The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-06
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Belfast-The White Star company has
the Olympic class, under construction
here shall be provided with double
skin rising well above the water line. This
is in accordance with the suggestions in
the Mersey report
ST Petersburg The palace of Peter the
Great on Petrovsly Island was destroyed
by fire today.
Nashville, Tcnn.-George Redmond, a
policeman, was fatally shot today by John
Petty, a negro, whom he was trying to
arrest on a minor charge. The officer
entered the home of the negro who seized
the policeman weapon and began firing
Redmond was shot through the lungs
The negro escaped.
Rome.-An official dispatch from Tripoli
says combined military and naval opera
lions began this morning for the occupa.
D. Lndemuth; Rhode Island, Stephen
l.. Tingley; South Dakota, E. H Eller-
Aiahf iShDts6ets l. y. bdIneSs IeXaS, w d..
C. HERR; Utah, N. A. Robertson; Yer
mont. E. II. Hunt; Virginia, w. N.
Moorman; Washington, Thomas Craw-
ford; West Virginia, Grant P. Hail;
Wisconsin. Norman l.. Baker; wyoming,
Robert B. Carey; District of Columbia,
j. C. O'Loughlin; Hawaii, A L. C. At
kinson.
]. M. Green on Credentials
Among members of the credentials
committee are
Alabama, j. NJ Green; Arizona, B. F.
Daniels; Arkansas, ]. A. Conner: Cali
fornia, r. j. Heney; Georgia. Julian
Harris; Kentucky, John NJ Galloway:
Louisiana. G. J. LaBarre; Mississippi,
X. e. Merren; New York, Paul r. Jen-
nings; North Carolina, ]. L. Pitkin;
oklahoma. Henry Schafer; Tennessee,
Daniel c. Swab; Texas, r. II. Hill.
The platform committee of the ma
tional progressive convention got into
a lively row soon after organization
was perfected tonight and some plain
words were spoken In discussing the
proposed declaration of principles of
the new party
1t was apparent from the first that
the platform probably could not be
completed before late Tuesday night or
w ednesday morning. 1t Is due to go to
the convention Wednesday afternoon
After full discussion in the general
committee the plan of the leaders to-
night was to appoint a sub committee
OF seven 20 confer with Colonel Roose-
welt and to work out the platform with
him.
The idea will be TO condense into
crisp, short planks various ideas to be
outlined to the convention tomorrow
by the colonel in his so-called con
fession of faith" speech. 1t was said
tonight that practically all of the pro
gressiveness in Colonel Roosevelt's
speech Will be adopted in the platform
There are two or three of the more
radical ideas, however, which may not
be included Colonel Roosevelt, Ii was
said, would not object to the elimina-
ton of few proposals
Soon after the committee met tonight
the draft of a tentative platform was
presented to a group of leaders who
had met several times to discuss the
matter The draft was said to ex-
press the combined ideas of Dean Lew
is of the law school of University of
Pennsylvania; Dean Kirschway of the
law school of Columbia uni
versity, Clifford Pinchot. Chester Ro-
well of California, Charles Mccarthy
of the legislative reference bureau at
the University of Wisconsin, Meddill
McCor1nlck or chicago. James A. Gar
field of Ohio and other close personal
friends of Colonel Roosevelt
1t required an hour and a half to
read this tentative platform and i'm
mediately dozen members of the COM
mittee attack ed it with vigor.
This platform as presented here"
said Hugh T. Halbert of Minnesota,
does not even note the birth of. this
new party. Furthermore, this document
makes a violent attack upon the Aid
rich currency plan without offering
the slightest remedy. A reasonable
currency plan. the question of the high
cost OF living, some adequate method
of handling the trusts are vital points
and should be set forth above all else"
Several other members of the com
mittee took similar stand and various
pianks were torn apart and derided.
Negro delegations from Florida and
Mississippi to progressive national con-
Scntion, unseated by the provisional ma
tional committee. took their cases before
the newly appointed committee on Gre
dentials tonight and there was a long
and bitter fight. Before going into the
committee rooms. c. H. Aston. represent
ing the Florida negroes, emphatically
denied a report that the southern con-
tests had been promoted by the Taft re-
puhlicans.
The committee met at the Coliseum in
OF en- session. blanket resolution was
passed seating the delegates from all
states where no contests were reported.
James wickersham. delegate in Con-
gross from Alaska, and o. p. Hubbard
OF Ahska, both of whom claimed to have