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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

1.-THE first move toward agitatine
great highway from Decatur to Mobile
was started July TO- 1907 by the Bir-
mingham Motor club" Said an enthu-
siastic member of that body. 1T was at
one of our regular monthly meetings
when Mr.. J. A. Rountree, secretary of
the Alabama Good Roads association, ad-
dressed the club advocating the road to
be built and suggested that it be known
as the Tennessee-to-t he-Gulf highway
and advocating also that the state issue
81 100000 worth of bonds to build this
road. After hearing the earnest plea for
this highway, speeches indorsing It. were
made by Mr.. Richard w. Massey, De.
j. E. Dedman, Mr.. r. S. Munger and
other prominent members.
zone of the strongest resolutions OF in
dorsement was passed by the Birmingham
of the state and the various commercial
bodies to indorse the highway proposition.
The Age Herald was the first newspaper
in Alabama to publish an account of
this movement and Endorsed it. The press
of the state enthusiastically Endorsed this
road as well as the Birmingham Board OF
Trade, Mobile Commercial club, Alabama
Good Roads association and many lodges
of farmers unionss in the counties Of
Cullman, Blount, Winston, Morgan and
other counties in Alabama 1t is GER
tainly gratifying to see the seed sown
several years ago now ripening, and that
there are such bright prospects for the
building of the e-to-the-Gulf
highway"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala
postoffiee as seeotd class matter uhuef
act of Congress Marcn 3. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. =. $500
Daily and Sunday per month. -. ~
Daily and Sunday, three mohths'' 1'9o
Weekly Age Herald. per annum. 90
s,,ndoy a@e-Harald 200
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

A. ]. Eaton, Jr.. and o. e. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25

r Nv pARRETP ,......E Editor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
WAS LENIENT
He ParOIed Dwight SeeIy on Promise
to Behave.

Upon a promise that he will go to
work and that in the future he will
obey the laws of the land, Judge John
c. Pollock has paroled Dwight Seely,
II years old, charged with stealing
$9S in stamps from the poStoffice at
Furley, Kan. his home, March 9. The
federal grand jury found an indict-
ment against the boy and Immediately
afterward he pleaded guilty to the
charge before Judge Pollock.
Seely's father appeared before the
court to intercede for the boy, and
promised for him that he would be
good in the future, and go to work.
Sentence was suspended until the
March term of court at Wichita, nearly
a year from now, when the boy has
court again for sentence. If he has
made a good record in the time it is
understood that the plea of guilty may
then be Withdrawn and the case will
be dismissed.
Judge Pollock, in commenting upon
the case, declared it was one rather
for reformation than for punishment.
But young Seely will have to show that
he has been busy during the interim
or sentence may be imposed when he
reappears before the court.
After having remained out of prison
nearly four years while his case was
being fought out in the federal courts,
Henry Lair, now of San Francisco, has
returned to Leavenworth to serve a
sentence of II months imposed upon
him at Chicago February 1, 1909. He
came in answer to a telegram from
United States Marshal John R. Harri-
son. He was originally sentenced to
serve two years upon conviction of
having brought an alien into this
country for immoral purposes. He
served until June of the same year
when he was released on. writ of
habeas corpus on the ground that Chi
cago was not a port of entry. The
government appealed and the case, af-
ter going to the supreme court, finally
was decided against Lair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
I0DAy,S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, April 16.-WHHEAT-Unex
pected strength in Liverpool due to in
creased continental demand gave an up
ward shoot today to wheat here The
strong international position of wheat was
shown in the fact that May wheat was
higher yesterday in Winnipeg than in
Chicago for the first time on record. Re
aliz1nS sales here brought only a tenn
porary setback at the start. Prices show
ed a net advance of 1sc to 1sc. May was
1sc to Ac higher, opening at $685. to $780,
and steadying at those figures after a
brief decline.
- News from Baltimore of the best ex-
port business in 16 years caused an up
turn The close, however, was easy with
CORN-Active buying failed to hoist
corn. Offers increased rapidly. May open
ed a shade higher at 551sc and eased off
SC
Lightness of country arrivals caused a
firmer tone today. The close was easy
with May at 55c, net gain of shade.
OATS-Oats weakened with corn May
opened unchanged to 1sc higher at 345sc
to 34a4c and declined to 345c.
PROVISIONS-ProviSi were easy,
demand both being light. Opening figures
for May: $3.50 for pork. $10.821a to Sos
for lard and $11.10 for ribs. 40 .s-
RYE-No- 2. 6S064c. f.~.e@f -1r.-- = e.e
BARLEY-45@70c. . -r
TIMOTHY-$2.7 56350.
CLOvER-$15.00 @21.O0.
PORK-$1950.
IARD-$10 971k@11. 90.
RIBS-$11. 621a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
Detroit Club and Greatest Ball
Player at Outs.
President Navin Says Disci-
pline Is the Issue.
DID NOT MAKE BASEBALL
Baseball Made Him-He Can't
Be Bigger Than Came"
Startling Revelations of the
Georgia Peach's" Disposition

Detroit, April t6.-Discipline, not
money, is the all-important question at
issue in the dispute between the De-
troit American league baseball club and
its star player outfielder, Ty Cobb, who
is now under suspension because he re-
fused to accept the terms of the 1913
contract ndered him by President
Navin- This declaration was made by
Mr. NaVin today in signed state
ment. 1t is understood that 81, 500 is
the amount involved in the monetary
dispute. The statement follows:
THE differences between Mr.. Cobb
and the Detroit baseball club is not
over a matter of money. There are
fundamental principles involved-prin-
ciples of discipline recognized in all
walks of life. 1t is conceded by every
body that Mr.. Cobb is the best ball
player in the world. And Mr.. Cobb is
also the best paid ball player in the
world but this is not the issue.
Mr.. Cobb did not make baseball;
baseball made him. A player cannot
be bigger than the game which creates
him. To give in to Mr.. Cobb now in
cede that he is greater than the game
itself, for he has set all its laws at
defiance.
Mr.. Cobb instead of reporting for
spring practice and giving the club the
benefit of his knowledge and his play
organized a barn storming team and
went through the south starring him.
self with daily ultimatums to the De-
troit club.
IF Mr.. Cobb can persistently defy
the laws of the game, what effect will
he have on the other players and where
will his I am above the law theory
end? We may as well turn the club
over to him and eventually the league
OF Peevish Nature Says Navin.
IF Mr.. Cobb does not like a room
a hotel clerk gives him he quits the
club for a week. If he does not like
what silly man in the grandStand
yells at him, he punches his face and
is again out of the game. He quit the
game when we were fighting for
pennant and publicly stated that he
would not play with his comrade IN
left field, D. Jones, on account of
some misunderstanding with that
player. If he does not feel like prac-
ticing he stays away from the park.
He has grown to believe that his
greatness precludeS him being sub
ject to club discipline. 1 think Mr..
Cobb eventually will recognize his
between us.
HE demands $4,000 for his SER
vices and then he goes to the other
end of the country to fire ultimatums
at me through the public press, pro-
claiming that no representative of the
Detroit club has been sent to talk
business with him.
Mr.. Cobb is an employee of the De-
troit baseball club and he knows
where the office is located.
KIN the past 1 have patiently put
up with a great deal from Cobb. 1t
has now reached a point where there
must be a show down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
THREE WOMEN LEAD.
Leadership of ID. A. r. NarrOws Down
to Strong Candidates.

Washington, April 16.-Delegates to
the congress of the Daughters of the
American revolution were ready for the
election of officers when they reas-
sembled today in continental hall.
Three women. had been nominated last
midnight for the leadership-Mrs. John
Miller Horton, of Buffalo, N. Y, the
regular candidate supported by the
Mrs. VIM. Cummings
Story. of New York City, and Mrs
Charles B. Bryan, of Memphis, Tenn.
There are a number of candidates for
vice president-general. Although not
so important friends of the candidates
early disclosed their interest and in
dulged in active campaigning.
The candidates are: Mrs. John G.
Ames, Illinois; Mrs. Thomas Day, Ten
nessee; Mrs. Benjamin F. Gray, jr.,
Missouri; Mrs. Thomas Kite, Ohio; Mrs.
Allen P. Herley, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
John L. Dinwiddyie, Indiana; Mrs
Harriet I. Rake. Iowa; Mrs. John Van
Landingham, North Cardinal; Mrs.
Rhettgoode, Alabama; Mrs John Swift,
California and Mrs. r. H. Cunnin CHAM,
Kentucky.
The adherents of Mrs. Story placed
in the field also Miss Mary E. Wilcox,
of Washington; Mrs. J. w. Iglehardt,
of Maryland. and Miss Sophie NAPLES,
of Delaware. The fight for the second
place on the ticket promises to be a
spirited one. The dangers of dark
horses" in the race for president-gen-
eral was seemingly dispelled yesterday
and it was generally acknowledged
that the fight lay between the three
nominees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
STUDY CAS- RATES
Il. f. Morrison Named as In
spectOr by Commission.
Will File Monthly Reports on
Work in Gas Fields.

The public utilities commission has
announced the appointment of T. F.
Morrison of Chanute az special gas in
spector and will assign Morrison to
the southern Kansas gas field, where
he will study the production, pressure,
supply and cost of gas in the Kansas
Oklahoma field. Morrison will begin
work May 1.
Following the recent decision Of the
utilities commission in the Kansas Nat
ural Gas company rate hearing, the
commission held that it would retain
Jurisdiction in the case and reserv e
the right to make further finding,
based on evidence secured in an inves-
tigation of the gas situation. Then
came the announcement that the COM
mission proposed to keep an expert in
the field during. the entire summer.
Among other duties assigned to
Morrison is the work of determining
the monthly production in the several
fields, the cost of production, amount
of gas lost in transit. possible produc-
ton of the Kansas Oklahoma field if
further developed, and a reasonable
price for gas to consumers in Kansas
towns, based on other evidence Sc
cured. Morrison is himself a gas
producer and has had much practical
experience in the oil and gas business.
He will Immediately prepare for his
new work and members of the utilities
commission expect by next October to
have gathered sufficient evidence to
warrant a final order in the gas rate
case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
SHARKS AROUND THEM
Crew of Wrecked Schooner on Dan
gerous Sea in Open Boat.

New York, April 16.-The crew of
the schooner Lottfe r. Russell which
was abandoned seventy miles off Cape
Henry April 10, reached New York on
the oil tank steamer Georgian Prince.
For 4S hours they were adrift, most of
the time without food and in a small
open boat surrounded by sharks. The
schooner sailed from Charleston, S. c.,
for Philadelphia last Friday. Saturday
morning she was hit by a terrific gale
and soon became water logged. Nearly
all the provisions were swept away
and as the cook could not leave the
pumps, the crew of seven men and the
wife of the mate lived on a few mouth
fuls of brine-soaked bread.
At 2 o'clock Sunday the vessel was
abandoned During the time the crew
and the mates wife were adrift they
had no water and lived by wetting their
lips with the juice of canned peaches
of which they had a small quantity.
The Georgian Prince was sighted and
they were taken off on the afternoon
of Monday, April IA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
MORE DIETz EVIDENCE
sweetheart of Girl Who Died After
Operation Is Questioned.

Chicago, April 1.-two men are I'M
der arrest in connection with the death
of George Dietz, women's tailor, who Was
murdered at his home Monday. One is
an unidentified man taken into Gus
tody yesterday and the other is George
Rlngler, Jr., sweetheart of Edna Fred
erickson, young girl, who died several
months ago from an illegal operation.
RINGERS arrest resulted from the police
f1nd1ng in the pockets of Dietz's cloth
ing newspaper clipping concerning
the girls death. The arrest took place
today when he alighted from a lake
steamer plying between Milwaukee
and Chicago. Deputy superintendent
of Police Schuettier today denied that
the Unidentified man under arrest had
made a confession. 1.-The man has
nothing to confess so far as 1 know"
said the police official ct am salts
fled he had no part in the crime.
There We're circumstances which
justified his examination. This is all
and he tod satisfactory stories. He
has a good reputation and it would
be an injustice to him to make public
his name"
Ringler, who was Intercepted and
then released after the F'rederickson
girls death, was ordered taken into
custody in Milwaukee yesterday. The
police found him in the Wisconsin city,
but he was not arrested until he reached
here this morning. He was taken to
the detective bureau and it was an
nounced that he would be questioned by
Deputy Superintendent Schuettler in
person
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
BIG WAX CANDLE
Sixteen Feet High and is
Inches i'm Diameter.
Burn 800 Years, Cost $1,50O-
Memory of j. p. Morgan.

New York, April 16.-The largest
wax candle ever modelled will be
burned on feast days in the Vatican at
Rome to the memory of J. p. Morgan
if the hopes of Father z. T. Montel-
cone and his parishioners of Our Lady
of Mount Carmela's Roman Catholic
Church in Jersey City. are realized.
the expense of Father Monteleone's
church, whose members share their
pastors admiration of Mr.. Morgan's
life. 1t will cost $1,000 to make the
candle and send it to Rome.
The candle will be 16 feet with a.
base g inches in diameter tapering to
six inches. If the candle was lighted
one day each year it is estimated that
1t would last for 800 years, and if
burned steadily it would not be con-
sumed in less than nine months. If
a place can be found in the Vatican
for it, it is hoped to place with it,
at the base, an oil portrait of Mr..
Morgan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
INTERNATIONAL TODAY
Fastest Minor League Will Open Sea-
son This Afternoon.

New York, April 16.-With the eight
clubs in prime condition, the Interna-
tionaI League, outside of the two ma
jor organizations the strongest in the
country, begins it's regular season to-
day. Practically without exception
the clubs report an increase of
strength over the lineups of 1912 and
no sporting writer has thus far picked
Toronto, the champions last year, to
repeat.
From all indications Tuesday the
International will have the same del
uge at the opening that marked that
of the major organizations. A steady
drizZle held forth nearly all day in
Newark Jersey City and Baltimore,
and Providence reports cloudy weather
with a probability of rain during the
night.
The opening dates are as follows:
Buffalo at Jersey City; Toronto at
Newark: Montreal at Providence, and
Rochester at Baltimore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16

demonstration and to avoid uncon-
sciously delaying advising the publlc
of the judgment that We may be able
to form of the success of your treat
ment, we are forced to limit our elm
ical studies to the number already
treated under our observation in the
hospitals in New York city.
From conversation with you, 1t Is
understood that some of these pa
tients are now ready for a further in
lection of your remedy. In their in
terest and for the reasons given for
limiting our clinical observations to
those already treated, we feel that
these patients should now be seen by
you, with the view of giving such ad-
ditional injections of your remedy as
may in your judgment be necessary to
effect cure. We should be pleased,
therefore, to have you give this mat
ter your prompt attention and inform
us regarding the same at an early
date.
I'VE may be communicated with in
writing, addressed to either DIR. A. M.
Stfmson, Hotel Martinique, New York
city, or to DIR. John. F. Anderson, di-
rector hygienic laboratory, Washing
ton, D. c."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16

was in small volume and the recovery
originated largely from a switch in the
markets position of some of the active
professionals. American Smelling after
ward dropped suddenly to 6SA, and the
whole list eased off.
Traders brought pressure to bear upon
the stock market at the opening today
and first prices of the leaders were on
a lower plane. Amalgamated was partic-
ularly susceptible to bear selling and re-
ceded point. Erie first preferred lost
IA and General Electric point. The
Petroleum stocks, which have displayed
marked weakness recently, were steady.
With the turn for the better in senti-
ment, purchases were made of stocks
which had recently fallen severely. Among
these were the Petroleum shares, in which
recoveries ran from to points. Wa
bash-Pittsburg certificates sold at 49,
compared with the previous price on Fri
day last of 2234. St. Paul new AZ re-
1apsed to 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
BURNS ON MARTIN CASE
Great American Detective Hunting
Lost Memphis Man.

London, April 16.-The mystery of
the whereabouts of the lost Joseph
Wherefore Martin of Memphis, Tenn,
is still awaiting a solution, all the
.clews' brought to the notice of the
police since his disappearance on April
5 having proved fallacious.
The Scotland Yard authorities have
practically discarded the theory that
he has been victim of foul play, but
are at loss to find reason why he
should have vanished SO completely
The American detective, Burns is
working intently on the Spanish clew"
which originated in Barcelona. He was
formally introduced to the officials of
Scotland Yard this morning by Irwin
B. Laughlin, charge d'affaires of the
United States embassy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
MURDERED HIS BOY.
Seattle Man in Suicide Pact Stood Son
in Front of Train.

Seattle, April 16.-C. N. johnson. a
stationary engineer, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree yesterday
for causing the death of his 6-year-
old child by standing with the boy in
his arms in front of a speeding train
December 8, 1912. johnson, on the wit
ness stand told of making a suicide
agreement with his little son after
johnson and his wife had quarreled.
Witnesses of the killing said the child
pleaded with his father not to destroy
him. The boy was killed instantly by
the train but Johnson received only
broken leg and a cut on the head
Sentence will be imposed later and may
be either death or life Imprisonment
as the anti-hanging law passed by the
legislature does not go into effect I'M
til June IA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
New York Stock Market.

Wall St, New. York, April 16.-STOCKS
Unusual irregu1arity characterized the
morning trade in stocks. The movement
shifted frequently and the market hardly
maintained a definite course for fifteen
minutes at time. After the initial period
of uncertainty the list hardened subbse-
Quently liquidation were upward and
downward In the absence of new de-
velopments to give impetus to speculation
trading was confined largely to the pro-
fessoinal element The Copper issues
were unsettled, bear traders taking adj
vantage of the decline in Copper metals
abroad and the increase in European SUPP
plies shown by the fortnightly report.
Bonds were irregular.
Selling was discontinued and the mar
ket picked up rapidly Amalgamated
made up its loss and Reading sold nearly
a point above yesterdays closing. Trading
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, April 16.-WHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged. No 2 hard S6GS9c;
No. g. 86aS7c; No. red, $101@1.O6; No. 3,
91c0$1 .O3.
CORN-Market 15d1c higher No. 2
mixed, 561zq57c; No. 8, 55@56c; No. 2
white, 561zG57c; No. 3, 551h @56c
OATS-Market unchanged. No white
36@361zc; No. mixed, 34c.
RYE-Market unchanged.
HAY-Market unchanged.
BUTTER-Creamery, 341ac; firsts 321z6
331sc: seconds. $4,000; packing, 231ac.
EGGS-Ffrsts, 1712c; seconds, 13c.
POULTRY-Hens, 1414c; ROSTERS, 10c;
ducks, 15c.
WHEAT-Receipts 81 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, S45sc; July,
$3.50.
CORN-May, 535s@53Ac; July, 541zc.
OATS-May, 347sc; July, 337sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
HIS HALTING PROCESS.
DIR. F'riedmann's Attention Directed to
1t by United States officials.

Washington. April 16.-Dr. Fried
mann's attention has been directed to
the ''halting process in his demon
stration of the alleged curative value
of his tuberculosis vaccine in a let
ter addressed to him at Providence, r.
l., by DIR John F. Anderson, chairman
of the board appointed by Surgeon
General Blue of the public health SER
vice to inquire into the efficacy of the
German physicians remedy. The let
ter follows:
eve regret to have to invite your
attention to the halting process in
your demonstration of the alleged cur
alive value of your remedy for tuber-
culosis Only % of the patients ac-
cepted by you as suitable for such
treatment have been treated by you.
In order to avoid proloEgation of your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
DULUTH is ''DRY. :"
Commission Form Closes All Saloons
at II O'Clock.

Duluth. April 16.-Duluth under the
new commission form of government
was last night for the first time
closed town.
All saloons shut their doors at IL
D. m. Orders were issued in the red
light district that no more liquor
be sold there. No cafes or restaur-
ants either adjacent to saloons or 9TH
erwise will be allowed to serve pa
irons with liquor of any kind or at
any time This applies to the large
hotels, clubs and all alike.
Revocation of license is the penalty
of violation if a woman is found in
a saloon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16

IN CHINA for several years. George
Godfrey Moore presided at the dinner
DR.. c. H. Lerrigo, captain of the win
nlns team In recent volleyball tourna-
ment was presented with a loving cup
by the Santa Fe Watch company The
winning bowling team in a tournament
mat recently closed, was presented
with cup which was given by c. A.
WON through c. L. Hanson, the cap
tam. Inc Red Sox in the campaign are
under the general management of r. J.
White, and the Giants under Harry B.
clark. The workers met this noon for
and to make reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-16
Kansas City live STOCK Market.

Kansas City, April Ib.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1000 including 600 southerns. Mar
keet steady to weak. Native steers, $3.50
ass; southern steers, $6.00QS.50; southern
cows and heifers, $4.50dS.50; native cows
and heifers, 81. 256tS.50; stockers and feed
ers, $6.75dS50; bulls, $6.0047. 50; calves, $3.50
@S.T; western steers, .$7.0O4S4O; western
cows, S4.50g7.5O.
HOGS-Receipts 1900. Market SC to 10c
lower. Bulk of sales, $S.70@S.90; heavy,
s. 65@S. 80; packers and butchers, SS.70q8-9O;
light $S.S0@s %; pigs, $7.75QS.25.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 Market steady
to strong. Muttons, $5.o0G7.25; Colorado
lambs, $7.50G8.75; range wetherS and year
lings s55odS. 90; range ewes, IS. 00Q7.00.