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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
BY RECLAMATION!
Washington Sees the Collapse Of
 the Opposition tO Roosevelt.

the Opposition 10 Roosevelt.
 Washington, April i4.-"By ac- clamationl"
 That was on the lips and in the minds of the statesmen in Wash ington last night. It is the domi- nant idea of the outcome Of the Republican national convention in Chicago.
 The news of the sweeping Roose- welt victory in Pennsylvania elec- trined political Washington. The Roosevelt men were in transport of joy when the bulletins showed the emphatic victory in the Key stone State, while the Taft men were stunned and dismayed.
 Everywhere the Pennsylvania re- suit is taken as the collapse of the effort for Taft's nomination, and among the Roosevelt men, the Democrats and Republican poll- ticians who have not allied them- selves with Tafl the belief is the Chicago convention can only have one outcome, the nomination by ac- clamation of Theodore Roosevelt.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
The Peevish Child
 Needs a Laxative

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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
I. R. LEADS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Partial Primary Gives Him fI6
 Delegates tn Taftis l0i

Wheeling, W. Va, April h. With the complete returns from Cabell, Fayelte. Mineral. Upshar and Jefferson counties in. Roosevelt has secured 76 delegates to the state convention. to be held May {. and Inc president iOi.
 Next week Ohio, kanawha and Harrison. the three larpest coun- lies ia lhe state, will vote and on these rests the fate Of ihe two can eidales m West Virginia. II either taii or Roosevelt secure the dele gates from these three counties he wlll have carried the state.
 Charges of fraud and ballot sluilne have been made hy the Taft people in certain sections nf Fay eite county in a free-for-alI fight one man was perhaps fatally in- safFd Hl4iie several others were seriously huft
 The mounialnrers went fa fhe polls armed.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
Mena Street, Mena, Ark
WHAT'S TAFT WORTH? S5I,9iO
President Has Taken On" S3O,0O0
 in Stocks in a Year.

Cineinnali. April President Tafts personal tax return, now on file in the Hamilton county court house here, shows that he is $50, ,72O richer in property subject to tax ation than he was last year. Tn that time he has accumulated S50,000 worth of stocks, while last year he held only slO,000 worth. His cash decreased from S3.720 to sSi0, and his debts are listed at S6,50O.
 The total value of the presidents property is given as S5i ,9i0.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
CONFESS TO SEVEN MURDERS.
Birmingham Authorities so State of
 the Jones Brothers.

Birmingham, Ala, April ii.-Ac- eording to the authorities, Arthur and Walter Jones. brothers, in the county jail, charged with the mur- der in Jefferson county, yesterday, before Solicitor Heilin, Special AL torney Burr and other witnesses, confessed to the assassination Of William H. Rhea, January i2. 1909. near Lewisburg, the assassination of one Shoemaker in 1905: the as- sassinatiou of l.. B. Evans, October 5, i9ii. ai Lewisburg all white: the killing of Samuel Thomas. ne- gro. July i6. 1911. Louis Lowry. ne- gro. in ialf. William Spencer. me- gro. last summer and ~hep Clancy. neero. ih iai0
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
A Million for Roosevelt.

New York. April ii.-Henry W. Taft, brother of the president, told a reporter yesterday that ne had been informed that nearly 8 mil- lion dollars had been spent in the promotion of Col. Roosevelt's can didacy for the nomination against President Taft.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

My little son had a very severe cold. was recommended to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and before a small bottle was finished he was as well as ever," writes Mrs. H. Silks, 29 Bowling street, Sydney, Australia. This remedy io for sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Horses-Have 10 acres good land
 near Sapulpa, Okla, to trade at bargain price for pair mules or mares. Trade quick. I live two miles south, near Bethesda road. i3-tf T. T. Baker.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

Wanted-Iwo to four expert goat
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-18

- i +lo man who has bank account when you es- afe$5 a a with good bank you feel secure and your UlS sneace Banks have been the means o1 making more successful men than colleges. when you sio'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
ATTEMPTS MADE ID MEDIATE STRIKE OF
 GARMENT WORKERS
Assumes Serious Pr0por- tions and It May Spread to Other
 Cities

New York, December 30.-Strons ef- forts were made today to bring to an end by mediation and arbitration the strike of workers in the mems clothing manu- featuring trade. which began this morn ing with the refusal of operatives va rously estimated to number from J'yoC to 150,O00 to go to work because they desire higher pay and better working conditions from their employers. mem- bers of the New York clothiers' asso- citation. The strike affects some 4Go shops in New York, Brooklyn, Newark and other places.
 John J. Bealin of the state board ot mediation and aroltration conferred with representatives ef ifte clcthi'rs afso- citation and af the United Mtle dafHient Workers of America, and will report to the board on the advisabilty of con ducting an investigation Of the conditions under which the garment makers work
 The international peace forum also re- sumed it's effort looking to mediation. It presented to both employers and ope- ratives a plan for submitting to them a list of governors of 10 states, 10 edu- cators. 10 United States senators and 10 clergymen. from whom five or seven men shall be selected to hear arguments, and submit findings which shall be binding to the manufacturers and their en- ployes
 ''The strike has assumed serious pro- portions" MT Bealin said, and there .is grave danger that it will spread to other cities
 Some of the strike leaders predicted that Rochester Baltimore, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago. St. Louis, Philadel- phia and Utica concerns probably would be affected by the strike.
 The only violence reported today as a result of the walk-out occurred In Brooklyn. The disorders were not se- rious. Leaders of the strikers say they are drowning upon all efforts at violence The strikers held 34 mass metings today and predictions were made by them that 100000 workers would be out by the end of the week.
 Strike leaders at mass meeting of garment makers tonight refused to allow pr. William Careter, general secretary oi tho International Peace Forum, to put before the assernb bled workers the society { arbitration plan. pr. Carter was told fl was ''too early in the strike to consider mediation move.
 It was announced officially at strike headquarters that the number of opera tivos out tonight is 73,oOO.
 Boston, December so-The delegates and officers of the seven unions in Bos- ton of the United Garment Workers oi America tonight voted full support tc the New York city garment workers whc are on strike. Union officials said that a vote on the question Of the loca unions going on sympathetic strike will be taken next week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
To Reach Understanding

Washington, December 9o.-The visit Of Representative O. ". Underwood. demo- cratic leader of the House to President elect Wilson at Princeton Tuesday is ex- pected to result in a general understand ing between the coming democratic execu- tive and the democratic organization of the House as to the early plans for tariff revision hearings. MT. Underwood has conferred at length with his colleagues on the ways and means committee of which he is chairman and with majority of the democratic members of the House. He is prepared to outline to Governor Wilson the general scheme of revision as it will be offered to the new Congress when the extra session convenes next spring It Is understood that, no effort will be made to reach an agreement for a specific basis of new tariff rates or to outline exactly what will be done with each schedule of the big law. The democratic leaders intend to give con- sumers and producers the opportunity to present their views during January and to prepare the tariff revision bills after these views have been considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31

Stuttgart. Germany. December S0.-- Alfred Won Kiderlen Waechter. seore- tary Of state of tho German empire, died suddenly from heart failure at his home here today after brief sick ness. The secretary was enjoying his visit to the Baroness Gemmingen, his sister. near here. lie had felt so poor ly for several days that physicians were called in. These feared fatal termination as his heart action was irregular.
 Alfred Von KiIerlen Waechter was 60 years old. He had reached the of flee of imperial secretary for foreign affairs only since June 2S, 1908. when he succeeded Wilhelm Won Schoen, who became German ambassador to France. The advent of kiderien Waechter was not greeted with great enthusiasm in the German imperial circle. He was a poor orator and his speeches did not create very good impression. He was kS'<> d as one of the shrewdest men in 0 Oman diplomacy. however. and w< sfeg egarded as an expert on near J Q affairs owing to his having been r> tationed for years ia the Balkans. His disappearance from the German cab inet at the present time is considered to be a great misfortune.
 During his short period of office as foreign secretary he was successful In steering the international politics of the German empire through a period of unusual entanglement more espe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN BUSINESS METHODS OT
 THE TREASURY ORDERED

receipts the sub-treasuries will supply the deficiency.
 In this manner it is explained much of the governments business will be trans acted without the actual use of cur reney. It will be an extension of the clearing house principle to the governl ment and the banks will check expendi lures against receipts and then makA their settlements with the treasury.
 All cheeks in payment of customs an in connection with revenue receipt which are turned mo the sub-treasurie.s. under the existing system, must be con- verted into actual money before they can be paid out on the checks of disbursing officers. The new scheme will obviate this cumbersome method of withdraw wing money only 10 pay it out into crcula- ton again.
 The change il is said. will have the effect of distributing federal disburse- ments in an equitable manner all over the country. The new plan does not con- template the increase of deposits in the banks.
 Treasury officials regard the change as the greatest reform of Secretary Mac Veagn's administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
GERMAN SECRETARY OF STATE
 DIES SUDDENLY AT STUTTGART

cially in regard to the settlement or the dispute between France and Ger many as to the future of Morocco. The negotiations were brought to sue cessful termination last year when France and Germany signed an agree ment as result of which their rela- tions have become much more cordial
 Kiderlen Waechter was for many years great favorite of the Emperor William, who practically banished him. however, for a decade to what was then the comparatively unimportant post of German minister at Bucharest, because upon one occasion he had pre- sumed too much upon the Emperor's favor.
 Kiderlen Waeehter was bachelor He belonged to a very old Wurtemberg family, which was raised to the peer age in 1888. He was born July 10, 1852. and while he was studying law vol unteered and fought throughout the Franco -Prussian war of 1S7o-11. Kid erlen Waechter entered the diplomatic service in 1879 and served in St. Peters burg, Paris, Copenhagen, Constanti- nople and Bueharest. owing to the sud denness of the death of the foreign secretary there has been no talk as to his probable successor in the cab met
 Washington, December 30.-Secretary Knox sent the following cablegram to the chancellor of the empire, Herr Won Bethmann -Hollweg:
 Pray accept the sincere sympathy of the government of the United States and of myself in the death of the dis tlnguished statesman, Herr Won Kid | erlen Waechter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31

Washington, December 3o-Secretary MacVeagh today ordered a revolutionary change in the business methods of the treasury department in handling the in come and expenditures of the govern ment which is expected to lessen inter- ference by the treasury with the fiscal operations of the country, make the gov ernment deposits in United States de- positories more active and obviate the payment of the exchange on government checks.
 Effective February 1 accounts of the federal disbrrsing offices will be placed with the treasurer and all disbursing officers checks drawn on that official may be cashed by any national bank des-
 gnated as United States depository. Banks making such payments may im- mediately replenish the specified account from federal customs or internal revenue receipts daily deposited. The banks thus will forward to the sub-treasury only the excess of receipts over expenditures. If the expenditures are greater than ths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
CLEVER COUNTERFEIT OF
 FIVE DOLLAR BILL SOURCE
 OF WORRY TO OFFICERS

washington. December 3o.-Alarm oeized officials of the United States treasury today upon the discovery of . remarkable counterfeit five dollar sil- yer certificate. the most dangerous i'm atation of American currency since the famous " Monroe head" one hundred dollar bill, which was suppressed in lsos.
 So nearly perfect is this spurious note that officials Of the cash room of the treasury declared it was genuine and unswerving held to their belief that 1t was a washed note. Herman Moran, assistant cheif of the United Estates secret service detected slight 6Sariations from the original. however end stamped it unqualifedly as B couE- forfeit.
 The note is so dangerous that 1t was brought to the personal attention oi Secretary Macveagh and Robert O Bsiley, Assistant Secretary of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31

Treasury. In the case of the Monroe head" bill the whole issue was with drawn from circulation because of tre dangerous immitation. It will hardly be practicable to resort to this precau- tion in connection with the new coun- terfeit because the five dollar Indian head" silver certificate is so generally In circulation
 The counterfeit was discovered in New York city, where two specimens were obtained by the secret service. Treasury officials have undertaken to Investigate the extent of it's circula- tion. which as yet Is unknown.
 Widespread warnings to the public were issued today by w. J. Flynn, chiei of the secret service. The imperfections of the note are detectable only to the eye of an expert with the aid of a glass. Apparently 1t is printed on two pieces of paper between which sill, threads have been distributed. The number of the specimen which reached lsecret service headquarters il lE s9l2t159.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
Thirtv-Three COnDicted Labor Men Are Sentenced
 To Federal Penitentidry
THE SENTENCES

The following sentences were pro- pronounced by Judge Anderson on the convicted labor men:
 SEVEN YEARS. Frank M. Ryan, Chicago, president of the International Association of fridge and Structural Iron workers.
 SIX YEARS. Olaf A. Tveitmoe San Francisco, secre- tary of the California Building Trades council.
 Herbert $. Hockin, former secretary of the Iron Workers union, and formerly ol Detroit.
 John T. Butler, Buffalo, vice president of the union
 Eugene A Clancy, San Francisco. J. E. Munsey. Salt Lake City, Utah. Philip A. Cooley, New Orleans. Frank C. Webb, New York. Michael J. Young, Boston.
 FOUR YEARS.
 John H. Barry, St. Louis.
 Peter J. Smith, Cleveland
 THREE YEARS.
 Charles N Beum, Minneapolis. Henry W. Legleitner, Denver. Ernest c. w. Basey, Indianapolis. Edward Smythe, Peoria, Ill.
 William b. Bedding Milwaukee. Murry l.. Pennell, Springfield, III. Paul J. Morrin, St. Louis.
 William J. Mccain, Kansas City, Mo. Michael ]. Hannon, scranton, Ia, George (Napper) Anderson, Cleveland Wllford Bert Brown, Kansas City. Mo. Michael J, Cunnane, Philadelphia. TWO YEARS. Frank J. Higgins, Boston. William K Painter, omaha. Fred sherman, Indianapolis. Richard J. Houlihan, Chicago. ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY. William c. Bernhardt, Cincinnati. Charles J. Wachtmeister, Detroit William Shupe, Chicago. James l.. Ray, Peoria, Ill. Edward E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y. Fred Mooney, Duluth, Minn. SUSPENDED SENTENCES. Patrick F. Farrell, New York. James Cooney. Chicago
 James Coughlin, Chicago. Hiram R. Kline, Muncie, Ind, formel organizer for the carpenters union, in De troit. Frank J. Murphy, Detroit. Edward Clark, Cincinnati, confessed dynamiter, who testified for the govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
THIRD DEATH AS
 RESULT OF FIRE

Fort smith, Ark. December @.-Elis Capps, 10 years of age. died in hos pital here today, the third member or the Capps family to succumb to injuries received in a fire which destroyed their home December 12. Rev. Marion Capps, father of the children, is charged with having tied his five motherless children to their beds, fastened the doors and aftor having poured oil on the premises, fired tho house.
 Two of the children were burned and three escaped, although badly burned one of whom died today
 Capps declares the explosion of an oil lamp caused the fire. A coroner s jury found that he is responsible for the death of his offsprings. and a pre- lminary examining magistrate has bound him over to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of mur- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
WARNING AGAINST
 MINING COMPANY

Washington, December 30,-The treasury department today issued 9 notice to the public that a concern known as "fhe United States Treasury Gold Mining com pany" said to be sending out literature from Chicago, has no connection with the treasury, and that the use of the name was not authorized by the treasury department.
 The use of the words United States Treasury" in connection with the com panys title. Assistant Secretary Allen said today, has been reported to the post office department. Officials were not prepared to say whether this could be prevented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
To Postpone Suit

Marquette, Mich. December D.-The Theodore Roosevelt criminal libel case against George A. Newett. editor of Iron ore. newspaper published at Ishpeming. Mich, will be postponed tomorrow, it was announced today. until the disposal of the colonel's civil suit against the editor. Newett is charged with having published an alleged libel injurious to Ceionel Roosevelt, by personal reflections on his character. Tho civil suit is sche- dcied to be heard in February.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
TO HAVE LUNCHEON
 FOR MRS. UNDERWOOD

Baltimore. Md. December 30.- Mrs. Frank Martin, wife of a we'll known Baltimore surgeon, has is- sued invitations for luncheon to be given on January IT, in honor of Mrs. oscar w. Underwood of Alabama. Dr. Martin is great admirer of Congressman Under- wood. They both met the con gressman's wife during the demo- cratic convention here last June. The guests at the reception will number at least fifty. The home of the Martins on Cathedral street will be beautifully decorated for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
WILSON MAN|FESTS
 KEEN INTEREST IN
 SENATE SITUATION
Representative UnderwO OOd Will Confer With the President-Elect at 2:30
 This Afternoon

Trenton. N l., December 3O.-Presi- dont-elect Wilson manifested today keen interest in the possibility that the present calculated to have in the United states Senate might be comfortably increased when the legislatures of a number of states convene next month
 Mir. Wilson conferred during the day at the state house here with J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, choice Of the democratic primaries in Illinois for United States senator and Senator Luke Lea of Ten nessee, on the senatorial situation, and it is understood he will be informed in the near future by other democratic leaders In Congress of what may be eX- pected from the Legislatures.
 Mir Lewis told MT. Wilson that there was a good chance of getting two demo- cratic senators from Illinois, informing him that while the newly elected progress sives held the balance of power, he thought some among them would support the democratic choices on the theory that the state of Illinois had by popular vote put itself on record for Wilson administration. MT. Lewis suggested to the President-elect that it might even 'she openly understood that patriotic men who would give him the support of two senators would bel regarded as worthy Of proper reward and recognition in tine dis tribution of minority patronage"
 The President-elect remarked tonight that he had absolutely no comment to make on this proposal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
 ALL DESCENDANTS OE ROYALTY LIVE IN CITIES, SAYS JORDAN Dozen American Cities Are Accorded Descendants of Kings and Queens.
 New York Leads

San Francisco. December J-Further reports of pr. David starr Jordan's book on "The Ideal Eugenics' soon to be published, show that in his exhaustive study of the origins of American fam flies Dr. Jordan has found that all the descendants of royalty live in cities.
 A dozen American cities are accorded descendants of kings and queens. New York leads in the lisits of individuals, but when pr. Jordan gets down to southern cities, he had to enumerate the royal descendants by families.
 charemagne and Alfred the Great, as famous ancestors appear to have the largest representation. pr. Jordan as- signs royalty to various cities. among them the following, all these named being included in the much longer list of those ''eugenically fit
 New York. Vincent Astor. descended 
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