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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
LIE LONG AND ALLEN ARE AGAIN IN CITY Board of Revenue Asked to
 Make Test Case TAX CONTROVERSY Under Present Status the State Tax Board Will Remain in Birming-
 ham as Formerly to Con-
 duct It's Work

J. Lee Long, chairman of the state tax commission, and j. Y Allen, tax commissioner of Jefferson county, are again in Birmingham after having con- suited the governor In Montgomery Wednesday in reference 10 the claim of the latter that the former should be prevented from making assessments of taxable property in this county
 Neither of the gentlemen, however, agreed to talk for publication further than to confirm the r-port from the capitol that for the present at least the state board will remain here as for merly.
 That there is professional unpleas- antness between the state board and the Jefferson commissioner is not de- ried and that there will be still other moves in the controversy is admitted Yesterday afternoon Commissioner Al len requested the board of revenue of Jefferson county to agree to make q test case of the question whether or not the state board has the legal au having been passed upon by the board OI revenue. u IS unQefSLOOQ that the board of revenue is considering the proposition, it being the general belief tEat if the supreme court were to de- eide that the state board can increase assessments after having been passed upon by the board of revenue, the gov ernor would withdraw the state com mission from the county. It is reporr- ed, however that the present indica- tions are that the board of revenue will not agree to make the test.
 When asked concerning the joint let ter written to the governor by the mem bers of the state commission in which they requested to be removed from Jef- ferson, MT. Long declined to reply As stated in The Age-Herald following the visit of the governor Monday, such a letter was written, and 1t was thought that following the request of the tax commission that body would be per mitted to withdraw from Jefferson. Therefore the action of the governor in refusing to grant the request of MT Allen to the effect that the board be removed, caused general surprise.
 MT. Long will remain here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Ne7vs of Ensley

The record of never having purchased an umbrella for himself is held by Thomas Edwards, one of the best known citizens of Ensley. Nor has he ever used one. Mir Edwards is an Englishman but has been in Ensley over 20 years He has retired, although he is yet young. For many years he was head furnaceman at the local blast furnaces and is consd- cred one of the best pig iron men in the south. Nr. Edwards has no special aver sion to the umbrella, further than he never cared to bother with one.
 Disappointed Ensley fans returned from the game yesterday afternoon dsappoint- ed in two ways, at the result of the game and the failure of Birmingham to cop the attendance prize.
 Mrs. H. Brush. after a weeks illness from paralysis, died at her home at an 4early hour yesterday morning. She re- sided at Alley D and Twenty-first street. The deceased was 73 years old She is survived by her husband and five grown children. The funeral will take place today, interment in Oakland
 Action in putting out candidates for the local beat offices by the republicans who met last night was deferred until next Monday night. A well known man con- nected with one of the industries is prom inently mentioned also a former well known educator The identity of the can- didate for constable is not known at this time
 The revival services at the Methodist church continues to attract good crowds Services are held daily at 10 a. m and 7;3o T. m
 The employees of the steel plant were paid off yesterday afternoon, putting many thousands of dollars into circula- tion The banks and business houses were open until a late hour.
 An announcement is made of the ap- pointment of Tom M Lyle yardmaster of the Birmingham Southern here to the assistant superintendency of the oper- ating department of the system. The position is an important one and MT. Lyle Is receiving the congratulations of his friends. He has been with the Bir- mingham Southern many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
THE ELIMINATION
 BOUTS GO NICELY

New York, April 11.-In another in- stalment of featherweight elimination bouts, designed to eventually pick a fitting opponent for Johnny Kiibane, the champion. Johnny Dundee of New York defeated Tommy Houcs of Philadelphia last night. The fight went 10 rounds, at the end of which Houck was badly beaten.
 The second bout between Joe Coster of Brooklyn and Jimmy Walsh of Bos- ton proved so slow that the referee in the eighth round stopped it and de- clared it mo contest
 There were also three bouts in the bantamweight class, each Of six rounds Battling Henry of this city defeated Edward McClosky of Philadelphia: :: Freddie Diggins of Philadelphia defeat ed Young Rosner of this city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
TEACH RETURNS
 FROM NASHVILLE Head of Auburn Is Enthu- siastic About COmmer-
 cial Congress

Montgomery. April 11.-(Special.)-Dr. C.. C. Thateh, president of the Alabama Poly technio institute at Auburn, passed through Montgomery today on his way home from the meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress, which met fn ,an- nual session. in Nashville this week.
 Dr. Thatch was enthusiastic in speak, ing of the Commercial Congress declaring that there were about 40 delegates there from Alabama, all of whom took the deepest possiblH interest in the sessions of the convention.
 According to pr. Thatch the two strong competitors for the congress in 1913 are Mobile and Jacksonville. with sentiment fayoring the Alabama city. Dr. Thatch said that all of the Alabama delegation at the convention advocated Mobile. and he declared that the convention as q whole seemed pleased with the idea of going to the Gulf City next year.
 It is understood that should the con vention be held in Mobile it will be in the nature Of a memorial to the late Senator Morgan, who was one of the originator of the Panama canal project.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
MRS. LAFOLLETTE TO
 MAKE SPEECHES

San Francisco, April l1.-Thomas K. Kase, president of the state LaFollette league, announced today that Mrs. La- Toilette would conduct a speechmakins campaign in California in the interest of her husbands candidacy for the re- publican nomination for President. She will accompany the senator to California after the oregon primaries and will make addresses to the women voters in the principal cities.
 Mrs Emily Montague Bishop. sent Co California as the pers-Hal representa- tive of Senator LaFollette, is now de- livering addresses in southern Cali fornia and soon will come to San Fran cisco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
90 PER CENT OF MINERS
 OPPOSE CONTRACT

Indianapolis. Ind. April l1.-Ninety per cent of the soft coal miners have ap- proved the proposed two year wage con- tract according to Edwin Perry. secretary and treasurer of the United Mine Work CTS of America, today, after he had re- ceiyed advices from representatives throughout tine country reporting yes- ter days referendum election The ballots are being returned 10 the miners head- quarters here and the tellers will begin counting them next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12

Columbia, S. C., April 1.-The memorial to the Confederate women of South Caro- lima, erected by the state. was unveiled here at midday The monument erected on the state house grounds is a beautiful work of the sculptors art and represents the first memorial ever erected independ- ently by a state to women.
 Gen. C. Irvine Walker. commander-in- chief of the United Confederate Veter- ans, turned it over to the Daughters of the Confederacy and then introduced the orator of the occasion, Maj. Joseph w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
PENNELL DEFEATED
 BY CHAMPION CRANE

New York, April 11.-In the final match of the national amateur court tennis tournament today, the English visitor and former British champion. yane Pennen, was deefated by Joshua Crane of Boston. It was lively session all through. The fourth was a vantage set which went to Crane after excellent uphill work. The winner will meet Jay Gould, the title holder for the national championship Sat- urdaX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
MEMORIAL TO WOMEN OF THE
 CONFEDERACY IS UNVEILED

Barnwell of Charleston, during whose speech the covering was withdrawn.
 Veterans, members of the Daughters and Sons of the Confectionery, state troops and cadets took part The monument was designed by F. Wellington Ruckstuhl of New York. The central figures is that of southern womanhood dignified and beautiful, waiting to be crowned with laurel by a figure in the rear. On either side are. bearing the laurel four cherubims. The most important inscrip- tion is:
 This monument generations unborn shall hearken to and porGray the devo- tion of woman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
LEE LONG SAYS STATE RATE
 FIGHT WILL BE REOPENED

Tt has long been a question as to whether or not the Louisville and Nash vile railroad or the people shall rule in the state of Alabama. The action of the railroad in restoring the 1907 freight and passenger rates simply reopens that ques- tion.'
 This was a statement made by J. Lee Long yesterday. MT. Long, as is remem- bered, was chairman of the committee of commerce and common carriers in the legislature of Governor Conner, and was Governor Comer's chief lieutenant in that era of railroad rate reformation endeavor.
 There is absolutely no question:" stated MT. Long, but that the rates in effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12

at the present time are just. Governor Conner, W. D. Nesbitt and I spent three days in Birmingham preparing the no commodity rate bill, and 97 of the 110 articles were dealt with exactly as they were at that time dealt with in the state of Georgia. In other words, for 27 years the railroads of Georgia had been paid rate for carrying 97 of the no commodities identical with that pro- vided for In the Alabama bill.''
 MT. Long declined to discuss the po- litical significance of the proposed &C., tion of the Louisville and Nashville, or whether that action will form the basis of the political issue in the next guber- material campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
ARRANGED HIS
 OWN FUNERAL

Fort Smith, Ark, April 1l-After purchasing 8 casket and arranging the details for his burial, NJ. Ii Bentley, a wealthy resident of Siloam Springs, Ark. shot and killec his wife and ended his own life at his home in that city yesterday. according to a dispatch from Sloan Springs.
 Bentley. an aged man, came to Ar kansas several years ago from Red Cloud, Neb. According 70 the dispatch Bentley and his wife recently disa gre ed as to the settlement D. an estate.
 Several months ago business con ccrn in which he was financially in- terested tailed and Bentley, it is said. lost s13.000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
THE SENATE WILL
 RETAIN CAVALRY

Washington, April 1.-The Senate today knocked out the House proposal to re- duce the cavalry from 15 regiments to 10. at the close of a debate which took a wide range. Senator Williams supported the reduction, but Senators Warren, Martine. Thornton and Dupont contended for re- taining the 15 regiments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
GREENVILLE SHIPS
 23,0O0 BALES COTTON

Greenville, April 11.-tSpecial)- There has been shipped from the Green vile Louisville and Nashville station about 23.000 bales of cotton up to date There are several more lots that are to be sold and the total number of bales of cotton will reSch about 2i,0eo.
 The price of cotton continues to ad vance and those merc-ants and farm CTS who held to their cotton are mak ing profit by doing so The market price of seed continues to hold the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Taft Is Caustic

New York, April n.-President Taft charged tonight that many of those per sons who advocate the recall of judges or the recall of judicial decisions are in- sincere demagogues. acting without suf- ficient knowledge of the need for pres ervation of the constitution or its guar antees. Some of the men who preach the recall, he said. were sincere, but all of them acted from a desire to pro- pose changes rather than with any defi- nite plan for the improvement of con- ditions. The President was speaking to the Union League club of New York. He mentioned no names but announced with emphasis that the sensitive nerve" of the serious minded people of the country had been touched by these proposals and that when they realized that ''implous hands were likely to be laid upon the ark of the covenant the judicial branch of the government, a profound protest was heard from ''all thinking people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
SUPPORT PLEDGED
 FOR MOBILE ROAD

New Orleans. April 1i.-At meeting here of good roads advocates from Ala bama, Louisiana and Mississippi, hearty support of a plan for the construction of modern highways from this city to Memphis, Shreveport and Mobile was pledged. Several engineers who are here to attend the convention of the national drainage congress delivered brief ad- dresses on the methods of building good roads and the benefits to be derived therefrom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
O'Neal Paroles Pavton

Montgomery, April 1l.-(Special )-fsov- ernor O'Neal today paroled Robert l.. Payton. a white man of Chiffon county. until May IS, in order that the state par don board may consider his case. Payton was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary for perjury, and he was some weeks ago paroled until April 15. Appear ing before the governor in behalf of Pay ton we're Attorneys Triton Mullens and sam A. Latham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Lively Time at Bay City

Bay City, Mich, April 11.-Taft and
 Roosevelt men in Michigan politics, re- fusing any basis of compromise after 2i
 hours of conferences, today at the state republican convention precpitated one of
 the most bitter conventions in the history of the state. the birthplace of the re-
 publican party.
 Two sets of leaders and delegates. Taft
 and Roosevelt, fought out their issues
 to the point where state militia, police
 and sergean ts-at-arms were needed to
 maintain a semblance of orderly pro-
 cedure.
 Roosevelt adherents during the con- fusion in the hall took first action In the midst of veritable pandemonium
 when no mans voice could be heard 10
 feet away they went through the form of organizing the convention, elected their delegates and adopted resolutions linstructing them to vote for Theodore Roosevelt.
 Having concluded their business many of the Roosevelt men left the hall and quiet was restored The Taft faction then proceeded to organize and their programme was carMed out with no further disorder As result the credentials committee of the republican national convention at Chicago in June will be required to de- termine whether six Taft delegates at large or an equal number of Roosevelt delegates from Michigan shall be seated
 in the national convention. Will Make No Difference Taft leaders said tonight the seating of
 the six delegates at large would make no
 difference in the Michigan state delegation
 in that the various district conventions
 had named more than enough delegates
 to make certain the vote of Michigan for
 Taft.
 After todays sensational fight on the floor of the convention, during which for mer Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indi-
 ana left the armory, the closing incidents in the convention were comparatively tame.
 Profunctory resolutions were adopted and speeches were delivered by state lead CTS favoring President Taft. | Leaders on both sides tonight admitted they had expected the results which came with the close of the convention. Troops Needed 1 The opening act in the republican con vention today took the soldiers away l from the armory to preserve order While
 the militamen held the front entrance to l the armory against a crowd of 1890 dele | gates and contested delegates. members of the republican state central commit tee headed by Acting Chairman Robert ! IT, Shields of Houghton. were admitted to the building through a small side en- l trance.
 While the Taft forces held the armory ] in this manner Roosevelt leaders con | ferred. at a downtown hotel several squares distant and prepared to go to 1 the convention and eeat their temporary chairman, former Secretary of the Navy Truman Newberry of Detroit w. D. Gordon of Midland a Roosevelt committeeman. sprang to the stage after
 the delegates had been admitted and at tempted to address the assemblage.
 The man was hurled from the stage by J. F. Myer of Marquett a Taft man. Policemen and militianen at this juncture forced back hundred men who sought to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
RAILROAD COMMISSION

Coast Line, petition for additional pas senger train service on the Abbevillc branch; petition denied.
 J. w. Price ct al against the Louis vile and Nashville railroad, petition TOT additional depot facilities and agent ar Mount Pinson denied.
 Southern railway, petition to close the agency at Harrell; deni.d.
 Southern railway, tu condemn lands Tor the site for new union passenger depot at Maplesville; denied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12

Montgomery, April 11.-(Special)- The Alabama railroad commission today rendered the following decisions:
 Railroad commission against the Southern railroad, requiring better depot to be constructed for Leesburg. petition on the part of the defendant company for a rehearing of the case; petition oyerruled. .a.
 J, B. Long ct al against the Atlanta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Expect Strike Settlement

Chicago, April l1.--An agreement was reached tonight which is expected to settle the strike of 14000 union car penters, who suspended work several weeks ago. The men will get an in- ( tease of cents an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Taft Gets Kentucky

Louisville Ky. April 11.-Kentucky' s four delegates from the state at large to the republican national convention were instructed to vote for President Taft by the state convention here this aft ernoon, but the Roosevelt leaders in Ken lucky will carry contest to the na- tional convention in an effort to unseat them.
 The action of the convention completes the Kentucky delegation of 26. of whom % are instructed for Taft and three for Roosevelt. Four of Taft's district dele gates and two of Roosevelt's are con tested.
 Contrary to expectations. the convention proved to be one of the quietest ever held in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Burns Beats Hayes

Indianapolis, April 11.-Frankie Burns knew he had the fight of his life when he shaded Chick" Hayes, the local ban :amweight in 10 rounds of fast fighting here last night The Jersey City boy excelled at in fighting, and landed blow after blow which Hayes was unable to stop. Hayes had the better of the long range fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12

engage in the melee precipitated by Cor don. All attempts at securing quiet seemed useless.
 Despite great disorder both sides att tempted to organize. Policemen stood guard over Mir Beveridge. who had been swept back from his seat during the Gordon and Myer fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12

Disappointed Ensley fans returned from the game yesterday afternoon, disappoint- ed in two ways, at the result of the game and the failure of Birmingham to cop the attendance prize.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-05

the ruler OF Turkey. No Moslem ia
counted foreigner; no Christian is
counted a brother. The pertinent
point is made-I have it from a Cairo
editor-that If the nationalists sin.
cerely stood for Egypt for the Egyp.
tians" they would give the Copt a
show, for he is the simon-pure Egyp-
tan.
As matter of fact, the Copts are
solidly opposed to the plans and
methods of the nationalists. They say
that 1t is merely subtle form of the
old pan-Islamic propaganda, and that
what is really intended is to restore
the temporal power of the religion of
the Prophet; when it would be good
bye to the liberty and equality which
the oft-persecuted Copts now enjoy
under British rule. A rather sinister
fact Is pointed out in this connection.
The prime minister who was assassi-
mated by the nationalists was a Copt-
that is, an Egyptian of the ancient lin
eage-but the present prime minister
Is perfectly acceptable because he is
Moslem, though he is Turk and a
foreigner.
Despite the dreams and ceaseless
plottings of the pan-Islamists, the new
movement in Egypt will fail. Only
hxe or six per cent. of the people can
be said to be at all affected by it, the
nationalist leaders themselves told
me; and in the face of the spirit of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-05
ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ITCHING ECZEMA

Eight years ago got eczema all
over my hands. My fingers fairly bled
and it itched until it almost drove me
frantic. The eruption began with
itching under the skin. 1t spread fast
from between the fingers around the
nails and all over the whole hands.
got pair of rubber gloves in order to
wash dishes. Then it spread all over
the left side of my chest. A fine doc
tor treated the trouble two weeks, but
did me no good. l cried night and
day. Then | decided to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment but without much
hope as I had gone so long. There
was marked change the second day,
and so on until l was entirely cured.
The Cuticura Soap we have always
kept in our home, and we decided
after that lesson that it is a cheap
soap in price and the very best in
quality. My husband will use no other
soap in his shaving mug" (Signed)
Mrs. G. A. Selby, Redonda Beach,
Cal, Jan. Is, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. "a K, Boston.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-05

ceding many really trivial demands OF
the nationalists, and explaining pa
dently the present impracticability OF
others, the ominous nationalist move
ment, 30 far as 1t Is bona flde, would
have had scarcely a leg to stand upon.
The bull-doggy attitude Of the admin.
istration Is not necessary to real firm
ness.
The Donkeys Favor British Rule.
The substantial and manifest adyan-
tages of British rule are better illus
trated than explained at length. The
donkeys Of Egypt, for instance, would
vote unanimously for the present re-
gime If the suffrage were extended to
them. The simple reason is that it is
now against the law for a man to use
beast with sore back. The police
man may stop any donkey, camel or
horse on the highway, remove its load,
and II it's back is raw arrest the
driver. There are even policemen
for this special purpose. The great
significance of this instance lies in the
fact that the Moslem seems to delight
in ill-treating and half-starving his
animals, and any European or Ameri-
can travellers through Islamic coun-
tries is in a constant state Of fndfg-
nation over the sore backs of most of
the beasts. Now in Egypt the Brit.
ISL have replaced these usages nth
the standards 3 civilization.
Another straw whole haystack of