The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-24
Wire Sparks

Washington, May 23.-Secretary Redfield
of the department of commerce tonight
made public letter from Governor
Hodges Of Kansas, indorsing the secre-
tary's announced intention of investigat-
the tariff revision.
Detroit, Mich. May 23.-Reports on de-
nominational education and on the prog
ress of Protestant denominations toward
spiritual unity were important events OH
tcdays programme of the Northern Bap-
tist convention in this city
New York, May 23.-The belief was gen.
orally expressed among members of the
New York Yacht club today that commit
tees of the Royal Ulster Yacht club and
the New York Yacht club had reached a
satisfactory understanding regarding a
series of races for the America S cup
during the autumn of 1914.
Morgan City, La, May 23.-The schooner
William C. May of Philadelphia. which
went ashore on Last Island, off the Louisi-
ana shore in the Gulf of Mexico on
March 16 last, was floated tonight and
proceeded to this port.
New York. May 23.-George Rodel, the
Boer heavyweight fighter, defeated "So-
der" Kearns of Brooklyn in 10 round
bout which went the limit here tonight.
Washington, May 23.-The loss of an
arm by Samuel J. Jumper while working
in the laundry of the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan, where he has
served three years of a five year sentence
for embezzlement of less than 5000 OF
money order funds at Paris, Tex caused
the President to commute his sentence.
New Orleans, May 23-Immedate rela-
tives of Louis A. Gourdain here, refused
today to give credence to the report that
the widely known manipulation of swind-
ling schemes has died recently in Lon
don.
Boston, May 2s.-The question of the
legality of the purchase of other COM
panies by the United Shoe Machinery COM
pany was raised by Judge Putnam at to-
days proceedings in the dissolution suit
brought against the company BY the gov
Washington, May 23-The state depart
ment was called upon today for a new
toward American business interest in
Latin-America.
Washington, May 23.-In a vigorous de-
fense of the purposes of the American
navy at North State dinner given here
tonight in his honor, Secretary Josephus
Daniels declared that 'the only menace
to our peace today is due to the buying
of colonies in the east, the people OF
which did not come to us of their own
free will s
Mexico City. May 23.-By cutting the
main line of the National railway a short
distance north of San Luis Potosi and the
line from San Luis Potosi to Tampico the
rebels have restricted the operation of
the railway to a radius of $50 miles from
the capital northward.
Sofia. May 23-It is stated that the
Greek authorities at Saloniki have arrest
ed 200 former Bulgarian revolutionaries in
adjacent towns with the intention of try
ing them by courtrnartial on a charge
that they were preparing a rising against
the Greeks in the event of hostilities be-
tween Bulgaria and Greece.
Hampstead, N. r., May 23-Fine form
was shown today by the British poloists
In practice here for the matches in June
against the American holders of the in
ternational trophy.
New York, May 23.-Maurice E. Nc
Loughlin. the lawn tennis champion, ar
rived here today from California and
made haste to get into action on the
courts of the West Side club where he
will be one of the American team to
rle ct the Australians in the international
uaatches for the Davis cup.