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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
PERTINENT FACTS
 IN INVESTIGATION Standard Oil Controls Waters
 Pierce Company E MOST OF STOCK IS, OWNED Testimony of Mir. Lombard, an Oil Dealer, Shows That His Business
 Was Crushed on Account
 of Rebates.
MOST OF STOCK Is OWNED
of Rebates.

New York. September 24-Accountants TOT the sttndard oil company annually audited the books of the Waters-Pier oil compaThy of Missouri after 1900, when It's name disappeared from the list of companies controlled by the Standard, auditor of tha Standard OH comnanv who testified today in the governments sult against the oil combine. In 1900 the Waters-flfree oil company was prohib ited rom doing business in Texas be- cause or Us relations with the Standard. ne "aters-Piercve company was re1r- sanlzed arsd the stock held by the Stan dard was sold. Testimony has previous " been adduced that Charles Pratt, sec retary or lhe Standard, bought the stock and held l1 in the Standards interests
 MT Ham pton testified today that he had sent Zach year accountants to the Waters-fieFce Oil company to audit the DOORS at the request of the officers of the compaihy. Mir Kellogg produced q letter sent by the witness to an official or the "htersPierce company stating that an acPountant was on his way and that TOT reasons which he would under stand his nane had better he mt on fla pay rolls of the Waters-Pierce company uhtil the dfcounting was complete. MT. hampton sflid he had forgotten what req sons were that he mentioned in the letter.
 The troubles of the oil firm of Lombard x Ayers III the early 70s was an interest," ing lealute of the days hearing. MT. LomparsA said that he had great difficult ties III obtaining cars to ship oil and that his company felt the difficulty of competing with the Standard. which. he said, Was receiving rebates from the trunk lines. He had two conferences with A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania rail- road. aBd was told that the rebates which We're given tho Standard did not amount tp much. MT. Cassatt the wit ness said, suggested that his difficulties would doubtless cease if he united the Lombard comnany with the Standard MT. LomEa testified that he had a con ference With Col. Thomas Scott, v.oe- president of the Pennsylvania. in which he was tqld that the Lombard company was getting all the tank cars it could obtain under the allotment Colonel Scott. according to the witness said the Pennsylvania railroad would not haul tank cars built by the Lombard compa- ny. Colonel Scott also expressed the opfn- ion that the Lombard &Ayers company would do well to unite with the Stan dard.
 Anthony Brady, of Albany, told to.ay how the Manhattan oil company of Ohio was sold te London company. MT Brady said he had no idea when the sale was made that the company was going Into the hands of the Standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
GRAND STAND PLAY FOR NEGRO VOTES Indiana Congressman Boasts
 Senator TiIIman IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR Split Between Republican Forces Over GubernatoriaI Fight Is Expected,
 But Leaders Are Doas,
 ing It.
IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

Indianapolis, Ind, September 24 Special )--In opening his campaign for governor of Indiana at Muncie Con gressman James F.. Watson made 1t clear that he hopes to use the negro as vehicle for reaching the goal of his ambition His address, which was heard by two thousand negroes. was a roast for Senator Tillman of South Car olina, combined with a shower of bou- quets for Booker T. Washington, the Alabama negro educator. Watson said that Tillman's utterances with refer ence to the negro problem were in keeping with his statement, "To hell with the law" He threw in few com plimentary references to the South Car olna statesman, however saying that he was a diamond In the rough. but. he added, bad training in childhood had spoiled him."
 Watson is a Fairbanks man, but if is said that he entered the race for governor against the wishes and ad- vice of Fairbanks followers. Charles W. Miller of Goshen, who is also run ming for governor. is a Beveridge man and the advent of Watson forecasts a split between the Fairbanks and Bever- idge forces which may mean msfor- tune to the Fairbanks presidential boom In his own state split be- tween the republican forces over the gubernatorial fight has been what the leaders have tried for weeks to avoid, but 1t now seems inevitable. Both Watson and pilller are apparently in the race to stay and the war Is bound to become fercer as the campaign de- velops.
 Not only is there a strong probabil- ity of war between the Fairbanks and Beveridgs forces, but there are indica- tions that the Fairbanks people will have falling out among themselves. Tn ose who tried to keep Watson from "muddying the water" by jumping into the gubernatorial fight are ''sore" over his refusal to keep out of it, and they may make trouble for him as well as for the vice president. Altogether the situation Is discouraging to the repub- licans who hoped for harmony and for. q solid Fairbanks delegation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
WILLIAM R. HEARST
 NOT A CANDIDATE
EDITOR SAYS HE IS CONTENT TO BE A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND WORK THROUGH THE INDEPEN- DENT LEAGUE.

New York, September 4.-In an inter- view published here, William Randolph Hearst takes occasion to deny that he is a candidate for the presidency. He says:
 T am not candidate for the presidency on the Independent league ticket or on any other ticket and l cannot conceive of any conditions under which l would be willing to become candidate"
 This determination. he adds is mot be- cause Of any feeling of pique or dlsap- polntment at the result of the late cleo ton. 1 am well satisfied to be a private citizen and to labor through the league and through the election for others to promote the principles l believe in 1 dis like holding office and l dislike particu- larly being placed in a position where the sincerity of my principles can be questioned through campaigning for some office that 1 do not want, and that 1 would only consent to hold through q sense of public duty. l would serve on jury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
TESTIMONY CONTINUES.
Relations of Standard Oil to TideWater
 Company Are Shown.

New York. September 24.-More infor- nation concerning the contractural rela tio1s existing between the Tidewater Pine Line company of Pennsylvania and ths Standard oil company was developed tDday when Robert Benson. general man ger or the Iideywater company, was
 gain called to the stand in the hearing
 r the federal suit iagainst the Standard Oi company. MT. Benson testified that on october 1, 1883, t-he contract between the Tidewater compa ny and the Standard was ratified, whereby the oil business was divided between the two companies. MT Benson was questioned at some length concerning thet various provisions Of the contracts whit ,h apportioned Ss1a per ctnt of the busnesss to the Standard and 1liR to the Tidewa CT company. Mir. Beusoh said the Standa I'd fixed the price tha the Tidewater sh ould pay for Its crue oil and also fixed the price for oil rehlsd for export.
 were you consulted about the prices thatyou were 10 pay for crude oil? ?'' aske Mir. Morrison, on e of the govern meny counsel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Boom for McCreary.

Louisville, Ky, September 24.-fSpe- clal.)-A vice presidential boom has been started in Kentucky in behalf of Senator James B. McCreary, who was defeated for the senatorial nomina ton in the recent primary by Governor Beckham. The boom has been launch ed by the Confederate Veterans of Caldwell county, who have prepared n petition requesting MT. McCreary 10 announce as Il candidate for vice presi- dent. He Is urged to do this on the ground that Il Is time for the south to receive some recognition at the hands of the democratic party of the nation. It is understood that other Confederate camps throughout the state will pre- pare like petitions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Missouris Executive Delivers Two Brilliant Addresses
 fl Nashville
DEMOCRATIC IDEALS ARE
 HELD UP FOR THE PARTY
In His Response to Governor Patter- sons Welcome Address Governor Folk Makes Fine Speech.
 Address at Banquet.

Nashville, Tenn, September 2I-Ten- nessee home-comers thronged the state fair grounds this afternoon to hear Gov Joseph W. Folk of Missouri, himself native Tennesseean. The address was delivered before crowd of 2O,O00 persons and aroused much enthusiasm. Governor Patterson of Tennessee delivered the vel coming address and Governor Folk re- sponded as follows.
 Occasions such as this emphasize how closely the states of this union are joined together in blood and interest? For when Tennessee says come home" the response comes from Missouri, Texas, Ac- kansas and a score of other states. The people of Tennessee came chiefly from North Carolina and Virginia; the people of Missouri mainly from Kentucky, Ten nessee, Virginia and Illinois. Texas is made up of Tenneseans and Missouri ans. The new state of Oklahoma is com posed largely of Tennesseans and Mis- sourians. Missouri, the grand daughter of Virginia, is herself the mother of the west. And so it is the states of the American union are now one family united by the ties of kinship and interest, and jointed by patriotic bands to a common country. The achievements of one are the common glory of all.
 Those of us who have wandered away from tine scenes of childhood have found this to be true-good people are the same everywhere Bn8 bad people ale al'se Wherever they may be f6end Here ht stffa old .iome state we lore and admire the people for their sturdy honesty and sterl- ing characteristicsss In the great state of Missouri, Where many of Us now live, the people are high-mnded and noble, who honor virtue and worship God and their characters are founded on the rock of principle transmitted to them from their fathers. Go to the east or north and one will find the same true hearts and patriotic souls. Some are Tennesseans. some Misourans, some Texans-all are Americans. In all of the states manhood Is the only patent of nobility and honest blood is royal blood It does not matter so much where man is born what he is In the lines of kpng:
 There is neither east nor west, border,
 nor breed, nor birth,
 When two strong men stand face to face,
 tho they come from the ends of
 the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
TRIAL OF ACk HALE.
Defendant Is Charged With Murder of
 Young Girl.

Knoxville, September 24-The trial of Ack Hale charged with the murder of Lillie Davis, was begun at Blountvile, Tenn. this morning. Hale was indicted on thee charge of murdering the girl in East Hnl cemetery in Bristol. the night of March 27 last. A bullet hole was in her breast, and Hale claims she com- mtted suicide He admitted having gone to the cemetery with her. He had paid her attentions Her death occurred a few days preceding the date upon which she was to have been married to a wealthy coal operator. Hales brother, Roy Hale. is under indictment on the charge of murder of J. Irby Davis, a brother of Lillie Davis. A probable theory in the Ack Hale case will be that he wanted to remove the girl because of testimony it was expected she would give In the trial of Roy Hale. All parties are prom inent.
 The jury was completed before court adjourned. From q special venire of 150 men six jurors were secured, and from another yenire of % men the remaining six were put in the jury box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Nick Speaks by the Card.

Cincinnati September 24-(Speclal)- )- Congressman Nick Longworth on his re- turn to this city, met his mayoraly boom with d freezing smile and the result Is that it has wlthered up and blown away. He said that he has never entertained the slightest idea Of running for mayor adn that he could conceive of no eondi- ton under which he would enter the eon- test His friends say that he has acted wisely. but the republicans who hoped through hm to wrest control of the city from the democrats are sorey dsap- pointed.
 Speaking of the suggestion that Roose- welt might be prevailed upon to again run for the presidency. Mir. Longworth said: "1 do not believe there is any possible situation of combination of cir cumstances that could lead the President to change his mind and become can-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Address at Banuuet.

A magnificent banquet was given to- night at which Governor Folk was the guest of honor. The subject of his ad dress was Democratic Ideals. He said: i:
 The prospect for the success of dem- ocratic ideas was never brighter than now. By democrats l mean those prn- ciples embraced in the expession-"equal rights to all, special privileges to none. This maxim of Jefferson expresses every essential element of real democracy. With this rule for our guidance we cannot lose our course or be led into the quicksands of dishonor or despair With this axiom as our chart the infames of privilege in every form can be destroyed. Jefferson $ phrase sounds simple, but it has taken generations for men to attain a practical understanding of it's wisdom and justice It applies to the conditions today with even greater force than when it was first announced by the father of democracy. A political revival is going all over the land today on this subject. The people are beginning to awaken to a realization of the fact that the government of city, state and nation belongs to them, and that they can take the government into their own hands whenever they wish. This is the ideal the democratic party stands for-the rule of the people for the people as opposed to government by d class for a class.
 Tie elimination of special privilege is the paramount issue before the people Q, this county-the special privilege of lawlessness: the special privilege confer red by law, and the special privilege of monopoly. A few years ago the privil- ege of lawlessless was defended; but the people were awakened to the fact In. lawlessness is not government, and that lawlessness destroys the will of the people. From one end of the land to the pth 1T the public conscience now demands the enforcement of the peoples laws against high and low, rich and poor: that no man should be above the law and no man below the law, whatever his class. whatecer his creed or whatever his wealth This public conscience having seen that the privilege ofs lawlessness is destructive of the liberties of a free peo- n1e has rendered 1t obnoxious. Now 1t has commenced to assail the deeper evil of privileges conferred by law.
 Unjust Privileges.
 The elimination of unjust privileges con- ferred by law is a moral question. Any privilege is a graft. whether it be a nriviIege exercised contrary to law or one that the law itself may give. A tar If so arranged as to create monopoly and to give a few people the privilege of brewing on the rest oe she people is legalized graft. Considered from this standpoint. the tariff is moral question. Indeed every governmental question in n sense is a moral question, in that 1t Is question of right and wrong. But as an economic question merely, monopoly tariff is undefeasible under the condt- lions that exist today.
 In the early days of our country and 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Wheeling. W Va, September H--tSpe- cial D--Despite his eighty-three years, there are some democratic leaders vino are of the opinion that Senator Henry Cassaway Davis. late vice presidential candidate on the democratic ticket could lead the party ont of the wilderness Of defeat in this state. and he Is being urged 10 run for governor. MT. Davis, aside from being the wealthiest man in West Virginia, Is popular with all classes and those who are behind his gubernn- torial boom believe that he could rout the strongly intrenched republicans.
 J. R. IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Attorney General B0naPaTte VIII
 Nol Prosecute
THE PROMISE MUST BE KEPT
According to the Terms Made When the Prosecution of Standard Oil Began the Chicago and
 Alton Is Free.

Chicago, September 24-It was de- cided today by Judge Landis in the United States district court that the Chicago and Alton railway shall not be further prosecuted for it's connection with the Standard oil company in the granting of rebates between Whiting, Ind, and East St. Louis, Ill.
 It was claimed by Attorney General Bonaparte, whose letter was read to the court by District Attorney Sims, that MT. Morrison, the predecessor of MT Sims, in office, had promised im- munity to the Alton road, provided it assisted in good faith in the prosecu- tion of the Standard oil company. Tie attorney general therefore claimed that 1t was the duty of the government to stop further steps toward the punish ment of the railroad for it's part in the granting of the rebates be taken. The attorney general asked that the grand jury which had been summoned at the Instance of Judge Landis to investigate the Alton railroad be discharged.
 Judge Lands in a statement which required fully thirty minutes for it's delivery declined to discharge the jury, but instructed it's members that they had no further duty to perform in con nection with the Chicago and Alton railroad. The court then called atten- tion to g statement recently issued by President Moffet of the Standard oil company of Indiana in which it was claimed that if the Standard oil com pany was guilty of receiving rebates, no other manufacturer was innocent. The court directed the jury to investi- gate the conduct of other manufactur- CTS and ordered that a subpoena be is- sued for President Moffet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Bookmaker Kills Himself.

Washington. September 24.-Melanchly ly over his arrest and pending prosecuaon for running a handbook on the rs,es David Pfeifer. 4s years of age, tda committed suicide by jumping into the east tidal basin of the Potomac lNer Pfeifer was a familiar figure in the poo rooms here and at St. Asaph and at Alex andria, Va. He left note to his siste saying: Goodbye: it is all over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
New Attorney General.

Memphis, September Ex-Governor Pat terson today at Nashville appointed Hon. H. F. Walsh of Memphis attorney gen ney general f9- Shelby county, vice George F. Yerger, resigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
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POINT FOR BORAH.

, Boise, Idaho. September 24.=The , jury to try United States Senator > Borah was completed this after
 N noon. The government counsel an
 } nounced that they contended Sen , ator Borah's alleged offense is , only a misdemeanor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
BONDS ARE FILED.

. Montgomery. September 24 . . Specla )--The bonds of Weakly . . and Yielding. the two police com . . missioners of Birmingham. were .
 . filed with Governor Conner today . : and their commissions will go for . . ward tomorrow. They will be sent . . to Mayor Ward who will swear . . them in on his return from the . : east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Uncle Henry Still Active.

dldate His decision is absolute and ire Vocable."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The refusal of the city council to ln- crease the license of the saloon men and the opening of revival that Is expected to take In the whole city and much of the county with it's influence. are anci- dents of Monday evening that are expect ed to centraize. along with others. in- the beginning of campaign for prohih ton that will be very hot and very hard fought on both sides. Many Of the high license men are at heart prohhitionists.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
IT'S THE LITTLE
THINGS IN THIS
LIFE THAT COUNT

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
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