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Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

are not to be any hydrant rentals for
the coming year. What about the
past-due hydrsnt rentals that are
drawing z per cent INTEREST,"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

II is scarcely fair to speak of ball
team az low down Just because it is
near the bottom Of the standing list.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Who lie It dares question what the
school board does with the money at
its disposal, anyway?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Hal Chi is the name Of the Chinese
battleship to visit this country.
Sounds something like the old game
of high-spy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

II anyone thinks that those maya
zine muckrakers will not satisfactorily
explain things he is much mistaken.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Mamma, is that lady tho snake charmer:
Why shes as homely as = mud fence"
Yes, dear, but snakes are not like men
II takes something more than mere personal
beauty TO charm snake."--Chicago Trib-
une.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Our esteemed young English friend,
owen Moran. doubtless discounts our
talk OF a"safe and sane" Fourth.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

The weather man knows how to re-
instate himself in public favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

The farmer to the rain drop-small
faVors thankfully received.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

The late weather also served tc
crowd Mexico off the center.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

When the thermometer reaches 107
II is surely going some.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Dolby was showing off his baby.
Think he looks like me, slithers?" he
asked.
"Well-no," said slithers, looking at the
youngster critically. Hes q queer-look-
ing little cuss, but ! shouldn't 20 SO far
az to say that he looks like you. Judge
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

The Short ballot cannot shrink to
excess.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

The high shoe and the low vitality
go together.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

And now Beverly reappears in the
daily date lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

1T is a great pity that more human
mothers do not treat their children as cats
do their kittens"
I'm what way?"
Cats often give their kittens a good
licking. Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07
POINTED PLEAsANTRIEs.

That's a curious plant you have over
there"
"of course. It lie curious 1t has a right
to be-"
Why has It q right to be curiousY'
because II ts rubber plant. Baltimore
American.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Gibbs-Do you ever thing of the debt you
owe your ancestors?
Dibbs-No; they are not pushing me like
my tailor and grocer.-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

You say you had a sixty-horse power
automobile7
Yes" replied Mr.. Chugglns, and there
were times in the trip when / would have
been willing to trade off all sixty for one
real Observation-Disclosures Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

Property Man-Did your company have a
long run in SQueedunk7
Comedian-They chased us only two miles
out.-Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-07

In our country where can one really
Blase.
I'm Reno, of course. where society goes
through the separator" replied the cy1fc
acridly.-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-12

ought to know puts the aggregate at
$4,000, 600
Maybe that's too high, but all hands
finally agreed that the war had to be
called off. and ii was. Arbuckle is still
refining sugar. and the trust is still
roasting coffee. but a working ar
rangement' was long ago patched up
which neither would like to see bro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-12

ken in any fashion for many reasons.
Richard Parr OF the New York Gus
tom house became the next big figure
in the sugar world. He dug up evil
dences of underweighiTg and other
frauds, and as a result the trust had
to refund more than S2,00O.00O to the
government.
And now the sngar trust is in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-12

- II EXPORT, the summer capital
EN of Americas plutocratic aris-
tocracy. is in the throes OF a
war that for intensity and
thrilling incident puts the recent war
game quite in the second class. The
battle is over the social leadership Of
American society, no one having been
able as yet to assume the scepter laid
down by the late Mrs. Astor of New
York.
danes are Mrs. Ogden Mills. z dauzh-
ter Of the late Maturtn Livingston,
mother OF Countess Granard and of
3frs- Henry c. Phipps. sister Of Mrs.
Cavendish Bentinck OF London and
sister in-Iaw Of Mrs. whitcIaw Reid
Mrs. Kills rival - Mrs. John Z. DrexeL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-12

a representative OF one OF PhiIadel-
phia's most exclusive families. although
the DreXels have for some years been
residents OF New York.
This campaign for social leadership
has been going on for some time, but
it was brought TO a climax with the
big garden party which Mrs. DrexeI
recently gave to introduce her daugh-
ter, Miss Alice, 10 society. Mrs. Mills
issued invitations for a bridge whist
party 70 the same date. and. although
hostesses usually try 70 avoid such
conflicts IN dates. neither lady was
willing to retire from the situation
Mrs Drexel gave her garden party in
spite Of the fact that her daughter was
Just recovering from an illness ard had
70 receive the guests seated.
Mrs. Mills husband is the son Of the
late D. o. Mills. who left 500. 900 900.
She Is a descendant Of the LiVingstons
Of colonial days. At Staatsburg. N z,
she still keeps feudal state at Cler-
mont. her ancestral home. Ocean
Lawn. the Newport villa OF the Ogden
Nils faLaiIy, " one OF the show places !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
ALABAMA HAS PUT
 WILSON UP TREE
Tick Eradication Is Cause of Trouble-Corey to Be
 Independent
By WALTER HARPER

Washington, June 15-tSpecial) J. The tick eradication fight in Sumter county has a lively Washington end. Captain Hobson arrived in Washing ton yesterday and went mmediately to Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department with plea that the fed eral inspectors be retained in Sumter county and that the eradication work be continued
 Secretary Wilson informed MT. Hob son that Senator Johnston had ap- peared at the department with John A. Rogers of Sumter and had insisted that the work be continued. Sec retary Wilson is frank in his confess sion that he is "up tree,' and does not know what to do. He says that the with hdrawa1 of work from Sumter will establish a precedent that would be eagerly grasped by other counties of the state that are fighting and would fight the eradication work. Senator Johnston received today a special re- port from Secretary Wilson which was asked for In a Senate resolution of May II on the eradication of cattle tick in Alabama.
 Senator Johnston asked for the amount of money that has been spent in the state since this work was be- gun, the number of men@employed and from what section of the country they were appointed. The report shows that work was first begun in 1908 in Ala bama. The counties of Butler, Dallas, Fillmore, Jack son, Lauderdale, Lime stone, Lowndes, Madison. Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox have had the at tention of the department The total 607.29 by the federal department alone. The secretary admits in the report that no substantial results have been accomplished. though he claims that conditions have been improved. There are at the present time nine special federal officials of the tick eradication bureau working in Alabama at a total annual salary expense of S13,100, to say nothing of travelling and subsis- tence expenses while away from their stations Only one man employed in Alabama is from any of the southern states, that Is William Youngblood of Florence.
 MT. Johnston takes the position that the eradication of ticks in Sumter county is a local question and should not be interfered with by the federal government. Secretary Wilson declares that if majority of the senators took the same position he would at once re- sign from office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Funny requests made of senators. Bar monopolies by Americans. Nelson attacks reciprocity bill. Pomerene pleads for prosecution. Palmer explains sugar merger.
 Alabama has Wilson up a tree. Chamizal zone divided. Mrs. Ford collapses in Big Four trial. 3-Judges required to furnish lists. 4-Editorial page. 5--Lane turns down yiaduct plan
 Seeks to enjon Tidewater work. Chamber desires full attendance. 6-Sports. 7-Society.
 couple in a motor car. S-Wylam first aid corps given drill. Germany disclaims steamer Gros-
 tuck.
 Bundle of letters in lumber trial 9-Crosscup attacks Sherman law. 11-Markets. 12-Unrest in Honduras denied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
ST. LOUIS SUFFERS
 AS1,0O0,0OOF FIRE

St Louis, June 15.-Losses conserva- lively estimated at more than $1,00O,- 900 were sustained in fire that ragged for hours today in a mar ufacturing dis trict bordering, for four blocks, the terminal railroad yards in the south western part of the city. The plants of the Huttig Sash and Door company Fathman & Miller Flaming Mill com pany, Missouri Stair company, Koken Iron Works, a subsidiary of the Amer ican Bridge company, and the Mound City Box company, were practically wiped out
 The fire is believed to have started in the Huttig plant from spark from a locomotive.
 The tenants of more than 30 flats and dwellings left their domiciles carry ing all they could of their possessions when it was thought their homes were doomed The exodus was found later to have been unnecessary as veering winds carried the flames in another direction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Senator Johnston Talks of Attitude on LOrimer .
 Investigation
FORMER VOTE WAS
 BASED ON EVIDENCE
Editorial Expressions in Washington Indicate That Direct Election of
 Senators Is in the Far | Distant Future
By WALTER HARPER

Washington, June 15-(Special. )--Sena- tor Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama last year received a request from the Cham Der of Commerce of Birmingham that H. lustrates something of the impossible requests that are made on members of the Congress.
 The letter of request written by sec retary J. B. Babb and the resolution adopted by the chamber eliciting the let ter were published in the Birmingham pa pers at the time, but somehow the af- fable secretary neglected to give out the courteous reply of the despairing senator.
 I have been unable to get copy of that letter, Senator Johnston perhaps prefer ring to let the matter drop, but heard the story and the substance of the reply through friends of both parties
 The resolution of the chamber called for copies of all the laws then before the House and the Senate that affected fin any way the industrial and business in- terests of Birmingham.
 Senator Johnston replied in his charac- teristic crisp and jovial manner. There were pending in round numbers 3O,o00 bills in the House and 10000 in the Senate. Some of these bills contained hundreds of printed pages. If the influential members of the Birmingham Chamber of Con- meree would look after his personal and political interests while he was in the act of examining all these bills, which would probably consume about six years, ne would gladly undertake the job. 
 Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama recently received a request from one of his Alabama constituents for a horn whistle This was within the bounds of some reason, but imagine his helplessness when he received a request from another loving constituent for "All the laws of the United States and the Smithsonian In- Gtitute."
 Both senators as well as the congress- men receive numerous requests for mu- sic. All such requests are granted when ever possible. though the government has no music department or free music for distribution. The departments have plen- ty. of publications on the extermnation of the potato bug and other pests, but no music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
THREE ARRESTS IN
 WALKER KILLING

Mobile, June 15.-Daniel Howard. aged 60 years, his daughter, Nettie Howard. aged l7 years, and Carl Daniel. his son. aged 31 years, were arrested at an early hour this morning nine miles east of Chunchula. by Deputy Sheriff Charles Brannan on warrants charging them with the murder of Dr. G. w. Walker at that place two weeks ago, and brought to the county jail today and are held without bail
 If will be remembered that Walker was shot in the neck early one morning while he was asleep in bed The shot was heard by old man Howard. who went into the house and found him in dy-' ing condition.
 Walker vas living at the Howard home and it is said accompanied the daughter of the house to the recent reunion. The warrants were issued at the instance of the county solicitor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Johnston Talks on Lorimer

| I found Senator Johnston at his desk in
 the Senate office building early this
 morning busy with his correspondence. He is always there early and is hard
 worker. He does about half his corre- spondence with his pen and does 1t with remarkable ease and rapidlty. Senator Johnston loves to write and then he says he feels that he gets closer to the man he is writing to in this way than by dicta-
 ton. But I will tell you more of his
 personal habits and methods of work In
 a later article. l want to watch him a
 while at close range.
 He is just now busy again in the in- \ vestigation of Senator Lorimer's alleged fraudulent election to the Senate.
 Many people of the United States
 and especially in Alabama have never understood the position and the action { of myself and the other members of
 the former Investigating committee"
 said the senator. "The question be- fore us was simply on the election of 5Senator Lorimer. We were not called 1upon to decide the fitness of the man flor the place. We were compelled to Stake the evidence before us and de- tcide impartially on the facts laid be- lfore us. There was nothing presented 6et the time of the former investiga- ftion to show that Senator Lorimer did fnot receive a majority of the votes Nor that those votes were secured in a \ Fraudulent manner. There were all sorts Nof hints and reports to the contrary lbut nothing of positive nature that
 could be accepted as evidence.
 Even had the votes been shown as Lfraudulent 1t was necessary to prove Tthat Senator Lorimer was a party or Twas acquainted with such fraudulent Emethods.
 "The additional evidence that is now Ibeing brought out puts a different tphase. on the matter and the present 5committee will act Independently of the lformer decision, of course, taking the ivalue Those members of the present Icommittee who were on the former
 Icommittee will be just as ready to make an adverse report as any mem Der and perhaps readier. for the req lson that they will feel a resentment lagninst the concealment of the real facts in the former investigation. | Senator Lorimer personally or po- litically Is nothing to me. I do not even know him well. Never had but few words with him before the matter Came un at first and have come in con- ytact with him but slightly since. |lvoted in the former investigation &C., cording to the evidence presented and Yin all n-partisan fairness as I would lido in all cases of any nature. I was |lconscious of the fact that I would 'lpro5ably be criticised by people who .ldid not understand but 1 had rather |Igo down .-i defeat not deserving 1t
 than be defeated deserving it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Corey Is Independent

Corey at once win be independent and not a, sub b-station of Ensley as first reported. After looking over the re- pert of inspectors the postmaster gen eral declared that the importance and promise of the city of Corey would not admit of any suggestion that it may be- come a sub station of Ensleys unless 1t
 is finally a part of the great city Of Birmingham. l.. E. Jeffers of Selma, Gregory Smith and Miss Smith of Selma and Secretary Cox of the Mobile Commercial club,
 passed through Washington today. They will sail for Europe from New York Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
WOMAN BURNS
 AT ART SCHOOL

Chicago, June 15.--Mrs. Mary Bracket, 60 years old, was burned to death and her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Beachey, an artist and instructor at the Art Insti- tuition, was seriously burned last night at their home on East Forty-sixth street
 While preparing supper Mrs. Brackett's s clothing became ignited and when at- tempting to rescue her mother the lace gown of Mrs. Beachey took fire.
 Mrs. Beachey will probably recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
WANTS PAPERS
 TO NAME OWNERS

Washington, June 15l "A bill providing that every newspaper must print in a con spicuous place the name of the owner or was introduced today by Representative Parnhart of Indiana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Sparks Does We'll

Greenwood. Miss. June 15.-Baxter Sparks, pitching for Vicksburg against the local team of the Cotton States league, allowed no hits and no runs in the first game of today's double header the first no-hit, no-run game of the season in this league. Sparks also pitched the second game, but was hit freely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Amendment Is Far Off

The following editorial in the Wash
 ington Post. an independent newspaper
 with a leaning to repubicanism gives
 an honest and popular view of the pro
 posed constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by the people,:
 Ut is in order for the visionary and the professional reformer to shout with joy, now that the Senate has passed the resolution giving the states chance to amend the constitution by providing for the direct election of senators. The mil lenniuin is just over th, hill! The people have come into their own!
 "The cheerfulness of the constitution tinkers must be made of durable stuff, however, if 1t is to last through the long i time that must elapse before this funda- mental change Is made, There will be \ CONTINUED ON FACE D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Duel Is Called Off

Paris, June 15.-Regarding the report
 from Madrid that Alfonso Ruiz de Grijal-
 da, editor of the Piario De La Marina, Of
 the Spanish capital. had left for the from tier and would fight duel today with
 Andre Tardieu, foreign editor of the Paris
 Temps, it wap stated at the Temps of, flee this afternoon that no duel had been arranged. According to the announce ment from Madrid, Grijalda had chal- 'c,f '"se ss Ofsense tai5en at q po- dealing with relations of France and | .. ,,...-. .. -.--. )CNe. o.-~Oe-4e-- sS~
 be with swords and to occur at Biarritz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
SIXTY FOR RECIPROCITY

} Washington June 15.-7The Cana
 dian reciprocity bill now has 60
 votes in the United States Senate,
 } according to the White House
 count. The Root amenoment will
 be killed by d comfortable major
 ity in the same body, say the men } who nave studied the situation for } President Taft. The President has } expressed the conviction that a } combination of republicans and } democrats would defeat the amend , ment and two-thirds of the Senate , would vote for the bill i-self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
More Postal Banks

Washington June 15.-Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock today designated 50 addi- tional postal savings banks, making a total of 700 established to date Amons the offices named today are: Fordyce Ark; Somerset, Ky; Hobart. Okla; Co- lumbia, Tenn. and Corpus Christi, Tex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
COURT DIVIDES
 CKAM|ZAL ZONE
Both Countries Dissent and Arbitration Considered
 a Failure

| Fl Paso, Tex, June 15.-The inter national arbitration, court which has been sitting In the so-called Chamizal zone case in Fl Paso to decide owner ship of s7.O00,oOo worth of property in the southern part of Ell 'Paso, today rendered its decision which Is a com promise The decision gives Mexico part of the land In question and Fl Paso part of it. Both the United States and Mexico dissent
 The Chamizal case has been in con tention bewteen the American and Mex ican governments for more than dozen years. It was brought to the fore when J. W. Warder of California filed suit here to ousts persons holding title to the land under the Texas laws, Warder alleging that he held title from Mexico Warder declared the land had been thrown into the United States by sudden change of the river and that, therefore, it belonged to Mexico ac- cording to treaty
 The United States has contended that the change which, according to treaty, would give the land to the United States in the river, had been gradual. But Mexico cites numerous full grown trees between the former river channel and the present river on American soil as proof that the change had not been gradual and that the land remains Mex can soil.
 Tle two governments being unable to agree on the ownership of the land, treaty was adopted providing for ar bitration.
 The tract is and always has been phg- i, sieails and gtoeraphically @ part ot the city of Fl Paso Tex. About GOOD of the O,00O inhabitants of El Paso live upon the tract
 The opinion and award of the commis- sion are indecisive. The net result of the opinions of the three commissioners. which agrees only on certain points, is an attempted division or the tract be- tween the United States and Mexico. the suggested dividing line being the river as it ran in 1884, a line which the com mission does not attempt to relocate, and which is impossible of relocation.
 The decision marks a notable depar- ture 1t is the first attempt so far as Is known in the history of Jurisprudence to divide accretion land upon the theory that slow erosion would change the boun- dary line and that rapid erosion would not.
 Washington, July 15.-As understood the decision in the Chamizal zone case means a practical failure of the tribunal. It is believed here that the whole case must be relegated to diplomatic adjust ment
 Mexico City, June 15.-Smiling an of ficfal of the foreign office remarked that Mexico was quite satisfied with the de- cision of the court. and intimated that the report when made public officially would show that Mexico had been the winner. He declared that the statement that an equal division of the disputed territory had been made was inaccurate.
 Unofficially 1t was stated tonight that the report made to the Mexican govern ment is that the arbiters did effect compromise, but that four-fifths of the district was declared to be Mexican ter ritory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Mott Gets Medal

Philadelphia. June 15.-Richard Mott of the Huntington Valley Country club won the medal for the qualifying round in the golf tournament for the Lynn wood Hal, cup which opened today with entries from all sections of the coun- try His score of 7.6 ties the club rec ord for the course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Taft Joins Touring Club

Washington June 15-President Taft today accepted honorary membership Tn the Touring Club of America and was presented with a set of the official auto mobile blue books of the club and a gold emblem to be placed on his car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Wireless Equipment Compulsor

l, Washington, June 15.-After the } first of next month ocean going
 ], vessels carrying more than fifty } passengers will be liable to a fine
 } of s5oo0 unless they are equipped
 } with wireless telegraph apparatus !, capable of transmitting messages
 } to a distance of not less than one } hundred miles. } Three inspectors, in charge of the b Atlantic, middle Atlantic and Pa : cific divisions, and collectors of ' customs are authorized to enforce : the law.