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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Thirteen Blind Tigers Raided.

Danville, Va, February 7.-Thirteen arrests for illicit traffic in intoxicating beverages were made tonight, follow ing a series of raids participated in by practically every member of the local police force Plans for the spreading of a dragnet have been in course of formation for several days. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Destructive Fire In Macon.

Macon, Ga, February Fire originat- ing in a cottage on Wilder street, in South Macon, this morning at Il o'clock, driven by stiff wind. rapidly spread to adjoining dwellings, resulting in the com plete destruction of 26 residences, the loss of buildings and personal property amounting to approximately S4O,0OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Estimate on Rice Stocks.

Houston, February GA. k. Groves, sec- retary of the Texas-Louisiana Farmers association, has given out an estimate of the rice now held by farmers and by mills. According to his figures there are S00,O 900 sacks of clean and rough rice in Louisiana and 917,0O0 in Texas, of which latter 510,000 is rough. MT. Groves esti- mates that 300,000 sacks will be needed for seed, leaving total available sup ply of 1,4l7,5O0 sacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Root and Foqler Win.

Kansas City, Mo-, February 7.-The six-day eight-hour-a-day bicycle race, which started in convention hall here last Monday afternoon, was won last night by Root and Fogler, who, in the AS hours, rode 1113 miles, ' laps. Root finished for his team. Kramer Moran's partner, finished a wheels length behind Root Mitten, Bard getts partner, finished few feet be- hind Kramer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Deutschland Unin Iured.

New York, February 7.-Uninjured by a two-hours' stay on a North river shoal on which she ran her prov shortly after leaving her dock late yesterday, the Ham burg American liner, Deutschland, re- sumed her journey to Mediterranean ports early today. The big steamship lay at anchor all night in Gravesend bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Traoedv of "Unwritten Law.v

Fl Reno, Okla, February 7-Walter Hubbard, 2S years old, was shot and killed here today by E. D. Steenrod, mail carrier, who immediately surren- dered himself Steenrod declared the murdered man had ruined his daugh- ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Restoring Order In Italy,

Rome, February 7.-The council of ministers today decided upon the sus- pension of the order proclaiming state of siege at Messina and Reggie, which cities will return immediately to administration under the common law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Atkinson Appointed.

Atlanta February Tt was announced at the office of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad here today that H. M Atkinson, president of the Brunswick Steamship company, was yesterday ap- pointed receiver for that line by Judge Pardee of the United States circuit court of appeals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Fleet on the Atlantic.

Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, February T.. The American battleship fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry, home ward bound from Gibraltar, passed thls point at 1:OS o'clock this morning. The flagship signaled 'all we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
THE WIRELESS
 AT PENSACOLA
Mardi GraS Visitors Will Witt
 ness Its Operation
MARCONPS GREAT TRIUMPH
The Pensacola Station Was One of the First to Be Installed In the United
 States and Is Successfully
 Operated at Navy Yard.

Pensacola, Fla. February 7.-(Speeial)- Less than a decade ago the great wizard of sunny Italy, Marconi, who has con- quered the vapory currents of the clouds through the perfection of the system of wireless telegraphy which bears his name "a name that will live as long as man nhabits the planet Earth-was laughed to scorn, jeered at; was regarded by the wiseacres of the world with certain patronizing federation as a dreamer of dreams that were absurd and impossible of realization.
 Yet the swarthy Genoese dreamed on, working as he dreamed; and ere the world of wise men who had scoffed at him could realize that their wisdom @ was but a pitifuI bit of ignorance, Marconi had given to the world that maryelously weird, uncanny, yet practical system Of communication between widely separated localities-his wireless telegraphy, which not only all of the world powers have adopted as a necessary equipment of their navies and signal services, but which the commercial fleets of all the seas on earth have recognized as the greatest boon ever vouchsafed to men who 'go down to the sea in ships''
 Recent Example.
 Indeed had it not been for the wireless telegraph the news of the dreadful Sicil- ian earthquake holocaust of a month ago would not have been flashed into the remotest corners of the world practically within the hour of it's occurrences; and had it not been for the wireless telegraph and the magnificent heroism of Jack Blnn, who, with a nobler incentive prompting that heroism than Casabianca of old ever dreamed of. stuck to his post on board of the ill-fated steamship Re- public until his appeals for aid had been answered, the civilized world would have been appalled, with the paralyzlng details of another sea tragedy of 1000 souls sac rifced to the icy depths of No Mans Land, on that fateful morning of January g last.
 The Pensacola Station.
 The operation of a wireless telegraph station is worth traveling miles to wit ness, but as yet these stations are not sufficiently numerous to be accessible to the people of many communities
 One of the first of these stations to be--installed in the United States, how ever, is located at the Pensacola navy yard, which of itself is a most delightful place to visit.
 Thousands of visitors to Pensacolas Mardi Gras carnival. which occurs Feb ruary 22 and 23 will visit the Pensacola wireless station, and see messages trans mitted and received through the infinities of azure space.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Miraculous Escape.

Galveston, February 7.-(Special.) J. Charles Torbett, farmer of Shelby county, his wife and two children were carried by cyclone in house dis tance of nearly mile and escaped un- hurt, while the frame house was de- p,OIichod
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14


presumably banking might
the greater perfection of the plan oDvate the dangers which
fail establish which, a long
upon
burning issue which must always be alive while republics
establishments distinguished from its diffusion
versely dependent
its credit for its profitable and useful and through
it thus affect the business of the country.
nothing political agitation pro
of this question related to the bank would be
than formerly On the contrary there much in the
in which public policies especially the relation of the
corporations, have been discussed
dcate that De more intense racing desperate condition
Of and critical condition of finances
time for which should be chartered IF we had sub
condition affairs in country
the of reform along oil lines which do involve
banking
alternative did then except the general ruin of business
or the hareng Of central bank we would probably find that
question the which the bank should be chartered
Forth the radicals,
short charter should itself position
the probably street
or OIL or other our modern bogy men now exist
injury of the venture predict that such arguments
Then again twice before at the expiration of the charter
the country would be exposed to the fight against
Whether the charter
disaster
The economic new
sterto the
ncer Nicholas Bdde the third president Of the Second Bank
the United States around within, when Wall
the time he fighting the life of
cheering would
demagoge of Jackson would in view of all the benefits
people had received from the bank
lated campaign document thousands of copies Of
Jackson which TRADE against the bank.
But Jackson Overwhelmingly sustained by the and
from that minute the bank doomed We
reach the greatly needed reformtha elasticity
central bank The been
We approaching
what safe what unsafe
forts along these lines and to follow the central bank
backwards long
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

bank that in a democracy such as
ours it will invite radical at
tack in proportion as it exercises
powers, which must be large IL il
is to perform useful functions
and that such attacks may, and
probably would, compel at times
policies of retrenchment on its
part, extremely prejudicial to gen
eral business, cannot be lightly
brushed aside.
1t has been stated as apparentl-
ly furnishing a conclusive argu-
ment that to admit that we can
not do in the United States what
the governments of Europe have
successfully done. The answer to
this is that we have twice tried
and twice failed. If we had failed
because the first and second
banks of the United States had
not performed properly the func-
tions for which they were created
had not restored the credit of
the currency-had not helped to
equalize interest rates in the diff
ferent sections-had not facilitat-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
MERE PITTANCE PAID FOR
BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES AT
A. Y. P EXPOSITION TO
VANISH LIKE PHANTOM.

SEATTLE, Nov. 13.-The
wreckers of the post-exposition
period will soon have their in
ming. The work thus far on the
"A. Y. P. fair grounds has been
that of disintegration, but next
week the real work of demolition
will be in full swing.
The buildings will vanish with
the speed of phantom city. A
few weeks after the start of the
wrecking the grounds will be re-
stored to their former level, with
no sign of previous occupancy
the contractors state.
What took months to build
will take days to demolish. This
calls attention to the cost price
and the sale price. The buildings
have been auctioned almost for
the proverbial pinch of snuff"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
BUILDINGS! Id! | j! 4! FA !R..
SOLD FOR A SONG

Four of the largest buildings sold,
the Agricultural, Manufacturers,
Foreign and Mines palaces
were sold for a pittance amount
ing to $4,000. To build these
edifices meant an outlay of s210,-
S27. The Japanese building, of
Oriental architecture, built at a
cost of $4,000, was given gratis
to contractor. The Emergency
hospital, which cost approximate
ly $1,000, was sold for $3.50.
rhe bargain sales of the exhibit
buildings found a counterpart in
those of the Pay Streak struc-
lures. Here are the prices at
which some of them sold: Moni-
tor and Merrimac, $3.50; Spanish
theater. 500; Vacuum tube, $40;
Temple of Palmistry, SAC; Igor
rote village. $3.50; Haunted
Swing, $50; Roast Beef Sand
witch house, $3.50; Alaska Gold
camps and Streets of Cairo, s275.
by the end of the week the ma
Jority of these buildings will have
been razed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
PLAYGROUND OF TEDDY IS NOW TAFT'S WORKSHOP
(special Corespondence.l


WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 10.
Visitors to see the president
since he returned from his swing
around the country notice a re-
markable change in the executive
offices. Workmen have been
busy since he left. The result is
Taft's new workshop, right on
the ground where Roosevelt's IA
nous tennis court used to be.
The workshop is in the form of
an addition to the offices Roose-
welt had built at a cost of $780,
600. Experienced builders have
said since that the whole Job
could have been done for $4,000,
but that doesn't matter. After
Roosevelt moved in, he began to
feel cramped for more room, but
he didn't complain. Besides,
there was the tennis court.
The first thing Taft did when
he became president last March
was to approve the plans for the
enlarged offices.
They have been built under the
direction of Col. Spencer Cosby,
an expert army engineer and arch
itect.
'The brick barn" some used to
call 1T. 1.-THE wart" was its nice
name from others. But the i'm
proved office structure is as con-
venient as 1t could be made-for
the president.
But If Senator Sorghum or Con-
gresham Cornflake want to intro
duce Citizen Haytassel to Presi-
dent Taft, it's going to be a
hard job. The way the new Of
fice is built, visitors will have to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
Attempt To HURT THE
annexation MOVEMENT
BUT GET SLIM RECEPTION

fetched arguments were used.
There was slim response to their
arguments, however.
B. F. Jacobs of Puyallup, was
present and spoke forcibly for
annexation. He showed the great
advantages that would come to
everybody by the building of a
Greater Tacoma and the coopera-
ton of the people In the entire
territory in making of great city
here.
The meeting was attended by a
large crowd, over 200 being pres
ent.
The action of County Commits
sioner Mettler in endeavoring 70
block the Greater Tacoma move
ment promises to stir up the pco-
pie more than ever and the an
nexation movement promises to
sweep all opposition before it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
BIG TIDELAND DEAL
NO SALE AT ALL

Is General Hubbard, and maybe Il
is not. Anyway Ashton Is not
telling any more about 1t than
was known year ago.
But Ashton says it will not go
through until the Bedford suit is
settled. When this is out of the
way, according to Ashton, there
will be grab by the railways 70"
the Tacoma tidelands and boom
may be expected here.
He checked up the proceedin gs
in the Bedford suit at Washing
ton and he says he expects an
early and favorable decision frc m
the supreme court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
ENDEAVOR TO STIR. UP OP-
POSITION TO GREATER Ia
COMA SCHEME BUT FALL
DOWN HARD.

1t remained for a couple Of
Tacoma politicians to go out and
endeavor to stir UP opposition 10
the great sentiment in favor of
annexation that appears almost
unanimous in the territory sur
rounding this city.
Last night, at a meeting at
Fife, Simon Mettler, county cont
missioner, and G. Dove McQues-
ten, member of the school
board, went out and spoke against
annexation.
They tried to brighten the
dairymen by saying they would
have to quit business and move
out of the city. other equally far
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
PRESIDENT TAFT'S NEW $780,,
900 OFFICE.

pass through labyrinth as crook
ed as the recent course of the
steamship Oleander down the
Mississippi river.
All of which will help Taft
work, and work hard. That is
why he ordered 100000 spent to
make his workshop bigger.
So when you pack your carpet
bag and tell your friends you are
off to Washington to see Taft,
remember that there is a new
workshop to enter and a lot of red
tape to go through before you
See him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
MERELY A RENEWAL TO MYS.
FERROUS RAILWAY OF OLD
OPTION - ASHTON, BACK
FROM THE EAST, TELLS
ABOUT 1T.

General ]. M. Ashton returned
home yesterday afternoon from
his Eastern trip and 1t seems the
big tideland sale of 1T acres TO
railway for terminal grounds
was not sale at all, but simply
a renewal of an old option.
Maybe 1t is Edwin Hawley thai
is the purchaser; maybe 1t is the
Pacific & Southeastern; maybe 1t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
VALIDITY OF ALASKA EN-
TRIES, WHICH STARTED
BALLINGER-GLAVIS ROW
WILL BE TESTED.

SEATTLE, Nov. 13.-The in
quiry started by the department
of the interior concerning the
validity of several coal land en-
tries in Alaska, known as the Gun
ningham cases, will begin on
Thursday, Nov. IS, in the federal
building here. 1t was over these
entries that the controversy arose
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
COAL FRAUD CASE
SET FOR HEARING

between Secretary Ballinger and
L. p. CLAWS, In charge of the Sc
attic land office, which resulted
in the latter's dismissal at the in
stance of President Taft.
The testimony will be taken be-
fore Special Commissioner Will
liam j. McGree.
The coal lands involved lie in
the Juneau land district, and ag-
gregate an acreage of $3.50.
The charge in a general way is
that the entries were not made in
good faith.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
TIDES TOMORROW.

Hereafter freight facilities and
rates between Tacoma and Van
couver will be the same as be-
tween Seattle and Vancouver.
Arrangement between the Mer-
chants Transportation company
and the Puget Sound Navigation
company have been effected,
whereby steamers OF the former
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
VESSEL DRIFTS HElPLESSLY
AT SEA FOR 29 DAYS

into the harbor here, Captain
Berzone and his men heaved d
sigh Of relief, as they had been
on short rations for several weeks
and were exhausted by their en-
counters with the heavy seas.
The Mcdonald left Mazatlan.
Mex, on September i, and when
one day out encountered terrific
gale which stripped the schooner
of part of her sails. Followin g
this experience the vessel was be-
Gained, lying practically in the
same spot for Twenty-Five days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
ANGELES AFTER EVENTFUL
VOYAGE.

fBy United Press Leased Wire
PORT ANGELES, Nov. ID
The lumber schooner Alice Nc
Donald, Captain Berzone, is in
port today after an eventful voy-
age from Mazatlan, Mex, which
required ~ days. Serious alarm
had been felt for the safety of the
vessel.
When their mud hook went
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
BANK
TWICE TRIED.
TWICE FAILED
The Aldrich Idea of Currency Reform Would Stand
Too Exposed to Attack and There Is a Safer
Plan, Says Chas. G. Dawes, Banker and Former
Controller of the Treasury
BY CHAS. G.. DAWES

President of the Central
troller of the United States Treasury
The objection urged against the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

Carrying 945,000 feet of lum.
Der, the schooner Lyman D. Eos.
ter left for San Francisco yester.
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

All, II is
paint nfelke though he is but
q figure.
This Il put in the pedestal
upon the model stands
AZ time fault with such little boy
representation Of WARRIOR when 1t
Natural
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

The tseamer. Umatilla arrives
from San Francisco today with
general freight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14

The schooner Tallac left port
yesterday with a cargo of lumber
for San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-14
ON Tic WATERFRONT

will connect daily with the steam
er Iroquois at Seattle. The gen.
eral merchandise rate will be 50
a ton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-10
SHOWING NEED FOR HOME
MISSIONS.

Dear Enclosed find money
order for renewal of subscription for
the Jeffersonian. Would like to take
the Magazine, too, but am not able
at present, though hope to be before
the year ends. I am not Populist,
but like you and your writings I
have the same views you have about
Foreign Missions. I think we ought
to help the poor at home. l know
several families near me that are too
poor to send their children to school,
and they have from ten to thirteen
from one year up to twenty-five, and
not more than one can write his
name. If you ever run for President
again, I expect to vote for you if I
am alive, but by health is not the
best in the world and I am now sc
years old and not able to do much
work. But I get pension, and that
helps me to live.
Respectfully your friend,
GEO. N. FOOTMAN.
Capitola, Fla.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-10
LEADERS OF REFORM PARTIES
SHOULD MEET AND AGREE
ON A PLATFORM.

Dear Sir:-I notice that several
persons are giving you their views
and preferences as to the anticipated
council, the change of name, etc.,
and if you will allow me some space
in your valuable paper, would like
to give your many readers my ideas
on the subject.
I would like to see Messrs. Wat
son, Debs, Mitchell, Gompers, Hearst,
Barker and LaFollette meet in pri-
vate council and discuss the matter
until they are satisfied that they can
give the reform voters a platform
that the people can endorse, and
then draft the platform, and each
member of this council shall pledge
himself to abide by the same. Then
this council should set a time and
place for national conference Any
man of common judgment knows
that with all reformers voting for
five or six different candidates we
will never down the trusts and COM
bines. So I say, if we can't get all
we want and what we believe to be
right, let us take half loaf.
I name these men because they are
all leading men and all of them have
a good many followers.
AS to the name of the party: The
present name suits me best, but I am
not welded to any name. [ want
government of the people, and for
the people.
With best wishes to you and the
grand principles that you are con-
tending for. Respectfully,
A. PAGE.
Venus, Miss.
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have so far advocated, and feel very
sure they will continue on that line
as long as you are at the helm.
Though [ know we will not live to
see these principles prevail, that
should not deter us from doing all
we can for their success it is our duty
to do, and, if need be, to suffer for
the right, let visible results be what
they may.
Ever your true friend,
N. j. BELTON.
Simsboro, La, May IT, 1909.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-10
ABOUT "a PLEA FOR TOBACCO
GROWERS"
Hon. A. Owsley Stanley,
Washington. D. G..

Dear Sir:-In Watsons Jefferson
ian of May 13, which I take, | read
your speech of April in Congress,
"a Plea for Tobacco Growers" Just
think, it seems there is nothing
whatever grown or made, but there
is an outrageous trust burden, tax or
tariff put on it.
But have you thought of the tax
(tariff) interest put on money by
Congress, the one thing every hui
man being must have and use, or de-
prived of it starve and die?
This robbery has been going on
for forty-fve years, and do you know
that next session the banks are go
ing to raid Congress to destroy the
last of the peoples good free money,
the silver dollar and the greenback?
Where will you stand? All right for
the people, we hope. But do read
enclosures, and please write and tell
us whether you will arouse Kentucky
to resist this far greater affection
Tell the people, too, of the Aldrich-
Vreeland- Teller bill of the last Con-
gress, a gift of $500,000,000 to the
Wall Street banks to further rob the
people by promoting stock jobbing
schemes. Yours truly,
JOS. N. STEPHENS,
Sec'y U. S. Monetary League.
Denver, Colo, 1908 E. goth Ave.