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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-25

itor for the Southern Railway company,
left to take up his new duties Monday.
He will go direct to Washington, where
he will remain for several weeks familiar
izing himself with his duties ere he takes
charge of the territory assigned him at
Columbia, s. c., and adjoining roads.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-25

Reports come in from some parts of the
county that the corn crops are better
this year than the average
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-25
Army Worm Appears

The corn army worm is doing great
damage In this county, field after held
of fine corn Is being destroyed by them.
Two days was sufficient this week to de-
stroy is acres of fine corn for w. r..
McElwee, a prominent farmer living six
niles southeast of Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-25
NAV Sell Plant

The Little River Water and Light COM
pany, owners of many power dams In
Alabama, have representatives here now
figuring with the city with reference to
buying the Hight plant and to bring their
power here. 1t Is most doubtful If the
people will either sell or lease the light
plant. as it belongs to the city and the
people refused by an overwhelming vote
less than a year ago to lease or sell 1t,
but the town may agree to buy power
from the company If they will sell reas-
enable.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
PROBE MONEY TRUST
REPRESENTATIVE HENRY IN
SisTS INVESTIGATION SHALL
BE HAD BEFORE ELECTION.
viii Resist Efforts Of Members of
Congress to Postpone Inquiry and
Promises Early Action In
the Matter.

Washington in the
proposed congressional inquiries into
the money trust" the shipping com
hiGc and other interests have sur
rounded the future of those investiga-
tons with uncertainty.
A common report Thursday was
that the money trust" investigation
would be halted until after the presi-
dental election, though Representa-
tive Lindbergh of Minnesota, author
of the resolution directing the inves-
tigation. declared he had not been
consulted as to postponement.
Representative Henry of Texas,
chairman of the rules committee, ue-
clared the representatives who were
trying to send the money trust in
vestigation resolution to the banking
and currency committee were the
ones who had defied his efforts for an
inquiry
Mr. Henry, who has not conferred
with Democratic Leader Underwood
for three weeks, announced that he
would insist upon an investigation. He
said he would not accept the chair
manship of the investigating commit
tee
Some of the Democrats who are op-
posed to the money trust" investiga-
ton have charged that the persistent
movement for its prosecution is insti-
gated by William J. Bryan
Mr.. Henry promised that the in.
quiry would not be postponed until
after the election.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
REBELS MUST BE CAREFUL.
Mexicans Are Warned by Represen
tatives of the United States Against
Promiscuous Shooting.

Washington.-Colo Edgar c.
Steever, commanding the Fouth
United States cavalry at Ell Paso. has
been instructed to prevent firing into
American territory and the Mexican
authorities have received warning
from the American government not
to permit shooting across the border
line. These orders have been issued
as a result of the exchange of tele-
grams between President Taft and
Governor Colquitt of Texas.
Colonel Steever has replied to the
department that there has yet been
no firing into American territory and
that he gave formal notice to the
Mexican government through Mexi.
can Consul Florent, in Ell Paso, that
he would take such steps as he
deemed necessary to protect Ameri'
can interests.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
NIAGARA SCENE OF TRACED,
Great Ice Jam Gives Way and Carries
Three Pleasure Seekers Down the
River to Their Death.

Niagara Falls, N. Y.-The great ice
bridge that has choked the river chan.
mel between the cataract and the up.
per steel arch bridge below the falls
for the last three weeks, broke from
its Snoring at noon Sunday and went
down the river, taking with it to their
death man and a woman. SAID to be
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge Stanton, of To,
ronto, Canada, and Burrell Heacock,
II years old, of Cleveland. o.
Four other persons were on the ice
al the time, but managed to get ashore
in safety
The bridge was considered safe For
weeks the great fields of ice had been
coming down the river, piliDs up
against the barrier until it was from
sixty to eighty feet thick and under
the influence of zero weather the great
mass had become anchored firmly to
the shore. The jam vas about 1000
feet wide anc in some PAGES quarter
OF mile in length.
For two weeks it had offered safe
passage and Sunday an immense
crowd of excursionists came 10 view
the winter wonder of the river Had
the accident happened an hour later,
hundreds would have lost their lives
pect park in the elevators that run
down the cliff for the purpose of ven
turing out upon the ice.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
SENT TO BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Hamburg American Liner co!Iides
With British Steamer and Sinks,
But Passengers Are Saved.

New York-The Hamburg American
liner Allegheny, which left here
Thursday for Central America and
the West Indies. sank seventy-five
miles east-northeast o. Cape Henry,
off the Virginia coast, after a collision
with the British steamer Pomaron
Friday. The Pomaron with passen-
gers and crew Of the Allegheny on
board and conveyed by the revenue
cutter Onondaiga, Is making for port
The Pomaron's bow was badly
stove in, but the wireless advices
were that she was apparently holding
well through a moderate sea, with a
strong northwesterly breeze blowing.
The revenue cutter Onondaiga hast.
ened to the scene of the collision in
response to wireless calls and she re-
ported that she had picked up" the
Pomaron twenty-five. miles east-south-
east of Hog island light and was con
voying her into the Virginia capes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Plan Home for Insbriates.

New York-A remote section on
northern Long Island is to be the
SOLDERING up locality for New York
inebriates, If "A recommendation made
by the board of inebriety to the city
board of estimates is adopted. For the
proposed farm. to which the too free
users of alcoholic stimulants may be
committed Under a recent enactment
the city is requested to buy $40 acres
of land at Smithtown, L. l.. near
Mayor Gaynor's country place. Thf
city plans to spend about sS50.0o0 or
the project.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
BARROW ARRAIeNED.
Counsel for Indicted Attorney Loses
in First Technical Move.

Los Angeles.-Clarence S. barrow,
former chief counsel for the McNa-
mara brothers, was arraigned before
Presiding Judge Hutton of the su.
perior court Thursday on the two in
dictments charging him with jury
bribery in the dynamiting trial. Judge
Hutton designated Saturday as the
date for the entering of pleas to both
indictments.
Darrow's attorneys lost the first
Iteohnical move when Judge Hutton
overruled the objection of Earl Rog-
ers to the sufficiency of the arraign-
ment on the ground OF differences in
legal opinion regarding when the
transcript of grand jury evidence
should be available for the defense.
barrow does not yet know what al
legged facts or evidence was mar.
shalled against him before the in.
quisitors who indicted him last Mon.
day.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

The use CT hardness testing devices
on rolled brass IL referred to by the
Brass World. Brass is rolled In many
different tempers Usually, when a
sample Of sheet brass is sent in SO
that an order to be filled may match
1t, bending or scratching is resorted TO
to determine Its temper, the result
often being only guess. The hard.
ness testing methods used with steel
are beginning to be employed for
brass, but the ability to determine the
temper of a sample of brass is not yet
we'll recognized.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
STARVED TO DEATH
PORT ORCHARD JURY RETURNS
VERDICT OF MANsLAueHTER
AGAINST MRS. HAZARD.
Woman Who Was Responsible for
Death Of English Woman at Her
Sanitarium Raves at What She
Terms Persecution.

Seattle, Wash-The Jury in the
case Of Mrs. Linda Burfeld Hazard,
accused in the Kitsap county superior
court a.. Port Orchard of having
starved tI death Miss Claire William
son, wealthy English patient, at the
Hazard Starvation sanitartum, re-
turned verde. Sunday night finding
her guilty of ma1slaushter,
Counsel for the state expressed sat.
isfaction with he Verdict, which car
ries an indeterminate penitentiary
sentence of from one 20 twenty years
Mrs. Hazard, silent iR court, stormed
and ragged as she left for what she
declared to be the persecution on the
part of the medical profession.
Mrs. Linda Burfield Hazard was
arrested August 5, 1911, on cnargs
of murder in the first degree, on an
Information filed in Kitsap county,
the complaining witness being Miss
Dorothea Williamson. aged 81 years.
who alleged that her sister, Claire
Williamson, aged 33, was starved to
death by Mrs. Hazard. The William
ooub were fNHBllSH WOIHeu OI means
who were on a tour around the
world and who consulted Mrs, Haz.
card concerning their health Mrs
Hazard soon had both the women in
her Starvation sanitarium" at Ola
la where, on a diet of orange juice
and asparagus juice broth, Claire died
May 10, 1911, and Dorothea was
wasted to a skeleton. After Claire's
death Mrs. Hazard obtained the ap-
pointment of herself as guardian of
Dorothea by alleging that the latter
was OF infirm mind. She also applied
for appointment as ADMINISTRATIVE of
the estate of Claire williamson The
plight Of Dorothea came to the
knowledge Of RriHsh vice Consul c.
vE. H. agassiz, atH Tacoma, with the
result that Miss borothea was de-
clared of sound mlnd and her guar.
dian removed. Mrs; Hazards appli.
cation for letters of administration
of Claires estate was refused and
Agassiz was appointed administrator
Instead. Dorothea was nursed back
to health. .5@.-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Delicate Criticism.

A woman well known in New York
for her exquisite taste as well as
knowledge of the decorative and ar
chitectural history Of the world called
on the wife of multi-millionaire who
had recently built and furnished a
Fifth avenue mansion at great cost.
This" said the hostess proudly, as
she threw open heavy door, is my
Louis Quatorze room" The visitor
gazed about her for a moment and
then made answer: What makes you
think 6o?"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
MAY END THE INDIGESTION.
Empress Dowager Issues Edict for
New Republic.

/ Peking.-The empress dowager Is
Beued an edics Sunday evening in
structing Premier Yuan Shi Kai to
establish republic IN cooperation
with the southern republicans. The
edict has not yet been published and
1t is expected it will be kept more or
less secret as far as the public is con-
cerned until arrangements in the
south have been completed
Yuan Shi Kai now is endeavoring
to persuade the Nankin government
enable him to carry on the admins.
tration of the whole empire until the
national convention appoints a per-
manent government and adopts con.
stitution.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Nevadan Convicted of eiesmy.

Reno, Nev.-Perry II, Brewington,
formerly of Eaton. We'd county,
Colo, was sentenced to serve fifteen
months in states prison and pay a
fine of 5000, after pleading guilty to
the charge Of bigamy. He married a
Reno woman in Sacramento last
year. His wife came from Colorado
and caused his arrest, He said he
believed his wife had secured d.
vorce
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Kaiser Will Send Son to America.

\ Washington.-Th kaiser is deter
%nined that Germany should not be
4utdone by the recent visit to New
Work and Washington by a British
royal duke, the Duke of Connaught.
With this end in mind he has COM
nnanded Prince Adalbert, his youngest
son, to visit the United States. Uncle
Sans largest battleship will greet him
III the middle of the Atlantic ocean
and escort him to New York. On his
arrival he will be received by the
royal salute of twenty-one guns.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
REBELS RAID CHIHUAHUA.
Force Governor TO Release Partisans
Of Gomez From Prison.

chihuahua, Mexico-Ninety muffin
GUS rurales, aided by a score of re
cruits, after a sharp fight Friday,
compelled Governor Gonzales to re-
lease from the penitentiary Antonio
Roias, former militant partisan OF
Emilio Vasquez Gomez. and three of
his followers
Gonzales surrendered to the de,
mands after three hours of fighting
near the prison in which the loyal
rurales were commanded by General
PAicual Orozco in person. The mutt
neers agreI with Governor Gonzales
to quit fighting if the four prisoners
were released.
Five rurales are known to be dead
and number wounded. Among the
latter is Silvario Orozco, cousin Of
Pascual Orozco. The dead include
Captains Salgado and Gutierrez The
rebel losses are unknown.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
sulphurized Oats Under Ban.

Chicago.-oats subjected to a reno
waiting process commonly known as
sulphurized oats on Thursday came
under the ban of the governments
pure food experts. Messages we're re-
eeived by the local board of trade of
cfiials informing them that sulphnriz-
ing is held, under the law. to be adul-
terati on.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
New Coal Field Found

Cordova, Alaska.-A large body OF
anthracite and semi-anthracite coal
has been discovered at the head of
White river. Yukon territory, Canada.
few miles from the summit of Sko
lai pass. The new fields are within
fifty miles of the great ChitinaK ot.
sina-Nizina copper district of Alaska,
where extensive mining operations
are in progress.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
InvestIaatIon Causes suicide.

Manila-Card Hard, assistant chit
of detectives, died Monday. as a Testll
of an attempt at suicide madss two
weeks. ago. An extensive inyeatiga
ton into charges of gr hft against MI
Mia detectives has bee IA going ON for
some time Hard's name has not
been mentioned by th4 investigators
but several American and dozen
Filipino detectives hhI e been sus.
pended pending the cal elusion of the
inquiry ~
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Servlan Cabinet Resigns.

Belgrade, Servia.-The Servian cab.
met has resigned. The ministers
took this step partly on account OF
the recent discovery of what Is
known as the black hand" conspir.
acy in the army to force King Peter
to dismiss the radical cabinet or to
abdicate in favor of the crown prince.
Another reason given for the resigna,
ton is that the support afforded by
the parliament to the government has
declined considerably.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Starts IL Anew.

Boston.-The bed ktiful Claudia Lib
hey Hams, central gure in an army
tragedy resulting IN the killing OF
William Annis by her husbant. Sap,
tain Peter C. Hams who was recsnAy
freed from Sing Sing prison, was IN
ried Monday at her house in Nh
by the Rev. A. A. Berle of Tufts u
lege, head Of the Peoples Forum
fremont Temple, to Reginald
Bolles. prominent Boston artist y
the Fenway studios, Back Bay.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
KILLED by Internal Machine.

New York.-Mrs. Howard Walker,
wife OF travelling electrical salesman.
living here under her stage name OF
Grace Taylor. was killed in her apart.
ment Saturday night by an internal
machine handed to her at the dooa
but moment before by an uniden,
tilted messenger or delivery boy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Maine Wreck to be Buried.

Washington.-General Bixby, chief
OF the engineers of the army, brings
from Havana the report that unless
unforeseen difficulties are experienced
all that is left of the old battleship
Maine will be fioated out of Havana
harbor by March and sunk in the
deep waters OF the Gulf OF Mexico, a
few miles of the north coast of Cuba.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Just About.

What barbarous Instincts those old
Romans displayed at their gladiatorial
games"
yes" replied Miss Cayenne, they
were almost as Indifferent to human
life as a crowd OF people watching an
aviation contest at county fair"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Germans Make Great plscov.,v

Lohaoh.-fhe British admiralty has
received news from reliable source
tnat type OF internal combustion en-.
CINE has been brought well toward
completion by German experts which.
If 1t fulfills the expectations of its DIS
signers, should give the German navy
an immense advantage in the attempt
for supremacy against the British as
well as other navies of the world
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
SINGS at His Own Funeral.

Jackson, Mich.-The only music
rendered at the funeral Saturday of
Professor w. NJ. Skinner, vocalist.
was a photographic record OF his own
voice. Some time before his death
he sang musical arrangement OF
Tennyson's poem, Crossing the
Bar" and he requested. the same Sc.
lection at his funeral
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Five injured In wreok

Columbus, ohio-A broken rail
caused the derailment of four coach.
es on eastbound Big Four passenger
train No. 10, four miles west of Lon
don. Ohio. late Monday Four men
and one woman were injured. -
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Manchurla Wants independence

Washington.-Man wants to
be Independent should republican
government be established in China
Adyices to the state department Sat
urday from American Consul General
Fisher at Mukden say the Mukden
provincial assembly has telegraphed a
request to Premier Yuan Shi Kai for
independence should a republic be
formed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Crew Had Narrow Escape.

Norfolk, ya-With a fire burning
SO fiereely in her hold that her crew
could not stoke the boilers or run the
engines, the British steamer CQnsols,
Of Liverpool. with valuable cargo
of cotton from Galveston, bound tc
Hamburg, was towed with all posi-.
BILE speed to Hampton Roads.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Chose to Die With Ikttle Ones

Lincoln, Neb.-Unab' to pun her
5-year old daughter Pho be foot from
the board crossing of a kailroad track,
where it had become listened, Mrs.
U. S. Milliken chose rtther to stay'
and die with the child t1an to desert
It at such time and calmly faced
fast approaching locomotive. Both
were struck and instantly killed, their
bodies being thrown. fifty feet in the
aiy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
READY FOR TROUB
BOYS IN BLUE ORDERED TO BE
IN READINESS TO MOVE AT
MOMENTS NOTICE.
Recent Trouble in Mexico May Hesun
In Entire Army Being Sent to the
Border, Two Thousand Soldiers
Having Already Started.

Washington.-In anticipation OF Sc
.lous trouble along the border Of
Mexico. the war department on Mon
day for the first time since the span
ssh American war ordered the entire
mobile army in readiness to move az
moments notice Thirty-fourI
thousand troops are directly affected
by thiS order, which does not include
the c4at artillery. It is understood
that tXn&order is based on informa
ton fNcA ambassador Wilson more
alarming than any yet made pubic.
Two thousand soldiers now at Fort
Whipple in Arizona. were dispatched
to the Mo Grande on Monday. They
will reinforce the commands that op
crate fri San Antonio.
1t is Not stated that the situation
in MeI y demands that the entire
army lentrained Immediately. II
s fel Eever, that the Madero gov
ernmd tfs not so strong as might be
desired and hat it is best to be pre-
pared for an. emergency, ~~s
AS explained by a high office
the war department., the object
Mondays order is exactly the sal
as that of he recent ultimat a
served by President Taft upon Cuba
only a few weeks ago, when that
island was threatened with revolu,
ton. ...-
1T was the certainty" said this Of.
ficer. "that the war department would
land five thouadd troops in Cuba
within eight DAYS Of the outbreak
that stopped the proposed revolution
In this case, as b Cuba, the United
States is not taking sides but has
warned both insurgents and regulars
that shots must hot be fired into
American territorJ or American citi
zens injured in Mexico.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Aviator Has Close Call.

Tripoli.-While throwing bombs
from an aeroplane into an Arab en-
campment near Tobruk in Syrenalica.
on Thursday, Captain Monte, an Ital-
ian military aviator, was severely
wounded, but managed to reach camp.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Four Persons Murdered.

Lawrence, Mass.-A mysterious
quadruple murder in which two men
and two women were killed was re-
vealed Friday night by the discovery
of the bodies of the victims in a ten
ement house in the heart of the city.
The dead are Mrs. Annie Dennis,
aged 35 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sayla,
aged 50 and 80 respectively. and an
unidentified man.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Killed by FAN of Rock

Telluride, Colo.-John Heron, aged
10. widely known mining man in the
west, died Sunday as result of in.
juries received In fall of rock in
the Pandora mine. of which he was
consulting engineer.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
More Testimony Against Packers.

y Chicago-Further confirmation of
tbe governments charge that there
was concerted cooperation in the ex-
change of selling prices and margins
between the Chicago packers under
indictment for criminal violation of
the Sherman law was given Saturday
at the trial of the defendants before
- States District Judge George
z#Yarpanfer
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Declared Innocence to the End

Colorado Springs.-With final
declaration that he knew nothing that
would throw light on the murder OF
SIX members of the Burnham- Wayne
families in this city, September IT.
Arthur ]. Burnham, for time sus
pected OF the crime, died Monday Of
tuberculosis, of which he had beeh
a sufferer for years. J
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Had No Use for safe.

Seattle, Wash.-The safe of the
hrm of De Larm and Biehl, bonds
which was seized last week by the
safe dealers who sold it to the arm
on credit, was opened Monday and
found to be entirely empty.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Muff Found on Pilot.

Anderson, Ind.-Aafter fur mum
was found on the pilot of Big Four
locomotive when it pulled into this
city. a searching party went back
along the track and found the body
of Maude Argadine at ingalls,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Saved.

Dearest" she asked. taking advan.
tage of the fact that 1t was leap year
will you be miner"
For moment the young man feared
that he was up against it. Then,
struck by happy thought. he replied:
You will have TO ask mother"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
connors jury pIsaarees.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The jury in the
case of Bert H. Corners. accused Of
having attempted TO destroy the hall
of records with dynamite. reported
Saturday that it was unable to agree
and was DISCHARGED
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Peace China Near.

Neutrality-suspicious. in southern
China is not far of, according to
Thursdays official cables to the state
department. A cabinet of leaders
from both sides probably will be form.
ed following the abdication.