The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-04

GERS on several occasions have used
strong measures to correct disorders.
Washington, December S.--The fourth
national conference of the American
Society for Judicial Settlement of In
ternational Disputes will begin
e-day session here tomorrow night
An international court of justice, Pam
American court of the same kind. the
Monroe doctrine, limitations of arbitfil-
tion and other like subjects viii be dis
cussed.
Melrose. Mass December 3.-"Fresno
Dan" and Dakota DAN" each Of
whom claims to be Daniel Blake Rus
sell. heir to half the estate of the late
Daniel Russell today followed to the
grave the body of William c. Russell.
the central figure in the famous Will
controversy and the man each claimant
called brother"
Clinton, Mo-, December 3.-Tilly 0,
Puckett. charged with numbering his
mother. testified today that his mother.
Mrs. Susan Makinson, quarrelled with
him because she did not like his wife.
New York, December 3.-The New
York stock exchange is considering
the adoption of the measure requiring
SCA
the exchange to make immediate an
nouncement of the declaration of their
dividends.
New York, December 3-Because of
a sudden attack of acute Indigestion,
George Westinghouse. inventor of tho
air brake, was unable to attend to-
nights meeting of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers in an
nual session here and receive in person
the Grashof medal awarded him by the
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure of Leip-
sic, one of the highest honors within
the reach of the engineering profess
sion.
New Orleans, December 3-Fifty-
eight suits asking for s33,S79,3 1897 We're
filed in the United States court here to-
day against the American Sugar Re-
filming company under the provisions
of the Sherman nti-trust law, making
a total of 130 suits filed within the
past two weeks against the same con
cern asking for damages aggregating
more than 800, 900.
Nashville, Tenn, December 3.-Brad-
ford Nicholl, aged ~, conspicuous in
Masonic circles of the state and nation
was run down and killed by street
car here tonight.
Frederick, Md, December 3-Plans
are being made by thet United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy to unveil a
marker on July 9, 1914 to the memory
of the southern dead who fell on Mon
ocacy battlefield. The date set will
be the fiftieth anniversary of the fight.
The marker will be of Maryland gran
lite, surrounded by boulder with u
bronze tablet. suitably inscribed.
London, December 3.-Sporting Life
understands that the rules recently
adopted by the oxford University
Athletic commission will be modified
into a simple all round age limit.
New Orleans, December 3-Nine sug-
gestiops for working conditions in lum-
Der camps were adopted by the general
welfare committee of the yellow pine
manufacturers which met here today.
The suggestions include the testing of
water supply. hygiene, sanitation, house
screenings, domestic science in camps
time for physical recreation of employees
and prevention of accidents and diseases.
The committee will meet again in Little
Rock next week.
London, December 3.--Suffragettes made
an attempt yesterday to drain off the
canal between Faisworth, Lancashire and
Marple, Cheslre, by cutting channel
from the canal to the river Goyt at Rom
ley The work was started, but apparent
ly 1t proved too laborious and was aban-
doned.
The Hague, December 3.-In the lower
house the foreign minister announced that
a draft of treaty based on Secretary of
State Bryan's peace plan had been sent
by the government to Washington.
Harrisburg. Pa. December 3.-Relatives
late tonight took Roland Mahany of Buff
falo, N. Y, a former minister to Ecuador,
from a hospital here, where he had been
recovering after two attempts to commit
suicide. He boarded a train, saying he
would visit in Meadville Pa, before re-
turning home.
Panama. December 3.-Mrs Theodore
Roosevelt is due to arrive at Balboa from
Cal!ao, Peru, about December 8. 1t is
expected she will spend two days on the
isthmus sightseeing and then take ship
for home. The local camp of Spanish
war veterans has received a letter from
Colonel Roosevelt accepting an invitation
to address the camp on his way back
from South Africa.