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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
HARRY LANE DUNLAP

From the Washington Times.
| The death of Harry Lane Dunlap takes
uhtimely from the circle of newspaper
and public men one of the best known fig
ures in the public life of Washington. Mr..
| Dunlap enjoyed one of the widest ac-
quaintances, probably, among men of af-
| fairs, that could be credited to any man
in the country. He had enjoyed the con-
fidence of hundreds of men in high places
and was everywhere known as journal
ist of the best type.
Mr.. Dunlap was a western man, with
a southern experience and a long eastern
residence to his credit. Not many Jour-
nalists of his day knew America as he
knew it. He served with distinguished
success as managing editor of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, and thence was
called to head the New York World-Post-
Dispatch bureau in Washington. Over
work, undertaken despite the handicap of
not too strong physique left him with i'll
health, and finally brought the breakdown
that ended with sudden death.
Living and working in a generation in
which newspaper work Is anonymous, and
few men can hope to earn reputation
| through it, Harry Dunlap made himself
one of the few who overcome this disad-
vantage and make real places for them
selves. He was a student and man of
affairs, as well as a recorder of the daily
news regarding them. He was one of
the most devoted friends and lovable COM
panions. His death will be mourned with
very personal sense of loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
Subtle Innuendo of Japan's Premier

In the recent address of Baron
Maxine, the Japanese minister of for
eign affairs, there is more than ap-
pears upon the surface and that diplo-
mat has expressed more by inference
than he has put in direct declaration.
The address lays great stress upon
the alliance of Japan with Great
Britain and in extolling the many ben
efits which are alleged to have re-
bounded to both nations by its con-
traction covertly intimates that a SIM
liar state of felicity may be estab-
lished by the constituting of new
treaty between his government and
that of the United States.
Especial Importance is attached to
TIE maintenance of the integrity of
China and the assurance is expressed
that future improvement of efficiency
will materialize by the maintenance
of the alliance.
The address then refers in most
subtle innuendo to the japanese policy
anent the Mexican situation and in +he
expression of hope for speedy restor-
alton Of peace and tranquility in that
distracted republic conveys the
masked intimation that if the United
States does not soon look to the relief
of the distress of Japanese subjects in
Mexico the Mikado's government will
be forced to take the initiative.
Whether the address was inspired
by connivance upon the part of the
English government is not known, but
it is certain that the authorities at
Washington have read between the
lines and in taking the hint are al
ready mooting a new treaty between
this government and Japan. Indeed
such a treaty with Japan, which
would define the rights of each
party thereto with such precision
as to obviate any further diff
ference of construction, was dis
cussed as far back as last August
but was suspended owing to the diff
ficulty of satisfying the most favored
nation clauses and the radical differ
ence of opinion existing between the
nations concerned as to the exact
meaning of the existing treaty.
If sucn a treaty can be satisfac-
forily effected it is suggested that all
future legislation relative to interna-
tional intercourse or immigration, es-
pecially enactments containing provis-
ions of the nature of the pending
Raker immigration bill, shall contain
clauses stating specifically that ex-
listing treaties are not intended to be
abrogated thereby, but are affected
only insofar as is the intention of the
specific statute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
Birminghnm in Three Years

ut has been three years since | was
last in Birmingham, and the progress
of this city in that time has surpassed
my brightest expectations said John
Griffith of Chicago, who spent few
days here recently. Mr.. Griffith is the
head of a well known firm of contrac-
tors. who construct buildings in New
Y orlS. Chicago and other large cities
when in 1901. 1 erected the Wood
ward building-the first steel struc-
ture here-I saw that Birmingham had a
large future, but its growth has been
faster than even l imagined it would
be-"
Mr.. Griffith's firm erected the First
National Bank building and the Brown
Marx building. Mr. Griffith spoke with
great admiration of the new buildings
recently reared here-the jefferson
County Savings Bank building, this
Hotel Tutwiler, the Hotel Motion, the
H;idgely apartments and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26

The Underwood tariff has set afoat
an agitation for new commercial treaty
between the United States and France.
The campaign for the abrogation of the
existing treaty has been started by b..
j. Shoninger, president of the American
Chamber of Commerce, in Paris, who
claims that the full minimum tariff is en-
joyed by Germany and Great Britain,
While France is obliged to pay higher
rates on manufactured commodities, which
in many instances amount to a prohibi-
tion of American goods. Mr. Shoninger
has deeply interested many American
merchants residing in Paris and other
cities of France in the movement and
the agitation promises to bear fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
EnrnltlIre Rnslness

THE average person has little idea
of what the furniture shows, which
arc held in Grand Rapids and Chicago
twice yearly, amount to-" said Louie
Reese, of the Searight-Keese Furniture
Co, who has Just returned from a buy
ing trip. ut has become necessary
for the buyers of all the first class
furniture houses to attend these shows
in order to keep abreast Of the times.
"The magnificent display of fine
furniture is indeed interesting and
at times really bewildering For in
stance, one who Is not familiar with
the highest type of furniture art can
hardly conceive of a single bedroom
suite being made to sell for several
thousand dollars
Period styles are shown and sold
almost exclusively throughout the
north and east, and these reproduce
tions In the rich mahoganies are most
interesting. as well as the novelties
which are shown. One of the unique
pieces which I noticed especially was
a handsome and massive library table,
which by merely pressing a button is
Immediately converted into a luxurious
bed-springs and mattress complete.
81 found in talking TO manufacturers
that they are all full of optimism for
1914. In number of cases the fac
tories are already sold up to capacity.
"As for the local furniture situa-
tion, our firm enjoys the same bright
outlook and we confidently expect this
year to surpass all previous records
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
BIG FEaTs IN 1913

From the American Maehinist.
Under modern conditions the perpetual
cry of all who handle tools is power,
more power. The year of 1913 will be FAM
GUS in the annals Of engineering history
as witnessing the practical completion of
the Panama canal, but two other engi-
neering feats must not be forgotten in the
glamor of this great enterprise. The
year has seen the completion of two of
the greatest power plants in the world.
The Mississippi and the Tennessee rivers
have been harnessed and will in future
supply light. heat and power to thousands
of people. A bride has been put on the
Mississippi at Keokuk, and at Hale's bar
the Tennessee river feels for the first
time the restraining hand of the dam. The
Tennessee power station is mere baby
compared with the vast project of sup
plying st. Louis with 231 900 XIV of power
from the great Keokuk dam. A work
second only to the Nile dam at Assouan,
but the finishing of both projects this
year is noteworthy. The question must
strike everyone, how long will it be be-
fore every river has its power station,
every town its cheap power and light?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
SCARES IN WALL STRFF,T
BY BILL VINES

tam Hooson skinned a city block. When
II comes to viewing the yellow peril with
various and sundry kinds of alarm the
captain is a piker compared with the
average Wall street broker.
The very mention of war is dists stefpl
10 wall street. They talk of it in whis-
pers, and measure its results in dollars
ana cents The subject of war is as
unpopular with them as the income tax.
or even more so.
1hey are for battleships, too, you bet
your life. Half the battleship talk and
DIG navy talk comes from New York
that Is indulged in in Congress. Every
New York and Tammany congressman IL
for more battleships. If we had a err,r
Dig navy, war talk wouldn't have such
oemoralzing effect on the stock mar
krt-not real stocks, but futures.
Inc recent utterances of Baron Maxine.
the Japanese foreign minister, threw a
scare into Wall street and put them il,
a greater panic than did the famous ride
of Paul Revere to the stout-hearted old
New Englanders more than a century
ago. Pictures of Japanese warships in
the offing shooting holes in the Singer
building arose in their minds and created
as great a flutter as an attack by "A
bunch of militant suffragettes ON the
prim, minister in England
The country is gradually coming to view
the situation in Wall street as fictitious
and unreal. 1t used to be the absolute
barometer for business. and prices all
over tie country rose and fell in sympathy
with prices on the street This situation
has been changed, not so much as it
ought but il is infinitely better now than
10 or even five years ago. The country
FOR the most part is now "on" and the
street no longer absolutely dominates the,
rest of the business life-of the nation. 7
The further we get away from that in
fluence the better we are off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
POLITICS IN JAPAN

From the Japanese Magazine,
The Seiyu-kai literally, the Political
Friends associat tom was organized and
led by the late Prince Ito. and is the larg-
est party in Japan. 1t has workable
majority in the House of Representatives
and is a party now in power.
The Kikken Dosh-kai Qiterally, Consti-
tutional Friends association was organ
lied by the late Prince Katsura last
spring. 1t is already a strong factor in
Japanese politics.
The Kokuminto (nationalist party) is
another political party in Japan, once led
by Count okuma.
The Seiyu club is a party composed
principally of those members who have
bolted from the Seiyu-kai. Its slogan is
Down with clan rule"
The Yuralu-kai is a political association
of the independents.
Political parties of Japan differ from
one another in no clean-cut principles or
political faiths. They depend more upon
the character and craftsmanship of their
leaders.
The Jiyuto, or liberal party, the first
party ever organized in Japan and led
by Count Itagaki, was ultimately alb
sorbed by the Seiyu-ka, when Prince Ito
formed it.
The Shimpo-to, or progressive party.
organized in 1881 and led by Count Oku-
ma, has ever since played the chief role
of the opposition. Today it forms the
mainstay of the Kukumlnto or nationalist
party.
The Rikken Dosh-kai was born when
Prince Katsura saw necessity of organ
izing and leading a new political party
The moving spirit of the Seiyu club is
Mr.. Y. Ozaki, former mayor of Tokyo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26

for judicial reform will have to be in
augurated through some other chan
mel than the legal profession. This
may be a bold statement to make, for
/ one would hardly suggest taking
watch to a blacksmith to be fixed.
Yet, much has been said on this sub
ject by learned and patriotic members
of the profession and various reforms
have from time to time been suggested
by them, but it is generally admitted
that but little has been accomplished
in this regard.
1t has been suggested that the APP
plication of few business principles
to the administration of justice would
go long way toward remedying the
undesirable existing conditions. Then
why not committee of business men
be appointed, say by the president of
the Chamber of Commerce, to take
this matter up and start the move
ment to bring about the necessary
legal reforms.
According to Chief Justice Olson it
was the business men of Chicago who
made possible the municipal court of
that city, which is considered a model
OF eXpediteness and justice. 1t is be-
lieved the business men of Birming-
ham, in conjunction with the legal
profession, could do much toward
bringing about the much desired
change in the practice and procedure
OF the courts of this county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26

Those new tariff protesters who predict
ed that the country would be flooded with
foreign goods as the land is covered by
the waters OF the deluge have this to put
in their pipes and smoke-the amount of
undutiable goods entering the United
States during the months of October and
November last year was S173,O2S,S73, as
against $l92 ,S99,741 for the same period
in 1912. The dutiable goods for these
months totaled $1OS, S,Oe6, 500 in 1913 as
against s13S, $50, 14S in October and Novem-
Der of the previous year. SO far the de-
deluge is not on schedule time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
A New Type of Statesman Needed

In the rapid course of evolution
which characterizes the present era
the very definition Of name changes
80 that dictionaries have to be altered
as we'll as enlarged.
A point in question is the require
ments which go to complete the word
statesman as compared with its COM
ponents of a century ago. When the
Continental Congress was in session
and our political autonomy was being
fashioned, a statesman was one who
u skilled in statecraft and politics.
And our forefathers were pastmasters
in that art, an art which Talleyrand
and Metternich illumined, but which
too often strayed from the province
of diplomacy to the field Of duplicity
and sometimes the channels of chi
canery.
But that has all passed with us and
. new manner of training is demanded
of our legislators, national and state
The problems which our statesmen of
this era have to face are the problems
Of business, the complexities of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
REPUBLICAN TRIBUTE TO WILSON


From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
1t is not inappropriate at this time to
extend personal Fluctuations to Woodrow
Wilson for that he has so sgnaly DEM
onstrated he is indeed President Of the
United States. However much as a
republican newspaper firm in the faith.
the Gazette-Times may regret passage
of the Underwood tariff bill, and despite
misgivings entertained with respect to
the currency act, it is impossible to ig
more the force of purpose and strength Of
character exhibited by Mr.. Wilson in S a.
curing these two momentous pieces os
legislation. Nothing as important
and radical on the tariff has been done
in 60 years or more, while on currency
the practice and standards of half a cen
tury have been swept aside. So that,
entirely apart from the soundness of these
acts, to have gone SO far in so short a
time as Mr.. Wilson has done is re-
markable executive perfoI nance Pre-
sumed not to be a politician, doubted as
to his craftsmanship, questioned as to
his comprehension of the intricies al d
scope of legislation, an utter stranger to
congressional procedure he has overcome
every obstacle, been deferred by no prece-
dents and ignored all efforts to divert him
from the task he had set his mind to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
ProsperItv inafbe West

remarkably prosperous at this time
said A. o. Won Herbulis, the architect
who has just returned from a visit to
Helena. Montana.
Business men I met on my travels
spoke buoyantly. and 1 heard only
talk of good times.
"fhe large Gothic cathedral which |
designed and have supervised, VIII
soon be ready for use. The exterior
is finished and work on the interior
viii be under way in a very short while.
The edifice. when completed. will rep
resnet an expenditure of 100000 or
more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
NO CURE IN CLIMATE
From the Boston Advertiser.

From the Boston ADVERTISER.
Public health officials, at Washing
ton. have sent out general warning to
the effect that change in climate by
itself is not likely to cure tuberculosis,
and that the practice of sending consump-
tives to one central point for a cure is
to be deplored. That is exactly in accord
ance with experience. The practice, which
prevailed so wideiyfi until within the past
10 years, of sending consumptives to the
Rocky mountain states. was in many
cases cruel and wholly wrong. And in the
degree 1t is almost as bad, today to send
consumptives TO sanitariums, when they
can be more benefited at home. That is
just as true in Massachusetts, as else-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
The surest thing a bridegroom knows is
that his bride will never grow as fat as
her mother.
When man sees a view depicting a
street scene of about 1850 he always won
ders what happened to the hoop skirts
when they hit windy corner.
Why is it that when a peach starts to
hoist to get On a street car a fat woman
always crowds up close behind her and
spoiIs the whole show?
There is 10 happy medium with a girl.
III she is .iat-chested she gets some steel
props ana tries to hide her chin. If she
is full-chested she tries to air her wish
bone.
Once in while when a hunter mistakes
a man for rabbi, he is right about it.
Every wife tells her husband that she
wishes she could have something decent
to wear like other married women.
When paw is out with NAV and a
plump girl in a skin-tight skirt passes.
paw will almost fall over his own feet.
lac Is SO busy iubbering. And when the
heavens sake! Did you see that" And
paw will reply innocently: What was it?
didn't notice anything"
n w A4ii Sstil Ett DIS IluCH Icilel OUT VI
tears as n man can out of cuss words.
The old fashioned woman who used to
paint the kitchen woodwork, kalsomine
the walls and tlacken the stove now has
daughter who spends her time painting
ner lips, kaisc mining her cheeks and
blackening her eyebrows
Some men play poker and others satisfy
their gambling Instinct by getting mar
ried
Lots of girls who can't even spell cor
rectly take great pride in exhibiting a
whole room full of college pennants.
a model husband is a lad who spends
all his time apologizing to his wife for
things he hasE't done.
The reason a woman likes to have a
washable house dress is because she can
wear 1t Until it is so dirty that you can't
tell the color CT the goods.
| 1t makes mao mad all over to dis
cover how easily he can thread a needle
when he has to, after Dragging al. his
life tina. nobody but a mollycoddle could
do it.
Putting on dog is when a woman refers
! to her bun.ons as her gout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF THE "MOLLIE MAouIREs.

Jack Kehoe, a leading Mollie, when in
prison for murder boasted that il he
were convicted and sentenced "the old
man up at Harrisburg" would never let
him swing.
The principal honor of exposing and
suppressng this Pennsylvania Malta is
due to Hon. Franklin B. Gowen, a law
YER at the time president of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron COM
panT. He elected the services of the
Tinkerton detective agency to assist Lin
in The work.
The chief of these detectives was one
James McParlan. He ingratiated men,
self into the good graces of leading neii-
bers of the Mollie order, and became one
of their members 1t was not antil 1915
that his work began to tell. Two murders
to which he was privy he unfortunately
could hot prevent. closely was he
watched. One of these was young
English boss miner. These murders were
practically the elimination of the outragcs
for McParlan had secured sufficient evil
dence to bring the perpetrators to trlal
The ringleaders were arrested, and g.
ing uron the witness stand McParlan de-
molished the sham alibi which the cul-
prits sought to establish and gave clews
which led to the extirpation of the entire
gang Schuylykill county, where the worst
crimes had occurred, rose in its might and
stamped out the conspiracy. A small
army of alibi witnesses were punished for
perjury, nine of the Mollies were SEN
fenced to DEATH and most of the other
leaders were imprisoned for long terms.
Then" said Gowen, who acted as coun-
sci for the prosecution, I'VE knew that we
were free men. Then we could so to
Patsy Collins, the commissioner of the
county, and say to him:
Build we'll the walls of the new addi-
tion to the prison; dig the foundations
deep and make them strong; put in good
masonry and iron bars; for as the Lord
livtta, the time will come when side by
Size with William Love, the murderer OF
Squire Gwither. you will enter the walls
that you are now building for others
Then we could say to Jack Kehoe, the
high constable of a great borough in
this county: We have no fear of you.
Then we could say to Ned Monaghan,
chief of police and murderer and assas-
sin, behind you the scaffod is prepared
for your reception Then at last we
were free, and could go to this section and
walk through it as safely as in the most
crowded thoroughfare of any of the large
cities of the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
4 Business Boom

The effect of President Wilson's
message in regard to big business was
happy In financial circles. and not in
long while has there been such activ-
ity in the securities market as there
was last week." said Howard r. Taylor
of Baltimore and Birmingham, who re-
turned Saturday from a trip east
Il did not get as far as New York,
but was in Philadelphia and there was
a boom feeling all through that part
Of the country. The depression which
characterized the business world last
fall has been succeeded by confidence
ana a revival of business energy. OF
course the buoyancy in New York is
being felt throughout the country.
There has been great deal of talk
about the bright outlook for 1914. but
now optimism has been turned into re-
ality. Solid prosperity is right in
sight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26

of the safety" match is chlorate OF pot
ash, while the surface on which 1t Is
lighted is painted with red phosphorus.
The substance used for the tip of the
bird s-eye" match is sesquisulphide of
phosphorus, a compound of a compara-
lively harmless nature. In making THESE
matches the first dip coats the end of the
match with an inert substance which
keeps the match burning after 1t is light
ed, while the second dip places on the
end of this substance the sesquisulphide
tip. A temperature of over 300 degrees
F. is required for igniting these matches.
They cannot be ignited through being
stepped on; they do not spark or fly, and
are not explosive. They are, therefore,
much safer than the so-called safety
match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-26
Against Fraternity Scrap

"I trust there will be no antifrater-
nifty fight carried to the legislature" +"
said member of a Greek letter fra
ternity. who was formerly a student
of Howard college.
"Of course. the state could say that
at its institutions no students shall
band themselves together into organ
ization. The students for fear of ex-
pulsion. would not do so-openly. But
they would do so. And 1t Is true that
when fraternal spirit is forced to cover,
when each man must guard his secret
and the secret of others for fear of
grave punishment. the charm of ro-
nance develops, and as a result, the
fraternal spirit becomes more and
more intense.
"Once upon a time, a fraternity was
not allowed at Howard college. The
boys did not hold public meetings,
true enough. But they met in the
woods. They initiated new members
all the while. They found greater
pleasure under 'sub-rosa' conditions
than there had previously been found.
AS a result, the fraternity flourished
despite faculty objections, and when
the band was removed. the boys came
forth into the light of publicity with
out having lost a day of chapter work
or suffered the slightest reversal as
regards either spirit of material
achievement.
When law Is passed that will not
be obeyed, men soon lose respect, not
only for that law. but for all others.
The legislature can no more abolish
fraternities than it can by its vote in
culcate morals. or teach a creed"