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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
Those Perfect Dumps

The victory of the woman-led con tingent from West End over the city commission, in re that choicest of all the city's choice dumps, was most gratifying. It is to be regretted that residents in the environ of other dumps have hesitateh to follow the ex ample of the citizens of West End, for a dump, even though it be as pleasant as Dr. Cunningham and Commissioner Weatherly .contended the West End dump was, is nevertheless a dump, and as such, has no excuse under the face of the sun for it's existence.
 There is probably no question but that the West End dump along with all other dumps in Birmingham is a nice dump. There is no doubt but that the city will continue to expend it's energy in preserving these dumps in their present excellent condition. But the cC -OHeTS Wueu dohSu uiiSStiy why they tolerate dumps within the limits of Birmingham, even though they be nice dumps-cannot answer.
 We are often confronted by city au- thorities with the mo money" argu- ment. But it is an almost inyariable rule that individuals-and cities, too can do those things which they are compelled to do. For instance, the people of West End, led by most earnest and capable lady, demanded that the excellent dump at West End be destroyed. The city, after con tending for some days that the dump was well nigh perfect, agreed, per haps with reluctance, to it's destruc- tion. Inasmuch as dump, it matters not how well kept it might be, is nevertheless dump, and as such, a horrid, ugly, cancerous, insect-breed- ing, disease disseminating, foul smell ing, unnecessary wound on the body corporate, it should not be permitted
 Birmingham is slowly acquiring a system of crematories-too slowly This work should be done at once ever if it be necessary to suffer a day longer the destructive smoke of the furnaces and postpone for the moment the fulfilment of the ecstatic dream of "city beautiful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF FRANCIS REyAILLAC

he himself said he went to the Louvre,
 where he had been several times since he had resolved upon killing him;n that he had gone there the previous Wednes-
 day and intended to kill him between the
 gates, as he was going into his coach;
 that he followed him as far as st.
 Innocents, near the place where he had once before met him; and observ-
 ing that the coach was stopped by two
 carts, and that his majesty turned his face and leaned towards that side where Epernon sat, he struck him twice in
 tAe side with his knife, passing his
 arm above the coachwheel.
 | The court then condemned Re-
 vaillac to be put to torture to confess
 his accomplices. He was put in
 brodequin and the first wedge being
 drove he said, with loud cries and
 shrieks: q am sinner I know no more
 than I have declared. By the faith I
 owe to God, know no more than what
 l have declared" Three more large
 wedges were driven but still he in-
 sisted that he knew no more
 He was then found guilty and a long
 sentence was read: The flesh shall be
 torn to pieces, with red-hot pinches from his breasts, his arms and thighs and the calves of his 1egs his right
 hand, holding the knife wherewith he lcommitted the aforesaid parricide shall | be scorched and burned with flaming 'hrimstone; and on the places where
 the flesh has been torn by the pinchers,
 melted lead, boiling oil, sclading pitch, etc, shall be poured, his body torn by
 four horses, and then burned to ashes
 and dispersed in the air
 Nearly all this was carried out, he all 1 the while yelling and shrieking with the terrible pain. He was conscious all of the time, crying out "Jesu Marie, Oh God!' After being pulled around by the horses for more than an hour after the other tortures had been carried out, he still denied that he had any accomplices. Instead, as his sentence said, of his body being burnt at the end, while he was still alive the mob rushed in and with sticks and swords mangled his | limbs, and while the bloody lust was
 upon them, they burnt different parts
 of his body in almost every section of Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

I jected to the scrutiny and the censorship of the varied views of it's membership Thus the business started. It took four years of hard struggle to wrest the busi-
 ness from private control. and then it succeeded. The cooperative association
 was accepted by enough publishers to
 make it success. The very underlying principle was that it, it's method of or ganization, and it's news service should
 be subject to criticism. With an appre- citation of their responsibility, and a full re cognition of their duty to the American people, they sought to work out the prob lem before them in the best possible fash ion. If they did not succeed, then the effort of as patriotic and well minded a set of men as this country has ever known is a failure. At one stage of the contest they pledged themselves for hun dreds of thousands of dollars as a guar antee fund to break the chains which at the moment bound tine American press
 to enslayement by the three men to whom have referred.
 I have TO thought of saying the Asso- ciated Press is perfect. The frailties or
 human nature attach to it. But of this l
 am certain: If in it's form of organiza-
 tion, or it's method of operation, 1t is in
 violation of any law, divine or human, It
 is the very last institution in this country
 to seek to avoid its responsibility If
 anyone can devise or suggest better way
 to do the work it is seeking to do, 1t will
 be glad to adopt it, or to permit some
 one else to put it in operation. The thing
 it is striving for is a truthful, unbiased
 report of the worlds happenings, under
 forms that are legal, and not only con
 formable to statutes, but ethical in the
 highest degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
Beautiful shades Valley

''The country in Shades valley presents a delightful prospect for the future growth of Birmingham said a man who visited 1t Sunday Already there are several very handsome homes established there and with street car service, city water, gas, electric lights and splendid roads already provided, the time is not far distant when those who wish more room will buy acreage there, and build palatial homes.
 The heights of Shades mountain have become the haven for many seeking a summer home away from the dust heat and noise of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Melville E. Stone, in Golfers
 The business of news gathering in a dominant way was in the hands of three men. They were responsible to no one. They could send out to the newspapers anything they chose and no one could call them to acount large number of news paper proprietors revolted. They felt that, far beyond their own interests, there was great public question involved. They set about the development of a plan which should insure an honest. truthful end impartial reporting of events. After celiberation, they concluded that the safest way was to organize . co-opera- tive association of newspaper proprie- tors representing diverse interests. and thus put the institution under pledge to report the truth, and to guarantee im- partiautys the news service was to be sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

frage literature and make day hiedous with her cries.
 What a roar would have gone up from honest Scots and from other people in all parts of the world where the poetry of Burns is cherished, if his birthplace had been desecrated by female vandals! A storm would have broken about the ears of the militants such as they have never experienced before and it is barely possible that the guilty ones might have-been treated as any other criminals are treated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
Good Roads Days

Every indication points to a success full observance of good roads days, Au- gust 14-15," said J. A. Rountree. ''The newspapers of the state are widely ad- yertising these days.
 President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads association has sent out a special appeal to the good roads advo- cates and the various county good roads associations urging them to observe Au- gust 14 and 15. The governor has is- sued proclamation calling upon the pro- bate judges and the road officials to work the roads. The courts, the county com missioners and boards of revenue have passed resolutions indorsing these days and in many of the counties they have issued orders that every male citizen who is subject to road duty to do his part in road building on these days
 'The Alabama Press association the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers associa- ton and the Alabama Farmers union have all passed strong resolutions urging the people to cooperate in making the forthcoming good roads days a success Every mail brings letters to me as sec retary of the association, from good ron g advocates and road officials, stating that they are heartily in accord with the movement and they will observe these days in their respective counties. If is to be hoped that this year that 1oo m citizens will work as volunteers m fl. roads of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

From the Electrical World.
 The nervous and muscular system of the frog has been famous as a sem sitive detector of electrical imnulses ever since the day of Galvani and his classical observation which led to the discovery of the principle of the elec- tric battery.
 very recently, however. the same pio- neer form of physiological detector has been used for recording the wireless impulses received from-the ArlingtoA Va, radiatelegraph station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

BEGINNING THE DAY-I rejoice, 0 God, my Father, that Thou under stapdest me. l am glad that Thou dost not mistake timidify and a"h- vardness for indifference and rough ness. that Thou makest allowance for ignorance; that Thou knowest my motives. Help me, then, to judge gently as Thou dOest. For Chrfsts sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

Joseph Conrad, whose stories of the sea have made him famous thinks that if ocean liners were equipped with ''pud- dings" on their bows such as are seen
 on the bows of tugboats, there would be
 little danger of vessels being sunk by col
 ision at sea. The shock absorbers' car ried by tugboats are made of heavy coil of rope wound around an inside core of cork or hemp They are sometimes two feet thick and elastic enough to minimize the hardest blow. Of course, in the case of huge vessel. like the Imperator or the Vaterland the pudding would have to be enormous and the sight vessel so equipped would present when steaming into harbor might tickle the disabilities of facetious people, but MT. Conrad be- lieves that the sense of safety imparted to passengers would make amends for ships appearance. On all vessels there are carried cork lenders which are used
 when a vessel Is docking. As the bow of
 the ship approaches the pier the lenders are lowered overheard by ropes and les- sen the forca of contact between the ship
 and the pier. The novelist points out that if anybody on board the Empress of Ire land had had presence of ming enough to lower cork fender when collision be- tween this vessel and the St6rstadt was seen to be inevitable, the loss of the Elm and the only damage done to the liner l would have been the crushing of few plates above her water line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
THE ROAD TO VAGABONDIA
F. Dana Burnet. in life. TWAS sittin' on a doorstep, As went strollin' by;
 IA lonely little begger

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

shairdresser who tried 10 cremate herself and her establishment, but changed her mind abour dying when the flames singed her. Wrong again.N Joan was In the War business and not .he hair business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

The mother of a noted spendthrift is try. ing to keep him in the straight and mar, row path by allowing him only 5000 2 year. She would get better results by reducing his allowance to something like e10 . week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

The Texas millionaire who left his en- tire fortune to be used in educating coun- try children had warm place in his heart for the little red schoolhouse,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

A New Jersey judge ruled that man doesn't have to give his wife all he makes. but left the fat in the fire by failing to specify how much he ought to give her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

A policewoman in a New Jersey town resigned when ordered to stop lovers from srooning in parks. i-hat woman had a heart beneath her niclkeled badge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

Pretty young suffragists who invaded Wall street to collect Q campaign fund got only $1.60 Even beauty sometimes pleads in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

The National Association of Clothing Designers plans to make trousers more "shapely." This is cheering news for the man whose legs resemble the handles of a dentists forceps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

Cole Blease slapped the Secretary of War on the wrist by refusing to allow Georgia militia to pass through South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

If Chicago succeeds in locking In all the crazy people there will be plenty of room to walk along State street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

A Kansas court has decided that board CTS may suc landlady if they are made i'll by her coking. This is radical, very radical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

Wiiliatn Randolph Hearst was compli- mented by the colonel and bore the shock remarkably well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
HITCHCOCK EXPLAINS

Villa continues to mop up' as he goes along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
Horoscope af Political Possibilities

The suggestion already in the press as to the probable nominees of the dem ocrats for President, If President Wilson | declines to stand for reelection, make | mention of two members of the present cabinet as possibilities said Percy Clark, but not since the early days of our gov ernment has cabinet officer been elect cd to the office of President True, many have felt called, but none has been chosen since the election of James Buchanan in 1857. Thirteen gears prior--1s45-he had been Secretary of State in James K. | Folks cabinet
 Speaking of Son-in-Iaw McAdoo as a probability suggests that never has any other cabinet officer than Secretary of State achieved the presidency And if President Wilson does not stand for re- | election it would invite defeat for any of his official family to carry the standard or democracy in 1916.
 | Tt is al interesting study to turn back tue pages of political history and read of the turn of the political dial Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State in Washing toms cabinet in 17s9, vas elected Presi- dent 12 years later, not in immediate sue | cessiop, note. James Madison, Secre- tary of State during Jeffersons two terms, succeeded him. James Monroe, Secretary Of State during Madisons second term
 succeeded Madison. John Quincy Adams
 Secretary of State during Madison's tive
 terms, succeeded to the higher office in ls20 Martin Van I3uren, Secretary of State in Jackson's cabinet a part of the
 first term Edward Livingston succeeding him), succeeded Jackson.
 "Of the failures to achieve the presi-
 dency among secretaries of state, there
 was Henry Clay of John Quincy Adams
 cabinet; Daniel Webster of three cabi-
 nets-William H. Harrison's, John Tyler
 and Willard Fillmore's. James c. Blaine
 of Garfeld's, Arthur's and Benjamin Har-
 rison's sabinets. Of those seeking a nom-
 ination but failing, there is John Sher-
 man of William McKnley's cabinet and
 Thomas F. Bayard of Cleveland's.
 MT. Bryan and Mr. Blaine are the only
 defeated candidates for the presidency who afterward occupied cabinet positions
 If time deals kindly with him, and the po-
 litical fates more kindly, he may achieve his ambition in 1920 He would be not as
 old as Allen G. Thurman nominated by
 the democrats for vice president in 1888. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
FROGS LEG IN WIRELESS

Tomorrow: Trial of Jefferson Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

Entered at the ,Birmingnam, Ala, postoffice as second class matter unneE act of Congress March 3. 1879.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30
Liscomb News Notes.

Grant Spelcher came up from Mar
shalltown Thursday for a few days
stay at the home of his brother, John
Speicher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dent. of Ohio, are Wis
iting at the home Of their daughter,
Mrs. B. F. Vorhes.
Emil Penfield accompanied a carload
of cattle to Chicago. returning home
Friday morning.
Mrs. Frank Hollingsworth came
down from Union Saturday for a short
visit at the home of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Gaunt.
Mrs. J. NJ. Stonestreet and daughter,
Mrs. Peter Johansen, of Marshalltown,
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. b.
Sweet.
Miss Bessie Moore came up from Des
Moines Saturday evening for an over
Sunday visit at the w. NJ. Moore home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Achenbach, OF
Gladbroolk, spent sunday at the d. q.
Bauman home.
Mr.. Sherman Boyd, Of Tama, spent
Sunday at the James BOYD home.
Mr.. and NIrs. Charles Wensel and
son Ernest, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
'Easton and children spent Sunday and
Monday with relatives at Melbourne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Chamness. OF
New Providence, sp6nt Saturday with
Liscomb relatives.
Miss Hazel Coyne, of Conrad. spent
Sunday atsthe- N. w. Boyd home.
Mrs. and Mrs. Burdette Rolston, OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30

Conrad, spent Sunday at the home OF
the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. >.
II. Rolston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Bueghly spent
Sunday at New Providence at the Je-
rome Beach home.
Mr.. Nathan Carter and Miss Chloe
Carter, spent Sunday at the George
Anderson home. e@
Mrs. r. E. High. Of Williamsport,
Ind. is visiting her aunts. Mesdames
J. E. Haggin, NJ. N. and c. A. Clifford,
and Dollie Ewalt
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Gaddis and
son Reginald, and Mrs. Lyman Schryv-
er and d. G. Bauman are In Oskaloosa
this week in attendance at the meet
ing of Iowa classes Of the Reformed
church. Mrs. Schryver and Mrs. Cad :
dis are delegates from the Woman's
Missionary Society.
Mrs. Fred Clifford returned Wednes-
day from q visit with her mother. Mrs.
Ella Luther, at Peterson.
Mr.. William Lutzke, who was calico
to Liscomb by the serious illness of his
daughter, Mrs. Vern Boyd. returned to
his home in Doom Friday. Mrs. Boyd
was able to sit up for the first time
Saturday, and is making nice recov-
cry.
Mr.. Frank Tolf of Minneapolis, is
visiting at the Elias Bueghly home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30

Just one hundred and Twenty-Five
years ago today was the hrst presi-
Dental inauguration In tho United
States. The ceremony took place on
tho balcony OF Federal hall in Wall
street, New York, which city was then
the federal capital. Dawn OF the in
auguration day was greeted with a
,salvo Of artillery and practically all
OF the $4,000 inhabitants Of New York
and many visitors from other cities
thronged tho streets. The church bells
were rung and at noon troop OF horse.
two companies Of grenadiers and High
landers in kits escorted the president
elect in a coach OF state to the scene or
the ceremonies. Livingston. chancel-
lor OF New York state. administered the
oath Of office. Washington's fervent
response was met with cheers Long
live George Washington, President OF
the United States from thousands OF
throats. From Federal hall, Washing
ton went to the neighboring st. Paurs
church to attend irvine services. Ar
tillery roared and bells rang thruout
the afternoon and evening. At dusk
bonfire and fireworks lighted up the
streets and gala balls were held. which
continued into the following May day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30

tors two hundred pounds. A girl friend
of the manicurist's. seated in corner
Of the room. watched the proceedings
with interest
The fair operative next wound a
towel around the neck Of her patron,
and allowed the contents OF brown
bottle to trickle from the bald spot on
the top Of his head to the sparse growth
OF hair that bounded it on three sides
Smells like-like tar" observed the
patron. as she began rubbing the liquid
into his scalp.
IT guess there is some tar in It, she
confessed. ITS the very latest prep
aration from Paris; good for cold In
the head. too. which you seem to have
The girl continued to rub for ten
minutes, after which she lathered the
congressmanss pate with soap ana
soused his head under tho spigot at
the wash stand.
Best shampoo ever had" he re-
marked, passing her two dollars.
When he had gone, the manicurist
calmly poured out a spoonful OF the
shampoo lotion and drank It.
What in the world are you doing!
cried her friend.
"Taking cough syrup. Why"
"But you used 1t on that mans
head!"
"sure It's the only thing had:
and that's the first shampoo ever gave
in my life But I never let any money
get away, and I'm willing to try any
thing once"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30
Rounding Corners
Of County Roads

A systematic effort is being made by
the supervisors to widen right angle
and other sharp turns in the county's
system of highways. Several Of these
sharp corners have been taken OF. and
others are to be widened. to greatly
increase the radius Of the corners. In
several instances the supervisors have
procured permission of owners OF farms
to take small triangular shaped pieces
OF land at the corners so that the cor
ners can be cut and the turn made
easier.
Such an Improvement IL being made
at the corner Of the Millerville farm.
on the Lincoln highway, South Twelfth
avenue. Another such a widened cor
ner Is to be built at the David Lennox
farm northeast Of the city. Several
similar improvements are to be made
in the turns Of the road to Albion. and
in the Lincoln highway, west Of this
city. Wherever these corners are be-
ing rebuilt to wider radius, the outside
Of the road is being banked. so that
motor vehicles can round the corners
at higher speed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-30
NOW


Today on the steps Of the United
States sub-treasury building. the exact
spot where Washington stood when he
took tho oath OF office stands his
bronze statue, whose legs have been
worn shiny by the urchins OF Wall
street who have tried To climb up TO
touch the bronze hand OF the father OF
the country The point today Is called
the monetary nerve center OF the coun-
try. The trees which shaded the mar
row thoroughfare in Washington's day
have all gone. and all about are build
ings whose stony monotony towers sew
eral hundred feet above the scene.
The land where Washington stood sold
at 1915 square foot at that time: to-
day II In valued at 5000 a square foot,
and is one OF the most valuable tracts
in the world. The buildings about II
are said to represent real value OF
$500. 5000 and in their vaults there
ordinarily reposes about a sixth OF all
the money in the United States.
stones throw away. st. Paurs
church stands with It's back to Broad
way preserved just as II was when
Washington knelt there for his first
prayers as president of the United
States.