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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

buried near their place of confinement.
 The records of Alabama soldiers, as well as the soldiers from every other state in the Confederacy, who died in the north while prisoners of war, are involved in the lists, and the documents will doubtless prove of inestimable value to the families and relatives of some of the southern soldiers whose graves have heretofore been unknown.
 According to the lists the greatest number of Confederate soldiers were buried at Woodlawn National cemetery, having died while prisoners of war at Elmira. N. Y. The total number of soldiers and sailors buried in this cem- etery is 2963. The prisoners of war who died at Columbus and Camp Dem nison, Ohio, were buried in Camp Chase Confederate cemetery, and this num- Der is 2163.
 The lists give as far as possible ac- curate information concerning every other Confederate soldier who died while a prisoner of war in the north and their names and inscriptions on their headstones are given in the lists furnished Dr. Owen by the war de- partment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
FOUR
 REVENUE DISTRICTS

Washir etor, August 23-One reduction In the amount carried by the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill which President Taft signed today made necessary the abolishment of four in ternal revenue districts. This was ac- complishsd by an order which the Pres dent executed consolidating the four districts with other districts as follows:
 District of South Carolina. consolidated with the fourth North Carolina district: District cf Oklahoma. consolidated with district Of Kansas: first district of New Jersey. consolidated with fifth district Ill that state, and the first and second dis tricis in Wisconsin consolidated into the district of Wisconsin.
 The GU. tailment of the appropriation by about s101ou also makes necessary the dropping of one deputy internal collector in each district throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
BILL VINES WRITES ON ; PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
By BILL VINES

Washington, August 23.-tSpecial.)- tie Ray of Sunshine. Hiles, blew into Washington few days ago, typewriters congressman of republican persuasons, and laying a detaining finger on each, said "hist" and they "histed.'
 aMeet mo" said little Sunshine, "at the caucus room of the minority at the Tour of nine and tell all the other breth- ren to do likewise I would impart unto you some cheerful information"
 As many as four met Sunshine and they confabbed together even unto the twelfth hour and behold Sunshine came away from said meeting with his can dle-power of cheerful illumination re- duced to about the horse power of Lightning bug
 Most of those invited by Sunshine shied at said meeting like a gunshy poin- ter pup. at a clay-pigeon tournament, ard were not present in great numbers.
 Those that were there engaged in pouring cold water on Sunshine and otherwise putting a crimp in his wild snd untrammeled enthusiasm. They were first rate "crimpers'' too as crimp- CTS go They told Sunshine that as Il rrognosticator he was a cross between a bad dream and the. latest arrival at a bug house, and that he knew about as much about running a campaign as q dnodle-bug. They were very harsh and sarcastic. Some people will knock. There gre a good many knockers in Washing ton.
 Now 1t is said that Sunshine Hilies Is rondering over the situation. One rude rerson said that Hilles would pile up a good deal more ponder than he would p-sss. In the meantime there is one person that listens unto Hilles with wild abandon. and cheerfully agrees with all Hilles' pipe dreams. He says that Hilles is handing out the proper dope and that all is we'll Pumped full of Hilles' hope who has just been notified that he is the tail of the goat. telegram in which he takes occasion to say:
 sThe republican party continues to be the party of the constitution, the defend CT of our guarantees of civil liberty. pri- yate property and pursuit of happiness"
 No doubt this will be very gratifying Intelligence to Sunny Jim. Pursuit of happiness" is fiue occupation and most people will continue to pursue it in vain is the republican party continues as the defender of the guarantees of our civil liberty" How can fellow pursue hap pliess without meal ticltetY If one Is kept constantly pursuing enough of the elusive and reserved coin of the realm 10 satisfy the loDginGs of large and in- te-esting family and never getting far enough ahead to buy straw bat an3l after the first frost, happiness IS liable 10 get such lead on him that the pur- tuit of same will grow uninteresting and in moot cases positively dstasteful. No enc can live on Ire pursuit Of hapDi- ness." that is no one that we arc per- sonally aware zdksAseDe who have stood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

The situation is believed to be very similar to that in Jefferson county, where a vigorous protest has been made against the raises made by the tax commission in that county. It is thought more than probable that property owners of Mont gomery will also protest against the raises, number of the large tax payers of the city having already announced their intention of appealing to the courts.
 The raises in Montgomery county will be between 5000, GOO and 10000 600, with in- dications pointing towards the latter sum Since the announcement that the com mission had made raises to this amount, there has ben something of a general protest heard on the part of property owners of'the city, and it is expected that strong efforts will be made to defeat the work of the commission in this county.
 Montgomery property owners have been raised in proportion to the property own CTS of Jefferson county, and there is every indication that they will enter just as vigorous a protest against the action of the tax commission as has been made in the latter county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
NEW EMPEROR
 ASCENDS THRONE.

Tokio, August 2s.-Yoshihito Japa.n's new Emperor, today completed the for malities of his accession to the throne. In-1is edit to the members of the diet he said:
 T have ascended the throne of my imperial ancestors and expect to fol- low in the footsteps of the late Elm peror. obeying the guidance of my an- cestors.
 Expenses of the funeral of the late Emperor will amount to $1,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
BANKERS TO MEET
 NEXT IN RICHMOND

Salt Lake City, Utah. August 23. = With the selection of Richmond. Va, as the meeting place for 1913 and the cleo tion of officers for the ensuing year. the convention of the American Institute of Banking closed today.
 The officers elected today are:
 Byron w Moser, St. Louis. president; Harvey B. Hatines, Washington, D. C., vice president; Harry S. Smale. Chica- SC. secretary; Irwin l.. Burgeois. New Orleans treasurer. Mrs. T. R. Durham of Chattanooga, Tenn, was chosen . member Of the executive council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

1 the rigors of a long hard winter on the pursuit of happiness will confer a great boon on society by giving the greatest publicity as to how they did it.
 fellow citizen who has pursued pair of steel gray mules over a forty acre field all summer for the privilege of pay ing 60 per cent profit to the Harvester trust for a new harrow in the fall is lia- bic to flag a little in the pursuit of hap riness and become morose and taeiturn toward the party of the constitution
 Of course it Is very nice of the repub- llcan party to defend our private prop erty." But most people would undertake to defend their own private property, if some one would lower the price of the ordinary hog of commerce. If mess of pork chops would get down to the same level as a pearl necklace, folks living un- der this republican form of government would be glad to take a ten-bore shot gun loaded with rusty nails and defend their property to fare you well.
 We know that it is a great boon to us for the party of the constitution to "de- fend our property and allow us to "pur- sue happiness" but it certainly comes | high. About one more pursuit and a defend or two will put the most of us on the blink. A great many people feel ing that fl was an unjust burden on the government and the party of the eonsti- luton to have to defend their property swapped their property off for a three year old milk COW and two-year old mortgage-the COW not always being q part of the consideration. and not at all essential.
 It is rather dscouraging to a fellow who Is pursuing happiness, when he him self is only about three jumps in front of the sheriff armed with a past due old gold mortgage with per cent trim mings Under such circumstances il is extremely difficult to keep ones mind on one's job.
 Under these conditions it Is estimated that about ten or twelve millions of vox- popui in this land of the free win res pectfuly request the Grand Old Party of the constitution to refrain from. de- lending our property any longer. Under their protection our property has been S, reduced in area and in general health that we are solely afraid that one more term of rigorous defence and all our property would pass away. If the c. O. P. is reelected the national defenders once more, we will simply measure our rroperty for first class funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
NOT NOTIFIED
 OF INTENTION
Mexican Officials Surprised by the Announcement of Gunb0at to
 Mexican Waters


 Mexico City, August 23.-officials of the department of foreign relations here to- night denied any knowledge of the inten- ton of the United States to send gun boat to Guaymas or any other Mexican port. Increduity was expressed as to the accuracy of press dispatch from Washington to that effect.
 Henry Lane Wilson, the American am- bassador, also denied any knowledge of such intention on the part of his gov ernment
 Similar action by the United States in Nicaragua has caused much comment in both official and executive circles as well as in the press of the city. Senator Bacon has been acclaimed the great friend of Mexico"
 boat in Mexican waters would cause much unrest here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
PROBE LYNCHING OF
 COLUMBUS NEGRO

Columbus. Ga. August 2s.-An in- vestigation of the lynchlng last week of T s. McEkhaney, a negro boy, who boy was begun here today by the Muskogee county grand jury. Several witnesses were examined in an effort to indentify members of the mob which took the negro from officers in tho courthouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Fatally Wounds Wife

Greensboro. N C.. August 2s.-Alleg- ing she had been untrue to him,s J. w Beland., we'll known man of Will son, N G. today shot and perhaps fatally injured his wife. Two shots were fired, one entering the abdomen and the other lodging in the steel rib to officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
MOBILE WILL SPEND $5O,OOO
 IMPROVING CITY HOSPITALS

ment. claims that the expenditure of se0.- 600 or $75000 on the Mobile city hospital will be equal to s1Oo,o0O saent on the Hill man hospital.
 The commission met today in response to demand of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business league. Com missioner Pillans denounced as untrue the figures published in a Birmingham after noon'paper that the property of the medi- cal department.h here is worth only s50,oo0. He says it is worth easily sl50,00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

" couldn't if wanted ohy
 
  0 working Wilson
      Wuson
  appauded the crowd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
PERSONAL

w. r. Bissett. former manager of the casualty department of the Southern States Fire and Casualty company, has left for an indefinite stay in Mississippi to organize that state for the Florida Fire and Casualty company of Jacksonville. Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Perkins Amplifies Denial !.

New York. August 2s.-George ". Perkins today amplified his denial Of Senator Penrose's charge that he raised 5000, 900 to finance the Roosevelt cam , paign prior to the republican nationai convention in Chicago. In state ment MT. Perkins said
 "It is not true that $3.0oO,ooo was raised for the Roosevelt campaign prior to the Chicago convention or since It Is not true that $2.000,ooo or sl,ooo, aon or $500. 900 or $250.0o0 was raised. Sucb statements are absurd We did not have to manufacture sentiment It was already there. I am told that the republican national convention at Chi cago cost y70,000. Ours cost $17.ooo. As to my underwriting the Roosevelt cam paign fund, that Is ridiculous. l never underwrote a national. state or even a county campaign fund in this or any other country. not even in Asia. 1 think that ought to cover it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Prominent pbve;c,an nesd

New orleans. August 23.-Dr Paul E. Archinard, one of tho leading phys icians of Louisiana and well known throughout tho country for his hac- teriel resources, died at his home in this city this afternoon after an ill- ness Of several weeks. He was bs years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
BANDIT ROBBED
 ANOTHER TRAIN Lounsberry Confesses to Rifling Mail on Oregon
 Express

Topeka. Kan August 2S.-The dar- ing holdup of the Union Pacific mail train near here last night was not the first big robbery Willis Lounsberry of Medford, Ore, had executed. As he lay on cot in the hospital here to- day seriously wounded Lounsberry confessed he held up a Southern Pa ciic train in a similar manner last January at Red Blun, Cal. His oper- ations then were similar to those of last night. The robber said in the Cal ifornia holdup he boarded the train at Red Bluffs and forced the three mail clerks to pick out the registered mali for him. At Bedding he boarded a sleeping car on the same train and escaped detection.
 It was said at the hospital tonight Lounsberry would recover.
 San Francisco. August 2s.-The Southern Pacific robbery. at Red Bluff, cleverest and most daring in the west in recent years
 lone bandit swung aboard the mall car of the northbound Oregon Express at Red Bluff and at the point of a pis tol forced one of the mall clerks to bind and gag his two companions.
 The robber then tied up third clerk and rifled six sacks of registered mall To avert suspicion he threw off the proper mail at stations along the way
 When the express pulled Into Red ding the bandit leaped from the car or the side opposite the station. It was not suspected he had reboarded the same train and posses searched for him for days
 The amount he obtained from the registered mail was not made public but the newspaper estimate of his haul ran into the thousands.
 Duluth, August 23.-Wells Louns- berry, who was shot after holding up train near Topeka. Kan, was a for mer resident of Duluth and member of well known family.
 Lounsberry left Duluth A number of years ago and later settled in Medford, Ore. He worked here as printer in the early days when his father, Col onel Lounsberry. was editor of the Duluth News. He later was appointed to position in the postal service by President Cleveland. He visited here last March and, so far as known. was doing well as a fruit grower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Kaiser Is III

Cassel, Hesse-Nassau, August 23- The German Emperor has contracted a slight cold. Owing to this indisposi- ton the proposed attendance of his majesty at the Court theatre had been cancelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

MT. Roosevelt said, which has brought him to. disaster in Pennsylvania, for he is never able to understand that other men are not actuated by his own incurable disease of soul. There is noth- ing I welcome more than MT Penroses s oppositfon. Senator Poindexter point ed out the exact spot when he said
 ".Mr. Penrose and his allies, demo- cratic and republican alike, were in a conspiracy tos serve the cause of cor ruption in politics and business alike by endeavoring through islander and mendacity to oppose the only men and the only party which seriously en- dangers the rule of corruption in pol tiles and business-the progressive party and itsfcandidate's detriments.'
 Likes His Opposition
 That Is worst in our political life and ir the alliance between business and politics which has done so much to degrade political life. I hail his op position with genuine and unfeigned ioy. It is eminently beftting that MT. Penrose, nominal republican. should be doing his best In alliance with the democrats who think as he does to assail the progressive party. He uses the republican machine and can make terms with the democratic machine, but he and his kind can make no terms with us. I want myself honored by his opposition and count that opposition as ,a certificate of character for the progressive party for 1t shows the pro- gressive party alone and It's leaders are the foes really dreaded by the Pen roses in our public life
 When Mr. Roosevelt finished he left the reporters. ,tHe returned soon and added:s "Please say also. that until Mir Penrose spoke the other day never had heard of Mir Archbold's name in the making of contributions to the republican party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
CORE ON DISCLOSURES

Chicago, August s3.-Senator Gore declared today that the disclosures heinz made at Washington regard ing campaign contributions would result in the formation of re publican Woodrow Wilson club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24

Mobile, August 23.-(Special)-A resolu- tion calling for the expenditure a1ter Jan uary Of s5oYo on the Mobile city hos ptal was unanimously adopted at spe- cial meeting of the city co/nission to- day., This action follows the bid of Bir- mingham for,>the medical department of the University of Alabama and her prepar- ations for obtaining it by the issuance of sdO0,O0O in bonds for the improvement of the Hillman hospital there Dr. Eugene Bondurant, dean of the medical depart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Renlies to Penrose

Replies to Penrose
 New York. August 23.--Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt declared that Senator Penrose's statement ethat George w. Perkins "underwrote my primary ex- penses for $3.00o.0O0 or any sum even remotely resembling 1t is de- liberate and malicious falsehood which he knows to be such when he makes it. MT. Penrose." he added. would do we'll not to attribute to others the in finite business interests which actuates his own personality.
 "The statement that the letters and telegrams to MT. Cortelyou,' MT, Roosevelt said. were written for the purpose of going into the record and were not genuine and were not-accept- ed by MT. Cortelyou as genuine. Is a deliberate and willful falsehood and Senator Penrose knows 1t to be such when he makes it. My first letter written as soon as heard a rumor that the. Standard oil people had con- tributed and explicit and unequivocal
 In it's terms. was written on October 6, my second letter. If possible even more emphatic. on October 27 should explain NotAhearing, l wrote october 29. then received from Mir. Cortelyou a statement that my wishes would be complied with and no contribution from the Standard Oil people would be ac- cepted. If any such subscription was received it was not only without my knowledge but against my explicit di- rection. These letters speak for them selves. They went into the records, of course. but they went there because they were genuine and bore on the face the proof that they were genuine and because I received the assurance that they were accepted in the spirit in which I wrote them I wish to add Ao< pf.ix tHof Ao- telyou told me that they would be thus acted on he was saying what he un- derstood to be in exact accordance with the facts. No man can honestly mis- understand these letters and no man who is not dishonest man can put any interpretation on them other than that which they bear on the face. Let nae again ask anyone who wishes to know the truth to read my speech of last night as to the action of my administration and to read the statement made at the time I gave you the copies of my three letters the other day. The speech and the let ters cover everything
 Penrose's Motives
 The reason that MT. Penrose and his political allies and his packers and masters in the world of finance are against me now Is because they and their kind could not use me while I was President because while treat ed every politician and every hnancier with justice. I yet declined to do one act for any of them that was not it. self both absolutely proper and abso- lutely just. If I had been willing to act in different manner Mir. Penrose and his allies and his packers in the world of politics and the world of bus mess would now he enthusiacticalIy i supporting me instead of opposing me with anger. hatred and malevoience born of the fact that they were un- able to use me and that they know | It is hopeless ever to expect to use a Roosevelt.
 1 'Mr Penrose's attitude in this mat ter symbolizes his habitdal attitude.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
ROOSEVELT GIVES
 OUT DENIAL OF THE
 ARCHBOLD CHARGES

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-27

lied Wednesday evening at the home
of h BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs s
F: Stewart. Rev. J.. T. White OF Man
was Miss Grace Phillips. and the
groom was. attended bv the brides
brother, DR.. Carr C. Stewart MISS
silk null. a long veil, and carried a
shower bouquet of bridal roses. Mr..
and Mrs. Miller went Immediately to
their new cottage at Seventh and Polk
tended the affair were: Mrs. Jack
Huff of Kansas City, Nc, Mrs. Jesse
Carson OF Garnett and Mrs. Q. f.
Johnston of Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Wardin
and their scr, Lloyd Wardin, left this
morning. in their car, and will motor
through Nebraska and Iowa to Fond
du Lac, Wis, where they will spend
the: sqfmmer.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Clad Han ilton left to-
day for Eldora Lake, Colorado, where
they will spend six weeks.
is the guest of Miss Dorothy Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Frantz are
visiting relatives in Lawrence.
Chancellor Snow of Kansas univer-
sity, and her daughter. Mrs. W. II.
Brown of Salisbury, Rhcdesia, S. A,
pass through Topeka tomorrow on
their way from Palo Alto, Cal, where
they have Teen spending the winter,
to Mrs. Shows home in Lawrence.
Mrs. Brown and her three children
leave soon for South Africa. Mr..
Frank l.. Snow of Topeka will spend
next week with his mother in Law
enc
Mrs, L. A. Gilbert and daughter.
Beatrice, of Chicago, and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. Mack of Newton, Kan, will
spend Sunday with their mother. Mrs.
Noble Prentis, at the Virginia. !,
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
United Brethren church will meet Fri
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock with Mrs.
George Elliot, 5000 Van Buren,.
Miss Ethel Reed of Rossville, who
was the guest of Miss Gladys Dough-
erty, has returned to her home. Miss
Beatrice Fast of FairvieW, ok, has
also been visiting Miss Dougherty.
Mrs. Ralph J. Wilson and son, Fran
els Earl, of Ell Paso, Tex, are visiting
in Topeka.
frage association will meet in the state
headquarters at the Mills building Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Miss Beulah Tatman of Dallas, Tex,
who usually spends her summers in
Topeka is the guest of her aunt and
uncle Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas 3 Lyon,
1880 College venue.
Mrs. w. r. Gilmor and children
leave next week for a visit at the
home of relatives in Paola, Kan.
Mrs. Glen Hrlcer VINO mas peel inc
guest of her mother, Mrs. Florence
Burge. leaves today for a visit in St
Louis.
Mrs. H. C. Bowman, who has been
in Chicago, returned home today.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. -Culpepper and her son,
Ross. of Junction City. are the guests
of Mrs. G. r.. Mattingly.
Miss Helen Dowst of Chicago is the
guest of Miss Edith Council.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Mallon are the
parents of a son, Edward Alonzo,
born June %. Mr. and Mrs. Mallon
live at 1868 Tyler street.
Mrs. w. O. Allen of Enid, Ok, is
the guest of Mrs. Frank L. Ebey of
Clay street. Mrs. Ebey recently re-
turned from Hutchinson, where she
was the guest of Mrs. F. E. DERRICK
Mrs. Edith H. Clarke is in Norborne,
Mo