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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14

 ward such legislation which led to their controversy.
 In explaining his idea of the square deal. Colonel Roosevelt said: q don't want the prize in the race go to the man who is not fast enough to win it. I want them to start even.'
 Equal opportunity, he said, represented the idea upon which the republic was founded.
 ..I care for the fact" he continued .'and not in the least for the form. You hear good deal of national rights and of states rights. I'm for both' He explained by saying that he was for na- tional rights where they would best serve the welfare of the people and for states rights where their exercise was most beneficial.
 Treatment of Corporations
 Colonel Roosevelt said corporations should be treated with an exact measure of justice.
 "Your grocer must make profit or he won't continue to sell groceries" he ex-
 plained, ..but if you pay his bills wi
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Marking Confederate Graves

Washington, December l3-Amend- ments are proposed to the law requiring the marking of the graves of Confed- crate sailors and soldiers who died in northern prisons and were buried nearby.
 Extension of the time of the commits sion charged with that work for three years from February 26, next, is urged in report to the House today from the military affairs committee. The amend ments favored are that when it is found impossible to identify bodies the con struction of simple central memorials in stead of headstones be authorized.
 The plan Is the result of the impossi- bility of identifying the dead at Alton and Chicago, H., Ennis Point, N. d., Philadelphia and Shoshone, Pa, and La fayette, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Evansville, Ind.
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nine weeks ago her husband, MT. J. E.
 Winning, who is manager for the J. R.
 Raible Manufacturing company of Ems ley, had been reading of the great many people who were being cured by the wonderful Quaker Extract and oil of Ra,m that the Health Teacher has intro duced at Gunn's Pharmacy. He decided he would call He did; and today he is the happiest man in all Greater Birming- ham, for he said: My wife IS just fee'- ing like girl; can hop on and off car without any assistance She eats any thing she will without any distressed feel ing in her stomach; no pains in the back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14
Memorial To Lincoln

Washington, December 13.-A national memorial to Abraham Licoln, to be erect
 ing in Washington at a cost of $2,0oo,Goo,
 is proposed in a bill introduced today by Senator Cullom of Illinois. The bill names a permanent commission to be composed of President Taft, Senators Wetmore of Rhode Island and Money of Mississippi, Representatives Mccall of Massachusetts and Champ Clark of Mis- souri, The sum of $10o,000 is to be i'm medlatelY available under the bill.
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Mrs. J. E. Winning resides at ls4s Pal mer Terrace, Ensley, Ala. Has suffered for years with stomach trouble, ndiges- ton: would belch up mouthfuls of sour
 nasty stuff; very badly constitpated; had to take pills. pellets or some purgative all the time to keep the bowels acting
 Her kidneys were bad; had pains in back; could scarcely bear anything tight around her waist had a tired, languid feeling; very nervous; could not get on or of a car without assistance. This lady had the very best of treatment for years, but continued growing worse, with all that could be done for her. About
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14
TARIFF DISCUSSION
 ENL|VENS SENATE Resolution On Revision Is Laid
 On the Table EXPENSES GUT DOWN Pension Appropriation Bill Proposes to Consolidate All the Agencies Of the Country Into One
 Large Office

Washington. December 13.-Discussion of the tariff in the Senate today precipi- tated a lively debate in which Senators Cummins. Aldrich. Beveridge and Hale were the principal participants. It was occasioned by Senator Cummins speaking on his resolution to amend the rules of the Senate and House so as to permit revision of the tariff schedule by sched- ule. and was ended when, on motion of Senator Hale, the resolution was tabled.
 The Senate confirmed long list of re- cess appointments.
 In the House the pension appropriation bill carrying $15S.614000. was passed
 Both houses adjourned to meet at noon tomorrow
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Panama Canal Exposition

Washington, December 1S.-A plan to obtain rule to permit consideration of a resolution reported by the House com mittee on foreign affairs at the last ses- sion of Congress, requesting the President to Invite foreign governments to partici- pate in an exposition commemorative Of the completion of the Panama canal is being discussed by members of the Cali fornia delegation in Congress.
 The resolution as reported to the House avoided specifying San Francisco or New Orleans, and the Californians are trying to get an amendment locating the exposi- ton at San Francisco. The Louisiana delegation, 1t is said, will strive to have New Orleans designated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14
 PhiIfppine Land Affairs

Washington, December 13.-The Philip pine friar land transactions were again under investigation by the House com- mittee on insular affairs today Repre- sentative Martin of Colorado continued his statement elaborating on the charges against the manner in which those es- tates have been handled by the Philip pine government. Dean c. Worcester, secretary of the interior of the Philip pines, and Franks w. Carpenter, execu- tive secretary of the Philippine govern ment, were present.
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Bigger Salaries For Judges

Washington. December 13-To increase salaries of supreme court justices s5dOO, and to increase proportionally the com pensation of federal judges, is the pur- pose of a bill introduced today by Sena- tor Depew of New York. The salary of the chief justice is fixed by the bill at 5000. and those of associate justices of that court at 17.500 These salaries are now respectively s1S,OOO and sl2,5O0. It is proposed to increase circuit judges sal aries from s7000 to slO.00o, and federal dis trict judges from s60o0 to $9000
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Salaries For Judges

Washington. December 13.-The first step for paying the expenses of the new ly created court of commerce was taken today when Attorney General Wicker sham asked Congress to appropriate sli,- 800 for the salaries of five additional cir cldt judges a s7000 year from January 1 10 June 3G. when the present fiscal year ends, and $49.750 for the other officials and expenses.
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Baseball Club May Re Sued

Athens, Ga, December 13.-Recent an- nouncement that the New York American League Baseball club will train st Richmond, Va, this spring, it was stated today probably. will result in law suit against the Americans by the Athens Railway and Electric company Presl- dent Farrell is said to have signed a three-year contract last year for the Americans to train here and the street railway company has built a well equipped park for their use The com pany will demand compliance with the contract and that they be reimbursed for this expense.
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Robert Hopper Dies

Huntsville, December 13.-(Special.)- J. Robert Hopper, an employe of the Inter- national Harvester company, died yester- day at the city hospital after brief ill- ness, aged 30 years MT. Hopper was former resident of Fayetteville. Tenn, but had lived in Huntsville a number of years and was well known here. He was a gas engine expert and was regarded as enc of the best men in his line in this territory
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Light On the Tariff

Washington, December 13.-'I want the light turned on by tariff investigations so that we may get at the truth said Representative Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, at hearing before the committee today for perm anent tariff commission. He added, however. that it would never be possible to eliminate partisanship from tariff in- vestigations and that a committee of Congress would never accept the opinions of any board of experts without some original investigation of the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14
POINTS TO NEED OF
 NEGRO HOSPITAL
INSTITUTION NOW MAINTAINED AT sMITHFIELD MIGHT EASILY HAVE ENLARGED FACILITIES

Dr. W. R. Pettford, president of the Alabama Penny Savings bank, calls at fention 10 the need for negro hospital in Birmingham in the following com 1nanication. entitled Help the Negroes to Help Themseves:'
 ITO the Charitable Public: The consid- eration of charitable assistance at this time in our city is very important, for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14

sioner He declines to affirm or deny the imputation that he is a candidate, but admits that he is receiving many letters urging him to enter the race.
 The present incumbent of the of flee of land commissioner is MT. James Gillespie of Greenwood, for many years prominent in newspaper circles of Missis- sippi, and who was appointed to the place by Governor Noel on the death of Ed Nall He has made good in the office and will be hard to dislodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14

The counties of Amite, Franklin and Wilkinson propose to organize what they term Tri-County Fair in time for the fair season next year. and with that end in view have been holding meetings and eiecting officers and directors who will see that the project is carried out to the letter. These officers are G. H. Barney, president: F. M. Berryhill and S. B. Haynes, vice presidents; pr. w. R. Brum- field, ]. S. Cobb. J. A. Day, H. c. Butler. ". H. Jenkins, H. l.. VanNorman and ". Y. Wilkinson, directors; D. M. Butler, treasurer: W. D. Caulfleid. secretary.
 The board of supervisors of the three counties will be appealed to for assistance in the way of premiums to exhibitors of agricultural products and no doubt such a demand will meet with ready response, the fair fever being contagious in Missis- sippi, and liable to grow more vicious year by year as the farmers see the ben efits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14

The National Educational association has appointed the following joint commit tee to represent the several women's or ganizations in Mississippi, viz
 Miss Susie V. Powell, Jackson-General Federation of Women's clubs.
 Mrs R. B Stapleton, Hattiesburg-Con- gress of Mothers.
 Mrs. A. Rose, Vicksburg-Congress of Jewish Women.
 Mrs Maud NJ Brown, University Southern Association of College Women.
 Miss Emily Butt Jackson-The state at large.
 These ladies are appointed for the pur- pose of co-ordinating work in which their several organizations in this state are in terested. Chief among their demands are I state reformatory, state training school and better schools and longer terms in all the counties Of the state.
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pILEs CuRED IN c To nd DAYs

FILES CURED IN c TO t4 DAYS Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of .Itching, Blind, Bleeding or ProtrudlAg Piles in 6 to IA days. soc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-14

Insurance Commissioner T. H. Henry left last night for New York to attend a meeting of the insurance committees especially that known as the fraternal committee, and expects to be absent sev- eral days
 On his return MT. Henry will stop over in Louisville, Ky, to receive the report of the examination into the affairs of the Citizens National company, now being made by Aetuary J. F. Roach He ex- poets this report to be very satisfactory, and states that since the sale of the stock held i'll the company by the Greg ory element harmony has been restored, and the company has been placed fin a good condition.
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ROOSEVELT MAKES FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH SINCE
 THE GENERAL ELECTIONS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-10
world,, yi,jbIc spnpIy.

New UrIeans, DecemDcr Ig.--Secre-
tary Hcster's statement of the worlds
visible supply of cotton. issued to-day.
shows the total visible to be i.s4e.263
bales. against 4,2o9,214 last week and.
i,70S,579 last year. OF this the total.
of American cotton is 3,T56. 1853.
$40 last ear and of all other kinds,
including Egypt, Brazil, India. etc.
100000. as against 100000 last week
911.0p0 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply of cot
ton there is now afloat n held in
Great Britain and Continental E,urope
against 2,662, 900 last in
Egypt, 263.000, against 21T.00O last
year; in INDIA. 2i1,0O0. against 800, 900.
and in this United States, %1,Tg9.00O.
against f.lTT.0OD
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Burk & Company,
8O8 East Main Street
Of South Richmond

aemple December Y TO IL, with a change OF
proSram each ovenins beginning an s.s6
= cIock. rms bazaar is being held fnr tbn
purpose OF raising funds TO 20 toward the
o ny OF a new church. Tho committee
is headed by Miss Ruby Price. ana fbet
p.osfam VIII include many entertainine
FEATURES, Songs. ROTATIONS, etc. ara az
pectcu TO be some of the articles. but ,hese
are Offered gratis.
Church Services.
Services Will be conducted at the Caviar.
~ Avenue Christian Church at both morn
me morning service will be The Pharisce
and the Publican" At the evening hour
Gods Call TO ADAM REV. T.. ". Long.
r rif pastor. WI be IN charge. Sunday School
Almost the entire population of Chester
turned out Thursday when the Farmers
last,u,9 train arrived over tho Atlantic
Coast Line at 2 p, N with several speak
school paraded in force and heard talks
oy Prof. Frank Gordon. of Ohio; Mr. linn.
OF west Virginia. and Mr.. Miller. chief clerk
OF tho Department of Agriculture OF Rich
otner subjects were the CHIEF topics.
General News Notes.
washington Camp, No. o., of Patriotic
order Sons of america, held a meeting last
and Ciopton Streets. Swansboro.
Excelsior Lodge. OF the Order of Carmen.
met IN rs rooms at Eighth and Hull Streets
last night at 100. 1t was a special meeting.
United american Mechanics, held a regular
meeting last night at Eighth and Hull
Tho election of officers for the
ensuing year was expected to be conducted.
night in Fratcrnal Hall and elect
"a OFFICERS for the ensuing year.
~ meeting of the teachers OF Bainbrfdse
street Baptist Sunday ehool WAS held last
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South Richmond Bureau.
The Timcs-Dlspatch.

lIc3 Hull street.
captain Aleck c. Grimes. OF 31s East Ninth
street. who for many years has been a
conductor on the Southern Railway. was re.
ported last night to be ut the point OF
death, and his end expected at any moment.
ne is suffering from a complication of dis
cases. He is thirty mine years of age, und
one or the best known and most popular
men IN south He is a member
of New South Council, No. s. Junior Order
United American Mechanics. and of Hender.
son Lodge of odd-Fellows.
Confederate Veterans to Meet.
squire II. y. Jordan, first lieutenant OF
the Joseph Johnston Camp of Confederate
veterans, requests that all members assem-
Die at the courthouse Monday evening
promptly at o'clock, shortly after which
inc pody VIII convene to transact business
OF the utmost Importance. Foremost Of
,nese Is the passing of suitable resolutions
In memory OF 3. NJ. Robertson. who al It'd
time of his death, some weeks ago, was
commander of the camp. An election for a
successor viii In all probability be held before
adjournment. Several prominent men Will
tendance Is requested. Squire Jordan spoke
highly Of Mr.. Robertson last night. Tit lat
ter, when barely seventeen years OF age, lett
TO enter the ranks of the Lost Cause, and
displayed a dauntless spirit upon the field.
He was in General Robert II. Lees army,
and was In the thick of battle around
49, - III III iiieIlpTlpIe tGucaTe-I
about Petersburg. Therefore it is
considered especially fitting for the camp to
ssemoie 70 give a joint tribute as a last
token in memory OF a tried and brave
soldier.
II comes as a great sorrow to tho camp to
hear of the extreme illness of its chaplain.
Or. Criplin. who lies stricken at his home,
Twenty-fourth and Semmes Avenue.
Variant for Assault.
y. warrant was issued yesterday afternoon
,sainst Ernest Davis. a colored laborer,
years of age. charging him with
lssault upon Robert Jackson. Policeman j.
B. Westcott executed the summons.
Mr.. Owen III.
Ben +. owen, ST., upwards of ninety years I
u age. and one OF the oldest citizens of
county, who is Ill at the home
II his son, Thomas Il. Owen, near Forest J
Hill. was reported over the telephone TO
,e better last night. Mr.. Owe is a re- 6
Variable man. Although a score Of years
the allotted time, he has retained his
mental capacity to q wonderful degree. and {
5 still versatile in conversation and inter- .
sted in the worlds happenings. i
Women to Build Church. y
The women of Stockton Street Baptist =
will hold a bazaar at the Masonic =
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FOR SALE. ONE sO.HORSEPOWIgIt
gas engine, n gas puriner. ono gas
generator. at a bargain. Address
GAS POWER, care Tinies-DIspatcL
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BULK OF FORTUNE
GOES TO CHURCH
Mrs. Eddy's Estate, Including
Copyrights. Will Amount
to $1,5oo;ooo.

q Yrs. MARY Baker q. EDDY. the the
founder Of the Christian Science
for several days. but IL was authori-
tatlvely stated to-day that the fortune
amounts to si,5p0,oOO, and that after
some bequests arc paid to members of
her household. tho bulk or the propei.
Church.
The statement regarding the will
vas issued by Alfred F'arlow, as fol-
lows:
~ have been informed by one of
the trustees that Mrs. Eddy's Will will
not be made known for several days.
IN answer. however, to my Urgent in
giliries ] have been informed that Mrs.
rights VIII probably amount to 81
There are some requests made to
msmbers OF the household and the
liegatee The bulk of the property
Tor christian Science purposes
IN Speaking OF the future Of the
said.
NO anxiety for the future of Chris
Tan Science or of the Mother Church
IN R9ston Is fel. BY the directors.
of Mrs. Eddy's will, it viii not be-
found difficult to determine what
Christian Science stands for; what
and authority the by-laws are
intended to give, and what the future
course and management of the church
should be. The directors will consider
the whole situation calmly and
thoughtfullS. in the light of the pro-
visions OF the will. when the latter
has been made public
John v. Dittcmorc, clerk Of the
Church, said:
There Will DC no change whatever
In the methods of conducting the ac-
tivities Of the 1enomtpation: in fact.
the hundreds of messages received from
the various branch churches throughout
world would prove the unswerying
Of Christian Science to the
teachings of Mrs. Eddy and to the
constituted authorities of the church,
The bylaws OF the Mother Church,
which We're developed and adopted UNI.
der Mrs. Icddy's guidance, have been
The rules under which the church
government has been conducted. and
they will be adequate for the future"
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Do YOU WANT TO BUY A MODERN,
w~ell-equipped drug store in Rich
!nond for $1,000? II so, for particu-
iars. address d IFS. care Times
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DID NOT SELL GUN
TO LEBLANC GIRL
Evidence Of Boston Clerk Favors
Defendant-Testimony
Against Widow.

Cambridge, Mass, December 9.-The
Leblanc murder trial to-day was a
long distance duel by legal methods
between the youthful defendant, Mat
tie Leblanc, and Mrs. Lillian Glover,
the widow of the Waltham laundry
man The defense directed all its
shafts at the widow in m%arshaljns its
Witnesses and evidence, while the
prosecution sought to turn them in
the direction Of the little Cape Breton
servant girl. Nearly a dozen men
and women, who knew the Glover fam.
lily and Hattie, more or less intimate-
Their testimony. tended to show that
Glover was persistent in his attentions
TO women; that his wife became so
angry on many occasions that she
was heard to say more than once that
she would III to Kill him. and that
Thomas ]. Coffey, formerly a clerk
in a Boston sporting goods house. vino
the revolver that was used in
the shooting, said that a woman
bought it, but when Hattie Leblanc
was led past him. he said she was not
the
some Of the witnesses for the de.
admitted to the district atto1.-
nley to-day that their testimony was
from that given at the in
tues.i ana they could give no reasons
One of the last witnesses of the day.
Mrs. Alma NJ. Roche. said she heard
Mrs. Glover say eight years q that
she would like to kill her husband.
That Hattie Leblanc, will not take
to-day by her leading coun-
eel, Mr.. Johnson,
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Bradstreet's Report.

New York. December 9.-Bradstreets
to.morrow will say: Trade has been
however. tended to increase sales Of
real winter goods, n the approach
OF holidays has helped business In
specialties. adapted to that season. In
regular wholesale trade the approach
Of the inventory season has made for
quietness, and spring buying In gen
eral is reported of rather light volume
with conservative trade for distant de-
liveries. Collections as a whole VIII
not class better than fair.
IN industrial lines changes are
rather on the quiet side as a whole.
In the shoe and leather. trades con
.ditions are irregular.
In the cotton goods trade uncer-
tainty as to the size OF the cotton
crop has limited operations. Curtail-
ment of yarn output is still in evil
dence. Business failures in the United
for the week ending December
S We're 26T against 217 last week and
ESQ the like week of 1909.
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PUTS in BID FOR
TWO BATTLESHIPS
Newport News Company Makes
Proposal to Navy De-
partment.
Especial to The Times-pispatcb

Newport News, Va, December o.
General Manager Walter A.. Post and
Superintendent of Hull Construction
II. L. Ferguson, of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany, left tonight for WASHINGTON to
confer with Secretary of the Navy
Meyer in regard to the company's pro-
posal to build the battleship New York
at the same figures submitted for the
New York sister ship, the Texas. Mr..
Post declined to make any statement
about the matter, but it is believed
here that hes strong hopes of. see
ing both of the new Dreadnoushts
built at the local plant.
When Secretary Meyer announced
that an appropriation OF a million and
a half or two million dollars in add
ton to the six million already appro-
priated would be needed FOR the con
struction of the New York at the
Brooklyn navy yard, the officials of
the Newport News Company
notified the department of their will
ingness to undertake the construction
of both of the battleships at the prize
quoted for one.
When bids on the contract for the
Texas We're opened the Newport News
company was the only bidder, submit
ting estimates ranging from $500, 900
to s5.7S3,Oo0, or nearly $4,000, 900 less
than the estimated cost of constructing
the sister ship at the navy yard.
Secretary Meyer has submitted to
Congress the Newport News PROPOSE
ton, and an effort will be made to
have passed a bill repeating the re-
that one of the ships be
built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and
authorizing the department to award
contracts to the local company,
The barkentine Kingdom, which, with
I small schooner, the name of which
be learned, has been at anchor
n L~ynnhaven Bay for several weeks.
cut into Hampton Roads this afternoon.
The vessels have on board fifty families
# fanatics from Maine. who are said to
'e looking for the Garden of Eden.
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FOR SALE. NEW SINGLE-TKUCK
grocery wagons new and second
and. RICHARDSON BROS, SIS
Brook Ave.
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4euslllEsB V9ppnrluIl,llIa

WANTED. A PARTNER TO BECOME
interested financially and In an en-
ecnttve capacity with a prosperous
machinery business in the city Of
Richmond: Willing to furnish full.
Box 9s6, Richmond. Va.