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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
EUGENE H. GRACE
 CANNOT RECOVER Physicians Make the Second ExaminatiOn-May
 Live a Week

Atlanta, March 13.--Eugene H. Grace. the young business man who was mysteri- ously shot st his Eleventh street home. and whose wife. Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, is held in the county jail for the shooting cannot recover, according 10 his pbysi- clans statement tonight. Late in the aft. ernon Grace was reported to be dying. and relatives and attorneys were called to his bedside. but tonight he is again reported to be resting easy.
 DTS. W. s. Goldsmith and Willis Jones' in their statement, said;
 "A second X-ray examination was made upon Mir Grace last night. The pictures show the bullet lodged in tho spinal canal on a level with the ninth dorsal vertebrae The cord Is entirely severed. No opera ton will be performed as no benefit could result from ii. We entertain no hope for his recovery, although he may live sev- eral weeks"
 No effort as vet has been made to ob- tain Mrs Graces release on bond, and she steadfastly refuses to discuss any phase of the ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
SENATE CONFIRMS CHANCELLOR P|TNEY Opposition Was Bitter Up to the Minute of the
 Voting

Washington, March 13.-Mahlon Pit ney chancellor of the state of New Jersey, President Taft's nominee to succeed the late Justice Harlan on the supreme court bench, was finally con firmed today by the Senate by a vote of '50 to 26 Justice Pitney will come to Washington Monday.
 These republican senators voted against MT. Pitneys confirmation Bourne, Bristow, Kenyon, cummlns and Poindexter.
 These democrats voted against him Bacon, Bryan. Chamberlain, culberson. Gardner, Gore. Hitchcock, Johnston. Kern, Lea, Myers. Newlands, o'Gor- man, Pomerene. Rayner Reed Shiye1ey, Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Caro- lima. Taylor and Williams.
 The Senate consideration of Mr. Pit ney today was the fourth executive session it has had on his nomination and the vigorous fight against him because of his decision in glass blowers strike case did not abate un- iii the last moment. The session lasted two hours.
 Senator Reed, who had been promi- nent In the fight against the inrist' $ confirmation, declared former Senator Murphy of New Jersey was one of those backing the nomination. He assailcd MT. Murphy severely and charged that Justice Pitney had been indorsed by two members of counsel for the Steel corporation.
 Senator Briggs challenged Senator Reed 10 divulge the source of his in- formation. but he declined to do so
 Justice PitneYs commission was signed as soon as the Senate had con irined the nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
1000 ARABS KILLED AND 1000 WOUNDED IN FIERCE
 BATTLE WITH ITALIANS
Italians Storm Two Bases Situated at FoatArabs Defend Their Position With Utmost Courage-Driven Back
 at Point of Bayonet

Tobruk today. He says that the Italians were driven from their positions and re- treated to their slips after Il hours lighting. isdhem Pasha estimated 1tal- ian casulatics at 200 Killed and wounded. The Turkish losses were also heavy, m- eluding many Arab women who carried ammunition to tho fighting troops
 Edhem Pasha's report probably refers 10 the battle of March n, when Turks and Arabs attacked Italian forts outside of Tobrult and, according to the Italian report, were repulsed after five hours fighting. The Italian loss was given as 13 killed and 73 wounded.
 The battle reported today northeast of Fojat was evidently a later fight in the neighborhood of Benghazi, 236 miles from Tobruk.
 Government tugs have been stationed at each end of the Dardanelles to act as escorts for vessels passing through the line of contact with mines with which the entrance 10 the straits is thickly dot ted, The precauton has been taken by the Turkish naval authorities in order to prevent an attack by Italian warships whiel il was reported the Italian navy had in view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
DOES A VOLCANO
 MENACE CANAL?

New York. March 13.-The statement that a volcano. dormant for many cen turies, is threatening the safety of the Panama canal. Is made in special dIs. patches from Colon. published here to- day. The volcano is said 10 underlie the culebra cut, and 1t is the report of the division engineer at culebra, which is more than D p-ssimistic.
 The fear of volcanic troubles had its origin in the fact that clouds of steam and blue smoke. have been rising From newly turned ground Every drill hole in the aroa worked over is subject to test with a thermometer before dy- namite is put in 10 prevent premature explosion or twist The canal commas sion < geologist declares the steam and smoke are due primarily to tine oxida- l. tiou of pyrites and have no volcanic significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
FORMER SENATOR
 w. F. PEPPER SICK

Topeka, Kan, March lS-W. r. Pfef- fer. former United States senator from Kansas is critically Ill at hospital here. His right leg was amputated above the knee today to check gam srene. Which affected his foot.
 MT. Prefer was the first populist senator from Kansas. being elected in 1891. He remained in Washington af- ter his term expired 10 make an index for the efconcressioual Record and re turned to Topekal upon iis completion last summer. He Is s3 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
SUBMIT COTTON
 REPORT TONIGHT

Washington. March 13.aThe tariff board will present to President Taft tomorrow night or Friday summary of it's report on the cotton industry. Upon this sum.
 mary and personal preferences with the board the President will hase his message to Congress. dealing with the cotton schedule The Presidents message and the boards full renort probably will go to Congress Monday. t5t
 The tariff boards report will deal er- fifelv with tho e-ist Of col .on in this c.,,fi- try and abroad and will not suggest changes in the tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14

Benghazi, Tripol March 13.-More than 1000 Arabs were killed and another 1000 wounded, according to Italian advices, in one of the hardest encoupters of the war. The Italians yesterday stornea and occupied two bases situated to tbe nor,A- east of Fojat They were strongly en- trenehed aud held by 4 large force of Arabs.
 Tho Arabs defended their positions with tue utmost courage. They were finally routed by the Italian troops at the point of the bayonet. Over 100 Arab corpses were loft on the battlefield and tho Ital- ian officers report that an enormous mum Der were carried off by the retreating enemy The loss of the Italians is given as three officers and 9 soldiers killed and seven officers and Y soldiers wounded
 Constantinople, March 13.-Edhem Pasha Iurklsh commander of Benghazi, reports an important Turro-A ra hie si1cpcss at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Mississippi Assured

|"I-nderwood's friends are just as cer- hin of carrying Mississippi for the ma srity leader, as they are of earrylng |labama for him" said Senator Bank lead today. in giving out an interview Senator Money of Mississippi favor Rg Mir. Underwood. t"This claim iss made in DO idle boast,' Pntjnued Senator Bankhead, "but in or Ear that our friends elsewhere may know Efinitely the state of the campaign from |sadquarters. The sentiment flor hirn here is overwhelming. The people gre Rr him A1r. l-nderwood's course has ! commended itself to them that he is most as popular in Mississippi as in s home state.
 Tour advices are equally good from liner sections also" the senator further | i'd. and from now on to the convea- 1 on there Is going to be nothing but a H lsng tide of Underwood sentiment. We valtfe such expression as Eat of the trained aild veteran legisla- kr, Senator Money. one of Mfssissippi's lost valued and trusted public men for lore than forty wears.
 Senator Moneys. Statements Mississippi. feel quite sure will Bend
 Underwood delegation to Baltimore k---~--, .r--
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Presents Figures Gathered by Consular Offices
 in Europe
THE INCREASE IN
 PRICES WORLD WIDE
President Says Information Collected by Department of State Is Val pable = Calls Attention to
 Former Recommendation

Washington, March ls.-The President today, in special message to Congress. transmitted the first installment of the in- formation collected by the department of state in regard to cooperation and the cost of living in various European coair- tries. The department. by direction of tia President, instructed the consular officeHs to make the investigation. The results of the inquiry are summed up in letsef from kcting Secretary If State IInntiag- ton Wilson. which is submitted with the consular reports and with summary of their contents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Army Aviator killed

Pau. France. March lS.r-iieut Henri Paul Tibuile Seville, an army aviator be- Ioasing to the Sixth regiment of Affican mounted iif'eS. Killed here today while making flight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
25O. 900 Idle in Germany

Berlin, March l3.-Tho coal miners strike in the great German coal fields of Wesiphalia continues to spread. There are over 2i9000 men now on strike, and the situation is becoming worse everywhere. 1t has taken most serious turn in several districts and has resulted in a fatal con fict between the police and strikers in the district of Herne. Feeling among the men is increasing in intensity owing to rigid oppressive measures of the authori- ties, and 1t Is officially stated here this evening that the provincial authorities have been instructed to call out the troops If the police prove inadequate. The cav airy regiments stationed at Dusseldorf, krefeld and elsewhere are ready for or oers and the men are not allowed to leave the barracks.
 Mine owners and leaders of the Chris tan trade unions whose members are rapidly breaking away and Joining in the strike which was brought about by the so- lcialist trades unions, evidently influenced by feeling of solidarity of the attack on strikelS, are feeling somewhat less opti- mistic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Strike Seems Certain in the
 American Anthracite Fields
250,000 MEN ARE NOW
 IDLE IN GERMANY
Situation in England Is Slightly Brighter But Suffering From the Strike Is Acute-Asquith Is
 Working for Settlement

New York, March 1s-The anthracite coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America alike profess tonight unyielding adherence to their attitudes concerning the miners demands
 "The situation looks very blue and the indications point to strike" declared President P W. White of the miners. The operators say positively that they will make no concessions.
 With the formal rejection of the miners demands and the counter proposition that the present agreement which expires March s1 be continued for three years, the operators committee Of ten adjourned this afternoon until Friday noon. Ad- iournment was taken upon request of the miners officials who meantime will meet, consider the operators reply and plan their procedure. Their decision, il is eN- pected, will be announced at the joint meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
WOOD TEST|F|ES ID
 STEEL COMMITTEE Opposed to Industrial Cor pOratiOns Owning Roads BETTER FOR PUBLIC Freight Rates on Steel Products in the East Agreed Upon by Con-
 ference of Railroad Traf-
 fife Managers
BETTER FOR PUBLIC

Waslington March f3.-Joseph Wood. vice president of the Peansylvania rail- road. told the Stanley steel trust in- vestigating committee today that in his opinior it would be better for the public if industrial corporations. such as the United States Steel corporation, did not control railroads which participated ill division of freight rates.
 q should take the point of view, said Mr Wood, ''in answering a question from MT Stanley, that a railroad operated ostensibly as q plant facility by an in- ,dustriaI corporation should be confined to the business of that plant and not participate in general railroad business as common carrier
 Pennsylvania Received Complaints
 Mr Wood told the committee that the Pennsylvania railroad had received com plaints from independent steel manufae- turers that the United States Steel cor poration had an unfair advantage in shipping because of it's ownership of rail roads and also declared that the Penn sylvana had acquired control of the Pennsylvania Steel company and the Cam brla Steel company 10 offset the influ- enee of the United States Steel corpora ton and to protect itself.
 What exceptions" asked Representa- tive Garner of Massachusetts, would you make to industrial enterprises own ing rairoads?
 "I don't think l would make any" said MT. Wood.
 Well. what is your objection, for fn- stance, to the United States Steel cor poration owning railroads from the standpoint of the public intefest2 Rep resentative Young asked. tf
 Reasons for Opposition
 Well, as railroad man and as a cit- izen," Mir Wood replied. such owner ship seems to give the United States Steel corporation an advantage, hl that it makes a profit by operating the rail- roads that its competitors do not make. The steel business is one business and the transportation business is another. It is rnquestionably a fact there have been those. who not owning, railroads. have felt that if they had owned rail- roads they would have been able 10 pro duce and ship their manufactured prod ucts cheaper
 Representative Garner referred 10 the Pennsylvania railroad taking over the Pennsylvania Steel company and the Cambria Steel company. and asked:
 '.How does II happen under the com modity clause that the Pennsylvania rail- road can own such industrial corpora- tions?''
 These steel corporations were acquired by tine PennsvlvaDla railrosd.'' said MT. Wood. before the commodity clause was enacted. and 1 assure you that no such concerns have been acquired since.'
 MT Wood told the committee That freight rates on steel products in the east were agreed upon by conference of railroad traffic managers. and admitted that representatives of railroads con- frolled by the United States Steel cor pore ton had an inhuense in fixing these rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Problem Is World Wide


 The President in his message says that the popular demand for information of this character apparently was based on the belief that some remedy might i,e found for the high cost of living. rha immediate result of the inquiries mstitnt- ed by the department of state through tae1 consular officers was 10 aceentuaie tls fact that the increase in the prices of the common necessities of life is world wile and that It is an absorbing question wlth the cooperative associations. Intelligence presented by the cooperative societies shows that even where there has been an advance In wages the percentage has nor kept pace with the rise in the cost Of food supplies The President says that the in- formation collected by the department If state is a permanent contribution to tho history of the efforts Of producers and consumers to solve for themselves lhe economic problems of production, dislrl- button and consumption. If the co-opera- tive associations which have been in exist ence for half century have not been able to determine the fundamental causes of the increased cost of living or to retard the advance, the student of social progress may al least derive instruction from tho account of the associations and their in nuence on the well being of their mem bers.
 The President also calls attention 10 luis message of February 2, in which he ree- ommcnden all international commission 70 look into the cause for the high prices of the necessities of life and the possible remedies Should such commission be aushorized by Congress he says, the re- lation Of the cooperative societies to thl5 subject would he of great interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
White Is Steadfast

''l can say this mtch," President White declared at a meeting today, we will not make any modification of our de mands. Beyond that 1 cannot tell what will happen"
 The operators reply is document of approximately a50o words. It deals seriatim and in detail with the demands. The finding of tho anthracite, coal com mission, appointed by President Roose- welt in 1902 is quoted against recognition of the union and the adoption of the one year agreement. The eonciliation board, the reply states. is always ready to deal justly with grievances of employees and adjust them.
 The operators reply of 1906, refusing the demand that the system whereby a contract miner has more than one work ing place and employs more than Two laborers be abolished is repeated. The demand for an eight hour day Is rejected on the ground that conditions have not changed since the anthracite coal oom- mittee recommended nine hour day, and that further 10 reduce the work day would seriously curtail production,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Wage Advance Impossible

Tt is out If Inc question to advance wages reads the reply, unless We can
 in some manner realize from the sale Of coal produced sum equal 10 the in- erease in wages.
 This increase, il is stated, would aeere- gate 2S,oe0,o00 year and the whole ad- vance, which would average about 6l cents per ton, would be borne by the do- nestle producers of coal. The increase ill the cost of production of inc anthracite coal in recent years has reduced the mar gin Of profit to Il point beyond which further reduction is impossible, the re- ply declares.
 After urging the adoption of tbe eoun- ter proposition, the reply concludes with the statement that i've feel that we ean- not be parties to the termination of an arrangement which has made the anthra- cite region for all interests involved one of the most prosperous industrial di5- triets in the country. We trust your de- mands will be withdrawn. The rcsponsi- bility for a change in the pfcsent satis factory conditions of affairs must rest with Nou."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Disturbances Reported

The police president of Bochum. the center of the strike region, has forbidden the sale of spirits, and these saloon keepers have sent to the government vigorous telegraphic protest Disturbances have been reported from various districts.
 The most serious outbreak occurred at Berne, a mining village five miles from Bochum, where a number of strikers threw stones and fired revolvers at a de- tachment of armed police marching to a mine where they had been ordered to pro- tect non-strilers. The police fired on the strikers and killed one Tussen. in the district of Dusseldorf. was attacked by strikers and number of persons in- iured. Large endorsements have arrived The strikers, however, show no signs of being intimdated. They repeatedly bonn bard the police, and counting the non strikers with bottles and stones thrown from the upper windows Of the house Many of the storekeepers have erected iiarrlcades. The mine owners have pro- eided covered wagons In which non-union miners are escorted to and from the pits Many arrests have been made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Food Prices Advance

Acting Secretary Wilson in the letter 10 the President describing the activities of the department of state in carrying out the Presidents instructions says that while the consular officers were engaged in their investigations their attention Nas drawn to the facts ciyel by the eo-opefa- tive societies concerning the advance in the prices of tho most necessary articles of food. The reports on this phase of the subject were uniform in showing that the members of the cooperative associations we're feeling the universal increase in the cost of staple commodities. The consul general at London forwarded a la ble pre- pared by the cooperative wholesale so- cietes which exhibited tho increased cost of certain articles in the United kingdofa since lSaS. From a summary of rates of wages 1t was developed that the per cent of increase in certain trades from 1s95 to 1910 was Ill and in food prices la5. The wages of railway employees during this De- rlod had increased only 1.3 per cent The coneul at Southampton reported that dur ing the past five years there had been an advance of % per cent in the purchase price of fresh beef, mutton, bacon, hams, butter, eggs. fruits, tea, dried fruits, sugar, coffee. fuel, tin goods, women's apparel, footwear. clothing. cotton goods, bedding, furniture and underwear A se- ries of figures relating to general gro- eeries compiled by tho Cooperative Wholesale Society of Manchester gave an instructive example of what the rise n the cost of provisions meant to an ordi- nary family. Taking the table as whole it appeared that as compared with 1898 the increased cost of living in 1910 was l5.S6 per cent,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Mexico Anxious

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Look for More Strikes

Conditions arc tending toward a strike among the miners in Lorraine, Saxony, and Silesia, where the men are all press ing their demands for l5 per cent ln- crease in their wages and for shorter hours.
 Answer of mine owners to the demands of the unions in other German coal fields are nov coming in. They take the same stand as tie owners in Westphalia de- clHring financial conditions do not permit granting increase of wages and other de- mands of the miners. consequently strikes are also impending there
 Goa. shipments are falling off every where. Only 12.000 carloads were sent of by rail yesterday from Essen. where the usual daily average shipments are aO.00o carloads. A famine Is reported from Cas- sel. where the street lighting of he town has been greatly redneed Four interpola- ---~~~~~s
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
Cooperative Societies

II Is noted that the increased reSistral lion of cooperative societies in reeeat years Is probably due 10 tie impetus given to the orcanizattsn of cooperative agti- cultural societies through the parent Agri- cultural OrSaniza ton society. The co-o,-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-14
French Conditions

The consul at DaNre, France, reported food prices in November 1900. and in N1- vember 1911. All these. with the exeep- ton of sugar. showed heavy increases. The consul al Lyons transmitted tahle prepared by the Workngmans Exchange giving the average prices of various foud commodities in 1900 and in 1911. Fish vas the only food commodity that had not scared in price.
 With reference 10 Germany the consul general at Berlin reported that living con dtions were seriously affected by the con- tinued rise in the price Of food products, many of the commodities having advanced far above all previous records. The az. craze retail prices prevailing in 51 of the principal cities of Germany were given.
 In Holland the consul at Amsterdam quoted an official agricultural report GOV ering such articles as beef, pork eggs. butter ham and wheat which showed that the increase in prices had rang I ffom l6 10 55 per cent in the F years sJ- lowing lSss Reports from consular of- cers in other countries showed similar advances.
 Referring to the general subject matter of the consular reports the acting secie- tary of state says that much interest at taehes to the cooperative associations in the United Kingdom because England may he said to he the nursery of these societies. The consular officers describe the inception and growth and the organi- za ton and operation of the cooperative associa tions. both distributive and pro- duetive The collective growth of co- operative societies in the United Kingdom as a whole Is shown bSa statistical sum- mary In 1882 there were DO societies. with 9).0e0 members The value of the sales was 2.5330O0 pounds sterling and The net profits l65O00 pounds sterling. In 1aS the number of societies was slightly in cx- eafa vii a ma pr1h h in, ef i, The value of sales was if300o,e0D pounds sterling and the net profits were lo997 00 pounds sterling.
 Co-onaratiye Societies