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Gunnison news-champion., 1912-10-11

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Gunnison news-champion., 1912-10-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
THERE WILL BE NO STRIKE
 ON EASTERN RAILROADS

New York April SO.-The. threatened strike of engineers of the 90 railroads east of Chicago was ayerted tonight by the signing of an arbitration agreement between the two committees representing the railroads and the engineers.
 The arbitration committee will consist of seven members, one from the rail- roads one from the engineers and the other five to be appointed by tho two. If the two fail 10 agree on the five url- pires, Chief Justice White, Commissioner of Labor Nell and Judge Knapp will be asked to make the appointments.
 The settlement was brought about by the efforts of Charles n Neill. United States commissioner of labor, and Judge Martin A Knapp of the United States commerce court. They first offered their services as mediators on April 22 in the differences between the railroads and their engineers over the question of wages
 Efforts in the direction of arbitration proved successful tonight after lengthy conferences with both sides The form which the arbitration takes represents q compromise The railroad officials origi- nally asked for an arbtral boasl of 1a while the engineers insisted rpon three or at the most not more than five. The railroad then proposed a board of seven members, of whom one was to be selected by each side, these TWO to choose the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
STEVEDORES FIRED
 ON BY POLICEMEN

Baltimore, April 3O.--Defending themselves when 1000 striking steve dores. many of whom were armed with sticks and stones, swooped down on them, a squad of policemen guarding a pier at Canton today drew their re- volyers and fired many shots. The strikers were attempting to get on the pier to reach strikebreakers. Several men were shot and number of heads were cracked in the melee. The strikers finally gave way. The sergeant in command of the squad of patrolmen said he realized that his small force was inadequate to (, pc with the mob and when the lead CTS refused to obey his order to halt he ordered his men to fire.
 There was rattle of shots to whicn the strikers replied with a yolley of sticks, stones and bricks. As the po- litomen continued firing, however, the mob weakened and fled.
 Five strikers received slight pistol wounds while several policemen were bruised by bricks
 When police endorsements arrived they drove back the crowd from the lp'er. Little resistance was offered bur some of the dissatisfied ones accom- panied their retreat with cries of we want bread. we don't want to be driven about like cattle"
 X committee of the city council to- morrow will endeavor to arrang some plan to end the strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. WAS SUBJECT OF LECTURE LAST NIGHT - PROGRAMME FOR TODAY

Edward Howard Griggs delivered two excellent lectures at the Central High school yesterday. one in the afternoon at S;sO o'clock, on 'sThe Idylls of the King" and in the evening on ''The Ethi- cal Awakening; The Merchant of Ven- iceY
 Mr. Griggs delivers his lectures directly from the composition. He reads a pas- sage and then carefully explains it, ai- ways keeping in touch with the action of the plot. bringing out the steps and drawing a splendid picture of the char acters. There was large crowd present at the afternoon lecture, which was a wonderful description of the works of Tennyson. However, the masterpiece of the speaker was delivered last night when he spoke on The Merchant of Venice"
 The auditorium of the high school was comfortably filled with people. most of them being teachers. For an hour ana half MT Griggs read and explained the play and the audience would gladly have listened for another hour and a half MT. Griggs is delightful speaker He knows the play almost by heart and his explanations are excellent He draws the characters so that they can almost be seen upon the stage. and his reading is wonderful
 T call this the ethical awakening be- cause believe that it was the awaken ing of Shakespeare, he said 'In this work he leaves off from the Idea of love Of nature and goes deeper. The moral motive of the play is only half com plete.
 We have Bassanio, the gay young Venetian spendthrift, who has squandered a fortune and is already deeply in debt to his friend, Antonio. He has already met Portia and his scheme is to go and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
BOTH WIVES TURN
 KEY ON BIGAMIST

Mobile, April 30.-Two women, each of whom had clainied to be the wife Of J. c. Forbes, turned the jail door keys upon the man they now believe is a bigamist. The first mother of two children, locked the door of the inner cell, while an 1S-year-old girl, who claims Forbes married her, changed the outer gate.
 Mrs Annie M Forbes of New Or leans passed through Mobile Tuesday on her way home to her children. She had come from Fulton, Ala, where Forbes Is incarcerated to await action of the grand jury in September She makes q living for her children 2y working in a department store Tn New Orleans.
 The goung girl whom Forbes IS sa.i 10 have married is Miss Esther Hanes of Jackson, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
THE ALLEN JURY IS
 !. ALMOST COMPLETED

wytheville. Va. April So.-A jury to try Floyd Allen. one of the sH Hillsville courthouse assassins. was in sight when the first day of the trial ended
 Twelve talesmen, satisfactory as to cause, had been selected from venire of 40. Four more are needed to fil the box and when they are secured the defense will exercise the four peremptory chal- lenges allotted by the Virginia law and the remaining ? will be sworn as jurors.
 The examination of talesmen today showed that many had fixed opinions. The questioning of lawyers for the de- fense indicated they would try to prove that the Aliens did not start the shooting and that they would seek to place the blame for the trouble upon the court offi- cers.
 More than 200 witnesses have been called and many of them coming afoot over the mountains began arriving today A one ring circus pitched it's tent within sisht of inc iail where the prisoners are and through the Jars of their cell windows the men indicted for the five murders in the Carroll county courthouse on March II watched the free show.
 Precautions against an outbreak on be- half of the prisoners was not relaxed to- day. Jack Allen. an uncle of the pris- oners. was among those searched at the door.
 The women of the Allen family visited the men in the jail tonight and this was an affecting scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
MEXICO BEGINS ID REALIZE GRAVITY
 OF HER POSITION
Is Much Alarmed at Re- ported Appearance of Three Warships
 on Coast

Mexico City, April s0.-The foreign of flee is concerned over the reported ap- pearance off the west coast of three war ships. Government agents have been in- structed to ascertain their identity. It is believed here not unlikely that the ves- sells are the United States gunboat York town and the destroyers Preble and Perry. sent to warn the gunboat against enter ing Mexican port if it could be avoided.
 The British minister, F. W. Stronge, who had previously said the sloop Alger- inc now at Vancouver probably would visit the west coast, advised the foreign minister tonight that 1t was not likely the ship would be sent. He was not informed as to whether another would be substi- tuted.
 A rumor was current here tonight that Manuel Calero, the new ambassador 10 the United States, was persona non grata at Washington, and for that reason had not been received. Foreign Minister Las curain declared it was impossible for such to be the case unless Senor Calero or Mexico had committed some breach re- gently where he was not advised
 The 1mparcial correspondents with the federal troops have been arrested and imprisoned by order of General Villar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
REBELS REFUSED
 BY PLUCKY LITTLE
 BAND OF FEDERALS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D

 came a leaden rain that moved down the rebels. But on they came. Fresh ba nds of attackers poured out of the hills and were led by Guerrero him. self. This seemed to inspire the rebels and they gained almost the entrance to the town before their increasing dead forced them to drop to their faces
 TERn under cover of heavy firing bv the infantry, the cavalry brought itself to the cuartel, gathering up as 1t went the foot police in the various plazas.
 Once at the cuartel the mounted men left thoir horses in the protected patio. got more cartridges and scattered themselves on the hOusetops to GOV r the incoming infantry, still fighting against the rebels on the outskirts of the town
 The bugler then sounded retreat and the infantry. gained the cuartel. Into tlis trap the rebels fell as easily as hey had fallen into the first. They turned to flee. but were prevented by those rushing up behind Standing lii the open they attempted to reply 10 he deadly volleys of the federals but panic soon finished the work the fed erals and the police had begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
GRIGGS ENTERTAINS CROWD
 WITH REMARKABLE LECTURE


 win her and her fortune. pay back his debts and have plenty to live on after wards. That idea doesn't go very well with us, today. And then Antonio-the adventurous gambler who risked his all on his ships getting through the journey to the east. In Portia we have the splen- did character of the born gentlewoman. She can put off a friend or win them back to her at her will. wonderful char acter and there is not one of us who would not gladly go through the trials of the suitors to win her hand
 However it was in the description of Shylock that Mir. Griggs was at his very best. His portrayal of the character of the old Jew was truly wonderful He described him as the hero of the play.
 Prosecuted and despised. the object of scorn, yet we find him to be a man." he said. MT. Griggs read the passages from the scene where Antonio goes the bond of Bassanio and Shyloek lends the money, He carried the action on down to the time when Antonio's ships failed to re- turn and Shylock asks for his bond. a pound of flesh from Antonio's body And the entrance of Portia and the baking of Shylock. Tt was just that Shylock should have been baked in his scheme" said MT Griggs, but why couldn't Portia have had some other way of ending 1t than de- claring Shylock's property eonfscated to those who had injured him most-Jessica and Lorenzo? It rather spells the sweet character that she was. The action of the play ends with the fourth act, but Shakespeare adds that delightful anti climax in which the lovers return to Bel mont and there is that little squibble about the rings: Lorenzo and Jessica are there. And then at the end we go to the unlighted tomblke Ghetto, to the home of Shylock. There he is, broken and bowed cast off by his daughter and baked in his one plan for revenge against Antonio, and what do we hear of him?"
 Throughout the entire lecture the alFii- ence sat with drawn breath, and there was scarcely sound to be heard It was a wonderful lecture. MT Griggs will talk at o'clock this afternoon on "The Holy Grail and the Passing of Arthur To- night at S:30 o'clock he will lecture on Facing the Mystery-Hamlet."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
, Alarm at All Points

New< orleans, April 30-The 1903 \ higR water record of 20.5 feet a ' D. D.n.twas equalled here tonight the gauge registering an increase of one-tenth within F hours. Hi-arfsiA
 As an extra sprecaution during the present high water Inspector of Police James Reynolds, after conference with Mayor Martin Behrman, today or dered q patrol of mounted police 10 watch the levees about the city. Tho patrol will be maintained day and right.
 They are under instructions to re- Tort anything that appears the least suspicious or threatening and to keep constant and close watch on the levees.
 While the rising flood waters of the Mississipp river south of the Red river are causing considerable uneasiness to the thousands of peo- pie who are protected by the west levees in Louisiana, the new floods in the upper Mississippi are sending the gauges at St. Louis and Cairo up by jumps so rapidly as to cause alarm 10 all points
 The new rise in the upper rivers will mean a continuance of the flood at lower points for probably two months longer. At o'clock the Mississippi river gauge at Eaton Rouge registered 41.5 feet, 2i hour rise of five inches, which puts the river almost one foot above the previous high record
 A rise of nearly three inches at Don- . aldsonville, La, and one-tenth of foot at New Orleans, puts the former above the previous record and gives New Or leans within one inch of the highest flood waters ever known.
 Melville, La. April 30.-A gradual rise in the Atachafalaya river yesterday caused some apprehension as to the out look for additional overhows. Arrange ments have been made to transfer 12,- oGo rations to this place. The officials oi the Texas and Pacific railroad yesterday -ordered the drawhridge over the Atacha- falaya river kept open to prevent the accumulation of driftwood. All trains are being detoured over the Southern Pacific to Cheneyvile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
CYRUS BROWN SPENT
 S722.45 IN CAMPAIGN

Montgomery. April o.-tspeeial-Cyrus B. Brown, secretary of state. spent s722.45 in his campaign for president of the Ala bama railroad commission. Mir Brown filed his expense account today. The largest item of his campaign expense was his assessment fee of s200, and his sec ond largest expense was for hotel and restaurants. which cost $l23.oo The other items of Mr Browns expense account
 were as follows: Stamps. sll7; stationery. campaign cards. etc. $I01.15; railroad and street car fare. s93.75; telephone, sSI20; telegrams. S5.70; circular letters. S2l .a5; newspaper advertising, sGl5, and incl dentals, slG.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
St. Iouis in Danger

St. Louis, April s0.--The Mississippi river passed the danger mark at this point this morning. the gauge regis- tcring 30.3 feet. a rise of eight-tenths Of foot since last night and 2.2 feet in 24 hours. The gauge was stationary tonight at 30s feet and the danger is believed to be passed. The rise has been caused by heavy rains in Missouri Below the Osase and Gasconiade rivers 1t i5 predicted that the Missouri will exceed the -4ood stage.
 Reports from Altor, III, and other points above St. Louis said the river was rising and that lowlands were again being flooded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
 CONTRADICTS TAFT

New York. April so.-colonel Theodore Roosevelt contradicted President Taft In q statement today egarfing the so-calied harvester trust case. Colonel Roosevelt said:
 T was positive that the harvester trust matter had been discussed in full at least once at a cabinet meeting after MT. Taft returned Mr Bonaparte now sends me the following telegram;
 Baltimore, Md, April %. Date of cabinet meeting when har- vester trust discussed either January Y or 2l l9os. probably former.
 "ACHARLEs J. BONAPARTE.' .'The action of Mir Taft in this case is not compatible with even the feebles' kind of good intentions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
DESILLUSIONED

Guthrie, okla. April S0.-Disappoint-
 cd because they were unable to ind
 rich, handsome cowboy husbands as pictured in motion picture plays, Ger
 trude Bell Burkett. IS years old, and IJama Jean Becker, II years old, of Glentield, Pa. suburb of Pittsburs' who ran away from their homes three weeks ago, today started back in the custody of Mrs. Catherine Hoyt, proba- tion officer of Pittsburg. Miss Bur ketst's father Is said to be wealthy. Miss Becker Is the daughter of depart
 ment store proprietor. The girls had been here two weelsA and unable to secure employment had exhausted the $l00 they had when they started west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Chicago.-Truee was declared in the Zion City tobacco war today after a re- currence of the riotings of yesterday when the adherents of Wilbur Glenn Vol iva, overseer of Zion, were routed by the tobacco using employees of a manu- featuring concern. voliva declared there would be no more militant marching.
 Berlin-The government today laid be- fore the reichstag the bill dealing with collisions at sea, the aiding of ships in distress, salvage and other similar mat ters The bill brings the German law into harmony with the international agree ments ratified by the reichstas in 1911. The bill does not allow indemnties when the cause of collision is proved to be accidental or when the collision is due to uncertain causes.
 Mobile-Mobile saloons may not screen against flies, according to an opinion or the excise commission. In response to a petition from a retail dealer, the conl- mission ruled that the law under which saloons are operated in Alabama pro- hihits screens, partitions or objects of any kind which might obstruct the view of any person on the sidewalk into the saloon.
 Paris.-General Diaz was the guest of honor at a dinner given tonight by the Franco American committee. Among those pr esent were Jose Ives De Limantour, former minister of finance in Mexico; Col onel Diaz, son of the former president General Brugere. chief of the general staff of the French army; ex-Governor Landa Escandon and Senor Sebastian De Mier, ex-Mexican minister to France.
 Annapolis.-Thomas l.. Parks, member of the legislature from Baltimore, was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
GREAT METHODIST CONFERENCE
 GATHERS IN MINNEAPOLIS

The programme contemplates a bus mess session by the general conference each morning, committee meetings in the afternoons and reports from for eign missions and local conferences in the evenings
 Three delegates from Corea led by Sang M. Vi of Seoul. in native dress; two delegates from Bombay India, and one from Java, also in native dress, added to the universal character of the assemblage. About 100 delegates rep resent the church in southern states, and in many islands in the tropics.
 Among the 25 women delegates Is Miss Italia Garibaldi of Rome grand daughter of the Italian liberator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Taft Gets New Hampshire

Concord. N. H.. April 30-The slate re publican convention today elected dele gates to the Chicago convention favoring the renomination of President Taft and 'instructed them to vote for him until released. A clause in the platform pre- scented to the convention instructing the delegates not to vote for Colonel Roose- welt under any circumstances was stricken out because the chairman did not appre- ciafe it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01

Minneapolis, April s0.-Eight hund- req and fifty delegates, including 21 bishops from North America, and bish- ops from Europe India. China, Africa, South and Central America, and the Philippines, who are said to constitute the largest assemblage of church not ables of the Methodist denomination ever held. are here to attend the twen- tyhfth quadriennial general confer ence of the M. E. church, which will begin a months session here tomorrow
 The oldest active leader, Bishop Henry w. Warden of Denver, Col, who vas consecrated bishop in 1880, will open the conference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
-ss------- SONS OF VETERANS l
 SELECT DELEGATE

Montgomery, April 9O.-(Special)--14 meeting of the members of Camp bama, Sons of Confederate Veterans. NJ. Graves and P. A. Brannon, both this city. were selected as delegates fu the camp to the Macon reunion of Unitl Confederate Veterans, which will be he next week. Both MT. Graves and I Brannon will attend the reunion v
 pr. Thomas M. Owen, director state department of archives and was elected commander of the ca P. A. Brannon was chosen as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01

other five. In case they failed to agre upon the other five the chief justice O the United States supreme court was tv be asked to appoint them
 This plan did not meet the approval of Chief Stone of the engineers. who pro II posed a board of five, the neutral mem bers, in case of disagreement. to be ap pointed by the mediators. Under to- nights final agreement a compromise isl reached by including both the chief jus-| tice and the mediators as selectors of the neutral arbltrators, if necessary. It isl provided that the arbitrators be nafi4rs1@ within 15 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Baldwin Commissioner Resigns

Montgomery. April So.-speeial 1.-The state tax commission has been notified of the resignation of D. c. Byrne as tax Commissioner Of Baldwin county. The applicants for the office vacated by Mir. Byrne are r. A. Parker and CHI Hand. two well known citizens af Baldwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
RECORD FOR HIGH ATERLONC BROKEN Volunteers Go to Assistance
 of Levee Guards
15OO ARE DESTITUTE
Leyee at Bayou Sara on East Bank Broke Yesterday Morning-Much Uneasiness Felt. at Baton
 Rouge by the Rapid Rise

Baton Rouge. La, April So.-Not only has the record for high water in the Mis- sissippi here been. broken long since, but the indications were today that the esti- mate of the United States army engineers and weather officials would also be ex- ceeded. For the l2 hours ending at s p. m. today a rise of five-tenths was re- corded. If the rise continues the esti- mated height will be exceeded by tomor- row morning.
 From the mouth of Red river to Baton Rouge on the west Side the levee is one unbroken line ofeguards watching to pre- vent the levee being cut Or to give the alarm promptly in the event an incipient erevasse makes it's appearance. yolun- teers were organized here tonight and went to the assistance of the levee guards.
 Fifteen hundred persons in the newly overf1owed sections near the mouth of the Red river were reported destitute today and supplies were immediately dispatched for their relief by the army commissary department Suffering was reported from the vicinity of Melville, Bordenville, Lake Bond, Hamburg, LaCour and Naples. The overflow is caused by the waters from the Dogtail crevasse.
 ' Much uneasness was caused by the rapid rise here today and droves of cat tie have been driven out from the plan tations to high ground around Baton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
TAFT TO AUGUSTA

Washington. Aprr So.-President Taft returned to Washington today. His stay in the capital will be brief He left for Savannah late today. The President will visit Augusta, Ga. also and attend memorial serv- ices there for his late aide, AajS Butt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
nnlaware nelerates Elected

Dover. Del. April Ex-Governor Wood row Wilson will have a sclid delegation from this state 10 the democratic na- tionaI conventions. two from each of the three counties. While the delegates are not instructed they are known to favor Governor Wilson's nominations