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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19


the Gaynor home and in the evening the
casket Will be brought to the city hall in
Manhattan and placed In the rotunda
where it will lie in state Saturday night
and Sunday.
guard Of honor. comprising relays Of
uniformed police and firemen, will re-
main on duty at the city hall until Mon
day morning when the funeral cortege
starts for Trinity church for the funeral
After the SERVICES in the church the pro-
cession will wend it's way over the Brook
lyn bridge to Brooklyn borough hall,
where the mourning column will disband
and the funeral party proceed to Green
wood cemetery where the burial will take
place.
The Correction steamed down the bay
early this evening. She was a hearse
afloat. with catafalque on deck, her
flag dropped at half mast and her upper
deck a solemn spectacle of black Down
in the engine room and in the deck houses
the members of the crew had replaced
their blue oil-stained o,'eralls with black
trousers. black shirts and black bow ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Mayor Gaynor's $ Body To Be
Landed In New York Today

New York, September 1s.-All arrange
ments mad been completed this evening
'kfor the tribute the city will pay to its
dead executive, William J. Gaynor, whose
body will be landed from .the steamer
Lusitania here tomorrow.
At o'clock this afternoon the Lusitania
was reported by wireless off Nantucket
light, and 1t was expected she would
pass Sandy Hook at midnight or shortly
afterward 1t was arranged for the de-
partment Of corrections boat Correction
to draw up alongside the liner down the
bay to transfer the body from the steam
er's decks to the untitled casket resting
on the heavily draped catafalque on the
upper deck of the little vessel.
The Correction will land the body in
Brooklyn and tomorrow and Sunday
morning. it will remain with the late
/ ma yor's family. Saturday afternoon a
\ nrivate funeral servil;e will be held in
.I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--Impeachment court organizes.
Currency bill passed by House.
Diaz summoned to return to Mexico.
Traction strike still imminent.
2-Birmingham man testifies In case.
3--Europe ready to take advantage of
new tariff laws.
4-Editorial comment.
5--Another shake-up in the Alabama
Power company.
Goodwin here to meet Bankhead.
Selma sensitive to Lacy charges.
Bankhead does not want Underwood
to run.
State committee meets in December
to call primary.
Underwood will announce as soon
as bill is signed.
6--Women's page.
Fall openings.
7-Sports.
S-Bessemer needs another teacher
9EI.awyer charges client kidnapped.
12-Wikle may run for legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
SLOW BUT SURE
Confederate Made False Start

years the postal authorities have kept
watch abroad for Walter c. Fernald. To-
day they caught him when he returned
to the United States on the steamship
Majestic. Fernad was indicted in Tren-
ton, n. j., several years ago on charge
of using the mails in a conspiracy to
defraud.
Government officers said Fernald had
a long police record and had served time
in San Quentin prison, California. They
allege that Fernald in 1906 was head of
the. Security and Purchasing company
and Imperial Trustee company of Jer-
sey City, and that he advertised to fur
nsh capital for new corporations and coll
lected fees ranging from 5000 to $1,000 from
numerous customers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
SENATOR WAGNER
TO BE CHALLENGED

The governors attorneys refused to ex-
plain why they purposed to challenge
Senator Wagner and the opposing coun-
sci said they We're in the dark concern
ing it,
The senator himself suggested that 1t
might be claimed that he had assumed
prerogatives of the lieutenant governor
since the Impeachment of Governor Sui
ger, but he added he had laid no claim to
the office and had not attempted to dis
charge any of its functions
Counsel for the assembly board of man
ayers contend that precedent has estab-
lished the right of the challenged senators
to sit as members of the court
The impeachment court as constituted
today numbered 81 of whom As are SEN
ators and nine judges of the court of APP
peals two-thirds majority of the court
is required by the constitution to con-
vict.
Scores of witnesses are under subpoena
to testify. At least 80 will be called to
establish the case of the prosecution, the
managers assert. and 1t is believed that
J as many Will be called by the defense
Whether Governor Sulzer would be put
on the stand in his own defense and
whether his wife, who is reported to be
questioned stock transactions In Wall
secrets which the governors counsel to-
night refused to divulge.
ANOTHER WITNESS
SAID TO BE MISSING
Louis A. Sarecky. secretary to Mr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
GENERAL STRIKE OF
TRACTION MEN IN
LONDON IMMINENT
While Danger of National
Strike Is Averted for the
Moment, the Situation
Grows Worse

London, September lS.--Despte the IN
tervention of the lord mayor. which led
to the concession by the Tillings Bus
company of the right of the men to wear
union badges, a general strike of the
traction employees is still imminent on
the clear-cut issue of recognition of the
union.
Explaining the failure of a conference
held at the mansion house today, Or,
- ui1ei ben smith, nc mass meeting of
'tgie strikers tonight declared: I'VE are
preparing to stop every passenger carry
ing yehicle in London before we viii lose
the light Tilings win come frst;s then
the General Omnibus company, then the
Tub tubes, and after that If we are
forced to 1t, the street cars"
The strikers declare that the Tillings
with regard to wearing badges
are not enough; that the union must be
recognized and the grievances with ref
erence to wages and hours adjusted
Mass Meetings Tonight
Mass meetings of employees of the bus
row night. The Tillings service was bad
ly crippled today and will probably be
suspended tomorrow
The recent amagamation of the London
underground railways, tubes and 'busses
and privately owned street cars, forms
one of the most powerful traction com
bines in existence The unionizing of the
employees of these interests has proceeded
with equal success. Therefore the ex-
ecution of a general strike order means
the practical stoppage of all passenger
carrying traffic, except the municipal
street cars. Even the latter might ioin
in sympathetic strike
The failure of the executive board of
the National Railways union either to in
dorse or repudiate the sympathetic strike
of the freight handlers has relieved the
danger of a national strike for the mo-
ment but this action has brought about
worse situation at both Liverpool and
Birmingham
The news circulated at Birmingham m
that the governing body had indorsed
the demand for a national strike was
bailed by the strikers there with wild
delight. But this was turned to intense
anger when a denial was received The
strikers adopted a resolution condemn
ing the executive board and reiterating
their demand for a national strike.
Freight Paralysis Spreading
The freight paralysis at Birmingham
is affecting other points in the nidlaads.
accepting any freight for Birmingham.
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stantly he was besought to accept the
challenge. Yesterday leaders of the
cause called the captain from his
duties in the House and urged him to
meet the champion of the antis and
annihilate him on the spot
Captain Hobson, it is said, has agreed
to do so. In fact he told Representative
Hefiin in person that he would meet
him on the stump and discuss this
great and vital issue with him. But,
unfortunately, the captain cannot do
so at this time Other urgent matters
demand his attention. same being his
campaign in Alabama and the time
fixed for the undoing of Mr.. Heflin
must be postponed until after the pri-
maries in Alabama next spring
Representative He1in's stand against
woman suffrage has brought him hun
dreds of letters from all over the coun-
try from women who are opposed to
the movement" who commend his
course and urge. him TO keep II up on
the etner hand capfafn Tfobaoh Il
equally regarded by the ladies who seek
the ballot, and both sides confidently
expect that when the battle Of words
does take place their particular favorite
will come off the victor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Hobson Agrees To Debate
Woman Suffrage With Mr..
Helm After Next April
BY C. e. STEWART

Washington, September 1S.-(Special)
With two Alabamans prominently in
the lime light In Washington, one as
an advocate of votes for women" and
the other opposed to this programme
lively times might be expected II the
ladies advocating woman suffrage and
those opposed could have their way.
Representative Hehin is now look ed
upon as the national champion of those
opposed to woman suffrage, and Repre-
sentative Hobson is counted as the ma
tional leader of the advocates of female
suffrage.
Representative Hefiin recently issued
a challenge to any member of Congress
who believed In woman suffrage to meet
him on the stump and discuss the ques-
-tion. Ne OF ezssente ] to have tie eotirasse
TO pick up the gauntlet cast down By
41r. .Hefin and to the consternation of
the fair advocates of votes for won't
en- there il remained until Captain
Hobson returned to the capital In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Jury WILL PASS ON
SANITY OF SLAYER
OF ANNA AUMULLER
Schmidt and Counterfeiting
Partner, Muret, Are Be-
ing More Closely
Connected

New York, September 1S.--While steps
were being taken today to have a jury
pass on the sanity of Father Hans
Schmidt, bit upon bit of evidence was pill
ing UP. linking closer and closer the
lives of the slayer of Anna Aumuller
Or. Ernest Muret.
Muret was the central figure in the
days developments in the case. The
priest, whose very right to the name he
claims and to the cloth he wore is being
called in question, grew morose in his
cell and talked little. Muret appeared
in court to plead guilty and be held
on the charge of having dangerous
weapon in his possession. but this charge
was more of a formalty than anything
else, serving merely to hold him in the
hands of the state authorities while the
mysterious twists and turns of his many
sided life are being followed up and his
association with the Aumuller girls muir
derer traced to its beginning.
Schmidt's Cousin
information the authorities already have
acquired in their search, to have prac-
ticed medicine under other names in Chi
cago, England and on the continent, has
been thought by the police almost from
the beginning to bear some blood rela-
tionship to Schmidt. Thus the s.dvices
tonight from Aschaffenburg. Germany
Schmidts birthplace, that Muret is now
believed to- be the murderer's cousin
Adolf Mueller. caused little surprise
among the investigators
This development, bringing with it
the statement that the cousins We're
close friends and that Mueller long ago
DISAPPEARED, perhaps was the most i'm
portant of any along the line of In
quiry which seeks to establish con-
nection of long standing between the
two men, 1t came out also, however,
through the discovery of an engraver
|-who made copper plates for Schmidt
seemingly had far closer knowledge
than he has at any time admitted Of
Schmidts counterfeiting operations.
having Accompanied schmidt to the
engraver's shop when the plates were
secured.
AS for Schmidt himself the many
aliases he used led Inspector Faurot,
in charge of the case, to suspect that
the clerical prisoner might not be the
Hans Schmidt of Aschaffenburg but an
imposter This theory, while somewhat
TT cross purposes with that which has
brought out the supposed blood rela-
tCeatinued on Page Eishp
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Declines to Interfere

Washington, September 1s.-Attorney
General McReynods declined to interfere
with the ruling of Judge NanFleet that
Maury I. Diggs and r. Drew Caminetti
convicted of violating the white slave
act. should serve their sentences in
San Quentin penitentiary. Defendants
counsel asked that they be sentenced to
the federal prison at McNeills Island.
Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Sulzer Fails to Appear in
Person = Objections of
Counsel Swept Aside
Temporarily
PROCEEDINGS ARE
CONDUCTED WITH
GREAT SOLEMNITY
Court Convenes and Adjourns Tn
til This Morning While Rules
Are Being Framed by Com
mittee-Sulzer Not APP
parently Worried

Albany, n. ", September fs.-Wii-
Ham sulxer, governor of New York,
charged by the assembly with high
crimes and mIsdemeanors, failed to np-
pear In person today before the high
court Of fmpeachment when II convened
to begin the trial which will deter
mine his guilt or Innocence. Instead
his attorneys entered special appear
ance in the governors behalf and chaI-
lcnged the organization of the court
aud Its jurisdiction over the accused.
The objections of counsel were swept
aside temporarily by Chief Judge Ed
gar NJ. Cullen of the court Of appeals
president and the Impeachment tri-
bunaI proceeded to organize.
The court convened nj noon and adj
1ourncd an hour later until tomorrow
TO permit a committee of three to pre-
pare and report rules of procedure.
No objection wns interposed 10 ruiz
ing of Judge cullen that the three
designated Judges of the court of ap-
penls--Judges Miller, Chase md His
cock-be permitted to sit with the cleo
tive Judges az members Of the high
court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Princess Kills Herself
When Th7vdrted In LoUe

Heidelberg, Germany. September rs.
Princess Sophia of Sake Weimar- Eisen-
ach, beautiful young woman, unusu-
ally popular, of sunny disposition and
much courted by the officers with
whom she often rode behind the hounds
at the Baden court hunts. committed
suicide early this morning. Her body.
with bullet wound in the temple, was
found this morning In her room in the
palace of her father, Prince William.
The death of the princess was due
to love affair She was engaged to
Hans Won Bleichroeder, the eldest son
of the senior member of one of the
most powerful banking houses in Ger
many. When the engagement was an
nounced prematurely some moaths ago
1t wa armed that the re gnins grand
duke tsiHea William Ernest. strenu-
ousl, rtyntti'e the union unless tho
prin re91i,sca1 all her tiles ana
digd a refused to do
p 81 Sqli4a s. her parents We're
mus ieio r. ,idelberg for the
int tttr Hai ken in the poor
and fntfat Dlic welfare, al
tho sztaes ras by no means
we eas ang on an appan-
ag' W. fcie e grand duke. AS
Ihes faif the grand duke
obi 1 tat tf N of the princess
wi a Nse occupied an inferior
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
IMPEACHMENT COURT
is ORGANIZED TO TRY
NEW YORK GOm1ao.%s:sfss::s:ss, 1ao.s:s fss:::s,. OR
COLONEL SMITH is
CHAMPION RUNNER
OF UNION VETERANS
Does 140-Yard Dash in IL Seconds.
Wins ~ Mile Run in 16:10-Seven
Participants All Over 60-Cos-
tunes Defy Description

Chattanooga. September 1S.-Col. J. l..
Smith, aged 60 of Detroit, this afternoon
retained the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie speed championship title by winning
a sprint and long distance race from
seven challengers The Michigan cham
pion took the l4o-yard dash in the re-
marka BILE time of II seconds. In the Cruel
ling two and half mile contest Colonel
Smith crossed the tape 300 yards ahead
Of II. G.. Barnes. aged 6s of Pittsburg.
The elapsed time was 16 minutes 10 sec
onds.
Confederate Made False Start
Meredith Wolfe, aged 80, of Chattanooga
broke through the barrier on a false start
just preceding the first race. The Con-
federate veteran was speeding swiftly
around the track when called back by
his Union comrades. He felt unable 10
start again and was scratched from the
entry list
Costumes of the participants in I ie
events rival description. Colonel Smith was
arrayed in a salmon colored suit over
which he wore pair of dark blue gym
pants. Col IL. G. Barnes, who finished
second in the miniature marathon, ap-
peared in full suit of sky blue material
Pink socks adorned his feet and dark
blue trunks completed the outfit. Col. G.
w. Howe, aged 20, of Port Huron, Mich.
took third honors in both races. Tow
ering six feet high, very slender and with
a flowing beard, Colonel Howe sped
around the track in a suit of tan under
wear, blue running pants and yellow
socks.
Large Crowd Cheers Racers
A large crowd of men and women
cheered the racers.
In the 140-yard dash w. G. Allen, aged
e., of Clinton, Ky. led for half a lap.
Colonel Smith followed closely behind with
Colonel Howe third w. A. Heinchon,
aged 81 of Cleveland fourth, Colonel
Barnes fifth and Jacob Hoffer, aged 6S, of
st. Cloud, Fla, sixth. Just after the turn
Colonel Smith sprinted ahead of his COM
race from Kentucky, and the race was
finished in that order.
Few thought. that any of the confess
tants would complete the two and half
mile race. Colonel Barnes set the pace
for the greater part of this race. In the
fourth lap he was passed by Colonel
Smith, who gained a lap, and then fol-
lower directly in the steps of the Pennsyl-
vanian until the twenty-eghth lap, when
he again passed Colonel Barnes. Thirty
laps were necessary to complete the dis
tance. Colonel Howe of Michigan covered
the entire distance in slow trot Other
contestants were forced to drop out of the
race in the early laps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
Congress- Pnstnoned

Pocatello. Idaho. September IS.
Senator Brady of Idaho. president of
the Transmississippi Commercial con-
gress, today announced that the twen-
ty-fourth annual session of the con-
gress. which was to have been held at
Wichita, Kan, October 81, has been
postponed until next year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
CONFEREES REACH
AN AGREEMENT ON
WHEAT AND FLOUR
House Accepted the Senate
Amendment Without Any
Change-Wide Differ
ence of Opinion

Washington, September 1S-A settle
Senate and the House over the proposed
duties of wheat and -four was reached
by the democratic members of the tariff
conference committee today. The nature
of the agreement was not made public,
but 1t is understood that the House
members finally accepted the Senate
amendment almost without change.
Under this provision, both wheat and
flour would go on the free list and a
duty of 10 cents per bushel would be
assessed against wheat imported from a
country levying a duty on American
wheat and duty of 45 cents per barrel
against flour imported under like con-
dtions. The House had put a straight
duty of 10 cents per bushel on wheat
and had free listed -four with coun-
loren.
Precedent Established
Today's agreement established a pre-
cedent, which, it is understood will be
followed in other cases in imposing
countervailing duties.
1t is expected that the conference will
approve a countervailing duty of 10
per cent on potatoes which both houses
have put on the free list and that the
countervailing duty on wood pulp, put
in by the House and later stricken out
by the Senate. may also be adopted.
Wide differences of opinion developed
in the conferences over the duty on
lead and zinc ore, burlap. ferro manga
nese ore and several other items. An
agreement was reached on the meat in
spection provision applied to free meat
from abroad and the section win be re-
written so that the rigid provisions Of
the american inspection laws viii be
applied in some of their more npor-
tant features to imported meats
A night session of the conference was
held tonight for the first time owing
TO the slow progress made on the bill
today. The decision of the conferees to
drop Senate amendments proposing
tax of s110 a gallon on all fruit bran
dies used to fortify sweet wines was
vigorously attacked in the Senate to-
day by Senator Pomerene. He declared
that II the provision were dropped. he
would make fight on the floor of the
Senate against approval of the con-
! ference report.
| The amendment met objections from
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-08
Argus Branch Offices

For the accommodation OF its patrons
In various parts OF the city, The Argus
has established q system OF branch Of
ncea. where subscriptions and want ad-
vertising may be received and any in
formation left that may pertain TO any
department or the paper. news or bust
ness. T. is also planned 20 have at each
Of these branch Offices every evening a
supply OF copies Of The Argus OF the
DAY. 50 that any subscriber who may
nave failed under any circumstances 70
receive the paper, viii be supplied free
OF charge.
The ArRus chain OF branch Offices
includes the following:
J. J. Kipp's notion store, 1915 Fifth
avenue.
II. p. Rowe's pharmacy, l11s Four
teentn avenue.
sehneideTs drug store. Twenty-sev-
enth street. Seventh avenue.
Cllemeyer's drug store, Eleventh ave-
nue.. Fifteenth street
Daiiey's lunch room, 400 Fourth ave-
nuc.
Mrs. Londcn's notion store, Seventh
street Fourteenth avenue.
TIeimbeck's pharmacy. 922 Third ave-
nue..
Ernest Eberts grocery. s25 Eleventh
avenue.
Rudert drug store. Thirtieth street
and Fifth avenue.
College pharmacy. Seventh avenue
and Thirty eighth street.
Olson grocery. Thirteenth avenue anc
Thlrtieth street
Steiner drug store corner Fifth ave-
nue and Twenty-thi-d street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-08
Rock Island. II.
Notice Of Publication.

state of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Probate Court. To the Sep
TENDER term, 1918
Nancy A. Bachelor, administrative OF
the estate Of Monica Bachelor, deceas-
cd, VS.. William V. Bachelor, Charles
Y. Nelson, Nels 7. +. Nelson, Milton
Boss, William r. Boss. and Hugh A
JoAnston, administrator OF the estate
OF David Hamilton. deceased. Petition
TO sell real estate to pay debts.
AFFIDAVIT Of nCu-residencs OF Nels p
= Mellon, iEpleaded with the above
oefeno2Hts. having been flied in the
clerks Office Of the probate court of
given TO the said nonresident defend
ant that the petitioner fled her petit
fion IN said court on the second day OF
August 1913, and that thereupon q
summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit is now pending, re-
turnable on the first Monday in the
month of September next, as Is by law
required
Now. unless you, the said non-resi-
dent defendant above named, NeIs p. F.
Nelson, shall personally be and appear
day Of the next term thereof. to be
holden at Rock Island in and fer the
said county. on the first Monday In sep
TENDER next. and plead, answer or de-
muir TO the petition, the same ana the
matters and things therein charged and
stated viii be taken as confessed, ana a
decree entered against you according
JOHN z. FLEMING, Clerk.
Rock Island, Ill, Aug. 2, 1919.
Marion z. Sweeney petitioners soiic-
itor-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-08
LEGAL.
Guardians Sale Of Real Estate.

Guardians Sale OF Real Estate.
State of Illinois, County of Rock Is
land-ss:
In the Probate Court, at the August
term, A d. 1913.
BY virtue of a decretal order of the
probate court OF said county, entered
on Aug. 8, 1913, at the August term of
said court, A. ID. 1913, on the applica-
tion of Francis X. Webster, as guardian
of Louis V. Webster, minor to sell the
following described real estate. belong
Ing to said minor, situated in the county
of Schuyler and state of illinois, and
being the undivided one-tenth G-l0thD
of all the. following described real es-
tate, to-wit:
Lot No. eleven CID the north one
half of lot No. ten G0), and five (5)
feet eff the south side of lot No twelve
112D, all in block No. three go, in Will
liam McCreery's addition to the town
tnow city, of Nashville. except eighty
(so) feet of the west end of all of said
tracts; also lot two t2), in block two
Cd. In James @. McCreery's first addi-
ton TO the town tnow city, of Rush
vile. 1 shall. on Tuesday the ninth
day of September, A. ID. 1918, at the
east door OF the court house, I'm the
city Of Rock Island, and state afore-
said, at the hour of 2 o'clock d. m
offer for sale all the interest OF said
minor in and to the said real estate. al
public Vendue to the highest and best
bidder or bidders. Terms OF sale, cast
on approval of sale by the court.
Dated this 9Th day of August, A ID
1913. FRANCIS K WEBSTER.
Guardian for Louis Y. Webster, Nj
nor.
II. D. Lewis. and Walker, Ingram &
Sweeney, solicitors.