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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
FIFTEEN PERSONS
 INJURED IN WRECK

Springfield, H., October 1s.-F1fteen persons were injured shortly before noon today when the northbound Chicago and Alton, Red Limited, crashed head-on with southbound freight at Nilwood. nine miles north of Carlinville.
 Among the injured are:
 Orville D. Patton, Chicago, mail clerk: in serious condition.
 Al Barker, Bloomington, engineer on limited. injured about head and face; very serious.
 Miss Lena Coffman, Pine Bluff, Ark, head cut, and Mrs H. A. Thompson, Ravenna. Texas, sprained ankle.
 The limited does not stop at Nilwood. The switch at Nilwood was open and the passenger crossed to the southbound double track and into the freight. So terrific was the impact that the frieght engine was driven back into the freight train about 120 feet, smashing everything in its path. The limited mall car was telescoped against the tender of the big locomotive. The mall clerks miraculously escaped death, but were badly hurt. All the passengers were thrown into heaps and most of them hurt. W. w. McCann of Shipman was acting agent at Nilwood in the absence of the regular agent. The switch is just in front of the station. Whether he could have set 1t improperly or whether the crew of the frieght left 1t open is matter to be decided later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Walter Wellman back in New York. storm spends its force at Savan-
 nah.
 New York graft case Is heard Illinois Central meeting Is lively. Taft confers with New York leaders Aviator has narrow escape from death.
 Time extended on long and short
 haul provision. 2-Dr. J. A. B. Lovett dies at Bes-
 semer S-Gilbert is given life sentence. Montgomery fair opens its gates. Shriners frolic at capital today. 4-Editorial comment. 5--Council concurs In Exum's recom-
 mendations.
 Citizens protests hold up big pay
 ing contracts.
 Mine rescue station to be located
 at West End.
 Choir of 1000 to be formed for spe-
 cial work.
 William Ramsay, Ohio man, tells
 Impressions of Birmingham. 6-Better tone in iron market. 7-Birmingham social events. Dolly Dalrymple's department S-General sporting news 9-Chamber to hold meeting tonight. section hand to the presi-
 dency. 11-Little strength shown in stocks. Cotton advances in likely market. Wheat prices are generally lower. contract finally settled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20

Chicago, October 19.-Stockholders of the Illinois Central Railroad company were given a lively hour and a half at their annual meeting today through the efforts of Attorney Maxwell Edgar. Holders representing 7S4,S66 shares of stock were present. MT. Edgar arrived armed with proxies for 50 shares which enabled him to take part in the meeting. He was accompanied by two deputy sheriffs, who added to the confusion by serving subpoenas during every Hull in the meeting on the various directors. The subpeonas were In a suit for $looo0.oOO damages which MT. Edgar, constituting himself as an attorney for the road, started in the circuit court today when he filed praecipe in the case. The de- fendants to the suit are the directors of the road, whom MT. Edgar seeks to hold responsible for alleged financial loss through car repair graft, general mis- management and alleged rebating.
 While the two deputies were making things interesting in the meeting, half a dozen others guarded exits from the Park Row building, Mr. Edgar fearing that some of the directors might attempt to evade service. This precaution proved to be superflous.
 Three resolutions were introduced by the militant attorney. All were lost by an overwhelming vote. He denounced the present management of the road, made the charge that its directors are in competent that its financial statements are juggled and misleading and that it's officials are dishonest and violating the interstate commerce law
 Voted Down Heavily
 His first resolution was in support of these charges and called for an independ- ent investigation of the road by com mittee of prominent stockholders. He was voted down 7S4, 160 shares to 64l. A second resolution demanded that all di- rectors who are not residents of Illinois be busted on the grounds that the con- stitution of the state prohibits the pres ent proportion of outsiders on the board. This resolution was voted down without the formality of roll call. On his third and last attempt MT. Edgar proposed a resolution asking that suit be brought against James T. Harahan, president or the road, and the estate of the late Ira c. Rawn, who resigned the vice presi- dency when the car repair scandal came to light, on charges of gross neglect criminal laxity and culpable negligence. This resolution was buried under another avalanche of contrary votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Illinois Central AnnuQl
 Meeting Is Very LiOely
Attorney Representing the Railroad Serves the Directors With Summons In Ten Million Dollar Damage Suit For Alleged Financial Loss Through Mismanage-
 ment of the Affairs of the Road

The actual business of the meeting was to re-elect as directors for four years J.. T. Harahan of Chicago and Cornelius Vanderbilt and Harry W. DeForrest of New York. In the course of time the election was brought about. With the exception of MT. DeForest, Robert S. Lovett and Robert w. Goelet, all the eastern directors were present and were served with subpoenas. Governor Deneen, who Is a director ex-officio, and who att tended the directors meeting, did not attend the stockholders meeting. He Is not named in the suit.
 The directors were dumbfounded when the deputies. Schultz and Erickson, be- gan serving them with summons.
 John Jacob Astor was seated at one side of the room chatting with W. L.. Park, vice president of the road. He looked at the paper quzzically, turned it over and over and read 1t twice.
 Service Is Accepted
 He whispered with MT. Park and then accepted the service. Cornelius Van derbilt was in the center of the room when the summons was read to him. He stroked his brown vandyke beard thoughtfully and then hastened to MT. Harahan for advice. By this time an- other deputy was reading a summons to the president of the road. Charles A. Peabody accepted service With nod Of the head. The deputies found 1t easy to locate the directors, as the stock holders meeting was the smallest in years, only 75 of them being present In person. Of these five were women at their wits end trying to find out what all the trouble was about. Alexander c. Hackstaff, Walter Luttgen and John w. Auchincloss were served in rapid succession. Ogden Armour and John G. Shedd of Chicago did not attend the meeting but will be served later, it Is said.
 MT. Edgar has been prominent in various reform movements and parti- cular in the filing of suits against cor porations for the collection of back taxes, which he claims are still due the state to the extent of many mil lions of dollars.
 During the meeting today MT. Edgar charged that the directors of the Illi- nois Central were dummy" officials, whom, he said, were elected by Charles A. Peabody, a director for the Union Pacific. He asked that suit be brought against Mir. Peabody and A. G. Hack staff to recover bonds for $50,000 and S100, 900 which he alleged belonged to the road.
 President Harahan said that he att tached no weight to Edgar's charge. The defendant In the suit Is MT. Edgar, who owns two shares of stock In the railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
AVIATOR HAS VERY NARROW
 ESCAPE FROM AWFUL DEATH

Instantly the monoplane swooped side ways like bird winged by a fowler, dived 125 feet to the ground, struck on It's right wing and turned completely over. Nobody who saw the fall thought for moment that Moissant would ever be taken out of the wreck alive, but as 1t happened the uninjured left wing broke his fall and he slid easily from his seat to the dirt.
 The damaged monoplane is new one passenger Bleriot. Moissant still has the two-seat monopIane in which he flew from Paris to London and will use it in all events in which he competes at the aviation meet here.
 Charles K. Hamilton's freak no horse power biplane. which was on the ground in readiness for a flight, was partly wrecked this afternoon in a crash with Dr. H. W. Waldron's monoplane. G. M. Dyott, Waldron's partner, who was driv- ing the monoplane, lost control of his craft and crashed into the stationary bi- plane which was surrounded by a crowd of spectators. No one was hurt The Hamilton machine will be repaired in time for the meet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20

New York, October 19.-The. needless ness of moment came near being the death today of John B. Moissant, the American aviator, while he was trying out his new Bleriot monoplane at Bel mont Park. He fell 125 feet and wrecked his machine beyond repair, but picked himself out of the dust unhurc and was just about to fly a mile to his anxious wife in another monoplane when she -ushed on to the Held in an automobile.
 Are you hurt she stanmered
 Why, no; nobody ever gets hurt fly ing" answered Moissant. The accident was my own fault for removing my feet from the rudder to regulate the oil feed"
 Moissant had just made two brilliant turns of the mile and quarter track when he took his spill. A puff of wind struck the tail of his monoplane and swung 1t to one side. The aviator quick ly righted himself and then, in overcon- 1dence. lifted his feet from the rudder to tinker with the oil feed to his motor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
POLICE HUNT FOR
 TIMES DYNAMlTERS

San Francisco, October 19.--Local po- lice activity in the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case is being concentrated in search for man known as D. Cap lain, an alleged anarchist believed to be the dark skinned William Capp," who aided in concealing the 500 pounds of dynamite found in vacant house here.
 He lived here in flat with s. H. Lawson. a confessed anarchist. accord ing to the police, and from woman the investigators learned that Caplain dis appeared from the flat about October 1.
 It has been learned that the suspect known as "Smithy" or Perry" who was a member of the trio that pur- chased the dynamite at Giant, Cal. is supposed to be one M. E. Smith, Kan sas City draftsman, who came to San Francisco about eight months ago. He boarded at the lodging house of Mrs. kBelle Lavin, who was arrested yester- day in connection with the dynamiting sn . warrant charging murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20

In addition to Lloyd c. Griscom, the Presidents visitors today from New York included Otto T. Barnard, Senator Chauncey M Depew and State Senator J. Mahew Wainwright. Senator Depew announced that he would make several speeches in the campaign. With Sem ator Wainwright the President in ad- dition to politics talked of the states workingmen law, of which MT. Vain wright the author. The President Is >epx have Congress pass such a la>N hing interstate carriers. ...>ssS sTaft's Aid Restricted JS Griscom denied today that efforts dld be made to have the President : .ither write a letter for MT. Stimson or make a political speech In this state. The President feels that possibly he has already gone into the fight as far as he can. He will send two members of his cabinet into New York state, however, in the closing weeks of the campaign. Charles Nagel of the depart ment of commerce and labor will speak In several cities. Secretary James Will son of the department of agriculture will tour some of the rural counties in an effort to get out the farmer vote. It Is said that John Hays Hammond will accompany him.
 Walter D. Hines, chairman of the
 
 with the President at some length re- garding railroad freight rates hearings now in progress before the interstate commerce commission. He also ask ed that the railroads be granted hear ing whenever the President decided to recommend further legislation to Con gress affecting them.
 Frederick Strauss, acting chairman, and W. E. s. Griswold, secretary of the commission, appointed by President Taft to inquire into the subject of regu- lating future issues of railroad stocks and bonds, told the President that the commission soon would be at work. The problem of providing suitable offices in Washington was taken up. An effort will be made to establish the commits sion In suite in the new Senate office building.
 Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft are remaining over in New York until Sat- urday to complete their fall sh opping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
HEAVY DAMAGE
 BY BIG STORM

Jacksonville Fla, October 19.-Leaving damage from the east to west coasts the tropical hurricane passed out of Florida last night, and the wind has shifted from the northeast to the southwest, still blowing between 30 and 45 miles an hour
 The damage to the city of Jacksonville Is confined to the sinking of several barges and small craft. the destruction of roofs and signs and a $25,o0O green house near the city. The rain during the hurricane-532 inches during the inten- sity of the storm-has also added to the damages.
 Wires are still down all through the state and are very little better than yes- terday. What reports have been received Indicate a gale of over 60 miles in every city in the peninsula, and sometimes mounting as high as 80 or 90 miles an hour. The whole east coast section is hour. The whole east coast section Is to St. Augustine and Fernandina this afternoon. The property damages in the two towns alone will mount into the thousands No fatalities have been re- ported. The wires south to Tampa and middle Florida are still down, and 1t is impossible to get detailed information.
 One other fatality due to the storm has been reported. An electrician in Deland met instant death when entering a bus mess house to fix broken wire.
 More encouraging news comes from the state. Outside of the damage to the crops there has been comparatively little loss considering the wide area of the storm. Every city heard from through out the state report the electrical plants dead. In Jacksonville the municipal plant still out of commission.
 At Seabreeze the bridge over the Hali- fax river was washed away, as was many of the beach cottages.
 On of the west coast the low tides are normal and on the east coast the high tides were as usual on account of the changed direction of the wind.
 To date nothing has been heard from the cities south of Fort Pierce on the east coast. but with that exception con- ditions throughout the state are known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Child Killed By Train

Chattanooga, October 1s.-(Special.) While picking flowers with her sister along the railroad track below the brow of Lookout mountain the 2-year- old daughter of F. H. Neighbors of Wauhatchie, Tenn, was instantly killed this morning by train No. 2 of the Alabama Great Southern railroad. The children were hidden from sight by a sharp curve and the engineer did not perceive the children until the pilot was directly upon them. The elder girl escaped unhurt. but the little one, though escaping the wheels, was struck by the pilot and hurled lifeless corpse into the ditch near by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
wuu Not Help strikers

New Orleans, October 19.-Mempers or the brotherhood of Railway Clerks 10 inc number of 1900 employed by all roads ,.,,,ng terminals in New Orleans, to- night voted to rescind rom actioh 'ahe" last night In refusing to hanoie trahsier b,, siness of the Queen and Crescent system. This means that sympathetic movement will not be taken to help the oueen and Crescent clerks who have been on strike for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Hoppe Breaks Record

Hartford. Conn.,, October 19.-Willie Hoppe in an exhibition game of billiards played here today. broke his record of continuous run of 197 by scoring 213. The run was made on four and a half by nine wood table. with a 14-inch baIk- line with one shot in. The record will not become official because play was not on regulation size takle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Turkey VIII Float n Loan

Paris, October 19.-An official note issued this evening confirms the an- nouncement that 1an agreement has been reached between Turkey and
 France for the fiotation of a $30, ,000 loan in Paris The note adds that France has obtained the guarantees which she deWanded from Turkey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
CENSUS FIGURES

Washington, October 19.-Popu- lation statistics were issued today for the following cities:
 Clinton, Iowa, 25.2T. an increase of S79 or 12.7 per cent over 22,69S in 1900.
 Green Bay, Wis, 25.236, an in crease of 6552, or 35.1 per cent over 1864 in 1900.
 Nashua, N. H., 26005, an increase of 2o17, or s.s per cent over 2S.soS in 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
Try Smuggling Case

Mobile. October 1e.-A special from Bi- loxi, Miss. says: Following the over ruling of a demurrer alleging a faulty indictment, the defendants in the cele- brated cases of smuggling Chinese through this city via Cat Island from Mexico begins tomorrow in the United States court. District Attorney Arm brecht of Mobile, assisted by other law yers, are here to prosecute the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
SNOW TEN FEET DEEP

Denver, october 19.-Snow was reported from all parts of Colorado today. In the mountain passes. above Holland, Col. snow was from to 10 feet deep and tDains were blocked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20


 sick man and we had a scheme to bring him to Albany and have three doctors there pronounce him too sick to go to inc senate. but Caon Chase stuck so close to him that the scheme fell through.
 Further questions brought out the name of the late Eugene Wood, heretofore mentioned in the investigation as also present at the meeting at Delmonicos.
 Assemblyman Foley of the committee asked if the conversations between NIT. Elder and Gardner had been taken oo"n stenographically ,s hasn useless. did not know II It was true and I don't know if it is true now.
 Told to Name His Price
 Before MT. Gardner testified hepresen- tative Foelker had been toio .o naiue ,sss own price" He had been approached he said. by both Gardner and Frederick scbroeder. formerly quarantine commis- sioner now serving a sentence Tn sins sing for larceny, and as high as $oo'V" had been offered for his vote.
 Concerning the statement Of Assistant Attorney Elder, in so far as It personally refers to him, MT. Seibold made thls s.a'e- ment tonight: ,, s+ot.uant
 "As I understand MT. Eioe, a,. t',..s ha savs that ex-Senator Gardner toid nm that he had paid money to certain news aner men of whom I was one 10 innu- ar,aa them against the Hughes race tracK gambling bills in 1soS. .,. .rr MT. Gardner made any such state uent. he lied. For myself. and every nther newspaper man mentioned by MT. Elder. I repeat that so far as Rnow no s,onav n,u was paid to any newspaper man hv MT. Gardner, for or against the race track bills, and the man who says so is a malicious liar. using the naines oi decent men to hide his own oepiasi'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20

Washington, October 19.-In formal order issued late today the interstate commerce commission announced its in- tention to administer strictly section 4 uhe long and short haul provision), or the recently amended interstate commerce act. The order was the outgrowth Of hearing held by the commission two weeks ago in the matter of the applica- ton of interstate carriers generally for relief under the long and short haul pro- vision.
 By the terms of the order there Will he no change in the existing status or in the present rights of carriers until Feb ruary 17, 1911. They may file with the commission such changes in rates and tariffs as ordinarily would be filed In the course of their business, under the present rate basis or adjustments. This accords to the transportation companies the right even to file higher rates or fares to intermediate points and through rates or fares higher than the combina- lions of the intermediate rates or fares, provided that in so doing the discrimina- ton against intermediate points is not made greater than that In existence on August IT, 1910.
 The commission announces that through this permission 1t does not necessarily ap- prove any rates or fares that may be filed, all of them being held subject to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-29
MOVING PICTURES OF VOLCANO
IN ACTION.

No task seems to be too difficult or
hazardous for the motion picture pho
tographer. Often they risk their lives
for the sake of securing a thrilling
subject to delight the millions of pei
sons all over the world who take pleas
ure in watching the strange and I'M
usual scenes brought from distant cor
ners of the earth. A picture in the
July Popular Mechanics shows two
photographers training their appara-
tus on the belching crater of Mount
Etna during the recent eruption.
A picture of Mr.. Bonine photogra-
phing Kilauea on Hawaii in action, for
the splendid motion pictures thai
have been made by him Of that OBJ
iect would be interesting.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-29
EIGHT NEWS HERE.

In addition to the returns of the
Jeffries-Johnson fight next Monday at
Dick Sullivans, Jack Scully has made
arrangements to give his friends the
results of the match round by round
at his place of business on Hotel
street.
In the history of prize fighting no
other contest has ever caused the in
terest that this coming one has caus-
ed for the heavy weight championship
of the world, and for the convenience
of the sporting public the efforts of
Sullivan and Scully should be appre-
ciated by those who are unable to see
the contest itself.
Very little betting has been made in
Honolulu over the result as the major
| ity of the sporting men here feel that
the outcome is very doubtful. If JET
fries wins he will be obliged to do
his fighting from the first tap of the
gong, as Johnson is man that will
be hard to defeat.
Jeffries at the present time on the
mainland is the favorite, but before
Monday the odds are likely to be even
on the result.
Fitzsimmons when he was here last
week stated that he thought Jeffries
would win, but, if he did not win in
side of the first five rounds Johnson
would get the championship. No
one feels that Jeffries is the same man
he was a few years ago, although near
ly every white man hopes to see JET
: fries win.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-29
MeLoueHLlN CHAMPION.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2O.-Mau-
rice Mclaughlin once more success
fully defended his title to the San
Francisco championship on the Califor-
mia club courts yesterday. Melville
Long was again the challenger and
Jared no better than he did a year ago.
The match, while productive of some
good tennis, prove anything but sen
sational. The score in favor of Nc
Loughlin was 6-1, Sc, CA.
The 200 spectators present were
keyed up to an exciting contest, but
the strong wind made it impossible for
either player to do his best McLough-
lin was in much better form than
Long. The champion had excellent
control over his strokes, while Long
drove and chopped well over the net,
enabling his opponent to strike the
ball and place it where he pleased.
Both were weak in bankhand strokes.
After their numerous close matches
in the last long, hard contest was
expected, but Mclaughlin at all times
had it on Long little bit and was
constantly in the lead.
In the first set Mclaughlin was al
ways even or a game ahead until he
broke in on Longs service and took
the set, Ga. The champion started
off with a rush in the second set, TAX
ing the first three games. Long took
the fourth on service and in the fifth
broke in on McLoughlin's service for
the first time. He also won the next
game, making it 3-3. From this point
on each won on service until McLougl
lin broke in in the fourteenth game,
giving him the set by an S-6 score.
In the third and what proved to be
the last set Long took the opening
game on McLoughlin's service, but
gave it right back, losing the next
two games. At p Long had at least
half dozen chances to win the game
on the champions service, but finally
lost it. Mclaughlin quickly ran the
score to 5-2 and when he led at 5-9