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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
GEORGIA GOES DRY \ ON NEW YEARS DAY Atlanta Saloons Are Busy Clos
 ing Out Stocks INSPECTORS HARD AT WORK RNenue Officials Are Winding Up Business of DistiIleries-Atlanta
 Prohi5itionists Will Have
 Celebration.
SPECTORS HARD AT WORK

Atlanta, December 2S.-(Special)- )-Sa- looni wholesale liquor houses, breweries and listilleries all over the state are pre- parirg to go out of business next Tues day light, December 3l. In this city the end 9ill come at 10 o'clock D. m., the city ordinlnces requiring saloons to close at that time. Those engaged in the liquor traffid have in many cases gone into other businds, and will remain in the state Severa large firms are preparing to move to Chattanooga, Baltimore, Alabama and elsewh.re.
 The $ore rooms thus made vacant have for thu most part been rented at the same rtntals they have brought hereto fore Quite a number of liquor houses have already closed, and the change, which at first looked great, will thus be graduated.
 United States internal revenue inspec- tors are busy this week closing down dis tilleries throughout the state The gov ernmentI itself is not legally interested in the natter but the owners of the dis tilleries have asked that their plants be shut down according to regulation. By the evening of December 31 they will all be closed
 There are now only 15 dstilleries oper- ating in Georgia, several of the larger ones having closed early this month. After the prohibition law goes Into effect the federal governments revenue from Georgia will be cut down between S450,- 0O0 and $5oO,0O0
 The anti-saloon element Is preparing to celebrate the event in various ways. At the Baptist tabernacle. after an impos- ing ceremony of watching whisky out and prohibition in'' Tuesday. night Dr. Len Broughton will break a flask of whisky which will permit the audience to Hook for the last time on legalized whisky in Georgia, at the midnight hour and the gold pen with which Gov ernor Hoke Smith signed the prohibition bill will be exhibited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
WAR MATERIALS
 SENT FROM FRISCO
GREAT SECRECY IS OBSERVED BY ARMY OFFICERS, BUT SHIP MENTs ARE LARGE AND OF GREAT VARIETY.

San Francisco, December .,.-(Special)- With more than ordinary secretiveness and in spite of denials of army and other officials that the shipments amount to anything worth noting, the largest con signment of war material ever sent to the Philippines in two vessels is assem- bled on the transport dock at the foot of Folsom street aRd on pier No. 42 at the foot of Second sffeet, ready for trans portation to Manila the coming week. The greater part of the material. amount ing to 2000 tons. and including 624O,0OO rounds of cartridges and a vast quantity of commissary supplies, wagons and other stuff, is to be carried to the Philippines by the Pacific Mail steamer China, sail ing next Tuesday afternoon. The re- mainder of the material already assem- bled consisting of 7500 new Springfield rifles and much equipment for submarine mines, as well as a full cargo of general ewar supplies, will fill the hold of the transport Sherman to depart for Manila on January 6.
 The huge shipment of cartridges to be carried by the China Is in 5200 boxes con taning 1200 rounds each, all of 30-calibre for the new Springfield rifles and comes from the Frankford arsenal. Not far from the huge piles of cartridges on  the mail dock. 2000 tons of food supplies for the army in the Philippines lie ready for the longshoremen who are loading the China. Following the Gina in less than a weeks time will be the transport Sher- man. which today began to take in consignment of 7500 Springfield rifles for Manila. On board the Sherman, too, will be quantity of coils for the submarine mines carried by the troop ship.
 q have not regarded the sending of the cartridges and rifles to the islands as anything worthy of notice," said Colo nel Bellinger depot quartermaster of the army, when interviewed today
 Tn fact" he continued, it just now occurred to me that we are forwarding the things you speak of, but what do they amount to?
 "It is customary for big shipments for Manila to be sent from New York direct by merchant vessels through this port rather than by the transports and that explains why the China is carrying sup plies for the Philippines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
TO SERVE DINNER
 TO LOCAL NEWSBOYS
NEWSPAPERS, UNDER AUSPICES OF BOYS CLUB, WILL ENTER TAIN URcHINs - PROMINENT CITIZENS TO ATTEND.

The first annual newsboys' dinner, to be given by the newspapers of Birming- ham under the auspices of the Bir- mngham Boys club, will be served on Wednesday, January l, There will be between 50 to TO of the street news boys present and invitations have been extended to Mayor George B. Ward, Chief of Police Wier, President of the City Council John l.. Parker Judge N B. Teagin, F. M. Jackson, Dr. B. D. Sibley, Robert Jemison, IT,, Rev. Dr. Stagg of the advisory board of the club, and Col. T. c. Bush.
 As stated, the dinner will be held on Wednesday, January l. The hour has been set at 2s30 D. m. and the feast will be spread at the Albert restau- rant, 2016 Second avenue. The news boys are looking forward to the treat with great pleasure, and every effort will be made to make the affair satis- factory in every sense.
 The following are the names of the boys who will have part in the dinner: Ruphert Glover, Joe Clancey. Claude bOyut Nldlntl ucdot, W III pi Ooh tidiiSt deserted), David Emanuel, Chester Mat teson, Jay Bannister (father dead), Bob Smith, Morgan Smith, Almoth Cald- well,j Curtis Caldwell, Pink Rogan, Chris Gallagher, Michael Karan. Mike Site, Arthur Kent, Sturgeon Kent. Nor ris Dories, Will Long, Barney Luster, Charles Grace, Sidney Gross, Morris Gross, Dick Fadool, oscar Joseph, John Johnson, Jim Mitchell, Henry Arm- stead, John Barnes, Lewis Barnes Charles Meshad, Arthur McDanie1, C. Patterson, George Paris, George Tobie Clarence White, Edward White. Charles Smithson, Nathan Smithson, Ed Sam uels Gather dead), Carl Sherrod, Mul- lane Snider, George Sleam. Will Wat son (father dead), Arthur Wilson 0ather dead), Edwin Wilson fathel dead), Fred Wilson (father dead), Ike Epsteine, Joe Gerts, Charles Fisher Sam Fisher, Jack Reynolds, Pete Mur phy, Tom Gairner, Hoke Graham, Bil Baker, Gus Goldstein. Tom Watson
 Leo Calsam. Woodie Howard, Dan Gil more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
MRS. CARTER WANTS
 $796O AS REWARD
SHE TURNED UP DEFAuLTING TELLER OF BANK WHO WAS SEE GREETED IN HER APARTMENTS SPENT $25,ooo ON HER.

New York, December 2S.-Laura M. Carter. in whose apparements Chester B. Runyan, the teller of the Windsor Trust company, concealed himself after making away with $96,0OO of the company's funds. has brought suit against the trust com pany for $7950, which she claims is due her as a reward for delivering up the defaulting teller. Against this action the trust company has brought suit to recover $25,000 from her, alleging that she and Runyan were in a conspiracy to rob the institution and that the 1000 was lavish ed upon her by Runyan.
 Runyan defaulted with $96000 from the Windsor Trust company one afternoon last summer by throwing the cash in packages in a dress suit case. He then went to the flat of Mrs. Carter. She later informed the police and Runyan was arrested. Mrs Carter was also ar rested, but acquitted Runyan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in Sing Sing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

of Nevada an application from the legis- lature of the state is an essential condi- tion to the indefinite continuance of the troops at Godfield. Circumstances may change, and if they do l will take what ever action the needs of the situation re- quires so far as my constitutional pow CTS permit. But the first needs is that the state authorities should do their duty, and the first step towards this is the as sembling of the legislature.
 Tt is apparent from your telegram that the legislature of Nevada can readily be convened-you have fixed the period of three weeks as the time necessary to con- vene and organize special session. If within five days from the receipt of this telegram you shall have issued the neees- sary notice to convene the legislature of Nevada, l shall continue the station of the troops at Goldield during such period of three weeks. If within the term of five days such notice has not been is- sued the troops will be immediately re- turned to their former stations.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Taft Wins at Dayton.

Dayton, O., December S.-(Special.)- Senator Foraker's friends were routed. Secretary Taft's triumphant in the meet ing of the Montgomery county repub- lican executive committee this afternoon A resolution recommending the presiden- tial candidacy of the war secretary was adopted with only one opposing vote. A resolution indorsing Foraker for re-elec- ton to the Senate was lost by almost as decisive a vote as that which adopted the Taft resolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
FRAUD ALLEGED \ IN BANK FAILURE Creditor of Memphis Savings
 Bank Files Suit WANTS AFFAIRS EXAMINED Blair Pierson Alleges That Bank Is lnsolvent and That Loans Have
 Been Made On lnsol-
 vent Securities.
AFFAIRS EXAMINED

Memphis, Tenn. December 2s-(Spe- cial.)-Alleglng fraud, with the full knowl, edge and consent of all officials and directors of the Memphis Savings bank Blair 'Pierson, representing himself as a creditor, and declaring he represents other creditors, filed a suit in chancery court Saturday afternoon asking the removal of E. B. McHenry as receiver He also asked that the injunction granted by Chancellor Heiskel against creditors of the bank bringing suit for judgment, be dissolved, and that the court order the costs prorated among the creditors to provide for a thorough probe of all af- fairs of the Memphis Savings bank since it was reorganized in i9O5 and the capital stock increased from s5O,00O to s9OO,OOO. MT. Pierson alleges that the bank is in- solvent, that loans have been made on insolvent securities and that the direc- tors of the bank knew of this alleged insolvency many days prior to the actual application for receiver.
 MT. Pierson states that fraud was prac- ticed in the recapitalizatlon of the Mem pflis Savings bank inasmuch as the holders of the $5OOOO of stock. the issue of the old bank, were granted $3O0,O0O stock in the reorganized institution, though it is declared the directors knew that this value was fictitious and that the stock was not actually worth this amount.
 He charges that despite this dividends have been declared continually on this fictitious stock.
 MT. Pierson makes the allegation that the officers and directors have diverted funds to other objects than those named in the corporation declaring these off cials have been guilty of such fraud and willful mismanagement as to occasion loss to stockholders, whereby such off cers and directors are personally liable for the amount of loss to creditors"
 He charges . that between the assets given in the Statement of December Il and the one given December 24 there is d difference of S$2S7,554.S9. and that the diff ference in liabilities amounts to only $15S,- 4l5. .S2, leaving assets unaccounted for of s129, ,131 .01. He charges there was a de- crease of $59, ,999 65 in bills payable and gives other figures which bring the to- tai alleged discrepancy to $37S, ,OS3 60 made between December Ii and December "A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Negro Burned To Death.

Meridian, December 2S.-(Special.)- Berry Simpson, in an effort to escape burned himself to death and destroyed the Meehan Junction ealaboose 16 miles west of Meridian. The negro was arrest ed for attempting to shoot another ne- gro following a petty quarrel. He was incarcerated in the calaboose early in the evening About s o'clock the calaboose was discovered to be on fire Before it could be extinguished the negro was burned to death. Every indication points to the fact that the negro attempted to burn his way to freedom and was caught in a horrible death trap. It is not known how the negro fired the jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
OPENING GUN FOR
 PROHIBITION
CAMPAIGN FOR STATE LAW IS BEGUN AT JACKSON BY APPEAL FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE CON- MITTEE.

Jackson, Miss, December 2S.-(Special) pr. ". T. Lowry, president of the Mis- sissippi college and chairman of the state prohibition committee, issues the follow ing appeal, which is the opening gun in the campaign for constitutional prohibit tion in Mississpp
 ITO the prohibltionists throughout Mis- sissippi, issue this brief address. The members of the executive committee, to- gether with thousands and tens of thou sands of other loyal citizens. believe the ton in Mississippi.
 "The time is probably now upon us when the majority of grown white peo- pie, in every county, counting both wom- en and men, desire the abolition of the dram shop. The women cannot vote, but surely our legislators ought to regard their wishes in a question like this. Sis ter states are outlawing the saloon, and our great state ought not to lag be- hind. Your committee desires to ask the legislature to adopt statute which will make the laws now in force in local op- tion counties apply to all Mississippi. We hope that the same legislature will after wards submit a constitutional amend ment to the. people and give them a chance to make any law authorizing dram shops unconstitutional.
 ITO further the above purposes, the committee is calling for a mass meeting of Mississippi prohibitionists. This meet ing will be held in the city of Jackson on Thursday, January g. 1908. The first meeting will be held at the county court house at 3 o'clock p. m. The second ses- sion will be held at the state house at O clock p. m. We wish that every coun- ty and every community in Mississippi might be represented Let prohibionists in every community see that their com munity is represented"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Eclipse of the Sun.

Washington. December 2S.-An eclipse of the sun will occur January 3, and will be partially visible in the southern states of the United States and the western coast of North America All though the United States naval observ- atory is interested in the phenomena, no official parties have been sent out by the government. The eclipse will be total at Flint Island, in the Pacific, and will be observed by a party from the Lick ob- servatory in charge of Prof. w. w.. Campbell, who already have been con- veyed there from Tahiti. aboard the United States ship Annapolis. In the United States the eclipse will be visible about sunset and its duration will be short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
SENATOR MALloRYS WILL.
He Leaves $2o0o To Establish Medals
 In His Alma Mater.

Montgomery, December 2s.-A special to the Advertiser from Pensacola, Ala, says:
 In the will of United States Senator s. R. Mallory, deceased, filed this after noon for probate, a bequest of 5000 is made to Georgetown University, his alma mater.
 Conditions surrounding the bequest are that the money shall be placed at in- terest and that annually this interest shall be expended by the president to purchase for the university suitable medal to be competed for by not less than two pupils upon any question arising out of or relating to the constitution of the United States. The subject is to be pre- seribed by the President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Haskell Issues Pardon.

Guthrie, Okla, December Ex-Governor Haskell tonight pardoned George E. Tate, serving a seven-year sentence at the Lansing penitentiary for horse stealing. Governor Frantz had refused to pardon Tate. President Roosevelt indorsed the application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Engagement Announced.

Savannah, December 2S.-(Special) )-Dr. and Mrs. Walter Scott Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter, kath- arine Wansley, to Olaf Otto, the mar riage to take place in the late spring. MT. Otto is from Christiana, Norway, but makes his home now in Birmingham, where he is connected with the United State Steel corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Actinu the Part.

From the January Bohemian.
 The curtain had just gone down on the second act leaving the heroine in the villains clutches. Up in the balcony a sentimental woman bNrst into tears.
 "Don't cry, dear,' said her husband. "Remember. it's only play. Act like mani!
 "very we'll, John,' said the lady, smil- ing through her tears. You'll excuse me for moment. won't you? must run out and send telegram"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Robbed of Her Purse.

Washington, December 8.-While re- turning this evening from visit at hos pital, where she went to make call upon a dying aunt, sMlss Letitia Tyler, a granddaughter of President Tyler, was assaulted by an unknown man and robbed of her purse. Miss Tyler's aunt, who V
 Mrs Lettia Tyler Semple, a niece of President Tyler. died this evening. Miss Tyler is 65 years of age and a clerk in the navy department Her assailant was not apprehended. Mrs. Semple. dur ing President Tyler's incumbency acted as mistress of the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
A Happy Thought.

From Harper's Weekly
 Stranger-"My friend, why are you swearing so?'
 Cussity-"Why? Because of a-blank fool of a doctor. 1 got some pills for patp in my back and the directions read. Take one a half-hour before you feel the pain coming on.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Roosevelts Letter.
"The White House,

l ut w nlte l1OuSe,
 "Washington, D. C., December 8. ''Hon. John Sparks, Governor, Carson
 City, New:
 Your telegram, December 26, is re- ceved. It in effect declares that you failed to call the legislature together be- cause in your judgment the legislature would not call upon the government of the United States for the use of troops although in your opinion it ought to do so. The constitution of the United States imposes not upon you, but upon the legis- 1ature, if it can be convened, the duty of calling upon the government of the Uni ted States to protect the state of Nevada against domestics violence. You now re- quest me to use the armed forces of the United States in violation of the constitu- tion, because in your judgment the leg 1slature would fail to perform its duty under the constitution. The state gov ernment certainly does not appear to have made any serious effort to do its duty by the effective endorsements of It's po- lice functions.
 q repeat again what I have already eaid to you several times, that under the circumstances now existing in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
ULTIMATUM LAID DOWN
 TO GOVERNOR SPARKS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D


 bodies are in existence with sufficient power to overcome the civil authorities and continual threats are made to life and property.
 This condition has existed in the. Gold field mining district the past year and exists there now. It calls for the pres ence of troops to keep the peace. As this condition has been of slow growth it will take time to remove It. In my judgment it is necessary that troops be kept at Goldield an indefinite period of time. They should remain there until both sides are shown that the district is not to re- main an armed camp and a scene of con tinual warfare. The communists and an- archists must seek new fields. the labor ing man be convinced that arbitration and peaceful methods are more certain and lasting methods of improving his con dition than by dynamite and the shotgun This can only come about with time, and for the present and some time in the future the strong arm of the militia must be in evidence to convince all that no other method will be tolerated
 Tt is known as a matter of legislative history that I recommended a measure at the last session having for it's object the establishment of a state constabulary along the lines of the Texas rangers, which was rejected by that body, the members tnerOf Stlll DelnB Tn O111ce. Ins assembly of that session, with the vote of all but one, passed resolution de- nouncing the injustice done Mover, Hay wood and Pettibone by the denial of a speedy trial. The resolution, however, was tabled by the Senate. It Is a mat ter of only few weeks since l called for the opinion of different representatives and individual citizens of the state gen eraly as to the advisability of convening a special session to act upon a nlen ex- istlng emergency which, however, did not relate to the present situation The expressions received at that time were that 95 per cent of the people were op- posed to such extra session.
 Tor geographical reasons, and on &C., count of the customary 10 days notice to members, it would be impossible to con- vene and organize special session of the legislature in less than three weeks, presuming on the most expeditions ac- ton on the part of the members For these reasons l deemed 1t impossible to convene the legislature in special session to meet the present emergency and still think it highly inadvisable. This tele- gram was in course of preparation on December F in reply to your telegram of that date, but l was taken i'll and have only just returned to my office. am now sending it in lieu of a letter which I wired you was in course of preparation. The delay was not inten- tional on my part and no dseourtesy meant thereby.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
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upon mats hung over the doorways, to afford
little moisture to the atmosphere of the
apartments. Some who have cellars or
vaults take to them as the most comforta-
BILE Places
Several persons on board ship were awak
ened from sleep by the peculiar state of the
atmosphere, and actually supposed them
selves in high fever; but the most re-
markable effect of the sirocco was in bring
ing from the interior wonderful fight of
locusts, which continued for hours, begin
ming in the early morning and lasting well
toward the sunset
The immense quantity of these insects
was simply marvellous. We should call them
grasshoppers such as ravage our Western
plains at times, and are recorded as doing
damage, from the earliest times in the
East.
On this occasion the furious hot blasts
brought them in such numbers that the wa
ter of the harbor was sown thick with
them, in some places several inches deep,
and the fish came in from sea in shoals and
devoured them until they could eat no
more, and yet they appeared as thick upon
the surface ever.
The ships rigging and desk were covered
with them. and it was really necessary to
be careful that the eyes were not injured as
they were driven in the faces of those whose
duty required them to be about
Men were kept at work sweeping them up
and throwing them overheard by the buck
etful, and vet the white and carefully holy
stoned planks were stained and creased, be-
cause it was impossible to avoid stepping on
them.