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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
|NTERURBAN LINE
 RECEIVES SET BACK
Commission Refuses to Ap- prove Atlanta-Macon Ky. Co.'s Proposed Bond
 Issue

Atlanta. September 1.-tSpecial) )-The refusal of the state railroad commission to grant the petition of the Atlanta and Macon Railway company for approval of it's proposed stock and bond issue. means that the people on the route of the proposed interurhan line between the two cities will again be disappointed in their efforts extending now over 10 years, to secure such an sinterurban service.
 The men back of the project, headed by Kennett Cowan, a Chicago banker, ar ranged to secure foreign capital to build the road on basis of S9oO0 oo0 of bonds to be sold at S5, and a like issue of stock a bonus.
 The commission thought $S60O.OO0 too big stock bonus. and cut it in half making it s1 800 O00 but it is positively asserted by the promoters of the project that they cannot secure the money for it on this basis and that the line will not be built. if this is adhered to.
 There will be filed an application for a rehearing, and an effort will be made to show the commission that the issue re- quested is essential to the success of the project. It will be recalled that in the case of the Georgia Railway and Power company, after cutting off SlO 100000 of the proposed stock, lne cotninlsSloH, upon rehearing, put it back on giving the com pany all it had asked. Whether any hope can be based upon this remains te be seen.
 It is unquestionable, however. that upon the success of the company's petition de- bends the building of the first interurban line of any proportions in Georgia. AL though the company has spent $1OO00o, 1t is said it will have to abandon the project on account of inability to make financial arrangements upon the basis fixed by the commission.
 The commission takes the view that a 100 per cent stock bonus is too great: that the public should not be called upon to pay rates necessary to pay dividends on it. And yet the people all along the proposed route are clamoring for 1t and sent delegations before the commission to urge that the petition be granted, These are the people who will use the road and who will have to pay the rates, yet the commission has refused it on the general ground that the proposed stock bonus Is too large.
 The question as to what is a proper stock bonus is very interesting one. The commission has as yet laid down no general rule, but has put each case on It's own merits The stock bonuses which 1t has granted, vary all the way from % to 100 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
MAYORALTY RACE
 OPENS IN ATLANTA
Three Starters Thus Far With Prospect of More.
 Primary in October

Atlanta, September 1.-tSpecial)- Atlanta's mayoralty race, which has been waiting on state politics, has prospect of as many more candidates before the primary. which will be held sometime in October
 Those who have actually paid their entrance fee are Councilman Aldine Chambers, pr. George Brown. former member of the legislature from Fulton, and ex-Councilman Steve R. Johnston. These are enough to make the fight interesting but there will be one or two and maybe three more, accord ing to present indications.
 It Is pretty certain that former May or James G. Woodward will enter the race, and according to report he will have stronger support than In any of his recent campaigns 1t Is said that many of those who have fallen out with the "city hall crowd" because of failure to remodel the city government as promised after the defeat of com mission government, will get back of Woodward this time. If they do, this. with the 200O odd voters which always go loI DlHl WILL Dldht nm d SlfoHB factor in the race.
 There are no particular city issues except the failure of council to carry out its alleged promises to cut down the city boards and organize a more effective government. The matter of street improvement may also figure, since there has been much complaint over the bad condition of the streets in almost every section, of the city.
 But all of the announced candidates so far are either now aligned, or have been. with the present city government which has failed 10 make good in the matter of municipal reform Many of those who supported the commission form of government want candidate who will take up this fight, and 1t Is said they are looking about for one. Report has 1t that If they cannot get the man they especially want, many of them will go to Woodward.
 All of which promises Atlanta a pretty lively contest this fall. There are contests for practically all of the city jobs of any conseouence, and inter est will be kept keen from now until the primary settles them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
HOLD MOBILE FAIR
 NOVEMBER 12-19

Mobile. September Special )-The committee appointed by President John T. Cochrane of the Chamber of Commerce and Business league to originate an an nual fair for Mobile county, has appoint ed special committees to take charge of the different departments of work and to plan the general scope of the exhibi- ton.
 The date tentatively decided upon was November F to l9, but the matter of the location for holding the fair was left to the committee on arrangements to decide and recommend to the general committee of the whole. J. A. Joullan was made secretary ry-manager and it was decided to perfect permanent organization to en- able the fair to secure the y300O appropri- ated by the state of Alabama for similar county fairs.
 The entire committee will hold another meeting in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce Monday at 1 D. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
YOUTH DRINKS FROM
 FIANCEE'S SKULL

Paris, September 1.-(Special. )-Drink- ing form a cup made from the skull of his fiancee, is the way which a German student at Strassburg has adopted to keep the memory of her fresh. The fact is vouched for by the Abbe Wetterle a famous Decentralization priest. who bought the grim relic from the student to add it to his museum of German civil- zation" at Colmar
 The girl died year ago in the hospital where the student woryed so that the latter had little difficulty in removing the head from the dissecting room. The abbe was put on his track by a jeweler who studded the skull which was brought to him with rubies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
OPEN NEW TEXAS
 PORT IN NOVEMBER

New York, September 1.-(Special)- Further details of the plans announced a month or two ago for developing large sulphur property in Texas and creating new port near 1t at the mouth Of the Prazos river, have been made public. The leading member of the syndicate control- ling the enterprise is the local banking house of s. NJ. Swenson X Sons with the National City bank and other large in terests among it's associates. No wharf, age charges will be levied at the new port. which is to be called Freeport, and which the syndicate hopes will become a con- siderable shipping point with the opening of the Panama canal.
 The new town will be formally opened on November %. The syndicate plans the installation of various industries there, and the Freeport and Mexican Fuel oil company of Tampico has already ar ranged for building storage tanks at Freeport. The extensive sulphur deposits. which are few miles from f'reeport, will soon begin to be worked. as the plant for recovering the sulphur is practically com pleted. oil from the Tampico fields will oe the fuel used in operating the plant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
COL. ROOSEVELT
 INVITED ID SELMA The Bull Moose Candidate Asked to Speak During
 Central Fair

Selma. September 1.--(Special.l-Col. Theodore Roosevelt, presidential noml- nee of the bull moose party. has been in- yited to visit Selma and deliver an ad- dress to the voters of central Alabama during the Central Alabama fair, which will begin here on Monday. December oD, and continue until October S.
 The letter of invitation was directed to Colonel Roosevelt by Maj. V. B. Atkins of the fair association. In his effort to bring the strenuous one to Selma. Major Atkins Is receiving the indorsement of the prom inent bull moose leaders in the state.
 In the invitation Major Atkins sets forth the fact that the black belt is democratic to the core. That 1t will remain so. but the people who admired his policies would welcome him with open arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
DOCTORS ATTEND
 CLINICS AT TUSKEGEE

Tuskegee. September 1.-(Special)- surgical section and the daily clinics hell at the Tuskegee institute hospital were the most interesting features In connec tion with the fourteenth annual session of the Negro National Medical association, which has just closed here. Dr. A. NJ. Brown of Birmingham, chairman of the surgical section, provided the most elabor- ate clinic ever furnished the association. From three to six major operations were performed daily at the hospital, and have been uniformly successful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN
 AND AROUND HUNTSVILLE

The funeral of Miss Louise Wilson. popular young girl who died al the home Of her parents. MT. and Mrs. LeRoy N .l- son in Chattanooga. was conducted here Saturday in the Episcopal church, inc Rev. Carey Gamble officiating. Miss Will son was frequent visitor to Huntsville.
 The Huntsville lodge of Elks and the Huntsville Baseball association have made arrangements for a street carnival to be held here during the week of Sep tember 9. The carnival shows will be sup piled by the Metropolitan Shows com pany.
 Mrs Gilbert n. White, a bride of a few months formerly Miss Mamie Hayes of Mooresville, died Friday night in Kansas City, where she had been residing since her marriage last autumn. The body was brought to Huntsville Sunday afternoon and the funeral will be held Monday. G..- belt White, the bereaved husband, is a son of D. Irvine White, prominent citi- zen of Huntsville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
FIX SENATOR MONEY TO ADDRESS
 N-MARSHALL CLUB

Jackson, Miss, September 1,-(Special)- Former United States Senator II. D. Money has accepted an invitation to ad- dress the Wilson and Marshall club in Jackson on the night of September 6, and no doubt will be accorded a most respect full hearing. Since his retirement from public life several months ago Colonel Money has been living quietly on his derstood here that his health is better than for several years. The people of Jackson will turn out in great mum bers to hear him.
 party of five or six farmers from Ala bama are spending a few days here and at other points in Mississippi study
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

ing methods of fighting boil weevils. cat tie ticks and other farm pests. They are being given the benefit of all the eXpe- rlence Mississippi has had along these lines the past three or four years, and will be able to begin their crusade without any unnecessary experiments.
 A number of citizens of Jackson wlio are interested in stock raising went over to Clinton today to attend the meeting of the Hinds County Live Stock association, of which Commissioner of Agriculture Blakese Is president The association has a membership, of about 30. and will no doubt take on new life after this big gathering at Clinton. Several men who are prominent in live stock circles were on hand to do the talking and encourage cooperation among the farmers Of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
PAST YEAR IN BUSINESS AT
 SELMA A SUCCESSFUL ONE

Selma, September l.--tSpecial)-The business of the commercial year which ended with the close of business Satur- day night was one of the most successful in the history of Selma according to the best information. In every particular the year has been a good one for Selma More building has gone on during the past F months than ever before. there have been fewer business disasters, the territory of the business houses has been increased and although the year has been termed dull one in many places. the dull period has not been noticeable in Selma.
 With the close of the commercial year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
FIRST BALE SOLD AT
 JACKSON SATURDAY

Jackson. Miss. September 1.-tspecial) The first bale of cotton of the present crop was brought in and sold Saturday by O. C. Cox, manager of the Morrison place north of Jackson. The bale was ginned by the Central oil company, free of charge weighed 496 pounds and sold to Jones Bros. at l3 cents.
 II. F. Dunham, noted hydraulic en- gineer of New York. and Kirkpatrick X, culley, civil engineers of Birmingham, after careful and independent investiga- ton and a weeks study of the topog- raphy of Jackson, have recommended to the board of mayor and aldermen that the filtration plant for the waterworks sys- tenn be built near the present intake on Pearl river, two miles above the city proper, where there is no danger of con- tamination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
DEADLY FEUD FOR
 HAND OF YOUNG LADY

Chicago, September 1.-fSpecial)- )-An amazing story of deadly feud between two boys for the love of girl companion was told to the police today as providing the motive for the murder of Solomon Golep, A years old, by Tony Bruno. 15 years old in the presence of 1500 children at the McLaren playgrounds, Lowell place and West Polk street. Goep was shot twice one bullet entering the left side and the other the eye. He died on the way to hospital.
 Rosie Marks. known to all the friends of both boys, is said to be the girl for .hose love they were rivals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

Saturday night the cotton receipts show that during the year there has been re- ceived In Selma more than 147 600 bales Of cotton. Of this number scarcely 1000 bales remain in the warehouses cf the city. The ny-products from the seed of this cotton have also been manufactured in the city and the revenue. from the crop of the past year amounts to millions of dollars for Selma
 Throughout the year there has been &C., tivity in every line of business. During the latter part of the year there has been a steady demand for farm laud around Selma. This means that new capital Is coming into this section of the state and that the agricultural future of the sec ton is just being developed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
Real and Artificial Sapphires

FrOn Hafper W eekIy.
 The chemical composition of the syn thetic sapphire is the same as that of the natural sapphire The only difference is that the real sapphire Is erystalIized while the artificial sapphire is fused alumina or alumina glass.
 Between artificial and real sapphires there Is just such a difference as there is between potato sugar and rock candy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

Huntsville. September l.-(Speciall-A letter from the famous prisoner Tn Mad rid, who offers third of his fortune of $SS0,00o as a reward for the rescue of his trung containing indispensable docu- ments, has been received here. Herbert Higgins. proprietor of the StegaA barber shop here, has received a letter signed "Ex- Banker" in which the writer says he Is prisoner In Madrid. and knowing the honesty and secrecy Of Mir Higgins, asks him to come to Madrid and secure documents that will put him in posses sion of a fortune of $90000 In America. Mr. Higgins regards the letter as an at tempt to swindle him and does not expect to pay any attention to it.
 Tom Treece. young man from Arkan- sas. was convicted in the law and equity court of the charge of grand larceny after an all day trial before jury. Treece was indicted two years ago for robbng Jesse Patterson in this county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
Worse Still
From the WashingI

From the Washington Herald
 The train puffed cityward from the summer resort.
 You look downcast.'' said the first sum- mer girl. Have you left your heart be- hind'
 Left my best parasol." snapped the second summer girl, with frown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
LEE SCHOOL CENSUS
 SHOWS DECREASE
BlantOn Home Destroyed By Fire at Opelika-In-
 surance Change

Opelka, September 1.-tSpeciaL )-The school census for 1912 as reported to County Superintendent of Education J. A. Albright. is 1l,S22. as compared with Ill., S4S in 1910 The last census, according to race and sexes, is: Whites, 1925 males. 2O2l females; negroes. 3554 males 3s2l females. The 1910 census was: Whites, 1889 males, 20l4 females; negroes. 2603 males, S742 fe- males. There are some peculiar statistics shown by the reports In one school dis- trict there are one white male child of school age and no negroes In another district. 2l whites and 241 negroes. The principal towns of the county report as follows: Auburn, whites, POP; negroes. 246, Loachapoka, whites, 70, negroes, 4lS. Salem, whites, S6; negroes, -o1 Opelika, whites. S34 negroes, 900. Phenix City. whites, q15; negroes, 19e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

Fire q few nights since destroyed tle residence owned by W. E. Blanton and occupied by C. J. Stewart. Most of the household goods were lost. Blanton had 800 insurance on the house and Stewart S750 on household goods The origin oi the fire Is not known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

The firm of Dean X Jones' insurance. dissolved partnership on September l. J. A. Jones will engage in business him self. Joe L. Dean. Jr.. and Baker Dean will form an insurance partnership. These young men are sons of the late Capt. J. L. Dean, one of the best known insurance men in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

The Alabama Negro Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical association. which met at Tuskegee this week, will meet next year in Opelil<a. This organization is composed of about 120 negroes of the state The state officers elected for the ensuing year are pr. l.. L. Coin Of Birmingham, president: pr. E. T. Belsaw of Mobile, secretary. pr. j. w Darden of Opelil<a, treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

At a called meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the Farmers National bank yes terday it was decided to increase the cap ital stock S50,0OO on January l. 1913, This is double the amount now standing. This bank, although not yet three years old, shows earnings this year of about 30 per rent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-01-06
LEFT ABSOLUTELY
NO TRACE BEHIND
One Thousand Gotham Girls Dis.
appeared During 1911.

New York, Jan 5.-During 1911 the
New York police were called to the
aid of families from which some mem
ber had disappeared $500 times, and
during this same time approximately
1000 women, most of them young
girls. have utterly disappeared Nor
does this number cover all the young
women who drop out of the world sud
denly The police say that not more
than half the actual disappearance
are reported.
During 1911" says police official,
commenting on the figures, I'VE have
been confronted with hundreds of
cases similar in every degree to that
of Dorothy Arnold. Many other cases
are just as battling as hers. The girls
left absolutely no trace behind. They
made no preparations for departure,
and few have since been heard from.
We maintain a bureau of missing per-
sons especially to carry on this search.
'Our Investigations show that there
are four reasons which cover most of
the disappearances: First, severe
home restraint; second, extreme pov.
erty; third, theatrical aspirations !;
fourth, lured away"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-01-06
GIRL TAKEN FROM PARENTS
Latter Had Sold Her for $500 to Man
She Had Never Seen.

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 5.-The hear.
ing of Elsie Navikoff, pretty Russian
girl of seventeen, who told Judge Cur.
tis Wilbur in the superior court that
her parents had sold her into marriage
for $500 with a man she had never
seen, and that system of slavery ex.
listed in the Molokano colony here, was
ended by the court declaring the girl
a dependent and ordering her sent to
the detention home.
Federal officials may make an in.
quiry into the customs and practices
of the local Russian colony. Joseph
A. Cannaty of the Los Angeles immi.
grafton bureau, at the conclusion OF
the case, made request for a full
transcript of the evidence.
Miss Navikoff testified that she eth
er had to submit to .he customs oil
the local Russian colony and marry
the man who had paid her father $500
for her, or run away, and she decided
on the latter course. She was found
by probation officers hiding at the
home of an American woman with
whose son she was In love.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-01-06
AGED BANKER AND
SON ADMIT GUILT
Confess to Forgeries Aggregat.
ing S165,OOO.

Battle Creek, Mich, Jan. 5-"It's
Leavenworth prison for me and the
sooner the better" said H. M. Dearing,
the aged Albion banker, as he pre-
pared to leave for Detroit with his son,
Palmer M. Dearing, in custody of a
United States marshal. Father and son
have confessed forgeries amounting to
$165, 900, that resulted in the closing
of Albion National bank last Tuesday
is there any hope for the deposi.
tors?" the elder prisoner was asked
For ar instant the man appeared on
the verge of breaking down, then he
choked back the tears and replied :
mo, none at ALL"
The son, who had been apparently
unaffected during the hearing before
United States Commissioner Clark
here, continued to leave most of the
talking to his father up to the mo
ment of their departure for Detroit
After the men were bound over tc
the federal grand jury at Detroit un
der $4,000 bonds each the proceed
ings in the commissioner Office here
were extended late into the night In
order to give time for the preparation
and signing of statements showing
that the confessions were entirely vol
untary.
The two bankers came here volun
tarily from Albion and met United
States Marshal CampbelI and United
States District Attorney Tuttel al
Commissioner Clarks Office. The
senior Dearing is one of the Oldest
and best known bankers of Michigan
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-01-06
ROOSEVELT REMAINS SILENT
Former President Refuses to Be
"Smoked Out"

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Jan. 5.-With
the chill wind blowing strong of
shore, the renewed attempt to smoke"
Colonel Roosevelt into the open is hav-
ing no visible effect on the Sage OF
Sycamore HILL"
After chopping down his allotted
number of trees and riding many miles
over the snow covered highways OF
Nassau county, the colonel retired to
his library smiling and happy and in
sisting that he would not talk politics.
SO far as the statement of President
Taft that he is in the fight for the
Republican nomination as long as he
has a single delegate is concerned
Roosevelt expressed no more interest
In it than he did in the assertion by
certain other politicians that he was
double crossing" La Toilette.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-01-06
MANCHUS WILL
Renew FIGHTING
Premier Orders Resumption
OF hOStilitieS.
MONEY TO PAY TROOPS

Funds Furnished by Empress Dowager
Inspires Yuan Shl kai With Conf
dence and He viii Again Take Up
Task of Suppressing the Rebellion.
Shanghai, Jan. 5.-The imperial
government in Peking has sent orders
to all the generals in command of the
imperial troops to resume hostilities
at a. M, Jan 6, unless they receive
notification that the arm1stice has
been renewed. This step has been
taken, 1t Us assumed here, as result
of the refusal of the revolutionaries tn
continue the negotiations with the
Peking authorities by telegraph in ac.
cordance with the demand of Premier
Yuan Shi Kai
President Sun Vat Sen instructed
DR.. WI Ting Fang to telegraph TO
Premier Yuan Shi Kai at Peking ask
ing him to come TO Shanghai and nego.
tiate personally with the president OF
the new republic.
The fact that Premier Yuan Shi Kai
Is now in possession OF considerable
sum of money which he received from
the empress dowager for the purpose
OF repressing the rebellion and with
which he can pay the imperial troops
has, it Is believed, inspired him with
fresh confidence in his power to check
the revolution, as he is aware that the
republicans lack resources.
There are said to be about 10000 I'm
perial troops in Hanyang and the vi.
cinity and a clash with the reyolu.
tionaries, whose force is said to be al.
most equal, is possible at any mo.