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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26

Philadelphia, February Following
the publication of a statement alleged to
have been made by John j. Murphy,
president of the Central Labor union,
that a general strike should be called
Immediately and there are men in the
northeast who can shoot as straight as
any trooper who ever drew breath, a
warrant was issued tonight for the labor
leader, and charged him with incitement
to riot.
The remarks on which the warrant for
Murphy's arrest We're based, are said to
have been made by him following the
announcement that at a special meeting
of the board of directors of the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit company a request
for arbitration by a committee of clergy
man had been declined.
Riots in west Philadelphia and in the
southern part of the city followed the
running of cars after dark tonight. Three
cars in South street were held up by an
obstruction at the east end of the draw
bridge of over the Sohuykill river. A
crowd of men and boys showered bricks,
stones and pieces of wood at the motor
men, conductors and policemen, who were
guarding the cars.
A policeman with drawn revolver forced
his way through the crowd and dragged
the injuded men to a power house.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
STORY BACK
OF ACTION BY SENATE IN
CORRECTING WAR RECORD

Wash hington, February 25.-(SpecialD
The Senate today passed bill ITO cor
rect the military record of Sumeral
Dennis" Under this ordinary title lies
a remarkable story, the facts of which
have been ascertained by Senator
Johnston of Alabama and embodied in
a report to the Senate. The bill
passed corrects Dennis record so as
to show that he was honorably dis
charged on February 81. 1915, instead
of dying on that date as some of the
war department records insist. The
facts are that Dennis did not die un-
til he was 102 years of age in 1885,
fighting through the war of 1912. the
Mexican war and the Indian war of
1886.
According to the records in the pos
session of the adjutant general. Sum-
eral Davis enlisted in the First South
Carolina militia, January Is, and died
February 21, 1916.
Notwithstanding his death the rec
ords show that he was enrolled May
4, 1896, as a private in the Tallahas-
see Guards, Alabama volunteers. to
serve three months. No record is
found later on the muster roll of the
company. Regardless of his death in
1915 and disappearance in 1886 Den
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
ROOT GIVES VIEWS
ON INCOME TAX

Washington, February 25.-(Special.)-
Senator Root has clearly set forth his
views on Governor Hughes criticism of
the proposed income tax amendment to
the constitution in a long letter to State
Senator Davenport, which Mr.. Daven-
port purposes to read in the Senate at
Albany on Monday Mr.. Roots letter
will be a source of comfort to some who
have feared that the action Of the leg
islature might preclude the publication Of
the views of the junior senator from New
York, and will also, no doubt, go far to
allay the fears of several state legislators
that the adoption of the amendment
would prejudice the value of state Sc
curities.
Edwin l.. Quarles. one of the founders
of the Southern Commercial congress-
and its first secretary. has resigned his
position as secretary to the chamber OF
commerce OF Petersburg, Va, to take up
field work for the congress. He will strive
to interest educational institutions and
commercial bodies throughout the south
in enlsting as members of the congress.
Henry johnson, an Atlanta, Ga, negro,
is to succeed John d. Dancy as recorder
of deeds for the District of Columbia. one
of the places for which Albert White of
Louisville has been mentioned.
Representative Craig of Alabama has
been designated by the chairman of the
committee on expenditure in the state
department to examine the divisions of
appointments and citizenship in that de-
partment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
WOMAN rs ROBBED BY
FAKE CLAIRVOYANT

New Orleans, February 25.-Statng that
she had been robbed of jewelry valued
at $500 and $500 in cash through hyp-
motto influence, Miss Minnie Lyons of S13
Baionne street tonight appealed to the
police to recover the property. Accord
ing TO Miss Lyons a mysterious Nine.
Julian, who posed, she claims. as a
claiWoyant, induced her to hand over
number ci valuable diamonds and all of
her ready money by the exercise of some
strange power. The woman says this oc-
Cured Wednesday after repeated visits
of the clairvoyant to the home of the
young women. When the police visited
the house tonight where Mime. Julian,
was said to have lived they found the
place empty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD.

1-Daniel Jones leaves the city.
Great packing companies are indicted
Steele nominated for Birmingham post
office.
New sensation in Ballinger case
Remarkable story back of war record
Warrant issued for arrest of Phila-
delphia labor leader
Shaw denies predicting war with ia
pan.
2-Bulls appear to control cotton.
Samuel Gompers issues warning.
3-Ray Rushton out with answer
Steel-making to begin next week.
Will manage Knox's campaign.
4Editorial comment.
5-Tuscaloosa man is badly injured by
automobile on South Twentieth
street
Henry B. Gray has narrow escape in
automobile accident.
O'Neal replies to Chairman Ellis
Thompson receives coincidence from
President Taft.
7-Birmingham social events
Dolly Dalrymple's department.
S-Trade reports are irregular.
9-Stock market is very sluggish.
Cotton prices close irregular
Sharp advance scored in wheat
10-Dr. Rose digging at hookworm.
Oil can explodes causing death
Fairview Pythians held interesting
meeting.
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mis- turns up when another war oc-
ours. The war department records show
that on June 2, 1916, he was mustered
in as a captain in the First Alabama
volunteers, was with Mexico, to serve
six months. To complicate matters his
brother Thomas Dennis, in 1852, made
claim for bounty, stating that his
brother Sumeral was his substitute.
Sumeral had moved to Alabama and
his brother had reason to know where
he was.
The adjutant general furnished the
committee with tracings of Dennis
signatures as it appears on the sew
eral rolls and there are also submit
ted traces and certified copies of sig
natures of Sumeral Dennis sent from
Dadeville, Ala, one in March, 1876,
being to a promissory note for the sum
of S11.50 payable 10 days after date
and the other mortgage to secure
payment for one ton of fertilizer in
1874. The signatures show that the
same man made them. In it's report
the committee says:
'He answered every call of his coun-
try to arms, lived respected by his
neighbors and died a poor man. tn.
bill should have favorable consider
alton and this soldier of three wars
have his record made to speak the
truth"
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Former Secretary Shaw Denies
Predicting q War With Japan

of war We could neither hire nor buy.
Japan can land a fleet at Seattle any
foggy DAY without so much as causing the
barking OF dog, and she can march her
troops down the coast and take every ex-
cuse of a 1ortification which we have on
tile coast without serious objection Not
one cf the forts Is protected from the
rear, and cannon that are mounted to de-
fend against an attack by sea cannot be
turned around in 15 minutes to resist an
attack from the land.
Continuing. he said:
II also cited the fact that If every
powder 1hIll in the United States was to
make powder "a hours per day for 80 days
the product would last our present navy
two hours. so that in case of war, If every
powder llIli was to quit making sporting
powder and blasting powder, and work "a
hours per day for the government, we
could fight two hours every MONTH
These are not state secrets. Everybody
knows them except ourselves. And still
We go on building battleshs-. In this
we do well, but battleships without col
liers and transports are absolutely
worthless. In case of war we could not
get our Atlantic fleet to San Francisco
No vessel in the fleet can carry enough
coal to take 1t there, and we have no
colliers ana could then hire none. / did
not preGit war. but did predict that we
would wake up to the situation in case
of war"
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is a native OF Hum sville and also lived
in Montgomery several years before COM
ing to Birmingham. He is lawyer and
was appointed by Judge Hundey a ref
cree In bankruptcy which caused the
breach between Judge Hundley and Judge
Jones terminating IT. the declaration of
the President to reappoint Hundley. The
Judge, who is now in the city, gets con-
siderable revenge oGt of the Steele ap-
pointmsnt.
Steele's appointment was probably has
tened by the accident in Birmingham to
Mr. Thompson. The Postmaster General
thought the appointment would be the
best medicine the injured referee could
have at this time.
The appointment of Nenian L. Steele
to the Birmingham postmastership came
somewhat as a surprise to the public,
but when all is said it is doubtful
whether more pleasing appointment
could have been made.
1t is meeting with general approval. and
upon Mr. Steee's return from Washing
ton he will be greeted with hearty con-
gratGlaticns from business men and fell
low republicans
He is said to fill the BILL both as
young business man and as strong
party man. AS secretary of the organ
zation in the state his position in the
parry councils makes him "a big factor
and it is believed that the appointment
will add materially to Taft's strength in
Alabama.
]. Rivers Carter. the retiring postmas-
ter, has been prominent in republican
circles, and has received credit for good
work during his term.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26

Philadelphia, February 25.--Leslie NJ.
Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury,
today denied that he had predicted war
with Japan in his recent speech at Nor
ristown, N. j., and which is said to have
occa stoned comment in Toxic.
Il cite certain well known facts. the
logic OF which spell war" said Mr. Shaw.
II cited The fact that we sent IS warships
to the Pacific ocean to demonstrate our
prowes5 and hired 81 ships built of for
eisn material in foreign yards and float
ing foreign flags to carry necessary sup
plies, ard stated what all men know
that IS that one hostile shot from the
meanest country that owns a gun would
have sent every one of these home, for
no country would consent to have its flag
mixed III in our contentious. We are at
peace With the world and yet during
1909 the war department hired more than
40 foreign ships to do its work. We send
food to the soldiers in the Philippine
islands in Japanese bottoms
II called attention to the fact that Japan
can; I did not say she WILL but that
she ,an,' said the speaker, put 100000
soldiers in Hawaii in 80 days without fir
ing shot, and being then at war We
could not put over 100000 there to contest
the territory in two years. We have no
ships with which to do it, and in the event
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mind is not well balanced This would
seem to be borne out by the fact
that his figures were not exactly tn e
same from day to day. There were
constant little variations which would
seem to show that his memory was
either very bad or that he was not
entirely responsible for the things he
was saying.
His case has at any rate proved a
puzzle from the. start and tn ere have
been many who believed him implicitly.
If he has really proved another DR..
Cook there would appear to have been
every reason for the plans to form
the "Show-Me" club even before Jones
had planned to leave the city.
story Well known
The details of the story told by
Jones are probably well known to the
people of Birmingham by this time. He
came last Saturday and announced that
he was trying to locate Miss Claudio
Clark. who had lived in Birmingham
in 1893 and In that year had become
engaged to e. d. Ennis. He said that
Ennis had died in Jamaica and had
left his former sweetheart about $780,,
900 worth of property with the strict
provision that 1t was to go to her
and that none of his relatives were to
share in the bequest Through the
newspaper account Miss Clark was To-
Gated in Nashville the next day, where
she had married Herman Vester, a
painter, and was living in their humble
home in North Nashville.
Mr. Jones said he was satisfied that
she was the proper one and that he
would go to her Just as soon as the
papers could be arranged. He has been
going every day until last night when
he really flew. AS late as yester-
day he told Mayor O'Brien that he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
JONES GOES SUDDENLY
WITHOUT ANY WARNING
Many Conjectures Have Already Arisen
As to Probability of His Story
and Formation Of "Show
Me- Club Begun
Mysterious Message
Sent to Mrs. Vcster.

Nashville, February 25.-(Spe-
cial.) Mrs. Herman Nester re-
ceived a telegram tonight about
o'clock and upon reading it faint
ed and Is in extremely serious con-
dition. All efforts to learn the con-
tents of the message have proved
fruitless, but its nature must have
been serious. judging from the seri-
OPS, effect 1t produced upon her
,sicians were hastily called
and pronounced her condition criti-
! cal.
Mrs. Vester has been greatly up
set for the past few days by the
recent report that Daniel Jones, in
Birmingham, had stated that she
was to receive a large amount of
money from the estate of e. ID.
Ennis in Jamaica, Ennis being
, former sweetheart of Mrs. Vester
in Birmingham when she was Miss
Claudio Clark.
The Vester family had under
stood that Mr.. Jones was to ar
rive in Nashville on the Z O'Clock
train tonight, but they have de-
MED themselves to all reporters
today. Some reporters went down
to Columbia this afternoon to
meet Mr.. Jones on the train. but
he failed to arrive.
The family had denied themselves
so strictly to reporters that 1t
was impossible tonight to learn
what was in the mysterious mes
sage.
information was received here
tonight that Jones had left Bir-
mingham and that 1t was supposed
he was on the night Louisville and
Nashville train which arrives here
at about 2:3O o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
MuIni Hafd Back. Down

Tanger, February 25.-It is reported
from Tcz that Mulai Hafd declared the
letter to be a forgery which the Moroc-
can envoy recently presented to NJ. Pich-
on, minister of foreign affairs. ratffying
the accord which obligates Morocco to
pay $12000,000 as indemnity and damages
arising out of the Casa Blanca affair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26
Reception for Roosevelt

London, February 25.-It is understood
that, acting on the precedent In the case
OF former President Grant in June, 1S77.
when on a tour of the world, the London
corporation intends to offer Theodore
Roosevelt public reception in the Guild
hall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-26

would propably not get away for
Nashville before Saturday evening.
The story had SO many ramifica tions
that interest was aroused in the affair
al over the state and in fact the story
was so unusual that 1T has been fea-
tured for several days in all of the
big papers of the country.
His destination last night may have
been Nashville, but who Is willing to
vouch for It?
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Cuban Congress. Adjourns

Havana, February 25.-Congress ad-
journed today until April 4. No legisla-
ton of any Importance has been accom-
plished during the late session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
PROTEST IN BOONE CASE.
Hyattsville Citizens Act on Trans
fer of Teacher.

The Hyattsville Citizens' Association
met in Masonic Hail. Hyattsville, last
night to receive a report from its COM
mttee appointed to investigate the re-
movaI OF Miss Pearl l.. Boone as one of
the assistant teachers in the Hyattsville
public school. 1t was held that the trans
fer OF Miss Boone from the Hyattsville
school to similar work in another school
co aid not be considered a dismissal: that
the right of transfer of assistant teach
ers belonged to the county school board
and that the Prince George county school
board had authority To so transfer Miss
Boone.
NJ F. Halloran, in reviewing the work
of the committee stated that every re-
course had been exhausted TO secure
Miss Boone's reinstatement in the local
school. and that having failed, the Citi-
zens' Association hereby registers its
unequivocal protest and severe condemna-
ton against the action of the majority of
the county school commissioners in the
matter"
V. X Chestnut moved that the present
school committee Of the Citizens Asso-
citation be empowered to try to secure
legislation that would divorce the Hy-
attsville school from the remainder of
the county. so that IL could be conducted
as an independent school. The commit
tee was enlarged by the addition of j.
IL. Ralston and William C. Wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
FRIEND DEAD
CONSERVATOR NAMED FOR ES-
TATE OF VICTOR ANDERSON.
Wrote Note After Leaving Wash
ington Indicating Purpose
of Suicide.

The property of Victor Anderson. the
real estate dealer who left Washington
August II last and wrote from Baltimore
to his friend. Louis V. De Birny, that he
would be no more" by the time the
letter was received. will be conserved by
Mr.. De Birny. under an appointment by
Justice Barnard, receiver. Mr.. De
Birny will give bond in the sum of $4,000
and will manage the estate until Mr..
Anderson is located or his death es-
tablished.
In his petition. filed by Attorney Claude
w. Owen, Mr.. De Birny tells the court
of the disappearance of his friend and
the receipt of the letter indicating self
destruction. AS a postscript to the let
ter, he says. Mr.. Anderson wrote: Il am
least little bit upset in the prospect
before me, but / will stand as good a
chance any one else, whatever 1t will
be beyond"
Though the police have not located the
body of the former real estate operator,
Mr. De Birny declares he believes Mr.
Anderson dead. He informs the court
that in the letter Mr.. Anderson made
him sole beneficiary of his estate and re-
auested his appointment as executor.
The estate, he states, includes house 142S
18th street northwest worth $40, 600 and
morris aged for $1,000; a tenth interest in
seventy-eight acres of land on the Ana
costa river and lot in Anacostia worth
500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
ROBBERS AT WORK.
Diamond Rings and Other Valuables
Among Articles Stolen.

Thieves. who last week entered numer-
Gus houses in the District, resumed their
operations by making several good hauls
yesterday.
The largest robbery reported to the po-
lice as having occurred yesterday was
at the home of Miss Lillian NJ. Thomp-
son OF apartment 50a, the Iroquois, who
lost a diamond ring valued at 1919. Miss
Thompson told the police that while she
was absent from her apartment yester-
DAY evening some one gained entrance
through a transom and stole the ring
from jewel box. which was on her
bureau Detective klieadenst is investi-
eating the robbery.
II. X. Sellers of 1219 p street northeast
told the police that some time between
$50 o'clock yesterday morning and $50
O'Clock yesterday evening his home had
been entered and diamond ring valued
at SO. opal ring valued at SO. cameo
ring valued al s., amethyst ring valued
At So. a gold watch and fob valued
at So and gold bead necklace valued at
Slo had been stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
ROCKVILLE, MD.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. September l3. 1910
The orphans court room at this place
was the scene Of the marriage Yesterday
afternoon of Miss Leila Burwell Chrismon
and Grover Cleveland Benner. both of
Winchester. Va. The officiating minister
was Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman. presid-
ing elder of the Washington district Of
the Southern Methodist Church, whose
home Is in Rockville.
While the young people were In the
marriage license Office DR.. Prettyman
entered and recognizing in him the for
mer pastor of the Martinsburg. w. Va,
NJ. f. Church, which the young lady at
one time attended. they asked him to
perform the ceremony They, however.
objected TO having the marriage take
place I'm the marriage license office be-
cause of so many people being around,
so II. Clinton Allnutt register of wills.
placed the orphans court room at their
disposal, and there they were married
behind closed doors Mr.. Allnutt being
the only witness.
Mrs Elizabeth Evely. widow of William
Evely, died Sunday at her home near
Concord. this county. aged sixty-five
years. She had been i'll long while of
n complication of troubles She is sur
vived by several grown daughters. Mrs.
Evely was native of Virginia. but had
lived in this county many years.
Richard Graham. William Dorsey. Will
lLAE0 <tudHlS anu F-lleH m, COL
oeUd residents of Poolesville district were
b96ore Justice Reading in the police court
here yesterday on charges of disorderly
conduct. They pleaded guilty and each
paid fine of s. and costs.
The work of reassessing all real and
personal property under the law enacted
by the last legislature is in progress in
this county. The first district TO be COM
pleted was Darnestown. and the report
shows an increase OF 40 per cent In the
assessed value of personal property and
30 per cent in the assessment on real
estate.
Ii Is estimated that the new assessment
will mean an increase of at least s. 900 :
900 in the taxable basis of the county,
bringing the total taxable basis up to
about S2O,OOO.OO0. The work of assessing
will not be finished for several weeks.
The funeral of Daniel Joseph Curtin
of Washington. who died Saturday AT the
home of his mother near Montrose, this
county, took place at 10 O'Clock this
morning from st. Mary's Catholic Church
here. Requiem mass was celebrated nv
the pastor. Rev. Philip B. MCGUIRE, and
the interment was in the cemetery near
the church.
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ton of ownership and riparian rights
aloll the Anacostia river is settled there
will be no room for increasing the avail
able water frontage, so that If the pres
ent lesseeS along this canal are required
to vacate, there would be no place for
them to go for similar wharfage facill-
ties.
Either the canal should be abandoned
or Il should be dredged and retaining
walls built along the sides SO as TO i'm
prove the present conditions"
Expenditure Justified.
In urging that the water front be i'm
proved. and asking for the $3.OOOO0
which the work would cost. according to
the Commissioners report of May 23.
1908. the committee says:
This would be a large expenditure,
but your committee believes that IL would
be justifable in order to make the water
of the city Of Washington a
credit to the city. Under existing condi-
tons ii is far from SO. 1t is possible
that this plan might be modified SO as
to reduce the cost without interfering
with the proper development of this front
age. but your committee believes that
steps should be taken at an early date
"No extensive improvements by the
present lessees can be expected owing to
the short time for which their leases
run. and il is not believed desirable TO
enter into long term leases under EXIST
ing conditions. IL money were appropri-
ated to rebuild the entire frontage along
that proper return on the investment
could be received in the way of rentals.
and besides the appearance of this section
would be much improved.