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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
NEW STEERING
 GEAR FOR SHIPS

London, April 2s-(specal.)-A new form of steering gear for shps-one from which important developments may fol- low-was described at a meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects, held at the Society of Arts under the chairman ship of Sir John Dunston, late engineer in-chef of the navy.
 The principle of operation consists in the direct application of an electric motor to a new high-speed, rotary, variable stroke reversing pump
 The action of the steering wheel placed on the bridge or elsewhere operates in- simultaneously on this pump. It does so in such a way as 10 cause the stroke TO vary immediately the steering wheel Is moved. sThe great feature of the system is that instead of having to start steam engine-as In the case of the steam steer ing sear-from rest, thereby causing certain delay, the electric motor, which is always running, is ready to operate the pump directly the steering wheel is moved. Consequently, the rudder moves practically with the steering wheel itself.
 One of two speakers yesterday, who had witnessed the behavior of this gear, testified to the extraordinary rapidity of it's action and to the fact that the quartermaster scarcely appeared to touch the wheel before the rudder moved in response to his action.
 There was much comment also on tho possibilities of such steering gear. -n- deed, it was evident from the tone of the meeting that the conditions of ships today-cut away as they are under water both at the bow and stern-and especi- ally of turbine vessels make the power- Cal i,,ct ton e,1 tir,.r ing gear of far greater importance than at any previous time. Particularly is thls the case in ships of war, as an admirably representative intimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
MERGER IS ONLY 4 MATTER OF DETAIL H. s. Matthews of Alabama Consolidated Returns
 After Conference

Vice President II. s. Matthews of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company returned to Birmingham yesterday after an absence of about three weeks. He spent some time In New York in conference with Cecil Grenfell, chairman of the Southern Iron and Steel company, and J. H. Hoadley, president of the Alabama Consolidated. regarding a merger of the two companies named under the title of the Alabama Consolidated Coal, Iron and Steel company. MT. Matthews, after leaving the east went direct to St. Louis to confer with inn portant interests there. He came from St. Louis home.
 MT Matthews said that the merger ulans agreed upon come time ago would be carried out. It was now, he said, only a matter of detail.
 In the fnoncing of the new company it was thought that s4,000,000 would be ample. but MT. Matthews says it is now planned to raise $5,000000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
PEACE CONFERENCE ID BEGIN TUESDAY Believed Gomez Will Repre- sent Rebels-Carbajal
 Arrives Monday

Fl Paso, Tex, April 29.-It Is expected that with the arrival tonight of pr. Vas ques Gomez, he will be named by Gen eral Madero as the insurrecto peace com sioneB
 Judge Francisco Carbajal, the govern ment commissioner, probably will be here Monday and the formal peace confer erce, it is hoped, will begin the following day.
 General Madero today declared he had been assured that any peace terms ac- cepted by him would be ratified by revo- lutionary leaders of Puebla.
 Of the alleged interview with Vice Pres ident Corral, he had this to say:
 When the revolution was in the for native stages it was part of the Diaz- Corral strategy to give the impression that the United States would intervene in behalf of the Mexican government This was to make appear unpatriotic However, the revolution got under way and Is winning, yet there has been no intervention. The government, therefore now is trying to make 1t appear that the revolt does not owe it's spread of unpopularity but to foreign element which they allege have come to the aid of the uprising"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
FOR RENT
NORTHSInE

 22l6 12th ave, north, Il rooms, $50. 1lSO 17th street, north, 10 rooms, s45. ll2S llth street, north, rooms, $35. S9o9 27th street, north, rooms, s20. 1923 36th street, north. ' rooms $22s50. 1225 Seth street, north. rooms, s25. lO19 24th street, north, rooms, $25. lfSl 18th avenue, north. rooms, $22 50. 262S 30th avenue, north, 3 rooms. SIP .50. 4l9 2Sd street, north, ' rooms, s35.
 sOUTHSIDE. 300 18th street. south. g rooms s1oo. 1000 18th street, south, 8 rooms, fur nished s75. 23l5 Arlington avenue. south, rooms, $60. 1909 1eth street, south, rooms, s55 1909 18th street, south. rooms, $50 l109 St. Charles, south, rooms, $50. 1912 Avenue l, south ' rooms, s25 APO Avenue I, south rooms, s2O. l7Of 14th avenue, south. rooms. $40. S21 18th street, south. 1 rooms, $27.50.
 SUBURBAN. 524S list avenue, Woodlawn, rooms, S20. 5051 Sd avenue Woodlawn, 3 rooms, s10. 140 Dones street. Woodlawn, 6 rooms, s25 5 rooms. sgd street East Lake, SIP .50. 5 rooms, new house, Inglewood, BoyIes, $1250.
 rooms, new, Boyles. s12.50 PIT Hawkins street, West End, 5 roonis s2O O0.
 6l7 Cotton avenue. West End, rooms, S20. co.
 1913 Cotton avenue, West End, rooms, 5000.
 6 rooms, Smith Hill, Acipco, $1o. rooms, Smith Hill. Acipco, ST.
 STORES. 1877 4th avenue. 8 floors s100 2S0i 5th avenue, will remodel front, $50. 2S05 5th avenue, will remodel front, $40, 2601 29th avenue, north, s27 50. 2603 29th avenue, north, s25 Houses for sale or rent in all parts of the city. If we haven't what you de- sire will get it. Our automobile is wait ing to show them. We like to keep buAS.
 TYLER & RAMSAY 2G09 First Ave. Bell 7l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
SCOUR WHOLE STATE
 FOR WOMAN SLAYER

Lakewood. N. J., April 29.-All this section of the state is being secured to- day for the slayer of Mrs. Charles Tur- ner who was found stabbed to death in the woods near here yesterday.
 The motive for the crime has not been determined. Mrs. Turner was an attractive woman of middle age, wife of a responsible employe on the esta te of George J. Gould. She was taking a short cut through the woods to de- liver some dresses at a local sanitarium. There was every indica ton that she had struggled desperately against her asasilant Her waist was partly torn off, her neck was scratched and lac erated and her finger nails were torn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
PENDLH SPEAKS
 THIS AFTERNOON

The lecture of J. Lee Pendley on prison reform scheduled at the Bijou this after noon at 3:30 o'clock has created a great deal of interest on the part of the leading citizens of Birmingham, many of whom have pledged their support to the work
 Mir. Pendey was given a life sentence at Mobile several years ago and until sev- weeks ago was serving out his time at Flat Top mines, where his intelligence and conduct won him recognition among the officials and finally were responsible for his release.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Rebels Raid Tepaca

Puebla, Mex, April 29.-Tepaca has been added to the list of towns taken by the rebels in this state. This place Is near Tecamachalco, which fell into the hands of the rebels three days ago. Aamos but four kilometres from this city, was taken by 400 rebels without opposition. The federals are follow Ing the various bands closely but the rebel policy of retreating has left no opportunity for a battle The latest town to be abandoned by the insur- rectos is Huaquechula. Before leaving they cut off the water supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
INCENDIARY FIRE
 ON FIFTH AVENUE
Two Detectives Are Assigned to Find Who Attempted to Burn
 the Residence

Fire of an incendiary origin slightly son, 2013 Fifth avenue, yesterday morn ing at 345 o'clock. A quantity of waste saturated with oil was found under the house and no doubt .is entertained by Chief Bennett that the fire was intention ally set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
BLIND EVANGELIST
 BEGINS REVIVAL

Evangelistic services begin today at Eleventh Avenue Methodist, church. Rev. Joe Ramsey, the blind evangelist, who has held successful meetings in a number of the largest churches in the south is to conduct the services.
 Rev. E. R. Shoot, who was singing with Sam Jones when that great evangelist died. is to do the solo work and lead the choir.
 MT. A. W. Roper, pianist for E. O. Ex- cell, who delighted Birmingham audiences a few weeks ago at the Sunday School institute, will play at the morning service today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
MEN CONVICTED
 FOR DESIGNATION

Dublin, April 29.-(Special.) l.)-Fred- erick Wencomb, John A. Lees and J.. Henry McNab. the English soldiers, who insulted a Catholic nun in Kill kenny by using vile language and who also struck her with a whip and drove her for refuge into a church which they later desecrated, have been convicted. Tho evidence was so strong that the accused men pleaded guilty. What ag- gravated the offense was that the men were on the way to the house of a patient whom she was nursing. She is Q member of an order which devotes itself to nursing the sick and poor. The soldiers were sentenced to prison for two months at hard labor. The men narrowly escaped lynching at the time Of their arrest.
 An amusing letter was read from a tramp at the last meeting of the Bal tinglass Guardians in which he denied the report that tramps received eggs rashers of bacon. stake and onions for breakfast in the Baltinglass work house.
 T am now 50 years on the road" he says, and I have visited the Baltin- glass workhouse at least 100 times and l have never seen the above mentioned flourishing eatables"
 The only remedy to abate the tramp nuisance he urges,sis direct labor and he then proceeds to enlighten' the guar uians on the subject of laziness. celebrated man, he says. once stated that the hest mechanic he had ever known was the laziest man he had ever met. The writer said he favored the boarding-out of workhouse chill dren, because, he says, 'I know of no
 
 prisoners shut away except for an oc- casional walk, from the fields and trees. excluded from the fresh air and the liberty that children love, pent up behind a dreary wall with a few feet of graveled walk for playground, and surrounded by the company of the worlds failures"
 Former attorney general for Ireland, better known as "Roaring Mike" has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
SOUTHERN ENGINE
 IS TURNED OVER

Greensboro, N. C.. April 29.--A Southern railway engine, pulling passenger train from Mount Airy to Wilmington, turned over two miles east of this city late this afternoon, three trainmen being caught beneath the tender and cab. They were later extrieated and 1t Is said all will recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Charles Dickens Invites an American

FTOll tt l1Sller
 Come to England! Come to England Our oysters are small, 1 know. they are said by Americans to be coppery; but cur hearts are of the largest size. We are thought to excel in shrimps, to be far from despicahle in point of Holsters, and in periwinkles are considered to challenge the universe. Our oysters small though they be, are not devoid oi the refreshing influence which that spe- oies of fish is supposed to exercise in these attitudes Try them and compare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
The Wife's Work

From Lippincotts Magazine.
 The man who makes his wife get up in the mornings to start the fires at last saved enough money to buy an autonfo- bile. One day while going up hill thu machine stopped.
 You'll have to get out and push Fan nie,t he said because I've got to stay here and guide It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Ottowa. Ont, April 29.-Canadas ad- vancing importance in the British em- pire and the world will be signalized in September by the arrival of the Duke of Connaught to serve as gov ernor general of the Dominion. It will be the first time that the vice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

FOR R E N Two nice houses for roomers on north side; 73O 21st street, 8 rooms, and 713 3,21st street, 3 rooms. Rent reasonable.
 JEMISON REAL ESTATE &
 INSURANCE GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Name Not Needed

From the Harvard Lampoon
 Earnest Pilgrim-Please send a large bunch of red roses to this address and charge it to me.
 Clerk-Yes, sir, and your name?
 Earnest Pilgrim-Oh. never mind the name she'll understand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Read in lone cent' column description of splendid Auto mobile for sale at great bar gain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

been spreading wars alarm in the Bootle division. On last Wednesday evening he asked one audience how many soldiers and gatling guns 1t would take to quell half a million Ul- ster loyalists." About this the pertinent query is put by a professional friend. Does it not seem an extraordinary thing for the Kings troops to have to quell 1oyalists' ?"
 Sir John Garden has presented large piece of ground to the people of Tenn plemore as a sports field. The want of such a field was much felt and the action of Sir John Is much appreciated He has written to his steward to have the plot enclosed and a committee has been formed to carry out necessary improvements.
 The estates commissioners give mo- tice of their intention to acquire com pulsory under the evicted tenants act 210 acres and in the townland of AClon- doty, Tipperary. on the estate of Col. Fitzgibbon Trant
 Bishop Mangan, who is an enthusi- astic supporter of the home rule move ment recently sent letter to Dr. O'Connell, bishop of Raphoe. enclosing check for the Irish parliamentary fund. It Is said he doubled his subscrip- ton last year and that the present situ- ation demands equal efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

regal post in any of the overseas do-
 minions has been held by a member of the royal family. The duke is q
 brotherxof the late King Edward and
 therefore an uncle of the present sov-
 ereign. He comes to Canada at a time when the country has outgrown the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

colonial stage and is facing great po- litical and economic problems. As the duke approaches the shores of Canada, Erl Grey, the present governor gen eral, will depart, leaving record of activity equalled by few, if any, of his predecessors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Former attorney general for Ireland, better known as Roaring Mike" has
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
NE|GHBORS CUT
SICK MANS CORN
Jacob Heller Has Been Ill
With Typhoid Several
Weeks.
Twelve Friends Spend all
Day Yesterday in His
Fields.

A fine example of ncighborly kind
ness and sympathy was given hy the
nelghbors and friends of Jacob Heller
of LOngvillc, when they called at his
home in the country Monday prepared
10 work all day I'm his corn fields, cut
ting and shocking the corn.
Mr.. Heller has been very III of
t, phoid fever for the last six weeks
'and is unable to perform his custo-
lnary duties. knowing this twelve
of his ncighbors offered their tlma
and services yesterday and succeeded
in cutting over 400 shocks of corn.
stephen Neidhart and Orin McClel-
land donated the machines with which
the work was done. At-npon, an ele-
giant dinner was served at the Heller
home.
Those assisting in the work were:
J1cob Berkeley, Jacob.~-r Grau John
Redd. John Ostcrly H. r. Bish, Carl
LBtz, Everett Neville, ora Weiss. Pearl
Hoverman Charles Dryer stephen
Ncldhart, Orln McCtclland and G. l..
Dish
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
ARMORY PLANS
ARE DISCUSSED
West Side Business Men
Offer to Raise Certain
Sum.

The new armory proposition was
the topic OF discussion at n meeting
of representatives. of Co. d. Fourth
Regiment. O. n. c.. Cooper Post G..
A. r., Spanish war veterans and
business men from the west side and
uptown districts in the G. A. II.
room in the court house Monday
ri ght. Although many plans were dis
cussed nothing dehlite was accom-
.lished.
The business men from the west
side who were present at the meeting
stated that they would guarantee to
raise the necessary funds for the pur-
chase of building site providing the
which were solicited
last spring could be collected They
cercd a lot near West Center street
which could be purchased for Il rea-
sonalic sum and claim that II would
he an excellent location for the pro-
,osed armory building.
There will he meeting of the
West Side Progressive association for
further discussion OF the plans to
morrow night
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
MYSTERY IN SUICIDE
OF LIEUTENANT

San Antonia, Tex. oct. 10.-An olli-
cial investigation has failed to throw
any light on tie mysterious suicide
Of Second Lieutenant John II. Lynch
Of the Third cavalry, who was mar
ried at 1 O'Clock yesterday morning
and shot himself six hours later.
The army officers at Fort Sam
Houston. where Lynch was stationed,
say the young man was heavily In
debt and was facing court-martlal for
intoxicatlon but neither of these cir
cumstancss is believed to have been
sufficient to cause him TO take his
life.
His court-martial was practically
certain to end with merely Il repri-
mand.
Lynch's bride of six hours Is only
seventeen years old After the mid
night wedding she went with her
mother to hotel and the bridegroom
returned to his quarters, whore his
suicide took place.
Lynch was twenty-six years old and
had risen from the ranks. lie re-
Ceiyed his commission Il year ago.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
Mr.. Non cIans.en IN Tombs.

New York, oct. 10.--Mrs. Ida Won.
Clausscn, whose million dollar dam
age suit against President Roosevelt
and her several pugillstic encounters
in various cities, have heretofore
brought her considerable notoriety
was today committed to the Tombs
by Justice Greenbaum on the charge
of sending threatening message to
"a Judge
Justice Greenbaum took this action
following receipt Of a telegram from
Mrs. Won Claussen demanding JUS
ticc." After he had dismissed some
action which she was seeking, the
woman became boisterous and he re-
manded her to Jail.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
CREAMER FAvORS
A DIRECT VOTE
Ohio Should Have Presiden-
tial Preference Law He
Says. -.
Delegates Are Not Bound to
Follow Sentiments of
People.
BY United rfess Wire.

Columbus, o., oct. 10-State Treas
aver ID. $. Creamer. IN a statement
tc day comes out natfootcdly In favor
OF presidential preference law that
will enable the voters in each party
chiEcs, to dictate the course of TIE
Ohio delegations in the national con-
yentions next year.
If Governor Harmon calls a special
session of the legislature to pass a
new congressional reapportionment act
Creamor says that the solons should
by all means pass both a presidential
preference act and n state officers
primary act while they are here.
"Under the present system in Ohio"
says Creamer's statement, delegates
20 the national conventions are not
hound to follow the sentiments Of
their constituents in the mattcr of
voting for presidential candidates,
Sentiment could be overwhelming for
a presidential candidate throughout
the state, Yet the OHIO delegation
Y ould not have to give that candidate
single vote.
This is all wrong. The voters OF
each party are entitled to the right,
when they are electing delegates To
the national conventions, to express
their first, second or even third
choice for president and the dele
gates they elect should then be bound
to support for president the man whom
a majority Of their constituents fav-
or"
Creamer Is the author Of the new
law requiring competitive bidding for
state funds by banks n measure ttat
IS proving a big money-maker for the
state
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
SHOT GUN DUEL
BY TWO FARMERS
Lived on Scioto Marsh Just
West of
Kenton.
.&r~~-->.-..---
Been Ill Feeling Some Time.
Neither Expected to
Die.

Kcnton, o., Oct. 10.--A duel with
shotguns at thirty yards was fought
yesterday by William Yazel and
Michael Hickman to settle family DIFF
ficulties. Both men were injured,
Yazel being shot IN the arm and
Hickman in the abdomen. Neither
injury Is expected to prove fatal. Ar.
rests may follow.
According to the report Of the af-
fair procured by Sheriff Wagner, III
feeling has existed between the two
men for some time. Both reside on
the Scioto marsh west of here.
Yazel appeared at the Hickman
home early yesterday accompanied
by several friends. He found his an
tagonist also surrounded by party
of his hackers. Yazcl Is alleged to
have covered Hickman with his gun,
when the latter asked permission to
defend himself. The request was
granted and he appeared In moment
with his own shotgun.
Fire at Count of Three.
Instantly the men stepped off a
distance of thirty yards, which was
agreed upon.
Are you ready" asked Hickman
as both men put their guns to their
shoulders.
Ready" called Ya2cl
At the count of three both fired and
witnesses saw both men fan, moan
ing with pain Each was given in
slant attention by his friends but
the wounds are not considered very
serious, as the shot had scattered
somewhat.
Several children who had come out
of the Hickman home as interested
onlookers are reported to have been
struck by dying shot, but none was
severely hurt.
1t is reported that following th1
duel the friends of the men took up
the quarrel and pitched battle en-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10
MRS. GARBERS0N
HAS HARD FALL
Sustains Serious Injuries
But is Much Improved
Today.

While attending household duties In
the attic of her home Monday after
noon, Mrs. Carrie Garberson, 400
South state street, stepped from tho
floor into an open stair
way. which was unprotect-
cd by a balustrade, and fell a dis
tance of six feet to the stair steps be-
low. She sustained serious injuries
about her right hip and side and n
deep cash i'm her head.
For a time 1t was Thought that her
condition was critical and 1t was fear
ed that Mrs Garbcrson had sustained
internal injuries. but her condition is
much improved today
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-10

Suicide is more prevalent in Ger
many than anywhere else the most
depressing feature of the vital sta
tistics Of that country being the num-
Der Of children who destroy tlemsel-
YES. But Hungary holds the record
for old age among attempted suicides.
In 1883 Janos Meryessi who was "a
years old, jumped OFF the suspension
bridge at Budapest, into the Danube.
Ire was rescued and explained that he
wished TO end his life, as he was be-
coming too decrepit TO support his
father and mother. This extraordinary
statement proved to be true, Merry
cssi's parents being 1l5 and 40 re-
spectiyelyl and a public subscription
was organized to set them all three
sbove want.