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The evening world., 1913-09-18
WILSON WITHOUT A CHURCH..
Ed1Ace whore President Wor.
shipped Sold 70 Negro Haptists.

WASHINGTON. Sept. ls.-President
Wilson IL without a church. the edincs
In which he has been accustomed 10
worship since he entered the White
House having been sold to n negro con-
gregation. The sale was completed to-
day. when the Mount Carmel Baptist
congregation took over the edlnce OF the
Central Presbyterian Church. The lat
ter congregation Will build another
structure In more desirable neighbour
hood.
The church. which was established in
1888. for some time had been losing In
membership because of Its location.
Situated In what originally was the cen.
tire OF tho residence district. 1t lived to
sec IL members gradually crowded out
OF their homes and remove to distan nj
parts OF the city. Tho sale then was in
svitAbiA
The evening world., 1913-09-18
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
At BURNING BRIDGE
Oriental Limited on Burlington
Railroad Reported Derailed on
Run Through Wisconsin.

LACROSSE. WiA. Sept is-Ths
Oriental Limited on the Buriington Rail
road was wrecked At II burning bridge
near Trempealcau. Wis. according to a
report received here this afternoon.
Details arc lacking.
The evening world., 1913-09-18
RETURNED TO FLOAT FOREIGN
LOAN HERE.

After watching furnald in Europe
from the time ne tei this country. In
spectors Cortelyou and Jacobs recently
learned that he intended returning TO
the United States rOr the purpose OF
floating a foreign bond issue In the
West, The inspectors then took steps
to appre n end Fnrnald on the old New
Jersey indictment on which White and
Cole are stlll awaiting trial
According TO the records In the pos
session OF the postal authorities, Fur
maid was convicted ~ re"-iviny STOLEN
goods on June q, lss.. a. San Francis
90. cal. and sentenced to a four year
term In San Quentin prison. He was
arrested mere In 1870. POI grand larceny
and sentenced 10 a term in Sing Sing
prison
The evening world., 1913-09-18
Not Disi0t~restrL.

an the Boston Transcript
"Stryker ~ always advising his
Friends to ssYa their money"
Yes, the more ais friends save the
better stryksss CHANCES " borrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12

gold braid. but at the memorial services
Afr- Asqnith wore uniform of dark blue.
Had not the King been present he would
according 10 custom, have appeared only
in civilian dress, but out of respect TO
bis majesty official etiquette required
| him to wear uniform and sword
\ festhre Of the memorial services was
the playing of the Dead March from
Saul by the Coldstream Guard band-the
crack band of the British army. The
band is composed of 50 men, 1t was sta
TONED near the chaneel and has a proml''
nent place in the pictorial sketches. While
the prayers were being read in the chan
eel the King and the entire assemblaSe,
including the band, knelt
London is used to great pageants and
solemn obseduies but according to the
newspapers no more impressive scene was
ever witnessed in st. Pauls cathedral
than this in memory of Captain Scott and
his men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
At the Court Of st. James

Richard Olney, who was Secretary
of State in the last term of Grover
Cleveland, is rs years old, but all ac-
counts agree that he carries his years
easily. 1t is therefore possible that Mr..
Olney will accept the proffered am
bassadorship to England, which is
rightly regarded as the chief diplo-
matte appointment to be made by the
new administration
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Olney have not
always 'encamped together Both may
be progressives, but Mr.. Bryan spells
his political faith with a capital while
Mr.. Olney uses no doubt lower case
"p.' Both are, however, democrats
and both detest protective tariff for
projections sake. In 1896 Mr.. Oiney,
being "gold democrat" did not vote
for Bryan, but in 1900 he supported
him in an open letter, giving nine rea-
sons for his action.
But aside from politics Mr.. Olney
would excellently represent this coun-
try in London. His selection for the
post would be evidence of a desire to
keep our diplomatic service up to a
high standard, for no reasonable criti-
cism is possible in Mr.. Olney's case,
unless it be his age. And he is himself
the best judge as to that.
Mr.. Olney entered the Cleveland
cabinet of 1893 as Attorney General.
In 1895 Judson Harmon took his place
at which time the Boston jurist was
made Secretary of State, place that
he held to the close of the administra-
ton in March, 1896. 1t was he who
raised the Monroe doctrine in the
Venezuela case and kept England
from seizing lands that Venezuela
claimed. The matter was finally set
tied in a treaty between the United
States and England signed in 1899
War was in the air for time, but
President Cleveland and Secretary
Olney stood firm and war was avoided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
Fate of the Owl Cars

Mere dollars and cents should not
be altogether controlling when the re-
ceipts Of the owl cars are summed up
next Monday. This is far-flung city
and owl cars are needed in it, and the
street car company should, if possible,
submit proposition that would keep
the cars running.
A double. fare would not be unrea-
sonable in the early morning hours.
Other propositions may be possilIn in
order to preserve to the people of this
city an hourly car after midnight un-
til travel is resumed towards day
light. Let the city commission and the
street car company get together or
this subject. The people in the sub
urbs need at times late cars, and wher
one is needed it is needed as much a.
I Texan is said to need gun at times
The question should not be hastily
brushed aside. 1t should be studied il
the hope that means can be found tt
keep the owl cars moving. In the long
run they would be self-sustaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
Our Gold Shipments

Up to the present time $35, ,000,0 900
in gold has been sent away from this
country this year, to Paris and to
Argentina. Only 100000 has been
shipped elsewhere and that amount
was sent to Berlin.
The shipments do not approach the
production of gold in this country, and
until they do there is no occasion for
uneasiness. In 1911 our mines pro-
duced gold to the value of 500, 800, 900,
and the production of 1912 was only
little less. The yearly production
has exceeded $9O,OOO,OoO in the last
six years. We can therefore spare
without Inconvenience an occasional
outflow of $50, 100000, and even if ii
goes to $5O,0O0,OOO no great harm
would be done.
Both Paris and Berlin are troubled
by the Balkan war, and until that wal
is settled they may need gold and may
be willing to take it at rates tina,
yield to the bankers in Wall street a
profit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
Memnli and HIS Hand.

cert by Memoli and his band at the JEFF
ferson theatre next Sunday afternoon
have a treat in store,' said Clarence
Klenk, the well known violinist. Il att
tended rehearsal of the band last Sun
day and was agreeably surprised at the
work of this new organization. 1t is a
large band-about 40 pieces-and is well
balanced.
"The programme TO be rendered Sun
day is made up of very choice music.
Several of the numbers are classic and
all the numbers are beautiful. AS the
occasion will be Mr. Memoirs premier ap-
pearance since his return from Italy he
will doubtless be greeted by large audi
ence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
cARNEGIE,s HERO FUND

affairs at Washington" by Joe Mitchell
Chapple, in National Magazine for
March.
In answer to an inquiry as to which of
his many benefactions he liked best. Mr.
Carnegie responded next to pensions to
needy friends, the hero fund. This has the
distinction of being Mr.. Carnegies own
idea and is entirely original. 1t was con-
ceived after a serious mine accident in
Pittsburg when a former superintendent
of the mine, Mr. Taylor, hearing of 1t,
drove many miles to the scene. organized
a band of volunteers to save those en-
tombed in the mine. He went down into
the mine saved a great number of men.
but lost his own life. He had a family"
said Mr. Carnegie, and continued in
sympathetic tone, What are the valors
of war compared with such acts? 1 felt
that such heroism should be rewarded"
The hero fund is now established in the
United States, Canada, Great Britain,
Germany, Belgium, Holland, Norway,
sweden and Italy, and Mr.. Carnegie finds
the reports received from these countries
are the best of tonics. The work was
especially commented upon by the Ger
man Emperor. who declared there was
nothing like it. and in his communication
to Mr. Carnegie stated that never before
dio he know there were so many acci-
dents, nor so many heroes within his bor-
ders, and he made particular mention OF
accidents which had recently occurred-all
re leyed by the fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12

The edict has gone forth that the
be q white ribbon" AFFAIR, with no
wines or liquors served at any enter
tainment. Not only do the President
and Mrs. Wilson and their daughters
taboo the sparkling cup. but so also
do the vice president and Mrs. Mar
shall, the Secretary of State and Mrs
Bryan, and nearly the entire cabinet
This is one of the most striking So
cial changes under the new admins
tration, and, it is reckoned. will save
hundreds of thousands of dollars an
nually to those who entertain fire.
quently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
DR.. Friedman an Enigma

DR.. Friedrich Franz Friedman en-
countered no little skepticism on the
part of eminent physicians when he
came here proclaiming cures in 100
per cent of early cases, 60 per cent of
middle stage, and 40 per cent of adj
vanced cases of tuberculosis. What his
serum will accomplish has not yet
been ascertained by the government
medical authorities or by the doctors
in private practice. Time is needed in
which to ascertain results, and the
truth will in the end be told.
In Germany Friedman stands ut
terly rspudiated by DR.. Bier, professor
Of surgery in Berlin university, who
Aase not hesitate 70 ssy that he has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
VII. h.ttcr uIaying with n lions whe1p
Tbnn with an old one dying.
ANTONY and Cleopatra.
Views of Mr.. Redfield

The appointment of William Z. ked-
field of Brooklyn as Secretary OF Com
merce is leading to an inquiry as to
his tariff views. He is said to be IN
close touch with the President on that
question.
The Century company recently pub
lished a book written by him entitled,
"The New Industrial Day." and from
this book one can readily see where
the Secretary of Commerce stands on
the tariff. He is bit in advance OF
Mr.. Underwood perhaps, aEsough
both doubt see that the government
still needs a certain amount of indi-
rect revenue. Both are revenue tariff
men, but Mr.. Redfield is the more
"progressive' of the two in decrying
tariff taxation.
"An attitude, "he says, "that we are
able to compete with foreign manu-
facturers on their own ground while
unable to compete with them on our
ground cannot long be maintained" 1t
is, he thinks, hopelessly illogical.
He considers pre-. .cction an injury to
manufacturers, and he is himself en-
gagged in the iron and steel trade. Read
what he says in his book: 81 believe
that protection is an injury to Ameri-
can manufacturers by limiting their
scope and by narrowing their horizons.
/ believe it costs them enormously in
the loss of foreign business, and that
is one reason why manufacturers in
this country are so rapidly ceasing to
be protectionists. But one other reason
WHY the manufacturers of this country
are abandoning the protectionist faith
is that their plants have been stimu-
lated to become SO large that only in
rare years has the demand in this
country become enough to take their
total product, and they have to sell
it abroad"
A great many believe that indirect
taxation is the poorest kind of rev.
enue. 1t deceives the people. They do
not know how or when they are taxed,
and they do not therefore watch ex-
penditures as closely as they should
But the time has not come when the
custom houses can be blown up--to
use a phrase of Speaker Clark-and nc
doubt Oscar Underwood and William
C. Redfield will be found standing to-
gether on tariff that yields the sum
that the government needs after ali
direct taxes have been levied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12

not seen any curative action in any
patient who had been treated by DR..
Friedman. On the other hand DR..
Erich Mueller, head physician of the
Berlin orphan asylum; Prof. c. L.
Schleich, director of the Virchow hos
pital, and Drs. Karfunkel, Kuester and
Heymann, each and all report favora-
BILE results. All these are Berlin physi-
clans of high standing. DR.. Citronalso
says there is a great deal of good in
it.
One trouble relates to the filing by
Friedman of patent claims in Ger
many and the United States. Professor
Ehrlich did likewise when he had per-
fected salvarsan, but it is said that he
derives no personal profit from the
sale of the specific. DR.. Friedman on
the other hand proposes to secure
profits for discovering turtle cultures
as a cure for tuberculosis.
The German doctor may be suffer-
ing from self-deception. He may in
deed be even fakir. But the truth
cannot be ascertained in a hurry. In
the course of about three months the
public health and marine hospital SER
vice at Washington will be ready to
say what the value Of the Friedman
is. The verdict cannot be rem
dered much sooner and the best way is
to wait for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
POETRY THAT PAYS.

From the New York Tribune.
1t is busy world, but surely fcw Sec
onds may be devoted to the case of AL
fred Noyes, a poet come out Of England
with gold in his pockets and the latest
thing in sack suits on his back.
All kinds of mystery have been made
of this singular young man. Our own local
and contemporary poets, in luncheon as
sembled, have viewed the creases In his
trousers with i'll concealed suspicion. Can
it really be that this chesty young man
has made handsome thing out of his
rhymes? Or is he perhaps, by stealth
in the dark of the night, pork packer
or a stock broker-in addition to working
union hours as poet by day7
Such a problem surely ought not to be
solved too soon. If we had the solution
ready to hand we should utterly refuse to
publish it now. Even the most prosper
GUS of young poets needs his day Of pub
licity.
But may we. without being unduly
inasty, suggest two possibilities, either OF
which, If established, would give q clew
to the mystery? Suppose money has moth
ing to do with art. Then Mr.. Noyes
might well be poet despite his riches
just as other poets have been poets de-
spite their poverty. Might be-" We say,
for our second suggestion runs to the
other alternative.
We utter 1t with bated breath. Suppose
Mr.. Noyes were not poet-but only that
comfortable and respectable thing, lau-
reate, uncrowned, but a laureate! Then
he would naturally be as rich as any stock
broker-and as proud as any pork packer.
Meanwhile Mr.. Moves goes on making
money and writing-ws have already re-
fused to saX whati - - u,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
unlawful Breaking Of Seals.

I'VE are endeavoring to give wide pub
licity to recent act of Congress provid-
:ng punishment for those who unlawfully
break seals of railroad cars. containing
Interstate of foreign shipments" said NJ.
B. Earle, inspector of the Southern Rail
way companys special service department
in Birmingham. ANY one convicted of
unlawfully entering cars containing in
terstate shipments and stealing freight
shall be fined not more than $4,000 or I'M
prisoned not more than 10 years or both.
The prosecution may be instituted in any
district where the crime shall have been
committed.
''rhs law has been printed in large type
on bristol board and is very generally
posted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
ozYMANDIAs OF EGYPT

BY Percy Bysshe Shelley.
I met a traveller from an antique land
who said Two vast and trunkless legs
of stone
stand in the desert. Near them on the
sand
Half sunk. = shatter'd visags lies. whose
frOWn
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold COM
mand
Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read
which yet survive. stampd on these lifs-
less things.
The hand that mock'd them and the
heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
my name is Ozymandias. king Of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and de-
spair'
Nothing beside remains Round the decay
OF that colossal wreck. boundless and
bare,
The lone and level sands stretch fax
'oWuJg fsfes -s< - y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
THE OTHER M'CALL

From the Hartford Courant
There are at least two Sam McCalls
in this spacious country. it appears.
One has served a score of years In
Congress, and has been talked of for
the Senate, and has declined the presi-
dency of Dartmouth college; the other,
an elderly negro. grows cotton down
in Alabama. Representative Booher of
Missouri told the House the other day
on the authority of a bulletin pub
lished by the department of agricul-
ture-that this other Sam Mccall took
an old, rundown piece of land, where
you could not raise more than two or
three hundred pounds of cotton to the
acre, and worked it until now he raises
from three to five bales to the acre.
Representative Lamb of Virginia sug-
gested that he had been educated In
the school of experience-the best of
schools II infer" said Representative
Hamilton of Michigan, that this old
darkey has found out more about grow
ing cotton than the department experts
have" Representative Booher assented,
and Representative Hamilton suggested
tnat sam Mccall would De Boou man
for the department to hire. Repre-
sentative Hefin of Alabama expressed
the opinion that an uncalled-for fuss
was being made over his black con-
stituent. "This old negro man Mccall,
he said, was taught by his master how
to produce cotton. He was a slave, and
his master taught him how to produce
cotton on a large scale. But the secret
of his success is the fact that he has
employed the very methods taught by
the bulletins. He does not have to
read the bulletins himself. l doubt
whether he can read But he sees and
talks with farmers cultivating their
ground around him, who do read the
bulletins, and he hears it from them
That is why this negro produced so
much on this one or two acres of
ground" Representative Hamilton
wanted to know why the children of
Sam McCall's old master and the other
white farmers of the vicinage didn't
raise as big crops as he did. Soil of
one character will produce great deal
more cotton than soil of another char
acter," explained Representative Hefiin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12

Lincoln Beachy, the aviator. says he
will never ny again professionally
Beachy holds himself indirectly re-
sponsible for the death OF several
aviators. and gives this as his reason
for giving up flying. Beachey listed
the aviators for whose deaths he held
iimself to be in a measure responsible
They include Kearney. Gill. Frisbie,
Ely. Badger and Walsh. Il have de-
fled death at every opportunity in the
last two years" he said. Il have been
bad influence. and the death of a
number of young avlators In this
country can be traced, / believe, to a
desire to emulate me in my foolishly
daring exploits in the air. 1 have
made a fortune in little more than
two years. / won the American alti-
tude record here. This was the flight
that earned for me a reputation for
reclSlessness. I scared into the sky
as far as my fuel would carry me;
then, without gasoline. volplaned to
the earth distance of more than H.
600 feet. There was nothing remark
able about this, but it gave me some-
thing l would give all have made to
lose-a reputation for supreme daring.
This is the reputation others have
tried to gain, and their ambition has
cost them their livesF'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
NEWSPAPER BANQUET
q thu Mobile REGISTER.

Tho Birmingham Newspaper club viii
give banquet next Thursday evening to
celebrate the Inauguration of the flrst
southern President since the war. Bir-
mingham IL the proper place for this
celebration. 1t did not exist in the days
of the war, and its people are cosmopol-
ties. They will celebrate not 20 much
the placing of southern man to political
power as the recognition made OF the fact
that politically there is no longer an out
.lawed section known AZ the south.'
Tho idea Of making merry over so great
an event In our history is good one;
and all tho participants will have. no
doubt, good time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
Improved Architectural Designs.


MANY citizens must be struck with the
decided advance in the last few years
in the architecture of business build
ings." said public spirited man. II
have been greatly Impressed and I have
wondered il the public generally appre-
ciates what is being done in this line.
The r. d. Burnett building. on Sec
ond avenue; the Graves building, re-
Gently finished on Third avenue; the
Nvimberly- Thomas hardware building
ON First avenue, and number of others
which will no doubt occur to many
persons are striking evidences of this
city's architectural progress. Such build
ings reflect credit on this town and too
much praise cannot be accorded the men
who are giving us such buildings.
II believe every citizen of Birmingham
should make it point to see the build
ings referred to and others not mentioned,
but in the same class. for they would give
him a thrill of pride in his locality and
a talking point when meeting visitors
from other cities. We have the city and
the basis for boosting and should keep
ourselves informed and supplied with am
munition for use when opportunity Of
fers .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
COURTEOUS.

A woman stopped the car at one of
the avenues and, upon reaching the plat
form, attempted to get off on the wrong
side.
"The other side, madam" said the con-
ductor.
Il want to get off on this side" ex-
claimed the woman.
You can't do it. madam" was the
reply
Conductor" she said ansrily. Il want
to get off this side of the car
Gentlemen. please stand aside and let
the lady climb the gate."-Harper's Mag
azine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12

The next White House bride will be
the thirteenth. Here is the list 1911,
Lucy Payne Washington to Judg
Todd; 1872, Anna Todd to Representa-
tive John G. Jackson; 1920, Marie Mon
roe to Lawrence Gouveneur; 1926, Hell
en- jackson to John Adams; 1S29-37,
Della Lewis to Alphonso Yver Pageot;
Mary Easton to Lucien B. Polk; Emily
Marlin to Lewis Randolph; 1912, Eliza
beth Tyler to William Waller; 1874,
Nellie" Grant to Algernon Sartoris;
1878, Emily Platt to Gen. Russell
Hastings; 1856, Frances Folsom to
President Cleveland; 1906, Alice
Roosevelt to Representative Nicholas
Longworth. Who comes next?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-12
THE DANGER OF WHITE LEAD

THE DANGER OF WHITE LEAD
From the Journal of the American Med
ical Association.
Occupation is undoubtedly the most
important factor in causing lead-pois-
oning; and among the occupations the
most dangerous are those IN which
lead is freely handled This applies
particularly to working in white lead
and lead colors. The grinding of white
lead with oil was formerly a large
source of poisoning, because the
pigment was dry, and consequently the
grinding mill attendants and the lead
work laborers inhaled lead dust; but
since in many factories the paint n
now made with the lead in the moist
state, by the gradual displacement OF
the moisture with oil during the pro-
cess of grinding this source of danger
has decreased. The dangers incidental
to the manufacture of red lead are ex-
tremely serious. The Journal of the
American Medical Association quotes q
recent writer In one of the trade Jour-
nails who reports that q large decrease
In plumbism in the manufacture Of
white lead has followed the abolition
of female labor and youthful labor In
England The decrease Is also conse-
quent on ventilation, the use Of respi-
rators, overalls, enforced cleanliness
and the avoidance of lead dust. No
material increase In the cost of man
ufacture has resulted, but death and
suffering have been averted. It II Al
ways gratifying to learn Of progress
in combating occupational diseases, es-
pecially when. a. in the lead indua-
tries., It has been 80 difficult to In
ducs those employed to cooperate to
their own sanitary advantage.