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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
COLONEL ROOSEVELT0S
TRIBUTE TO DEAD MAN

OF the many tributes to Mayor Gaynor
from men of prominence in public life,
one from Theodore Roosevelt was among
those made public:
Mayor Gaynor's career has been not
only distinguished, but in all its changes
| unique" said Colonel Roosevelt. 1--WE
| have lost in him not only one of the
| most fearless, but one of the most orig
| inal and interesting of all our public serv-
ants, national and local.
week before Mayor Gaynor sailed on
the Baltic he was visited at his country
home at st. James, L. l., by his secre-
| tary, Robert Adamson, and Fire Commits
sioner Joseph johnson. The latter TONIGHT
| in speaking of the mayors condition at
| that time quoted him as saying of his
| Illness:
II coughed all night long, I could not
| stop it. My right lung was fighting it
out with the fish hook in my throat. 1
don't see how my heart stood It. 1 thought
| it would burst. But the doctor now saws
| that | am all right. He says my heart
| is still good l think l shall be all right
| shortly"
| News of the death of her husband
reached Mrs. Gaynor at the Gaynor coun-
| try residence at st. James early this
morning. With her We're Norman, the
second oldest son, and her daughters.
| Helen, Marion and Ruth. Mrs Harry X
''i6utr dioiHtT uduBnler, lives IN cot
tage near the Gaynor home and at once
Joined the famility circle. Another mar
| ried daughter, Mrs Webb has been
! spending the summer at Bay Shore, where
she was notified OF her fathers death.
| Many messages of sympathy and con-
| doience We're received by Mrs. Gaynor.
only intimate friends of the family were
admitted to the home.
Charles +. Murphy Tammanv uar
leader, whom Mayor Gaynor scathing-
| ly denounced as chief of the forces
opposing him, had this to say upon
learning of the death of the mayor to-
| day
Il was very much shocked / knew he
| went away very sick man. deeply
regret his death"
| How Gaynor Died
Death came to Mayor Gaynor as he
sat at rest in a sheltered nook on the
deck of the Baltic. where lie was
warmed by the noontime sunshine of a
brilliant day. He passed away with a
smile on his face
These details of bow the end came
for the noted New Yorker are contained
| in a wireless message from a fellow
passenger on The steamer--the novelist,
Mrs. c. N. Willamson--sent 10 Lon
don and cabled here tonight:
Il think | was the last person to see
Mayor Gaynor alive" Mrs. Williamson >
account runs. 81 was attracted by his
kind and thoughtful face and watched
him with peculiar interest. / often saw
distant look in his eyes. His BODY
here, ! thought, but his heart and mind
are in New York.
1T was only Tuesday that 1 saw how
much better and stronger he seemed.
Wednesday | got up later than usual
and came on deck shortly before
o'clock. As I walked along the prom
ana Ia doc .
his accustomed place. There was smile
on his face and a man just ahead OF
me seemed to think 1t was recogni-
ton. He spoke but the mayor made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
To Confer With Hilles

Washington, September 11.-Senators
Cummins and Jones, representing the
committee on progressives and repub-
licans who demand a revision OF the
rules of the republican party, expect
to confer Monday with Chairman Hilles
of the republican national committee
in New York. The senators will pre-
sent the request of the so-called con-
ciliation committee that the national
committee meet to determine whether
a republican national convention shall
be called to revise the partys rules
covering representation on conventions
and the recognition of delegates elected
by the primary system.
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SUDDENLY ON DECK
OF LINER BALTIC
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the policies of Mayor Gaynor so far as
he knew them
While messages of sympathy from local
political leaders, and from all parts of
the country poured into the mayors Of
flee in the city hail and at the Gaynor
country home at st. James, Long Island
the heated municipal campaign came to
a sudden stop. although many confer
ences were held to review the general
situation.
George McAneny. fusion candidate for
president of the board of aldermen, an
nounced late today that he had decided
to postpone his vacation trip abroad, on
which he had planned to start on Satur-
day. McAneny and William A. Prender-
CAST, fusion nominee for city comptroller
were in conference with Gaynor leaders
relative to accepting their Endorsement
when news of the mayors death was
announced.
Whether another candidate to head the
Gaynor league ticket would be named
was problematical tonight it being urged
from many sources that with the person
ality of Mayor Gaynor removed it would
be useless to continue the league
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
SIX DEMONSTRATION FARMS TO
BE ESTABLISHED IN DALLAS

Selma, September 11.-fSpe cial)
The location of the six demonstration
farms. which will be established
throughout Dallas county by the busi-
ness men of Selma. will be announced
Friday The farm demonstration COM
mittee of the Selma Chamber Of Com
meree met Wednesday morning and
had with them w. L. Lett, district
farm demonstration agent of Alabama.
With Mr. Lett the committee went over
the petitions from all parts of the coun-
ty where one of the farms were wanted
After going over the different petit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
MOTORCYCLE HITS
MONTGOMERY GIRL.

Montgomery, September n.-tSpecial0
What may result in fatal accident oc-
Horrell motorcyclist, ran his machine
into Marshall Allen a young girl, about
IA years of age, opposite her home, at
$40 Clayton street. The girl is seriously
hurt, and may not recover. Those who
witnessed the accident claim that Horrell
tried desperately to stop his machine be-
fore striking the girl and that he nearly
succeeded. The impact. however, knocked
the girl down, and caused injuries froys
which Size may not recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Rogers Attacks Democrats

Representative Rogers of Massachu-
setts, republican, declared tonight that
the democrats of the banking and cur
rency committee were but 'amiable
amateurs" on currency, "and yet they
are to tear up by the roots the entire
banking system of the United States,
the country whose industries are the
most colossal and manifold and whose
financial system is the most complex
of any nation on the globe.
Representative Seldomridge of co..
orado, democrat, vigorously defended
the Glass bill. particularly the provi-
sions insuring government control of
the federal reserve board.
Representative Hulings of Pennsyl-
vania. progressive. discussed the activi-
ties OF President Wilson in connection
with the consideration of the currency
bill
"Since Andrew Jackson he said,
there has been no more determined,
astute politician occupying the presi-
Dental chair than the present occu-
pant of the White House. Under his
influence YOU democrats have swal-
lowed every particle of your ndepen-
dent Judgment If you ever had any
Representative Hulings indorsed
most of the features of the Glass bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Dave e. Dickerson

Greenville, September 11.-(Special }
The body of Dave e. DickerSon, who
died at ST. Margaret's hospital in Mont
gomery on Wednesday afternoon, ar
rived here today and was carried to
the home of his sister, Mrs. S. j. Boil
ing. Funeral services were held at thf
residence by Father Cannon and inter-
ment was made in Magnolia At the
time of his death he was about AZ
years old.
He is survived by his two brothers
Robert Dickerson of Memphis, and
Monte Dickerson of Greenville; his sis
ters Mrs. Belle Stonerode, Mrs. j. Lee
Long and Mrs. S. ]. Boiling.
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uons and requests the committee ac-
eompanied by Mr. Lett went out on an
inspection tour. Wednesday afternoon
they made an examination of the sites
offered in the northern part of the
county around Plantersville Thursday
morning the sites offered in the south
ern part of the county across The Ala
bama river wers examined and Thurs
day afternoon the party examined the
sites in the western part of the county.
Friday morning the committee will hold
another meeting and decide on which
localities the six farms shall be es-
tablished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
CONFEREES BEGIN
WORK ADJUSTING
TARIFF CONFLICTS

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tanned the floor and sent his resigna-
ton to the clerks desk to be read
The House listened in silence and
when the clerk concluded Mr.. Ander-
son in lengthy speech explained his
reasons for resigning.
Mr.. Anderson's Speech
Il am induced to resign my member
ship on the committee on ways and
means" he said, because the rules of
this House and the system of legis-
lation in vogue here deprives me of
my opportunity for service TO the
country on that committee, and be-
cause my continuance on that commit
tee must be construed into an ae-
quiescence In fraud upon those who
have right to believe and do believe
that / have had or shall have some
part in framing the legislation re-
ported by that committee.
The rules of the House, written and
unwrtten, deprive me of my oppor-
tunity for service and the system of
legislation, visible and invisible, which
obtains here strips me of my prerog-
atatives as representative of the peo-
pie. If the present system continues
the inevitable result must be that men
of industry and ability no longer will
'>D-N
He reviewed the course of the tariff
bill through the ways and means COM
mittee and the House and said:
Had No Part in Framing Tariff
Il have had no part in the framing
Of the tariff bill which passed the
House and the Senate. | shall have
none. | am overwhelmed. discouraged
disheartened, by the uselessness and
frutlessness of 1t ALL"
In an analysis OF the operation of
the caucus system Mr.. Anderson de-
clared Ia southern states-Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, mississippi, Missouri North
Carolina, Oklahoma, south Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia---"alone
send 129 democrats to the House
enough to control the Legislative policy
of the caucus and hence of the House
Throughout the day the general dis
cussion of the currency bill continued,
democrats lauding the measure. repub-
licans indorsing parts of 1t and con-
demning strongly the provisions for
bringing national banks into the pro-
posed new system and making the new
reserve notes government obligations.
Representative Lindbergh OF Mime
sofa, progressive member of the bank
ing committee, attacked the bill. He
declared 1T would continue the power
several monopolists to accumulate In
a generation all the property pos
sessed by the plain people and in the
meantime take all the profits from their
labor above the amount required for
bare subsistence.
1T is perpetuating a system, the very
purpose of which is to enable money
lenders, rent collectors, dividend bene-
ficiaries and spectators generally to
take advantage of the actual producers
so as to control production and fix
prices"
THE currency bill Will be enacted
into law before December l." said Sen
ator Hoke Smith, today after confer
ence with President Wilson. The Geor-
gia senator said that every effort
would be made In the Senate 20 hasten
passage of the bill and that while the
administration measure might be
amended in some particulars, he be-
lieved a bill satisfactory to the demo-
cratic majority would be passed by the
Senate during the present session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Miss Fannie Black

Carrollton. September n-(Specal)
Miss Fannie Black died at her home in
the Union chapel neighborhood yesterday
morning at o'clock. after an illness Of
only a few days. She was about 1S years
of age.
The direct cause OF her death was from
injuries received in jumping from a
buggy last Wedn ssday evening, when the
team became frightened and ran away
when sch was returning from church
services at Union chapel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Deaths and Funerals
]. c. Dollar

J. c. Dollar. aged ~ years. cattle
buyer, living at .i25 Sixth avenue. VINO
died at Berry on Tuesday, was inferred in
Huntsville yesterday afternoon. The late
Mr.. Dollar died suddenly In Berry while
on a business trip His remains were
brought to Birmingham and then sent ON
to Huntsville.
The deceased is survived by his widow
and seven chilren, two of whom are may
ried Mrs. Luther Oliver of Huntsville
and Mrs. +. W. Base of Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
To INSPECT Pacific Naval Stations

Washington, September 1.-The
naval affairs committee of the House
today made plans for an extensive trip
of inspection to take in all naval sta
tions on the Pacific and gulf coasts.
The committee will leave, accor1ing
to the tentative plans, on November
20, going to Chicago to inspect the
naval training station there and then
proceeding to the coast. After visit
ing the coast stations from Mare Island
to Bremerton, the committee will re-
turn by way of the gulf coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Heflin CHALLENGED

Representative Hefln has been chal-
lenged to public debate by a woman
suffragist. Mr. Heflin has declined to
meet woman in debate and again as
serts that he will not % so. He says,
hoWAver, that he is perfectly willing to
meet either Senator Owen, who es-
pouses that cause. or any other male
equal suffragist In Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Senate Adiourns to Monday

Washington. September 11.-After an
Intellectual attempt to agree on next
weeks legislative programme. the Sem
ate put the question over till Monday
and several senator's left town for the
week end vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Yancey Villa ms Buried

Wetumpka, September 11.-(Special) }
Impressive funeral services We're held
this afternoon over the body of Yancey
Williams. whose death occurred in Chica-
go Beautiful 1oral offerings mutely ex-
pressed the love and sympathy of friends
and relatives Many members of the
large family connection from distance
attended, the obseluies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
McGoodwin's Nomination Approyed

washington. September 11.-Nomina-
tion OF Preston McGoodwin, an Okla
homa city editor, as minister to Venc-
zueia. which had been contested, was
approved by the foreign relations COM
mittee of the Senate today. 1t will
soon come up for confirmation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Was Strong Man

Washington, September 11.-"Mayor
Gaynor was strong man, with a genius
for politics, said Secretary Bryan today,
on learning of Mr.. Gaynors death HE
was strong, not alone in the sense that
he showed ability in the discussion of
public affairs. but his sympathies We're
broad and his heart enlisted in reform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Ex-CoNGREssMAN ELoPEs

Washington, d. c., September II.
George Curry, one of the most pic
turesque members of the Sixty
second Congress. eloped tonight to
Rockville, Maryland, the capitals
Gretna Green, and married Miss
Martha Clara Cans OF Uniontown,
Pa. Curry is 80 years old, while his
bride gave her age as 21. Objec-
tions by the young woman's par
ents to the match are said to have
prompted the runaway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
Mrs. Jane FretweIl

Marion, September 11.-tSpecial.) }
Mrs. Jane Fretwen died at her home
north of Marion on Sunday and was
buried at Mt. Zion church, the Rev. w.
F. Floyd conducting the service She
is survived by five children, Howard
F'retwell of Tuscaloosa, r. f. and Orren
Fretwell of Marion. Mrs. w. a. Holley
and Miss Mary Fretwell. She was "A
years old and a member of the Meth
odist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Dallas, Tex. September 1L-When
the osman temple goat mascot of the
st Paul, Mimi. Shriners arrives in
Dallas tomorrow in custody Of four
members of Hella temple. who KID
naped" the animal in New orleans to-
day. he viii be received with due eere-
mony. This much was decided at u
meeting Of Hella temple tonight, but
details were left to the officers of the
temple. However. a brass band and a
parade will probably figure in the
progress of the goat and his guardians
to the temple.
What will happen next or when the
goat will start on his homeward jour
ney has not been disclosed.
New Orleans, September 11.-Hella
temple, Dallas, Tex. kidnapped Osman
temples goat today when that animal
was released from the steamship Tur-
rialba by officials of the United states
bureau of animal industry, who had
held 1T in quarantine after it's return
from trip to Panama.
When the Osman temple .Shriners of
st. Paul went to claim the animal to-
day they discovered two Shriners from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

whitestown, n. Y, in 1851 on a farm. lie
had TO help the family in it's struggle for
existence. In this fight he had to take
time for his own education. He gradu-
ated from the Whitestown sennary went
TO Boston to teach school, and afterward
studied law in the office of Ward Hunt
of Utica. who later became a justice of
the supreme court of New York.
In 1873 young Gaynor went to Brooklyn
and became a newspaper reporter. Two
years later he was admitted to the bar.
From that moment until his death Mr..
Gaynor had lived in the midst of contin-
uous political warfare.
He started 1t with an attack upon the
unlicensed saloons in Flatbush, a section
of Brooklyn, and won.
Ten years later he led a successful fight
against the so-called Mclaughlin ring in
Brooklyn. His battle against John Me-
Kane, boss of Sheepshead Bay and Coney
Island, attracted nation wide publicity.
McKane died in Sing Sing.
Was Supreme Court Justice
Gaynor was elected a justice of the su-
prene court of New York in 1895 on a
nomination given him by republicans and
Independent democrats; was reelected
in 1907, but resigned to accept the nomi-
nomination for President. He did not have
which he was elected in November, 1909.
HIS career as mayor or New ork bore
the imprint of his personally in many
striking innovations
As he expressed it. 'I never quarreled
with the organization leaders because |
was too busy: | simply went on doing my
work from day to day and l kept their
hands out of the public treasury"
Mr. Gaynor was writer of many let
ters and attracted national publicity by
these and his politics. Prior to June, 1912,
the mention of mis- name was a frequent
factor in connection with the democratic
nomination for President. He did DOT have
the support from the democratic organ
zation in this state and was not an active
candidate for the honor.
Lacking details of the manner of the
officials death his friends here be-
lieved that heart attack spoken OF in
Rufus Gaynor's cablegram was brought
on by return of the coughing Ats that
had required at intervals since he was
shot
Although the mayor had no PRESENT.
ment that his trip would end fatally,
he had at different times within the
last year or so told his secretary that
the violence of these attacks were a
great strain on his heart and he feared
angina pectors might result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12

Shreveport La. September IL
Shreveport police in sufficient number
to detain the "lSidnapers" were on hand
when the train bearing Iii Arthur
and his captors arrived here early this
morning en- route 10 Dallas, but bond
for the "lxidnapers" was arranged in
advance by local Shriners and they
were allowed to proceed to Texas with
Osman temples goat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
GETTING THEIR GOAT

Dallas had already obtained "Bills and
eluding pursuit. had boarded a train
at noon for Texas.
The goat is said to be the property
of J. Harry Lewis of st. Paul.
After long consultation with two
indignant St Paul Shriners Assistant
District Attorney Daley filed informa-
tions charging Currie McCutcheon, dis
trict attorney of Dallas county. Texas
and Paul .. Vaudeveldin Of Dallas with
grand larceny and having stolen prop
erty in their possession. The goat
whose Christian name Is "Lil Arthur.
is valued at 500 real money and
S1,000,000 sentimentally hence the
charge of grand larceny. The local po-
lice telegraphed the police Of Shreve-
port to intercept LII Arthur wher
the train from this city arrived there
tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-12
LICE 10y. Undertaken. Phone 7ss

SHAW, the Undertaken. Phone =
JOHNS Undertaking Go. Phone 1909.
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no answer and then as l passed [ saw
a different quality in that smile.
1T was as though If some distant
gentle voice whispered to his soul and
his soul was responding to a call from
afar. A sense of foreboding came over
me. In the warm sun of noon | seemed
to feel a chill of the unknown, and only
a few minutes later the ship knew the
mayor had died..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-10

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-10
U. S. STILL OPPOSES
PLANS OF MERGER
Attorney General McReynOIds Believes
Plan TO Dissolve Z. p. and $. +.
Lines Is Vague.

Lines Is Vague.
Washington. ID. c.. June 1C-Attor-
ney general McReynolds disapprovas
both Of the two latest plans for the
dissolution Of the Union Pacific mer-
ger which few days ago were sub
mitted by the Union Pacific ra1iroad TO
the United States court at St Paul
The attorney general will attend the
nearing on the plans to be heard on
Thursday at St Paul by circuit Judges
Sanborn, Hook and Smith and viii on
pose the adoption of either plan on the
ground that each is too vague to meet
the requirements OF the supreme
courts decision ordering the dissolution
law.
Mr.. McReynolds indicated that he
would not go before the court with an
lnslstence of q receivershfp for the
merger as he said that was a question
Tor the court If a plan of dissolution
OF the merger. satisfactory to the court
is not submitted by July ]. the supreme
court mandate provides Tor a govern
ment receivership to accomplish the
dissolution.
Mr.. McReynolds said he sympathized
with the efforts which Robert H. Lovett
and other attorneys for the Union
racine mad made to draft a plan of dis
lntegratlon but that he could not bring
himself to agree to the propositions
now before the court In his opinion.
the plans do not provide a definite
time for the surrender by the Union
Pacific OF its Sl26,00O.0O0 worth Of