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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
C0REY'S LIFE NOT
A BED OF ROSES
THE STEEL COPORATlON'S PRESI-
DENT is SAID TO BE EST RANGED
FROM HIS PRESENT WIFE AND
VISITS FORMER WIFE.

Braddock, Pa, January 4.-(Special.)-
1t is broadly intimated here that William
Ellis Corey's welded life with Mabelle
Gilman, the former chorus girl, whom he
welded a year ago, has not been the bed
of roses he anticipated and that it was
because of an estrangement between the
woman who replaced the former Mrs.
Corey in his affections that the head of
the steel trust came on here today to join
a family gathering in the home of mis-
father, Alfred Corey, where he met his
former wife, who divorced him.
What transpired during the visit may
never be known. No member of the Corey
family was a witness. 1t is said, however,
that without doubt Ellis Corey met his
former wife. 1t is said that Ellis Corey
has been particularly anxious to make
some arrangement with his former wife
whereby he might have a chance to see
their only living child, Allan Corey, and
knew that he could do this only through
his former wife, for Allan has been his
mothers strongest champion, although
but II years of age.
Corey offered the lad a half million
dollars to leave his mother, but the
youngster told his father that he would
remain true to her, and he has done So
Corey came here this morning unat-
tended from New York city. Allan Corey
was here, too, but reached his grand
fathers home ahead of his father, while
his mother and aunt, Mrs Lille Corey
cambridge, arrived at the old homestead
Just after l o'clock.
Miss Ada Corey, his youngest sister,
was not present, as she has not become
reconciled as has the rest of her family.
Allan, the son, is student this term
in Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
BOMB EXPLOSION
NEARLY RUINS BANK
SEVERAL PERSONS IN THE BUILD
ING AND OUTSIDE ARE INJURED
BY THE FLYING MISSILES, BUT
NONE KILLED.

Kansas City, Mo-, January 4.-(Special)
An explosion. caused, it is believed, by
bomb in the basement of the First Ma
tional bank building, Tenth street and
Baltimore avenue, at three minutes after
y o'clock today injured nine persons and
caused panic among the persons in the
bank.
No one of those injured was danger
ously hurt. All except one were employees
of the bank.
All the fremen and others who exam
ined the place after the explosion agreed
that it occurred in the end closet nearest
the door in the mems toilet room. The
floor was of concrete and covered with
tile and shows a terrific downward force
in the explosive.
IF it was a dynamite bomb that
caused the explosion it seems likely that
it was thrown through a window on the
west side of the basement" said a bank
official today. There are TWO windows
level with the sidewalk
Mr.. Swnney, vice president of the
bank, said he believed crank threw the
bomb. The damage TO the bank building,
he said, would amount to several thou
sand dollars.
All of the evidence left by the explo-
sion indicates that it yook place in one of
the small rooms in the lavatory. EN-
ployes of the bank said after the explo-
sion that there was someone standing IN
that room for several minutes. 1t was
only few minutes before the explosion.
No one saw enough of the man to give
a description, as only his feet and the
lower part of his trousers were visible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
FATHER TRIES TO
ABDUCT HIS son
SON-IN-LAW OF THE LATE REV.
SAM p. JONES CREATES SMALL
SENSATION AT CARTERSVlLLE.
CHILD is RETURNED.

Gainesville, Ca, January 4.-(Special)-
Quite a sensation was caused in the city
when b. c. Sloan, the son-in-law OF the
late Rev. Sam P. JONES' attempted to
take his little son, Sam Jones Sloan, II
is claimed. to parts unknown
Mr.. Sloan has been staying at the home
of Mrs. Sam Jones since the evangelists
death, and was apparently on good terms
with the family although he and his vile
were said to be estranged. He is said
to have told his wife that he was going
to a football game at Cedartown and
would carry little Sam Jones with him.
No objection was interposed, but sus-
picion was aroused when at dark he had
not returned with the child
The family at once made investigation
and found that he had obtained buggy
from a livery stable kilograms and tel
ephone lines were used, and every point
notified to look out for him. He was in
tercepted at Dallas, Ga, just as he was
about to board train. He was brought
back here on a warrant taken out by his
wife for abduction and made a bond of
$500 His wife took out habeas corpus
proceedings to obtain possession of the
child. Judge Fite ordered the baby
turned over to Mrs. Sam Jones, its
grandmother, until January IS, when the
writ will be heard by him.
Mr.. Sloan said when arrested that he
was taking the little fellow to his home
in Pittsburg to visit his mother. The
baby is about years old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Jacobs Pharmacy
UP-TO-DATE BISHOP
OPENS AN OFFICE
CHURCHMAN BELIEVES THAT HIS
DUTIES ARE NOT ENTIRELY
EccLESIASTlc AND ADVOCATES
CIVIC ACTIVITY.

Detroit, Mich, January 4-Bishop
Charles D. Williams of the Episcopal
diocese of Michigan, has opened a down
town office.
The churchman is not interested in
ecclesiastical duties alone and his office
has already become the gathering place
of men who seek to consult with Doctor
Williams ON matters of civic Importance.
''Why should not churchmen take as
big an interest in public affairs as any
body else?' asks the bishop. II be-
Ieve the man who is an advocate of one
kind of righteousness ought with equal
energy to seek all other forms of right
eousness, civic, political, municipal and
corporate as well as spiritual and moral
bipartisan politics. he continued, 'is
the curse of municipal elections. The
only place for parties in city affairs is in
neutrality-suspicious. as that
may sound. 1t takes patience to gain
any public good, and there must be hon
est, able and aggressive leadership to win
over the obstacles that are sure to be
thrown in the way by opposing private
capital
81 believe in municipal ownership. II
is conducting for the people and by the
people what is essentially their own"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
NEW YORK POLICE RECORD.
Four Times as Many Arrests Were
Made as In 1906.

New York, January 4.-Many of the de-
tails regarding the work done by tho
New York police department during the
past year are contained in the annual re-
port of Police Commissioner Bingham,
which was made public today. The COM
missioner declares that there has been
marked Improvement in the efficiency OF
the department during the year. In sup
port of this contention he says that there
has been more than double the number
of arrests for felonies than in the pro-
ceding year and double the number OF
convictions. At the same time there have
been four times as many arrests and
convictions for misdemeanors than in
1906 The whole number of men in the
was 9410 In addition to these Ito speclai
patrolmen were on duty in this city. Dur
ing the year 419 policemen were injured.
81 died and four were killed outrlgnt
in the discharge of their duty. or III
persons reported missing 1549 were located
or returned home The unknown dead re-
ported to the police numbered 5ia. one
hundred and sixty-three of these were
later identified. The police were asked
to search for 3645 lost children, or 10 10
every day in the year, and In the same
period ITO foundlings came under tnelr
care There were TOGO arrests of auto
mobile speeders of whom 1926 have been
convicted and paid fines amounting 10
$31, 437.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
PASSENGER FARE
To Be NO HIGHER
Denial Is Made of Compromise
With Railroads
RATES REMAIN UNCHANGE
The Southern Is the Only Road Said
To Be Affected BY Governor Smiths
Order, and That Line Is Pre-
pairing For Reduction.
RATES REMAIN UNCHANG ED

Atlanta, January 4.-(Special. )-Em-
phatic denial was made today in authorl-
tative quarters at the capitol that there
is any plan of compromise with the rail-
roads on foot, looking to an increase in
the passenger afre on any of the Geor-
gia railroad lines on which it has been
reduced.
1t is stated that the present talk of
compromise applied only to the Southern
railway, and that in so far as Georgia
is concerned, there will be no compro-
mise even regarding this system. In other
words not only are the reductions as or
dered by the railroad commission all over
the state to remain in force, but the rate
of 21a cents fixed for the Southern is
not to be changed.
1t Is stated from the same source that
the Southern railway is anxious to COM
plete arrangements for uniform fare
over its entire system, and that its pres.
ent plans contemplate a 258-cent rate be.
tween Atlanta and Washington, through
all states, as well as on branch lines,
effective April l. 1t is a further part
of the plan that the Southern will issue
mileage books of 1000 miles at "a cents
and 1900 mile books at 2 cents, the former
good for members of families and the lat
appears, in other states.
So far as can be seen the Southern
gets nothing out of this deal in Georgia.
Whatever concessions it gets will be, it
appears, in other states.
1t is said no question of compromise
fI,a
other lines in Georgia, and that nothing
in that direction will be done
Railroad Commissioner o. b. Stevens
stated today that he would persistently
oppose any modification of the commits
sion's anti-pass order with a view to per-
hitting contracts to be made for the
hauling. of city employees, unless such con-
tracts included the hauling of school
teachers. The majority of these, he says,
are women, and after hard days work
they are more in need of street car SER
vice than are big, husky men,"
Complete statistics of the Georgia Rail-
way and Electric company, the Fulton
county street car system, show that dur
ing 1907 the company hauled 461S0149 pas
sengers, an increase of more than 5000, 900
over the year before. OF these, S. 3S5. 400
were cash passengers at cents each.
making the company's receipts $1,819.27O.
The number of transfers issued during
the year was 7,S41.772 The company's
daily receipts were s49S4 The number of
passes issued to company employees was
81, Az. The number of free rides given
to city employees was 1,131, 800. The rest
were just plain deadheads
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
ARKANSAS LAW
MAY BE TESTED
Saloon Men viii Not Sell To Soldiers
Without Orders From
Officers.

Little Rock. January 4-(Special)-Be-
cause the saloons of Little Rock refuse
to violate the state law, which forbds
them to sell intoxicating liquor to regular
army soldiers of the United States army
without the consent of the soldiers conf
manding officer, the constitutionality of
the statute is about to be contested, ac-
cording to the statement of Capt. c. d.
Clay of Fort Logan II. Root. The atten-
ton of the war department authorities
at Washington is to be called to the arid
condition surrounding the soldiers of the
fort here in the midst of so much mofs-
ture, and it is declared that the case,
if need be, will be carried up to the SUI
preme court of the United States in or
der to test the state law.
The announcement of the army onicer
follows the refusal of a bartender in
Little Rock saloon today to sell liquor to
several men of Captain Clays company.
To sell to them would, under the law,
subject the saloonkeeper to fine of 500
and the forfeiture of his license. Cap
tain Clay, pending the settlement of the
affair in the courts, has issued whole
sale permission to his soldiers to get all
they want to drink
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
RECORD BREAKING
FINE Is POSSIBLE
JUDGE JOHN HAZEL HAS CHANGE
TO EXCEED JUDGE LANDlS-THE
STANDARD OIL is AGAIN THE
VICTIM.

Buffalo, N. Y, January 4.-(Special)-
By overruling today the demurrer of the
Standard Oil company of New York and
the Vacuum company, subsidiary firm,
to the seven indictments returned by the
grand jury in jamestown last spring.
charging the payment of rebates, Judge
John r. Hazel of the United States dis
trict court makes it possible to impose
a fine aggregating $S4,o0O,00O on the great
oil trust.
There are 100 counts in the indlct-
ments and the maximum fine in each Is
$4,000.
In the event of the company being
found guilty on all counts, and the max
imum fine for each offense being inn
posed, the total would exceed by $4,40O,0OO
the fine imposed on the Standard Oil
company by Judge Lands in Chicago.
The indictments will be tried in the
March term of the United States district
court in Buffalo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
DIES IN NICARAGUA,
American Engineer Succumbs From
MaIarial rheumatism.

Little Rock, Ark, January 4.-(SpeciaiD
A cablegram, which has just been trans
lated in New Orleans, reveals to Addison
Hamburg of this city the news of the
death of his nephew, Col. Adolph De
Hass at Monkey Point, Nicaragua, of
malarial rheumatism. Colonel De Hass
Was for a number Of years an Iron Noun
tain civil engineer here, building the cele-
brated White River branch.
Born at The Hague, De Haas graduated
from the Royal Military academy into a
lleutenancy in the Dutch army. He re-
signed and came to Little Rock, from
here going to Nicaragua to take charge
of a railroad construction project.
The war with Honduras broke out and
De Haas was commissioned a colonel of
artillery. AT the end of hostilities he
returned to private life lie was in rail-
load work when death overlook him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Free Transportation Cut Out.

Atlanta, January 4.-(Special. Maj. J..
F. Hanson, president of the Central rail-
road has written Chairman S. G. Nc
Tendon of the railroad commission, de-
claring his road would abide by the rail-
road commissions ruling cutting off free
transportation, but expressing the opin-
ion that the commission had exceeded its
authority In reply Chairman McLen-
don cites the law under which the COM
mission is acting and brings out the in
teresting fact that during the month of
September the Central railroad issued
free Transportation to the amount of over
$4,000 in the state of Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
CHICAGO BASEBALL WAR.
Semi-Professiona Teams Will Retail
late Against Magnates.

Chicago, January 4.-tSpecial. )-"Wa =
This is the local cry of the semi profess
sional baseball park owners, who have
been frozen out of the four-team city
baseball league, recently formed by Chi
cago magnates. Those given the cold
shoulder" have made plans to form an
opposition league and give the four league
association battle.
That a hot war WI. be waged as soon
as the ball begins to roll is evident from
the fact that both league will be taking
each others players by offering them
bigger salaries. The teams rejected by
the city league feel confident that they
will be able to give the star parks a
hard run and declare that they have
ample backing to fight until the last,
which they say they will do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
BECOMES GElSHA.
Wealthy Japanese Girl Hopes To Raise
Moral Status.

Toxic, January 4-Mlle. Tafuse, the 10
year-old daughter of a wealthy merchant
in Osaka has thrown in her lot with
the geishas. Mile. Tafuse. who graduated
last year with honors, is a bright and
clever girl. She writes poetry and is an
artist of no mean order
The reason why she has become geisha
is because she wishes to improve the
moral status of this class.
The average Japanese gesha is of
humble Qnigin as a rule, and can do
nothing hut strum on the samisen. Her
education Is entirely neglected. and she
lives simply the life of a butterfly. Mile.
Tafuse hopes by her influence to alter all
this. She will use her educational adj
vantages and teach these poor sisters all
she has learned herself and try to lift
them from their present surroundings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Refused Last Rites.

Clermont Ferrand, France, January d.
Jean Francois Edmond Guyot-Des-
saigne, the French Minister of justice,
who dropped dead in the senate on
Tuesday last was refused the last rites
of the church when buried here today.
priest, upon the request OF IN
widow, had prepared to hold solemn
high mass in the church when he re-
ceived notification that nj. Guyot-Des-
saigne had suffered accommodation or
account of having embraced Free Ma
sonry Therefore, only civil cere-
mony was celebrated, with eulogluhs
by various officials. At the grave
however, the bishop permitted me
nriest to perform a brief absolution
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
NO FIGHT IN THEM.
Count Boni and Prince HeIie Will
Have Mo Duel.

Paris, January Especial Cable 1.-THE
Hearst News Service representative learns
that the fight between the Prince De
Sagan and Count De Castellane is most
unlikely to lead to the reconciliation of
the latter and his former wife, Anna
Gould On the contrary Madam Gould is
said to be more embittered than ever
against her former husband on account
of the fracas. Moreover, gossip says that
marriage between Madam Gould and
De Sagan may be the outcome, although
she for her part denies any such inten-
ton.
No duel will be fought, as Count Boni
refuses to give satisfaction to "such
an unworthy antagonist as De Sagan,"
while the latter cannot find friends will
ing to act as seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
POWERFUL FuOTILLA.
England Adds Two Fast Fighting
Vessels.

London, January 4.-The British navy
is determined to retain the supremacy
it holds with the most formidable fotilla
of destroyers in the world. A few weeks
ago the new destroyer Tartar made the
remarkable speed of 81 knots on her
trials. This, the fastest vessel af1oat,
has been quickly followed by the Afrid,
which is the largest and most powerful
destroyer in any navy.
The Afridi, 900 tons displacement, was
built at the famous Elswck shipyard
on the Tyne. near the birthplace of the
Mauretania. This new destroyer is fitted
with Parsons turbine engines and Var
row watertube boilers, while an ar
rangement for burning oil fuel has been
provided
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
GoLLlWoo AND coMRADE.
People Surprised BY Revelations of
Florence Upton.

London, January 4.-Had the English
people known that the annual adventures
of Golliwog and his Dutch doll companion
were American creations they certainly
would never have taken sufficient inter-
est in them to justify their publication
for a continuous 10 years. One of the
Christmas surprises in London was the
valedictory address of Miss Florence Up
ton, the clever American girl whose util-
ization of the American equivalent for
the British Aunt Sally has become
immortalized under the battling title of
Golliwog.
English writers have tried to trace the
pathological origin of the name and the
theological source of the creation. And
now comes the revelation, not only that
Golliwog Is an American, but that the
rhythmcal record of the black imp
doings is by an American also-the mother
of the artist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
BANKS ANNUAL DINNER,
Depositors Are Treated To a Feast At
HartselIe.

Hartselle, January 4.--(Special. THE
Bank of Hartselle gave an annual din
ner to it's depositors and friends at the
Central hotel here yesterday, as is tn
usual custom. About 80 or 40 partook
of the spread In addition to the citi-
zens of the town. who are depositors
with the bank, there were several here
from out of town, and the affair was a
very enjoyable one.
The First National bank has moved
to the quarters recently acquired of til e
Citizens bank on Main street. and is
better equipped than ever to meet the
growing demands on them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Sailor Kills Policeman.

Oakland, January flames Fenton,
a policeman, was shot and killed to-
day in West Oakland by f. A. Boyle,
who said he was United States sailor
stationed at Mare Island. Thomas
Shields of West Oakland grappled with
Boyle, took his revolver and shot him
after Boyle had attempted to shoot
him. Boyle died later at the hospital.
Policeman Fenton accosted two men
whom he suspected of theft and when
he questioned them he was shot twice
by1 Boyle. The second man escaped.
The police have found a grip belong
ing to the men containing many post
age stamps and believe they were post
Office robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Franks To Be Abolished.

Atlanta. Ga, January 4.-(Spcoia') =
Free legraph and telephone service
in Georgia is at an end. The day OIL
franks in this state is past. The Geor-
gia railroad commission has taken tho
telenhone and telegraph companies at
+boir own word and on Monday next
the commission will issue an oruei
classifying these corporations 90 IN
non carriers and as such amenable TO
the rules of the commission governing
such corporations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
A Mistake Somewhere.

Waco, Tex, January 4.-During the
trial today of Joseph Williams, a negro,
accused of repeated criminal assaults on
Ruth Johnson, little white girl, the
negro narrowly escaped death at the hand
Of the girls mother. A constable CHANGED
to look about and saw the mother taking
deliberate aim at the negro with a pistol.
She was swiftly disarmed and the pris-
oner spirited away to Hillsboro it having
been learned that a mob was forming
to lynch him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Fire Destroys Home.

Columbia, s. c.. January 1.-The sword
presented to Maj. Micah Jenkins, by the
people of South Carolina, through Pres
ident Roosevelt at the Charleston exposi-
ton in 1902, for gallantry as a member
of the Rough Riders in the Spanish
American war, was destroyed tonight in
a fire which burned Major Jenkins home.
together with other valuables.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Found Dead In Bed.

Atlanta, January 4-(Special.)-W. A.
Cozadd who resided at 10S Pulliam street.
was found dead in bed this morning. 1t
is thought that heart trouble caused his
death. He was 81 years of age and had
been In Atlanta but two weeks, coming
here from his home in Pittsburs- Pa,
WHARF he was well known.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Nav Sutton viii Compete.

Los Angeles, January 4.-May Sutton,
holder of the women's international ten
mis- championship, has announced her read
mess to compete in the Olympian games
to be held in London this year, when
women players from many countries will
compete in the tennis features.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Calxe Leaves Mexico.

Mexico City, January 4.-Madam Emma
Calve, the prima donna, who was COM
PEELED to forego her second concert in
this city because of the altitude affecting
her, left today for the United States
Her doctors declare that as soon as she
reaches a point nearer sea level she will
regain her normal condition
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Earthquake At Kingston.

Kingston, January Am earthquake OF
moderate intensity occurred in Jamaica
the morning of January g. The govern
ment seismologist declared today that
no damage had been done and that there
had been no loss of life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Gen, Sterlinu Price Dead,

st. Louis, January 4.-General Sterling
Price, who served under his father in
the Civil war, died here tonight aged
70 years. General Prices home was in
Keytesville, Mo, where he had bank
ing and farming interests.