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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
TAFT MUST SELECT GRANTS 'SSUCCESSOR Three Names Have Already Been Suggested as
 Commanders

Washington, April 13.-President Taft soon will be called upon to select an officer of high rank to command the eastern division of the army. as well as to name an officer to the rank of major general to succeed Gen. Frederick D. Grant
 Three names already have been sug- gested as commanders of the eastern di- vision. In the order of their apparent chances they are:
 Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, United States Military Academy superintendent; Maj. Gen. W. H. Carter, assistant chief Of the general staff, and Brig. Gen. Tas- Ter H. Bliss, commanding the department of the east at New York. General Car ter had been picked to command the central division. but these plans might easily be changed.
 Practically all the brigadier generals seem to be possibilities for the promo tion to the major generalship. Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, commanding the de- partment of the Luzon, is the senior among the brigadiers He Is only 37 years old and will not retire until 1929. This latter may serve to prevent his get ting the position, as that would tend to block the promotion of officers older than himself.
 Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the nsular bureau, is mentioned as a possibility for the vacant brigadier gen. eralship. He now holds the title through his present office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Willing to Accommodate

From Law NOteS.
 A New York justice got jolt the other day. and he is telling the story of it yet. He said that late one afternoon he gave a case to a jury and that it was 4:3O o'clock the following morning before the jury agreed upon verdict.
 T waited for the verdict" said the jus tice. "and after it was returned told the jurors that as it was possible that most of them were married men if they de- sired I would give to each certificate that he had been detained until 4:30 o'clock in the morning on jury service.
 ''The jurors consulted together for few minutes.' continued the justice, and then the foreman arose and said, We thank you for your consideration and appreciate the kindness of your offer, and desire to say that if your honor needs certificate to the effect that you were detained until 4:9O o'clock in the morning waiting for our verdict. we will gladly so certify.'"
 The justice hastily declined this kind offer with thanks and just as hastily ad- jo1rned court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
DELEGATES FROM
 THE STATES TO
 BIG CONVENTIONS

Tn view of the interest in the coming national conventions list of the number of delegates to which each state is en- titled Is here given. Tn each convention two delegates are allowed for each con gressman and two for each United States senator. Several of the states show ln- creases tl the number of delegates over past conventions because the 1910 cen sus returns allowed additional congress- men. The states which gained congress- men are Alabama 1, California 3, Colorado 1, Florida 2, Georgia i, Idaho 1, Illinois 2, Louisiana 1, Massachusetts 9 Michigan l, Minnesota 1, Montana 1, New Jersey 7, New York 6, North Dakota 1. Ohio l, Oklahoma s, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 1, Rhode Island 1, South Dakota 1, Texas ?. Utah 1, Washington ?, West Virginia l. The delegates from each state to each na- tional convention will therefore be as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
COMER MAY BE IN THE NEXT
 GUBERNATORIALC CAMPAIGN

Montgomery, April 1s.-(SpeciaI) With the putting into effect of a cent pas senger fare on Tuesday. next, the day on which the majority of the delegates to the state convention will leave for Montgomery, there is every indication that those who purchase fares over the Louisville and Nashville lines on that day will reach the Capital City in a pretty bad humor. even though special con vention round trip ticket will be in ef- feet.
 It is equally certain that there will be considerable talk of Conner among the delegates, not only while en route to Montgomery, but after they reach this city. This talk will probably crystalize irto some definite action on the part of the state convention. Not that there Is probability that former Gov. B. B, Conner will receive any public demonstra- tion of indorsement for some political preference as to the future, but 1t Is believed that there will be much Co., merism discussed by the delegates, with view to forcing him into the political limelight in the next gubernatorial cam paign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
The Domestic
 Laundry Laundering, Dry Cleaning Member l.. N. i. of A.
A TRUSTING SENATOR
NJ. E. Clapp of Minnesota Believer
 in Honesty of Great Majorities
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Senator Moses Edwin Clapp of Minne- sota has more democratic manners than most public men. At a recent dinner at which Senator Clapp was down for a speech on general political subjects, the Suns man walked up to the table where the senator was sitting and asked him for a copy of his speech. Without look ing at the reporter twice and without saying word the senator fished in a side pocket, produced a key with a tag on 1t, and said;
 Go down to my room in this hotel, find a satchel on a chair in the corner of the room, open il, turn the leather flap to the left, and between my fresh dress shirt and my pajamas you'll find a batch of papers. Look them over and you'll find copy of my speech There may be two of them. Take the better one and leave the other because l may want to do something with it."
 The Suns man obeyed, burglarized the senator's room, secured the manu- script and returned the key to the sem ator All the senator asked was Well, did you find it all right?" He took the matter in so off hand a way that the reporter was too embarrassed to thank the senator for the unique courtesy. So he wrote polite note to the senator in which he told him that loaning the key to ones room in hotel was an unusual piece of trustful- ness.
 The senator replied good naturedly that he didn't think so that he always trusted everybody, that nobody had ever deceived him in caees like that and that he hoped he'd see that partic- ular reporter again. The note was as characteristic as the original action which led to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
HEATED VERBAL EXCHANGE
 BETWEEN BLEASE AND CARRY

Anderson. S. C.. April 1S.-A heated verbal exchange between Governor Blease and Representative F. NJ. Carry of Oconee county created considerable excitement in the midst of speech by the governor here today. Tn defending his record the governor took occasion to severely crti- else his political enemies, mentioning the members of the dispensary Investigating committee which had made unsuccessful efforts to have the governor appear before them and testify as to the alleged i'm proper acts of the old winding up com mission. He called particular attention to MT. Carry, in audience. saying Carry had stated: That all he wants to know is what side I am on, then he will take the opposite side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

cost of the litigation only amounted to $2000, but the following year the states expense jumped to the sum of s19,238.S0. In 190S-O9 the cost was sI1,- 601.44, and the following year the sum of s32,153.01 was expended in the rate cases.
 The largest expenditures in any sin gle year was in 1910-11, when the rate cases cost the state $44,840.18. From the last of the preceding year and up to the present time In this year the state has spent S15,145.27.
 It is estimated that before the cases are finally determined the state will have spent in the neighborhood of s200, 900. There is no way of deter mining what it will cost the state in the fight before the supreme court, but 1t Is believed that this expense will ex- ceed s50,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Irish Pleased

Dublin, Ireland. April 12.-The na- tionalist papers of Ireland on the whole consider the governments home rule bill as satisfactory. Some of them pro- fess to regard it as not being final. The Freeman's Journal describes the bill as the greatest ever brought forth. It says We should not be surprised to find 1t received with hearty welcome of the Irish party"
 The Times, unionist, says the bill will prove utterly so unworthy as to offer TO middle course between complete sep aration of Great Britain and the return to the status of the union.
 The Irish Independent remarks:
 Tt would probably be correct in de- scribing the bill to say that it gives us three quarters of what we expect ed and probably not so large a share of what we demanded. The measure cannot be regarded as final
 The Cork Free Press says:
 "The governments system is not a solution of the Irish problem"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
STATE SPENDS SPA, ,436.7O IN
 RAILROAD RATE LITIGATION

Montgomery, April Especial )- The state of Alabama has spent in railroad rate litigation during the past five years the sum of s124,43670. The cost of taking these cases through the supreme court will amount to some thing like $40.00O or s5O,000, as all the records covering the cases will have to be printed and a mass of other work be prepared before everything will be in proper shape for presenting the cause to the highest tribunal in the country.
 The cases were first begun in the courts of this state In 1907, immediate- ly after the enactment of the Ala bama law reducing passenger and freight rates During that year the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
MEXICAN BANDITS BEAT
 WOMAN ON SOLES OF FEET

Mexico City, April 1S.-Mexican bandits who beat Mrs. c. A. Aud, British sub ject, on the soles of her feet in order to make hdr dvulge the hiding place of her jewels Thursday night while she was passenger on a train near Silao. have seemingly cooked up large measure Of trouble for the Madero government. When the incident became known here the for
 eign colony held an indignation meet ing and petitioned the British minister to investigate and if the facts are found as reported to make vigorous representation to the Mexican government. The minister has made no statement. According to the story of one of the passengers Mrs. Aud hid her jewels and refused to give them up The bandits threw her on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
STATE PRISON
 IS TUBERCULOSIS PESTHOUSE

open air recreation and confining them with men already infected with tubercu- losis, makes the state prison a tubercular pesthouse. The prison physician states that at least 25 per cent of the prisoners, and possibly more, have tuberculosis. l am going to have a careful scientific ex- animation made of every prisoner in or der to obtain accurate data on this sub ject.
 Tt is an injustice to the strong, healthy man to confine him in such surroundings. The trial judge did not decree that he should have tuberculosis added to his im- prisonment at hard labor. A sentence of a few years is in many instances a life sentence on account of the certainty of death in the prison by disease"
 The governor says he has written the prison physicians in many states to as- certain conditions in the prisons where they are in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
FAMOUS STEAMER
 CHANGES HANDS

steamer Venus. which gained considerable notoriety during the revolution In N;ca- ragua two years ago. has changed hands again. Captain S. Barbcko of New Or leans purchased the vessel recently. it was learned last night, from the Costa Rican government, by which 1t was seized when the Zelaya government was over thrown.
 Captain Barbicko declined to say for what purpose the ship was to be used further than to state it would remain at Port Limon until it's future use had been determined. There was a rumor current that the Venus will be used by Mexican revolutiouists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
The Misunderstood Gator

From the New York Tribune
 The winter afternoon was like June, and. taking tea under a palm on the lawn of the Royal Poinciana at Palm Beach a sportsman said:
 This morning I photographed an alli- gator My boy, to get him, stripped and waded into the water up to his chin. The boy felt about his feet in the mud till he found a big gator. Then he ducked down. grabbed the gator by the nose and dragged him slowly ashore to the waiting lens-
 But" said girl in white, wasn't it dangerous?'
 Not bit
 But I thought alligators ate youl'
 NO, mo-, said the sportsman, you are confusing the alligator with the croco- dile. The Indian crocodile eats men and women. but the Florida alligator is as harmless, literally as harmless. as cow.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

The action of the railroads in regard to the restoration of the old passenger and freight rates has done more to bring former Governor Conner before the public than all things else combined since he left the chief executives office in Jan uary. 1911.
 Conner has been discussed on the street corners, in hotels, in cafes and in the clubs. While some of this talk has been of an unfriendly nature, the preponder- ance of 1t has been to the effect that the railroads have forced ex-Governor Conner back into the political limelight. This is the belief of a large number of local political leaders. men of all shades of thought in reference to the questions of the day, and there are few who venture any other opinion.
 With this situation obtaining in practi- cally all sections of the state. 1t is re- garded as absolutely certain that former Governor Conner will receive some discus sion on the floor of the state convention. It is not believed that delegates will re- frair from discussing the railroad rate situation, and in this event there will be no possible way, In the opinion of many, to keep down favorable comment in ref erence to the man who fought the rail- roads during the entire term of his of flee as chief executive of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
TOD|SCUSSSTR|KE
 VOTE WEDNESDAY

New York. April 13.-J. c. Stuart, chairman of the General Managers as- sociation of 50 eastern railroads, is- sued a call today for meeting of the committee to be held here April IT to discuss the recent strike vote of the engineers and determine whether the railroads should make a counter proposition to their demands TOT increased pay.
 We will await the result of the General Managers conference" War ren Stone, the engineers chief de- clared. "There will be no strike called
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

floor, seized her feet and beat a painful tattoo on the soles. Whether Glis treat ment resulted in the delivery of the jewels is not known. The woman. however, was highly indignant. deeply humiliated and painfully injured.
 The bandits stopped the train by remov- ing a couple of rails and then fired into the coaches, wounding a humber of per- sons, reports say six. one of whom, an American named Kane, afterwards died. The bandits 1t is stated. demanded large sum of money from Kane and when he de- clared his inability to produce it shot him in the mouth.
 President. Madero today notified Gen. Trucy Aubert at Mapimi by telegraph that several of his friends in this city had sub scribed two thousand pesos ($10,000) for the purpose of buying him a house in ap- preciation of his work in the north during the present campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Rheumatism Advice
Prominent Doctors Hest Prescrip-
 tiou Easily Mixed At Home

"From your druggist get one ounce of Toris compound Gin original sealed raotoael and one ounce of syrup of Sarsaparilla compound. Take these two ingredients home and put them into a half pint of good whiskey Shake the each meal and at bedtime.' This Is said to be the quickest and best remedy known to the medical profession for rheumatism and backache. Good re- suits come after the first dose If your druggist does not have Toris compound in stock he will get it for you in a few hours from his wholesale house. Don't be influenced to take a patent medicine instead of this. Insist on having the genuine Toris compound in the original one ounce, sealed. yellow package
 Hundreds of the worst cases were cured here by this prescription last winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

When Carry asked the governor for his authority for such a statement, the latter replied:
 ''I don't want to speak to you or have anything to do with you for the way you have been treating me on that com mittee.''
 In referring later to the same commit tee he declared; That is nice. sweet smelling sort of committee. Talked about meking me come before them. That's a pretty sort of something to make de- cent person do anything"
 Defending his attitude on the subject of lynching, the governor said that when ever he Is called on to defend the virtue of our white women, if the governor s office comes between me and this de- fense, then I will throw away my com mission as governor and go to their de- fense."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

munities in the United States and the government expert was not brought here to make an examination into the health conditions because of any great amount of sickness but with a view of still further improvement in the health conditions of the city by securing his views for better sanitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
On Duty

From the Washington Herald.
 Now, then, young man." demanded the park policeman, why do you hang around this park every day?"
 "I have been assigned to get an inter- view with the first robln," the cub re- porter explained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
SPECIAL RATES


 Winter Tourist Rates to many points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia. Cuba. Louisiana, Mississippi. Mexico, New Mexico and Texas. also to other points of interest. Tickets on sale Oc- tober 15 and November 1 to April sp inclusive. at very low rates and with liberal limits. StoD-overs allowed,
 One way Second class CoIonis+ Kate. to many points in Alberta, Britisn Col umbia. California. Colorado, Idaho Mexico. Montana. Nevada. New Mexico oregon, Saskatchewan. Texas, Utah Washington and Wyoming.
 San Francisco, Gal. al.............. S3450 Los Angeles, Cal. al............... 34.5O Seattle, Wash. ................... 44l0 Portland, Ore.. 44.10 Fl Paso, Tex. 34.50 Oguen, Utdti. ss.oU
 Tickets on sale March l 10 April 15, 1912. inclusive.
 For further Information carl on or write to P. Sid Jones, D. P. A. ,Bir- uingham. Ala Both phoneE s77.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
His Hurry

From Puck.
 She: But. Harold why are you in such haste? We can be married a little late. be gone as long as we like on our honeymoon, and
 He: 'Yes, and the first thing we know the baseball season will open while we are aways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
BLAKE FARM EXPERT IN DALLAS COUNTY Succeeds Benton as Farm DemOnstrat0r, Who Goes
 to Louisiana

Selma, April 3.-(Special )-Jesse M. Jones, district agent of the demonstras tion farm work, with headquarters II Montgomery. spent Friday and Saturday in Selma. checking out H. Benton, who for more than a year past has had charge of the farm demonstration work in Dallas county. MT. Benton will leave Monday for St. Claire. La, where he will talks charge of the work of experimenting large plantation.
 Mr Benton will be succeeded as farm demonstrator in Dallas county by Ms John Blake, who will come to Selma from Jackson, Miss. Mir Blake is an Ala bamian and is well up on farm demon- stration and is sure to please the planters of Dallas county.
 In the office of the probate judge of Dallas county Friday night Chief Clerk J. G. Chisolm performed the ceremony which united in marriage Mrs. Margaret Winston Anderson to Paul O. Ander- son. both of Newberne The couple came to Selma on late train Friday afternoon and decided to have the ceremony per formed before leaving Selma.
 An overall and shirt factory is a prob able industry which will be established In Selma within the next week or two. The plant will be a branch of large plant which is now located at Nashville, but the name of the concern will not be made public yet.
 A representative of the factory spent Friday in Selma and was well satisfied with conditions here, and is at present negotiating for building which. if it can be leased upon satisfactory terms, will mean the establishment of the industry.
 The new industry if brought to Selma will give employment to from 25 to 100 people, according to the demand for the output of the plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
MIR. BURNETT SPEAKS ON GOOD ROADS AND THE PARCELS POST
Congress Has a Right to Enact Legislation to
  Better Post Roads
By WALTER HARPER

Washington, April 13.-(Special)-C gressman John L. Burnett of Alabama spoke on two very important questions In the house today. parcels post and good roads The House had under con sderation the postoffice appropriation bill which includes both features.
 MT. Burnett spoke in part as follows:
 Although my people have for IA years horored me with seat in this House, this is the first good roads speech that I have delivered here during that whole time. Not because 1 did not believe this question one of prime importance, nor because doubted the constitutional power of the federal government to build roads for the benefit of the mail service. Neither of these propositions have I ever doubted. The question of the importance Of the subject needs no argument, but Is self evident. The question of the right or the government to engage in this char aeter of internal improvement is espe- cially embraced in that clause Of the fed- eral constitution which confers upon Con gress the power to establish postofices and post roads This power was claimed and exercised, even while the constitution was young, by some of the very legisla- tors who helped to frame 1t, and was upheld by the highest court Of the lana while 1t was contemporary with the men from whose fertile brain that great in strument was evolved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Express Monopoly

"The express companies have the great est monopolyy and trust of almost any in the country and have made their rates so exorbtant that their profits are enor- nous This competition between them and the government will force them to so reduce their rates that both the mer- chants and the consumer will be greatly benefited thereby. The reduction of rates on these lighter packages will necessarily force them to reduce them on the heavier: if not voluntarily, the interstate commerce commission will compel them to do so In this way the merchant, in my opinion will in the end be as substantially ben efited as even the farmer. or other con- sumer, and finally the government will force some kind of an arrangement with the express compahies by which it will control and regulate the cost of all ship ments on their lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Mems Clothes Properly
 Cleaned

Men who are particular about the cleaning and pressing of their clothing, send this work to Us.
 We thoroughly and care fully clean each garment, rid it of soil, spots and stains, freshen mp the fab ric, brighten the colors and press the garment out in perfect shape and fit.
 Our pressing is espe- cially satisfactory. Every garment is as nicely fin ished as if just from the hands of your tailor.
 Try us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS
 ARE SENTEN CED

El Paso. April 13.-The Unit States government here today laid heavy punishments on vio- lators of the neutrality laws Eleven men including a Texas euardsman were sentenced to a years Imprisonment each by Judge Burns of the United States district court.