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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
Advance in Value

Marsh lands costing from s1 to s3 an acre are being reclaimed and put on the market at d cost avera ging $S5 an acre and bring anywhere from S1 per acre upward. 1t is said by soil experts that the alluvial lands now un- der reclamation and susceptible of re clamation have potential value of from s200 to $500 an acre. Shrewd monied men of Illinois. Iowa, Pennsyl- vania and New York. seeing these pos abilities, have invested millions of dol lars in Louisiana lands within the past two years. and the tide in this direc- tion has only begun.
 The reclamation of Louisiana marsh lands differs peculiarly from that of any other section, owing to the fact that hand in hand with reclama tion goes napigatiou. Louisisue has nearly 1000 miles of navigable streams. most of which are situated in these rich all Iuvial gulf coast lands. We'll organized systems of drainage districts have been instituted, one connecting up with the other. To drain tract of land canals are dug surrounding the tract. Lat terals are dug leading into the canal and the canals drain thence into the bayous and navigable streams These canals surrounding the reclaimed lands are navigable to barges and power boats. The product of the land is load ed upon these barges, lowed into the bayous, from the bayous into the rivers and lakes, and thence into the markets of New Orleans and the world. These products consist of rice, sugar. cot ton. oranges, grapefruit. corn and an unlimited variety of garden truck. In other words, the problem of transpor tation is solved at once with the prob lem of recla mation and immense cheap marketing of products.
 One of the most interesting experi- ments in late years Is the result of the government tests as to the use of salt marsh soil for cultivation. Experiments demonstrate the fact that. in very short time, the reclaimed salt marsh lands are soon converted into cul- tivable soil through rain wash. Recent government tests have confirmed this and in this manner enormous areas of salt marsh hitherto considered worth less will be brought into cultivation and become equally as valuable as the soil of the fresh water marshes of Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
Ten Deaths From Wreck

Charlotte. N. C., July a.--Two of the negroes, James Warren and Oscar Ford, who were injured in the wreck at Ham let yesterday, died this afternoon in the hospital here. This brings the total deaths up to 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
Rushing to Haiti

Newport News, Va, July 30-The Ger. man cruiser Bremen arrived in port from Montreal and immediately began taking on coal and provisions The Bremen IS under rush orders to proceed to Haiti to protect German interests there ill view of the general uprising. The Bremen will proceed immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
LINING GUNS ARE FRED IN CANADIAN RECIPROCITY WAR Liberal Leader Clearly Its Forth the Issues
 Involved
|IPROCITY IS l NOT A NEW ISSUE
n Premier Asserts Canada Long Struggled for This Op- portunity-Means Much
 to Both Nations

t July so.-The opening gun III aign which will determine the reciprocity pact between the lMtes and Canada was fired to- he liberal leader, Sir Wllfrid N was in the form of an open &he Canadian people and in kth very clearly the issues
 present campaign.
 issue is not a new one, SOclHfts, reciprocity with the rn. wing been sought by 1C ver half a century. The .kive party, he declared,
 verse this lifelong policy %of the past. The enact 8reement, the premier pre- ysnNrther improve the friendly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31
Borden Speaks

R. l.. Borden, opposition leader, in . statement issued tonight declares that the government apparently decided upon the
 dissolution of parliament in hurry, or even in a panic, as no intimatton was given by them to the many members who are accustomed to spend the weekend
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
A MARBLE COMPANY
SEEKS A LOCATION

A proposition for the Commercial
club or individuals in this city to CAPT
talize an imitation marble company,
the factory to be located in this city
was laid before Charles w. Jordan,
secretary of the club, yesterday by a
Dayton Ohio, man who is associated
with others in the manufacture of that
article. Owing to the high fgure of
capitalization placed by the man. $685.
900, it is not believed anything will
be done locally with the matter.
The men who have patents on the
product are now manufacturing it
wherever they secure contracts for
imitation marble work. They desire
to start a factory and enter into its
manufacture on a larger scale. The
samples brought to this city by the
man closely resembled real marble
and seemed to be high grade prod
uct. 1t was declared that the imita-
ton article and could be sold at Il
profit at so cents square foot while
marble of that size sells for about Sc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
NEWS FROM THE LABOR WORLD

Cleyeland's one thousand shirt waist
makers will organize.
4 union of women school teachers
has been formed recently at Glasgow
Scotland
The Duluth Typographical union
will celebrate its twenty fifth anniver-
sary April 80.
One hundred and eishty-four Ameri-
can factories have started branches in
Canada.
The Colorado house OF representa-
tives passed a bin for an eight hour
day Tor working women.
The United Hatters of North Amori-
ca will hold their next annual conycn-
ton at New York on May s.
Masons' helpers, carpenters and
painters may strike at Kingston, Can
ada, May /. for increased wages.
Common laborers in the employ of
the city of Portland Ore. will hereaf.
ter be paid S2.15 day instead of $3.50
The Minneapolis, Mimi. bartenders
| local is now at its highest point OF
membership there being 55l on the
rolls.
The San Francisco labor council has
decided TO demand representation OF
labor on the board of directors of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31

Panama-Pacifc exposition committee.
Two girls have been licensed to op-
crate elevators i'll Milwaukee. WIS.
They are employed al the Y, w, c. A.
and are pronounced among the best
III the city.
The Texas state conference Of brick
layers is now composed of thirty three
unions with total membership of
e.50o The wage scale for the entire
state is SIS a day.
Al a cost to the city of 10 cents
each, 1888 men and women have
been furnished employment during the
year 1910 by the municipal free en-
ployment bureau of Portland, Ore.
California; assembly, by a vote Of
II to passed the Griffin anti-black>
listing bill which makes ii misde-
mean or for any employer to prevent
4 former employee from obtaining new
employment.
In anuary, 1911. 2.01S positions were
secured for men and women applicants
by the Minnesota free employment
agencies as follows: Minneapolis, wo-
men 649. men 3e1; Duluth, women I'll.
men 80. st. Paul. women 200. men
! 119
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
ALODGE MEETING

lola lodge. knights of Pythias. will
meet this evening at the Pythian tenn
pie. Two or three candidates will be
given first rank work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
HE WANTS HIS GIRL
Richmond Youth Writes a
Threatening Letter.

Whether TO turn Chatfield Baker.
20 years old. over to the federal au-
thorities, 10 call a sanity commission.
or prosecute him in city court, Su-
perintendent Gormon of the police de-
partment does not know. Baker was
arrested this morning. after he had
written letter 10 Mrs. James Stack
leather. North Fourteenth street,
threatening her
Baker. according to the police is in
love with 30 year old girl living in
the north end. Recently she went TO
Hamilton, q.
If she don't marry me, states the
letter Baker is alleged TO have writ
ten, she will not live. If you
do not get her back l will do some
thing to harm you
Baker offered the woman $40 to
bring her back. Gormon thinks Bak-
or is weak.minded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
Or, ROSS A SPEAKER
At the Opening of Earlham' S
Spring Session.

DR.. l.. +. Ross. president of the Earl
ham Alumni association. delivered
the opening address of the spring
term. before the student body of Earl.
ham college this morning In the col
lcge chapel DIR. Ross took for the
subject OF his address various Ques-
tions Of u medical nature. which. he
said were at present being agitated by
the public at large. ne spoke at some
length on vaccination and the inspec-
tion of school children by competent
medical authorities as a means To pre-
vent the spread of contagious diseas-
cs. and gave some statistics from the
Chicago public schools which showed
that where systematic medical inspcc.
ton of school children is offered. the
results have been beneficial. In speak.
ing OF the more serious contagious d..
scases, DIR. Ross pointed out that scar.
let fever and diphtheria almost invari.
ably left its victims in an extremely
weakened physical condition for life.
Among the physicians recommends.
tions for checking the spread OF di-
seasc were the proper observance of
quarantine. the adjustment of the
pubic drinking cup, the assistance up
on a pure milk supply and rigid meat
inspection laws. The popular subject
of yivisection was also discussed from
favorable standpoint under present
methods. which the doctor pointed out
were not cruel. but rather humane
DIR. Cathcll. of Richmond. was al.
so on the platform.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
CANNON FINALLY
ELIMINATES SELF
Mann of Illinois Likely to Be
Minority's Choice for
Speaker.
American News Service)

Washington. March 3l.-Joseph G..
Cannon has withdrew his candidacy
for the Speakership, and is said to
have relinquished the honor of even
being mentioned in the caucus.
For weeks his friends have been
urging him To withdraw, representing
to him that the best interests of the
party demanded it, but not until to-
day did he yield 1t was explained to
him that il would be distressing for
the minority party to have the party
thus split emphasized.
II has not yet been determined how
the let down will be effected. One
suggestion is that at the caucus his
name be proposed and thus give him
there. \ later plan is to have Chair
man Currier recognize the gentleman
from Illinois" Mr. Cannon, who will
thercupon nominate his colleague.
James X. Mann. who is to be the Re-
publican floor leader.
Tac Eastern Republicans will sup
port John W. Weeks. of Massachu-
sets for Speaker and he will poll a
strong vote. II is believed that the
vote of the caucus will stand about as
follows: Mann. 80; Weeks. 90. Both
Mann and Weeks, particularly the
latter. are satisfactory to the progress
sive wing in the new House.
Inhn ~ nuyiuhf nf Nauy Nnrl. uhN
has been the Republican whip since
the retirement of Watson of Indiana,
will he supplanted by John q. Tilson.
of Connecticut. a more active man,
Mr.. Tilson was twice Speaker of the
Lower House of the Connecticut legis-
.ature. and he is an expert parliament
tartan and the most popular temporary
presiding officer in the Republican
ranks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
RANSOM WAS PAID;
BOY IS RETURNED
kidnappers of Las Vegas, N.
M. Child Secure $4,000
by Returning Him.
american News Service)

Las Nagas. y. NJ. March 31-The
little son of \. 7. Rogers, a wealthy
attorney. was returned 10 his home
here early this morning by kiduappers
after they had been paid twelve thou
sand dollars ransom at midnight by
Rogers. The kidnappers escaped The
police are searching for them.
Young Rogers is the grandson, and
heir apparent of Judge II. l.. Waldo. a
millionaire. living at Kansas City. He
was Kidnapped several days ago. The
payment OF the ransom was the re-
suit of a letter received from the kid
nappers threatening death TO the child
The mother became seriously i'll and
pleaded with her husband to pay the
money after the efforts of the police
TO locate the child appeared fruitless.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
TO HAVE SERVICE
OVER FLAG POLE
Patriotic Program Arranged
for Saturday at l., H. &
P. Co.'S Plant.

Appropriate exercises in charge OF
the local posts OF the Woman's Re
lief Corps. assisted by the Daughters
of the American Revolution will mark
flag on the large STAFF recently erect
ed by the Richmond Light. Heat and
Power company on the ground ad-
joining its gas plant at First and
Main streets Saturday afternoon at ;
o'clock. The flag staff has been erect
ed by the company for patriotic rea-
sons and TO provide d view Of old
Glory" waving over the heart of the
city
The pole is siXty-seven feet high
and is sunk in seven feet of concrete.
II is made OF iron and measures five
inches in diameter at the bot
tom and two and one-half inches at
the top. II will place the flag suffi-
GENTLY high in the air to be seen
above all surrounding buildings. The
flag is sixteen feet in length and ten
feet in width. one of the largest ever
unfurled in the city.
A very extensive and fitting cere-
mony has been arranged for the occa-
sion. Six small girls, Martha Hol-
comb, Grace Schornstein. Jeanette
Banks, Virginia Livingston. Catherine
Bartel and Loris Johanning, to be
| dressed in white will carry the flag to
the staff. AS the flag is being raised
the poem old Glory will be recited
by Mrs. Anna Fetta. Mrs. Nancy Ha,
zelton will also represent the Won
ans Relief Corps on the program
Members of both these organizations
will attend the exercises in body.
! A Characterization of the Spirit O
70 will be presented by II. kort
wright. Karl Jessup and Sherman
| Kortwright.
All the employees of the Light. Heal
and Power company, between 90 ant
| 20 will be present.
At the close of the exercises. com
mittee composed of Mrs. Henry Sick
man. Mrs. Emma Eggemeyer, Mrs
Charles Holcomb, Mrs. William Beas
! ley Mrs. Schornstein. and Miss LEM
! Leive, will escort the members or th'
/ w. r. c. and d. A. r. through the
gas and electric plants. guides point
ing out the interesting features il
the machinery and equipment Thu
tour of inspection will end in the gen
Grating room at the electric plan
where sumptuous luncheon will b.
spread The room will be elaborated.
decorated with flags and bunting. Fa
vors in the nature of daffodils wi.
be given the guests.
The school children of the city arr
particularly invited to attend by tn
management.
The event promises to be the mos
suspicious of it's kind ever to taxi
place in Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
NIGHT WATCHMkN'S
BODY FOUND TO-DAY
Discovered in the West Wing
of Ruined Capitol-Bad-
ly Charred.
american News ServiCe)

Albany. March 81 The charred
body of Night Waterman Abbott was
recovered from the debris of the
fourth floor of the west wing of the
capitol today.
Despite the labors of a small army
of workmen who are engaged in remov-
ing the debris from the s26,000.000
New York state capitol which was
wrecked by fire early Wednesday
morning it will be weeks and perhaps
months before the structure is restored
TO n condition permitting permanent
occupancy.
The capitol fire has effectually
blocked governor DiX's program to
give New York state the most eco
years One result from the fire may
be an increase in the direct taxation
of the state.
The money necessary to rehabilitate
the capitol will be made in a series Of
appropriations, the first of which will
be 100000.
The senate chamber was best de-
scribed today as "a red plush swamp"
The streams of water poured into the
structure which flooded this official
apartment and left il in a state not
only of wreckage but unsanitary as
well. 1t will require some time TO dry
out the room after the debris has been
removed.
Legislators are expecting an cmerg-
enCy message from Gov. Dix which
will not only embody the request for
appropriations but will ask that the
capital when repaired be equipped
with fire-fighting devices and fire
alarm system.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
COMPANY PLANNED
TO ERECT HOMES
Y. M. B. 6. and Commercial
Club Committees Draw
Up a Resolution.

Assurance that company will be
organized to build on rather extern
sive scale in this city houses for per-
present cOngested condition, was en-
bodied in the resolution passed at the
Joint meeting yesterday of commit
tees appointed by the Commercial club
and the Young Mems Business club to
investigate the home problem" re-
commencing to the two organizations
that the committees be continued. with
the authority to organize a company
to engage in house building. The re-
commentator will be submitted to the
two clubs at their next meetings and
it is authoritatively stated that 1t will
be unanimously passed.
Tentative plans are that about
twenty houses will be built at first. A
number of lots in Riverdale are being
favorably considered because of their
increased desirability in case the Haw-
kins park project carries through while
sites on the old right of way of the
former f. e. r. railroad in the south
part of the city and in West Rich
mond are being thought of.
1t is proposed that the building of
the houses be entered by the COM
pany in conjunction with the two
building and loan associations of Rich
mond. The management of both as
sociatiOns have intimated that they
would agree to the proposition. A
large portion of the capital will be
furnished by the loan associations
The houses will at first be rented to
tenants at moderate rates, from IS 10
ST. month. with d view to having
them purchase them when they are
abe. The rental fees will go to the
committee members as interest on the
money which they put into the build
ing of the houses.
When the tenant decides to pur.
chase the house he will pay the com
mittee the portion of money it has in
terested in the structure and the bal
ance to the loan companies, according
to the usual plan. The purpose of the
committee, it is therefore seen, is to
provide for those who have not suf-
ficient money TO secure homes under
the regular system of the building
and loans associations requiring large
first payments. OF course. there is al
so the purpose to provide more homes
in the city for persons of moderate
means. The money secured from the
sale of the houses will be used for fur
Their building.
The houses will be built it is eX.
pected. at an approximate cost of ST..
900 each. Each will have about five
or six rooms
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
WILL
NOT BE ABANDONED

That the sanitarium which was oper-
ated by Mrs Lydia Hazlitt on West
Fifth street and which. ii was stated
in the Palladium. would be abandoned.
as Mrs. HaZlitt was TO locate in Ne
bras!Sa. has been denied by the latter.
The authorities had understood that
the hospital was TO be abandoned.
But she says she will continue in bust.
ness here. She also says she will pay
the fine recently imposed on her.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
WHAT IS MEANING
OF WORD ANAN|AS2
1t Is Up to the High Courts
Of New York to Decide
the Matter Now.

New York. March 31.-Ananias is at
last To have his day in court. In suit
now pending the reputation Of that
much maligned old gentleman will be
established for all time. The high
courts of this state will be called upon
the decide whether Ananias was as
great liar as he has been pictured by
tradition and by the application of his
name made by certain former Pres
dent.
The suit Is brought by Jacob NJ. Epp-
stein, president of the Foster Debe-
voise Company, Is West Thirty-eighth
street. He demands $4,000 damages
from Frank u. Pelton for being ad-
dressed as Jacob Ananias Eppstein.'
Business Quarrel.
Pelton is the president of the Pyro
Sign Company, one of the institutions
which contributes to the illumination
of Broadway. Eppstein and Pelton
have had business troubles. Eppstein
induced Pelton to take stock in the
Foster Debevoise Company, but there
was a hitch in the negotiations and
lEppstein sued Pelton.
After winning his suit in the courts
Pelton could not resist the temptation
80 gloat over his former friend. He
sent a postal card addressed:
Jacob Anninias Eppstein."
On the reverse side Of the postal
was written:
"Jacob--Your assinine attempt TO
get me to pay $500 for shares of +.
u. Company stock and present same
10 you gratis is another miserable fail.
ure Of yours.
NO more stunts like that by me.
go head. get a reversal Of my judg-
Iment against the +. ID. Company IL You
can. Then see If you can find any
court that will believe your word I'M
der oath"
Eppstein promptly engaged an at
,torney to bring action for libel. In
his complaint Eppstein declares that
his true and real name is Jacob NJ.
iEppstein and that the term and word
'Aninias.' which Is the word the de-
PENDANT misspelled 'Anninias' through
ignorance or inadvertence. was and
'still Is current and implied in common
speech In and about the City of New
York and used In the newspapers and
other publications. so that the public
In general Is well acquainted with the
Significance and meaning of such
word spoken or written"
Eppstein further alleges that the az.
fixing Of "Anninias" to his name has
so Injured his fame and credit and gen.
eral reputation as To bring him into
public scandal. infamy and disgrace
and make him an object Of ridicule
and contempt among his employees. as.
sociates. friends. acquaintances and
the citizens In general.
THE only point at issue is the gen,
eral reputation of Animals" said At.
.torney Markham today. He has been
dead n long time, but will get his day
In court at last. We will now have a
judicial ruling as To whether Aninias
was liar or truthful man"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31

The youngest daughter of the late
Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Maude Howe
Elliott, the wife of John Elliott, the
celebrated English painter today
through her writings bids fair in many
respects to equal the literary genius
of her more than distinguished moth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
A FINAL REPORT

John &. l<eever. guardian of the
minor heirs of the late Clara b. Root.
has filed final report in the Wayne
probate court. The total charges were
$3l1.I? and credits for the same
amount are shown by the guardians
report.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed by the
Clerk Of the Circuit Court OF Wayne
County. State ot Indiana, Administra.
tor Of the estate Of Freeman Burrows
Nelson. deceased. late Of Wayne Coun-
~.
Said estate Is supposed to he SOL
vent.
John Randolph Nelson.
Administrator
VIII W. Keller,
Attorney.
st.-FI
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
Wilson Air Pump Clothes
Washer.

Wanted-Acent in every neighbour.
hood. Write for terms today. DO
YOU TO 1t. wilson Mfg. Co. Co
lumbus. Ohio. 29it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-24
WATERFOWL MAY GET
TWO NEW BUILDINGS
Appropriation of 100000 in Bill
Recommended for Passage at
Springfield.

In the appropriation bill that is now
before the house at Springfield is an
item of $4,000 for two new build
ings at the WATERFOWL hospital. These
are recommended by Colonel Frank B.
Whip, fiscal agent of the board of ad-
ministration of state institutions, after
a visit at Watertown and an investiga-
ton of the needs here. DR.. W. A.
Crooks, superintendent at Watertown,
asked a new amusement hall to replace
the one destroyed by fire a few years
ago. However, Colonel Whip did not
include the amusement hall in his rec
concentration. The new buildings ask
ed for is one to replace the present
camp for tuberculosis patients and to
cost $4,000. and the other for female
patients and to cost 100000. A fire
fighting apparatus TO cost $500 is rec
commended also.