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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Euloeies for Dead senators

Washington, February 1.-Eulogies for the late Senator Stephen B. ElSins or West Virginia and Charles J. Hughes Of Colorado were held in the Senate today. The speakers in the Elkins services were Messrs. Scott and Watson of West Vir- ginia, Depew of New York. Gallinger of New Hampshire and Bailey of Texas. For the Hughes services, Messrs Gus- genheim of Colorado. Stone of Missouri, Clark and Warren of Wyoming. Taylor of Tennessee. Smoot of Utah and Fletcher of Florida.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Publishers Will Fight

New York. February 11.-(SpeciaI)- More than a score fthe most prom inent magazine and periodical publish CTS of the United States are expected to attend a meeting with the postal committee of the Publishers associa- ton in Washington tomorrow for the purpose of drawing up the plan of bat tie against the increase in postage rate for magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
TREATY REPORT
 IS FAVORABLE The Democrats Help to Pull Reciprocity Through TAFT'S EFFORT FAILS Speech of the President at Columbus Has No Effect Upon Regular
 Republicans Fighting
 Reciprocity
TAFT'S EFFORT FAILS
BY wArrERsoN sTEALEY

Washington, February 11.-(Specia].5-
 Led by Representatives Champ Cl,rk end Oscar Underwood, the democrats of uted sufficient votes this morning to se- cure a favorable report on the Presidents Canadian reciprocity bill. Six of ihs re- publican members of the committee vored against the treaty and six of them ;n,n- ed the six democrats for 1t. The final always votes aginst decreasing tho tariff rates, Broussard of Louisiana, voting with the standpatters.
 The debate in committee was charac- .erized by the utmost bitterness to- wards the Presidents policy. Reprcsent- alive Fordney of Michigan was especially critical of the Presidents action. MT Mccall of Massachusetts was the only republican to show more than luxe warm Endorsement of the bill, and the defense of the measure was left almost solely to Representative Underwood and his democratic colleagues.
 It Is declared in republican circles to- night that the tie vote cast by the republican members does not accuratel, represent the proportion of opposition ir the total republican membership IL is stated tonight that when the vGte is taken n the house it is liable :o 6is- close majority of republicans against the bill. thus showing conclusively hat democratic votes are necessary for the bills passage. The democratic side is Jubilant on the outcome. Owing to the sction of the democratic caucrs the party presents a united front and 10 il comes the credit of fighting for legis- lation that Is today receiving c,untry. wide indorsement.
 Speech of No Effect The Presidents speech in Columbus last night fell on deaf republicar ears The patriotic utterances of the President were the subject of ridicule on the part of the standpatters, who declare that his attitude is on of folly and if per sisted in means the destruction of the system of protection.
 It is not Canadian reciprocity per S, that is receiving such an arraignmen frcm the republican side. It is the feai that reciprocity with the great northerr neighbor an accomplished fact, the pro lection wall Is leveled on the east. wes and south sides and the enormous proiit of the manufacturer cut down to a fa basis.
 In Pittsburg, the home of Representa- tive Dazel. for instance. indorsement 0 Canadian reciprocity has been made b. | the chamber Of commerce and other or ganizations. MT. Dalzel would be in clined to favor 1t as a single proposition but he h well aware that Canadian reef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Veteran Never Cut His Hair

Baltimore. February 11.-(Special)-- John Adams. a Confederate veteran, 80 years old. who died at the Confederate Home at Pikesville, served through out the civil war. enlisting at Alexan- dria When Lee surrendered at Appo- matox. Adams made a VOW that he would never again have his hair cut and he never did His hair extended far down his back. As he grew old much of 1t fell out and to preserve that remaining he roled 1t into rlnglets. It was put up in curl papers every night before he retired. Though enlist cd from Virginia, Adams was a native of Maryland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Headcuarters Not to Be Moved

Ieorgia, H., February 11.-Headquar- ters of the Locomotive Bremen and En- glnemen will not be removed from here to Cleveland for at least three years. ac- ccrding to announcement of A. w. flaw lev secretary of the organization, who returned from Cleveland this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Awaiting Election Results

Phoenix. Ariz., February 11.-Because the statehood enabling act providing thot precinct election returns be sent direct to tho territorial secretary. instead of be- ing canvassed by the county boards. com pletc figures on Thursdays constitutional election will not b., a-'ailable for at least two weeks. It IS tain. however. that the constitution sa )een approved by . vote of or ttu !. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
NEW DIRECT VOTE METHOD

Sacramento, Cal, February H. A constitutional amendment was introduced into the assembly yes- terday providing that all legis- lators when sworn in shall take oath to vote for the candidate for United States senator who shall have received the largest number of votes at the primary election. The measure also provides that vio- lation of such oaths shall consti- tute perjury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Reward Offered for Missing Man

Rome, February 1-Frederick STowin- shield. director of the American academy. today offered a reward of s1oO for the dis covery, dead or alive. of Henry Law renee Wolfe, a student of painting at the academy, who has not been seen py ms friends since last Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Sentenced for Theft

Red Bag, February .t.-(SpeciaD--Cur- tis Carmack. young man of Corinth. Miss, was arraigned In Mayor John sons court today on a charge of theft and sentenced to the county jail for six months with fine of S25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Apricultural Bill Passed

Washington, February u.-The House today passed the agricultural bill carrying an appropriation of approximately Nss- 5Oo GOO for the operation of the depart ment of agriculture for the next fiscal yCar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Former Canal Zone Justice Criticises American
 Policies
PEOPLE OF CENTRAL
 AMERICA ARE BITTER
Establishment of Panaman Republic and Other Acts in Central Amer ica Are Mentioned By
 the Judge

Chicago February 11.-Judge Lorin
 c. Collins, who was for more than five years associate justice of the 18th
 milan canal zone supreme court, today criticised the state department of the United States, saying 1t was pursuing a policy in connection with Central
 American politics which was winning
 the hatred of all Spanish speaking ma tions. was being made the victim of reputation of a country that raises it's
 arm to strike. but has not the courage to give the blows.
 Judge Collins, after relating series of incidents within his own observa- tions. which, he said. were specific in-
 stances that this governments repre- sentatives were being insulted and af- fronted in the tropics without apology or reparation, declared that American hopes of increased trade from that ter ritory would not materialize. He said that the common explanation in Span- ish circles of Americas overlooking in- suits from Honduras was that J. P. Nor gan & Co, who were arranging to re- fund the national debt of Honduras. protested.
 Judge Collins spoke in part as fol- lows:
 We may with propriety and anxiety ask the question whether we will reap the just harvest of our labor and cap | ital on the isthmus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Secession of Panama

How was the secession of Panama and its recognition as republic by America received in Colombia? That nation asked Mexico to intercede with | the United States with her and asked
 us to talow her to send troops to Pan- 1 anna to suppress the rebellion. These requests were denied by John Hay, Sec
 retary of State. This was followed by long letters from Colombia. calling Americas attention to the treaty of l1S46 and tho violation d1 that treaty lby the United States recognizing Panama as independeat Solomhia of Ifered to snanit .te fht Ina sse. Tie lusdted States declined to t1iacuss 1t further.
 The result? The Colombians talked lit over with every Spanish speaking race they knew. There followed the election of Obaldia, In which troops were installed by United States of
 ficials and Obaldias opponent with Idrew
 l This added to isthmian distrust 1 These and other incidents cause the Central Americans to ask: ! Why. under the Monroe doctrine. should the United States always find it necessary to select rulers for these inde- | pendent repubics?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
 Mailed Fist Withdrawn

The next move of Washington was to inform the congressman that they should elect Samuel Lewis president The pres sure from Washington was so strong that, one day at 80 o'clock in the morn ing. it was agreed that Lewis should DC elected At 10 o'clock cable came from Beverly Mass, disclaiming any intention on the part of the United States to annex Panama or to dictate to congress whom if should choose The Lewis campaign ended then and there and Dr. Pablo Arosemena was elected president. All Of this was unwise and meddlesome interfer- cree and gave us the same reputation we bear in Nicaragua-of raising our arm 10 strike and not having the courage 10 do so.
 'Still. we are building a canal and plum inc ourselves on our wonderful undertak- ing. Are we building for peace or TOT war? For the worlds development or for future aggression? If for peace or TOT the development of the Central and South Americas trade will not be ours put VIII go to our competitors unless we change our methods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12
Incidents Recalled

 The speaker recalled the threatened stoning of the Costa Rican minister July {, 1910 the fear of the minister at Bogota, the affront to the American minister at Amalapa, the stoning of the legation in Mexico, etc., and asked:
 Do not all these insults heaped upon our government drive us to the conclusion that there is a steady and malign fnfiu- ence working against us all through the Spanish countries.
 ''The most deplorable action of tho United States in that 1t gave color to gossip and criticism against us occurred last summer in Panama. On the death of President Obaldia Dr. Mendoza be- came acting president of the republic The United States informed Dr. Mendoza that he was ineligible and that should he be elected they would not permit him tc hold the office for the reason that the COD stitution of Panama prohibited any person from succeeding himself in that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-12

lCONTINUED ON FACE sl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
Copyright. 1911, by Frank c. oarpenter.l

lists in charge of it are known as geog-
raPhers- The chief of them is r. B.
Marshall, and under him are four others,
each of whom has one great division.
The swamps of the Atlantic states are
under Frank Sutton; those of the CEN
che Rocky mountains and Pacific coast
are respectively managed by Sledge
Tatum and I. G. Gerdine. Each of these
men has a large corps of surveyors, and
all visit the various sections and work
together after fixed plans. During the
past week l have talked with these
geographers, and through my investiga-
tions at the geological survey and in the
agricultural department am able to give
some idea of what may be done.
Big Wet Spots in Uncle Sans Back
Yard
Talk about yOu acres of diamondss
These wet spots on Uncle Sans farm
are worth more than any diamond field
in the plateau of South Africa. They
contain thousands of millions of easily
available wealth and they are scattered
ali over the Union.
First let me tell you what they amount
TO. The experts Of the government have
estimated their area at between seventy
seven and seventy mine million acres, and
the probability is that they will run mil
lions more. At the lowest calculation
they represent country bigger than
Great Britain and Ireland, and equal to
the three states of Indiana. Illinois and
Ohio. They have a soil which is richer
than Holland, and their area is ten times
as great Holland is now feeding almost
six million people and at the same ratio
these wet lands have a potential food
supply for almost sixty millions. or ten
millions more than the half of our whole
population.
Where the Swamps Are.
And now take your map OF the United
States and see where they are. They
are not scattered over the desert away
off from the railroads amid the can
yons and valleys of the arid west. They
are close to the centers of our population,
and are to be found in almost every
state of the live, up-to-date east. Some
OF them lie near the big cities, others are
surrounded by farms worth a hundred
dollars an acre and nearly all are acces-
sible by water and rail to the markets.
OF this swamp land seventy-two mil
lion acres lie east OF the great plains
and twenty or thirty millions are found
in the Mississippi delta. There are vast
tracts in the northern states. Minnesota
alone has something like four million
acres, and Michigan fourth as much
more. The state Of Maine has between
three and four millions. There is a vast
tract in North Dakota. and Wisconsin has
several millions which need only to be
drained 10 be turned into farms
We look upon Illinois as thoroughly
settled. We know it IS one of our great
est corn states and that the land is
worth from 500 to $500 an acre. Never
theless that state has more than two
million acres of flooded lands that might
be redeemed, and which viii be richer
than any now farmed. There are alto
gether in the east, II states every one of
which has more than million acres of
swamps, and there are IL others each of
which has a quarter of a million TO one
million acres that could be easily drained
The Sacramento Valley.
The average man of the east thinks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

claimed in many OF the states. Some
of the richest lands of northern Ohio
were once under water They are now
covered with orchards and farms and
are worth a hundred dollars and upward
per acre. Wisconsin, which has enough
swampS to drown the state of Connecti-
cut or flood the whole island OF Porto
Rico, has patches of soil reclaimed from
the swamp which produce twenty tons
of cabbages TO the acre. Illinois has
wet spots fatter than her latest corn
fields, and Minnesota is doing an enor-
nous work in making dollars grow on
her wet lands.
The great tract which belonged to the
Chippewa. indians, lying in the northern
part OF that state bordered by the Rainy
river and Lake of the Woods, has been
geogTaphers, and their maps outlining
the possible canals and bitches now lie
before me- In preparing them the
geographers had to make their way over
floating boys and travel by launch,
canoe, on foot and on horseback for hun
dreds of miles. Much of their work was
done in the winter when the swamps
Were frozen. and they carried the shack
in which they lived along on a sled. They
found farmers living on some of the
Islands of that great swamp and grazing
dairy cattle there. The butter could
only be got out in boats or over the
ice, and vet it brought several cents
above the market price when shipped TO
New York
Two Dollars and Upward Per Acre.
As to the cost of these great reclama-
ton schemes, the geographers estimate
that those of Minnesota would range all
theway from 20 cents to 81 per acre, and
1t is safe to say that there are many
million acres in different parts of the
country which could be drained for 50.
while others might cost as much as $50
per acre or more Much of the draining
can be done bv gravity, and some, as in
the tide marshes will be controlled by
flood gates and dikes. In other places
there viii have to be great pumping
stations. and in others. as in Holland.
the rwindmills win aid in the work. As
TO this, | may write in the future.
Frank G. Carpenter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
DAILY RECORD.


Rlo Grande street, between Octavfa
and Noble streets-John H. Harper
and wife to Laura R. Barada, lot Z
and west Is feet lot s. block 81. Frank
lin Heights addition: consideration
$500; April 10. 1911. East 10 feet
lot 8. west 5 feet lot 10 and all OF lot 9:
consideration SO. April 10. 1911.
Grandview avenue at Terry street
John Connors and wife to z. s. New
man. lot 2. block 1. Highland Park
addition; consideration $40. Deem
Der 81. 1910.
South stanton street. between Third
and Fourth streets. S Morrison ct
ais to j. H Coons, lot and southerly
"a feet lot Z. block 116. Campbell ad-
dition; consideration $4,000. April u,
1907
Sierra Blanca. Texas-W. H. Dunsen
to Mrs. Alice Auten lot 8, block l.:
consideration 500. April q. 1911.
FL Paso county-Francis M. Reeves
to j. B. Kynard. $40 acres, public
school land, section SO. block 70, town
ship 1, 7. & P. surveys; consideration
$4,000; April 20, 1911 r. F. Burgess
and NJ Nagle to C. T. Carson and r.
w. McAfee, one-fifth interest in 5000
acres in J. NJ. Day surveys As and Al
on the Rio Grande. IS miles southeast
of Ell PasO; consideration $500; April
26, 1911
Births--Boys.
To Mrs Manuel Aguirre. 2107 Bas-
sett avenue. April 21
To Mrs. Dan Dawson. COS East Sec
ond street, April 16.
To Mrs. Harry Vincent Wallace, 1907
East Boulevard, April 26.
To Mrs. J. E. Amador. 1917 San An
tonic street ADril 81
Girls.
To Mrs. Jose Lucero. 917 Hill street.
April Is.
To Mrs. Carlos E. BOOKSELLER. III
South Santa Fe street. April 4.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

w ASHINGTON, D. c., April o.
~ I write today of one Of the big
gest schemes of Uncle Sam.
patriarch. 1t is q scheme which means
the creation Of millions OF farms, 10 Of
new soil which viii feed more than fifty
millions OF people. It means the bring
ing under cultivation waste land which
contains some ofsthe richest earth on the
face of the globe, and the creation Of
new real estate wealth which viii aggre-
gate from ten to fifteen billions of
dollars. / refer to the drainage OF the
swamps now scattered over the Union.
The scientists of the government are en-
gagged IN surveying them. They have
already plotted something. like ten
million acres and there are sixty or
seventy millions yet to be mapped. They
are going over the country with spirit
levels measuring the hills and hollows
and sounding the depths. Their work is
so carefully done that the civil engineers
can run their canals by look at the
maps, and they really form the basis of
the working plans for the swamps.
This great undertaking is in the hands
Of the geological survey 1t Is done by
the topographic branch, and the scien-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

Rooms Is Hammstt BIdgY Cor. Mesa
Ave. and Texas ST.. FL PAse, TEXAS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

and no danger from cancers, for there is
no stagnant matter left to eat itself out
and cause cancer That is why we have
cured nearly 1000 cases of Female dis
eases of all kinds and never given any
drugs nor had an operation. Senator
Forakeris wife, of Ohio, who saw thou
sands Of them cured at kirksville, said
DR.. Still was the greatest blessing with
his OsteOpathy ever given TO woman
kind. When | was at Rochester. AIinn.
watching operations and taking lectures
in surgery under Mayo Bros, one Of
the trustees of one of the large hospi-
tails of Minneapolis, Mimi. said he saw
the surgeons sew up a woman who had
such a large tumoT and it was so ad-
hered they were afraid to try to oper-
ate on her. He said it opened into the
bowels and they absorbed it and she
recovered and had since raised q family
of five children. So nature can. cure
where surgeons fail, and nature is the
only thing that ever does cure And the
success of Osteopathy is all due TO the
fact that it helps nature free its i'm
prisoned nerves and blood vessels and
restore them so they can by their re-
newed strength put good circulating
blood into the part and cure any dis
ease where there Is strength enough left
to throw out the poisonous, stagnant
blood. That is why we have cured 5000
al kinds of diseases and lost only eight
patients. because it is helping nature.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

10 MIS- jose LuceFo, Ut Hill street,
April H.
To Mrs. Carlos E. BOOKSELLER, III
South Santa Fe street. April 4.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
BIG SCHEMES WHICH WILL ADD BILLIONS TO
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH

Recent Investigations of the Government Geographers
Ten Million Acres Already Mapped Where Our
Swamp Lands Are and Their Enormous Value.
The Empire of the Mississippi Delta and
How It Can Be Handled The Ever
glades of Florida and Marshes
Below Great Lakes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29

Whooping cough Is not dangerous
when the cough is kept loose and ex-
pectoration easy by giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t has been
used in many epidemics of this dis
ease with perfect success. For sale
by all dealers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
vARICOCELE.
KIDNEY COMPLAINTS.

complaint often "
srdswen gabouh he us Our long m extensive practice in ~
analysts o
con il our me
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
In the Delta

And what a mighty delta the Missis-
sippi has, It is one of the greatest
on earth. You could lose that of the
Nile within it and its lands would make
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
Drainage by States.

Some of the states have already
authorized the drainage of the swamps,
and some have granted concessions to
that end. In the Yazoo basin a company
had been organized and plans made to
redeem in the neighborhood of half a
million acres. The geological survey
had prepared the mays which gave the
basis of the working plans. The COM
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-26
new STYLE ENGINE
Oil for Ocean Liners MAY
Be Used.

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-Such rapid pro-
gress has been hade at the Whiteinch,
Goyan, with the construction of the
5,000-ton oil-engined liner for the DAN
ish East Asiatic company. Copenhag-
en-, that she may be running demon
stration trials on the Clyde before the
end of the year.
The vessel is designed for a speed
of twelve knots and it is believed that
she will run as far on 100 tons of oil
as she would on three hundred tons
OF coal, while the spaces usually oc-
cupied by the "bunkers" will be filled
with cargo.
There will be no firemen, tunnels,
smoke, ashes or dirt and the engines
can be started in five minutes, as COM
pared with fifteen hours required to
raise steam with boilers. The only
other boat of the type in the course
of construction in the United King
dom is being built at Middlesborough
for a shipping company of which Lord
Furness is chairman. She is a YES
sci of of 5000 tons and will be engag-
ed in the North Atlantic trade.
Other ocean-going oil vessels in
course of construction include two for
the Hamburg-American line-one of
$500 tons being built on the Weser
and another of $500 tons on the Elbe
and one of 5000 tons for the Ger