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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01

will show a fairly god increase over
last year while net earnings will be
less than last year This is the state
of affairs which has frequently been
referred to in these reports.
Few people know that practically ev-
cry package sent by parcel post as II
Christmas present to friend must be
hauled by the railroad absolutely with
out compensation of any kind. The
mails are weighed and averaged for
period of years. The principal weigh
ings took place shortly before the par
eel post law arrived and no arrange
ment has as yet been made for compen-
sating the railroads for' hauling the ad-
ditional tonnage, which is tremendous.
While there is little doubt that this
matter will shortly be adjusted, the
railroads In the meantime are the
losers directly and the holders of their
securities, whether savings banks or
individuals, indirectly The loss to the
roads on carrying this matter has been
varously estimated at from 10 to 25
million dollars, based on the present
tonnage, which is constantly increas-
ing.
Merchandise exports for October
amounted to S272, 900, while imports
were only S133.000.000, leaving us with
a favorable balance of trade of nearly
S139, 600, ,000,- the largest favorable trade
balance for any month In our CONNER
cial history. There is a world of mean
ing in these figures because, placing
Europe in our debt to the amount OF
S139. 600, 900 in single month, Is a con
siderable help to money conditions and
this is factor which will do its share
toward relieving the recent tight money
market. 1t is also an interesting fact
that practically one-half of these ex-
ports were manufactures, which means
that much American labor is repre-
sented in the values of at least $751;
100000 worth of these exports. Our
total exports for the first four months
of the new fiscal year were $S39 900, 900
with imports of 1851 600, 900. leaving II
| favorable trade balance for the four
months Of 25S,000,000, compared with
| a balance of 2145,0oo0o for the same
period last year and s176,00o,0oo for the
same period of 1911.
Situation in Steel
1.-THE report of the Steel corporation at
! the close of last month shows an untitled
| tonnage of 4396,00o tons, a slight shrink
| age from the figures of the previous
| month. The untitled tonnage has de-
| clined somewhat each month this wear.
but as 1t increased each month except
| one last year, the situation Is today prac-
| tically what 1t was at the close of 1871.
| Steel prices are in about the same pro-
| portion to wages that they were at the
! close of 1911 The best authorities seem
to believe that average bottom prices have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01

5000 more in payment for their votes and
influence in favor of a now county bill.
1t was decided to try. them separately
Hobbs maintained he agreed to accept
money from Castlemaa. but only to catch
eastieman in bribery plot.
The trial began December l6, and it took
a week to dispose of series of defense
motions. Testimony given served to en-
phasize the bitterness existing between
two political factions in Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
SLOSS COKE OVENS ON
FIRST AVENUE CLOSED

complied with. The company decided to
close the ovens. although the commission
ers were willing that they operate an
other year provided the sloss company
paid the city $4,000. The company re-
fused the offer.
The statement was made yesterday in
cident to the abandonment of the ovens
that coke for the furnace would ba
brought from West Virginia. The COM
pany has a small stock en- hand, which
when used up VIII be the last of local
coke used by the Sloss company until the
new ovens which may be built this year
are completed. In the meantime West
Virginia will get the COKE order OF the
Sloss company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
Democrats Organize

Indianapolis, December 31.-1ndepen-
dent democrats of the state here last
night organized the Wilson and Bryan
League of Indiana, with the avowed
purpose of trying to overthrow the
regular democratic, organization as led
by Thomas Taggart. democratic ma
tional committeeman.
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been reached. although it is quite possl-
BILE that lower figures may be qouted
temporarily on individual items. The
steel business is operating at 50 per cent
of capacity today, and not much change
for the better can take place until next
month. There is every reason To expect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
G. A. HOBBS
is FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Jury Reports Finding After All Night Consultation of
Accused Attempt Demonstration Following Verdict,
Bibo May Not Be Brought to Trial

Nieksburg, Mississippi, December 3The jury the case
of State Senator Hobbs charged with receiving and so
Letting brbes brought III verdict of not guilty today The
jury reported its findings 940 o'clock after being ont all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01

States" said Mr.. Warman yesterday
has been and must be reciprocity in
travel In winter We send south many
tourists and in the summer we receive
from the south and middle west hun
dreds of thousands of pleasure seekers,
who go to find rest and GOODNESS along
the mighty rivers and great lakes of
the north.
This is good not only for the trans
portation companies of the north and
south. but it is good for the people
who are transported. Travel is great
educator. Transportation by rail espe-
cially has been made so attractive that
people travel more and more every year
and the more they travel the more they
want to travel.
1.-THE railway makes it possible for
the Interchange of ideas and infor-
nation. 1t enables t. people of one
country to become acquainted with the
people of another country, nation to
know nation, and the world is wiser
by 1000 years because we have had
three quarters of a century of the rail-
road. 1t was the railway that opened
the wonderful west, without which the
east could not exist, and now, having
developed and partly peopled the Amer
lean west, the railway is reaching out
| across Canada, which, by the way, is
as large as the United States, and
opening up vast new country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
BIRMINGHAM TRUST
MONTHLY REVIEW Of
TRADE CONDITIONS
Volume of Retail Business
Above Ten Year Average.
Gains in the Steel
Trade Forecast

The Birmingham Trust and Savings
comranys monthly letter, with business
forecast, as of December 10, is in part as
follows:
AS indicated in our report at the close
of November the volume Of business has
experienced a considerable shrinkage in
almost all basic lines. This has perhaps
been more definitely noticeable In the
heavy metals lines as hon and steel
The volume of retail business is quito
generally up to the same dates of last
year and considerably above the five OF
1o-year average, even II figured on per
capita of population. The holiday busl-
ness has been quite satisfactory and cash
, business has been somewhat larger. Peo-
pie generally are hesitating on the in
curing of obligations for the future ex-
cept when absolutely necessary.
THE recession In business which is now
taking place is not realiv large in its
proportions, although IT is altogether likes
ly. that it will continue for a considerable
period. The falling off is most marked
in the steel business, and is freely COM
mented upon, largely because IL is easy
to get definite, informatio on that bust
ness At present the steel and iron inter-
ests are holding their own, and after a
probable shut down of A week or two
tivity is expected. January shipments
should be considerably heavier than De-
cember. and the same muy be true OF
bookings. A complete return TO average
business In this line cannot be expected
for several weeks, although there is every
premise of a change for the better about
February.
Is Not Serious
THE decline in business should not be
| taken too seriously, and will not discour-
age those concerns when are doing busi
ness or Il sound oasis. rhe increa sing
number of idle men must shortly affect
the retail business, which has suffered
! little up to this time. should the prinei-
pal railroads be allowed TO make some
| freight rate increases, the new activity
in railroad buying, which has been in evil
dence for few days, will increase tre-
merdously. This would bring about u
employment of the idle labor in rail-
| road and heavy manufacturing lines. Any
| considerable increase in the number of
idle men will naturally bring about wage
| reductions, which, while temporarily
beneficial to certain employers, is surely
| not to be desired in the interests of the
prosperity of the whole people.
$50 far as reported, the gross earn
| ings of the railroads for November are
| a shade above the earnings for the
| same month last year. Figures on net
| earnings for November are not vet
! available 1t Is safe to assume that
when all reports are in, gross earnings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01

After the verdict was read friends
of Hobbs and Lieutenant Governor
Bflbo, Jointly indicted with him, began
suppressed.
There is much conjecture here as to
whether Bilbo will be brought to trial
Bilbe and Hobbs We're indicted on the
charge Of having accepted from Stephen
castleman 500 and agreeing to receive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
Opening a New Empire

'In Canada the railways are really
opening up new empire; making
homes for the homeless in land where
climatic conditions tend to the fullest
development of whatever is developed
Canada l have often described as the
home of strong men and women, big
babies high jumping horses and hard
wheat. In the northern zones you have
your Alps and in the southern Alberta
and British Columbia, the vigorous
Egypt, where grow fruit, corn and to-
bacco. The fisheries alone in Canada
of the north British Columbian coast
are larger and more valuable than
those of the balance of the fishing
grounds of the continent.
1.-THE mineral wealth of Canada has
been improved to such an extent that
it is now about the third country in
the world in the production of precious
metals Canada holds the greatest of
iHopwood forests of which we know
when you realize that it is as large
as the United States and holds less than
| s, ,000,0 900 souls, you will understand its
lvast4 potentialities. This last harvest
a handful of farmers in the prairie
provinces gathered 200,000,O0O bushels
of wheat-7OO.00O bushels of grain
all told.
"At this moment a good trans
continental railway, which will lie level
or nearly level, between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, having a maximum
grade of only four-tenths of l per cent.
which means a rise of only 81 feet to
the mile from the Atlantic to the Pacific
is being constructed. 1t will cost more
than the Panama canal was supposed
to have cost when they began digging
that big ditch. Its eastern terminus
will be Halifax and St. John, its western
terminus the new port of Prince Rupert
with a line to Vancouver, which we call
the Frisco of Canada.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
For the FL
WhichI
Under HisY
Eyes, |
While He !
Army J
ippinesGnd
When He

trunks In boxes. In bundes dock. know the rosas
now Next time will make killing
soon we are loaded with the army N hs
fnifppnes and sail again for Manila hurry ashore and In
qu're for mall receive from Claudia At first am
uneasy but we have made record trip, explain nv
thinking we have beaten the mails uncertain in 4h
part OF the world have letters OUT here myself ana
found 1t months before they received am sent mat
haste to zamboanga and to Jolo time to think s
mails.
This gives opportunity put the finishing touches
my list of presents will get famous Moro brass
ware This not for sale only obtained by barter
direct with the natives.
We sail the beautiful Su1u blazing trouic sn
we SAIL The sea is calm lake. 1t is dotted
with beautiful ropc islands nged very edges with H
gantic palms We sight the beautiful Jolo and ssop
we see the quaint old Spanish city of that name
This is the land of the savage Moro the old Malay nitrate
We stand in and tie up to the dock
Crowds of nearly come out in their strange
caamaran boats and dive for They are expert swim
mers and pearl divers these You may throw seyera,
coins into the at single Moro lad win dive from,
Ids PROV and get them ALL before they reach the bottom
In front Of us lie the white the quaint old cv
surrounded by its embated sunset the natives ara
collected and driven outside The gates are locked and sent
are posted When ashore required to carry psto
to guard against the deadly who Stays In the name
of Allah.
Back of the city rowns the Of sinister old Bud.
Dajo with its cupshaped crater Born ages past mid vol
canc fres its summit has been wateFed with fierce Moro blood
when and children fell in
in that muchcommentedupon battle with troops
To the left lies the village Jokari It h built
out over the water bamboo poles squat hou
Of swai thatch looks like flock Of huge BIRDS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

not send them back am selfish. watch her open
each particular box each separate package
her Joy to hear each exclamation Of delight piece by
place them before her. arms about my neck
want her to feel the fulness of my love.
To understand the East native To feel the
East one must It 1t Is strange feeling being upon
the other side OF the world You look watch find It
midday; mind back ones you wonder
what they doing You think OF hundred trivial daily
duties Now they preparing the midday children
are playing in the yard wife busy house
hold tasks the hukser making his is delivering
his daily oder then suddenly remember. midnight
The house dark The inmates abed wrapped in slum
her, You to the parlor ticking the
silence and fancy listen peculiar chuck
chuck" it makes preparatory to striking the hour.
Once held by the passing throng great
high urbaned Sheks with their faces
tight trousers The scuying Tagaog in his Lukban hat
ton trousers and bare feet He his shirt with
the shirtta hanging out He collar tie but il
prosperous he carries umbrella The sedae Chino China
mani with his bland SMILE his native dress and piga
too ockngless but with their feet thrust slippers
bareheaded with the couture Quaker school girl
the curious bolero and PAMELA.
Tiny carriages pass rapidly and drawn by tiny ponies
Each cochero in cockade and plug hat ck and brass
continually cracks his whip and shouts guez sguez
patient little ponies
Now great caribou (water buffalo with immense curv
that elephant-whou hair little halfnaked boy
with sharp pointed stick, uttering shr unintegibls
cries all the WHILE The caribou dags lumber
ing cart with load which appears big enough for
engine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
|yCapt: Peter {. Hams, L:, U.S.A.
Who Shot to Death William E. Annis the Boat Landing
of the Baysde Yacht Club New York, August U.s. 1908

Asnis had invaded Captain Hains's home. had
taken advantage Of the Captains absence on army
duty and. aided by the cunning decetfuness of Mrs
Hams, had almost succeeded in persuadng the in.
jnred husband that his suspicious were groundIess.
How the fsl truth was Unexpectedly wrung from
the lips of Claudia Hams, his wife; how his heart
froze with despair, and then, with the rebound of
fury, how he set forth 10 avenge the wrong-how he
found Annis and executed him--all this Captain
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
No Letters Come from My Wife.

to myself Oh, Claudia could but these strange
sights little could ride asrde that big
Manila is military city, the largest military post
wordFort McKneyis just outside the
General has his palace in All of the headquarters
departments the maintenance large
force in the Islands situated On streets the
white In uniform is the rule the civilian exception
meet odtime friends and spend my them
hunting Claudia get her upon
arrival but the mails month apart receive
many.
And the ship is unloaded ready the
turn voyage to the States This time stop Nagasak
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

piCoChtS, VIC huu no Time at
parting, all was rush and hurry
to get away as my orders di-
rected.
Now I will scour the coun.
try for things to make her
heart glad. l will return laden
with gifts. I throw myself heart
and soul into tn etask. Manila
for penia and jussi and FOR linen
embroideries; such embroideries
as one never sees in this coun
try Pearls as well. old Span
ish pieces worked into gold fill
gree and intricate design. Hon
olulu for tapa. Japan for silks,
embroideries. china. tea sets.
tortoise shell, combs and card
cases. bronze Buddhas, fans,
pongees. silk crepes. shawIs.
cloisonne and damascene. beau.
tiful systematically Japan
has no limit.
| will send TO China for q
mandarin's suit. become en-
thusiastic. / will send wher-
ever possible. One of my men
has travelled the Pacific from
the Arctic Ocean to the Equator:
he knows how and where to
send. | send to Alaska for furs.
TO Alden and Fort Said for os-
trich feathers and to Vladivos.
took fon Russian BRASS am
carried away with the idea. ]
will bring her back everything
my purse will allow.
say ] will bring them back.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

purple silk trousers skntight to the ankles with little
of buttons at the seams His bare feet are thrust
small black velvet slippers. He is leaning against the
his back half turned to the Colonel: his folded
head slightly raised while his eyes seek the window thr
which he gazes the heads of his followers is
and wry almost tiny. there is something commandnj
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
Captain Hams
I'm Civilian Dress.
From q Recent
Photograph.

go ashore to see the commandant. II
is necessary to rush our loading and unload.
Ing, and must have extra men.
hear that some of Jokari's men, hay
killed some Chinos. There Is a initial
vestigation. l reach headquarters.
Colonel is haranguing a crowd of Jol
natives. He speaks through an interpr
The natives are jostling, craning their D
and curious. Suddenly notice nativ
broad turban and purple jacket. He W
an immanco sarop0 about hie ua5of TIC
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
I Sail Away from Claudia.

great loneliness has possession The happy
families with their laughing children rompng about the decks
but adds to It. They remind of those have
solitude of the great accords with my minge
but little with the and recreation In
The beautiful islands of Oahu left behind
with their white coral sand and palm nged Shores their rugged
hills with precpices half hidden by the JUNGLE
and the sunlight striking through the great green
they rse then fall with mighty upon reefs to
be dashed into white foam and myrads Of sparkling
Now the orbdding shores OF the dangerous San
Strait rise first to port and then to sarboar
do they look Vessels forbidden passage
at night account Of the treacherous
is late in the afternoon win have time The
skipper watch hand studying The avors
he decides to drive her through Suddenly swings
Gator to full speed ahead and the ship under
her throbbing engines she points Manila Bay
The next morning Corregdor Dewey fought
his famous battle Now the boards us at
Mravaes and by abreast Of the breakwater
Stand by the starboard anchor deep voice from
the bridge
"All ready, sir. comes the reply forward
rStand clear oft he starboard chains" Let &C."
"Al gone SIR halls first officer cathead
with great splash and mighty rafting chain voyage
ended.
have thought much Of home during trip Claudia shall
be we'll repaid for this lonely time We little OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

Hams relates for the first time And the trial. con.
victicn, the long weeks in the death cells in Sing
Sing and the FINAL pardon by the Governor is told.
In justice to himself and for the sake of his chill
dren Captain Hams feels II his duty take the
public into his confidence. to lead them behind the
scenes in his domestic life. TO show them the forces
which worked the ruin Of his home--and to let the
public judge whether the death Of Annis ct his hands
justified.
these and such difficulties transport quar-
termasters duty TO adjust
BY the time the Farraone Island passed. however
has begun to get rough Then passengers one
Except for Of officers and there the
left for the laughing little children romp over only
kindly matron who has been to before keep
within her protecting sight.
BY the time the is the
return petty differences are forgotten good fellowship
and have settled long
nous voyage across the broad Pacific
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

kT HEN babe farewell to Claudia at the depot in New York
VA and began journey to San Francisco to take
w mand of the army transport ship plying between
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-21

as such a promise was made when
the Wards bought into the league.
Charley Williams, secretary OF the
team, has gone to Baltimore to assist
at the schedule meeting, which will
be held Monday. A big task confronts
the game fixers in avoiding conflict
ing dates. Where a conflict is certain,
as in Chicago, the schedule will prob
ably be drawn to compete with the
least popular of the two big league
teams.
Manager Hank O'Day ran into cold
weather yesterday at Birmingham,
forcing a postponement of hostilities,
and Immediately became pessimistic.
Reports along the route to be trav-
ersed by the Cubs are that chilly
weather will be encountered at every
step, and O'Day fears the effect on
his veteran pitchers.
He has wired permission to leave
the grapeviners in the far south until
a week or so before the opening of
the season. Otherwise, he fears he
will be forced to start the campaign
Will d puuCu VI SOl S-ct1 ulOd hCdNC1o,
who will not boil out until the middle
of summer.
The scheme calls for leaving Che
ney, Vaughn, HUMPHREYS, Smith,
Pierce and Lavender in the care of
Catchers Bresnahan and Tyree for
daily work under the hot southern
sun.
Such a plan sounds like fine busi-
ness. The pitchers would get plenty
to do every day, instead of a game
now and then, as would be the case
if all came north together. They
would be under the guidance of Bres-
nahan, a wise bird, hep to the tricks
of the trade, and able to impart some
of his gray matter to them.
The Sox firsts trimmed Venice, 6 to
4, and the seconds were licked by
Frisco, 8 to 6. This defeat was due
to a sore arm carried by Catcher
Mayer. He cOuldn't neg to bases and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-21


Larry played a game in pair of
new shoes. The skin was rubbed off
his ankle, and blood poisoning set in,
which has infected his whole leg.
The prop is swollen and extremely
painful.
There was some talk that Larry
might lose his leg, but the physicians
believe that this danger has been
overcome, and that complete rest and
constant care will bring the eXpen-
sive Frenchman around in time to
join the team before the opening of
the season.
When he was hurt Larry was just
beginning to strike his stride. The
leg he injured last year was properly
healed, and he was showing the speed
and Wanted ability that made him
the most sought after man in the
American Association last year.
In the second base battle yester-
day Russell Blackburne again got the
decision over Berger. Russell soak
ed double and single with the sec
onds while Berger was going hitless
with the first team. Both did some
sensational fielding, but batting is the
quantity which will decide the con-
test, and Blackburne is pulling farth-
er ahead each day.
The firsts made II hits, but wasted
most of them. Reb Russell was
pounded viciously and had to get as
sistance from Eddie Cicote to stave
off defeat
Jack Fourier unbuttoned a single
and homer with the seconds.
Arnold Hauser, ST. Louis Card
shortstop, has been sent to an asy-
lum, his nerves shattered. An injured
knee prevented him playing ball last
season, and the death of his mother
and baby added to his worries. His
case is similar to that of Johnny Ev-
ers, and his ultimate recovery is look
ed for.
Ray Caldwell, string bean catcher,