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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
Would Greatly HeIp Business

T believe that most people who have given any attention to large questions affecting industrial conditions agree that business would be greatly helped by ac- tion on the part of the interstate com merce commission without further delay authorizing the railroads to advance freight rates per cent" said William F. Fessenden of New York city T am not connected with the railroads in any way; but l have various busi- ness interests, and unless the railroads arc put in a position to buy needed eouip- nent and to do a good deal of new con-
 struction work, we will have a contin-
 uahce of commercial stagnaton in the east. And when business is dull in New ork and Philadelphia it is more or less dull in other sections of the country. dn not think the eastern carriers are | asking anything unreasonable. There has been some talk of a compromise on 21s per cent increase in freight rates, but '
 would like to see the roads get per cent.
 There may be various causes why busi- ness is not so brisk as we would like to see it, but if the interstate commerce commission grants the petition of the | railroads most branches of industrial en- l terprise and trade generally would re- Nive at once I believe we would have l a real boom
 1 'I should think that the democratic
 administration would find it advisable to
 ger behind the interstate commerce com
 mission in this matter. Unless we have very decided improvement in the bus-
 ness world shortly, the democratic party
 Will be doomed to defeat in 1916. Not
 enly that, there will be a falling off of
 the democratic majority in the next l House of Representatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
AS A SWALLOW.

Blinkins: 'I read that Winston Church. Ill declares the British navy leads the world in flying"
 Jinkins: He's wrong. That record be- longs to the Mexican army; 1t flies so last that 1t is impossible for Villa to overtake it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

BEGINNING THE DAX-o Thou, who fakest pains with dewdrops, bird notes, fIceting evening coiors, and the myriad tiny things wh1ch go unseen and unhenrd, fench me Thy ways. Grant me to guard against little sins, md to conde- scend to little virtues. Give me time for the little deeds and words and thoughts that adorn and enrich life. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. k.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

An American girl claims to have been saved from drowning twice in the same day by Duke Kahanamoku of Honolulu. Envy Is apt to turn all the other girls in her set a sickly green color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

A German tailor who is the father of S5 children has been complimented by Emperor William. It's a pity that T
 +. didn't have chance to join in the felieitations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

A Raleigh N. C., photographer who was looking for a blonde who didn't dip snuff has found his soul mate. A man as easy to please as he is deserves to have a good wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

When member of a royal house Is foreign country, he is apt to get a great deal of wining and dining but very little glory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

wants to brighten the lives of domestic
 servants by providing them with clubs
 and other advantages. Six holidays d | week and a little rest on Sunday is all they want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Capt. Thomas s. Baldwin, who is called the father of dirigible ballooning in this country, and is reputed to be the oldest air traveller in the world, has become chief instructor of the Connecticut Air oraf company of New Haven Conn. This company is capitalized at s50o,00O and will build passenger carrying dirigibles A five-passenger, non-rigid drigible will be put into service July 16. says Captain Baldwin, and six others will be construct ed as soon as possible. These dirigibles will cost $6o.ooO each. They will be equipped with wireless telegraphy ap- paratus and will travel 40 miles an hour Trips will be made this summer between Albany and New York. The company plans to establish a regular passenger carrying service in a year or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

"Women always have some mental res- orvation," says a philosopher. And most Of the time they are in no hurry to let you know what it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Ty Cobb made a speech to the Missis- sppi house of representatives, which was modest oratorical effort, but won tre- n,endous applause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

The average yearly income of a society youth who dabbles in music has been found to be not more than $50 year Perhaps at that he is overpaid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

4 Chicago judge refused to issue nat. u-alization1papers to a man accused of beating his wife. There are too many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Two entire families in Virginia hay, been arrested for stealing chickens. remarkable case of fowl kleptomania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
THE WAY TO MOUNT oLrvEr

From the Mount Olivet Ky, Advance.
 A drummer asked a grouchy Maysvill. man, who was perhaps too drunk to see OUT superb auto truck, the way to get to Mount Olivet.
 Take the T. M. X w." replied the citizen of the Mason county metropolis.
 What's that?' queried the eager knight of the grip.
 Two mules and wagon was the lpconic answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Twenty miners struck in Ohio because they had to endure the society of a mule
 with a mean disposition. Those men had a real grievance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

King George reads Ella Wheeler Wilcox with considerable enjoyment His father didn't have any literary taste, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
FOR THE JURY.

Why Washington never told q lie Is not hard to explain. He never had Jersey COW Run over by a train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

There seems to be movement on foo.
 to keep President Wilson rom having a l second term. Address all inquiries to l CIamp Clark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

When Speaker Clark dug up the hatch ct a great many people stayed up late at night just to say. 'I told you so.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

The first straw hat has made its ap- pearance. There is no annual event of so little importance that attracts so much attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

The festive Easter egg is once more in demand. The Easter egg seldom if ever disappoints.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs buiid- Ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4o lo 50, inclusive Tribune building. New York City: Western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. '. Beck with Special Agency, agents 1of- eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

White Wolf. the Chinese bandit, seems to have an unusually black heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps arc enclosed for that purpose. Remittances can be made at current rata of exchange The Age-Heraid Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
A HARD QUESTION.

Teacher: Tommy, when the Pilgrims found that Plymouth Rock, what did thev doo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Villas profanity keeps his men in fine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

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 Daily and Sunday per month .... .fo Daily and Sunday, three months.. 2.oo Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.. .oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Grocer: Here are snhIe nice salt mack erel, madame"
 Young Housekeeper: They look nice but are you sure they are fresh?,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
CAUTIOUS.

Tommy: Looked for an egg reckon. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

A. J. Eaton, Jr.. and o. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repro sentatives of The Age-Herald In It's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

Out of this nettle, danger. we pluck this
 sIo,ver. safety, -1 Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
TELEPHONE

Bell tnrtvnte exchange connecting all departmeptr), Main 4300.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31

spirits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF DURANT

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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
PATMONT KNOWS CAPTORs
Illinois Temperance Worker Tells OF
Abuse and Hardship-Grand
Jury to Hear Story.

st. Louis.-The Rev. Louis R. Pat
mont, the prohibition advocate who
said he was kidnapped from West
vile, Ill, on March 81 and found in
an abandoned house near Columb ia,
Ill, declared here that he knows the
persons responsible for his detention.
He has been taken to Danville, Ill,
where the grand jury of Vermillion
county, now in session, will immed-
lately turn aside from all other mat
tiers to take up the investigation Of
his story.
He said that an automobile owned
in Danville was used in abducting
him. He declared that he was slug
ged and carried half conscious from
place to place for fifty days in this
machine He said he knew the own
ers of the car.
When he was not being transport
ed in the machine Patmont said he
was kept in dark cellars, gagged, and
his hands bound to a bar Of wood
under his knees. The abandoned
building in which he was found bore
evidences of the intention of his cap
tors to burn the house and incinerate
the minister, the plans for which,
Patmont says, he heard his captors
discuss.
Patmont was positively identified
by the Rev. Mr.. Brandt, a personal
friend, who has known him for years.
Before being brought to st. Louis he
was further identified by half dozen
residents Of VeTmillion county,
among them the Rev. ]. F. Bickel,
pastor of the First Christian church
of Danville, III.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
ROOSEVELT IN WASHINGTON
Former President puts in Busy Day az
National CapitaI-CafIs at
White House.

Washington, D C.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt came back to the ma
tional capital, where he spent seven
years as chief executive. Into nine
hours he crowded a speech on his
South American expedition, call on
President Wilson, a political confer
ence of first Importance with he Pro-
gressiyes in Congress, a visit to the
Smithsonian Institution to see the tro-
phies from his African hunt of four
years ago, a meeting with a few mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and din
ner with his old friends here.
Besides there were a dozen i'm
promptu receptions from crowds in the
railway station, at his hotel, in the
streets and wherever else he CHANGED
to stop for a moment.
1t was such hot and busy day that
the colonel's collar rapidly melted
away, but he went through it all with
out showing evidence of fatigue.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
TWO DIE IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Trolley Car Hits Automobile on Grade
Crossing Near Excelsior
Springs, Mo.

Kansas City.-Swift death over
took an automobile driven by William
E Dunn, plumber Of 116 South Oak
ley street, about 1920 Sunday
morning, at the Pratherville station
crossing of the Kansas City, Clay
County & Excelsior Springs electric
line. The automobile was struck at
right angles by electric train No. 49,.
Mr.. Dunn, Sc years old, and his wife,
Mildred Dunn, 81 years old, we're al
most instantly killed. George Dunn,
4 years old, their only child, was
tossed over a barbed wire fence and
into a pasture by the mother just as
the cars struck. He was bleeding at
the nose, his right wrist was sprained
and he was suffering from a slight
conclusion Of the brain when picked
up by a passenger and conveyed to
an adjacent farm house.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
HOW T.R. SETTLED A STRIKE
His Threat to Seize Anthracite Mines
in 1902 Brought Operators
to Senses.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt, as
President, was ready to take meas
ures equivalent to action in time OF
war" to end the great strike in the
anthracite mines in 1902 He was de-
termined to take actios even though
an effort should be made later to i'm
peach him for it.
Mr.. Roosevelt so testified in giving
testimony before referee in the suit
of Alexander T. Wales, a lawyer in
Binghampton, n. Y. against President
White of the United Mine Workers OF
America for fees he alleges are due
him for the part he took in settling
the strike
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
MINERS FIRE ON US. CAVALRY
Duty at Seeundo, Near
Trinidad, Col.

Trinidad, Col-For thhe first time
since they assumed control in the
strike districts Of the Colorado coal
fields, the United States troops were
fired on, it has just been learned. The
shooting occurred at a miners camp
at Segundo, near Trinidad, where
twenty shots were fired at the federal
troops.
The shots were fred at a patrol from
a hillside overlooking the camp after
a trooper. who had lodged a missile
thrown at him through a window, an
swered a shot fired at him from the
darkness
The patrol, starting to search for
the person firing the shot, was sur
prised by fusilade of shots coming
from the direction of the hills Cap
tain Cushman reported that one man
ran from concealment in a ditch and
escaped
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

representative of commercial organ
izations launched the first national
foreign trade convention in Washing
ton recently with prominent speakers
analyzing perils and opportunities for
the commerce abroad. At a banquet
Secretary Bryan outlined the admins
trations attitude toward the campaign
for industrial relations with other
countries.
The Mexican minister to Salvador
has informed the foreign Office at the
City of Mexico that the people of Sal
vador are raising a fund to assist
Mexico in case Of war with the United
States.
Because the ill-fated Titanic
struck an iceberg rather than another
British steamship, the supreme court
has held that the owner, the Gee
anic Steam Navigation Company, was
entitled to have it's liability for loss
of life and property in suits brought
in American courts limited in accord
ance with American maritime law.
This means that those who sue in
American courts viii get virtually
H
the salvage from the wreck, and the
passenger and freight money collected
for the voyage-about $4,000 in all
The total claims against the company
have reached $13, 100000.
-Twenty-six persons are charged
with murder and seventy-six with riot
ing in the report of the Fremont
county (CoL) grand jury. which re-
turned sixteen true bills against los
defendants on charges growing out Of
the fight at the Chandler mine April
25.
The senate has passed the agrf-
cultural appropriation bill which it
received from the committee nearly
month ago. It carries about s19, 70O.-
600, little more than the house pro
Eided.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
SOLDIERS DROWN IN TEXAS
TWO Cavalry Troopers Overwhelmed
by Current While Crossing
Swollen Creek.

Donna, Tex-Fred Weinhoff and
John Repke, privates in Troop D,
Twelfth United States Cavalry, we're
drowned while crossing the Ruthven
Resaca. The crossing was attempted
by the men holding to rope, which
was also held by men on the shore.
Weinhoff dropped the rope in the eff
fort to hold his rife while he was
crossing, and Immediately Repke
1eaped into the water with his rife on
his back, and both were carried swift
1y down the stream. Several other
troopers plunged in to ai6 in the res
cue, but owing to the swiftness of the
current, their efforts were unavailing.
Both bodies were recovered.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06

energy. There was always a fear and
dread In my mind, had cold. nervous.
weak spells, hot flashes over NV BODY,
had place In my right side that was.
30 sore that I could hardly bear the
weight Of my clothes. 1 tried medicines
and doctors, but they did me little good
and never expected to get out aoain
l got Lydia E. Pinkharn's VerefabIe
Compound and Blood Purifier and 7 CO.
talnly would have been In grave or In an
asylum II your medicines had not saved
me. But now can work ali day. slee1.
Well at night eat anything want have
no not flashes or weak, nervous soeIls
All pains, aches, fears and dreads s-a
gone, my house, children and Husband
are no longer neglected, as I arn slr7o~t
entirely free Of the bad symptoms 7 hs5
before taking your remedies. and all e
pleasure and happiness In NV home -
MIS- JOSIE Han, z. F. D. / ROY %
Shamrock, Missouri.
II you wantspecfaIadvfce write
Lydia Z. Pfnkham Medicine On
tcOnhdentiaD Lynn. Mass.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
RAILROADS WIN A BIG CASE
Supreme Court Decides Against Gov
eminent in "Tap Line" Contro-
Versy-MiIIions involved.

WashingtOn.-The tap line cases,
involving millions OF dollars annually
il alleged rebates by trunk railroads
to lumber and logging roads, were de-
cided against the government and the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
the Supreme Court 1t sustained the
old commerce courts decision en-
joining the commissions order of 1912
prohibiting joint rate rebate payments
to the tap lines.
Its effect is seriously to cripple the
commissions control over joint
through rate divisions given the sub
sidiary lines.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
DEMAND is FOR ABLE-MAN
High PoslsIons Waiting for Those
Who Are Competent Properly
to Fill Them.

We know a big firm in one OF the
Oldest and most important industries
in this country which has been hunt
Ing for over a yeyT for a man 10.
whom to pay SIS, 600, and they cannot
find him, writes the editor OF the
American Machinist-
We know an executive who wants
two or three men as assistants; If he
could find them in his plant he would
gladly pay them $40 a week. He has
tried a considerable number in these
positions during the past year, but
without success as yet He feels that
he is positively hampered by the lack
OF them
We know that there is an active de-
mand Tor $4,000 men. and we can
readily believe that there is keen
demand for $4,000 men
It is remarkable that in q plant en-
ploying, say thousand men, there are
so few who raise themselves above
their fellows far enough to be con-
spicuOus to the management Ana
even, OF those few. not all have the
initiative, the ginger, and faculty OF
being thorough that would make them
Of value as assistants TO the execu-
tive What a god-send to the engineer
is the draughtsman who can do his
own thinking, and dig out the solution
Of a problem somehow without con-
slant prodding and pointing from the
bossi
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06
MEDIATORS NEAR AGREEMENT
Conferences at Washington In
dicate Rapid Progress.

Washington.-Con which in
dictated rapid progress in mediation Of
the Mexican situation at Niagara Falls
were held here between President Will
son, Secretary Bryan and other de-
partment officials, none of whom
would publicly discuss the details of
proposed settlement
Information obtainable here, how
ever, reflected the news from the Can
adam border city that essentials of
a Mexican pacification plan had been
agreed upon between representatives
of General Huerta and the United
States and that some subjects still
were under consideration before a
protocol actually could be drafted for
signature.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-06

Empress of ireland and Collier
Collide in Gulf of ST.
Lawrence.
1900 PERSONS ON BOARD
Two Steamers Rush to Rescue in An
swer TO IS. o. S." Wireless Signal
Was Bound From Quebec
for Liverpool.

Quebec.-The Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Ireland, and the collier
Storstad collided in the Gulf of st!
Lawrence thirty miles east of Father
Point, and was sinking, but a later
F. dispatch said the Empress of ireland
sank soon after the collision.
IS. o. s." signals from the Empress
brought the first announcement of the
collision and the signals of distress
were Immediately responded to by the
Canadian government steamer Eureka
and the mail tender Lady Evelyn from
Father Point, which put out at once
to render aid.
Father Point kept in communica-
tion with the Empress of Ireland for
a short time, but the responses of the
disabled steamer suddenly ceased,
which led to fears here that the steam
er was in a critical plight.
Carried 1900 Persons.
The Empress OF Ireland was in COM
mand of Lieutenant Kendall, R. n. R.,
and left this port at APO o'clock the
afternoon before for Liverpool with
II first, FOG second and 504 third class
passengers, large mail and general
cargo.
With its crew it has 1900 persons
aboard.
Among its passengers is large par
ty of the Salvation Army going to the
international conference of the army
in London.
Two Steamers to the Rescue.
The first news of the disaster came
in the form of a telegram from the
Marconi at Father Point to the acting
agent of the marine department, who
Immediately ordered the Lady Evelyn
and the Eureka to the rescue.
The Canadian Pacific Emp esses"
are of the newest liners operated be-
tween Quebec and Liverpool by the
Canadian-Pacific Railway.
The Empress of Ireland is a sister
ship of the Empress of Britain, which
is $50 feet long, 651a feet beam and
has tonnage of 14,500 The displace-
ment is 10000 tons.
Father Point is on the south side of
the st. Lawrence River, near Rimou-
ski, station on the Intercolonial Rail-
way, 100 miles east of Quebec on the
route to ST. John and Halifax
The river at this point is close to
forty miles wide.
The scene of the wreck is less than
a hundred miles from the open At
lantic.