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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15

Rock ISLAND Will Run Pay Car.
The Rock Island will run a pay
car this month, and It will come
through Abilene May IA. The Rock
Island runs a car over its lines once
a year to weed out the straw men,
as they term It. The remainder Of
the year they pay from the ticket
offices.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15
Dickinson County Farmers Profit
from Kafir and Corn Experiments

The calves could not handle 1t so
easily as they handled the finer sor-
ghum silages, and therefore they
ate less. This difference would not
be expected in the case Of older cat
tie.
The feeds were valued to suit To-
cal conditions. The valuation will
net hold good for all sections of
Kansas, but the feeder, by using
prices suited to his community and
the other data given, can figure his
own problems. The value put on
the feeds was made high enough to
cover the cost of the feeding.
Comparing alfalfa hay with cot
tonseed meal, as a source of protein,
itfis found that the lots getting cot
tonseed meal made the cheaper
gains. Where silage and alfalfa hay
made up the ration 1t proved a little
ito laxative at times, and the scour-
ing caused the calves to fall behind
considerably. No doubt little dry
r6ughage in addition to the hay
would improve such ration.
The calves getting corn stover and
alfalfa hay carry quite a bit more
flesh than any Of the other calves
In the experiment. Since their gains
are but very little more than that
OF the other lots, 1t would appear
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15

lima and It is thought that about
fifty left the train when It arrived
Sunday morning. Although the train
was not as crowded as on week days
It is expected that more people win
take advantage Of the train after It
has been installed for q few Sum
days
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15
SUNDAY TRAIN A SUCCESS.

BeIoit Branch Passenger Started Off
With Many Passengers.
The first run Of the Sunday train
on the Beloit branch was taken ad-
vantage Of BY g number Of people.
Forty tickets we're sold out Of sa-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15
BILL HORRELL WILL
PLAY WITH MANHATTAN.

Bill Horrell, who is well known
to all of the Abilene fans will play
ball this season with Manhattan. He
will play first base. Last year he
played with Lyons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15
TWO CASES FILED WITH
CLERK OF COURT.

Two cases were filed in the dis
trict clerks office: The H. d. Lee
Mercantile Co. vs.. H. A. Anderson,
on account; Ed. Makins vs.. Ike
Clewell, M. M. Hoadly, J. L. Kill and
s. Sampson, action for the recovery
of money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15

N. L. Hershey, a high school boy,
was arrested for riding bicycle ON
the sidewalk. He was paroled On
good behavior without fine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-05-15

Lot 4, corn silage, alfalfa hay.
Lot s, corn stover, shelled corn
alfalfa hay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Officials Will Go Into Depths
of Scandal and Every De-
tail of Situation Will
Be Made Public
OTHER EXAMINERS
ON OTHER ANGLES
OF INVESTIGATION
Now Understood Lacy Had No Ac-
complice in His Defalcations.
Evans Opened Up Whole In
quiry of His Discoveries
at Speigners

W. F. Wikerson, one of the state ex-
aminers of public accounts, is in Bir-
mingham for the purpose of conducting
an examination from this end into the
scandal of the state convict department.
Yesterday afternoon he was in consulta-
tion with George B. Mccormack, presi-
dent of the Pratt Consolidated Coal COM
pany. This morning he goes to Littleton,
where Banner mine is located. This
afternoon he will be at Flat Top. To-
morrow he will visit Belle Ellen and
Lucille
The presence of the examiner in Bir-
mingham is in fulfilment of the governors S
premise to go into the depths of the
scandal, and put every department and
every detail of every transaction under
the acid test of publicity. Mr.. Wilker-
son stated last night that he had hopes
of completing his examination from this
end by Wednesday night. The open re-
ception he received yesterday from Mr..
Mccormack has left him under the i'm
preston that he will have no trouble in
finding out the little meat" in the trans
actions-wth Birmingham end-which
have occurred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Building Permits

The following building permits were
Issued yesterday in the office of the
building inspector:
s13o0--Mrs. Lottie B. Mullin, North
Ira street, between Fourteenth and Eff
teenth avenues; residence
s2o00--Mrs. Earle, 2217 Highland ave-
nue., repairs.
s1soo-s. e. Farr. 5000 Avenue F; re-
pairs.
s40.o00--ParlS Development company,
Park avenue and Twentieth street;
apartment building.
$1000--W III. Hopkins, $50 Forty-sev-
enth street; residence.
$1500-J. III. Abercrombie, 217 North
Fifty-third street; residence
s25oo-T. J.. Russell. Twenty ninth
street; residence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
HARDING AND JACOBS
WILL CONFER TODAY
To Work Out Details of Dinner of
Chamber of Commerce for
George w. Perkins

Solon Jacobs, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, and President w. p G.
Harding will confer this afternoon III
regard to the appointment of additional
committees to work out the details of
the annual dinner to be held about the
middle of next month, when George w.
Perkins will be the guest of honor.
The dinner will be held April II un-
less Mr.. Perkins raises some objection,
He has indicated that he will be able
to be here on that date, but If his
plans have to be changed the date of the
dinner will be changed accordingly IT
is the plan of the chamber to make
this banquet an annual affair, at which
an effort always will be made to have
present as a guest of honor some man
|of national or world wide prominence
and reputation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
WILL NOT HAVE
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Because Celebrities Could
Not Be Secured Project
Is Abandoned

President J. II. Toleombe of the Music
Festival association. stated yesterday
afternoon after a meeting of the board
of directors that 1t had been decided TO
abandon the music festival project, which
had been under consideration for some
time. The association had an option on
the Bijou theatre for May and and
an option on the Cincinnati orchestra for
those dates. The option on the orchestra
expired last night
1t had been decided at a meeting held
in February that In order to give fes-
tival it would be necessary to raise Il
guarantee fund of $4,000 II was further
decided to engage if possible two or three
operate celebrities While the guarantee
fund has not been quite completed there
would have been no trouble 1t is said, in
securing the total of $4,000. but Presi-
dent Holcombe found It impossible to en-
gage any of the great singers. Madame
Sehumann-Henk is booked for Syracuse.
n. Y, on May 7 and on that account was
not available for the proposed Birnaing-s
ham festival Alma Gluck, Richardo
Martin and many others were asked to
name prices for May and 6. but their
bookings covered the only dates open
for festival here.
President Holcombe said that festival
without operate celebrities could not be
made financially successful and that fall
ing to secure great artists the action OF
the board was as stated above
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
O'NEAL INVITED TO ATTEND
APRIL GOOD ROADS MEETING

A letter of invitation was yesterday
sent to Governor Emmett o'Neal by Presi-
dent W. Pc G. Harding of the Chamber
of Commerce, asking him to attend the
convention of the National Good Roads
Federation in Birmingham April "a and
%, during the big potlatch festival, and
to make an address on that occasion.
In the letter the governor was also re-
quested to extend personal invitation
on his part, and on the part of the Cham
ber of Commerce to every governor in
the United States to come to the good
roads convention and the potlatch. The
committees in charge confidently expect
that several governors will be in the
city during that time, especially those
from neighboring southern states
The invitation to Governor ONeal was
sent in the name of the Chamber of
Commerce and the good roads association.
All the governors of other states when
they are invited will be asked TO name
convention among the prominent men of
the state.
Through the potlatch festival which is
being held in celebration of the prosperity
of Birmingham, and the good roads con-
vention together it is expected by local
boosters that there will be thousands of
out of town visitors in Birmingham the
week of April "a and %. Reduced rail-
road rates will be allowed from every
state in the union, and it is believed that
the combined convention and celebration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
NEW PROPOSAL ON STAG PILE
REMOVAL MADE BY SLOSS CO.

up around the plant Is entitled to COR
sideration the company proposes to
open UP Second avenue and abate the
ovens If given reasonable time in re-
turn for the two concessions enumer-
ated
The commissioners were presented
with this proposition yesterday by At
torney Larkin of New York and Col.
John p. Tillman of this city, Action will
be taken this morning by the officials.
The company asks that reasonble
time be given for the removal of the
Stag As furnace operations require
Stag pile they ask that a bridge be
permitted over the opening at Second
avenue and that dumping be permitted
north of that point where Third ave-
nue. is supposed to be. The company
will also open up Thirtieth street one
Block north of the plant, neeessitating
the demolshment of some buildings.
The company in the offer suggests
that a convenant be made whereby the
company agrees to dedicate back to the
city all rights as to Third avenue and
also to Thirtieth street when the fur
mace operations as a whole are aban-
doned on that land The proposition
1t is said looks attractive TO the COM
missioners and it is probable that it
will be acted upon favorably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18

will draw many people from every state
In the union
A movement is ON foot to invite every
commissioner OF agriculture in the United
States to attend The executive officers
of the federation have sent Invitations
to these officers and requested them to
appoint 90 leading farmers in their re-
spective states to attend this convention
Commissioner of Agriculture r. F. Koib
has been invited to attend the federation
and has accepted He has also agreed
to write an official letter in the name Of
the state of Alabama and urge the conf
missioner of agriculture of all the states
TO accept the cordial invitation that has
been extended to them and attend the
federation.
A meeting of all of the commissioners
of agriculture of the various southern
states will assemble in New Orleans
March 25-26 Commissioner Iolb has been
delegated to deliver an invitation in per
son before this meeting inviting them to
attend 1T is believed that majority of
the commissioners of agriculture who are
deeply interested in good roads will ac-
eept the invitation. Joe T.. Long. editor
Road Maker, one of the leading good
roads journals of the country, writes
cordially indorsing the meeting and ac-
eepting the invitation to attend the fed
Grafton. 1t is confidently believed that
such national characters in good roads
circles as T. Colman du Pont, b. FF.
Yoakman, Senator Bourne and Congress-
man d. w Shackleford of Missouri will
be among the speakers and distinguished
guests at the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
WEEKLY LUNCHEON
OF AID CLUB TODAY
Will Be Held at Gold Lion Tea Rooms.
To Discuss Baltimore
Trip

The regular weekly luncheon of the
Ad club will be held today at the Gold
Lion annex. It had been announced
that the luncheon would be held at the
Turn Verein, but arrangements for the
luncheon there could not be completed
in time and the Gold Lion was substi-
tuted.
No set programme has been prepared
for the luncheon today but President
sparrow stated last night that there
would be plenty to talk about, nelud-
ing the trip to Baltimore to the ma
tional ad convention. he carnical dur
ing the Potlatch festival and many oth-
er things.
The Turn Verein is being rapidly
fitted up as the permanent home Of the
ad club, which from small beginning
"A year or two ago has developed into
one of the livest and most Influential
organizations of its kind In the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Deficit of $577.64 Shown by
Figures Compiled by
Officials
5792 PASSENGERS
HAULED IN MONTH
Operations Cost .24-Unless Some
New Scheme Is Devised Service
Will Probably Be Abandoned.
Exum and Officials Silent

Unless some new plan may be work ID
out such as charging a greater sum
than cents per trip, the owl cars in
Birmingham will be abandoned tonight.
The Birming CHAM Railway, Light and
Power company will submit figures to
the city commission today showing
that a net loss of s577.s4 was sustained
by the operations since February 15.
From the reports of the company
the cars hauled 5792 passengers on all
five of the lines, bringing in a revenue
of s2S960 The company expended
$S67.24 operating the cars, which shows
a net loss of $577.64. The lines in
volved in the owl car tests were the
East Lake, North and South Ensley,
Powderly, North and South Highlands
and the North Birmingham
The officials of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company
reached an agreement with the city
and others February l to place in op-
Grafton five lines with owl car service,
leaving the city every hour after mid
night for 80 nights. 1t was agreed
that If the cars We're not self sustaining
they should be discontinued If they
were self sustaining they were to be
continued. On that agreement the COM
pany will request the commission this
afternoon to permit the abandonment
of the service.
Tho officials of the company and
President Culpepper Exum, who has
handled the owl car experiment, had
nothing last night to say as to what
today may bring forth in connection
with the service.
1t has been suggested that the trial
time was Insufficient. 1t has been fur
ther suggested that those who ride the
owl car would be willing to pay as
much as 25 cents for that service. On
the latter basis something may be
worked out. Unless an agreement OF
that order is arranged 1t is doubtful
If owl cars will be operated in Bir-
mingham again for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
MCCORMACK GLADLY
THROWS OPEN ROCKS

Yesterday Mr.. Mccormack of the Pratt
company informed Mr.. Wilkerson that
neither he nor his company had anything
to conceal, that the office was his, and
that every book he desired would be
Mccormack also informed the examiner
that his company had upheld its end of
the contract with the state, and that
cancelled checks would prove that the
Banner mine contract was meeting the
requirements of the state in every re-
spect, financial and otherwise. He stated
that IL the money paid by the company
to the convict department had not reached
the treasury, that that was no fault of
the company. Mr.. Wikerson was also
informed that all Cancelled checks had
been forwarded to the governor.
contary to what has been reported, the
examiner will not check up Banner mine.
for that work has just been completed
by Examiner Brooke. The state is in
possession of the information showing the
amount of coal produced. and the number
OF men employed The examiner Will
now go into the minutest details. He will
fnd out how the mine is conducted how
the warden draws his supplies whether
from the commissary at the expense of
the state or whether at his own expense.
whether or rot any official has purchased
personal effects at the expense of the
state. He will also inquire into the
prices paid for foodstuff, and whether or
not III all instances there has been COM
petitive bidding. OF course he will eo
through the books of each mine in which
state convicts are employed for the pur-
pose of ascertaining IL the previous re-
ports made by examiners were correct
in all details
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
ORDERS FOR POST
CARDS POURING IN
Twenty-Five Places Down
town Where Cards May
Be Had Tomorrow

orders for post cards for Birmingham
Post Card day, which is tomorrow, are
constantly pouring into the Chamber Of
Commerce headquarters Only 5000 of
the cards have been printed but from
present indications 1t is apparent that
easily 100000 and more could be dis
posed of.
There will be, 25 places downtown where
the cards can be obtained on Post Card
day, and these are being arranged for by
Chairman T. A. Wellar of the post card
committee of the chamber. Mr.. WeIar
last night gave out partial list as fol-
lows:
Florence Cigar Store, Five Points
Pharmacy, Gum Drug company. at Twen-
tieth and Third avenue; Gums pharma-
ey at Nineteenth street and Third ave
hue; Browns cigar store. Twentieth and
Second; Empire cigar store First and
Twentieth; Parkers drug store, First
and Twentieth; Hillman hotel cigar stand.
Fourth and Nineteenth: Adams drug
store. Second and Nineteenth; Barbour &
Ramsey drug store, Fourth and Twen-
tieth; T. A. Welar's office, 1920 First
National bank building, and other places
yet to be decided upon.
The cards are furnished free by the
chamber to anyone who will address them
and place ! cent stamp on them and
mail them on Post Card day tomorrow.
The cards carry artistic views of the city
and district and data as to it's CONNER
cial and industrial status. None should
be mailed before Post Card day, March
49, The scheme is intended as civic
advertisement Of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
POTLATCH BUTTONS
ARE DUE THIS WEEK
Turner to Organize Sales
Forces From s'Live
Wires"

The next big move in the prepara-
tions for the Potlatch festival, April
"a and 25, will be the organization Of
the sales forces to sell the Potlatch
buttons. This will be done at Dutch
popular prices, probably 20 cents, when
Oscar C. Turner, general chairman of
the Potlatch organization, will gather
about $50 of the live wires of the Cham
Der of Commerce and pick and organize
a "whirlwind" sales force.
The buttons have been ordered for
some time and are due in Birmingham
next Thursday. There will be white in
the background with letters printed in
gold and with red fire under the pot
on the tripod. The buttons will be sold
for 81 and everybody is expected to buy
one, this being the means of financing
the celebration instead of taking up
subscriptions among the merchants and
weather. men, thereby giving every
one chance to take part and feel
that he or she is a part of the big cele-
bration of the prosperity of the city,
after the old Indian custom.
In order that the ladies may be ac-
comodated, part of the buttons Will
be made into hatpins, and sold for the
same price With each button will go
a membership certificate in the Order of
Potlatch, which is holding the celebra-
tion, and two ballots to be used in vot-
ing i'll popular elections.
The executive committee will meet
today to work out further details of
the entertainment on the last night at
East Lake and features of the celebra-
tion. General Potlatch Chairman Os-
car c. Turner has Just returned from a
several days trip to st. Louis on busi-
ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
WILL REMOVE SLAGPILE AND
COKE OVENS IF CITY WILL VA
CATE STRIP OF THIRD AVE
NUE. AND PART OF THIRTIETH
STREET

II the city will vacate an unused
strip of Third avenue and vacate tenn
porarily a part of Thirtieth street the
Sloss company will open the Stag pile
across Second avenue and will also re-
move the coke ovens before January l.,
1914. Such an offer was made the
commission yesterday by the company
attorneys.
The Sloss company maintains that
Thirtieth street, which runs directly
through its property, is useless to the
city, having been occupied for 80 years
by that company. The company sees
no value to Third avenue to the city
which begins nowhere and end no.
where" That avenue is cut Off from
the city by the Terminal station and
east of the Stag pile terminates ac-
cording to the Elyton Land company's
|survey. Realizing that the city grown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
DEPOSIT SECURITIES
Purchasers of Southern Steel and Iron
Company Make Bond

The purchasers of the physical prop
critics of the Southern steel and Iron
company have deposited their securities
with the referee, Edmund II. Dryer, and
have attended to the necessary bond,
s15o,Ooo.
The deed is now in process of per-
paration and as soon as 1t is finished
and the securities checked up the ply
sical properties of the bankrupt COM
pany will be turned over to the new
company, which has been organized un-
der the name of the Standard Steel
company. The securities deposited with
Referee Dryer are voluminous. requir-
ing Is deposit boxes at the First Ma
tionaI bank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
AT THE HOTELS

Albert D. Bloch of Mobile, w. b.
Reeves of Atlanta. and f. E. Rudd of
Louisville. are registered at the Flor
ence
Fl. T. Derryberry of Nashville M. f.
German of Warrior, and ]. C. Snyder Of
Tuscaloosa. are registered at the Bir-
mingham.
w. Fl. Waldron of Montgomery. Cy-
rus B. Brewn of Montgomery, and Owen
N. Julian of Tuscumbia, are stopping
al the Morris.
T. e. Crittenden of Hartselle. w. r.
Lloyd of Montgomery. and J. III. Ed
wards of Decatur, are stopping at the
Metropolitan.
w. F. Aldrich of Aldrich, Lieut.. Il. z.
King of the United States army, and
u. L. Nilsson of Atlanta, are at the
1illman.
w. C. Clark of Jasper, r. A. Rose of
Margaret, and B. W. Jernigan of Mont
gomery, are at the Empire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
Suits Filed

The following were among the suits
filed in the city and circuit courts yes
1erday:
Julious Riziius. administrators Of the
estate of Adolph j. Rizhus, VS.. Wood
ward Iron company. The plaintiff
claims $4,000 damages for the death of
the intestate. who was killed in the
Mulga mines.
Walter Jackson VS.. Jefferson Powder
company: $1,000 damages claimed for
alleged personal injuries sustained in
a powder explosion.
Jerry Jenkins VS.. Southern, Manufac-
turing company; s2500 damages claimed
for alleged personal injuries.
Charles ii. Rogers VS.. Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company;
$4,000 damages claimed for alleged
personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-18
HOW LACY MANAGED
TO ESCAPE DETECTION

1t has become known, also, how Lacy
managed to embezzle the funds of the
state and escape the detection of the ex-
aminer. AS soon as 1t was reported that
so much goods had been sold Lacy, in his
capacity of chief clerk, would destroy the
report. He would then await the coming
OF the check, and on the arrival of the
check would appropriate that for himself
There was then no way in which the ex-
aminers could detect The fraud save by
comparing the sales from Speigners and
other places with the sales as listed in
the headuuarters of the department.
The books of the department have been
examined several times by the examiners
and In every instance We're found in ex-
cellent condition.
Mr.. Wilkerson stated last night that
while several men Indirectly connected
with the situation had his full sympathy,
he was especially grieved for Governor
o. Neal and l.. r. Greer, the inspector Of
the department.
.vrhe governor has taken the embezzle-
ment deeply TO heart ne said. ''As for
Mr. Greer every inspector gives him a
clean bill of health. There is no ques-
tion but that in no way in the world can
he be held accountable for amy discrep-
ancy, however ninitestinal, which may
have occurred