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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07

Rrowsville, Tex, juno ct was learned
tonight that a commissioner from the
Headquarters of the federal army at
Monterey. Mexico. arrived at Matamofas
todav with a PROPOSAL which Gan. Lucio
Blanco. rebel commander in chief, con-
sidered Improper and without dignity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07

Washington, June 6.-Sunset today
marked the beginning of the observance
by the delegates attending the conference
of Seventh Day .Adventists of the World
of the last Sabbath o; the denominations
24-day session at Takoma Park, MI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

The Chancellor Is an equity Judge and
no jures sit in his court. This will
remove the objection TO Judge elected
Commissioners. The Conmiss ionc- and
the Sheriff will prcparr The Jury l;sts.
thus leaving the Sheriff some part Of
his present power. hut subj.c,ins his
actions to scrutiny.
In his speech ~ the high school IN
Jersey city last night the President said
again that he came as n .Ierseyman TO
fulfil old pledges. He averred his "a
miliarity with the men who are trvinc
To block jury reform. He said 'hoir
names were synonymos Tor the corrupt
management of politics, and he wanted
To know how long the people Of Hu ison
county were going To play second tiddlc
To the machine leaders in Essex county
He described the openly active member
of the Smith Nugent organization as
the high priest of intrigue who is to
be seen lurking about the corridors of
the State House at Trenton" and h.
wanted To know If the people OF his
state We're going To burn incense to this
mans god or To the God OF mankind
The President obviously spoke with
some effort. His face was pale and
drawn. Now and then he seemed un-
able to fix his attention upon some dat"
which he wished to give. His voice was
somewhat hoarse and there was less OF
punch in his remarks than the night
before. His reference to his experienc.
at the Carterrt Club III the afternoon led
those who heard hifn last nigh to be.
lievc that his vi 1T to New Jersey had
not been the plclsantest event of his
career Both Gov. Fielder and Mayor
Wittpenn, however. declared their be
lief that his presence had done some
thing to help the situation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

man asked him IL he had seen Fox, and
lie said 1t" had seen him at his trial ana
was sorry for MIN Later. he said, he
lad had n conversation with Thomp-
sbn and had told Thompson he was WILL
lag 10 chip in hIs bit for FoN
The telephone bell rang and ! went
out to answer 1t and remained ont of
the room twenty minutes or possibly
more"
On cross-examination hy Mr. gilbert
Thomas said he knew Tom Maxwell, a
private detective who some times has
been employed by the District Attorney,
but denied that Maxwell had told him
10 get hold of Murtha
%. Now tell tn, jury on vouf oath that
you didn't send Murtha to Mr.. Whitman.
a. ! did not
The defence began It's case soon after
Thomas had LETT the stand and without
any opening address Most of the wit
ncsses produced yesterday afternoon and
last night werc character witnesses for
the inspectors
"rr al testified that the defendant
ny whom each was called bore on cx-
cellent reputation, but under Cross-cN
animation most of them admitted that
their associations We're such that they
would not b, likely to know the persons
from whom police officials. a, times are
alleged TO graft
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
TO CALL PERKINS ON
ALASKAN RAILROADS
Seattle Man Says He Knows
How GuggenhpimS Pre-
vented Construction.

WAsnISoroN, May 2.-Gsorgc ", Per
klns will he called as a witness before
the Senate Committee on Territories to
explain certain circumstances recited
to-day by John f. Balla!ne Of Seattle in
connection with plans for building rail-
roads in Alaska.
Ballaine testified that Perkins told him
there would be no railroad building in
Alaska until after the Government had
issued patents to certain coal lands for
which the Guggenheims had applica-
tions pending.
This alleged threat by Mr.. Perkins $
business associates TO obstruct the de-
velopment of Alaska unless patents TO
coal lands were issued to the Alaska
syndicate known as the Morgan-Gug-
genheim syndicate impressed the SEN
ate committee.
Mr.. Ballaine asked tho committee to
call Mr.. Perkins as a witness.
This took place at the hearing on the
Ing the issue of s35,OOO.O00 in bonds for
tii' dhu operating 'rON-
ernment control of trunk line that
would give an outlet from the Alaska
coal fields and open other natural re-
sources in the Territory,
"In 1905" said Mr.. Ballaine. IL asked
j, T. Morgan 4 Co. to furnish me the
money to construct the road, My ne
gotiations were with q. W. Perkins
personally, who sent A. n. Gray, their
traffic expert, to look over the route
and report on the Feasibility of the
plan. George W. Perkins went to
Alaska, and after AN Investigation
seemed satisfied with the plan, but was
unwilling to give me a definite answer
at that time until after he had con-
suited tho Guggenheims. who held q
half interest In the Alaska syndicate.
Later Mr.. Perkins advised me that
the Guggenhcims had refused their
consent and negotiations were dropped
Perkins explained that the Guggcn-
helms had said to him that there would
be no more railroad building in Alaska
until tho Government had issued
patents for coal claims"
James Wickersham, Delegate from
Alaska, told of the absolute necessity
of Government owned railroad in
Alaska as matter of national defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
CITY J0TTINGS.

Cornelius Fosdick. an invalid. Of 66 De-
catur street, Brooklyn, committed suicide
yesterday afternoon by drinking a poison
Gus disinfectant. Mr., FOsdick was 52 years
old.
Four women were slightly injured when
two surface cars coll!dcd at Broadway
and Seventeen street yesterday afternoon.
4 fcw windows We're broken.
Supreme Court Justice Blackmar in
Brooklyn yesterday granted Mrs. Eliza
beth II. Reilly $50 a week alimony and
$3.50 counsel fec pending the trial of her
suit against Edward j. Reilly, lawyer,
for divorce.
Mrs, Margaret McCrare. 70 years old. n
sister of the late Police Capt, Gregory.
was killed early yesterday morning by
falling from n window OF her homo at S92
Sterling place, Brooklyn. II is supposed
she was seized with falnting spell
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
ORANGE BRIDE LEAVES SCHOOL.
Miss Gtst, IS, secretly Married q
Bel Evans, Baseball Player.

ORANGE, n. j.. May 2.-Margaret r
Gist, 10 years old, stopped going TO
school to-day because It became known
that she was married. Her husband !s
Bel Evans all round athlete. Bel was
an amateur athlete OF the Orange High
School until II becam, known that he
had played professional baseball. He
was n schoolmate of his bride at the
high school.
The marriage took place on March "a
In Newark. Evans and Miss Gist said
they were 81. The bride is an orphan,
and daughter Of the late Robert r. Gist.
who left fortune Of 100000 to be
divided between the daughter and IA
son. Mr.. Gist died in March last.
Evans is now playing shortstop on the
Appleton team Of the Wisconsin Illinois
League.
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meht the stealnhtt"rs ma" been allowed
10 u.s. III" 'tiephohe' Ait"e"ther she
saih the tolls shown BY the SIPS
amounted 10 some w. ana mat she
Ma" M" displate WIN Mn'Vahey
over them ana had refused TO pay the
iuSt lhs'aineht on MS hili uh,' ne Pa'u
the telephone calls. therefore, she
SAID she had Kept these Slips nut had
"es,rov'u 'he others
huer cr"ss-eNai,i,nhnoh oy MI MOSS
Mrs. fltHsiminons denied lhat the slips
had been obtained from the company
at the iustigation of Inspector fIussey
Mr. Moss asked her If she did not
know that her brother was being in
VOWED in storiee Of graft in the Police
Department She said she didn't know
II at the time that her brother had told
her No, ,o.rood ,ho no,.r.
William y R.nnett , s,eomf,ter
emn,ovcd nv Nulvaney testified ,ha, he
had usod tho ,cleuhor, vbil. working
~ the Hussey house.
Chief Inspector Max SchmittherEer
was then produced by the defence. He
said that sweeney came TO his Office on
February :, while, as nc said, the po-
lice were trying TO get Sipp back, and
told Schmittberger that he had TWO AMI
davits. uncorrohorated. rejecting on the
character Ct Slpp. sweeney said there
was woman IN the Masdaiene hone
ana another girl IN Jersey VINO ne
thought' would swear against Sipp.
Il Went IN anu saw Commissioners
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

'ontinUed tram FIRST Pog"
Of a technicality. we could not do d-
rectly. We mad the right To- trquir.
Boston and Maine stock until tho Su-
premc Court decided otherwise. hut no
lawyer doubted the New IIavcn's right
to acquire It at the time the contract
was made"
Commissioner Is Puzzled.
Commissioner Prouty apparently
failed to grasp ali of Robhr's cXplaUa-
tons. and finally declared that the M,s-
stchuS.tts supreme Court hdd indicated
that tn" acquisition uf the Ros.. and
Maine was Illegal. and the r dcral
Government j. goinE 80 claim that Il;
was an Illegal transaction 50 far as II
was concerned" to which Hnhbtns re-
piled:
But one of the ah,esi Attorney Gen
erals "" ever had NJ. Wickcrsham
looked into Il. and said he didn't SO re-
gard it,
Mr. Mc..n when he look the stand
this morning replied to th" questions OF
his counsel in a loud. clear VOICE
Briefly telling OF his early career as a
railroad man, hc cam" to tho point
where Mr.. ChOatc asked him 10 eNp!a in
shares of New Haven stock for which
he gave his personal not" to tho road
Then the witness read a type written
statement covering the inside facts" OF
those deals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

In speaking of the sl02 600 of which,
Mr. Mellen said SiO.0Ao was paid To- him
to rcimhurs" him for payments he had
made 10 tn. Republican National Com
mite" and ST. 800 for money given to
Vice. President Buckland for con,ribu-
tiuns in Rhod" Island the Commissioners
suggested that whatever the .Npendi-
tui0s were for they should have been
recorded on tn. books 50 as To show
the fun facts. Mcll"n said that no such
contributions are made now, so far as
he knows, and that III" vouchers would
have shown the transactions in tn" In
stance in question had not the fund
come to him AZ il did. Tho witness
said that every cent was used for the
company's purposes. and that memo
randa had been kept until after the
audit, when they were destroyed.
When Prouty asked Mellon what he
meant when he said that III" Slo2,ooo
fund was "a bona flde transaction" and
whether he could have kept the stock,
the witness replied that the stock had
been sold to him the same as 10 n
banker
Il could have in good faith kept the
$lO2, 900" said Mellen, but for the fact
that 7 was president OF tn, company
and not entitled to draw one dollar eN-
cept my salary check
Mellen explained his stock transac-
tions. which started in March, 1906
involving the purchase by him OF s2.o6i
shares OF New Haven treasury stock,
by saying that tho larger part of II
was turned over to subsidiaries, and
that ne. still being ahead of the COM
pany on expenditures for political con-
tributions and 10 secure leases, &c.
took the 4o0 shares remaining unsold at
the end OF the fiscal year and paid
lower price than the then market price,
thus recouping himself for previous out
lays In the company's interest.
He made nothing for himself. he said,
and has not sold the 400 shares that he
took or any Others on his own account.
The witness also claimed that all Of his
transactions had becn audited and cX-
planned in full to the directors, after
which they had given their approval.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
MELLEN DENIES
EVERY CHARGE

Continued tram FIRST Pdg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

WAsHlNGroN. May o.-Accompan,ed bv
her i-year-oid son and bearing In her
arms her l1-daNs-old baby, Mrs VIII
lam Rlundy. wife of a naval prisoner. con
victcd Of dcsertion and false enlistment
came TO the Navy Department to-day 70
ask for the release OF her husband Act
ing Secretary Roosevelt will investigate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

Jacob Rouss, FoX's former lawyer. who
occupied the witness stand for some time
Thursday night, and corroborated much
OF FoX'S story, resumed his testimony
yesterday morning IL said that he did
not know the man who brought the
$4,000 cash bail from FoN TO the office
OF Grant & RousS.
On Cross-eNdr!ration by Francis l..
Wellrnan. counsel for Hussey. Rouss adj
united that sweeney had not sent him
TO Fox, although he had told FOX that
sweeney had sent him. He said that
Mr.. Grant of his firm had written a let
ter to the inspectors seeking to get
their cases.
9. What did Newell say on December
36 about Sipp going away" \. New.ll
said that he represented Sipp and that
Sipp desired money To go away With be-
cause he had 10 undergo an operation and
that he was afraid that " he remained
In town he would injure his friend Walsh
] saw Fox and suggested tina; he 500
Walsh and get sl500 Fox reported back
to me. He brought $3.50 and said he'd try
To get the rest. | gave the $3.50 TO Newell
Later Fox gave mo $3.50 more, and
turned that over to Newell. / received
$1.SOo In all ard retained $500 fees
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03

Mrs. Cecilia Gilmore is entitled to n
decree Of separation from William IT,
Gilmore. the actor, under u decision
handed down by the Appellate Division
yesterday He must pay her 800 a
month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
Question AbOut Fees.

O Did you not tell Mr.. Donnelley. coun-
eeI for Hartigan that all this money was
counsel fees and that you were prepared
10 go on the stand and swear to 1t? A
did not
@. Were you prepared 10 swear It was
counsel fees? 4. ! was not
q. Didn't you and Newell decide that
this use of YOUR counsel fees would be an
easy method OF winning your case--the
keeping OF Sipp out of the State? \. No
G. Didn't YOU tell the District Attorney
up 10 March that the money was for
counsel fees? \. No.
Rouss denied that there were many
reasons" why he wanted TO stand in
wei! with the District Attorney"
Edward j. Newell, who represented
Sipp i'll the negotiations, and who him.
self is under Indictment for misde-
lneanor for the part he played, and who
turned states evidence. followed houss
On his direct examination by Assistant
District Attorney Clark he said that he
had known Inspector Hussey about
Three years
He said he did not know that Sipp
was going before the Curran committee
until he read Of Sipp's testimony in the
newspapers. Later ne said Sipp had
told HIM that hc was under subpoena
TO appear before Magistrate Barlow in
Fox's case and Harold was under sub
pons before the Police Commissioner.
Sipp. he said, wanted to know If the
snoponh served on Harold was en-
forcibe. Newell said he tried To get
cap.. Husse! on me 'eIephohe, but
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-03
Billiard Not Overpatd.

With reference To the Billiard Com
pany and John l.. Billiard. of Meriden,
Conn, acquiring Boston and Maine
stock preliminary tn the organization Of
the holding company Mellen held that
whatever profit Billiard made was no
more than his worst enemy would allow
for such service"
Regarding the Pullman contract,
which has been one OF the New Haven
deals particularly hit by the "antis."
Mellen declared that Accountant Brown
had overlooked some points of advan-
tage to the road and that in it's final
analysis this agreement was sound
II was shown that the agreement with
the Pullman will extend automatically
to the Boston and Maine and the Maine
Central later. Tho New Haven under It's
plan guarantees nothing to the Pullman
and receives $700 "a car IA year for
the operating privilege.
1t was claimed by Mellen that tho
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
A Consumptive Cough.

A cough that bothers you con-
tinually is one Of the danger signals
which warns of consumption. DIR.
Kings New Discovery stop the
cough, loosen the chest, Danish
fever and let you sleep peacefully.
The first dose checks the symptoms
and gives prompt relief. Mrs. A.
F. Mertz, of Glen Ellyn, Iowa,
writes: ''Dr. Kings New Discov-
cry cnrel stubborn cough after
six weeks doctoring failed to
help" Try it, as it will do the
same for you. Best medicine for
coughs, colds, throat and lung
troubles. Money back if it fails,
Price Doc. and $l.OO. All drug
gists, by mail, II. K. Bucklen &
Co. Philadelphia or st. Louis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
No Place For Postmen.

The new postman was called before
the Office superintendent for repri-
mand
"You were seen lettering in the neigh
borhood of that big fire down the
street" the superintendent said
Il only stopped minute" the man
pleaded. land was already eight min
utes ahead of schedule time"
ut IL not a question Of time, but
safety the superintendent replied
'aThe last place on earth postman can
afford to loiter is In the vicinity Of q
big fire On the contrary. he ought to
make detour to avoid It
by neglecting that simple precaution
more than one postman has had his
leather bag drenched by stream from
the hose and lot Of ruined letters
charged to his conscience IL not to his
pocketbook New York Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
Extraordinary Seed.

A farmer who mainly out Of curios-
fly had grown a crop Of lax had q
tablecloth made out of it Some time
later he remarked to a lady visitor at
dinner. II grew this tablecloth myself =
did You really?'' she said. apparently
much astonished "How did you man.
age it?" 1t was plain from her tone
that she had no idea how tablecloths
came into existence. so the farmer low
cred his voice mysteriously as he re-
piled, III you'll promise not to tell any
one I'll tell you" The lady promised.
WELL" proceeded the farmer still in
the same mysterious tone. II planted
q Napkin
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
Enalish Words In German.

Like the word sport and many 9TH
er English words for which the Ger
man language has no adequate terms,
the word .strike'' has become one Of
common usage in Germany Start,
finish. mutiny. trick. snob. stoart. part
ner. detective. picnic. dim. handicap
and hundreds of other words" says a
letter on the subject, "are used in their
original form, with not letter
changed Panic has been made into
'panik' and check into 'scheck.' record
as .rekord' when the German uses the
word. and strike. in order TO preserve
the proper pronunciation. Is written
'streik These words look English
enough when you see them printed, but
when you hear them you involuntarily
think Of the English spoken here
signs New York Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
BARREN PALESTINE.
lee Forests Are Gone and the Jordan 70
Now a Feeble Stream.

lee Forests Are Gone and the Jordan 70
Now Feeble Stream.
One Of the most remarkable illustra-
lions in all history Of the iii effects Of
the disappearance of forests may be
observed in Palestine. In the days
when Joshua conquered the promised
land Palestine was wonderfully fer
tile country. a land flowing with milk
and honey. The Lebanon mountains
were heavily wooded. and large pop
ulation was supported in comfort.
The general devastation Of the for
ests brought about. however. a grad
ual deterioration Of the country. The
hills of Galilee, which had long served
as pasture lands for large herds Of cat
tie and sheep. are now sterile. The
Jordan has become an insignificant
stream. and several smaller rivers are
now completely dried up throughout
the greater part Of the year. Some few
valleys in which fertile earth washed
down from the hills has been deposited
have retained their old fertility. The
land today supports only one-sixth the
population of the time Of Solomon
Christian Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-11-28
THE BLUE or THE SKY.
u Is Caused BY the Oxygen in the Air,
Says Scientist.

------
Il Is Caused by the Oxygen In the Air,
Says Scientist.
Professor Spring Of the University Of
Liege has theory Of his own regard
Ing the blue Of the sky.
Scientists have tried to explain the
blue Of the sky ever since the days OF
Leonardo tia Vinci and Sir Isaac New
ton. Some have held that it was due
to the polarization OF the solar light,
while others have held that the blue
ness is due to the reflection, or, rather,
the vibration, upon the minute drops Of
water whieh the atmosphere holds In
suspension or upon the matter in the
atmosphere, according to Tyndall.
Professor Spring has rejected all
these theories, denying the dust theo-
ry" altogether. He holds with Lord
Rayleigh that instead of the dust In
creasing the blueness 1t diminishes it
greatly. And according to Professor
Spring, all Of the appearances Of blue
tints in the atmosphere are explicable
when we consider liquid oxygen.
Liquid air. Is known to be decidedly
blue in color, so the contention that
blueness is due to the oxygen In the
air seems to be substantiated.
If condensed and liquid air are blue
in color 1t is most probable that the
blueness Of the sky is due to the oxy-
gen in it.--New York World.