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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
TURN IF THE TIDE
 IN MONEY MATTERS
Senator Foraker Makes Speec h
 Full of Optimism
PESSIMISTS DENOUNCED
The Senator Plays the Critics of the President and All Those Who Make a Great outcry of
 Panic and Disaster.

l Cincinnau O., October 3.-Denuncia-
 tion of that pessimism which emanates
 from critics of the efforts of the president
 to enforce the laws of the country and
 bring offenders to Justice, concluded
 the address of United States Senator For akel before the Grain Dealers National convention in this city yesterday. He
 spoke briefly of the inability of rail-
 roads to market enough securities to en-
 able them to make needed Improvements
 and enlargements. In conclusion he said; "I am optimistic enough to believe that
 a turn of the tide will come before we reach the stages of panic and disaster,
 but 1t must come soon or be too late to avert consequences of the most harmful
 character"
 1 He quoted from recent Wall street re- views in various newspapers in which the ! effect of President Roosevelt's speeches
 were discussed adversely and continued: "All this is not only monstrous, but
 without precedent for never before since the beginning of our government has the
 mere announcement that the president
 was intending to Qake a speech been l
 cause for execution of apprehension of the business community. It Is utterly
 ridiculous that they should dc so now, for no matter what the President may
 say, our government remains and even if he should propose what might prove harmful 1t could not be executed with out the cooperation of the other depart
 ments of that government.
 "It must be remembered that 1t Is his duty to study conditions have opinions
 and make recommendations and no mat ter if he should err, we need not be frightened, for we do not need to adopt
 his views unless we approve them and if we approve them We should find fault with ourselves, rather than with him. He will not make any recommendations in the wisdom of which he does not believe and he will not take any steps in the
 exercise of the authority con1ded to nm except only such as commend themselves to his judgment and even those who dis trust his opinions ana judgments might well forbear from making such comments In view of tho fact that under our sys- tenn of government there comes in short time an end of all sffcial power and | authority for presidents as well as sem | ator. and other ,ublic servants there | fore whatever your individual opinions
 may be. do not listen to these pessimistic | suggestions. On the contrary be of good | cheer, and go forward with confidence | for as the country is greater than any | man or official, so is the future greater | than the past and the rewards of bust ness yet to come richer than any that ! have yet been gathered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Old Wa7y Noted Character
 Or Birmingham Streets
BY BURR BLACKBURN.

"Old Mary the rag woman is a not able parsonage of Birmingham, who has not had her share of notoriety. She Is the night owl that spends her days in soms dark hovel and comes forth at night to prowl the dirty streets.
 At o'clock yesterday morning she was seen on Second avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth street, stand ing In the middle of the sidewalk, with her body rigid to the waist. but her head almost bent to the ground, sound asleep of stranger was this. Although he kept his eyes on the stature-like form fifteen minutes, not once did she move.
 A policeman came along, gave ner q punch with his club. saying, Mary, waat are you doing7'
 The old negro recovered with a sudden jerk-"oh, Pm looking for my dollar,'- and excitedly started off down the street. She dropped half dozen rags, and when fell off her back. Finally she managed to get around the corner and out or rne sight of policeman. and "a few minutes later was seen with her head stuck in q stairway in the same old position.
 These are "Old Mary's" habits. Many } the time that she has spent half the night with her head buried In a trash barrel, scraping around in the dust with the fingers of one hand. For five years sne has been searching for her dollar. but every effort has yet been vain. Not a crack in the sidewalks of the city not q corner in a central alley but has relt the punch of Mary's stick, and the touch of her feeling fingers
 Eight years has Mary been the rag woman of Birmingham. Hardly a night has she failed to appear the streets during that time. winter and summer. She Is always loaded down with rags, sticks and things found in the trash.
 In the early days of her wandering the police were great enemies of the poor woman, but now they have come to find that she is harmless, like the buzzards, and they only make her move on when she goes to sleep in the middle of the sidewalk.
 She is always the first victim of the green cop who calls the patrol wagon and sends her in, but when the warden sees her ragged old form he immediately turns her loose. She Is not a vagrant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Whisky May Be Shipped.

Frankfort. Ky, October 3.-By a de- cision of the Kentucky court of appeals, announced today. shipments of whiskies and liquors from points outside the state to points within prohibition territory are held to be interstate commerce and the carriers are not amenable under the leg islative act of 1906 imposing penalty for shipping. The decision is reversal of judgment of the Boyle circuit court in the case of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad company vs the commonwealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04

but one of the most systematic business people in Birmingham.
 "Old Mary is the victim of drugs. She is perhaps one of the worst dope fiends in the city. Still she gets it, although she is now too far gone to speak an in- telligent sentence. It is always, "Fu looking for my dollar"
 At times she seems almost violently crazy shuffllng nervously among the papers as if she would die if she did not find something with which to buy the comforting drug. She will not tell where she gets it. Some day perhaps not very far ahead, when the trash wagon drivers so to lift some can they will find, with her head buried in it's depths, the body not more than 50 years old, perhaps colder than even the chilly winter air, for Old Mary's steps are growing more and more feeble every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
One Man Is Killed and Several Ir
 jured By Fall of Smokessack.

Chattanooga, Tenn, October 3-One man is dead one probably fatally in- jured and two others seriously hurt, as a result of peculiar accident at the plant of the Chattanooga Electric company al 8 o'clock this morning. They were work ing on scaffold 75 feet from the ground and on the inside of a huge smokestack when the scaffold broke, the men falling to the ground
 George Smith, coored, was killed. The injured are Ross Hooley, white, arm crushed; thigh broken and body severely bruised: arm will have to be amputated Thomas Mccall, member of contracting firm of Mccall Bros of Racine, Wis. may be internally injured Harry Carson bricklaYer; seriously injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04

titled spirits can be consumed as a bev- craze in a prohibition community with ont the fact becoming known, and with the fact known that the law Is being vlo- lated, the question of suppressing viola lions will. under the regulations pre- scribed for industrial distilleries, be an easy matter.
 This bureau Is required to deal with denatured alcohol In an administrative
 way only. Having always heretofore dealt with distilled spirits as an, object of taxation, the data relating to the various sources of alcohol and the spirIt-produc- ing value of various materials so far col lected by this bureau, are by no means as full and complete as will be required by prospective manufacturers of indus trial spirits The United States depart ment of agriculture has given special at tention to the various phases of the sl dustrial alcohol question. and has Issued a number of publications giving the re-
 suits of it's investigations. These publica- tons can be had on application to that department.
 'For the information of those interested it may be stated that as a general propo- sition it is simply question whether q thing containing fermentable matter can be more profitably employed In the pro- duction of industrial spirits than in the
 
 yielding material in vegetable matter is it's fermentable content. It has been demonstrated by experiment that 100
 pounds of the following products of the farm will produce alcohol in the fol- lowing quantities: Rice, wine gallons, l90 degrees proof: rye. barley. spelt, corn and sorghum seed. gallons; Irish pota- l toes. 1ls gallons: cassava. 2is gallons; tur- nips. four-fifths gallon; artichoSes. IA sollons. susar beets gallons; sorghum | or sugar cane. gallon; waste molasses, | 6 gallons grapes. 2 l-6 gallons; bananas. | 4-5 gallons, and other fruits fromN1 to | lla gallons.
 ''The problem of whether or not 1t Is practicable to operate prohtably the in- | dustrial distillery in this country is one l for the farmer or the heretofore men | toned distiller to settle for himself. This office proposes to exercise such super | vision as may be necessary to protect the government in way that will add no burdens to the industry" W. 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Wholesale Murderer.

Chattanooga, October 3-D. D. Ed wards.-on trial for the murder of Sam Brooks, a negro, made a startling state ment under cross-examination today. He was asked by the attorney general If he had killed anyone previous to the killing of Brooks. Edwards admitted that he had killed man in Kentucky. "Is that all?'' asked the attorney general Well. ," said Edwards, q have shot and probably killed 14 in my time.n He said that majority of the killings occurred In the Kentucky mountains and during a labor strike in Chicago. Edwards is known as a Kentucky feudst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Noted Character Dead.

Lexington Ky October 3.-Col. John A. Thrall. whose speech whileNa state seu- ator Is said to have been partly instru- mental in preventing Kentucky from se- ceeding from the union and joining the Confectionery in the civil war, died last night at Danville, aged 7S years He for merly lived here, where he was for many years United States pension agent and United States assessor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Panama Canal Work.

Washington, October 3.-Excavations in the Panama canal zone during Septem- Der aggregataed 1,517,412 cubic yards. In the canal prism proper the excavations were 1,14s307 cubic yards, against 1.274 . 4N cubic yards in August and 1,07S,77o cubic yards in July
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
sinoIe Statehood Promised.

Cairo, H., October Ex-Governor Curry of New Mexico, who spent last night on the boat with President Roosevelt, se- cured a promise from him to support single statehood for New Mexico He authorized me to say said the governor. that he is for statehood for New Mexico alone and will do all he can to secure the passage of a single statehood bill.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
lncrease of Wages.

Topeka, October 3.-The Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe Railroad company aq the general offices here today announced, an increase of wages to it's 5000 machin- ists and boilermakers over the entire system of 3 cents an hour and an in- crease to helpers of 11s cents an hour, effective October i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
Hargrove College Burned.

Ardmore, l. T., October 3.-Hargrove college, a school for whites and Indians, was destroyed by fire here early today. Two hundred students sleeping in the dormitories escaped safely, though all lost their personal belongings. Loss estimated at s30,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
EaIla to Ston Strike.

New Orleans, October 3.-Mayor Behr- man failed today to compromise the levee strike at a conference between steamship agents and representatives of the 5000 cotton handlers who are holding out in sympathy with striking screwmen. The Screwmens union asked the Mayor to make another effort tomorrow to settle the strike. Steamship agents considered today's conference final and have wired to Chicago and St. Louis for 5000 labor CTS to work as strike breakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04

Tomorrow: 'The Usefulness of snaka.-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
BRETHOUR IN HOSPITAL.
Football Star Is Operated Upon for
Appendicitis.

George Brethour, left guard of the
Washburn football team, was operated
upon last night for appendicitis at
Christ hospital Only four days ago
Brethour played in the football game
against Oklahoma university and play
ed great game. 1t was little suspect
ed at that time that there was any
thing wrong with him. The case de-
veloped upon him so suddenly that
there was not time to notify his par
ents who live at Green, Kan. He had,
however, suffered slight attacks before.
Last Friday Brethour accompanied
Irving Platt, the left tackle of the team
to the latter's home in Overlook where
they hunted and f1shed all day Friday,
returning to Topeka Saturday night.
Brethour went to church Sunday
night and while there felt the first of
the attack. He was however able to go
home and in the morning felt so much
better than he attended several of his
classes in the medical school. At noon
however when he went to his room he
began to feel very sick and summoned
a physician who pronounced his case
appendicitis and ordered him to the
hospital Within three hours DR.. Nc
Clintock and DIR. Kiene had removed
his appendix. The operation was wit
messed by several Of Brethour's friends
on the team and by Coach Weede. His
illness it is believed will be of short
duration, however as the training of
the football season has left him in the
best Of health.
Thayer or Templeton will take his
place in next Saturdays game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
SUFFERED AGONY
WITH SALT RHEUM
On Hands, Arms, and Face for Three
Years-Spent Hundreds of Dollars
in Seeking a Cure-Hands Be-
came a Solid Sheet of Sores-No
Rest from Awful itching Until
CUTlCURA REMEDIES
EFFECTED A CURE

81 had salt rheum for three years on
my hands, arms, and face and I thought
Ut would get all over me. I tried four
or five doctors but they failed and my
husband has spent hundreds of dollars
In trying everything we could hear Of.
But grew worse and worse, my hands
itched awfully and could get no rest
at all. I was just in agony all the time
because when they did not itch they
were so dry and crackly that was mis-
cradle and when they cracked, they bled.
The nails Of my finger and thumb began
60 come of, and my hands were solid
@heet Of sores. Several of my friends
told me to try the Cuticura Remedies
DO got a cake of Cuticura Soap and q
box of Cuticura Ointment and from the
first my hands began to improve and
now they are well, and 1 think that the
Cuticura Remedies are worth their
weight in gold, and 1 advise every one
that has skin trouble to use them. Mrs,
Omie Parkerson, 1859 IL tn Ave-, Nash
vile, Tenn, Jan. %, Feb. IL, and Mar.
81, 1907"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03

many that have not, and the additional
circulation is coming in handy in many
communities.
If the bank cannot take out added
circulation, it has the benefit of a gov
eminent deposit, and draws interest on
the certificates.
The treasury department is working
DAY and night, Sunday and weekday,
during the present emergency Clerks
and officials are at the department at
all hours. Subscriptions to the certif1-
Gates and to the Panama bonds meant
greatly increased labors at the depart
ment.
1t may be of some interest to know
tnat IN the coming struggle over flnan-
clal legislation that will begin with the
oay congress convenes, two Kansans In
the mouse of representatives will take
an actlVe part. The chairman OF the
mouse committee on banking and cur
rency, Charles N. Fowler of New Jer-
sey, who opposes the recent action OF
the administration in respect to bond
and certificate issue, formerly lived at
beIo1t and was the law partner of the
late Associate Justice Abram H. Ellis.
me third member on the committee is
Representative Calderhead. This COM
mfttee will be a very important one in
view of the absolute certainty of cur
rency legislation.
Other Kansans who will take an ac-
tive part in what is being done and
who have been on the ground closely
watching matters for the past two
weeks are Senator Long and Represen-
tatives Scott and Campbell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
AOKI RECALLED.
Japan Tells Ambassador to
Washington to Come Home.
His Government Appears to
Think He Is Too Easy.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
AS the Big Fleet Is About to
Start for the Pacific.
This Fact Gives Rise to All
Sorts of Speculation.

Chicago, Dec. "a dispatch t.
the Tribune from Washington, D. C.
says:
Viscount Siuzo Aoki, ambassador
extraordinary and minister plenipo-
Tertiary from Japan to the United
States, has been recalled. He called
at the White House and state de-
partment yesterday, and notified the
president and Secretary Root of this
fact. Technically he has been sent
for by his government to make a
personel report as to the feeling in this
country on the exclusion question.
Practically he will not return to Wash
ington.
Ambassador Aoki gives notice of his
recall practically at the same time
sailing Of the torpedo section of the
fleet destined for the Pacific. Many
people may connect the two things to-
gether. Whether or not Japan con-
nected them remains to be seen.
The only fact which is positively
known is that Viscount Aoki has been
the answering friend of the United
States throughout all the recent diff
culties between this country and
Japan. He has been cautious, conser-
vative and friendly to marked de
gree.
There is every reason TO assert that
his recall. for the purpose of making
a verbal report, is caused by the fact
that his government thinks he has
been too temperate, too moderate. too
conservative, too amicable, and, final
ly too peaceable.
He has been here, but little over a
year. having presented his credentials
on May 8, 1906, and his recall at this
time can be taken as nothing else
than an expression of disapprovaI of
his course on the part of the Japan
csc government.
Diplomatic Version.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Ambassado
Aoki has been summoned to Japan by
his government to explain personally
and in detail the precise situation in
this country in regard to the Japan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
csc emigration problem.

|
The ambassador has been making
very careful inquiry on his own account
and through the various Japanese con-
race feeling existing in some sections
Of the United States toward japanese
immigrants Already Baron Ishii, one
of the secretaries of the japanese in
terror department, has made an investi-
cation of conditions existing not only
In California, Oregon and Washington,
but also in British Columbia on the
north, on which he has based a special
report to his government, but it is be-
leved that the purpose of the Japanese
government in summoning Viscount
Aoki to Toxic is to secure from him in
formation which Baron Ishii could not
possibly have acquired during his short
stay in America, regarding the attitude
CT the administration here with partic-
ular reference to the measures which
have recently been applied by the Jap
anese government to restrict the de-
coolie element. Also the Japanese gov
the likelihood of congressional action in
the direction of legislation providing
for the exclusion of Japanese immigra-
ton.
At the Japanese embassy it is stated
that the ambassador will probably pro-
coed for Toxic by way of San Francisco
or Victoria in about fortnight. fact
of which he yesterday notified the pres
ident and Secretary Root. There is no
fnttmation that he is not to return to
Washington. During his absence Mr..
Mfyaoka, the counsellor of the en-
bassy, will be in charge of its affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
CLOSED HIS BANK
Michigan TakesMeasures to Pro-
tect Itself From Loss of Funds.
Treasurer Deposited Public
Money in His Own Institution.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. Sin order to
avoid threatened run on the bank
and to afford all depositors and credi-
tors an equal chance in the settlement
of the banks affairs, State Banking
Commissioner Zimmerman announced
that the Chelsa Savings bank of Chelsa,
Mich, would not open for business to-
day. The president of the bank is
State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier who
has deposited in the bank approximate
1y 1854, 900 of the funds of the state of
Michigan. Attorney General Bird said
that the state is protected by the state
treasurer's bonds of $150,O00 and the
banks bond of 5000. 900, so that the state
would not suffer any loss unless the
assets of the bank should fail to pay
so cents on the dollar which is con-
sidered altogether improbable.
The announcement that the bank
would not open came at the close OF
conference here between Governor War
ner, Banking Commissioner thinner
man. Attorney General Bird and repre-
sentatives of five other banking con-
Germs. 1t is stated that the banking
commissioner has been closely scrutf-
nizing the affairs of the Chelsa Savings
bank for some time in connection with
the private business of State Treasurer
Glazier and of the Glazier Stove COM
pany of Chelsa- The impression was
held that if Mr.. GlaZier could pull these
latter interests through the bank would
not necessarily fall into difficulties.
The five banks above mentioned, how
ever, announced a decision to petition for
a receiver for the GlaZier Stove COM
pany in order to protect approximately
$500, 900 of paper which they are report
ed to have been carrying for Mr.. Glazier
and the stove company. This acton on
the part of the banks it was thought
would cause a run on Mr.. Glaciers
bank and the closing of the bank was
decided upon by Banking Commissioner
Zimmerman in order to protect all in
terests alike. The bank is capitalized
for 500, 900 and has a surplus of about
800, eO0 Mr.. Glazier is reported to be
sick at his home in Chelsa and was
not present at the conference. Cover
nor Warner gave out the following
statement:
From the information furnished to
Attorney General Bird and myself it
seems probable the difference between
the amount of Glaciers bonds and the
amount of state funds on deposit with
the Chelsa Savings bank will be more
than made up by the amount the state
will be entitled to receive on liquidation
of the bank; SO as the matter now looks
the state would suffer no loss.'