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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-21
CULLMAN HAS VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR Commercial Club Held An nual Meeting Tuesday OFFICERS ELECTED George Stiefelmeyer Chosen Presi- dent Without Opposition-Action
 on Telephone Matter
 Deferred
OFFICERS
ELECTED

| Cullman, December 20.-(SpeciaD.--A spe- cial meeting of the Commercial club was
 held last night in the offices of the sec-
 retary at which time the annual report
 of the secretary was read and accepted.
 This being the last meeting of the year 1911, it was the time for the nomination
 of officers or the ensuing year. and the
 following named gentlemen were placed
 in nomination for the different offices
 For president, George Stiefelmeyer
 without opposition; first vice president,
 Hugo Buetner and James NJ. Fitzpatrick: 1:
 second vice president, Dr. J. I. Arm
 strong and J. D. searcy; treasurer, Jos eph Kramer; financial secretary, Fred J. Buchanan: recording secretary, L. N. Buell.. The board of directors, three to be elected at time, were A. G. Coe, M. l..
 Robertson and c. A. Stiefelmeyer. Definite action relative to the telephone
 matter was deferred until later date
 because of the fact that nothing had been
 heard from the Southern Bell company as to what their intentions were regard ing the increase in the telephone rates in Cullman.
 | The last regular meeting of the local | lodge of Knights of Pythias was held in
 the castle hall last night. This being the regular meeting for the election of officers for the ensuing semi-annual term the following men were elected to the
 different stations:
 l Chancellor commander, R. E. Lee; vice 1 chancellor, W. M. McNabb; prelate, Will l liam F. James; master at arms, Fred Schneider; master of work, Retiring Chau- cellor Commander H. Clay Smith; inner guard, Walter Martin; outer guard, John NJ. Smith, Board of trustees for year
 Max oeser, w. E. James and John Hue
 Auditing committee, John M. Smith, w E. James and D. V. Smith.
 l Culman has made the banner record of it's history in the cotton market this season. It Is said that already something | like 21,0o0 bales have been purchased l by the buyers of Cullman alone, and it is
 expected that several thousand more will l be brought in and sold before the season | absolutely closes.
 | Culman county is adapted to several different classes of farming, such as cot I ton, corn, strayberries, etc, but possibly l the most prominent of the farm products
 in this county is the cotton crop, and be- cause of the adaptability of the soil to | this crop, many new farmers and busi-
 ness men have been induced to come to | this county and settle during the past | year.
 l The berry crop is quite an important
 one and will be even more so in the
 coming season. Commission firms have already representatives on the ground 1 and have begun to place bids for thc
 berry crop for the coming season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-21
Bland Honored

Kansas City. December 20.-William J. Bland of this city and student at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
WANT CLAUSE EXPLAINED.
Inquiry Regarding Eight Pro
vision in Navy Appropriation Bill.

The action of the House in STIMULATING
that the vessels of war authorized In the
building program of the naval bill
shall be constructed under the eight-hour
law has brought delegation OF repre-
sentatives of tile shipyards on the Allan
tic coast to this city to ascertain the ex-
act extent and meaning Of the labor pro-
vision. The delegation is headed by
Francis T. Bowles. president of the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company.
Secretary Meyer was unable to en-
tighten the shipbuilders, informing them
that the matter at the present time was
wholly legislative question. The Sec
rotary said he would appear before the
Senate naval committee tomorrow to dis
cuss the features of the pending bill and
indicated that he would place before the
committee all the information in his pos
session bearing upon the difference In
cost of vessels contracted for under the
eight hour law and those built without
that restriction.
The Interpretation Of the eight hour pro-
viso in the naval bill of last year caused
builders when bids We're asked for bat
tleshpS and other vessels authorized by
it, The Attorney General held that the
provision meant that all labor performed
ut the ''situs' of the naval vessel under
construction must be controlled by the
eight-hour law. Neither the Navy De-
partment nor Department of Justice.
however. was willing to say whether the
"situs'' referred to the entire sh pyard or
only the immediate location of the ship.
declaring that that was for the courts to
decide If the matter was brought up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
OF INTEREST TO DISTRICT.
Amendments Proposed to Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill.

Numerous amendments To the sundry
civil appropriation bill of local interest
have been proposed and referred to the
Senate committee on appropriations.
An amendment proposing to pay all
compositors in the government printing
Office 80 cents per hour for time actually
employed was submitted by Senator Till
man.
Senator Penrose proposed that the sal
arr of the foreman of printing of the
government printing Office be made 5000.
The construction of suitable memorial
md nlortuarv chapel adjacent to the
Arlington national cemetery within the
limit of the Fort Myer military reserva-
ion is proposed in an amendment sub
mitted by Senaor Martin of Virginia.
The chief of the shipping department
Of the government printing Office will get
81, 400 If an amendment by Senator Lodge
Of Massachusetts is adoped.
An increase of the salary of the sur
geon general of the public health and
marine hospital service to $1,000 per year
is favored by Senator Owen of Oklahoma,
who has been trying to get through a bill
| or the creation OF department Of public
iealth. and he submitted the raise in pay
| ror the surgeon general to the sppropria-
| lions committee yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus. COM
mandant Of Mare Island navy yard. yes
terday was selected by Secretary of the
Navy Meyer to succeed Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder as chief
of the atlantic fleet about June l, and
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdoch to sue
coed Rear Admiral John Hubbard as
commander-in-ch chief of the Asiatic fleet
May 10.
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, the aid for
inspections. one of the four. advisory Of
ficers Of Secretary Meyer In his naval re-
organization plan established about a
year ago. will succeed Rear Admiral Muir
dock as commander Of the third division
Of the Atlantic fleet. The latter will be
detached soon after April 10 preparatory
to taking command Of the Asiatic fleet.
AS aid for inspections, Admiral Ward
will be succeeded by Rear Admiral
Charles f. Vreeland, commander Of the
second division of the Atlantic fleet. The
successors of Admiral Vreeland on the
Atlantic fleet and Admiral Osterhaus at
the Mare Island navy yard have not yet
been decided upon.
Two Admira1s Retire.
These appointments are incident to the
annrOachinR retiremenf ~ Admira ls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

was given over mostly to entertainment,
only few speeches being made The
principle address was made by John G..
Schmidt, who gave a review of the doings
of the workmen's organization. Emmett
l.. Adams made the welcoming speech,
and after Mr.. Schmidt's address little
time was lost in making things merry.
The program included duet by Misses
Theresa Mcdonald and Helen r dout
song, Il. Frank Fuller; soprano solo,
Mrs. NJ. l.. Odell, accompanied by Mrs.
John G. Schmidt; comic song, Mr.. 3.
Frank Fuller: AN Actor and a Coon
Messrs. Berg and Halter.
The committee on arrangements was
composed of John G. FRANKIE, chairman.
Fred H. SchulZe, John Grossart, Louis
Merkel, William II. Young, George Jae-
ger. John G. Schmidt, Fred Hanold, G. Q.
kraus and c. p. Reichel.
At the conclus on of the entertainment
refreshments were served after which
there was dancing. The dancing COM
mittee consisted of James r. McDevitt,
chairman: Rud kirchgessner, r. =. Max
well. Charles Gramlich. Gottlieb Lederer,
William D. hurry, Hy Holman and
Otto Mitlacher.
Music was furnished by Prof. j. c. Cal
lan'S orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
DREAMS HE WAS ROBBED.
John Braney Convicts of Theft Man
Who Appeared in Vision.

HAMPTON, Conn.,, FEBRUARY 25.-John
Braney, an elderly man dreamed re-
Gently. according TO his story to the
authorities. that he saw a man taking
money belonging to him from an en-
velope in which he had placed it three
days before. On awakening he investi-
gated. found his money gone, and
charged the theft to James Brady. who,
he said, was the man he saw in his
dream.
Brady was arraigned before a justice
on the charge today and admitted taking
the money. He was held for trial in the
superior court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
PASSES TO RETIRED LIST.
Medical Director Fitzsimmons
Reaches Age Limit Tomorrow

Medical Director Paul Fitzsimmons of
the navy, who will retire for age to-
morrow, is a native Of Georgia, and en-
tered the navy as an assistant surgeon
in December, 1871. His first sea duty
was with the Saranac of the Pacific
fleet. in 1872. and then in the Pensacola
and Tuscarora of the same fleet, in
1875 After service at the Naval Hos
pital, New York, he was on the Ashuelot
of the Asiatic station, receiving ship
Vermont, the Tennessee of the North
Atlantic station, the Franklin, Minneso-
ia and Marion on the Asiatic station
at the torpedo station. Newport; navy
yard, Mare Island. and the Naval Hos
pital at Yokohama, Japan. 1S94-97. He
reached the grade Of medical director
in November. 1900.
During the war with Spain he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
FIELD EQUIPMENT.
Army Board to Consider Types OF
Guns and Ammunition.

A board of army officers will meet at
the War Department next Wednesday to
consider questions concerning the supply
and types of field guns and ammunition
The army is in possession of 3-inch field
guns. 3.S-inch field guns. 4.7-inch field
guns. 3S-inch field howitzers, 4.1-inch
howitzers and 6-inch field howitzers.
The board is composed Of Lieut.. Col. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

S. J. Greble, general staff: Mai John HI.
Rice, ordnance department: Capt. William
J. Snow, 9th Field Artillery, and Capt.
Fox Conner. general staff. This board
will make recommended ons as to how
many of these different types of mobile
artillery should be assigned to brigades
divisions and other field organ cations of
troops and make allowances of ammuni-
ton for each type of gun both as to the
amount that should be kept on wheels or
otherwise Immediately available and the
proport ons which should be kept at the
supply depots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

of the Asiatic fleet on that date. Admiral
Schroeder will retire August II. but will
be de: ached from the Atlantic fleet about
June /. preparatory to his retirement.
It Is the ambition Of the naval officer to
crown his career with fleet command.
and consequently the announcement OF
the appointments of the commander-in-
chief of the Atlantic and Asiatic fleets
created considerable interest in naval cir
cles. The Atlantic fleet represents the
principal power and strength Of the
American navy, and to the Asiatic Is
committed the care of the farthest pos
sessions Of the United States, the Philip
pine Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
on the Brooklyn, and was In the fight
at Santiago, Cuba, which ended in the

destruction of the Spanish fleet He
was ordered to the New York in May.
1899, as fleet surgeon, and in July, 1900.
was placed in charge of the Naval Hos
pital at Newport. Subsequently he was
medical officer at the navy yard, Wash
ington; was in command Of the medical
supply depot at New York. and his last
assignment was as a member of the
naval examining and naval medical ex-
amining boards at Washington.
His retirement will promote Medical In
spector H. G. Boyer and Surgeon G. B.
Wilson leaving Surgeon General Stokes
the senior in the list Of surgeons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
BAKERS ENTERTAIN.
Local Union, No. Is, Observes I,

Local Union, No. Is. OF the Bakery and
Confectionery Workers International
Union Of America celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary Of its organization last
night at Odd Fellows Hall. more than
four hundred members and their families
and friends being present. The evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
Comments of Club
Members.

- and here am I, nearly
eighty years old, never respon-
sible for tune before in my life,
playing and reveling in the works
Of Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert
and other great masters. Playing
it! PLAYING 1T, I tell you!
It's marvelous!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

James D. Gish. sixty-seven years old a
native OF Roanoke county Va who
served as courier for Gen. Robert E Lee
throughout the war. died Friday a. Roam
oke, after an Illness of two months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
What You Pay and
What You Get.

1. You get n $3.50 Player-Pfano (ss
nOteD.
2. You pay $444. Club price.
D. You pay no extras or interest to
increase the price.
4. You pay $12 when you join.
). You get 36 months time to pay the
balance ut $12 a month.
6. You get the privilege Of exchanS-
ing your Player for any one Of
like or better grade any time
within one year without q pennys
loss to you.
:. You get Life Insurance-YOUR RE-
NAMING PAYMENTS CANCEL
ED IN EVENT OF YOUR DEATH.
s. You get a REBATE OR PREMIUM
IN CASH of $l.jO for each month
you shorten your payments.
Q. You get II rolls Of SS-nOte music
Of your own choice, a stool, a
player bench and q scarf.
10. You get an ir0n-clad guarantee
as strong as it can be written In
the English language.
IL. You get all of these privileges and
conditions IN WRITING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
Temperature Yesterday.

Midnight, 81: am. Sc: 4 am. 30; G
am, "a; s am, 81; 10 am, AZ: l. noon,
81; pm. 50: pm. 62: 6 pm, .,S;
8 nm, As: 10 pm, 40. Maximum, G';
,pfrimym ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

Offers You a Chance You
Can't Afford to Overlook If
You Enjoy Music Yourself
or Value its Refining 1nflu-
enCe on the Home and Edu-
cation of Children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

If you want work read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
Relative Humidity.

am. 81: pm, %: pm, A..
Rainfall Is PIN. TO p-m). o. Hours
of sunshine, os; per cent Of possible sun
shine, IS.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 81; minimum, 10.
Temperatures in Other Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
WEATHER
Probably Rain Sunday Night Q
Monday: Continued Warm.

For the District of Columbia, increasing
cloudiness and continued warm Sunday
probably rain Sunday night or Monday
increasing southwesterly winds.
The western depression has deepened
considerably, and is being closely fol-
lowed by an area of high pressure and
cold weather with snow in Rocky Noun
tain districts, and locally in the upper
Missouri valley. The rain in connection
with the western disturbance is thus far
confined to eastern Texas Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and western Missouri.
1t is warmer in Atlantic coast districts
Mountain slope.
The main barometric depression now
everything Minnesota Will move northeast
ward during the next forty-eight hou. S
and cause precipitation, mostly in the
form of snow, in the lake region and
northern New England. Rain is also
probable Sunday in the Mississippi valley.
the Ohio valley, and locally in the east
gulf states. and the rain area will prob
ably extend into Atlantic coast districts
Monday. Snow and much colder weather
is indicated for the Rocky mountain re-
gion and the upper Missouri valley during
the next twenty-four hours, and the area
of colder weather will doubtless move
southeastward over the plains states on
Monday.
The winds along the New England
coast will be brisk southwest to south;
the middle Atlantic coast brisk south
easterly: on the south Atlantic coast
light southerly: on the east gulf coast
brisk southeasterly, increasing Sunday:
on the west gulf coast brisk, possibly
high, southeasterly, on Lake Michigan
high southeast to south, becoming north
westerly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
Two Admirals Retire.

These appointments are incident to the
retirement Of Admirals
The Lamar register., 1911-10-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Notes From Lamar RsoIstsr Of
October 3, 1901

The famous Billow-Cecil feud
came to an end when Billow beat
up Cecil with a revolver. The al
tercation occurred on Third street
just in front of Cecil's home.
l.. Writ Markham resigned as
cashier of the First National Bank
and w. C. Gould was elected to
the place.
Henry Patton in Jail for steal
ing broke out and made his es-
cape to Kansas. stopping off at
Granada long enough to burglarize
two residences.
The Lamar register., 1911-10-04
DEMOCRATIC INCOMPETENCE
Work of State Government Badly
Tied Up by Bungling Of the
Democrats

cutive acts a large number of the
departments of the state govern
ment are tied up and practically
imperative on account of the suits
pending against them in the var
ious courts of the state. These suits
were started for the purpose OF
correcting Democratic errors.
In the first place the Colorado
Bar Association announces that
it will test the legality of the new
Court of Appeals through a suit in
the proper court. 1t will be re-
membered that the Democratic ma
jority of the senate and Governor
ShafrOth became engaged in n fac
tional fight over this court and
failed to follow the law in its
creation.
Through an error of Democratic
legislative officials the internal
improvement fund is not obtainable
for road and bridge Improvements
and two suits are now pending hav-
ing for their object the releasing of
those funds.
The $4,000 appropriated to de-
fend Colorado water users against
outside suits is also in jeopardy
through the wording of the bill
making the appropriation and
suit is being started to release the
fund.
A suit againt the state board
of health with special reference to
the state board of medical exam
iners Is pending and has tied up
the funds of that board. all because
Governor Shafroth insisted in ap-
pointing politicians instead of doc
tors on the board.
The governors appointment of
F. S. Hoag as a member of the rail-
road commission when the people
elected Sheridan S. Kendall caus-
ed suit to start which has res
suited the the complete suspension
of work by that commission
Through improper classifica-
ton of the funds of the state board
OF immigration those funds cannot
be secured and a mandamus suit
is pending against the state Of
ficals trying to force a reclassifica-
ton of the appropriation.
The secretary of the civil ser
vice commission recently became
exasperated over the acts Of the
state officials relative to the funds
for that commission and brought
suit for his salary thus making
that commission imperative.
The work of the state board OF
equalization in placing different val
ues on the two railroads running
between Pueblo and Denver and
other of its acts has caused four
suits TO be started in as many diff
ferent counties by the railroad to
prevent the collection of the taxes
under the valuations as made
The over-appropriation of the
last assembly left the dry farming
congress appropriation In a class
where 1t could not possibly be
reached for payment and suit has
recently been started mahdamusing
the state officials to reclassify
and pay same.
suit is pending against the
state bonding board to prevent the
issue of the bonds voted to pay
the states Indebtedness of several
years standing.
The above are a few OF the suits
that are pending In the various
courts against the present admins
tration. almost everyone of which
can be charged directly to incom-
potency. Had the assembly not
over-appropriated. or had Governor
Shafroth not doubled the states
payroll, and had the laws making
the appropriations been properly
worded and enacted few of the
above suits would have been neces-
Sarv
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-19
Planning for Better
Farming in Northwest
Two Big Conferences Held Yesterday in Minneapolis Many
North DakOtans Attend
North Dakota Men Who Are Backing the One Hundred DOor
an Acre Club Present Plans
Bankers Of Ten States Meet Epoch Making Conference to
Consider Teaching Reform

Two great conferences are on at the
present time in Minneapolis, both OF
which are OF vital interest to the
northwest. One OF these Is a confer
ence OF representatives of the bankers
associations OF ten states who met to
discuss agricultural education.
This conference opened yesterday.
The men back Of the move are not
educators bat business men and they
demand that more EFFORT me placed ON
turning out producers instead of con-
sumera.
North Dakota is represented by the
following;
b. O. osgaard, Neville; A. 8. French.
EIIendale; r. g. Adams, Lisbon: w.
C. Macfadden. secretary state Bankers
]. Fl. Shepherd, North Dakota Agri-
Park River; p A. Pickett. Leal; Prof
J. III Shepperd. North Dakota AgTi-
cultural college. Fargo.
The other conference Is that OF the
leaders in the state One Hundred Dol
lar an Acre club recently formed in
Fargo or this conference The Mime
apolis Journal says:
Beginning the actual work that will
mean, In North Dakota. the greatest
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-19

The campaign for members for the
Fargo Commercial club continues to
be a wonderful success. Districts No.
and No. 2 are fighting for the hons
ora Of having the largest number OF
applications turned in and severaR
times during the day the workers Of
the two districts have been tied In tina
battle.
The campaign for q creates
and better Fargo is meeting
with wonderful success The
Ratchet has been buried and the
true booster spirit 10 everywhere evi-
dent. The applications are coming
in without any great deal OF effort
on the part Of the workers.
See the advertisement I'm The Fo~
rum this evening. Run down the list
OF the names of the men who have
Joined the boosters crew and count tina
people In the list whom you know.
The names OF the men on the roster ct
new applicants, represent the caIibra
Of Fargo manhood thai IL going 10
boost for a better and greater Fargo
At 10 o'clock this morning the nuns
Der OF new applications had reached g.
total Of 40. AT 1908 another Appaf-s,
cation came IN and they continued to
come throughout the day.
II am more than pleased with tina.
success OF the campaign said Chair 1
man Beckwith of the committee this
morning. The workers are. 60 tho.
last man, dsvoting the time to theE
campaign that they promised to give.
and are meeting with excellent suc-f
cess. The spirit Of the booster seems
to have gotten into the business men
OF Fargo and 7 see no reason why thlm
commercial club cannot be built up
to be the largest and best in the state
and do more good for Fargo than any
other thing ever In the city that has
directed its attention to the com
mercial and industrial welfare OF Far
go. The campaign viii continue for
the remainder of the four days, and as
long as 1t continues 1t viii continue 10
be success. The men are working
the districts carefully and wedding out
every possible applicant and going
after them hard. We are on the road
TO a bigger and better Fargo"