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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
TRIBUTE PAID TO
SENATOR BANKHEAD

Washington, May 7.-(Special.) )-Under
the caption, AN Alabama Veteran" the
Washington Star today pays this tribute
to Senator Bankhead:
THE nomination is equivalent to cleo
ton, and Alabama for another term will
continue to enjoy the-value of his services.
"His constituents are to be congratu-
lated. They have renewed their conf
dence in a man who has proved him
self worthy of IL. For 20 years a member
of the House and for nearly four rnenl-
Der Of the Senate, Mr.. Bankhead has
been alert for his people and made him
self popular with his associates. His
work has been none the less effective
because of his quiet and undemonstrative
methods. When occasion requires a state
ment he makes himself well understood
But he does not run to speeches He
has never consumed time in an elaborate
presentation of any question. He is called
good committeeman. He attends meet
ings and helps shape things the.e.
Mr.. Bankhead has had a strange for
tune. A few years ago he had to lower
his color to young war hero, who,
leaving the navy for politics, fixed his
eyes on the House. Captain Hobson, in
spirited contest, proved 100 much for
the veteran of the Sixth Alabama dis
trict. But just at that time an oppor-
tunity offered for test of Mr.. Bank
heads strength in the state at large and
he received instructions for the first
vacancy that occurred in the Senate
Death soon removed Mr.. Morgan, and
Mr.. Bankhead was rescued, so to say
from political eclipse.
Mr.. Bankhead is in his sixty-eighth
year, but both Mr.. Morgan and Mr. Pet
tus were performing good work for the
state in the Senate when IL years be-
yond that age. An Alabamian at so is a
capable man STILL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
ENTIRE CASE AGAINST
PACKERS MAY FAIL

Chicago, May edward Tilden. one of
the indicted packers for whom Prosecu-
tor Garven Is petitioning extradition said
here today he believed the entire New
Jersey case will fail as a result OF Gov
ernor Forts action. Mr. Tilden and other
Chicago packers, received word of Gov
ernor Forts decision from their attor-
neys in the east. II don't think | will
go to New Jersey without being extra
dited.' said Mr.. Tilden, land | don't
know about the Others.
The Chicago packers who are under in
dictment in New Jersey, and for whom
extradition was petitioned. are j. Ogden
Armour, A. w. Armour. Arthur Meeker.
Edward Morris, Louis F. Swift, Edward
+. Swift, Edward Tilden, l.. A. Carson,
T. l.. Wilson, f. A.---fowler, It. j.
Connors. Charles r. Swift. l.. H. Hey
man and Samuel McRoberts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

Washington, May 7.-(Special.)- my
Judgment the whole bill is a mistake from
beginning to end, and should never have
been submitted to Congress. Senator
Rayner of Maryland gave expression to
the above opinion tonight in relation to
the railroad bill He continued: "The bill
starts with the creation of new court
that will practically have nothing to do,
and for which there was no demand what
ever The section of the bill which prac-
tically repealed the Sherman antitrust
laws, fortunately has been strken out.
The sections that relate to the capitalza-
ton of receivers who are still In the bill
are directly in the interest of the great
trunk roads, and as I tried to show 1t on
the floor, not only destroy state charters,
but absolutely prevent the incorporation
of any railroad that has not sufficient
capital to float not only Its bonds, but
stock. at par.
There is another proposition of the bill
which is very Objectionable. and that is
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sion occurred. 1 had just come out on
one OF the trips. I usually walk out of
the mine. If l had walked this lime |
would not have gotten out before the
explosion
Dr. W. S. Rountree of Wylam has be-
come one of the heroes of the rescue
work. DR.. Rountree Is the physician in
charge of the Tennessee hospital car. He
has accompanied one of the crews into
the mine several times, although he is
entirely unsllilled in the ways of mining,
and the treachery of mines. He goes
along with the crews so that medical at
tention will be right at hand in case 1t
should be needed. He was one OF the
crew that entered the mine first after
the rescuing gang had been withdrawn
at the report OF fire in the mine. He
works increasingly and is standing ter
rible strain.
Robert A. Morris, the county auditor
arrived on the scene last night to re-
lieve Maurice Willows as leader of the
Red Cross work here at the mines. Mr.
Morris is also attempting to ascertain
whether any Masons are among the dead
and If there are he will start another
relief bureau under the auspices of that
order
The report that the rescue pen are
growing discouraged and that it will be
difficult to get workers to carry on the
rescue work Sunday is unfounded. The
men are eager and man after man says
tina. he will drop dead in HIS tracks be-
fore he will give up the rescue work
State Inspector James Hillhouse again
ordered everybody out of the mine this
morning at 12 10 o'clock on account of low
pressure in the steam boilers that threat
ened to stop the fan. Experts claim that
the heavy ,downpour of rain which fell
on the exposed viaduct that carries the
steam from the boilers across the river to
the engine that runs the fan caused the
steam in the pipe to condense. and hence
lowered the pressure The fan CO. not
come to an entire stop.
The steam pressure was soon recovered
and work was resumed. after stop of
about Is minutes.
Hope to Succeed Rapidly
1t is now expected hat unless some
thing occurs to hinder the work of
the rescuers half of the dead bodies
will be recovered by r'Gnight to-
night. The rowd was no s large to-
day and the work progressed with
more rapidity than Thursday and ,rri-
day.
Every place about the mines mouth
and all along tho bridge over the en-
g..e rooms and other buildings was
strongly fenced in With tightly
|ftretehed cablos. Every few rods thcro
was stationed guard who kept the
CONTINUED ON PAGE 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
1-Work of rescuing bodies at Pale
mine.

1-Work of rescuing bodies at Palos
mine.
King George assumes throne.
Rayner condemns railroad bill
Thunderbolt in legislative scandal.
nicholas Wall street letter.
Senator Money sticks to rules.
3-McEniry tells Of amusing things in
census.
Home mission meeting closes,
4-lroreman Bryant shot by negro.
MASS meeting for rescue plans will be
held tomorrow.
Byrd Martin killed by auto.
T. P. A. convention adjourns.
6-Desperate fight with bad negro.
Roosevelt talks of late King
S-Fifteen hundred dead in Carriage.
9-Death of the King is loss to the world.
10-General sporting news.
11-Social effect of the Kings death
12-Necessty of good roads is realized.
13-Denmark mourns death of poet.
14-Paris believes in Roosevelt.
Car interested in reorganization
Senators on the sick list.
15-O'Neals majority will reach 1000.
16-Chain is being drawn tighter.
Methodsts busy in conference.
1.-Two bachelor maids go a gloee-trot-
ting.
23-American ideas in Paris homes.
24-Empress Eugene still has hope.
26-Birmingham social news.
27-Government will wash old money.
2S-Editorial comment.
Ned Face talks about affairs of Bir-
mingham district.
29-Reforms Needed in Religious Speech,
by DR.. J. C. Hfden
Learning to Live, by the Rev. George
Eaves.
The Retirement of Aldrich, by Savoy
ard.
Heart to Heart Talks, by Edwin A.
Nye.
S0-Guliver's Travels, classic in a page.
31-Deep waterway a political blunder.
32-Georgia scenes.
35-Confdence felt in stock market.
Another advance scored in wheat.
Very Quiet week in cotton market
36-On the Roof of the Globe, by Frank
G. Carpenter.
37-Lord Kitchener goes to India.
3S-Announcements. lJyEHXyI
39-Dolly's Dialogues.
40-Frost damage overestimated
Alive Talks With Dead Ones.
42--Great progress in aviation.
43-Education of the mountaineer.
44-rhe Indian In the east.
45-Our Young Folks.
46-Jimmy sees the parade.
l47-Buster and his friends II
'4S-Mandy has to move.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
STRIKES MANY
IN LEGISLATIVE SCANDAL

payment to White of $3.50 in the Briggs
House in Chicago-$10o of the $1,000
bribe having been paid at Springfield.
according to Whites story, and $50 in
Chicago. Hr
While the Cooke county grand jury
does not have authority to vote bribery
made at ST. Louis. the stories of Beck,
meyer and Link are highly valued by
State Attorney Wayman as proof of
Whites credibility and bearing out MS
testimony regarding the corrupt bar
gain" in connection with which the
$3.50 was paid.
The foundation has been laid for ad-
ditional indictments by the Sanga
county grand jury at Springfield. which
has jurisdiction in all the bribery cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
MILD CYCLONE
STRIKES CRUDUP

Gadsden, May Especial "A small cy-
c'o~1 "'rucls Crudup at $50 o'clock this
evening. A number of houses were
N...~..-,. anu several people were injured
more or less seriously. There were no
known fatalities. Crudup is small min
ing town six miles above Alfalfa on. the
Alabama Great Southern railway. No de-
tails are available.
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At 80 D. m. 3S dead bodies had been
recovered from the ill-fated No. Palos
mine. The body of the dead mail carrier
makes 80 dead Seven more dead bodies
were found at 1Q:S0 tonight in the head
ings of Nos. and entries. They will
be brought to the surface by o'clock this
morning and then the total known dead
will number 46.
A terrible electric storm is approaching
Palos from all sides. Peals of thunder
roll up the valleys and echo back from
the hills Flashes of forked lightning
keep up continuous play. The flashes
of lightning reveal on the mountainside
the mouth of the mine and the rescuers
at work like the fash of a picture on a
canvas. Amid all this turmoil and dis
turbance the rescuers continue in their
work fearless and undaunted The same
willingness and bravery is being displayed
how as at the first, although the men
Rre greatly fatigued from loss of sleep,
rest and food.
Jim Curley Found
Jimmy Curley, the favorite of the vii
haze of Palos and the sole support of a
brothers and sisters, was discovered last
night about midnight lying dead at the
entrance to the sixth heading. Jimmy.
was driver and is lying close to his
comrade and companion in toll the car
mule. Three of the Stansberry brothers
have been recovered and also the three
Pinnington brothers. but their father is
still in the dungeon of death.
At 11:45 p. m. the storm broke in al its
fury and torrents of rain are pouring
down from the heavens. At the approach
of the storm large tent was stretched
at the mine mouth and the men who
are working are given place in it to
saeep while their clothes are drying. The
storm has not caused moments halt in
the rescue work The official list of the
names of the dead recovered from the
mine is as follows:
The Recovered Dead
White-Bob Bray, Ham, Earl and Fred
stansberry, three brothers; Melvin
Spruiel, Jim Clark, Vic Ware. Tom Mil
ligan, Lee Braslin, Elmer Conley, Martin
Burrel, M. L. Black, E. B. Brasfeld'
Elbert Pinnington, Ransom Brasfeld, s.
A. Goolsby Cliff Pinnington, Ralph Sell
xer, Clarence Pinnington, one unknown.
Colored-F1etcher Gilbert, Berk Thomas,
unknown. check 13; Will Keys Kid Green,
Jim Burrell, unknown, no check: Eleck
Morgan, WillsBlackman, Tom Brown, un-
known, unknown. Eli Morgan, Porter
Reese. Frank Mcdaniel, John Williams.
Sandy Danill ,and Felix Horton
r. c. Henson and Mr. Ewing are the
Zen who check and identify the dead.
Body Terribly Mangled
One of the Pinnington boys is the worst
n.angled and burned of any of the bodies
yet recovered. He was found in No. 4.
His arms and legs are bent away from
the body and are SO charred that 1t is
feared by the undertakers that they will
break II 1t Is attempted to bend them
and SO they may have to be cut off. 1t
Is claimed that this boy quit school just
two days before the explosion and went
to work in the mines.
John Cooper. an assistant negro engi-
ner, said: II was not out of the mine
more than 10 minutes when the explo-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
Noted Police roptpip Dead

Chicago, May Former Police Cap
tain William Ward who led the pc
market riot In which many policemen
were Killed or wounded here "a years
ego by an anarchist bomb, died here
early this morning of heart disease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
TERRIFIC RA|NSTORM
BREAKS IN PALOS CAMP
Every Moment Is Tragedy In the
Work of Men Who Are Trying to
Bring Bodies From the Ill
Fated Mine
BY RALPH r. SILVER

= Palos, May ESPECIAL. )-Accord-
. ing to the statement made by one
= Of the rescue men who came out at
y l o'clock this morning. four men
= were found at the entrance of No.
= 4 heading who were not killed in
. stantly by the explosion.
= Three of these men had taken off
y their coats and had buried their
= faces in them, showing that they
. tried to shut the gas which came
= after the explosion away from their
= nostrils.
. The fourth man was lying on his
y stomach with his head tucked
. under his arm, evidently trying to
y shield himself in the same manner.
= One of these men had a watch
. which had stopped at 1:23 o'clock,
. and this is supposed to be the ex-
. act time of the explosion.
. Two of them could not be identi
. fed, and the others were P. J.
. Morrow and Bert Hancock.
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Haggdrd And Weary
The Men Toll On In
The Work Of Rescue
RED CROSS FUND is
STEADILY. GROWING

Acknowledgment is made of the
following contributions which have
been received by the officers of the
Red Cross society for the Jslfferers
In the PalOs mine disaStet-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

A. II. Sawyer, of Wylam. has
sent a check for SAL to The Age
Herald for the Palos relief fund.
This will be turned over to the ,
Red Cross. Mr.. Sawyer collected
IL. e.. f1ll !.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
CHlNA'S AWAKENING.

Universal Military Service to Be In
troGuced by New War Minister.
A military awakening in China was
foreshadowed in an interview given the
other day at Berlin by tie Chinese
minister, Yin Tchang, who is about to
relinquish his post in Berlin and re-
turn to Pekin to assume the ministry
of war.
Il intend to introduce universal mil
itary service iii China said the min
lister. eff we make all the available
men join the military we have such
an enormous population, some 400, 099,-
600. that we shall oyershadew all other
armed nations. The details of the
plan have not yet been worked out.
but we propose to make our young
men soldiers, not only through drilk
but by education. They must learn
what shame it is for the most an
cient and i'll population the creates
nation on the earth to be so weak.
/ shall have excellent assistants in the
war Office who have studied European
military systems and who will be OF
the greatest help"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
CARUSO'S TO
TRAIN A SINGER
Tenor WlshestO Develop Worlds
Greatest Vocalist.
SEARCHES FOR RIGHT YOUTH.

Fortunate Candidate Must Give Up
Other Thoughts and Agree Not to
Wed For Ten Years-Comnission to
Be Endowed With Fortune to Make
Human Voice Equal Nightingaie's:
Enrico Carlso. the famous tenor
singer, has started a search for youth
possessed of qualities that may be de
veloped to produce the worlds great
est singer. When found the boy must
agree to legal guardianship by a
commission, and he will not be per-
mitted TO marry or sing In public for
ten years; otherwise Caruso promises
the boy will have every desire graft
fed, and nothing that the tenor's mon
ey can buy win be denied. The an-
nouncement was made by Theodore
Bauer of the Boston Opera company at
Boston the other evening.
In his letter received at Boston out
lining his plans Caruso states his be-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05

lief that somewhere there is boy
who. taken in hand and properly train.
ed, will some day sing as no singer has
ever sung. not even Caruso himself.
"One thing only shall insist upon, :
says Caruso Everything else shall
be decided by commission of masters
Of music. My own experience has led
me to believe that there are two places
In the world where the unframed voice
can best develop in the Swiss Alps in
summer and Naples In winter.
Commission In Absolute Charge.
81 do not believe that am the best
judge of voices. / might be prejudiced
by personalities. so that selection will
be left to a commission. which will
have absolute. charge of the boys
training.
1.-The candidate must net be over
twenty years old and must possess the
greatest passion for music, besides the
natural gift OF fine voice. He must
be willing to accept the commission as
bis legal guardian for. ten years.
HE will not for ten years be per-
mitted to marry. | do rot want to be
misunderstood as being opposed to
marriage but the great tenor of the
future will have no time for anything
that, as not one has yet mastered 1t,
there will be time enough for him to
take wife.
Voice Equal to Nightingale's.
Il am willing to endow commits
sion with a fortune sufficient to in.
sure the carrying out of the plans
though should die before the boys
education is completed. While under
tuition he will be allowed to see his
relatives on rare occasions. but they
are to have no more claim upon him
than they would have IL he entered
the church.
No human voice has yet equaled
the nightingaless but the formation Of
the human throat is such that II
should be capable Of producing music
beside which the notes OF this most
delightful bird should seem harsh and
liscordant.
''The world has given me fame and
fortune, and a part Of this debt | pro
pose to repay By giving the world
senor greater than myself.
81 have already communicated with
the director general at Milan and
have received the assent Of one Of the
greatest Of musicians to be member
of the commission. One other com
missioner will be an American and
the third either French or German
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
JUDICIAL SALE.

No. 135s6--In First Judicial District
Court of caddo Parish. Louisiana :
Tutorship Of ]. H. and Aria Her
ring.
By virtue of a commission to sell, to
me issued from the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
in the above entitled and numbered suit,
] wiz offer for sale, for cash, according
TO law, and with the benefit of appraise-
ment. al Myrtistown, Louisiana, during
the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1910,
Two mules and one wagon, said proper
y belonging to the said tutorship Of the
said ]. II. and Aria Herring, and to be
sold for cash, according TO law, with
benefit Of appraisement, for the sum Of,
say. not less than the appraisernent. as
shown ia said tutorsllip.
JP. FLOURNOY,
Caucasian. April Sherif.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
STATUE TO MAC GAHAN.
Bill In Congress to Honor Noted War
Correspondents Memory.

Bill In Congress to Honor Noted War
Correspondents Memory.
A newspaper man viii have statue
erected in his honor at Washington if
a bill recently introduced by Repre-
sentative Douglas of Ohio appropriate
ing $4,000 for that purpose. becomes
a law. The man whom it is proposed
to honor thus signaIly was Januarius
Aloysius MacGahan. whose deserip-
tons of the atrocities practiced on the
Bulgarians by the Turks attracted the
attention of William e. Gladstone. re-
suited in English recognition of Bull
garia's freedom and won for their au-
thor. the title of .the liberator of the
Bulgarians''
MacGahaE was a correspondent for
the London Daily News at CONSTANT
-nople. He died there IN 1878, aud in
1884 his body was brought TO Ameri-
ca at the expense Of this government
and buried in Ohio, his native state.
The Bulgarians honor his memory an
nually with requiem mass.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
AIRsHIP FOR SEA VOYAGE.

Description of Balloon DR.. Cans Fa-
brice VIII Use to Cross Atlantic.
DR.. Gans-Fabrice of Madrid has def
nitely completed the plans for his at
tempt to cross the Atlantic in an air.
ship, and the date of his departure is
fixed for the middle of May. The
launching point has not yet been cho-
sen, but it will be either on the coast
of Portugal or the island of Tenerife.
The balloon is elliptical in shape, 1852
feet long and 40 feet broad and con-
contains 5000 cubic meters of hydro
gen. A gondola underneath, shaped
like submarine boat, % feet long
and feet broad, is fitted with a four
horsepower motor. This engine will
only be used to keep the balloon in the
course of the African trade winds, the
doctors idea being to make the voyage
without mechanical propulsion by
keeping within the air currents which
took Christopher Columbus on his voy-
age of discovery.
To obYiate all danger that might
under the influence of changes of tenn
perature, the balloon has two envel-
opes, between which an air current
constantly eirculates. Water is to be
used as ballast.
Before embarking on the great adj
venture DR.. Gans-Fabrice will make
a trial trip over some European sea.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
Pocket Wireless Telegraph.

A wireless pocket telegraph appara-
tus was exhibited by the inventor. Pre-
fessor Cerebotani. the priest in charge
Of the Munich parish. in Germany.
during scientific lecture before an
audience of persons engaged in the
various branches of scientific investis
CATION the other night in Berlin The
Instrument consists Of wooden base,
with the letters of the alphabet there
upon arranged in circle 4 snlafl
metal Indicator swings on a pivot in
the center. SO adjusted as to respond
TO the wireless dot and dash currents
md spell out the message. The appa
,atzss Is very simple Il Is somewhat
arser han the ordinary cardcase
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05
CLASSICAL RAT CATCHER.
New Yofk's Eisyor Finds One With
Motto, "AuSscas Fortuna Juyst,"

New Yofk's Msyor Finds One With
Motto, "AuGaces Fortuna Juvat."
Mayor Gaynor of New York city has
found an appreciative reader of his
classical illusions in the person of
Charles III. Frey. professional rat
killer.
Frey recently wrote the mayor to
ask if he could not be exempted from
jury duty on the ground that the
many calls Of the courts on his time
interfered with his services to the city
in exterminating vermin. Mr. Frey
was proudly showing the mayors re-
ply to his friends the other afternoon.
1t is in part as follows:
Sooner than have the city overrun with
rats and everything eaten up by them |
would rather have you relieved of jury
duty. The difficulty is, however, that SO
many exemptions have already been
passed by the legislature that there seem
to be only the rat catchers and few
other people left to serve on juries. That
might possibly impede the progress of
your bill If sent to Albany.
will have to carefully consider the
matter, and some day when you are
down this way come in, and we will talk
1t over.
see that you are a classical scholar,
judging by the motto at the head of your
letter. My experience is that learned men
are to be found everywhere. AS We read
In Don Quixote," THE mountains breed
learned men, and philosophers are found
in the huts of shepherds.
Frey's business motto is 'Audaces
Fortuna Juva" ('Fortune favors the
bold').
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-05

the observance of a day which should
be held sacred by every Southern man,
there will be evidenced to the world
that loyalty of spirit which has been
one Of the noblest of the characteristics
of the South, and it will cement the ties
of fellowship in links of love and pa
triotism which should ever hold togeth-
er the Heroes of the South and their
descendants.