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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
SHIP-S SUBSIDY BILL
 IS SIDETRACKED

Washington, May 22.-By combination of House republicans anC democrats the House organization was soundly beaten today and the ship subsidy bill, as passed by the Senate, defeated and sent to con- ference. The measure would grant about A000,000 in subsidies. Only two demo- crats voted for it.. of whom one was Rep resentative Hobson of Alabama, who be- lieved it's passage would result in great benefit to the American navy in case of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
INSPECTOR FOUND
 GUILTY IN COURT

New Orleans, May 22.-Former Police Inspector E. S. Whitaker was tonight found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon Sentence was deferred The verdict was the result of a sensational shooting several months ago which caused MT. Whitaker to lose his position as head of the New Orleans police de- partment. Accompanied by several de- tectives the inspector entered the office of J. M. Leveque, newspaper editor, and fired two shots at him with a revolver. missing both times.
 MT. Whitaker had objected to Mr. Le- veque's editorials
 The charge on which MT Whitaker was tried was assault with intent to kill" in view of which tonight's verdict is mild.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
 CHANGE INSURANCE LAWS

Columbus, O.. May 22.-The international convention of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers adjourned this evening until next Monday, and tomorrow morn ing delegates and visitors to the num- Der of 2000 will go to Cleveland on a special train to attend the unveiling of the Hanna memorial in that city. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone will be one of the speakers at the unveiling.
 Grand Chief Stone and First Assistant W. B. Premier left tonight for Cleveland Ito arrange accommodations for the dele gates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

elected secretary of the Locomotive Mu- tual Insurance association for a term of four years. Amos B. Eller of Kansas City was reelected vice president for two years.
 The insurance laws were changed so that members past TO, who. are totally incapacitated for work, may draw $25 a week on their insurance. these payments to be deducted on final settlement of the policy adopted.
 The Grand International Auxiliary to- day reelected Mrs. Mary E. Cassell of Columbus president for four years, Mrs. Harry St. Clair of Logansport Ind, grand secretary, and Mrs. Fairhead of Coving- ten, Ky, chaplain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Manufacturers Present Case.

Washington, May 22.-Western manu- lecturers of news print paper presented their side of the controversy today be- fore the special committee of the House Investigating the wood pulp and paper question. A number of these manufact- urers were members of the General Pa- per company. which was dissolved by or- der of court and they testified since that dissolvation there had been no agreement among paper makers as 10 price, division of territory, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
TAFT OPPONENTS WILL
 HOLD BALANCE OF POWER

Der of delegates of the anti-Taft per- suasion Burrows selection for the tenn porary craftsmanship naturally lends en- couragement. With nearly 200 seats in- volved in contests and with the Taft people assuming, in order to make their claim of first ballot nomination that a large proportion of these contested seats will be filled by Taft supporters, the possibilities in the control of the commit tee are of the greatest importance. Del egates are being placed with letters from every source
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
seaboard Certificates Issued.

New York, May 22.-S. Davies Warfield of Baltimore, one of the receivers of the Seaboard Air Line railway, who has been in this city negotiating for the sale of the issue of $3000,000 of receivers certifi- cates of the Seaboard, announced tonight that he closed negotiations with the Ma
 tional City bank for the purchase of the entirs issue of such SS.000,0o0 certificates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Cumberland Church in Session.

Corsicana, Tex, May 22.-The general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, which was organized last night. today heard the reports of the different boards and committees. A number of memorials were read and referred to the proper committees. among which was one asking that women be made eligible to the offices of elders and ministers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Washington, May 22-( Special 1.-The campaign of the allied anti-Taft presi- dential candidates is now being devoted to two propositions: the effort to con vince delegates-elect that the country wants Roosevelt and that 1t would en- danger party success to nominate any body else; and second. to canvassing for control of the national committee, Jn order to get temporary roll of the con- vention which will seat the largest num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Woman's Barn Burned.

Lexington, Ky, May 22-Shortly before midnight night riders burned the mann roth barn owned by Mrs. Lizzie Burrus, rear Salvis, in Mercer county. The coun- try home of Mrs. Burrus was for a time threatened, but it was saved by bucket brigade. It is known that Mrs. Burrus had intended to raise a 1908 crop of to7 bacco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Prominent Citizen Killed.

Cleburne, Tex, May 22.-T. o. Durham,
 z. local justice of the peace and prominent citizen, was shot and killed here tonight.
 Mark Black, an empoye of the Santa Fe railroad, Is under arrest, charged with the shooting,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Neuro Hanqed for Murder.

Marlboro. S. C., May 22.-Jim Mailer, a
 negro was hanged here today for the murder of his wife Death was caused by strangulation The crime for which Mailer paid the penalty was committed in 1907
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
LAUDERpALE.

Florence. May 22.-(Special )-Following are the full returns in Lauderdale county: Bryan 10S1. Johnson 3S1; Booker 725. Clay ton 975, Cunningham 746 Hefin 901, Kyle 2S5, Moody PAT, Tomlinson 1O36; O'Neal 14i2, Pugh 725, Rountree 2S7: Grayson 1144 In- ger 1110, BriclSnell 1164. Nisbet 1869; Aston JAS, Bilbro 107, Chiffon 6l, Lusk 395, May
 field 233, Simpson 1643, Henderson 97); Mastin 294, Wallace 1929: Richardson 15O5.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

equipment. to be used in teaching practical water
work the pupils. Rules of the road handling
the boat under various conditions, protecting and
caring for engines. emergency repairs-all these
and other facts which motor boat owners should
know will be thoroughly taught.
Among the instructors c. Andrade, jr-. c. II.
Crane. William Gardner. George +. HaCkett, II. W.
Patterson and Clarence O.. BrOkaw. Well known
boat builders such Lewis Nixon. take great in
terest in the school and lecture topics in which
they recognized experts. Well known motor
boat and gas engine manufacturers have contrib
uted quantities of materials and several engines
for the experimental equipment. The school is
operated not a money making institution. but
benefit members of the association by fitting
them for work in what is believed To be inn
portant commercial field. 1t aims train
To and build their boats to buy them
intelligenty: to act water chauffeurs for
to fit themselves statesmen of power
craft and gas engines The profits of the school.
when there any, turned into the general
fund for the support of this branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
CITY LIKE A RABBIT BURROW.

The new tube is a twin. at present connecting
Sixth avenue and 18th street and intermediate
stations at 18th street and Christopher streets,
with the I.ackawanna Railroad station in Hobo
ken but there is a whole family of tubes of the
same system which Will be opened by next
raer and will make lover New York and North
eastern New Jersey look like d combination of
rabbit and nluskrat burrows. These subterra-
mean runways will be a great boon to 100000
people il is stated, they get over
being lost in them. Every will be able TO
do business eat, sleep, shave and circulate with
out coming 10 the surface except to get an
occasional view of the weather. There will be
no weather in the tubes and the ''tubewayites"
will have no use for umbrellas or overshoes-
A special gyrnnastic apparatus is provided for
patrons OF the HOboken hole without any charge
beyond the regular fare of five cents. This con-
sists of steel rods set vertically at frequent in
tervals 10 aid passengers to steady themselves
when trains are crowded" any one can see the
Improvement over the artiquated strap and
perhaps surmise that the inventor of the vertical
steel rod drew his inspiration from the spectacle
Of lempposts supporting humanity in the club
house district. People whose forms have been
distorted by cinging 10 straps will no doubt hail
with joy the opportunity TO embrace steel rods
with hands and feet. The rods will also incul-
cate social solidarity in place OF the individual
ism inculcated by the strap Many passengers
will have cling together around the common
support. and they will heartfully enunciate
United we stand. divided fall"
The official poet of the subaqueous bore de-
scribes the appearance OF things and their effect
on sensitive nature in the following pearls of
language:
-rOn all sides are the vaulted arches, with the
odd effects OF light and shadow produced by the
glow Of incaDdescent globes. Ii is like going
down into the vaults of some beautiful old wine
cellar, or adds the poet for The benefit Of those
10 whom wine cellars do appeal, into the
sombre shadows OF cloister." Passengers may
take their choice imagining the rumble Of trains
be produced by pipe organ or a downfall OF
casks, and look forward the day when con-
certs and refreshments viii be thrown in with
the price OF ticket.
AT first there IS thrill of magic about ii.
Everything is harmonious with the subter-
ranean idea You are so charmed with the
magic and the subterTanean quality of The ex
cavation that you hate to emerge into the upper
air after a few brief minutes, and you wonder
why mankind left its caves and started TO
live the garish crust of the earth.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

train will remain stationary. Thus people VIII
have the satisfaction of knowing that their
clothes must travel with them The cars are
brilliantly lighted and very comfortable. it is
stated There only side seats.
The two tunes, which are made Of steel rings
bolted together and set in place as the COM
pressed air boring shield opened the way for
Them are about thirty feet apart for the greater
part OF the distance under the river There is
generally a coating of concrete on the interior
OF the tubes. which exactly fifteen feet and
three inches in diameter a roof of earth, mud
and rock from fifteen to forty feet thick comes
between the top of the tunnels and the bed of
the Hudson, while il is from sixty to ninety
feet TO the river level. There is danger that
ocean steamships other craft will break
through. At least if anything comes down,
everything viii come together
The section of the tunnels now opened from
Hoboken TO Sixth avenue and 18th street covers
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

call at Borough Hail. Brooklyn; shop in saith
street visit friend in Harlem and look at
some real estate in The Bronx is described as
an example of the ease of communication by tube
and subway. The stranger need hardly step
III the open air to reach these points. and he
can eat. get shaved. send telegram and buy
the ordinary necessaries of life in a cafe while
still underground. Plans for pleasure tours and
sum journeys to the burrows of Chinatown by
way of the tunnels will doubtless be arranged
in due time.
The scheme of tunnelling the Hudson was first
put forward in 1878 by D. c. Haskins. civil
of money spent on building solid brick tunnel
300 feet long. The company failed and the
work was abandoned in 1880 Ten years later
English capitalists engaged the firm of Pearson
& Son. who are now constructing the East
River section of the Pennsylvania tunnels, to
extend the hole. This time 1,S0O feet were built
before the job given up. Compressed air
was used in construction. The fatal flaw in the
enterprise was felt to be the mpossibility Of
using steam locomotives. with all their output
of smoke and gas. in the bore when it should
be completed. The electric motor in it's in
fancy.
William G. McAdoo. Il lawyer. saw the possibili-
ties in 1901 and organized a company. which
acquired the 5000 feet of old tunnel and com
rleted il by means of the steel ring method. \
second parallel tube built These are the
tunnels TO he opened this month. while other
sections of the system will be in operation
summer
The total cost OF the system will he about
SO 600 X is said. About sixty-five hundred
men have been employed the bores at
time There have been fewer accidents than in
the construction OF other tunnels in the metro
rolitan district.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
BUILDING BOAT HIGH IN AIR.
Power Craft, Made by Wealthy Men IN west
Side Y. NJ C. A. Glass.

A power boat in course of construction on the
fifth floor of one of Aanhattans tail bulIdhsS IS
one of the In this city, where most OF the
activities have been crowded above ground oool
and for the first time in its history, the city VIII
see a boat lowered from window one hundred
feet from the street, as though 1t were piano IN
a Harlem fiat
The boat is being built in the special shop OF
the West Side Young Mems Christian Association
Building, at 51th street and Eighth avenue Inc
workers pupils in the motor boat scnooi anu
for the most part wealthy men,
The twenty-foOt keel is already laid ana the
framework nearly completed. Three nights each
week classes composed of bankers, mechanics. ar
lists retired business men. decorators. physicians.
statesmen and architects busy with plane, ham
mer and saw, finishing the job
Meanwhile in the gas engine laboratory and IN
the workshops of the automobile school, the class
is taking part putting together, repairing and
generally studying the gas engine. When the boat
is completed the class Will tit her out with five
horsepower engine. Then will come the lowering
of the boat to the street, a wagon trip TO the
Hudson and a launching and naming Once
launched the boat will become part Of the schools
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
A LESSON IN GRAMMAR.

In the mountainous sections OF the Middle
West the teachers are appointed with little ques-
ton concerning their grammatical orthodoxy
Occasionally, however, wave OF school reform
sweeps through the valleys. and undesired ex-
aminations are thrust upon embarrassed peda-
gogues
1t was during of these periods of intel
lectual discomfort that the following sentence
was given: The bird few over the house, Ac-
companying it was the query; lis flew a regu-
lar or irregular verb
one teacher after another shook his head hone
lessiy despite the slow thought inspiring fash
ion in which the examiner repeated the per
picking fact that ''The-bird- d-hew-over-the-
house.
Finally. a man rose in the rear and with the
assurance of one who puts his trust in logic and
a practical knowledge ~ natural history ne
volunteered solution. Said he:
IF that bird which few over the house was a
wild goose. il went in straight regular line so
the verb is regular; but If it was a lockwood
that flew over the house. then IL went i'm d,
crooked. zgZag line, and the verb is irregu-
lar"
All but the grammar bound examiner were
satisfied with this sensible and rational explana-
tion. Youths Companion.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
STUDY OF SPIRIT
MESSAGES GROWS.
REQUEST TO CLARK UNI.
VERSITY FOR RESEARCH.
Work of Sir OHUer Lodge, Professor
Hyslop and FlammariOn.

Boston, Feb. 15.-Nodern skepticism doesn't seem
to lay the ghosts Belief in ''spooks'' Of kind
or another or at any in mysterious forces
this age of enlightenment Enthusiastic and well
trained inquirers are continually discovering phe-
nonena which in their judgment can be explained
only in case there lie beyond the world OF tho
senses manifestations of which the human mind "a
not ordinarily cognizant. The bequest just made
of a sum of money Clark University. in Massa-
chusetts for special investigation Of the claims oc
spiritisrl is new illustration OF the modern dis
position toward the occult
The president of the university at Worcester. Dr.
g. Stanley Hall, eminent as psychologist Of very
practical turn OF mind. is reported 70 have
pressed his entire willingness receive the bequese
and to live up 10 it's terms His desire do what
ever is reasonable in studying the facts. alleged
facts of occutism. IN line with the attitude Of
an increasing number of scientifically trained men
Whatever investigation. furthermore. is carried
on at Clark will be simply another contribution to
the amount of material OF this character that
has been brought together in the last twenty-fvs
or thirty years by earnest students in Europe and
America Many Americans, whether rightly or
wrongly. still think of the occult simply an
imaginary realm which vulgar takers exploit for
the sake of their poCketbookS and they have
conception of the importance OF the authorities
who have ranged themselves the side OF spirit
ism or of the number of literary documents by
responsible writer's dealing with cases which IL
not due to deception. must have bearing the
problems of the nature and destiny OF the human
SON
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

Sixty fee. under the Hudson River an MS
soric meeting between the Governor OF Ne"
York and the Governor of New Jersey VIII tahe
place on February % The two Governors VIII
be attired in their usual frock coats ana 'op
hats though so far under water. 1t Will be in
fact dry and dignifed meeting unless ie"
drops of moisture Unexpectedly percolate from
above Afterward there may be a wet ceiebra-
zion though still of an extra dry brand
President Roosevelt will touch a button that
viii start the submerged Governors speeding
toward each other on eight car electric trains
one leaving Morton street, New York CITY ana
the other Hoboken. The trains viii stop pre-
c,se,v under the line dividing New York and
New Jersey as determined by tapeline or other
means Governor Hughes, on the front plat
form of the New York car, will reach dry
hand over the boundary to Governor Fort. on
the platfornl Of the New Jersey car, and there
will be an exchange Of language suitable 10
commemorate the opening Of the first Hudson
River tunnel After the exchange OF official
sentiments members Of the parties representing
New York and New Jersey will probably get
familiar and invite one another to come ana
see the folks often now that it's so easy 20
cross the line. The Jerseyites may hint at ap-
p1ejack and those famous tomatoes while the
New Workers viii promise to give the others the
time of their lives in the highways and byways
OF Gotham. Legislative committees from the
two states viii bear a hand in the celebration.
There is 10 doubt about the inception of the
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company's
tubular service to Hoboken being an historic oc-
casion II points 10 the closing Of an epoch of
precarious, if picturesque, ferryboat travel
which began q large scale when George
Washington was in a hurry to transport his
forces from the locality Of Brooklyn. II means
that the vocabulary Of the commuter will lose
such phrases as Il missed the boat, and il may
have bearing on the great question Of states
rights by making travellers insensible of state
boundaries If a train ever stops on the line
and commuter who has one leg in Ntw York
and the other in New Jersey commits
sault drops dead, takes drink or performs any
other important act. there may be profound
consequences which will interest and enrich the
legal profession The domestic circle may be
upset by the inability of the delayed home
conner to say in which state he lost much
time
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

Pennsylvania and the Belmont tunnels there
will be no corner nook of the metropolitan
district inaccessible by underground routes. The
Jersey commuter will be specially blessed. Even
If he lives in Paterson or Newark, he VIII De
able to take his family TO a New York theatre
and treat them to an after theatre supper in a
Manhattan lobster palace with no fear or
trouble about crossing the ferry Stormy nights
won't matter Great, too, are the vistas opened
for suburban shoppers.
What is declared to be the largest office build
ing in the world. with twenty-five acres of floor
space and room for ten thousand tenants. rises
above the terminal of the southern tubes ct
Church and Cortlandt streets. 1t is known as
the Hudson Terminal Buildings 1t is twenty
two stories high and has f1fty-two elevators
The mailing division of the New York Postoffice
will occupy an acre of space in the building
when it is opened on May l, and the United
States Steel Corporation will use other acres
After crossing the Hudson the tunnels come un-
der the building about thirty feet below the
street level forming a loop. with platforms and
approaches of sufficient dimensions to accommo-
date one thousand persons a minute, or half a
million during the day.
An imaginary itinerary for a citizen of Frisco
who arrives the Lackawanna at Hoboken
and wants to visit broker in Cortlandt street,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
THE VIEWS OF FLAMMARION.

Very entertainingIy from the popular point Of
view Camille FIammarion. he who beyond perhaps
any other writer has made astronomy interesting
to the newspaper readers of two continents. Ids
been looking into subjects OF psychca interest for
nearly forty years and has become convinced tna'
while undeniaby a large percentage Of fraud eNiss
In mediumistc performances there are Instances "a
which the lifting OF tables. the moving OF pieces OF
furniture the raising OF pianos. the blowing aoous
OF curtains the appearance Of hands heads alis
spectral figures may be accomplished by the nse Oh
forces that have not heretofore been appraised oy
scientists
NJ. FIammarion in his book Mysterious Psycnie
Forces" which has Just been translated into Eng
Iish. does deny that all mediums may cheat al
times. but he asserts that they don't always
cheat; and they possess real. Undeniab4e psychi0
powers" He has personally carried on many eN-
perimentS and has confirmed his observations WIN
the camera Inasmuch he has. according TO us
statements. often seen heavy table lifted 10
height of eight. twelve sixteen inches iiV-
the floor under conditions where the only NUNS
that could be practised was due 70 the halidS -
four five persons placed on its toP. he mas az
rived at the conclusion that the lsvitation ef 90,
jects by psychic power is more 70 be dodo'ea
than the lifting of pair OF scissors ey the a'1 -
a magnet
The astronomer maintains a truly Gallo Shepu-
cism regarding these evidences of powers WHICH
the more creduIous associate uuhesitatingy with
world apart from own He merely understands
that marvellous feats are accomplished WI" -
help of forces which are recognized IN the cruz
nary textbooks of physics anu chemistry anu
without expressing opinions 10 the future hie %
the existence of God he maintains that the sou.
exists independently Of the body. with fac'-'eS '
are still very little understood.
One Of the most frequent accusations oro"s..
against the conclusions of some of the very ein1N
men of science who have participated in the Wois
of psychical research Is that being or SAli9
aud unsusrlciOus nature they are readily csi~
That is a charge made by Professor Z w o0ts
ure OF the psychological department cf fa4e - =.
verslty. a recent article in The IndepThAV
Acknowledging. dOubt, the immense N1'~0 -
human kind OF Sir William CroOkts's stuoies >"
chemistry many OF which have rey0lut'onizeu
industries MIR. Scripture asserts that cutsd7 O
own domain of investigation Sir William : = -
Of childish mind. lie throws out similar "l-i'
garding eminent professor Of ply Slows -
world famous American university. who. he say,
has been fooled at seances where many " 49,
audience saw the trick