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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Hitchcock Has Made q
Mess OF The Caf11pdi{
Republican Party Is in Worst Fix Has Met With in
Years Through Methods of Manager Hitchcock al :
the President Has Been Appealed to for Help o.
or Taft Will Bunder on to Defeat. O

Washington, September 21.-(Special)
The next month of President Roose-
velt's tenure of office will be the
busiest of his career. The White House
will be in a constant state of eruption.
The President arrives tomorrow, and
from that time on will be the active
manager of the Taft campaign. Mr..
Hitchcock has made a mess of it from
beginning to end. He was on the job
when it came to instructing postmas
ters, but when it comes to reaching
the voter, who is not dependent upon
a government job for living, it is an
entirely different matter.
At the Chicago convention Hitch
cocks choice as chairman was bitterly
assailed andl the national committee, in
stead of selecting him, held the matter
in allegiance for three weeks. The prin
cipa1 opponents of Mr.. Hitchcock were
Arthur Vorys, Charles P. Taft, the can
didate's brother, and practically all the
old-line leaders. Charles p. Taft, who
according to report has made the big
gest donation to the republican cam
paign fund, with the possible exception
of the subscription of William Nelson
Cromwell, was Mr.. Hitchcock's active
enemy. Taft had financed the pre-con-
vention expenses and there was good
deal of gossip in Chicago about what
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
HASKELL DECLARES
HE WILL NOT QUIT

Kansas City, September 21.-Charles
N. Haskell, governor of Oklahoma, and
treasurer of the democratic national
committee, passed through Kansas City
en- route from the east, where he has
been making speeches for the demo-
cratic ticket, to his home in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Haskell was asked If the charges
of William r. Hearst, that he was con-
nected with the Standard Oil company
would cause him to resign from the
national committee. He said:
Resign! Positively nonsense. Why
/ was vindicated of those charges in
the state campaign last fall when
licked the whole bunch.
NOW, brand Hearst's statements as
falsehoods l said l would not resign
minute ago, didn't ]? Well, if Mr.
Hearst can prove a single statement
will quit at once"
AS his train pulled out Mr.. Haskell
shouted:
"And don't forget to say that the
campaign fund is growing fine. ] am
going home for a few days and then
will go back again to Chicago. Yes,
I'm satisfied with the outlook"
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New York September H.-William r.
Hearst, who has been campaigning for
the national ticket of the independence
party in the south and middle west, re-
turned to this city tonight and soon after
ward issued a statement concerning tho
challenge of Governor C. N. Haskell of
Okahamo. In his recent speeches Mr..
Hearst had charged that Haskell, who is
now treasurer of the democratic national
committee, had sought in 1899 to influence
Attorney General Monnett of Ohio to dis
miss certain suits then pending against
the Standard Oil company. In tele-
gram to Mr.. Hearst which he made pub
lie last night, Governor Haskell invited
Mr. Hearst to publicly prove his charges
before a committee of editors. :
Mr.. Hearst refuses to accept the sug-
gestion of an editorial board of arbitra-
tion in the following language:
'ro the Associated Press:
81 address this communication to you,
as 1 cannot have the slightest correspon-
dence or controversy with a man of Mr.
HaskelPs character.
"Mr. Haskell's proposition reminds me
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BrotheT Charley thought of the big
Bill" he had to pay.
At that time Candidate Taft thought
his election so secure that he could win
with almost any kind of management
and as he really was indebted to Hitch
cock for corralling the federal office
holders he directed the committee to
select him. Hitchcock started into work
in precisely the same manner in which
he organized the convention. lie got
out his well-worn office register OF
government employees, declined to take
anyone into his confidence except
Treasurer Sh eldon, and now-well, the
republican party is in the middle of
the worst fix it has been in in Il years.
Taft's only hope today is the Presl-
dent and 1t may be depended upon that
the President will do everything IN MS
power to see his candidate through
While the statement is meeting with
denials it is believed here that IL the
situation does not improve the Presi-
dent will take the stump for Taft. In
this connection it may be stated, how
ever, that there is considerable dis
agreement as to whether the Presi-
dent can help Taft as much as 1t Is
believed by those who are appealing
to him to take the stump.
One of the strongest cards that the
democrats are now playing against Taft
is the attempt of the President to die
tate his successor and pointing out the
conflict of such methods with the spirit
of American institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Wilbur Wright Makes
New Aer0pLa1e Record
American Keeps His Machine in the Air Over Hour and
Half and Ecipses the Records Made by His Brother
Orvle at Fort Myer-Ten Thousand
People Cheer the Aviator.

disappeared in the gloom like a white
phantom, only the sound of the ceaseless
ehurn of the propellers telling the null
titude that Wright was still in the air.
Matches were lighted to keep watch on
the fieeting minutes and night had fallen
when at the end of the thirty-third round
Wright came lightly to the ground.
With a mad cheer the crowd rushed
forward, only being prevented from hoist
Ing the American in triumph on their
shoulders by charging cavalry.
Among the first to reach Mr.. Wrights 9
side was Henry White, the American
ambassador, who told the smiling aero
naut of the keen pleasure he felt in wit
Messing his victory. The ambassador said
that he knew he was expressing the
sentiments of President Roosevelt and
the entire American people in congratu-
lating him. Other friends were equally
enthusiastic. Subsequently Ambassador
White said he believed the American
people should present a testimonial to
the Wright brothers.
"If Germany honors Zeppelin" he
asked, why should not America honor
the men who have opened a new page
in the history of the world?''
Mr. Wright told the Associated Press
that he had descended only because Of
the darkness, ne Stlll naQ SuIlcleuL eS-
sence in the tank to last an hour.
The official distance OF the fight is
given as &C. 60 kilometres. For the Mich
elm aero prize only the time before sun
set counts, and, therefore, In his at
tempt to win this trophy Wright set a
record of SO minutes, covering 1876 kilo-
metres. Mr.. Wright said that he was
especially glad to have established a new
worlds record for Orville's sake. He
denied the report that he does not In
tend hereafter to carry a passenger.
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Lemans, France September H.-In the
presence of the officials of the French
Aero club of Sarthe, the American am
bassador, Henry White, General Hayter,
commander of the Fourth Army corps, a
large number of French and foreign Off
GERS and aeroplane experts, and wildly
cheering crowd, numbering 10000, Wilbur
Wright, the American aeronaut, this aft
ernoon captured the worlds record from
his brother Orville Wright, with a flight
in his powerful machine of one hour,
81 minutes and 81 seconds covering in
that time an actual distance of 9S kilo-
metres, or nearly 81 miles.
Owing to the recent accident at Fort
Myer, todays trial for the Michelin cup.
for the greatest distance covered by an
aeroplane in 1908, and the Aero club prize
enclosed ground, attracted intense in
terest
The wind was too high In the morning
to permit of a fight and when 1t fell
at 4 o'clock this afternoon Wright made
three false starts.
Finally at 5:15 o'clock the aviator got
away nicely, sailing majestically up the
field.
After rounding the upper turn Wright
swept back and began describing ellipses.
On the thirteenth round Wright rose
to 60 feet after almost skimming the
earth.
In the gathering darkness the aero
MIA ne could M lonper ha sean at tho far
ther end of the field and 1t appeared and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
HEARST TURNS DOWN THE
SUGGESTION OF HASKELL

of the well-known story of the burglar
who was caught in the act by the police.
When the police burst in upon him they
found him in front of a safe which had
been blown open, with his tools in his
pocket a dark lantern in one hand, and
his other hand on the valuables in the
safe. The police dragged the burglar to
the court room and the judge said to the
culprit:
"'Well what have you to say for your
self?
1.-The burglar said: "Look-a-here, judge,
let's arbitrate this case
''The court records, the complaint of ex-
Attorney General Monett of Ohio, the affi-
davit of the present assistant of the pres
ent attorney general of Ohio, Mr. Burnett,
the court records of the state of Okla
homa in the Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany case. accuse Mr.. Haskell, and not l..
''Mr. Haskell has had many years in
which to sue Mr.. Monnett If that gentle
man committed libel in naming c. N.
Haskell as one of the men who attempted
to bribe him in the Standard Oil cose.
Mr.. Haskells proposition to arbitrate
the matter now shows that he has a sense
of humor, even If he has not a sense
of honor
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
CANNON'S ROAR Is
NOT APPRECIATED

Washington, September N.-(Specia1)-
Another republican congressman, George
W. Norris of Nebraska is out in an in
terview against the election Of Mr.. Cannon
to the speakership. He says: II am OPP
posed to the reelection of Mr. Cannsa
for speaker, not because I doubt his patri-
otism or question his ability, but because
he uses the power of his high position to
prevent consideration of legislation asked
for by the people and desired by a large
body of the members of the House of
Representatives. The most serious objec-
ton, in my judgment, to his reelection
as speaker is that he is opposed to any
change in present rules which would take
away or modify the unreasonable and
speaker and he does not hesitate to use
this same arbitrary power
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Senate republican for at least two years
and then with a republican President
and a republican Senate, the Tribune
will argue that we must have a repub-
lican House. and the election of a re-
publican House would help to keep the
Senate republican for two years longer,
for the legislatures which will elect
senators two years hence will be elected
at the same time that the congressman
are elected. In 1912. therefore, the
Tribune could PROFOUND the same ques-
tions to the democratic candidate that
1t now propounds, and IL 1t could per-
suade the people to adopt this theory
1t could keep the republican party in
o&..z ..<.t~ II
publican Senate as club. If the peo-
pie want to indorse the republican
platform they ought to vote the repub-
lican ticket; If they want to indorse
the democratic platform, they ought to
vote the democratic ticket. 1t is not
only Illogical but 1t is absurd to say
that they must vote for a republican
congressman and a republican Presi-
dent merely because the Senate is so
constituted that it is impossible to
make a complete change in Its per-
sonnel at this election"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
FORAKER DECLINES
TO MAKE COMMENT

Cincinnati, September 21.-United States
Senator ]. B. Foraker stated that owing
to the lateness of the hour he would not
make any reply to the statement issued
tonight by President Roosevelt relative to
the position Judge W. Fl. Taft had taken
on the matter of the Endorsement of Sen
ator Foraker for reelection.
The senator said he would probably not
read tonight the copy of the statement
handed him by the representative of the
Associated Perss.
The suggestion was made that he might
wish his answer to appear in the edi-
tions of the newspapers of the country in
which the Presidents statement would be
printed Senator Foraker, in reply, said:
Il am not so fond of the Presidents
company as that
He further said that he might make
a statement tomorrow II, after consider
alton, he deemed a reply necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Page l..

Page I.
Roosevelt hastens to aid of Taft.
Bryan becomes aggressive in campaign
Wilbur Wright makes new record.
Hitchcock makes mess of campaign.
Decisive order issued in Atlanta rate
hearing.
Hearst refuses to accept Haskells chal-
lenge.
Senator Bailey says Hearst's statement
vindcates him.
Forest fires are still raging.
Page 2.
Rush is reelected mayor of Bessemer.
Sugg ticket is victorious in Ensley.
Page 3.
Assassin shoots at officer in Gadsden.
Course of study in common schools.
Page q.
Editorial comment.
Hill will take stump for Bryan.
Plenty of time to secure new school text
books.
Page S.
O'Brien elected mayor by overwhelming
majority
School bond issue has little opposition.
Election results in suburban towns.
Republicans hope to bring Taft to Ala
bama ncxt month.
Law and Order league takes steps to
insure enforcement of prohibition laws.
Bryan-Kern club to hold rally tonight.
Shawnee Okla, delegation arrives to-
day.
Page 6.
Julian wants better fire laws,
Page 2.
Birmingham society
Dolly Dalrymple writes for women.
Page 8.
City elections held throughout the
state.
Page 9.
Cotton declines on Lanca shire lockout.
Wheat, corn and oats are lower.
Stocks break sharply under pressure of
politics.
Page 10.
National league race gets closer
Cleveland takes lead in American
league.
Aftermath of Southern league race.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
SENATOR BAILEY CLAIMS
VINDICATION BY HEARST

GAINESVILLE, Tex, September 21.-When
an Associated Press correspondent asked
Senator Bailey today what reply, If any,
he desired to make as to what Mr.. Hearst
said regarding him in his Memphis
speech Saturday night, Senator Bailey
dictated the following:
Assuming that the Sibey letter which
Mr. Hearst read Is genuine and that 1
am the Senator b." to whom 1t refers.
I am very glad that 1t has been given
to the public, for it completely refutes a
charge which my enemies have been
making against me In this state for the
last two years. They have been claiming
that | am an attorney for the Standard
Oil company and insinuating that I have
been friendly to it in matters of legisla-
ton. This letter distinctly shows that
my position could not be changed to suit
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pledged to the same platform, will APP
prove of the measures 1t will then be
up to the Senate, and / will not as
sumo that all of the republican sena-
tors will be willing to disregard de-
liberate expression of opinion on the
part of the American people. Shall the
people rule is declared by our plat
form to be the oversh shadowing issue in
this campaign. Is the Tribune pre-
pared to say that a republican Senate
will as a matter of course disregard
the decision of the voters as expressed
in the election of President and House
of REPRESENTATIVES.? If Mr.. Taft Is
elected, a republican House will prob
ably be elected also. This would mean
a rejection of the labor planks and Mr.
Taft, even if he were more disposed
toward labor legislation than he is,
could hardly expect either the House
or Senate to indorse measures rejected
at the polls"
Question 2-"How do you expect to
secure any of the legislation you are
promising the people unless you have
the hearty support of a republican Sem
ate and a republican Congress, and at
the same time base your claim to the
votes of the people on the assumption
that the republican party is against
every policy?"
Backing of Congress.
"As / said before, If am elected, the
House will probably be democratic, and
we will have only republican Senate
to deal with, and in case our victory
is a decided one we will make gains in
the Senate. These gains will not only
add to the democratic victory, but they
will strength en- the democrats in the
Senate and weaken republican oppo-
sition in the Senate. The Tribune fails
to distinguish between the republican
leaders and the republican voters.
When we say that the republican lead
ers are against the policies for which
we stand we do not admit that the re-
publican voters are against those
policies. In fact, we assert the con-
trary, that by voting with the DEM
ocrats they can rebuke the republican
leaders and compel those leaders to
yield to public demands. But let us
consider for moment the real propo-
sition presented by the Tribune. 1t is
this: If you have a republican Senate
you must elect a republican President
and a republican House to act with the
Senate. If that is true this year will 1t
not be true four years from now and
eight years from now, and IL years
from now, and forever afterward? If we
elect q republican President and a re-
publican House the natural effect of
such an election will be to keep the
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the interest of the Standard Oil COM
pany. The letter which Is claimed to
have been written by Mr.. Sibley suggests
that he might arrange for Mr.. Archbold
to talk to me and Mr.. Archbold's reply,
as read by Mr.. Hearst, says that he
would like to talk to me. AS a matter
of fact Mr.. Slbley never made to me
the remotest suggestion of a conference
with Mr.. Archbold and l never spoke to
Mr.. Archbold in my life about matters
pending in congress or any other legisla-
tive body. Even my worst enemies can
hardly insist that | had talked with
Archbold because the congressional rec
ord shows that, i did not agree with the
Standard Oil view on any question: and
to insist that l conferred with Mr.. Arch
bold and that he was as powerless to
alter my opinion as Mr.. Sibley admits
himself to have been, would not give
much comfort to my enemies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
FOREST FIRES ARE STILL
RAGING IN TWO STATES

denied the report and says he has author
itative information that the town is all
right.
The fires are in close proximity to sew
eral towns in Marinette and Menominee
counties, Niagara, ingalls, and Faithorn
seeming to be in the greatest danger LIE
Belle, north of Calumet, Is surrounded,
except on the water side, by flames, and
at Bette De Girls, also north of Calumet,
the people are fighting to save the light
house and other buildings. Ashland re-
ports Lake Superior skirted with flames,
and the smoke so dense that the sun was
hidden all day, making navigation slow
and difficult Fifefield, a few miles south
of Ashland, is reported in danger of de-
struction, and aid in the line of fire ap-
paratus has been sent from Minneapolis.
Communication with Fifefield is cut off
tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
First Rain In Weeks.

rain fell at Hopkinsville, KY, this morn
ing, the first in many weeks. Indica-
tions are good for enough rain to at
least relieve the drouth. Water has be-
come so scarce and hard to get in Sec
tions of western Kentucky that 1t is be-
ing stolen from those who have supply
and refuse to furnish 1t to outsiders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Strike Situation Grave.

Rio Janeiro, September, 21.-The strike
situation at Santos assumed a graver
aspect today when the carriers and drivers
declared a general strike. Work on the
dock has been retarded but the dock en-
ployes continue to load the ships with
coffee. The transportation of goods from
the docks stores to docks, however is
entirely suspended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22

Milwaukee, September 21.-Forest fires
are raging in Northern Wisconsin and up
per Michigan, which threaten to wipe out
several towns if rain does not come to
quench the flames. In several places
residents are reported as having had to
flee for their lives and at others trains
are loaded with goods and people ready
to flee to larger centers, if the flames
reach the critical stage.
Conflicting reports come from Foster
City, Mich, a lumber town across the
Wisconsin line of Marinette county, one
report stating that six persons lost their
lives and that large number of dwell
ings were destroyed, and that the Nor
gan Lumber company's plant is under
stood to have been burned. Mr.. Morgan
of Oshkosh, however, when seen tonight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Six Men Shot in Eioht.

Mariana, Ark, September 21-In
fight between white men and negroes
near here four negroes and two white
men were shot. The names of the ne
groes have not been secured by the au-
thorities The injured white men are
Joel White and Will Brown All Of the
men have been working in camp on the
Missouri Pacific railroad. The white men
are all foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
Chilean Independence pay.

San Diego, Cal, September 21.-The fes-
tivities of celebrating the independence
of Chile came to an end today. They
have been highly successful and thou
sands Of persons from all parts of the
republic visited the capital
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Milwaukee, Wis, September a-A dis
patch from Marshfield, Wis, says: For
est fires are rapidly closing in on the
city and it Is believed heavy rain IL
all that will save the city,
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Burnett in Washinqton,

Washington, September 21.--(Special.)-
Representative Burnett of Alabama is
in the city
The evening world., 1908-03-06

lAxAf1vE BRoMo ouINEJE. Look for
ne Signature Of E. W. GROVE Used the
The evening world., 1908-03-06
RUINED AND IN
JAIL, WIFE SUES
HIM FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. McReynolds, Who
Thought Husband Million
aire, Gives Some Advice.
MEN SHOULD TELL ALL.
They Make a Mistake in Keep
ing Secrets From Wives
Insult to Mentality, Too.
MEN SHOULD TELL ALL.

CHICAGO, March s.-Georgs e. Mo-
Reynolds, the Board of Trade operator
who failed with liabilities OF s75o,ooo and
was sent to Joliet Penitenetary on an
hndeterminate sentence for issuing about
. quarter Of a million dollars worth OF
notttious receipts on grain warehouses
has been sued for divorce
At his trial Mrs. McReynolds testified
that she had received 5000 a month
from her husband for household ex-
psnses Her chief fad was a violet
farm.
Mrs. McReynotds said she always
Thought her husband was a millionaire
and she had not meant to be OK
erava8ant
'-The greatest mistake a man can
make" she said, SIS &c ..eep his wife
IN ignorance OF his business affairs. OF
course, he does It because he wants to
shield her from unplea santness. but It
u not only a mistake but an insult
10 woman's mentality
During McReynolds's long fight IN
the courts he was devotedly aided by
his wife. The ground on which Mrs
MoReynolds now asks divorce - that
her husband II q convict.