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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Taking Testimony Against Jurist Begun in the
 Senate
FIRST BIG SUPPLY
 BILL REPORTED
Commerce Court Not Provided For Tn Legislative, Executive and Judi cial Bill-House Hereafter
 to Pay Clerks
THE DAY IN coNGREss.

Senate
 Convened at noon.
 Nominations by the President included w, Frear as governor of Hawaii
 Senator Bristow introduced resolutions for the initiative and recall of judicial de- cisions.
 Subcommittee on commerce heard rep resentatives of capital and labor on pro- posed seamens involuntary seryitude bill. Court of impeachment began taking tes- tlmony in trial of Judge Archibald.
 Chairman Martin of joint commission to investigate foreign purchase of American tobacco announced commission would meet Thursday.
 Adjourned at 513 p. m. until noon to- day.
 House:
 Convened at noon.
 Annual report of Secretary Of Treasury was read.
 Chairman Padgett of naval affairs com mittee introduced bill to confer title of admiral" on commanders-in-c chief of At- lantie and Pacific batteship fleets.
 New York delegation decided. to oppose Burnett immigration bill prescribing H. literaey test for immigrants. disaplroved government purchase Of Monticello.
 Passed Crago bill to pension Spanish war veterans, widows and children
 Banking and currency committee meets today to consider Levy bill for deposit of $50,0Oo,OOO by treasury in national banks to relieve financial pressure.
 Adjourned at 4:23 D. m. until noon to- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05

Washington. December 4.-The Ma tional League of Democratic clubs com cluded its sessions here today by the election of officers and the adoption of resolutions recommending that the ceremonies of swearing in a President and the attending pageant should not be seperated, favoring but one term of office for President. and deploring as unjust and reprehensible the manner in which the Panama canal zone was acquired.
 The following officers were elected:
 President, Perry Belmont of New York; first vice president, Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia second vice presi- dent, Frederick Lynch of Minnesota; third vice president. Frederick W. Plaisted. Maine; fourth vice president. John l.. Lenty of Ohio. fifth vice pres ident, Charles c. Heifner of Washing ton; secretary and organizer. William c. Liller of Indiana; treasurer. pr. John w. Cox of New York. and ser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Greece expected to sign armistice. Campaign expenses of the demo-
 crats.
 Secretary urges banking reforms. Archibald interested in culm bank
 deal. 2-Sloss mine No. tipple burned 3+Presiding elders report good years. Masons dream realized.
 owens found guilty of bigamy 4EEditorial comment. 5-Library board comes up today. Huddleston named grand warden. Still working on Tutwiler bids. Steel ready for Roden hotel 6-Society.
 Daughters of Revolution holding
 conference.
 Dolly Dalrymple. 7-Sports s-Service essential. says Dr. Johnson. 9-Story of church in country village. 10-Democrats feel sure of harmony. New production records are made. Helping Hand Hints
 Ten Years of Alabama. 11-To lower price of creamery butter. 12-Much building in south.  14-Prepare 10 change American money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OPPOSE
 DIVISION OF INAUGURATION

geant at arms. Col. John I. Martin of Missouri.
 Honorary presidents of the club were chosen as follows: Presidents t-elect Woodrow Wilson, Vice President- elect Thomas R. Marshall. William J. Bryan, Adlai F. Stevenson, Senator John W. Kern of Indiana, Speaker Champ Clark and Representative Oscar w Under wood of Alabama. An executive board with a membership representing prac- tically every state in the union, was chosen. A committee of five. of which former Congressman Lafe Pence of Colorado, was made chairman was appointed to arouse interest among the democratic clubs of the country in tho forthcoming inauguration of President Wilson.
 Among other resolutions adopted was one deploring the agitation for the compulsory purchase of Monticello. the home of Thomas Jefferson. and another recommending that no treaty should be entered into between the United States and Russia until Russia rscoe, nizes expatgiatlon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
CHICAGO DEALER IN MAGIC IS INDICTED Sold Secrets at Prices Rang ing From $1.25
 to $7.75

Chicago, December 4.-Folicks Mar kiewicz. alleged expert in black art who claimed to have invented dollar that would return to it's original owner after it had been spent, fwas indicted by the federal grand jury late today. Markiewicz was charged with having duped many foreign residents in Chi cago and other large cities. He sold his "black arts secrets at prices rang ing from $125 to S7.75
 Markiewicz, among other things, ad- vertised the following secrets"
 How to win the love of every girl; how to become invisible so that you might do as you please without being detected; compel a thief to return stolen property; make a COW give good milk in unlimited quantities; read an- Iother persons thoughts; see angels in the mirror; become magnetic and i'm press your employer so that you may have the best position"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
(COntinued on Page EIevenD GREATEST SINGLE
 FINANCIAL DEAL Carmi Thompson Receipts McClung for Billion and
 a Half Dollars

Washington, December 4.-The great est single financial transaction in the history of the United States was con summarted at the treasury department when Carmi A. Thompson, the new treasurer of the United States, gave Lee Mcclung. his predecessor. receipt for $1,51s,2s5. .908.57 2-S, representing the money and securities in the per sonal custody of the treasurer, on No- vember 21, when Mcclung retired.
 The amount for which MT. Thompson receipted includes 15s. .728,000 silver dol liars, S2,196,O00 in gold coin; s379. .SS5, ,00C in paper currency in reserve ss37,647,- ,- 900 in bonds and securities and $22,- |s1g.00 in national bank notes in pro. cess of redemption
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
.|NCEND|ARY FIRES GROWING MENACE Of 40 a Day in New York One-FOurth Set for
 Fraud

New York, December 4.-"Of 40 fires A day in this city one-fourth are set with fraud as purpose, declared Fire Commissioner Johnson today in de- fending his fire prevention bureau from attacks made upon 1t before the factory investigating commission.
 The commissioner insisted that in- cendiary fires were growing men, ace and that measures to cut down their number were needed
 There are fire bug blocks in this city" he added. There is one in which s3 incendiary fires have been set in two and one-half years. The fire in surance premiums in such blocks have been put up high enough to cover the fire bugs. the honest people and every body else.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Archibald Was Interested

Washington. December A-Admissons that Judge Robert W. Archibald of the court of commerce had been interested with him in deal for the "katydid Culm dump near Scranton, Pa, and would have profited from the sale of the property, were drawn today from Edward J. Wil- Hams of Dunmore, Pa, before the senate court of impeachment which is trying the jurist for alleged misconduct.
 Mir. Williams was the first witness summoned in the impeachment of Judge Archibald Standing at the ele- vated clerks desk in the Senate and facing Judge Archibald. who had been his friend, he said for 90 years, tho aged Welchman became silent wit ness for part of the time to the duel between the House managers and Judge Archbalds lawyers as to what evidence and testimony should be admitted be- fore the court
 Chief interest today centered about the first article of the charges which alleged that Judge Archibald had eX- erted influence upon officers of the Erie railroad when they had a lighter age case pending in his court to com pei them to give an option to Will Hams OH It's portion of the Katydid refuse coal heaps owned through it's subsidiary company the Hillside Coal and Iron company.
 Mr. Williams declared Judge Arch bald had nothing to do with getting the option further than to act as his friend and recommend him to the of ficers of the Hillside company Later, hon n1..f fh, If..Fa If resentative Webb of North Carolina. he said Judge Archibald would have received half of the profits realized from the sale of the property
 What did Judge Archibald do for which he was to receive one-half of the profits from the coal dumpT' de- manded Representative Webb.
 Ut was none of anybodys business if wished to give 1t to him. retorted Williams
 Influenced Option
 To this he later added that the in- terest of Judge Archibald resulted from what he did for me-" and that "lt was partly through his influence that got the options"
 The deal as outlined by Mir. Williams began when he asked for Judge Arch balds assistance in getting an option from th> Hillside company. Judge Archbald he said. gave him letter to W. A. May. superintendent of the Hillside company. but Captain May de- clined to give him an option on the dump.
 q went back and told Judge Arch bald I didn't get it and he said he would see about it," said Williams.
 Judge Archbald's attorneys fought against the admission of a document purporting 10 assign part of Mir. Will Hams interest in the coal dump to ->.---- ~~--------
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
TECHNICAL TALKS
 OCCUPYING GAS MEN

Atlanta, December 4.-Technical discus sion of artificial gas as a fuel occupied todays session here of the eighth annual convention of the National Commercial Gas association. A. F. Krppner of St. Louis read a paper on the subject, which was followed by general comment from the delegates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Tennessee Jurist to Wed

Bris tol. Va. December 4.-Chief Justice John K. Shields of the Tennessee supreme court was in Bristol tonight on his way to New York, where next week he will be married to Mrs. Jennie Cowan, former ly of Knixville, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
GOVERNMENT OUGHT ID OWN COAL MINES, STATES FITZGERALD
Does Not Think That United States Should Take Pos session of the River
 Dock Sites
ny c. E. STEWART

Washington, December 4.-(Special) Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston declared in an address here today before the National Rivers and Harbors congress that the United States should own the coal mines of the country. He did not agree however, with Senator Town send of Michigan. who has preceded him. that 1t might be well for the federal government to take possession of dock sites on rivers. improved, so as to keep railways from preventing wa ter competition.
 "I would be in favor" said Mayor Fitzgerald, "of having the municipality or the state and the federal govern ment cooperate in the control of dock strikes, but l think the local author ities should have some say.
 T do not agree with Senator Town send that no government improvements of rivers should be made unless 1t can be shown that 1t would reduce the cost of transportation over consider able territory.
 They should be improved for wa ter power and other purposes.
 "The people of the whole country are anxious to see the Mississippi river improved regardless of the cost, and we can do 1t without impoverishing the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
r. M. RYAN FOUGHT REMOVAL OF UNION
 PAPERS ANDLETTERS
Afterward Turned Over to Government by H0ckin. Ryan Signed the
 Petitions

Indianapolis December A.-Frank M. Ryan, indicted president of the Iron Workers union. testified at the 'dyna- mite conspiracy trial today that after the arrests of the McNamaras he, on ad- vice of counsel, resisted the removal of evidence wanted at Los Angeles where the McNamaras were charged with mur- der and dynamitlng.
 "Knowirg James B. McNamara was charged with murder in blowing up the Los Angeles Times building, and that John J. McNamara, secretary of tte union, was charged with dynamiting, you were willing to prevent the removal Of evidence wanted at Los Angeles?" asked District Attorney C. w. Miller.
 q vas willing to resist the removal of the papers anywhere because 1 was acting through my attorney, said MT Ryan.
 The papers referred to were hundreds of letters and records afterward procured by the government in connection with tEe indictment of the Al men now on trial. The witness named as the attorney who tocx charge of the unions affairs, Leo M. Rapparort, who had testified that after interviewing J. J. MeNamara in jail at Los Angeles, he returned to Indianapo- lis and destroyed a small blue check book. That check book the government charges, contained the disbursements by McNamara for the expenses of the "dy- namiting crew"
 Not Consulted by Rappap0rt
 Mir Ryan was asked whether he was consulted about Rappaport's destruction of the check book. He answered he had not been, and he never heard that Me Namara was drawing s1oo0 month from the urion's funds, for which no account ing was given. until the night of Me Naniara's arrest in April, 1911.
 The witness stated lie signed various petitions to enable Rappaport to resist the feoeral government in taking over the rapers Other witnesses testified tbe papers aiterward were turned over by Herbert s. Hockin, defendant, charged with double crossing the union.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
CAMP PA|GN EXPENSES .0F THE DEMOCRATS
Governor Wilson's Victory
 Cost Party $1,159,446
S9,S54 CONTRIBUTORS
All But 1925 Were in Amounts Less Than $100-Crane Heaviest Con- tributor With $40, ,000-Rid-
 der Collected $30,073

Washington, December fit cost the democratic national committee sl,159, ,446 to carry the election for Wilson and Mar shall, according to it's final statement of contributions and expenses filed with the House today. Charles R. Crane of Chi cago was the heaviest contributor with s40Ooo, closely pressed by Cleveland H. Dodge of New York. sS5.oOo and Herman Ridder of New York; as treasurer of funds collected for the committee, s30,07S.
 The total of s1.11os52 contributions re- ceived by the committee came from S. S54 separate contributions of which all but 1925 were in amounts less than s1Oo.
 William J. Bryan gave sl00O as did David R. Francis. former Secretary Of the Interior, Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, Of Boston; Senators Newlands of Nevada and OGorman of New York. Senator Watson of West Virginia contributed $7500, and Governor Foss of Massachusetts Former Senator William A. Clark of Mon tana and Roger Sullivan of Chicago, gave 5000 each. George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad gave sl000; B. F. Yoakum, New York s2500, and former Mayor J. D. Phelan Of San Francisco, 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Payne Gave $15,OOO

John Barton Payne of Chicago put si5,- 600 into the committee chests; Judge J. w. Gerard, New York, $1S0o0; Jacob H. Schiff and B. M. Baruch, of New York, $12.500 each.
 The Sl0,000 contributors were Charles s. Guggenheimer, Samuel Untermeyer. James Spever, Jacob Ruppert, Henry Goldman, Henry Morgenthau, all of New York F. c. Penfield, Cincinnati Thomas D. Jones, David B. Jones, B. M. Winston, all of Chicago, and Hugh c. Wallace, Tacoma, Wash.
 W. R. Craig, New York, gave 5000; w. R. Rust, Tacoma, $7000; G. F. s. Peabody, Chicago, s645O, and J. c. Gx Mayo of Ken lucky and w. c. Beer of Yonkers, N. r., S6000 each.
 The S500o contributors were Rolla Wells, St. Louis; F. B. Lynch, St. Paul; w. A. Gaston and H. P Hawn of Boston; J. M Camden, Versailles, Ky; Charles Smith, Menasha Wis, and c. A. Spreckels, s. Harris, E. A. S. White, John De Saules, Nathan Straus and John D. Ryan, all oi New York.
 Representative Thomas J. Scully of New Jersey; Ralph Pulitzer, New York; Joseph E. Willard of Richmond, former lieu tenant governor and corporation comnis sioner of Virginia, Charles w. McAlpns of New York and J. !. Starrow, Boston gave 5000 each; R. H. Vansant, Ken lucky, $500; Walter A. Milstead, Manila $l40D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
GOVERNORS FORM ASS0C|AT|ON;; ARE
 ID MEET ANNUALLY
O'Neal on Executive Com mittee-NO Permanent President Selectn.
 Visit Norfolk

Richmond, Va, December 4.-Perma- nent organization of the governors of the various states of the United States into an association to be known as the The Governors Conference" was effected here tonight at the annual conference of the state executives.
 Annual meetings of the organization will be held. Its active members will em- brace the governors and governors elect of the various states. Ex-govemors will be admitted to the conference as honorary members with all privileges of the cr- ganization except the right to vote.
 Colorado Springs. Colo, was selected as the place of meeting for the confer ence next year. The date of the meet ing. which probably will be earlier than December, will be decided upon later.
 In announcing the formation of perma- nent organization the governors attending the meeting here made public the follow ing statement concerning the purpose of the conferences:
 To Meet Early
 "rhe functions of the governors confer ence shall be to meet yearly for an ex- change of views and experiences on sub jects of general importance to the peo- ples of the several states, the promotion of greater uniformity in state legislation and the attainment of greater efficiency in state administration"
 No permanent president is to head the conference. A temporary chairman will be selected for each half days session when the conference meets. The confer ence, however will have permanent sec retary- who will receive an an- nual saalry of s25OO year. An executive committee is to guide the affairs of the conference.
 A rule was adopted by the conference that persons not members shall not be given the floor until after all other busi- ness is transacted and then only by unanimous consent.
 Efforts have been made to present the subject of woman's suffrage to the gov ernors' meeting.
 The new executive committee of the conference named tonight, consists of Governor McGovern of Wisconsin,; Gov ernors ONeal of Alabama and Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-05
Water Competition Needed

The railroads of the country cannot carry all the business, the mayor said, and should have plenty of water com petition. He declared that on s30,O00,- 0O0 worth of coal Boston had paid s7o, ,Ooo, 900 in transportation charges. The government would take possess sion of the coal mines of the country in a few years, he asserted. unless there is a change.
 All waterways to which sufficient commerce is tributary should be inn proved at federal expense, said Sen ator Townsend and at the same time
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Necessary Features

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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30
Go To Ganard For Seed"

The above will in few years become
the slogan for farmers 'througout GEN.
trial Kentucky if the record for
the past few years is maintained.
Last spring every available bushel
of corn in the county was eager
ly taken by dealers in Lexington to be
furnished to the farmers for seed corn,
so also was the case as regards tobacco
seed, local farmers being besieged for
seed and offered fancy price. Now
it is seed wheat. Because of the splen-
did quality of the wheat crop this year
local dealers are offering a splendid
quality of seed wheat to the farmers,
many of the crops of the county weigh
ed out from So to 62 pounds to the
bushel, free from cockrel and other
waste and is very desirable for seed
wheat.
The farmers of che county are fast
coming to realization of the fact that
quality as well as quantity pays, and
as result the standard of all crops
raised in the county has enhanced fully
so per cent.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30
Bright Swinebroad DispOses Of Part Of
His Herd OF Fine Jersies At A Fam
cy Price To Lexington Par

A few years ago Mr.. G. B. Swine
broad embarked in the jersey cattle
raising industry, in small way at first
while living in town, but afterwards
securing a small farm near the out
skirts and charging his herd until it
has assumed large proportions. So
large in fact that together with his law
practise and remunerative real estate
business, he found it impossible to de-
vote sufficient time to this industry
which it demanded, and he determined
to reduce the number. Messrs Davis
& Hopkins came over from Fayette
county aud purchased of Mr.. Swine
broad ten head from his herd, heifers
and cows, paying therefor $1,000. or an
average of 500. per head. One three
year old cow which Mr.. Swinebroad
raised brought $3.50, Mr.. Swinebroad
yet has number of fine animals to
dispose of before he gets his herd down
to a size which he can handle. The
best of the herd in fact yet remains.
This opens up another industry for Gar.
rard county. Some one who has the
time to devote to this business could
reap a splendid reward. as the industry
is a paying one from the very start
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30

Congress adjourned sine die at 4:30
o'clock Monday afternoon, after hav-
ing passed all the large supply bills
which have proved bone of conten-
ton for the past week. Underestimate
of the appropriations made to run the
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1913, all of which were pass
ed its S l, O19, 636, 1896 This vast am
cunt of money is S 100000 less than
the estimates offered, this amunt being
pared from the varions estimats Of
fered in the bill despite the clamor of
the republicans that nothing less then
the amount asked would suffice to run
the affairs of the Government, and
when they failed to get, prophecy that
congress will face big deficit at the
end of the fiscal year. The demo-
cratic lower househowever, determined
to risk the chances and insisted on
their rule of retrenchment
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30

Under the present apportionment of
the Eleventh Congressional District,
the republican vote is about $4,000,
this will in all likelihood be about
equally divided between the Taft ele-
ment and the Bull Moose, and it is
said that there are many republicans
belonging to both of these wings who
rather than see 1.-The other candi-
date ele cted would vote for the demo-
cratic candidate. $1,000 staunch demo-
Gratis are lined up behind Hon. Ben
V. Smith, their nominee, and with the
possibility of securing some strength
from their dissatisfied rivals, it does
look to us as if he had a fighting
chance to win.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30

Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana.
democratic nominee for vice president,
spoke to a large audience in Portland
Me. Monday. A State campaign is in
progress in that state, but Gov, Mar
shall declined to discuss local issues.
His remarks were chiefly directed
against the high protective tariff, but
he took fling at Theo. Roosevelt, as
sertitg that during his seven and one
half years tenure of office he failed to
put curb on single monopoly. Gov.
Marshall is forcefull speaker and will
do yeoman service for his party. He
has a speaking tour before him cover,
ing a period of over three weeks,
covering the states of New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-08-30
Baughman Sale.

Mr.. ]. H. Baughman the popular
Lincoln equity stockman and farmer
was in town monday and paid the Rec
ord office pleasant visit. He tells
us that his annual sale will take place
this year either the last week in Sept
ember or the first week in October.
This sale has grown to be one of the lead
ing features to stockmenin Central Ken
lucky, attracts buyers from everywhere
because of the quantity and quality of
the offerings.