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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-28
THE DAYS WORK

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you simply could not get your
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-28

.s.e-,e investing classes. For mum
Der of years he was secretary of the oil
Commercial club OF Birmingham, tn
predecessor of the present Chamber O
Commerce.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
SPORT.

In the closing hours of the Indiana
Legislature, a racing commission bill
was passed by the Senate and sent
to the governor.
BY defeating the Hayden basketball
team by a score of SO to IA. the Steam
boat Springs team has practically
clinched the championship of north
western Colorado.
President Jose Miguel Gomez has
vetoed a bill permitting the revival OF
the famous Spanish ball game of "jai
alai.' according to an official an
nouncement at Havana.
Walter Fairbanks. the Denver golf
succeeding r. H. McElwee, whom he
defeated in the final round at Palm
Beach. up and to play.
A. l. Dougherty of Denver defeated
II. V. Hutchinson of Minneapolis in the
finals in the first flight of the annual
spring tournament on the links of the
Hot Springs. Ark, Country Club.
The first game of the series OF
three which will decide the Rocky
Mountain basketball championship,
was played in the Desert gymnasium
at Salt Lake. Utah won over Colo
rado by the score of 80 to 10.
Governor Stewart of Montana ap-
proved the Kiley boxing bill and
named a state boxing commission.
Under the law twelve-round contests
are to be permitted under the supcr-
vision of the commission.
Gunboat Smith. the California
heavyweight. knocked out Bombardier
Wells. heavyweight champion of Eng
land, in the second round of sched-
uled ten-round bout at Madison
Square Garden in New York.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
GEN ERAL.

Henry F. Hollis, Democrat. was
elected United States senator by the
New Hampshire Legislature.
The privileges of maternity cannot
be claimed by a New York public
school teacher, the board Of education
decided in denying the application OF
Mrs. Katherine C. Edgell for a years
leave of absence to bear child.
BY the close vote of 40 in favor to
so against, the Nebraska House de.
feated the proposed constitutional
amendment permitting women to vote
Sixty votes or two-thirds of the House
membership, were required to pass
the bill.
young man who received an in
lection of the turtle bacillus, admin
istered by DR.. Friedman in New
York. claims to have already i'm
proved materially and tells an inter
esting tale of the sensations he felt
soon after taking the treatment.
: The Hawthorne mining trial, which
has dragged along nearly four months
before jury in the Federal Court in
New York. came to a conclusion with
the conviction of three of the defend
ants, Julian Hawthorne. DIR. William
j. Morton and Albert Freeman. and
the acquittal Of Josiah Quincy, twice
mayor OF Boston and assistant secre-
tary of state during the Cleveland ad-
ministration.
James Wilson, former secretary OF
agriculture, was the guest of honor at
welcome home" reception at Ames,
la. President Pearson of Ames, Gov
ernor Clarke and state officials were
participants in the program, which in
cluded an address by Mr.. Wilson.
Mrs. Mabel Clarkson. who is said to
have deserted her husband, minis
ter, to fly with Owen Conn. burglar
under arrest at San Francisco, was
detained at Milwaukee as she was
about to take a train to Chicago, ac-
cording to a special from the former
city
Indications from reports are that
more than ninety people were killed
scores severely injured and great
property loss sustained in the disas-
trous electrical storm which swept
parts of Georgia, Tennessee. Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
Thursday afternoon and night. Eighty
odd deaths have heen reported and
the total loss of life probably will he
Increased when wire communication is
restored in remote sections devastated
by the cyclone. The damage to prop
erty cannot be estimated. but will
have to be computed in millions.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN coUNTRIEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Rube Marquard, former New York
National pitcher. and Blossom Seeley.
vaudeville actress, were married at
San Francisco.
A small pouch containing registered
mail from Omaha to Denver. was
stolen from the depot platform at
North Platte. Neb.
Ben j. Ness. accused of attempting
to bribe two members of the North
Dakota Legislature, has been released
from the Burleigh county jail under
81. 1000 bail
Robbers dynamited the vault of the
State Bank at Tamaha, Okla, secured
4,300 and escaped in a skiff ON the
Arkansas river, after setting adrift all
other available boats.
Benjamin Fink, alleged firebug. has
made detailed confession duplicating
thirty-five members of the alleged ar
son trust, according to First Assist
ant States Attorney Johnson OF
Chicago.
A conference OF governors to dis.
cuss the suppression of vice and the
ing girls, promises to be one of the
early results of the white slave" In.
vestigation in Illinois.
A tornado that swept southwest
from Georgia is known to have killed
thirty-three persons. Five were killed
near Atlanta and twenty throughout
Louisiana. Greater loss OF life, possl-
bly, totalling hundred is feared.
The net earnings of the 5000 cor
porations doing business in Colorado
and Wyoming which have made their
annual reports to Collector Frank w.
Howbert of Denver, for the year 1912.
was $5.430, ,693.6O, and the amount due
$271. .534.6s.
Chicago women. led by Miss Vir-
ginia Brooks, began a campaign to
form 1000 parish clubs. whose object
will be the protection of working girls
from temptations which tend to under
mine their moral character. There
will be club formed in virtually
every church in the city.
Two wrecks on the Union Pacific
railway in Nebraska caused the
deaths Of nine persons and the injury
of more than thirty others. eleven be-
ing seriously hurt One. passenger
collision, cost the lives of four. The
other. collision between freight
trains, is believed to have resulted in
the killing of five, as they are MISC
ing.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
FOREIGN.

j. P. Morgan reached Rome looking
weak and thin.
Sixteen persons were killed by an
avalanche which overwhelmed three
farms in the Gudbrands valley in
southern Norway.
riously injured by a destructive cy-
clone in Buenos Ayres. The property
damage is very heavy.
The widow of the late President
Madero of Mexico and Mrs. Francisco
Madero, Sr., sailed from Havana for
New York on the steamer Mexico.
DIR. Friedrich F. Friedman oi
Berlin demonstrated his treatment for
tuberculosis upon fifty-six patients at
the Royal Edward institute at Mon
treal.
The equal suffrage bill enfranchis
ing Alaska women was passed by the
House. The Senate will approve the
bill. as there is no opposition to votes
for women in that body.
News reached Cettinje, Montenegro
that four Servian transports, loaded
with troops. were riddled with shells
fired by an unidentified war vessel
Hundreds were killed and wounded.
Constitutionalists have overthrown
the federal garrison at Nogalcs. So
nora. and now are in possession Of the
border town after fight which con
tinued with little abatement for
twelve hours.
General Porfirio Diaz. former presi
dent of Mexico, who arrived at Naples
from Egypt, has sent instructions ic
his friends and followers in Mexico to
support Provisional President Huerta
and work for the re-establishment oi
peace throughout the republic.
A fierce but unsuccessful assault
was made on the south fortress OF
Adrlanople Thursday. According tc
dispatches from Constantinople, the
besieging Bulgarians and Servians
sustained heavy losses and were even
tually repulsed all along the line.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Want Information About Colorado.

Want Information ABOUT So'oTdoo'
~-Denver.-An effort is being made by
the men in charge of the great Ger
man funniest, which is to take place
in Denver next summer, to get hun
dreds Of new settlers to Colorado.
There are In the East many thrifty
Germans who have not been In this
country long and who are not yet per-
manently located. These people have
heard a great deal about Colorado's
climate and resources through the ad-
vertising campaign carried on by the
turner's They will take advantage OF
the low railroad rates next summer to
come West and make personal In
yestigation of farm lands, mining COM
munities, irrigation projects and gen
eral business openings. If they like
the state they will become permanent
citizens. These prospective settlers
are constantly writing to the turnfest
headquarters in Denver for informa-
tion about various sections OF the
state. In order to intelligently reply
to these queries. the turner's invite
chambers of commerce and other COM
mercial bodies anywhere in Colorado
to send in quantities Of their booklets
and advertising matter regarding
their sections. This matter should be
addressed to the turnfest publicity
committee, in Room 800, German
American building, Denver. 1t will
promptly be sent where it will do
much god. Hotels are also invited to
send in their booklets and circulars.
The turner's are already writing for
reservations of hotel accommodations
and the committee in Denver would
be glad to send out advertising mat
ter about the mountain resorts. Sew
eral thousand turner's are coming. and
the majority of them will remain the
greater part of the summer. travlins
from one to another Of the resorts.
They will undoubtedly leave millions
of dollars in the state.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
THEDENVER PRESS CLUB
ADOPTS RINGING CREED FOR
GREATER COLORADO.
Newspaper Men Express Faith In
Centennial State, Her Products,
Her Men and Natural Beauty.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
! Denver.-After electing Harry Lee
Wilber president, and transacting 9TH
er business, the following creed was
adopted by the Denver Press Club.
1t was ordered printed and copies Will
be sent to the newspapers. commercial
organizations, members of the Legisla'
ture and the Citizens Protective
League. .U
Colorado and the municipality of every
city and town within its borders. q
We believe in the land Of Colorado.
whence spring the world-famed prod
ucts of the farm and whence comes
the metal wealth that moves the marts
Of the universe. ;,
We believe in the water of Colorado
that, flowing from the virgin SHOWS OF
the majestic crest of the continent,
cools the parched lips of man and
beast and gives new life to tha- thirst
ing plain. "a.
We believe in the air Of Colorado
that rejuvenates the old, keeps tine
young youthful and drives away
scourge and plague. r.+u.
We believe in the commercial inter
ests of Colorado and the men VINO
guide and control them. each in his
own sphere, and we believe it is our
duty to aid and foster them. to con-
slider each man an expert in his own
field, to encourage industry. to criti-
else honestly, to crush that which Is
dishonest and unfair.
We believe in the laws OF Colorado
and will endeavor to uphold them and
increase respect for them and thy to
drive into outer darkness any who
seek to evade or defy those laws.
We believe In the manhood of Colo
RADIO and we will try to stamp out
cowardice and unmanliness and any
thing that tends to bring disgrace on
the commonwealth, in order that all
good impulses may be quickehed. that
the sacred ideals OF the state may be
held in reverence and that we may
stand forth among all these United
States now and forevermore as Colo
RADIO the Clean.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
WASHING NGTON.

The Senate elected James NJ. Baker,
South Carolina, secretary; Charles p.
Higgins. Missouri, sergeant-at-arms /;
c., chaplain, and Those w. Keller,
West Virginia. assistant doorkeeper.
Representative Keating transacted
his first official business with the
commissioner of the General Land OF
flee, and secured the promise that
some twenty townships in northwest
ern Colorado in the vicinity of Hay
den, will be restored to entry on
April IA.
The secret service men at the capi
tol have had little trouble with in
truders, but detained woman who
gave her name as Ellen Kelly, who
said she was from Philadelphia. She
asserted some one owed her 1000
and she wanted President Wilson to
help her collect It, She went to the
Washington asylum for observation.
Agreement as to committee places
for Colorado senators has been
reached by the Democratic caucus
and unless unlocked for changes oc
cur, Senator Thomas will be given
membership on finance and mines and
mining, with the possibility of being
made chairman of the latter commit
tee. Senator Shafroth is to be chair
man of the committee on Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico. and will have
membership on appropriations and ag-
riculture. Senator Warren will be
given the craftsmanship of the com.
mittee one-engrossed bills; Senator
Clark the committee on geological
survey; Senator Smoot public health
and Senator Sutherland women suf.
frage. The Republican senators will
retain their present committee mem
berships.
New officials OF the navy depart
ment discovered to their surprise that
the department had Bertillon sys-
tenn of its own that included. among
other things. the finger print records
of 10000 men who have enlisted in
ords 1t is virtually impossible for a
man to re-enlist who has deserted or
who has been dishonorably dis
charged.
Former Representative Edwin f
Sweet of Grand Rapids, Mich. has
been chosen for assistant secretary
OF commerce.
Senator James p. Clarke of Arkan-
sas, Democrat, was elected president
pro tempore of the Senate. Senator
x,t
ator Gallinger, Republican, eighteen,
and Senators Clapp, Bristow and Bo-
rah, one each. Senator Clarke was i'm
mediately sworn and presided ever
the Senate during the election of other
officers for the new Congress.
Speaker Champ Clark has been ad-
mitted to practice before the Supreme
Court. He was introduced by former
Judge Sheppard Barclay of ST. Louis
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Turks Reject Peace; 800 Die.

London. March 17.-War until the
last Turk is dead, rather than meet
what Europe considers the extrava-
giant demands of the allies; the death
of 400 Ottoman soldiers In a fierce
battle of Chatalja on terrific lombard
ment OF Scutari by Montenegrin siege
guns, causing large portion of the
city to be in flames and the capture
of two Turkish battalions, $40 men
and thirty oficers-such was the stu
alton in the Balkans Sunday night.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Elk shipped to Reserve.

Estes Park-Twenty-f elk, each
as calm as jersey COW in clover,
have arrived. The elk were shipped
from Yellowstone by railroad to Ly-
ons, at which point they were loaded
in automobiles for the park. They arc
three hundred Founders. one year old.
All stood the journey we'll and are IN
fine condition. They will be ranged
her on the same territory that Lord
Dunraven planned for an elk reserve
forty years ago.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
THlRry-FlvE REBELS EXECUTED.
Colonel Gutierrez and Men Accept
Death Rather Than Desertion.

Naco. Ariz., March 17.-Following
up his successful sally from here Sat
urday. when 400 of his men surprised
and routed 1900 state troops. General
Ojeda dealt out military justice with a
stern hand Sunday morning. OF fifty
prisoners taken during the engage.
ment, thirty-five were placed before
the firing squad and shot to death.
Among them were. Colonel Jose Gui-
terez, commisario of Pilares. and two
of his assistants. All of the prisoners
We're taken by a band of hundred
Yaqui Indians, who have been fighting
with Ojeda.
The fifteen who were not shot were
spared because they agreed to accept
the Huerta government and fight for
n
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Crime Prevention Gill Is Killed.

Denver.-The House bill for sur
gical and medical board to prevent ha-
bitual criminals, feeble-minded per-
from reproducing was killed In the
House by striking out the enactment
clause. The measure was defended
by Representative Biles as needed for
human welfare.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
AcoLoRADo
LEGISLATIVE
DOM GS
o o I N G S
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Senate.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
| The Senate.
| Adopted report OF conference com
mittee on banking bill authorizing
state banks to pay In excess of foul
i per cent. per annum on deposits
| where national banks have inaugural
ed the competitive system in gaining
deposits.
Went into executive session for four
hours and decreed wholesale slash In
salaries and other measures to keep
expenditures within state revenues.
Passed on third reading. the high
way commission bill.
Passed on third reading, Hayden's
bill for constitutional amendment re-
quiring salaries Of county officers to
be paid out Of the county treasury.
Passed on third reading, Gates-Haw-
kins bill, regulating and bonding COM
mission merchants.
Passed on third reading. Garman's
bill amending the law relating to
architects.
Passed on third reading, Cross
bill for constitutional amendment au-
thorizing towns and cities to acquire
lighting and power plants.
Passed on second reading, Norvell's
bill amending game and fish laws.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Nan Dragged Down pixies Peak.

Colorado Springs.-Dragged down
Pixies peak for a distance of several
hundred yards with his companions
powerless to aid him until the bottom
OF small hill was reached. o. H. Ry-
an, lineman. narrowly escaped death
and is in a hospital suffering from
painful cuts and bruises.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Postmaster's Son Accused Of Thai,

Fowler.-After digging for more
than three hours into cesspool in
the rear of the postoffice, inspectors
found hundreds of dollars worth Of
checks, drafts and money orders for
Fowler banks, business men and citi-
zens, believed to have been placed
there during the holidays by Frank r.
Williams. fifteen, son of Postmaster
w. l.. Williams. A United States
marshal took young Williams to Pu-
eblo. where he was given prellmi
nary hearing.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Pope Abandoned Usual Palm Address.

Rome.-lt is customary for the pope
to deliver short address when receiv-
ing the palms. Under the advice of
his physicians. however. Pope Plus
omitted that ceremony. The latest an
nouncement by his physicians is that
the pope has practically recovered.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
President Gets eox Of Shamrock

Washington.-St. Patrick's Day may
find President Wilson wearing sprig
of shamrock from the "old sod From
Ireland there has reached the White
House for the President box of real
Irish shamrock, the gift of John Red.
mond. Irish member of the British
commons.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Convicted Of Assault.

Trinidad.-The testimony of Marie
MARITIME, an eleven-year-old girl of Sc
gundo, who claims to have been the
victim of an assault. resulted in the
conviction of Thomas Abruzinno, fif-
ty.five.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Author of "plsley !. Dead.

Denver.--Ina Marie Porter Ocken-
den, who wrote the words of Dixie,
under the name of Ina Marie Porter.
is dead at Galveston. Texas.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
stays Prisoner to Save Dog.

ST. Louis.-Ratheri than let the city
marshal shoot her pet bulldog, Mrs.
Ada Kettering was police prisoner
for twenty-fou' hours.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
-FOUR Seal Ship. Wrecked.

Halifax, N. S.-Half of the gulf seal.
Ing fleet of eight vessels which left
here recently has met with ship
wreck.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Convict Candidate,

Trinidad.-John Roosa, independent
candidate for mayor of Trinidad. was
tried and found guilty of keeping a
gambling house in the District Court.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
The House.

Passed on third reading, workmen's
compensation law.
Passed on third reading, Tobin-
Wright bill for revision of civil pro-
cedure.
Passed on third reading, Andrew
bill prohibiting sale of cocaine.
Passed on third reading, TAFT bill
for escheat of estates without claim
ants.
Passed on third reading, Andrew
bill vesting Supreme Court with sole
power to decide on constitutional
questions.
Passed Tobin's bill for additional
Judge in Seventh district, third read
ing.
Passed Philbin's bill licensing and
bonding collection agencies, third
reading. '.
Executive session discussed re-
trenchment in appropriations.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
sENArESAsAsHEs EXPENSES.
Decide. to Gu. salari.s and Eliminate
Unnecessary offices.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-A cut of from ten to thir-
ty per cent in the salaries of nearly
all state employees. the elimination Of
every clerical office the work Of which
can be done In other departments,
and the killing of every appropria-
tion not absolutely necessary toward
the maintenance of the educational,
charitable and penal institutions was
decreed by the Senate In an executive
session that lasted four hours.
The session was called by Chairman
Samuel J. Burris Of the finance COM
mittee as preliminary to the prepara-
tion of the biennial appropriation bill
to check up the needs of the state in
stitutions against available income.
The result of the conference is that
the state will go upon strictly busi-
ness basis and the $1,200,00O available
will have to meet\every item of ex-
pense save that Of the highway depart
ment. This much was given out at
the conclusion of the conference.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
SEARCHING PARTY BELIEVED TO
HAVE PERisHED ON RES
CUE TRIP.
FIVE OF FAMILY SAFE
BODIES OF FOUR MEN WHO PER-
isHED IN NEBRASKA COL
LisIoN FOUND.
western Newspaper Union News Service.
Last Weeks storm summary.

Five of family found frozen to
death in South Dakota:
Death toll in Alabqmal Georsiad ssnd
Mississipp Miiissiky fhhessss VIII rsash 100. San" ana
Property damage at least $4,000. 900
Scores injured by collapse OF build
ings and by freshets.
Storm passes into st. Lawrence val
ley; doing heavy property damage.
Many injured IN Minnesota esota, ,.,vv
rain and wind that does great injury
to crops.
Rapid City, S. D.-March IA. N.
Perry, his wife and three daughters,
were found frozen to death on Box
Elder divide. sixteen miles east OF
here, and Leslie Perry. nineteen years
old, son, was picked up delirious on
the prairie by w. E. Gearen of St.
Paul Brought to this city. he talked
incoherently of searching for his par
ents since early Friday morning.
When told they were dead he tainted
and is in the hospital. His face,
hands and feet are frozen.
Perry, who was the postmaster at
Great Bend. left here Thursday after
noon with his family and household
goods. attempting in the face OF a
blizzard to reach q ranch he had
leased.
The first intimation of their fate
came when pair of horses with gun
ny sacks over their heads and traces
dragging, wandered into the corral OF
Milton Freazes ranch. The trail OF
the horses led searchers to wagon
half.buried in snow. In the wagon
Perry's four children and Mrs. Perry
were found. The father lay half on
the ground, his feet in the wagon
spokes, as though he had fallen after
releasing the horses.
Five others of Perry's children with
the other wagons were found at the
Cordez ranch. Leslie Perry had turned
back from this party to bring his
parents to safety. Two men who left
here Friday morning in search Of the
Perrys are missing. They are believed
to have perished.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-21
Bodies Dug From eeneath wreekase

Cheyenne. Wyo., March II. : A
wrecking crew from Cheyenne dug
from beneath the wreckage OF two
Union Pacific trains at Herdon, Neb,
ninety miles east of here, the bodies
of the five men who perished when
the trains collided in storm early
Friday morning