The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-03

w WdSn1ngIOn.-Md dJO1lty anu l1lluoTlly reports on the adverse action taken by the Senate judiciary committee upon the Cummins bill to give independent tobacco companies the right of interven- tion and appeal to the supreme court of the United States from the federal decree approving the reorganization of the Amer ican Tobacco company were made public today The majority contends that Con- gress has no right to intervene.
 Washington-The Senate today adopted a resolution presented by Senator Lodge requesting the President if not incompati ble with public interest to furnish the Senate all information bearing on reported Japanese activity at Magdalena Bay, Lower California. The resolution on which there was no debate had reference to reported purchase of land by the Japanese government on Mexican soil.
 New York.-Five members of the Porto Rican legislature four members of the chamber of commerce of Porto Rica and three members of the Porto Rica Sugar Growers association, making up three committees, arrived on the steamer San Juan today on the way to Washington to protest to Congress against reduc- tion in the sugar tariff.
 w MdSllnRIOU, ADTI -s--fottitldlN T iohNA of the department of the interior will go to Honolulu soon to investigate charges preferred against Walter F. F'rear governor of Hawaii. that Cover nor Frear was not in touch with the people of Hawaii, and that his sympa- thies were with the sugar trust and other special interests.
 Pittsburg.-The "black list'' feature fig 4ls. tr "a government suit against the Eastern States Lumber Dealers association here today. As in similar actions in the south and west, the government attorneys tried to show that dealers, not acceding to terms to an organization of lumbermen, were put upon a blacklist" and their business thereby injured.
 Philadelphia, Pa-Two women were fatally injured, scores of houses were un- roofed and more than 25 buildings were demolished by a wind storm of cyclonic velocity which passed over that portion of Camden known as Cooper's Point and swept down the Delaware river to the center of this city tonight doing thous- ands of dollars worth of property dam age.
 Nashville, Tenn.-The fifteenth annual meeting of the conference for education in the south will hold it's first general session here tomorrow night. Already several hundred delegates are here. Tulsa. Okla.-Overcomipg a majority of eao boiled by the democrats in the last election, the republican ticket in tho municipal election here today led over the democratic ticket by 300 votes. but failed to win by reason of provision in the citv charter that requires majority of all votes cast.
 i st. Louis.-of 26 cities and towns out side of Kansas City and St Joseph, which elected municipal officers today. 1S chose democrats six republicans and seven non partisan officials.
 Kansas City.-Henry l.. Jost. 51 years old. democrat, was elected mayor of Kan sas City today over Darius A Brown. republican incumbent by majority esti- mated at 3500 votes. The entire democratic ticket outside of few aldermen was
 elected.
 Fort Smith, Ark.-Hartford, in this county, today elected Peter Stewart. a
 socialist mayor, the first socialist mayor chosen in this state.
 | Moorhead, Miss.-Grady Jones. engineer, was killed and Fireman Lance is be- | lieved to have met a like fate when 1 Southern railway passenger train No. | III. being detoured over the tracks of the Illinois Central railroad. was derailed near Moorhead tonight. Except for minor injuries the passengers were unhurt.