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TO INVESTIGATE
OATMEAL TRUST

Washington, February 1.-THE ques-
ton whether there is an oatmeal trust
in violation of the Sherman law was con-
sidered at a conference here today by
James A. Fowler, assistant to the Attor-
ney General; James Fl. Wilkerson. United
States Attorney of Chicago. and repre-
sentative of the Quaker Oats company.
No decision was reached
Mr.. Wilkerson has been investigating
the subject for several months, particu-
larly with reference to the purchase by
the Quaker oats concern of the Great
Western Cereal company for 81 goo, 900.
The government wants to know whether
this transaction resulted i'm a virtual con-
troll in the oatmeal business in view OF
the fact that the cereal companies plants
are said to have been closed and the
company placed in the hands of receiver
soon after the purchase.
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PARDON BOARD IN
MONTHLY MEETING
Understood Large Number of Appli-
cations Come Before Board for
Consideration

Montgomery, February 11.-(Special)- y
The regular monthly meeting of the state
pardon board was held Tuesday in the
office of Secretary of State Cyrus b.
Brown, one of the members of the board.
1t is understood that the board had a
large number of applications for clemency
up for consideration, though what action
was taken Will not be known until the
board makes its report to the governor.
Some of the applicants were represented
by their attorneys. while many others
were represented before the board by
friends and relatives. Fathers and moth
ers appeared in behalf of their son or
daughter, while, in some instances, young
wives sued for the pardon of their hus-
bands.
All the members of the board were
present, including Secretary of State
Cyrus b. Brown, Attorney General Rob-
ert c. Brickell and State Auditor G.
Brooks Smith.
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TO INVESTIGATE THE
PARCEL POST LAW

Washington. February 1l.-Preparatory
to general investigation OF the operation
of the parcel post law. the joint con-
gressional commission appeared FOR that
purpose today organized by eiecting sem
ator Bristow of Kansas. chairman; Rep-
resentative Finley of South Carolina as
vice chairman and Fay y. Seaton of
Kansas as secretary In addition to Sena-
tor Bristow and Mr.. Finley the commits
sion is composed of Senators Bryan of
Florida and Townsend Of Michigan and
Representatives Lewis of Maryland and
Garner of New Jersey.
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LOVGmdn d 5(;iiIi an Joseph IS; S5LOIcb
MOTOR VEHICLE LAW VALID,
SAYS COURT OF APPEALS

Montgomery, February 1.-(Special)-
Validity of the motor vehicle law of the
state is sustained in a decision which the
court of appeals put out this afternoon
in the case of Robert H. Bozeman against
the state, appealed from the Montgomery
city court The decision of the court had
been anticipated for several months, and
unusual interest was attached to the case
in view of the fact that the appellant in
the case had contended that the motor
vehicle act, passed by the legislature of
1911, was in conflict with the constitution
of the state.
The appellant in the case, a resident of
Montgomery and the owner of an au-
tomobile had refused to pay license
tax or registration fee as required by the
provisions of the law. He was convicted
upon an indictment charging the offense
of operating his machine without a IL
cense, and he prosecuted an appeal be-
fore the court of appeals.
The principal argument and attack was
based on the contention that section sew
en- of the motor vehicle act was in CON
flict with section 221 of the constitution,
which provides that "the Legislature
shall not enact any law which will per-
nit any person, firm corporation or asso-
citation to pay privilege, license or other
tax to the state of Alabama, and relieve
him or it from the payment of all other
privilege or license taxes to the state
The section of tho motor vehicle act
which Bozeman claimed was in conflict
with the constitution fixes the amounts
of licenses to be charged, fixes the pro-
portion which shall be paid into the state
treasury and distributed into the cities
and counties, and fixes registration fee.
making such fees and taxes in lieu of
other privilege licenses.
The opinion in the case was written by
Associate John Pelham, who went into
a complete analysis of the two sections,
quoting from many authorities to sustain
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CREATE COMMISSION
TO HAVE CHARGE OF
PUGILISTIC BOUTS

Sprin gfeld, ILL.,, February ia bill Gre
charge of boxing exhibitions, was intro
duced in the senate today. The commits
sion is to consist of three members to be
appointed by the governor at salary of
$1,000 a year and is to have charge, of
licensing and supervising athletic clubs.
No exhibitions are to be of more than
10 rounds and gloves must weigh at least
six ounces.
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washington, February 11.--Official
proclamation of the election of Wood
row Wilson and Thomas r. Marshall, as
President and vice president, respect
lively. of the United States, will be made
in the House of Representatives to-
morrow before the joint convention of
the House and Senate, called to count,
verify and announce the electoral vote
of the states.
The Senate will go in a body to the
House chamber at 1850 O'Clock and the
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the decision that the law was valid and
in accord with the constitution.
In commenting upon the section offthe
constitution which it was tried to prove
that section seven of the motor vehicle
act violated, Judge Pelham said:
This section of the constitution means,
as we read the plain message employed
by the trainers of the constitution, to ex-
press the meaning and purpose of the
provision that the legislature is prohibit
cd from enacting a law that would re-
quire the payment of one privilege tax
or license fee fror the benefit of the state
alone to the exclusion of the counties
and municipalities; and a statute, or
legislative act, providing for the payment
of a state license tax and relieving the
person, firm, corporation or association
so taxed from the payment of any and
all other privilege or license taxes to
the county or municipality would be re-
pugnant to the said section 22l of the
constitution
Judge Pelham maintains that the license
or privilege tax assessed against express
companies is similar to the motor vehicle
act in that ii provides for the collection
of a state privilege tax and a graded
municipal tax based Oh population.
other decisions put out by the court of
appeals are as follows:
Walker p, J-Hutto & Arnold vs.. Mary
e. Garner ct al, from Henry circuit court;
affirmed.
Rachael Davis VS.. state, from Geneva
county court; reversed and remanded.
George Williams VS.. the State of Ala
bama, from Elmore circuit court af
firmed.
Pelham. J.-George Tompkins vs.. state.
from Bullock circuit court; reversed and
remanded.
Holland Spivey ct al VS.. state from
Pike circuit court; affirmed.
Creola Chestnut VS.. state, from Shelby
county court; affirmed.
Thomas, J.-Jack Parks VS.. state, from
Lawrence county court; affirmed
Tom Wilson, alias, etc, VS.. state, from
Colbert circuit court; affirmed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO-DAY

Senator Bacon, presiding officer of the
Senate. The certificates from the states
will be counted by tellers of the two
bodies and the announcement of the re-
suits of Novembers election.
So great has been the demand for op-
portunity to witness the formal pro-
ceedings that the capitol will be closed
to visitors in the early part of the day
and spectators will be admitted only
by special tickets, limited to the ca
acity of the House galleries
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GARMENT STRIKERS
TO RETURN TO WORK

New York, February 11.-Six thousand
members of the international Ladies'
Garment workers union Will return to
work Thursday morning under an agree
ment reached today. The strikers will
receive a tentative advance of 10 per
cent in wages pending adjustment of all
demands by a committee of six members.
The agreement provides that there shall
be no strike in the future. but that mat
ters of disagreement shall be adjusted
by a grievance committee. About 1900
garment workers still are on strike.
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TO Make Tour of System

ett Chairman of the Union Pacific Rail
road company. with other officials OF
that road viii leave ON Thursday for a
tour embracing all important points ON
the system as far as the Pacific coast.
On the same day julius Kruttschnitt.
chairman of the Southern Pacific COM
pany. viii start with n number Of his
associates on the Southern board for a
tour over hsf system. The purpose of
these trips. ii is said, is to clear up va
rious details naS necessary by the segre-
CATION of roads. some of which
cannot a l at this point.
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Southern railway had recently demanded
an increase of wages and changes in
working conditions. The controversy was
submitted to the board of mediation and
tonight representatives of the railway
and of the telegraphers' union. we're
brought into agreement by the mediators
The agreement will become effective at
once. In addition t oproviding for an in
crease of wages some changes in work.
ing conditions were provided for. The ad-
ditional wage will amount in the aggre-
gate to more than 10000 a year.
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RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS TO
RECEIVE ADVANCE IN WAGES

Washington, February 11.-Southern
railway telegraphers will receive an adj
vance OF approximately s per cent in their
wage scale, according to an agreement
effected tonight through the good offices
of Judge Martin A. Knapp of the. COM
merce court and G. w. w. Hanger, act
ing commissioner of labor, comprising
the boar dof mediators under the Erdman
law.
Approximately ao0o operators of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
AUSTRIAN MEMBER
PARLIAMENT KILLED

Vienna, February 11.-Franz Schulz
meier. a member of the lower house of
the Austrian parliament. and socialist
leader, was assassinated tonight by the
Christian socialist and labor leader, Paul
Kunschak.
Kunschak followed Schumeier from
political meeting to the Northwest rail-
way station, where he shot him with
pistol. The motive is said 10 have been
revenge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
LETTERS FROM HE|KE'
INTRODUCED IN THE|
SUGAR TRUST CASE
Conferences of Representa-
tives of Steel Interests
Mentioned by Former
Secretary

New York, February 11.-Letters al
legged tc have passed between John f..
Parsons, counsel, and Charles f. Heike,
former secretary for the American Sugar
Refining company, referring to certain
reported conferences of representatives of
the steel interests" and 'the acquisition
by the United States Steel corporation
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany," and in which mention also was
made of "other so-caled trusts" were in
troduced in evidence today a the hearing
before a special examiner in the govern
ment's suit against the sugar company
under the Sherman antitrust law.
In one of these letters, all of which
counsel for the government alleged came
from the files of the company, Parsons
wrote to Heike regarding a legal require
ment in keeping transfer books that lit
is better to take the risk of the imposi-
tion of the fine rather than comply with
the law" On July Z, 1908, Heilxe wrote
to Parsons in part as follows:
T. c. |. Company Mentioned
II received today the enclosed letter
from our Mr.. Hannah in which he asks
whether certain reported conferences of
reports of the Steel interests should not
be considered contrary to the law. l
suppose that our San Francisco friends
believe that If the steel men may assem-
Bile to arrange prices the sugar men may
do likewise, but it seems that they have
forgotten the elastic question, IL two do
the same thing, then it is not the same.
The steel men, as you know, are par
ticularly in favor of Washington The
acquisition by the United States Steel
corporation last October of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company seemed certainly
in conflict with the Sherman law, but
Morgan had first sent to Washington to
obtain permission"
Six days later Parsons replied to
Heike:
Advised Against Conference
"If the American Sugar Refining COM
pany was in the same situation with ref
erenoe to the vote of New York as steel,
in reference to the vote of Pennsylvania
no such question as that raised by Mr..
against conferences of the kind indi-
Gated" unless some practical or direct
advantage" was to result
Discussing the 'faetor arrangement y
MIR. Parsons in letter to the late III. o.
Havemeyer said:
Under the Kansas, Georgia and other
state a7ti-trust laws | take for granted
that the members OF the Wnolesale Gro-
cors' association win decline to make
factor arrangements. l can see no rea-
son why the company shall not sell at
any price that 1t likes allowing whole
salers a rebate if it sees fit. Any law
which undertakes to prevent this must
be held unconstitutional.
II think that up to a certain point, it
is wise to cooperate with the tobacco
company and any other of the so-called
trusts to overcome this vicious legislation.
L will take action in the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Appoints Substitute

Atlanta February 11.--oiovernor
Brown today appointed Senator A. o.
Bacon to fill the ad interim period be-
tween March 4 and the time of Sem
ator Bacon's formal reelection by tho
legislature in June Mr. Bacon's pres
ent~tenure expires March 1, but he was
nominated for another term in the
primaries last fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Bailey Petition for Habeas Corpus

Petition for a habeas corpus hear
ing was filed in the city court yester-
day in which w. NJ. Bailey, who has
been confined in the county jail for
three years on a charge of criminal as
sault He will be given a hearing Sat-
urday morning before Judge G. C. Ne
smith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
File Titanic Claims

New York, February 11.-This was the
last day allowed for filing claim for dam
ages against the owners of the i'll fated
steamship Titanic. -Four hundred claims,
totaling 100000 have been put in. One
government claim is filed-s4.eo for the
loss Of mail sacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
McAdory Wins Suit

A Judgment Tor the defendant Was
rendered yesterday by Judge III. A..
Sharpe in the equity division of the city
court in the case of Mrs. Bella Humph-
rey, who sued Sheriff Waiter * Me-
Adory for damages alleging mistreat-
ment by deputy sheriffs.
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Drops Dead on Streets

ShreYeport. La, Febrnary il
George l. Goodenow of Kenosha, Wis,
a travelling man, dropped dead on the
street here today while the sidewalks
were covered with people Heart fall
ure WAS given as the cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Hogan Beats Lewis

Paris, February 1.-THE Frenchman,
Adrian Dupouy fighting under the
name of Hogan. beat Willie Lewis, the
New York middleweight, on points in
eo-round fight here tonight. Hogan
showed superiority throughout the con-
test.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
At the Majestic

Musical comedy that is better than the
average tabloid show is offered at the
Majestic this week, for the chorus is good
and we'll dfilied; the costumes new and
effective; the scenery excellent and the
comedians good. There is a matinee every
afternoon al s45 and two performances
every night, at 7:30 and O'clock.
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FRITZ Scheff

FRITZ Scheff the operatta prlma donna,
and splendid company will be seen at
the Jefferson theatre Monday night in
THE Love Wager" a Hungarian musical
play. Joseph M. Gates, who is managing
the tour of Miss FRITZ Scheff has or
ganized "a good company. The seat sale
begins Friday
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ADJUSTMENTS
"Bunfy Pulls the Strings

The seat sale will start this morning
at the Jefferson theatre for the engages
ment of "Bunty Pulls the Strings" FRI
day and Sa urday nights and Saturday
matinee. 1t is believed there will be a
large house at each of the three perform
ances
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At the Biiou

powerful drama, well told and we'll
acted, with interest in every movement
and every line, is to be seen at the Bijou
this week, where Norman Hackett is pre-
senting 'sSatan Sanderson. The play
and the company both please the audi
ences at the Bijou immensely. Next week
comes THE Rosary
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Public Economy Lost

"The whole American public is wild
with spending. Public economy Is a
lost art. All bonds of municipalities
are now refunded, instead of being
paid when due. The excuse for a bond
issue is always that 'posterity' ought
to bear part of the cost of public inn
provements.
But when we. as posterity, come
along, we not only repudiate the con-
tract, but add new burdens to the old
and shove both of them on to the flu
ture, in the shape of new and refund
ing bond issues.
ut is. perhaps. the meanest form of
stealing ever invented, because it adds
to the criminality of breach of trust,
the baseness of embezzling the future
resources of our own children, who,
since there must come an end of bor-
rowing some time. viii have these
debts to pay.
1.-THE same fight so often made
against currency initiation must be re-
peated against the initiation and depre-
citation of. credit. to which excessive
expenditure and unwarranted borrow
ing inevitably lead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
FINAL ARGUMENTS ON
THE IMMIGRATION BILL


Washington, February 11.-Final argu-
ments ON the Burnett Dillingham; immi-
grafton bill will be made Thursday at the
White House before President Taft No
hearing has been granted but the Presi
dent expects to talk with Immigration
Commissioner Williams of New York;
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor; Representative
Bartholdt of Missouri; former Represent
active Bennett of New York and possibly
several of the conferees on the bill.
of the glory of these men and of the un-
dying memory they have shed on the
British name"
Among the first subscribers to this fund
are Rear Admiral Peary and Baron
Rothschild
The London papers publish tributes
from European sovereigns and explorers
and scientists of all nationalities to the
heroic devotion of the explorers and ex-
pressing sympathy for their families
These tributes are especially numerous
from America.
The general feeling expressed is that
no honor is too great to be rendered to
the dead heroes, and that, therefore,
whatever is done by the government
should not interfere with the spontaneous
generosity of the public in behalf of
the wives and families of those who sac
rificed themselves in the nations honor
and service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Abuse of Credit

Contract or expand credit unduly
or improperly and the effects may be
incomparably worse than those of the
widest experiments in currency tink-
ering that the world has ever seen. No
cause has been more prolific of mis-
fortune
''rhe commonest form of the abuse of
credit has been the issue by govern
ments of cheap money. Possibly the
world has grown too wise to fall again
into the trap of this delusion. But 1t
is doing or permitting practically the
same thing in other forms The excess
sivecapitalization of trusts and of some
less spectacular enterprises has much
the same effect as an issue of cheap
money. Stocks and bonds are put out
which represent little in the shape of
actual values. So long as we have no
effective laws compelling all stocks
and bonds to be paid for at their full
face value, so long will this evil con-
tinue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
MODERN INDUSTRY
RESTS UPON CREDIT.
SAYS JAMES ]. HILL
Speaks Before St. Paul As
sOciati0n of Credit Men
on"Use and Abuse
of Credit"

st. Paul, February 1.-THE modern
industrial community in its widest. as
well as in its narrowest scope rests
on credit. according to James j. Hill,
principal speaker tonight at the eigh-
teenth annual banquet of the st. Paul
Association of Credit Men. Mr.. Hills
address was on tile Use and Abuse of
Credit"
Excessive capitalization of trusts
and some less spectacular enterprises
and the increase of public Indebtedness
everywhere, were given by Mr. Hill
as the principal abuses of credit at the
present time
The invention of money was long
step toward civilization but the inven-
tion of credit was a greater" he said.
THE world deals ever more largely
with credit. 1t is the motive power
of current enterprise. Instruments of
credits carry on from 95 to 9S per cent
of all business transactions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

those Of tho bulldog. Their actions would
somewhat carry out this idea, for the fe-
male was quick to see that she was trapped
and as quick to hunt for way out. Once
she found 1t she remembered 1t and could
follow her path with little or no difficulty.
The male, however shows many of the
common traits of the English bulldog Be.
fore We will be able to reach any definite
or accurate conclusion It will be necessary
to perform additional experiments and to
secure more dogs.
The animals will not act as long az they
know or believe that they are being OBJ
served. When they see some one watch
Ing them their efforts cease, for they know
that In time they will be released from
their prison. Lead the animals to think
that they are in the room alone and that
their freedom will depend on their own
actions. and they are quick to act The
female will go ahead and hunt a way out
apparatus to attract attention and to call
for help. For that reason it has been I'M
possible for large class to view the expe-
riJIents. We have found 1t necessary to
hide behind screens and doors and watch
the dogs from distance.
Another question is whether or not the
same principle would apply to man and
woman. Some would say that 1t would. but
OF this l. am not sure. In some quarters
this theory would be accepted. 1t Is true,
but what the real truth OF the matter is
is difficult to determine without a deeper
study of the matter and without more ex-
periments with a large number OF dogs OF
both sexes.
II will submit, however, that some Of the
traits that are present In the human race
were exhibited In the male and female
dogs. The female, In finding way out OF
the mystic chambers, exhibited. many In
stincts which are known to be part OF