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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
PORTUGAL AND
CHINA DISAGREE

Pekin, January Negotiations extend
ing over five months between China and
Portugal on the question of the Macoa
boundary have failed and today the Chr
nese government sent a formal message to
the Portuguese government that it will
under no circumstances consent to arbi-
trate 1t is pointed out that only China
and Portugal can settle this question BE-
tween themselves.
Macoa is situated on an island Of the
same name at the mouth of the Canton
river. China holds that all the Dependent
cies of the city OF Macoa have been oc-
cupied illegally by Portugal for some
years. and that the only concession OF
territory ever made to Portugal was the
town of Macoa. China insists that the
territory and adjacent islands be evacu-
ated by Portugal. Al the Hongkong con-
ference the Chinese delegates refused to
recognize Portugal's claims in Macoa or
TO submit the question to arbitration
Later the Portuguese government sent
General Machado to China in the hope Of
reaching an amicable settlement of the
dispute, but he failed in this mission.
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SEVEN MEN ARE CHARGED
WITH BLOWING UP BRIDGE

Baltimore, January with the arrest
today of Charles w. Gruber and John B.
Kennedy there are now In custody seven
men charged with completely in attempts
to destroy, last Friday night, bridge
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pany in this city.
The other five men under arrest are w.
H. Zimmerman, William B. Shipley, Fl.
w. Leightner, William H. Ames and
Harry d. Madden. Zimmerman, Shipley.
Leightner and Ames are held under bail
of $4,000 each and the others will have
a hearing tomorrow.
Gruber is the man in whose house de-
tectives yesterday found a quantity of
dynamite.
Kennedy is a youth of II. and from his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03

Chicago, January 2--Men of prominence
in national politics believe that the teach
ings of Jesus Christ are more dominant
in public affairs today than when they
entered active life, according to replies
to questions read today before the Ply
tional church. Two questions were sent
to 20 Leading men of the nation by Bruce
Barton, president of the league. One re-
lated to the dominance of the spirit OF
Christianity. The other was rs it an ad-
vantage or disadvantage for a public
man to be known as a processing Chris
tian?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
REWARD OFFERED
FOR ALMA KELLNER

Chicago, January 1--WE will not only
give $4,000 for the return of Alma Kellner,
but we will give another $4,000 for pri-
vate interview with her abductor," de-
clared Frank Fehr, wealthy cousin Of the
Louisville girl who was recently kid
naped from her home. Mr.. Fehr, who
has been here visiting relatives, left to-
night for louisville
IT have received number of anony-
NOUS letters since Alma's disappearance"
continued Mr.. B chr, land among them is
one that looks good to me. 1t might
spoil my chance Of recovering the girl
were I to divulge its contents"
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story appears to have been the tool of
others. He is said to have told the de-
tectives that 1t was he who, during the
recent strike of the railroad machinists,
threw brick that fractured the skull Of
Frank w. Wilger, a watchman in the en-
ploy of the company. Kennsy says zm-
norman paid him so cents to throw the
brick and afterward congratulated him
on doing good job"
Ames, who Is one of the vice presi-
dents of the strikers union, Is said to be
a Chieagoan.
Kennedy also says that he and thinner
man made an attempt TO blow up the Riv-
erside roundhouse of the railroad COM
pany sometime ago when they accomp-
plished nothing more than the breaking
of several hundred panes of window
glass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
NO CLUE TO MURDERER.
Police Are Baffled in the Case of Anna
Lloyd.

Cincinnati, January 2.--Although scores
of police officials, aided by hundreds of
citizens, made search today for the MUIR
derer Of Miss Anna Lloyd, whose dead
body, horribly mutilated, was found yes
terday morning, it was admitted at police
headquarters tonight there had been found
not single clue upon which to base an
arrest
At the Lloyd family home a New Years
dinner was to have been served today at
which several friends, including Miss
Fioyd's fiance. were to have been guests.
Instead, the prospective guests called to
offer coincidence
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dasher on his collar, but he took pains
to write a courteous note of apology to
the coroner for the trotble he was about
to cause.
In Brooklyn the toll of accidental
deaths and suicides was particularly
heavy. One girl drank carbolic acid and
died; man met similar death through ac-
cident: man was foald dead in a snow
bank, another died in a hospital after
falling unconscious In the street, and still
another inflicted fatal wounds on himself
with a knife.
Three men committed suicide by inhal-
ing gas, two women died likewise, while
cases of persons being overcome either
accidentally or in an attempt to end their
lives ran more than half dozen.
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CHRIST'S SPIRIT MORE
DOMINANT THAN EVER

James Sherman, vice president of the
United States, replied:
II beg to answer that it is my belief
that with the progress of education and
civilization throughout the world, the
spirit of Jesus becomes more dominant
not only in business or in politics alone,
but in the smaller affairs of everyday
life.
In answering your second question.
hate to believe, and do not believe that
1T is disadvantageous to any man in any
calling to be protesting christian.''
Among others who answered the ques-
tions expressing belief in the growth of
Christianity and its influences in public
affairs was Speaker Joseph G. Cannon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Los ANGELES Is
AGAIN ON MAP

Los Angeles, January 2--After being
isolated forty eight hours. partial COM
munication was established today be-
tween Los Angeles and the outside world.
although it will be many days before the
damage wrought by the transforms of the
last four days is repaired
Much concern still is felt by officials of
all three tianscontinental railroads reach
ing this city. Long stretches of road
bed have been washed away and several
transcontinental trains arrived two days
late.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
PASSENGER TRAIN
JUMPS THE TRACK

Joliet, ILL.,, January "A through pas
senger train on the Rock Island main
line jumped the track early today and
rolled down ten foot embankment near
Minooka, Ill.,. but no one was killed and
few were hurt. A cylinder head OF the
locomotive blew out. it is said, throwing
the rails apart, and upsetting the train.
which consisted of several sleeping cars.
couple of day coaches, and mail and
baggage cars.
The only passenger seriously injured
was Clarence Stone, Clinton, Ohio who
had two ribs broken. He was in the
tourist sleeper. Five other passengers
sustained bruises and cuts. The wrecked
train which was running from fifty to
sixty miles an hour when the accident
happened stopped within 100 feet.
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viii Be EIectrocuted.

Ossinng. n. Y. January 2-William
.nos ss'a 80 =. 80 ng .
air.
-, -, ~. nj :. seat-
- w. ests.
convicted in Brooklyn of killing Police
man Edward j Kavanaugh in 1907 while
trying TO escape arrest for snatching 4
purse. Barobuto killed Gaetano Finzia.
a fellow italian. in Middletown, N. T.. In
January last year.
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Train Wreckers at Work.

Bellefontaine, Ohio. January THAT
the wreck OF Big Four passenger train
No 1s the Knickerbocker special, at
Dawn station, Ohio, last night was the
deliberate work OF train wreckers, is tho
opinion of railroad officials and detec-
tives. The lock of the opened switch. to-
gether with the switch lamp. both of
which had been removed to permit the
train to crash through the switch were
found today in n cornfie some distance
from where the train was derailed,
Engineer Myers and William Elsie. the
fireman, who were injured, are both be-
lieved to have little chance of recovery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Demands Arc Held Back.

New York, January 2.-On behalf Of the
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen and
he Order of Railroad Conductors which
ave made demands for higher wages
a all railroads east Of the Mississippi, 1t
as reported by their local officials that
Q demands would lie In allegiance, as
as negotiations with the companies
> concerned. until about the 10th Of
, 4 month
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
British LAWYER Retires.

London, January 2.-Sir George Henry
Lewis. the most famous solicitor OF the
present generation, retired from practice
with the new year. Sir George Lewis
knows more of the social life of Great
Britain than any other man and has been
called the keeper Of English society s
skeletons. He numbers among his cl-
ents many royal personages, but it is be-
lieved that all their secrets are safe, for
he has declared he would write no me-
moirs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Oil Tank Train Burns.

Logansport, Ind, January IA fast
train composed of oil tank cars and cars
of merchandise on the Wabash railroad
was destroyed by fire on the edge Of this
city tonight. The train ran Off the track
and took fire. Several oil cars exploded
and blazing oil was thrown over the rest
of the train. The fire department could
do nothing against the fire, which for a
time threatened the neighboring part of
the city,
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Altoona, Pa, January 2.-Camille din
velleres, engineer in charge of construc-
tion for the Pennsylvania railroad
throughout the bituminous coal regions
which the Pennsylvania road reaches,
died today at his home at Cresson, Pa,
aged 5S years, from pneumonia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
PASSENGER Train perailed.

Sandusky, Ohio, January 2.-Westbound
passenger train No. 1873 on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway collided
with section of an eastbound freight,
derailed by the breaking OF an axle about
two miles from Huron this afternoon
Frank Devora of Toledo, fireman on the
engine hauling the passenger train, was
probably fatally injured.
The accident occurred while the two
trains were passing on parallel tracks
The 400 passengers escaped with nothing
more severe than a shaking up.
The two express cars preceding the
smoker in the passenger train were brok-
en- into splinters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Ohio stlIl ice Bound.

Louisville, KY, January 2.-The Ohio
river for many miles above and below
Louisville is still ice bound. despite three
days of warm weather. Rivermen are
still apprehensive and are maintaining
large forces of watchmen against ~
hour vhsn thu Ice move
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Lurton and Family Arrive.

lurton and Family Arrive.
Washington, January 2.-Judge Horace
Lurton, who will be sworn In as an as
sociate justice OF the United States su-
preme court at noon tomorrow, arrived
in Washington today. With Mr.. Lurton
were Mrs. Lurton. their son, Horace H.
Lurton. Jr., his wife and their six year
old son. Horace H. Lurton, third.
Judge Lurton declined to discuss poll
tics and refused to talk for publication
holding that to do so would be breach
of judicial etiquette.
The new associate justice will be easily
the handsomest man on the supreme
bench. Although he is in his sixty-sixth
year and his hair and nlustache are
white. he shows no other signs of age.
His step is springy and vigorous and he
is the possessor of an infectious laugh.
Judge Lurton will be one OF the guests
OF honor tomorrow night at the annual
dinner given by Chief Justice Fuller to
his associates. President Taft is also ex-
pected to be present
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
Cut or Bv Floods.

Riverside. Cal. January 2.-This city
was completely cut off from railroad
communication with the outside world to-
day as the result OF floods and washouts.
Hundreds of acres Of vegetable gardens
are inundated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03

enver, January 2.--Harvey A. Ship
l. a mining engineer OF international
lite. died here tonight of pneumonia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
New York Manufacturer
Found Dead In Factory

New York, January 2.-Morris Nathan
son, a well-to-do middle-aged real estate
holder and clothing manufacturer, was
found dead today in the loft of his fac
tory, bound hand and foot to a chair.
He had been dead for hours, and the vast,
vacant loft was filed with escaping gas
from broken pipe just above his head.
There were no marks of violenc he
body. 81
Nathanson failed to return = e last
night and when midnight cam wife
reported his absence to the se A
search was instituted this me f}S Mrs.
Nathanson called up her hui dos part
ner, Isaac H. Gold, and hef' z s. yife and
Mrs. Nathanson went TOT - factory.
Gold, the only person exc oSathanson.
who had a key to the y q pened the
door. A rush of gas M " n, but be-
fore he had time to clos I# door again
Mrs. Nathanson saw herr husband dead
in the chair. She shrielse and fell in a
faint across the Insesholf
Minute examination showed that the
body had been thrice wound with half-inch
rope under the arms and bound to the
back of the chair. Both legs were fas-
tened to the legs of the chair. The right
hand was free, but the left hand was
bound with two twists and so firmly
knotted to an arm of the chair that the
coroner said he could not believe that a
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that called" He then returned to the
White House
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Stop In WashIn

Washington, January 2 ma
Morse, the convicted New
WHO is on his way to Atl rita
the serving of a 15-year pei en
tence, was in Washington
utes today between the ar
parture of trains, but he r,
anyone and made no stat =
ever.
Mr.. Morse occupied a state ao
car Rosemont and was acco q
three officers. Marshal H,
had charge of the prisone
train here ana returned to Ns
Marshals Steibling and Linicu
with Morse and proceeded to
A large delegation of newsl T
met the train but Morse did n
them.
Passengers on the same car
Morse stated that Benjamin
son OF the banker, boarded the I
a friend at Baltimore and saw l
for few minutes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06

to increase the pension of Augustus J.
Robbins, of Lakewood, to $24 a month,
and a bill to pension Mrs. Cornelia
Jamison, former widow of George w.
at $12 a month.
r. B. Magee, of Island Heights, is
spending a few days in this city,
The local newspapers cannot get it
into their minds that Representative
Ira w. Wood, of Trenton, is a bachelor.
Notices of the reception held by his
sister the other day have appeared
mentioning that Miss Wood, daughter
of Representative Wood" had given a
reception at the Cochran Hotel.
Under the terms of an order just
signed by President Taft the Census
Bureau will be permitted to take EN-
ployees who have been with the Irnmi-
grafton Commission, of which Repre-
sentative Howell, of New Jersey, is a
member, without the regular civil serv-
ice examination. This ruling will APP
ply to the employees On the rolls of the
Immigration Compassion OF January
LIST, and there are a number of such
from New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
MOVE TO QUASH BOYS SUIT
AGAINST AUTOIST FAILS.
Judge Orders Action for $4,000
Continued.

Non-suit was denied by Judge Heisley
in the Supreme Court circuit today in
the trial of the action for $4,000 dam
ages asked for on behalf of Garrett
Maggie, the s-year-old son of Garrett
Maggie. of 80 Tappan avenue, Belleville,
against Harry L.. Larson, of 1876 Ran
dolph avenue, Jersey City, whose auto
mobile struck the boy in Washington
avenue, Belleville, November 80, 1908,
and the defense was taken up. 1t was
to the effect that the boy ran suddenly
from behind a wagon and directly in
front of the machine before it could be
stopped. Larson Is employed as a
foreman by the Standard OIL Company
and was taking a spin with his wife and
mother-in-law when the accident hap
pened.
L.. Edward Hermann, of Jersey City,
counsel for the defendant, made the APP
plication for the non-suit and the points
he raised weere that the plaintiff had
failed to prove negligence on the part
of the defendant, although it was testi-
fled yesterday hat the automobile was
running at thirty miles an hour and
that the boy contributed to the accident
by his own negligence.
For fourteen weeks the boy lay in st.
Barnabas's Hospital suffering intensely
from a broken right thigh and other
injuries.
When Larson was sworn he testified
that he did everything within reason to
stop the car, that the bay ran into his
machine and that after the accident he
took him to a physician and had him
cared for. His car, he said. was run
ming at only twelve miles an hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
MRS. ELLIS BURIED.

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles L.
Ellis, wife of the president of the Kor-
nit Manufacturing Company, who died
as the result OF burns she sustained at
the Cafe Martin New Years eve, were
held in the Hotel Frederick, Broadway
and Fifty-sixth street, Manhattan, to-
day. The services were conducted by
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, of the Plym-
outh Congregational Church, and was
attended only by members of the fam
lily. just after the lights were turned
in anticipation of the approach Of
the new year at Martins, Mrs. Ellis's
dress burst into flames. Before the fire
had been extinguished she was burned
severely that she died three days
in Roosevelt Hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
MRS. DAYS FUNERAL.

The funeral of Mrs. Michael Daily,
who died in her 94th year yesterday,
will be held from her late home, 2
Brill street, tomorrow morning to st.
Aloysios's r. c. Church, where a mass
requiem will be celebrated. Mrs.
DAILY, who was Miss Mary Heating be-
fore her marriage, was born in Ireland,
and came to this country several years
ago. She is survived by five children
and the husband.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
PAROLE YOUTH WHO TRIED
SUICIDE ON XMAS DAY.
Grand Jury to Consider Case of
Oracle.

Wallace Oracle, 20 years old, Of 10
Foundry street, who celebrated Christ
mas Day by attempting suicide with
chloroform in front of so Clifton street,
had SO far recovered today as to war
rant the authorities in a%rraigning him
in the Second Precinct, Police Court.
Chief Gilhooley, of the park police, APP
peared as complainant.
Wallace admitted he had sought to
kill himself, declaring he was broken
hearted at the time, but refusing to re-
veal the cause of his detection. Acting
Judge Oehring paroled him for the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
OBITUARY
ROGERS FUNERAL TOMORROW.

Funeral services for William II. Rog-
ers, who died at his home, 109 Bergen
street, Tuesday, will be held from his
late residence tomorrow morning, to St.
Joseph's Church, where a mass Of re-
QUEEN will be celebrated. Interment
will be in the Cemetery of the Holy
Sepulchre. MI. Rogers was born in
this city forty years ago. He was
prominent in the Hatters' Union.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
MRS. ANNA cox.

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Cox, who
died Tuesday afternoon after an illness
of two weeks, will be held from ST.
Joseph's Church tomorrow morning.
The interment will be in the Cemetery
of the Holy Sepulchre. Mrs. Cox was
the wife Of Simon Cox, jr., and is sur
vived by two sons, Hubert and Edward,
and four ~brothers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06

sage, will probably prove the means oil
making the park q reality.
Associated with Mrs. Hartman are
sixteen other persons, who believe the
Palisades Park should be made as great
a how place, with the exception OF
size, as Yellowstone n other ma
tional reservations. They have sub
scribed 81, 625, 900 to build roadways and
for other improvements.
Most of these persons have homes or
land near Tuxedo, II they ask. as a
condition Of their gift. that the state
remove its new State prison from
Rockland county, appropriate S2,5oo,0Oj
for general park purposes, raise with
Mrs. Harriman's gift 50, 100000 by sub
scription prior to January ] next and
secure from New Jersey an a%ppropria-
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TO BRING D. o. MlLLS'S
BODY TO NEW YORK.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6.-The body
of Darius o. Mills, who died suddenly
at his winter home at Mill Brae Mon
day night, will be taken TO New fork
tomorrow night in a special train. Mrs
Whitelaw Reid, his daughter; Ogden
Mills, his son, and Mrs. Ogden Nils
will accompany the body.
John Flonrnoy, Mr.. Mills's attorney
said he thought that the will Of the
financier was in the hands or Now
York attorneys.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06

ton for its share of the park work.
All this Governor Hughes says should
be done. The private subscriptions to
the fund as as follows:
John ID. Rockefeller. $500, 600 j. Pier
pont Morgan. $500, 600; Margaret Olivia
Sage, $4,000: Helen NJ. Gould. $4,000;
Ellen T.. md Arthur Curtiss James,
$25. goo: William X. Vanderbilt. $4,000;
George T.. Baker. 500. 900; James Still
man, 5 1000; John ID. Archbold. $4,000
william Rockefeller. $4,000; Frank a.
Munsey. $4,000: Henry Phipps, $4,000;
j.. r. Stotesbury. $4,000: r.. Fl. Gary,
$50, O00: V. Everit Macy. $4,000; George
~. Perkins, $4,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
MRS. CATHERINE HEpp.

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
Hepp, who died yesterday, will be
held at her late home, 374 Walnut
street, tomorrow night. Mrs. Hepp,
who was 50 years old. was taken Ill
Christmas Day. Besides her husband,
Mrs. Hepp is survived by four daugh-
tiers and two
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-06
GIFTS OF ST ,65O,OOO SEEM
TO ASSURE PALISADES PARK.
Mrs. Hartman Offers Million for
Project.

ALBANY, Jan. 6.-Through the gen.
crosby of Mrs. Mary w. Hartman,
widow of E. H. Hartman, 1t is prob
able that the plans for the proposed
Paiisadc Park should be made as great
offer to convey to the State 10000 acres
of land in orange and Rockland
ties. for the purpose. and TO give $1,000
900 in trust TO buy land between this
tract and the Hudson river, as an
nounced IN Governor Hughes's mes