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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
IS
 v GIVEN AT REEDERS

The first musical entertainment ever given on Red mountain was that of Friday night at the Muscoda camp of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Feeders Gap. The instru mental and accompaniment music was furnished by the Isnsley band of the Tennessee Coal, Iron dnd Railroad com pany and the vocal numbers were rem dered by Miss Cathleen and Miss L.il- liam Cahill About 200 persons attend ed. the entertainment being given in the Feeders church.
 Refreshments were served by the Ladies' Aid society of the church. among whose members are Miss Gladys Baird, Miss Laura Ball Miss Gladys Ingram. Miss Ora Davis, Mrs. C. II. Furrln Mrs. Henry Fritz and others. Quite a number of T. c. l. officials from the ore mines and the Ensley steel plant were present. Every one pres eut pronounced the affair remarkable success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
OVER MILLION EGGS
 SOLD IN SINGLE DAY
Chicago Women Discontinue Sale-TO Maintain a
 Few Stations

Chicago, December 21.-One million one hundred thousand eggs were sold today under the auspices of the Chicago Clean Food league in the campaign to break the egg market. This is 100000 more than were sold yesterday and concludes the selling of eggs in the present campaign to bring the price down. The mana gers of the sale claim victory and point to the fact that dealers throughout the city have offered for sale guaranteed eggs at the leagues price of 24 cents a dozen or less.
 A few egg selling stations will be main tained permanently in different parts of the city, it was announced tonight, as monitors to see'' the price of eggs is kept down. These, however, will not un- dertake to supply eggs in as great quan- titles as in the last two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
.H|NDS TOLECTURE :. 0N BOIL WEEVL State Entomologist to Visit s;elma-New POstOffice
 Fixtures

Selma, December 21.-Cspecial )-The officials of the Selma chamber of com merce Shas extended to State Entnmolo- gists Wi F. Hinds an invitation to come to Selma on Tuesday, December s1 and deliver Ito the farmers Of Dallas county an address upon the boil weevil. The business mems organization of Selma believes fhat it is very necessary The farmers 6f the Selma territory should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
DALE PRELIMINARY TRIAL HELD MONDAY A Bitter Legal Battle Is
 Expected PHILLIPS WINS SUIT Suit Against Old Mems Business League-Confederate Veteran Sen
 tenced for Assault--Charged With Operating Still
PHILLIPS WINS SUIT

Gadsden, December 21.--(Special)- One of tho bitterest legal battles waged here in some time will be the prelimi- nary hearing before Probate Judge L. l.. Herzberg Monday of Gus Dale, the de- tae+,ve who shot and killed Jim Pierce one week ago today, and who is charged with murder in the first degree. About 50 witnesses have been summoned TOT the prosecution and about 25 for the defense. Solicitor L. E. Rainey will be assisted by Attorneys Cuili and Martin, while the defense will be conducted by Attorneys Goodhue. Bradley and White and Dortch, Allen and Martin.
 Although there is & strong demand for spot cotton, most farmers arc hold ing for 14 cents. Quotations of iSA cents were offered today. ". L. sam pey. a fertilizer man. is arranging to let farmers have money at 10 DOT cent next year. although some of the banks are charging 12 per cent.
 Further details of the shooting af- fray in Marshall county have reached Gadsden. According to this information N1fey 11dIQltlB anu WAt itttAddiA Wpha 10 the home of Feril Smith and 'shot up'' the place, frightening Smiths wife and children. When he learned of this, Smith is said to have started after the two, and the shooting began. Harding was shot in tho arm and Randall was shot in the side. Smith was wounded in the arm. It was said today that the men are in a serious condition. The scene of the shooting is IS miles from Guntersyille on the Madison county line.
 w R. Philips won his suit against the old Business Mems club for back salary as secretary. However. Judge John H. Disque of the equity division of the city court of Gadsden disallowed s17o of the s236, as this amount had been collected by Loui Hart at Philips order, for @ booklet.
 James Johnson, the aged Confederate soldier who was convicted of an ns- sault on a 12-year-old girl, was sen tenced to four years n the penitentiary. Melvin Johnson, white man convicted of perjury, was sentenced to two years on the county roads.
 Judge J. D. Blackwood, who has been holding court at Ashville in St. Clair county this week. returned to Gadsden today.
 Heabron Mccormack of Calhoun was arraigned this morning before United States Commissioner Edward PsclSard on the charge of operating a still. He was arrested in Marshall county whence he had fled Mccormack was held here in jail in default of $500 bond. to await q hearing December 30.
 Lawrence Rust a prominent business man of Ludlow, Ky. died in terrible agony on the steamer Chattanooga. which plies the Tennessee river, yes terday. The exact cause of his death is unknown. He had lived on the steamboat for several weeks. The body was taken off at Guntersville and pre- pared for shipment to his former home.
 John Schrinscher. a white man, was arrested at Attalla yesterday on the charge of violating the prohibition law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
 ANOTHER AMERICAN IN ENGLISH NOBILITY

London. December 2i - Another American bride entered the ranks of the British nobility today by the mar riage of Margaret Eleanor Crosby, only daughter of the late Ernest Hollard Crosby. to Lieut.. William C. A. Van neck of the Thirteenth hussars, at St Georges church. Hanover Square.
 Lieutenant Nanneck is the nephew and heir presumptivc of the aged Baron Huntingficld. His father, who is tho direct heir. also is aged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Weather Forecast

Washington, December 2l.-Forecast for Alabama: Rain Sunday. colder south portion; Monday probably fair
 Georgia Local rains and somewhat colder sunday; Monday cloudy, moderate north to northeast winds.
 Mississippi: Cloudy Sunday ram souin portion; colder extreme south poruoh' Monday probably fair.
 Tennessee: Generally fair sunday and Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
DARING

Kansas City. December 21.--Mrs. Ma bel Denson of White Water, Kan, was sentenced to five years in the peniten- tiary today because she forged si5 check on dare offered by her sister in-law.
 q never refuse to take dare,' she told the judge.
 T dare you to serve five years in the penitentiary,, said the court. I'm giving you the limit"
 Mrs. Benson's husband, Joseph, Is a civil engineer. She has two small chill dren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
OPERATION OK
 SENATOR OvERMAN

Washington, December 21 - Lee s. Overman, junior United States senator from North Caro- lima, was operated upon this aft ernoon for appendicitis. The operation was entirely success full, and hls physician. Dr. Will liam Cline Borden, tonight said conditions were entirely favora- ble. The senator stood the oper- ation very well and was resting easy tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Request War Funds

St. Petersburg. December FLA dispatch from Mukden says that the Picking cham Der of commerce has sent to commercial firms in Manchuria a circular asking the Chinese merchants to place part or tueir income at the disposal of the war fund against Russian aggression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

The Alabama river packet C,ty of Mobile -reaches Tie selma whars late tonight from Mobile with one af the largest loads of freight Of the winter season. The freight consisted or sew erai hundred bales of cotton, several thousand sacks of cotton seed besides a large consignment of miscellaneous freight. The City Of Mobile will leave. Sunday morning on her return trip" down the river to Mobile with . large consignment of miscellaneous freight for the down river iandinxA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

Postmaster D. M. Scott of the Selma office received notice Saturday that the 1e1 new lock boxes which have been ordered for the Selma office will be shipped from Bridgeport. Conn, on next Tuesday. The contract for the install lation of the three new tiers of boxes has been awarded and as soon as they are received they will be placed into position.
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receive all instructions possible upon the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Temp ture

United States weather bureau stations December 21:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

Summary of observations
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Iocal Data

IF the 24 hours ending at p. m.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
WON'T REOPEN
OLD W0LFK|LL
SUICIDE CASE
Divorce Here to Settle Up Estate,
But Will Not Finance Another
Investigation Into Former
Husbands Death.
Associated Press.

Mrs. Sarah Mcconnell. divorced
wife of Clark Wolfkill, whose dead
body was found in a slough FIVE
miles east of town last July, is in the
city settling up the affairs of the es-
tate of her former husband.
A year ago Mrs. Mcconnell, who
remarked after divorce from Wolf
kill many years before his death, at
tempted to carry the investigation of
the cause of the mans death further
than the verdict of the coroner's ju-
ry in an effort to disprove the general
belief that Wolfkill was a suicide.
She failed in this.
Asked this morning IL she intend
ed to reopen the case she declared
she did not. 1T would help no one
to get all the facts and would not
bring him back to life. | have no
means to carry on an investigation, -
she went on, "and besides, | do not
think that those children, at least.
had anything to do with the death of
Mr.. Wolfkill."
Mrs. Mcconnell referred to Virgil
Wilson, Gladys Pulliom Thompson,
Lillian Osborne and Lee Baker, who
found the body and who had often
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
Sterling Does
Not Concur In
Steel Repor,
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 2.-Representa-
tive Sterling of Illinois, a republican
member of the house committee of
inquiry into the United States Steel
Corporation, disagreed with his col
leagues on the committee, and sub
mitted the following to the house:
81 heartily favor governmental
regulation of corporations engaged in
interstate commerce. The first step
in this direction is legislation pro-
yiding for federal incorporation.
Such legislation should limit the cap
italization to the actual value of the
corporate property, and thus elimin-
ate from the commerce of the coun-
try that abominable fiction of values
commonly termed "watered stock"
THE extent to which fictitious
values have been created by over
capitalization of corporate property
has shaken public confidence in cor
porate securities and made the public
mind distrustful of large business en-
terprises.
''Such legislation should provide
for system of reports, to commits
sion or other government agency,
giving full publicity to the manner
and purpose of the organization, its
profits 1t should provide for rigid
supervision of all issues of securities
and prohibit one corporation from
holding stock in another, and limit
the extent to which two or more cor
porations may have common direc-
torates.
81 do not concur in the views of
the minority, that the true remedy
for industrial evils does not lie in
the dissolution of the industrial
trusts / am of the opinion that the
dissolution of the great industrial
combinations into their integral
parts would do much to restore trade
to a natural and healthy condition
and inspire confidence of the people
in the business situation and revive
commercial prosperity.
1.-The proposition that the govern
ment shall recognize and permit to
exist, trusts, monopolies and combin-
ations in restraint of trade, and then
regulate them by legislative control,
is one calculated to suppress individ-
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
SPEECH
SREADY'
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. Colo
mel Roosevelt's confession of faith
is to be made in Chicago next week
in a speech in which he says ne
takes more interest than any other
he has ever delivered.
His proposals, he believed, may. he
regarded as ultra-radical in some
quarters, and, if the national pro
gressive convention is to nominate
him and adopt platform to go with
the ticket, he wishes to have his
views known in detail beforehand,
so that the convention may act with
full knowledge of his position.
In the past, as a member of the
republican party, he said, he had
felt that he must shape his personal
utterances to conform to the position
of the party. With this restraint re-
moved, he will father measures which
he feels may give his supporters a
new conception OF his position.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
PaIiSade Districts Would
Pay s I.5O Acre For Water
z.s-==-sse To Government For Canal

The board of directors of the Mesa
County Irrigation District have sub
mitted proposition to the govern
ment officials in the matter of ad-
justment of the water differences,
the district to secure its water from
the High Line ditch when it is in
operation, says the Palisade Tribune.
This agreement differs from the
one offered several weeks ago by the
government in that it recognizes the
decree reported by Referee Strnberg
in adjudicating the water rights OF
the river and gives the district pre-
cedence over the governments prior
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
M'NAMARA'S KEYS IN COURT
A Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Aug. 2.-Returning
to the collateral allegation that Dar-
row sought unlawfully to acquire ev-
idence intended for use against the
McNamaras, the prosecution cross
examined Darrow today concerning
his relations with w. J. Turner of
Chicago.
Darrow testified that Turner was
a detective who had worked for him
in the Moyer-Haywood case in Idaho.
He admitted the authenticity of the
kilograms which passed between him
and Turner. in which the subject was
Detective Guy Biddinger and the al
legged attempt of Darrow to secure
important evidence by bribing Bid
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
THOMAS AND
M'CUE STOP
RUMP MEET
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Denver, Aug "A threatened rift
in the lutte of democratic harmony
was sldoothed over this morning by
the joint action of Ex-Governor Cbas.
s. Thomas and Senator Thomas J
McCue.
Because they declared that the ap-
portionment committee, which picked
55 delegates to the state assembly
from the democratic county assembly,
Judge Henry A. Hicks, Leo Vincent
and Charles S. Thomas presented a
bolt.
out of this number Thomas An
near, George HOsmer (who is Cover
nor Shafroth's campaign managerJ
and William II. Malone attempted to
form a rump assembly.
Ex-Governor Thomas told the
threatening boilers that their action
was not democratic, and, if they did
not go into the regular assembly,
they had better go home. AS a result
the most of the disgruntled progress
sives returned to the assembly just
before noon.
The breach was completely closed
when Senator McCue moved that the
aDoprtionment committee be in
structed to make a second report on
the delegates which would represent
the two factions equally.
1t was declared today that former
Senator Patterson was behind the
bolt.
The 55 delegates at large to .he
state assembly have not yet been
chosen, but will represent an undi-
yided party at the state assembly.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
MARRIED 46
YEARS AGO.;
ASKS DECREE
Aged Couple, 65 Years Old, to Separ,
z ate.-Wife Charges Abandon
ment Is Years Ago.-Were
Married in 1866.

After a married life of 46 years,
the last / 5 of which have been spent
together. Emeritta Taylor, wife OF
James p. Taylor, today filed suit in
the county court for decree of di-
vorce from her husband. The people
are well advanced in years, Mrs. Tay-
lor being 65 years old, and her hus-
band a few years older. Desertion
and non-support is the charge made
in the complaint.
The couple were married in
Brownsville. Neb., on March 13. 1866.
Mrs. Taylor charges that her husband
abandoned her in 1897, and since
that time she has supported herself.
Mrs. Taylor is very well known
here. Mr.. Taylor, it is said, was in
Grand Junction yesterday to visit his
daughter.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02

ity claims. 1t also asks for charges
for delivery of water for irrigation
purposes to be the same as provided
for other lands under the project.
Paragraph 9 is amended to read:
The district agrees to pay, on every
irrigable acre of lana in the district,
an annual operation and maintenance
charge as may be fixed by the secre-
tary OF the interior for like lands
and similarly supplied by the Grand
Valley project of the United States
reclamation service, not to exceed
$3.50 per acre, and the district
agrees to MAKE prompt payment, 3"
etc.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
WHITLEY LEWIS
UNDER ARREST
IN BECKER CASE
Associated Press.


New York, Aug. 2.-"Whitey
Jack" Lewis, one OF the four men
accused of shooting Herman Rosen-
thai. was given the third-degree
grilling today to CLEAN further in
formation that would corroborate the
confessions of Roes, Vallon and Web
ber that Lieutenant Becker sought
the death of Rosenthal.
Lewis was picked up yesterday on
the station platform at Fleichman' S,
n. Y, just as he was about to take
the train for the west He was
brought here today by Detective Har-
vey.
The arrest was made without incl
dent. At the time that the train
drew into the Weehawken terminal
there, band of six or seven East
Side gangsters leaped over the gate
and started toward the train. Sud
denly their eyes fell on several head
quarters detectives who had been
sent to assist Detective Harvey, and
they skunk back into the station
Lewis said that he was on the
point of giving himself up, as he had
heard that the police wanted him
He would not say where he had been
hiding. He asserted that he was out
of the city at the time that Rosen-
thai was shot to death.
District Attorney Whitman is said
to be keeping under cover several i'm
portant witnesses whose evidence
will go long way in building up the
case against Rosenthal's murderers.
Lieutenant Becker remains un-
communicative. lie reads every
thing in the newspapers regarding
the case.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
GOVERNORS CONFER
At BASEBALL GAME
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Boise, Ida, Aug. 2.-The confer
ence of western governors today dis
cussed prison reform, good-roads
building and the Panama-Pacific ex-
position.
Governor West of Oregon explained
that his honor system with convicts
working unguarded on the public
highways was success and why.
This afternoon the governors at
tended a baseball game.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
dinger

dinger.
Darrow then was asked about
sending John r. Harrington to De-
troit to gather evidence concerning
the arrest of James B. Mcnamara in
that city
Attorney Ford called Darrow's at
tention to the keys which were taken
from John ]. Mcnamara upon the
latters arrest. He asked il he did
not know that these keys were used
for the vault and barns in which dy-
Mantle were round
Darrow said that he might have
heard of 1t. but denied discussing the
matter with Biddinger, who ha. tes-
titled that Darrow asked him to pro-
cure the keys.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
KID MCCOY ALLEGED
THIEF, OUT ON BAIL
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
London, Aug. kid Mccoy, the
American pugilist who is charged
with larceny which is said to have
been committed at Ostend, was re-
leased on bail today pending the ar
rival of papers from Belgium, when
his case was brought up in court.
McCoy's attorney argued that the
only charge was the uncorroborated
statement of a woman who had been
arrested as an accomplice of the real
thieves.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
GOV. WILSON WILL
NO! RESIGN OFFICE
Associated Press.

EN0oVVId ItU T tbS.
Seagirt, n. j., Aug. 2.-Formal an
nouncement was made today by Gov
ernOr Wilson that he would not re-
sign the gOvernorship of New Jersey
during his campaign for the prest-
denCy.
The governor is keenly interested
in the prospective reports of the COM
mittees investigating the tax prob
lem and the efficiency of state af-
fairs in New Jersey, and prominent
democrats have asked him not TO de-
sert his office unless called to rhe
higher one.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
OTERO ENDORSES PEARCE.

Fowler, Colo, Aug. 2.-The Otero
County democratic assembly indorsed
Warden Thomas lyman for governor
and instructed delegates appointed
to the state convention to vote for
James B. Pearce's denomination.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
FOE OF UNION LABOR
Former President Is
Blamed for Merger
Of Tennessee
Concern
MINORITY REPORT IS FILED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 2.-The
report of the majority of the
committee of the house of repre-,
sentatives directed more than a
year ago to investigate the Unit.
ed States Steel corporation was sub
mitted to the house today by Repre-
sentative Stanley of Kentucky, chair
man of the committee.
The report was signed by the
chairman and Representatives Bart
lett of Georgia; McGillicuddy. Maine !;
Beall, Texas, and Littleton, New
York, Democrats; Representatives
Gardner, Massachusetts; Danfroth,
New York; Young, Michigan, and
Sterling, Illinois, Republicans, dis
senting from the report of the ma
jority. Representative Sterling sub
Continued on Page So
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
CHICAGO MAY FACE
STREET CAR STRIKE
Associated Press.

ASsOCIaTtu GTeSS.
Chicago, Aug. 2.-The employees of
the street railway lines in Chicago
began voting at 4 o'clock this morn
ing on whether a strike should be
declared. The polls will close at
m. tomorrow.
The men are demanding more
wages. They contend that their av-
erage wage is less than $500 a year,
whereas the cost of living for an av-
erage family is $1,000 a year.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
OLD WOOL BILL IS
TO Be PRESENTED
Associated Press.

AssOCIaTeU PTeSS.
Washington, Aug. 2.-Senator
Simmons, representing the democrat
ic-insurgent republican alliance in
the senate, and Representative I'm
derwood reached an agreement today
to frame a compromise wool bill sim
liar to the one which was vetoed by
President Taft last summer
A meeting of the wool conferees
will be held tonight
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
BRITISH BUILD
PANAMA CANAL
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. NEARLY three
times as many British as American
workmen are employed in the con-
struction of the Panama canal. OF
the $3.50 people in the canal zone
proper, Great Britain claims 30,Sl5
as citizens, while the United States
has only 1850.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02
Associated Press.

Juarez, Mex, Aug. General
Orozco, the rebel chief, is preparing
to eyacuate Juarez immediately
At noon today he told cores
pondent that lie was engaged in de-
stroying certain papers of the revD-
luton, and would leave "as soon as
possible. -
tie said that General Salazar is
coming to JudreZ this evening from
Casas GTandes, and that ne would
return south with Salazar.
The federals are reported to be
near Casas Grandes. approaching
from Sonora, and General RabagC,
who got into MADEIRA Wednesday
night with federals from chihuahua.
is moving in that direction also.
1t is rumored in Juarez that SaIa-
zar is coming up to join Orozco and
try to escape to the United States.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-02

been in Wolfkill's company prior to
his death. They were eXonerated by
the coroner's jury.
Mrs. Mcconnell is paying up num-
Der of bills connected with the flu
neral expenses, etc, and will leave in
a few days.