The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Mexico City-A thousand rifles and a
 large quantity of ammunition consigned
 by the Washington government to the American ambassador, designed for use
 by American residents in the capital in an emergency, arrived here today from Vera
 Cruz.
 New York.-Barton G. Harvey, 37 years
 old, died suddenly on board the steam
 ship Olympic from heart failure as the
 vessel was nearing port. Haryey's home is understood to be in Pasadena.
 Montauk Point, l.. I.--Wedged hard and
 fast on reef 600 feet from the shore
 the steamer ontario lies today a flame
 swept and battered hulk with a heavy
 surface raking her aft and threatening
 to break her to pieces at any moment.
 Washington.--A freight of 56 cents per 100 pounds on windowglass transported
 from Pittsburg to Atlanta was held by
 the interstate commerce commission to-
 day to be reasonable. The rate was at
 tackled by manufacturers located in At | lanta-
 
 i Iondon.-The South Wales Miners exec
 utives have decided against prolonging the strike to help the surfacenlen. Baltimore-Presiden Ira Remsen of
 the Johns Hopkins university today rendered his resignation as president of the university at a meeting of the board of trustees. He has held the po- sition for eleven years. On Board the United States Cruiser Washington, at Sea. by Wireless, via Key West. Fla-Thes cruiser Washing ton with Secretary Knox and party aboard which sailed Monday evening from Port Antonio, Jamaica, is expected to arrive at Havana at o'clock to- morrow morning.
 Washington#Praise for the national guard and promise of liberal federal support marked speeches tonight by Speaker Clark and Representatives Hay, Sulzer and Hobson at a smoker given
 
 tween intermediate points, but would be
 used as a factor in constructing fares to
 points beyond, thereby reducing the fare below a 8 cent basis between a great many local competitive points in Ala
 bama. Therefore. even with the general basis of cents per mile. very consid- erable portion of our business in Alabama will be done at a less rate. Thousands of Dollars Lost Tt must be borne in mind that during the period of nearly three years since the interlocutory injunction was dissolved, this company and the south and north have lost in revenue on passengers and freight many hundreds of thousands of dollars by reason of having to put in the statutory rates which were, during | that period, confiscatory and denied to our l said companies the equal protection of 1 the laws Surely no one understanding these facts could insist upon our keeping | such confiscatory rates on passenger trat-
 fife in effect especially when at this time the cost of labor, materials and supplies I in the operation of railroads is higher l than ever before in the history of rail roading in this country.
 ] q write you thus fully concerning the policy which will for the present be pur- | sued by this company with respect to passenger rates in Alabama, upon your | request for information in regard there 1 to, and in order that you may advise any 1 one who may make inquiry of you on this | subject
 Respectfully yours, l (Signed) I'll. l.. STONE, General Counsel"