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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
OPPOSITION To
JUDGE LURTON

Washington, December 1.-(Special.)-
Horace Lurton of Tennessee to the su-
preme court bench has begun to reach
the President, and 1t Is said that several
members of the Judiciary committee of
the Senate which passes upon the nonli-
nation have told the President they would
prefer his picking out another man. There
is nothing, however, to indicate that the
President will be guided by this advice.
In fact. there seems little doubt that he
will send Judge Lilrton's name to the
Eenate. That 1t will be confirmed is ac-
cepted here.
Aside from Judge LA1rtons age, he Is
being attacked for his alleged acceptance
of the use OF private car when trav-
cling. All this happened before the Hep
burn law was approved by the President,
hence It does not seem to be a valid OBJ
lection.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota Is report
ed to be among the senators against
Judge Lurton on the age score. Last
winter the senator recommended to the
President the appointment of a candidate,
Judge Hale, for the circuit court in his
district. He was turned down by the
President on the ground that Judge Hale
was too old.
Senator Nelson finds that Judge Hale is
several years younger than Judge Lurton.
1t may be that Senator Nelson will go no
further than referring to the mater with
a touch of irony. Senator Depew of New
York has a number of candidates in his
state for the supreme court vacancy and
some opposition may be expected from
this quarter, as the late Justice Peckham
was New Yorker and the state claims
the place. The President, however, is
expected to overcome It,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR LIVES LOST

Cherry, ILL.,, December 1.-Offcers of
the St. Paul mine today were charged
with the responsibility for at least half
of the lives lost in the recent disaster.
In the course of the testimony heard
at the coroner's inquest, David Wright,
one Of the survivors. declared thai the
men in the second vein worked for
more than half an hour after the dis
covery of the fire, without being warned
OF the danger
1.-THE fire started at 40 Alexander
Rosenback at 2 o'clock told Norberg
the boss in that vein Even then tSor
being sent up. She said she saw the
II he had ! feel that every man In that
vein would have gotten out alive"
Were the men kept busy for some
time after the fire started?" Coroner
Malm asked.
"I don't know, as 1 could not see
whether the car was working or not"
was the reply.
Mrs. Margaret Troyer interrupted and
said that she knew that the coal was
being sent up, she said she saw the
last car come to the surface twA hours
after the first alarm. This statement
was corroborated by Mrs. Mills.
The first session of the joint investi-
CATION to be carried on by the Illinois
Investigation commission and the state
mine inspectors will be held tomorrow
morning here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
WAR AGAINST BELL
PHONE COMPANY

New York, December L--Independent
telephone interests have an available
hghting fund of 100000 subscribed TO do
battle against the Bell Telephone inter-
ests This was the gist of "a statement
today by ID. A Wilson Of New York
prominently identified with the independ-
ent interests as he testified before the
state inquiry into telephone and telegraph
companies now going on here.
'The National Association OF lndepend-
ent Telephone Companies had created a
fund of 100000 to fight the Bell people
wherever they try to wipe out competl-
tion," said Mr.. Wilson. ''rhe way the
Bell company fights the Independent COM
panies is to buy company here and
there, thus breaking up the chain.
There are some 3.000,0Oo telephones In
New York. New Jersey and Connect
cut that cannot enter New York city be-
cause there IL no independent company
here"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
IMPORTANT MOVE
in PIERCE CASE

Austin, Tex, December 1.-After first
filing a plea of insanity on the grounds
that the statute of limitations had oper-
ated against the prosecution. attorneys
for H. Clay Pierce, head of the waters
Pierce Oil company, made second Inn
portant move late today in their efforts
to bring to quick termination the trial of
their client on a charge OF false swear
ing. The second move was the objection
raised to the Introduction of the affi-
davit on which the charge is based. When
court adjourned the arguments were still
in progress and will likely consume all
of tomorrow's session.
The objection to the affidavit Is based
on the ground that 1t was acknowledged
before Miss N. NJ. Nagel, who, on ac-
count of her SEX Is incompetent to act
as a notary public Judge J. n. Robert
son, leading counsel for the defense,
raised the point which is now thought
to be of vital import
The plea of immunity was filed imme-
diately after a plea of not guilty had
been entered to the indictment
The special plea was based on the spe-
cfio grounds that Mr.. Pierce was not
resident of Texas, and that while absent
from the state, was not fugitive from
Justice 1t was argued that the de1end-
ant should be immune for the reason
that the statute of limitations would ap-
ply in the case of a citizen Of Texas.
The fact that Mr.. Pierce had been COM
PEELED to testify involuntarily in another
trust case, brought In Missouri. was also
advanced as another ground for immun-
ity, it being claimed that he was granted
constitutional protection from prosecu-
ton on acts about which he was COM
PEELED to testify in the former case.
The court ruled that the state would
not be permitted to introduce any mat
ter not directly connected with the now
questioned affidavit. The state did not
take any notice of the special plea, as
it had not been verified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
ToDAY's AGE-HERALD.

Thousands made idle by strike.
Fight against House of Lords.
Relations severed with Nicaragua.
Frisco and Rock Island separated.
woman charged with murder of niece.
2-Walker Percy analyses election re-
suit.
Woman killed by passenger train.
3-Librarians meet In Capital City
4-Editorial comment.
S--Dr. j. l.. Dedman eiected city phy-
sician by council.
j. w. Tonlinson elected for hve-year
term on Board of Education.
Other prominent men comment on ef-
fects OF Mondays election
Citizens aroused over inadequate wa
ter pressure on Highlands.
Two men badly hurt by So-foot fall
from scaffold
!-Birmingham social news
Dolly Dalrymple's department.
s-Miner is killed by skip hoist
s-State and county election returns,
N-Mayor Sugg urges Ensley people to
return to business pursuits
ll-9ubstantial rally in stocks.
Cotton makes good advance.
! Wheat declines N quiet market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
carneale Is Getting Old.

New York December I-AhuFeW
Carnegie said today that the lowest negro
of the south Is more advanced than
was his (Carnegie's) ancestors In Scot
land 200 years ago He WAS speaking
before the Armstrong association. Talk
about uplifting the negro race. declared
Mr. Carnegie. those who have attend
ed the Industrial institutions now estab-
lished are already uplifted, and they in
turn are spreading their knowledge into
every cotton field and pine belt south
of the Potomac
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
New Officials of Roads.

New York, December 1.-The following
statement was given out by the Frisco
Rock Island officials:
"At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad company, held this morning, the
following were elected the executive COM
mittee: D. G. Reid, w. H. Moore, J. H.
Moore, F. L. Hine. r. A. Jackson, II. U.
Nudge, E. S. Moore.
1.-The following officers were elected: d.
G. Reid, chairman of the executive COM
mittee: r. A. Jackson, vice chairman Of
the executive committee; Fl. U. Nudge.
president.
THE meeting adjourned until tomorrow
for the purpose of adding other officers to
the list and the transaction of routine
business of the company.
THE following were elected as the ex-
ecutive committee of the st. Louis and
San Francisco railroad: b. F. Yoakum,
e. Hawley, b. L. Winchell, James Camp
bell, Frank Trumbull. f. V. r. Thaver,
Thomas Fl. West.
"The following officers were elected; B.
F. Yoakum. chairman of executive COM
mittee; r. L. Winchell, president.
1.-THE meeting adjourned until tomor-
row for election of additional officers and
the transaction of other routine bust
ness"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
suaoestlon Turned Down.

Boston. December 1-Suggestion that
the tents and other equipment of the
Massach asetts volunteer militia be offer
ed for the use and relief of the evicted
workmen of the Ludlow associates mill In
Ludlow was embodied in letter re-
ceived by Governor Draper today from
Representative Norman III. White of
Brookline. Governor Draper replied he
had been informed that the mill COM
pany has offered to store. free Of cost.
all furniture owned by the people out
of work and that no one has been obliged
to 20 without food or to sleep out at
night As Governor Draper left for Chi
cago tonight he referred the matter to
Lieutenant Governor rockingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
FsSCO IS SOLD
Bf ROCK ISLAND
aad That Have Been
'ears Separated
GG Is PURCHASER
c Prevent Fed
e8 Give Each
aa so g se unity
Ese Feruze sf ,s.
PURCHASER

New december 1.-Six thousand,
five hundred miles of railroad, forming
the st. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road company, generally known as the
Frisco, changed hands in New York to-
day by it's severance from the Rock
Island company, with which 1t was
merged in 1903.
The purchasers are B. f. Yoakum,
former chairman of the Frisco-R Rock
mer president of the Rock Island who
now becomes president of the Frisco. 1t
is understood in addition that Messrs.
Winchell and Yoakum have as their
associates in the deal some of the lead
ing capitalists of the middle west, in
c1uding Adolphus Busch and Festus J.
Wade of st. Louis. as well as the Union
Trust company of that city.
All accounts agree that the dissolu
tion was brought about by fear of fed
eral Intervention. The Rock Island
and Frisco lines parallel and tap each
other at various points, and there Is
reason to believe the Interstate COM
merce commission had taken cognizance
of that fact
Another interesting phase of the
! transaction is that. despite denials, the
current belief is that the Frisco will
! form some alliance with the lines of
| Edwin Hawley, the newcomer in the
/ railroad world, who recently acquired
! with e. F.. Yoakum control of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway.
/ At the same time the relations of the
! Rock Island and Frisco are TO be friend
| ly and for the benefit of both.
According to both official and unof-
! fetal statements the interests now in
the control of the ST. Louis and San
Francisco will operate that road as an
| independent property.
The St Louis and San Francisco com
| pany was organized in 1896 as the sue
| cessor of the railway company of that
name which had been sold in forecios-
| ure. When taken over by the Rock
| Island company control of the property
rested with B. r. Yoakum and his
friends, and Mr.. Yoakum was made
| chairman of the Rock Island board.
Credence is given the rumors of a
! Yoakum- Hewley alliance in more ways
| than one. Besides the Katy" recently
| purchased, they have other interests In
| common. Mr.. Hawley, comparatively a
| new figure OF prominence In the rail-
road world, is credited with the control
| of the Chesapeake and Ohio, Chicago
and Alton, Minneapolis and st. Louis.
Iowa Central and the Toledo. st. Louis
and Western, while he is interested In
Hooking Valley, Toledo and Ohio Cen
trail Western Pacific, the Atlantic Coast
Line and Louisville and Nashville.
The st. Louis and San Francisco had
not been a very profitable subsidiary
i of the Rock Island system. for the Rock
Island being responsible for the Frisco
bonds, was practically paying WIT tsae
Frisco did not earn. Both roads there
fore look for Improvement under the
| new arrangement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Taft Attends Church Bazar.

Washington, December president
Taft tonight again lodged the secret
service men and reveled in a church
bazar at one of the leading hotels. The
chief feature of the affair was a series
of fancy dances which we're staged when
the President arrived. Accompanied by
Captain Archibald Butt, his military aid
he was ushered through the crowd to Il
seat where he could see the entire per
formance When 1t was concluded he
shook hands with the performers and
afterwards went for long ride in =
White House automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Railroad Shops Shut Down.

Spokane, Wash. December 1.-The
Great Northern shops and repair works
at Hilliard suburb of Spokane were
closed at noon today. The shut down,
which came virtually without warming.
throws about 500 men out of employment.
Shortage of material" is the explana-
tion given by the company
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Testimony In Harvester Suit.

Jefferson City. Mo-. December 1.-The
taking of testimony in the custer suit
against the International Harvester COM
pany will be completed tomorrow. Com
missioner Brace will then begin prepsra-
tion OF his report to the supreme court.
Several witnesses are to be examined to-
morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Chicago,i December 1.-Prime
steers today reached the highest
price ever paid on the open mar
ket in Chicago. This fact was
disclosed when 10 steers aver
aging 1877, pounds went over the
scales att 1850 per hundred
weight, and, 10 yearlings weighing
1881 also sold at the same price.
A single head sold at 10 cents per
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Action Against Schools.

Paris, December IA special rom
Madrid via the frontier says: The Span
ish episcopate has petitioned the govern
ment to close all the lay and modern
schools IN the kingdom"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Hammond. Ind, December L.
While In a somnambuiistic sleep
OH Il fast Lake Shore train today,
j. Nj. Ashcroft. aged 10, of Red
Key, Ind, walked off the train
while 1t was running so miles an
hour, near Chesterton. Ind. and
was practically uninjured. He fell
on a parallel track, and while get
ting up was struck by another
train. He received a slight scalp
wound and was able to continue
his journey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

had been In helpless condition for
months, unable to direct her own affairs,
and WAS at the mercy of whoever acted
as her guardians. A will has been dis
covered, said to have been signed by
'he victim, which gives to an infant son
the sum of $500 and beaueathed tho re-
mainder of the estate, both real and per-
sonal to Mrs Snead's grandmother, Mar
tha Eliza Wardlaw.
The infant son referred to In the will
was born in August last, but was taken
rom its mother and presumably placed
in an institution
Miss Wardlaw Well Known.
Nashville. December Miss Virginia
Wardlaw. arrested in connection with the
murder of Mrs. o. w. N Snead, is well
known in Tennessee. She had prominent
educational connections in Nashville and
later in Murfreesboro, and was known
as a woman of some brilliance, as well
as marked peculiarities. She has two
sisters here. Mrs. NJ. B. w. Martin, and
a Mrs. Snead. Mrs. Snead Is the mother
of Fletcher Snead. Snead was formerly
with the w B. Earthman Lumber COM
pany at Murfreesboro. The company
failed and efforts to bring Snead before
.he federal grand jury here as a witness
in investigation of the companys af
fairs have proved futile.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30
CRIMINAL REcoRD FoR 1909
Facts Concerning the Morality of our
Community.


Persistent misrepresentation are
being made as to the criminal record
of Gilmore County These promis-
cuous statements about fancied im-
morality and badness would lead a
stranger arriving here to think that
an the bad Men of the West are
conferred here IL is true that in one
case before the District Court i'm
1905, the defendant. who was con-
vioted did drink to excess. Just one
case only, and the Local Option peo-
pie are challenged to produce facts
of any kind to show that liquor was
the cause of the other cases which
were brought to trial. or are to be
tried in the October term Of the Dis
trict court
we are defending the moral name
OF our County and protesting against
the caiumnies heaped upon il by ir-
responsible agitators and an exami-
nation OF the records in other states
where counties are as large as thie
one Eimore County does not suffer
by comparison with amy os them in
the matter of small expense invcl-
we'd in handling such criminal cases
as may occasionally arise.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30

Concerning the Nerncity of Figures
and the Unreliabuity of Those
Who Present Them.


We challenge the Trustee of the
Republican to make good the asser-
lions in its last issue to the effect
that Canyon County will have lower
rate of taxation this year than last
owing to the fact that the county vot-
cd dry in the late election Not
figure has been given upon which to
base the claim and no figures can
be given to support it. The article
was deliberately intended to pull the
wool over the eyes of the voters Of
Gilmore county. and the publication
of such stuff shows that the prohibit
Zionist agitatoris willing to resort to
an kinds of unuuthful statements
The sophistry of this argument
can be answered in very few words
Canyon County contains the progress
siye towns of Caldwell Nampa, Pa
yette, Parma, Emmett and Middleton,
an growing in consequence of the
many irrigating canals which have
been constructed in that county dur
ing the past four years. These canals
have resulted in bringing under Gull
tivation many thousands Of acres of
choice fruit and agricultural lands.
which are now selling at prices rang
ing from $1,000 to $4,000 per acre.
All this land has been patented lately
with the result that the assessment
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30

been liquor by the oregon Short Line
to the defendants
Station Agent Chrisman Of the
Short Line was in attendance with
his records of shipment and copies
were made of these records to be
used as evidence.
The action is being brought by
Washington County to secure back
payment of licenses alleged to be due
from persons charged with the unlaw-
full sale of liquor within the county
The defendants charged with bootleg
ging are T. S. Youngblood. William
Wall, Fred Roe, John Hendel, the
Cambridge club, Clara Manson, d. c..
Durham and Milton Wickerson. The
defense was represented by attorney
z. R. Coulter and Charles NJ. Kahn.
Statesman.
The citizens and taxpayers of
Mountain Home and Elmore County
are now engaged in a serious contro-
versy over the coming election. The
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30
o the Tax
the so ElmoreC tina the has ooked
oHey have to c It's to of the Tax Payers
V0e NoonI r Question

AS Instances of this example, and
to convince myself that it is simon
pure and wholly proper, allow me to
cite the support of the local option
proposition by such men as Governor
Brady, NJ. Alexander Mayor Pence,
Fred 4. Dubois, etc, ad infinitum-
The Governor Il have talked with
him many times before his election,
in the privacy Of his Pocatello Officer
believes in local option and prohi-
bition entirely for political purposes,
while indulging himself in his favo-
rite toddy at Will H. Alexander.
who ram for governor on an out and
out anti-local option ticket
became devotee when he figured
that the exigency Of the political oc-
casion demanded it, Erred r.. al
though an imbiber Of the stuff that
cheers kept his eyes on the political
clock and came in out Of the wet just
before the hour Of H. Mayor Pence
refused official courtesies to the dis
dnguished head Of one Of the best
governed cities ia the country for the
reason that the gentlemen came here
to speak against local option, while
after the victory of the vets he
seems TO have taken particular pains
to have it become known among the
business and saloon men that only Six
ont of the nearly two hundred of the
official city family voted dry" and
that he voted with the majority
SINCE the people of the county, by
their ballot, have signihed their der
sire chat the present business condiH
tions continue in prosperous uninter-
ruptodness. our city council, whose
mouthpiece seems to be one McAuley,
a gentlemen who. personally, is much
in favor of the saloon, takes it upon
himself 60 "ult" the liquor dealers
license 5000 per annum, notwith
standing the fact that such men as
McAuley know that very few of the
saloon men are making money suf-
icient to stand the raise and that
the proprietors Of the better class
the ones most seriously effected are
of drink emporiums- The reason was
purely political as there was no att
tempt to investigate conditions
Truxton Talbot
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To the Voters Of Gilmore County.

DO not be misled by the several in
dlviduals who are trying to convince
you that Local Option" viii be the
forerunner of prosperity in Gilmore
County Prosperity and lower tax
alton will come when the hundreds of
thousands of acres of magnificent,
but arid. land i'm this county is pat
ented and brought under cultivation.
Then, and not until then. should any
measure which will result in curtail-
ing the County's revenue and there
by increasing taxes. have even the
slightest consideration at the hands
of the taxpayers
Those people who are giving mp
their time advocating any such mea-
sure to you are not among the tax
payers in this or any other county
in Idaho. They exist by preaching
morality, temperance, and other Isl
sues. and in the excitement thus
created, many of you overlook the
tact that their names do not appear
on the tax rolls-and that they con-
tribute nothing towards maintaining
the Schools. or the State, County
and City governments.
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Civic righteousness.

Editor Statesman; do not know that
it would be possible for me to givea
suitable definition of the above head
ing, but, with your permission, will
try.
1t is that quality which causes
those in official positions to do things
which they know to be wrong and
neglect to do those things which they
know to be right. that they may en-
Joy a personal political longevity.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30

Returns coming into headquarters
of the Business Mems and Taxpayers
League from every precinct are most
encouraging; and there is no doubt
OF the election being carried against
Local option, but it is desired to have
the majority so large that the agita-
tors will realize that they have no
live issue in this county.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30

This man Norell, who is now
of the partially defunct RE
publican" newspaper. is the same per-
son who was aspiring to the Pro-
bate Judgeship in the election of
1903. The voters showed him under
by such a decisive majority that he
will not appear again as a candidate
for office; although this running mate
of his from Boise. one r ID. Nichols,
is pressing his name upon the voters
as a suitable candidate for Mayor at
the next municipal election; but the
taxpayers Of this city have no use for
such material, and October 9Th Will
clinch the retirement of Mr.. Norell
and his local option hobby to a posi-
ton so far in the rear that he viii be
likely to go back to North Dakota, a
prohibition state (only 1871 blind
pigs.there) where he claims a family
can be raised without fear of the sa-
loon staring his children in the face
when they go out on the business
streets. The communicating influence
of the blind pig is only a secondary
consideration.