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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

Washington. May 1s.-senate republi-
cans hesan their first big fight on Presi-
dent Wilson'S nomina tions tonight when
the appointment of W. j. Harris of Geor-
gia as director of the census. succeed
ing E. Dana purand, was taken up in
legislative session. For nearly five hours
the Senate played at cross purposes on
the Harms nomination without ever en-
tering into discussion of the merits of
the case
The republicans forced roll call after
roll call ON questions of procedure and
in support of tactics which the democrats
termed dilatofY Motions to put the
nomination over until tomorrow, until Fri
DAY and until next week were put and
defeated and finally when the membership
on both sides had dwindled away to al
most nothing. Adjournment was taken un-
til temoFrow at noon with the Harris
nomination still Just where it was when
the doors were closed shortly before 4
O'clock
To Keep Up Fight
Republican leaders have served notice
that they expect TO keep mp the fight
against the confirmation of Harris until
July !, at least, wnen MIR. Durand has
announced his intention to quit. Under
the Senate rules there is no question of
their ability to filibuster to their hearts
content and if they are willing to go
into long executive sessions day after
day they can prevent confirmation as
long as their talking powers last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD


Ito probe leak in navy department.
Steel corporation industrial factor
Dallas given over TO Shriner festivi-
ties.
Fight against appointments begins
Little progress on tariff in Senate
2-Athens college I'm grade A class
3-Building boom in Huntsville
Editorial comment
5-Two sessions of convention held.
Two new fire stations authorized
Grubb declines to grant restraining
order
Grand lodge of Odd Fellows in session
6-Society.
7-Sports.
S-Peace delegates baseball fans.
9-Tribunal begins settlement of pecu.
MARY claims
11-Large audience attends concert at the
Jefferson.
13-Markets.
14-Montgomery will be granted shrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
C.. P. BROKAW is
AT LAST RELEASED
In Jail Since Sunday for Assaulting
Wife With Skillet

Colorado Springs, Col, MAY 1S-Clar-
ence Pierce Brokaw of New York in Jail
here since Sunday on his wife's charge
that he assaulted her with skillet, To-
day appealed to the sheriff of El Paso
county to have Mrs. Brokaw taken from
the train which is bearing her toward
New York, together with the S-year-old
son of the couple
The sheriff refused to attempt to inter-
cept Mrs Brokaw and informed the man
that his wife had perfect right to take
her son Buster" anywhere she pleased
More than year ago Brokaw came TO
Colorado Springs with the hoy. The in
cident, then heralded as a kidnapping, fol-
lowed series of domestic difficulties in
the Brokaw family. Various charges
were made and later Mrs. Brokaw had
her husband arrested. charging that he
had broken two of her fingers. With
Brokaw in jail, she packed her belong
ings and departed for the east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
CHARLES p. NELL
RESIGNS POSITION
Had Been Commissioner of Labor
Since 1905

Washington. May 13.-Dr. Charles p
Neill, United States commissioner of l.
Dor since 1905, and recently made com
missioner of labor statistics in the new
department of labor, resigned TODAY to
take a position outside the government
service.
He was prominently identified with the
arbitration of many noted wage disputes
under the Erdman act.
He has taken a position with the Amer
lean Smelling and Refining company to
organize and conduct it's labor depart-
ment.
In statement Dr. Neill said the offer
came to him from President Daniel C,ur:
genhim through William Loeb, Jr., mar
aging director of the Guggenheim COPPER
atons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
DETECTIVES CALLED
TOPROBE LEAK" IN
NAVY PARTMENT
Important Plans of Ships
and Other Documents
Missing
OFFICIALS INCLINED
TO MINIFY LOSSES
Not so Much Perturbed Over Loss as
They Are Anxious TO Find
"Leakage'-First Loss
on March

Washington May 1s.-snecial agents of
the department of justice, officers of a
nationally known detective agency and
the local police have been called in by
the navy department to investigate "a
Leak through which during the last four
months several relatively important plans
OF ships and also minor unimportant doc
uments have disappeared.
Naval officials are inclined to minify the
Importance of the losses.
The first losses were discovered short
~ after the first of the year.
Some minor structural plans of the
dtesdnausht PENNSYLVANIA. now building.
and other ships, were among them Doc
un.ents not especially secret disappeared.
Not Much Perturbed
Naval officials say they are not much
perturbed over the occurrence of what
already has been lost as they are to find
the leak" and prevent further losses.
Each battleship has several sets of plans,
all of which are sometimes widely dis
tributed among the bureaus and contract
|'' A'tt ttiiS'hi pan 10 hNNct mum VI
government secret.
The navy department late today issued
Is statement:
NCrhe first losses were discovered on
the night of March 4, Inauguration day,
when there were a large number of
people in the state, war and navy build
ing, assembled to witness the inaugural
fireworks. There were taken, by persons
as yet unknown, from the draughting
room of the bureau of steam engineering.
uncompleted plans of the electric wiring
OF the new battleship Pennsylvania. These
plans showed the general arrangement
of the decks ard matches, but would be
of no particular value 10 anyone wish
ing to obtain naval information not gen.
orally made public short time after
similar plans were missed from the same
draushting room The matter is still un.
der investigation"
All Had Passes
The rooms of the steam engineering bu-
reau. commanded a fine view of the fire.
works, and a number of visitors were in
them on the night of March 4. For the
most part these were members OF the
families of officials and clerks, and no
one was admitted without a pass. The
plans were ordinary blueprnts, lying on
-ahe drafting table, but were large enough
to make quite conspicuous roll.
The fact that other plans for electrical
wiring were missed after March tended
t. relieve the visitors from suspicion, and
as this was the last occasion upon which
the rooms were open to others than em-
ployes the investigation turned in their di-
rection.
The plans were very simple and such
as could be prepared to order by any
competent electrician. They did not relate
to the fire control or turret mechanism,
and therefore had no particular naval
value.
The officials, However were alarmed at
the occurrence because 1t disclosed the
possibility of the theft of really important
secret plans. Consequently extra precau-
tions have been taken to guard against
the entry into the drafting rooms of any
one who does not belong there, and a
system of checking and accounting will
be rigidy enforced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

An anonymous card mailed in Phia-
delphia has been sent to of the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church,
which opens at Atlanta, Ga, Thursday,
calling for division of the church. The
card is headed "A Grave Situation and
says in part:
The most ominous peril which threat
ems the Church of Christ today is con-
tanned in the action of the New York
presbytery, when hy a large majority
they received four Union Seminary stu
dents into the ministry. If a large pro-
portion of our Presbyterian church in
dorses the action of the New York pres
bytery 1t is time for the church to be
divided into half"
James Yereance of New York, vice mod
orator of the general assembly, said that
he did not care to express an opinion
regarding the anonymous appeal, because
he probably will have TO vote on the
issue at Atlanta. Mr.. Yereance also is
chairman of the Sabbath observance
committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
ADMIRAL SEMMES NOT
; CHARACTERIZED A PIRATE
Representative Dent Explains Text States History
Used at Annapolis Interesting Letter In Answer
President of u. D. G. at Troy
by C. II. STEWART

Washingtn, May Especial )-Sev-
ceived a letter from Mrs l.. n. Bash
insky president of the Daughters of the
Confederacy at Troy, Ala. in which
standing that history was being used
at the naval academy at Annapolis in
which the late Admiral Semmes was
characterized as a pirate.
She requested Representative Dent to
ascertain if this was true and IL so.
the Daughters of the Confederacy
wanted 10 enter vigorous protest
Representative Dent today addressed
the following letter to Mrs. Bashinsky:
Il have had some difficulty in finding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

, out what text book on United states
history is in use at the naval academy.
1t Is a short history of the United
states navy written by Clark. Stevens,
Alden and Kraft, and published by
the lippngeott company,
so far from denominating Admiral
Semmes a pirate. the work, beginning
at the bottom of page 375 emphatic
denies the charge. on page 376 this
language is used; If Semmes was a
pirate 50 also was John Paul Jones'
David Porter or any other commits
stoned officers OF any government who
mas attacked the commerce of his
enemy AS recognized helligerent pow
er, the Confederacy could commission
vessels entitled to all the privileges,
among which the destruction of thu
enemies shipping could certainly be
included.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD
ATTACKED BEFOREG GA YNOR

John d. Rockefeller, Jr., who Is chief
supporter of the bureau of social hygiene
protested against the bill through Starr
j. Murphy, head of the bureau, who
said action should be deferred until after
the bureau has completed its investiga-
tion of the social evil in Europe and has
prepared its data for study here.
The aldermanic police investigating
committee and. the bureau of municipal
research also entered objection Proper
administration by the police rather than
a separate board of control, the pro-
testers held, was the solution of the vice
situation.
Officers OF the citizens committee and
former Mayor Seth Low favored the
bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Simmons and Penrose Open
Fight on Public
Hearings
LIVELY DEBATES
BETWEEN SENATORS
LaFollette's Amendment to Penrose's 5
Amendment on Public Hearings
Accepted - PROFOUND Ques-
tions to Manufacturers

Washington, May Ex-senator Sim
mons, chairman of the finance commit
tee and Senator Penrose, leading the re-
publican fight to refer the Underwood bill
with Instructions for public hearings. de-
livered oratorical broadsides against each
other in the Senate today in debate on
the Penrose amendment which will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
Senator Penrose lkened the secret eau
Gus of the tariff bill to the methods of
the Spanish inquisition," and brought
laughter from both sides when he de-
seribed the caucus and declared no one
was present to witness the murder of
American industry"
Senator Simmons declared that II the
democratic purpose to eliminate hearings
could be called reprehensible, 1t was the
first time the democratic party had copied
the methods of the republicans and he
argued at length why public hearings
We're not necessary, averring that they
We're not even demanded
Explains Position
During the debate Senator Penrose re-
ferred to Senator Simmons attitude on
the lumber Schedule four years ago. when
the Payne -Aldrich bill was under con-
sideration. Senator Simmons answered
that the Underwood bill provided for ev-
erything he advocated four years ago il
lumber was to be placed on the free list
THAT being so' he said, Il will vote
with pleasure for free lumber"
Senator Bristow offered an amendment
to the sugar schedule. providing for grad
uated reductions for two three-vear
periods, at the end of which time refined
sugar would be taxed at 1.271h cents per
hundred pounds and 9e Cuban sugar at
so972." When the Kansas senator had
concluded an attack on the democratic
bill, Senator LaFolette proposed an
amendment to the Penrose amendment,
directing public hearings.
Senator Bacon then moved that the SEN
ate go into executive session This was
objected to. but prevailed, As to s4 sena
tors LaFolette and Works voting with
the democrats. This forced further con-
sideration Of the tariff over until tonor-
row.
In Executive Session
Senator LaFollette's amendment, which
was accepted by Senator Penrose pro-
vides that manufacturers who might ap-
pear or file briefs before the finance com
mittee be required to answer under oath
l6 questions relating to the commodity
they manufacture the raw materials
used, the amount of production and con-
sumption of the commodity IN this coun-
try; the number of concerns engaged in
its manufacture and their Identity; the
market price in this and competing coun-
tries; the cost of production IN this and
competing countries; percentage of lator
cost here and abroad; transportation cost
to pY1cipal markets here and abroad
wb, part of the existing tariff duty rep
+, lents difference in cost of production
here and abroad. and what part of the
tariff duty represents profit of the Amer
lean manufacturer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14

New York, May 13.-A legislative meas
ure providing for a public welfare board
to supervise control of gambling and
the social evil in New York city was
attacked as reactionary and pernicious
at hearing before Mayor Gaynor to-
day. Leading social workers expressed
their views on the question OF withdraw
ing from the police jurisdiction over the
vices named. The bill was passed by the
recent legislature as an outcome of the
several inquiries into the police situa-
tion after the Rosenthal murder last
summer. 1t has not been given execu.
tive approval
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Nav Not Renew Relations

New York, May 13.-Union TheoIogf-
cal seminary does not wish to renew re-
lations such as existed between it and
the Presbyterian church from 1870 to 1892.
when breach was caused over the case
of the Rev. Charles A. Briggs, according
to President Francis Brown of the semi
nary. He made this statement today in
addressing the annual meeting of the
Seminary Alumni association, declaring
that Union is not desirous of losing its
character for liberal religion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Answers Charges
Park Around Site

Duluth, Mimi, May 13.--The United
States Steel corporations plant here
will, be surrounded by a parked town
site of 500 lots on which the corpora
tion will build $50 apartment houses
and homes. This was announced today
by George l.. Refs vice president of the
Minnesota Steel company
The total cost will be $1,000, 900. There
will be bathrooms and easements in
every house or apartment. Club houses
and tennis courts also will be built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Automobile Accident

Attica, Kan, May 13.-Rev. Robert Car
Isle, pastor of the First Methodist churcf
at Atlanta. Kan, was killed and his
brother and sister, j. A. Carlisle and
Ethel Carlisle, both Of Winfield, Kan
We're seriously injured today when their
automobile overturned near here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
No Americans Killed

Washington, May 13.-No Americans
We're killed or wounded in the last ty-
phoon to sweep over the Philippine ISL
ands, though there were a number of
casualties among the natives. Great
property damage was done. General
Forbes reports that the principal damage
vas in the north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
HYpienists Meet

Baltimore. Md, May 13.-Experts on
hygiene and public bathing from leading
cities are in attendance at the second an
nual conference of the American As
sociation for the Promotion of Hygiene
and Public Baths, which opened here to-
day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
DALLAS GIVEN OVER
TO FESTIVITIES OF
VISITING SHR|NERS
Spectators Line Streets to
Cheer Modern Followers
of the Prophet Elect
Officers Today

Dallas, Tex, May 1s.-Tonight. for
the second tive in one day, the brill
liant bedecked caravans of the Ancient
Arabic order. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, wound their way tsough the
streets OF Dallas when representatives
of more than a hundred temples and
40 Arab patrols with their bands passed
in grand review before Imperial Poten-
tate W. j. Cunningham of Baltimore.
To the patrols who paraded this
morning as an escort to the imperial
potentate and officers of the order to-
night was added thousands of members
not in uniform. Again spectators lined
the streets and cheered the modern
followers of the prophet" giving again
their oft-repeated welcome.
Today the first business session was
held and Imperial Potentate Cunning
ham made his formal report at an open
meeting held in the Scottish Rite ca
thedral. The order now has 1873 temples.
his report stated, and on January l
last the membership was 1856, 446, net
gain for the year of 1890 He said
the funds of the imperial council on
hand March | were S114,421
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Delegates Arriving

With every lran arriving the number
Of delegates is swelled. and it is expected
that tomorrow will see the full conference
membership in attendance Seven of these
pre-assembly groups will meet tomorrow,
these being the conference on education,
evangelism theological seminaries. U. s.
A, laymen's missionary movement mis-
sions by u. S. A. commissioners, and
presidents.
Fully 1900 delegates are expected to be
in attendance Thursday morning when
the three assemblies will officially open.
Moderators for all three assemblies are to
be elected. the United assembly taking
this action at the morning session, and
the northern and southern bodies holding
their elections in the afternoon. Thurs
day morning DR.. Mark A. Matthews Of
Seattle, Wash, retiring moderator of the
northern assembly, will deliver his fare
well sermon. The retiring moderator of
the southern assembly, DIR. 7. S, Clyce
of Sherman, Tex, will also deliver his
final address at the morning meeting.
The farewell sermon of DR.. II. II. Bell
of San Francisco. moderator of the uni
ted assembly will not be preached until
Thursday night.
Throughout the 10 days each assem-
bly, Withhold two meetings daily, unit
ing at night for the general sessions.
In addition to the delegates to the regu-
lar assemblies, the general meetings
will 'be attended by rs commissioners
representing the associated reformed
Presbyterian church. No assembly is
to be held by this church, however, at
this time. All conferences and meet
ings are public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Urge Lynch's Appointmen

Port Arthur, Tex, May 13.-Resolutions
We're adopted by the Texas Federation
of Labor, in session here today, urging
the appointment of James M. Lynch,
president of the International Typograph-
ical union, as public printer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
WIFE SEES HUSBAND
AND CHILD DROWN

York. Pa, May 13.-Mrs. George A.
Burger stood on the bank of the Sus-
quehanna river here today and saw her
husband and 9year-old son and a
neighbor drown when their rowboat
capsized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BRYAN TO SPEAK ATAuBuRN

Washington. May 13.-tSpecial,)
secretary of State Bryan has ac-
cepted an invitation to speak at Au-
burn on June 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
Newspaper Men Entertained

This afternoon newspaper men who
are here with the Shriners were enter
tained by the Dallas Press club with a
"klatsch." More than 100 writer's at
tended
Chief interest now centers on the
selection of the 1914 meeting place,
which will be decided tomorrow after
noon Atlanta and Memphis are the
only contenders and the representatives
of AL Chyma temple at Memphis and
Yaarb at Atlanta today kept up their
campaigns with great vigor.
Officers also will be elected tomor-
row. The only contest is for outer
guard for which there are five con-
tenders The other officers succeed
those Immediately above them, and it
| is assured that Imperial Junior Poten-
tate w. w. Irwin of Osiris temple,
Wheeling. w Va, viii become imperial
potentate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
STEEL CORPORATION
INDUSTRIAL FACTOR,
SAYS|TSP PRESIDENT
James A. Farrell Again
Takes Stand in Govern
ment Suit
PREFERENCE TO
GOVERNMENT WORK
Clean Bill of Health to Steel and Wire
Company-Answers Charges of
Favoritism From Railroads.
Pushed Foreign Trade


New York May 1S.-The United States
Steel corporation as an industrial bene-
factor, was the subject of todays testi-
mony of James A. Farrell it's president
in the government suit to dissolve the
corporation under the Sherman antitrust
law. 1t was Mr. Farrells second day
on the stand for the defense
He testified that the corporation man.
ufactured cotton ties for the cotton grow
ers of the south because its competitors
found the business unattractive and had
practically abandoned 1t. The corpora
ton he said, always gave preference
to government work and in a recent in
stance had neglected other business to
rush an order of steel pilings to New
Orleans in order to save the levees from
the flood. 1t used its enormous stocks
of pig tin to prevent spectators from
cornering the commodity and sold it to
its competitors at cost when attempts
to corner it caused a scarcity
Raises Wages
Since its organization, he testified, the
corporation had raised the wages of em-
ployes 2Sla per cent adding $iO,000,000 a
year to its pay rolls. The average wage
of employees in 1901 was S716.SS and last
year it was sS56.70
Mr.. Farrel gave clean bill of health
to the American Steel and Wire COM
pany, one of the subsidiaries of the cor
poration. which the government alleges
is a monopoly in itself. He quoted many
figures to show that of the hundreds oil
different kinds of wire products which
the company manufactured its percent
age of production was less than half
of the eountrys total output and in one
instance he named a so-called independ-
ent concern as the manufacturer of as
much as rs per cent.
Answers Charges
Answering the charge that owing Ia
''the community of interest between
railroads and the Steel corporation, the
corpora ton was favored over other man.
ufacturers in buying steel, Mr. Farrell
said it was the custom of the railroads
to get their supplies from the steel mills
nearest their shops regardless of VINO
owned the mill
The Steel corporation, he repeated had
made every effort to push its foreign
trade and while the corporation had been
able to obtain higher prices for its ex-
port products, prices to domestic con-
sumers had grown cheaper. He added
that the foreign business of the cor
poration was now being threatened by
new steel plants in Australia, which
could mine and assemble raw material
and manufacture steel at a lower cost
than the corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-14
BRYAN SPEAKS ON
PARTY DIVISIONS
Two Parties, Says Com
mOner, Democracy and
Arist0cracy

Harrisburg, Pa, May 13-Secretary
of State William j. Bryan addressed the
Pennsylvania legislature this evening
on the distinction between democracy
and aristoeracy. He predicted that be-
fore another general election the presl-
Dental primary will be so general that
there viii be no need to hold national
conventions and that Presidential nom
inees will be named not by party lead
ers or bosses, hut by the people.
Secretary Bryan came here to speak
at the Jefferson anniversary dinner of
the Central Democratic club of Harris
burg and was invited to address the
members of the legislature. He told
the Lawmakers he desired to talk of
fundamental ideas that are appropriate
at this time.
Jefferson a century ago spoke on
two parties he said, "one was the
democratic party and the other the aris-
is that party which tries to bring the
government near the people and the
aristocratic party is that which desires
to restrain and obstruct popular gov
ernment
1T is important to know whether the
Legislative representative is holding to
the democratic idea or to the aristo-
cratic idea