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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26

Fl Paso Tex, April 25.-After Ss days in the unspeakable filth of the peniten- tiery at Chihuahua. abused insulted and starved, although there was no charge against them, l.. J. Barton. aged D, of Marlin, Tex. and John Anderson. aged 9. of Boston, Mass. arrived here tonight, having been liberated at Chihuahua last night through fhe efforts of United states Counsel Marion Letcher.
 They bore evidence of the ordeal through which they had passed. Barton lost p pounds and Anderson about 20 in confinement They had sold their clothing to get little food and arrived here in indeseribable tatters.
 Both spent five days in solitary confine- ment Barton was tie first ppon whom sentence was passed. During this time he was given neither food nor water Anderson, soon afterwards suffered the same fate In their cells there was a little window but sharpened spikes pro- jected Inward to keep them from ap- preaching close enough to the bars to look out Phases of the torture they suffered while thus isolated cannot be repeated in print. The two men were employed on the Matheson ranch near Phoenix. when they heard that better pay was to be had in the lumber camp at San Pedro Madeira. Both were we'll clothed and had money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
He Will Take The Stand In WdSllin9- ion To-day -Cdlfornidn's s Officers
 Will Tell of Sending Warning
MARCONI ALLOWED OPERATORS
 TO SELL STORY OF DISASTER
Says He Did Not Try to Suppress Any NewsWa Unable to Get Information Himsef-Brtish Officers Wish to Re turn to England But They Will Be DetainedNo
 Friction in Committee

Washington, 25To why nearby did not offer sinking Titanic fix the hour which the lost dangerous Smith of the Senate committee Investigating the disaster today summoned three important witnesses.
 They captain the Mount Temple, which passed the Titanic when she extremity and the liner Californian which sent the warning All will be the stand tomorrow
 for the of the Caor that Captain Moore would Acting Premier Foster of Canada probably will be heard first for his ship is due to sail fromS Johns N B. late Saturday
 member of the committee today examination of members of the tanes intention such had nothing of importance to tell The others will be placed on the stand
 the entire day to questioning GugIemo Marconi telegraph and head of the bearing the Carpaha equipped apparatus Harold T. Cotam the wireless the Carpaha also re-examlned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

l-Taft makes bitter attack on Roosevelt. Roosevelt statement on Harvester suit
 matter.
 Senate debate on Harvester matter
 most sensational
 Associated Press banquet is brilliant
 affair.
 Johnston makes denial of Bristows
 charges.
 Captain of Mount Temple will tell why
 he ignored Titanlc's calls. 2-Burns detective helped nnravel Lewis burg mysteries.
 Minor sold liquor. two convicted. s-Hung jury in Decatur case. Decorate graves of veterans today. Smallpox exists around Eufanla. 4-Editorial comment. 5-Disastrous fire in East Birmingham. Red Cross fund for flood sufferers Is growing rapidly.
 First National elects Johnson. Secure machine to disinfect money. Peoples phone case is not closed. Change d 10 year sentence to si fine. 6-SocietY. 7-Mtchell remains at large. SASports. 9-Underwood leaves for capital today Today is Memorial Day in Alabama. 10-To open Twentieth street white way
 tomorrow.
 House adopts the Pujo resolution 11-Street railway men at banquet laud
 Underwood.
 Water rising in Louisiana towns. f2-Count on bright tag day tomorrow l3-Bessemer city council meets Call issued to tnderwood's friends to
 invade Georgia. 15-Markets. 16-Start relief fund for sufferers in East
 Birmingham
 Two hundred and five bodies are being
 brought to Halifax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Telephone Played a Large Part in the Evenings
 Entertainment
TRIBUTE PAID TO
 MAJOR ARCHIE BUTT
Thomas A. Edison and Dr. Bell Given Ovation-President Taft, Premier Borden and Talcott Will
 Hams Are Speakers

New York. April 5.-Representatiye journalists from all over the country were brought together tonight at the annual banquet of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers associa- tion, held in the ball room of the Waldorf AytoiAa hotel, and the enfefiAinnfent pro- vided for them. witch was interesting throughout, was novel in the character of some of it's features
 The telephone played d prominent part in lending both variety and novelty 10 the programme. President Taft, although actually in Boston, addressed the assem- bled gathering over the long distance wires of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, his voice being dis tinetly conveyed to each guest by means of receiving instrument In like man ner Premier Borden of Canada addressed the guests by long distance telephone from Hot Springs. Va. lntermingled with these addresses were songs over the tele- phone wires from Al Jolson at the Winter Garden.
 Hall Handsomely Decorated
 The banquet hall was handsomely dec- orated with draped flags and great masses of flowers and foliage. At the tables were seated more than TOO guests, those at the table of honor including President Frank B. Moves and other directors and officers of the Associated Press, President Bruce Haldeman of the American Newspaper Publishers association, President Finley of the College of the City of New York; Augustus Thomas, the playwright, Tal- colt Williams, head of the Pulitzer School Of Journalism of Columbia university. and pr. Alexander Graham Bell and other guests of note. The surrounding galleries and boxes were filled with many women handsomely costumed. It was between the courses of the banquet that the novel features were interspersed, The announce menU shortly after the start from Con gressman Victor Murdock, editor of the Wichita Eagle who acted as toastmaster that the voices of President Taft and Premier Borden would be heard from such great distances was greeted with enthusi- astic applause. Underneath each table was a watchcase receiver supplied by the Western Electric company with connec- tons with the long distance wires and also with the local wires of the New York Telephone company
 First there came over the wires the voice of Al Jolson, singing ragtime melody, Fiddle Up On Your Own Vio-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Williams on the Third Term

Are you going to come out for a third termy" he demanded Are you going to forget what Washington. Jefferson. Jackson, Lincoln and Mckinley did and said? Are you going to put all that be- End you because of a little keynote phrasng?'
 Senator Nelson interjected that his sympathies would be with the democrats if Colonel Roosevelt should be elected
 You will get the worst of it, he said.
 Not the democratic party only. but the entire American people will get the worst of it'' retorted Mir. Williams. He de- elared that if Americans were not care ful. they might sink into Caesarism. He referred to the former President as Saint Theodore"
 Perkins had said he would fight the administration and he said it out loud, said Mir. Williams. He was not willing to play in the Presidents back yard, II the President wouldn't play right.
 Mir Bristow closed the debate with defense of Mr. Roosevelt. He said Mir. Williams comparison of Mir. Roosevelt
 ith Caesar was an insult to the Amer
 an character
 'If he makes himself President" hs aid "he will do so by responding to pub
 ? opinion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Welsh Bill Passes First Reading

london. April 25-The Welsh disestab- hment bill passed it's first reading in the use of commons tonight by a vote of
 to s53. This bill provides that after " 1 the four Welsh dioceses will cease
 form part of the province of Canter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
SENATE DEBATE O'.5ss :. HARVESTERMA7 7yzs;l ,. MOST SENSA7. .'iIAL John Sharp Williams Ridi- cules Roosevelt and
 His Policies
SENATOR BRISTOW
 IS TART IN REPLY
Debate Precipitated by Renewal of Charges by Bristow of Collision Between Department of
 Justice and the Senate
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Washington, April 25.-The first sensa- tional political debate in the Senate at this session of Congress hroke today over Colonel Rooser-ss-s' 3 official cores spondence about the International Harvester com pany when he was President in 1907.
 Senator Bristow of Kansas was the principal speaker in support of Colonel Roosevelt and Senator John Sharp Will Hams of Mississippi was the former Pres ident's principal assailant. MT. Williams characterized the former President as q
 modern Caesar willing to seize power by any means,' while MT. Bristow defended the colonel as the modern tribune of the people and warmly criticised President Taft's administration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
"Roosevelt's Creed'

The debate became almost ultra sensa- tional when Senator Williams read to the Senate parody on the apostles creed as follows:
 T believe in Theodore Roosevelt, maker of noise and strife and in ambition. his only creed (my Lord). He was born of love of power, and suffered under William II. Taft; was .crucified, dead and buried. He des2< ! into Afriea. The third year he ar in from the jungle and asc. yor. and sitteth on the party, whence he shall
 f licked and the dead.
 1sf o1 7ok, the big stick, inc isa ii9 el3a forgiveness of po- ltt7 se resurrection of presi- taftie afpitaaf, and the third term .1ap af13ap on,oT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Williams Is Not Partial

s'If the senator can show me that the present President has travelled in the same way as the former President, I will condemn him as strongly as I would MT. Roosevelt" he declared.
 Tt would have tn be a matter of grave public concern in which vital interests of the country were affected returned Sem ator Bristov. "before I would dig up the confidential correspondence of my prede- cessor's secretary and his cabinet off, ficers in regard to the matters which he had Il perfect light to believe would be kept within the confidence of the depart ment, aud print them for political cam paian purposes"
 With that Senator Williams stepped out rom his uesk and took position in the center aisle of tn. Senate. where he said The could e Inare impartial as between parties and factions" and entered into a good ratured lecture to the republicans.
 Senator Bristow he referred to as .one of the chief uplifters of the present time. who was still opposed to lifting the lid from administration secrets. He dis cussed the correspondence made public yesterday and then touched on the third term
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Precipitated Debate

is ate was precipitated by Senator N .s return to his charge of yester-.
 that collision had existed between.
 Senate and the department of justice the sending of the official correspond ence yesterday, and that partiality had been shown in the proceeding, in that only corr espondence regarding the course of President RooseNelt's administration had been sent to the Senate, while the papers relating to the Taft administration's pro- ceedings had nol. H asserted again that Attorney General Wckersham had his re- ply ready to send when Senator John ston's resolution of yesterday reached him, and referred to the fact that two similar fesolutions-by Senators Overman and Lea had rot been compiled with.
 Senator Johnston denied that there had been an understanding.
 Senator Bristow remarked that evident ly there was no disposition on either side of the namber to criticise President Taft, to which Senator Williams protested viz GrOuslv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
Smith Saw Bonaparte

MT smith states that l gave him no in structions except to go and see the At
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
COST OF NEXT GREAT WAR BE ENORMOUS Dr. Otto Fischer Prepares
 Estimate of Expense .SPY FEVER7 IS HIGH
Strict Regulation of Tourists-Many Emigrating From Palestine and Syria-Russia Has Modest
 Naval Programme
By rnEpnRrck WERNER

Berlin. May 1S.-(special. )--In the Julius tower at Spandau. near Berlin, lies Germanys war treasure" the $50 900. .000 in gold taken from France in 1871. and held ready for immediate
 use when the day of mobilization comes.
 What mere bagatelle this is as compared with the enormous costs which the next great war will impose on the participating powers Is shown by certain statistics compiled by Dr. Otto Fischer of the Breslau School of Technology, who has been making q special study Of the subject. On the basis of official figures, Dr.
 Fischer estimates that for every man 1t puts into the field Germany must be prepared to pay en the average s1.50 a day for as long as hostilities last. Supposing that it .mobiiizes an army of 3.o00.o00 men. this means an expenditure of approximately s1,625.- ooo0oo year
 The rate of expenditure in the in- itlal stages Of the. war would be, oi course, far higher, the first six weeks following mobilization involving alone an outlay of ss75.00o,00o This leaves out of account naval and other govern mental expenditures, which are subject to increase in time of war.
 As to the empires ability to meet this enormous drain, pr. Fischer takes q much more optimistic view than that held by fnanciers generally during the Morocco crisis of last year. The nor
 mal cash reserves of the Imperial bank, and consequently it's note issuing power. The affirms. arc sufficient to take care of the immense costs of the first two
 weeks hostilities.
 Beyond it's immediately availa ble financial resources, the government would have to meet an estimated in- creased expenditure of s1.000, 100000 a year. which must be provided for through taxation or loans. pr Fischer is of the opinion that a fourth or per- haps third of this sum could be raised by war taxes. The remainder would have to be obtained by means of loans taken up by the German people themselves. it being unlikely that they could be placed abroad.
 In view of the panic and the in- evitable economic upheaval attending
 the war, this would necessarily be diff
 fcult, but the writer believes that with
 clever financiering it could be arranged.
 The process of making Germany un-
 healthy for tourists of an inquisitive
 nature continues.
 Under the revised regulations, in the
 event of any person being seen in the vicinity of arsenals or Notifications,
 the sentry Is merely to challenge once
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
How to Be Cool in a Kitchen
om the kansas IndustriaMst

From the Kansas Industriahst.
 Keep cool in your kitchen this sum mer. It need not be necessary for any housewife to bake and broil and stew away in a hot Kitchen if she will only plan a little And the time to begin planning is now. Keeping cool is largely matter of psychology. A dirty. disor- derly kitchen with flies buzzing about its smolSe-g -grimed ceiling will seem 10 de- grees hotter than kitchen kept cool and straight even if the thermometers in the two rooms register the same.
 Begin, then, with keeping out the flies. See that the window screns are in good condition: and screen in the back porch. If there are not enough windows ip the kitchen to give good cross ventilation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

naught type is 325o. and on this basis the displacement of the new Russian ships would work out to 5000 tons. The smaller armored cruisers are to be of 5000 tons, while the only information as to the destroyers is that they will steam B or 36 knots.
 In addition to the shipbuildlng eom- prehenslve scheme of base development will be embarked upon. In order to secure a comparatively ice-free base, Reval is to be developed at the expense of Cronstadt which will become simply a repairing yard. Two dry docks are to be construct ed at Reval for ships of the largest types and q floating dock with a capacity of 40,000 tons. capable of taking a ship draw ing 35 feet of water, Twill also be stationed there. In addition there will be q smaller dock for cruisers and q double dock for torpedo craft. The total cost of the entire programme Is estimated at $270. 900, ,000.
 Russia already has seven battleships of the dreadnaught type under construction. The four building in the Baltc-the Pol tava, Savastopol, PetropaulovslS and Gan gut-have been launched. They are 23,0O0 ton ships. armed with F inch guns in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
Out of the Mouth of Babes

From the Chicago News.
 Little Eva observed a flock of noisy. chattering birds Mamma she said, T guess they are having a sewing so- ioety.'
 How did there come to be so many words in the world?" asked little Lola. who was turning the leaves of dlction- ary. 'Oh,' replied her S-year-old broth CT, they came through folks quarreling. One word brings on another. you know. .
 Mamma" said small Sadie 10 her mother who had been very III. I'm glad you are able to be up again, but-but--'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

"But what, deargs Papa does q lot of butter on our dry toast fast "
 aWell, Tommy said the faI 6-y ear-old youngster, how ard ling along at school?" "Bullyl| Tommy. Guess the teacher iy promote me-" What makes so?' She said today that if at the rate 1 was going I'd soorl criminal elass,'' explained TonI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

four triple turrets. but poorly armored. The three Black Sea vessels. Emperor Alexander III, Empress Marie and Cath crime. were laid down at the end Of Oc- tober last. There are contradictory re- ports as to their armament. According to one account they will be two knots slower than the Baltic ships-2l knots in- stead of 23-and carrying the same arma- ment. will be correspondingly better pro- tected; while another account gives them 10 Il inch guns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

have another one cut. You can't expect to be comfortable in the summer time without an abundance of fresh air
 If the kitchen walls are dark and dis colored with the winters smoke, have them cleaned and painted with water proof paint This is better than wall paper, since 1t can be washed when soiled. Choose a soft restful color, as blues. grays or greens, which are cool and pretty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
Snsn

From the Chicago Record Herald. What is your name little gigrl?'s
 'Soso."
 What did you say?'
 'Soso.
 "Soso.' "soso? But that isn't your real is it?"
 "Yes. sir
 Are you sure 1t isn't hickman a pet name?"
 "Oh, yes, sir. It isn't pet name see l was the sixth little girl tha stork brought to our house end they asked papa if he was glad s6( Oh, Hoso,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

The present unsettled state of Pales-
 tine and Syria has one noticeable re-
 suit. Thousands of people are emigrat- | ing especially to North and South
 America.
 I Every steamer passing through the
 Levant is besieged by emigrants want ing passages
 The majority are young men,. who are escaping from military service. but many are travelling with their wives.
 and even with children. In some cases their only luggage is what they have
 on their backs, and 1t seldom consists of more than a small bundle of mis- lcellaneous articles
 With them these poor emigrants have
 to bring food for week, as the com lpany does not feed it's third class pas
 sengers for the bare Si5 which it
 charges for their passage from Beyrout
 The fares. it may be noted. have been l raised about s2 30 in conseunence of
 the coal strike in England
 A certain number of unestima ble
 Levantines make very good thing out
 these poor emigrants. buying their
 tickets for them, charging them consid- erably in excess of the fare asked by the company and pocketing the hand Isome difference. At Marseilles too if the emigrants purchase clothes or other articles the ''pisteurs.r as these shark s
 are called. usually get 100 per cent lproft.
 Ip Palestine some of the Christian vil- Ilages are being depleted of their male population. As an instance, 1 may men ton Bethlehem, where 6e per cent of the young men have emigrated, mostly to America, leaving the girls behind with no one to marry.
 One reason for the young men leaving the country just now is that the reserves have been called out for what Is designat- ed special service''
 All through the Levant the movement of troops is going on. It Is reported that l ther9is again trouble in the Yemen. Of- ficers who had settled in Jerusalem with their families had to break up their homes then and there. The square in front of the, Tower of David" has been piled LID 1 with carpets and furniture belonging to officers. being sold at auction for next to nothing. Jews buying for s10 or S15 carpets which would fetch fully $l50 or $20O in 1 New York
 Several programmes of new naval con struction have recently been under con- sderation by the Russian government, some of which were extremely ambitious l On the ground that the eostliness of these
 would probably have entailed a good deal lof trouble with the duma, the ministry of
 marine has now decided to content Itself | with modest programme consisting so
 far as shipbuilding is concerned. of four 1 battle cruisers. four medium armored cruisers 36 destroyers and 12 submarines 1 It is proposed to begin work in the present year and to complete the whole by 1917 1 The battle cruisers will be the most l formidably armed of any ships of this I type yet laid down or projected, their I armament consisting of 12 IA inch guns The speed is to be 27 knots, and although l the displacement is not stated it cannot well be less than 35,000 tons or there abouts, unless the multiple gun turret is adopted. So far the smallest ratio of tons displacement to each big gun carried in battleship cruisers of the super-dread-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
The Cause

From the Baltimore American.
 Bangs is the most wideawake man know off
 "Why, I never knew he was espe- cially enterprising."
 "I1e isn't enterprising at all. He is wide awake because he suffers from insomnia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

If not replied to, he Is to fire with ball cartridge. Tourists will also do well to avoid conversation with strangers. as such may be engaged in dockyards, arsenals. or the like. It is now worth ls125 to worlmen in most establish ments if they can secure the conviction lof any foreigners who has attempted to suborn them to betray secrets; or even to give any information which may later be held undesirable to have been given.
 Those who may feel impelled to ad- mire the beauties of the Rhine can by mo means be sure of being exempt. hydro-aeroplanes may be practieing
 when the tourist thinks only of the
 Lore1ey; and the most gorgeous sunset cloud may contain a war dfrigible or aeroplane. Tourists cannot be too care ful with spy fever" in its present stage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

The process of making Germany un- healthy for tourists of an inquisitive nature continues.
 Under the revised regulations, in the event of any person being seen in the vicinity of arsenals or Notifications, the sentry Is merely to challenge once.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-05
NO WORDS WASTED
Swift Transformation Briefly Dc.
scrlbed.

About food, the following brief but
emphatic letter from a Georgia Won
an goes straight to the point and is
convincing.
my frequent attacks of Indigestion
and palpitation of the heart cul-
minated in a sudden and desperate i'll
ness, from which l arose enfeebled In
mind and body. The doctor advised
me to live on cereals, but none of
them agreed with me until tried
Grape-Nuts food and Postum
THE more I used of them the more
| felt convinced that they were just
what l needed, and in a short time
they made different woman of me.
My stomach and heart troubles disap-
peared as If by magic, and my mind
was restored and Is as clear as it ever
was
Il gained flesh and strength so rap
idly that my friends were astonished.
Postum and Grape-Nuts have benefited
me so greatly that l am glad to bear
this testimony" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's reason" and 1t is explained
in the little book 1.-The Road to Well
VILE" in Pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietters A new
ONE appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of humaa
interest.