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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
GRAPHIC STORY OF
 AMUNDSEN'S DASH
 TO THE SOUTH POLE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D

the pole. At this time the ground was perfect for sledge work and the tempera- ture was not too severe.
 The next day they feared that they had started too soon, for the temperature began to fall and reached between B and "A degrees below zero. The fine equipment of Amundsen and his men with furs protected them from suffer ing, but the dogs lost strength daily. On account of the dogs. Amundsen de- termined to return to the winter guar ters aud wait for spring. He lost a few days and couple of his men had their heels frozen.
 Spring appeared in the middle of Oc- tober. At this time the temperature was ? to 2i degrees below zero. Amundsen. before starting, however, changed the plan that all should go south. He de- termned to take only four men and the other three were detailed to start for the east and visit King Edward VII land. On October 29 the party which was to seek the pole started. Amundsen, his four men, four sedges and 52 dogs and provisions for months was the strength of the expedition
 Flags Serve as Guides
 The first part of the march was snaoe in easy stages in order to conserve the strength of the men and animals. They made their depot in the eightieth degree on the 23d. stopped but short while and went on ahead despite a dense fog. The flags they had planted on their first trip served them in good stead as guides The temperature made steady at 45 to % degrees below zero. He had intended to drive not more than 1S to 20 miles day. but the dogs were strong and willing and this work soon appeared to be too slow for them. The speed was in- ci easad to the easy strength of the doSs. Picking up the dcpots, one after the other. they reached the eighty-third le- gree and established there depot No L. l On November E they reached the eighty
 fourth degree and established another
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which might reunite the two factions of the party. Ignoring the suggestions Norman E. Mack. national chairman, made for the settlement of the differ enees between the two committees, they continued negotiations. The Vertrees committee announced the date of the democratic primary was changed from April 27 to May 25 and declared the date of the state convention changed from May Is to June 12 The Vertrees com mittee also announced that it would ad
 here to the original primary plan, to
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which tie Barton committee would not agree and Chairman Vcrtreea announced that the Barton committee wo5ld he all lowed until March l5 to appoint three members of 2 primary board If the Bar ton committee does not do SO Mr. Yer trees will name all seven members of the proposed board
 TEe Barton committee announced May 15 as the date for it's convention to se- feet delegates to the Baltimore eonven- ton. This insures two delegations to Baltimore.
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Roias L00ts Bank

Fl Paso, Tex, March 9-General Roias has footed the Juarez branch of the Ma tiona Bank of Mexico of 20,0O0 pesos, which remained in it's vaults. This was admitted today by Fernandez Alonzo, manager of the bank
 The work of opening the vault was completed yesterday. The outer door of the institution was wrenched off with pinch bars and The inner doors were dynamited. Rojas averred the money belonged to the government and that he is the proper custodian. This was denied by Alonzo, who is a Spanish subject. Most of the funds were removed at the time of the garrisons mutiny.
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Amundsen Thanks Nansen

Christiania Norway. March 9.-The only available communication from Capt. Raold Amurdsen, the Norwegian discoverer of the south pole, received here today, is telegram from the explorer at Hobart, Tasmania to Fridtjof Nansen which says:
 Thanks for all your assistance = this task which has been successfully ended"
 Nansen replied.
 Thanks for your glorious performance"
 ln speech at banquet given on the maneuvering ground at Sandvillen last night, King Haakon expressed his en- thusiastic praise of the explorers brill liant achievement and for the courage and thoughtfulness of his comrades
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GOVERNOR HURRIES
 BACK TO CAPITAL

Y Montgomery, March -(Special)-Gov. Fmmet O'Neal returned from Birming- ham today in response to a message in- forming him that Mrs. 0Neal was i'll. The governor arrived on the II o'clock train and hurried at once to the execu- tive mansion. He found Mrs. ONeal to be suffering from a severe cold, which will probably keep her confined to her home for several days. It is reported that Mrs. ONeal is not otherwise indisposed.
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PERPETUAL TROPHY
 FOR BOAT RACERS

Chicago, March S.--A perpetual interna- tional trophy for power boat racers in the shape of a 5000 cup was presented to William II. Thompson, commodore of the Chicago Yacht club, as trustee today by William Wrigey, Jr, at a meeting of the Chicago Athletic club The trophy will be for. competition between power boats of 40 feet and under.
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NO COMPROMISE IN
 TENNESSEEF FIGHT

Nashville, March 9-After .deliberatlon which lasted all day and far into the night the rival democratic state com mittecs of Tennessee failed to harmonize and both adjourned indefinitely without arriving at any compromise agreement
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Plant Norwegian Colors

The colors-a beautiful silken flag-was broken out and all hands gathered around and took hold of the standard and planted it on the spot The last plateau was named for King Haakon VII.
 During the night the explorers elrcled their camp mile after mile to radlus of F miles The object of this no doubt was to find if any record existed Of previous visit by man.
 The following day the fine weather con tinued and observations were taken rom 6 o'clock in the morning until at night. The result gave them S9 degrees, 90 nm ,tes. This was really at the pole, put in order to observe the position as close .lv as possible they travelled south for the remaining six miles and camped on the true pole. This was December l6 finder the brilliant sun the members or the party took observations every hour of the day for 2f hours. The exact re- suits of these observations will be a mat ter for expert examination, but there IS no doubt in the mind of Amundsen that they observed the conditions of the pole as closely as 1t is Wlthin human pWer to do so.
 On December F the observations were at an end Amundsen and his men fas- tened to the ground little tent and broke from it's top the Norgeian flag and the pennant from the Fran. It was a Norwegian home raised on the south pole and was given the name of Polhelm. The return trip began that day and the weather proved unusually favorable Winter quarters were reached again on January 25. 1912. They averaged "A miles day on the return trip. The Fran left the Bay of Wales on January 30 and, owing to contrary winds. did not reach Tasmania for more than month. It ar rived safe, however. with all well on board. A-l-4ss-fA '---1s- .s.
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depot, and on the 18th the eighty fifth degree, where there was set up yet an other depot. All this time they had been marching due south from their winter quarters. At this point they reached the mountainous country. The nearest sum mits ranged from 2o00 to 10,000 feet in height. The other sllnTnits farther south looked to be 15,000 feet or more.
 At this point they began to climb. The first part of if was an easy ascent over light slopes and well filled mountain sides and did not take long for the willing dogs to work their way up.s When they me; some small but very steep glaciers, 20 dogs were hitched to each sledge and took the four sledges in two shifts. The first day they climbed 2000 feet and the second day camped at the height of 45GO feet
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FOR RENT CHEAP, sTOREHOUsE, FOUR STORIES, CENTRALY LO- GATED, SUITABLE FOR WHOLE SALE BUSINESS OR MANUFACrUR- ING; RAILROAD FACILITIES. AP- PLY 2tO5 MORRIS AVENUE.
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fall the JersoI Cahaian thu and himself this widely recognized evil He available the docket hopelesy misdemean ought in thI this undrabei practice seenesh lack
 
 largely 
 trials before justices and said in this connecticut administration of the fee system is bad anywhere in putting officials Iay basis wou the worked testify Jefferson repeatedly been W I the creation the couhou this relic of arbarm and they nave seen the frendiess or all os the sole purpose of fee grabbing
 In Thousands of aorers and warned their eot vicmized others conditions Many the leading ndustr
 
 mon mining of labor and making who arrests for the available the officials the of influence the demorazaion of labor
 
 of of the outrageous of the fee grabbing process overwhelming steadily evil question the citizens of Alabama will submit to ofcehoders demoralzng process?
 evil Probably public But the organized naugurated and pushed to of Alabama materially well politically morally. The fee system $ on tae body potic THE ABOVE IS AN EXACT COPY OF EDITORIAL PUBLISHED Il THE BIRMINGHAM LEDGER, SEPTEMBER s. isll
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MEXICO CITY IS
 OPEN 10 REBELS Could Easily Be Taken, Says
 Railroad Man MORE TROOPS ARE OUT Three Troop Trains Go to TorreOn From Mexico City-Rajos LO0ts Juarez Bank-Issue Be-
 tween Officials
MORE TROOPS ARE OUT

San Antonio, Tex, March 9.-Declariag Mexico City can be taken at any time. and that a force is encamped 20 miles south of the Country club. near that city, a railroad man today said that conditions in Mexico are little known to the people out of the country. The man arrived here on private car. He said the infor- nation was given him by rebel. He has resided in Mexico F years
 According to advices received here .he rebels outnumber the federals theree to one. Conditions are said to be so pre- carlous throughout the republic that for eigners are being advised to leave. Cap tain Henderson, a railroad man, says a band of rebels near Mexico City is lead by two former insurrectos. The force has four heavy pieces and six lighter field pieces.
 More Troops Ordered Out
 Orders were received from Washington by General Duncan late yesterday to send tello and one to Sanderson in the Big Ben country. The war department was asked for authority to hold up the order until further reports were received from frontier towns which have requested as- sistance. The general believes if there is to be large movement of soldiers it would be admissible to delay the troops until the department decides on the ne- cessity of sending men to all the towns which have asked for them
 If the generals request is granted 1t ,.aett1f in al tba o1 eil board of cavalry at Fort Sam Houston being sent to the frontier for duty and it will be necessary to bring troops from other departments into Texas.
 | is thought such a maneuver would be on a large scale.
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The News and Ledger Join The Age-Herald in Commenting
 Judge Frank Cahalan
INIoUITlEs OF THE FEE SYSTEM

Cahalan the Criminal rendered service to h yesterday afternoon he d oar
 
 that works tremendou hardship well But
  might b condio1 relief should all
 
 reached by indictment law is the 
 if this evil lay its iqutes bare Any recommendation would undoubtedly aboishment the And tn aim to the whole foul business
 EDITORIAL PUBLISHED IN THq BIRMINGHAM
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difficult 1t was much broken and bridged by thin snow formations which frequently broke beneath the weight of men and dogs.
 From the camp this night they had a splendid view over the mountains to the east. They saw Helmar Hansen summit, the most remarkable. of all the mountain peaks they had encoun- tered. It rose 12,000 feet and was bril- liant with facets of broken glacier ife
 Devils Glacier proved a very hard obstacle. Amundsen and hisSmen were three days in surmounting 1t and on December 3 they left it. At height of 9100 feet they found a level pla- teau, which looked in the mist and pearly as they could observe 1t was ah inland sea and progress over 1t was far from pleasant.
 Skis Useless
 The footing beneath the marchers sounded quite hollow and some of them compared 1t to walking on empty boxes or casks. One man fell through and then a couple of dogs broke through. IL was not practical for the men to use their skis.
 This curious area was named the Devils Dancing Room and it was here that Amundsen and his followers en . cOuHtcTeu tnt HlOSl ulpltdSdHt pat Sl their march.
 The greatest height attained during the entire, march was on December 6. when the hypsometer and anoird showed them to be 10.750 feot above sea level This was at s1 degrees 40 minutes south latitude.
 On December 8 bad weather was left behind The sun shone and tho march CTS were able to get an observation md 1a.I nntf satisfaction they found they were ex- actly alike at SS degrees 15 minutes. Before them now stretched an abso- lutely flat plateau marked only here and there by tiny mounds of wind swept snow. On the afternoon of De- cember Amundsen and his party passed SS degrees 23 minutes, which was Shackletons farthest south. They continued on to SS degrees % minutes, where they camped 'farthest soutf' for the night. On the morrow they established their last depot at SS de grees< 35 minutes. Here the plateau commeRced to steep down slowly and very smoothly toward the other side of the world. They reached SS degrees '39 minutes on December 9. The next day they gained SS degrees 56 min ues; December II, S9 degrees l5 nm utes, and on December 15 they reached SD degrees 30 minutes, only 35 miles from the south pole.
 1t was on to the pole now and on De- cembcr IS a mark of S9 degrees, io min utes was attained Up to this time the observations and dead reckonings had agreed remarkably well, and they figured they should be at the pole on Decem- Der IA.
 To the delight of the great Amundsen and his hardy band the day was clear and beautiful and with only a slight breeze from the southeast. The temper ature was 9.6 degrees. Sledging was per feet and they pushed forward until J o'clock D. m., when they came to halt According to their reckoning they had reached their destination.
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Trouble With Mountains

Axel Meidelbergs glacier. huge ice formation, which divides the coast moun- tafns and the mountains farther south, was here encountered and the next day they began the longest part of their climb.
 At height of 10s00 feet Amundsen was compelled to pitch camp on account of bad weather. He remained there four days His heart was almost broken, for he had to kill "A of his brave dogs and keep only IS, six for each of three sledges remaining. On November g. weary of delay, he set out again, and on the 26th encountered furious bliz- gard. In the dense. drifting snow every thing was obscured.
 But the marchers kept on and felt that they were going down hill The next day the march was continued in q gale with the drifting snow in the face of the marchers. Pursuing their course they reached 36 degrees, south latitude, ac- cording to their dead reckoning. At din- her time the weather cleared bit and revealed to the men. their surroundings. There was mighty mountain range to the east and not far off. They saw it for only moment and then it disap- peared again in the wonderful drift of Antarctic snow.
 The weather calmed down on the 29th and the sun >shone through the shadowy clouds This was a glad surprise as the explorers were able to see their course ahead of them. It was far stretch of glacier formation running almost due south.
 Reach Devils Glacier
 This glacier was named Deyii's gla- cier and at it's foot a depot for six days was established. It location was S6 de- grees, 21 minutes south. and the hypso- meter indicated 5000 feet above sea level The long climb up the glacier began November 30 The lower part was very
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leading lawyers favor Judge Walkers nonination
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Fetching styles in all wool Serge Dresses. In blacks, navies, whites and all colors. Ranging in price from four ninety-five ($4.95) to fourteen ninety-five ($14.95.(
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-04
Jones Admitted IL.

Jones and Brown argued AZ they al
ways did when they had time enough.
They had dined together. and as Jones
lived at distance and II was very
late Brown offered to put him up for
the night.
ON the way home they fell to dis
russing the strategy Of the Civil war
as indicated by the campaigns of Lee
and Grant. The topic was elastic
enough to keep them going for half
an hour, and reached its height as
they neared the Brown house.
Then Brown lost his temper.
Jones" said he, III you don't admit
that Grant was greater general than
Lee. You can't sleep here"
II was then two o'clock in the morn
ing, and Jones was eight miles from
home. Chicago Post
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At the Minstrels.

"Mr. Bones" said Mr.. Tambo. WHEEL
the semicircle had been seated, ')
have a query to PROFOUND to you thi.
evening""
You have query to PROFOUND tt
me-" said Mr.. Bones, dittoing the re
mark, which helps to fill ont the time
during the performance. MAY ! in
quire what your query is?"
What is the difference between 6
young woman with pancake hat
reading letter from home and a
man who is trying to discover some
way of fooling his captors, so that he
may escape?"
Being in a hurry TO wash up and
get away that night, MIR. Bones in
mediately said that he could not
guess.
"One reads the news and the other
needs the ruse,' shouted Mr.. Tambo.
whereupOn the interlocutor stepped
forward and announced that the world
famous basso, Mr.. Groanin Growle,
would sing "A Thousand Feet Below
the Sea, or How Can the Diver Patch
His Trousers?"
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He had taken many courses IN a corre-
spondencc school
TIL he knew he knew the method to,
manipulate each tool:
SO ne got a saw and hatchet and n chisel
and some nails
And began to mend the stairway, but he
ended II with walls;
For he gashed his epidcrmis and he scarf
fled his wrist
And he smashed his thumb and fingers
when the pcsky nails he missed
And hereafter when he has "A nail to drive
be will not nail it
He'll simply lick Il postage stamp and
take It out and mail II.
He had answered all the question In the
lessons "How to Ride
And with pen and ink and paper he could
gallo pom with pride.
But one day he hired a charger and he
vaultcl to the scat
And they say for fifteen minutes he was
owner OF the street
But at last thr horse I'm mercy threw him
sprawling to the ground
And his watch two teeth and glasses are
the only things inbound.
So today he's quite contcntcd to go riding
in his fancy
With pen and ink and paper as his means
OF necromancy.
But he took n course OF teaching from
another institute
IN the way TO run an auto with It's chug
and hiss and hoot,
Then he started in an auto and just when
the pace grew hot
And he should have pulled n lcver-then
which lever he forgot
For moment wheels and fragments were
the most that enc could see.
Then they found our worthy hero hang
ing gently in IA tree.
When the doctors had succeeded In re-
storing him from coma
With his feeble. inkstained fingers he tore
up his big diploma
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PULLED IN Different WAYS
Ordinary Man on the street Some
what Puzzled by Seeming eusi-
ness Contradictions.
life Ia fun of contradictions"
"Yes?"

life Ia fun of contradictions"
"Yes?"
For instance. about siN months
ago life insurance agent got after
me. and bounded me nearly TO death.
told him at the start that | had all
the insurance | was able to carry, but
he kept right on trying iO persuade
me that | needed more and finally. in
sheer desperation. | consented to take
our another policy. Then the com
panys doctor began trying In every
way he could think of to make II I'm
possible for me tn get the insurance.
He acted as If | was voluntarily try
inc TO beat the company In some way,
and when I failed to pass the cXamina
tion both he and the agent appeared TO
think | had wrongcd them hy takiLg
up their time"
That's nearly as bad as my case
Several months ago Representatives ~
n piano house got after me for the pur
pose ot ucrsu2diuE me to buy piano
on the inslallmeut plan Just to get
rid of them | at last agreed to buN
Now they've rot corps rf men out
trying To dig up proof that | never
could or would pay for the piano II
they were to let mo have il business
is a great thing"
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ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ITCHING ECZEMA

light years ago ! got eczema all
over my hands. My fingers fairly blcd
and it itched until il almost drove mo
frantic. The eruption began with
itching under the skin. II spread fast
from between the fingers around the
nails and all over the whole hands. I
got a pair of rubber gloves in order to
wash dishes. Then II spread all over
the left side Of my chest. A fine doc.
tor treated the trouble two weeks, but
did me no good. ! cried night and
day. Then | decided to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment but without much
hope as had gone so long. There
vas a marked change the second day.
and so on until | was entirely cured
The Cuticura Soap we have always
kept IN our home. and we decided
after that lesson that II is "A cheap
SOAP in price and the very hes, in
quality. My husband will use no other
soap in his shaving mug" (Signod)
Mrs. G.. A. Selby, Rcdonda Beach.
Cal. Jan. II. 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment arc sold by drug
gsts and dealers everywhere. a sam.
pie of each, with 32-page book. viii
be mailed FREQ on application to
"Cu,icura,' Dept. "a X, Boston.
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The Narrative Of the Two Eaqs.

Once upon a time strictly fresh
egg happened to lie alongside of g
coldstorage egg for while.
And the strictly fresh egg turne c
up its nose at the cold.storage egg and
said:
"Ah, shall be served soft boiled, OF
pOached on toast, and the waiter will
charge ten cents for me. DO you not
wish you might enjoy my advant.
Rges?"
Tut" said the cold.storage egg
castically. IL shall be served in o
cheese omelet for a dollar. I don't
see where your worth amounts to any
thing"
This teaches us that there are tiL-es
when age is properly rewarded.
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Another Victim to Epidemic.

Lincoln.-laobert Ewart. eighteen.
monthsold child of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S.
Ewart. died Wednesday evening. the
second victim of the epidemic Of in.
testinal disease which swept north.
east Lincoln. The child was stricken
TWO weeks ago. at the time when a
majority of the epidemic cases de.
veloped. For several days It was dan
gerously i'll. but improved somewhat
until the last few days.
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How Re Found Out

'Nr Chairman" shouted one OF the
delegates to the convention. Il move
that the romlnating speeches no lin
tied to one minute ,aCh,"
Second tho notion" yelled n dozen
others
storm oi protest arose. hut the
chairman pu, the motion
II was lost hN n vote oi i7 To- A.
II merely wished to find out. Mr.
chairman. explained the delegate
ambitious orators there are ~ this
convention rhore ar" forty seven
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The Observation-Disclosures

A Richmond darky chanced to meet
on the street a friend who complain.
ed of much "misry." Indeed, the af.
flicted one was in despair. so tucker.
cred out" was he
'Wot seems TO be dc matter?" asked
the first negro
''Jim." said the other with a moan
and a gesture indicating the portion
OF his anatomy that was giving him 50
much trouble, Use got sech awful
pains In nah back heah!"
Jim assumed an air of great solem.
nifty and wisdom. "ln dat case." said
he. "dere's only one thing fo 20 TO do.
Jes' yo' put yo'se'f In de hands o. dat
Doctah Blank. ! hears dat he's de
finest bakteriologist in de whole souf"