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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
CHANDLER WANTS PUBLICITY.
Former Senator Recommends Action
 on Proposed Bill.

Washington, May 26.-Former Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire has written a letter to Chairman Burrows of the Senate committee on privileges and elections, expressing his pleasure at the passage by the House of publicity bill.
 MT. Chandler's letter, under date of yesterday, follows:
 Dear Sir-I note the passage through the House of the publicity bill, Wll2, which denotes sanity and progress Of a certain kind which, however, needs com petion mad perfection to make 1t what Secretary Taft will doubtless write to you privately he wished it to be.
 But I did not think it wise to em- barrass publicity bill by adding thereto a federal election bill. If this must be done it will be expedient to re-enact all the old laws and enforce them. To en- force the fourteenth amendment in way to abandon and make obsolete the flf- teenth amendment would be unjust to the colored citizen. So if the election features are to stay in bill 20,112 l ad- wise the addition of clause repeating the act of February 8, 1894 and re-enact- ing all the federal election statutes. (See Congressional Record of February T. 1S9D.
 "As a publicity and federal election bill has passed the House it will be injurious to the republican party if Congress does not stay in session long enough to com pIetely adopt it, so that it will apply dur ing the coming canvass. very respect fully, WILLIAM E. CHANDLER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
CHANGE FOR WHITMoRE.
Witness in Murder Case Testifies In
 Defendants Favor.

New York, May 26.-A dramatic inci- more for the killing of his wife, whose body was found submerged in the lamp black swamp, near Harrison, N. J., oc- cured today In the court in Jersey City, when Frank J. May, a special police man of the Pennsylvania railroad, was called to the witness stand and testified that he saw the man who made the remark you are a cheap skate" to another man who refused to pay his rail road fare to New York at 1:4O on the ness had previously testified that he saw Whitmore In the crowd and heard him make the remark.
 'Is that the man?" asked Alexander Simpson, Whitmore's lawyer. pointing to Whitmore, who stood up. May surveyed from head to foot and then said:
 ''I never saw this man before in my life.'
 Mrs. Susan Sallo, the mother of Mrs. Whitmore, testified that she saw her daughter the last time on Christmas eve.
 Among the other witnesses during the trial today was Walter Mcdonnell, a waiter in a New York restaurant, who knew Whitmores we'll. He testified that Whitmore came into the restaurant at 1:l0 a. m., on the morning of December 2G, the day the body of Mrs. Whitmore was found Whitmore usually was in jovlal mood, the waiter testified, but on this particular morning he appeared to be ill and ate nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
ATTORNEY JEROME
 DEFENDS HIMSELF

Elizabethtown N. T., May 26.-Closing arguments on the charge of dereliction pre- ferred by a committee headed by William F. King against District Attorney Wal liam Travers Jerome of New York county were heard here today by Commissioner Hand, who was appointed by Governor Hughes to hear testimony on the charges. In addition to the oral argument counsel for both sides submitted briefs to the commissioner.
 Commissioner Hand decided to hear the district attorney first. MT. Jerome launched into lengthy analysls of tie motives which, in his belief, animated those most active in bringing and press ing the charges against him. He sup .,orted his contention that the proceedings were "fimsy and mendacious, by asking the commissioner to note, for one thing, that the complaint had not been verified, mot even on information and belief"
 q have lived all my life in the city of New York; said the district attorney, 'and the 16 best years of my life there were given to the public service. Twice l have run for office in that city and
  every political party and all alone, and I consider sir, that l was elected to ex- ercise my judgment in the discharge of the duties of that office and not the Judg- ment of irresponsible editors or yellow journals and what they might say ought to do.'
 "I consider" continued MT. Jerome, | that the duties that were laid upon me in that office, and which l have striven
 
 just, to apply one law to all persons, not apply one law to the poor one and an- other to the rich man. l have stood, sir under great pressure before southern grand jury room as a sheriff and often stood before a southern jail when he | knows that the prisoner within is guilty 1 aid worthy of punishment but only will | allow him to be punished as the law pro- | vides''
 | MT. Jerome concluded his summing up | and Commissioner Hand declared the | hearing adjourned until tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
MICHIGAN IS BIG
 GUN BATTLESHIP

Camden, N. J.. May 26.-The frst-class battleshp Michigan, which was launched today from the yard of the New York Shipbuilding company on the Delaware river here, comes closer to the Dread naught class of warships in the English navy than any other big fighting vessel in the American navy. The new vessel is known as an "all big gun battleship, as it will carry eight 12-inch breech-load- Ing rifles.
 The general dimensions of the Michigan are as follows: Length on load water lines 450 feet, extreme breadth 80 feet, draft 24 feet inches, total coal bunker capacity POO tons. The hull is of steel throughout. Although a very heavy vessel, the contract calls for sustained speed of 1872 knots an hour for four consecutive hours.
 Besides the eight Pinch guns the Mich- igan's main battery will include two sub merged torpedo tubes and the secondary battery will consist of 9 3-inch 04- pounders) rapid fire guns, two S-pounder semi-automatic guns. eight 1-inch semi
  four machine guns of 0.s0 calibre.
 The Pinch guns will be mounted in pairs of four turrets on the center line, two forward and two aft. The hull will be protected on the water line by com plete belt of armor s feet wide, having a thickness of Il inches throughout the ma- chinery spaces and F inches at the mag azine spaces. For a height of eight feet above the main belt there will be the casemate armor, ten inches thick at the bottom There will be a complete protec- tive deck from the stem to stern. The magazines and shell rooms will be so ar ranged that about one-half of the total supply of ammunition will be carried at each end of the ship. The propelling en- zines will be of the vertical twin screw, tour-cylincer, triple expansion type, of combined indicated horsepower of 16,500.
 The crew of the Michigan will number 51 officers and 75S men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27

the attempts now being made in the legislature to abolish horse racing in Louisiana was made tonight by G. H. Terriberry, attorney of the tracks. He said the City Park and Crescent City Jockey clubs will favor the following:
 state racing commission of three members; no owner of a horse which is racing to be a stockholder in the club directing the meeting; and no minors admitted to the track except accom- panied by parents or guardians.
 Also he said the New Orleans clubs would work to abolish Sunday and night racing and to keep half mile tracks out of a radius of 25 miles from cities of over 50,000 inhabitants, and would welcome other drastic regula- tions intended to make the sport cleaner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
GOLFERS AT MEMPHIS.
Birmingham Sends Several Players
 to Compete.

Memphis, May 26.-The seventh an nual tournament of the Southern Golf association begins here Wednesday. A number of prominent golfers have al- ready reached the city and include Percy Whiting, Atlanta, Ga.; P. T.. Mayre, Clarence Angler, Thomas F. Paine, w. J. Tilson, W. K. Stone, w. R. Tich enor, N. R. Broyles, George Adair and several other Georgia play CTS.
 New Orleans sends Nelson Whitney Lawrence Swartz, w. B. Stauffer and several others.
 Birmingham is represented by R. H. Baugh, George c. Oliver, J. B. Cobb, R. H. Thatch and G. Topping.
 The first match will come off Wednesday. Experts declare that the links were never in better condition. Whitney. Eustis and Swartz are prom inent among those who will strive for the title of champion of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
FLOOR LEADERS OF
 HOUSE IN BATTLE

Washington. May 26.-The two floor leaders of the House again today occu- pied the center of the stage and per- formed their usual feat of charging each other with responsibility for the condi- tions at present existing in that body. It came about through an order presented by MT. Payne of New York, granting five days leave after adjournment in which to print in the Congressional Record the remarks that might have been, but were not, made on the floor. He took occasion to arraign the democrats for their fili- buster, and said that the republicans had no apology to make for their course. MT. Williams accused the majority of do- ing nothing at the present session, and opposed the order because 1t gave mem bers no opportunity to reply to state- call for answer. The order was adopted.
 Following this discussion, business pro- ceeded at rapid gait. The conference report of the military appropriation bill was agreed to. Its consideration was marked by vigorous speech by MT. Slayden of Texas against the Senate per- hitting the education of four Filipinos at West Point.
 Bills were passed as follows:
 Granting Salt Lake City, Utah, right of way across Fort Douglas military reservation for a. pipe line and giving similar authority across the Plattsburg New York military reservation for right of way to the Delaware and Hudson River Railway company; refunding cer- tain stamp taxes on foreign bills of ex- change and duties on anthracite coal' illegally collected; providing for the open ing to settlement of portions of the Chey- enne and Standing Rock Indian agencies; promoting the safety of employees on railroads by requiring the equipment or locomotives with ash pans that can be dumped without requiring an employe 10 go under the locomotive; promotion or tne safe transportation on railroads or ex- plosives The committee on appropria-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
TERRY M'GOvERN FAILS ID
 SHOW HIS OLD TIME FORM

New York, May 26.-Terry McGovern of Brooklyn and Spike Robson of England fought six rounds tonight at the National Athletic club, giving a somewhat tame eX- hibition to the big crowd which watched them. No decision was render but under any conditions the fight probably would have been declared a draw, although Rob son plainly had the better of it toward the end McGovern started well and dur ing the first four rounds landed enough blows to put his man out many times over had he had any steam behind them. Toward the end of the sixth round there came a flash of the old-time McGovern when he let loose in one of his former whirlwlnds of attack. Even then it was rot the McGovern of old. The strength was not there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
AMERICAN PLAYS
 WELL IN ENGLAND

Sandwich, England, May 26.-There was a period during the contests today in the play for the British golf championship when the spectators began to- wonder whether S. L. Yaw of Philadelphia would emulate the feat accomplished in 1904, by Walter J. Travis, the American cham pion, and place the British championship to his credit. Nothing more extraordinary than Yaw's putting in the second round against J. G. Simpson, one of the best of the St. Andrews players was performed even by Travis, and it was the putting that won the second round for the Phil adelphian. In the third round, however, although his putting was still excellent, he failed in a long game against ". Hambro, who probably is the longest driver in Great Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Every prescription filled in our house Is the product of two brains and two pairs of eyes, as the result of system of pre- scription filling.
 Your prescription i s first filled by compe tent registered pharmacist, but to avoid the possibility of error, the pre- script1on is then handed to another regis tered pharmac1 1st, and the compounder then calls back each ingr dient and the amount of each used in filling the prescription, Which is carefully checked by Dispenser No. 9. The directions then carefully read and checked, and both then sign the double check-tag placed upon each pre- scription. have used this thod of prescription filling for years without error, and have detected which would have gone through wi thout this method of double checking, wh1 oh will be rigidly adhered to here. Do you not appre ciate the importance of this ethod and want your prescriptions filled in this way, when you will know they are right and have a feeling of security?
 A. B. RAINS,
 Dispensing Chemist,
 s. W. Cor. 2d Ave. and goth St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
SUIT WITHDRAWN
 BY EVELYN THAW
AnnuIment of Marriage Is Not
 Now Her Desire
AN UNWILLING PLAINTIFF
Counsel for Evelyn ThaW Says Hus- bands Relatives Were Cause of lnstitutine the Suit, But
 This Is Denied

New York, May 26-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, through her counsel, today with drew the suit which she instituted some time ago for the annulment of her mar riage to Harry K. Thaw The motion for Withdrawal was sanctioned by Referee Dyer, who had been appointed by the court to take testimony in the proceed ings and the case was declared diseon- tinued without costs to either party to the suit Immediately following the dis missal of the action, Daniel O'Reilly, per sonal counsel for Mrs. Thaw, issued a statement in which he declared that Mrs. Thaw had been an unwilling party to the proceeding from the first It was only because of pressure of her husbands rel atives that she had any part in such a proceeding, said MT. OReilly. and that she withdrew the action because she be- lieves her husbands present position de- mands her loyalty.
 There has been much misrepresenta- tion as to Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaws ac- ton in first bringing application for an annulment and then subsequently, discon- tinuing the same,' said the statement. Mrs. Thaw reluctantly made such an ap- plication in response to pressure brought by relatives of her husband; she with draws from the action at this time be- cause she believes her husbands situa- ton demands her loyalty to his interest, and that it would not serve any good purpose to prove at a time when he is at- tempting to gain his liberty that he was insane he ma iad bpr 1lN, is this true in the light of the unfor- tunate conclusion of the last proceed ings."
 MT OReilly declined to give the name of the relative who had brought per suasion to bear on her to institute the proceedings for the annulment of the marriage.
 MT. O'Reilly was quoted today as say ing that there had been no reconcilia- tion between Harry K. Thaw and his wife and that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw wanted none. He added that Mrs. Thaw thought she had a right to some financial reconl- pense for the sacrifice she had made in Thaw's behalf. MT. O'Reilly said that some step of that kind might be taken but he would not indicate what form the movement would take.
 Franklin Bartlett, counsel for Mrs William Thaw, made denial to Lawyer O'Reilly's statement that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had made application fOr any annullment of marriage in response to pressure brought by relatives. MT Bartlett said:
 .''The position of the family in regard to this young woman is very simple and very just. Mrs William Thaw desires that this young woman shall be treated not only fairly, but generously, and sht is now being paid 5000 per month, whici In my opinion, as a lawyer of expert ence, is far more than any court would allow her for maintenance and support either as alimony or otherwise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
VANDERBILT CUP
 RACE ID BE HELD
American Automobile Associa-
 ton Issues Statement
GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN
Automobile Club of America Has Be- come Too Active and Automobile Association Proposes to Con-
 trol All Racing Affairs.

New York. May 27.-That there will be an automobile race for the Vanderbilt cup held this year was authoritatively announced here tonight. While official announcement was lacking as to details it may safely be said that the race will be held on Long Island, probably on the Long Island motor parkway, a private roadway, which it is hoped to have far enough advanced toward completion to permit the running of the big interna- tional event over it in the fall. A Satur- day in the latter part of October will be selected. This decision was made at a meeting of the racing board of the American Automobile association, which constitutes the Vanderbilt cup commits sion, which also took radical action look ing to control by the American Automo- bile association of the entire automobile racing field in the United States
 The gauntlet was thrown down to the Automobile Club of America which, it holding of a rival international race at Savannah Ga. In automobiling circles here tonight reprisals of some sort seem to be expected on the part of the latter organization.
 The two organzat tions have been at odds for some time, friction having in- creased recently over the rules for the Vanderbilt cup race, against which sev- eral foreign automobiling organizations have addressed protests to the Automobile Club of America, which was the for eign representative of the American Au tomobile association up to the time of it's withdrawal from the national organza- ton some time ago.
 Two drastic resolutions were adopted today. One of the resolutions authorizes the chairman to notify foreign automo- billing organizations that the Automobile Club of America lis a local club, situated in the city of New York, without national functions or jurisdiction" The other pro- vided for a general notification to all foreign and American clubs and manu- lecturers that the American Automobile association, the national governing body in the United States, will hereafter an- nually sanction but three national or in ternationala events,'' namely, the Wander bilt cup, for racing cars the annual tour ing contest for the Glidden and other trophies, and the Demont- Thompson cup contest for stock cars.
 The board announced that the action taken was intended not only to put rac- ing and other contests absolutely in the hands of the American Automobile asso- citation, but to keep the number of auto mobile contests within proper bounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
HOLIDAY IN SEATTLE. Thousands of Sailors Parade the
 Streets of the City.

Seattle, Wash, May 26.-Rear Admiral Charles Sperry. commanding the At 1antic battleship fleet, landed this after noon an armed force of three thousand men who made a Seattle holiday by pa- rading through the streets of the city. The fighters on the sea were accom- panied by a land force of coast artillery and infantry from the neighboring forts of Lawton, Worden, Casey and Flagler and local militia and civic societies. On the fleet preparations are being made to raise anchors at a. m. tomorrow and steam to the conquest of the city of Ia coma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
Mrs. ThaW Visits Her Son.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 26.-Mrs. William Thaw spent all the morning with her son in the big room of Sheriff Chm Ter, which Thaw occupies in the court house. Thaw denied himself to reporters today He was much discomfited to read a dispatch from the Adirondacks quot ing District Attorney Jerome as unwlll- ing to consent to his commitment to an asylum other than Matteawan. Thaw feels that he would return to Matteawas leaving hope behind because Dr. Baker of that institution testified that he is a paranoiac and therefore would not pe willing to sign a certificate in the near future if ever at all that he is sane and should have his liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
OFFICE
2023 FOURTH AVENUE

tions suffered defeat in the rejection oi a bill to acquire certain lands as an addition to Rock Creek park in the Dis trict of Columbia.
 After passing resolutions reclassifying the clerks in the government departments at Washington and declaring entitled to their seats Messrs. McGavin, republican. n. and S. A. Bath, democrat, as repre- sentatives from Illinois, the House ar 5:43 o'clock, owing to the difficulty of keeping quorum, recessed until il o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
NEW ORLEANS JOCKEY CLUBS
 WILL FIGHT LEGISLATION

Baton Rouge, La, May 26.-An-
 nouncement of the campaign plans of the two New Orleans jockey clubs conducting mile race tracks in fighting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27
AUCTION! AUCTION!

Horses and Mules. A large list of consignments will be sold at our stables, Thursday, May 28th, 10 A. M. A rare op- portunity to secure some bar gains. FEES & SONS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-27

Ads Illustrated witL good cuts are trade winners-The Gawk makes good cuts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-02
John DIS Daughter III.

Chicago. III. April 2.-sfrs Harold Mccormick. daughter of John ID. Rockefeller. is verging on nervous breakdown. and has prepared to de- part hastily from the city. as a re- suit of a series of letters received by her threateing her fife and the lives of her children. Guards have been placed about the Mccormick home at Bellevue place and Lake Shore drive. Mrs Mccormick recent ly told Mrs Theodore Thomas that a number of lily written letters had been sent to her warning her that the lives of herself and her children were in danger. Mrs Mccormick said that the letters had been in- creasing in frenquency and sirulenee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-02
LABOR BULLETIN.
Publication Issued by Labor Com-
 missioner ScOville.


 missioner Scoville.
 Labor Commissioner w. H. Sco- vile has issued bulletin from his department giving an abstract or It's work for the past year. The com missioner reports that the past year saw about the usual number of in dustrial disputes, their duration ag- gregating about 100000 days, number slightly in excess of the pre- cedlng year. The work of the free public employment bureaus is said to have been satisfactory. In DOT ton of the report space IS given to judicial decisions and the commits sioner says:
 within short time the United States supreme court has rendered several decisions involving issues of vital consequence to labor. Two of these were especially important. One of them declared that the law en- acted in 1898, which forbade rail- road companies engaged in inter- state trade from discharging an em- ploye on the ground that he was a member of a labor union. was un- constitutional. When a case under that act reached the supreme court that tribunal decided in effect that | a road has the same right to dis charge an employee for any cause | as the same employe has to leave the service of the road for any cause. The other case, the decison of the supreme court concerning which is perhaps of still more vital interest to labor. is that of D. '. Loewe & Co of DanbuTy against the officers of l the American Federation of Labor | and others.
 "The complaint referred to above, to which demurrer had been filed. reached the supreme court on ap- peal. The arguments of counsel be- l fore the court shed considerable light upon many of the Interesting questions involved, though all might be resolved into whether interfer- ence with the trade of D. T.. Loewe & Co in other states constituted a | combination and conspiracy and an ' infraction of interstate commerce un- | der the Sherman antitrust law. The decision of the supreme court in brief and effect sets forth that boy. colt of labor unions against a pro- ducer doing an interstate commerce business violates the Sherman anti. trust law of 1890"
 The bulletin contains a directory of labor organizations and publiea. tion of labor legislation enacted dur. ing the last session of the general as. sembly. a list of labor bills rejected and an abstract of federal and state statutes relating to strikes, black. listing and boycotting.