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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-01
Senate Committee Tent
lively Agrees Upon a :
Small Number !
ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORTERS FIGEX
Every Reduction IN the \
Banks Was Hotly Contested-My
Amendments Are Defeated by
Small Margin of Votes

Washington. Oetobr sI--The Sen
banking and currency committee
night tentatively agreed upon fourI
gional reserve banks for the nropl
new currency system. with proI
that after two years the federal
serve board may atd as many
tional banks as. \ deems rec
not exceeding y. The pending
fixes the number at : and it has
understood that the administ
would not consent to It being r
below nine.
The sharp reduction in the nnn
reserve banks was the first
amendment the committee has
upon and it was earnestly oppos
administration supporters in tha
mittee. Senators Reed and Hit
however voted with the five
licans for the reduction leavi
five democrats behind the a,
tration proposal. The White 10y
silent tonight as to the commi
action but II has been generally
posed that the President was vige
~ opposed to cutting the numb
low nine.
The committee still has penl
proposal to abandon entir
ministration regional planE End
ate a government controlled
bank. There also Is pending
Reeds proposal that the unifics
the regional banks be aceompli
the creation of a government
house which would act as
reservoir.
capitalization Taken Up
The question of the capitalizatio00(
STOCK ownership of the proposed
Sional banks was taken up immedia
ly after the number was tentati1
fixed but no decision was reaef
Chairman owen after the commii
adjourned expressed the opinion
the bill would he amended 10 ell
mate the administration provision
der which ranks would be forced
subscribe the CAPITAL OF the res
rnnlfs Ihe stock, he said
would be Tin own open To D
scriptfon. stockholders wou
voice in the management g
| he said, which would be ent
board OF directors to be apn
the federal reserve board, =.
ing com plete government q
tnew system. The total capf
the four regional banks, Sc
said, probably would amou
600, 600.
The administration suppa
tested every step In the rA
the number of regional bank
them voted 10 retain the <
IL and three voted for t0l
proposal TO fix the numb
was defeated seven to five
same vote the number W
four Senators O'Gorman
cock, however voted with t
publicans for the reduetiofNM
but five democrats--Owen, Pom
Hollis, Reed and Shafroth-beh
administration proposal The
tion 70 insert the proviso T.
eral reserve board might
number after two years ui
voted into the bill with Cd
bers opposing It,
The committee hopes
ownership and control of 4
banks tomorrow and ii Is eS
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mrs. WILSON WOULD
BETTER MATTERS
Seeks Presidents Aid to I'm.
prove Conditions in WOm-
ems Department

Washington, October S1.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson has taken an active inter-
under which girls and women work
in various government departments.
Mrs. Wilson made tour through the
day without revealing her identity. She
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-01
RET|CENCE SEEMS
TO Be THE RULE IN
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington Officials Disin-
clined to Talk of Admin
istration's Plans as
to Mexico

Washington, October 31.--Reticence
which has enveloped the plans of the
Washington administration on the Mex
ican problem for the last few days con-
tinued everywhere in official circles to-
day.
Those few who are acquainted with
| the plans of President Wilson has un-
der consideration declared he had fixed
upon nothing as a finality, but that he
was turning over in his mind some
definite proposals
| From the same source 1t was learned
| that in whatever is attempted, due con-
| sideration of the constitutionalists as
an important factor in the situation
would be given. 1t was inferred in many
quarters that the cardinal feature of
the administrations plan will be a COM
prehensive scheme to bring about Il
fair and free election, efforts to be
made by the American government to
use its good offices to secure the par
ticipationof the eonstitutionalists.
In some quarters, the suggestion was
advanced that the Washington govern
ment contemplated assisting materially
in the conduct of the proposed elections
to ensure certain safeguards. Discus
sion of the suggestion In diplomatic
circles, setting forth as precedent that
the United States had supervised cleo
tions in Cuba, brought out many ex-
pressions of opinion to the effect that
none of the Mexican factions proba-
l.bly would consent to such an arrange
ment.
Agents Awaiting Action
The general disposition of the consti-
tutionalist agents here, diplomats and
other officials concerned in the situa-
| tion, was to await the evolution of the
Presidents plans. 1t is admitted that no
action viii be taken until an announce
ment OF an official character is made
| in Mexico as to the result of last Sun
| days elections.
| Much interest is manifest in the ar
| rival here tomorrow of Robert V. Pes
| quiera, nephew of the governor of So
nora and special messenger from Gov
ernor Carranza to the constitutionalist
agency here. 1t is believed he brings
| the views of the constitutionalist chiefs
as to what would or would not prove
acceptable to them in the way of cleo
! tion arrangements, and an earnest re-
quest that the agency here continue its
efforts to obtain the removal of the en-
barge on arms.
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Financiers Are Stumped for
Once and Plead Ignorance
of the New Measure
WASHINGTON WIRES
ARE KEPT BUSY
Internal Revenue Department Receives
Appeal for Help and Set of
instructions Were Issued
Last Saturday

New York. October 3l.-That part OF
New York which is referred to vaguely
as "Wan street" was in a state OF con-
fusion today. For once in it's career
Wall street did not know which way to
turn. The new income tax law becomes
effective tomorrow. and some OF the high
est priced lawyers. bankers and corpora
tion officials in the world confessed that
they were completely at sea as to its
meaning.
AT O'Clock tonight a group of men
emerged from the darlSened, cavernous
interior of one of the largest banks in
the downtown district. In the group
We're the president and vice presidents
of the bank They had just concluded
the last of series OF lengthy confer
ences which have been held every even
ing this week. after business hours The
subject of all these conferences was tho
income tax law.
Were swimming IN mud. said one
of these officers expressively. For a
day or two I thought /. myself, was
coming to know what was meant by the
income tax law. and the treasury regu-
lations concerning it, but now I'm con-
vlnced that I hardly know anything about
them and my fellow officers know less"
The chief source of trouble is that por-
tlon of the law which provides for the
collection "at the source" of the tax on
income derived from interest on bonds,
mortgages and certain other obligations
Banks and corporations are required to
withhold this tax, In making payments
of interest due to holders of securities
More than sS0OoO,0O0 is due tomorrow in
November interest payments in New
York.
Ruling Causing Confusion
The ruling in question has given rise
to endless confusion. In cases in which
bonds are not registered, the names of
their owners often are not known to the
banks or fiscal agents to whom coupons
arc presented for payment The identity
of the owners must be established to de-
termne whether the tax is to be de-
Quoted.
Certain exemptions are allowed under
the law. Six classes of exemptions have
been defined. Every lawyer and bank
officer In New York has had life made
a burden by clients who wish to know
which of the six forms of exemption ap-
ply to their particular cases. There are
no precedents to apply
No system has yet bten evolved
whereby banks and other agencies
which are called upon to make bond
interest payments, will be able to de-
termine in what cases to deduct tht in
come tax.
For the last two weeks Wall street
has been flooded with booklets, die
grams. charts and pamphlets purport-
ing to summarize and clarity the law
Newspapers have prlnttd many col g.
umns of interviews with bankers and
lawyers Some banks have sent ont
printed instructions to all their clients
regarding the procedure for claiming
exemption. The result of this deluge has
been to leave the average investor more
confused than ever. Appeals to lawyers
avail naught. as the lawyers them
selves are in doubt as to the interpre-
tation of the law.
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HOLIDAY CROWD IN
CAYEST OF HUMORS

/ In the morning 5000 people wended
their way to the locks 1t was hoi-
iday crowd, for there was laughter
and music and the radiance of Joy
There were stern business men without
their natural sternness. There were
lmatrons who had come to swell the
ehofus There were beautiful girls, and
happv school children. II was a charming
r,lefslre. this of people gathered to ex-
press their Joy In what they had ac@
compiished and to show themselves
grateful to those who had aided.
This holiday crowd gathered between
the hills of the river To the right
were the trees which the October winds
were tossing To the left, across the
expanse of the wave, were fertile acres
which had rendered up their fruit BY
the hour of the celebration. the sun had
met and overcome the clouds which
early had threatened. All nature seemed
fmbued with kindly spirit bent on
rejoicing with those who rejoiced.
And below. securely anchored was
the barge--the vessel of length or
200 feet, with a capacity OF many nun :
.ired thousand tons. which had, to all
practical purposes, discovered a new
country and which will be remembered
throughout all time as the forerun-
4ner of new trade, a trade Which'
through competition, is destined TO reg :
iuiate railroad rates in Alabama anu
eonmonW ealths.
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.CHRISTENED TUSCALOOSA
AMID SALVO OF CHEERS

! The barge was christened. 1t now
hears the name Tuscaloosa When
the bottle. held in the hand of Miss
Eleanor Blair. smashed and spattered
sweet wine in the forecastle. mighty
cheer went upward and the band
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

DRINK JUST 4 LITTLE MORE, DARLING.
eyes looked away from her as he spoke.
Il have been very bad to you. Mr.
VILE" whispered Christina. will yon
forgive me?''
He made no answer. and Christina
timidly touched his hand.
will you forgive me. Mr.. Wile?" she
faltered
at will be better if we are nor
friends" he said hoarse1y.
But I shall never be-hapry If we
are not" was Christmas cry. He turn
ed at that. and something in her eyes
told him the truth. SO that he took he!
In his arms and told her the story that
her ears Ionged to hear And the great
est surprise Of all came when she learn
ed that the very property they were on
now belonged to him and that he was
contemplating building a free sanitar-
um for nerve racked patients. I've
got to spend my money some way"
was his embarrassed explanation
SO Christina was in the midst Of an
other apology when the search party
| came along and found them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

JOSEPH FAURoT, FINGER PRINT EXPERT
OF NEW YORK.
for the lines extend downward through
all the layers of the cuticle to the flesh
itself Though the surface OF the
fingers were rubbed away until the
nerves were raw and the blood start
ed. the record would he Ill the clearer.
because in the process the person seek
ing to destroy the marks merely would
have cleaned out the small secreticnS
from between the minute ridges with
out destroying the marks themselves
The ONLY WAY TO remove the lines
would be to bite out or cut out ;he ball
of every digit, and if any living man
had he stoicisn to subject himself de-
Hberately to stIch frightfnl torture the
mutintion would mark him as Il Grim
ina more enthusiastically than before.
and he would only defeat his own OBJ
ject .--.
Something Of the lingering feeling
that taking finger prints is work for ii
stage 1etp"tive. may he because the
first wide attention that the idea re-
ceiyed in the United States WAS III tic
ton Eighteen years ago Mark Twain
in "Pudel uhead Wilson" told the story
of how a village collector of finger
prints not only fixed Il murder upon
the murderer. but at the same time
proved that two babies had been
changed in the cradle 1t was pure
fiction. but entirely plausible.
In order that the records Of all
known criminals may he quickly avail
able. copies Of the finger prints. to-
gether with the other records taken by
the police Of the different cities. are
kept on file in the national bureau OF
criminal Identification in Washington.
a bnre;l that is maintained by sub
scriptiollS from the various chiefs OF
police throughout the United States
and Canada.
So va,nat.e has this great reference
library hernrnn t'."t toha" detectives
sent ont 70 i,yeSti-atr ~" scene Of Il
crime first look for ,tu" hH'd o"int the
criminal w:tv hAy. left !'"t' nd III fur
nit,,,.r 1nnr lamb w.;tetlu:v pare pr on
articles ,.hi II he ttr"t~r.l ava tIlrn
Gis;art,eI fftr,! II, tl;ftr y visible to
the ,.,l4d p'" Pit H., @r.ser print ex-
beat make: y ri,,"s.r ~ e:l;llHtinn The
dark s,,ff ,.,~ .i,i,, u 81 tiH'r been
touches, re- t}ft~t"h r,~i:h r"t:.tt"'~d pre-
pared ~!f"'i, thn i.:tsf sllrts.t..S with
PREPARED t.in.' bl,..!: III" powder ia
then Sh::ler ef. anA If tie print IL
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

of men sprang out of the underbrush,
covered them with rifles and called %
them to surrender. 5ssA
A man less able than Huerta might
have made resistance. He did not. He
took In the situation at glance-h1s
mind leaped far ahead to possible
denouement worth while-and surrcn-
dered at once
4 The highwaymen admitted that they
were part Of Zegaza's bandits ana
conducted the distinguished prisoners
to the leaders, hut, and there after
% brief pafley Zegaza made PROPOSE
ton whereby Huerta would receive
i material benefits if he would keep
Zegaza informed Of the days When
Huerta's soldiers would be absent
from neighboring village Wlth1h
two weeks Huerta sent a message 70
Zegaza:
Next Thursday"
Thursday came. and with II Same y
the village ZegaZa and his bahd "
outlaws AS soon as they were safel!
In the main street a detachment -
Huerta's troops suddenly appeared III
front of them aud opened tire Inc
highwaymen wheeled to race PACK oul
Of the village and found their way
blocked BY another detachment.
All were at once surrounded ana
placed under arrest Zegaza nlmsell'
described as fearless. desperate man
was shot one week later in attempt
to escape from prison.
Official news of this sharp. strategic
action reached President p1az. VINO
Ind Kept his eye on Huerta ever SINCE
ms n Ind he entered the military school
nt t,hanultenec. Soon Lieutenant
Colonel Huerta was ordered to report
inf the palace in Mexico City Thither
\ HI went and was told to choose what
post be liked best.
He chose to be appointed cnlet or the
geographical departnent-to the sur
prise Of all who did not know him
we'll. And as soon as possible he again
ydepartetl from Mexico City, and Tor
another period of ten long years he
was engaged in going from one end
of Mexico to another. studying the
location Of rivers plateaus. mountain
ranges. surveying hundreds and thou
sands OF square miles and becoming
Until utely acquainted with every nook
AMI granny and watereourse or his
difficult country until. when he once
more emerged in 1902. he probably
possessed more intimate personal
4 knowledge of Mexico than any other
living man.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

train he simply packed up some stun.
made excuses and disappeared in the
direction of Walnut Lodge"
A lovely color invaded Chrissy's
face from brow to chin. You mean
that Blake-Mr Wile-ran away from
me?" she faltered.
Mrs. Lowther nodded carelessly.
"Dout take 1t to heart, Chris. You
know. Blake is an uncertain mortal.
Jack had difficulty in capturing him
for few days He's daffy about the
woods and detests what he calls our
Fifth avenue camp life He seems to
resent the fact that we have an auto
mobile road to the station and that
there are ten bathrooms i'll the cabin. :
Mrs Lowther yawned. tossed her book
aside and turned toward the door.
well. must go in and dress for
luncheon"
Christina, who had made her toilet.
closed her eyes to the dim greenery
of the surrounding trees and appear
Cd to nap droWsily. She would not
have confded to any one-not even to
Ethel Lowther, her one time school
chum-how disturbed she was over
Blake Wile's action in running away
from her.
Fancy Blake running away from her.
Why. it was incredible, but what had
she said to him that day they met in
Central park?
Well. she was justified in putting
that fortune hunting young man in his
proper place. At least great many
people said he was poor and that his
attentions to Christine Pearce were
prompted BY the thought Of the Pearce
millions. He would never presume
upon his acquaintance with her again
he would never dance with her-and.
heigh- no! christine yawned suddenly
and somehow the yawn brought tears
to her blue eyes.
She wiped them angrily away and
slipped out Of the hammock to con
front Mr. Lowther d plump. good ma
tured youth. who grinned cheerily at
her as he flung himself on the top step,
BE not disturbed. fair maiden" be
gibed. II have run the villain of the
premises. Now he fingers at Walnut
Lodge, where there is not one woman
nor even a bathroom to harry his dem.
ocratic SOUL
"Jack Lowther. you are too silly!'
cried Christine In vexed tone. "What
are MIR. Wile's movements to me?"
! "That's what I asked him." explain
| ed Jack guilelessly. Il told him yot
didn't care hang where he was-that
you very likely wouldn't notice him II
he stayed-but he wouldn't listen"
Christine shrugged shoulder an6
| turned away IF she had known how
perfectly hateful it was going to be al
| Eagle Top she would never have come
| She would stay 4 few days and the1
| have dad wire her to come home.
Il simply don't want to breathe the
same air as t-that-creatnrer con
| fessei Christine to herself,
Although brought NJ in the atmos
| phere Of pIeasnrable excitement
| Christine had found her acquaintance
| With Blake Vile STRANGELY refreshing
| He had strong ideas about what wal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

WW Y no is this Huerta? What sort
TAg Of man can this be to pause
81 VI amid the distraction of bis
own country and send a de-
fance to the expressed good wishes
and intent of the United States?
This is the question that has been
asked throughout the country ever
since news came that Huerta had is
sued an ultimatum demanding recoc-
milton of his administration.
Victoriano Huerta is man of parts,
Of education, of high military training
and achievem and this but adds
interest to his position in relation to
the United States.
Born in 1857, he is now. at the age
of ffty-six, in the full zenith Of his ca.
reer, with natural ability strengthened
by experience of men and affairs able
as at no previous time to cope with
delicate and dangerous crises
Huertn inherited not only a strong.
supple body, but intellectual capacity
expressed by an active brain, quick in
perception, decisive in action.
He spent four years at the military
school in Chapultepec. After being
graduated he at once joined the regi-
nent to which he was assigned-a coast
regiment Huerta left Chapultepec
and joined his regiment in 1879. Little
is known Of his doings for the next
decade.
But in 1892. at the age of thirtyfive.
he energies once more, this time into
the full light Of day, a man who had
served twelve long years of active rou-
j tine army life. and now, with the rank
of lieutenant colonel, in command Of 4
military station
He had many adventures with brig
ands, it is said. and one Of them hap
pened to be a turning point in his ca
reer He was riding through a noun
tain pass, accompanied by two or three
. of his military family, when group
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21
The Fortune
Hunter
A Romance of the Great AID.
irOndack Forest
BY HARLAN BOSWORTH

Christina Pearce swung idly in a
hammock on the veranda Of the pic
turesque log cabin on Eagle Top. Mrs
Lowther, swaying comfortably to and
fro in large rocking chair, surveyed
her lovely guest with unconcealed
amusement
MY dear Chrissy, you need not pre-
pare to take the next train home just
because you find that Blake Vile IS
among Jacks guests. Blake has an
ucipated that move" she added with
spice Of friendly malice.
Chrissy sat up and stared at her
friend.
what do you mean. Ethel!" she
asked stifly.
Merely this: When Mr. Vile heard
that you were expected on the noon
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-21

print is either a 'whorl.' u loop.
Eli an arch OF "cut.u,"SIie. the
last being Il broken OF irrr-ullr
combination of two of the other rt;lSSeS>,
SO distinctive are the markings OF
these different classes that IN expert
needs but Il glance to distinguish be-
tween them, says Collier $ Week. ~
Two brothers. mclnhrrs Of vaude-
VILE team whose resemblance to enci3
other is so pronounced that even thelE
manager cannot identify them. were
brought some time ago to the New
York police headquarters, which are in
charge of Inspector Joseph Fnurot,
One was taken into the finger prime
room while the other waited outside.
The captain in charge was asked to
scrutinize carefully the man whe
stood before him. AS he shook hands
with the young man he took carefus
note Of the others right thumb. The
young man then left the room. and his
exact counterpart stepped in.
lis this the man you just saw"
asked the manager, who had planned
the test
The expert caught up the young
mans right hand and glanced swiftly
at it.
NO" he said 1.-THE first man had q
whorI This man has loop They
are not at all alike-the thumbs. l
mean
1t has taken score, Of years to-
bring these facts concerning finger
prints into general acceptance, The
while idea appears to have been SO
startling that every one suspected q
"cntch' somewhere. Perhaps the
most difficult thing to believe is thaE
the markings Of the fingers are inerad-
icable; that they cannot be eHaced
even with Il grindstonc-
But in point of fact this has been
tried and just as often it has failed.