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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
COMMISSIONER MAY
 BE APPOINTED YET

New York. April 6-(Speeial)-A cablegram received today at the office of the Amateur Athletic union here from the Swedish committee in charge of the coming Olympic meet at Stock holm indicates that the government of sweden never requested that no Ameri- can commissioner be appointed by President Taft to accompany the United States team to the big meet. as has been published here.
 Notwithstanding current reports, the Swedish government evidently expected a commissioner would be sent to repre- sent the United States Here Is the eablegram which came addressed to James T.. Sullivan, at No. q Warren street. New York:
 American commissioner very ae- eeptable. OLYMPIADEN.'
 Olympiaden is the code cable address of the Swedish committee representing the government in the promotion of the world wide athletic carnival, so there is no doubt that the message comes from an official source
 Previous to the receipt of the mes sage some one had circulated the report that the Swedish government was op- posed to the reception of an American commissioner and curiously enough succeeded Tn making President Taft be- Iieve the same way. The President naturally declined to appoint eommis- sioper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Circus Pigs Were Balky

From the New York Times.
 This !s rehearsal week at the Barnum & Bailey circus. in Madison Square Car den and an outsider whose business took him there found himself hemmed in h. a tangle or ropes and other appur- of the show which filtered the arena on the big stage at one end a rehearsal of "Cleopatra," the spectacle for this year, was in progress. While waiting for the man he was to see to appear the visitor sat down on the curb Of one Of the rings to watch it. While lost in the novel spectacle of a semi-in- sane ringmaster trying to make some fifty horses do the same thing at the same time, he suddenly became aware of a most domestic grunting behind him.
 Turning. he found A seemingly stolid little German rehearsing q pair of pigs in new act The Germans aim was to have one pig go into booth such as used to be a feature Of country Fairs. The pig was supposed t0 stick his snopt through a hole in canvas screen, and the other pig. by pressing a spring in trap gun, to fire a tennis ball at him.
 With patience that seemed to tho on- locker sinerhuman the German put the pig in the booth and then hurried to catch the 0't as 1t ran from the trap
 at,sl .at to make no difference 10 e How often he repeated the fri risifor had about decided he s from ordinary human
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
LEARNED SCHOLARS
 TALK ON FASHIONS
One Delivers Academic Eu- logy on Girls Who Make
 French Styles

Paris. April 6.--(Special.) )-Some sym sbolism must have been suggested to any person with imagination by the grand annual meeting of the Needle society fin the huge hall of the Trocadero. In the chair was the grave historian, M, Thur can-Dangin, perpetual secretary of the French academy, and by his side was Count Albert de Nun, leading spokesman of the. Royal Catholic party in parliament, aand one of the best speakers in France. Around them or below them in the nall were women of fashion in wonderful dresses side by side with the girls who had made the dresses.
 'I}Auguillen is a society for bringing to- gether seapitol and labor in the dress making trade, and employers and enl7 ployed alike belong to it. This was the coming of the age of the society, being its Fist annual meeing. After the report was read savings bank books were distrib- uted among deserving sewing girls. Then inc grave historian, M. Thureau -Dang1n, got up and spoke in praise of the mldlh- cite. A learned and severe, perhaps rather dry as dust scholar, delivering academic eulogy of the girls who make Paris fashions, was perhaps one of the most French things one could be present at or listen to- 1t was a sort of epitome of France from the Academis Franeaise to the Rue de la Paix the one repre- sented by it's perpetual secretary and the other by the girls who eat their lunch from street barrows in the intervals ot .dressmaking between noon and l o'clock, and thus earn the charming name of mid inettes.
 Mechanically eloquent M. Thureau- Dangin spent as much of his academic eloquence upon praisng the midinettes as if he had been in the academy on some great forensic occasion, and the midin- cites, who did not understand half his long words. applauded him furiously, E taking that delight In well turned rhetoric which is instinetive in the simplest French breast. What he said was, as a matter of fact, true, though he said It rather grandiloauenty.
 He spoke of the honesty, the purity, the courage, the chartabeness, the endur- ance and the hard work of the midinettes, That fairy with the nimble fingers he exclaimed There is probably more hard work done and quicker intelligence en- ployed by the midinette. other things being equal, than by any other manual worker in the world. .
 After they had applauded their academ- ic panegyrist, Count de Nun unfortun- ately not being induced to speak the midinettes exercised the right of suffrage and elected their officers and committee for the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Birmingham Medicine Go.
 Is Preparing to Expand

The recent increase in capital stock of the Birmingham Medicine company from S25.000 10 Sl00.o00 is the advance guard of rapid expansion that is eontem- plated.
 Active preparations are being made for an extensive advertising campaign and for placing statesmen on the road to in- troduce the various medicines of the cofu- pany into very much larger territory. The company has a plant which is capa- ble of producing several times the amount of medicines now made, and the capacity Of the plant will be rapidly worked up to-.
 The Birmingham Medicine company has 15 formulas written by that famous Ten nessee physician. Dr. Porter, said to be one of the greatest medical men of his time He prepared the formulas from which the Groves medicines are eom- pounded and these are considered among the best of the patent medicines in the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
ABEL AND MANDOT
 TO MEET REAL SOON

Chattanooga. April 6.-tspecial)-- The two semi windups for the Jake Able-Joe Mandot championship fight of April 16 were announced today Terry Nelson of Philadelphia meets Young Goodman of this city, while young Jack Johnson closed with battling Johnson.
 Abel and Mandot have agreed tt weigh in at 136 pounds at the ring side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
MORAN CLEARS BASES;
 CHATTANOOGA WINS

Chattanooga. April 6.-rhe chattanooga Southern league team defeated Buffalo International league team today to 3. Moran of Chattanooga knocked home run in the first Inning with the bases full.
 otto Jordan, formerly manager of the Atlanta club. played his first game with Chattanooga today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
A Submissive Husband

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer hack driver found this order written on hls slate last summer: Dear Jim. Get hacks and wagons to carry the following items out to the lake: n0ne wife.
 1.-TWO nurses.
 Three servants.
 -Four dogs.
 "Five children.
 "Six trunks.
 seven grips.
 "Oue me
 Note If no room for all, would pre- fer Chat you leave the last named article behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
FIST FIGHT AND A
 GAME AT ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, April 6.-Harry steinfeldt of the local Nationals. coaching at third base, and Jimmy" Austin Of the Amer jeans had a fist fight in the sixth inning of today's game after Mowery slid into Austin and Austin pinned Mowrey down. In the altercation which followed Stein feldt hit Austin, who knocked Steinfeldt down. Police interferred and later inc players shook hands. The Nationals won the game. 2 tO !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
BIRMINGHAM TEAM
 IS ALLOWED TO WIN

Marion. April SpeciaL)-Birming- ham college was allowed to win the last game of the series with Marion institute as courtesy of that institution The wis., itors were so far outclassed in the first and second games that Marion put in a scrub team that worked eight innings in the last. The score was 5 to in favor of tie visitors.
 The regular varsity team played the last inning and made two runs. the game closing 5 to in favor of Birmingham. The Marion boys have proved themselves too strong for the prep schools and but a little behind the big college teams. as shown by the games with the uni- versity of Alabama lafc week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

Egon Erickson, New York police
 mana thlete and high jumper, Is ac- lively training, and 1t Is announced that he is going to make q determined effort to make the American Olympic team. At the Spanish War Veterans games in New York recently he cleared the bar at feet inch with practically no training. At that time he tried to jump 6 feet inches and nearly sue ceeded. His friends believe that he has a good chance of making the team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

The two principal formulas of the Bir- mingham company are Dr. Porters Pain- less Pills and pr. Porters Thermoln. both of which have wonderful record of success. The company has been eoin- pounding these prescriptions for soma time. and they have met with great pop ularity The business has grown so rap- idly that new capital is necessary to carry on the plans that the directors have for initiated.
 There are scores of fortunes In the United States that have been made out of the manufacture of patent medicines. and no field in Birmingham offers quite such opportunities. 4 limited amount of the capital stock of the company will he sold 10 the public, and those who are interested in tho matter are requested to write to Sales Department Birming- ham Medicine company, 322k South i9th street, Birmingham" ~s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

frallities when suddenly the trainer threw down his wand. and, extending his arms. exclaimed:
 "Ah, Hllnmell Vat life"
 The visitor was moved to pity by ths mans evident distress
 "rH hold ono of them while you hold the other" he volunteered
 @Aeh tanks the man replied. "I tank you very mooeh But for Gotts sake. yateffer you do. don't hit the yer dammt ting You got to make 'em tinle you lofe dem. or dey won't do ver- dammtes ting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Tn Fashion

From the New York Times
 Husband tscathingly)-You get narrow CT every day.
 Wife tcomplacently)-Yes, have the fashionable figure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
TECH BEATS MERGER
 IN VERY EASY GAME

Atlanta, April 6.--tspeeial)-The Techs reversed the tables on Mercer here to- day. winning to l. Tech pounded out victory in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Eubanks, who twirled for the Techs, had Mercer eating out of his hand after the first inning. The score:
 R.H.E. Mercer ............... 100 0oQ 090-1 5 3 Tech ......................00 21e O0S-4 0 Batteries: Moses, R. Zeilars and Irwin; Eubanks and Montague Umpire. Dessau
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

WANTED THREE COMPETENT MALE sTESOGRAPHERs FOR PER MANENT OUT OF TOWN POSITIONS. SALARY ss0. CALL IN PERSON. UN- DERwOoD TYPEWRITER COMPANY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

The increased prosperity of the south
 ern railways reflects the fact that the south has just produced a cotton crop that has. no precedent Tn volume and that will unquestiona.-y be consumed very promptly at profitable prices by the mills at home and abroad. For 1t must be remembered that 1t Is big crop following on the heels of a series
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
PROTESTS TELLING
LIFE STORY AGAIN
Evelyn Thaw Says Husband Hid
Behind Skirts.
DEFENDANT QUITS COURT
Attorney Jerome objects, Claiming
Court and AIienists Should Have
Opportunity to Watch Slayer
of Stanford White.

White Plains, N. Y, June 24.-Eve-
lyn Nesbit Thaw protested bitterly on
Friday at the hearing in the case Of
her husband, Harry K. Thaw, against
having to go all over again the details
of her relations with Stanford White.
Right here and now" she cried,
when pressed by counsel for Thaw,
who is trying to secure his release
from Matteawan, Il want to know
whether | have to go all through this
thing again. It's bad enough that
Thaw hid behind r.y skirts in his two
dirty trials. You don't need to go
into details and you know it., and you
can't get me to answer"
In beginning the cross-examination
Clarence Shearn, counsel for Thaw,
led the witness back over details after
her early life, and finally in New York,
where she began to pose for artists,
and then went on the stage.
He led her through the first stages
of her acquaintance with Stanford
White, OF her visits to his studio with
the swing hung from the ceiling, and
10 his quarters in the Madison Square
garden tower
She told Of her visit to Whites apart
lnent, but burst out with her indig-
nant protest when asked to answer
further intimate questions.
Tears filed her eyes after her out
burst, and she spoke in a shaky voice.
You know all about this, and so
does every one else" she cried.
Asked whether she had testified
that she had never seen anything to
lead her to believe Thaw was not of
perfectly sound mind, she answered:
Yes" but later qualified it by say
ing, except on the question of Stan
ford White
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand
when court adjourned.
During the afternoon Thaw left the
court room for few minutes. Mr..
Jerome made strong objections when
he discovered it.
The relator should be here during
the examination of these witnesses"
he declared THE court and the alien
lists should have opportunity to watch
him. When | consented that he be
transferred to White Plains Jail, | did
not think the jail physicians would be
superseded"
Thaw apparently was displeased by
the questions asked his wife, for he
gave out a statement saying;
Il wish to apologize if counsel seem
ed 10 ask any questions which could
cause Mrs. Thaw any pain except the
unavoidable sorrow of recollecting her
unhappy childhood before her father
died. Counsel naturally proposed to
do some grii!ing, but have persuaded
them that she has had the hardest lot
of any one"
New York, June 25--Harry Thaw
is sane and he is being kept in Mattea-
wan State hospital solely through Of
fetal vanity, in the opinion of Dr. Brit
ton ID. Evans, the noted alienist and
medical director Of the Morris Plains
Hospital for the Insane.
2 .s't y-eve-srsv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
TWELVE MEN ARE KILLED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
Blast Occurs In Workings Near Trim
ldad, CoIo.-"Wlndy 3hot"
Is Blamed.

Trinidad, Colo. June 22.-Wedres-
day nights explosion In the new mine
of the Veterinarian ruel company
at Hastings sent IL men to their death
The disaster occurred shortly after
midnight. The mine is 16 miles north
Of Trinidad and belongs to the Vic
tor-American Fuel company.
The first body was recovered short
ly before four o'clock, and later four
more were taken out. All were burned
badly. Among the bodies recovered
were those Of John Thomas, fire boss,
and Pete Miller, the only Americans
killed. The other ten victims were for
eigners. 1t is thought there may be
more dead In the mine.
The main slope caved in and res
Rescue equipment was rushed to the
mine from Trinidad
Mine officials believe the explosion
was caused by a windy shot" which
set off quantity OF gas The explo-
sion took place in the new slope OF the
mine, where development work is In
progress. The men who were In the
night shift were shot-firers and entry.
men.
The explosion took place near the
face of some new workings. No con
cussion was felt even in the vicinity
of the mine and the first warning OF
the disaster came when a night watch
man saw smoke issuing from the
mouth OF the new slope
The Hastings mine is one Of the
largest producers in the southern Col
orado fields. The main portion OF the
colliery has not been damaged.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
200 STRUGGLE IN !
NIAGARA RIVER.
Pier CoIlapses; Excursionists
Thrown Into Water.
NUMBER DEAD NOT KNOWN
Eight Bodies Recovered, but 1t Is
Feared Many other Victims
Have Gone over
the Falls.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 25.-Between
100 and 200 men, women and children
were hurled into the Niagara river at
Eagle Park, Grand Island, nine miles
above Niagara Falls, last night, when
a flimsy pier gave way underneath
their weight.
How many have been drowned Is
not known. Eight bodies have been
recovered and parties are searching
the river for others. In the excite
ment families were separated and the
widest confusion followed.
1t will be impossible to tell what
the loss Of life is until there has been
a count of those who were on the
dock. Many persons have been re-
ported, and as usual in such disas-
tiers, many reported missing have
turned up alive.
The occasion was the outing Of
Court Amherst of the |. o. o. F. The
excursion left Buffalo on the steam
boat Henry Koerber, with a barge in
tow. The excursionists who had spent
the day at the island, which is ~
miles below this city on the Canadian
side OF the river, were on the pier
awaiting the arrival of the steamship
to take them back home.
One excursion had been returned to
the city and the crowd was waiting
to pile aboard the second. The dock,
small affair and not built any too
strongly. began to sag There was a
rush to get from 1t and then the under
pinning gave way. The timbors went
crashing into the water OF the $50
or 200 who failed TO get away in time
and were caught in the fall, the great
er number saved themselves by cling
ing TO the timbers that went floating
down stream. Others who could swim
and were free from the debris swan
to shore and many were pulled to
places OF safety.
Because of the fact that the excnr.
sionists were handled in two lots and
many persons are not certain that
those who are missing did not come
TO the city on the first boat, there Is
much confusion as to the number
probably lost II any bodies come
down the river they will go over the
falls at Niagara.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
FAVORlTE DISHES.

The homely, old-fashioned boiled din
ner is not much spoken Of these days,
and YET 1t has many stanch supporters
all over our land. The drawback with
a boiled dinner for a family of two is
that there is so much left over. This
is extremely nice for hash, but once
served in that way is sufficient. A
but even then there is large amount
of left-overs. A good plan for the low
ers of the old-fashioned dish is to
gather together those who enjoy 1t and
have feast A head of cabbage or
two, few potatoes. turnips and car
rots all boiled together with good
thick piece of well-flavored salt pork.
Corned beef is liked by many in
stead of the salt pork. A small bag
of cranberry beans that have been
soaked over night, In cotton bag,
and added are another vegetable well
liked They may be heaped at one
end of the platter or served in a sep
arate dish.
Fruit Dessert.-Whip pint OF
cream with the white of one egg; this
egg aadds more body to dish. Sweeten
the cream to taste, add half cup OF
ground nuts, twelve figs and six dates,
chopped. Mix and pack into mold
and cover with ice and salt. Let stand
four hours. This will serve six to
eight people.
A delicious little accessory to
serve with an ice or any frozen dish
is made by rolling pie crust about
quarter of an inch thick, cut 1t In
strips six inches long, roll until round.
lay in pan and bake. Dip them into
boiled frosting and, when dry. again
into melted chocolate. They may be
rolled while moist in chopped nuts or
in cocoa instead of the chocolate.
While strawberries are in season
there is no more delicious ice cream
than that favored with the fresh fruit.
A box of berries, crushed and strained.
added to plain mixture of Ice cream
is sufficient for flavor and color. A ia
blcspoonful of lemon juice added
brings out the flavor of the berries as
we'll as making the color more intense.
All fruit f1avors are best added after
the cream is partly frozen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
ALTON B. PARKER ELECTED
CHAIRMAN OF CONVENTION
New York Judge to Rule at Democrat
Ic Meet In Baltl-
more.

Baltimore. Nd, June 22.-Former
Judge Alton B. Parker was selected
temporary chairman of the Democratic
national convention on Thursday, by
the committee OF arrangements.
Opposition was made to Mr.. Par
kcrs selection The vote follows:
Parker, 8; Representative Henry OF
Texas. 3; Senator Kern of Indiana, l;
Senator O'Gorman of New York, 1;
Senator-elect Ollie James OF Ken
lucky, 8
Trey Woodson of Kentucky was
unanimously chosen as temporary
secretary and Col. John ]. Martin OF
st. Louis temporary sergeant-at-srms.
Members Of the arrangements COM
mittee, meeting here to name the tenn
porary officers Of the coming Demo
cratic national convention, faced the
opposition of William j, Bryan to the
selection of Alton B. Parker OF New
York for temporary chairman. who
practically had been agreed upon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

When you are making cake in
which the color is not Objectionable,
use coffee instead OF milk and enjoy
the change of flavor.
If you have q faded dress which is
too good to throw away and would be
unsatisfactory If recolored, try bleach
hight Put heaping tablespoonful OF
bichloride of lime in pail full Of
water and let the garment soak in 1t
over night. In the morning add the
same amount of the bleach to another
pailful of water and bring to the boil
Ing point; hang out and dry after rims
ing well. Usually this will be suf-
fcient to bleach the fabric; If not.
soak again.
When face powder is to be placed
for the use of group of women at
an evening company, furnish box Of
medicated cotton for their use, as each
may pull off small piece and not
md 1t necessary to use a common
powder puff.
A convenient arrangement for cook
'HS az thS opSH lOl campers OF PFC
nickers is heavy piece of wire net
ting and piece Of asbestos. The wire
may be supported on four stones with
the fire. underneath, and all kinds of
cooking and broiling may be done.
A steel crochet hook is a useful
utensil to use in pulling out basting
threads or finding ends of threads to
be tied in fine tucking.
For those WHO delight in the brown
crispiness of the Vienna rolls which
are so wholesome. try making them at
home. When the bread is very light
and ready to mold into loaves, care
fully pinch off bits as large as a wal
nut, drop into creased gem pans. They
will be nearly all crust
For supper dish on Sunday night,
cut rounds of bread, lay on thin
slice of cheese and on top of that a
thin piece of bacon. Place in the oven
and cook until the bacon is curled
and crisp. Serve hot with cocoa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
BRYAN Is AT BALTIMORE
National Committee Takes Up Cues
ton of Temporary Chairman.

Baltimore, Md, June 25--The Dem.
ocratic national committee met here
ON Monday to pass upon the selection
OF Judge Alton b. Parker for tenn
porary chairman of the national con
vention.
Mr.. Parker is opposed by William
Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson,
but up to the time the committee as.
sembed they had not named a candi.
date to oppose the choice Of the com.
mittee on arrangements
1t Is believed the national commit.
tee VIII vote to seat Judge Parker and
II any fight Is to be waged against
him 1t will be transferred to the floor
Of the convention, which meets tomor.
roo - 1884, ----s------
Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by his wife,
their daughter, Mrs. Hargreaves, and
the latter's husband, reached Balti.
more last evening.