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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
MIR. J. P. MORGAN

From the New York Herald.
 The reputation which the late J. P. Nor gan made for himself is not one to be easily destroyed by such testimony as was given last week by Charles s. Mellen or by dozen Mir. Mellens, situated as the one-time president of the New Haven railroad is. The character of MT. Nor gan, acquired in times of sore national distress. when he served the public and the country. is likely to stand all dis closures that may be made regarding his financial operations. r ! It was to be expected that his sofl, J.. P. Morgan, would do exactly what he. has done in the preparation of the statement printed elsewhere in the Herald. The statement speaks for itself. "The 'recorS' of my firm" said MT. Morgan last night, ''and the personal records of my father are still intact. They are available ana ready for production before any proper
 tribunal at any time. The shareholders are entitled to have maoe public every oo- tainable bit of evidence bearing not on one but on all sides of the question: There does not seem to be any limit 10 the revelations that Mir. Morgan feariess- lily challenges. It is characteristic or the stock from which he came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
GEN. PICKETIvs WIDOW TO SPEAK From the Troy Messenger


 The widow of General Pickett is to speak in Troy during the chautauqua, and it is understood that June 15. the day she speaks, will be Confederate day. or U. D. c. day. It will be arranged that veteranJ shall be admitted to the hall free of charge and great occasion is antici- pated
 Mrs. Pickett, in writing Manager Fol mar. says:
 Tt is pleasure to note upon my list the date for June b in your city. l shall be glad to meet you and your people.
 'I do not know whether booking is for any special subject. If left to me shall give my lecture on Gettysburg, which is always heard with enthusiasm. It gives the only opportunity of hearing the story of a Confederate generals great charge upon a field which will live al- ways in history. and the people listen with deep interest.
 'The next time I come to you, and I hope there will be many next time' for me, I can tell other stories of the old days.
 With best regards, sincerely, MRS. LASALLE CORBELL PICK FIT"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
A MAMMOTH OAT FIELD
From the Greenville Advocate.

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 Last Friday a number of Greenville citi- zens by invitation inotored out to the farm of MT. George searcy, eight miles from GreenvilMI to witness the harvest ing of portion of his mammoth oat crop. MT. Searcy had 400 acres planted in oats, the celebrated Cook variety, which is absolutely rust proof, and some days earlier than the other kinds He had four reapers in full swing and as many wagons hauling and housing the crop. It was a pretty sight to see all these machines at work in one field cutting and binding the crop. huge machine is on the place ready to thrash and sack as soon as he has time to get all the crop under cover before the rain comes Mir Searcy said that from the time the seed was planted until now, the crop has not suffered a day for rain and that his crop was never better. He can only estimate the num- Der of bushels that will be made on the 400 acres. but the crop will amount to more in cash than if the land had been planted in cotton. This crop will be sold for seed. and orders are already booked for the major portion of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
Imposing Confederate Monument

At last fitting monument to the Confederate dead has been completed and unveiled in Arlington cemetery. The money to pay for it was raised by the United Daughters of the Con- federacy, and they were especially aided by Col. Hilary A. Herbert. The ceremonies of dedication yesterday participated in as they were by many distinguished persons, including the President of the United States, were most impressive.
 The civil war ended nearly fifty years ago, and most of those who held rank as high as brigadier general have passed over the river; but thousands of scared veterans who were mere striplings in 1861 are still in the land of the living. These ans the sons and daughters of Confederate soldiers can but experience heart thrills every time memorial services are held, and the unveiling in Airing ton must have stirred the emotions of all patriotic Americans on both sides of the old Mason and Dixon line. The bitter feeling that existed be- tween the north and the south in the years succeeding the war began to give place to sentiments of mutual respect in the latter part of the sev- enties, but the "bloody chasm" did not entirely disappear until Cleve- lands election in 1884.
 The war with Spain marked another important stage in the relations of the north and south. The two sections then became strongly reunited and these fraternal bonds will endure for ever. But had there been a remnant of sectionalism left, it would have disappeared with the unveiling of the Confederate monument in the national cemetery yesterday. Men of the south respect the attitude of the north toward the war of 1861-65, and northern people in general respect the motives of the leaders of the Confed- eracy and are always ready to do honor to the heroic dead.
 The Daughters of the Confederscy are greatly to be congratulated on the splendid achievement of present. ing to the nation one of the handsom- est monuments ever seen in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF THE PANTYN MURDERER

ities scarcely believed that any single man could have committed such wholesale homicide, and their prisoner forthwith been present he said, when Madame Kinck and her children met their deaths; nay, he had been, in measure. the in- strument of their murder. But at the worst he had only been an accessory. Jean Kinck, the head of the family, had doubted his wife's fidelity had arranged with his son Gustave to leave France for America, and the two had taken their friend Tropmann into their confidence, with whose aid they had carried out the plan which they had contrived for mur- dering all of the family.
 But this fiction was too f1imsy to hang together after Gustave Kinck's body was found only a few yards from the place where his kinsfolk had been laid. Then came new subterfuges and fresh false- hoods, ending, however, in a confession that he had poisoned Jean Kinck with prussic acid, and had buried him in the environs of Watwiller, in Alsace, some time before dispatching the other members of the family Search was made, the body was found and the solution of the mystery was at length complete.
 The evidence at the trial showed that Tropmann had ingratiated himself into Kinck's favor and worked himself into his confidence, with the set and deliberate purpose to murder him in order to gais possession of his property. With this view he had fostered Kinck's purpose of visiting Alsace, had accompanied him to Cernay. with his own hand had prepared the poison, which he afterward poured into the wine flask he carried with him. handing it to Kinck at moment when the two were in a secluded place in which he might speedily get rid of the body of his first victima
 Then began a system of fraud and for gerry by which Madame I<inck and her family were induced to come to Paris. Rolled in his endeavor to get one of Kincks checked cashed, he wrote to Madame Kinck, in her husbands name, telling her story about an injury to his hand. which compelled him to employ Tropmann as amanuepsis, and urging her to come speedily to the capital, where he he would meet her.
 The entire plan worked out to the satisfaction of the criminal The evidence that was brought out was conclusive and the murderer was finally compelled to confess. Never has a criminal been brought to justice for whose offense there was less excuse or extenuation, and the procureur did not express the sentiments of universal humanity when he urged that the punishment should be equal to the crime Tropmann was guillotined about three weeks after he was found guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
THE EXTRA SESSION

From the Selma Times.
 There is sound demand for an extra session of the legislature. The city of Birmingham Is leading the movement and Selma stands in the same position. The constitution should be amended to permit municipalities to increase or rather equal ize the tax rate so current expenses could be met. It is only by the most rigid econ omy that Selma manages now to get along 10 months in the year. The other two months usually sees the treasury empty though somewhat better condition pre- vails this year. An extra session is not q bad idea. In fact, it ia better than . regular session because the legislators are limited to the subjects set forth in the call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
Helping the Needy

Never in the history of the Asso- ciated Charities has that institution afforded to much relief to worthy per
 sons as now" said President H. K. Miner
 At the present time the association is aiding in some form or other fully 2b0 persons. The nurses are faithful and efficient and if the Associated Charities did nothing else but nurse the poor 1t would be accomplishing much.
 But the organization is thorough and
 ministers in various ways to those needing relief
 Tt Is a noteworthy fact that there are now even more applications for relief than we had last winter. The Associated Charities Is nearly out of
 funds and unless we can get financial assistance very soon our headquarters will, have to be closed. This would cer- tainly be a calamity
 "The city contributes to many good causes, but it does far less for the As
 sociated Charities than it does for the other organizations. We get only $50
 month from the city. The county gives us nothing. I think we should have liberal assistance from the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

nomenon, however, is to be observed when the "emanation" commences to thaw, when from the surface of the surrounding liquid air brilliant span gles of light stream upward, produc- ing most beautiful and dazzling ef- feet.
 Thus under the application of science is nature year after year lay ing bare her innermost secrets; secrets which apparently so mysteri- ous are fashioned of simplicity itself and the marvel of the discovery is no greater than that at mans tardiness in arriving thereat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

IN OecemDer oV, looS, tHe trldl ol Jean Baptiste Tropmann, known O as the Pantin murderer, termi- mated at Paris in verdict of guilty and the prisoner was sentenced to death. The crime for which he had been tried caused a thrill of horror throughout the whole more hardened and inhuman wretch has seldom if ever appeared before the bar of justice. The prisoner who was not more than 20, was indicted for the murder of no less than eight persons, as well as for crimes of lesser magnitude, such as for gery, etc.
 The following briefly are the facts of the case. Rather more than three months be- fore the trial was held Paris was elec- trified by the rumored discovery of six newly-buried and scarcely cold bodies in a clover field in the commune of Pantin. An agricultural laborer, when going to his work, had noticed that the earth was spattered with blood and brains, had found a human head lying but a few inches below the surface, and had forth with informed the police, by whom the
 
 These consisted of a woman and five chill dren.
 The woman had been killed by a blow from behind, but her body bore no fewer than 30 wounds. Two of her children had been strangled, but all appeared to have been slashed and battered and mangled as if with the fury and malice of a demon. Upon inquiry it was found that the fam fly, whose name was Kinck, had only the day before arrived from Roubaix, that the wife had inquired for her husband at the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, and had then gone no one knew whther.
 A person who had been staying in the hotel and who had given the name of Jean Kinck, had disappeared about the same time. and about him, for some days, no information could be obtained. Three days after the first discovery a man who called himself Fisch was arrested at Havre as suspected person. He had been staying at different hotels, making sinister utterances and trying to obtain fraudulent embarkment papers in order to start for the United States. His an- swers to the gendarmes were confused and unsatisfactory.
 On his way to the procureur imperial F1sch almost successfully attempted to commit suicide, and when searched a number of the missing Jean Kinck papers were found upon him. Clearly the suspect had had something to do with the Pantin murder, which was just then making so much stir.
 After he had been safely lodged in jail it was learned that F'isch was the as- stunned name of Tropmann. The author
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
THE BIRMINGHAM-JAcKsON LINE

From the Meridian (Miss) Dispatch
 It has been learned that the Illinois Central, after some delay, will begin work soon on the construction of the proposed line between Jackson, Miss, and Birming- ham. This line, it is said. has just com pleted arrangements for the issue of $15, 000,000 in bonds, s5,000,000 of which will be used for improvements and extensions on it's lines south of the Ohio river, and that the long planned Jackson line may now be constructed. The Illinois state public utilities commission has just au- thorized the issuance of the bonds, of which s1O,000,0O0 is to refund bonds on lines south of the Ohio river and s5.000000O for Improvements and extensions.
 It is said that the whole $5000,000 will be used in construction of the Jackson Birmingham line, which has been planned for several years. All surveys for this line have been made and rights of way already purchased.
 The Illinois Central recently issued $120, 000, 900 in bonds to retire outstanding ma turing bonds, and also carry on improve ment and extension work. The road has just completed much double tracking and Improvements on it's lines north of the Ohio river, and $5,000,0O0 of the new issue will be for work south of the Ohio. With money now on hand and the bond issue, the road will have enough money to build the Jackson line in addition to carrying out other plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
LUKE M'LUKs SAYS

fToIn the 1lnclnnatl EnQu1ref
 What has become of the old-fashioned woman who used to believe that she would have seven years of bad luck if she broke looking glass?
 If a man has red nose he has to wear it and let it go at that. But if a woman has a crimson beak she can always wear beauty veil.
 The children were whole lot more obedient in the old days when father kept a paddle in the wood shed and mother wasn't afraid to use her slipper
 Any married man with a family can tell you that the only time he ever gets any attention at home is when he is too sick to appreciate it.
 Lots of men who are too wise to try to carry water in sieve will argue with a woman.
 The world may be growing better. but therA are still too many booze-drinking legislators who talk temperance.
 Lots of poor boobs who regard gam bling as crime will start in and try to get rich raising chickens.
 When a man is using the telephone you can always tell when a woman is at the other end of the wire. A snake charmer Is usually a female who looks as though she took to snakes pecause her iace "ouio scaro anything else.
 Some day. when we get things running right, there will be a law against carrying concealed hammers.
 The Kansas state officials proudly an- nounce that So,0oo quarts of joy juice were imported into Topeka and consumed last month. Who's afraid of prohibitionY When you ask a man to do anything and he says he'll think 1t over. that is po- lite way of saying he won't do 1t. You get mad all over if you are quoted 1 incorrectly once year. But how would you like to be Shakespeare or statistics
 The .old-fashioned woman who was named Mary now has a daughter who was l named after a Pullman car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
POSSE KILLS BLACK BEAR

From the Dothan Eagle.
 The mystery of missing cows and hogs was solved when black bear, weighing about $50 pounds, was killed by a posse of about 30 persons on Rocky creek, four miles south of Ashford.
 For about a year the citizens of the Rocky creek vicinity had lost cows and hogs, but could never discover the where abouts of the missing cattle. The sus- picion gained credence that it was the work of a bear.
 The bear went to the home of farmer Sunday night and killed a hog, but be- fore the bunny hug artist could climb over a fence, said bunny hugger being very fat, he was seen by farmer who spread the alarm. A posse of some 30 cit izens was organized which included Boss Bruner and his dog. The posse was soon in pursuit of the bear, which was so fat he could not run fast The bear was finally overtaken and killed He was skinned, Charley Hall keeping the hide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
THOSE WHO DIED IN BATTLE

6y AOWell. I, with uncovered head
 Salute the sacred dead. Who went, and who return not Say not
 so!
 Tis not the grapes of Canaan that repay, But the high faith that failed not by tho
 way;
 Virtue treads paths that end not in tn,
 grave; !, No ban of endless night exiles the bravo, And to the saner mind
 We rather seem the dead that stayed bs. hind. Blow, trumpets, all your exultations blo1l For never shall their aureoled presen1 lack: In every nobler mood t We feel the orient of their spirit glow. Part of our lfe's unalterable good, Of all our saintlier aspiration; They come fransigured back. a Secure from change in their high -hearte( wAys,
 Beautiful evermore, and with the rays {! of morn h their white shieldb qf E1po(
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
wOMAN's STATUS IN AUSTRALIA From the Rochester Tost Exnrass

from the hocnester fost Express.
 Australia is nearly as large as Europe, but its population is not over 5000 900. The proportion of women to men is 100 to no. and one would expect that Australia would be land of early marriages and a high birth rate, yet this does not appear to be the case. Many young women in Australia prefer to so into industry and even to compete with men rather than to marry and to bring up families. The com petition between female and male labor has there, as we'll as in every other coun- try, resulted in a lowering of wages or in unemployment. Women in Australia vote and may be candidates for the legis- lature, but few have taken advantare of this privilege, and female candidates have nearly always been defeated If not au absolute failure, woman suffrage has cer. tainly not been successful in Australia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
NO EXTRA SESSION NEEDED

From the M6biIe He81ster.
 No partisan feeling should intrude upon the dlscussion of the advisability of call- ing an extra session of the legislature. The Register has on several occasions suggested such call, there being sev- eral urgent reasons for an extra session. some of which have expired by limitation. so to say: but the reason now advanced, to-wit, the financial necessity of the state. has held its place since the time the ex- tra session was talked of; and now is im- perative. The state might have been lifted out of the hole good while ago. with much advantage; now. however. the lifting cannot be longer postpoqed # the anssSs rood nans r te bs protsotsa DC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
SUSPICIOUS.

 Old Lady: T truly believe that young man next door is studying to be a chi ropodist.''
 Visitor: r'what makes you think so?' Old Lady: His mother says he is al- ways reading Bunyon.'
 THE SYMPTOMS. silas: 'Isread where scientist says a pipeful of tobacco will kill goldfish Hez: T guess that's what them smoked herring we had last night died of"
 HARNESsED.- Grimsby: Well, there's a deadlock at Niagara"
 ouimsby: "who would have ever dreamed that locks could be placed in that river?"
 NOT BY NOTE. Mrs. willby: My husband plays by ear" Mrs. Billby: Mine plays by nose" Mrs. willby: "Tmpossible." Mrs. Billby: "You should hear him when he has a bad cold''
 BEYOND THE LAW. Stranger: (Which is the correct way to spell Choccolocca?" Alabamian: Some spell 1t one way and some another, but in my opinion there isn't any correct way to spell it. c. F. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

medical officers of the public health service at Ellis Island and elsewhere. It constitutes a new barrier and safe guard against the undesirable alien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

very fashionable. and when one drives from East Lake over to Tarrant City he cannot but marvel at the new ex- pansion. It looks to me as if Bir- mingham had population of 100000 It is without question increasing rap idly D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
TO VIEW SUN EcLIPsE AT KIEv

Berkeley (Cal.) Special to the New York Sun. In few days the Crocker exclipse expedition will set out Cor Russia from the
 Lick observatory of the University of Cal ifornla. This expedition, which is to ob- serve near Kiev, Russia, the total eclipse of the sun, has been provided for by a gift by William H. Crocker of San Fran
 cisco, a regent of the University of Cali fornia The expedition will be in charge
 of Director W. w. Campbell of the Lick
 observatory. Astronomer Heber D. Cur tis will be his associate. The instruments
 and supplies will be shipped from Mt. Hamilton tomorrow and the observers will start about June 10.
 The eclipse will take place on the after
 noon of August 21 The moon passing between the sun and the earth will cast a shadow upon the earth about 80 miles in diameter which will advance continuously across the hemisphere of the earth turned toward the sun.
 The shadow path will begin at sunrise in the Arctic ocean, just off the northern coastline of British Columbia. in longi- tuue4 l1l ueSreeS It VIII pass cdSleTly across Greenland and thence southeaster- ly over Norway, Sweden, Russia, the Black sea and Persia, ending at sunset in northwestern India
 There will be several expeditions from England, France. Germany and Russia. The National observatory of the Argentine republic will send an expedition in charge of Director Perrine, formerly a member of the Lick observatory staff. The Crocker expedition will be, so far as known, the only one from North America.
 An expedition from London will locate in the city of Kiev; an expedition from the Russian National observatory has chosen a station 30 or 40 miles southeasterly from Kiev, and the Lick observatory sta- tion will be, established about 15 miles east of. 42iev. as nearly as possible upon the central line of the shadow path.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

A man named Rye has been nominated for governor of Tennessee by the demo- cratic party. This does not mean. how ever, that the democrats of that state are tionist campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

Now that England has passed through it's quite likely that more attention will be paid to Mrs. Pankhurst's militant brigade with the result that the arson squad will find something more disagree able than forcible feeding as a punish ment for outrages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

Just when old Huerta seems ready to take the chip, off of his shoulder Car tions. It looks as if these Mexicans can't even agree to disagree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

into the Empress of Ireland disaster. It is to be hoped. however. that he will prove that there is nothing in a name and serve out punishment to those deserving with an iron hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
ToMoRRow-TRIAL OF CHARLES LEE

fault on the state bonds interests would be a calamity; yet if the interest is paid
 there will be an empty treasury for sew eral months toseome, and just claims will
 have to be denied. In this contingency
 there is nothing possible to do but ask the legislature to help save the states cridit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

Captain Hobson may be the tongue of the water wagon. All right, but judging from the way he is being received in Vir- ginia on his present speaking tour too much talking IS about to spring leak.