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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

common councillors, in response to the in- vtation of the Vienna burgomaster, will visit this capital in September, is re- ceived here with unusual demonstrations of sympathy. The entire press mentions the visit adding many friendly remem- brances of former interchanges of courte- sy with England. The visit of the dis tinguished Englishmen is pointed to by the press as mark of friendship be- tween the two countries.
 The Neue Freie press, after dclarng the visitors will receive a warm welcome in Vienna, says: .'In the lord mayor and the sheriffs of the city of London Vienna will at the same time welcome part of the history of English self-gov- ernment. It was a good idea of the Vienna bourgomaster to address this in- vitation to the lord mayor, as a per- sonal meeting between prominent and representative citizens of the two coun- tries is calculated to strengthen their mu- tual sympathes and initiate closer lations When the lord mayor glances back at the history of his own country he can discover 100 threads uniting the Austrian monarchy with England. The great Marlborough and Prince Eugene were fellow captains of the allied armies. It can only be to the advantage of both countries to recall .he circumstances Of friendship, to dissipate misunderstand- ings, and to revive natural sympathies."
 Carrying out the purchase contract the head was severed from the body of Johann Rieser, a Tyrolise peasant, after his death and delivered to a path . ological institute The headless body was buried at Zillerthal. Reser had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Weevil War Increases

Columbus, Miss, April 1.-tSpecial.) -Lowndes county boil weevil rally held in the county courthouse in Co., lumbus on the 18th was such all un was so large and the enthusiasm and interest shown so deep that the Go
 Iu1nbus Business league at its meeting last night determined to continue these meetings until Lowndes county has whipped the boil weevil before that pest ever crosses the borders of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
MEMPHIS DROPS
 TWO GOOD ONES

Memphis. April 1.-(Special)-Out- fielder Gardner, who was drafted froGl the Arkansas league by the Memphis club. has been sold to the Savannah South Atlantic league club. Pitcher Medley, also drafted from the Arkansas league, was sold to Greenwood in tho Cotton States league. Gardner is a fast fielder and hard hitter. Both sales were without option recall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
MILLSAP WINS
 MARION SERIES

Marion. April 1.-(Special.) )-Milsap won the last game from Marion by a score of to 9 winning the entire series. Bat teres: West, Hodges, Johnston and Lane Marion played an excellent game, but visitors were very strong at batting and base running
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Carnival Sunday in Vienna was mark cd by the largest number of marriag ges ever recorded in the city in one day. More than 1000 couples were married. In some churches many as 20 cou ples were married with a single cere- mony. The minister would have the couples arranged about the altar and. standing in the center of the semi circle, would unite all as if marrying but single couple.
 Most of the marriages were among working people who celebrated the day by marrying. When 800 couples were married on Carnival Sunday a year ago it was thought to be a record that would stand, but this year the number was surpassed by more than 200.
 A Budapest dispatch gives details os shocking tragedy in the Croatian town of Narasd, in which a carpenter named lgnab Kavor, who had presum- ably become suddenly demented, at-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

bargained his head to the Institution before his death for f62 t$257.3D. The institution purchased the head because of it's abnormal size to study for scien- tific reasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

1611 18th avenue, south. G. room apartment; we'll located, steam heat.
 JEMISON R. E. & INS. GO.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
TAFT BREAKS
WITH RUSSIA
Asks the Senate to Abr0gate
Treaty.
CAR GIVEN AMPLE. NOTICE
Lodge Offers Resolution-some Think
House Has Been Affronted-Oth-
ers Soc No Such In
tentlon.
CAR GIVEN AMPLE NOTICE

Washington, ID. C.-President Taft
has asked the Senate 10 ratify and
give effect TO his action in Notifying
Russia OF the proposed abrogatiol OF
the treaty OF 1892.
The foreign relations committee OF
the Senate voted unanimously TO re-
port resolution OF ratification,
couched in diplomatic terms. and Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge offered it lat
er in the Senate.
Democratic leaders, both in the Sen
ate and the House, are determined to
claim credit for the abrogatioR OF the
treaty.
Senator Culberson accused Presi-
dent Taft OF l.. ing to strip the House
OF on u i,s prerogatives, and assert
ed tnat the President was trying to
steal the Democratic thunder"
In mis- message to the Senate, Pres
ident Taft transmitted copy OF the
letter which the American ambassador
4
mitted to the Russian foreign office.
In it was expressed the view OF the
United States that the old treaty no
longer met the political principles or
commercial needs of the two nations
and should be terminated.
The American government, with
marked courtesy, suggested further
that it would be most agreeable to
this country if a new treaty, along
more modern lines, could be negotiat-
ed to replace the old and obsolete
document.
Despite this overture to the Russian
government, State Department offic-
ials practically admit that there is lit
tie hope of negotiating a new treaty
which obviate the very things which
are leading to the denunciation of the
old one.
The United States. it is pointed
out, would be treading upon danger
Gus ground, if it tried to arrange with
Russia for a reciprocal agreement
looking to wider latitude in the rights
of the citizens of the two countries.
Under the most favored nation"
clauses of the treaties the United
States has with other powers. any of
these could claim the right of en-
try for its citizens into the United
States and there would be no such
thing as restricting of immigration.
State Department officials do not
believe that the heavy trade between
the United States and Rssssia wild ne
cessarily be jeopardized by the abro-
cation of the treaty, although tariff
war is possible and Russia would have
from any of her ports.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
FOUR BODIES DISCOVERED
UNDER BARN FLOOR
Mother, Two Daughters and Son Kill
ed at Their Farm-Fiendish
Brutality Shown.

Albany, N. Y.-The bodies of four
members of the Morner family Of De
FTeesville, Rensselaer, county five
miles from Albany, were found under
tie barn floor at the Morner farm.
The ! IN suspected Of numbering them
is Edward Doualo, their Italian farm
hand
He is described as Of very dark COM
pleXion, feet 6 inches tall, and weigh
ing about 120 pounds. He went ID the
Morner farm in August last from an
employment agency in Albany.
hose murdered were Mrs. Conrad
Morner. so years old, the mother;
Edith and Blanche Morner, Is and 10
years old, her daughters, and Arthur
Morner, % years of age, her son. Their
The Morners were prosperous dairy
battered with bale stick.
They were killed in the barn, 1t is
presumed, and probably the only wit
ness besides the murderer to the strug-
giles of the three women and Arthur
Morner was a dull eyed bull chained
in corner of the barn. Six horses
were in the building, but they were
in the part used as stable
The eMorners were prosperous dairy
farmers and fifty Of their cows return
e. from the pasture to the barnyard
on the night of the murder and below
ed their discomfort at not receiving
fooG or drink. Inside the barn Meth
er the bull nor the horses had been
cared for but more than twenty hours
passed before the murders were dis
covered. A State dairy inspector Wis
tied the farm, but finding no one in
the house he concluded that The fam
lily was away for the day. He return
ed to the farm and found no one, yet
there was nothing to indicate that
anything was wrong.
The Morners supplied mill: each
evening to Horatio Mould, a milk deal
er of Rensselaer, City. When 10 did
not bring the milk Mould drove out to
| the Morner farm and begun an inveS
| tigation. He got several farmers OF
! the neighborhood and likewise Jesse
Morner, another son Of Mrs. Morner
who lives with his wife and family on
a farm about two miles away.
With lanterns the party began a
search. The house was found in per
feet order the women Of the house
hold having completed their house
work before they were killed. Next
the barn was searched and a blood
stain on a milk can was the first clue
Boards were ripped from the floor GOV
/ ering the stable refuse and in the
refuse tho bodies OF the mother and
! two daughters were found.
Their heads were gashed and mos
| of their clothes had been torn off
Many bruises on the bodies indicated
a struggle.
A note was found on the piano in
the sitting room Of the farmhouse. II
was written in English and read:
italian meat and American-made
sausage imported from Rome, Italy"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
ENvIED POWERS OF COURTS

Some workmen engaged In hanging
:. an iron door on the Planters hotel re-
Gently disturbed the attention OF court
and Jury across the way and therefore
the orderly and equitable process OF
the law In Judge Muench's court A
deputy sheriff was sent with a mes
sage to them to desist. Unaware that
the court is the people of the state OF
Missouri, the workmen replied to the
emisary In light and gamesome man.
ner, says the ST. Louis Republic. Re
suit An arrest for contempt, the
hasty summoning OF the contractor
and the release of his minions upon
payment of the costs of the arrest.
The private citizen. on reading this,
may well sigh for the powers he un-
Willingly delegated when courts were
constituted Noise is the bane OF civ
ilzation. The savage trod with moe
casined foot upon a carpet of leaves
in the forest or the grass OF the prai-
rie. Civilization means crowding. II
rears walls and necessitates pave
ments. The latter make noise AID the
former echo It, In an age when en-
gineering runs to specialties. why not
the antinoise engineer? He might be
gin with the auto siren and the street
car gong and progress slowly toward
the pneumatic riveter, saving for his
matured powers the peripatetic vege-
table man and the talking machine
with the green horn in the small fiat
on the side street
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
JAPAN AND BRITAIN
WILL PAClFY CHINA
Offer Mediation; II It's Refused They
Will Take other
Steps.

Toxic, Japan.-It is unoflicially re-
ported that Japan and Great Bri-
tain have offered CO are about to
offer TO mediate between the Chinese
Government and the rebels and Will
adopt further measures II the ofer
should be refused. The newspaper
Yorozzu says that on December IL ia
pan notified China OF her intention to
make such an offer and said an agree
ment had been made with Great Bri-
tain by which the two Governments
would act in concert in the matter.
Mr.. Ijuin, the Japanese Minister at
Pekin, was notified of this action on
December 16, and it is understood that
he forthwith informed Premier Yuan
Shih Kai and the rebel leaders at
Shanghai that Japan and England
were instructing their respective Con
sul-Generals at Shanghai to offer to
mediate.
The Jill Shimpo adds to the above
that If the terms suggested by Japan
and England are refused they will
take decisive meaSures.
The Foreign Office refuses to con-
firm or deny the story, but says its
publication was not authorized. 1t
adds that it is impossible to make
statement now owing to pending nego-
tiations.
Some action of this sort has been
expected for several days. Japan re-
Gently sent the Councillor of the For
eign Office, Matsui, who was at one
time Charge dAffaires at Washington,
to Pekin, where he has held frequent
conferences with Premier Yuan Shih
Kai. It is reported that Sir John New
ell Jordan, the British Minister at
Pekin. left for Shanghai on Decem-
ber 16
A despatch from Shanghai reports
that Japan and England have notified
the revolutionists that they are pre-
pared to guarantee certain terms OF
peace.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22

Sometimes 1t happens that men who
have smoked to a good old age. alb
1ure the weed before they die. as re.
Gently did ID. X. Pearsons. the Chicago
philanthropist, actuated by the belief,
perhaps, that 1t has been so pleasant
to them that 1t must be harmful. 9th.
ers refuse to believe that only the dis
agreeable things OF the world are In
tende<' for human use, and are con.
vinced that they have been indebt-
ed to tobacco for innocent enjoyment.
This was the case with Abraham
lsaacs. who died in San Francisco at
the age of one hundred and six. and
whose last words were: God has been
good to me and allotted me long life.
Let me die smoking"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22

There will be. II is announced. no
attempt this year to cross the Allan
tic ocean. In view of all the fatalities
which have happened in the attempted
conquest of the air. 1t is reassuring
to note an instance in which prudence
is by no means the pusillanimous vir.
ture which some rash ones hold IT,
On the contrary. courage could accom-
plish more II 1t took the hard common
sense plan. as has been done in this
case. OF having prudence for run.
ming mate The two are not at all In
compatible.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22

The health commissioner of Chicago
would like to abolish the gongs on am
balances. saying that they are nuis.
ances and incentives to violation OF the
speed ordinance. A gong has no place
on an ambulance for the sick. he de
clares, and there Is no sense in having
to rouse the entire community when
going after patient All of which In
dicates that the commissioner has a
level head. He might have added that
not once In thousand times is 1t nee
essary to exercise frantic haste In con
veying the patient to the hospital. the
ailing occupant of the vehicle being
the better in 999 cases for a moderate
pace.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22

While the subject OF conservation is
under discussion stress may we'll be
laid on the necessity OF conservation
OF cities against the risk OF destruc-
tion by fire. The suggestions made
by Franklin II. Wentworth OF Boston
at the recent Fire Protection con.
gress In St. Paul favor non-combus-
tible window frames and wired glass
in all commercial, factory and office
buildings. and the general installation
OF automatic sprinkler systems. II
would be well, too, II all city roofs
were covered with incombustible ma.
terial, eliminating the dangerous
wooden shingles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
JURY DEFIES
JUDGE AND WINS
Refuses for Four Days to Sign
Dictated Verdict.
THEIR WIVES BACK THEM UP
Brings In Finding In VIII Contest
Case Directly Opposite to That Or
dered by the Court and Sticks to
II Till the Judge Gives in.

st. Louis.-The jury in the famous
McDermott will case triumphed over
Circuit Judge James Il. Withrow when
on the fourth day of their refusal to
sign verdict dictated by him they re-
turned a verdict directly contrary to
IL. The Judge decided that 1t was his
duty under the Appellate Courts de-
cisions to accept the verdict and did
so, intimating that he would later ex'
ercise his right to set it aside.
The verdict returned by the jury
was in favor OF Mrs Mary Harrington
and against the Rev. Father John
White, rector of Holy Innocents'
Church Mrs. Harrington sued as exc
cutor of the estate of her mother, Mrs.
Bridget McDermott, to set aside the
will. The plaintiffs allegation was
that undue influence caused Mrs Nc
Dermott to leave the property in such
a way that II later came into the Rev
Father Whites possession and cut of
Mrs. Harrington with 81.
The "1nsurgent" jurors "deliberated'
exactly sixty-eight hours. When they
first refused to return the verdict
which Judge Withrow ordered they an
nounced they would stand on their
rights as American citizens.
Wives of the jurors entered into the
discussion of the case. One, Mrs. +.
p. Smith, announced she would sue
for divorce if her husband paid fine
which she understood Judge Withrow
would assess if the jurors failed to find
a verdict as he directed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
sANDFoRD TAKEN TO PRISON.

Portland, Me.-In company with
two convicted postoffice robbers, the
Rev. Frank w. Sandford, leader OF the
Holy Ghost and Us society. has been
taken to Atlanta, to enter upon his 10
year term in the federal penitentiary
10 which he was sentenced by Judge
Clarence Hale OF the United States
district court.
The party was in charge Of four
United States deputy marshals.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
RECEIVER APPOINTED.

st. Louis-On the application of the
Westinghouse Air Brake company.
Judge Elmer B. Adams, in the United
States circuit court, has appointed
Frederick J. Delano, Edward b. Pryor
and w. X. Bixby receivers of the
Wabash railroad company. The receiv-
ers' bond was fixed at 100000 each.
TO be given in 10 days. Wells H. Blod-
gett, who has been general counsel Of
the road, was appointed counsel for
the receivers
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
English sparrows in Massachusetts

English sparrows in Massachusetts,
are accused Of being firebugs by car
rying matches to their nests. IL the
little birds could speak. they might
retort on the carelessness OF humans
in throwing matches around and then
devoting time. attention and energy
70 the great question OF fre proven.
tion. Being sparrows only. however.
they simply twitter and go on picking
UP matches where the humans throw
them.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
SHOOTING GIRLS ACQUITTED.
Assailants Of w. e. D. Stokes De.
clared Not Guilty.

New York. - Lillian Graham and
ethel Conrad were acquitted OF the
charge of attempting to kill w. Il.
o. Stokes, the millionaire "old cove"
rhe jury which freed the chorus girls
believed their story that they shot
Stokes in self-defence. Ii was not i'm.
pressed by Stokess account of the
gunplay and the circumstances that
led up to the shooting. Persons who
talked to the jurymen said II was evi.
ient that they considered Stokes as
we'll as the chorus girls had been on
trial. The verdict surprised both
sides
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
TO INCREASE TAX ON AUTOS.
Gov. Foss Favors Doubling Fees In
Massachusetts.

Boston, Mass. Legislation which
will double the fees now obtained
from automobiles and which will give
Boston part of the revenue will be
recommended by Gov. Foss to the in
coming Legislature, according to May.
or Fitzgerald. who conferred with the
Governor and Highway Commissioner
Sohier at the State House. The amount
derived annually from automobile
taxes is about s475.000.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
FEW CHILDREN NORMAL.
slx,y-fvc Per Cent. In Boston School
Found 20 ee Defective.

Boston, Mass-Mayor Fitzgerald an
nounced the results OF the first three
months work on tho part of DIR. VII
liam ]. Gallivan. tho new cGief OF th'
division OF child hygiene.
or the 49.75O childron examined b,
the school physicians under Or. GALL
van only 1887 were found 10 bc ply
sically normal. healthy children. Tb'
defective children below physical pa
numbered 27,7e5.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
iNCURABlE DISEASE.

Washington-Charles w. Morse IL
doomed. according to a report OF the
medical officers of the army hospital
at Fort Mcpherson. Ga.
They say that his present condition
is grave, but that his ailment (arterio-
sclerosis) is progressive and incur
able. although It is not possible to
predict when the end will come.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
HOW PRINCESS WAS RESCUED.
Three Men Dragged Alexandra
Through the Surf.

Gibraltar-lt now seems that the
life of the Princess Royal was saved
by the joint efforts of Admiral Grad.
lock, the Duke of Fife and a pas.
ienger on the Delhi named McCaulbell.
When the cutter in which the Prin.
cess was escaping from the stranded
steamship was swamped and its occu.
pants thrown into the water the three
nen named supported her with one
hand each.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
NEGRO HANGED IN THEATSe.
Authorities Feared Crowd Gathered
About Jail Gailcws.

jackson, Ga.-The scene OF a legal
hanging was hastily changed from the
local Jail yard to the town opera
house here to prevent possible race
trouble.
VIII Turner. a negro preacher. was
TO pay the death penalty for killing
jesse Singley. a white man, last Aug
ust. A large crowd gathered in the
Jail yard. and fearing serious trouble.
the authorities quickly moved Turner
to the theatre. and he was hanged on
the stage before only few witnesses
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
PARsoN HELD AS DYNAMlTER.
Fort Riley Explosions Laid to Ex-Army
Chaplain.

Junction City, Kan.-A confession
by Michael Quirk. private in the Sixth
United States Field Artillery, station
ed in Fort Riley, duplicating the Rev.
Charles NJ. Brewer formerly chaplain
OF that regiment. in recent series of
dynamite explosions that have caused
$500. 900 damage to Government prop
erty in the neighborhood Of the Army
post. resulted in the arrest of the
preacher in his home in olustee. Okla
Mrs. Anna Jordan Of Kansas City. wife
of a prisoner in the Federal penitenu-
ary in Fort Leavenworth. also was In
volved in Cdirks statement, and also
was arrested.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
GOODWIN PAYS $500

Santa Ana, Cal.-By the terms OF
four documents fled for record in the
county court here Nat C. Goodwin. the
actor. has settled all claims held
against him by his former wife. Edna
Goodrich Goodwin. for the sum Of
100000. to be paid in three install
ments.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
A Drain Of the Company.

On bis way home from the theater,
wuere he had seen a performance OF
"Othello." Bobby was unusually quiet
Didn't you enjoy the play" his
grandfather asked at last
oh. yes. very much" replied Bobby.
But grandpapa. there's one thing ]
don't quite understand Does the
black man kill a lady every nightr-
Youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
NEW STYLE OF FISHING.
Barge Canal Suction Dredge Scoops
Them in by the Ton.


Auburn n. Y.-Farmers and barge
canal laborers have discovered q
source of income in the new form OF
fishing which employees of Stewart &
Co., barge canal contractors on the
Seneca River, have learned. The six
teen-inch suction tube of the hydrau
lie dredge roofing in the river bottom
draws in suckers, bullheads. pike and
other species and shoots them far out
on land by the ton.
Included in the catches of the last
few days are a twenty-five pound
sturgeon and thirty-pound swapping
turtle Auburn markets are filed
with the fish, which are alive when
they are brought in for sale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-12-22
SHORT HOURS FOR CARRIERS.

wsshington-Senator Boies Penrose
has introduced bill providing for
ix-day week. an eight-hour day and ex.
tra pay for overtime for mail carriers
city delivery service and clerks in
lrst andssecond class postoffices.