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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
BRYAN IS NOT ON
ROOSEVELT TICKET
The Colonel Says the Re-
port Is Untrue and
Impossible

oyster Bay, June Especial -Some-
one had the temerity last evening to ask
Colonel Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill IL 1t
were true that he had offered the second
place on the bull moose" ticket to Will
liam Jennings Bryan. The third party
candidate threw up his hands.
Are you sure that 1t wasn't Emperor
William | offered 1t tor" he falsettoed.
Il think that is the most absurd thing
ever heard Of" he said, after the laugh
ter that followed the allusion to the
Kaiser had subsidized. "Why, my dear
sir, In the first place, the report is untrue;
but, worse than that, it's impossible, ut
terly SO. I'm sure that 1t would be the
last thing / should think of doing IL
could but, In the first place. l couldn't
offer a place on any ticket to any man
when 1t is not my place to do So"
The question grew out of published
statement attributed to a Roosevelt dele
gate from Texas. that Roosevelt had Of
fered Bryan the vice presidency. Colo
mel Roosevelt, after his half facetions de-
NAL, went out of his way however, to
pay the Nebraskan some handsome com
pliments on his many excellent quail
ties" as the ex-President STYLED them
Honesty and integrity of purpose were in
cluded among Bryan's virtues, the colo
mel thought.
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WILLING FOR VOTE
ON WATER CONTRACT
Lane Believes the People
Would Overwhelmingly
IndOrse 1t

That he was perfectly willing for the
people to vote upon the waterworks con-
tract, but that he did not believe that
majority would be foolish enough to
reject 1t, was a statement of Commits
sioner A. o. Lane yesterday. When asked
when the contract would be voted upon
Judge Lane was unwilling to say defnite-
ly in view of the fact that Mr.. Exum and
Mr.. Weatherly have not yet indicated
when they would return from Baltimore.
The developments at Baltimore, 1t is said,
will hold them there until something def
mite is done in reference to the nomin-
alton.
Commissioner Lane said his position on
the contract did not call for any reitera-
ton but that he would say In addition to
what has already been stated that the
people could vote upon the contract 30 far
as he was concerned and that he would
not oppose any plan for such a refer
enee of the contract.
II am always on the side of the peo-
pie" said Commissioner Lane.
THE contract is the best one that l
have been able to see In some time"
Judge Lane went on to say. 1.-The peo-
pie | know Will not be foolish enough
To reject 81 100000 In good ready eonces-
sions If 1t was referred to them for solu-
ton. L believe that the commissioners
have secured concessions that will amount
to that much. We have not given any
thing In return, made no concessions, yet
we have that splendid offer from the
company If all our public service prob
lens were SO satisfactorily solved the
people would be adequately protected and
the corporations would be effectively reg
ulated
THE situation Is one that believe the
commissioners have handled wisely and
should be permitted to conclude 1t with
out further ado. As far as | am con-
cerned the contract will be ratified at the
next meeting of the commission"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
REDUCTION In RATES
A General Reduction in Square Rates
Effective July

In 1866 the maximum rate between
places no woffices of the Western Union
Telegraph company was about SIS for
message of 10 words. date, address
and signature free, says the Journal of
the Telegraph. By frequent changes this
maximum has been reduced until 1t now
stands at 81.
From time to time intermediate rates
have also been reduced and on July /,
1912, the latest reduction becomes eff
fective This last change In the scale
is caused by the introduction of a
square rate of 80 cents. The changes
are very numerous.
Among the examples given are In
the Atlanta Birmingham territory.
comparison of the old and new
rate sheets will give each Western
Union office the specific informatio
necessar- to show where these reduc-
tons a .,ly. They cover night mes
sages, night and day letters as well
as other forms of service now based
upon the day rates.
Every Western Union office should
receive, before July /, new tariff
sheet of square and state rates stamped
to take effect on that date.
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WILL RESUME
WORK TODAY
Alabama Consolidated Of
ficials Optimistic Over
Outlook of Affairs

The receivers of the Alabama consol-
idated Coal and Iron company will re-
sumo operations at several plants and
mines today, giving employment to a
large number of men who have been
idle several days. The resumption will oc-
cur by authority given the receivers by
Judge Grubb of the federal court. The
plants will be operated by the receivers
and the official Organization that has
been built UP by President Harry S.
Matthews.
1t is supposed that within a short time
additional plants viii be placed into OPP
Grafton and eventually the problems of
the company WIFI have been satisfactorily
worked out That end is being aimed at
by the receivers who see In the prop
erty far too much value to allow any,
uncertainty to exist any length of time.
The officials OF the corporation are very
sanguine over the belief that within a
short time the petition in bankruptcy
will be dismissed.
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st, Paul's Church

At ST Pauls. the June deyotions in
honor of the Sacred Heart were con-
cluded with last nights services. AT
ter The high mass, which began at
1890 o'clock. the blessed sacrament
was borne in procession through the
church and was placed in exposition
above the altar for the alteration of
the faithful.
The Rev. Father Coyle announced
that beginning with next Sunday and
continuing until October the 10:3o
o'clock mass would be low mass
also that during the summer on week
days when 1t was in order to have the
oenediction OF the blessed sacrament
such would be given at the end OF the
$50 mass instead Of the s o'clock mass
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REV. PRESTON BLAKE
breaches ON CROSS
sPower of the Cross Is the
Key to All Gospel"
Was Theme

At the Southside Baptist church yester-
day morning the Rev. Preston Blake
preached on the Power of the Cross
"The power of the cross lies in the
purpose of the cross" said Mr.. Blake.
'.and only as one sees the purpose of
God in the redemption of man does 1t
become attractive. The power of the cross
is the key to all Gospel, and only. as
we believe In the Gospel of God, only
as we believe that Jesus died for our
sins and is the Redeemcr of all mankind,
then, and only then. do we understand
the power of the cross.
1.-THE Apostle Paul, speaking of Lis ex-
periences. mentions that the power of the
cross lay in the sef-sacriiee of its de-
voices A few weeks ago while going
through one of the local hospitals, I came
across a woman lying on a couch of
pain, her right arm stripped of its skin,
and she was nigh unto death. And when
/ inquired as to the cause of this womans
sufferngs. was Informed that her baby
had been badly scalded and only by the
grating of fresh, live skin to the burned
tissues could the babys life be saved.
Did the mother hesitate? No. she calmly
suffered through the operation and sac
rificed the skin ON her arm to save her
baby.
THAT, my brethren. was self-saerifice
and it was unheralded. 1t was not ex-
plotted and advertised as most heroes
are This brave, unselfish woman suf-
fered to save the life of another. Jesus
Christ died on the cross for all of us
In the same unselfish. way. And those
of you who truly believe in the power
of the cross must be ready for self-sacri-
fee in the same unselfish and modest
way.
My brothers and sisters do not ever
stray away from the cross; 1t is your
one saving hope for future happiness. Do
not be diverted from the power of the
cross by the theories of atheism. To them
who accept Him as their Savior, 1t is the
power and the wisdom of God. The power
of the cross lies in the purpose of the
cross, and only as one sees the purpose
of God in the redemption of man, does
it become attractive"
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4L|FE'S SAMAR|AS'
SUBJECT OF SERMON
DIR. Anderson breaches at
56th Street Baptist
ALL HAVE ENEMIES
Life of Christian Is Journey Through
Land of Enemy, But the Goal
Is Worthy of the Great
Struggle

DIR. W. NJ. Anderson of the Fifty
sixth Street Baptist church, at the IL
o'clock service yesterday morning. took
as his text. "Iife's Samarias''-"And
he must needs go through Samaria.p
John A.
This is an interesting bit of his
tory" he said "Samaria lies just be-
tween Judea on the south and Gallilee
on the north. The Jews who lived in
Judea did not as a rule so directly
through Gallilee. but went around,
crossed the Jordan and went up into
Perea into Gallilee. They had a rea-
son for this. The Jews had no dealings
with the samaritans. 1t was always
considered a perilous journey for a
Jew to make a trip through Samaria.
1t must needs be that Jesus go through
samaria to sow the gospel seed. One
reason was the conversion of the wom-
an at Jacobs we'll, who then told that
story throughout that country, and the
name of the Lord was glorified 1t must
be that He face whatever difficulties
there were to face; that He undergo
whatever trials there were to undergo
that he might effectively spread the
gospel. If 1t was true with Jesus, 1t
Is true with us. You and ], IL we are
true and faithful. must pass through
life's Samarias. We might try to go
around the dangers and If we would
follow Him we must go up through
Samaria. make mention of three of
life's Sanarias
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SEIDEL ATTACKS
COLONEL ROOSEVELT

Appleton, Wis, June 3o.-Emil SeIdel,
former socialist mayor of Milwaukee,
and candidate for vice president on the
national social democratic ticket, in an
address here last night attacked Theo-
dore Roosevelt. calling him "fakir."
He compared the colonel with Lot
and his family when they were driven
out of Sodom and Lots wife turned
back, and was turned into a pillar of
salt
Just SO 1t Is with Teddy who says
he will smash this great problem that
confronts the people today-the trusts.
He goes only so far and then turns
back to favor Them said Mr.. Seldel.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Orpheum-VaudeyiIle

One of the very best vaudeville bills Of
the season is due at the Orpheum this
week, commencing with a matinee this
afternoon and two performances tonight,
at 7:30 and o'clock. Featured on the
bill will be Helen Mcmahon, the original
scare crow girl and the star of Ziegfeld's
"F'ollies of 1911" She appears in the act
of Mcmahon, Diamond and Clemenee, a
musical comedy feature. There are four
other splendid acts on the bill, including
Delmore and Oneida, a wonderful balance
ing perch act; Beryl and Elaine Gray, SOU
brettes; Ida Mcmillan and company In
Bozeman Buyers newest comedy. 1.-The
Late Mr.. Allen" and Antoinette Norman
and James Tooney In up to date nonsense.
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WOMAN FLIES IN
NEW ENGLAND MEET

Boston, June 30.-Miss Blanche Stuart
Scott gained the distinction of being
the first woman to fly an aeroplane
in New England at the opening Of the
aviation meet at Squantum today. She
used a biplane. Later Miss Harriet
QuimbIy made half hours flight in
new monoplane.
Lincoln Beachey. Charles X. Hamil-
ton. Glenn l.. Martin, Charles T. Niles,
Arch Freeman. Phillip Ward Page and
George w. Gray were other ayiators
seen in various contests.
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ARRESTED FOR
ROBBING STORE

Russellvile. June 3o.-tSpecial.) tom
Newton aged 20 years. was brought here
from Red Bay last night by a deputy
sheriff and placed in Jail. charged with
burglarizing the store of the Tiffin Hard
ware company at that place. He con-
fessed today and told the sheriff that sew
eral others were implicated.
An older brother of Newton has been
arrested in connection with the burglary.
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AT THE HOTELS

George NJ. Weston OF Erie, N. Y, f.
A. OTIS city, and F. M. Massey, city, are
registered at the Birmingham.
James Gibboney of Mobile, James S.
Thomas of University and r. W. Allen Of
Nashville are at the Hillman.
]. w. Mcneil of Ragland, w. L. Hay of
Montgomery and w. A. Cough of Me-
ridan are at the Metropolitan.
H. A. Horst, Jr., of Mobile. J. r. Lane
of Montgomery and r. l.. O'Nein OF
Huntsville are at the Morris.
e. NJ Pruckard of Clanton, B. l. Robin
son of Springville and ]. L. Echok of
Gadsden are at the Florence.
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DEMONSTRATE FIRST
ALTO INJURED WORK

The Woodward fire corps from Wood
ward yesterday afternoon at o'clock
gave a demonstration in the armory at
the city hall of first aid to the injured
work. Policemen and fremen were inyit-
ed and the armory was filled with an In
terested audience as the Woodward men
went through their tactics. 1t is UNDER
stood that some of these methods of first
aid to the injured will be introduced into
the fire and police departments by Chief
Bodeker and Chief Bennett of the fire
department. The meeting lasted two
hours.
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vincenza Ingolina, an Italian said to J
wanted In Atlanta for murder was q
rested yesterday morning by Deputy ST.
if Bonner at Ensley. Ingolina Is b.N.
held in the county jail until the arrive.
an Atlanta officer with the necesl8
papers for his removal.
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Hubbard Arrested

City Objective Gray left Pittsburg last
night forkBirmingham with Fl. J. Hubbard,
a negro,l wanted here for the murder OF
James duncan in the spring OF 1911. Hub
bard wa{ turned over By the Pittsburg POI
lice to Gay late Saturday evening.
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OSCAR UNDERWOOD
IS SURE WINNER
At BALTIMORE
Harry Jones Returns From
"The Front" Very
Optimistic
SAYS BY TONIGHT HE
WILL BE NOMINATED
Albanian Hold Strategic Position of
Convention-Marchi Club Made
Even Bigger Showing Than
Was Anticipated

That Oscar w. Underwood absolutely
holds the balance of power at Baltimore,
and that in his opinion the congressman
from this state would be nominated before
tomorrow night, is what Harry Jones said
yesterday upon his return from Balti-
more. j. d. Moore of Moore & Handley,
who also returned. and Tom Jones, are of
the same opinion. The Birmingham men
say they are perfectly satisfied with the
trend of events.
Mr.. JONES' Mr.. Moore and Tom Jones
are the only birmingham men who went
with the Birmingham delegation to re-
turn yesterday. The others, 1t is stated.
decided to remain until the balloting Is
over. which is expected tomorrow at the
latest. President culpepper Exum of the
today or tonight.
The situation as 1t now stands Is what
the Birmingham crowd and the Under
wood managers have been praying for
night and day during the past six
months" said Mr.. Jones yesterday. HE
stands absolutely in strategic position
and holds within his grasp the nomination.
| believe Underwood will land. The great
est efforts have been made by Clark.
Wilson and all of them to break the hold
the Underwood men have on the conven-
ton. kilograms personal appeals and
every move has been made to get the In
derwood men to go to Clark or to Wilson.
However, not a CULVER has been made in
that direction. Overtures of the most en-
gaging kind have met with nothing more
than n po1ite hearing
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To Di4Gss Taxes

The Birmingham Real Estate ex-
change will Hbld meeting this morn
ing at IL O'Clock at the Chamber of
Commerce tb discuss the increase re-
Gently madf in tax assessments in JEFF
ferson County.
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WOMAN KILLED IN
SCUFFLE WITH MEN
Mrs. R. Monaghan Shot at
Mineral Springs
]. WHITE IS ARRESTED
Constable White Was Scuffling With
Her Husband When Mrs. Money
han Ran Between Them
and Was Shot in Hip

Mrs. Annie Monaghan, the pretty
young wife of W. J. Monaghan, of Gull
man, Ala, was fatally shot late Sat-
urday night by Constable John White
of Mineral Springs. Ala, at Mineral
Springs. The injured woman was placed
in Louisville and Nashville caboose
and rushed to Birmingham by a freight
engine. An ambulance met the train
and she was taken to the st. Vincents
hospital She was beyond human aid by
that time and only lived few hours,
dying at o'clock Sunday morning.
Mrs. Monaghan was the wife of ]. w.
Moneyhan, of Cullman. assistant super
intendent of construction of the Gull
man division on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. The unfortunate af-
fair occurred just out of Mineral
Springs, at section train on Louis
Vile and Nashville siding 1t is said
that two negroes. employed by Money
han, had been in fight in Mineral
Springs, and Constable White had at
tempted to arrest them, but both got
away from him. He ran after one me-
gro, who went toward the section train
where the negroes employed had a
sleeping car. When White got there
the negro had gone into the car and
to he'd
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PERSONAL

Erskine Ramsay, who has been i'll at
his home on Highland avenue, is very
much improved and win perhaps be In his
office this morning.
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e3O.25 ATLANTIC CITY
AND RETURN ON 5-7-S,
LIMITED JULY Is.
STOPOVER WASHINGTON,
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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Mr.. Monaghan Talks

The statement of Assistant Superin-
tendent Moneyhan is exactly opposite
to Whites and contradicts him. Mr..
Monaghan said: About IL o'clock Con-
stable White came down to my-ear and
said that he wanted to arrest one of
my negroes, and | asked him If he
would not wait until morning. He said
that he wanted him now. | didn't want
to give him up. so we had an argu-
ment. The words became hot and my
wife stepped down and stood beside me.
When the constable got offensive in his
language / came down out of the car.
and as | did so he whipped out his gun
and hit at me with 1t three times. /
lodged him and then he jumped back
about 12 feet and fired, missing me and
hitting my wife"
The body was turned over to Lige
10y yesterday morning aud sent over
the Louisville and Nashville last night
at s:25 to Cullman, where the interment
will take place. Mr.. and Mrs. Money
han have lived in Cullman all their
lives, having been born and married
there. Funeral services will be held
today in Cullman at 2:30 o'clock In the
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firing Out Delegates

lTlng Out DelegdteS
In my opinion the situation Is now one
of firing out the delegations New York Is
trying to do that and believe such will
be the outcome of the present situation.
They have tried out Wilson, and they have
thrown their votes to Clark to show that
neither of them can get the nomination.
They will try ballot or two more, and
few more states will flop to Underwood
and our congressman will be nominated.
1T goes without saying that William J..
Bryan is exercising some influence. but
so far as his getting the nomination it is
a 1000 to shot that he will not land. He
came to Baltimore hoping to be the NOM
iree. When he introduced the resolution
to expel representatives of predatory
wealth from the convention he hoped that
unfavorable action would be taken and he
would have bolted at that time with
at the democrats. But when II was acted
upon favorably he looked like a steam
roller had crushed him beneath It's mersi-
less wheels. In fact Mrs. Bryan had to
lead the peerless one to the car. He
looked like a complete wreck.
Bryan speaks about every three min
utes at the convention, but so far has been
unable to get away with anything except
ing some of the time of the convention
Marching Club Showed Up Well
THE Underwood Marching club showed
up well, and made the best showing of
any demonstration there. We had the
best band and we did the most good The
convention was packed with over 1000
Princeton students for Wilson, while the
Clark forces were there in good round
numbers. The Underwood demonstration
was entered into by our own little crowd
and such others as Joined voluntarily. The
fact is that the Underwood crowd has done
more boosting than even we expected.
They made great hit everywhere.
THE only trouble with the Underwood
movement was our failure to get the solid
south. That is, exclusive of Texas. If we
had secured a solid southern delegation
there would not have been the slightest
trouble In landing Underwood at once. As
1t is, when we go TO Massa chusetts and
ask that delegation TO vote for Underwood
they ask us to get the solid southern dele
cation and then come back and see what
they will do. However, as the lines are
drawn now | am absolutely confident that
oscar Underwood VIII get the nomination
at Baltimore"
Mr.. Jones was yesterday surrounded by
an enthusiastic crowd at Parkers drug
store and at the Southern club while re-
lating his opinions and telling the inside
of the Baltimore meeting. Never per-
haps in the history of Birmingham before
has excitement been higher over politics.
The friends of Congressman Underwood
here are anxiously awaiting the converting
of the convention today to see what fur
Their developments take place.
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4TH OF JULY RATES
TOY ALL POINTS ON
SOpTHERN RAILWAY
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Called Monaghan

Constable White then called out Mr..
Monaghan, and told him that he want
ed to arrest a negro who was in the
car. Monaghan Is said to have asked
him If he could not wait until morning,
so as not to disturb the other negroes,
and that he (Moneyhan) would see that
the constable then obtained his man.
When White insisted, Monaghan asked
him II he had a warrant, and White
is alleged to have answered that he
did not
Word followed word and soon the two
men became quite angry. Mrs. Money
han, hearing high words, came down
out of the car, and stood beside her,
husband until the men began to scuf-
file. Then, 1t is said, Constable White
drew his pistol and she stepped in be-
tween them and was shot. The bullet
passed through her right hip.
Constable White turned himself over
to the justice of the peace in Mineral
Springs, and early Sunday morning
Sheriff McAdors's force here in Bir-
mingham was notified and deputies
went to Mineral Springs and brought
White back with them. He was lodged
In the county jail
In statement made yesterday from
his cell in the county jail, Constable
John White said: 1T was an accident,
pure and simple. When the argument
became heated Mrs. Monaghan jumped
in between us and grabbed my gun,
which l had drawn to hit Monaghan
with If he got funny. / had 1t In my
let hand and she grabbed 1t. jerking
it from me and discharging IL. I went
down there after a negro who had been
fighting and Monaghan refused to let
me have bin. That's how 1t started
The shooting was an accident on my