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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
NO AUTOMOBILE
 FOR UNCLE JOE

Washington, March 15.--Vice President Sherman and Speaker Cannon will hav. to content themselves with riding to and from the capitol in common street cars or in out-of-date horse-drawn vehicles. The House today declined to provide them with 60-horsspow CT touring cars in the legislative. executive and judicial ap- prorriation bill. A provision for the cars was voted out of the measure, 11S to 94, the insurgents among the republicans throwing almost their entire strength with the den,ccratr. Throughout the de- bato Speaker Cannon sat gritnly watch ing the trouble. The debate was cofn- pleted. and the speaker saw visions of himself riding in front of gasoline. when Mir. Foster of Illinois moved to have tho me ssure recommitted. with instructions to report 1t back without the provision for automobiles. This was carried by a F sjority of H.
 Cur Uncle Joe is Dangerous enough when he is fitting still presiding over the House. said one of the exultant in- surgepts later, without our .a,Sing any chances of his ovcrturning us and run ming us to cover outside"
 Uncle Joe,," said srother, Tad notl ing to say, nor did the Vice President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR PROPOSE
 TO SNUB COMMANDER PEARY

Atlanta. Ga, March b. Governor Joe Brown of Georgia and Mayor Robert Maddox of Atlanta have declined to in troduce Commander Peary when he lec- lures here Wednesday,, because they say he has not produced the Esquimos. Both men are distinguished explorers, Cover nor Browns fame resting upon the fact that he once got as far north as New York. while Mayor Maddox only last fall made dash into the polar north. reach ing as far as Quebec, where he attend ed the meeting of the mayors Of Ameri- can cities.
 Governor Brown branded Commander Peary, who claims to have discovered the north pole. as 8 fakfr.
 Mayor Maddox gave as his reason for declining that Peary was coming to At lanta as a private citizen on a money making proposition and was in no sense a guest of Atlanta.
 In an interview today Governor Brown said:
 .'The public, while discrediting Cook's s story, makes the mistake of supposing Peary's true, yet Peary's story is the same as Cooks. What is the best proof that Cooks story is correct? It is that Peary's story conforms to Cooks, thus confirming it.
 Did Peary fake his astronomical hg- ures in the search He went alone to the pole. What does Peary bring save his own word; Cook brings the. same as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Kellogg severely arraigns Standard Oil
 Cunlmins attacks Taft's railroad bill. Signs are right for democrats. Railway firemen will not strike. Roosevelt visits historic battlefield Carmen and officials trying to settle strike.
 Government officials have strikes to settle. 2-Next convention in Birmingham Shades mountain becoming a paradise 3-Tennessee company offers prize to en- ployes. Bessemer jail in deplorable state. Soil survey of Cullman county. 4-Editorial comment 5-Fund staited to send needy veterans to Mobile reunion.
 New auto fire engine in collision in which three are injured. O'Neal meeting held at Orpheum last night.
 Prominent mission workers to arrive this week.
 Negro church and school burned. Charities and Correction workers here by Sunday. 6-Harriman line officials in city France prepares to punish guilty. Meridian to have better streets. Birmingham social events. Dolly Dalrymple's department. 9-Lumbermen in annual session. Spring openings of interest to ladies. 10-B Bessemer going after union depot Sharp decline in stock marked Slight decline in cotton prices. Decided slump in wheat market. sporting news.
 Cullman grand jury ad1ourns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
Car Men And Officials
 Trying To Settle Strike

Philadelphia, March 15.--Another meet ing was held today between George H. Earle, one of the city's representatives on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. and committee of labor leaders in an endeayor to find some basis upon which the street car mems strike might be settled. At the conclusion of the meeting MT. Earle said:
 'Nobody's position has been changed, nor is there present prospect that it will be. This discussion, however. was car- ried on in the very best of spirit, and think each side now fully appreciates the difficulty and the position of the other.
 'The union wanted all the men not only taken back but given their former runs. MT. Kruger stated as definitely as he could yesterday that that would involve a breach of faith with the men who had re- maned on the cars. and that the com pany would never agree to it. We ad- journed yesterday hoping that some con- clusion could be thought out and Mir. Stokes believed that he had thought it out, and asked us to meet again, but in the result his hope did not bear fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
11eJfSxgEVELT1AND PARTY SPEND-DAY VISITING
 HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD

fhe|51net halt was made at the monument efe<ted to the Twenty-hrst lancers, who here received their baptism of fire. In this battle the lancers made a desperate charge to save the day. but they fell into an ambush at one of the dry water courses scanning the plain, and many of them were speared by the dervishes. The guides took the party to the very donga where the spearmen were concealed and described the annihilation of the lancers.
 Thence they proceeded to a hill over looking the battlefield. Slatin Pacha ex- planed the position and attack and graph ically described the operations. Colonel Roosevelt astonished the inspector gen eral and others with his marvellous knowl- edge of the history of the Omdurman and the military tactics employed by both the British and Khariffs troops
 Before leaving a son of H. H. Asquith, the British prime minister, was intro duced. The party then returned to the, Elfin and proceeded to the palace, tho0 oughy delighted with the trip cT-
 The ex-President expressed his rSs,S' today that he would be unable to eS to the United States by way of Say0o5 d. cisco as the approaching marrisS c his son. Theodore, Jr., necessitatef pres- ence in New York early in June. IS was in response to invitations extended to him by various western cities to make them visit on his journey homeward.
 This evening dinner was given at the palace at which some 30 covers were laid, the guests, fin addition to Colonel and Mrs Roosevelt and their son and daugh- ter, including Slatin Pacha, Col. and Mrs. Pink, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. D. E. Bernard. Maj. P. R. Phipps, Bishop Gwynne, Sir Cuthbert Quiller and Lord Erroll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16

good. Where was Cook? If he had stayed at one place for months, 1t would have gotten out If Cook has handed us a gold brick, Peary has handed us a. paste diamond It is up to Peary to ex- plain how Cooks story can be false and his identical story can be true. -Ae American people will not accept his smile as proof that he is not as great falSir. as he charges Cook to be. The Mount Mckinley story has no bearing on the identical story of the north pole. A man may tell us thousand lies yet tell one great truth.
 T have no interest in the controversy except to have the truth, but when Peary asks me to believe the same story, false from Cook and true from him, l respect fully decline to be considered so easy Till Representative Macon's expose of Peary believed the stories of both were true, but that if either were false, both were falre. were fakes. Both were heroes, or both were champion liars"
 Peary Is Not Concerned.
 Chattanooga, Tenn, March 15.-Com- mander Robert E. Peary, who lectured here tonight. was shown a news dis patch from Atlanta, stating that Mayor Maddox and Governor Brown had de- clined to introduce him when he speaks there tomorrow night Commander Peary refused to make any comment further than to say that he would appear in the Georgia city and deliver his lecture just as though the incident had not oc- cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
WILL NOT GO ON
 STRIKE AS CONTROVERSY
 WILL BE ARBITRATED

trate the matters in dispute, but to de- s.' ,,ine wtat shall be arbi' rated.
 The questions involve wages which both sides have agreed upon as ar bitrable, and two other technical points involving promotion and repromotion and representation in the union which the brotherhood contends are. but which the railroads claim are not arbi trable.
 The acceptance of meditation "1 couched in the following words: Hon. C. P. Neill, commissioner of la Dor, Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the interstate commerce commission;
 Matters in controversy involve in- crease of wages, and hours of labor, .and seniority. If assurance is given that mediation will begin immediately and in the city of Chicago. authority for the men to leave the services oi the companies will be temporarily With- held. The fact that we have proposed arbitration on all matters In contro- versy and the fact that the managers committee has rejected our proposition does not lead our men to expect a settlement from mediation but as evil dence of our fairness will accept your friendly offer of official offices under the conditions named herein. Please answer promptly.
 wv. g. CARTIER"
 In statement given out tonight the general managers said:
 "All prospects of a strike are over. Threre will be none. Settlement of the whole controversy by mediation and ar bitration is assured"
 Mr. Carter received a telegram an- nouncing that MT. Knapp and MT. Neill would arrive in Chicago Thursday morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
WADE ELLIS AND HIS SALARY
 ARE DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS

Washington. March 15-Wads II. Eills and his present relation to. the depart ment of justice, and the republican cam ra,en in Ohio, were freely discussed in the House today.
 Minority Le adcr Champ Clark insisted on knowing it's connection with arpro- pIiations for the department of justice, and whether Mir Ellis had actually ceased to Graw his salary as assistant attorney general since he has taken charge os the Ohio campaign. MT. Tawney ex- oi ssed his confidence that MT. Ellis had nc longer any salary connection with the government.
 This is not the first time that men receiving confidential news of great value n the conduct of a campaign have been selected for such duty and abused it, shouted MT. Fitzg sri-ld of New York.
 MT. Ellis has lad an opportunity to get information that can be very valuable IF frying the fat which Is the technical republican expression, and with that rower he may save the fate of the Pres ident in his own state in the coming he added.
 ''I have been wondering" he com tinued, what resident of the state of New York with confidential information
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
.ALLDS' ATTORNEYS
 ATTACK WITNESS

Albany, N. T.. March 15.-With micro se cpes and photographs v times en- larged, and an expert to explain them, Senator Aids attorneys today attacked
 he reliability of Hiram G. Moe, the star witness for the accuser in the Senate bribery scandal.
 The expert, Albert M. Hamilton of Au- burn. declared that, while the check which Senator Conger put in evidence as the source of the corruption fund brought to Albany in April, 1901 by Moe ana distributed to lfllds and two oth- CTS, was drawn for s65Oo, the amount on 1 he stub from which ,ne check was torn as originally $6O00. He testified that this stub entry had been raised $500 since the present investigation began. appar- ently in order to make its figures agree with those on the checks.
 Aids lawyers regard this testimony as their trump card. Noes story that he brought $650O to Albany, when only $G000 was necessary to buy the protection he de sired by the bridge companies. has from
 he first been regarded as the weakest oint in his story. Moe testified that he took this $500 back with him to Grcton and deposited 1t to Frank Conger's ac- count, but its final disposition vas never definitely traced.
 Albert S. Osborne of Rochester. another exrert, will go on tho stand for the pur rose of the prosecution tomorrow, to con trsdict Hamilton's evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
GERMANY WANTS TO
 COMPLETE TREATY

Berlin, March 15.--Replying to an in- eral in the reichstag today. Foreign Sec retary Won Schoen said that negotiations with the United States looking to Ger man-American arbitration treaty had in no sense been broken of.
 ''Our propositions relative to such an ar bitration treaty have been presented to the federal government at Washington, which as yet has not replied" said the secretary
 Following a discussion of the appropria- tion for the salary of the imperial chan cellor. the reichstag adopted by small majority the motion of the socialist mem- Der. Herr Lcdebeour. demanding the in- troduction of bill making the chancellor responsible to the reichstag for his of flcial acts and also extending his respon- sibility to cover all of the acts and docu- ments made by the Emperor for which responsibility he shall be answerable in a court of law. The motion was the outcome of the discussion of the responsibilities of the discussion of the responsibilities of the chancellor at the time of the Elm peror's famous interview In the fall of l9OS. Tn this interview. which was pub lished first in the London Daily Tele- graph, Emperor William was quoted as representing the English for their sus- picions of Germany and with saying among other things: You English are mad, mad. mad as March hares. My ac- tions ought to speak for themselves, but you listen not to them. but to those who interpret and distort them. That is personal insult which l feel and resent"
 The declaration caused a furore and the radicals. liberals and socialists of the reichstag argued that some measure of legal responsibility should be imposed on the ministers. The agitation in this d. rection. however. lacked active support and no action was taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
Government Officials
 HQUe Strikes To Sett12

Washington, March 15.-Efforts to settle two important labor controversies are to be made by officials of the government. In the trouble between the railways operating west of Chicago and their ire ment and enginemen, Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce commission and Dr. Charles P. Neill, commissioner of labor, have accepted the request of both sides to act as mediators and will leave for Chicago tomorrow morning
 The other labor difficulty in which the government proposes to intervene is the Bethlehem Steel company strike, where a large number of men have been out for the past four weeks. An official Of the department of commerce and labor will be sent to South Bethlehem, Pa, ar irving there tomorrow, and will go over the situation carefully. Notice to this effect was sent to President Schwab of the steel company.
 Investigation of the strike in the mills of the Bethlehem Steel company, where 5000 or more worl1men have been out for more than month. was prompted by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16

Khartoum. March 15.-Colonel Roosez velt's second day in Khartoum was given largely to sightseeing and the most interesting place of all to the former President was the battlefield of Kerreri, which lies seven miles nortt. of Omdurman
 It was here that the advance of the Egyptian army under Sir Her bert Kitchener was contested by the khaliff and his troops, numbering about 10000. and it was here that the bodies of 12oo0 dead dervishes were counted the following day.
 Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Kermit Slatin Pacha, the inspector general of Egypt: Major Wilson, the governor. and others proceeded to Omdurman on the Sirdahs yacht Elfin and from there on camels to the scene of the great bat tie of September 2, 1898.
 An escort of Sudanesc cavalry was in waiting when the yacht came to h CT dock and Colonel Roosevelt imme dia te- ly became interested in the llorsemen, who were picturesquely attired. He in. spected the squad and then the party mounted camels preparatory to the seven- mile trip over dusty roads wit the mercury ranging high Innumer- able cameras were focused on the Americans who seemed to enjoy th cir unusual experience no less than di, the crowds who had gathered and who cheered the former President astride a ship of the desert.
 The cavalcade started shortly with the cavalry escort in front and in the rear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16
MORE TESTIMONY
 IN MABRAY CASE

Council Bluffs Ia., March 15.-Howard Simpson, of Spokane, Wash, real estate dealer, furnished the sensation of the day in the United States district court in the trial of John c. Mabray and his associates. charged with fraudulent use of the mails Considerable mystery sur rounded the manner in which Simpson had secured the volume of information he vouchsafed in the case. He indicated clearly, however. that he had been in touch with the leading defendants in the case for many years.
 The government introduced and had admitted directory of about 200 names of men who are alleged to have been identified with Mabray. This directory was taken from Mahray's effects when he was arrested at Little Rock, Simpson identifying the handwriting or each per son in the directory.
 Colonel Temple. prosecuting attorney, stated that he considered Simpsons evi- dence the strongest he had yet intro- duced. An important witness was Geo. Alberts, of Sioux City. who testified to having lost 5000 on wrestling match at Denver Alberts admitted he had been solicited to join the defendants Tn tneir business and identified "a show letter. which he received from Bert Shores. a defendant through the mails. This letter is the first of it's kind the prosecution has been able to get, into the record. James Turney. of Meyersdale. Pa. lost s5n0O on prize fight in Council Bluffs, In which Clarence Forbes had been prominent. He said in Cumberland. Md, he had been justice of the peace and one time was connected with gang of wire tappers. He said he paid a tele- graph operator $500 for his services in the scheme
 A resume of the victims who testified shows that Dr. J. R. Titterington. of Dallas. Tex. lost s5ooo on New Or leans prize fight. Otto Graeb. Chicago saloon keeper, s400o on a Galesburg, Ill.,, fight. and others lost.
 John Kosleck. Chicago butcher. lost ss00o at Council Bluffs az the result of a prize fight Jas. Turner of Meyers dale. Pa. lost s5ooo in a similar manner: John Hemlebrecut. vice president of q Bancroft Neb. bank, was relieved in Council Blufis of s70O0. which he had se- cured by rfortgae eing his livestock, and Geo. Alberts, a Sioux City clothing man, lnst 5000 in Denver on a wrestling match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16

The labor leaders maintain that the bulk of the men now running the cars are strikebreakers, and that the percentage of men loyal to the company is merely nomi- nal.
 w R. Mahon, president of the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, who represented the carmen at the days conference it is said insisted upon the acceptance back as en- ployes of all the striking carmen. Then if charges are brought against any num- Der of these for any cause whatsoever. a committee from the carmens union or a business delegate of the International union will consider the matter and take them up with the company officials. At the close of the conference MT. Mahon said:
 Practically nothing was done of im- portance this afternoon that changes the situation at all from what it was last night. MT. Stokes simply asked us to come here and meet MT Earle. We did so, but during the discussion nothing was said or done that placed us any nearer a settlement. The public knows our at titude-that 1t is for peace under any honorable terns.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16

the fact that the government has large
 steel contracts with the Bethlehem Steel company and 1t has been claimed that
 the strike has resulted in great delay in government worK
 The principal purpose of the investiga- ton ordered is to bring the company and the strikers together in an arbitration oi their difficulties.
 The inquiry was brought about as re- suit of representations to the department
 by Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, democrat, of Pennsylvania. Just what amount of government work Is under contract in the plant of the
 Bethlehem company at this time is un-
 known, but 1t is said to amount to many
 millions of dollars.
 In a statement issued by the strikers
 recently. which purported to come from one of the clerks of the Bethlehem com
 pany, the amount of the government
 work on hand In South Bethlehem was
 given as $4O.O00,00o. This was said to con- sist principally of armour plate. steel armor piercing shells, gun mountings and large castings of parts of the turrets Of the battleshp Florida, which the govern ment is now building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-16

is to be brought out as tie candidate of this administration az the head of the republican campaign in that state.' Mir. Fitzgerald said the information pos st.sed by Mir Ellis, in virtue of his hay ing concucted the Standard Oil prosecu- ton for the government. would be Of value in getting contributions, especially as "tne Stahdard Oi company had not been withcIt difficulties in Ohio" Mir. Tawney declared Frank E. Kellogg had been III charge of the Standard oil
 prosecution end not Wade Ellis.
 Wade Ellis is still on the pay roll of the department of justice, and probably will stay there, won't he?" shouted Rep I, sentative Weiss of Wisconsin, who en- cred the House from the democratic cloak room at this juncture. He eX- rlsined from the cloak room he had telc- rhoned the department to obtain the in forrr alton about MT. Ellis.
 Re Representatives Longworth. Cox, Ans berry and Kennedy. all of the Ohio dele Eation, took part in an extended discus sion of Ohio politics, which was continued until the regular order of business was demanded. MT. Longworth declared that while Mir. Ellis might still be on the pay roll of the government, he knew Mfr. Ellis
 would not draw any more salary on that account.