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

The police department yesterday re-
covered enough stolen property to
open department store. With the ar
rests of Alberter Alberts, Rebecca
Fowler Wesley Wallace and Frank
Owens, a crowd of tho boldest thieves
and perpetrators of some of the recent
residence burglaries were brought
to Justice. The rifling of the South Side
pawn shop, the Duncan Drug company
and the Davis Ricktcr tailoring estab-
lishment were also solved.
Officers Gates ana Larue captured
costing $50, the property of J. c,
Clarke, Clothing and knives, razors
and all manner of stuff Is now crowd
ing the detectives office.
Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton,
who captured the flying Frank owens
after n long chase Friday, are anxious
to find the owners of the volume of
property which was taken with him.
Among them are salt and pepper
overcoat, two black suits bought from
Portel-Neel and Cotton, Odum & Bow
ers, and one made by Hart, Shaffner &
Marx, an open-facs Waltham watch
with bird design, twenty-year case an
automatic Colts pistol, an liver John
son 80 pistol with G. r. II. engraved
on the handle and other articles.
Fulton Williams. an alleged bicycle
thief was also arrested yesterday by
officer Hamilton, charged with larceny
of a bicycle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
SALVATION ARMY
NOT RESPONSIBLE
Officers Claim Fake Was Perpetrated
On Public Last Week In Name
of the Army.

The Salvation army wishes to clear
itself from any connection with the I'M
fortunate attempt at an entertainment
that proved fake on the public last
week.
1t appears that a Mrs Demeghy came
to the city several days ago and en-
gagged Miss Page and Mrs. kimball TO
sell tickets for an entertainment to be
given In the Gable hall for the benefit of
the Salvation army. The army, however,
had nothing to do with the undertaking.
The time came for the show, but the
hail had never been rented, the organizer
had left town. and although the man who
was engaged to give the entertainment
arrived, nothing materialized.
Mrs. Demeshy has returned and sought
the arrest of her assistant ticket sellers,
claiming they made away with all the
proceeds of the sale, and failed to comply
with their promise 10 complete the ar
rangements while she was away. The
whole thing is general mlx-up, but the
Salvation army had no connection with It,.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
ATLANTA BREAKS
INTOTHAW CASE
First Friend of Juror, Next Cousin oil
Evelyn Nesblt, Now Relative OF
Another Juror.

Atlanta, February 23.-Atlanta con-
tnues to break into the Thaw case
with startling persistence. First 1T was
a friend of a juror. The Albanian
knew the Juror so we'll that he had
frequently talked to him about the un-
written law and felt satisfied he would
vote for acquittal
Next 1t was a policeman who is q
second cousin of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
who said that her mother had not
trained her properly when she was
growing up and that Thaw would be
acquitted
who comes to the front and says some
things. Sidney Zacharis, an Atlanta
business man, states he is relative oil
Bernard Gerstman, one of the Jurors IL
the Thaw case. Mr.. Zacharis says IN
substance that whN- he cannot tel
what Bernard Gerstfnan will think
about the matter, he knows him to be
young man of the highest character
and feels satisfied that he Will give
Thaw the benefit of the doubt.
From the statement made of the re-
lationship between Mr.. Zacharias and
Juror Gerstman, it is a pretty HARD
matter to get at juse what the connec'
ton is. 1t goes about this way: A
sister of Mr.. Zacharias, Miss Resale
married Henry Gerstman. a brother OF
the Juror SO Juror Gerstman is d
brother of Mr.. Zacnarias brother-fn-
law.
But. then, of course, Atlanta is just
bound to butt in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
WASHINGTON MAY
SEND MORE SHIPS
News of War in Central
America Confirmed
HOSTILITIES MAY EXTEND
Public Opinion In Favor of lnterven-
ton BY President Roosevelt.
HonlIa Has a Strong
Position.
H0STILITIES MAY EXTEND

Washington, February 23.-Notihcation
of the existence of state of war in
Central America has reached the state
department in the shape of a cablegram
from American Minister Combes, dated
at Guatemala City yesterday, as fol-
lows:
1.-The minister of foreign affairs for
Honduras has terminated the pending ne
gotiailons for a peaceful settlement
If hostilities extend, as now appears
probable, it may be necessary for the
state department to call upon the navy
department to increase the force Ct naval
vessels in Central American waters. At
present this force consists of the cruiser
Chicago, now lying in touch with the
cable at Acajutla, Salvador, and the gun
boat Marietta, on the Caribbean side, last
heard from at Blueheds, Nicarauga. She
was sent to this point with the American
vice consul at San Juan del Norte on
board to give protection to some eXten-
sive American plantation interests at
from the boundary between Nicaragua
the likelihood that Salvador will join
forces with Honduras, and Guatemala
with Nicaragua, the navy department
probably will add two or three cruisers
and gunboats to its present force, not
with any purpose of Intervening politi-
cally, but merely to see that American
property rights are respected and the
lives of American citizens are protected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
WILL BEGIN WORK
ON LEGISLATURE
Delegation Goes to Capital Tomorrow
to Work for Abolition Of Police
Commission.

With the avowed purpose Of abolishinS
the police commission which they think a
hinderance to the better government of
the city, some twenty citizens of Biz
mingham will visit the city of Mont
gomery tomorrow.
This delegation will bear a petition
signedA by about six hundred citizens OF
the city, who have expressed to the May
or their desire that the police depart
ment be brought under the wing of the
city. Yesterday, the petition received
some two hundred new signatures.
At this public and willing expression
the mayor was delighted, as matter
of course. What pleased him most was
that many of those who opposed him
for reelection are among his stanch-
est supporters in his effort to abolish
the commission.
AS is generally known, the bill to
abolish the commission was presented
to the legislature some time ago and
referred to a committee. The mayor
hopes that this bill will be favorably
reported next week and that 1t Will
be passed without more ado.
The mayor states that he is not after
the heads of those members of the de-
partment who have worn themselves
out with work and become old. He is
after the dismissal of those members
who are charged with being "drones"
and those who take too much wine
whwen it is rosy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
5 SURVIVORS OF
WRECKED BERLIN

Hook of Holland, February 23.-In the
early hours of the morning the three
remaining survivors were taken off the
wreck of the British steamer Berlin by
the life boat crew which has done such
splendid work during the past forty
eight hours.
All three are women, Frau Weintber-
CHER, her 16-year-old nurse girl, Nina
Ripler, and Fraulein Theile.
This makes the number of saved fifteen
out of the 143 who were on board the
vessel.
The lifesavers watched until l O'Clock
this morning, when they got as near the
wreck as possible Captain Sporting of the
life boat crew boarded a raft which was
allowed to drift alongside the Berlin and
the captain managed to Chamber on board
by means of a line. He lowered the help
less. half-exhausted women to the raft,
when they were conveyed to the life
boat The last survivors arrived at the
Hook of Hollan dat o'clock this morn
ing and were hastily taken 20 the Amer
ika Motel, where everything was In readi-
ness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
WHITNEY DIES AT
NEW ORLEANS
Was President of Whitney National.
One of South's Most Promi-
nent Financlers.

New Orleans, February 2s.-George @.
Whitney, one of the best known f1nan-
ciers in the south, died at his home here
early today following a stroke of apo
plexy. Last evening he was in his usual
good health and enjoyed a hearty dinner
before retiring for the night. Early this
morning he was suddenly taken i'll. Physi-
clans we're hastily summoned but their
services were of no avail.
Mr.. Whitney was 80 years old and a ma
tive of New York City. He came to New
Orleans at the close of the civil war and
has for many years been identified with
progressive enterprises in the Crescent
City. In 1883 he founded the Whitney Ma
tional bank, which by merges and consol-
idations has become one of the largest
financial institutions south Of the Mason
and Dixon line
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Georgia Spends $1o,5o3.60.

Atlanta, February S.-(Special) 1.-The
annual report of the state entomologst
r.. 1. Smith, has just been made to the
state board of entomology. The eNpendi-
lures of the state chronological depart
ment for 1906 We're $10503.S0 leaving the
department a balance of cents. The APP
preparation was only $4,000 but there was
a balance of S503S2 left over from the
year before. The appropriation for the
current year is Sl0,000 4 large number
of bulletins relating to plant and tree
diseases were issued by the department
during the year and distributed. OF the
eighty-eight nurseries inspected and
given certificates, there Were Cleo go trees
and / 100000 strawberry plants. In $50 or
chards of all kinds inspected during the
wear there were . iS2, T75 trees In 1877 of
these orchards the San Jose scale was
found Much work was done in the mat
Ter of supplying instructions as to the
treatment of diseases of trees. The state
entomologist also attended many farmers
institutes over the state, as is required
under new law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
STRONG ARMORED
FLEET FOR PACIFIC
BATTLESHIPS INDIANA AND IOWA
WILL BE DISPATCHED TO SAN
FRANCISCO AND SQUADRON
STRENGT HENEO.

San Francisco, February eat Is au-
thorltatiyely. although unofficially, re-
ported in local naval c'v]les that the
formation of strong armorcd feat on
the Pacific coast will be inaugurated by
the dspatching to this city at an early
date of the battleshps Indiana and Iowa.
These two battleships Will form the nu-
cleus of the Pacific battleshp squadron,
which will be further strengthened by the
addition of the new battleship Nebraska,
now nearly completed at Seattle, and the
battleshps Wisconsin and Oregon, which
are now being extensively overhauled at
the Puget Sound naval station. These
five battleships may be REINFORCED dur
ing the next few months by two more
from the Atlantic.
1t is said to be the policy OF the navy
department at this time to unite the Ash
attic fleet and the Pacific squadron into
one great fleet, it's component vessels in
Interchangeable and all under the command
of one of three vice-admirals which. 1t is
though Congress will authorize at an
early date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
ORATORY BREAKS ON
JOHNSON'S GRAVE
0ccasiOned BY Attack on Mon
ument Hill Appropriation
GARDENERS MOTION LOST
BrownIow Tells Story of What Ten
nessee Had Done for Union
Army-Andrew johnson
Great Patriot.

Washington, February 23.-Over Monu-
ment hill, near Greenvlle, Tenn, the
last resting place of Andrew Johnson a
storm of oratory broke today. while the
House in committee of the whole was
| considering the sundry civil bill. The
place was made a national cemetery a
year ago, and there is a paragraph in the
budget carrying $4,000 for a supernten-
dents lodge, roadways, walks and en-
closing walls.
Mr.. Gardner of Michigan a member of
the committee on appropriations, moved
that the paragraph be stricked out, for
the reason that there were only four
Union soldiers buried there. He said
that the appropriation was really an in
genious way of taking care Of the grave
of Andrew johnson.
This object brought into the debate Mr.
Brownlow Of Tennessee, Il nephew Of
Parson BroWnlow, who represents the
district once represented by Andrew john
son. He spoke earnestly against the mo-
ton of Mr.. Gardner, and told the story
of what East Tennessee had done for the
Union army.
The congressional district, of which
Greenville is the center, said Mr. Brown
low. sent more men to battle for the union
than any other congressional district In
the country, and they We're loJ miles Will
in the Confederate lines.
Passing to a discussion of Andrew john
son and his contemporaries, Mr.. Brown
law said, amid great applause:
Il desire to say right here that in my
opinion Andrew Johnson was the greatest
patriot of the Civil war.
"Brownlow. Maynard and Nelson stood
shoulder to shoulder with Johnson in his
fight to preserve the union and retain the
old flag" said Mr.. BroWnlow, but he ex-
pressed the opinion that they did not de-
serve the credit that Johnson did. because
they were wings and been educated along
the line of the preservation of the union.
while johnson had been a Breckenridge
and states rights democrat.
Mr.. Gardeners motion was defeated in
a vast chorus of noes"
Immediately after on motion of Mr., Ed
wards of Kentucky the committee APP
propriated $4,000 for Mill Springs ma
| tional cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
CANAL CONTRACT
SETTLED TOMORROW
DECISION WILL BE ANNOUNCED
TUESDAY-FlNAL CONFERENCE
TAKES PLACE BETWEEN RoOSE-
WELT, ROOT AND TAFT.

Washington, February 23.-It was an
nounced today that a final conference
will be held at the White House next
Monday between the President and Secre-
taries Root and Taft relative to the
award of the contract for the corstruc-
tion Of the Panama canal, and that the
decision will be announced Tuesday.
All the parties in interest have now been
heard by the President and Secretaries
Root and Taft Their representations
have been given full consideration and it
is also known that the business and
personal reputation Of some of these per-
sons have been subjects of most care
full and searching private inquiry, which
is expected to have a most important
bearing on the decision to be announced
next week.
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ADDRESSES TODAY
AT The Y. NJ. G. A.
DR.. ]. n. MCCOY WILL SPEAK AT
MEMS MEETING, AND THE REV.
HoYT M. DoBBs WILL TALK TO
BOYS.

The two interesting series of addresses
for men and boys, respectively, will con-
tinue at the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation today. AT 4 o'clock the Rev. DR..
j. H. Mccoy, pastor of the Five Points
Baptist church, will speak before the
mems meeting on "The Power of Jesus
to Save Where the Help and the Power
of Self-help Break Down.
Dr. Mccoy is a speaker of power and
has on previous Sabbaths interested good
crowds upon these Studies in The Cure
of Souls This will be the last of the
series During the meeting Mrs. Palmer
will render a vocal solo, Il Bring Thee
a Broken Heart"
Among the boys the Rev. Hoyt IT.
Dobbs pastor of the Fountain Heights
Methodist church, will exert his infiu-
ence over the young minds. His subject
this time Will be one of real interest to all
boys Mr.. Dobbs is quite popular with
the younger men.
After the meeting the usual fellowship
lunch will be served, and with spiritual
and bodily appetites well satisfied those
who attend will so away glad that they
were among the favored.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
COTTON MILLOWNER
SHOT AND ROBBED
Amos X. Clark of Augusta, Ga, Ac-
costed BY Stranger-Had Large
Sum of Money.

Augusta, Ca, February 2S.-Amos *.
Clark, superintendent and part owner Of
the Clark Cotton mill, was shot and
robbed of $3.50 here today. He was con-
veying a large sum from the bank to the
mill on account of pay day. When near
1.-THE mill he was accosted by a stranger,
who without warning discharged PTS
toll at Clarks head. The bullet struck him
below the left ear and glanced forward
The robber then snatched Clarl<'s satchel
and escaped. Mr.. Clark was not fatally
injured.
Most of his money was in an inside
pocket. The police have arrested Loderics
Smith, who answers to the description
given by Clark
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Burglar Says He Is Carrie Nation

Atlanta, February S-(Special.)-Short
ly after midnight this morning Police
Sergeant Poole arrested s. w. Masters,
we'll dressed young man whose home Is
in Clayton county, Georgia. Masters had
Just succeeded in breaking into three
stores on Whitehall street, being on a
hunt for money. He didn't get any. The
third place he broke into was that of a
Greek named James Bolukos, who slept
there, and being awakened caused his ar
rest Masters told Recorder Broyles this
morning that he was a regular Carrie
Nation, a glass smasher, and that he
would be heard from again. He tried to
take credit for other robberies and said he
proposed to rob one of those national
banks, get about $4,000 and then he
thought he would be satisfied for while.
He is thought to be insane. He was
bound over to the state courts under
1000 bond
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
Spring Cleaning Crusade
VIII Commence ut Once

Sanitary Inspector Burson has decided
to begin general cleaning crusade in
preparation for the spring, and together
with his assistants will make an inspect
ing tour of the residence part of the city
Immediately. The object is to get every
thing in tip top shape before weed grow
ing time begins, and to keep up the fight
all summer.
Mr.. Burson said yesterday that he in
tends to enforce the garbage can laws to
the letter, making arrests If necessary.
Although in the business section these
cans have been generally adopted, the
homes are not provided properly. Inside
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24

Trieste, Austria Hungary, February g.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperatix,
while bound from Trieste to Bombay, ran
onto a rock last evening near Cape Ella
phonisi, on the Island of Crete, and sank
soon afterward. 1t is known that the
disaster was accompanied by loss OF life.
but in the absence of definite news the
number of drowned is unknown. The
passengers and crew on board numbered
about LOO. The Imperatrix sailed from
Trieste on February 49,
The Austrian Lloyd steamer 1mperatrN
was 800 feet long, 45 feet beam, % feet IN
depth and 1884 tons. She was built by
the LLOYD Austria company of Trieste
in 1883.
A telegram has been received from
the company's agent at Canae, wmch
says:
.'rhe following letter has been received
from a lieutenant of the Inperatrix:
Twelve persons and myself have been
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American Intervention.

San Salvador February 23.-Publc
opinion in Central America is in favor
of the friendly Intervention of President
Roosevelt and President Diaz in the ex-
listing trouble between Honduras and
Nicaragua. and the press of these two
countries is expressing the hope that tho
two presidents will exert their powerful
influence to end the war. President Bon
lila of Honduras. according to reports,
has taken up a strong position with his
forces at Choluteca where he is await
ing the attack of the Nicaraguans6
Choluteca is the nearest principal Hon
durean town to the Nicaraguan frontier.
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, the fire limits the regulation garbage can
is compulsory, but on the outside barrels
may be used. The ashes and garbage
must be kept separate in both cases.
At the last meeting of the City Council
another assistant sanitary inspector was
authorized, and yesterday afternoon the
committee of the board of health met in
the city hall for the purpose of holding an
election. Present were DR.. >Sholl DR.. Tai
ley, Dr. Parke, Dr. Heacock and DIR.
Lupton
j. w. Burson, brother of the chief in
spector, was the lucky candidate. The
other assistant is A. B. McC1endon, who
has been with the department for moro
than q year.
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Staggering into a saloon on Avenue
A and Twenty-fourth street last night,
Rufus Ray. a white man, fell almost
unconscious, while blood spurted from
a great cash across his abdomen.
This would appear to be one of those
many mysteries Of which the Red
Light district has been the scene OF
late. There was no sign of his assail-
ant, and, in fact, Ray gasped between
groans that he did not know where he
was when attacked nor who had cut
him.
The ambulance Of Green & Co. was
called and carried the injured man to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
MISS SMITH STRUCK
BY A STREET CAR
Arm Broken and Skull Thought to Be
ed-Sister-in-LaW of Gus
toms Inspector Davis.

Mobile February 23-(Special) -Tonight
about $40 o'clock, Miss Annie Smith, sis
ter-in-law of United States Customs In
spector Joseph Davis, was knocked down
by a Cedar street car at the corner of
ROYAL and Madison streets and badly in
iured. Her left arm was broken, her skull
thought to be fractured and she received
internal injuries. She was taken to the
city hospital In the ambulance and at last
reports was reported to be in serious
condition
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DOES MOI KNOW WHO
GUT HIM SO DANGEROUSLY

Of the abdomen was found to have
been laid wide open, and the wound is
considered quite dangerous, although
1t is believed he will survive.
The accident happened at 1880
o'clock. The superstition is that Ray
met up with some toughs. His home
Is at Forty sixth street, East Birming-
ham.
Later a 15-year-ord boy, Lee Jones.
was arrested by Officers Byars and Nc
Geever charged with assault with in
tent to murder. Jones denies all con-
nection with the crime.
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After Long Weary Hours
Little Baby Finds n Home

With a six weeks old baby in her arms.
Miss Maggie Moushet arrived in the city
yesterday morning from Evans, Hale
county, and began a search for some
home to leave the infant.
She explained that the child had been
found on her mothers door step two
weeks ago, and that they had been feed
ing It on condensed milk. 1t is beautiful
baby. with perfect formation, and Won
derful blue eyes
Miss Moushet applied at the Mercy
Home, but was refused and she then took
up a search all over the city. Going to
police headquarters, she received the as
sistance of Humane officer Bonnie and
Judge Feagin, who we're unable to find
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
AUBURN WINS GAME.
Columbus Y. M. c. A. Defeated In q
Spirited Basketball Contest.

special from Columbus. Ca, brings
the news of the defeat Of that city's Y.
M. C. A. team In game of basketball
by the Auburn aggregation. The score
was 16 to II.
Auburn's team is made up nearly alto
gether of Birmingham boys, whose
friends here are interested in their sue
cess. Fast team work was the feature
of the game
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an opening in any local institution. She
said she was ON the way to Nashville
to accept a position as milliner, and her
mother sent the child to Birmingham to
get rid of it. the family came from Pick
ems county. near Memphis.
After searching everywhere and becom-
ing thoroughly worn out, the police final
ly secured a home for the little child
at 313 North Fifteenth street with Mrs.
Mary Marvin, wife of an engineer on
the Southern railroad. Mrs. Marvin de-
cided to adopt the boy as her own.
Exhausted with her efforts Miss Mou-
shet has gone on her way to Nashville.
She seemed very glad to get the burden
OIL her hands.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
George Edward Wells.

George Edward Wells. aged As years,
died yesterday at his home, III South
Sixty-third street, after long Illness
The funeral services will be conducted
from the residence today at 2:30 o'clock,
and interment will be made in Woodla wn
cemetery. Mr.. Wells was an Odd Fellow
and man with many friends.