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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The statement of one of the country s
leading medical authorities on tubercu-
loss, to the effect that there is very
little danger from infection of this dis
ease, will come as a matter of extreme
qualification to many sensible men, both
in and out of the profession, who have
long deplored the excited condition of
the public mind on this subject. The
gentleman who makes this comforting
statement is DIR. E. r. Baldwin of Sar-
anac Lake, who is a recognized special
ist, and his assurances lose nothing of
their value because they are referred to
editorially, and with approval, by the
Journal of the American Medical associa-
ton.
DR.. Baldwn's conclusion is that adults
are very little endangered by close con-
tact with open tuberculosis, and not at
all in ordinary association and he
further says: equality these statements
as we may, it is time for reaction
against the extreme ideas of infection
now prevailing. There has been too
health boards and lectures that has no
sound basis in facts. and it needs to be
dropped out or revised" He believes
that 'the preachments about the danger
of infection to adults in the present state
of society are without justification from
an experimental standpoint
To all of which the Journal of'the Amer
ican Medical association adds that these
statements represent not one mans
views, but what seems to be the g1sow-
ing conviction of the most progressive
and thoughtful students of tuberculosis
at the present. time"
1t is fortunate that the disclosures re-
garding the non-infectious nature of tu-
berculosis should come with the authori-
ty of one who is accounted a specialist
on the subject. and that it should be
vouched for by so high medical au-
thority as the Journal of the American
Medical association, since now there will
be less room for skepticism and less op-
portunity for dissent. The medical jour-
nal referred to calls the prevalent atti-
tude of the public thought on the subject
by the appropriate, if difficult, title,
''Pthisiophobia, and commends Dr. Bald
wins advice to apply check to this
mania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
believe In The People

Il am a great believer in the elec-
tion Of senators by the people said
George Duran of Tallasse, who is in
Birmingham. "The people are capable
of electing all their officials, and l
was glad when the. state committee
abandoned the process of electing
judges of the supreme court in con
yention. There is no office, in my
opinion, which the people should not
fill.
Il read in The Age-Herald some
days ago where a visitor from Mis-
sissppi said that in Alabama at the
present time the people are on trial
in regard to their ability to elect SEN
ators. In that statement, the visitor
seemed partially imbued with an idea
that Captain Hobson had an opportu-
nifty to win. That he has no opportu-
nifty to win is a natural sequence, to
my mind, of what is true; that the
people are capable of filling every Of
flee. Were he to be elected, L would
lose my faith in the people, and would
never be willing for such important
matters to be left in their hands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
THE BIGGEST NOVEL

From the New York Press.
The largest novel in the world has just
been finished by Japanese writer, XII
ong Te Baltin. 1t was begun in 1852,
and the author found a publisher willing
to publish the novel In volumes as the
writer finished them, the last. volume be-
ing turned over to the publisher this
year.
There are log volumes. each containing
1000 pages, and each page has about 30
lines, each containing an average of 10
words, so that the work consists of log
volumes, 100000 pages, S,1sO,0OO lines and
IS, 100000 words, and it weighs about 1870
pounds So far it has not been suggested
that this work should be translated and
published~m English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

association building have been erected.
The business district is expanding in
other directions with almost the same
rapidity.
Naturally, while all these magnificent
building operations have been in progress
in this section a good trade has been de-
veloped on upper Twentieth street ana
along Fifth avenue toward the Terminal
station. Restaurants and retail houses
have sprung up, and have done thriving
business, and our retail department is re-
eeiving its share of public patronage
Pure candy is always in demand in this
city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
Again the President Is Right

Though at variance with the sentl-
ment Of both the democratic and re-
publican parties at the time that their
representatives in Congress accorded
free passage to American coastwise
vessels through the Panama canal,
President Wilson undoubtedly has the
publics Endorsement behind him in his
attitude averse to the privilege.
For half a century the provisions of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty agreed
upon in 1850, were acceptable to this
nation and Great Britain and there
was no friction between the two gov
ernments. Under this treaty the
United States pledged itself never to
obtain or maintain for itself any eX-
elusive control over an isthmian canal,
never to fortify such canal nor at
tempt to construct an independent ma
tional enterprise.
This treaty was abrogated when the
Panama canal project was inaugurated
and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
concluded in its place. Under the lat
ter instrument it was especially agreed
that the canal should be free and open
to the vessels of all nations on terms
of entire equality so that there shall be
no discrimination against any such
nation or its citizens or subjects in
respect to the conditions or charges
of traffic or otherwise.
y. The phraseology of both of these
treaties is clear and unmistakable, and
II is difficult to understand how the
law of 1912 can be construed other
wise than a direct violation of their
provisions. Such was the attitude as
sumed by Great Britain in her pro-
test against such legislation favoring
privileges and she asked that the mat
ter be referred to arbitration.
The act of 1912 is obviously not only
unfair to Great Britain and other ma
tions as well, but it is unfair to Amer
lean taxpayers inasmuch as it exempts
coastwise shipping interests from
bearing its portion in the mainten-
uance of the waterway.
IL is class legislation which has
ever been hepugnant to the American
people, and it is violation of national
honor which was pledged in the Hay
Pauncefote treaty and it's immediate
predecessor. The law of 1912 should
be repealed, and it is hoped that the
President will be able to bring suffi-
cient influence to bear to effect its
repeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
OUR WONDERFUL LAWS
.he Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Some of our proposed laws should be
labeled: Laws to promote mediocrity.'
The man who thinks everything should
be controlled by a lever worked at Wash
ington declares that business must COM
pete. Therefore, big business combina-
tions must be disrupted.
But, 10 and behold, along comes law
No. which proposes that there must be
no undue competition in underhand price
cutting. So there you are, my daughter
Hang your clothes on hickory limb,
But don't go near the water"
Compete, but don't dare to compete too
much. Our colleges will have to open
up new courses of study and teach men
how to measure accurately the ininites-
inal degrees this way or that which busi-
ness may move without getting itself
packed off to Jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
SHE KNEW THE PLACE

From After Dinner Stories.
The elderly matron with the bundles
who was journeying to a point in Wis
consin and occupied a seat near the mid
die of the car had fallen asleep On the
seat in front of her sat little boy. The
brakeman opened the door of the car
and yelled out the name of the station
the train was approaching. The elderly
lady reused herself with a jerk.
Where are we, Bobby2" she asked.
II don't know, grandma" answered
the little boy
Didn't the brakeman say something
just now?"
mo, he just stuck his head inside the
door and sneezed''
Help me with these things, Bobbyi''
she exclaimed hurriedly, this is Osh-
kosh."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

n 'IEhE WAS SO mucn tnal was un-
usual and romantic in the crime
i and trial of Eugene Aram that both
Thomas Hood and Bulwer Lytton found
it of sufficient appeal to preserve it to
posterity in poetry and fiction. 1t was
due to their interest that a common MUIR
derer is more or less of a hero, not
through extolling the crime, but through
the cleverness with which it was hidden
for so many years. So much sympathy
for Eugene was created by Hoods poem
that determined efforts have been made
at various times and by various writers
to prove that he was a martyr, but the
evidence against him was too conclusive
to be argued away.
The Aram crime was first revealed in
1883, when some workmen were engaged
in digging out stone in quarry near
Knaresborough. England when they sud-
denly came upon a human skeleton. The
bones were collected and taken into the
village and an effort was made to iden-
tify them. One of the old inhabitants re-
membered that man named Daniel
Clark had mysteriously disappeared some
Is years before. Then another old inhab-
liant recited how Clark was intimate with
a man named Houseman and he was last
seen in Housemans company, so House
man was hunted up and an effort was
made to find out what he knew about
Clarks disappearance.
After being closely questioned. House
man finally made a confession. The
bones that had been dug up were not
those of Clark, but Houseman led them
to the place where Clark was buried. In
Houseman's confession he said that he
and Clark and Eugene Aram had been
associated for some time in a general
swndling scheme. Aram. who was ed
ucated and clever, directed the operations.
and Clark and Houseman did the coarse
work.
After a successful robbery upon divid-
ing the spoils one evening Clark and
Aram got into an alteration and the
latter killed the former and threatened
Houseman. If he spoke of what he had
seen. Aram moved away from the scene
of the murder, but upon Houseman' s
confession he was apprehended and was
brought to trial.
on August 81 1853, Houseman, Aram
and Henry Terry were indicted for the
murder of Daniel Clark on the right be-
tween the 7th and Sth of February 1744
or 1I45. Houseman was first tried, but
the evidence not being sufficient. he was
acquitted. Thus free, he was entirely at
liberty to give evidence against Aram,
the principal, who actually committed
the crime But from Houseman's evil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
A NENN Clan
Youths COMPANION.

From the Youths Companion.
Postmaster General Burleson tells of
an old Scotchman who was listening
to former Secretary Wilson's lecture
on the activity of microbes. The Sec
retary of Agriculture said: There are
microbes in the cabbage and microbes
in the wheat and microbes in every
thing that grows"
The old Scotchman paid strict atten-
ton to the lecture. When he left the
hail one of his friends asked him how
he liked the lecture.
81 don't see why the Secretary of
Agriculture should put so much stress
on what the Microbes DONE" he said
They've done no more than the Nc
Gregors or the McPhersons. and there
lives no such clan as the Campbells,
ANYWAY"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
A LITTLE KNOWN VILLAGE

From the February Wide World Maga-
zine.
Huancabamba lies in a valley in the
trough of the Andes, at an altitude OF
6400 feet 1t is a sunny little place, with
the river running quite close, and bounded
on either side by the higher peaks of the
Cordiera.
The streets are quaint and cobbled and
all day long one can hear the clatter of
mules and donkeys. There is telegraphic
communication with Piura, and the town
actually boasts a plaza. There is an
abundance of good butter, new milk, and
cheese, and fresh meat can be obtained
almost every day. The bulk of the popu-
lation of Huanca bamba is composed OF
the Cholo race, or Indians Of the Sierra
there are, however, a good number OF
Peruvians and a few foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
Rapid Growth

Birmingham of today and Birmingham
as it appeared a few years ago would
seem almost different cities to the casual
observer said George Garrow, the Twen-
tieth street candy manufacturer
For example, six years ago when L
came from Atlanta to this city and opened
my place of business there was not a
two-story business building on Twentieth
street above Fourth avenue. and Fifth
avenue belonged altogether to the resi-
Dental section. The great Terminal sta
tion and the business blocks Which have
grown up around it were not in existence:
nor had The Age-Herald yet erected it's
handsome five-story home on the busy
thoroughfare, which is now rapidly be-
coming lines with magnificent hotels and
other large buildings, among which Biz
mingham's s1e00,O00 postoffice building
will soon take its pl tieth street
did not stop growing venue; for
recently the great ung Mems
Christian associato and also
the handsome Youn Christian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
su'KAYEs MAsaUE OF ST. LOUIS

From the Springfield Republican.
The dranntist Percy MacKaye. has
greatly pleased st. Louis, for which he
is writing a pageant to be produced in
Forest park next May, by saying that
the city Offers more romantic ideas for
a play than the world of 1000 years
ago. Consider, for example, the mystery
of the mound builders, which has baf-
fled all who have attempted to reveal
their story; consider the day when st.
Louis was under three flags in half
an hour No wonder that the interview
er makes him say that the history of
the city makes better material for a
gripping play than any product of the
ina gination. That may depend some
what, of course, upon the imagination,
but it is pleasant to see the playwright
entering so heartily into the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
WHY SHE WATCHED
From the Houston Chronicle.

From the Houston Chronicle
An old Scotch lady was noticed by he
minister to fall asleep every time Ii
preached, while when young men from ST
Andrews university acted as substitute
for him she remained awake and wa
most attentive.
Weel, meenister, | ken the word of Go,
planation of her conduct. -~She replied:
'Weel, meenister, ken theword of Go,
is safe in your hands; but when the youn,
fellows from st. Andrews come along /
takes me all my time to watch them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
Heavy Poll Tax Payment

Il noticed in The Age Herald of this
morning said Walter Helms of Syla-
cauga. a visitor to Birmingham. that
practically every county has broken its
previous record for the payment Of poll
taxes. This is good indication. Ii
means that the people. in time of
emergency, Will always rally to meet
the issue.
There is no question but that the
reason for the phenomenal payment of
poll taxes is to be found in the fact
that the senatorial campaign has
aroused great interest. The people are
anxious to rebuke political neuresthe-
mia. AS a result. it is my predictions
that Oscar w. Underwood will score
one of the most sweeping victories in
the history of the state.
1T has been claimed by the follow
ing of Captain Hobson that the rural
vote was leaning towards the hero.
This is not true in my section of the
state. | have always found it safe to
trust the farmer when matters involv-
ing conservation are at stake. 1t will
be found when the voting is done that
the country precincts will have turned
in fine majorities for the greatest
southern statesman of his day, Oscar
w. Underwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
Interest in Soccer Football

There is a decidedly increased interest
in association football, or soccer ball as
it is generally termed, and the league
games that are being played each Sat
urday are being well attended" said Dave
kelso, an official of the league.
The rules of the game are simple and
as the play is for the most part open it
is an ideal game from a spectators stand
point. The ball is in action from the kick
off and every play is in plain view of the
spectator. 1t takes speed rather than
strength, and skill and courage are the
requisites for good football player.
AS the player never touches the ball with
his hands, his head and feet are brought
into play, and 1t is marvellous how dex-
trous they become in passing the ball
one to the other, lodging of course the
opposing players
Some of the games played at Ensley
and Wylam this season have been in the
championship class for the reason that
the teams are evenly matched and have
to fight for every inch of advantage. We
would be glad to have everyone interested
in sports come out and witness these Sat
urday games
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
The Right Man In the Right Place

Despite the trend of these days of
graft, of disregard of responsibility
of shiftless performance of tasks, of
following the lines of least resistance
and of failing, TO take ones self Sc
riousiy, Colonel Goethals has demon
strated that after all it pays to be
a man. Some one has declared him
to be the most interesting feature of
Panama; more interesting than the
Culebra cut, which has divided two
nations in half; more interesting than
the achievement of engineering ingen-
uity which has put the mechanical skill
of old Cheops to shame; more inter-
esting than the magical mystery which
placed in position the mammoth blocks
of Baalbeck OF the ponderous mono
liths of stonehenge.
Forty-five nationalities are repre-
sented in the laboring corps, which has
made the great waterway fact, and
Colonel Goethals has fashioned his
success by adding to his technical cum
ming his marvellous aptitude for inspir-
ing and controlling the 'polyglot spirit
of his army of craftsmen.
1t is said that the safety valve oil
the intense energy evoked upon the
isthmus is Cocktails Sunday morn
ing conferences with his under
lings. Like Charlemagne of ole
upon these occasions every one
who has grievance. whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

WHY PREscRIPTIoNIsTs GO GRAZ

From the Columbia State.
This child is my little girl. 1 sen
you 4 penny for two sitless powders fo
a groan up adult who is slke''
You viii please give the little boi penu
worth of epcac for to throw up in a fly
months old babe.
Il have a cue pain in my chld's dia
gram. Please give my son something t
release it,
MY little baby has eat up its father,
parish plasteher. Send an anecdote a
girl
II haf a hot time in my inside an,
wish [ wood like it tc be extinguished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
congregational Raee In sixth

There is a pretty race in progress in
the Sixth district" said Colonel J. de b
Hooper of Oakman, a visitor to Bir-
mingham yesterday. The candidates
are conducting their fights on a very
high plane, despite the fact that the
rivalry is keen.
Beat l. Jasper precinct has Just or
ganized a club in the interest of VIII
liam Il. Bankhead, one of the rivals
The club consists of 735 members prae-
tieally the entire voting strength oil
Beat /.
HMr Oliver has his friends and Mr.
BanlIhead his friends. The race is
close. Both candidates are apparently
confident and are leaving no stone un-
turned in their effort 10 win"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

The fifty-sixth annual census of the pub
lications of the United States and Canada
just issued by the american Newspaper
Annual and Directory is quite interesting,
There are just 2i,GO0 dailies published. of
which the evening issues exceed the
morning sheets by three to one. The Sun
day editions number 572 and the publica
tions appear in 40 different languages.
The journals are devoted to 2l5 various
cults, religions, interests and 'isms." In
1918 there were started five publications
for every working day in the year but
suspensions and consultations cut the
net gain down TO only three per week
Who dare say we are not q reading ma,
tion?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
SHE WAS TOO CARELESS

From the Kansas City Journal
According to a Kansas paper man in
that state bought his wife a revolver with
which to defend herself, but after a bullet
had been dug out of his leg, and the COW
had been buried he decided she had bet
ter do her defending with an ak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
sARToRIAL ANATOMY.
HER MENU.

Mother: We'll, daughter, did you en-
joy Mrs. Quiclxrich's luneheon?"
Daughter: Indeed l did. We had beri
beri cake, heteh hetchy salad split infini-
tives, mixed metaphors and basaca
cream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

IT IL be true, as that physician states,
colds are contracted by kissing. there is
many youth who would be willing to en-
dure chronic influenza If originating in
such a manner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

Henry M. Pindell has declined the am
3assadorship TO Russia. Tire Cars realm
Is mighty cold country and perhaps IN
contemplating 1t Henry got cold feet Bet
ter such predicament, however, before
starting than after completing the jour
neY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
BELL (privat
Departmental
He capers.
REGIN

me this day. d God. 10
good in the man ! meet. and IoN.
1t into consciousness and confidence,
and growth and bloom. When the
bad appears, may l smile at the
masquerade; when the good, may l
greet the man. And Thine he the
praise. In Jesus name. Amcn.-
RI. VI. IL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
Reform Needed in Police Court

81 notice that the practice prevails in
the police court to try white women
charged with violating the moral law
in the presence of any and all negroes
and morbid white men. who care to
listen to the proceedings said an at
torney.
often in the effort to secure a con-
viction the officers are compelled to
speak plainly and it is anything but
pleasant to note with what ghoulsh
glee and interest these police court hab-
itues follow the unsavory evidence that
sometimes comes out.
1T occurs to me that all persons not
connected with the trial ought to be
excluded from the courtroom, and that
all such cases should be tried after
the other cases are disposed of. No
good purpose can be served by brutal
publicity, and the effect of such tes-
timony on police court negroes and
white men for that matter is bound
to be bad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05

A court has held that a pedestrian is
not compelled to dodge automobiles
Wonder if the undertal1ers used any in
huence TO obtain such "A ruling?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
CarrOlltOn Man for State Senator

w. w. Beasley of Carrollton. senior
member of the firm of Beasley- Nc
Caferty Lumber company, is in Bir-
mingham. He declared that he was a
candidate for the senate from Pickens
county.
II am opposing" he said, -. r. Bell
of Gordo, who is member of the pres
ent legislature. The race is spirited
but | feel confident that | will win =
Mr.. Beasley is brother of Cecil A.
Beasley, state senator from Fayette
county He is head banker of the
Woodmen of the World of Alabama. and
council commander of Pickens county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-05
ONLY TOO WMING


ONLY Too WILLING.
optimist: BE hero and always pay
your taxes with smile.s
Taxpayer; Il would Ike to. but the.
won't accept that. They insist uporI
money"
HoBsoN's FATE.
History oft repeats itself.
In April twill be seen
One Richmond fell in sixty-hve,
The other in fourteen
A MEXICAN DISCOVERY.
1 never liked those gringoes.
But [ tell you this
Since I've been in Texas
I've truly lived in Bliss
ARKANSAS MILITIA.
Colonel: How many men did you drill
today?"
Drillmaster (of awkward sqaaad) "onlJ !
one, SIR
Colonel: Where is hep
Drillmaster: Il sent him toathc guard
house,
Colonel: What FORE"
Drillmaster: He refused to form hol
low square"
HER FIRST TRIP.
Local Conductor calling out stations)
"Woodbine.'
Old Lady (slightly deaf: "Good-byI
sir"