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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
People Of IOWa Ask For
 The Retention Of Wilson
Friends the Secretary of Agriculture That He Is Best Man for the Place and Should CoK le in Office and They Also Want Him tos aak the
 Record for servise

Washington, January 17.-(Special) )- Members of the Iowa delegation have sent to President-elect Taft joint letter ask ing for the retention of Secretary of Az riculture Wilson in the cabinet It has been pointed out that for MT. Wilson to have the longest record of cabinet ser vice, along with Senator Allisons record for longevity of Senate service would be peculiarly creditable to Iowa. But the members of the Iowa delegation in writ ing to MT. Taft did not put their case on length of cabinet service. They represent ed to MT. Taft that there were more sub stantial reasons why it was desirable to have Wilson remain in the cabinet. Among these are his excellent record and the fact that through long experience and training, as well as natural bent for ad ininistration of agricultural problems he is better fitted than any man who is like ly to be found to discharge the duties as head of the department of agriculture. Some of the members of the Iowa delega- ton have written personal letters to MT. Taft
 Secretary Wilson will have served 12 years at the end of this administration as Secretary of Agriculture. At that time he will not have equaled the record of All bert Gallatin who as Secretary of the. Treasury under Jefferson and Madison, served continuously from January 26, 1evL, to February 8, 1874, or F years and 13 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
MINE WORKERS HAVE BIG
 SUBJECTS TO DISPOSE OF

appointed by President Roosevelt to settle the anthracite miners strike, will expire on April 1, next, and this con- vention will have to propose a plan for a new agreement between anthracite miners and operators. The Lewis fac tfon will attempt, it is said, to place the convention on record as establish ing the rulings of the national board as supreme and joint contracts as in- violable.
 The anti-Lewis faction publicly charge that MT. Lewis administration has failed to win strikes in Alabama, Pennsylvania and the southwest that t has estranged important district organ izations, and that it has lost thous- ands of members. To this, answer is made that there had not been ac- tual decrease In the membership. but be- cause of industrial depression a few thousand members out of work were not reported as taxpayers last Decem- Der.
 The executive board will meet to- morrow to consider the report of the committee that recommended the rein statement of Patrick Dolan, which the officers of the Pittsburg district re- fused to accept as authoritative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18

Con sS is worried over what to do with Q asalary question. The worriment of { I1 Smen on tie hill comes about in large yart because, having cheerfully voted to increase their own salaries, and that not long enough ago to be out of the mind of the public, senators and repre- sentatives cannot, with a very good grace, escape from doing something for their of ficial brethren.
 At the beginning of the session and at frequent intervals since the cry of econ omy has gone up from the capitol with great vehemence, the watchdogs of the treasury about the House and Senate have looked at the growing deficit and the di- minishing revenues, and have shuooered at the thought lest Uncle Sam should soon have to go through bankruptcy or pass into the hands of a receiver. Now along comes a variety of salary increase propositions that if carried out means additional expenditures for the President, the speaker of the House, the vice presi- dent and the fede-.'I judges of all uescrip- tions supreme CD lrt, circuit, district and District of Columbia. The aggregate in- crease that would be carried If all these proposed provisions for higher salaries go into effent amounts to over $40O,00O
 Last ses sic n Congress showed up the pay of the army and of the navy as well as of the marine corps and the revenue cutter service Tn case the President, the vice president, the speaker and the judges get the inc-es ses of salaries that are asked for and other employees in the ex- ecutive department the pressure for in creases of the clerks departments will be strengthened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
JUDGE HUNDLEY'S
 FRIENDS HOPEFUL

Washington, January T-(Special.)- While supporters of Judge Hundley's con firmation by the Senate look upon the sending of his nomination back to the judiciary committee very unfavoraole move they nevertheless claim that it has not destroyed all chances of confirma- tion before March 4. As an instance, Sen ator Dillingham; of Vermont, member of the judiciary committee, said today that he would insist upon an early report from the committee. He added that the hear ings should be limit, d absolutely to such new matters as the committee desired to put forward He is opposed to thresh- ing over the old charges.
 Senator Clarke of Arkansas, who has been one of the strongest Hundley sup porters, seems to have become greatly be- logged over the turn of affairs. In re- sponse to an inquiry he said he had no ideas whatever about the case and de- clined to discuss it. It was the Arkan- sas senator who reported the nomination favorably from the committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION
 ON THE, USES OF COTTON

consideration, but primarily much must be learned as to details concerning ar tices, how made, quantity consumed and the increase of durability, etc., and conse- quent increase in quality or value caused by the substitution of the vegetable fibre, cotton.
 "rhere are hundreds (perhaps thou sauds) of uses to which cotton could be put in the United States which require only to be known or suggested to attract the attention of manufacturers. A cam paign of education cannot, however, be conducted without a specific basis found- ed upon such Knowledge as can only be obtained through government research.
 .'Doubtless consumption will in meas ure keep pace with production in about the same ratio as it has done, but if we can find new outlets for consumption it should not be a question of natural in- crease-not merely matter of suffer- ing cotton to grow and the grower to ob- tain 8 bare subsistence, but matter of encouraging production so that within the coming decade even 25,000,0 900 to 30,OOO, GOO bales may be grown and find mar ket at remunerative prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18

New Orleans, January 17.-President w. B. Thompson of the New Orleans cotton exchange has forwarded Secretary of Az riculture James Wilson at Washington an urgent request for action by the de- partment on resolutions of the exchange adopted few days ago favoring an ex- tension of the field for consumption of American cotton. The object is to have the department start campaign of edu- cation as to the innumerable uses to which cotton can be put in place of ar ticles of foreign import now used in Amer ican manufactures.
 Colonel Thompson said in part:
 Tt is not only the universal wish of the southern people, but we believe it will meet with the appreciation of the country at large if steps are taken look ing to the substitution of cotton wherever possible in numeroabe articles the compo- sition of which is now more or less Of other materials of foreign origin.
 comparative cost is ostensibly the first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
LID DOWN TIGHT
 IN PENSACOLA

Pensacola, Fla, January 17.-There were no Sunday law violations in Pen sacola today, with the possible excep- tion of a saloon man, Nick Apostle. who was arrested for not having screen separating his restaurant from the sa- loon section of the building.
 Nothing could be purchased in the city with the exception of food in res taurants and drugs. There were no cigars or cigarettes for sale, no boot blacks upon the streets, and no fruit offered for sale.
 The sheriff announced today that the enforcement of the law will not be spasmodic as some seem to think, but that Pensacola will be a closed town during the next four years of his ad- ministration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Warships at NiIlefranche.

Villefranche, January 1.-The United States naval tender Yankton joined the squadron now here early this morning. It is expected that the battleship Con necticut will arrive tomorrow The French Mediterranean squadron will reach ville- franche on January 26, just prior to the departure of the American warships. X number of the officers and men of the Minnesota, Vermont and Kansas wit messed the running of the grand prix at the Nice track today The value of the stake is s2O,000, and the race ended in a dead heat between Chanone and Wild AStor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Bonaparte's Statement.

Baltimore January 17-Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte last night gave out the following statement rela- tive to the expected libel suit in re- gard to the sale of the Panama canal
 q expect to be in a position to make a full and clear statement on the sub ject mentioned within a very few days At this moment however, cannot say anything for publication which would be for public interest. I must there fore ask my good friends of the press to exercise the great virtue of patience just now, promising to soon let them know all there Is to be known or at all events all l can tell them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18

Indianapolis, January 17.-The twen- tieth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of American will open in this city at Tomlinson hall next Tuesday This will be one of the larg- est assemblages of the organizations representatives in It's history, and be- tween 1900 and HOO delegates are ex- pected
 While the subject of wage contracts will not demand much attention, a two year joint agreement with operators governing about 25O000 miners, was reached last spring, and 1t is certain that the contest between the supporters of President Lewis administration and it's opponents, which has been going on for several months, will be thresh ed out within two weeks session. The leaders of the anti-Lewis faction is President John Walker of the Illinois miners. who was Lewis opponent for the national presidentcy. The result of the balloting is to be announced in the course of the convention.
 The award of the strike commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18

New York. January 17.-The open shop and a fight to the finish was the acton decided upon by the Hat Manufacturers association at a meeting held here to- day to discuss the situation growing out of the strike of matters which began Fri day. An effect of the strike, according to the manufacturers, will be rise In the price of hats. as the trouble occurred in the busy season.
 Twelve members, comprising the board of directors of the Hat Manufacturers association, attended the meeting Pres ident Samuel Mundheim. who was in the chair, made the announcement after the meeting that the manufacturers had de- clared for the open shop and were pre- pared to fight to a finish. He said the number of strikers was between 15OO0 and 2o,O00 but there were many non
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Life of Business Man In Danger.

Galveston, January T.-(Special. .)-The life of w. L. Moody, an aged millionaire of this city, was attempted this morning by a man who gave his name as Marriona Defere and claimed to be related to Prince Ferdinand of Fault Mansdorf. He called at the Moody bank, but the aged presi- dent was not there The nature of his mission was suspected and the police caught him on the street. The prisoner claims to have lived in Paterson, N. J., but to have come direct to Galveston from California to get $2,O00,00o from MT. Moody. He says that years ago his father, who inherited a fortune in Aus tria, advanced large sums to Moody, who never paid it back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
ROOSeDeIt Is Believed
 To Be Behind The S1Iif
Summonng of Newspaper Men and Others Appear Before the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia Is Said to Be in Connection With Individual Suit for Libel
 in the Panama Canal Matter

any of the persons named in the origf- nal newspaper publications in an in vidious way. A significant fact is that Mr. Cromwell WAS in Washington when the action was taken yesterday of serv- ing of the subpoenas though he left during the night for New York.
 The officials here remain mute and there were no developments in the case today to be learned. The district at torney remains snowbound in his country home: the Attorney General of the United States is at home in Baltf- more and at the White House there was a flat refusal to discuss the matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
OPEN SHOP ANDFlGHT TO
 FINISH ON THE MATTERS

union matters out of employment and that eventually the places of the strikers will be filed
 "The manufacturers feel that they have not been treated fairly he said. "The strikers should have given us notice, ac- cording to their agreement, and the ac- tion should have been taken by a vote of the union."
 MT. Mundheim in discussing the dis continuance of the union label by the manufacturers which precipitated the strikes said:
 ''The label is of no advantage to the manufacturers and, indeed, is not wanted. Very few people who buy hats notice whether the label is in it or not
 The manufacturers president ridculed the report that the union had $400,000 with which to make the fight He said, how ever, that the Hatters' union was one of the strongest labor organizations in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
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Triple Family Tragedy.

Fairmont, w. Va, January 17.-Henry Pyles, a miner of Shinnston, W. Va., to- day struck his wife with pick, serl- ously injuring her; killed his son, Sam uel, 26 years old, and blew out his own brains with a shotgun. Pyles quarreled with his wife over some trivial matter. and when he struck her the son inter- fered. The father fired one barrel of the shotgun, almost instantly killed his son, then fled to a house near his home. With gun in hani s'vles defied arrest and kept off his puisgers until late tonight, when the posse heard report from the gun and rushed up to find that Pyles had ended his own lifr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
OVER 300 AUTOMOBILES
 ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE

Boston, January IA puff of flame sive automobile storage and repair plant in the city, located near Park Square, shortly before dawn today, and half an hour later 94S automobiles, valued at $780, GOO, were a mass of tangled steel and iron. The fire spread to the old train shed of the Park Square railroad station, and de- stroyed the bicycle track and a large pa- vilion used for exhibition purposes. The damage to the building will bring the total loss to above $800,0o0.
 There were six garages. including sev- alal used chiefly for repairs, in the big stcr; ge station, the principal occupants being the Park Square Automobile com pany, the Boston Motor company the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
SUICIDE CAUSED
 BY BAD HEALTH

Montgomery, January 17-A special to the Advertiser from Selma says:
 J. N. Smith, well-known photographer shot and instantly killed himself tonight few minutes before oclock in his room over the studio. He placed the barrel of $-calibre pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger, the bullet passing out through the back of his head. He had just fin- ished reading in a newspaper of the sui eide of physician at Marion yesterday. IL is supposed that breeding over his ill- health and reading account of the suicide, caused him to take his own life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18

Rambler Motor company, the Boston Au- tomobile exchange, the Concord Motor company and the repair shop of the Mar mon company.
 All the large sightseeing automobiles in the city, numbering upward of a dozen, were burned, as also were between 30 and 10 expensive cars of the Limousine type. Out of the $50 automobiles stored in the building only two were saved. A ma- jority of the owners were but partly in sIred. The 20 workmen in the building managed to get away safely although several had narrow escapes.
 The firemen had to fight hard to keep the flames from extending to the business blocks on Columbus avenue and fully one half the entire available apparatus was centered on that side of the fire area
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
NONE BLAMED FOR
 MINE EXPLOSION

Bluefield. w. Va, January 1.-The cor oner's jury arrived at verdict early to- day as result of their investigation into the death of the 65 men who were killed in the Lick Branch mine explosion last Tues day. The jury decided the explosion was caused by an overcharged shot of gum powder in room 2l of the mine, and that 65 men came to their death through no fault of the Pocahontas Consolidated Col fiery company or the Lick Branch col fiery.
 The inquiry was conducted by Chief Mine Inspector Laing, Dr. A. J. Mitchell of a special legislative committee, c. E. Krebs. mine expert; Charles Conner. for merly chief mine inspector of Pennsyl- vana. and four deputy mine inspectors
 pr. Mitchell will make a report on the result of the inquiry to the state legisla- ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
p,e.se Don't Kill the Animals

Macon, Ga, January 17.-Macon mem bers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will shortly forward petition to President Roosevelt asking him not to kill any animals on his Afri- can hunt. The announced intention of the PresiS at to bag big game has brought forth protest from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and by its direction protest blanks have been sent to each local organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Socialists Lead to Riot.

Dresden. January 17.-A socialist demon stration today in behalf of electoral re- form led to a serious riot. in which 20 persons were seriously and at least 100 were slightly injured Many conflicts occurred between the police and rioters, the former eventually beating back the great crowd of socialists, who were en- deavoring to force their way to the palace of the rsigning King, Friedrich August.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Page l..

 Getting ready for trial of Coopers. People of Cuba will come into their own. Taft called an 'uncrowned king People of Iowa ask for Wilson's reten- ton. Roosevelt believed to be behind the suit. Open-shop and fight to a finish. Over BOO automobiles burned. Mine workers have big subjects. Campaign of education on cotton.
 Page 2. Great cities are full of firetraps. South retarding her own growth Modification of law is desired.
 Page 5. Hesitation in stock market. The Monahan ore mines are sold
 Page a. Editorial comment.
 Page 5. Governor Conner and Seab Wright speak at Jefferson mass meeting. Rural school conference to be held in Birmingham today. Birmingham party back from Atlanta banquet Boy arrested for throwing rocks on street. Quiet council session expected wednes- day night,
 Page 2. Mine disasters worst in history Unique method of giving relief.
 Page 8. The bowling rules will be revised. Thompsons chat of the fighters. With the new players Kaufman's hopes badly shattered. Augusta comes tomorrow to meet the husky Barons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Ships Crew Rescued.

Queenstown. January 1.-The steamer Dominion, which arrived off here today, reported having rescued Captain Grossly and the crew of the British ship Savona about four miles off Fastnet. The Savona. which was lumber-laden, was abandoned in a water-ogged condition. tug has started out to try and tow the Savona to Crookhaven. The Savona was bound from Lipscomb, N s., for the United Kingdom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Husband charoed With Murder.

Aiken. S. C., January H.-As result of an inquest held yesterday at the re- quest of the mother of Mrs. Rainey Lowe who died last Sunday afternoon, Sover- eign Lowe, Mrs. Loves husband, held on a charge of murder, and Lee Boyd, as accessory, were placed in the jail here last night The coroners jury found that Mrs. Lowe came to her death by strangu- lation at the hands of Sovereign Lowe and named Boyd as accessory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
King George Receives Americans.

Athens, Greece, January Hiking George gave dinner at the palace today to the superior officers of the American war ships Missouri and Ohio Covers were laid for 60. Informal toasts were ex- changed, and the King took the oppor- tunity to engage the officers in converse ton. The American ships will depart to- morrow. The conduct of the men who have been allowed ashore has been ex- cellent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Rattleships Are Visited.

Marseilles, January H.-Thousands of persons visited the American battleships today and this afternoon. the crowds be- ing so thick that traffic was greatly in,- peded. The street cars ran special service and long line of boats put their passengers on board the American vessels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
The Prohibition Fiuht.

Nashville. January 17-A peculiar coinci- donce is that the Cooper murder trial, which was caused indirectly by the prohi- bition question, comes up for hearing Just as the fight for statewide prohibition is at it's height. The red-ribbon forces, by breaking the democratic caucus, forced a statewide bill through the legislature, and 1t now awaits the governors action. That Governor Patterson will veto it is sure. That 1t will be passed over the governors veto is equally sure
 Flushed with victory, the prohibitionists are now trying to pass another bill pro- hibiting the manufacture of alcoholic, malt and vinous liquors in the state of Tennessee. The measure known as the statewide law simply prohibits the sale ow liquor within four miles of any school house. The prohibitionists say if there is a spot in the state which is not within four miles of a schoolhouse they will see that a schoolhouse is built
 The bill to prohibit the manufacture of liquor in the state is being fought more bitterly than any measure ever intro duced There are many distllers and breweries in the state which do an im- mense interstate business and these nat urally not sitting idle while their '5u luraa is being legislated out of exis- te7oe BH the prohibitionists have the pofss rs u Is not likely that they will -f |. .f.t stts rter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Safe Full of Money Found.

Messina, January 1f.-During the ex- cavations which are steadily going on among the ruins of this city safe con taining S50,000 was found today on the site where the municipal building stood-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
Warships at MarseiIIes.

Marseilles January 17.-The battleship Rhode Island crept into the harbor this morning in a dense fog. She moored alongside the Georgia and Nebraska, al- req - 1n i'I'- port. The battleship New Je. .sY easne ils ct noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-18
.aIve's Voice Is Good.

Eavenneh January 17.-Mme. Emma cfive has oefn under the care of throat
 -ri Htt Ia avannah for four days She 8e iar.s fla her voice is the same as it waa fl4ny ars ago, and that she will fntiuu ha. tour