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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
HANDSOME D|LLARD HOME IS BURNED Highland Avenue Loss Was
 Over $17,000 SPARKS ON THE ROOF Family Had Retired and Members Were Awakened by Some
 One Knocking on
 the Door

The magnificent home of NJ. l. billiard, 203O Highland avenue. a prominent in- surance man of the city, was almost de- stroyed last night by a fire which was discovered at Il s5 o'clock
 The fire. according Ito MT. billiard, caught from. sparks on the roof from chimney. About 9;3O o'clock, states MT Dillard, an old negro man knocked on his door and told him that sparks from a chimney were settling on the roof of the house. MT. billiard went out and looked at it, but states that as fast as the sparks would strike the roof they would go out. About II o'clock the fam fly retired and in few minutes they were awakened by someone knocking on the door.
 Mir billiard states that he did not an swer the door, but saw the fire from tho inside and began trying to get the fire department, but had trouble in getting central In his own words, q nearly tore the phone from the wall trying to arouse central" After they were notified the fire department responded, Companies Nos 2 and , answering the alarm Chief Bennett attended the fire in person.
 Practically. all the. furnishings on tho UrSt noor were saved, Dut those on tne second floor are total loss. The roof of the house is where the main part of the aamaae was done. the firenlen pre- venting the fire from spreading to other parts of the house or to adjoining houses.
 MT. billiard states that his house wa heated by d furnace in the basement and that the only fires in the house were that in this furnace and a small one in the crate in Mrs Dillards room He state~ that sparks from either fire may have caught the root. but he is not able t' determine which as the chimneys fror both the grate and furnace gre on the same side on which the fire was first di~co~ered.
 He states that re has sea'o r77H7 inc houee and s"Oon on his frrri ire. Tn vot-e of both hcrso n fffnt 'Nn2s | plaoc4 at ai7oeo MT n'ilard -+af'A la vi Nt ..af f rae frv'rcrTifio for hin ' eq.ir4a.e the an1ornt of loss he woul4 st'eeer from the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
BLUE INAUGURATED
 SURGEON GENERAL

Washington. January 13.--Dr Rupert Blue today was inaugurated surgeon gen. eral of the public health and marine hos pita. service. succeeding the late Dr. Wal ter WyInan. He took the oath of office in the presence of Secretary of the Treas ury Macveagh. Assistant Secretary Rally and all of the chiefs of divisions of the treasury department
 In an address to the new surgeon gen. eral, Secretary MacVeagh paid tribute to the life work of pr. Wyman and inn pressed his successor with the opportunity open to him for constructive endeayors in rding and promoting the health of tn. nation. The present state of the ser vice. he declared, was monument to Dr. Wyman It's efficiency and scope as now organized, however. were only the begin ming of greater things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--Rebels drive Manchus from throne. No abatement of cold wave.
 Roosevelt-Lang correspondence made
 public. French cabinet muddle has been
 solved. 2--Live stock board meets at capital 3-Seventh district school to resume
 Tuesday.
 Ordinance aimed at blind tigers. l-How the three newspapers interview
 ed Mr. Weatherly 5-Industrial men resent work of muck
 rakers.
 A court organization on business lines
 whicl has met the greatest needs of
 American institutions. 6--The Broken Bow of Israel. by C. r.
 Markell . 7-Further suggestions to improve court
 work. s-Will build new depot at Ensley. 9-Colonel Gentry in Birmingham. 1o-Cost of operating auto fire wagons. 11-Of current interest and otherwise by q
 Man of Leisure. la-Heart to Heart Talks, by Edwin A.
 Nye. l5-Bf den on back of professionals. -6-.o vernment is worried a0-Cannon lectures on Mormenism. IA First Aid Demonstration, by Ethel
  z-Paper and wood.n articles. 5-All ca " f2 A. E. C. excursion. t4-London society. 6--S ciety. g7-IIoi ses replacing Paris automobiles. gs-Ned Brace talks about city affairs. Editorial comment. ea-rsV Tines or unning for office. Men Who Have Made Alabama, by
 B. r. Riley.
 After Tariff Reform-What Else? by
 A. B. Realle.
 Home. Sweet Home," by Dr. w. F.
 Evans.
 Priesthood in Professionalism, by George
 Eayes, b. D. 30-Smail things that make the wrong. 3t-polly's Sunday page. 33-Navy conditions worry Germany. 34-Theatres. 35-Fables in Slang, by George Ade. 36--Falf hours with Dickens. esJ4 37-Pcat Pomances of the Business World Educating Our Little Brown Cousins,
 by Frank q. Carpenter. 1a 3s-Our Young Folks. 4 ~s-uarkets sfSi 40--Oscar Underwood by Ralph R. Silver 4l-Jirnmy and The Coil 4e-'Twas a Dark and Stormy Night. 43-The Hooligans Meet Sir Guy Hooli-
 gan.
 Howsop Lot. A-Dr.s Pill Shoots the chutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
American Marines There

Washington. January 13.--Nin' hun fred men of the Unite St tes rf korps. 1t was learned today, n |,hina, dfspa chad there fl m fe 'iVl |p T in m Il numbers i,c |, The Cnite aSts fc eel Sqr pc for it's own share Of tise in k a .sal work in CA na.
 Tn October when official ar1 pftfat, eoarts from Admiral Mu-dock. tho . nm nder in chief of the Asiatic feel Ind marine off cers in the far easi vere received by officials here they egan to re ilize the probable exten' . f the disaffection in China.
 Very quietly and without awaiting ny instructions from the statf de- artment, movement was begun to trengthen the, small force of marines hen in China. At that time it con tsted of only 127 enlisted men and I've officers. comprising the American kgation guard at Picking. Little by little resnforcements were sent for hard. only one detachment was largo las composed of Is officers and about Do marines, commanded by Major Ban on. which quietly slipped over from tanila to Shangh2i, where the men ow are quartered aboard d naval yes el, ready to be landed at moment F |otice. There are other smaller de- kchments aboard the cruiser Saratoga nd on several other naval vessels ly- e in Chinese ports.
 Altogether almost q full regiment of
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
DIRECT EVIDENCE IN PACKERS CASE Show That They Padded Prices-Had False
 Test Cost

Chicago. January 15.-GoTernment at torneys prosecuting Chicago meat packers on charges of violating the sherman anu trust law brought out today the first direct evidence by which they expect to show that the packers concealed proh's and set a false cost price upon which to base the price at which retailers got their supplies.
 The governments accusation is that the packers in making up this arbitrary test cost price overstated the actual cost and subtracted from ia only substantially half the actual profit from by-products' thereby compelling the retailer and con sume, to pay prices based on cost much greater than the actual cost.
 Testimony brought out today was de- signed by the federal attorneys to show how this price might be padded, and 10 sutstantiate tho allegations that 1t was padded.
 Chief Accountant II. A. Timmins or Morris & co. testified that since 1s1 on certain large purchases of live cattle only 4 to 6 cents a pound were allowed for hides and 3 cents pound for fats. The government colItends III tilia ihstah'e that in making up the test price on which selling figure was based the packers would add. to the price per pound paid in tho yards and on the hoof, certain Kill ing cost, from that figure would be sub tracted an allowance for hides at to cents pound, and for fats 3 cents a pound while in reality the hides realized from to IS cents a pound and fats up tc ] cents a pound.
 By this system the government tried to show today false cost price was set, a hidden and excessive profit obtained and he retailer and consumer made to pay for it.
 When court closed attorneys for the
 yernment were reading into the record
 yares fro the account books of Moilis
 so ms purcaasss and sales since sae hsuies h which the test
 rN ; HA.ch aee ac6ed. were q fs4rt nec c- $ .f.s tsl4tt Alto. hey znlc.. x is erson said lo~4y t might taiee iriisee week. to read ilto he record the ufes from the accounts of all the diff f.rent companies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
CHILD ALMOST HUNG

A1exan9er City, January 13.-(special.l- This afternoon about o'clock. while nlaying in lis little swing in the nursery little Lex .Askew. baby son of pr. and Mrs A. W. Askew of this city, became entangled in ropes connected with the swing and when found by Mr4 Askew the cblld was apparently dead fro.n strangu- lation, hanging in the swing.
 Medical aid was instantly summoned and after q hard, long struggle by piysi- clans. the child was finally made to breath, but, late this afternoon had not re gained conHciousness. It is feared that the spinal cd 's injured from synp- tcms shown, tn Tsibly may not yet recoy~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Boyce Indictment Dismissed

Fort Worth, Tex. January lS.-The in- dictment charging A. G. Boyce with the abduction of Mrs J. B. Snead from this city was dismissed today. This was done ,n motion of County Attorney Baskin lnsufficency of evidence to sustain the indictment was the reason advanced for requesting the dismissal. Boyee and Mrs. snead recently went to Winnipeg, Mani toba. Mrs, Snead was joined by her hus- band and returned to Texas. Boyce was relcase1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Bryan Wants Report

Washington. January 13.-Renewed ef- forts to bring about report to the House and Senate on the deadlocked di- rect election of senators resolutions are Expected as a result of spurring by Will liam J. Bryan. Mir Bryan on his way scuth spen, several hoars here yesterday, comforting with Senator Kern of Indiana. He urged that all members of Congress favorin direct elections insist upon ac. tion or ne resolution during this session.
 1t Is Id that he made an unsuccessful effort to get in touch with Senator La. Toilette while here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Will Wed in New Orleans

Huntsville. January 13.-tSpecial)-- Friends in Huntsville have received invltations to the marriage of Joseph Landaur, well known cotton man or Little Rock, Ark, formerly of Hunts vile, and Miss Lalome Landour or New Orleans The marriage will be solemnized January 16 in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Logan Swept By Flames

Huntington, w. Va, January lS.--fire which started in Miners department store at Logan. the county seat of Logan county dD miles south of here, early toT day swept the whole business block and spread to the county courthouse, whiel was entirely destroyed, together with nii the records The loss is estimated at s25o,OOo, with only partial insuranee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Engagement Announced

Greenvilie, January 13.-tSpecial.)-- Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes of Orangeburg. $. C., announces the engagement of her daughter Julia to MT. 'Sam Jones Pe- tree of Talladesa,l Ala The marriage to take place In Greenville. Ala. Janu- ary 3i, 1912. At 1some at Greenville, Ala. after March 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Causing Misery
Snow in Atlanta

4 Atlanta.T January 13.-Snow covers the greater part of Georgia and the south and vssfern portions of the carolinas. this morning. At Charleston, s. C.. the first ;spow2ins11 years is falling Business 5s practically suspended. so the people may witness the unusual spectacle.
 About four inches of snow covers, At slsnta. It was the hardest in ten years More is falling. Charlotte, N. C., has seven inches on a level; Columbia, s. C.. ---~---~-~--~----~-----~-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Excitement in Hotel

The greatest excitement was caused among the guests at the Florence hotel. but all were reused and hurried from the building, many of them scantly clothed, put they did not want to venture back nto the building because of the threat- aning aspect of the blaze in the big buiid- .ngs adjoining.
 It was just before 2 o'clock that Chief Bennett announced his belief that the flames could not affect the fire wall be- Reen the burning building and the Flor ence hote), but 1t WAS about this time also oat fire was first discovered on the .arth floor of the Bell Telephone com ,anys six story building which adjoins he Cable building on the west.
 Telephone service was abandoned when he blaze in the Cable building had as- umed such a threatening aspect and the ,dy operators and others in the, building it the switchboafds and hurried to afetv. Further communication over the
 ell system was out of the question dur the remainder of the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
CABLE PIANO BUILDING IS IN RUINS AS RESULT
 OF EARLY MORNING FIRE
Florence Hotel Threatened and Great Excitement Caused by Spectacular Blaze-Bell Telephone Building Sustans Serious Damage-Fireman Injured by Live Wires
 Lovemah Joseph & Loebs Water Wall Effective

Fire, which was discovered shortly be- fore o'clock this morning. totally destroyed the Cable Piona company build ing at lS16-1S1S Second avenue and for a time seriously threatened the Florence hotel Shortly before 2 o'clock 1t broke into the handsome building of the south ern Bell Telephone company, and at 2:S0 O o'cloek this morning if looked as if that building would be totally destroyed. The damage up until this time was roughly estln ated al sio0,ooo.
 other firms occupying tho Cable build- ing suffered almost total losses. These included w. D. Colby Decorating com pany, E. B. Peddinghaus, Alabama Wall Paper company and Birmingham con servatory of Music.
 The fire was first discovered by Greek employed at the Peoples Cafe on Second avenue and when he first saw 1t the flames had gained considerable headWay in one of the upper stories of the cable building well toward the front
 Fireman Carrh was badly hurt by a live wire in the alley during the fire.
 The flames spread rapidly in spite of numerous streams of water and the work of the aeriol trucks, and soon broke out through the roof. thanking an unusually spectacular blaze.
 As the flames worked back toward sec ond alley the biz water curtain on the Loveman, Joseph Loeb store was brought Into service and solid sheet of water was soon pouring down the alley side of the big department store. This probably saved serious damage, as the flemes were leapng almost entirely across the alley from the burning building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Fireman Is Hurt

It was here that the firemen were doing some of their hardest work and 1t was when some of the live electric wires in the alley fell that Fireman Carrh was IllI1.f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09

st. Joseph, Mo, Aug. S.-The rest
less spirit of a gypsy, slain 20 years
ago by a rival in a quarrel over the
affections of a girl of the clan, is
blamed by the superstitious Of the
neiGabCrhood for a series of fatalities
and misfortunes which have occurred
to the occupants of a house near St.
Joseph.
Death after death has occurred
there until the man who braves the
curse" which is supposed to haunt
it and moves his family into the
house is regarded with awe and
Stunned by the neighbors The latest
Of these tragedies is the death with
in week of each other of the two
little children of D. Noonan, who re-
Gently moved here after having
passed unscathed through a tornado
which killed dozen in southern
Missouri.
The house was built by Christopher
Schroers for his bride. To him a
gypsy prophesied evil things to be-
fall the occupants of the house. He
laughed and moved in. A few weeks
later he was killed by a train. The
little daughter of George Lobbey, a
telegraph operator, was run down
and killed by a wagon. Then a child
OF Conrad Ebert, a railroad employee.
was killed by a train as she rushed
out to wave at the passengers.
Claude Hundall and his bride succeed
ed them and things turned out so
badly that Hundall killed himself.
So did Charles Highly although the
motive has never become known.
The next Tenant and his hired hand
| met death under a train on their
way to town.
III luck has marked every venture
undertaken by those who have lived
in the house. Broken legs, accidental
sunshot wounds, paralysis, illness
and poor crops has featured the resi-
dence of others.
The house is vacant now because
after spinal meningitis had claimed
his two children, Noonan took the
remainder Of his family and speedily
moved out.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
CANAL QUESTION
CREATES ACERBITY
Senator Williams Accuses Senator
Martin of Making Proteetionist
Speech-Vote on Canal Friday.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. S.-An agreement
was reached in the senate late to-
night to take the final vote on the
Panama canal administration bill and
all amendments not later than o'clock
tomorrow.
Senator Johnston today unsuccess-
fully attempted to compel the senate
to sit continuously until the Panama
canal bill is finished, and limit speak
ers to five minutes each. He declared
the senate should be compelled to act
on canal legislation, rather than talk.
Senator Williams offered an amend
ment to permit foreign built ships
owned wholly by Americans to partici-
pate in the privileges Of coastwise YES
sells. Senator Martin opposed it and
he was accused by Williams of making
a protectionist speech in favor of Vir-
ginia shipyards.
The senator is arrogant and losing
his temper as he frequently does when
criticising men," declared Senator Mar
tin.
Il am not arrogant nor am 1 losing
my temper" retorted Mr.. Williams. It
stand on my statement and the record
will show that the senator from Vir-
ginia made q protectionist speech. A
fourteen year old school boy reading
the record could see that"
The Williams free ship amendment
was Q6IeaLeQ Dy 81 TO ~. senator
Williams then offered another, to ad-
init to American registry any AnerI-
can owned ships Of foreign make,
which were engaged exclusively in
foreign trade.
Senator Gallinger finally withdrew
his amendment to redraft it.
Lower tolls for ships passing through
the canal in ballast" was proposed by
Senator Johnston Of Alabama, and an
amendment was adopted to authorize
such reduction in rates.
The second Williams amendment
was adopted "a to "a. Many Repub-
leans voted for 1t, expressing their be-
lief that it would enable many foreign
built ships to fly the American flag
without bringing the cheaper building
nations into direct competition with
American plants and workmen.
Senator Gallinger then introduced
an amendment providing that ships
built under the provision Of the VIII
liams amendment should not be en-
titled to the United States mail sub
sides.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
TURKS AND ITALIANS
FIGHTING ALONG BORDER
Rv Associated Press.

der fighting between the Turks and
guerilla bands of Albanian tribesmen
continues along the Montenegrian
frontier. A severe engagement occur
red yesterday, the result of which is
not known.
The Turkish frontier troops, who
have been strongly reinforced, again
crossed the Montenegrian border yes
terday and were once more repulsed
by the Montenegrian levies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
MISSIONARY DID NOT
GO DOWN WITH TITANIC
By Associated Press.

Washington, Penna-, Aug. S.-When
Miss Maude Powell, a missionary of
the Presbyterian church in China,
reached Washington today, she learn
ed she had been mourned as dead, and
that only a few weeks ago funeral
services in her memory had been held
in a local church. II had been be-
lieved that Miss Powell was lost in the
Titanic disaster. She had intended to
cross on that ill-starred vessel, but at
the last minute she changed her book
ing to another steamer.
Miss Powell, after deciding that she
would come by another line, wrote
friends here, but the letters never ar
rived. Miss Powell credits her escape
from the Titanic disaster to her child
hood interest in Westminster abbey.
All her life, she says, she had been
anxious TO see that historic pile and
when she did reach London she could
not tear herself away. It was her de-
sire to spend more time in the abbey
that led her to change her sailing
date.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
LITTLE HOPE OF
PEACE AGREEMENT

Mexico City, Aug. S.-Slight hope is
expressed in the capital Of a settle
ment of the Zapata rebellion in spite
Of the preparations for a peace con-
ference. The three commissioners
who are to plead with the rebel leader
left today for Ell Jueguero, the place
agreed upon, near Cuautla, in the state
of Morelos, for the meeting, but unoffi-
cially 1t is reported here that Zapata
will have difficulty in keeping his men
in line even if he should agree to any
terms involving less than the resig-
nation of Madero.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
TRIED
SEVENTEEN CASES

Although there were twenty two
cases on the docket for trial in the
police court yesterday morning, only
seventeen Of them were tried, the
other five being continued until this
morning. The fines imposed amounted
to $50.
Two defendants were found not
guilty and discharged, while four were
turned over to the county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09

and which is being urged for passage
by the Georgia Federation of Trades,
makes no reference to color or condi-
tons which would make it unconstitu-
tional but provides such drastic
educational qualifications that it is
said few negroes could meet the test.
Opponents of the measure also say
that hundreds Of white firemen would
be thrown out of employment by its
passage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
NIcARAGUAN REBELS
SEIZE RAILROAD

Washington, Aug. S.-Nicaraguan
rebels have seized a section Of railroad
near Leon. The government has dis
patched additional troops there to at
tempt to redeem it, according to state
department reports.
The telegraph and railroad are in
terrupted. Minister Weitzel reports
that the capital is reasonably quiet.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
NEWLY BUILT DAM
is WASHED OUT
BY Associated Press.

GaIlipoIis, Ohio, Aug. S.-Dam No.
26, which had just been completed in
the Ohio river near this city by the
federal government at a cost of $1,000
600, was washed away today when the
concrete foundation let go. 1t is esti-
mated that the damage will entail a
loss of $4,000 900 and that it will take
one year to rebuild the broken dam.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
NEGRO FIREMEN
q Aaaoclaf Presa.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. S.--Negro loco
motive fiEemen in Georgia today pro-
tested against a bill pending in the
stats legislature which seems to bar
them from employment on Georgia
railroads. The measure, which is ad-
mitted to be aimed against the negro
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
FLOOD SUFFERERS
ASK FOR HELP
BY Associated Press.

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. S.-Cttizens
Of Monterey, Serena and Jandora, all
in the Black river district, have
framed petitions, either to the state
or federal authorities, asking for re-
lief and declaring that many in that
section will die Of starvation owing to
post flood conditions unless aid is
given. The Monterey people pray for
relief for ninety days, at the end of
which period they hope that supplies
from their own farms will be available.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-09
KAISER PARTICIPATES
IN kRUPP CENTENARY
by Associated Press.

Essen, Germany, Aug. S.-The cen
tenary of the Krupp steel works foun-
dalton was celebrated here today. The
kaiser and ministers and public men
of the empire participated in the cere-
monies. After the emperor concluded
his speech he democratically proposed
three cheers for the firm of Krupp.