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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-04-02
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-04-02

Spring Millinery Opening at Miss
Poulins. Friday and Saturday of this
week
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-04-02
New Spring Summer Waists of All Kind

Is pieces New Allover Hamburgs in great range of
natterns at 35c 50c 75c 81 90 and ST SO per yard.
q inch Flouncng for childrens Dresses $780, soc, 75
and S1.00 yard.
Is inch Flouncng for Childrens Dresses, 25c, 800
and soc per yard.
A splendid line of narrower widths s. TO- 12]c
10 20 IS and 35c per yard.
pieces New Shadow Aloye Laces in white and
SOC to S50 per yard.
pieces Shadow Lace Founcing soc sc and Sl0oa yd
Shadow Edges, 25c 35c and soc yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18

culied initiative of asmore complicated gov ernment. Two days after taking office the city manager instituted the practice of periodically flushing streets which Curing previous administration had be- come filthy because the nre. water and public works departments did not eo-op- crate This coordination of the city s needs has been notable in large as well as small matters. At the end of 1913 the e rtracts for the disposal of garbage were to expire, yet, under the old administra- ton, failure on the part of the mayor and the city council to cooperate with the. local departments had nullified any efforts to provide a solution of this always vexing problem. One of the first acts of the newly elected commission, at the sug- gestion of the city manager was the ap propriation of several thousand dollars to be spent at his discretion in study of this and similar conditions. Within month competent engineers had been se- cured to report upon feasible plans for refuse disposal
 The water problem was handled in similar way. Under the present adminis- tration a new water supply has been se- cured, and steps have been taken which will ultimately provide for all the city's needs. The public works department has. resumed the collection of ashes and rub bish after lapse of a year, inaugurated a city-wide cleanup. rlaced rubbish re- ceptacles in the business section, cleaned all residence streets and authorized commission on remaining and renumber- ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
The Iron and Steel Institute

"The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec- ord of this week features the Ameri- can Iron and Steel institute in con nection with it's forthcoming meeting to be held in Birmingham in October" said member of the Chamber of Com meree. "The Record devotes three and a half pages to the subject and prints scores of short letters from iron and steel men in which appreciation of the importance of the meeting is indicated. Editor Edmonds makes this sugges- tion:
 AS a large number of these yisi- tors have never before been in the south, or, at least, into the central dis trict. the feasibility might be consid- : cred Of setting apart large room in the hotel at which most of them will stop, or in some nearby building, giving sufficient space to enable the companies which desire to do so to exhibit at- tractiVeiy displayed samples of their ores, their coals and their cokes. A very interesting exhibit could be pre- pared which would throw light upon many phases of the iron and steel in- terests of this section, the cost to be borne by the individual concerns inter- ested in making these displays. Samples could be had of many varities of ores. of coal and of coke, which would make an interesting study to many of these people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18

some advantages over it's predecessor of last year to the prospective tenant indicates the number of improve ments being made in these structures. The skyscraper has come to stay and it is being made more and more de- sirable by American ingenuity. The elevator made skyscrapers possible and interior trolley cars" will still further expedite business in these huge buildings, many of which have a population equal to that of small city.
 Not only will the skyscraper of the future be equipped with an inside trolley system, but it will probably have quicker means of communication between the inmates of the various offices and scores of devices not yet invented will make the life of sky scraper tenant one to be envied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
WHERE THE WEST BEGINS

Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican. Out where the hand clasps a little
 stronger, Out where smile dwels little longer,
 That's where the west begins Out where the sun Is a little brighter, V here the ,snows that fall are a trifle
 winter. Where the bonds of home are a wee bit
 tighter
 That's where the west begins. Out where the skies are a trifle bluer, Out where friendships a little truer,
 That's where the west begins Out where a fresher breeze is blowing, WEere there's laughter in every streamlet
 flowing, Where there's more of reaping and less
 of sowing
 That's where the west begins. Out where the world is in the making, Where fewer hearts with despair arf
 aching
 That's where the west begins. Where there's more of singing and less
 of signing, Where there's more of giving and less
 of buying. And a man makes friends without half
 trying
 That's where the west beginA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
The Railroads and Prosperity

It has come to be recognized that agricultural, industrial and transpor- tation interests are mutually depend ent in any effort to attain high de- gree of thrift. When crops are bad this condition reacts on railroad and industrial activity, and when the rail roads, for lack of sufficient operating funds with which to provide adequate equipment, are unable to render first rate transportation service farming and commercial operations are badly handicapped. The number of idle rail way cars in evidence at any time may be taken therefore as fair indication of the degree of general industrial ac- tivity of any given period.
 In times of great commercial de- pression huge numbers of railway cars remain idle; but when trade is extremely brisk railroad traffic swells in volume and all rolling stock avail able M placed in commission as soon as possible. But during the long period of depression beginning in 1907 a great proportion of the freight cars in this country were unused. Accord ing to estimates made by the New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
THE HELL GATE BRIDGE om the Engineering Record.

From the Engineering Record. The most important structure of the
 New York Connecting Railroad is the Hell
 Gate bridge now under construction. It
 will be the largest span of it's type in the world-1Ol7 feet-and will be of imposing
 appearance and monumental character,
 designed with regard to architectural and
 artistic effect and efficiency of construc- tion.
 The span will have total weight of over 26,00O tons. equal to 53,000 pounds per linear foot. including about 1000 tons of high carbon structural steel, equivalent to
 5000 pounds per linear foot. The great
 weight is due to the heavy loading speci-
 fled.
 On May1 about 10000 tons of structural
 steel for the main span had been fabri- cated and it is expected that the erection will be begun in July Both ends of the span will be erected simultaneously and each of them will be assembled by a steel traveller moving on the roadway platform and another on the top chords. It is esti-
 mated that the erection will be completed in 1915. The heaviest pieces to be handled in the field will weigh about POO tons, and there will be about 100000 1A-inch field driven rivets, some of them over Ii , inches long, all driven by pneumatic ham, mers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18

York World, on April 29, 1908, 413,- 338 cars were idle; and on January 6, 1909, near the close of the Roose- welt administration, 332,513 idle cars were reported. Since then transporta- tion conditions have improved ma terially; and within the last few months railroad interests have made heavy outlays of capital for new equipment.
 The great crops forecast, with at- tending betterment of industrial con- ditions, seemed to make the prepara- tion on the part of the railway com panies necessary. The bumper crops predicted are beginning to be har- vested, and industrial plants and roll ing stock distributed throughout the country are now swinging into action. On May 31, of the present year, the estimated number of idle cars in this country was placed at 241 1902, and on July the number had been reduced to 219, ,542-22, ,260 cars less than the preceding month. In making these comparisons it must of course be born in mind that the total number of rail- way cars in the United States has been greatly increased since 1908-9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
The Iron Market

These days the interstate com merce commission offers the main fea- lures in the iron market" according to Matthew Addy & Co. of Cincinnati.
 Last week it reduced iron rates from Alabama and Tennessee. This week it follows with reduction in the rates from the Virginia furnaces and the furnaces in eastern Pennsylvania and northern New York have been occupy ing, as far as competitive rates are concerned, coign of unjust advant- age and everyone in the iron trade feels that now the commission has made these reductions it would crown it's
 work by granting the railroads a gen era1 advance
 Something is needed to start things ana this is the last hope. Just now the market is quiet; it has not for some time changed much one way or an- othcr-we seemed lodged in a Sara gossa sea. Prices are so low that sell CTS are thoroughly dissatisfied but even
 these low and unprofitable prices have
 not induced extensive buying. Appar- entity all the orders that are being placed are to cover absolute needs, but buyers are holding back--they seem to have no confidence or courage. It is
 evident that the melt of iron Is far in excess of the volume of iron that is
 being bought. for shipments are much larger thau sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
Tendency of Some Editors

Some days ago the Opelika News, due to it's stupidity in jumping at the conclusion that an Age-Herald head line over a telegraphic story referred to conditions in Birmingham, reported, with it's righteous palms uplifted in horror, that in this city on the Fourth of July 13 men had encountered death and 243 sustained more or less serl- ous injuries. The impulse which prompted The Age-Herald to make answer and seriously to explain the error was not obeyed because of firm belief that the announcement would be received with a sympathetic smile of incredulity.
 While this belief was based on a firm foundation, which subsequent de- velopments proved, it does happen that there is tendency on the part of some of the astute editors of rural papers in Alabama to treat Birming- hams misfortunes in light and friv- olous vein. These editors are laborinl under the hallucination that theil most humorous thrusts are contained in rank exaggeration.
 For instance, the indescribably funny man of the Guntersville Demo crat makes this remarkable observa tion-an observation which is typica and characteristic of peculiar schoo of journalism:
 Birmingham made record Sun day that sounds like Mexican bat tle-four killed and 20 wounded
 While it is true that four people were killed in and around Birmingham last Sunday, it is untrue that tho list of casualties contained score ot injured Without serious financia loss due to consumption of printers ink and white paper it might have been said by the editor of the Gunters vile Democrat that of those killed the majority was made up of negroes and negroes of very unsavory repu tation.
 However, The Age Herald is not compelled seriously to handle this matter of distorted comment, because it fortunately happens that in this day of the tango, the split skirt, thc Palm Beach suit, the River of Doubt and the militant 'suffragette, at leasf one editor in Alabama has managed to retain his mental equilibrium. L H. Nunnellee in the Centreville Pres ! writes as follows:
 Birmingham has population of something like 10000, made up of all nationalities. trades and occupations, and one can expect crime among that many people. The papers never speak of the hundreds of charitable deeds done by her good citizens, but the bad is given wide publicity The good people are largely in the majority and 1t is just a question of choosing your r1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
SIGNS OF TRADE REVIVAL
From the New York Times:

From the New fOrk Times.
 Signs of the early revival of good busi- ness. which were abundant in the reports country published in yesterdays Times, are multiplied in todays news. There are more buyers from every part of the United States In town today than ever be- fore at this time of the year, and the list of them fills two columns and half of print. The beginning of the receivers sale of the H. B. Clafln company's stock yesterday was attended by 1200 buyers. and the sales were enormous, much of the old stock which under other circum- stances, might have lain dormant a long while being disposed of Goods were sold to merchants from all points, including Honolulu. The American Woolen com pany announces higher prices for, the better grades of woolens and lower prices for the ordinary cloths, an encouraging indication of wholesome trade conditions and tolerably clear proof that the woolen trade is not to be blighted by the cus- toms tariff changes.
 From many points come reports of mills reopening and men returning to work. manufactory in this neighbor- hood with weekly wage budget of s7b,- 900 has resumed operations At the Vest inghouse works in Pttsburg the strike is over and 5000 men have returned to their employment. The letter to Presi- dent Wilson from a western manufacturer printed elsewhere stating his new found faith in business revival. the reasons for it. and his practical expression of it. tells story which will be repeated many times in the near future It is not a time to crow or to boast, but all reasonab ble hopes are in the way of being justified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
Of Historical Interest

J. ". DuBose requests The Age-Her- aid to say that where the type made him say, MT. Bryan was elected for third term in 1894 to Congress from Nebraska, his manuscript correctly de- clared that Mir. Bryan was defeated at that election for third term. Also that it was not Colonel Sanford, later governor, who debated on the stump Tor free silver with ex-Governor Jones Tor the gold standard, but Col John w. A. Sanford, one of the famous orators of the south.
 These corrections apply to the historical narrative, Eight Governors of Alabama '' published by The Age-Herald on Thurs oay, July Is, of which MT. Dubose is author
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18

Kapok, or tree cotton, is being grown with much success in the Philippine Is- lands. It is in great demand for uphol- stering and many plantations are now de- voted entirely to it's cultivation. For a | number of years kapok has been produced | in Java and Sumatra and to a limited ex- tent in India. The kapok grown in the Philippine Islands is used chiefly in local | manufacture, although it has been re- gently exported for this purpose. It is pillows and for carriage and automobile upholstering. It is said to be better than cork for making life preservers. In the 1 Philippines the tree bears pods two or | three years after planting. When grown l from cuttings some pods will be produced | in two years, but three years are re- 1 quired to produce pods when the plant is grown from seed. The kapok tree is as . large as the ordinary tree of a forest, and | it will produce cotton for an indefinite
 time. There are kapok trees in the Phil I ippines that have been productive for
 nearly a century. Each tree produces | from three to nine pods. The price of the
 lint ranges from 5 to g cents a pound.
 The demand greatly exceeds the supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity Talk Gener.,

While business conditions showed marked improvement month or more ago prosperity talk has become gen eral only very recently" said David S Barnwell of Chicago
 "A new era of prosperity is in sight The enormous crops will bring a wave of widespread activity in the bsuiness world. and the best of it Is that peo- pie are now optimistic enough-many of them used to be pessimistic-to fore cast period of long continued thrift IL may be October before the coming prosperity reaches high level. But the fact that everybody says we are going to have many consecutive years of good times is wonderfully eneourag- ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
The Conference auartette

on the fourth Sunday in July the conference quartette will sing at tn. Highlands Methods tehurch at Five Points, said a layman This excellent quartette Is composed of the following ladies: Miss Fannie Taylor, first so- prano; Miss Roberta Moore, first alto and Miss Ruby Heaton, second alto.
 Mrs. J. N. Killough of Woodlawn is director of music of the Women's Mis- sionary society of the north Alabama conference of the M. E. church, south. She organized and has charge of this conference choir. The ladies named have done excellent work having sung at meetings in Bessemer and at the conference of the women in Talladega Their singing always gives a great deal of pleasure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
A Former Birminrb.m pa.,or

The Rev. pr. John Barbour, who was pastor of the South Highland Presby- terian church some years ago, but who Is now pastor of the First Presbyterian church of his home town, Maysville Ky, is the guest of MT. and Mrs Cald- well Bradshaw on Highland avenue. He arrived here from Atlanta Thursday night where he had been to perform the marriage ceremony for his son Phillips Tyler Barbour, and Mrs. Ella Wright Wilcox at the North Avenue Presbyterian church in that city Dr. Barbour was greeted yesterday by many of his old friends He will re- main here over Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF DEFINING

Tor two months and when it was rented
 on March 1, 1892, the family, in moving in, detected a peculiar and unpleasant
 odor about the fireplace, which showed evidence of it having recently been cemented over. This cement covering was removed, and the body of Mrs. Will
 Hams was discovered underneath. De- tectlVes at once set to work to find Williams, and they located him in Mel bourne living under the name of Swan ston with woman he had just married as his third wife. He was carted off to prison, and along with him a new bar
 rel of cement which he had just pur- chased, evidently with the idea of wall
 ing up Mrs. Swanston after he had mur- dered her.
 At the trial it was discovered that wife number two had been murdered on Christmas eve, 1891. The detective force
 who had identified Swanston as Will Hams began an investigation of the ca
 reer of the man. The account of the
 cement-hidden murder at Windsor was telegraphed to England and with the
 meager information of the past life of
 the man it was thought that he was probably Deeming, and an investigation
 was started to see if some light could
 not be thrown on the disappearance at Rainhill of Mrs. Deemng and her four children. This was started principai,y through evidence given by the mother | of Mrs. Deeming.
 | The house in which the Deemings had lived in England was thoroughly overhauled and when the floor of the
 kitchen was torn up, it was found that Mrs. Deeming number one and her four children had been murdered and ce- mented under the floor of the fireplace. A full investigation disclosed how the murders had taken place.
 1 The trial of this murderer excited I great amount of attention in all parts l of the world. The announcement of the 1 verdict at Melbourne was greeted with cheers and general expressions of satis- faction. Deeming was executed at Mel he declared, lost his self-control in l denying to the last that he was guilty
 of the Rainhll murder. He had never,r l he declared, lost his self-control in
 England, as he had since his arrival in Australia He made no statement and ileft no confession. The execution was witnessed by a large gathering includ- ing government and civil officials and
 ma gistrates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
THAT CONFER DONATION

From the Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 The papers that were shouting to the voters that Conner was a steward in the Methodist church during the campaign are now dancing with glee because he prom ised 5000 donation to secure the Metho- dist college for Birmingham.
 There are other gentlemen who have big interests in Birmingham and who are under no obligation to the Methodist voters of the state who have donated more liberally than Conner, yet no great fuss Is raised over their iiberality. Is this political fetisch worship to be lugged into every public and private interest con tinually?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
The skyscraper of the Future

c. A. Patterson, secretary of the National Association of Building Own CTS and Managers, predicts that the large office buildings of the future will contain many novel features, some of which have already been part ly realized. Ut will be a matter of a very short time," says Mir. Patterson
 "when big office buildings will have elevators running horizontally or different floors. Furthermore, patrons will pay fares to ride on these cages and get transfers from the vertical lifts to the horizontal, just as Ye get them on street cars now. They will pump pure air into the big city build ings just as they pipe water, and bun, galows built on top of tall buildings will house the owners in summer. A building permit for such bungalow
 ready has been taken out in Chi
 .>-e modern office building is even p.ow a marvel of utility and practical convenience, but the fact that nearly every new skyscraper put Sp offers