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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

From Toledo to the interior of Alaska
and, maybe, across the Behring straits
into Siberia, Russian territory, by rail-
road, is possibility of the future. Sir
Richard Mcbride premier of British CO.
lumbia, will go to Washington early next
month to interview President Wilson re-
garding cooperation between his govern
ment and that of the United States in ex-
tending the Pacific Great Eastern rail-
way, subsidiary of the Grand Trunk, by
main and branch lines from Fort George,
on the Grand Trunk Pacific, through Alas
ka, tapping the principal mining camps.
The Grand Trunk Pacific is part of the
Grand Trunk railway system of the United
states and Canada, and the Grand Trunk
is a half owner OF the Detroit and To-
! ledo Shore Line, with terminals in North
Toledo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
The symphony Festival

'I am glad to know that Miss
Christine Miller is TO sing at both of
the night performances of the Cincir-
natl Symphony orchestra-Monday, May
Is. and Tuesday, May 6--for she is one
of the foremost artists in this country"
said Frederick Gunster. "The manage
ment was most fortunate in engaging
this great singer. Birmingham will be
delighted with her.
"The music lovers of this city should
turn out in great numbers on the occa-
sion of the forthcoming concerts Mrs.
Aldrich and Christine Miller with the
Cincinnati orchestra on the opening
programme should mean a packed
house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The commission form of government
was adopted in Jersey City, but defeated
in Bayonne, Hoboken and Union Hill. In
against. Jersey City is the largest east
ern city to adopt the plan. 1t defeated
it at an election a year ago, but this time
according to political enemies of the pres
ent administration. the favorable vote
was due largely to dissatisfaction with the
present management of the city's affairs.
Mayor III. Otto Wittpen spoke In favor OF
the commission plan, but the majority of
the city officeholders and employees were
energetic workers on the other side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
upbuiIders of Birmingham

Mervyn II. Sterne, one of the best
known and most progressively young bank
erS of Birmingham, who acts as assist
ant to President John III. Frye of the
Traders National, is finished writer.
He is typical of the best of the younger
set of business men who combine intel
leotual culture with the practical affairs
of life. Mr.. Sterne is winning repu-
tation as a biographer. He is the au-
thor of those interesting sketches in the
series entitled "Upbuilders of Birming-
ham, issued by the Traders National
bank, in connection with the monthly
calendar. The April sketch tells us about
one of Birminghams best known and
most esteemed citizens: 1t says:
'.In 1892 Paschal Green Shook, who was
then 20 years of age, came to the Bir-
ningham district and entered the office
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and RAILROAD
company. When the officials of the Ten
nessee company first considered the adj
visibility of making steel, Mr.. Shook took
an active part in the investigation, and
upon the Organization of the Alabama
-Steel and Shipbuilding company for the
purpose of erecting steel plant, he be-
came its secretary and treasurer. He
assisted his father Col A. NJ. Shook in
the building of the plant, and upon it's
completion became assistant general SUI
perintendent, in which. capacity he re-
mained until 1901, when he formed a part
nership with John F. Fletcher in the
ccal, iron and machinery brokerage busi-
ness, The firm of Shook & Fletcher is
now one Of the largest of it's kind in
the south.
Although most of his time is devoted
tn the affairs of his firm Mr.. Shook has
numerous outside interests. He is a di-
rector in the First National bank, the
American Trust and Savings bank, and
tho Corey Land company, vice president
of the Ensley company and of the Min
nesota Equipment company, in addition
to being president of the Associated Char
tiles and active In other civic and char
table organizations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
SIBERIA

Berlin Correspondence, Philadelphia Pub.
lie Ledger.
The early impressions of Siberia
formed from the very limited informa-
ton contained in school books of moi
very long ago, in which. luclless in
ha bitants of this country were pictured
riding in peculiar-shaped sleds, drawn
by horses running at the top of their
speed and just about to be devoured by
great pack of hungry wolves, while
those not fleeing from this awful fate
were either condemned to hopeless SER
vitude in the mines or exiled, eking out
bare existence in this land of per-
petual winter and limftless forests, have
not been entirely eliminated from the
minds of many
Whatever conditions may be in many
ether parts of this great empire the
country through which the railway
passes, as well as the appearance of the
people gathered at the stations, would
dispel such IDEAS
Great steppes, winding rivers, stretches
of wood, and undulating meadows are
the characteristics of the country as
seen on both sides of the track. The
soil is very fertile; wild flowers are of
enormous growth, and, although the sea-
son is short, the appearance of vegets-
ton generally indicates a rapid growth
and early maturity. OF course, like other
new countries, some unfavoreble condi-
tions exist, which will require time and
experience to overcome. In the distribti-
ton of forests and rivers. and In districts
on Siberian steppes artesian wells often
bring up only salt or bitter water, and
wells furnishing sweet water sometimes
suddenly change to salt and become
useless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
UNDERWOOD ONCE MORE ON DEch

From the New York Herald.
The country is to be congratulated
upon Mr. Underwood's restoration tc
Health. He is once more in thew oi
the tariff fight, unquestioned leader not
only by reason of his position as head
of ther committee on ways and means
but because in him are combined all
those qualities necessary to successful
leadership.
The democratic party, too, Is to be
congratulated. The fate of that party
lis bound up in this tariff bill. The last
democratic tariff act was made by a
theorist, college professor of fine and
lofty ideals-and in it's wake came de-
struction of industry and party defeat
Similar results would unquestionably
flow from the same brand of tariff tink-
ering.
Mr.. Underwood understands what Mr.
Wilson did not-that the tariff ques-
tion is a business question. He has
undertaken tariff revision in the bust
|nesslike way the subject demands. He
has shown lis ability to steer clear Of
the rocks. The confidence which the
country hasin Mr.. Underwood explains
Its refusal to get very much excited
over the prospective tariff changes.
Mr. Underwood is man of sense. He
is certainly sane, and he seems safe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
uELPING A BROTHER

From the Chicago Tribune.
Suddenly the man with the chin beard.
who was eating his luncheon in a
restaurant, reached across the table,
touched the button in the lapel of the
coat worn by the man directly opposite
him. and gave him the grip Of the
secret order to which they both be-
longed.
''Brother," he said, # see you are in
need, and to live up to my sworn du.y
am compelled To-
I'm need" interrupted the other, in
wide eyed astonishment; 'in need Of
what?"
"Of somebody to tell you that a knife
lis not the proper implement to use
when you are eating corned beef hash.'
By prompt action half dozen walters
quelled the disturbance that began i'm
lmediately, but they were too late to
prevent the destruction of about $40
worth of tableware.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
New Senate Rules

The revolution in the Senate is we'll
nigh complete. No Aldrich or Hanna
will hereafter control committee and
its work. Under the old outworn plan
committee chairman could refuse to
call the committee together. 1t could
not. meet unless he did. Now ma
jority of the committee names all sub
committees. The chairman names none
of them. The chairman can no longer
smother a bill by entrusting it to a
hostile subcommittee. All this kind of
work is abolished, Nor is the chairman
of committee permitted to name con-
ferees. The committeeman themselves
choose all needful conferees.
Senator Kern, the majority leader,
is confident these changes will render
the Senate truly democratic and re-
sponsibe to the popular will, while the
public business will be transacted in
a satisfactory manner. All of The au-
tocratic rules of the Senate have been
abolished.
This, together with the future selec-
ton of senators by direct action of
the people, may give us Senate that
all will be proud of. The reform of
the Senate has been thorough and the
adoption of the seventeenth amend
ment comes in to clinch the action of
the democratic majority and to rem
der it perpetual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
JAcQuEMINOTs

BY John Boyle O'Reilly
may not speak in words, dear, but let
my words be flowers,
TO tell their crimson secret in leaves
OF fragrant fire;
They plead for smiles and kisses es'
summer fields for showers.
And every purple velnlet thrills with
exquisite desire.
@. let me see the glance, dear, the CLEAN
of soft confession
You give my amorous roses for the
tender hope they pyove;
And press their heart-leaves back, love.
to drink their deeper passion,
For the sweeter, widest perfume Is
the whisper of my love.
My roses. tell her, pleading. all the
fondness and the signing.
All the longing of heart that
reaches thirsting for its bliss;
And tell her, tell her. roses, that my lips
and eyes are dying
For the melting OF her love-look and
the rapture Of her kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
MUFFI.ED KNOCKS
ii Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago tribune.
I"I always like to hear you preach, doc
tor: your sermons are so soothing and
restfuL"
1--WE enjoy our calls so much, Mrs.
Weerius. You must come and see us
again, after our return from Europe; we
start for there next September.
Here's your money, Mr.. Beanes; thank
you for waiting on me so long. When
I'm going to quit buying things at
store / always drop in and settle up.
'.Mr. Hossekus, you're just like my
dear old father; he hated to shave, ana
Ills face generally looked like horse
brush"
II am going to take your medicines
doctor, even il l haven't q blamed bit of
faith in them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
Good Farming weather

although the nights have been toe
cool for vegetation we have had fine
plowing and planting conditions" said
Walter Moore. II have planted good
deal of corn on my farm below Bes-
scmer but will have another planting IN
May"
Mr.. Moore has one of the best farms
in Jefferson county. 1t embraces be-
tween 900 and 400 acres. 1t was near
ly all in woods a few years ago but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

ington and It win be the same way
when the present Pope succumbs to his
inhrmities.
Ills Holiness. Plus X, has been one
of the saintliest pontifrs the church has
ever had. Who may be his successor
is a matter of much speculation. My
guess is that it will be either Cardinal
Rampolla or Cardinal Merry Del Val"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
AIRY ARTIsrEs.

Lima Cavalier last week. Mary Gar
den this week, and Gertrude Hoffman
next week-Kansas City is having oppor-
tunity to see a great deal of the eminent
ladies of the STAGE says the Kansas City
Star. the inference being. we presume
that the three eminent ladies" mentioned
above are the sort who don't mind show
ing a great deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
WHAT is FAME?

Now that New York newspaper has
referred to buffalo, Bill, as the "veter-
an cowboy" Colonel Cody no doubt rel
grets that his superb craftsmanship cam
not be put to a better use than shattsr-
ing glass balls thrown in the air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
WITH US NOW.

Food, Tragedy of the Future" is thd
title of new playlet. The high cost of
living is about to make food a tragedy Of
the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
HARD TO SAY.

Cheerful doctors are very comforting
to their patients
well, that depends on ones point Of
view When my doctor is optimistic l
can't help wondering whether he is look
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
ARRoGATING TOO MUCH.

s ARRoGATING TOO MUCH.
II can't endure Wopples.''
why not?'
Hes SO conceited.'
Perhaps you misjudge him.
mo. I don't. He thinks he knows ex-
actly what's going to happen 20 the tar
iff"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
NOTHING TO 1T.

Every now and then a crowd of females
get together and promulgate the ideal
husband, but you will observe that home
~ scrubs with large hands and fiat feet,
and the habits of human beings. continue
to lope altarward with the best looking
damsels In the flock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
A LARGE MODEL.

In the second act of this play the hero
kisses the heroine nine times"
I'm full view of the audience?"
well. no. He has to poke his head
under her hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
STARTING EARLY.

'It was notable wedding. I"
Ibid the mother of the bride weep?Y
mo. She was too busy glaring at the
mother of the bridegroom"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
HIS FIRST CHOICE.

Il do not care for fancy food
Said William Henry Greggs;
Although he's worth a million nov
He still eats ham and eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
EVER BEEN THERE?

The Bits of Byplay' man of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer has succeeded in locat-
ing Mattawamkeag, MaineI Just shows
what person can do when he tries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
RESPECTS TO HAM

From the Houston Post.
The birmingham Age-Hc-ald says James
Hamilton Lewis is one of the most pic
turesque figures in public life. Even
more than that. Ham is clearly work
OF art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
DECORATE us. PLEASE.

We've found him, The man who eats
waffles for breakfast and calls them|
.'wafe-uls."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Cairo, ILL.,, has adopted the commission
form Of government, and the Ohio river
should now try to behave itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

If the Japanese are not Mongolians,
the Cinnamon may not be either. Who are
the Mongolians, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
QUEER TASTES.

W 40 I'D.
The diatetic crank, methinks,
is very hard to please;
He casts disappearing eye
On all the food he sees,
And though he's hungry as wolf,
Is very apt to say,
"Garcon, remove this porter-house
And bring bale of hay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The fathers in Pennsylvania will now
proceed to furnish pensions to the mothers
of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says the eating
of meat will be a thing of the past in 1oC
years. AS prices are going this result may
be reached in six months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The good losers in the Mexican fighting
are those who manage to escape across
the American line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The President may talk to congressman
in their own halls, but he keeps away
from the democratic House caucus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ing forward 10 seeing me well again.
is merely anticipating fee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

st. Louis now claims population oi
$4,000, and it is about to launch 100000
club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The people of Waterproof, La. are all
at work on their levees. They believe in
living up to the name of their town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

AS a dodger of assassins King Alfonso
easily holds the record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

One cup of bean soup 1 cent, one egg
Theodore Roosevelts lunch and its cost.
1t was bought by the colonel among
pupils, children of various nationalities,
at an East Side grammar school at noon.
The ex-President visited several schools
to investigate the food-at-cost-price
the child life committee of the progress
sive party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Baseball is still going on, although Ty
Cobb is not in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The d. A. r. war attracts more atten-
ton now than the Balkan rival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The militant suffragette who got King
George ON the telephone is no doubt glad
she did not get Queen Mary, whose tenn
per is3none Of the best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

The amateur gardener and the amateur
poultry raiser are a pair that knows it
all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
TOUGH LUCK.

IOUdff LtNN'
Our sympathies are extended to the res
idents of Calhoun county, Mich. which
voted wet but is dry" as the result
of mistake in reporting the vote, which
cannot be rectified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

NO USE LOOKING WITHIN.
rs Dobbitz introspective?'
"of course, not. There is nothing to
see in vacuum
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

From an official source 1t has become
known that Julian Hawthorne, federal
prisoner. has applied for a parole. On
May the United States parole board
will meet in session at the Atlanta peni-
Tertiary. Probably the application of the
prisoner of the noted name will be acted
upon then. Hawthorne is the son of the
late distinguished American novelist, Ma
thaniel Hawthorne. On March "a he ar
rived in Atlanta from New York, in
company with DR.. w. j. Norton, both. men
being prisoners In charge of United States
deputies. On that day they entered the
prison near Atlanta, each to serve SEN
tence of one year and a day. They had
been convicted of 'using the mails to de-
fraud" in connection with the sale of
Canadian mining stock. BY direction of
the courts, however, their sentences al
ready had begun, each being dated from
November % of last year, whoch was the
day upon which the accused men entered
prison to await trial. Under the pro
visions of the parole law. prisoner may
apply for parole after he has served one
third of the sentence against him.
The disposition under the will of J. p.
| Morgan of the $50, 100000 art collection, now
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is
awaited with great interest In view of
Mr.. Morgans close interest in the mus
cum, and as an addition is to be built
especially to hold the Morgan collection,
it is thought he may have provided for its
ultimate reversion as the property of the
museum. If it is left to J. p. Morgan,
Jr, it is expected that he will permit the
exhibition of the collection in the new
wing, as his father had consented to do.
What disposition Mr.. Morgan made of
his 81 per cent of the stock Of the Equit-
able Life Assurance society, which was
placed in the hands of three trustees as
voting trust, is another feature of the
will that is causing much speculation.
Former Justice Morgan OBrien, one of
the trustees, is inclined to think that Mr..
Morgan made some provision for selling
his stock to the Equitable to assist in a
general plan Of mutualizing the company.
1t had always been Mr.. Morgan's wish
that the naturalization of the company
be brought about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Louisiana produces more tariff politics
than sugar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

I'm out for time," old Bounderby said
As he quaffed from the flowing bowl,
But all next morning he held his head
And grieved in the depths of his soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19
OUT AND IN.

% I AND IN.
Il m out for ride" the notofist cried
As he hurried away in glee;
Ten miles from town his car broke down
And I'm in for a walk sighed he.
Cyclists Calendar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Emmett Melody, we'll known in the
southwest as afprize fighter 20 years ago,
never won a purse as valuable as the
verdict awarded his widow in the circuit
lowed $4,000 damages for his death in an
explosion last November. In recent years
Melody had been employed as a steam
filter, and ne was killed by the explosion
of a steam pipe in local office building.
His wife sued the owners of the building
for $4,000, and the jury brought in a
verdict for the full amount, after consid-
ering the case 10 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-19

Willie Ritehie, the lightweight cham
pion, sends a letter from st. Paul. .inclos-
ing a clipping from a western paper, in
which Billy Nolan, his manager. is
quoted as saying that he CNolan) fears
that Battling" Nelson will eventually
meet his death in the prize ring. THE
Dane is fighting crazy" Nolan said. "Ile
the boy better than anyone else He is as
game as they make them. Unless he is
stopped he will be killed in the ring, and
with his death will be sounded the knell
of boxing in the United States"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
lures opened firm.
HAYWARD G. CLARk's
~ DAILY COTTON LETTER

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-THE Gov
ernment map shows fair weather in the
Atlantics, cloudy in the rest of the
belt: no frost whatever; warmer in the
eastern States; no rain i'm the eastern
half OF the belt, but general rains in
the western half; heavy in localities
OF Texas.
Liverpool advanced as much as l8
points on futures and quoted spots "A
points higher, sales 5000 bales. Re-
ports Of unfavorable weather from
Texas, but principally settlement Of
threatened strike. caused the strength.
There was a little reaction here from
a 1O-point higher opening, owing to
the Government records showing no
frost whatever in the belt, but the
market soon firmed. Bullish feeling
after all seems 10 have been very lit
tie affected by the decline from lac and
the market has again become strong
on Thursdays encouraging advance.
Bad weather in Texas, settlement of the
strike in England, the scramble for good
grades, expectation of smaller ginnings,
owing TO bad weather, and of bullish
mill takings for the week in this after
Moons statement, contributed toward
the steady demand for contracts.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
SHORT COVERING
PUTS STOCKS UP
List Of Early, but Suddenly Jumps
When Big Interests Decide
to Support Prices,
BY CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK. Oct. 17.-Bear sentl-
ment. which has been strong in the
stock market for some time, was again
prominent at the on, ming to-day and
most issues made declines, Canadian
Pacific yielding l point.
The only support came from cover
ing by shorts. but it was not sufficient
TO stem the tide.
Reading showed some iirmness. After
declining u it recovered and scored a
net gain OF u
Union Pacific sold off x to I47 and
Canadian Pacific went to 22-A.
Some of the liquidation was forced
Among the other declines were the fol-
lowing: Amalgamated CoOpe-, IL
American Sme;ting ~; Western Union
"a United States Steel common, Is
Tennessee Copper. Il; Southern Pacific
q Northern Pacific. y; Rock is and
=. Norfolk and Western, Is New York
Central, u International Harvester, *
Illinois Central, 3; Consolidated Gas, ~
St Paul, a AtchIson, Il
American Can and Mexican Petro-
leum were only specialties to show
strength. both advancing.
The curb was irregular
Canadian Pacific in London broke. ther
recovered.
The market closed steady. Govern
ments unchanged; other bonds firm.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
Woodside to Build
ALarge Warehouse
Nae tentative Plan for Addition to
Building Group-Realty Men at
Iurcheon-Hearing on Regrade.

Colonel John ]. Woodside, head of
.ra renting agency which bears his
name Is planning an eight-story
u.e-a-agse as an addition to his
,~,rr af buildings at the corner Of
r7rewo1d avenue and Bell street.
.9- cost to be $4,000 to S5O,oOO. This
,,.r replace Warehouse No. l, which
ss -vo stories and basement, and
r.r-.- was erected six years ago.
Need for more room for articles in
s-.r--. is the reason for the pro-
ra--E extension.
Eya~srouse No. ? was DESTROYED by
a~a -.rac months ago, but this has
baa- replaced with a four-story
s.rgr-1re. No 8 is also four stories,
and the total Of floors with the new
b-Iatrg will be about 30, and the
totar building investment approx
mately 100000.
C0,ane, Woodside's lot is some $50
nv 200 feet, which he bought years
aga q, S35 a front foot. The price
is now around $500.