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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
JOHNSTON SPEAKS
 FOR ALABAMA COAL

tor Johnston had an interview with the Secretary of War today with references to the bids which will shortly be opened for 100000 tons of coal for use on the Isthmus of Panama. It is provided in the speci-- fications that the coal shall be equal to the Pocahontas or New River coal in substance and that gas or bituminouS coal is not to be considered. Alabama. coal operators complain that these specl- fications would exclude Alabama coal which is quite the equal of the Pocahon- tas or New River coal. The Secretary assured the Senator that the Alabama. people will have the first hearing and he is anxious for them to communicate with him promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Postal Changes and Patents.

Washington, March 17-(Special.)-Ru ral carriers appointed: Andalusia. Route s, Thomas w. Capps, carrier; John l.. Martin substitute. Stanton. Route 1. George M Wooley, carrier: John c. Wooley. substitute. Union Springs, Route 1 Robert l.. Vaugn, carrier; Homer l.. Mason. substitute. A patent for a gov. ernor for electric turbines has been issued to J. Wilkinson of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Alabama Cases Concluded.

New Orleans, March 17.-Argument in the Alabama railroad rate case was concluded today in the United States circuit court of appeals and the mat ter taken under advisement by the court The railroad commission of that state seeks to dissolve an injunction secured by the railroads against the en- forcment of an order for reduced pas senger rates in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
JUDGE HUNDLEY'S CASE
 WILL SOON BE SETTLED

Washington, March 17.-tSpecial.j-John B. Knox, Sterling Wood, B. H. Grayson and J. w. Tomlinson comprised a delega- tion which called at the White House this morning to see the President in the interest of Judge Oscar R. Hundley. The delegation was introduced by Senator Johnston, and during the afternoon had an hours conference with MT. Taft. and later saw Attorney General Wckersham.
 According to the members of the dele
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18

gation, the President said nothing to in- dicate what action he will take in the case. All of them profess to be encour- aged over the situation and think Judg 3 Hundley will be reappointed.
 The President indicated that he would settle the matter within few days. He has now heard both sides of the case and in conjunction with the Attorney General is expected to be ready to announce a decision shortly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Suicide By Hanqino.

cause he had lost all his life's savings. S3O0O in investments in Zion City, Ill., industries. the city started by the late John Alexander Dowie, Ludwig August, 71 years old, committed suicide today by Iaislng himself in his room on Second avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
AdIai Stevenson Loses.

Springfield, Ill.,, March 1.-The recount committee of the senate today adopted d report holding that the petition of Adlai Stevenson for a recount of votes cast for governor last fall in the state of llli- nois did not present a prima facie case. A minority report was offered by Senator Isley of Newton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18

ing the year for additional construction against s54.000 in 1907.
 The surplus for the year after the pay ment of interest charges. dividends, ap- propriations and all other charges, was ,9S6 a decrease of $4S36,So1 from 1gg7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18

the drawback is provided, but the expor- tation upon which the manufacturer pro- poses to collect the drawback must be made within three years after the im- portation of the foreign material used or checked against. The secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe the regula tions under which the drawback is paid. The privileges for the drawback section are applied to materials used in the construction and equipment of yes sells built for a foreign government or for foreign trade
 Petroleum is on the free list and the countervailing duty provision is re tained.
 The inheritance tax provision ex- empts from taxation any property be- queathed to any religious, educational, i, charitable, missionary, benevolent, hos pital or infirmary corporation. Per- sonal property other than money or securities bequeathed to corporation or association organized exclusively for the moral and mental improvement of men or women, or for scientific patri- otic or similar purposes, is made ex- empt from the tax. A discount of , percentum is provided for if the tax is paid within six months from the time it is due. An interest will be charged and collected at the rate of lU ptIceHtuiii ycdI II the tax IS not paid within IS months from the time it accrued. If an estate Is tied up in necessary litigation. 6 per cent inter- est will be charged.
 Special Agents Duty. special agent to conduct investi- cations to secure the efficient enforce ment of the inheritance tax is provided for at salary of 5000 a year.
 In order to prevent the confusion which attended the enforcement of the Dingley bill on the day on which 1t became a law, the Payne bill is not to take effect until the day after it is enacted Of two provisions in the bill that are new, is one exempting from the payment of duty on merchandise recovered from vessel which has been raised after having been sunk for two years in any waters within the juris- diction of the United States and has been abondoned by the owners; and an other. which extends to the vessels of war of any nation, in ports of the United States. the privilege of purchas- ing supplies from public warehouses free of duty when such countries re- ciprocate such privileges toward Amer ican war vessels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Eight Thousand Strikers Say
 They VIII Stick
CUT OFF FROM TIE WORLD
Telegraph, Telephone and Mail Ser vice Are All Badly Crippled and the Trouble Has Hardly
 Yet Begun.

Paris March 17-The letter carriers have joined the striking telegraphers, tele- phone operators and mail clerks employed by the postoffice department. At meet ing tonight they voted by a large ma jorty to begin strike tomorrow after the first delivery Eight hundred post men employed in the delivery of news papers and parcels went out after the last distribution tonight.
 The strike movement gained greatly throughout the day, Paris being practical ly isolated from the rest of France and France from the outside world. Eight thousand strikers met tonight and passed a resolution to maintain the struggle to the end.
 Premier Clemeneeau declares that the government is ready for a fight and will not recede in it's determination to force the strikers to the wall. A very serious sit uation, however, has arisen through the inability of the government to communi- cate with its foreign representatives, and tonight the strikers cut the private tele- phone wire connecting the Elysee palace with the various ministries. Troops are held in readiness at Versailles to rein force the Paris troops In case any demon- stration of serious nature occurs tomor row. which is holiday There Is an alarming rumor late tonight that the sec retary of the railroad employees union has promised to order out these men in sympathetic strike.
 Cut Off From World.
 France for time tonight was practi- cally cut off from telegraph and tele- phonic communication with the remainder of the world. and Paris was isolated.
 After few hours, however. telegraphic communication between this city, London and Berlin, was restored by means of volunteers from other branches of the public service. About 150 military teleg- raphers are now at work in the central station and naval telegraphers are on their way here from Brest
 Premier Clemenceau tonight hatly re- fused to offer terms to the strikers He told the justices of Paris, who suggested bill creating a superior council of the administration which could consider the employees grievances that the govern ment would promise nothing while the en- ployes remained away from their posts. The premier declared that the strike was senseless, entailing the gravest conse- uuences, not only to the business of France, but to the country itself, from an international point of view. He ex- pressed confidence that the government will win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18

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The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
AJAX ON CORPORATIONS.


In a special message to Congress
President Taft recommends an amend
ment to the tariff bill providing tax
Of two per cent on the net earnings OF
corporations He also recommends an
income tax amendment to the Constitu-
ton, which is to be so framed as to re-
lieve it Of any adverse decision by the
Supreme Court.
A tax on incomes is the only fair and
equitable system Of providing the means
necessary for the maintenance of the
government, but such desired legisla-
ton may be delayed several years be-
fore its ratification is secured by the
States.
tax on corporations may become
effective speedily. provided it may bs
enacted into the necessary statute. Il
would seem that the same influence
which is operating in favor of the spe-
cial privileges and interests can defeat
the tax on corporations
The corporations which have beer
faftening on the protection afforded
them BY fhe-tariff may be sufficiently
strong to defeat President Tafts' re-
eonlmendation The issue as drawn
may result in 1 lively contention be
tween the President and Congress.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.

There is a publication of recent issue
entitled 'The Negro Problenl-Abra-
ham Lincoln's So1utiorl-Reform It Al
together There have been many sug-
gestions connected with the negro prob
lem which have ennanated from the fan
cies of Northern men having little con-
-ceptien of the negro. These treatises on
the negro may yield pecuniary profits to
their authors and publishers, but the
problem which is the most practical and
desirable may be left to its own settle
ment-"Let the negro alone" From
the days of Lincoln to the present time
the negro has been the unfortunate vic
tim of men who, as so-called friends,
have used him for their own selfish
purposes, politically and otherwise. The
negro who is keeping within the sphere
Of his station is solving the problem for
himself Let him alone
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
BURGLAR Proof Glass.

Consul William Bardel of Rheims
furnishes the following information
concerning the manufacture in that
French district Of plate glass to be
utilized by jewelers. as safeguard
against robbery. The glass under con-
sideration is manufactured at st. &c.
balm, and in reply to communication
from this consulate requesting particu-
lars the manager of the works writes
as follows:
"WhiIe an ordinary plate glass. such
as is usually put into jewelers. show
windows, was smashed to atoms by
one single stroke with metal trim
med mallet, the same attempts to
break the dale polie' furnished by
our works proved entirely fruitless.
They then proceeded to throw a large
piece of cast iron with extreme vio-
lence at the show window, and all
they succeeded in doing was to make
a small hole into it measuring only a
few centimeters. Thereupon several
shots of revolver loaded with steel
cast balls were fired at the show win
dow with no further damage to the
window than the entering of the balls
Into it to the depth of few millime-
ters. Consular Report.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
NEW KIND OF ECLIPSE.
Professor Bsashear Announces a ce-
IestiaI Novelty For June II.

Professor Brashear Announces Co
lestiaI Novelty For June II.
Professor John A. Brashear of Al
legheny, Pa, in signed statement
says that the eclipse of the sun on
June IT will be unlike any other
eclipse within the knowledge of man
In part Professor Brashear says:
The eclipse will be Of very inter
esting character from the fact that for
few. seconds 1t will be an annulal
eclipse, then change to a-total eclipse
then back to an annular eclipse for the
second time.
.sThe writer cannot find record of
such an occurrence in any history of
astronomy, although we have records
of annular cclipses for 400 years and
OF total eclipses for thousands Of years.
The eclipse as a partial phase of great
er or lesser nagnitude will sweep over
the North American continent from
the north. decreasing IN size as 1t
passes down through Canada and the
states.
The central line Of totality com
mences sout beast of Tomsk. in Sibe-
rlan Russia courses only few miles
south OF the north pole OF the earth,
skirts the east coast OF Greenland.
where totally ends near sunset
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
RATS COSTLY BoARDERs.
Millions CT Dollars Worth of Grain
Destroyed Every Year.

Millions CT Dollars Worth of Grain
Destroyed Every Year.
It costs the American people $780,
100000 yearly in grain alone to feed
the rat. This is only one of many in
teresting facts CLEANED from state
ment prepared by the experts Of the
biological survey of the department Of
agriculture entitled 1.-The Rat Prob
LEM and issued the other day.
Untold millions are destroyed every
year by the rat, which Is also the prin-
cipal agent in the dissemination of bu-
bonic plague. The pests bill of fare
includes almost everything eaten by
man and a considerable number of
things not included in human dietaries,
as, for instance, earrion, mice. kid
gloves, ivory and living horses hoofs.
It's most common food Is grain. II fed
on grain alone 1t is estimated that one
rat will eat go cents worth year,
while of oatmeal it will consume 1.S0
worth.
The rapidity with which rats multi
Ply Is tnc iAain Aeosoh WHY A'h dp
pears to make SO little headway In
their destruction It is calculated that
a single pair of rats and their progeny,
breeding without interruption and suf-
fering no losses, would in three years
increase to more than 10000, ,00O While
praising the persistent use Of traps
and poisons, the experts believe the
mos. promising lines of determination
effort lie in rat proof construction of
buildings. especially the use OF con-
crete in foundations, and In reducing
the food supply Of rats by the disposal
Of garbage and the protection Of food
supplies
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
Loeb, the Customs Prober.

Say,
Amt Loeb
The probe
And the way
He Jams Ii in
"A plumb cruelty sin?
By scud.
He draws the blood,
And it pours
Out Of the old sores
In food.
He puts the hooks
Into the crooks,
And, though he can't bust
The sugar trust,
Say,
He can give It q weigh
All right can't he
He's gated
The customs graft
10 standstiH SO far,
And he'll hand out the jar
TO others before he Is through
Showing off what he can do.
Let as not forget
That Loeb
As a probe
rs doing what
Ills predecessors did not,
Not because he is so fearless and
So were they
In a way
But, say,
Somebody somewhere somehow
Declined to help them Jam
The probe In good
As they knew they should,
And the load was on Uncle sam
Nobody knows The story
Az least nobody viii tell
But lately the prube
Has basn passed On To Loeb
With lns III ions III Use # like ven.
ss Like he using II Sc
: l4anaIskon ii Z ork Times
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
Bic FARMING WAGER
Bet of $4,000 on International
Grain Growing Contest.
AMERICA VERSUS CANADA.

Crops of Oats to Be Grown ut Lara
mic, Wye, and at Lethhridse, In
Western Canada, to Decide Relative
Merits of Farming by Irrigation and
Natural Rainfall.
The relative merits Of farming by
irrigation and by natural rainfall and
whether or not the United States or
western Canada can produce larger
crop Of oats are to be decided for bet
Of $4,000 in cash, according TO the
terms of a contest which was recently
arranged between farmers Of Laramie,
Wye, and Lethbridge, Alberta, says
cheyenne (Wyo.) dispatch. The $10,-
600 has been posted, and all the de-
tails of the contest have been arranged.
Colonel E. J. Bell Of Laramie, owner
OF the largest farm In Wyoming, put
up the $4,000 which says that irriga-
ton and the United States can do bet
ter than Canada A syndicate of farm
ers around Lethbridge, Alberta, head
ed by Professor w Ell. Fairchild of
that city, has covered Colonel Bells
money and says that natural rainfall
and Canadian soil can raise more oats
to the acre than can Colonel Bell, wv
oming and irrigation.
On the American side the oats which
will be entered In the contest will be
grown by Colonel Bell himself on his
great Laramie plains farm. This farm
is more than 1000 feet above sea level,
on the western slope Of the first range
of the Rocky mountains, and depends
entirely upon irrigation for Its moisture
during the summer For years Colo
mel Bell has paid particular attention
to the raising Of oats, and he holds a
record Of 1877 bushels to the acre. By
carefully selecting the seed, specially
preparing the soil and closely watch
ing his ditehes to see that just the
necessary amount Of water reaches his
oats at the needful time Colonel Bell
says he can considerably increase the
yield of his oat fields.
In Canada the prize oats will be
grown by farmers around Lethbridge,
with Professor W. Fl. Fairchild In
charge OF the preparations and the
harvest Professor Fairehild has for
years studied the crops In southern
Alberta, and many of the great yields
OF wheat and oats from Canadian fields
are due to the adoption of his theories
by the farmers of his section.
There are only two rules to the con-
test. One Of them is that the yield
from 100 acres In one body must be
considered The other rule Is that the
oats entered must be standard" grade
or better. Either contestant may pre-
pare the ground. SOW his seed, culti-
yate and harvest IN any manner he
chooses Nothing but the result from
100 acres viii count In awarding the
prize The Alberta farmers them
selves are something In the way Of oat
raisers, and government reports from
that province show that yields of 120 to
125 bushels per acre are common. Cat
straw five feet IN height Is the ordi
nary, according to these reports.
The contest is to be decided by the
officials OF the National Corn show.
Harvest In Wyoming occurs very late
In August and In Alberta IN Septem-
Der, so that the winner win not be an
nounced until probably the first week
In October
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Halter For a Hungry Fish.

ndllGf TUT d Hullyiy lSiss
The officers whose duty it is to en-
force the fish and game laws in the
Rocky mountain states have numerous
difficulties, said Edward Powell, Jr.,
deputy fish and game warden Of
Colorado.
"As to the violation of the fishing
laws, boys give us the greater amount
Of trouble,o he said the other day, "be.
cause they insist on fishing in and out
Of season. One boy has successfully
eluded us for four years. We have
been trying to stock a stream with
black bass in his neighborhood. He
insists on fishing in that stream the
year around.
81 happened upon him last fall just
after he had made good catch i
took the string of fish out of the wa
ter to examine them and found only
catfish, sun, perch and suckers on the
line There is no closed season on
those fish. I walked down the stream
a few feet farther and there found a
large black bass wiggling on string.
weighed down with a stone. asked
him what he was doing with that fish.
"'That one?' he said. Well, you see
he's been taking my bait all the morn
ing, and just tied him up there until
got through fishing" - Bismarck
Tribune.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
LONGEST BASEBALL GAME.
Bloomington and Decatur Teams Play
ed Twenty six Innings.

ed Twenty six Innings.
Bloomington aud Decatur Of the
Three league recently broke at
Bloomington. IL, the worlds profes-
sional record for long baseball games.
playing twenty-six innings. Decatur
won, 2 to J.
The grounds were muddy and slip
perry. but the fielding on both sides was
extraordinary, and the pitching OF
Burns and Clark was phenomenal
The game was called for fifteen min
utes on account OF the rain In the fifth
inning The actual playing time was
four hours and twenty minutes.
Bloomington scored its one run In the
first inning. while Decatur scored one
III the third and one Ii the twenty
sixth. Bloomington made thirteen
base hits and committed one error,
while Decatur hit eleven times with
two errors.
Bloomington after the long grind pro-
tested the game on the allegation that
Fisher, who got to first on a dead ball
and scored on three bagger, cut.sec-
ond base.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
'sCANNlBlLlsM SCIENTIFIC"
English Authority Says Man Is the
Best Food For Man

English Authority Says Man Is the
Best Food For Man.
! a scientific justification for cannibal-
ism was propounded by DR.. f. Cow
land Hopkins in an address at the Roy
al institution in London the other day
What would be the most efficient
protein for men?" he asked. Clearly,
although not a point Of practical die
tetics, the most sensible person In this
connection IS the cannibaI. In con-
suming his own kind he is eating ex-
actly the right stuff.
Though 1t may seem q greWsome
experiment, "a worker In Heidelberg
has just lately tested the point He
found that a dog when fed with dog
was able to do with much smaller
quantity Of protein than when fed with
any other protein whatever.
There is chemistry Of species, and
the nearer the two species of animals
are together the more nearly does the
chemistry of their bodies agree
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
The Sleeveless Goat.

Every one has taken with aVidity to
the idea Of sleeveless coats 1t seems
to suggest something very new and
daring and every one wants to be In
the fashion.
These are made Of cloth. of pongee,
of ottoman silk and of linen. they
do not seem to be quite sensible In
cloth. Yet they are not really intend
ed for warmth, but to give the stole
effect that is so fashionable.
The coat hangs like a priests gar
ment in straight lines back and front,
inFisibiy fastened The sides are held
together by three and four inch straps
Of ribbon, braid or silk.
This sleeveless coat Is elahorately
braided and trimmed with embroideries.
These coats are worn only over one
piece frocks. When the suit is of linen
and the sleeve is of linen the effect Is
very much that Of coat and skirt.
but these sleeveless affairs are at their
best over one piece frocks that have
transparent sleeves.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
Novelty In Islands.

4 great French gun company has
constructed an artificial island In the
Mediterranean sea some distance out
from Toulon to be used as an expert
mental station for torpedoes. It Is
Vailed the ''Ile des Torpilles,' which
means the Island Of Torpedoes, and
The method of Its construction Is In
genious. When the idea first present
eel itself to the company small island
ID proper locality was searched for,
but without success. Therefore the
company decided TO build hollow
concrete island, noat It to the position
desired and sink It to the sea bottom.
The huge structure, seventy-t1ve feet
long, fifty feet wide and about seven
fy feet IN height. was constructed on
the banks OF the Seine. launched and
foWed to its position Ii the Mediter-
ranean.
The Caucasian., 1909-06-17
UPLIFT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.

From New York is given the infor-
nation that Alton B. Parker, Martin
VI. Littleton, Edward NJ Grant, Ed
ward Nc Shepard, Eugen A. Philbin. S
stanWood Menken, all Of that city, and
several upstate Democrats, have com
bined to elevate the National Demo
cratic party
This IS not the first time that such
intelligence has been conveyed from
this same authority
The party Of Jefferson and Of Jack
son needs no uplift, but purging Of
many of its sozcalled leaders, who
lIiiVesied il the raiment Of Democracy,
are fully aligned with the Republicans
Il Strengthening and ii perpetuating the
poser Of the trusts and the combines
through which the masses are OPP
pressed
t is about time that the rank and file
should become selfzassertive by insist
ing on tlle fulfIln1ent Of the Democratic
pledges 70 the people.
The Democrat in Congress who can
not consistently stand for the protection
of tlae masses against the special inter-
ssts Of the few should resign and come
home the men IN Congress, elected
IL Democratic votes, would Be true TO
their allegiance there would be no need
Of any effort 70 uplifht the party.
II Democratic party IS all right, but
il has with ali is cherished principles
fallen into the hands of the Phi1istines.
From lhe experience of the past il
may he well 70 beware Of New York
ard It's political schemers.