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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
FUNSTON LOOKS
 INTO TROUBLES
Is Astonished at Reports Made By the Committee From the Federation
 of Labor.

Goldfeld New, December 15.-Today a delegation from the American Federation of Labor called on General Funston, who is continuing his Investigations of condi- tions here with the view of determining the necessity for the presence of federal troops in Goldheld.
 These gentlemen made the most re- markable statement 1 have yet heard.p said General Funston in an interview with the representative of the Associated Press tonight
 Their statement Is that for months they have lived in constant fear. They have considered it necessary for their self protection to go armed at all times, and have been compelled to avoid personal contact with members of the Western Federation of Miners in order to prevent serious trouble. This condition of affaiis, they have told me, obtained until the arr rival of United States troops, since when the conditions have been greatly changed"
 General Funston stated that he consid- cred that this statement of the conditions came from men who have been in position to know the real situation.
 General Funston said that there is lit- tie possibility of the troops leaving here within 10 days, and upon his recommenda- ton half of the number now here will be detained by the Washington authori- ties.
 General Funston will not leave Goldfield before Tuesday and may stay longer.
 Governor Sparks today sent a long com munication to Washington, stating in de- tail his position in relation to the troops, and making correction of some omissions in the original call for troops.
 Members of the commission sent by President Roosevelt arrived in Goldfeld tonight They are Charles F. Neill. labor commissioner; Herbert Knox Smith, com missioner of corporations, and Lawrence Murray. assistant secretary of the de- partment of commerce and labor. They are accompanied by F. X. Patterson, as secretary
 MT. Neill said tonight that the merits of the controversy between the mine owners and mine workers were being exhaustive ly investigated, and the whole matter will be embodied in reports to be made to the war department and to President Roose- .olf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
CALL FOR AID FOR
 MINE SUFFERERS
GOV. VIM. o. DAWSON OF WEST VIRGINIA HEADS PERMANENT
 RELIEF COMMITTEE AT MoNoN- GAH-coNTRIBUTloNs WANTED

Fairmont w. Va, December 15.-The Gov. William O. Dawson, to provide for the widows and orphans in distress through the recent explosion at the mines of the Fairmont Coal company at Monon- gah. today prepared an appeal for funds that is being sent to chambers of com inerce and kindred organizations all over the country.
 work by receiving contributions, ac- snowledglng them through their columns and sending them to the treasury.
 Contributions of clothing, toys for the orphans at Christmas time and similar donations are to be sent to w. H. Moore. mayor of Monongah and chairman of the committee looking after the tempor- afy wants of the victims
 Monongah is mining town of about See9 inhabitants. This disaster has de- stroyed almost one-half of the bread winners The other half Is composed of the employees of two other mines of the same company and of the usual stores. etc, which go to make up d purely min  ing community.
 Fully 250 widows and 1000 children are left without any means of support. The most of these families live in the com pany houses at Monongah, the remaining ones in various countries of Europe. The company has generously declared that the families occupying its houses may remain until other provision is made for them, but operations cannot be resumed al the damaged mines until these houses are available for the new force.
 The magnitude of this disaster is too great for West Virginia to render all the help required. It commands national attention and the relief committee feels sure that its appeal will be heard and re- sponded to by the nation.
 All checks should be made payable to the Mononsah Mines Relief Commission, J. E. Sands, treasurer. Fairmont, w. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
ALL IS READY AT
 HAMPTON ROADS
Hotels Are Crowded with Wives, Sweethearts and Others Who
 Must Say Good Bye.

Old Point Comfort, Va. December 15.- The Pacific bound Atlantic fleet leaves tomorrow morning on it's journey through the straits of Magellan en route, as the official order reads flor the west coast of the United States"
 The President is expected to arrive in Hampton Roads on the Mayflower short ly after a. m His coming will be timed as near that hour as possible, as salutes cannot be fired before o'clock.
 From the time the Presidents yacht casts anchor in the center of the fleet the events of the departure will move rapid ly Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander-in-ch chief of this most notable of American peace expeditions, will go on board the Mayfiower and pay his re- spects to the President and will be fol- lowed by the officers of the fleet. The reception will be brief and more or less formal As time will figure very heavily in the plans the matter of precedence in rank will be waived in favor of the off cers whose launch first happen to reach the Mayfower gangway after Admiral Evans has gone on board.
 The reception and the journeys of the admirals and captains to and from the Mayfiower are expected to occupy upward of an hour and a half. An hour will be consumed in lifting anchor and get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
KIckapao Indians, t Appears, Have Been ShamefuIIv
 Mistreated
NAMES OF INDIANS ARE
 DELIBERATELY FORGED
Mention Is Made By Senate Commit. tee of the Clique Known as the Schipman-Grimes-Co Conine
 People.

Washington, December 15.-Senators Teller, Curtis and LaFollette, composing a committee to investigate the affairs of the Kickapoo Indians, will soon submit to the Senate a report giving the names of several parties who are alleged to . have dealt fraudulently with the Kicka- poos who emigrated to Mexico and who disposed of their lands at Shawnee, Okla.
 The report mentions clique known as the Schipman-Grimes-Co people and says that their conduct in securing tho valuable lands owned by the Mexican Kickapoo Indians was criminal and brutal in the extreme. It Is recommended that special attorney should be ap- pointed who shall act under the direc- tion of the department of justice in en- tering suits to set aside all deeds to Kickapoo lands.
 Concerning the doings of the Schipman- Grlmes-Conine people the report says:
 "Outrages were shamelessy perpetrated by them and their conduct has never been equaled In the history of any dealings to secure lands from the American Indians. The names of the Indians were deliber- ately forged to the deeds claimed to have been taken fin Mexico. Two or three n- stances are sufficient to show to what extremes they went. They had all the leading members of the tribe or head men of the tribe arrested and thrown into jail. They then took large number of Indians by force and under guard of police to one Guajardos' house in Mug quize. where they urged the Indians to sell their lands, which the Indians de- clined to do, telling them invariably that they did not desire to sell their lands and under no circumstances would they sign any papers, yet these people claim to have deeds executed at Guajardos house by the Indians.
 The Indians all say that they did not sign, and the Indian interpreters urged upon the different occasions, each say. that the Indians did not sign their names, or authorize any one to sign their names or touch the pen for them"
 The committee will request that 1t be continued In existence until such time as it's members shall consider that the griev- ance of the Kickapoo Indian questions are receiving proper attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
SHOOTS TWO WOMEN
 AND THEN HIMSELF
AFTER PROBABLY FATALLY lN- JURING MRS. WEBSTER AND ROUNDING MISS SPENCE, OTTO ScHMIGLER SUICIDES.


 Columbus, O., December 15.-Otto Schmigler, Hungarian tailor. today shot and probably fataly wounded Mrs. Caro- line Webster, seriously wounded Miss Myrtle Spence, and then killed himself The tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs. Webster, a grocer's wife, from whom Schmigler rented a room. He had been out of employment for some time and was Respondent.
 It is said that Schmigler was infat- uated with Miss Spence and that his ad- vances had been repulsed. Mrs. Webster was coming out of Miss Spences room when Schmigler fired at her from his own room. It is believed that he mistook Mrs. Webster for Miss Spence. As the shot rang out, Miss Spence rushed into the hallway and Schmigler fired at her, the bullet going through her arm and lodging in the breast. Schmigler then ran back into his room, where he sent bullet into his brain.
 Miss Spence will recover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
COCOANUT OIL IN INDIA. Primitive Methods of Extracting and
 Extensive Use.

Washington, December 15.-(Special )- With regard to the manufacture of cocoa nut oil in India and the possible use of modern machinery in the industry, Con sul General William H. Michael writes from Calcutta that while much of the oil is manufactured there, the apparatus In use is rather primitive. He thus de- scribes the processes:
 The different methods in use among the natives consist in removing the kernals from the shells, drying and then sub jecting them to pressure in a rude mill that is turned by two bulocks In some cases the kernel is boiled in water for a short time It is then pounded in a mor- tar and the pulp thus produced is pressed until the oil is all extracted. The milk that exudes from the kernel during the boiling process rises to the top and IS skinned off and boiled over a slow fire. Fourteen average sized cocoanuts manip- ulated in this way will make two quarts of the oil. The best oil is obtained by grating the kernel and exposing the mass in a hollow vessel to the heat of the sun. The oil drips away through grooves at the bottom of the vessel and is caught in jars.
 The Malabar method of making oil is by dividing the kernel into two equal parts and placing these on split bamboo shelves, which are open at the bottom to admit the heat from a charcoal fire. After three days of exposure to this heat they are placed on mats exposed to the intense rays of the sun until the cocoanut meat is thoroughly dried, when 1t is put into the press. This miss is similar in shape to the mortar and pestle. The pestle, so to speak, Is turned round and round by pair of bullocks, which are hitched to sweep generally about IS feet long, The bullocks turn the sweep completely around three times in minute. The mortar or chekoe will hold about 50 pounds of the dried cocoanut, and it is considered a good days work to grind out four charges. It takes two persons to operate one of these mortars. The oil is re- moved from the mortar by dipping cloth into the oily mass and then squeezing or wringing it out into vessel
 Cocoanut oil when fresh has a pleasant flavor, and is used in many ways by the natives. They use it as an unguent on their bodies after bathing, for oiling the halr, as lamp oh ana Tn the manu1ac- ture of soap. The Indian maiden knows how to give the odor of flowers to the )'I used at her toilet by immersing the flow CTS in the oil for days. It Is also used in making pomatums for the toilet in the manufacture of candles, in cooking and for medicines.
 should think that modern machinery for extracting the oil, If not too hign priced, would find market in India. There is need of such machinery for the proper development of the industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
PRINCE OF C0REA
 IS ENTERTAINED
HE AND MARQUIS ITO ARE GIVEN ROYAL RECEPTION UPON THEIR ARRIVAL AT TokIo-WILL CON- sIDER IMMIGRATION.

Tokio, December 15.--Arriva1 of the Crown Prince of Korea and Marquis Ito this afternoon was made the occasion of a brilliant spectacle. Thousands of peo- pie assembled at the Shinbasi station, where the party detrained.
 The crown prince of Korea was hearth ly welcomed by the crown prince of Ja- pan in official dress, amidst salvos of ar- tillery. The appearance of the party at the entrance to the station was the signal for sustained cheering and the young crown prince of Korea was evidently de- lighted over his reception.
 The crown prince of Korea will be re- ceived in audience by the Emperor of Ja- pan on December IS.
 The arrival of Marquis Ito means the beginning of considerable activity in ad- ministrative and political circles. Many affairs await final approval Included among them is the decision whether the Canadian Minister of Labor. Limeaux will be written to concerning immigra- tion. There is no reason to believe. how ever. that the government will change it's original decision not to give a written note.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16

ting ships in position for the start, which it is expected will be made about 10 o'clock. Two hours later the first of the long line of fighting vessels should have cleared the Virginia capes and turned her course to the southward. The review of the passing fleet by the Pres- ident will take place near Thimble Shoal lighthouse, 10 miles from the bay, and should be ended by :30 a. m.
 Threatening weather and rain squalls marked the last day of the fleets stay in port. But tonight a cold wind from the west dispelled the storm clouds and the IS smoking battleships were bathed in moonlight. The view down the long twin lines of the fleet was most impress sive. An occasional searchlight flash or the red and white glow of an Ardois sig nal from the yard arm of one of the big fighters added to the picturesque effect
 On shore the hotels are crowded en- tirely beyond their capacity by wives, sweethearts, officials and friends who have to say goodbye. Many of these will have to sit up throughout the night or lounge as best they can in the chairs of the hotel lobbies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
MOLTKE WILL TRY
 FOR MEDICATION Case Against MaximiIian Har- den Goes to Higher Court TRIAL WILL BEGIN TODAY
New Testimony of a Sensational Ma ture Expected to Be Brought Out Today When Second
 Trial Comes Up.

Berlin, December 15.-The effort of Count Kuno Von Moltke to vlndicate himself in the trial which resulted from accusations made by Maximllian Harden, editor of Die Zukunet, having failed be- fore the minor court, the case will now be taken up by the states attorney be- fore criminal bench of five judges.
 The second trial of Herr Harden will begin tomorrow, and fresh revelations are awaited with tense expectancy by the public because it is believed that much new testimony will be brought out concerning the so-called Camarilla sur rounding the Emperor.
 It is by no means certain that the judges will allow the testimony to take a range wide enough to elicit political secrets of the court or anything that may touch directly the person of the Emperor.
 The causes that have brought about a new trial by the minister of justice are somewhat obscure, but the powers of the classes have felt that they were com promised by the proceedings and verdict of the lower court. The officers of the corps resented the broad assertion against the morality and honor of the army, and strong royalists felt that the principle of monarchy had lost prestige. The conservatives generally regarded the country as having been damaged in for eign eyes.
 Whatever may have been the considera- tions. the ministry of justice simply wiped out the findings of the magistrate and took up the affair as though 1t had never been tried before, instituting pro- ceedings against Herr Harden for hay ing crimnally wronged Count Won Moltke. Efforts have been made at the eleventh hour to compromise the case. but Herr Harden declines to sign the declaration demanded by Won Moltke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
DELMAR SHOOTS FRIEND.
Pistol Is Accidentally Discharged and
 Victor Johnson Is Dead.

Mobile, December 15.-(Special.)- John Delmar, aged 19 years. painter, today accidentally shot Victor Johnson, carpenter aged IS years. Johnson died tonight at o'clock. They both came here last summer from Pensacola.
 The bullet entered Johnson's head over the right ear. fracturing the skull and penetrating the brain. Dell mar was playing with "a pistol when it was accidentally discharged. He did not think the gun was loaded. The all blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
NEW ANEsTHETic.

. New York. December 15.-An- > Y nouncement of the discovery of . ' new anesth etic, according to the >- ' American today, will soon be made : -> by the Rockefeller institute for .
 ' medical reserch. < < The new anesthetic is nothing . ' else than plain. common epson ' ' salts, or to give it's scientific : ' name, sulphate of magnesia. It .
 ' was discovered by Dr. Samuel J. . \ Meltzer. one of the Rockefeller ex : < perimenters. Its greatest value is .
 ' that 1t permits any sort of an : ' operation without any danger to . . the heart of the patient. Either local or general an- :
 ' aesthia. it is said. may be pro- .
 . duced by the injection of a 20 <
 ' per cent solution of the familiar : ' drug into the nerve tract gov .
 ' erning the sensations of the part :
 < to be operated upon. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
RICHARDSON WILL
 PLEAD FOR MEN Seeks to Prevent Execution of Teddy'S Horsemanship Order WILL OFFER RESOLUTION Richardson's Muscle Shoals Bill Will Re fnfr0duraJ in &La Lo.1.
WILL OFFER RESOLUTION
Richardson's Muscle Shoals Bill Will Be Introduced in the House Imme- diately After Holidays-Im-
 provements Planned.

Washington, December 15.-(Special) wholesale dismissals from the en- gineer corps of the army by reason of the Presidents horsemanship order are sought to be prevented through reso- lution which will be introduced in the House tomorrow by Representative Richardson of Alabama,
 MT. Richardson's bill provides that officers of the engineers corps who are found physically unfitted under the horsemanship order but are able to perform the duties required of them In connection with the improvement of rivers and harbors shall not be retired Tor such physical disability, but be re- tained as officers of the engineers' corps and their duties limited to those required of such officers.
 MT. Richardson finds that some of the army's best material will be retired by the Presidents order, and this he seeks to prevent
 Appropriations Committee.
 The House appropriations commit tee will be announced tomorrow. It is sno iiuerStdnulnS that representative Taylor's name will not appear upon the list, thereby indicating that he has been selected for the rivers and har- bors committee.
 Muscle Shoals Bill.
 Representative Richardson will in- troduce his Muscle Shoals bill imme- diately after the holidays. He is giv- ing careful attention to the report of the special board of engineers and will make his bill comply with heir sug- gestions.
 The bill in brief will provide for one dam in addition to the three sug- gested by the Muscle Shoals Hydro Electric company. The report of the engineers recommends that the gov ernment pay for the locks and inferen- tially favors the government making some payment on the construction of dams.
 The plan suggested by the Muscle Shoals Hydro Electric company for the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee in conjunction with the de- yelopment of water power is approved by the board with slight notifications.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Killed in Street Row.

McAlester. Okla. December 15.-- Frank Donatelli and Joe Pendro. Itai- ians. were killed, and Guy Donnatelli mortally wounded by policemen in . street fight at Anderson. a mining town near here. early today. The Italians had been drinking and resisted arrest. The two policemen who did the shooting are under arrest charged with murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
STORM IN THE CHANNEL,
Four Members of Crew Are Drowned
 In View of Thousands.

Paris, December 15-The cruiser Isly has been driven ashore at L'Orient and the three-masted Pardousa went to pieces on the rock at Gueritz, directly in front of the hotels, the catastrophe being wit messed by thousands. including Permier Campbell Zimmerman. Four of the crew were drowned.
 A number of fishing craft were lost in the English channel. and the storm drove the shipping to the shelter of ports It virtually stopped the Anglo French ser vice, and the French liner La Bretaean, for New York, postponed her departure until today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
sunken Schooner siahted.

Boston, December 15.-Captain Hil- lary of the steamer Persian, which ar rived from Philadelphia late today, re- ports that at Race Point, bearing south by west, about eight miles, he sighted what seemed to be the wreck of schooner sunk in about 20 fathoms of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Quarantine Is Raised.

Havana. December Ex-Governor Ma goon has been informed by the author Hies at Washington. that the yellow fever quarantine against Cuba has been removed. This is pleasing to the local commercial interests especially those which are dependent upon tourists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
Schooner Runs Aground.

Halifax, N. s.. December 15.-During a thick snowstorm today the British schooner New Era, from Port Hast ing N s., with coal. ran ashore on Sand Point, at the entrance to this harbor, and became a. total loss. The crew were rescued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
FOREIGN PAPERS
 DISCUSS CRUISE Speculation As to Objective Point of the Atlantic Fleet THE OPINIONS ARE VARIED Sunday Observer of London Can 
Sunday Observer of London Can Hardly Believe That the Fleet Is Dictated By Purely Profes-
 sional Reasons.

London, December 15.-The daily news papers are publishing long accounts from their New York correspondents of the cruise of Rear Admiral Evans fleet, but refrain from commenting upon its signif- canoe except in the naval columns, in which experts discuss the advisability of testing the resisting power of ships to the wear and tear of a long voyage Naval officials agree that this, although expen- sive, is desirable, and also that the cruise of the American battleships will afford good training for the officers and men.
 The Outlook, a weekly publication, re- turns to the discussion of the politics of America. In a long article it says:
 "The building up of the states on the Pacific Slope, the annexation of Hawaii, the growth of American commerce in the far east by the purchase of the Philip pines, and the rise of Japan have re- acted upon the destinies of America with ever increasing intensity. As a possible battle ground in the future, it is no longer the Atlantic, but the Pacific, that claims American thought
 Sunday Observer.
 The Sunday Observer says that it is difficult to believe that the fleet is dic- tated by purely professional reasons.
 ''The plain fact is," says the Observer, that the cruise Is political recon nossance of force in view of the rise of Japan. The fleet bears the American flag to the Pacific as a symbol of power and an expression of the national will that 1t will defend and develop American interest. Its dispatch looks singularly like a bluff, and an indiscretion. We fear that the Americans have made a profound mistake if they presume too much on Japanese patience. It is unde- niable that there is an element of poten- tial peril in the voyage"
 The Sunday Times dwells upon the per- sonality of Count Hayashi, the Japanese foreign minister, to whom the full reeog- milton of Japanese immigrants is a mat ter of life or death. He is not the man to be frightened by the dispatch of the Pacific fleet" says the Times, and adds:
 If he ignores the move for tne time being, he will plod on until he succeeds with peaceful remonstrances or can see no issue but to fight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-16
A German View.

Berlin, December 15-The German ad- miralty has been observing for some time, with the greatest interest, the American fleet, which is regarded here as the most unusual naval experiment of modern times. The only event which is considered comparable to this cruise of the American battleships to the Pacific is that of the Russian fleet to Japan. Ex- pert opinion among the naval men is that it will be splendid practice for the fleet.