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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
REPUBLICANS MEET AT GUNTERSV|LLE Delegates Are Elected to the
 State Convention - BIG UNDERWOOD CLUB Albertville Planning to Have Best Fair Ever Held-CottOn Con-
 tinues to Pour In-Howard esz. Will Probably Recover
BIG UNDERWOOD CLUB

Albertville, March 1.--( Special )-rhe Marshall county republican executive committee met at Guntersville recent ly and a very harmonious session was held. The following Is the ticket put out for the county offices: Treasurer, J. NJ. Fowler; tax collector E. F. Lut- trell. tax assessor, ". L. Groover; su- perintendent of education, c. ". Bow man. commissioner Second district, W. A. Rains; commissioner Third district. T. c. Johnson; commissioner Fourth district Asa Hamby. The following were elected to the state convention: Q, D. Street, T. ]. Brown, w. II. Bart- lett, C. Kennamer. A ]. Beard, ]. ". Hughes, Fl. Butler G. c. Allen, Sam Pruett, W. F. Snead. Leander Isbell and G. l. Names.
 j. W. Walker, secretary of the Mar shall County Fair association, returned this morning from Birming gham. where he attended the meeting of the officers of the various fair associations of north Alabama. Mir. Walker stated that he was much pleased with the meeting and that he expects much good to be
 
 ton. and each fair cooperating with the others. By this means it would prove of mutual benefit to all and
 raise them to higher educational plane.
 | ,W.s C. Sims stated this morning that a meeting of the Marshall county Un- derwood club would he ned the early part of next week. The purpose of this meeting will be to see Tow many from 1 Albertville and Marshall county are desirous of going to the convention 10 be held in Baltimore in June and to make arrangements for hotel accom- modations with the rest of the Under wood delegation.
 Sims said he, for one, was going and that he would be the first one to wire back that s"Underwood is nom mated" There will hv doubt he seV- eral other citizens go from here.
 The local club probably has the lar gest membership of any similar organ ization in the state, having roo mem bers enrolled. and every member is talking Underwood ana saying good word in his behalf.
 The fertilizer season has opened in Albertville now and < vast quantity Is now being unloaded into the local warehouses. The Butler-Kyse oil and Fertilizer company and the Boaz Fer tilizef company plants are both run ming day and night r-w in order 10 catch up with their many orders.
 Cotton is still coming into Albertville in large quantities and as result Of so much of the fleecy staple being marketed the local merchants are en- toying good trade. There is still a good many bales stored In the country but the majority of the holders are turning loose at the , cent mark.
 The condition of Ed Howard, the Iaged farmer who waa attacked last week. remains about the same and he has fairly good chc-ce to recover The preliminary trial of Jake Spence. who is in the county jail at Gunters- vile charged with the attack, until the condition of Howard Is so that it will be known whether he will recover or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
WHALES FLAMES
 DESPITE EFFORTS

Nov Orleans, March 1.-SuddenIy dis covering that her dress had caught fire while burning trash In her yard yes terday, Mrs. F. W. Gaskins of this city ran into her house. jumped into the bath tub and turned on the water. In her struggles to beat out th. fire she inhaled flames which resulted to- day in her death. Her husband anu two sisters survive her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Musicale Planned

Greenville. March -fSpeciaL)- )-Ti Willing Workers of the Baptist chur VIII give an "Ye Ole Time Concert" 5N the night of the 18th of March. The music of the concert will ne directed by Mrs. L. V. Stabler. Only musical numbers that are very old will be used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Married in Pensacola

Greenville. March -(Srecial.)-O. l. Boutwell,. young planter and merchant of Mussel. a near by town. and Miss Lula Belle Whittle of Mussel left here Tuesday night for Pensacola and were married at that place on Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
CORONER'S REPORT
 ON FEBRUARY WORK

Coroner B. L. Brasher yesterday com pleted his monthly report, showing that 1G homicides is the record for February. The report in full follows:
 February 1-Infant of Carrie Hosklns, colored, No l3 Dobblns Row, Thirty second street and First avenue. city; in- fantile convulsons.
 February 3-Smith Taylor, colored, Fifth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
NEWS OF INTEREST
 FROM CARROLLTON
Rev. J. W. Norton to Preach Sunday. Corn Prizes Offered--Rains
 Handicap Farmers

Carrollton. March 1,-(Special,)-lt has been announced that the Rev. J. ". Nor ton of Birmingham, agent of the north Alabama conference to provide homes for superannuated preachers, widows and orphans of the preachers, will fill the pul- pit of the Methodist church at this place next Sunday both morning and evening. He is well known to the people of this section. having been pastor of the Meth odist church at this place four years and he will be cordially greeted by his numer- ous friends here.
 The commissioners court has again of fered three prizes of s75, $50 and $25 for tho three best acres of corn grown during the present year and quite a number of the farmers will again enter the contest. During the past year there were some thing like So contestants and with an av- craze yield of about 70 bushels per acre gave the contestants something like 421 bushels of corn on co acres of land.
 The farmers throughout this entire 7ec- ton are badly handicapped with their farm work on account of the continued rains. Corn planting time is almost at hand and finds the farmers with none of their land prepared being at least 90 days behind with their farm work of all kinds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
JUDGE RICHARDSON COMING ID ALABAMA
To Make Five Speeches in
 Interest of Candidacy
HAS SERVED SIX TERMS
Illinois Central May Extend Line Into Decatur-Underwoo Club Grow ing Rapidly in Two Decaturs
 and Throughout County

Decatur. March 1.-(SpeciaL)-A com- munication from Congressman William Richardson from Washington today says that he will make the following speeches in this district in the interest of his can ddacy for reelection to Congress; Hunts vile, March 9: Moulton, March 16; Scotts- boro. March 1S. Florence, March % and Hartselle. March 90
 It Is understood that it is at the re- quest of his friends in the district that Congressman Richardson will make the speeches.
 He has been elected to Congress six friends here feel now that he has oppo- sition he should make at least few speeches in this campaign
 Now that the announcement is made that the Illinois Central railroad is to build q line of road from Haleyylle to Mobile. it is believed here that 1t is the Intention of this company to extend their line on into Decatur. The greater part of the survey from Decatur 10 Red Bay has already been made. This survey was made presumably by the North Alabama railroad some l1ile ago. AL that lHe. however. it was intimated that the illi- nos Central railroad was maxim Sthe sur vey and not the North Alabama.
 Judge William r.. Skeggs. president of the Underwood club. says that the mem bcrship of. the club is growing in the two Decaturs and all oyer the county.
 A few weeks ago tho Underwood club was organized here. and at that time a vice president of the club was appointed in every precinct in the county. Judge skeggs says that inc reports from these vice presidents arc that the membership of the club is also growing in every pre- cinct of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Count HOlstein-L Ledreborg Dead

Copenhagen. March l.-Count Holsten- I.edrebore. who was formerly prime min isier for the period of August s to Oc- tober 2a, 19o9 died today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The body of Mrs Daisy Cunningham, wife of a popular conductor on the Nash vile. Chattanooga and St Louis railroad. was brought to Huntsville this morning and inferred in Maple Hill cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham died suddenly in Decherd She was a daughter of the late Capt Dan LaXson of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Claude Justice. wanted in Huntsville for embezzlement, has been captured in North Carolina. and requisition papers have been forwarded so that he may be brought back here for trial. Justice dis appeared from here with about $40 belong ing to Dr. o. J. Brooks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The fruit nurseries of this section are preparing for their spring shipments of nursery stocks which will begin in about two weeks. Fruit trees are sent from here to all parts of the world. The av- craze number of cars shipped out Of Huntsville each season is about O. and their wholesale value is about 5000 q car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

John J. Taylor, a citizen of James, who was severely hurt while checking cotton in box car several weeks ago, has sufficiently improved to again re- sume his daily duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The projectors of the bank recently launched at Conner are busy preparing for the opening of the institution, which they hope to have ready for business. by April l. N. A. Mckinnon, a citizen of the place. has thrown open the doors of a well regulated hotel. Dr. Jurson Davis has entered the mercantile business. New residences are going up and the citizens are rejoicing over prospective boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The ginneries in some sections, to say the least, have not yet closed down toi the season. J. M. Hall, a large Bullock county planter, has yet 100 bales of his own production to gin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The fertilizer season has opened in Albertville now and :. vast quantity Is now being unloaded into the local warehouses. The Butler-Kyser oil and Fertilizer company and the Boaz Fer tilizer company plants are both run ming day and night r-w in order 10 catch up with their many orders.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
NOT FAIR DEAL AT
QUEENS HOSPITAL,
SAYS MISS PARISH
(From Wednesdays Advertiser. }

Y
Miss Susan G. Parish, who, for the
past year has been head nurse at the
Queen Hospital, returned yesterday
from brief trip to Hilo and the Vol
canO, which she desired to see before
she sails for the Coast on Friday. Miss
Parish, who was head nurse in the Pa
cific Hospital, Los Angeles, for FIVE
years, will take a similar position in
the Los Angeles county hospital, one
of the finest institutions of the kind in
the West and costing in buildings along
over one and half million dollars.
Miss Parish declines to go into any
personal detail of her relations with
the governing board of the Queen s
Hospital during most of her time in
Honolulu, but it is known that the rela-
tons were strained and that she was
asked for her resignation, which sne
refused until reason was given, which
never was made her. The board of
directors upon her demand made an
investigation as to alleged charges
against her and she was completely
exonerated.
Questioned yesterday as to the causes
of the trouble Miss Parish stated that
when she came here to take charge in
her department she found that she had
no authority, all she could do was to
make recommendation to Superintend-
ent Eckardt, and these were seldom ear
ried out. Under the circumstances Miss
Parish believes that she has not had
justice or a "fair deal. -"
As to her agreement to take the posi-
ton of head nurse in the Palama Set
Element, Miss Parish stated that at
first she had refused the offer made by
the Los Angeles authorities, but later
when the offer was repeated she went
personally to Mr.. Rath and told him
about it and asked to be released.
"Mr. Rath was very kind and pleas
ant and released me from our agree
ment before ] accepted the Los An
geles offer" said Miss Parish.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
MEASURE STARTS
QUERY CASCADE
Ordinance by Supervisors Pro-
Mding Secretary Brings Out
Many Questions.
tFrom wednesday,s Advertlser.l

An ordinance authorizing the ap.
pointment of secretary to the board,
with the salary to be fixed later, was
passed unanimously by the board of SUI.
pervisors last night. Following the
meeting the introducer, Murray, was
subjected to a eatechising because the
board had considered the proposition in
a caucus from which the public was
barred and kept pninformed. Had it
not been for leak, which The Adver.
tiser discovered, the proposition would
have been kept a secret until last
night.
The ordinance is indefinite partic-
uiarly as to the manner in which the
report of the secretary is to be pub
lished. 1t sets forth that his duties
shall be to prepare statement of the
work of the various departments and
deposit the same in the Office of the
city and county clerk Gas soon as prac.
ticable, and make up cat least thir-
ty copies to be given to the mayor,
members of the board and heads of de-
partments, but does not state whether
the report is to be printed neostyled or
typewritten.
1t has been reported that the board
members believe the Advertising bills
are too high and the ordinance design
ed primarily to reduce the bills by
| printing it's own report of proceedings
and the ordinances. So far the board
has not received any encouragement
in this regard as certain offers to print
reports and ordinances were found to
be about the same as the present ad-
vertising figures.
The ordinance goes into effect fifteen
days after approval by the mayor.
George F. Henshall, a trained news
paper man, is reported to be the
board IS selection for secretary.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
PORRAS PRESIDENT OF
PANAMA REPUBLIC

PANAMA, July 25.-The President,
ial elections which were held today
throughout the republic were conduct
ed in an orderly manner. All the elee.
tors belong to the Porras party, which
insures the unanimous election of DR.,
Belisario Porras on August 80 next,
when the electoral assemblies convene,
Senior Don Pedro Diaz, who was the
candidate of President Arosemena e
government, convinced of the impossi-
bility of his election, withdrew his can
didacy at the last moment.
The government publishes fly sheets
of correspondence with the American
committee, regarding the manner in
which the elections should be conduct
ed. The committee insisted that the
police should not be armed and that the
authorities should not prosecute citi-
zens during the election period.
Although President Arosemena had
issued a decree prior to the municipal
elections that the police authorities
should be under the control of the
American commissioners, he gave con-
Trajectory instructions after the de-
feat of his partisans in those elections.
The police force was increased and
other measures were taken which the
American commissioners thought would
make freedom Of elections impossible.
For several days there was a straining
of friendly relations between President
Arosemena and the Americans.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
CLEARS UP FORT
STREET TREFTs
Robberies Of Curio Shops Seven
Months Ago, Secret No
Longer.
(From wednesday s Advortiser.l


The Fort street robberies of curio
stores which. seven months ago, touched
the hairs of merchants on that thor
oughfare with gray, is cleared up, or
sufficiently so to give an idea who did
it. BY combination of circumstances
for which Chief MeDuffe is quite fam
Gus, he returned from the Coast just
about the same hour as the master-at-
arms of the cruiser California stepped
ashore at the naval wharf to tell him
all about it.
AS the case stands at present it ap.
pears to be an unknown sailor Off the
U. $. s. Colorado who performed the
robberies, which We're committed by
breaking in rear windows with beer
bottles Part of the loot has been re-
covered.
When the California sailed for Ma.
Mia and the Orient, after a long stay
in Honolulu, the master alarms of that
vessel was given full description of
the property stolen and photographs
of identical pieces and was asked to
keep watch on several suspected men.
The petty officers called on the chief
Monday, just after he got back to his
office. and told him that he had line
on the men. 1t seemed that one of
them overstayed his leave and because
of an overheard suspicious converse.
ton, his baggage was searched. In it
was found some of the loot with the
sale tags still on it. II. Culman, the
Fort street curio dealer, identified part
of this yesterday as undoubtedly that
taken from his store.
The man who had it in his possession
was brought before Chief McDuffie at
eight clock yesterday morning. His
story was to the effect that he had
secured it by taking it in pawn for ten
| dollars from sailor on the Colorado
in crap game in Iwilei when they
were last here and that he knew that
they were stolen goods when he reeeiv
ed them. The officers were compelled
to accept his story and it was made
into an affidavit and signed by Chief
McDuffie, Sergeant Kellett and the
master alarms.
The police, if they desired, could hold
him for receiving stolen goods and had
the naval authorities permission to dc
so if they wished but they decided
! against this course and q statment Of
the matter was turned over to the nava
officials. The man will be court-mar
tailed
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
OFF TO COAST ON
DITCH BUSINESS
Carl WOlters Of Hawaii Sum-
mOned to San Francisco
by Ed. Pollitz.
(From wednesday S Advertiser.l


Carl VOTERS, manager Of the Hutch.
inson plantation, Kau, Hawaii, will
leave for San Francisco in the steam
ship Manchuria in response to cabled
request from Ed. Pollitz, one of the
heaviest stockholders in the company.
Mr.. Wolters' departure at this time is
understood to have some relation to the
financing Of the Kau Ditch company,
now in process Of organization here and
in California, under the provisions of
an act of congress recently signed by
President Taft.
John 4. McCrossan, father of the
Kau Ditch proposition and all other
ditch measures in the Islands, stated
yesterday that the preparation of the
water license document is under way
here and until that is finished and laid
before the Governor and the license Sc.
cured the ditch work proper will not
be started.
'Without the right to get water it
would be useless for us to build n
ditch,'' said Mr.. McCrosson.
'Wc have done no surveying for the
ditch so far, but ms soon as the water
license matter is arranged, then we will
start our surveyors and commence dig
ging the ditch when the funds come in.
1t win be big proposition rs the ditch
is to carry water from the Puma into
the Kau district, making circuit of
the crater of Kilauea.D
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
FINANCES
OF BIC ISLAND
Territorial Auditor Is Now in
HiIo-To Look Into Mat
tiers There.
lMail snecial to mo Advertiaer. J

mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILo, August 5.-Colonel Fisher, the
territorial auditor, arrived on the
Mauna Kea Sunday. He will remain
in Hilo until Friday, or possibly until
the following Monday. 1t is his pur-
pose to make the usual audit of the
books of the tax and land Offices, as
well as those of other local territorial
officials.
Auditor Fisher is rather put out at
the insinuation that the blame for the
tangle in the county finance, referred
to by H. Gooding Field, may be laid, in
part, to the doors of his department.
He points out, in the first place, that it
is not his duty, rs territorial auditor,
to audit the books of the counties; nor
has he, in the second place, had any
thing TO do with the county books, be-
You'd installing the system which is
supposed to be uniform for all counties.
Fisher pointed out the following sec
ton of the county act, as explaining
Just what were his duties in respect to
the counties:
at shall be the duty of the auditor
of the Territory to confer from time to
time with the several county auditors
relative to the books to be kept by
county officers and the forms thereof,
and the form of report required to be
made, and to institute uniform sys.
TEN throughout the several counties. 1t
shall be the duty of each county audi.
tor to see that the instructions of said
territorial auditor in this respect are
carried out, and of each county officer
to keep his books and accounts and
make his reports in the form prescrib-
ed by said territorial auditor.
The original county act of 1903 was
copied from that of the State of Cali
fOrnia governing certain counties there
in,o said Fisher. cit provided that
the territorial auditor must establish
the county system, and, with this end
in view, ] wrote to several counties in
| California, and got from them books,
forms and rulings, parts of which
used. though much could not be used
as we had not here the laws supporting
many of them. / sent these books and
| forms out to the county ofiicers.elect
but when the county act was declared
invalid, / succeeded in getting most of
them back, and kept them until the
1905 county act went into effect
when sent the books to the county of
fcials, explaining how they might be
used.
"My duties are merely to see that
the counties were given a uniform sys
TEN. 1 have distinctly nothing to dc
With the auditing of their books, al
though 1 have, when looking at the
form in which the auditor of this coun
ty kept his books, asked him whether he
had his trial balance, and have found
that he took such regularly. / asked
about this more from curiosity than be
cause it was any duty of mine to do so
Furthermore, the system may be ad
hered to, and yet number of small
details, and various accounts, may b,
added, with which I have nothing t.
do. 1t is certainly out of the question
for my Office, which is over two hun
bred miles away, to be responsible fol-
the bookkeeping of this county"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
WOULD STOP FANTAN
ON THE PACIFIC MAIL

That eight fantan games are con-
Quoted in the Chinese quarters of the
steamship Korea, was brought to the
attention of United States Attorney
John l.. McNab of San Francisco, in
a letter received from John M. Mills
Mills and his wife boarded the steam
er at Honolulu and arrived at San
Francisco July Is.
They reported the gambling to the
officials of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, but they, according to his
statement to Attorney McNab, paid no
attention to the evil.
Attorney McNab stated that he
would combine the gambling investi
CATION with the opium investigation
which he is prosecuting against the
steamship company. He said his inves
tigation would be sweeping, and il
there was any federal law by which
to stop gambling he would try to have
il enforced.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-09
ABE L0UISSON QUITE WILLING TO PROVIDE
REPUBLICANS WITH THAT MISSING CANDIDATE

A Richmond arrived ON the field of
political battle yesterday in the per.
son OF Abe Louisson, the "Coffee King
of Kona," as passenger on the Mat
son steamer WilheImina from San Fran
cisco. The political unrest due to the
uncertainty of Kuhio's status with the
business element of the Republican par
ty has caused Abe to decide to remain
in Honolulu until it is definitely learn
ed whether Knbio win be regular
nominee or an independent. If he is
the latter Abe will throw his new derby
into the ring and build coffee tree
circle around it and seek for votes to
send him to congress.
Abe has grown retiring-almost Sc