davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
IMPROVE SCHOOL
 PLAY GROUNDS

The Martin School Playground and Park association, of which Willard J. Wheeler is president, will meet to- night at the Martin school. It is planned, according to Secretary G. II Craine, to take such steps as are nee essary for the betterment of the play grounds surrounding Martin school There is much interest in the work in che neigh borhoods served by the Mar tin school and it is expected that an ambitious programme of work will be outlined by the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

these concerns. The Steel corporation has had no power 10 coeree It's competitors to act in harmony with 1t. while steel prices have violently nuctuated and va ried and keen competition for business exists, he declares.
 Building of Steel Corporation
 The Steel corporation. his answer also sets up has been organized and has built up, acquired and developed its properties with the knowledge of the government and without objection by the govern- ment: that hundreds of thousands or millions of citizens of the United States and foreign countries have invested in it's securities, and that under these cir cumstances the government cannot, in equity and good conscience. complain of the existence of the Steel corporation as being in itself unlawful and ask for it's dissolution.
 As 10 the National Tube company. MT. Converse denies that at the time of it's consolidation in 1899 1t controlled more than 72 per cent of the productive ca pacity of the country and asserts that at the time there was active competition which had steadily increased until in 1910 the output of th competitors was @ per cent or nearly twice that of the Na- tional Tube company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
INDIVIDUAL REPLY OF ROCKEFELLER TO
 GOVERNMENT SUIT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE n

 ->7---->-~>-~,->>-->~>-->--- ings by canoelling the Great Northern lease.
 With reference to the capitalization uf the Steel corporation MT. Converse de- nies that it is in excess of the real values of it's properties and declares that there is no basis of the governments claim that the profits of the corporation have been so high as to indicate the existence of a monopoly.
 AS an affirmative defense, MT Con verse asserts, that active and free com petition and entire liberty of action and opportunity in business conduct now ex- ists on the part of all persons engaged in the steel industry or desiring 10 en- ter 1t. The Steel corporation competitors include many concerns of great strength and resources, he continues, and the ten dency of the industry has been toward the increase in strength and resources of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

The policeman was resting. He was leaning up against a shade tree and Joking straight down the middle of the street. Red said afterwards that he look ed like he was huntin' desperate criml- nals."
 The wiry and dlgnified official of the law turned his great round solar piexus and his shining helmet about as the man who was exceeding the speed limit ap- preached him with wildly waving arms. Red and Skinny couldn't hear what was said but they knew something terrible was happening or had happened.
 The policeman rushed across the street and rang the bell in the alarm box. A few minutes later the police patrol rushed up the Twentieth street hill and six more policemen tumhled out with their guns drawn and lined up behind each other The cop who turned in the alarm, took the lead the squad advanced to behind telephone pole which they used as a breastworks and waited. Red and Skinny had hardly hid behind another telephone pole a terrible roar was heard around the corner. A mo- ment of heavy silence passed.
 "Surrenderi" shouted the policemen in one mighty command.
 The doors of the patrol opened and the offender was rushed away. The cops marched back to the station to play cards and tell stories.
 That was Kitty Miller" said Red guess she didn't read the Age-Herald yesterday and didn't know kids couldn' [ skate no more,"
 Her family's havin' awful hard luck" added Skinny, '1t was just last week that nigger stole a lot of jewellery from Kit tvs mamma an the police has never caught him yet
 "Gosh!" said Red.
 "Goshr' repeated Skinny.
 Then they showed their hands in thelr pockets and started for Red Mountain to throw stones at cat birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
Rome Signs Griffin

Anniston. January 31.--(Special.)- According to Manager Harry Matthews, Hal Griffin. who has been playing in minor league ball for some time, will again hold Gown the initial bag for the Gladiators in the Southeastern league this season. At the first of the sea- son last year Griffin was one of the best stick men in the circuit and cov- cred his sack beautifully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
ASU WILL PLAY HIGHS TONIGHT
Shake Up Expected in High
 Team-Boys Don't Like / to Practice

Tonight at sS o'clock the Central HigA school basketball quintette will play the southern university at the Birmingham Athletic club. While little is known of the team from Greensboro, 1t will prob ably be in the class of the high school.
 The high school team has been working hard for This coming fight Coach ColT- ieuX is lot satisfied with the work of the high school team and will make many shifts in the lineup, in hopes of finding
 what may be winning combination,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

MeGowan sat in the room behind Hines as the letter was read
 Burns made trip to Canada to get McGowan to come to Washington to purge himself" McGowan's father asked Burns if he was the great de- tective' and later Attorney Hanec, spoke Of Burns, the great detective. The witness flew into a rage.
 If the committee does not stop h insults, 1 will" declared Burns.
 Senator Lea agreed that uanecy W insulting the witness
 Senator Fletcher added to the telss situation by asserting Hanecy was pN fectly justified
 Senator Lea said the attorney was just as the attorney had of John Cal- Ian 0Loughlin of the Chicago Tri- bune. by referring to him as the ex- assistant Secretary of State."
 With Senators Lea and Fletcher at odds, Chairman Dillingham; turned to Senator Kern for assistance.
 What do you think about it?" ask ed Senator Dillingham;.
 "Of what?" queried Senator Kern, opening his eyes.
 The laughter which followed the rousing of the Indiana senator pro- duced peace and Mir Hanecy proceeded.
 Hanecy asked the witness about the eNtradition of McGowan. Attorney Healy of the committee suggested Burns should not believe all that was told him about extradition.
 some lawyers do not recognize the eXtradition law when it is explained to them," snapped Ilanecy.
 Are you referring to yourself?s asked Healy. Chairman Dillingham; put a question on the exchange Burns. examination was not concluded today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
Voters Paying Poll Tax

Anniston, January 31.-(SpeciaL)-County Tax Collector H. F. Montgomery kept his office open late Wednesday night to ac- commodate the delinquents who had not paid their poll tax. He will also keep the office open again Thursday evening Ap- proximateiy i5oo persons have paid the tax in Calhoun to date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
Conference With Roosevelt

The answer further declares that the proposition to purchase majority of the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company came from Grant B. Schley and was taken up on account and only on se- count of the representations made OH
 behalf of said Schley that nothing but such purchase would save Moore S. Schley from failure. Messrs. Gary and Prick of the Steel corporation went to see the President of the United States OF the 4th of November 1907, and laid the situation before him. The answer de nles that Messrs. Gary and Prick failed to disclose to the President all the facts bearing upon the proposed purchase or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
THE BESSEMER BAR
 OFFERS CRITICISM
Condemns Last Sundays Trouble and Alleged Sub
 sequent Events

Bessemer, January 1.-(SpeeiaD At the special meeting of the Bessemer Bar asso- citation held in the court room today the members declared that the lynchlns Sunday was outlawry not to be tolerated by the citizens of Bessemer, and the as- sociation went on record to this effect in a strong resolution passed by unanimous vote. The changing of the name of the magistrate to whom the warrant against Gagliano was made returnable and the ae- ton taken in the coroner's inquest was also condemned. Following is the reso- lution:
 we, your committee, beg leave to re- port as follows: We offer and move the adoption of the following resolution: ''Whereas, there having been committed A lynching of John Chandler, colored, on one of the most conspicuous thorough fares in our city and in broad open day light and without the slightest effort to hide or conceal the offense and on the sacred Sabbath; and,
 ''whereas. said lynching was in open violation of all law and offensive to all decent and law abiding citizens; and Whereas, the public officers with prob ably the exception of the sheriff, have sat silently by and apparently made no effort to run down and apprehend the members of the mob; and
 Whereas, the judge of the citys court of Bessemer issued a warrant return able before one justice of the peace; and "Whereas, said warrant was changed by some one without any warrant of,author- ity from the judge, and made return able before another justice of tse peace. and
 "Whereas, in our opinion the conduct with reference to the investigation of the said crime is worthy of criticism; now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we, the Bessemer Bar do unqualfiedly go on record as opposed to and condemning the spirit of mob law and mob rule, and we do unqualifiedly condemn the conduct of. whoever IL was, changing the said warrant and invite. in- vestigation of the same; and we do se- verely censure the conduct in the inVes- tigation with reference to the case, and we do solicit the aid of the city, county and state authorities as we'll as all good citizens in experimenting and convictins the parties guilty of the lynching.
 ",G. II. BUMGARDNER.
 Chairman.
 'PINcKNEY SCOTT,
 ''W. s. WEIGH,
 "Committee."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

the occasion for making the same which were pertinent thereto. or that they made any misstatement or misleading state ment of any sort or character to the President regarding the financial situa- tion in New York or regarding the wishes or attitude of themselves or the Steel corporation with respect to the proposed purchase" It admitted that the Presi- dent stated that he did not feel it to be his duty to prevent the proposed trans action and say that in reliance upon said statement Messrs. Gary and Brick TO- turned to New York, whereupon the pur- chase was completed" The Answer de- nies that the Tennessee company was a strong present or probable future com petitor of the Steel corporation at the time of its acquisition by the latter"
 Encourage Rebellion of Trade
 The answer says that Continuously since the organization of the Steel cor poration it has been the declared and consistently followed policy of said corporation to encourage rather than to restrain the utmost freedom of trade and commerce.; to refrain from acts of oppression or injustice to the compet- itors of said corporations; to abstain from efforts to harrass such compet- itors or to exclude them from their fair share of interstate or foreign com merce and to take no steps intended or calculated to prevent the growth of other and further competition and that such policy has been well known throughout the industry and to the public generally and the government since the organization of the Steel cor poTation."
 Referring to the meetings of the steel manufacturers, familiarity known as the Gary dinners" the answer says that at none of these dinners was there any attempt to reach any agreement or understanding with re- spect either to output or prices, nor was anything said or done which was calculated or intended to suppress com petition or restrain trade, and there never was nor is there now any such agreement or understanding"
 The concluding portion of the answer is as follows:
 They deny that they have ever violated or attempted or intended to violate the antitrust act or any provisions thereof And they particularly deny that they are now engaged in violating said act or are threatening or intending to violate the same, and they respectfully submit that in the absence of such present or threat ened or intended violation this honorable court is without Jurisdiction to grant the relief prayed for in the petition or any part thereof or any other relief in 4he premises, and they pray to be hence dis missed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. w. T. War lick delightfully."- entertained the Wednesday Whist club at the home of Mrs. Price on Second avenue. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

The work of tearing down No. l fur mace which is located between No and at Woodward, has been started The removal of this furnace Is to make room for the erection of 500-ton fur mace at that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01

Sheriff McAdory has had another war; rant for Louis Gaglano, charged with shooting John Chandler Sunday, sworn out returnable before Judge R. II. Ben ners in Birmingham. The date of the preliminary has not beensset
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-05
Reindeer In Alaska Increase.

From 1892 to 1902 the United States
bureau of education introduced 1880
European reindeer into Alaska at .
time when the natives were threaten
ed with starvation. At the present
time these herds have increased to
a total of 33.629 head. Their meat
is in great demand by both whites and
natives, and their skins supply the
best winter clothing. 1t is expected
that the expectation Of reindeer meat
will soon become an important indus
try. Above all, the reindeer has
proved q most efficient civilizing
agency. The success of the Alaskan
reindeer enterprise induced DR.. vii.
fred Grenfell. In 1908, to import 300
reindeer from Lapland into Labrador,
where they have now increased to
about 1900. and are a great boon to
the natives. Last year the Canadian
government bought so of DR.. Gren.
fell's herd for introduction into north.
ern Canada.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
Systematic Campaigning is Strong
Feature Of Big Popularity Contest
Well Laid Plans Of Energetic Candidates Bearing Good Faa
Votes are Coming in Steady Stream
Of Mwa
Each Big
Energy Candidates Grow by Leaps and Bounds

selected by subscribers according "a
the voting schedule published In each
Issue. and subscriptions may be paid
to any candidate. at the office OF
The Chronicle-News or to any repre-
sentative OF this paper. Candidates
are furnished with subscription books
and are authorized TO collect any sub
xcription account and take new sub
scrIptions. giving n receipt furnished
them for that purpose.
For the Candidates.
Make up your mind today that you
are going to be one Of the fortunate
ones and strive to attain that end.
You can do It II you try. Do not
walt until the last moment. but start
right In now. II Your name Is al
ready entered In the list and you
have not done much as yet. remen-
ber the CONTEXT Is young yet. but BE-
GIN NOW. You viii never regret
the time and effort spent In winning
one Of these splendid awards.
Al present the candidates are just
beginning to feel the pulses OF their
friends to find out what support they
can expect. Many votes arc being
brought In and and sent In daily for.
various candidates and In large num-
bcrs. and many more will be added ~
these candidates show that they are
In earnest In their desires to win.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
Contest Mathematics.

Did you ever stop 70 think how
few subscriptions would be necessary
to place your nome among tho lead
ers? For instance. one NEW yearly
su Inscription earns 10000 votes. An
old subscription for one year earus
1000 votes. One or two Of thess
subscriptions would put you on top.
There Il not candidate In the list
who could not secure three or four
In few minutes work.
Do you not think these splendid
prizes arc worth little effort! Now
Is the time to act.
Securing Subscriptions.
Candidates In any certain district
are not restricted from securing sib-
scriptions In any place they Wish.
For instance. q candidate 10 District
I may secure votes and subscriptions
In any ,other district. or anywhere
she CHOOSES. The wide world Il your
field. Subscriptions will be accepted
from any part Of the United States.
Canada or anywhere.
Huurs Of Counting Votes.
Votes received up IL O'Clock noon
each day arc counted and published
In the paper Of the following day.
Votes received after this hour do
not appear until toe second day fol-
lowing their receipt.
Future 0rdefs. f.f
In many cases candidates will find
that prospective subscribers are now
paid up in advance for a daily paper.
and do not desire 70 have two daily
papers coming into their homes At
the same time. In order that candi-
dates may receive the full benefit Of
such subscriptions. we have arranged
to accept ali such subscriptions and
issue votes. when the subscriptions
are accompa MED by the amount. and
hold them for delivery at any future
date designated by the subscriber.
Division Of Territory.
District No. consists Of the city
OF Trinidad FROM the center Of Com
mercial street and Arizona avenue.
west.
District No. 2 consists of the City
of Trinidad from the center Of Com
mercial street and Arizona avenue
east.
District No. 3 consists Of Husrfano
county and all towns in Las Animas
county north OF the, Las Animas riv.
or. bot not including towns or terri
tory bordering on the river.
District No. ( consists Of Las AMI
mas county OF Colorado south OF ths
Las Animas river. including all
towns bordering on the river. either
North or south, and Union and Colfaz
counties Of New Mexico.
Contest Office Hoars.
The Contest office is open all day
up to 8 O'Clock In the evening. fol
the benefit Of those who cannot visit
us during the regular business hours.
Do not forket this, and II you can
not visit us during the day. make
your visits in tho evening, but 1t !.
Important to keep In as close touch
rs possible with this department, In
order that nothing that will advance
your campaign may be overlooked.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
Nominations Limited.

eS~ss~ss~ss~e
The nomination blanks will only
appear for limited time and
only limited number OF nom.
nomination blank from this issue and
send II to The Chronicle-Ncws with
your name or the name and address
or your favorlte candidate. A sub.
scription Is not necessary when max.
Ing a nomination. but naturally
enough II will prove . big aid TO your
candidate. The names Of persons
making nominations will not be d.
vulxed.
Orders for the prizes will be given
the successful candidates At the close
OF tho campaign: these may be used
by the winning young women or dis
posed cf a. they see TT. Candidates
who do not win any OF the other
prizes, will be given per cent COM
mission on all business turned In BY
them.
Anyone who desires to vote In this
campaign may do 10 by clipping the
coupons that appear In each Issue Of
the paper. or by special voting bal
lots which are Issued for each sub
scription payment. The ballots Sc
cured on subscriptions may be held
as long ~ desired. but the daily cou-
pons must be voted before the cxpir-
alton date printed therein.
Persons living In one district are
NOT confined to voting for candi-
d.e.. t. shas o. - lr,,tsr Atss riot 1,us
may vote for whomsocver they please
any candidate In tho race. Like
wise candidates can secure votes and
subscriptions wherever they choose.
This contest affords the young wo-
men OF Southern Colorado and North.
ern New Mexico an opportunity to
secure . handsome prize or receive
. business education At the expense
of The Chronicie-Ncws.
Second Payments.
For the benefit Of those who might
not understand. We wish to state that
any subscriber who has ordered the
paper for a short period OF one. two
or three months. and who wishes to
extend his or her subscription by
making another payment. will always
be considered 4 NEW subscriber.
Anyone who commenced taking the
paper since the contest started will
be a NEW subscriber throughout the
contest. no matter how many pay
ments he or she may make. Candt-
dates securing additional payments
on their first subscriptions should
mark the stubs Second Payment
when turning into the office. In order
that they may receive full benefit In
votes. Do not overlook these Second
Payments-they are important TO
you.
Votes Free to Patrons.
The votes which will decide which
OF the young women entered In this
campaign will receive the handsome
prizes. are free to patrons Of The
All that is required
of the candidate to win Is industry.
enthusiasm and u circle Of friends
and acquaintances. Subscribers are
entitled to votes when paying their
su Inscriptions. and should be sure to
ask for these.
People subscribing as well as old
subscribers paying or prepaying their
su subscriptions. payment on arrearages
In subscription accounts are all en-
titled to votes.
Therefore. any person who wishes
to encourage a young woman can do
so by paying or preparing q subscrip-
tion to this paper. Votes will be al
lowed and credited 10 the candidates