The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-10

Chicago.-John Farmer a farm hand
at Cleburn. Tex, who said he was kid
naped from Chicago when five years
old, has asked the Chicago police to
search for his parents. lie is now II
years old. Farmer believes his right
name is John Fisher.
Forth Worth. Tex.-Miehael L.
Woods. vice president of the State
National bank of this city, in whose
accounts shortage of sl2o.o0o is al
legged to have been found. returned TO
Fort Worth today from California and
surrendered. He waived preliminary
hearing on charges of having embez-
zled $4,000 of the banks funds.
st. Paul Minn.-R. T. G. Matthews Of
Kansas City today was elected presi-
dent of the American Association OF
Passenger agents. holding its sixty
first annual convention here. The or
ganzation voted to change the name
to American Association of Travelling
Passenger agents.
Washington.-Wh the preliminary
investigation of the operations of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad under the Sherman antitrust
law will soon be completed, it was
said at the department of Justice to-
day that no decision had been reached
as to when action If any would be
taken against the road.
New orleans.--Twenty- three earth
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temala city has disrupted the Ameri-
can diplomatic service to the extent
that A. NJ. Collier, the newly appointed
secretary of the legation, has given
up his post Mr. Collier today is on
his way to Washington.
Indanapolis.-Mrs Edgar A. Blame
of Stevensport, Ky. found in the union
depot here today unconscious and re-
moved to the city hospital, was found
to have $70s7 and diamonds valued at
about $1,000 when searched. She was
suffering from teAanus.
Atlanta-James Conley, negro fac
tory sweeper who testified at the trial
of Leo M Frank for the killing of
Mary Phagan that he helped Frank
dispose of the girls dead body. was
indicted today, as an accessory to the
murder.
New York--Watson d. Woodwork,
a wealthy dentist, who died here re-
Gently, left an endowment for the
dental school of Tulane university at
New Orleans that eventually will reach
$4,000, according to a statement to-
day.
Jackson. Miss--After holding secret
Investigations in several counties OF
Mississippi the special legislative COM
mittee appointed to sift varied charges
of Irregularities in state institutions
took up quarters here today It is said
that evidence gained IN the several
counties Will be presented to grand
juries in those counties after 1t has
been compiled.
ST. Louis.-As result of recent
contract with the United States gov
ernment. 2296 sealskins worth $1,000
600. from the governments catch of
Alaskan seals. arrived in ST. Louis to-
day. For more than 40 years the
Alaskan catch has been sent TO Lon
don. where the furs were dressed and
dyed.
st. I.ouis.--Seventeen persons were
injured, four of them perhaps fatally.
when Missouri Pacific passenger train
No 80, which left Kansas City at $50
this morning, was wrecked four miles
east of Bonneville. Mo.
New sYork.=President Ralph Peters
of the Long Island railroad was badly
shaken up late today I'm a collision be-
tween his special train and a local on
the Long Island road at Bridgehamton,
in which two passengers in the rear car
of the local We're seriously injured
Salisbury Branch, Mass.=This sum-
mer resort was swept by fire late to-
day and this evening a church, six ho-
tells and $50 cottages being destroyed
Two hundred thousand dollars worth of
property was wiped out within an area
three quarters of a mile long and 200
yards wide.
San Francisco.-Orders were received
today from Washington directing Gus
toms officials to return at once to the
British steamer Harlow a quantity of
opium seized when the vessel was here
August 3.
Ottawa.-The body of Charles Robin
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