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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Claim Scheme Means Ex-
penditure of Too Much
Money
NOTHING RESULTS
FROM CONFERENCE
Talk Until Exum's Lunch Hour and He
Leaves-Weatherly Next-Engi-
neers Remain Until Their
Lunch Time and Go
By CLYDE w. ENNIS

While the railroad engineers did not
say so or make any undignified COM
ment where the city officials could
hear them. they look with positive
"glee" upon the city's viaduct plan.
That there is no possible chance for
any tangible steps as long as the pres
ent plan is considered seems to be n
foregone conclusion. Every engineer
that appeared yesterday to consider the
viaduct scheme arranged by the city
of elevating tracks, spoke disparaging-
ly of the plan. They came here out OF
courtesy to the city officials but so far
as the present viaduct scheme stands
for adoption there is not the shadow
of a chance. they contend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
POLICE FORCE CUT
EFFECTIVE TONIGHT
Will Be Reduced % Men at
Conclusion of the
State Fair


When the gates of the State Fair swing
together at midnight signifying the finale
of the State Fair, the police force of Br-
mingham will be less by 2S men.
For at the conclusion of the fair Chief
G. H. BodelSer will have to curtail the
expenses of his department in order to
comply with the tentative budget adopted
by Mr.. Exun and Mr.. Weatherly until
George B. Ward takes office next month.
To meet the budget Chief Bodeker will
displace 2S policemen. He has been per-
mitted to exceed his budget 10 days in or
der to take care of the enormous crowds
visiting Birmingham during the fair.
Even with the larger force Birmingham
has been pillaged by pickpoekets, thugs,
murderers and cut throats. Police officers
have been assaulted and beaten into in
sensibility while patroling their beats pro-
tecting the property of taxpayers
But at midnight the cut goes into
effect. tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Suits Filled

The following were among the suits
filed yesterday in the city and circuit
courts:
Marian Young by her next friend,
Lille Crittenbed, VS.. Claude Norris.
The plaintiff claims $4,000 damages
for personal injuries alleged to have
been received In an automobile acci-
dent.
Joseph j. Morris VS.. William B. Leedy
Jr.. and w. B. Leedy & Co.; $4,000 dam
ages claimed for an alleged assault
and battery.
Junior Carter VS.. Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad company; $4,000
damages claimed for alleged personal
injuries.
Mrs. Leila Munderhort VS.. the Postal
Telegraph Gable company; $4,000 dam
ages claimed for alleged personal In
5uries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18

DECLARES HE is
CURED OF LEPROSY

St Louis, October 17.-George Hart
man, who escaped from quarantine here
August 26, and on Thursday night re-
turned to his home here from Mexico
where he declared he had been cured
of what the city health authorities had
pronounced leprosy. will be returned to
quarantine tonight
The chief vaccine officer of the board
of health, after examining Hartman to-
day, said he had not been cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18

Thefe is but one State Fair a year
and none seem to know it as well as
the school children of Birmingham and
Jefferson county. That they know how
to avail themselves of the opportunity
to see it that one time in the 365 days
of the year was amply proven yester-
day when it is estimated a crowd of
$1,000 people, probably over half chill
dren, packed the State Fair grounds
until it was almost impossible to move
from one place to another
In his anxiety to make the day ideal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18

w. T. Sanders, former railroad COM
missioner, and a prominent attorney of
was in Birmingham yesterday.
In discussing the senatorial situation
IN north Alabama Mr.. Sanders said:
Mr. Underwood will carry Lime
stone county by majority of four
or five to .one. The result in Madi-
son county will be approximately the
same. Mr.. Underwood will certainly
carry the Eighth congressional dis
trict by an overwhelming majority.
My observation is that Mr. Hobson
is losing votes in north Alabama
quite noticeably so since his Wetump-
ka speech. Some of his strong sup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Federal Prisoners Sent to Atlanta

Two white men and nine negroes who
had been convicted in the federal court
and sentenced to various terms of i'm
J,rsonment were taken from the county
Jail yesterday morning and transferred to
the federal penitentiary to begin serving
out their sentences. The white men were
both convicted of violating the white
slave law. George Westerfield was given
q term of 10 months and ]. C. Meegan a
term of IS months. The negroes We're
convicted for robbing freight cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
"NORTH ALABAMA STRONG
FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Athens Attorney Says HObsons "Lust For Office
Is Leading Him to Political Death-Losng
Votes AS Result of Attack On Underwood

porters are falling away from him
since his unwarranted and unprov-
able attack upon the character and
integrity of Mr. Underwood, the fore
most democrat of a quarter of cen
tury. 1t Is apparent that Mr.. Hob
sons blind and o%er-reaching lust
for office is leading him on to polit-
ical death.
II feel that Mr.. Underwood is GER
tain to be elected to the Senate with
out any active effort on his part His
friends will see to that. 1 blush to
consider what the nation would think
of Alabama should we not elect Mr..
Underwood to the Senate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Brand Commits Suicide

Colchester. Conn, October 17.--Com-
mander Charles A. Brand. U. s. N, re-
tired committed suicide today. The act
was caused, it was believed. by i'll
health. on account of which he retired
from the navy three years ago. He was
40 years Of age. t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
BEST OF ORDER is
MAINTAINED; WHOLE
CITY FORCE ON DUTY
On Account of Inclement Weather
Today Will Be Another Children's
Day-Stubbs Wins Side Car
Race With a Passenger
PROGRAMME FOR TODAY

Football day
Second children's day.
Jasper day.
Carnival day.
Ten-mile motorcycle match race.
a. m.-Gates open.
2:30 p. m.-Concert by Berliner's
First Cavalry band. Singing by
Miss Myrtle Zimmerman. Free
acts begin.
800 p. m.-Motorcycle racing be-
gins.
400 p. m.-Footbail game.
1:00 u. m.--Coneert by Berliner's=
First Cavalry band. Singing by
Miss Myrtle Zimmerman. Free acts
begin.
500 .p. m.-Firsworks by Pain
Fireworks company, presenting
Pioneer Days in Alabama a gor-
geous spectacle. followed by $1,000
supplemental display of the latest
pyrotechnical effects.
1900 midnight-Gates close on 1913
fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
James X. Hacket

James X. Hackett is enjoying one of
the most eventful dramatic seasons in his
experience in "The Grain of Dust" He
will appear at the Jefferson theatre on
Thursday, matinee and night.
Mr.. Hackett will come here with a
strictly all-American company, which
stands out noticeably at this time, when
so much is being said and printed of the
English invasion of our stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Biiou-1Third Degree,

A star who has never appeared here
before is to be introduced to Birming-
ham next week when Miss Grayce Scott
makes her appearance in THE Third
Degree" She is one of the leading stock
actresses of this country and d very
talented young woman. who plays a wide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Observation-Disclosures Matinee

The Orpheum will have a matinee this
afternoon for children, so that they may
see and enjoy one of the best and clever
est of the monkey and animal acts of
the season. Nederveld's monkey jockey
and cyclist in the cage of death is an
act that every child enjoys, and the the
atre will probably be well filed with
little folks this afternoon. A section of
the theatre will be reserved for children
with nurses,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
whenever You Need n General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is -ually valuable as a
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUI-
NINE and IRON. Drives out Malaria
enriches Blood. Builds up the Whols
System. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Maiestic-"Last Days of Pompeii,

Mex week THE Last Days of Pompeii"
will be seen at the Majestic theatre in
six reels of motion pictures, rivaling in
size, historic and dramatic power, and
In the completeness of production QUO.
yadis?' which was such a success here
recently. The Pompeii pictures were
taken in the scene of the ruins of the
once famous city and they follow the
Lytton story in great detail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Bijou-Saturday Matinee

Every seat in the Bijou will probably be
nlled this afternoon at the matinee of
zone Day" Women delight in this drama,
which Is sequel of Three Weeks and
already they are purchasing tickets In
large numbers for the performance this
afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18

with no sunshine no heat. no cold, and
everything just right the weather man
must have slipped trifle, for it
|6prinkled once or twice during the aft
ernoon and evening. The rain was not
enough to dampen the ardor of the
kids nor restrain the free act per-
formers and the hundreds of other at
fractions from doing everything in
their power to entertain them. AS one
of the young chaps in the Berliner band
remarked, I'D rather see 1t rain the
entire fair than on children's day.
Everybody seemed to be of the same
opinion and all We're eager to help
the kids celebrate. They did.
To Repeat Children's Day
The children really have the weather
man to thank. however, in spite of the
way things may have looked once or
twice daring the day. Its an i'll wind
that blows no good" was proven again,
for it rained just enough yesterday to
induce President Burton and the fair
directors to have another children's s
day" So the boys and girls of Bir-
mingham are going to be able to "hit
twice in the same spot this year and
come back to the fair today for the
same price. Is cents.
"On account of the inclement weather
today" said President Burton, (which,
no doubt. caused some parents to keep
their children at home in fear of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
All Railroads Represented

The meeting yesterday was attended
by engineers for all railroads enter
ing Birmingham. The were welcomed
by Mr. Kirkpatrick. They talked until
lunch time for Mr.. Exum and he left
Mr.. Weatherly left soon afterwards and
the engineers remained until their
lunch time and they left That is the
net result with the possible exception
of a veiled threat of Mr.. Weatherly and
one by Mr.. kirkpatrick to the general
effect that the city was in earnest in
the viaduct scheme and intended to get
some action. 1t was pointed out by Mr.
Weatherly that tile railroads were dilly-
dallying along. Interpreted in street
parlance as brought here from Egland
Mr. Weatherly intimated that the rail-
roads were "spoofing" the city.
w. d. Fawcett, chief engineer of the
Seaboard Air Line objected to the
scheme because, he said, it confiscated
the properties of his line, which were
acquired in good faith and for which 3
tremendous amount of money was paid
He said the plan would put his line out
of business. The city engineer con-
Cured in that opinion to the point of
confessing that the scheme was a little
hard on the Seaboard. but that the ex-
igiencies of the occasion seemed to
justify the conhscation. At this Mr..
Fawcett smiled derisively. His line Will
not agree to the plan.
W. II. Courtney of Louisville, chief
engineer for the Louisville and Nash
Vile, said his line was here to serve
the shipping public and il the plan was
made effective his line would be seri-
ously handicapped in its duty to the
shipping interest of this city. The
Louisville and Nashville could not
gree to the plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
Involves Too Much Money

One of the engineers present said that
the scheme was one involving many
millions of dollars, and that if money
was no object the plan might be all
right. He pointed out, however. that
just now the railroads are lin dire need
of money and cannot enter into such
expenditure of funds as the viaduct
scheme indicated would be necessary.
The plan in course of its proposition
was never submitted to the railroad
engineers. 1t was drawn up by an en-
gineer of Indiana. The plan was
printed and sent to the various en-
gineers last month. They have been
studying the situation since that time.
The scheme is a general one and does
not take UP the elimination of grade
crossing evils by sections which the
railroads believe is the most econom-
ical, quickest and efficient way 1t is
probable that the railroad engineers
will be asked to work out a plan, or
it may be that the city will attempt to
force the lines to relieve the situa-
tion here. If the latter course is de-
termined upon it will be score of
years, it is believed, before the grade
crossings are eliminated. 1t is certain
that the present scheme will never be
placed into effect or any one bearing
similar Impractical features.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21
COLORADO
In the Cool Shadows of the Rockies

In the Cool Shadows of the Rockies
Low round trip fares in effect every
day until September Goth to Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo.
Enjoy the bracing Colorado air, the
balmy days and cool delightful nights
the many one-day mountain excursions
by rail and auto, where you can see the
snow in summer without the attendant
cold of winter-mountain peaks, where
the clouds float below instead of above
you-trips in the canyons by carriage,
burro or afoot-choice of side trips for
every day of your vacation.
Take the only route that is double
tracked all the way to Colorado; that is
protected by automatic electric block
safety signals the entire distance. Chi
cago, Union Pacific and North Western
line. Two splendid through trains
daily.
For further particulars as to specific
fares from your home station, train SER
vice, ETC., call on ticket agents Chicago
and North Western Railway. VII
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

kinds of bread and pastry, prepared
vegetables and fruits.
The fancy work classes include
drawn work, embroideries, tapestries,
laces, knitting and crochet work. Ex-
hibits in this line at the state fair
also ever have been good, largely be-
cause of the fact that many women
Of the state have not forgotten the
arts brought by them or their imme-
date ancestors from foreign countries.
Prizes in this special department. are
liberal Also it should be understood
that woman is IL no manner excluded
from competition in all other depart
ments. Miss Chadwick solicits cores
pondence from the women of the state
during the summer in the interest Of
the woman's work exhibit. Address
her Watertown, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

In the fiscal year ending June Both
the federal government S revenues, ex-
, Guiding postal receipts, amounted to
seven hurndred and twenty-four million
dollars easily breaking all records.
Compared with the beginning of Roose
welt Is second term, the increase is al
most tvro hundred million dollars, or
quite o1ne-third OF course the govern
ment spent it all. Even excluding the
Panama. Canal expenses topped SIX
hundred and eighty millions. Revenue
was thfrty-two millions ahead of the
preceding year, and expenses, excluding
the ca nal, twenty-nine millions ahead
--twenty-one millions of it being ac-
counted for by pensions alone.
Federal expenditures will continue to
increase. The next decade--if there is
no big reaction in business-will surely
see them at the billion mark. We do
not object to broadening federal activ
tiles and a consequent steady increase
in Legitimate expenses. We do object
to the enormous waste in federal dis
bursenhents which increase automatical-
ly as expenditures rise. Nobody at
Washington seems interested in this
subject. There has been no hint that
democrats have any more practical re-
gard for economy than republicans had
Both parties will cheerfully undertake
to regulate all other sorts of business.
Neither apparently will seriously I'M
dertal1e to reform the business espe-
cially intrusted to 1.-THE business Of
running the government. To be sure
it is not an exciting issue. There is no
deadly upas tree to be hacked down or
horrendous dragon to be slain. But the
country could use advantageously the
two or three hundred millions a year
which are now wasted at Washington.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

his business interests demanded all
his attention to the exclusion of any
thing else.
When it comes to senatorial candi-
dates Mr.. Davies is~the only one so
far brought out as a candidate.
Weisse is Mentioned.
Former Congressman C. H. Weisse
has been spoken of as possible can
didate, but friends of Mr.. Weisse saw
it is doubtful as to whether he would
care under existing conditions to make
the run. The name of Congressman
7. F. Konop of Kewaunee has been
connected up here and there with the
senatorial situation, but it is doubtful
whether Mr.. Konop would care to take
chance at getting seat in the upper
house of congress.
While at present everything is in
the "rumored" state, candidates.
viii unquestionably take definite shape
within the next six weeks or two
months. The fact that the republicans
will be badly tangled up leads the
democrats to feel that there is a
chance for them if they can get to-
gether back of good candidates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

cost and value of the service rendered.
"Another Improvement in conditions
could come through better use of the
lines by the community. AS it is now
there are thousands of acres of good
market gardening and dairy land about
Milwaukee that are not served by trans
portation lines, and as a consequence lie
fallow waiting the real estate man, or
are devoted to general farming. With
the electric lines carrying produce to
the city markets that land could be de-
veloped and the city people be given
their produce at lower prices than now
obtained''
Prof. King Of the University of
Pennsylvania, in his elaborate report to
Mayor Blankenberg of Philadelphia, for
whom he made an investigation, has
shown that the interurban lines can be
made a powerful factor in reducing the
cost of living to the people in the city.
Milwaukee is throwing away golden
opportunity by combining it's splendid
facilities to passenger traffic.
Milwaukee's merchants are throwing
away as golden an opportunity in not
opening a way for the use of the in
terurban in the handling of package
freight from their stores to the large
number of homes within the territory
of the electric lines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

The failure OF the plan for Lake
avenue park is admittedly a great dis
appointment to the people who believe
in the future of the city, but all hope
that the city will eventually secure a
lake front park somewhere on the north
shore need not be abandoned because
of the failure to grasp this opportunity
to secure great public Improvement.
The plans which the park commission
is maturing for a comprehensive park
system which will supply all of the
present and future needs of the city in
that line win undoubtedly include
north shore park and we believe that
when the plans of the commission are
worked out that they will appeal with
such force to all of the people of the
city that arrangement win be made in
some way, possibly by a bond issue
voted by the people, to furnish the
money to carry them out. The popu-
lation of the city is increasing so rap
idly that real estate values are mount
ing higher and higher daily and it is
evident that, if Kenosha is to secure
a park system with the investment of
any reasonable amount of money, the
land win have to be bought in the next
two or three years. An investment of
a few thousands now will save the tax
payers of the future tens of thousands,
for the future population of the city is
going to demand proper park facilities
and Fairgrounds no matter what they
cost, The people of Kenosha have
never. refused to assume liabilities or
pay high taxes when they felt that
they were getting dollar IS worth of
public improvements for dollar IS
worth Of taxes paid and the necessity
Of acquiring park property in the near
future and the value Of . park system
to ali of the people is so obvious that
it is believed that they are ready to
make the investment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21
Leading Women of State
to Have Charge of Exhib-
its at Big State Fair.
MARY {. CHADWICK As LEADER

Woman always has occupied a high
place in Wisconsin. She has had a
hand in every important line of ac-
tivity, from the days when the state
was a wilderness up to the present
when it is recognized as one of the
greatest commonwealth over which
waves the stars and stripes. The state
on an equal basis with man in every
department; it goes even farther in
that it provides for a department es-
pecially assigned to Woman's work.
From time immemorial the fact has
been recognized that about every kind
of work is woman's work. However,
woman has the advantage of man in
that there are numerous important du-
ties about the home and elsewhere at
which her hands are deft and of which
man as a rule is ignorant. 1t is to
deal with this special realm of woman
that the department of woman S work
was established.
Mary E. Chadwick, Watertown, has
been retained as superintendent of the
department, and this year she is MAX
ing especial efforts to enlarge the ex-
hibit and make it apply to all activi-
ties in which women are especially in
terested, as well as to the general du-
ties of domestic life.
The regular classifcations are in
two general subdivisions commonly
termed domestic and fancy work
Culinary work leads naturally to the
domestic line, and that Wisconsin
women are capable Of making an ex-
hibit of culinary products that is worth
while, has been demonstrated ably beth
in the homes and at the state fair for
many years. In this line are various
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

The Keposha hospital is local in
stitution in which every citizen of Ke-
nosha is i'm terested and has share and
no one need hesitate to contribute to
the work yof the institution because the
gift he ca she can afford to make is
small. The aggregate of these small
gifts willamake a great difference in the
balances shown on the treasurer s books
at the end Of the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21

WHO CTOWuS an evenings Address the
OF MS past HE has many time been the means OF
inspiring students to better course They have been
to the mountain top and they vision | know
the oDJecuen is made that some Subjects the lee
turer may not be sufficiently scientific technical
(Which often means he is not dry enough) to be
proper lecturer But his is different field from that
OF the college professor Each might fail in the others
pace. know that the Lyceum helps our boys and
girls.
Not many years ago we had young fellow from
ONO IN our college He was ambitious. He worked
hard He wanted to win He had plan for his life
Al times ne became discouraged. remember how he
came TO my room many times and wanted to drop a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-21
WHAT A COLLEGE PRESIDENT SAYS

F. Miller President Of Mt Morris his opinion
the Lyceum replied
School work but
grind at
becomes his mental time
IN new broader world He sights
or Others ne has oged attain his reach
ongngs He struggled
he to with vgor
81 like the
all the mparng Of n1oation inspiration He