The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-25
Congressman Has Not Let 4.
 h Fight For Big Navy N ONE ID BE NAMED FLsx .
Senator Bryan Made a Request of the President Before He Was Stricken That Warship Be Named
 After His State.

Washington, March 4.-tSpecial.) )-One of the new battleships of Uncle Sam will be named the Florida The day be- fore he was vitally stricken, Senator Bryan of that state called at the White House and asked the President to name one of the great war engines after the state he represented. The President said he would confer with the Secretary of the Navy and report to the senator later The President recalled the late senator visit this morning and will grant the re- quest.
 In spite of the declarations of Chair man Tawney of the House appropriations committee, who says there shall be no large naval programme this year, Con- gressman Hobson of Alabama asserted to- day that Congress will build four big bat tleships with money voted this session. Captain Hobson had talk with the Prcs- ident, and when he left his office was even more confident of his ground than he usually is after a talk with the executive.
 We will get four battleships, no mat ter what other gentlemen may say" he exclaimed. When Captain Hobson was asked to make a suggestion for the names of the new battleships he laughed, and said that it might be a good idea to wait until they were voted upon.
 We ought to name one of them after Utah." he continued, flor I think that after Florida is honored, the list of states will have been exhausted. We might then go into history for our names--either the names of naval heroes or of historic ships. For instance, would be in favor of nam ing one of the battleships after the Con- stitution. It is name that should be pre- served in our navy
 Texas fever, according to an announce ment made by the Secretary of Agricul- ture today, exists in Alabama Tennessee and several other states and portions of them are placed under quarantine. The entire states of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida are Quarantined, and from them cattle shall only be moved or allowed to move to points outside the quarantine area in accordance with the regulations for immediate slaughter The same IS true in the counties of Warren, Overton, Pickett DeKalb, Putnam, Fentress and White. in the state of Tennessee.
 Complaint on Rates.
 Through H. s. Kealhofer of New York the Montgomery freight bureau filed with the interstate commerce commission today a complaint against the Western Railway company of Alabama, the Mobile and Ohio, the Southern, the New Orleans and Northeastern and the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad companies alleging that the rates published by the defend- ant companies on fertilizer in carloads fl om Montgomery to stations on the New Orleans and Northeastern and the Ala bama and Vicksburg railroads are unrea- sonable and unjust in their construction from Montgomery 10 a number of points ramed in the complaint and in ratio to rates published from Mobile and Birming- ham to the same points.
 Tabulated statements are given by which the freight bureau claims proof positive is furnished that the law is be- ing violated, and the complaint concludes as follows:
 Whereas. the rate on fertilizer in car load quantities from Montgomery, Bir- ringham and Mobile to Meridian is $l4C per ton of 2000 pounds and tile published rates from Montgomery to Alabama and vicksburg and New Orleans and North eastern stations as shown herenbefore are higher than the total rates that can be obtained on a Meridian combina- ton and that such published rates from Montgomery to said stations are also higher than the through rates alleged to be published from Birmingham and Mobile to said stations, thereby showing preference and unjust and unlawful discrimination in favor of Mobile and Birmingham as against Montgomery.
 wherefore petition prays that the de- fendants may be required to answer the charges herein and that after due hear ing and investigation an order be made commanding defendants to desist from said violation of said act and acts sup plementary thereto and herein complained Of. and that tine commission will deter mine and prescribe what shall be just and reasonable rates from Montgomery to said points to be observed by defend ants hereafter" etc. w. $.