The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], March 08, 1913, Page 10, Image 10

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COMBINATIONS ffi:
SAYS J. G. MILBURN
Argues in Behalf of the
American Booksellers’
Association
Washington. March 7.—Necessity or
combinations in “this era of moralized
competition was the burden of the ar
gument today’ before the supreme court
by John G. Milburn on behalf of the
American Publishers’ association and the
American Book Sellers association, the
so-called book trust.
The only way ‘moralized ‘competition’'
could be attained. Air. Milburn told the
court, was to allow the existence of trade
combinations which could lay down rules
to present the improper things which
marked the days before the Standard Oil
and tobacco decisions. He contended this
had been the purpose of the combinations
of the book publishers, magazine pub
lishers and the wholesale and retail book
sellers. He declared that department
i stores threatened to ruin the book and
* magazine business.
“These stores,” he said, “‘seized upon
books and magazines for advertising pur
poses, reducing the price even below cost
in order to impress the public with the
idea that everything they sold was like
wise reduced. *
Wallace MacFarlane, representing a
New York department store seeking to
break up the combination, contended that
the object of the combine was not to pro
tect the trade but to keep up the retail
price to the public. *
Chief Justice White interrupted the re
marks of Mr. Milburn to ask how lie met
the argument that when a publisher or
manufacturer once sold an article at
wholesale he had no property right in it
which permitted him to say how the retai' |
merchant should sell it. Mr. Milburn re
plied that in the present case the books
were copyrighted and the copyright
laws gave the publisher the right to the
conditions under which his goods could
he sold.
NEW PLAN FOR
DISSOLVING MERGER
Washington, March 7.—Attorney General
McKeynolds today declared that the plan
for dissolution of the Union Pacific
Southern Pacific merger worked out by
former Attorney General Wickersharn
seemed an excellent solution of the ques
tion. While approving it, however, lie
•aid the protest of the California railroad
commission had changed the situation in
•uch manner that it was now a question
how far the railroads would modify the
plan and to what extent they would fight
the problem out in the courts with the
California commission.
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M. J. HACKETT SAYS PAVING
COMPANY NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONDITION OF STREETS
PELAY CAUSED BY PRELIMIN
ARY CONSTRUCTION WORK OF
LOCAL CONCERNS, DECLARES
OFFICIAL OF PAVING COM
PANY
—
That a severe injustice had been done |
Ids company by the recent complaints
about the torn up conditions of the down
town streets, was a statement made yes
terday by M. J. Hackett, superintendent
of the t’reosoted Wood Block Paving
company, New Orleans, who is in charge
of the work being done in this city.
"The citizens of Birmingham from the
expression which have been appearing in
tlie daily press,” stated Mr. Hackett.
"seem to be blaming us for the torn up
condition of the streets, the slow’ work,
the delay and other bad features.
"I want to state this* is an injustice
I don’t blame the people for kicking,
but they should not place all the blame
on us. As to the complaint that we are
working but one construction gang of 13
negroes, I can show any one that our
daily pay roll since we began work here
has been from $125 to $150 a day, it av
erages about $200 or $250 per day. Well,
any man knows we are not paying that
much money to 13 negroes.
"As a matter of fact, we have been at
work here only since January 22. I Jmow
th© streets have been torn up since last
fall, but that work Is being done by the
Birmingham Railway, Light, and Power
company and other public utility concerns,
whose work must be done before we lay
the pavement. We average a working
force of about 50 men a day. Since be
ginning work we have laid 12.000 square
yards of pavement and over 1000 feet of
sewers.
“The delay comes almost entirely from
the concerns who must do their work
before we are allowed to lay a single
block of pavement. The system should
be followed here as it is in New Orleans
that w herever there is a t<jj*n up street or
sidewalk a sign must be hung up showing
who is doing the work. There are nO
such signs here and therefore people
think we arc responsible for all the torn
up streets. ■'
“We have met some delay through the
shortage of cars and consequent delays
In c< meat shipments, but these are slight
and if everything goes as it should W'e
will finish the job, which includes First
avenue from Eighteenth to Twenty-first,
Nineteenth street from Morris to First,
and Twentieth from the Louisville and
Nashville railroad to Fourth avenue, by
the early part of April.
“We are not working a Tull force to
day because we have no place to work;
we are held hack by these preliminary
constructions of local utility concerns.
Let anyone ask the city engineering de
partment or some of the property holders
along the streets in question and it will
be found that they do not blame us for
for the delay and condition of tlio
streets.”
WALLACE DENIES HE HAS
COME OUT FOR GOVERNOR
Montgomery, March 7.— (Special.)—
Denying a story printed in a. Mont
gomery morning newspaper that ho
was a candidate for governor, John
H. Wallace, Jr., today stated that he
had made no announcement and would
not do bo until he holds "a conference
with personal and political friends in
north Alabama.”
Mr. Wallace declared that he has
"been urged by strong democrats fromi
all sections of the state to offer for
governor,” and that "these requests
come from such sources as to entitle
them to the profoundest consideration,”
but that prior to the conference "I shall
make no definite announcement.”
Mr. Wallace made the denial because
he has not considered the matter from
a serious point, saying that he pre
ferred to wait until the conference.
Mr. Wallace is author of the con
servation statutes of Alabama and for
years fought single handed for the
game laws which were enacted by the
legislature in 1907, was chairman of
the appropriation committee of the
Alabama house at the 1900-1901 session
of the legislature and stumped the state
for the ratification of the new consti
tution. lie opposed the adoption of the
prohibition amendment to the consti
tution.
If he is a candidate Mr. Wallace will
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YOU.
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Platis mads and delivered same day.
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favor the continuation of the local op
tion laws, believing that “unless the
people of any community favor prohi
bition the liquor laws will l>e nullified
by the grand juries and abrogated by
the petit juries and therefore become a
farce.”
Mr. Wallace favors the regulation of
all water power concerns, charging toll
and the power sold by them.
—
Prepare for Hearing Before
Senate Committee
Today
Washington, March 7.—Suffragist
leaders anil Senator Jones of Wash
ington, chairman of the Senate's spe
cial committee investigating alleged
police misconduct In connection with
Monday’s suffragist parade, were busy
today preparing for tomorrow's bearing
at which MaJ. Richard Sylvester, su
perintendent of police, has been sum
moned to appear. District Commission
er Johnson, in charge of the police de
partment, and several other police of
ficials also will be examined. Suffra
gist leaders are anxious to have for
mer Secretary of War Stlmson and As
sistant Secretary of War Robert Oliver
summoned.
Letters from suffragists and others
Indignant over treatment to which the
women marchers were suhpected in the
parade, continued to pour in on the
Senate committee today. Senator
Jones indicated that the committee
would try to find out whether it was
true, as charged by Senator Pomereno
before the committee that “officials
higher up were to blame."
Will Remain Open Today
and Tomorrow Afternoon
tor Public Inspection
Announcement was made lust night
that the exhibition of the Birming
ham Art club at Clark & Jones’ hall
will remain open today, also Sunday
afternoon.
The exhibit this year it is stated has
been very successful and' an especially
large number of purchasers visited the
hall yesterday. The pictures and ob
jects shown this year are of excep
tional variety and have therefore at
tracted unusual atten11on. I Hi|^Hm I
New York. March 7.—According to
advices received tonight from Marlin,
lex., the New \ork Nationals’ training
camp, Rube Marquard, the Giants’ star
left handed pitcher who won 19 straight
games last summer, will arrive in Mar
lin on March 1*0. Manager McGraw has
received assurances through a third
party that Marquard will report to the
Giants at the end orf his theatrical
engagement, which closes In Los An
geles at the end of next week.
Marquard 1ms been quoted repeatedly
as declaring he was through with base
ball. Ho insisted that the only way in
'which McGraw could tempt him to re
turn would be to give him $10,000 a
year.
MRS. DAHLGREN IS
GRANTED DIVORCE
New York, March 7.—Mrs. Buoy Drex
el Dahlgren was today granted a de
cree ol’ divorce from her husband, Eric
B. Dahlgren, a yachtsman and son of
Bear Admiral John \. Dahlgren, a civil
Svar commander and Inventor of the
Dahlgren gun. Mrs. Dahlgren, who was
a member or the widely known Drexcl
family of Philadelphia, inherited a
fourth share of UO.ooO.OOO estate two
years ago. Supreme court Justice Uljtlr
granted the decree on volnnmjnous tes
timony taken before a teforee, which
was not made public. An appeal will
be taken at once, it was stated.
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■' WORTH OF NEW HIGH GRADE, GRAND, UPRIGHT AND PLAYER PIANOS PRICED EQUALLY LOW
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ALL BIRMINGHAM AMAZED. THE YEAR’S SENSATION IN PIANO SELLING. Store crowded all day
yesterday and far into the night by eager, delighted customers.
COME IN! It may be years before such another opportunity offers. You will certainly regret it if you fail to take
advantage of this great sacrifice sale.
USED SPECIALS FOR TODAY AMD MONDAY
Royal, Upright Piano • ..~.• •.• •. $100.00
Chickering, Upright Piano.• •.• •. $250.00
Harvard, Upright Piano.• •.. $198.00
Jesse French, Upright Piano.. $199.00
Easy Monthly Payments Arranged
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If you are in the market for an artistic Piano, call and inspect our large stock of CHICKERING PIANOS which we
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1909 THIRD AVENUE STORE OPEN EVENINGS
MAMMOTH TABERNACLE TO
BE BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE
CROWDS TO HEAR GYPSY SMITH
A mammoth tabernacle will he built to
accommodate the crowds expected dur
ing the Gypsy Smith revival meeting
to be held here next October. The, taber
nacle will be of temporary construction
hut will be built to accommodate 10,00b
persons.
It was hoped that the proposed audi
torium of the Chamber of - Commerce
would be ready In time to use, but when
It was found that tills would probably not
be completed by October, arrangements
were at once made for the temporary
tabernacle.
It was announced yesterday that the
coming meetings which are expected to
be far" the greatest ever held here, will
he entirely undenominational. The project
has been Indorsed by the local pastors’
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Don't let your
cold run into
Grippe
Nothing pulls
own more
irippe. Its
union and Xffll have the hearty support
of all affllated religions organizations.
Gypsy Smith was secured for the meet
ings because those in charge recognized
him as one of the world's greatest ©van
gelists and they believe a tabernacle seat
ing 10,(nh) will be none tpo large for
the crowds which will attend every
service.
It was stated yesterday that the Rev.
Rob Jones, another famous evangelist,
will come to Birmingham some time be
fore Gypsy Smith and will make all the
necessary preliminary arrangements for
the big meetings.
SEALED VERDICT
| Jury Reaches Decision in Wallburn
Suit Against Coal Company
A verdict was returned by the jury
after court had adjourned last night in
the case of Fred H. Wallburn, admin
istrator. vs. the Birmingham Coal and
Iron company, seeking damages for the
death of the plaintiff’s brother. The
verdict was sealed and will not be
opened until court convenes this morn
ing.
The deceased was An electrician and
nn*t his death at one of the mines of
Hie company some time ago when he
mounted a motor ,car and started ft.
The < ar ran backwards instead of for_
wards and before he could jump the car
ran through an iron fence surrounding j
the mouth of the mine shaft and fell'
some ;joo feet to the bottom, the elec-'
trieiun meeting death. It was alleged
hv the plaintiff that the company was
guilty of negligence because the fence
did not keep the motor from falling
im.i t;,.. .r,uift. Alien and Bell for the
plaintiff and J. T. Stok«dy tot the ile
fentu were the Attorneys*
HIGH SCHOOL WILL
BE BUILT AT CHILTON
Mountain Creek, March 7.—(Special.)
\ meeting was held by the Chilton
county and Unity associations at
Samaria church on the fifth to consider
the establishment of a high school at
some suitable location. Prof. J. J. Pick
ens, Rev. O. W. Olive and Prof. A. E.
Davis made appropriate remarks urg
ing the necessity of this matter. It was
finally decided to hasten the work to
wards completion during the coming
fall months. Judge E. B. Deason was
chairman of the meeting.
Engineers to Meet
There will be n meeting of the Bir
mingham Association of Electrical Engi
neers Monday evening at 8 o’clock in
the directors' room of tho Birmingham
Railway, Light ami Power company. A
paper will be read by H. M. Gassma,•.
on "Cables and Conduit for Underground
Construction and Distribution."
LAWN TENNIS |
Sydney. N. S. W., March 7.—The lawn
tennis association has selected Anthony
P. Wilding, S. N. Doust and Mr. Jones
us the Australiana players to compete In
the preliminary matches for the selection
of a challenge team for the Dwight F.
Davis lawn tennis trophy. The trophy
Is held by England.
The lawn tenuis association is endeavor
ing to have the preliminary contest be
tween the Australian and American
teams played in England. Seven nations
have entered teams for the elimination
contests—the United States, Australia, '
Germany, France, Canada, South Africa
and' Belgium.
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