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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
Charles Watson. Jr.

Funeral services over the remains OF
Charles Watson, Jr., who died Tues
day, were conducted yesterday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late
residence, 2315 Fifth avenue. Interment
followed in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11


To the People of Alabama
In an address, widely disseminated, B. B. Conner
franticay appeals to the People of Alabama, to the
Federal Congress, TO the Attorney General to the
Interstate Commerce Commission and to the State
and National Governments, to cooperate with him in
his efforts to compel the Louisville Nashville Rail-
road Company to refrain from exerting any Influence
it may have to prevent his nomination for the office
of Governor Of the State of Alabama.
He quotes at length, evidence that nearly ten years
ago-the representatives of the Louisville Nashville
Railroad Company did unfortunately, unsuccess-
fully oppose his candidacy for the office of Pres
dent of the Railroad Commission Of Alabama. Such
failure was statewide if not national disaster
his election to the office of President of the Rail
road Commission resulted in his being elected Gov
ernor which resulted in his inflctng incalculabe in
jury upon the State, involving expensive litigation
and the cessation of railroad development by render
ing it practically impossible to procure the capital
necessary for such development
The appeal is based upon the assumption that the
representatives of railway companies have no right
to be heard in legislative matters or administration
of the government affecting their interests. The rail
ways of Alabama important interests in
Importance to the agricultural interests-and they
have as much right to be heard as the agricultural
banking industrial or other interests on all matters
affecting them. This must be conceded; but it does
not suit Mr.. Conner, who would have the railways
roped and ted rendered helpless-sshog tied' is the
term he usesthat he may, without opposition pros
ecute his efforts to destroy. He reck1essly emits
falsehoods incurs the expense of wide dissemina-
tion and frantcally calls upon everybody to aid him
in preventing the railroad company from incurring
the expense of disseminating information to counter
act his venom
He charges that the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road Company has for many years past been active
in endeavorng to protect its interests and that in so
doing it has exerted undue influence in legislative
matters
Let him point to single legislative act that may
have been favored or promoted by the representa-
tives of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
pany, that was anagonistic to the interests of the
people Of Alabama.
Contrast what the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road Company has accomplished in Alabama with
what Mr.. Conner has done or attempted to do:
In case, many millions of dollars invested and
facilities created and utilized promote the material
interests of the people of Alabama:
In the other frantic and insane efforts to create
dscord, and to destroy, resulting in ncalculable in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
Harry Douglass Almond

The remains of Harry Douglass Al
mon, aged 2S years, who died yester-
day morning In a local inf1rmary, were
sent to Graniteville, s. c., yesterday
afternoon for interment by the War
ner & Smiley company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
James Gibson

The remains of James Gibson, aged
80 years. who died in a local infirm-
ary Tuesday morning, are being held
at the undertaking rooms of Lige 10y
pending the arrival of relatives. Fu-
neral arrangements will be announced
later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
5 He Reclxlessly Emits Falsehoods, Incurs
Expense of a Wide Dissemination
Smith Declares All
Allegations Untrue

jury to the people of the State-al for the selfish
purpose of securing political preferment
He considers it crime that the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad Company has been forced to incur
penditures in endeavoring to protect itself from un-
just and injurious legislation and from maliciously
false accusations, vociferously made and widely dis
semnated by him, and refers to a large sum which
he says was expended by the Louisville Nashville
Railroad nearly ten years ago. defeat him for the
office of President of the Railroad Commission.
not personally concerned in that campaign, but
have since looked at the deposition he refers to when
he says 'The testimony shows that the Louisville &
Nashville spent in the campaign to defeat me the sum
of $142, ,2S525 The following is quotation from
the deposition
''In the report made to the Board of Di-
rectors and to stockholders of defendant for
the fiscal year ending June go 1904, there
appears under Operating Expenses-Gen-
eral Expenses, the item of 'Other General
Expenses $142, ,3S5.25, which item includes
all expenditures for the entire system of the
defendant for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1904
The sum described was the TOTAL SUM EX-
PENDED AND CHARGED TO GENERAL. EX-
PENSES' by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM for the fis-
cal year ended June, 1904, in the THIRTEEN
STATES in which it operates; but had the total
amount been successfully expended in endeavoring
to convince the people of Alabama that it was unwise
to prefer Mr. Conner, it would have been a most in
dicous expenditure. The failure to defeat him. with
his subsequent election as Governor has inflicted
enormous losses upon the Louisville Nashville and
other railroads in Alabama as we'll as upon the State
In his ravings, he accuses the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad Company of assassination and MANY
other crimes, WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST EvT-
DENCE to sustain his malicious and criminal libels.
He charges that the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road Company prevents the movement of traffic by
the rivers OF the State Every person knows that
traffic is only moved by rail between points served
by water competition because of the superior service
of the rail carriers Ever since the Louisville g.
Nashville became carrier Of Importance it has Gull
TlVATED FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE
RlVER CARRIERS on the Ohio, Cumberland Ten
nessee and Alabama Rivers Transportation cond
tons are such that the traffic of river carriers is
essany confined to local traffic for which the rail
carriers cannot compete-a condition that the owners
OF river transportation lines have long since recoa
nized and acted upon.
have not attempted to analyze and controvert the
lnnumerabe errors in Mr.. Comers address, Prac
tcaly all OF the allegations are untrue
MILTON H. SMITH
Advertisement.
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LICE LoY. Undertaken. ehon. 10

SHAW. the Undertaken. Phone .
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Theodore w. Allen

Theodore w. Allen. formerly of this
city. died in Kingston, N c.. Tuesday.
His remains are due to arrive in Bir-
mingham this morning for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

JOHNS Undertaking CO. Phone 1902.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
VICTORY OF PERRY
is CELEBRATED IN
BIG PEACE BANQUET

tContinued from Page One,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Washington. bill authorizing the
interstate commerce commission to force
interstate railroads to install automatic
train stop signals was introduced today
by Representative Esah of Wisconsin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Chicago. Over 80 persons were injured,
three buildings We're partly wrecked and
windows within a radius of half a mile
were broken today by the explosion Of
bomb In the doorway of the private
bank of Alexander Conforti ON South Hal
stead street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

New York.-Con srcssnan Big Tim
Sullivan, who disappeared a week az,
yesterday with only 81 in his pocket, wa
still missing this afternoon. His friend
are anxious about him as he is suffer
ing from a mental disorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Wilmington. Del.-Compelling clerk to
open d safe in the office of trolley car
company here today, bandit took bag
containing 1889 and escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Tokfo.--Another mass meeting was
held tonight in protest against the at
titude of the ministry. 1t was ad-
dressed by several members of he par
lament. after which a big mob marched
to the foreign office. Tram cars We're
stoned on the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Tokio.-About 100 Japanese marines
according to announcement by the for
eign office today. have been landed a
Marking. They are intended for pro
lection only. No other forces have beer
sent ashore.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
lear ALIENS Al | FROM ] I ]
!. ]. SOUTHERN EUROPE.
Western. States Believe There
Will Be Large Influx When !:
Panama Canal Opens.

. g. - ksh
Denver, Aug. 2s.--Active steps are
being taken to. thwart the efforts Of
certain interested individuals and
corporations in this section of the
country to prevent the cheapening
of native labor through the influx of
thousands of lahorers from southern
Europe after the opening Of the Pa
mama canal in 1915. 80. Lille
Action will be taken in support Of
this proposition at a meeting of the
State Federation of Labor at Trinidad.
Charges are made that steamship
companies have sold up to date more
than $4,000 tickets on the INSTALL
ment of 10 cents a week for passage
to the Pacific ports through the canal.
This charge is made by the West
ern Labor Immigration association Of
Seattle. A conference is trying to be
arranged for those interested early. in
November. The class of people to be
dumped on the Pacific coast is
claimed to be far more illiterate than
those who have been flooding the
country for years by other routes.
The subject, in all" probability, will
be brought to the: attention :. Of the
American Federation Of Labor con-
vention, which meets in Seattle on
November 10 next.
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MASSACHUSETTS law !.
HITS CHILD LABOR
No Boy Under 18 and No. Girl
Under 81 Permitted to-
Work Nights.

Boston, Aug. 2s.-The laws affect
ing young employees, which will cause
sweeping changes. in labor conditions
In this state, will become effective
September l., and arrangements are
now being made to rigidly enforce
these laws in reference to the pro-
hibited employees.
Some of the provisions are: No
boys uNder 10 or no girl under 81
years of age can be employed in a
store after 10 o'clock in the evening
or for more than ten hours per day
or fifty-four hours in a single week.
They are also prohibited: from work.
ing before 5 a. m: or. after 10 p, M: in
any factory, Workshop, manufacture
ing, mechanical, or mercantile estab-
lishment, barber shop, boot black
stand, public stables. brick or lumber
yard, telephone exchange, telegraph
or message office, or in the. construc-
ton or repair Of buildings. or in any
wage industry carried on In tenement
or other houses u 800, ~ >z.;. =:
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EVERY 7 SHIP MUST N !.
CARRY 9 R / TRRE |: !. \
Government Insists Upon En-
: forcement Of. 8-Hour Law. ! I
. ;: :: :: Gets 100000 In Fines. : ! !:

WASHINGTON Aug. 2s:-Steam-
ship owners and agents from Wash
ington and all the big seaports of the
United States, held "a conference with
Acting Secretary of Commerce Sweet,
Supervising Inspector General Uhler,
Of the Steamboat Inspection Service,
Chairman Alexander of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries. Congressman Hardy, Senat-
ors Fletcher and. Crawford, and rep
resentatives of the Masters. Mates
and Pilots: association, on enforce
ment of the. three mates law OF
which: Congressman Hardy, was spon-
sor. ~ '-~ i.:i" -. ~
The conference was called in the Of
flee of Acting Secretary Sweet. The
Hardy law has been in force for two
months, requiring, that all seagoing
ships of. 1000 tons burden: or over
carry three mates. Many violations
of the law: have been reported, fines
aggregating 100000 having been re-
mitted by the department., 1T being
claimed. by owners and: agents that
1t Is impossible to get the men. for
mates. - =: '' 90 -e
At the conclusion of the conference
Acting Secretary Sweet announced
to, the steamboat men that the law
must and would be enforced, as he
had no alternative. After at first de-
nying that men could be had, the
steamboat men promised to do every
thing in their power to get extra men.
Atlantic coast vessel owners were
warned that the Department. of Com
meroe will :rigidly enforce the law re-
qutring. all vessels of 1000 tons or
over to have three licensed mates.
Vessel representatives met at the
department and said they would ex-
;ert every effort to-. comply with the
law. The seamens'. union asserts that
enough competent mates can be Sc
curd to man all vessels subject to the
act. but. that the vessel owners are
aVerse to meeting the additional ex-
pense.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30

Canadian City Finds It: Profit
able: to Operate Transportation:
Lines for People. s.::1

Publicly owned utilities in Edmon-
ton, Alberta, last year paid a net prof.
ldt of $4,000. The street railway had
a large deficit on account of .extraor-
binary charges for: extensions and i'm
provements. but the light and power
departments earned more than suf-
ficient to cover the losses. The water
department was operated at a profit.
The city charges 81 for. 20 street
railway tickets, good at all hours,
with universal transfer; labor tickets,
good in certain hours in the morning
and evening, eight for rs cents; and
students tickets, good at all hours, II
for % cents. Twelve million passen-
gers were carried in 1912. as COM
pared with 1,s12,4e0. in 1909. The
city's population, as shown by the
census just compiled, is 67,342.#::-:
Users of electricity for lighting and
power. purposes will be the first to
benefit directly from the municipal
ownership of public utilities in Ed
monitor, by reduction of from 12K
to rs per cent in rates, effective early
in June. - :.
A. w. Ormsby, superintendent Of
the: department, which has a surplus
Of more than 100000, recommends
cut of 12A per cent in light rates,
now 8 cents per kilowatt hour, and
rs per cent reduction in power rates,
now 4 cents, with sliding scale for
manufacturing concerns. The COM
missioners favor the cut.
Mayor. William Short, who: also. is
chairman of the board of city CON-
mlssiners, says that reductions will be
made in other departments as soon. as
possible. The street railway depart
ment showed a slight profit in April,
and 1t is expected that this will be in
creased with lower power charges.
Ten miles of lines will be built and
placed in operation this wear.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
MEAT WAGON DRIVERS
WIN &10:HOUR STRIKE

PHILADELPHIA Aug. 2S.-Sever-
al packing houses have settled with
their striking meat wagon drivers
and others are expected to follow
soon. '5'
The drivers are to hereafter work
ten hours q day and receive mini.
mum wage of:=%s1e per week. They
will: also be permitted to wear their
buttons. The strike lasted one week
and involved. over 400 men. They
had heretofores. heen compelled to
work 16 and 1s hours daily at. $40 a
week, commencing their days labor
shortly after qiantghf:s Ill 10 :, :: -: :. 80 -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
!. v. WIS. EXPECT TO
Invade MILWAUKEE
Champion Sabotage and Leaders
Declare City Will Be Made
Battle Ground. 49, --,.

MILWAUAEE, Aug. 2S.-Thee IN
! dustrial Workers Of the World are
trying tc get a footnoli in Mil
V::ukee.
S. Salts, volunteer organizer, ar
rived in Milwaukee Monday from
Minot, n. D. He declares the out
b. eaks which occurred rec >ntly In
Minot, were caused by the police. He
champions sabotage. He gives the
Duluth strike as an example where
destruction of property had forced
shop owners to -arbitrate.
He says that Milwaukee will be
made battle-ground for the I. w. w,
after the International convention to
be held in Chicago, Sept. 6. -
Joseph Cannon. and Frank Dohree.
voluntary organizers Of the Indus
trial Workers, will take: charge of. the
campaign in Milwaukee,. Organiza-
ton of doskworkers will be the first
step in their campaign he said. Then
they will follow up other crafts which
are not organized.
The organizer, who said his name
was Salts, declared that the strike in
Duluth Was victory to the workers
and that 1t was through. the weapon
Sabotage" that the strike was won.
Carloads Of ore and other material
were thrown into the lake and other
methods were used in order to bring
about the acceptance of the strik-
ers' demands. The strikers compro-
missed with the employers on the
question of hours, but the wage
proposition was granted to the strik-
ers, said Salts.
It has been rumored on several &C.
caslons that the industrial workers
were coming this way to organize the
steel workers.. It is also current re-
port that these organizers will take
port that these organizers will take
up the cigar makers strike and carry
on vigorous membership campaign
among the unorganized workers in
Milwaukee. If this be the case. it
Will have a great effect on the open
shops in quickly granting the de-
mands Of the strikers who are now
out. so that peace and contentment
Will reign when the disturbers start
their campaign.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
FALL RIVER TEXTILE
WORKS AGAIN OPENS:

FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 2s.--
For the past Is weeks what is known
as the Iron Works company, employ
Ing some $1,000 textile workers. has
been closed down.
This idleness was not the result Of
any strike or threatened strike on the
part of the employees Of the company.
No satisfactory reason has been as
signed for the long shut down. The
various textile unions have been: COM
PEELED to pay out, several thousand
dollars in support of their members
during the idleness which has re-
suited. 4:. -. - :. - -. =. -. =.
The announcement Of the opening
of the factory ON Monday last; was
received with: much satisfaction. by
the various workers TN this industry. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30

WASHINGTON, -Aug. 2s.--seven-
teen states have adopted Widows
Pension laws. Since 1909 when the
movement began, to date. Mothers,
Pension laws have been passed in the.
following states:. California, Color
ado, Idaho. illinois, Iowa, Massachu-
sets, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri;
New Jersey, Nebraska, Ohio Oregon.
Pennsylvania. South Dakota, Utah and
Washington, including two cities
Milwaukee and st. Louis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
NEW YORK PREsBYTERY
TO HAVE LABOR CHURCH

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.The Pres
bytery OF New York has purchased the
Labor Temple. Second Avenue and
Fourteenth Street. from the Green,
wich PRESBYTERIAN church:for 100000.
The Extension committee Of the
Presbytery plans to institute regu-
lar Sunday morning service at the
temple, for the benefit 81 working
men, Sufficient funds have been rails
ed through private subscriptions to
conduct the temple for a year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
CLOAK MAKERS STRIKE:

BALTIMORE, Aug. 28.-About 500
cloakmakers have struck for shorter
hours and in increase in wages. The
strikers demand a ffty-hour :. week
and 10 per: cent increase. Seventy
manufacturers are affected. ':-.>:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30

MORE POSTAL SAVINGS RANKS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The
postmaster general has announced
that after September 2, all presidential
postoff1ces will be postal savings de-
positories. This adds ia Offices to
the. list. ;.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Why a Six?

Every automobile buyer should ask
that question if he is paying more than
$4,000.
The Six is as flexible as a steam en-
CINE. ltndesw with the smoothness Of flying.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Automobile Makers
Find That Leather
Famine IS Comm 9
One FACTORY G'ore Using So Much
That SolYtioa Is
Necessary.

If the automobile industry continues
to grow during the coming years
With the rapi6ity it has during the
Iast-aud every indication is that it
Wilson's one must. come forward
with a good substitute for leather Tor
use in car upholste-ing.
Already those h'gh in the motor
power car world are beginning to con-
Germ themselves with this problem. As
the years pass and the hig aotono-
bile factories double anG treble tier
outputs, ana consequently uuil~a
more and more leather, the proba5ii-
ties Of a possible shortage grow imm.-
nent.
Few persons realize" Manager =
s. Abbott, Of the Atlanta branch of
the Ford Motor Company. declared
how much leather is required durinT
the course Of year by concern tha
size OF ths Ford Motor Company"
. 1T takes approximately two bio
to furnish the leather for the uphol-
STEERING for one Ford car Think
what this means The skins Of four
mead Of cattle are needed to'uphols 7
two cars.
During the season JUST past the
Ford Motor Company built more tam
$4,000 cars More than 159000 an
mails were skinned to furnish hides
for this company alone.
',rhis year the Ford Company has
made preparation TO build 100000
cars. Then an even 100000 animals
will have to donate their skins before
'he manufacturing season closes.
IF the demand for hides continues
TO mount with the outputs Of the
automobile factories there may be
time when it will pay to raise cattle
FOR their skins alone, some OF the
automobile builders say jcstingly. Bat
in the jest there is food for serious
thought"
In connection with the upholster-
ing Of ear there is Hnother problem
which eventually may become seri-
ous-that Of supplying the hair for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
$1,000 Auto Trucks,
Value Sl20,O00,0OO,
In Use at Present
Big Changes Coming in This Branch
CT Automobile Industry.
Belief.

Walter Wardrop of Chicago. looked
upon as an und.spu.ed authority on
the power wagon business, states that
there are at present in use $4,000 mo-
tor trucks in use. These have a
value OF sI2O,O0G0O0. He predicts 4
great change in the motor trucks of
The future and a vast increase in thei"
use all over the country.
As streets and roads improve. the
trucks will be made lightc~. more
powerful and spced.er. Greater efd-
cheney will be developed.
Motor wagon fleets OF prominence
cited by WarGrop include IFS trucks.
Of q value Of s55O.OO0. in use by John
Wanam2ker and 100 by Marsha
Field, which have cost s4C0.GOO. The
G,mbel stores in New York use ~
motor delivery wagons: Carson, Pirie.
Scott 6 Co. Chicago. GA machines,
and the Fair, Chicago, 81 power
driven wagons,
The American Express Company
uses so machines of a value Of $500
600 and IS TIE leading user OF COM
mercial wagons in tine United States.
The United States Express Company
has So machines. valued at S175,On0.
The Wells Fargo Company operates
81 machines.
According to Wardrop, the physical
development of the draft horse is at
an end. and the commercial wagon is
coming so rapidly that a century
hence there will be few horses used
in commercial business circles He
does not believe strongly in The talk
of horscie s city.
TIE great firms that have r.dded
themselves OF their horse equipment
almost altogether and have taken to
the motor ruck for all work have all
rcpQrtel q vast saving and incTeas-
ing satisfaction every year, and the
results attained by the big users are
being used generally by motor truck
manufacturers to push the sale OF
commercial cars to smaller merchants
and with rapidly increasing success.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
oOK OVER CAR FIRST.

verr often @ lir-lc f1rsth1ugLt Will
save annoyance an" loss ol time. Never
Ieaxe tnl garage without chains, and a
fr.u e1ufHHzu- of tools .lt such essen
fiaIs as suarE plugs. tire tubes and IRE
reua5r kit The lack Uf these may be
bitterly regretted before the drive j.
over of course there should he a tui
suuDIv Of oil. water and gasoline, and
The grease cups should be turned down.
some Of the accessories often seen on
cars are Of little practical use. Guards
~ used on the front, and sometimes On
+ra rear Of cars. undoubtedly prevent
lsr1u hreakags from careless maneuyer-
iur in the garage, but IL the impact IS
~ considerable force. as Is likely 10 De
lttIs use. A little care in driving is as
elective. -