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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14
In New York City.

NEW YORK, February A-Three per-
sons were arrested here today by United
States deputy marshals upon warrants
issued upon indictments found by the
grand Jury at Indianapolis In connection
with the alleged dynamiting conspiracy.
The men arrested in Manhattan are
Frank c. Webb. former member OF the
executive board of the International AS
ISOLATION of Bridge and structural iron
Workers: Patrick F. Farrell. whose con-
nection with the case was not made
known in the warrant and Daniel b.
Brophy, who was arrested in brooklyn.
Brophy's connection with the case was
not made known
According to Secretary Cheney Of the
National Erectors Association. Farrell
was formerly member of the executive
committee Of the International Associa-
ton Of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. Brophy, he said. was a member or
local No. 30 in Brooklyn.
Farrell and Webb were at once arraign-
ed before United States Commissioner
Alexander. and agreed to waive examlna-
ton and give bail for their appearance
In indianapolis. The amount was nxeo
at $4,000 each, and they were placed in
the custody Of the United States marshal
until $3.50 o'clock this afternoon, in order
that they might communicate with friends
and obtain bOndsmen.
District Attorney Wise said that Webb
and Farrell were the only two men In
the New York district who were indicted
at Indianapolis. 1t was stated at the dis
trict attorneys Office in Brooklyn that
Brophy was the only man who was In
dicted in the Brooklyn district.
Brophy was arraigned later before
United States Commissioner Benedict in
Brooklyn and held in $4,000 BAIL The
prisoners counsel asked for an ADJOURN
ment of the case for a week, In order
that he could furnish bail. Brophy was
remanded in the custody Of the marshal.
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Says Hockin Started Him.

McManigal's confession was that Hockin
started him in the dynamiting business
in Detroit in June, 1907; that Hockin gave
him SO for blowing up a Detroit build
ing, with a note saying, Compliments Of
the executive board, more to come; that
he and Hockin then travelled about the
country doing Jobs; that Hockin went
with him to Buffalo and sent him to many
other places; that he. HockiD and j. j..
Mcnamara established the explosive
storehouse at Muncie; that Hockin visited
him in Chicago and there first showed
him the alarm clock scheme; that on
Hockin's instructions he went to Boston
and New York and did Jobs; that his
fees and expenses for explosions were
arranged by Hockin and Mcnamara. and
that on occasions Hockin himself carried
a suitcase filled with explosives.
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Was. an Alleged Guide.

Edward Smythe Of Peoria is charged
with meeting McManigal and showing
him what places were to be blown up
near Peoria.
Frank c. Webb of New York, former
member of the iron workers executive
board. is charged with having been Me-
Manigafs guide in causing explosions
around New York city. McManigars
first meeting with Webb was in Sep
TENDER, 1909. according to the dyna-
inter.
I'VE went to Jersey City. where big
bridge job was on. and Webb wanted
that blown up" said McManigal. Il
told him Hockin was the man that was
paying me. and he wanted a viaduct at
Hoboken blown up. Webb insisted. and
said if / didn't do the Jersey City job
this trip would have to come back and
do it some other time"
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GIVEN CLUE
Continued from First Page.)

unconscious. his clothing was searched
and the cash drawer opened and its con-
tents taken by the slayer.
SLAYER Left hv Rack Door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14
Two in Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, February 14-Mich-
f.el ]. Cuname, business agent of the
structural igon workers union, was ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14
Walking Delegate Barry.
Four Arrests in Chicago;
Three Taken in New York

CHICAGO. February 14.-Richard H.
Houlihan, one of the labor leaders In
dicted by a grand jury in Indianapolis,
was arrested at his home here early to-
day. Houlihan is financial secretary OF
the Chicago local of the bridge and
structural ironworkers. He has offices in
this city.
Three other labor leaders were placed
under arrest at the same time as was
Houlihan, as follows: James Cooney:
business agent Of the Chicago local
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Union; James Coughlin, a member or
the same organization. and William
Schoupe, formerly a business agent OF
Structural Ironworkers Union. All OF
the prisoners were taken to the federai
building and secreted.
Warrants for the arrest OF six men
were obtained here, but one of the men.
whose home is in Chicago, now IS In
Indianapolis He will be arrested there,
it is understood.
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Two Arrests at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. February ii. =
Peter J. Smith. formerly business agent
OF the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and George
"Nipper' Anderson, said to have been
walking delegate of the ironworkers
were arrested here today on indictments
returned by the federal grand jury at
indianapolis, which has been invest.gat-
ing the alleged nationwide dynamite con-
spiracy.
Smith. and Anderson apparently an
ticipated arrest. They voluntarily came
10 United States Commissioner Walther's
Office, submitted to arrest. waived exam
:nation and gave 5000 bail each.
Four other men here are said to be i'm
Ilicated by Ortie McManigafs confession,
hut corroborative evidence is missing.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, February IA. J.
kavanaugh and NJ. l.. Pencil were ar
rested here today, charged with COM
plicity in the alleged dynamite conspiracy.
At Syracuse, N. Y.
SYRACUSE. N Y, February 14-E E.
Phillips. former secretary of the bridge
and structural iron workers union. was
arrested here this morning.
John Carroll, to whom Phillips books
were turned over when he ceased to act
as secretary. also has been arrested.
Two in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA. February 14.-Mich-
f.el ]. Cuname. business agent of the
structural gpn workers union, was ar
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was 'thc man who put him in the dyna-
hitting business"
1t is charged in the indictment that
Hockin went to Detroit in June, 1907, and
induced McManigaf to take up dyna-
hitting
Eugene a. Clancy, San Francisco; j.
T. Munsey. Salt Lake City; Olaf ~.
Tyeitmoe, San Francisco, and Ortie Es
McManigal. already indicted on the Ia
cific coast and J. J. Mcnamara and
James Il. Mcnamara, already convicted
are again indicted here.
The bonds of Ryan, Hockin and Butter
later were fixed at $4,000 each, and
those of Meadows and Sherman at
5000 each 1t was said if they soon
did not furnish bond they would be
taken to jail
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DENVER, Col, February 14-Henry
w. Legleitner, who was a member Of
the executive board of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
workers. was arrested here today.
Legleitner formerly lived at Pittsburgh,
but came here recently for his health
DAVENPORT. Iowa, February a.
Daniel Buckley. business agent of the To-
cal irOnworkers' union, was arrested here
today in connection with the dynamite
conspiracy indictments at indianapolis.
DULUTH. MINI, February 14.-Fred
Mooney, connected with the structural
ironworkers' union, was arrested here to-
day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
The Insurance Increse

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I desire to say a word about the pro- posed increase in fire insurance rates. have before me letter addressed to a friend of mine soliciting subscriptions for stock in new fire insurance company to be organized in me of the larger cities. The offer purports to be one of 46 allotted to Alabama, and contains the following statement:
 Profits in the fire insurance business. The p American fire insurance compa- nies capitalized at $1,o0O.000 or more, in- creased their assets s64, 703,640 in three years-from 1907 to 1910-and during the same period also paid the stockholders S19, 060 in cash dividends. Their aver age net earnings to stockholders in 1910 were 4o9 per cent, and in 1911 41.2 per cent"
 .Forty=one per centl By all means. give them the increase If the above figures are true. then 43 the different "independ- ent, fire insurance companies through out the country banded together as tar fir associations' earning il per cent net do not constitute monopolies in restraint of trade, in heavei's name why? Forty one per cent net and the protection paid for in adyancei
 Verify, Standard oil Is a piker in com parison and the Steel corporation. coffee trust and the others are not eligible to sit in 10 cent limit game. Yours for the increase M r. WOOD.
 Birmingham, May 29, 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
Houston Is Seen
Real Estate Transfers

Following are the transfers of real estate, amounting to 5000 or more, filed in probate court yesterday.
 SPOOL. R. Love and wife. Fannie Love, to L B. Richardson, lot 20. be- ginning 50 feet from northwest corner, running back 210 feet to- Second ave- nue. as shown by map of E. G. Fields
 s240o-A. W. Holstun and wife, I.izl zie T. Holstun. lots Nos. IS. S5. 39 and 42 of Holstun's addition in Woodlawn
 s1100--E. B. Peddinghaus to Carrie B. McMul'en, lot IF in block 4 of the survey called .Kingston.''
 s50oo-R- c. Norris to Catherine Blanchard, the west 40 feet of lot g. according to Stockman & Henley's ad- dition to Birmingham.
 s2500o--H. Brizendine to Hemon Ab- romson, the west half of lot Is and 25 feet off the west end of lot 20. block S4 of Elyton Land company's survey of property in Birmingham, Ala
 $3000--S. s. Webb to John w. Per- kins. 95 feet of south ends of lots IS and Is. in block 174, in the city of Birmingham. as surveyed by the Ely ton Land company.
 sl000--John R. Carns and wife, Rubie Carns to William A. Carns, half inter- est in lots Nos. 3 and f, in block [.
 S3500-Edith May Lonergan to George H. Prather, lot F in block B. accord ing to a map of Princeton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
SPLENDID RAIN IN
 NORTH ALABAMA Downpour Worth Much to
 the Farmers THROWN FROMSURRE1 Huntsville Consedring Organizing a Company of State Militia-Sud- den Death of Aged Man.
 Viewers Walk Out
THROWN FROMSURREl

l Huntsville May a29.--( Especially )---A fine rain. just the thing that the farm CTS of this section have been hoping for during the last few days. fell throughout northern Alabama last night. The rain was worth many thousands of dollars to the farmers of this portion of the state.
 Thrown From Surrey
 Miss Dora Parks was seriously in-I jured yesterday afternoon by being thrown from surrey iii which she was riding with Mrs. N o. Brown. Tha horse that was pulling the vehicle be- came frightened and ran away. throw ing the occupants out. Mrs Brown and children escaped with few slight bruises.
 Militia Planned
 Plans are being made here for the organization of a company of state militia in Huntsville and an officer of the state guard has been here several days. This city has had no compansI since 1901. when Company F was mus ! tered out for falling to fire on a fnoh that sstormed the jail. A,l
 Dies Rather Suddenly
 Dick Baker. an aged and well knowrI citizen of Owens X-Roads, died after an illness of only a few minutes ad his home. He had been in apparently good health up to half an hour before his death when he began to complain of a pain at his heart. His widow and several children survive him.
 Weavers Walk Out
 More than 30 of the weevers em- ployed in the Dallas mills here have walked out on strike. Their complaint Is that the management docks and fines them for too many different things.
 Suit Compromised
 The lawsuit of Charles L. Townes against the Dallas Manufacturing com l pany, which has been pending in court here during the last eight years, has been compromised, the defendant cor- poration assuming all costs in the suit. The case has been tried several times and has been appealed at least three times to the supreme court, being rel versed each time for another trial in the circuit court. Townes brought suit for damages for personal injuries re- ceived while working for the conn pany. Mir. Townes is now one of the state examiners of public accounts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
BOOST BIRMINGHAM
 AT CONVENTIONS
Chamber of Commerce Will Send Representatives to
 Chicago and Baltimore

The finance committee of the Chamber of Commerce authorized yesterday the sending of special representatives from Birmingham to the national democratic convention in Baltimore and to the re- publican convention in Chicago for the spreading of the gospel about Birming- ham,
 President Sibley said that 1t was desired to advertise Birmingham at both of the conventions. and that two men would be employed to attend the conventions. Their duties will be to distribute information about Birmingham, the city of pay roll of s1,0o0.0OO a week" and to secure for the newspapers of the two cities data about Birmingham.
 The scheme of the Chamber of Com merce is another one of those propositions outlined to boost Birmingham and place the city before the people of the country. The selection of the representatives will be made at very early date by officials of the Chamber of Commerce. as the re- publican convention meets June IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
LETTERS TO EDITOR
About Gold and Gold Dust

To the Editor of The Age-HeraId:
 Some years ago MT Edison delivered an address before a body of French sci entists, in which he stated with the prop CT device there would be a marvellous amount of gold obtained from the south ern states of the United States. MT Edi- son visited North Carolina and experi- mented with electrical processes, but not meeting with success ultimately and re- luctantly abandoned the effort.
 A large amount of southern gold con sists of practically gold dust so infinitely fine as to eiude every effort to secure It. It is well nigh impossible to conceive the minuteness of the atoms. A distinguished chemist declares that if the atoms were microscopic men 100000 could march of cambric needle. Thousands of men under the influence of disease known as gold lust'' have spent, in the aggregate great fortunes in the purchase of bril-
 iantly advertised but worthless amalga- mators.
 The particles are so fine as to ride con- cealed upon the notes that float in the sunbeam. The pores of the densest wood furnish them with secure hiding places. This is the character of gold that is car ried in sea water. Men have pretended to have devised machines that would au- tomatically snatch the precious atoms from the passing waves A
 In rooms where they handle large amount of gold the ceilings are often ar ranged so that they may be taken down to recover the absorbed gold dust. It re- quires courageous men to contend with this complex propositions. men acquainted with the mechanical and philosophic laws that control matter in motion. That Is just what we have got In Birmingham. Two very superior men. Mir. Dovel and Mir. Glidden. have devoted number of, years in experimenting with gold dust and have perfected machine that is as adroit as the gold dust is elusive. When the ma chine is seen and the scientific principles with which it Is constructed any man with ordinary experience will instantly realize that it will do the intended work It con sists of metal bowl with a diameter at the top of about 36 Inches and depth of about IA Inches. Around on the inside of the bowl are succession of grooves in which are placed amalgamated wires. A stream of water feeds the gold bearing product into the bowl and it Is given about 100 revolutions a minute By an inviolable centrifugal law the heavy gold particles contained in the revolving mass arc forced to the outer edge, when they come in contact with the amalgamated wires and are imprisoned until liberated by the operator. In fluids, or semi-huids. centrifugal action forces particles hav- ing the greatest specific gravity to the outer edge. Cream is separated from milk by centrifugal action The declara- tons of scientific men are often received with increduity because the untutored mind Is not able to follow intense reason- ing to inevitable conclusions. Mir. Edison
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
ONE ON THE
 TURKEY TROT"

Pittsburg. May 2s... Members of Pitts burg's moral efficiency commission said today they were determined to make an example of Tiny Fuschee, a fasci- hating little Spanish dancer, and four rich young men of Pittsburg, who are charged with having promoted an en- .tertainment at which there was dan cing which made the so-ealled turkey trot, the grizzly bear and the bunny hug look decidedly decent. The case has not been set for trial. A preliminary hearing, however was held.
 Tiny Fuschee denied that she danced in the all-together but admitted that her draperies were very abbreviated. She said the only reason she appeared at all was that she wanted to earn money enough to get back to the white way or Broadway of New York city,
 The male members could not recall what happened. Tiny Fuschee gave three dances. called the spring dance, the fig leaf and the Oriental. The wit nesses said the latter differed widely from the second chiefly in that the fig leaf seemed small in size.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30

was unobtainable on yesterday when l called at his office. but 1t is reasonab ble to suppose that he did as well on raises as he did in 1911, and if fe did, then our valuations for 1912. without being in creased by the state board or the county commissioner, will aggregate $119,919, ,50
 Can any one say that assessments in this county are not keeping pace with those in other counties Of the state? We know that we are running ahead, we take pride in the showing we make. but there is limit, and tlie people should rise up and say to these officers and fee grabbers thus far and no further"
 At the conclusion of Mr. Notions speech, other speakers elamored for the floor and 1t was with difficulty that Dr. Gewin. the president, picked out the lucky men. Several men spoke on the subject. Principal among these speakers were R. D. coffma.l, pr M. C.. Scholar J. W. Mcdonald, W. H. Tharpe, Wallace c. Johns, T. C. Mc- Gahey, Charles w Worrell ]. T. Cham blee and J B. Colye. Others also made short talks an the subject.
 Two resolutions were introduced and passed by the meeting. The first was directed to the Chamber of Commerce, in which the citizens of Beat impor- tuned the civic body to not let up on their fight against the tax increases and to accept no compromise on the matter. We are with you,' said the resolution, assuring the Chamber of Commerce of their cooperation.
 The other resolution was to the eff feet that pr. Gewin. the president, should appoint a committee to wait upon the Board of Revenue of Jeffer- son county and petition 1t to not docket the general raises in taxes made by the local back tax commissioner, J. Y. Al len pr. Gewin stated that he would appoint the committee within a day or two and that the fight would be waged on with relentless activity.
 The date of the next meeting was not announced. It will he determined and publication made through the press later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
ACCEPT PEABODY
 GIFT ON CONDITION $10,000 Must Be Used for Department of Education MANY IMPROVEMENTS All of Denny's Recommendations Are Passed by Trustees With One
 Expection-FratH Houses Will
 Be Built on Grounds
 
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
By K. \. ROTHARMEL (Agc-Herald Sfnn CorrespondenD

Tuscaloosa May Special. At the meeting of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama this morn ing, Dr. G. H. Denny presented the an- nual presidents report. The board passed all of the presidents recom- mendations with the exception of the part concerning the endowment, which was referred to a special committee.
 A synopsis of the report is as fol lows: Dr Denny reported that there were 7S5 students enrolled at the uni versity He praised the discipline of the self governing student body. Tt is gratifying to report that the num- Der of men dropped automatically has not been greater than might have been expected.
 "The student body had enjoyed ex cellent health and pr. Mayfeld was complimented. The report told of the resignation of Dean w. g. Thorington of the law school and the appointment of w B. oliver to that position. Ed gar B. Kay of the engineering depart ment also resigned, but owing to lack Of time a successor had not been ap- pointed. The death of Dr. Rhett Goodc of Mobile was also touched upon.
 Tribute to Smith
 Dr. Denny paid high tribute to Eu- gene A. smith, who resigned after all pleas to remain had been made him. R. F. Cooper was appointed to the chair of education The Peabody gift of S40,- 000 was accepted on the condition that $1o,000 would be used for the depart ment of education. Dr. Denny also toNl how the university investment fund had been put to use and asked that per mission be given 10 invest the money in other than state and national bonds.
 The fraternity houses were tallSe ed about and it was decided that they would all be built in the university domain next. year. the money being lent the fraternities at reasonable interest If necessary The university is to SUI pervise the kind of houses to be built.
 Many Improvements
 Dr. Denny proposed a number of im-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
COMMENCEMENT AT
 RUSSELLVILLE SOON

Russelyille. May 2s.-tspeciaL)- 1.-The commencement sermon at the high school al eRtssel1ville will be preached here next Sunday by Dr. Frank Brandon of Besse- mer Dr. A. c. Montague of Howard col- lege will deliver the baccalaureate ad- dress on the succeeding Wednesday even ing to the graduating class
 Miss Fannie Spragsins was buried Tues day from the Methodist Episcopal church. The church was crowded and the floral tributes sent in by friends were many and beautiful
 Judge S. J. Petre has received notice from the secretary of the national re- prtlican executive committe that his seat in the convention as a delegate from the state at large had been contested. The committee will in few days take up and dispose of these cases. They will be heard alphabetically, which puts the Alabama case first.