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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
MUCH INTEREST IS
CREATED IN bRYAN'S
APPROACHING VISIT
Practically Half of Attaches
of Capitol Will Go to Au-
burn to Hear Famous
Nebraskan Speak

Montgomery, May Special )-The
approaching visit of Secretary of State
William J. Bryan to Auburn next week
is creating much interest in official circles
and insicaAans are that practically one
hall ri the attae ef - sauitol will
go 10 Auh.n ear tns gsaaous Ne
brastat
tneae ne,sss thu itol who
a. eaectsa 6 81 AehaHa hear Mr..
Bryansa aaEreHz - PIE menhrs of the
state text poo.. conuatssieh, al of whom
have professed the deepest interest in
his visit The commission will probably
be through Its labors by that time. but
whether or not such is the case, there is
every indication that they will not be
in session on the day Mr. Bryan speaks
at Auburn.
The commission has been discharging
the past week, and have been working
from eight to ten hours every day on
the book adoption. Hearings on writing
books were concluded Wednesday morn
ing, and the commission immedia tely took
up the consideration f physilgies 1t IS
understood that the cmmission hopes TO
finish its labors by Saturday.
But whether or not their labors are
finished by Saturday or the first of the
week. 1t Is certain that they will go to
Auburn to hear. Mr.. Bryan speak And
there are others at the capitol Just as
anxious to see President VISIONS cabi-
ne; leader the members Of the COM
mission, and there is every indication
that the capitol will have a greater ap-
pearance of desertion on next Tuesday
than 1T has had had in many a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
AUBURN VISITORS
TO SLEEP IN TENTS
Fifty Will Be Pressed Into
Service During ''HOme
Coming Week"

Montgomery, May -(SpecaL)-Fifty
tents have been sent by the state mill
tary department to Auburn for the use
of alumni and visitors to the Alabama
Polytechnic institute during "home COM
ing week. which will be ushered in on
next Sunday, June /. Indications are that
the college and the town will be over
crowded next week, and in order to pro-
vide additional sleeping quarters the state
military department was appealed to for
assistance The tents will be raised on
the campus of the college
A large number of capitol officials and
leading men of Montgomery will go to
Auburn for the commencement exercises
and indications are that the occasion this
year will be the most interesting in the
history of the college. Governor O'Neal,
accompanied by the members of his staff,
Will leave for Auburn Sunday afternoon.
On the following day the governor and
his staff will review the cadets of the
school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, May 2S.-G p. n.y.
There has been but slight change IN
pressure conditions over the country in
general during the past "A hours and
as a result the w-as.er over Almost
the entire country has continued as 1t
was Tuesday night. The rains continue
over the eastern coast and the eastern
lake region and fair weather continues
over the great central basin. West of
the Rockies rather cloudy weather con-
tinues over the great central basin.
West of the Rockies rather cloudy
weather has n evai Cd and scattering e
showers are reported in many sections.
Temperatures have continued to rise
over the country east of the Rockies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
P|CKENS ADOPTS
PLANS FOR NEW JAIL
Commissioners Adopt Those
Submitted by Birming-
ham Architect

Carrollton, May 2s.-(Special)-A spe-
cial session of the commissioners court
of this county was held Monday and
Tuesday, at which time plans for the
construction of a new jail was received
and those submitted by Architect Harry
b. Wheelock of Birmingham were
adopted
The plans as adopted by the court calls
for two story brick building, "a by 6S
feet, and will contain 10 cells, beside.
insance and hospital wards and jailers'
office, bedroom and kitchen. 1t will also
contain corridors where the inmates can
be exercised and corridors for the guards.
The building is expected to be con-
structed al a cost of about s13,5G0 and will
be modern iii every respect to comply
with the requirements of State Jail In
spector Oates. The plans as adopted will
be submitted to Dr. Oates for his ap-
proval after which the court will adver-
tse for bids
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
DAWSON WILL NOT
ENTER BIG RACE

Indianapolis, May 2S.-Joe Dawson win
ner of last years 500 mile Memorial day
automobile contest here, will not drive
in the race Friday. The especially con-
structed car showed no defect, due to
shipping under the gruelling workout
Dawson gave the machine yesterday and
the driver announced later today the car
would be unable to start. This leaves 2S
entries in the race. Nine cars qualified
today. The remaining 10 cars, is hav-
ing passed the tests, will make the runs
tomorrow.
The French cars arrived only yester-
day and the drivehrs have had no time
to become familiarized with the track or
in which to loosen up their mounts. Rain
on Monday also caused the postponement
of elimination trials.
The remaining cars will be rushed
through the elimination early tomorrow
morning, it is hoped by the speedway Of
ficials and the track may be closed DUR
il g the afternoon to allow the necessary
cleaning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
OF STUDY
|NM|L|TARY TACTICS
Scully Requested to Recon-
mend Six Officers for
Artillery School

Montgomery, May 2S.-tSpecial)-At the
request of the United States war depart
ment, Adult. Gen. Joseph b. Scully, Ala
bama National Guard has recommended
six officers of the Alabama Field artil-
lery for course of study at the Militia
Field Artillery school, which will be held
at Tobyhanna, Pa, under the auspices OF
the federal government, July to 10.
While General Scully has not given out
the names of the six officers whom he
has recommended to the war department,
it is understood that Maj. j. s. Dorrance
of Birmingham, commander of the First
battalion of Field artillery, is one OF the
number. The other officers are prob
ably members of the two batteries.
The Militia Field Artillery school was
held last year at Fort Riley. Kan, and
two officers of the state artillery were
in attendance on the school. 1t is more
than probable that General Scully's rec
ommendation will be approved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
JULIAN WILL AGAIN
Be A CANDIDATE
Probable Railroad Commits
siOner Will Announce
Shortly

Montgomery, May 2S.--(Special.)- Frank
N. Julian, associate railroad commission
er, and former secretary of state. will
be a candidate to succeed himself. Mr..
Julian has not yet made any formal an
nouncement, but it is most probable that
he will do so within a short time.
What is the use of announcing now?"
he asked when the direct question was
put to him today. MY friends know that
| will be a candidate for reelection, and
since 1 shall be dependent upon my friends
in the race, I do not see that any good
can be accomplished by making a formal
announcement al this early date. There
is time enough for that, and l shall save
whatever statements | may have to make
until the opportune moment has arrived
Mr.. Julian indicated a few weeks ago
what would be some of the issues of ais
platform.
Efficiency in office, greater powers for
the railroad commission in rate regula-
ton, and authority to control all public
utilities. There are other issues which
he will present at the proper time.
Efficiency in office is Mr.. Julian's par
ticular war cry, and he declares that
since he first entered public life in Ala
hama he has endeavored to follow that
principle. Since becoming member
of the state railroad commission he has
visited each year more than one-third OF
the counties of the state, and he de-
clares that some of his "jaunts' have
been enough to tax the patients of job.
However, Mr.. Julian has not kicked, ex-
cept upon occasions when he was cons
PEELED to kick the mud from his shoes
after walking miles along some OF the
country roads. But, being a countryman. n.
| le1-A hos hox M ut
so trying nature as to make Mr.. Julian
refuse to let the people vote for him
again, and he will call upon their sup
port in the next state primary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
SUPREME COURT EXPECTED TO
PASS ON SMITH CASE SHORTLY

Montgomery, May 2s.--(Special.)- -
Much interest is attached to the final
disposition of the Jay Smith case. which
is at present before the supreme court
on an application by the attorney gem
eral for a rehearing. The case has at
tracted considerable attention through
out the state by reason of the fact
that this is the third or fourth time
that it has been under consideration by
the higher court within the past 70
months.
Smith was convicted and sentenced to
be hanged by the Gadsden city court for
the killing of Policeman Patterson. The
deed was committed on the night of
December 81, 1911.
On an appeal TO the higher court the
judgment of the lower tribunal was
sustained and a date set for the exc
cution. An application for a rehearing
was then filed by the defendant and
this application was granted. The SUI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Judge Brandon at CAPITOL

Montgomery, May Especial .)-Among
the prominent visitors at the capitol
Wednesday was Probate Judge w. w.
Brandon of Tuscaloosa. Judge Brandon
spent considerable part of the morning
greeting his numerous friends at the state
house discussing politics and talking
on crop conditions. Judge Brandon de-
clares that he is not In politics except to
help his friends, and that he has not yet
decided which of his friends he will sup
port. He said he was in Montgomery to
look after some business of a personal
nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

except in the lake region where rather
lotal causes have produced a slight tali
The weather has continued unseason-
ably warm over the plains states and
the western half of the Mississippi val
ley generally, 7 p. m. readings rang
ing above 80 degrees in Kansas. Ne
braska and South Dakota, while south
ern Canadian stations reported read
ings higher than many points in the
central cotton belt
In the southern states fair weather
has prevailed in all sections except
along the Atlantic coast. Temperatures
have risen generally but in a slight de-
gree. Conditions seem favorable for
continued fair weather in Birmingham
Thursday.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations.
May 2S, 1913:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
REGISTRY STAMP
is DISCONTINUED

Washington, May 2s.-Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson today issued an order dis
continuing the use of the special 10 cent
registry stamp and providing that no
additional registry stamps shall be print
ed after the present supply shall have
been exhausted. Hereafter ordinary post
age stamps may be used for the prepay
ment of registry fees. II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

preme court later reversed the case
and remanded it for new trial on the
ground that certain charges requested
by the defendant had not been given by
the trial judge.
The next step in the proceedings WAS
made by the attorney general in an ap-
plication asking that the court set aside
it's former judgment of reversal on the
ground that the charges requested had
been given but had not been incorporated
in the record This application was de-
MED by the court and the attorney general
next asked for a rehearing
Such is the present status of the case.
and while the higher court has not yet
passed upon the attorney generals ap-
plcation for a renearing, indications are
that it will announce its decision in the
matter within the near future. Should
the application be granted. the case will
then be recalled from the lower court, TO
which it was remanded for new trial
and will be again reviewed by the high
er tribunal. If the application Is re-
fused, the defendant will be given new
trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
SEED FIRES OPENING
GUN ON SATURDAY
Will Make First Speech in
Gubernatorial Campaign
at Demopolis
BY RALPH n. SILVER.

Tuscaloosa, May 2s.-(Special)-Li
Gov. Walter D. Seed will fire the opening
gun in his campaign to succeed Emmett
O'Neal as governor when he delivers an
address at Demopolis Saturday he stated
here today. The burden of the address.
states Mr.. Seed. will be the folly of care
lessly passing appropriation bills by the
state legislature when there is no money
in the state treasury to appropriate.
Mr. Seed is very optimistic over his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Weather Forecast

Washington, May 2s.-Forecast for Ala
bama and Mississippi Fair Thursday and
Friday; light to moderate variable winds,
becoming variable.
Georgia: Fair Thursday and Friday;
light to moderate north winds becoming
variable.
Tennessee: Fair Thursday and Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

gubernatorial campaign. Stating that he,
believes he will be an easy winner. Hel
has been meeting many friends here dur-h
ing commencement and stated all assure
him of hearty support in all parts OF the
state. The general impression is that
Seed is very strong in Tuscaloosa county,
his home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Military Commissions Issued

Montgomery, May %.-(Special.)-Com-
missions to the officers of Company |.
Fourth regiment Opelika. were issued
Wednesday by Adjutant General Scully.
The officers of this company are: Cap
tain, NJ. Smith; first lieutenant, Joe $.
Bell, and second lieutenant Robert A.
Dobbins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Johnson Arrested Again

Chicago. May 2S.-Jack Johnson, the ne:
gro heavyweight champion, VINO recently
was found guilty of violating the Mann
white slave law, was arrested again TO-
day, this time on the charge OF cutting
o,,t his mufrler while riding IN his auto
mobile on North Clark street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Hart and Baker Elected

Culver, Ind, May 2S-Officers of the
Association OF Boys Work Secretaries Sc
lected today, include Harry G. Hart
Nashville, and Harry Baker, Virginia. as
members of the executive committee,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
German Aviator Killed

Hanover, Germany, May ga. Horn,
a German aviator, fell 500 feet to his
death today while making an overland
fight in his monoplane. The cause of
the accident could not be ascertained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Some Still Have Doubts

Capital which had been accumulated bv
me1 CT great ability was often cvnic5l
when the details of Mr.. Rogers plans
became known There still exists con-
siuefaole lncreduiity respecting the real
commercial value of Mr.. Flaglers in
vestments in Florida, or, at least. in fhe
extension of the coast line system nv
way OF the sea bridged railroad to Kew
west. Ihis lack of faith never disturbed
either Mr. Rogers or Mr. Flagler. Ro+n
we're confident that the time would come
"hen their investment large as it was.
would be justified from the business and
commercial point of view.
Idr. Rogers lived few months after
the completion of his tldewater railroad
Mr.. Flagler passed away a little over a
year after the completion of the extend
ell railroad which sweeps around the
southern coast of Florida out to sea. witt,
a terminal al Key West
since Mr.. Flagler undertook his unioue
ana stupendous work in Florida, New
york had seen very little of him. He
came from his Florida home TO his coun-
try place on Long Island sound, about
% miles from the city, some time in
May cften as late as the first of June
lie was man of the most quiet and un-
ostentatious manner. He almost alWavs
rode from his home to the Grand Central
station in the smoking car and frequently
SSateu iuihsell' peslue some one of the
working men who passed daily up and
down the line.
He was not exactly taciturn and there
We're times when he could be coaxed into
relating some vivid "reminiscences
tan, slender man, neatly dressed with
fair complexion even in his very old age
and hardly any wrinkles to be discoy-
cred in his face, it was only when he
looked straight at any one with whom
10 hot H.
of the man was revealed by his eyes
Mr. Flagler was never taciturn when
asked about Florida. No man of southern
birth and none who ever wen. from the
north TO the south was ever so impressed
with the magnificent resources of .he
south and especially of Florida. as Mr.
Flagler was. He would talk by the hour
to his friends about the industrial and
agricultural resources of Florida and the
rich possibilities that lay in the develop
fnent of them. He was convinced that
Florida was not exceptional among the
southern states, but that unsurpa sse 4
opportunities for very rich developm ent
Of these states were awaiting energy aud
capital.
A Business Forecast
Others had been to Florida before Mr.
Flagler, men of capital from the NORTH
and had returned enthusiastic over the
opportunities of this state. surprised to
learn that in area it was one of the
English arstocracy went there in the
early eighties and so did great PhiladeI-
phia capital. Boston capital began the
construction of railroad running from
the head of navigation on st, Johns
river at Sanford to the head of Lake Kis-
simmee, contemplating from that point
'r avigation by means of the lakes and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Go to the seashore. Ten day excur-
sion tickets to st. Simon's and Cumber-
land Islands via A, b. & A., June 3.
Only 81. so. Ask j. V. Arnold, Union Ticket
Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
EVENTS OF TODAY

Graduation exercises at Central High
school.
State board of arbitration and mediation
will meet at 80 o'clock.
Birmingham will play New Orleans at
Rickwood Field at 4 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

general strength
GROVES TASTELESS
arouses the liver, drives
and builds up the sys-
Appettzer and aid to di.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

fight in his monop1ane. The cause of
the accident could not be ascertained.
river canalization from interior Florida
to the gulf of Mexico.
Either these earlier attempts lacked
sufficient capital or else the enthusiasm
of the capitalists faded. 1t was not un-
til Mr.. Flagler went to Florida and with
almost intuitive perception grasped the
industrial and agricultural opportunities
that We're in the state that improvement
upon a very broad and comprehensive
scale began. 1t was due to his inspira-
tion or example that the system of canals
stretching from the Atlantic on the east
to Lake Okeechobee supplemented by the
capitalization of the Caloosahatchee river
was planned-a system now in part COM
pleted. This is enabling engineering
science to drain the marshes of the Ever
glades and to bring to agriculture what
are probably the richest lands in the
United States, capable of producing al
most all kinds of tropical and all k 1hds
of semitropical fruits and vegetables.
How Business Increased
Mr.. Flagler found the business which
was offered to his railroad soon after it
was opened business that was in fact
created by his railroad, so rapidly in
oreasing that in certain seasons of the
year his single track line was frequently
congested. 1t was often necessary to
sidetrack and delay passenger trains for
hours so that freight trains carrying
rerishable fruit and vegetables could
more speedily make their way to the
northern markets.
Mr. Flagler contemplated the early
double tracking of the entire system and
proba bly, would have pegun this work
two or three years ago had he not been
occupied with the construction of a rail-
road running along the backbone of Flor
ida to Lake Okeechobee. In fact Mr..
Flagler said a year ago that a s soon as
his interior line Of railroad was COM
pleted and his f<eys West extension as
well. he could then be engaged in double
tracking the entire system from Miami
to Jacksonville.
| He must have heard occasionally the
| criticism or the doubts of able men re-
specting the extension of what is called
| the over sea road from Miami to Key
I.West But he had as implicit faith in the
| commercial possibilities which lay in
this extension as he did in his origna!
plans for railroad development in Flor
ida. He believed that the opening of the
| Panama canal and the strategic as well
as commercial advantages which lay in
| the railroad terminal at Key West would
Justify the building Of this extension, and
he had implicit confidence IN the develop
ment hereafter of a large traffic, I'M
broken. between the United States and
Cuba through the utilization of rail-
road ferry from Key West to Havana.
What Mr.. Flagler's plans for the future
management of his system were he rare
ly alluded to. He was rejoiced that he
had lived long enough to wi.-sFss tl4s
completion, of the Key Wesl Kse1$sq
and to participate in the ceren,,s fss Ya
which the opening of the exten a ssas
celebrated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Had Most Implicit Conf
dence in the Future De-
velopment of Florida
MUCH THE SAME TYPE
AS LATE H. H. ROGERS
Each Lived to See the Completion of
Work Upon Which They Had a
Personally Spent Over
$40,0OO,O0O
Nv HOLLAND

New York, May 2S.-(Special)-N one
can at present accurately appraise the
real value of the estate of the late Henry
NJ. Flagler. OF course, there NAV be
easy inventory of the visible plant in
cluding railroad and hotels in Florida
and there will be no difficulty in deter
mining the market value of securities of
winch he died possessed other than those
Oh his railroad. Yet the real value in
the Flagler railroad property is fire.
quently spoken of here as inherent still
iurklng' only to be disclosed when per-
iect development CT industries of almost
all kinds in Florida has come.
since Mr.. Flaglers ceath there have
been many comparisons between his ca
reer and that of the man. with whom he
was long associated and in association
with whom he amassed the greater part
OIL ms initial fortune-the late II. II.
Rogers. Each of these men accumulated
enormously, largely through association
with the standard Gil company, but with
out any partnership companione. Mr..
flagier, 1t has sometimes been thought.
inspired in Mr.. Rogers the conception of
the plan which afterward materialized
In the great railroad nearly 400 miles
In length, stretching. from the wonder
fully rich coal fields in a part of the
Appalachian range to tidewater at Nor
folk, Va.
for 1t was sometime before Mr.. Rogers
undertook this that Mr. F'lagler began
his great operations in Florida. Both of
tnese men of capital completed practically
s.nsie handed their railway systems Both
or them lived just long enough TO take
part III the triumphal celebration of the
completion of their systems. Each cf
them is presumed to have invested ap-
proximately the same amount of personal
capital, more than s40,O0O00J, In these un-
aeriakings. The working out of the
hlghest possibilities of these railroad svs-
TENS and their incidental industries re-
mains for the successors of Mr. Rogers
and Mr.. Flagler 10 compass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Green Bay, cloudy
Hatteras, rain :. .
Havre, cloudy :. !
Helena. rain -.
Huron, partly elo
Jacksonville. j clea
Kanlloops, partly
Kansas CITY, cleai
l~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
VIII Relieve Nervous Depression and
Low Snirffa

The Old st
entng tonic,
chill TONIC,
cut Malaria
tenn. A sure
gestion. soc.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-07
THE PoIsoNs IN COAL GAS
Many Are Known, But There Is Ono
Constituent That Is, Puzzle
to Scientists.

The poisonous properties of coal gas
are generally attributed to It's content
of carbonic oxide, especially as no
other substance of known poisonous
properties has been found in 1t, and
patients suffering from coal gas poison
ing show the symptoms associated
with the inhalation of carbonic oxide,
including the peculiar bright red color
of the blood. From experiments made
by DIR. ven Vahlen, at Halle, it seems
probable that we must revise this
view, for on making experiments with
frogs, animals particularly resistant to
carbonic oxide, 1t was found that they
were poisoned far more rapidly by coal
gas than by the corresponding amount
OF the oxide. Other experiments with
dogs showed that the poisonous effect
of coal gas was twice or three times
as great as that of the carbonic oxide
1t contained. Evidently there is some
other constituent of coal gas which is
poisonous, though what II is cannot
yet be stated. Merely removing the
carbonic oxide from coal gas will not
suffice to render it non-poisonous.-
The Ironmonger.