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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
UNDERWOOD SAYS TAFT IS NOT
 CLEAR ON THE TARIFF ISSUE

Washington, December 6.-tSpecial)- Representative Underwood of Alabama, who will head the ways and means com the subjoined statement tonight when asked for his views on the tariff feature of the message of the President:
 ''The President in defining the position of the republican party on the tariff ques- ton and referring to the Payne tariff bill. says: The act was adopted in pur- suance of a declaration by the party which is responsible for it that a GUS toms bill should be tariff for the pro lection of home industries, the measuri Of the protection to be the difference be- tween the cost of producing the imported article abroad and the cost of producing 1t at home, together with s,lch addition 10 that difference as might give reason- able profit to tic home producer
 .Iie then says: 'The chief criticism of this tariff is 8 charge that in respect to number of the schedules the declared measure was not followed. but a higher difference retained or inserted by way of undue discrimination in favor of certain industries and manufacturers
 ..I do not think that the President clearly defined the issue befor , the people on the tariff question. It is true that the democratic party ana those opposed to the Presidents views charged in the recent campaign that the republican party was not only protecting profits, but protecting very unreasonable profits. The real issue between the two parties goes io the question of protecting any profits at all.
 "I believe that a very large majority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07

The turning of the tide toward lib- eralism is surprise and a great dis appointment for the unionists who counted upol. capturing half dozen seats from tbe enemy. The greatest surprise was in Coventry, because that is the seat of motor manufacturing and the protectionists had put great stress on their plea that tariff reform wouli prevent the growing competition from American machines.
 The unionists concentrated their heavy fire on Battersea, but John Burns, president of the local govern rnent board. again surprised them, bringing up his majority from 555 in the last election to 1922. The socialist Shaw, wiom Mir. Burns enemies among the workmen put up in the eN- pectation that he would divide the votes. boiled e mere handful.
 Most everywhere fewer ballots were east than ia the last election. More liberals than unionists stayed away from the polls.
 Excluding the districts which changed thier complexlons, the union ists made relative gains in IS, the lib erals in 12.
 Tie socialist candidates in London did poorly, none commanding 500 votes
 The betting on the stock exchange before election was that the coalition majority would drop to 65. As tht electiors progressed the betting ia vored so. then 30. It now comedies tha the f.0vernment will have 106 majoritAA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
ROOSEVELT MAY
 MEET BALDWIN


 New Heven. Conn, December 6-The at tendance of Gov.-elect Simeon E. Baldwin at the dinner of the New Haven cham Der of commerce on December l3, af which Colonel Roosevelt will be the chief guest and speaker. depends, 1t is sa.G. upon an understanding being reached be- tween them regarding the controversy which had it's beginning in the recent campaign through Colonel Roosevelt $ speech at Concord, N. H. At the dinner Colonel Roosevelt will make his first po- litical utterance since the recent cleo tion.
 It was reported that Judge Baldwin had received letters from Colonel Roosevelt, but that pending formal statement from Colonel Roosevelt. these were returned. Judge Baldwin, who had declined to make any reference whatever to the incident except that he announced his intention of suing the colonel, maintains the same re- serve. It Is learned, however, that there has been an exchange of correspondence between Judge Baldwin and Colonel Roosevelt.
 Col Isaac NJ. Ullman, president of the chamber of commerce. and other infiuen- Nal friends are endeavoring to effect a reconciliation so that the judge and the colonel and President Hadley of Yale may be the guests and speakers at the dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
JUDGE THORNTON
 CHOSEN SENATOR

Baton Rouge, La., December 6.-JudSe John K. Thornton of Alexandria was elected United states senator today by the Louisiana general assembly, sitting in separate bodies, to succeed the late Samuel D. McEnery. The legislature will meet in joint session tomorrow to declare the result.
 Judge Thornton received total of lod votes. B in the senate and "A in the house. The remaining candidates boiled tbe following vote: Congressman R. E. Broussard senate g., house 23; L. E. Thomas, member of the legislature from caddo parish, senate 0, house H. John D. Wilkinson of. Shreveport, senate ? house 5. one vote was cast in the house for Governor Sanders. sN
 The election followed a spirited cam paign of five days waged by the allied ..insurgents'' against Judge Thornton supported by inc governor. Judge Thorn ton was appointed as the successor ot Mclsnery after Governor Sanders had been elected by the legislature, in ses- sion at the time of McEnery's death, and lad declined the position. The constitu- tionality of Thornton's appointment was questioned and the legisla ture was called into extra session to make senatorlal choice, amopg other duties imposed upon it in the governors call.
 Judge Thornton is a native of Louisiana and was for a number of years district judge in tliis state. In-an address before the legislature in support of his candl- dacy for the Senate he took a positive stand in advocacy of q protective tariff on sugar and rice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07

ot the people of the United States are op- posed to protecting profits of any mapu- lacturer and will not consent knowingly o do so There Is no more reason why a manufacturers profits should be protected 1fian there is why the profits of railroad corporation, grocery store, ora farm should be protected. Protecting the profits must necessarily destroy all com petition and the protection of the profits in the past have been more largely re- sponsible for the creation of trusts and combinations in restraint of trade than any ether one thing
 The Presidents message in again de- claaing in favor of the protection of the manufacturers profits very clearly de- fines one of the great principles on which the republican party and the democratic party differ on the tariff question. It is 1n issue on which the democratic party need have no fear about meeting their republican opponents in the campaign of le12, and there can be little doubt that If the republican party continues to make the issue before the country the protec- ton of manufacturers profits, the conn try will decide the issue against them by an overwhelming majority two years from now.
 .G'he President advocates the writing of tariff bill in detai--that is, of writing it one schedule at a time. Years ago the uPnOCldIlc party duNOCdlcu lflls piopo- sition and were severely criticised by their republican adversaries for doing SO, anf there can be no question that the only intelligent way in which a Congress or a ways and means committee can prepare u tariff bill with due regard to a fair ad- justment of each schedule Is to take them up separately, give careful study and de- liberate consideration to each item and adjust them with full knowledge of the business conditions at home and abroad which can only come after very careful investigation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07

Meridian, Miss, December 6.-(Special.) John F. Merrill. one of the most prom inent young men of Meridian, a leader in social circles and the senior member of the drug finn of Merrill X Peteet, was found dead in his room i'll the Great Southern hotel this morning with hls skull crushed in four different places. That it was case of ..iurder of the most atroclous character was evident and thal robbery was the object was born out by the fact that two valuable diamonds. one on his finger and the other in his shirt front, were missing. The stone had been p:cked from the setting Of the ring on his finger and the stud had been cut from his shirt by a knife. However, valu- able gold wath and 1ff buttons with diamond settings wer Nit by the mur- derer -N
 derer used sonaeH z . blunt instru- ment, presumably s,s .nimer, in dealing the death blow q ] discovery of the murder was m --y Eddie snowden a negro elevator. oI..:1sssss swiIo was sent to MT. Merrills-rooY ss tIy after o'clock thls morning,to oss.n him.
 The negY 90 "dng no response to his knock for dttance, returned to the hotel office and informed the clerk. The lattey sent him back with a order to enter the room and shake the sleeping man. The negro returned to the room and as he went to shake the supposed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
rupAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Taft sends message to Congress. Meridian man murdered in bed.
 Bathtub trust indicted at Detroit. Champ Clark on Taft's message. Underwood says Taft is not clear on
 tariff.
 Liberalism leads in British elections 2-George B. Ward talks on Tidewater
 franchise. s-Bidwcll and Snider return to prison What the Methodists did at Hunts-
 vile. 4-nditorisl comment 5-Co Henry F. DeTsnrdeleben dies Aldermen will have busy time today Railroad men to hold viaduct ineeii:~
 today.
 Postoffice site agent will bc here llntil
 noon today. 6--Queen and Crescent inspectors go
 through city. Birmingham. social events.
 Dolly Dalrymples department. alumni to meet tonight ll-Burglars enter Tuscaloosa store I2-Fall rom train results fatally Is--Geueral Mcrritts funeral at night. Mexican arrested in Washington. ii-- Masons having big time in Montsonl-
 cry E. Wheat makes good advance in price Prices of stocks very unsettled. < Intt3l, declines under general selling o-Cenet;tl sporting news
 Bessener council holds busy session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
PROBING INTO
 FACTORY FIRE

Newark, N. J., December 6.-W L. lrving Wolf. president of the Wolf undergarment Manufacturing company, 25 or whose women and girl employees pei ished in the fire of Saturday. Mo- veuber PC, testified today before cor oner's jury that Miss Anna Haag, one of the victims, was in entire charge of the plant and responsible for work ins conditioLs and the comfort of the employees.
 He admitted there had never been any fire drill Of emplo, es and that the door at tho foot of the stairs was sometimes kept locked
 Eugene AIcQuat, superintendent G. the Anchor Lamp company, in whose plant the frs started. said that when he ran into the hallway to give the alarm to the employees of the Wolf factory on the floor above, he found the door leading up the stairway y locked
 In your judgment," asked juror, do you think that if that door had not been locked more of the employees on the floor above could have got out?"
 thirk the entire floor could have bee.l 'ii-ptied," replied the witness.
 Tlie hearing will be resumed tomor- . Na
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
ILLINOIS CENTRAL HAS
 LOST ABOUT $6, 800, ,OOO

Chicago, December 5.-The total amount of which the Illinois Central railroad was muted through alleged car repair frauds was fixed at se,500,0c) in the declar- ation of a suit to recover filed late to- day by Mrs. Jennie Edgar. stock holder in the railroad company. The de- fendants named as James T. Harahan, Cornelouls Vanderbilt, R. w. DeForcst, R. $. Iovett John Jacob Astor J. Og- den Armour, Charles A. Peabody John G. Shedd, Alexander F. Hackstaff, Wal ter Luttgen. John w. Auchincloss and Robert w. Goelet.
 The declaration reiterates the history of the investigation into the car repan bills and the prosecution leading to, tine indictment of former officials.
 1t asserts that the defendant directors failed to perform their duties as directors and exercise theii supervisory powers over the business affairs of the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
AGED MOBILE MAN
 BURNED TO DEATH

Mobile December 6.-John Mcclure. 70 years old, who has been in the em- ploy of the Louisville and Nashville railroad ever since the road came to Mobile 35 years ago, was burned to death this evening In his tower at the crossing of that road and the New Or leans, Mobile and Chicago line. The s,lpposltion, Is that he overturned a lamp. setting his clothing on fire and was too weak to save himself The tower was locked at the time and the body was discovered when train crew saw smoke issuing from it and burst open the door,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
CHICAGO WILL HAVE
 BIGGEST BUILDING G

New York, December 5.--It was an nounced here tonight by the contractors in charge that Chicago is to have the biggest office building in the world in point Of area. The building is to ps known% as the Insrrance Exchange ana will cosltain more than So0,ooo square feet of floor spars. Construction,.c ,.cost5 will te abouf sac9o,091, which added to the cost of the land and the carrying charges will represent a total investment Of sS, GOO. Under the contract the builders must finish their work by March7l, 1912 The largest office building in the wor,d is the Twin Hudson Terminal building n this city F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
-------------s.- >------- REGULATIONS FOR
 BILLS OF LADING

New York, December D. tives of IS of the largest exch banks in the city at q meetif cided that cotton-carrying T south must adhere strictly providing that all bills of lat ton shall De validated onl, property comes into actual I the carrier, otherwise the ba foreign exchange business m buy the bills.
 The attention. Of officials { been called to the fact that roads were dil;itory in this understood that, the repres the banks agreed unaninou. can not safely buy bills oi change against bills of ladil cotton unless such bills W strictly In accordance wit Sulphur Springs agreement tween bankers and railroa This stipulates that bills oi net be sislied until the cot possession of u railroad e American Bankers' associa learned. has received Worl terstate commerce comnllssis' tends to stop tue practice ot of lsd!ng for merrlien,lise in the possession of tue cal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
Tide Turns Toward Liberalism
 In British General Elections

London. December 6.---At the close of to- days polling the complexion of the house of commons stood:
 Government coalition:
 Liberals 106.
 Laborites 20.
 Natonalists 26.
 Total 162
 Opposition:
 Unionists 147
 A situation has developed almost phe- nomena in the closeness of the race be- tween government coalition parties and the unionists. The pendulum swung slightly toward the government today, and the result of three days voting in which 2ss seats have been filled, gives the coalition one more member than in ths last parliament from the same constitu- encies
 Up to last night the unionists had q gain Of five.
 The returns tonight showed that the unionists had regained St. Helens from the laboiites. This borough, with the ex- ception of last election, had been unionist since 1e06.
 The liberals gained Southwark fWest)- Burnley and Coventry and the laborites gained Woolwich and White Haven, all from the unionists, while this morning ' returns from Sunderland showed that iib- eraI candidate, Greenwood ana the ab- orite, Gol1stone, had replacst the .svc unionfsts there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
Freight Engine Explodes

El Paso. Tex, December 6--Asfreight engine on the Texas and Pacific exJ ploded this morning at Odessa 5east of here, killing the engineer and Iireman and sevei ely ginjuring the brakeman. Tie body ofEhgiueer vvilliam Oliver was blown a hundred yards from the tank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
Rioting Among strllsers

Chicago, December 5.-tblowing q walkuut of drivers from many of the rrineipal department stores soday, rio.- ir2 commenced and police serves were required to preserve order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
Bank Condition. Are Good

Washingtor, December 6.-Despite the fact that the last report of the national banks shows decreases of some $16.000,0 GOO in leans and discounts and corresponding gains. in cash. which may be taken to indicate slack ening of commercial activity in some parts of tie country, a comparison with the condition year ago gives quite a dif- fsiont result and officials of the treas ury dcpaT tment see evidence of com mereial prosperity.
 national banks of the United States were carrying nearly $400, 000, ,00O more in loans and discounts than a year ago. Individual deposits were S1S4,O00, 900 greater than in 1909 and total re- source of all the banks were s365 0do,- greater. Deposits decreased Unfit. d StAtos) S6o0,00C during the year ow- ing to dram cn the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07
GARY SAYS THAT
 TRADE OUTLOOK
 IS IMPROVING

New York December 6.-Elbert IL Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation today authorized a denial of the reports received here from Pittsburg and other industrial centers which intimated the curtailment of operations and the dischargng ol thousa nds of employees, is contemplated by the corporation.
 "Therc is no reason to look for the Discharge of number of men,, he saio. In m opinion the trade outlook today is better than it was last Au- guct."
 Judge Gary added that the United States Steel corporation is now work ing to tho extent of 55 to so per cent of its total capacity. The number of men in the employ of the corpora tion has averaged from 215,000 to 225.OO0 and the working force today, accord ine to Judge Gary, is not more than 70 per cent below this average
 Booking for new orders for Novem- bel, he said, averaged over e4,000 tonE daily as against 22,75o tons in October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07

The government places weight on tat testimony of Edwin l.. Waynlan of Pitts burg. who Is described ss the licenser oi the alleged combination, and whose test,' inony already glyen In the civil suit has --->----<---~~-~-9i 'f
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-07

The report of the immigration commits son on peonage is unanimous. Peonage, it finds was prevalent throughout tho United States, in the south no more than other sections. The commission found there was no sentiment in favor of it. and no system anywhere. It Is not considered necessary to recommend additional legia- iation.
 The immigration committee of che House. of which Representative Bulue.. - --~>-- CONTINUED ON PAGE ls)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
Confirmed in Dispatches
to the State Department

The Nicaraguan government troops were
successful in yesterdays engagements,
and not the insurgents. as dispatches to
the State Department today show.
Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister
here, also has received news of the gov
ernment's victory in the last battle in
Nicaragua, and this has been communi-
Gated to the Department of State, to-
gether with copies of the cablegrams, SO
that there can be no question of the au-
thenticity of the dispatches. The minister
was careful to exhibit to the members of
the press the original messages received
from his government.
He pointed OUT that the insurgent
Headquarters at Bluefields, which sup
ply all of the news that American Con-
sui Moffatt at that place has been send
ing to the State Department. is abso-
lutely without wire Connection with the
forces of Chamorro or Estrada. far n
the interior of the country, SO that there
is good reason to question the statements
made The minister is quite p, sitive in
his conviction that the NJ adriz forces have
prevailed, and especially is he confident
that the report from insurgent sources
of the capture of Granada by Chamorro
is incorrect, for the reason he stated
above, based on the lack of means Of
communication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
JUDGES FOR PEARY
Melville, SchIey and GreeIy
May Be Tribunal.
TO PASS ON POLAR PROOFS
Board Composed Of These Arctic
Explorers May Be Selected by
House Before Reward Is Given.

Rear Admiral Melville, q. s. n, re-
Tired; Rear Admiral Schley. u. s. N.
retired. and Gen. Greedy, u. 8. A., re-
tired. all of whom have been rewarded
by the United States government for
distinguished services in connection
with arctic exploration, will probably
be selected by the House committee on
naval affairs as a board to pass upon
Civil Engineer Peary's proofs that he
reached the north pole.
Friends Of Mr.. Peary on the commit
tee say he would welcome the appoint
ment Of a board Of this sort to review
his notes and observations.
Admiral Melville has been pro-Peary
from the start. Admiral Schley was al.
original indorser OF Cook. Gen. Greedy
has kept himself almost entirely out of
the controversy.
Mr.. Peary Will be sounded at once To
determine whether the three men
named would be acceptable to him.
The private bills subcommittee of the
committee on naval affairs held an ex-
| tended meeting today. at which the Pears
reward proposition was thoroughly dis
cussed. No action was taken.
Rear Admiral Holiday, chief of the bu-
reau of yards and docks of the Navy
Department, appeared before the commit
tee to testify concerning certain out
| standing claims connected with the build.
ing of the good ship Roosevelt, in which
Mr.. Peary made the journey to that point
! In the arctic circle from which he began
his over-ice dash to tine pole.
The charge was recently made to the
| committee that Mr.. Peary was responsible
| for certain unpaid bills. which constituted
a lien against the Roosevelt. According
to Admiral Holiday, this Is not so, the
contract price for the ship having beer
| paid by the Peary Arctic Club. which
now refuses to countenance these addi
tional charges.
| 1t appears that the Maine shipbuildine
| firm which built the Roosevelt losl
money on the contract. and never pait
| for some Of the material used In her con.
struction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
SECURES $4,000 ACRES.
New Tobacco Concern Gets Land in
Georgia and Florida.

ATLANTA, Ca. February 24.-One of
the largest real estate transactions ever
recorded in this state was completed yes
terday, when twenty-five firms in Georgia
and Florida signed deeds for the trans
for of $1,000 acres of land in Decatur
county, Ga. and Gaddsen county, Florida.
to the American Sumatra Tobacco Com
pany, capitalized at 100000.
The purpose of the new corporation is
to raise a high grade leaf tobacco. Those
interested are A. Cohn. president; F.
Arguinbau, treasurer; L. A. Cohn, Sec
retary; d. A. Shaw and ]. H. Mcfarland,
managers. The main Office will be In
New oYrk. with branches at Atlanta and
Quincy, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
PROF. DOLBEAR DEAD.
Made Experiments With the Tele.
phone in the Sixties.

BETHANY, ". Va. February 24.-Prof.
Amos Emerson Doibear, who died at
Medford, Mass, yesterday was professor
of natural science at Bethany College
III the late sixties, and IL was here that
he rugged one OF the first telephone lines
ever used. 1t ran the length of the col
lege driveway, and tin cans We're used
receivers and transmitters. Later the
college office was connected with q livery
stable.
II Is related here that Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell and Prof Dolbear were
working along the same lines In teie-
phony, and that an agreement was made
whereby Dolbear relinquished all claims
to certain devices for $4,000.
Five years before Marconi'S demonstra-
tions with the wireless telegraph Prof
Dolbear. who was i'll. sent his son to
New York to demonstrate his theories
and. because of a lack OF capital. he
made ne commercial progress with his
inventions