The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
LEN GREER DENIES
AND RE|TERATES
Did Not Recommend War
den Dillman at Atmore
NO POLITICAL MOTIVES
I. Gaines Roberts, Former Calhoun
Boy, Achieves Fame as Ship
buiIderxUnion Foundry Co.
Lands Big Contract

Admission, October -(Special.)-Len f
Greer. associate state convict inspector
who has Just returned to this city, his
home. denies the charge that he recon-
mended the appointment of Warden Dill.
man at the Atmore convict camp, .and
while he denies that he stated that Con
vict Glover was negro, he reiterates
that p. b. I.aurendine. the Mobile tas
commissioner who is regarded as being
responsible for the further investigation
at Atmore told him that Glover was {
notorious thief"
Mr., Greer stated that he could MOI
with propriety discuss the report which
had not been filed with the governor
but that when the sworn testimony Sc.
cured at the investigation under order.
of Governor ONeal is made public il
will show that he made a thorough in
vestigation In the first instance and thai
the convicts will admit that they die
not tell him the whole truth as to theii
treatment because they stood in awe oil
the lash.
Mr.. Greer denies that he was actuated
by political motives in generating the
Hexford-Orvin company In that event
iic5 Sdiot lie WOulu nave l1ldut Il ullleTt0i
report one that would have played te
the Mobile vote
7. Gaines Roberts, a native of oxford
south of here, who has been stationed
at Newport News, Va, as superintend-
ent of construction for the United States
navy for the past four years, has beer
transferred to Quincy, Mass, where he
will have charge Of the construction OF
r11e Il. ~. A.
ship Nevada, two destroyers, nine sub
marines and submarine tender.
While at Newport Captain Roberts SUI
perintended the fitting out of the battle
ship Delawares and the construction of
the torpedo boat destroyers Roe, Terry,
Monaghan and Tanning; the submarines
Seal and Tuna, fleet golfers Proteus and
Nereus. besides several minor vessels,
and the battleships Texas and Pennsyl-
vania, the former now nearly complete
and the latter we'll under way.
The Union Foundry company has Just
secured a contract for the lighting OF
the campus of the University of Illi-
nois at Urbana. This order calls for
SO lamps of the ornamental boulevard
pattern. and while they will be of an
original design they will resemble the
posts installed on Pennsylvania avenue
w foShfnS tOii, anu Niti Hill III liilS CITY
John Haynes, who was arrested last
June on charge of kidnapping John w
Wilson, son of Mrs. Matte Wilson oil
Mobile, aged Z, was acquitted after a
hearing In the city court here Saturday
Mr.. Haynes lives in Talladega county.
j., G. Mckinney of this city has beer
elected to- thee office of the eminent di
rector of the Columbian Woodmen ir
the state of Alabama. The. election tool
place at the meeting of the, eminent
council in Atlanta on September 26, bui
Mr.. Mckinney has just been notified Of
his honor
viii John, former chairman of the cit,
democratic executive committee here, but
more recently connected with. the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad at Mont
gomery. has resigned his position there
and will go to Panama to take place
with the Panama railroad.
A parade in full regalia was a feature
of an entertainment given by Annistor
Red Mep, Coosa tribe, to the jackson.
vile tribe Saturday evening. The Goose
tribe exemplified the degree work fol
the visitors and later a banquet was
eerved. following which degrees were
conferred and speeches made by promi
nent members of the order. r. r. Jar
rell is head of the local tribe.