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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
Satisfied With Pratt CO. Action

Montgomery, March 1s-(speciaf9 Sen
sational reports to the contrary notwith-
standing, the governor is satisfied that
the scales at Banner mines are correct
and that the Pratt Consolidated Coal
company, in its business relationship with
the state is entitled to clean bill of
health
He was indignant that remarks attribu-
ted to him as rejecting on his honesty of
purpose and rejecting also against the
Pratt Consolidated company should have
been published
Before signing the contract with the
Pratt company" he said, II obtained the
opinions of many practical coal operators
and committee which acted under the
direction of the state mine inspector
Furthermore, / required the Pratt COM
pany to make bond guaranteeing that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
BIRMINGHAM MAN
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
Charles Harness, Structural
Iron Worker, Killed at
Tallulah Falls, Ga.

News was received in Birmingham
last night of the death at Tallulan
Falls, Ca of Charles Harmes, struc-
1urai iron worker, residing in Ensley.
Z, While at work on the giant power
plant being constructed at the falls
he fell to his death yesterday after
noon. Harmes was at work on the ton
of the plant, the framework of the
plant being now constructed TO q
height softwo stories. He fell the en-
tire distance to the foundation of the
power house, which rests upon the solid
rock at the bottom of Tallulah gorge
Funeral arrangements win be an
nounced later. e~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
Different Account Given

Sofia, March 19.-Bulgarian reports
of the fighting at Tchatalja gives a
somewhat different account than that
issued at Constantinople. According to
the Bulgarians the Turks on Tuesday
last essayed a forward movement, but
the attempt which caused them a con-
siderable loss was a complete failure
About five divisions of infantry, ar
tillery and cavalry supported by war
ships were checked by Bulgarian de-
tachments, which had been pushed for
ward. Toward evening the troops on
the right Bulgarian flank attacked the
divisions on the left of the Turkish
flank and put them to flight. Two d.
visions of Turks were isolated but es-
capped during the night. All is quiet at
Adrianople and Bulair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20

new contract would prove as advanta-
geous as that of the Tennessee company
had been.
II still believe the contract is a good
one. And If the state has not netted as
large sum as was netted under the
Tennessee company contract, then George
B. Mccormack will make the difference
good. am satisfied with the arrange
ments. The report concerning the state
scales at Banner has been proved to be
entirely erroneous
The governor was much agitated today
in regard to the report of yesterday aft
ernoon and was in long distance commun-
ication with several prominent people of
Birmingham, some connected with the
Tennessee company and others with news
papers. He will later issue formal
statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
Is Grieved and Humiliated,
Though Not Broken in
Spirit by Recent Events
DEEP LINES SHOW
SEVERITY OF BLOW.
Reason for Friends to Hope That Oak
ley Will Yet Be Able to Prove
Himself Innocent of
Crime

BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Montgomery, March 19.-(Special) THAT
through figurative grist MILL the gov
ernor and James G. Oakley have recently
passed is proved In the physical appear
ance of these men. The frightful dis
closures emanatihg from the convict de-
man in indelible lines. For those dis
closures will unquestionab1y have bear
ing on the future of both. and will live
in the memory of both as long as the
memory runneth.
There is reason for his friends to hops
that Mr.. oakley will prove himself in
nocent of crime, and especially of that
crime with which he stands charged and
untried. But there will remain the fact
that he failed to discharge his duty 10
the state as a careful and watchful head
of one of the states most important de-
partments, that, In other words, during
his administration. his chief clerk was
enabled to fitch and escape for a time at
least with a large sum of money. the
uraliy is deeply grieved and humiliated.
lie is broken in appearance, though not
necessarily in heart.
Governor Has Aged Much
The governor is no longer the debonair
gentleman with whom the people are ac-
quainted. He has aged since the incep-
ton of the greatest scandal in the his
tory of the state. His eyes are dropped
and deep lines have dug themselves into
his countenance. He Is bowed although
in spirit he is brave and vigorous and
determined to uncover every vestige OF
graft which is alleged to have occurred
during his entire administration.
The governor is a disappointed man.
It is now impossible for him to make a
success of his ADMINISTRATION. He evil
IDENTIFY realizes that for always people will
look back upon this period of the states
history and recall without pleasure the
incidents of his career as governor, Incl
dents with which he himself is not per-
sonally connected and which 1t is prob
able, he could not have obviated.
Is Disappointed Man
In certain circles it has already been
stated that the governor should have been
more watchfu Criticism has been made
of the fact that frequently he has been
absent from Montgomery. But in tho
main the criticism has been unjust, for
records will prove that ONeal has been
ION the job regularly as any other
governor in the recent history of the state.
He is a disappointed man. He has
been strenuously endeavoring to get the
state out of the financial hole into which
il was submerged when he entered Of
flee And he was ready to heave a sigh
of Thanksgiving over the prospect of leav-
ing office without a state deficit when
the great scandal of foul odor came Leak
ing al ID dripping and breathing contagion
from the convict department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
SINALOA REVOLT
OFFICIALLY DENIED

culiacan, Sinaloa. Mexico. March 49,
officia denial that Sinaloa state has re-
voted against the new national adminis-
tfation was given here today In signed
announcement by Governor Rives. he
also issued a proclamation urging all cita-
zens to reintain loyal to the Huerta gov
ernment, nnheeding the governor said,
Suicidal advice BY political aSitators"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
10Th Against Oakley and
Were Recorded in Cen
tfeville on Monday
HAVE BEEN
FILED LAST WEEK
One Theory Advanced That Oakley
Intended Securing Certain of His
Holdings Before Property
Could Be Seized by State
Nv l.. :. BETTY

Montgomery, March 10. Especial 1.-Two
mortgages against James g. Oakley for
$500 have been recorded in the office of
the probate judge of Bibb county, ac-
cording to information furnished Gov
ernor ONeal today by the law firm of
Lavender & Thompson of Centreville. The
first mortgage was for $500, made in
favor of C. L. Oakley. the brother OF
James G. Oakley, and covers certain real
estate. The second mortgage was for $4OO.
and was made in favor of c. L. Cleveland,
and covers personal property.
The announcement of these two mort
gag against Oakley marked the first
development of the day In the sensational
convict department PROBE, and gave rise to
a number of theories According to the
governors correspondents the mortgages
were filed in the office of the probate
judge several days ago, but were not re-
corded until Monday of this week.
Filed Last Week
1t Is thought therefore, that the mort
Cages must have been filed some time
last week, probably Friday or Satur-
day, or even at an earlier date, though
1t is not known whether the mortgages
were filed prior to the states attachment
against oakley's property to make good
the Lacy defalcations.
On the other hand, Oakley went to the
governor on last Sunday and Informed
the executive that he would turn over to
the state all of his property in payment
of the shortages which had accrued in the
convict department through the agency of
Lacy. M
Shortages Aroused Comment
The question of the two mortgages
aroused considerable comment in official
circles today, although the principal the
ory advanced was that Oakley probably
intended securing certain of his holdings
before his property could be taken over
by the state. Again, if Oakley filed the
mortgages after the property was at
tached by the state it is claimed that he
can be held on that count, among the
numerous other charges which have been
preferred against the recent head of the
convict department.
The situation has assumed a number of
interesting aspects, and further develop
ments with reference to the mortgages are
awaited with unusual interest The letter
informing the governor of the transaction
was written to the law firm of Steiner,
Crum & We'll, and turned over to the ex-
ecutiye by Maj. r. e. Steiner, special
counsel in the convict department probe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20

count was closed hut said he thought
tt at vouchers from the state treasurer
went through the bank clearngs.
r. G. Meredith. cashier Of the NOR
Bank and Trust company, followed NJ.
Nincentelli on the stand He teatihed
That the records of his bank did not SHOW
that the convict department ever rad an
account with his bank. Neither j. G.
Oakley nor Theodore Lacy kept an ac-
count with his bank.
John p. i<ohn, president Of the sullivan
Bank and Trust company, testihed that
his bank had never had any business
dealings with the convict department.
A. s. Voolfolk. cashier OF the First Ma
tiolfal bank, followed Mr., kohn on the
stand and said that his bank mad had no
business dealings with the present ad-
miristra ton. Following the testimony OF
NJ NJ voolfolk. adjournment was taken
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
Rain Stops Game

Mobile. March 1s.-Rain stopped the
game between the Cleveland Maps and
the Mobile Southern league team today
in: the second inning. score l to in
the Maps favor. A game between these
two teams viii be played here tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
e.
NOTED CIVIL WAR
VETERAN is DEAD

Ionia, Mich, March 19--Gen. ) ~,
Kidd civil war veteran and Indian fighter,
died at his home here tonight after long
Illness He was born in 1910. He sue
oeeded General Custer in command OIL
the Sixth Michigan cavalry in the civil
war, at the close of which he was breveteo
brigadier general of volunteers.
General Kidd took part in the Powder
river campaign against the Indians, estap-
fishing a post and building Fort Keno
in Wyoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
At the Majestic

The seats for the Saturday matinee OF
"a Winning Miss at the Majestic the
atre this week are now on sale. There
are matinees daily and two performances
at night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
ADJUSTMENTS
AT the Biiou

The attraction at the Bijou next week.
will be Billy B. Van In "A Lucky Hoo
doo,'' an elaborate musical comedy. There
is matinee today OF THE Fortune
Hunter which is this weeks Offering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
DETECTIVE DANIELS
FAILS TO PRODUCE
LACY ON SCHEDULE
Newspaper Men Inclined to
Think Burns Man Has
Been "Using Them"
WHEREABOUTS AS BIG
A MYSTERY AS EVER
Fails to Produce Lacy and Also Fails
to Reveal Identity of "Indi-
vidual Who Has Been
ttt Hiding
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Montgomery. March 19.--(special.)--
Frank G. Daniels. the agent of Burns,
infallibles, failed tonight to produce Theo-
dore Lacy or to disclose the identity of
the remarkably clever Individual who
has been in hiding for two or three days
in Dallas county.
Mr., Daniels stated tonight that GER
tain overtures had been made to Gov
ernor ONeal and that each had been
rejected AS result of the develop
ments of the "a hours, the general inter-
probation is that no man knows the where
abouts of. Mr.. Lacy and that his capture
will be the result, directly or indirectly,
of accident.
Mr.. Daniels stated tonight that he has
not been endeavoring to use the news
papers as. tools by means of which to
effect the capture of Lacy. The news
paper men, however. have reached an
opinion to the contrary AT any rate,
they do not believe that Mr. Daniels will
effect the capture of the absconding clerk
within any reasonable length of time. and
they would be no more surprised were
that individual to be located in Amster-
dam than were his hiding place to dis
covered in the free and untrammeled
county Of Bibb.
Governor ONeal admitted tonight that
he has no idea of the whereabouts of
Lacy. The governor is no more in the
dark than the rest of humanity, it is
considered exceedingly probable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
OAKLEY'S NAME is
AGAIN PROMINENT
IN SECOND DAYS
STARTLING PROBE

tcontinued From Page One)
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When asked 10 leave the cancelled
check for $4,000 which Lacy had pre-
leented, Mr.. campbell requested a receipt
The broad ax., 1913-06-14
ShorI Stories.

Il Is estimated that the women in
New York city use seven and one-half
tons Of face powder q day.
The United States patent ONCE issued
s93 patents during the year 1850, but
last year the number reached S4.o64.
The number Of steamers flying the
japanese flag was $3.50 last January.
Ten years ago there were only 1y570.
All the shipbuilding yards are working
at high pressure.
Never before since the day Of Jack
son has the presidents cabinet been
without q representative from New
England Five Of the members were
born In the south, two on British soil,
one In the middle west and two In the
east The oldest man In the group 4
hfty-three years Of age
The broad ax., 1913-06-14
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. NJ. J. Farley holds the rank %
police captain at Dallas, Tex
Mrs. Mary G. Miller Of Fort Wayne
Ind, has a quilt under which General
Israel Putnam, OF Revolutionary fame
once slept It is well preserved
Miss Sanieh Sayba, a young Syrian
woman, has recently been admitted e
practice at the mixed bar In Cairo
The first to be admitted there was
Nine. Bernard Michel, who succeeded
only after q persistent struggle.
Miss Frances Margaret Harper Of
London, the first woman to gain such
distinction, has received a diploma In
tropical medicine and hygiene. This
IL granted Jointly by the Royal Col.
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons
Miss Rose Moriarity, who holds the
of1ces Of deputy city auditor. deputy
city treasurer, clerk Of the board Of
control and clerk to the director Of
public safety and public service Of
Elyria, o., has paid out over $4,o0o.o0o
during the seven years she has been
connected with the city's finances.
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m 1RoAD Ak GAN m POUND
on GAL1 Az Tm FOLLOWING

3Hl 1BoAD Ak GAN m PoUNI
on RAIB Az Tm FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:
From on and after this date II,
Broad Az, can Be found On sale at the
following news stands;
A =. TeEvalon, cigar store and new
stand, 1904 State street.
George L Martin, maker Of hns Gig
GrS and newB stand, Is W. s1st St.
near State.
B. II. HsrVey's barber shop and
AsWs stand, 1924 State street.
Ars. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions
and news stand, IS W. 51St ST. near
Dearborn.
". 8. Cole, cigars, tobacco and neWS
stand, 81 W. s1St ST. near Dearborn.
7. B. Hall, laundry once and news
stand, IL W. 2Oth st, near State.
B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, $3.50 State st.
". II. Maxwell, notions, cigars, TO-
baeeo, eonfeetions and news stand, 6244
State St.
Edward Felix, notions, cigars and
AsWS stand, 50 ". SOth Sc.
=. Bishop, eigArs, tobacco and news
5tand, 8 ". 9th St., near State.
Sylvester MeGlohin, news stand and
laundry ohiee, 4122 State st.
william Gaughan, laundry once,
cigars, tobacco and nsWs stand, 26S6
State 81.
Ars. L B. Taylor, notions, eisaIs
and news stand, Is ". seth Street,
near State.
A. D. Hayes. eisars, tObaeeo, notions,
stationery and nsWS stand. $40 6.
State st.
J. q. Roberts, barber shop and news
stand, ssos1S 6. State Sc.
AbrHm Aplin, eigars, tobacco, gents
fuEniGhings and nsWB stand, also 8.
6tsts st.
A. Il. Harris, cigars, tobacco and
HsWs stand, Ss25 8. State st.
White 3 Bell, toilet articles, cigars,
tobacco and nsWS stand, 2O42 9. State
o. |
Fred II. Watsrhsld, cigars, tobacco
and nsWS stand. 1913 ". 61St street,
near Ada.
The broad ax., 1913-06-14

THE
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF ILLINOIS.
Old Linz Legal Reserve C.
UndeT Stats COVsFnment SwsFViSioa.
100000 deposited with the State Pol
icies Of all kinds, ranging from I'VE cents
TO ten thousand dollars. Our industrial
Contracts give to the colored policy holder
more than any other company for the
same weekly premium.
cSlOEsd Assnts b WRITE and Collect YO1F BuInsss.
Information Of rates and values at your
age VIII be furnished free, upon giving
your age, name and address to
he AmsFiean Life Insuranes c.. Of nlinols.
Tel. Ranaolbhs.
Bsas ofhes-Hanis TFuIt BGilaiaE.
Is v. Moaros s. CHICAGO.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
What Panama Canal
Travellers Will See

about thirty miles, is entirely the work
of man.
Towed Through Locks.
During the transit through the locks
the ship has been towed by little elec.
tric engines at either side of the lock
chamber. But now, as the last lock is
passed, these shackles are thrown off,
and under her own steam again the ship
begins the passage Of Gatun lake, one
of the most picturesque rides on the
globe.
River and ocean together have ming.
led here to make this bridge Of water
across the continental divide. With
the dam built, the problem of the rag
ing Chagres river was solved. Of old,
the charging Chagres had swept and
swirled across the isthmus, carrying
flood and devastation with it-rising
frequently over twenty feet over night
tho despair Of the canal diggers. Then
Gatun dam was devised, the barrier
was erected across the hills, and the
Chagres river came pouring down over
the water sheds to discover that her
devastating sway was ended at last
Harnessed by the hand of man, the wild.
er her rage now, and the greater vol
ume of her torrential floods, the better
she serves the purpose Of man in keep
ing the flow Of water in Gatun lake
az the height necessary to float the
commerce Of the world.
A Scene Of Grandeur.
So out upon the broad surface Of
Gatun lake the ship steams, over the
sites Of towns wiped out by the rising
waters, across the bed Of the old Pana.
ma railroad southwest, until at length
sight of the Gatun locks is lost in a
bent of the channel, and the tourist
finds himself in landlocked basin,
steaming along at a height Of eighty.
five feet above the level of the sea in
the midst Of scene Of idyllic gran.
deur.
In the background rise the purple
hills Of the Cordilleras-low.lying foot.
hills of the Andes, which slope down
gradually toward the shore Of the lake.
The most beautiful vistas open out as
the ship moves gracefully along under
her own steam. Tropical foliage abounds
Tall cocoanut palms, banana trees and
the thousand and one varieties Of trop'
ical plants and flowers waive along
the banks. Fire plants are in full
bloom, hundred different colors daz-
zle the eye. A glimpse is had now and
then Of orchids Of the most delicate
shades clinging to the barren limbs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
By Dorothy Dix.

A young girl is engaged to be mar.
ried to a young man who comes to see
her nearly every evening, but who never
brings her flower, nor box of candy,
nor takes her to any place of amuse.
ment, except very occasionally to the
"movies. "
This girl is nice girl. There ism It
bit of the CRATER about her, and she
would know the first principle about
how to go about working man, "
but she S young, and gay of heart, and
she loves the amusements that belong
to her time of life, and she finds it a
trifle dull to spend all her evenings
conversing with even her sweetheart.
She would like a little diversion
thrown in on one side, and she wants
to know of me if 1 don't think it
"queer" that her fiance never takes
her to a dance, or to the theatre, or
out for little supper.
1 think it is more than "queer." I
think that this girls guardian angel is
strictly on the job looking out after
her, and that she has received SOL
emn warning not to marry that man,
and that if she doesn't take the tip
she will rue it to the longest day she
lives.
This young man is giving her before
marriage a very small sample of the
line Of conduct he would pursue after
marriage. If, when he's courting, he
shows that he's tightwad, he will
make one Of the skin-flint husbands
who expect wife to run house and
keep a good table on air, and who
asks woman what she did with the
quarter she was given week before
last.
If, before marriage, man neglects
the little delicate attentions that please
a woman, after marriage he will be
burtally disregardful of her feelings
and tastes.
The difference between having a
husband who remembers your birthday
and one who forgets it is the difference
between matrimony that is angels food
and matrimony that is plain corned
beef and cabbage, but the difference
being married to a man who is anxious
Chat you should always be pleased and
happy and being married to man who
doesn't care whether you are happy or
miserable is the difference between
heaven and hell.
When man is wooing a girl he is or
dinarily wants to do just what she
wants to door at least he pretends
to-and so, if in his courting days he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
Says Marriage Never
Alters Man or Woman

isn't willing to take her about, but
wants to stay in a comfortable chair
In place where somebody else is pay.
ing the rent and the electric light bill
he will make the sort of a husband
that you can't move out of his corner
with a blast of dynamite.
The girl who marries him may bid
adieu to all social life and entertain.
ment at the alter. He won t want to
go to a concert, or lecture, or to see
play, or to play game of cards with
neighbor or to any sort of diversion
and he won't see why his wife wants
to go, either. 1t will be home for hers,
and the society of husband who will
spend his evenings reading the paper,
and who will think that it's pleasure
enough for her just to sit up and look
at him.
In picking out their husbands girls
will do well to remember that when a
man goes courting he always puts his
best foot foremost and that best foot
is a cloven hoof, if they re wise they
will take warning from it, and have
nothing to do with him.
Marriage doesn't change people. It
simply brings out whatever is the
strongest quality in them, whether that
quality is good or bad. 1t intensifies
virtues and magnified faults.
Of course, marriage is really the big
gamble. All do not know what they
are getting in husband or wife un-
til they have taken the package they
drew in the lottery home and examined
it but observation hands us a good many
tips on man s or a woman s character
that enable us to give some rather
shrewd guesses,
By listening to the things that man
laughs at you can get good working
model Of the kind of a husband he will
make. If he laughs at cruel speeches
that stab like knife, he will make his
wife the butt of his sarcasm. If he
laughs at coarse, vulgar stories, he will
make the kind of husband who has
no delicate appreciation of woman s
nature.
If the sight of other people 8 mis-
fortunes fill him with mirth, there s
nothing on earth that he will sympa-
thize with except himself, but if he
has the kindly humor that can gild
every misfortune in life, and if his
smile at others weaknesses is full of
tenderness and understanding, then he
is man to tie up with, no matter
whether he's rich or poor, or of high
or low estate. He'll make the kind of
a husband that II keep woman on her
knees thanking God she's got him.