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FAIRFAX HARRISON SUCCEEDS FINLEY VIRGINIAN AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHOSEN TO HEAD SOUTHERN RAILWAY. m i LATE PRESIDE. NT PRAISED ? Harrison, Finley's Close Adviser, Will Continue His Policies and Work For Upbuilding South. New York.?Fairfax Harrison, formerly vice president of the Southern Railway Company -and for the. last three years president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company, of which the Southern is part owner, was elected president oi the Soutl^-rn Railway Company to succeed the late William Wilson Fin- : Imy. a special meeting of the bumu | of directors being held for the pur pose of tilling the vacancy caused by Mr. Fmley's death. Mr. Harrison is a Virginian, his bonve being at Relvolr, Virginia. He la peculiarly identified witli the South, j as bis father was private secretary to Jefferson Davis while president oi the Confederate States, and all Ills nJlroad experience has been with the Southern and its associated lines. Mr. j Harrison was born in 1S69 and was graduated from Yale with the A. B. degree in 1890, and from Columbia with the A. M. degree in 1891. He was admitted to the bar in New Yorn In 1892 and continued the practice of law in this city untfl 1896, when he entered the service of the Southern Railway in the legal department as solicitor. In 1903, he was made assist- J ant to the president, and in 1906 be came wire president, which position ( he held until 1910, when he resigned on beiitx elected president of the Chicago. Indianapolis and Ioulsvllle. He. however, continued as a director of flu* Southern Railway so that his ervicc with the parent company has been uninterrupted. Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin- : ley'a closest and most trusted advisors and Is thoroughly In sympathy with the |K?llcies which made Mr. Fin leys administration so successful both for the Southern Railway Company and the territory served by Its lines. Though Mr. Harrison entered the rerrice of the Southern In tho legal department, his experience liai not been confined to that branch ol the service. He hss given much study to financial, traffic and operating problems and is intimately acquainted with conditions on the Southern Railway and throughout the section which It traverses. As president of the Chicaxo. Indianapolis and Louisville, be was actively In charge of the operation of the railway, so that he comes to the Southern Railway prepared by practical experience as well as the most detailed knowledge of the details of Its affairs to take up the duties of chief executive. Mr. Harrison was also elected president of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and Virgin ? ft and Southwestern Railway. Resolutions deploring the death of Mr. FinVy and paying a high tribute for bin work for the railways he headed ith! the territory they served were adopted by the hoard of directors of itu? Southern Railway, the Mobile e.nd Ohio Railroad, the Alabama Great Stoufhem Railroad and the Vlr ginln and Southwestern Railway. These resolutions will be printed throughout the South. Immediately follow ins his election. President Harrison grskvo out the following state rnent: "I am In entire accord and sympathy with the policies of my lamented friend. Mr. Finley. under whom 1 have worked for seventeen years. I hope to continue to build the South-, ?rn sir Iwi built It by promoting and nhanrtng Its usefulness to and its cordial relations with the people of the South I count on the support of the entire present working organization of the Southern, rank and file. Havlnsr grown up In the service with most of them, 1 know how to value them and 1 am proud to believe that they are my friends." Copland Ready For Changes. Lordon. British ship owners and merr hant n. In every line of produce j and manufacture, have carefully laid plana Itrt any change that will come over the trade of the world as a result of the oi*Mung of the Panama Canal. AH shipping companies that have Interests in the countries benefitted by the new waterway have either added to their tonnage or made perparatlons for doing so. and In every case *t will be found that the steamers built are of tlie slae considered most suitable for the transit of the canal. . . ..... 7 wv(iii. mitiii nvnicvemenu. Was Morton. ? Secretary McAdoo'a rat rvpmt to congress U ronflned to a review of the achievements of the , trraaurv department In matters that have boew trf nation-wide Interest; to reeomTnewdations for Increased appro- ' prlatinc? foi bureaus under his authority **d for legislation. which, he fleelares. necessary to the better eonlort ?r the government. The sec.ietary itermwe* at some length the subfart oC rwrency legislation reviewing Bm activities In Ma department relattftott. t 44444444444444*4444444444* WRflllRHT & MIRAHIF ; IIIIUUUIII II IIIIIU1ULU 3y GEORGE ELMER COBB. "I'm afraid we are going to lose our money, Abner." "I hope not, Mary; I think not. When wo decided to go Into this business we agreed to stay by It to the last. It Is a long way from a failure." "Yes," sighed Mrs. Vance, "but the anxiety and slow worry is wearing you down." "The only mistake we made was that we calculated on too little capital. With another thousand dol'ars I could have overcome all the dificultles." "We invested all we had, / bncr." "So, let us make tho best of it." ?miled her optimistic husba- d. "We uro started right, we will ive clean, meritorious entertainmer ., and?we are bound to win!" It was a peculiar po' .tlon In which the Vancus found *\emselves. Two months previous' they had sold out a little ge?- _*i store business that -* them a bare living for twenty years and enabled them to give their only daughter, Helen, an excellent musical education. A relative in the south had been tho cause of a sudden determination on the part of theBe worthy, credulous people that had ultered the whole rnrrnnt of holt- llvoo li? thing of a plunger and speculator, with the motto: "Get In flrst on this new things." He had made a lucky Investment in a motion picture show and was fast acquiring a fortune. "We'll sell out, find a nice, respectable location in some pretty home town and go into the business," decided Mr. Vance. "I'll learn how to operato the films, you can take In the tickets and Helen?why. with her lovely voice and fine piano playing, she'd be half the show." So, pride and novelty carried the Vancos away from their usual sober Judgment and here they were now, discussing the results as proprietors of the "Palace" photo playhouse at Maiden. They found a poor, cheap motion picture show In the town when they started in. but It catered to a secondclass clientele. There was a vacant hall in the place that Mr. Vance coveted. but the rent was too high. Tho I 1 i up from those vile drinking dens on tho river," decided Mr. Vance. "I'll g? and see." and he took a lantern, lighted it and passed out into the darkness. He returned in a few moments staggering under tho great weight of a helpless human form. He carried and dragged his burden to a lounge and placed it there, gasping for breath from his undue exertions. "Oh. dear! dear!" exclaimed the motherly Mis. Vance, after a glance et the white pulseless face of the unconscious stranger?"a young man, almost a boy! Abner. this is pitiful!" Helen stood regarding the rescued wayfarer as though gazing upon some I vivid camera scene. A handsomer face she had never seen. There were, however, the traces of dissipation upon Its surface. Then, too, the attire was all torn and disordered. A L W=rjl |7 ii -js tfilf ' I \ i ?? I "Abner, Thin Is Pitiful!" ?'tore he transformed into a little bijou of a playhouse was not located near tlio business center, but ho fancied people would not mind that. They did. especially rainy nights, and he now saw his mistakes. The Vnnces had arranged some cozy living rooms at the rear of the playhouse. It was comfortable and homelike and a palaco to the old people when Helen, with her happy, cheery ways, was about. Just now she hud taken seme children home from the show and was expected back at any moment. "What was that?" suddenly exclaimed Mrs. Vance, and her husband sprang to his feet as a scream echoed out in the yard back of them. "It's Helen!" cried her husband, and ran to the door, tore It open and his daughter burst Into the room, pale with affright. "What is it?" gasped her mother in alarm. "I?stumbled over a man?maybe dead, I don't know!"shuddered Helen. "? was so?so unexpected, so startling that I lost my wits." "A prowler or some one wandered < ' ^ dead alcoholic taint permeated the air. It was plain to read the presentment ?strong drink. They aroused the unconscious man : through their own ministrations, hut they discovered that one limb seemed broken. The doctor told them that it was a bad fracture when he was summoned by the humane Mr. Vance. They knew the next day all that the young man cared to tell about himself. His name was Adrian N'oble. He had been turned away from his father's door on account of his drinking habits. He had wandered to Maiden, in a muddled condition, had fallen from a high sidewalk and hero ho was?penniless, homeless and friendless. He told tlio story shamefacedly as he met the beautiful eyes of Helen fixed upon him sorrowfully, reproachfully. "Tho penniless part of it needn't worry you, if you are resolute to work and reform." said Abuer Vance In his blunt, practical way. "As to being homeless, you are welcome here till you are better and we will be your friends if you will let us." In a strange, Bubduod manner, the young man grew into their family and business lives. Tlicy fixed up a room for him behind the plaj house stage and when ho got so he could move around on crutches placed him in chargo of tlio little ticket booth. Adrian Noble would sot his eyes fixed upon Helen as she practiced tho music for tho entertainments. Ho rarely spoke to her, yet wheu she was away from tho family group ho would watch the door restlessly for her reappearance. When lie could get around more freely, Noble began to tako a rare Interest In the business. He suggested Improvements in the character of the films, he was the distributor of some unique advertising that brought in the audiences. He invented a "noise piano," as he called it, placed behind the stage. As the projector threw scenes upon the screen, he gave a vivid accompaniment that fairly electrified the audiences. Thus: a horse trotting, a railroad bell ringing, a storm, the clatter of a ' wagon, a blacksmith's anvil?by , means of wooden, metal and whistle accessories, timed Just right, he Illustrated the motion pictures In a new way. With brighter business prospects. Mr. Vance still longed for the big hall in the center of the town. He talked about it incessantly and it iutr-rested Noble. One day the latter came tc : i Helen with a grave, earnest face. "Will you write something for mo?'1 i lie asked. 1 "Certainly?what Ib it?" inquired Helen, flushing a trifle under his clear, steady gaze. 11 "A temperance pledge. I am i tnrougti with the old folly. I want ' i your hand to inscribe tho promise I shall never break." Two days lutcr Noble disappeared mysteriously from tho playhouse. Helen never dreamed she could so miss him. He walked in upon them just after the entertainment Saturday night, a new being In apparel and < manner. "There 13 the lease of tho hall for ' a year, all paid for and made out in 1 your name," he said quietly, handing 1 a folded document to Ills host. "What does this mean?" stared the astonished Mr. Vance. "1 went to my father with thni : pledge and a truthful, manly story," , replied Noble. "Ho bado me return to tho true hearts of gold who had w rought the miracle of iny reforiua- J1 tion." Mrs. Vance was crying Iz. her ico'hrrly, sympathetic way. Helen's ey?rs 1 beamed upon him, and in their glowing depths Adrinn' Noble read the sure promise of a lasting haven o 1 j love! tCopyrlght, 1913, by W. a. Chapman.) PIGEON USED IN POLITICS Bird Found in Central Park, New York, Believed to Have Come From Philadelphia. "Tho strawberries may come and tho strawberries may go, but the chief is always with us. How are you going to vote?" This election eve inquiry was found attached to a large gray homing pigeon which fell exhausted in Central park near the menagerie and was picked up by Daniel Burns, who has charge of tho aviary. A smnll braes ring encircled tho pigeon's neck, to which was fastened an aluminum tug with tho initials "J. M." and below them tho letters "L. I." The election query was written on a small piece of paper which was at tached to the tag. Hums gave the bird some food and water and after threo-quarters of an hour's rest it was liberated. The,pigeon rose straight up in the air to a high altitude and then headed south. It was thought that the pigeon's homo was in Philadelphia, and the j strawberry reference was to a famous remark of James McNichol, the Republican organization boss there, who, at the height of his power, once said: "As a boy I was glad to get pork and beans. Now I have strawberries and cream."?New York Times. Inefficient. The young man approached the magnate, resolution gleaming in his eyes. "While I was calling on your daughter last night, sir," he said, "vour dog growled at me." "Did he bite you?" "No. sir; only growled." "Humph! Then I'll have to get an other. Confound these dealers' guar ' antees!" ^ ' * 4. " j No Room jj | for Jesus ! f B? REV. P.APiZYE. 2ARTMANN. D.D. ^ *s S"Ctftory ol Ex'eiwioo Dfptrtnwnl Moody Bible Institute, Chicago <i TEXT-Hoovusc liter- w is no room lor tliem In the inn.?Luke 2:7. I Another Christmas will be hero soon, and in many lands dovout ^ mas songs and tell f ^sKfiP* -1> e Christmas ^ s ' j. ' story; churches ? . 4%.,-~ veill bo filled with .r splendor. hearts >-- * with love, and life f wit h gladness. er the first Christ? * , Emm mis. the tragedy *" 4--C\ of it, and the reception given to aim who came to be Israel's Messiah *nd the world's Saviof. No roont in the inn. Is there a more pathetic sentence anywhere in the Scriptures? The humble peasants who had come from Galilee and who sought shelter In one of the village caravanserai were denied this privilege; so they both took shelter In a stable; and there Jesus was born. No room for the King! The pathos of It Is almost too deep for words. uui mm whs mwa/s me answer while Jesus was alive; he himself described it when he said: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head. Misunderstood at home, neglected by his friends, deserted by his disciples, betrayed by one of them, and crucified by the rulers?Nazareth, Capernaum, Jerusalem?no room for Jesus. Through the centuries it has been the same; that first night on earth was a prophcdy, for in spite of apostles, martyrs, saints and reformers Jesus had not found room in religious, political, social or individual Rpheres of life in the case of the millions who have gone on their way either unheeding or indifferent. O the trngedy of the centuries?no room for Jesus. The Lord of all despised by the many. The region of outer darkness is filled with those who said, We will not have this one rule over us; depart: no room for the King! "Room for pleasure, room for buslnesi Hut for Christ the crucified, Not a plaee that he can enter: in your iu*ftrt ror wlitch lie <l!efl?" No room for Jesus. It is true today. Christ is not wanted, and the Bethlehem story repeats itself. In the city life proof is found in the legalized saloon and all that goes with it, in corrupt and vicious government, in loose laws and looser enforcement, in dishonest business, in social laxity and impurity. In many homes evidence is seen in the character of the books in the library, the pictures upon the walls, careless, ill-tempered and profane language and conversation, and the ungodly habits of parents and the irreverence and disobedience of children. He who came to make home life heaven has been denied bis place. And just as our knowledge about this Jesus Is greater than in that time, so is our responsibility heavier, our shame deeper, our sin greater. "We know hint in all the light which bis word and which all subsequent history cast upon him. We know him too?and this is our weightiest responsibility?in the claims which are set up eternally by tho Cross of Calvary." What will we say to him in the end? What is wrong? Why do we keep Christ out? Why are our hearts closed against him? Is It opposition? No. not usually. Let us look at Bethlehem, for there is a alight parallel. Any Jewish mother however ^ humble would have rejoiced at the great honor which came to Mary, and any home however lowly would have ' been made ready for Jesus. Any | ruler, rabbi, or priest then in Bethlehem would have taken any step necessary to welcome Jesus if he had known. But It was n time when ev?ry available space was taken by pilgrims, these peasants did not look like promising guests, peoplo were pre-occupled with what they consid- j ..rr.H - - ? ' * ' vou umucm, mm ?U nwjrully Christ was crowded out; even In the public place, thero was no room In the inn- -the Inn was full. Bethlehem will rise up and condemn us. If it had known the day of Its visitation, room would have been made for Jesus, he would have hud a royal reception. Hut you know about him; he has sent word to you; he has been waiting for a place in your heart; you know who he is and what he will do for you; you have heard the story of his love and grace and power, and still?no room for Jesus. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Will you not let him in? I said this text was the most pathetic verse In the Bible; but It is not so pathetic as the tragedy of the men and women of today who are pre- \ occupied with the world, the flesh and the devil, and who in wilful and ] culpable rejection crowd Christ out of fheir lives, who give themselves over to the things of time and sense, and send Christ to the stable. Coma, now, ?<vd us reason together. \ L ft !v '(X >SSI1 * sHsftSjgkKilDN He Was All Spraddled Out, Mad and Fighting ASHINGTON.?"S!lver" Aire Falconer?that's what they call hlao crut In ?? the state of Washington, though his honest-to-goodness nauie, as given In tl ?.? Congressional Directory, is J. A. Falconer-?landed into a debate in the ( ? house the other day nil spraddled out, mad and M? Would LOtM like A ! fighting, even though this is his iirst term. lAIAKCV KilTFN iN A TiCfA Mr. Heflln of Alabama, the wit and story teller (PICHT 1 Mil) of th" h on so, had said some unltind things about ? ->* v . . . . j the suffragists, as is his wont. lie had suggested that all males who believed in woman suffrage \ I / /*' ? ought to be attired in skirts. A'w Now, Mr. Falconer, Progressive with a largo P, ,-A, gftr/ .^i^SyL *H a representative at lurge from a state which \ contains many woman voters. *3w \ ' * want to observe.'* said he. severely, in reply ? lo Mr. Heflln, "that the mental operation of tho " average woman in the state of Washington, as . --?J compared to the ossified brain operation of tho _? ^ t uii uM.it uuiii ;&iauaiiia, uv/uiu mane imu iuv/n | i " I *'! like a ni..ngy kitten in n tiger fight." which, for a new member, is some flight of oratory, especially when directed at the golden leagued Heflin. "The average woman in the state of Washington, went on Mr. Falconer, "knows more about social economics and political economy in one minute than the gentleman from Alabama has demonstrated to the members of the house that he know-i in five minutes " And Mr. llefiln didn't have a word to say in reply. From all of which one might gather that Mr. Falconer is inclined to be peevish. Far be it front him to be anything of the sort. He hns a sunny temper, a sweet and gentle disposition l'ntil.some one treads on the tails jj^bis coat?and he wears his coat tails long?he Is as inoffensive as a inan can weff' be. but when he gets into a scrap ho is a bearcat. Although only f^rty-three years old, Mr. Falconer has snow white hair, maybe due to early piety, for, though bom in Ontario, he was reared In the lumber camps of Mi<higan. which are noted for their intense religious fervor. Our~ln Washington Mr. Falconer hes been going to the legislature for the pnst nine years. For two years he was speaker of the house. No man was ever more popular. That is testified by the fact that the regular Republicans jut there insist that he is more of a real regular Republican thau some who carry the banner, while the Progressives assert that he is more progressive luuii i. n.. Dimacir. a man who can get oy with tliat reputation Is going some. Hence the name af "Silver" Alec. The name goes two ways, as they say in the west. It refers to his hair and his tonge as well. He Broke Into Print With a Resounding Crash CONTRARY to the Impressions which the layman may have, the house of representatives is a body prone to occasional levity that reaches on occasions the level of practical joking and causes mild disturbances. Representative Roberts of Nevada, among those blessed with the divine sense of humor, told this one not long \ k i / igo to show how mirth can survive even the Con- ^ ' ? gresstonal Record. ? * "There was a member in congress who had a ' <rent weakness for Introducing startling resolu- s tions. He gloried in the fact that every time he [c VPpi ib l&l broke Into print he broke in with a resounding ! "One day he Introduced a violent resolution \ doing away with something or other. After it had I PARE! gone to the table one of the veterans of his party ? \i I slid over to his chair. " "1 wouldn't introduce that and tight for its v \S^A / passage,' he confided. \ j // " 'Why not?' demanded the irate member, bristling instantly. " Recause,' retdled the veteran, 'i understand that a resolnti nn will iuA brought in to ox pel vol from the house it' you push that.' "That was enough for the fiery member. He jumped to his feet and in a loud voice demanded the immediate consideration of his resolution. Then while the house, except those members aware of the jok? perpetrated by the veteran, stared in astonishment, iho fiery member thundered" I know what you want to do 1 dare you. E'pc? me! Expel me!" "And it wasn't until the story canto out that the members understood the fiery congressman's apparently insane request." This Was, Indeed, an Embarrassing Situation 4 FTEIl n tariff debate in the senate recently the conversation drifted to the /\ way in which the party in control, by exercising its power, frequently will embarrass itself. Senator Norris of Nebraska was in the party. _ ? "1 recall," said he, "the story of a certain westItiiS pofitMtnT, To?Hirn prj) senalor serving some time back. Me was derhfY OfcJJFCT FRori TM nounced as a violent radicnl, and his speeches p?fi oF_ - ABRAKAMJ pnrtuy became so vitriolic that the Republican " " /^\ leaders took steps to head him ofT. Consequently, whenever he arose and asked that a speech b? inserted in the Record there was objection ^ "One day the senator arose impressively and AJ (v>^ began to real some documents which appealed to the Republicans as being entirely too radical. Of A / course, they couldn't stop him while he was readKfi? ' \'\ ing. Rut at the end of 15 minutes he nnn??H m? I 48* asked leave to Insert the remainder of the docnJ ment in the Congressional Record. <Sr "Instantly about the whole Republican side. feS which had been Itching In its seats, arose as one man and objected " Very well, Mr. President,' said the senator. 'There is objection from the Republican side and 1 will withdraw my request that the remainder of this document be inserted. Rut 1 would like to remind the senators that this doo? ument. to which they so seriously object, is from the pen of that immortal Republican?Abraham Lincoln!" This Writer Worked for Pay and Not for Glory IN the house cloak room the other day some one heard Speaker Clark telling a good story about two members. It seems that there nourished here in own a few years ago a literary bureau which furnished writers and speakers with facts or even whole sermons and speeches The line of "dope" was guaranteed to tit anything fj^gy'Re OUST ALIKF^I Tom a Chinese wedding to a Masonic funeral. 1 | t *) ') t t <) / Some of the congressmen availed themselves I ? ? . ' J >f this chance to drink of the waters of learning jj jy-T without the trouble of even getting a dipper, and he bureau nourishing, turning out productions of . Vy ^ *11 kinds and sorts at will. Mr "s L ^ The same bureau emnlove would write n vi?. \j/ewmk tent attack on the tariff bill, and then, in a few ikffifkLL. lours, he would train his guns on his late friends. \ y y.yJffgSt Like the Hessians, the writer worked for pay, not \ Hut one day ho met his Waterloo. It seemed / hat two members of congress had ordered ^ ^W1 v ipeeches on exactly the same subject, unknown. ^2^7. if course, to each other. These speeches were jot delivered in the house, but were given in full in the Congressional Record inder the privilege of leave to print Each wae * fine, convincing array of facts. nut." added the speaker, "the only trouble was that the bureau had sent ho same speech to both men." v ?