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THE B IRMING HAM AGE IIE RALD _VOLUME XXXXU1_0_^ BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA, SUNDAY. AUGUST 24. 1913 54 PAGES (IN SIX PARTS) XEMBER 11*0 | Magic City Considered One of Five Points Where Headquarters May be Established UNDERWOOD URGES LOCAL ADVANTAGES UPON COMMISSION Designation Would Mean Great Deal to Birmingham—Army of Em ployes to Make Valuations Would Tax Entire Office Building BV C. 10. ATHWART. Wnshington, AugtiNt TA.—(Special.) nirminglintn I* being considered n* one of the five point* In the lulled State* where headquarter* will he e*tnhll*heil hy the tnternfate commerce eomml**lou in tlicir vn*t undertaking of making a phy*lcal valuation of the railroad* of the country. This much was ad mi ted by the sec retary of the commission today. Rep resentative Underwood has been urging the advantages of Birmingham upon the commission as the point in the oouth is most convenient for this great work. With Its great railroad facili ties and accessibility to all points, he ebies the many other advantages, Bir mingham is the logical place for one of these headquarters. The only sin Fle objection that has been raised to Birmingham is that it may be a little too far south. Other advantages it has, however, is believed may overcome this objection. nr™ lur nirnungnam To bo designated as headquarters of tlie south for this great work would mean a great deal to Birmingham. Jn i lie first place, not even the commission themselves have fully ' comprehended Hie sine of undertaking that ccnfronts them. It is going to take an army of em ployes and means the expenditure of large sums of money. When the work is full! under way It would probably tax the biggest office building in Bir mingham to its fullest capacity to hold tlie force necessary if headquarters ft ere established there. That would mi an merely the loca of fice forces^ and In udditiun to these there would be hundreds and thousands of employes engaged in the work In that territory with Birmingham as their Headquarters, The secretary of the commission re quested Mr. Underwood to submit him a letter presenting Birmingham's claim for the headquarters, which Mr. Underwood nas done. Other representations have been made from the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. Just when the matter will be decided is not yet known. M’GUIRE S VIEW OF NEW YORK PROBLEM No Governor in New York, Says Al leged Thief When Arrested in Chicago Chicago, August 23.—"Dicebox" McGuire, more properly known as Eugene Giant. Wanted In New York for the alleged theft of railway mileage books gave a hitch to his punts today, fixed Municipal Judge Graham with Ills eye and spoke through a mat of whiskers: 'Judge they ain't no governor In New York and you know it You ain't got no right to hold me and its a bloomihg shame." The. court hold McGuire pending the ar rival of requisition papers. SLEPT IN A BOX TO AVOID DRAUGHT Former Harvard English Instructor Dies at Age of 90—Very Eccentric Portsmouth, N. H., August 23.—Dr. Rob ert O. Treadwell, who. according to his friends, slept at night in a wooden box In order to avoid the possibility of a draught, died at his home here today, aged 90.years. He was once an instruc tor in languages at Harvard university. On one occasion Dr. Treadwell’s eccen tricities were the subject of legal pro ceedings, but the court before whom he was summoned declared him sane. WILD MAN CAUGHT NEAR SAN FRANCISCO Find Swarthy Individual Living in Woods—Wears Few Clothes and Is Unable to Talk San Francisco, August 23.—In Marin county, across the bay from San Fran cisco, a wild man was caught by Sheriff Keating and deputy today. He will be kept pending an inquiry to determine whether he is sane. Efforts to converse with him have been unsuccessful. For nearly two years complaints have been made by residents of Camp Taylor of a wild man that frightened women and children and pilfered articles of food. Un til yesterday Sheriff Keating had been unable to track him to his lair. The of ficers stumbled upon his camp by acci dent, and had no difficulty in arresting him. His few clothes which were of Ameri can make were fashioned into the sem blance of a Turkish costume. Ills general appearance and swarthy skin strength ened the sheriff's belief that the man was an Oriental. The camp revealed a curious combina tion of primitive articles and civilized equipment. It was built around three big hollow trees, one of which was used for sleeping quarters. The floor was car peted with tlie skins of animals. In another tree the wild man had rigged up a kitchen. The third tree was the warehouse and contained quantities of nuts and dried berries. Nearby was a potatoe patch carefully cultivated. BANKHEAD WORKS ON RIVER IMPROVEMENT Anxious to Get Appropriation Offered to River Work Between River ton and Florence Washington, August 23.—(Special.)—Sen ator Bankhead is busily engaged in try ing to obtain 3 favorable report from the committee on ids resolution providing that the sum of $160,000 or as much of that sum as may be necessary, of the i unexpended balance of appropriations ! heretofore made for the improvement of | the Tennessee river between Chattanooga and Brown's Island, Ala., may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied to the work between Riverton and Florence, for the purpose of com pleting the improvements now going on in between these points, at an early date. The Senate today passed a bill author-; izing an appropriation of $30,000 to en able the government to participate in the national conservation exposition which will be held at Knoxville some time this fall. John H. Wallace, Jr., game and llsh commissioner of Alabama, is a mem ber of the national advisory board for the exposition. EMPEROR WILLIAM NOW A TEETOTALER J Abandons Use of Alcoholic Beverages. Even Foreswears Choice Drink of Fatherland Berlin. August 23.—EmperoV William • ? reported to have joined the ranks of tec totlers today. It is known during his recent northern cruise the Emperor aban doned use of practically all alcoholic bev erages and it is understood he has per manently foresworn even the Fatherland's famous drink of beer and Its choicest wines. As a substitute he has taken to lemonade with a dash of orange juice. In imperial circles it has long been known that Emperor William was greatly im pressed with statistical study of the ef fects of alcohol, ranging from Incitement to crime to impairment of man’s efficiency at work. He often expressed the belief to mem bers of liis court that immoderate drink ing was one of the greatest factors in tarding the germination of nations, and while he was swearing in naval recruits at Wilhelmsliaven recently he took oc casion to deliver a lecture on temper ance. HEFLIN’S FIGHT HAS BORNE FRUIT Chairman Glass to Alter Currency Bill to Include Cotton Warehouse Receipts Washington, August 23.—(Special.)—Rep resentative Heflin’s fight for equal treat ment of cotton warehouse receipts along with other merchantable paper by the re gional reserve banks provided by the new currency law has bprne fruit. Chairman Glass of the committee on banking and currency, In charge of the bill now before the democratic caucus, has agreed with Mr. Heflin that the lan guage of the bill should, and would be changed so that it will be perfectly clear that cotton warehouse receipts will not be discriminated against, but will be treat ed as other merchantable paper. Tins will be the flrsCamendment of any con sequence that lias gone into the bill. Postmasters Recommended Washington, August 23.—(Special.) Representative Burnett today recommend ed to the Postmaster General J. A. Wilson to be postmaster at Russellville and H. O. Sparks to be postmaster at Boaz. Twenty-eight Injured Newliurg, Mo., Ausrust 23.—Twenty eight peisons were injured in a rear end collision today between two bit. Jxiuls and Han Francisco passenger trains here. None was injured seriously. SENTIMENT CHANGING IN FAVOR OF CLAYTON -— ■ , Interest in Senatorial Muddle Continues in Senate—Hard to Figure Just How Senators Stand—Credentials Will be Acted Upon by Committee Wednesday By C. E. STEWART \ ! Washington, August 23.—The Senate elections committee today decided to meet next Wednesday night to hear arguments on the right of Represen tative Clayton to a seat in the Senate owing to his recent appointment by Governor O'Neal of Alabama, previous to the legislature providing the ma chinery for the direct election of United States senators under the new seventeenth amendment to the United States constitution. Washington, August 23.—(Special.)—So much interest 1ms developed In the Ala bama senatorial situation and whether or not Governor O’Neal had the right to ap point. Representative Clayton to the Sen ate. that th4 committee on privileges and •tedious, to Vhich Mr. Clayton’s credan L . \ s Hals have been referred, haw decided on j motion of Senator Vardanian to hold pub-! lie hearings on the question. The meeting] will be held next Wednesday evening at. v ! o’clock, and it is expected that a big crowd will be present. There has undoubtedly been some! change in favor of seating Mr. Clayton, hut whether enough to give rise to tho hope that there is a possibility of him ob- | tabling his seat before the tariff bill ;.s I voted on is hard to say. The right of a senator for his seat on a question in volving this right is a question of the highest privilege *nd the general fear is that shoujd the committee on privileges and elections report favorably for seating j Mr. Clayton, that the republicans, when the question came up in the Senate, woulu make it an excuse for an unending fight, thus delaying the vote on the tafiff. | THE PENROSE IDEA Z/OA/'T 3*7 A/AKA/tI? 0/3 703/33/ OTV A f 33/SA/O/ Y ( TY/iSS/OAs. ) {-- A 5 DEATH OF PUGILIST IS RESULT OF INJUPV Jess Willard Charged With Manslaughter in Connec tion With Killing - | ..Ron Angelen, Cal., August 2X—John AV. (“Hull”) Young, a cowboy heavy weight pugilist, died In n hospital here today of Injuries received nt Vernon arena Inst night when he was knocked out hy Jess Willard. Immediately after his death, warrants Charging manslaughter were issued against Willard and 11 others connected with the fight, while legislators, clergy men and club women revived the de mand for an anti-prize fight bill In California. The operation on Young’s skull to relieve the cerebral hemorrhage which followed the knockout in the eleventh round of his scheduled 20-round fight with Willard at first was pronounced a success but rapidly proved otherwise. The pugilist remained in a state of coma, from the time he received Wil- i lard’s right uppercut to the jaw until his death this morning, when sur- j geons who operated on him stated that death was due to concussion of the brain. Under Technical Arrest When Young’s death was made known j to Sheriff W. A. Hummel, who had , placed the principals concerned in the fight under technical arrest last night, warrants for 12 were Issued by Deputy : District Attorney A. R. Veltch. The j warrants charged the following with manslaughter: .Jess Willard. Young's opponent; Thomas .J. MoCarey and Al Greenwahl, promoters of the fight; Harry Gilmore, Jr., manager of Young; Tom Jones, manager of Willard; Charles F. •yton, \ referee; Albert G. Harder, timekeeper,' and .fames Camerson, colored; JOddie Webster. Charles Ansilnger, John Da- | Vies and Harry Monahan, seconds. Through arrangements with the at torney f<»r the Pacific Athletic club, un- i der whose auspices the fight was staged, nine of the accused men promptly surrendered to the authori ties. Camerson, Wegster and Ansling er, seconds for Wfllard, it was promised by the attorney, would appear in court Monday. Willard Released The nine who surrendered were nr- j raigned before Justice of the Peace; Summerfield. who set August 20 for their preliminary examination and fixed Willard’s bond at $5000'and those of the others at $1000 each. The bonds were provided by .James J. Jeffries, former heavyweight champion of the world, and John Brink, a cabaret proprietor. The accused were released. . It was said the defense of the men would be based on a ruling of Superior Judge Frank R. Willis, that contests licensed by municipalities were legal. His decision was rendered several years ago lu the cases of George Meinsic and Ad Wolgatt. who were ar rested for prize fighting. Referee lOvt.h declined the only “hard blow struck in the fight was the knockout punch" and that "until the finish no damage was done." lie il there had been "no occasion for stop ping the fight." Sentiment against prize lighting grew rapidly during the day among many classes of citizens. State Senator W. 10. Brown, father of the anti-prize fight bill, was killed by two votes in the last legislature, prophesied that "an appeal to the <v' tzenshfp of the state by means Initiative petition would result 4|V'f' law prohibiting prize fights." Arrange for Funeral t Arrangements for Young's fugle ro! were in charge of his brother. Woah Young. It was expected the body would iContinued on Page Ten) t * Thaw’s Lawyers Baffled By Many Legal Complications; course Of Action Uncertain Prisoner in Absolute Ignorance as to Next Move in His Case. Lawyers Debate Various Courses of Action Open—Devel opments Held Up Pending Arrival of Roger O’Mara. The Prisoner V Not Disturbed Over the Arrival of Jero,.ne—Spar for Time . Sherbrooke, Uuebee. \ugrust 23. Hurry K. Th«w, Nqiinhhling willi the Dominion's lending lawyer*, retained to prevent hi* return to the AVatleawan state• liONpItal for the Insane, from which be escaped Inst Sunday morning, tonight apparently was ns much in Ig norance of the next move In the case ns the casual Idler around the Sher brooke jail. * For two hours his counsel conferred this afternoon, debating whether they would produce Thaw In court on a writ of habeas corpus next Wednesday or abandon the writ, surrender him to the immigration authorities and countenance his deportation to Vermont, a procedure on which it was said here tlie immigra tion offiqers had agreed. The two hours’ talk was preceded by a conference with Thaw as to his preference but it resulted In no definite decision. AWAIT ARRIVAL OF ROGER O’MAR A Thaw was loquacious, erratic, domi neering ami it was decided to await the arrival here of Roger O’Mara of Pitts burg. Thaw's detective-guardian. Accord ingto the understanding here, he will ar rive tomorrow night. Never in the history of Quebec province or the Dominion of Canada has such a legal snarl within a snarl been before j the courts. In brief, Thaw is held on a commitment charging him with being a fugitive from Matteawnn, where lie "was confined on a criminal charge." This Is an error. Ac quitted of Stanford White’s murder on the ground of insanity, lie was held there on no charge, hut as a lunatic. Eo.th sides have admitted that the com mittment is defective anti It was con ceded that he would be released on the writ when arraigned. Why not then, Thaw’s lawyers were asked liy immigra tion authorities, cancel, as it were, ull your objections to his being held, turn him over to us, having a hearing at Coat icook. where lie was first locked up after crossing the border, and we will deport him to Vermont? It will then lip up to New York state to extradite him. THINK HEARING WILL BE HELD Hut the agents of the immigration au thorities here are subordinate and Thaw's lawyers believe that the final decision in the matter of deportation will come from (Continued on I*nge Ten) TO VARIOUS CITIES Several Hundred Thousand Dollars Already De posited to Aid Crop Movement Washington, August 2". The govern ment's $50,000,000 crop moving fund is be ing rapidly forwarded to the Various cities in which the national hanks have com plied with tlie conditions by tlie treasury department. Banks in several southern cities already have sent their list of se curities to the department for approval and those are being examined as to their acceptability. While the amount of deposits already placed lias not been announced at the de partment. it is said several hundred thou sand dollars have been sent into the larger cities in the south to aid in mov ing the cotton crop. The department today completed the list of cities in that section where the deposits me to be made. It includes Bir mingham, Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.; Little Rock, Ark.; Jacksonville, Pensacola and Tampa, Fla.; Atlanta, Augusta, Ma con and Savannah. Ga.; Lexington and Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans and Shreve port, La.: Jackson, Meridian and Vicks burg, Miss ; Charlotte, Greensboro, Ral eigh and Wilmington, N. <\; Muskogee and Oklahoma Gity, Okla.; Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and ISpartanburg, S. Ghattanooga. Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, Tebn.; Dallas, Fort Worth. Galveston. Houston and Sap Antonio, Tex.; Lynchburg, Norfolk, Richmond and Roanoke, Va., and Wheeling, W. Va. Twenty-eight cities in central and far western states also were selected. . .. STATE EXECUTIVE In Actual Possession of Most of Machinery of State Albany, N. Y„ August 23.—The close of Hie second week of rival governor ship camps at the capttol. Acting Gov ernor Martin Glynn In actual posses sion of most of the machinery or the stale, so far as surface Indications go j Mr. Glynn has adhered rigidly to his pro- ! gramme of ijuletly isolating Governin' Sol- 1 zer. lie has made no apectacflpr ai-i tack ( on the Sulzer fortress, \fnd all the «V 1 has been entrenching himself behind' the legal ramparts furnished b\ Hie attorney general's office, by means of which some of the main stale de partsments avowedly. and others tacitli, hate acknowledged allegiance to his au thority. According to the Glynn adhet ents the state prison department is the only big wheel In the commonwealth's ma chinery that is turning openly' for Got ernor Suiter. (Jlviin is Careful . So careful has Acting Governor Glynn j been to avoid anything savoring of , physical contest, or which might preclpl-| talc mi appeal to the courts, that he has net carrieil out llis previously ate I nouneeil intention of retiulsltlonlng meiu hers of the gubernatorial clerical staff who continue in Mr, Sttlzei's service Governor Sulzer continues to observe the policy of silence which lie has fol lowed since his impeachment. If am steps j have been taken on Ids behalf to bring' the governorship controversy into co..it they have been concealed. The Glynn partisan.t regarded as an other feather in their cap the honoring of Mi. Glynn's reoulsitlon for a fugitive In Chicago by Governor Dunne of Uli-i nois as announced In a telejram from Chicago late toda. ' FOREIGN PRESSURE MAY AID UNITED STATES IN SOLVING PEACE PROBLEM IN MEXICO FRANCE, HAND ENGLAND SDPPDRT U. S. PEACE POLICY Interpose Influence Upon Huerta to Solve Vexing Problem LIVELY INTEREST IS MANIFESTED Mexican Authorities Would Have Wil son Defer Reading of Message Pending Renewal of Negotia tions—Dilatory Move Washington. August 23.—Great Hrl nin, France mill .Inpnu are among the nations' which linve Interposed tlieir In — flueenee upon the llnerta ndnilnl*tr« Iton in Mexico to support of the effort* of the I nlted Sfntes to bring about a peaceful settlement of the revolution. Mhlle administration official* were silent today regarding this phase of the situation there was n lively Inter est manifest In diplomatle elrele* here as to the probable effect of foreign pressure on the llnerta government. It was learned that the Mexican au thorities hoped President Wilson would! not read his message to Congress next j Tuesday as he had planned and showed a disposition to prolong the rugotia- \ tions. Unless some tangible overtures, however, are received within is hours from the Huerta officials, indicating «» desire to accept the fundamental pro posals of the United States the Pres ident, will proclaim to Congress and to tiie world the attitude of this govern ment toward the southern republic. EXPECT DEFINITE \ ACTION SOON The fact that diplomats from some of the very countries which not only have formally recognized Huerta, hut whos. hankers hitherto have floated nans lor him, are using their Influence on ihe Mexican administration is calculated to produce something definite short!*-. Of ficial reports to the Washington ad ministration allow the Huerta regime tJ> he Ins desperate financial 3iu with lltli prospect of getting ftit-ds anywhere to meet the running «sonuses of the government „r pay its troops, already restive because of deferred payments. So important is this aspect of the situation regarded that an air of tense expectancy prevailed tonight in official circles where it was believed some pronouncement would he forthcoming from Mexico City before President Wil son finally determined to communicate ills message to Congress. The insistence ol tile United States on a constitutional election and the elimination of Huerta was reiterated positively by administration officials —a position which Mr. Lind i as been nstrtieted to emphasize. Only conces sions by tile Huerta government, it Is believed here, now would persuade President Wilson to hold up the presen tation of his message. WILSON FINISHES HIS MESSAGE The President finished the document today, read it over to .Secretary Bryan and will discuss it Monday with mem bers of the Senate and House com mittees on foreign relations in the meantive officials will await word from Mexico City as to a possible change of attitude. Tile sending of a special envoy from Mexico to Washington further io'dis cuss lhe situation with President Wil son, is regarded here hh h dilatory move. It is known that the Washing ton government has made it dear that such a procedure would not alter Hi views expressed in Its O ut note |l is believed, however, that/he Hneri i offi cials now alindoned the idea of send ing an envoy and ate seeking in de velop a new basis for negotiations. Secretary Bryan has ordered Ameri can Consul [.etcher at Chihuahua to in vestigate the reported killing by fP(J. • tals of ICdWard Hayes, an American and an un-named negro connect d with the Madera Lumber company. The con sul also was instructed to demand of Hie military comander of Chihuahua that the Guerillas who killed an Ameri can named Grlffen near Churuenupa on July ti, and who assaulted Arch I Parks, lie adequately punished, ELECTIONS ORDERED TO FILL VACANCIES Montgomery. August 28.—(Special.) Elections Lav** been ordered in the First and Fourth infantrien to rill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Maj. P. M. ! Bruner of EvcrgraCn of the First regiment and Maj. E. P. Coulter of Girard of \ the Fourth regiment. The order calling for the .special elections whs issued by' Ad Jut. Gen. Joseph B. Scully today. The time for the election ha a <heen set for Sep- , Umber 24. J U. S. HAS ONLY THREE SOLDIES TO THE MILE ON MEXICAN BORDER Consideration Given by Mili tary Circles to Rush Troops Southward ARMS SMUGGLED ACROSS THE LINE Steady March of Federal Troops Northward Causing Alarm—Total Strength of Army in Country Only 32,000 Washington. Itigtint 23.—\\ Ith only llirce \morionn soldiers nvnflnhle for the protection of each mile of tlie Mex ican Itprdcr find certain koovtl#*lgc that quantities of arms and ammunition are being amuggleil across the line* eon Mlderntloit Iimm been given In military olrelen to the dispatch of fresh trops. The possibility that as a result of the steady northward movement of federal troops in Mexico the numerous »*onHtitu tlonaHsts' l)ands may he tempted to cross into Texas and Arizona to escape cap ture has also been taken into consid eration and though no orxlers have been issued, plans of the army have been fully developed to largely increase the maneu ver division under General Carter. The augmented force would thus be in a position to deploy in strength along the northern border oi Mexico or in case of need could form the military unit of a successful expeditionary force. Only 32,000 Men Owing to the considerable number .,f troops sent to Hawaii and the canal zone, ■ Hie detention in China of some military force and the maintenance of an army of about 12,(ion men in the Philippines, the total strength of the mobile army remain ing in the continental United Htntes, over and above the coast artillery force, which must he maintained In their posts, is only about 32,00n men. Of those n.lWI aio hob under ifcncral Carter in Texas tin.I to bring the strength of his division up to possible requirements beam drafts would ho laid upon the eastern and west ern departments, probably aggregating i |,. mo men. Xegrops Engage in Duel Huntsville. August 23.—(Hpeclal.)—Neely Matthews and Prank Douglass, negro farmers, engaged in a duel with knives in the street here today, and Matthews was killed. The men have been having trouble several years over a line fence. Douglass, who is in Jail, was not injured. - TODAYS AGE-HERALD I Birmingham may be headqaurters for railroad valuation commission, Pugilist dies from Injuries sustained during fight. Thaw cuse seriously complicated. Foreign pressure may aid V. S. in solving Mexican problem. - -Mays members ot board arc diverting funds. 3— Stocks quiet following bullish cam paign. 4— Political* events of past week. 5— Kuis said lo have made confession. Merchants very optimistic. Dickinson fined for violating traffic •rdinance. Petition for special southern emb meeting. * Handsome store opens tomorrow. 6— Birmingham urged t< join in celebra tion. 7 -News of the churches. 8—Revive proposition to erect memo! lal to Morgan. n Making life pleasant at mines 10—Two motorcycle* and auto co’lide. II Judge can send Jl-yettr-old reo to mines. 13 Yarns of the Courthouse Gang. j 14- 16-Id—Sports. 17—Only 485 pensions granted out of applicants. 21— Pearl necklace Is starving to detJh. 22— Weaver held under IJUJO bond. 23— Irish home rule bill will not b* .«* ferred. 24— Features of Aiabama rural school*. 28—Society. 27— Stage managers plan for new sea son. 28- 2ft~ Editorial comment. 30— Mothers militant. 31— Dolly’s dialogues. 32— Mrs. Asquith tired of being wife of prime minister 33 <'ommon'sense in the home. 30—Automobile gossip. 37 Japan retains peculiar form of civili sation. 3ft- Rewards that have been claimed. H1—The young people. 41—Markets. 12 New directory for America. 43-50— Magazine section. 51-54—<'ontlc supplement. SKYSCRAPER TO RISE 901 FEET ABOVE THE CURBING New York to be Site of World’s Highest Structure Will Tower Above Woolwortli Building —Be Monument to Pan-American Industry i -v / Wom New York. August 23.-—A skyscraper whose topmost tower will rise 1KH feet abbye the curb is planned by the Pan American States association. I’ll less plans miscarry. It will be built in this city, con structed wholly of materials from the tin-American republics, will wrest from the Woolworth building the distinction of being the world's tallest habitable struc ture and will be ready for occupancy with the opening of the Panama*Pacific expo sition in California in 19I&. ^3: - * Such at least are the tentative plan* of the promoters. Plans and specifications for the structure* have been drafted and will l>« given to a building committee «>f tne association next Tuesday for review and acceptance. Francis II. Kimball, de signer of notable downtown skyscrapers, made the plans. The estimated cost of f the structure is fiUHM>,000. Tbj? site has not yet been selected, it is intended to erect the building as an enduring monument to | Pan-American Industry. I The Woolworth building, now the tallest in the world, is 75ft feet high; the Metro politan, its nearest rival, 70ft feet.