The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-01

Denver.-Denver leaders of progressive republicans last night issued a call for d state progressive republican convention, ',o he held here June 5, Wednesday. It is for the purpose of eecting a protesting delegation favoring Roosevelt, to be sent to the national republican convention. 2 washington.-After collecting more than .s1s0.ooo for the relief of the famine suf- 2 ferers in Central China, the Red Cross today announced that further donations were not required for that purpose by the society, being advised by the Shanghai scommittee that money contributions e.should not be forwarded after June l. . Lawrence Mass.-Three hundred oper- stives in the mills of the American Wool zen Mills company today joined the opera -tiyes of the carding and combng rooms $ of the wool mill, who went on strike ~on Tuesday because other operatives in .-those rooms refused to become members sof the Industrial Workers of the World.
 London.-A news dispatch from Constan- tinople says that the minister of marine and the minister of the interior had a stand up and knock down fight at yes terdays cabinet meeting as sequence of the severe strictures appearing in the newspapers
 al Minocouah Wis.--One business block of ,this town was burned by fire today Loss estimated at s100000. Bremen had the situation under control by Il o'clock. The Lakeside note, the largest in the town was among the buildings destroyed No one was injured.
 Gaffney, S. C.-Fire this morning swept the business section of Blacksburg, s. C. Damage to the extent of sl00,oo0 was caused.
 ( Chicago.-A special federal grand jury was ordered today for June 10 by United States District Judge Carpenter Federal [ Officials would neither affirm nor deny that the new jury would be asked to in- dvestigate the testimony of the witnesses -in the recent meat packers trial.
 New York.--Lilfan Graham, the show sgiri who, with Ethel Conrad, was ac- quilted of the charge of having at tempted the life of W. E. D. Stokes, filled suit against Stokes today, asking -s100,000 dama ges for false and ma iicious prosecution.''
 
 Terre Haute, Ind.-Indiana coal miners and operators today signed new wage contract for two years, and the strike of the last nine weeks, which has affected 1s,000 workers, ended Sew era1 mines resumed work tonight and .others will open tomorrow.
 New York.-Cornelius Vanderbilt be- came a lieutenant colonel of the Ma 7tional Guard today, when his appoint ment as inspector general with that of brevet title, was officially an snounced.
 4 Ogdensborough. N. Y.-The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their daugh- eter, the Princess Patricia, came down the St Lawrence river through the Thousand Islands on a Canadian gov ernment steamer this afternoon.
 Paris.-John Hayes Hammond, who for several weeks has been visiting the capitals of Europe at the head of the Panama Pacific exposition committee, shas been called home on business and left Paris this evening for England. MT. Hammond expresses himself as sat- isfied at the attitude of the foreign governments toward the exposition and said 1t had been assured of their gen eral participation.
 Mexico Cfty.-The indemnity of B., 1000 pesos Sl,550,000 gold) for the slaughter of more than 300 Chinese in Torreon during the Madero revolution will not be paid on July 1. The senate today passed the consideration of the subject over to the next session which convenes in September
 Washington. Attorney General sWickersham has ordered a federal S,,x. tt,xr sf~ut ion Gar Cal. into the activities of the Indus trial Workers of the World. This ac- ton is in response to an appeal from the city authorities. who charge that the Industrial Workers have offended federal laws by seditious activity and also by violation of American neutral ity in connection with statements re- garding Mexico.
 Mexico City.-The representative of about 60.00O textile workers in 11S fac- tories throughout the country today delivered an ultimatum to the oper- ators, giving them 15 days in which to accede 10 the demands of the la borers for a uniform scale of wages.
 Washington.--A cablegram to the Italian embassy announces ST Turk fish soldiers, including three officers, who were captured on the island of Rhodes by the Italian troops. were sent from Rhodesia to Italy, where they will he held pending exchange as pris- oners of war. The termination of the hostilities are now expected.
 washington.-Presiden Taft today received a delayed cable message from the Aerial League of Australia express sirg sympathy on the death of Wilbur Wright
 Savannah, Ga.--At a special meeting of the directors of the Savannah cotton ex- change today it was decided to accept an invitation from the New York cotton ex- change to send delegates with all other exchanges in the country to take definite action regarding the penalization of cot ton on arbitration and awards at Bremen
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