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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
CHICAGO AVIATION
 MEET IS SUCCESS
Series of Accidents and Bad Weather Fails to Mar
 Events

Chicago. August 12.-A series of ac- cidents that put three aeroplanes out of business without injuring their drivers. together with a darkened sky that threatened to develop into a down pour at any minute, did not serve to mar the success of the first day of the international aviation meet today. While no records were broken, the number of aviators participating and the total time spent In the ar ex- ceeded the expectations even of the flyers.
 AAthur B. Stone and his mechanic, in queen monoplane, suffered the most serious accident, their Iall re- sembling that in Which Moisant met his death. They mad risen to a height of 40 feet when suduen gust o1 WInu struck the cdr and as stone attempted a sharp turn it overturned. Botn Tell unuer the aeroplane. put missed the eugine and escaped practically unnurt. Almost .immedlateiy a1terWard rank (. Conyn, by an earthward sWoop, struck the monoplane In Whlch Rene simon was rising, disabling Slmon's car so IL could not De used.
 The machines driven by St. CroiA Jonnstone, James V. Martin and Capt. Paul W. Beck also were uamased N n.Ie alIgntlng. In 10 case was the aV1ator hurt.
 incomplete arrangements for hand ling the aViatorS and lack ot prepara- ton for events necessitated cutting the programme and only part Of the ilst- ed events took place instead the asia- tors started at once after endurance ana attitude marks. attracted Dy the $2 offered Tor each minute oI sustained flight.
 Earl l.. Ovington was the winner in the two chief events that were started. Ide defeated Thomas Sopwith Tn the 1o-mlie areoplane race, making tnee To laps Tn z3 minutes and 5l seconds. Sop witn ended me race ill SIX seconds greater elapsed time.
 Ovington also won the 14-mile race across water, the course being two trips from the judges stand around 8 crib three and one-half miles out In the lake. Ovington completed the course in IF minutes, 13 seconds. Sop with again was second with IT min utes, 20 seconds. Stone was third with 19 minutes, 30 seconds.
 Unofficial estimates gave both tht altitude and endurance contests to w G. Beatty.
 owing to the confusion of cars thu 
 judges were unable to keep track ol their identity or starting time, and al a late hour had been unable to figure the official winner of either. Unoffi clal timers recorded Beatty as having been in the air ? hours and 4b minutes and having reached an altitude of 7S0' | feet. A. L. Welsh was second with { | total time of hours and 3 minutes | c. P. Rodgers was third. remaining il the air hours and 1 minute. 1 It was reported among the aviator
 tonight that Lincoln Beachy probabl,
 would be disciplined for violating thu
 associations rules prohibiting taking
 unnecessary risks. Twice Beach.
 descended from high attitudes in sharI | spirals that brought the occupants o l the grandstand to their feet. At on | time his car stood nearly perpendicu lar and 1t was feared he would be up able to recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

couraging.
 With the best intentions, may I in- quire as to your candid views on this subject?
 ''Is there, In your good judgment, immi- nent danger of the party losing the state?'
 Rankin asks the favor of candid infor- nation regarding the illinois situation.
 New York. August 12.-Charles D. Hiles, secretary to the President. de- clined tonight to admit the authorship of letters said to have been written by him in behalf of President Taft to persons in Illinois, asking for an estimate of the work of the present administration or to discuss them
 "If I wrote letter and marked it con fidential, I think it would be a dangerous thing to discuss it., MT. Hilles said. 1I would not care to talk about anything that I may have written on White House stationery and marked confidential"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
TAFT STUDYING
 POLITICAL MAP Hilles Sending Out Confi- dential Letters Request
 ing Information

Chicago, August 12.-According to fn- formation published here today there has been brought to light an extensive cam paign conducted in secrecy from the White House and other federal offices in Washington in behalf of President Tafts candidacy for reelection In 1912
 Charles D. Hilles, secretary to Presi- dent Taft, and George Rankin, who is national bank receiver, are said to have sent out a large number of confidential letters in the nature of inquiries con- corning popular sentiment upon the Pres ident and his administration.
 Each letter sent out by MT. Hilles upon White House stationery enclosed anoth- CT communication which in detail sets forth all of the claims for achievement and benefits under President Taft's re- gime.
 The enclosure is a typewriter copy of a letter sent byathe Presidents secretary some time ago to Frank P. McLennan of Topeka, Kansas. This document is look ed on as the first political communication of the coming campaign and furnishes the basis for argument to be made Tor President Taft next year.
 The text of Secretary Hilles' letter is as follows:
 "Confidential.
 The White House.
 "Washington, D. C.. August 9, 1911.
 My Dear Sir--I should be very glad to have you write me your estimate of the work of the present administra- ton and to have you give me frank statement as to the sentiment of the people in general and the republicans in particular with respect to the course of the President. Such a letter would be treated as confidential unless you were willing that it should be later utilized by some reputable newspaper engaged in endeavoring to sense the situation.
 T have recently mad occasion to write a friend in Topeka, and am talk ing the liberty of enclosing copy of this letter in order that you may have my personal point of view Sincerely yours, CHAHLGS U. HlLLES. In Mir Rankins letter he said in part: ITO an Illinois man up a tree, long distance from home, the political situ- ation in the state does not appear en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Swats Flies With Soap
, the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 A physician living on the South Side has invented a rather novel method of ridding his house of flies. An ordinary drinking glass half filled with soap suds is placed in a convenient window sill. A slice of bread with small hole cut in the middle and spread on the under side with molasses covers the glass. The flies alighting on the bread crawl through the hole to get the mo- lasses. There they are soon overcome by the fumes from the soapy water and fall into it. In few hours the glass is filled with them. The physician Is very enthusiastic over the invention, for. he says. 1t Is much easier than chasing flies all over the house and then killing only few
 Ut is also safer" he added, than the method I read of in Tuesday night s Star. telling of a grocer who used pan of formaldehyde. I do not doubt the success of the plan. but formaldehyde is deadly poison, and it would be oad thing to keep around the house where there are children. The soap suds method is convenient and cheap anu brings excellent results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
To Indict Beattie

Richmond. Va. August 12.-Hsnry Clay Beattie. Jr.. of South Richmond. who stands accused by coroner's jury of having murdered his young wife on the Midlothian turnpike of Chesterfield couh- ty on the night of July IS will be in- dicted Monday. The indictment of Be- attic will be purely perfunctory and just when the trial will begin is probleme&ical. IL is not probable, however, that both sides will be ready for several days after the indictment is returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Evans Defeated

Chicago, August 12-Bob Gardner of Hinsdale defeated Chick Evans of Edgewater one up in the 36 hole final match, Glenview II cup. today when Evans sliced his drive to the trees at the thirty-sixth hole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
DIR. PERRY TREATS 1000
 CASES OF HOOKWORM
Ask for Roads Bond Issue Election in Perry
 County

Marion, August 12.-(SpeciaL)-Dr H. c. Perry closed the hookworm cam paign of 30 days in Perry county to- day, after having treated almost one thousand cases. Public lectures were given at various places and the citizens were urged to give more attention to the sanitary conditions of the homes, The board of county commissioners have arranged for pr. C. B. Robinson to hold free clinics at the courthouse or Saturdays, when a large number of
 persons will be given benefit of the treatment.
 The Progressive association is mak- | ing an effort to secure an expert from
 Auburn to come to Marion next Tues day and give the leading farmers of the county detailed information as to the methods of clearing the cotton fields of army worms, now threatenin g the destruction of the top crop. The board of county commissioners
 will meet on Monday and the question
 of issuing s110,000 of road bonds, to
 build good roads, will be brought be- fore the board by the commercial or
 ganizations of Marion and Uniontown. Very little opposition has so far de-
 veloped and it is the general opinion
 here that the election will be called in September
 Mrs. Thomas c. Brown died at the family residence on Washington street
 Thursday night. She is survived by two sons and three daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Vivian Meeting Postponed

Last night Charles E. Rice secretary of the saloon opposition, went to Wylam to speak but owing to a misunderstand- ing the speaking was not held. It seems that the band stand at the terminus of the Wylam car line is generally used for the platform for public speaking. It be- longs to the First Aid brass band of that city, who give band concerts on Saturday nights They refused to give up the stand to the speakers so the meet ing was postponed until fture date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
ARBITRATION BILL
 AMENDED BY THE
 SENATE COMMITTEE
oCoNTINUED FROM PAGE D

excluding from arbitration all ques tions involving the national honor and vital interests" had been super ceded in the pending conventions by a provision including within the terms of the treaty "all diffef-nces which are justifable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of law of equity" This change. he said. was wide enough to bring almost any question within the range of settlement.
 MT Borah expressed himself as sat isfied that the elimination of this pro- vision would relieve the treaties of ob lection, but in the Senate the objection was reviewed by Senator Poindexter or Washington, who said he feared that even with the paragraph out these questions of such vital interest to the Pacific coast would be held to be with in the Jurisdiction of the proper tri- bunal of arbitration.
 Senators Lodge, Root, Burton and oth- these questions could be raised under the compacts with France and Great Britain, but taking these as mere forerunners of like treaties with all the civilized pow CTS, they pointed out the strong prob ability of bringing Japan and China within the circle.
 In this connection reference was made to the Presidents recent suggestion to Admiral Togo that Japan prepare to join in a compact similar to those already en- tered into.
 eSnators Lodge, Root. Burton and oth- CTS defended the treaties as in the inter est of march of progress and all declared them innocent of the possibilities sug- gested.
 Tn making the motion to report the trea- | ties, MT Borah said the Senate should 1 be given opportunity to express it's | approval of the arbitration and that it | should not be deprived of that privilege because of a modification of these par ] ticular agreements. The motion received l the support of all the members present
 except Senators Cullom and Burton who
 cast their votes ip the negative on theory that the Presidents wishes for delay as 1 regards the amendment should be com | piled with. On the vote to amend Sena-
 tors Cullom, Burton and Root were rec
 orded in the negative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

For appropriate floral offerings phone n See Godden's Seed & Flower Store, 20ls First avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Taft Disappointed

Beverly, Mass, August 12.-President Taft was keenly disappointed today to learn that the Senate foreign relations committee had decided to put the knife to the British and French general arbi- tration treaties and to report them to the Senate in modified form. This was not unexpected but the President still had hopes the committee would accept the treaties as they were.
 In spite of the disappointment he felt over the changes in the treaties, which indicate the probability that they must go over to the next session, the President fn- tends to keep up his fight to have the pacts accepted in full. Already. he has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
allacious arguments of the opposition

fallacious arguments of the opposition exploded.
 '"rhe egotists of the opposition are cordially invited to attend and hear some plain English We hope to show the people just how plain English we can speak. Mr. Victor H. Hanson, pub lisher of the Birmingham News. will preside. Ladies especially invited "DR. H. A. ELKOURIE, "ISApORE SHAPIRO."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

LICE JOY. Undertaken. Phones 7es.
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SHAW. the Undertaken. Phones 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

GREEN Undertaking Co, Phones 1o0'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

In view of the several attacks that have been made on them by the op- position, Isadore Shapiro and Dr. H. A. Elkourie have rented the Bijou theatre for next Thursday night at which place they will answer their critics. They have issued the following signed state ment:
 '.The leaders of the Saloon Opposi- tion league, in their pitiful attempt to defend a losing and discredited cause are seeking to arouse the prejudices of the people by ludicrously' assailine us. They have repeatedly referred to us on the stump as 'foreigners' a bunch that canont speak plain English who don't dare compete with us or the stump and have made other mar row-minded allusions.
 We deem It our imperative duty first. as men second, as Americans-in dependent of political affiliation-tt publicly condemn these incorporate ut ferances of purported temperance apostles.
 Therefore we invite all lovers of de cency and fair play, all true Ameri cans, to attend rally at the Bijou next Thursday night. August 17. at o'clock to jndee for themselves thu lfruhtfulness of these infammatory ant lsiKoted utterances and to hear th'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

"His store had burned down-he was
tradesman-and he did not know whe'her
he would be able TO rebuild. Then the
very next day. his wife was bitten by
dog that was supposed to be mad and they
we're watching her to see II she sho"ed
signs of rabies. In addition to tnat' ne
said his daughter had left town with
married man. II the rest Of his tale was
true cold not wholly blame that daughter
We tried to get information regarding MI.
Ianlks from the cashier OF the bank IN
bis tovn and after a little delay we were
,nforrned that his tale was true so iaf as
the daughter was concerned. she had ieis
town with a married man; the man was
her husband. and she had just had very
stylish and expensive wedding.
His wife had been bitten by dog. ana
the bite was almost perceptble 70 the
naked eve. The dog was puppy aoout
eiv weeks old, and jerks had paid several
hundred dollars for him at bench snow.
He had had fire in his store, and oelng
q prominent man in the community anu
an insurance agent, the company had al
ready paid him the full amount Of mis- pol
icy. which. the bank thought, would con-
siderably more than cover any loss. In
fact. the cashier judged that jerks mac
enough over to pay for the puppy.
Just that same day we had another iet'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

! a convict colony. There he died, and Gen
eral Powell Clayton, the American Min
| lister at that time, started an investigation
which led 10 the arrest of Candldo Her
nandez. a wealthy tobacco planter. The
latter was in prison IN Tuxtepec and OAK
aca for several years. and an indemnity of
$4,000 was paid Green's sister.
During the recent revolution many of the
hobo element became soldiers of fortune
in the Madoro army and rendered valuable
aid to the cause of the insurrecto leader.
/ When the war was over they drifted back
to the old haunts, and to-day you will find
! them telling their stories Of hard luck to
whosoever will lend Il willing ear.
Few criminals are found among the
American tramp element and few daring
robberies hayc been committed by Amer-
| can crooks. y government paymaster of
! 'Zapadores" was robbed by clever Ameri-
can crooks of over 5000 several years ago.
| The criminals were arrested and are to-
| day serving time in Belcn, NeXico's IA
nous prison. Several gangs Of American
/ ''yeggmen," one in Chihuahua, another in
Oaxaca. were captured and sent up for
long terms. Mexico City is one of the best
| policed cities in the world. Under General
! Felix Diaz. nephew OF the ex-President,
the police department vas reorganized and
made efficient
! a number OF years ago the foreign
tramps became so numerous I'm the larger
cities that Article 50 OF the Mexican Consti-
tLtion which calls fer the deporting OF un-
desirable and dangerous foreigners, was en-
! forced. Nightly squads Of Mexican secret
. m ba sba, ,tgt,
rounded up all who could not give a satis-
factory excuse for being out OF work
These men were given time TO get out and
many were given transportation TO the
Texas border
The American permanent residents of
Mexico have a benevolent society and an
excellent hospital TO which any American
, Is admitted. Clothing and financial aid are
sven TO those VINO prove worthy aud de-
serving. In this hospital have died scores
oil Americans buns 80 per cent OF them
from chronic alcohC Clism. Many Americans
Ih distress IN The tropics VINO speak Span.
$50 manage 10 make a few dollars acting
aa guides or Interpreters. The simon pure
hooo abhQra works. and as one expressed
himself: II never work while ! sot ms
health
The failure OF leading bank In Mexico
CITY several years ago was a severe blow
TO the American business interests IN the
republic but to the well dressed CRATER It
was means Of obtaining money. All OF
them Immediately began to tell their story
of having all their funds tied up by the
failure and asked loan for few days
Many Of them got by with this story.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

Of a touch from this class is a peseta (2o
cents.
The better class bum" continued my in
formant. after l had made "A distress signal
to the fat Spanish bartender. when he
first hits Mexico City works his friends,
and later takes UP all the resident Ameri-
cans who are engaged in his same line Of
business. Tnen he watches the newspapers
which daily publish the arrival of Amer
can guests at the hotels. a pair of riding
breechos and pair of English puttees have
made many man call himself u mining
engineer in Mexico.
AS for myself, l have found the oldtime
American business man the fall guy Tor
d strong touch. To get to this class YOU
must be a good conversational st, talk on
any subject and make good. After while
you wear cut, and you must then become
a steer That u.s. the bum picks W a new
fellow bum and sends him against the
same people from whom he himself has
begged money The steer and his pupil
divide the amount obtained and 20 w,n
does the steer know his victims that there
is no chance for the student 10 hold olt
on his Instructor"
] was much interested with my inform
ants talk, and after l bought drinks for
him and several friends he Introduced me
TO a number Of the local colony, Americans
and Engl!shmen, who mad been rich and
prominent. and who had as civil engineers.
built hundreds of miles of Mex can rail
roads. Eere in this place had died "the
court Polish nobleman, victim of the
white line" drinks. ! knew him when he .
was in wealth and influence. lId, mad he
lived SIX weeks longer, another $3.,00
would have been rad him. Here / me,
Jacob l., once the richest American in
Mexico city, and who brought the first
American aaWmii 20 the country, a for .
mer captain in the United States army; IN
actor who not so many years ago was
well known along Broadway, a former .
American naval officer; chemists who had
drawn fabulous salaries from the leading
mining companies; men OF prominence in .
all walks OF iie-all victims OF The white
line" drinks. and from tfem all the harp
er," who had been my guide to Mexico
City's underworld, received homage ard
respect.
There is nothing 10 it." Continued "the
harper" The buns money Ell goes for
drink No good tramp ever asks another
for help, no matter how dire may he ms
need but Il Is an uHwutten law that a
fellow tramp must always buy q drink"
The American bum has once IN Mexico
caused the American government 10 be in
VOWED. Mike Green an INDECENT Amer-
can, was rounded Up with a bunch Of poems
and sent TO the Vale NaciOnal, at that tne
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

quick enough. They wrote me that no case
of contagious disease had been reported in
that street for more than a year and asked
me if had any knowledge Of any such to
please advise them at once. so that they
could take proper sanitary precautions"
Under those circumstances it was OF
course, your duty to send them all the in
formation you had so that the community
might be protected" laughed the physician.
That is exactly the way | looked upon
II" aSsented the publisher, but first l sent
an expressman in the city an order on
Smith for the books and wrote Smith a
letter telling him that we were so accus-
toned to handling bacteria Of all sorts IN
this part Of the country that germ or two
more or less would not disconcert us. and
added very emphatically that ! should ex-
pect him to deliver my property to the ex-
pressman Immediately upon his calling
for It.
The day after I wrote the Board Of
Health and told them that Mr.. Smith had
done some business with us, and | had no
reason TO doubt his word. but that he had
stated that his wife had just gone through
lens siege Of smallpox and that evidently
from his letter the articles in Tie house
had not been disinfected. ! diiated on the
fact that this was endansering the lives
OF a number Of the inhabitants of their
fair city and that l knew they would do
their duty in the matter.
Il cali imagine what that Board OF
Health did TO that house when It's employees
got there" chuckled the physician.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

so can l." said the publisher but
what else could / do? The expressman
got my books all right the day before, but
judge when about four tons OF sulphur
fumes and untold chlorine gas were let
loose in Smiths house that he wished he
had not written ne that little fairy tale.
saw 10 II that no denial OF his part
then would count with the Board Of Health
people. for l sent them his letter. end If
he dii deny Il TO them they would noe
have believed him
Ever suike any worse instance OF in
fection that could be traced TO the ins al
ment business" asked the doctor
con, yes. That was a mild incident. One
OF my salcsmen took al order from the
president Of q Young Mems Christian As
socia;ion III thriving, growing town. The
organization was large one, ard our
customer, nj Jones, received very good
salary. we filed the order without insist
ing upon the usual payment being made