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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
CERTAIN OFFICE
CHANGES AT CAPITOL
Adjutant Generals Depart
ment Will Be Given Ad-
ditiOnal Room

Monte emery, December n.-tSpecalj
certein office changes at the capitol We're
a.atlorised by the governor today ill ~
executive order, issued for the purpose of
PROV i.l'ng more room for tile adjutant gei.-
erals department.
The order directs that Adjutant Cen
eral Joseph B. Scully and his assistants
move into the offices now occupied oy the
state banking department, over which
Alex r. Walker presides and that the
banking department move into the offices
now occupied by the examiners of pub
lie accounts The examiners will move
into the adjoining offices, occupied by
the adjutant general.
All of the offices affected by the order
are in the new wing of the capitol, and
the change is made in order to provide
more room for the adjutant general and
his assistants. That department has been
much congested during the past few
months, and it has been in crylns need
of additional room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
NAMED SECONDIN
COMMAND OF DETECTIVES
APPOINTED DETECTIVE SER.
GENAT BY LANE TO FILL
VACANCY CAUSED BY M'DON-
AIDS RESIGNATION
BY RICHARD E. LrssiER

! Sydney II. Darnell, a plain clothes po
lieeman, was yesterday appointed to tn,
vacancy in the reorganized detective de
partment caused by the resignation ol
Capt. Jack" Mcdonald earlier in tn;
week. Mr.. Darnelrs title will be detec.
| tive-sergeant.
The appointemnt of Mr.. DarnelI was
made Wednesday morning but thefe was
hitch owing to the reluctance of Officer
Darnell to leave the service Of Chief OF
Police George II Bodeker
Chief Bodeker assured Officer Darnell
that he was we'll pleased at his promeaon
and advised the young officer to accept
With many personal regrets, offieer Dar-
nell then accepted and took up the duties
of his new post at o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Sydney II. Darnell is one of the most
popular and respected officers in the po-
lice department. He has earned an envia-
BILE reputation for his efficiency as a de-
tective. In the words of Chief Bodeker,
he is an all around man-excellent in the
office, good mixer and endowed with
shrewd sense and ability to read human
nature. Throughout yesterday every po-
lice officer who met Mr. Darnell cor
graduated him on his promotion.
Detective Sergeant. Darnel is not vet
26 years of age and is perhaps. one of the
youngest men In the country holding such
position. He is married and has two chill
dren. Mr.. Darnell has only been on the
Birmingham police force about four
years. In those four years he has served
a hard apprenticeship, as he worked IN
every branch of the department from
patrol driver to desk sergeant
In the past year he has been detailed as
plain clothes officer with Officer Tyler
In every branch of detective. work to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
News of Ensley

The semi-apnual election of the Wood
mans circle of Ensley was held in the
knights of Pythias hall Wednesday even
ing. Reports show that the circle has just
finished a very good year, new members
have been added to the roll and the lodge
is steadily growing. The following Of
ficers We're elected: Mrs. Jack Foster,
guardian; Mrs. S c. Lumpltin, past
guardian; Mrs j. c. Neeland, adviser;
Mrs w. J. williams. clerk; NJ. f. Bar
ton. banker; Mrs. NJ. e. Stephens, attend-
ant: Mrs. Anne Williams, chaplain; Miss
Margaret Blair and Mrs. Isabella Curtis,
sentinels: Mrs. w. Palmer, Mrs. John
harrington and Mrs Canterbury as man
ayers and Mrs. w. Barnett, captain
There will be a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Ensley Market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
LIFE INSURANCE
PRESIDENTS MEET

New York, December 11.--Federal
supervision of life insurance compan-
les, with uniform insurance legislation
in the several states. was discussed at
the seventh annual meeting OF the Asso-
citation of Life Insurance Presidents to-
day. The organization began a two
day session here with executive heads
from all parts of the country and, Cam
ada present. Former President William
H. Taft was among the speakers.
The subject of government supervis-
ion was brought up by Burton Mans
field, insurance commissioner of Con-
necticut who outlined what he believed
were the advantages and disadvantages
of the plan, the obstacles to be over
come and the ideal methods of super
vision In general he favored such SUI
perision, urging that to bring it about
there should be Constitutional amend
ment or the United states supreme court
should be shown that times have so
changed in regard to insurance that
the courts former views are no longer
pertinent. Mr. Mansfield alluded to a
supreme court decision under which
many legal authorities have held that
creation of federal supervision OF in
surance Is not possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
0. & c. WILL MAKE
ITS Prize AWARDS
Annual Inspection Trip Over
Line Begun by Execu-
tives Yesterday

Cincinnati, December 11.-(speeial9
The annual track inspection trip over
the Cincinnati, New orleans and Texas
Pacific railway and Alabama Great
Southern railroad Queen and Crescent
Route) began this morning and will
occupy about three days, during which
the entire line to Meridian will be gone
over.
General Manager Horace Baker. Chief
Engineer Curtis Dougherty and General
Superintendent of Transportation W. 5.
Andrews are with the party. which in
cludes about so. Vice President T. c.
Powell will join the special train at
some point on the Alabama Great
Southern.
AS the result of this inspection the
annual award of prizes will be made 10
the section foremen having the best
section and the supervisor having the
best district This competition has
aroused the keen interests of all en-
lployes, particularly in the maintenance
of way department, and is believed by
officials to have proved effective in
Encouraging all track officials to take
pride in their work The prizes will be
awarded in time for their winners to
have them before Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
PR|NC|pA AIS WILL
MEET WTHFEAGIN
Fifty Educators Will Hold
Conference With Superin-
tendent of Education

montgomery, December 11.--(Special) }
FIFTY county high school principals of
the state will meet here with Superin-
tendent of Education William f. Feagin
December % for general conference rel
ative to educational conditions in their
counties The conference will be held at
the capitol. and it is expected that much
good win result from the meeting.
Superintendent Feagih, since he assumed
charge of the educational department, has
conceived many plans looking to the bet
terment of educational conditions in the
state, and one of these plans will be put
into effect when he confers with the prin-
cipals of the various county high schools.
1he, superintendent of education believes
that the county high school. which is the
highest institution of learning in all
counties of the state except those which
have normal schools and colleges, should
be In close touch with all the graded
schools, particularly the rural schools.
At the conference of high school super
intendents Mr.. Feagin will invite free dis
cussion relative to conditions in the va
rious counties of the state. and will prob
ably suggest methods by which extensive
improvements may be had.
Following the conference with the high
school principals, Superintendent Feagin
will meet with all the county superintend-
ents of education, this meeting to be
held at the capitol January ). The meet
ing of the superintendents will be for
practically the same purposes as those
which will bring the high school princi-
pals together-the betterment of school
conditions throughout the state.
Superintendent Feagin has entered upon
his work as head of the state educational
department with a large degree of en-
thusiasm and confidence. He has great
many plans which contemplate a decided
improvement in educational conditions all
over Alabama, and he expects to put them
into effect as early as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Y. NJ. c. A. CAMPAIGN
ON IN montgomery
Less Than $4,000 Needed
for $4,000 Fund TO
Erect Annex

Montgomery, December l1.-(SpecialD
BY o'clock tonight little less than $4,000
remained to be subscribed of the $4,000
fund which the Young Mems Christian as
soeiation is attempting to raise by mid
night tomorrow night.
The campaign to raise $4,000 for the pur-
pose of erecting a handsome annex to the
present building of the Young Mems
Christian association began nine days ago.
and since that time the members of the
association have been tireless in their ef-
forts to raise the money needed.
The association members will make a
whirlwind campaign tomorrow. and it is
expected that by midnight the total sum
needed will have been subscribed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
RATE CASES MAY
BE REOPENED

Montgomery December 11.-(Special.) }
Applications for rehearings OF the Mobile
pig iron rate case and the Selma coal
rate case have been filed with the state
railroad commission by the Louisville and
Nashville and the Southern railroads.
These cases were heard by the commits
sion some months ago and were decided
adversely to the railroads, the commits
sion ordering reduction of 81 per ton on
pig iron from the Birmingham district
to Mobile and a reduction of 20 cents per
ton on coal between Montgomery and
Selma.
The two cases Were decided after sew
eral hearings and after much evidence
had been taken. 1t is probable that the
case will be opened at the January meet
ing of the commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
n. M. Raborg Dead

Butte, Mont, December 1f.-H Mason
Raborg, president of the Farmers and
Drovers company, S5,O00,000 corpora
ton, of which Senator Reed Smoot is
vice president and Governor Spry and
other Utah men are directors. died today
of heart disease. Mr.. Raborg formerly
was a member of the New York Stock
exchange. In his college days he was
champion quarter-mile runner of Ameri-
ca. He was 45 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
PAGE ENTERTAINS
WHITE HOUSE COUPLE

London. December 1.-THE American
Ambassador and Mrs. Walter H. Page
gavo second dinner this evening in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre
Among the guests were Sir Edward Grey
the British foreign secretary: the French
Ambassador, Paul Cambon; the Earl and
Countess of Halsbury, Cora, Countess OF
STAFFORD; Baron Leigh and the Hon. Miss
Leigh. the Hon Charles Napier Law
renee and Mrs Lawrence. the president
of the board of trade and Mrs. Sydney
Buxton, and the Right Rev. Sir William
Boyd-Carpenter, canon of Westminster
and Mrs. Boyd Carpenter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Soccer League PROMISED

Admission. December 12-(SpeciaD-Louis
Hardage, the well known Vanderbilt foot
ball star, is in Admission and will make his
headquarters here this winter. He has
proposed that soccer football league be
organized here, three teams representing
the Pelham Guards, the Alabama Presby-
terian college and the city Athletic club
A pennant will be offered and warm
race will result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

which they were detailed by Chief Bode-
ker Officers Darnell and Tyler came out
with clean record.
Officer Tyler was the first to congratu-
late his partner yesterday on his good
fortune.
Mr.. Darnell is a Kentuclian and has
lived in Birmingham only six years. He
has been engaged in police and detective
work since the age of IS. He is we'll built
and has pleasing personality. OF his
promotion he said
Il am sorry to leave Chief Bodeker, foi
If know anything about detective work
1t was under his tultelage that [ learned
1t. However, l am going to give the city
of birmingham the very best there is in
me, as | have earnestly tried to do in the
past four years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Fields Given Sentence

! Cairo, ILL.,, December ia jury tonight
found Harvey Fields guilty of the murder
lof Dr. E. e. Gordon and fixed his punish
iment at 20 years in the penitentiary
Fields shot DR.. Gordon as the latter was
leaving a hospital on September 1, 1918.
,fhe pleas of the defense was that Fields
mind had become deranged by stories of
the alleged abuse of his wife by Dr. Cor
don
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Taken to Mines

Admission, December I.--(Special)
Homer James, white man who was
convicted of burglary, was carried to the
mines by a state convict agent Thurs
day. James unlawfully entered a press
ing club here and extracted some cloth
ing that did not belong to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Hetch Hetchy Bill Referred

Washington, December 1.-THE Hetch
Hetchy bill passed by both houses of
Congress has been referred by Presi-
dent Wilson to Secretary Lane for a
report. When the report is received the
President is eXeptced to sign the bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

league in the office of w. r. Stewart to-
morrow evening Much business of i'm
portance will be taken up by the league,
including arranging for a social which
will be given the first week in January
Mrs. Fuqua. president of the league, has
announced the following captains of the
committees Membership. Mrs. w. X.
Stewart. captain of the Ensley Highland
band; Mrs. l.. n. Girard Mrs Davis
Mitchell, Mrs E. II. Mattrieu and Miss
Dorothy Crime of the Wesley house, cap
tains of the city proper. These captains
will appoint their assistants. The pub
licity committee is composed of Miss
Mavis Love, Miss Bessie Stewart and
James A. Pope.
The Delphan Literary society of the
| EEsley High school held an interesting
debate yesterday afternoon in the club
room on Resolved, That the United
States Should Not Interfere With Mex
ico.' For the affirmative, Edwin Cook
and James McGarry both spoke we'll,
while Gordon Palmer and Joseph Cantor
debated for the negative. The latter were
i adjudged victors.
The track team of the Ensley High
school is completed, and the prospects
are very good. Coach Craig has had his
| men out WORKING daily ana expects TO
| have a team that will be able to do some
good running. The following have been
selected: Glenn Propst, Elbert Ponder,
| Barney Wade, John Hassler, James Me-
Garry and William Lands.
! The announcement of the approaching
| marriage of Mr.. Oscar Daniel and Miss
| Toy Luther have been received by their
many friends. The wedding will take
nlace at the home Df the brides moi n Ter
Mrs. M. Luther 1900 Fairvew avenue, on
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. December
16 After the marriage the young couple
will make their home in Norwood.
! There will be an important meeting oil
the doctors of Ensley tonight at O'Clock
over Averyt's drug store. The meeting is
to perfect permanent organization of the
doctors of this city for the purpose OF
erecting a hospital in Ensey. Several
committees will make reports and busi-
ness of Importance will be taken up.
4 DIR. r. M. Cunningham has received ar
invitation to lecture tomorrow night al
Selma. The subject of his lecture will
be, Causes of Diseases" The lecture
will be given under the auspices of the
school board of Selma.
| st. Margarets guild of st. Johns Epis-
ccpal church will hold Christmas sale
tomorrow afternoon at Nick Goulas, or
| Nineteenth sreet.
The primary department of the Metho-
dist Sunday school of this city will con-
| duct market all day Saturday at the
Snow grocery. Fancy work and dressed
dolls will be on sale.
! The many friends of Mrs. s. C. Lump
kin will be glad to learn she is conva-
lescent after recent Illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Schooner Takes to Sea

Beaufort, n. c., December little
four-masted White schooner, which was
stranded on Cape Lookout shoals, got
away during the night withouth re-
vealing its name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
CONVENTION IS
RECALLED BY BOARD
Governments Intention to
Rush Work in TOmbigee
Calls Meeting Off

Tuscaloosa, December 11.-(Special !
The Tuscaloosa Board of Trade has
rescinded the invitations to the river
Improvement meeting, which were sent
out some days ago. The meeting was
called to convene in Tuscaloosa on De-
cember %, and the purpose of the con-
vention was to make an organized ef-
fort to have the government force the
contractors who have delayed the
work on locks 2 and 8 in the Tombig
bee river, complete the work at tn,
earliest possible moment. Following e
conferences between the board of army
engineers of the government, members
of Congress from Alabama and a rep
resentative of the Tuscaloosa Board of
Trade in Washington last week. the
government took the steps which the
river Improvement convention was
called to request, hence obviating the
necessity for the meeting here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

The Bank of Northport has formally
opened its doors and is now engaged
in conducting a regular banking busf-
ness in Northport The new institution,
which is the first bank to be opened at
Northport, has a paid-up capital of
$4,000 and >its officers and directors
are prominent business men of North
port. S. A. Yerby is president.
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NEW BRITISH WARSH|P
WILL USE OIL FOR FUEL
Substitution for Coal Means
Great Economy in Weight
and Space.

/ PORTSMOUTH. Eng, October 16.--An
other novelty In battleships, the Queer
Elizabeth, which carries an immense
armament and uses oil instead of Goa
for her motive power. was launched al
the royal navy dockyards here today.
The ship, whose keel was laid October
81, 1912. is of an entirely new type. De-
tails of her construction have been kept
secret. 1t is generally believed, however
that her armament is to consist Of ter
fifteen-inch guns mounted in pairs II
barbettes, while her secondary armament
of four-inch or s.x-nch guns is also tC
be placed behind protective arrnor.
Under ordinary circumstances the car.
rying of such a big battery would imply
Il considerable increase In displacement
but tn s has been obviated by ull.za
ton of oil fuel for the engines In place
of coal. The substitution Of oil tanks
for coal bunkers means great economy
in weight and space, and in this way II
has been possible to increase the o.fen
sive and defensive armament and at the
same time keep the size and displacement
of the warship within limits.
Should the oil fuel prove successful In
the case of the Queen Elizabeth All lar q
warships of the British navy will in the
future use it. The Queen Elizabeth
therefore, is regarded an important
experiment.
The new vessel was not quite q yeai
or the building ways. and will be ready
for service i'm less than two years froI
the time her first keel plate was laid
Far more work was done on her before
launching than is usually the case II
battleships With launching weight oi
10000 tons. she was the heaviest vesse
ever sent afioat from building slip In
any British naval dockyard.
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convict CONFESSES
TO MURDER IN TEXAS
Paroled Prisoner Tells Indiana
Jail Head That He Killed
Dallas Girl.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. October ia
convict in the state reformatory at Jeffer-
sonville has confessed that he murdered
Florence Brown. the Dallas. Tex. ste
nographer. who Was found i'm an office
there with her throat cut July 2S last, ac-
cordihg to u. G.. Peyton, superintendent
of the reformatory, here last night. The
official refuses to make public the name
of the prisoner. but declared that 1t had
been definitely established that the man.
who was paroled prisoner. was in Dal as
the day of the crime. An investigation is
now being made because 1t is believed
that other persons were implicated in the
crime.
The man who confessed, according to
Supt. Peyton, had been sentenced to serve
two to twenty lone years in the prison for
murder I'm Indiana and had been paroled.
He went to Texas, where he told the Of
fetal that after being intoxicated for sew
eral weeks he went into the real estate
office where Miss Brown was emplo. ed TO
rob the place. The stenographer threat
ened to scream, and he cut her throat
with his pocket KIN fe, the convict said.
Leaving Dallis. the convict returned to
Indiana, where he was arrested and re-
turned to the reformatory. for violating
his parole. After few weeks he called
for Supt. Peyton and made his confess
sion.
Chief of Police Ryan of Dallas was al.
the reformatory Tuesday to investigate
the confession and returned TO Dallas
Yesterday to Investigate the theory that
other persons were implicated I'm the mur-
der Of the girl.
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|GALE FATAL TO SEVEN
Five Vessels Wrecked il
Fierce Storm Raging
Off Cape Cod.

HIGHLAND LIGHT Mass.. October 1e
The gale which began Monday had
taken a toll up to noon today Of Ave vSs-
sells and seven lives Most Of the acci-
dents were of Cape Cod, the record being:
Barge J. B. Thomas, wrecked OFF Well
fleet; four men lost.
Barge Oakland, wrecked off Truro; two
lost.
Seine boat. wrecked off Sandwich one
lost.
Barge Sumner r. Mead, wrecked off
:. ellfleet; all saved.
Schooner Henry ID. May. wrecked off
Chatham; all saved.
Other less serious accidents were the
filling and beaching Of the barge Knicker-
booker at Falmouth, the carrying away
of the sails Of the schooner Henrietta A.
Whitney off Chatham and the rescue of
the crew of the schooner George Pearl
IF Nantucket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-16
GIRL IMMIGRANT IN PLIGHT.
Slav. Unable to Speak English,
Seeks Uncle Unknown to Her.

KNOXVILLE, Mich, October 16-A
light-haired, blue-eyed girl of seventeen.
wno cannot speak a word of English. ar
rived in this village last night. IN he,
hand she caSrfed n paper on which was
written: For Cab Manyak. Post office
box 2j, Unionvillc. North America"
Men who can sIeak half dozen Eu-
ropean languages tried to converse with
her. but were unable to make her under
stand. The paper also gave the infornra-
ton that her name is Maryia Cencek, that
she is a Slav. and Is on her way to the
ONE of an uncle, whom she never has
seen.
1t is thought the young woman was sent
here by New York Immigration ofc ais
who directed her to the wrong Unionville,
there being several places of that name
in North America.
The immigration department has been
notified, and meantime the girl is being
kindly cared for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-16
AFIRE AT SEA FOUR DAYS.
Royal Dutch West India Mail
Steamer Loses Cargo.

NEW YORK. october 16.-The Royal
Dutch West India mail steamer Jan
Van Nassau. Capt. Van der Est, which
arrived today from the West Indies, re.
ported that on the outward passage
from Amsterdam October 4, between
the channel and the Azores. fire broke
out in the coal bunkers. spread to the
cargo in the forehold and ragged for
four days until the vessel succeeded in
reaching ST. Michaels. when the tiames
were got under control.
About 500 tons of cargo were destroy
ed besides all coal In the fore bunkers
There was only one passenger or
board.
The Jan Van Nassau Is a new steam.
er, and this Is only her second voyage
to New York.
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FUGITIVE LEPER REVEALED.
Hunger and Privation Force Appeal
for Aid at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Octobtr f6.-Driven 10
desperation By hunger and privation, a
lepe1. thought to be suffering the last
stages Of the disease. applied for food
and treatment at the city dispensary here
last night. To shield his wife and son
he assumed the name of John kouch.
"kouch'' said he was forty-five years
old, and that he came here from Jackson,
Tenn. He said he had been confined In
several PAGES of isolation, but Always
made his escape The last of these was
In Utah He said his wife and chiid now
are in that state. but would not discuss
his identity further
"kouch" declared he had contracted the
disease In the Philippines while on a bus-
ness trip i'm 1s3S. -Four years ago the
first symptoms appeared. he SAID. lie
proDabiy VIII be sent 10 the isolation
camp TO make MS home with Won Wing,
a Chinese ieper. ..