SUI
preme court. The question went to the
higher court on petition for mandamus
instituted by Probate Judge Lawler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
BESSEMER MENAR
ALL STIRRED Up BY
CHEAP TAXI RATES
Three of Them Given Ride
From Terminal Station
to Bessemer for
40 Cents

Three citizens of Bessemer were very
much wrought up last night because
they got something so cheap In these
days of the high cost of living they
regarded it as so unusual that they
lust, had to tell somebody about it.
chauffeur carried them from the
Terminal station in Birmingham to
Bessemer for 40 cents Not 40 cents
each but 40 cents for the three of them.
In other words they made the trip for
1-3 cents apiece when the fare, if
they had ridden on the street car
would have been 10 cents each. Ane
besides that, they didn't have to trans
fer.
w. ]. McMurphy was the man who
told about it last night. "The car was
Overland No. 1897 and was driven ana
owned by Alex Colly, Creek said
Mr. McMurphy. HE brought my three
friends from the Terminal station TO
Bessemer for 40 cents and ] think he
deserves great credit for his efforts
to cut down the cost of high living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
Temperatures

to brew into beer, his timber that enters
into the saloon furniture and fixtures, and
the cooperage that contains spurious, vim
Gus and malt liquors, his horses to work
in the delivery wagon, his cattle to fat
ten on the mash after the spirits and
beer or ale has been extracted without
loss to said grain for fattening properties
for cattle and hogs, besides the great hop
industry that employs thousands of men,
women and children.
The teamster, the wagon maker the
harness maker, the blacksmith. the
painter. the letterer, the gulder, all re-
ceive employment from this industry; the
skilled worl<men that build the handsome
saloon fixtures, the great plate glass in
dustry, that roll and polish the plates
for mirrors, the bottle blowers who blow
and mould the bottles that contain spirit
Gus, vinous and malt liquors, receive the
highest price for their labor; hundreds
of thousands of coopers at good pay that
build the kegs, half barrels and barrels
the machinists and coppersmiths that
build the machinery and enters into the
distilleres and breweries and from the
architect to the unskilled laborer Is EN-
ployed in building the dstillery, brewery
and saloon, to say nothing of the million
of men that are employed in the distil-
1eries. the breweries and saloons and
cafes.
All these men and their families must
have homes to live in; and this gives en-
ployment to other thousands of mechan-
les to build these homes and furnish them
with furniture, bedding, carpets, cooking
ranges, heating stoves. glassware,
queensware etc. They and their fami-
lies must have food and clothing, so there
is not branch of commerce or industry
that is not benefited by the liquor busi-
ness, but space Will not permit for me to
go further into detail, but suffice IL 70
say that there is another side to the
liquor question, besides the license, tax
and revenue derived by the city. state and
nation.
1t has heen proven heYond question that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Other Side of the Liquor Question

Other Side of the Liquor Question
To the Editor of The Age-HeraId:
The article in Sundays Age-Herald by
c. e. Stewart, on national prohibition of
the manufacture or sale of liquor in the
United States by constitutional amends
ment is timely, and to degree brings out
facts, but not fully.
There is no question but that there has
been so much sentiment worked up by the
Anti-Saloon league of America and the
Woman's Christian Temperance union and
kindred organizations,sa sand but little or no
organizations except in a few states, or
facts brought out by those directly en-
gagged in the liquor interest and little .,r
no thought given to e~other side of the
question by the average citizen or states
men, that it is possible by the pressure
brought to bear by these thoroughly or
ganized bodies and by mass meetings and
large lobbying and intimidating delega-
tions invading the halls of Congress with
none to present the other side of the
question: Congress might be persuaded or
coerced into passing the eighteenth
amendment to the constitution prohibiting
the manufacture, sale or transportation
Of Intoxicating liquors in the United
States: but Mr. Stewart very truthfully
says that the nationwide assault on the
open saloon which has driven 1t from nun
dreds of towns and villages throughout
the country in the past 10 years, in that
time increasing the dry territory by
law 200 to 800 per cent, has not been fol-
lowed by the least diminition of consump-
tion of strong drink, as Is evidenced by
the United States revenue reports, the
sale of spurious liquors has increased in
proportion to population. while malt IL
quors has not kept pace with increased
population, showing prohibitory laws 70
encourage strong drink.
The internal revenue reports show
something like S160000,000 collected from
spurious, yinous and malt liquors an
nually, and that does not bring into ac-
count the hundreds of thousands of gal
Ions of spurious liquors produced by IL
licit or wild cat distilleries, which Is on
the increase in all dry" territory, and
would no doubt continue to increase more
rapidly if we had nationwide prohibition,
which under the license system, not only
is the United States government beno-
fitted to the extent of $160,O00,00 600 annually,
which we so badly need at the present
time, but all cities that license and regu-
late the liquor traffic reap handsome
revenue.
Jefferson county, Alabama and the cities
therein received about 100000 annually
"a little more or less) from this source,
to say nothing of having the sale OF
liquor under control A legalized liquor
business not only benefits in the way OF
revenue derived from tax and license, but
by giving the farmer q market for his
grain, his horses, his cattle and his tim
ber, his grain to distill into spirits and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

Washington, December 16.-tSpecial)
Rittenhouse Moore of Mobile and the gov
ernor of Alabama are in Washington for
the purpose of hearing before the
House committee of libraries and asking
for an appropriation of $4,000 to create
park and celebrate the centennial of battle
of Horse Shoe Bend, which will nave
occurred 100 years ago next March. The
appropriation asked for IS to also provide
monuments to the soldiers who fell in
that battle in which Jackson won de-
cisive victory over the Indians. The Of
ficers who fell in that engagement were
Major Montgomery and I.ieutenants SOM
erville and Moultoh
1t is not known whether the governor
has any other business in Washington.
He was in conference with his appointee
to the Senate and was to have gone to
the White House, but the President would
see no visitors today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
Weather Forecast

Washington, December 16.-Forecast
for Alabama: Cloudy Wednesday fol-
lowed by rain at night and on Thurs
day
Tennessee: Cloudy Wednesday prob
Thursday cloudy, probably rain.
Georgia: Cloudy Wednesday; Thurs
day probably rain.
Mississippi: Rain Wednesday and
pro baby Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
ROOT WOULD NOT
TAKE NOMINATION
Declares in Currency Debate
He Has No Presidential
Aspirations

Washington, December 16-During the
currency debate in the Senate today SEN
ator Root of New York, replying to dem
ocratic criticisms, announced that he had
no presidential aspirations, and would not
take the republican nomination if it were
offered to him. Senator Root renewed his
declarations of Saturday that the admin
istration currency bill did not provide
pi oper safeguards over an over-expansion
of money. Throughout the afternoon the
fight ragged again around this phase of
the bill. democratic senators insisting
that the measure carefully guarded
against any danger of imitation or, conse-
quent panic. Administration forces de-
feated another attempt to amend the bill
when they laid on the table an amend
ment by Senator Hitchcock, proposing to
increase the federal reserve board from
seven to nine members. The motion car
ried, "a to 32
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
HObsOn Meeting Tonight

There will be meeting of Hobson
workers at North Birmingham tonight at
8 o'clock at the knights of Pythias hal
at Twenty-seventh street and Twenty
ninth avenue. III. p. Burrus will speal,.
1t was announced from Hobson headuuar-
ters last night that meetings would be
held in all the suburbs during the week.
ending with a meeting in Hueytown Sat
urday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, December 16.-G p. M
The pressure has continued high over
most of the country during the past "a
hours, and fair weather has prevailed
over almost the entire country. The rain
area that occupied the southwest on the
map Monday night, has extended east
ward, with the formation of a slight ba-
rometric depression in the western gulf
and on tonight's map extends over Tex
as, Oklahoma, Kansas and the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
To Withdraw Case

Brussels, Belgium, December 10.
Creditors of Princess Louise of Bels
sium, daughter of the late King Leo
pold, who have entered claims against
the princess amounting to s2,200,0Oa,
nave agreed 30 withdraw the case from
the courts aud to abide by the arbi-
tration of two eminent lawyers, TO
whom the government will hand over
5000 900 for equitable distribution after
examination of the claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
Should Pass Bill

Montgomery, December 16.-(Special)
That the United States Congress should
pass Representative Thomas Helms bill
providing for an appropriation of $4,000
to aid in the construction of park and
the erection of a monument on Horse
shoe Bend battlefield, in Tallapoosa coun-
~. is the opinion of DIR. Thomas M.
Owen director of the state department
of archieves and history. who thinks that
Alabama has strong claims on the gov
ernment for this appropria ton.
Alabama's claims will be presented to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
CAPTAIN Chaplin Unchanged

New York. December 16.--The condition
of Capt. Frederick L. Chaplin of the
United States battleship Wyoming, who is
critically Ill at the Marine hospital, was
described firmly unchanged. Captain
Chaplin was taken to the hospital when
the wyoming arrived yesterday from the
European cruise of the Atlantic fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
Recital at ThOrsby

Thorsby, December 16.-(Special. .)--Mu-
sic lovers of Thorsby and other points IN
Chiffon were treated to a first class enter
tainment given In Bates hall under the
direction of Miss Eva Finch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

JOHN II. WALLACE, JR.. CANDT-
DATE FOR GOVERNOR, THE TRUE
AND LOYAL FRIEND OF BIRMING-
NAM, WILL SPEAK At THE AUDI
FORUM OF THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK.
COIE OUT, EVERYBODY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
CANDIDATES WILL
SPEAK IN ETOWAH
HobsOn There Today and
Underwood December 29
DISCUSS LIGHT PLANT
Formal Steps Toward Securing NUM-
cipal Electric Light Plant Taken
by Council-License Schedule
for Next Year Adopted
DISCUSS LIGHT PLANT

Gadsden, December 16.-(Special.) .)-Eto-
wah Is to become battle-ground for the
senatorial candidates. Mr. Hobson will
speak at the courthouse tomorrow morn
ing. He will also speak at Altoona and at
Walnut Grove. A EIobson club will be
| formed. Mr. Underwood probably will
speak here Monday morning, December 29
according to the announcement of w. T.
Murphree his campaign manager for this
district. lie will speak in the afternoon at
Centre and at Cedar Bluff that night
On December 80 he will speak at Collins
vile and Fort Payne, and on December 81
at Guntersville, Albertville and Boaz
Formal steps toward securing a munich
pal electric light plant for Gadsden We're
taken last night, when special committee
of aldermen, composed of the light COM
mittee and Aldermen Johnson, jackson
and Allison and Mayor Holcombe was ap-
pointed to investigate the subject. 1t was
stated in the council meeting that
there is strong sentiment in favor OF Sc
curing municipal plant, whether conces-
sions are made by the electric companies
or not.
! IL 1t was declared that Selma gets light Tor
cents, Montgomery to cents and Chat
tanooga 61s cents Gadsden pays 10.
Another ray of light was thrown on the
local situation today when it was learned
| that the Tennessee Power company is to
run its transmission lines through Alfalfa
| from Chattanooga to Birmingham 1t is
] believed that arrangements might be made
! to have the lines run into Gadsden. This
would give competitive electric rates.
| Oner Coffey must face another trial for
the killing of George Burgess. After de-
| liberating three days, the jury was un-
| able to agree and was discharged.
| The council last night adopted the Ii
cense schedule for 1914, and increases
were made in several directions, There
were few decreases
Capt. w. E. Bare returned today from
| Montgomery, where he attended a meet
| ing of officers of the new Fourth regi-
ment Equipment for Company f will be
issued on January l. The new company at
! Alabama city will be mustered into SER
vice Friday night.
I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

Invigorating to the Pale and SicI<ly
The Old Standard general strengthning
tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, drives out Malaria, enriches the
blood. and builds up the system. A
true Tonic. For adults and children. Soc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

Oner Coffey must face another trial for
the killing of George Burgess. After de-
liberating three days, the jury was un-
able to agree and was discharged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17

The council last night adopted the Ii
cense schedule for 1914 and increases
were made in several directions, There
were few decreases.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23
THE WAILOF THE
ZIMMERMAN
CONTINUED from Page One).

member that the soc timber paid last
year and 1 and 2-3 cents per thousand
feet. How many of the old timers
can recall stumpage at 49, 25, so cents
per thousand. All of them, they don't
have to be old timers. Will stumpage
prices increase? Sure to do it. Tax
es will always be added to the selling
price, also interest, and then as much
as the traffic will bear.
The Timber Growth
One last reviving draught to the
poor, down-trodden timber baron. He
never tells the great unwashed that
the growth of young timber, and even
up to pretty ripe old age, will pay
all taxes and interest-if you did not
pay too much for the tree to begin
with. In young timber it is estimated
that the growth is 1000 feet B. M.
to the acre and grading down to zero
in old growth. We have now safely
rescued our timber baron from the
deep and we hope and trust that he
may not fall in again. He will not
if he will remember that many for
tune has been won and enjoyed with
out breaking an old time rule.
DO. UNTO. OTHERS. AS. YE
WOULD THAT THEY SHOULD DO
UNTO YOU"
OBSERVER,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23
J. S. " AuCH
~THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

If you want to meet Sammy Lane
and know all about her sweet love,
her thrilling life among those good
and bad folk of the Ozarks-if you
want to know about the man who
would not fight for her, and also about
the man who risked his life for her
dear souI--if you want to know about
Sammy's father, Jim Lane. the old
Bald Knobber, Unkle Ike, the Post
master at the Forks, with his "Ba
Thundas," "Preachin' Bill" a-sayin'
things as good as David Harum, Wash
Gibbs" and the old shepherd and
all the rest of the people who lived
among the Hills. you can find it all
in 1.-THE Shepherd of the Hills" the
dramatization of Harold Bell Wright's
novel, whic hcomes to the Grand thea
tire, Tuesday, September 30.
The dramatization was made by
Mr.. Wright with the assistance of Els
berry w. Reynolds. 1t is said to be
even more interesting than the story
in book form.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23
nth EENCHANTRESS"
Victor Herbert's Masterpiece comes tc
the Grand Theatre, with Kitty
Gordon Prima Donna

In "The Enchantress," Victor Her
bert's masterpiece, which comes to
the Grand theatre, Wednesday. Oct l,
direct from it's triumph of the east,
the famous composer has put forward
his best self, once more, and accord
ing to the New York and Chicago
critics, has surpassed even his other
successes, Babes in Toyland," and
mile. Modesto" Rarely has a prima
donna been so pleasantly cast for a
role as Kitty Gordon is for the sirenic
opera singer sent to school to enchant
the prince of a mythical "Graustark"
like kingdom. 1t will be remember
the authors, who have succeeded in
turning out a book free of all the in
ocuous horseplay common in musical
comedies and substituted a real plot,
with genuinely dramatic situations
and natural spontaneous humor, which
brims to the overflow. Intermingled,
or rather interviewer, with music are
brilliant colored songs and dancing
specialities which, of course, would
carry any piece to success. "The En-
chantress," promises much as those
who follow the concern of the theatri.
cal world know.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23

Please mention the Herald whe,
dealing with advertisers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23
CHANGES MIND
ON FARM EXPERT
Pomona Grange Alters Mind.
Now Recognizes What Ex-
pert is Capable Of

AS result of the agitation for the
employment of county farm expert,
and largely through the lectures of
Expert Smith, of the Oregon-Wash-
ington railroad, the farmers of the
county have come to recognize two
facts. First that there were some
things about farming and farm meth
DDS with which they were not con-
versant, and that the appointment of
an expert was not to mean the fas-
tening of another barnacle onto the
county pay roll. but that the intent
was to secure the services of a man
competent to return to the county
The Chehalis County Pomona
Grange strenuously opposed the en-
gagement of such an official when the
matter was first mooted last spring,
and the Herald is pleased to note
that the Grange has not only chang
ed it's mind, but has the moral cour-
age to say so. At meeting last
week the following resolution was
adopted:
"Resolved, That the Chehalis Coun-
| ty Pomona Grange No. % goes on
record as favoring the appointment
of farm expert; provided the names
for said position be submitted to the
Chehalis County Pomona Grange and
the farmers in general of Chehalis
County in joint meeting for approval
before such appointment is confirm
ed by the County Commissioners
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-23
BRYAN BEGINS
SUIT FOR LIBEL
Congressman Wants $4,000
from A. J. Blethen for
Published Articles

SEATTLE, Sept. 22.-Congressman
J. w. Bryan has filed in the superior
court, by his attorney Ewing d. Col
win, suit against the Times Printing
company and Alden ]. Blethen, ask
ing for a judgment of $4,000 for dam
ages by reason of the publication of
articles rejecting upon him on Sept.
Z last.
1t is charged that on that date
the Sunday issue of the Times con-
tanned story with the caption Rene
grade Bryan Rebuked in Congress"
1t is charged that the story contained
such references to Bryan as "a whelp,"
zone of the most contemplate ours
that ever went unwhipped in any COM
munity," also a 'vagabond," and set
set forth that Bryan is held in con.
tempt by all decent people, and had
not friend among taxpayers and
property owners"
1t is further alleged that the Times
story named Bryan a eur" "scoun-
drel,' and infamous person." a
SNEAK and parasite" a coward" a
"slandered," and the tool of Cotter-
ill.," and contended that the election of
Bryan to congress was a disgrace
The complaint sets forth that the
allegations in the Times were false
and malicious, and so known to be by
the editor of the paper and that the
story was published to injure and ruin
the plaintiff, and deprive him of the
confidence of the people and expose
him to contempt and ridicule. 1t is
charged that the reputation of Bryan
as man and public official has been
seriously damaged and that he has
been greatly disgraced by reason of
the publication.