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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-27
EVEN LoNDoN's IRISH DRILLING.
Branch Of Redmond's Volunteers
Formed in city. II Il said.

Special t0bTe Dtspofch % THf StN.
LONDON. June 27.--The ultra Tory
Daily Express Indignantly announces that
a branch OF the Irish Volunteers John
Redmond's followers) has been formed
In London and that the men have begun
drilling.
The Daily Express describes this action
ms IN revival OF Fenlanism."
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WASHINGTON, June 26.-The movies
have made their way into the White
House grounds. This evening President
Wilson and members OF his family with
the Cabinet saw the presentation OF an
Italian drama, which had been STAGED
by Augustus Thomas, the playwright. The
Aim was shown on screen directly Do
hind the Executive Offices.
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U. S. SENATE AIDS CUPID.
speeds Condemnation of Consui's APP
poiutment Tint lie May We'd.

WAsHiSUroN. June 26.--The United
states Senate lent It's assistance to Cupid
to-day.
Senator salisbury of Delaware was tine
chief aid. lie asked his colleagues to
speed the confirmation OF the appointment
of George +. Messersmith of Dover, Del,
as United States Consul at Fort Erie
ont. so that nc could be married
Tho appointment was confirmed and Mr.
Mossersmith will wed Miss Marion Mus
tagd of Lcwes. bel. I'm a few days and
proceed to his post at once.
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HAMEL's AEROPLhNE FOUND
Part of Machine Picked Up at BOu-
Iogne-May solve Mystery.
Special cable Despatch to Tur sr'

BoULoGNE- SUR MER, June 26.--A por-
ton OF an aeroplane supposed to be that
used by Gustave Hamel. the English avia-
tor when he lost his life while crossing
the Channel on May 90, has been cast
ashore here.
Hamel or his machine was never heard
OF after he made the ascent for the
Channel crossing on the date mentioned.
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POL PLANCON NEAR DEATH.
The Opera singer Il Lying Very III
in Paris.
Cnhie ncspnfch 10 Tnr SrN.

Special Gable Despatch TO TINS Sry.
FAnis, June 26.--Pol Plancon. the opera
singer. is dangerously i'll OF epticemia
through the kidneys. Two or three days
ago his life was despaired Of. but there
has been a slight rally since.
Pol Plancon Is n bass singer whose
name has been associated with the role
of Uephistophcies more than any other
Tie made his Paris debut In that part In
1888 and scored an immediate success. He
came 10 tho Metropolitan Opera House in
1893 when. after a season in which there
was no opera, Messrs. Abbey and Grau
presented a company In which were Nellie
Melba. Emma Calve. Emma Games. Lii
liam Nordica. Jean and Edouard de Reszke
and Plancon.
lie was successful here and on return
ing to England was Immediately engaged
for Covent Garden. where he continued to
sing for many years. lie continued at
the Metropolitan until tho last years Of
the Conried administration. lie Is 90
years old.
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Applies Modern Methods.

When Sheriff Kurlbaum heard OF the
murder he sent for bloodhounds, which
picked up several tracks, but were not
able to follow them. The Sheriff no.
ticcd red finger marks and showed that
he was alive to modern detective methods
even II he does live In the country.
The work Of gathering prints took sew
eral months. Gradually the work mar
rowed down until the Albany expert said
that Roach's prints looked more like those
on the clapboard than any others.
Coroner Simons, who worked with the
Sheriff subpGnaed Roach yesterday. I'm
der the sharp attack OF the Coroner,
Roach broke down and told, It is said
Of the events that led up to the crime
He IL said to have told the Coroner that
Potter paid him to accompany him on
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Sheriff Found One to Fit by
Six Months House to
House Census.
FARMHAND'S STORY
DESCRIBES TRAGEDY
Roach Breaks Down and Says
He Was Paid to Kill
by Employer.

FoSps, ". Y, June 26.-The arrest
hero to-day Of George w. Potter,
wealthy farmer OF Palestine. y. Y. and
graduate Of Cornell Agricultural Col
lego. on a charge of murder. revealed a
remarkable flngerprint search conducted
for six months by Sheriff Kurlbaum Of
Montgomery county. for the slayers Of
John Barrett who was murdered in his
home on the night Of December 20. 1918
Sheriff Kurlbaum taking as the basis
for his investigation bloody fingeprints
found on the outside OF Barrett's house,
went from farm to farm and from house
to house, getting "A fingcrprint census Of
every person in the neighborhood. He
had them compared with those Of the
murdcrcrs ny an expert. Finally a Sc.
of prints which apparently fitted those
left behind by the men he sought led
Kurlbaum to what Is believed TO he a
Barrctt's death.
Potter's arrest followed the arrest
and alleged confession of Louis Roach.
who was employed on his farm. Roach
was put through a rigid cross examina-
ton at the Coroner's inquest yesterday
and Is said to have broken down and
told the District Attorney a story Of
the murder which implicated his en-
ployer. Roach broke down when con-
fronted with n comparison of his finger
prints with those left on the wall OF
Barretts house.
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PouoHKEsPsIE. June 2s.-Columbia
won the intercollegiate boat race on the
Hudson this evenins-won handsomely
and decisively--with Pennsylvania. Cor
nell. Syracuse. Washington and wiscon-
sin trailing in her wake. The order OF
the finish and the time OF the crews was !:
Columbia, first, 1897 As: Pennsyl-
vania. second. 19:41: Cornell, third,
l941 10: Syracuse. fourth. 1859 rs
Washington. NTH. 20 ;Ol As; Wisconsin,
sixth. 20 30.
The victory OF the Light Blue and White
an amazing victory, victory that took
out OF the experts all OF the pert that
Yale had left in them after New London
was the product OF the finest endurance
and courage The grit that beat Penn
and Cornell to-day was the sort of grit
that beat Harvard week ago.
quarter Of a mile from the finish
Pennsylvania. Cornell and Columbia, af-
ter racing bow to bow for two miles, were
practically on even terms. Cornell seemed
ready to leap forward in the old trium-
plant way. Penn was driving desper-
ately. And then Columbia spurted. Her
shell shot ahead like a driven lance. As
10000 persons on river and shore shouted.
screamed and writhed with the excite
ment OF the thing. Columbia flashed over
the line a length and a quarter ahead Of
,tt, nlis
of the bow of the Red and Blue.
First Victory since 1898.
Syracuse. always trailing the three
leaders. finished a rather poor fourth, six
lengths in the rear of Cornell. Hiram
Conbear's Washington grizzlies from the
Pacific coast made a determined fight
with Syracuse for fourth place. but there
wasn't enough left in the eight to forge
ahead. They we're half length back
OF Syracuse, hut six lengths ahead of
Wisconsin, which rowed n dull and list
less race. The struggle for the intercol-
leglate championship, which was really a
national championship this year, was al
ways between Columbia, Penn and Cor
nell. and until the last 200 yards no man
could tell which would win.
To nine-tenths of the crowd that came
to Poughkeepsle the thing that couldn't
has occurred-the utterly impossible and
absurd. Columbia hadn't won since 1895
Cornell was a favorite in the betting al
! z to 10, and as much as to l could have
been had OH Columba's chances. Tn.
wise men Of rowing. who crused up ant
down the river for ten days scrutinizins
the practising crews and finding flaws IL
the work OF every boat save Cornell 8
saw Columbia through the little end Of
their binoculars. Columbia was entirel,
too weak and light. Poor Jim Rice; wha
shame to put him up against Pa Court
ney and the invincibles of Lake Cayuga
Columbia? Well. OF course Columbi;
might finish third with luck.
But Columbia Joined the turning worms
and as the shadows gathered over tn,
Hudxon tonight you could see the ey
perts glooming their way across the river
New York Crowd Goes wild.
Do you wonder that the undergrad
yates and the alumni of the universit,
on Morningside Heights are wrappin,
their long legs around the Hudson hill
tonight and lighting their cigarette
from the stars? From the yachts an
power boats on the river their cheers ar
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The Potter and Barrett farms adjoin
quarrel over the ownership of a well on
the dividing line. Neighbors have told
Of hearing Potter make theats against
Barrett, but are lcath to believe that
he committed the murder, which was
particularly brutal crime.
Potter's position in the community
was high. He is married TO the daugh-
ter of Andrew ]. Nellis. a member OF
the Albany law firm OF Countryman,
Nelis & Dubois and so came into
possession Of the fine $50 acre farm
which has been in the Nellis family
since 1854. 1t was given to Mrs. Potter
by her father. Potter applied scientific
principles OF farming which he had
learned at Cornell to the cultivation OF
the place and II had come to be re-
garded as one of the best bits OF prop
erty In this section.
Mr.. Nellis, who has undertaken the
defence of his son-in-law, said tonight
/ lidN lit Nouib "''ouliN ny
witnesses for Potter's movements
throughout the night on which the
murder took place. He says that at the
time Of the murder, approximately II
o'clock, Potter was at home with his
| family.
Barrett, who was 60 years old, was
| asleep upstairs when the men entered tbs
house. His son, who Is half witted. slept
In an adjoining room. In the sitting room
downstairs. his daughter, Helen. % years
old, had fallen into a doze over book
The men came upon Der first and strucl
her to the floor with a club.
The farmer was awakened by hel
screams and came stumbling downstairs
As he reached the floor one of the mer
shot him through the head. The son ther
came running down to find his fathe
dead his sister unconscious and bounC
hand and foot and the partition between
the kitchen and sitting room In flames
The men had set fire to the house b,
pouring kerosene on the partition ant
overturning the stove against 1t.
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New York Crowd Goes Wild.

Do you wonder that the undergrad
yates and the alumni of the university
on Morningside Heights are wrapping
their long legs around the Hudson hills
tonight and lighting their cigarettes
from the stars' From the yachts and
power boats on the river their cheers are
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
DIR. EUGENE A. SMITH
RETURNS HOME
Former President of Geological So
ciety of America Made Address
at Princeton

University, January Especial }
DR.. Eugene A. Smith, retiring presi :
dent of the Geological Society of Amer
lea, returned to his home at the Uni
yersity Saturday night after attendin 2
the annual meeting of the society which
was held during the holidays at Prince
ton university. DR.. Smith was, in De-
eember, 1912, elected to the presidency
of the society, which is perhaps the
greatest honor that can be conferred
upon an American geologist. and served
throughout 1913, presiding over all the
sessions of the organization at the
Priceton meeting. He was succeeded in
the presidency by DR.. George f. Becker,
one of the oldest men in point of ser :
vice in the United States geological
survey.
In addition to presiding over the
meetings of the society Dr. Smith read
a paper on Some Pioneers of Southern
Geology and Their Contribut To
Geological Literature" Among those
mentioned by DR.. Smith as having
blazed the way in southern geology
were ]. M. Stafford of Tennessee, Michael
Tourney of South Carolina and Ala
bama, the first state geologist of the
latter commonwealth Ferdinand Roe
mer and Robert p. Hill of Texas, Tim.
othy A. Conrad, who worked in all the
southern states; DR.. f. w. Hilgard and
Dr. f. B. Hopkins of Louisiana and
Mississippi, W. J. McGee, who studied
all the coastal plains of this section,
and Daniel w. Langton of Mobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
ADVANCE GUARD
REACHES JACKSON
Suffragists and Prohibition
lists Meet Before Legisla-
ture of Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. January Especial
The advance guard of the legislature,
the prohibitionists and the woman suf-
fragists have already arrived in Jack
son and the hotels and boarding houses
are rapidly filing up.
The prohibitionists meet one day in
advance of the lawmakers and will out
line their campaign for Strengthening
the prohibition laws of the state.
Among the prominent workers in the
prohibition field who are ON the pro-
gramme for addresses are Dir. p, y.
Baker OF Washington, and Ex-Governor
Patterson of Tennessee. Dr. Baker al
dressed large audience of men at the
Majestic this afternoon. his subject be-
ing "The New Independence"
Several OF the best known and most
capable women or the state are nov
here launching their campaign for the
right to vote. and it is known that some
of the most Influential members of the
legislature are on their side.
Those members of the legislature who
have expressed themselves on the polit-
ical situation are heartily in favor Of
peace between the governor and lieu.
tenant governor, and hope that a truce
will be established between now and
Tuesday, the first day OF the legisla-
tive session so that the business of tue
state may be attended to first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
STATE Commission
HEARS PETITIONS
Take Appeals for Better
Passenger Service Under
Amusement

Montgomery, January 5.--(Special.) Pc
titions Of citizens of Dora, Winfield and
Palos for improved passenger service on
the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
company between Birmingham and sulli-
gent We're heard by the state railroa1
commission at its regular monthly ses-
zion today and were taken under advise
ment. The commission will render decis-
ions in these cases this week
The commission tomorrow will take u.
pig iron rate case and in the Selma coal
rate case. In the Mobile rate case the
commission recently ordered the rate re
dueed from S2.T5 to 81. 10 per ton from the
Birmingham district to Mobile. The ac-
ton was taken at the instance of the
Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
The Selma coal rate case Is analogous
in many respects to the Mobile pig iron
rate case. The commission ordered the
rate on coal reduced from 81 to so cents
per ton from the Birmingham district to
Selma.
In the Mobile rate case the Southern
railway is the principal defendant. and
in the Selma rate case the Louisville and
Nashville is the defendant. When the
case comes up tomorrow the Southern
will be represented by C. b. Northrun
of Washington, general counsel, and J. T.
Stokeley. district counsel at Birmingham
The Louisville and Nashville will be rep
resented by w. L. Colston and d. M.
Goodwin of Louisville, general counsel
and general freight agent respectively
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06

ent situation came about as follows: The
company advanced the rate from 50 to
S2.50 on two grounds-one was the con-
tract with the city and the other was
that it was justihable as the company
otherwise would make no profits The re-
suit of the decision yesterday was to ia 'Se
away the first grounds. That leaves the
company with the second grounds-that
the city is admittedly without power to
attack these grounds unless the legisa-
ture in extraordinary or regular session
shall give it such authority.
AS to whether or not the legislature
would do SO there is some dispute. Sope
claim that ii would. as such authority
has already been given the city in regard
to gas, water and electric light rates.
and the legislature could not consistently
refuse to act similarly in regard to tele-
phone rates. Others believe that such
action by the legislature. if obtained at
all, would be after a hard fight there
is a tendency in other states at the pres
ent time to place telephone rates in the
hands of a state commission.
The next step in the telephone fight
could be one of several things. A private
subscriber in the name of the state could
file a suit seeking to invalidate the fran
ehise of the company the company could
amend Its bill for an injunction and de-
mand new hearing, the company could
appeal from Judge Grub's decision, or
the legislature could give the city au-
thoritv to regulate rates, which latter,
in any event. would probably not be for
some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
|C0RONER'S Jury
RETURNS VERDICT
Holds Furnace Co. Negligent
in Connection With Van
derbih Explosion

That the Woodward Coal and Iron COM
pany, owner of Vanderbilt furnace. was
guilty of negligence in having dust
bell on the iron maker that would open
on less pressure than the safety caps, was
in part the verdict of the coroners jury
which yesterday Investigated the explo-
sion at Vanderbilt furnace, which caused
the death of six workmen The verdic.
was returned last night. Coroner Spain
stated that he could not find any criminal
negligence.
The coroner's jury was composed of J.
l.. W. Wylie. John c. McCsraw and Ed
ward c. Dugas, They spent several hours
on the scene of the explosion, thoroughly
examining the furnace apparatus aud
seeking to ascertain the cause of the e..-
plosion The verdict was as follows:
That the deceased came to their deaths
by gas and Lot ashes passing through
the down conner valve caused by the out
passing. We find by the evidence that
the Woodward Coal and Iron company
furnace at Vanderbilt was negligent in
that a dust bell was allowed to be turr-
able at less pressure than the safety
caps on the iron maker
The accident at Vanderbilt occurred
last Thursday night about 6:45 O'Clock
Three men We're instantly killed and five
seriously burned that three of them
died in the hospitals several hours later.
The two surviving victims of the acci-
dent are thought to have an eXcelienf
chance for recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
MISS. ASSOCIATION
HOLDS CONFERENCE
Schedule for Basketball
Games Is Partly
Arranged

jackson, Miss, January 5.-(Speciall J
The sthleuc committee of the Mississippi
intercollegiate Athletic association held
meeting here last night attended by all
members, viz: Coach Driver of the uni.
versity, Coach Chadwick of the Agricul.
tural and Mechanical college, Manager
RiEgers of Mississippi college, and Pro.
fessor Burton of Millsaps college 1t was
determined at this meeting to arrange a
schedule CT basketball games. The sched.
ule was not completed, but it was stated
that Millsaps would go to the Agricul,
tural and Mechanical january Is and t.
the university on January II, both those
teams to come to Millsaps later. Thu
schedule was not completed. but these win
be starters. The baseball schedule will be
announced later in the season.
There was some discussion as to flavinp
q Thanksgiving football game at Jackson
between the university and Agricultural
and Mechanical. as was the custom be-
fore the university was barred. but moth
ing definite was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
BAPTIST MISSION WORKERS
Meeting, Will Be Held at Sixty Sixth
Street Church Tomorrow

The quarterly all day meeting of the
Baptist Woman Missionary union of
the Birmingham district will begin to-
morrow MOI 1fng. at 10 o'clock at ths
Sixty-sixth street Baptist church. The
programme arranged is as follows;
Morning service; Devotional exercises
Mrs. Palmer p Daugette. Personal seiv-l
ice, ta) Mrs. w. p. McAdory, tb) Mrs. j.
l. Blount, (c) Mrs. Bouldn, Id Miss Ltn
Stillwell. Address by Miss Patrick, secre-
tary of Alabama JWomans Mission union.
Young Woman's Auxiliary,' Miss ClyIc
Metealf.
Afternoon session: Conservation service.
Mrs. d. l.. Massey. Business meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
APPEALED CASES
UPHELD BY COURT

New orleans. January Especially
The cases of Lulu Gordon Thompson
ct al VS.. the Sheffield Steel and
iron company and Mabel Glare Bishop
ct al VS.. Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, appealed from the northern
district of Alabama, We're today af-
firmed by the United States court of
appeals in a memorandum opinion by
Judge Shelby, following two decisions
of the Alabama supreme court. s.s4
The court declared: "If we differed
from the reasoning of the Alabama
supreme court--and it is entirley USE
less to say whether we do or not
we would be constrained by well es-
tablished rules to be governed by the
decisions of that court as to the con-
struction of the contracts and statutes
involved here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
POLICE OFFICERS
TESTIFY TO ORDERS
GIVEN BY BODEKER
CONTINUED from Page Five,


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ston was put on gambling squad Captain
Johnston identified orders from Bodeker
10 enforce laws and stated he had never
received any orders other than SUCH that
chief always urged enforcement of laws
on vagrants, pickpockets. gamblers and
all other criminals; that gambling condj
tons Were no worse now, considering
population and area Of city and size OF
police force, than at any other time in
his 81 Years police experience; that all
his orders to chief We're made honestly
and conscientiously; that he believed there
Vas no way to run out gamblers except to
'starve them out" by keeping policemen
At their places all the time; that it would
take six or seven men on each shift to
keep gambling houses closed; that they
wero nearer closed altogether now than
any time since he had oeen on police force:
that since abolition of segregated district
houses of i'll repute had scattered into res
iCence district; that NaisEy men had
forced him to sell his nome in East Lake
because it was outside the city limits,
and he was not friendly with them; that
he knew of no graft and if there was any
policeman getting graft lie wanted my
part of it," that Bodeker never knew
when he (witness) was going on a raid;
that he had heard some people say
smong them Frank N1oragne-that some
Judge CASTOR took the witness, who
stated that he did not know what
closed up gambling houses at present
time; that Austins injunctions, the
grand jury and Captain Eagans gamb-
ling squad might all together have
done it; that there was a door out of
the cooler" he had found in Peerless
gambling house which was over ~
Muse-U theatre and it probably led to
street In the commission room yester-
day were four great iron covered doors
which it was claimed had been knocke cd
off hinges by Connie Austin while Aus
tin was chief. Witness stated the door
to the cooler" In Peerless was not as
big and heavy as these doors on eX-
hibit. Witness stated that gambling
could be kept out of birmingham by
Eagan and his gambling squad of six
men, that gamblers would be willing
ito be pulled" once a month and pay Il
fine if they were let alone the rest o.
the time; that he did not know dooEs
could be broken down if a proper af-
fdavit was made before police Judge.
that he had never been instructed on
this matter; that he knew Captain
Eagan had been fined for breaking
down doors; that he flied reports Of
hot light bulbs in gam bling houses
many times day after DAY. but never
received any specific Instructions from
chief on how to proceed further.
Sometimes Turned Up
Captain White took witness, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
LYNN BROWN SIGNS
WITH N. Y. YANKEES

New York. January 5.-Lynn Brown, a
semi-professional pitcher of Buffalo. N.
Y, today signed a contract with the New
York American league club. Brown s
work in the city league of Buffalo last
season attracted the attention Of one OF
Frank Farrers scouts. Brown is right
handler ard is reputed to have speed and
control.
Charles Barrett, trainer of the New
York Americans, who arrived here today
from Glendora, Cal., where he spent the
holidays with Frank Chance. manager OF
the Americans said Chance might not
leave the ceast until the last week in
February He will join the regulars and
recruits March at Houston. Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
SMITH NEGOTIATING
FOR DENVER CLUB

Chicago, January 6.-Edward w. Smith,
sporting editor of a Chicago newspaper,
tonight confirmed reports that he is me-
gotiaring for the purchase of the Denver
Western league baseball club from James
c. McGill. McGill a few weeks ago pur-
chased the Indianapolis American asso-
Gle ton club.