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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
De SOTO COMPANY
SALE UNDER WAY
st. Louis Owners i'm City
Negotiating With
Buyers

Owners of the DeSoto Mining com
pany from ST. Louis are in the city,
and it is said a sale will be nego-
tiated for that property perhaps
Wednesday. The local Industrial opera
tors have been In possession Of rumors
for some weeks that the DeSoto own
ers were trying to sell the operations.
The company operates a small mine at
Indigo and one at DeSoto.
it was not given out yesterday whom
would be the buyers of the property,
but it is generally understood that a
sale is about negotiated. Mr.. NAL
lory, an attorney for the DeSoto COM
pany, Is in the city, 1t Is said, with
Mr.. stephens of St Louis and they are
handling the deal. The properties are
said to be very valuable, and it Is be-
lieved only the fact that the owners
are non-residents has persuaded them
to offer the operations for sale. Rob-
ert Newman is the only local repre-
sentative and he serves as sales man.
ager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16

I'VE want to meet some of the brave
men we met on that bloody field and
extend to them the hand of welcome and
introduce them to our families and
homes"
The above is an extract of a letter from
number of federal veterans who reside
in the neighborhood of Gettysburg and
who fought against the Alabama troops
composing Wilcox's brigade in the fa-
nous and history making battle of Get
tysburg. The letter was forwarded to
Capt j. Lawler Darby, adjutant of Camp
Hafdee, and in substance is an invitation
from the "Yanks" to the men they met
as enemies to come and be their guests
during the approaching reunion of the
federal and confederate troops who took
part in that bloody three days battle.
They have invited two members of each
regiment of Wilcoxs brigade to come to
Gettysburg, where they will be met at
the station by the federal veterans and
taken, not to a boarding house or to an
hotel but to their homes, where they will
be cared for during the days of the re-
union. 1t will be recalled that Wilcox's
brigade was composed of the Eighth.
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fourteenth
Alabama regiments, who not only fought
with desperate bravery during those three
days of frightful carnage, but supported
General Picketts brigade in the gallant
and desperate charge said to be the most
daring in the worlds history.
The soldiers of Wilcox's brigade i'm
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Lambast the Commissioners,
Newspapers, the Rich, B.
r., L. & P. Co. and
Things in General
OVATION GIVEN TO
CLEMENT r. WOOD AS
HE RISES TO SPEAK
Speakers Refer to Telephone Steal,
"WeIsh' Abduction" Newspapers
and City Commissioners in
Deprecating Terms-Gib-
son Hero of Meeting

Proceeding on the ground of their con
tention that the better the day the better
the deed yesterday afternoon at the JEFF
ferson theatre, local adherents of organ
lied labor spent several hours hurting i'm
precautions at things animate and mani
mate.
While a score of institutions We're
roundly condemned amid hoarse cries of
approval, the most bitter variety of the
general anath ema was flung upon the
head of the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company, and the president OF
that company, a. II. Ford. The specific
incident which excited the ire of the au-
dience was thae in which it was charged
that Mr.. Ford confessed to have given
permission that q number of his employees
escort William Welsh, union organizer,
out of the district
The city commission was mereilessly
scored. The newspapers of the city were
roundly criticized Plutocracy, predatory
wealth, political manipulation, insidious
lobbies, governments and institutions
Jared alike. That for all The evils that
do ana will exist, a panacea was sug-
.ee=the political union of those who
or. "Stand together" it was said,
ail5 We will make them come across.
We are so per cent and more of the pop
1alon.' There was general expression
- determination that they would no
longer be governed by any other than
thenncalvac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
ATTHE HOTELS

Warren Y. Finch of Eufaula, Ray Will
liams of Gadsden and III. M. Burns OF
Bay View, are registered at the Bir-
mingham.
d. r. I.ayle of New Decatur, 7. r.
Rhodes of Chicago and r. A. Taylor OF
Auburn, are at the Florence.
Carl z. Snider Of Mobile, Charles Nc
Pherson of Montgomery and A. p. Hall
of Admission, are stopping at the Empire,
j. w. Arespen of Wetumpka, J. IL
Mcdaniel of Helena and e. S. Kytte of
Talladega Springs, are guests at the
Morris.
j. II. Tilford of Jasper, P. II. Mandy
of Chicago and Ii. B. Washington OF
Mobile. are stopping at the Hillman.
d. C. Schlosser of Cullman, r. c. Witt
of jefferson City and o. p. South of
Blountsville, are among those at the Met
1opolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
B.R.,L.&P. OFFICIALS
CAUSE EXCITEMENT
Presence at l.. & N. Station
Recall the Alleged
Deportation

Believing that another alleged deporta-
| ton was being staged by Birmingham
Hallway Light and Power company Of
heials, many persons at the Louisville and
Nashville station We're yesterday Tempo
rarily excited.
For Just before the arrival of the south
bound train, A. II. Ford, presidents M.
T. Sloan. his assistant; G. II. Harris of
the railway department, and Fred I'm
derwood of the light department, escorted
stranger under the shed. They were
laughing and talking even as the alleged
deporters of union organizer are said
to have been laughing and talking. They
shook the strangers hand and wished
MIN farewell even as the alleged deport-
ing committee shook the hand and
wished well to a union organizer.
But twas not union man. The
stranger was "a member of the firm of
Ford, Bacon & Davis, engineers of New
York and New Orleans. The officials Of
the Birmingham Railway. Light and
Power company We're merely speeding him
on his way. but they were the cynosure
of many eyes as the party halted under
the protecting roof of the Louisville and
Nashville station.
Mr.. Ford was asked for a statement by
newspaper men at the station yesterday
now. but indicated that there might be
issued statement within a short time in
explanation of his position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
FRENCH DERBY RUN

Paris, June 15.--The Prix Du Jockey
club, the French derby, was run at the
Chantilly course today and won by Ed
mond Blanc's Dagor, n bay colt by Flying
Fox, an outsider in the betting. M. L..
olry's Roederers Baldaqun finished Sec
onw. with NJ. e. De Saint Alarys Bruleur
third
A fair day and prospects of an especial
ly interesting race brought together ono
of the most brilliant assemblages Of
years, which included many prominent
americans. There were 10 starters, an
unusually fine set of colts, with no special
choices among them. M. A. Augmont's
Nimbus and 1Icouen were favorites. but
both were unplaced. Dagger winning easily
by two lengths.
Soon after the start w. X. Vanderbilt's
Pirpiriol and Nine Charemeteffs Albans
fell. II. Is. Duryaus, Blarner, August Bel
monts Vulcain VI and j. e. Widener's
Roi De L'Or also ran. The Prix Du
Jockey club is q stake for 3-year-olds at
one and half miles. 1t was worth this
year $4,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
TO MEET AT Y. M. c. A.
Baraca and Philathea Meeting to b
Held Tonight

The Baracas and Philathea classes OF
the Birmingham district will meet to-
night at o'clock at the Young Mems
Christian association. and the following
programme has been arranged.
Hymn-"All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name"
Invocation--J. r. McWane.
Solo-Selected, Mrs. Leon Cole.
Scripture Reading-A. II. Sawyer.
Hymn-"Stand Up For Jesus
Address-Dr. ]. B. Simpson of BirminS.
ham college.
Solo-Selected, Mrs. Leon Cole.
Business-Report from classes ant
awarding of Banner.
Bymn--"I Love to Tell the Story"
Refreshments will be served on roof o
building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
PERSONAL INVITATIONS FROM
'YANKS'' TO FORMER ENEMIES
By CHARLES III. MANDY

mortalized themselves during the three
days night by their courage and bravery.
They were opposed In the main by a bri-
gade of Pennsylvania troops and it is
the survivors of that Pennsylvania bri-
gade who have extended the invitation
to the representatives of the Alabama
regiments to attend the reunion as their
guests.
There are many confederate veterans
in the Birmingham district who not only
belonged to the Wilcox brigade but who
participated in the battle of Gettysburg.
Two of them, Col. w. S. Brown and Mai
Felix Mclaughlin. both of the Tenth Ala
bama regiment. have accepted the invi-
tation of the federal veterans at Gettys-
burg and will attend the reunion as
the guests of their former enemies and
as representatives of the gallant Tenth.
They both were severely wounded in the
fight and it is possible that the man who
entertains them. or who bids them well
come may be the one whose fingers pulled
the trigger or fired the gun that laid
them low on that eventful battlefield.
Captain Darby has also received a num-
ber of cards from the Federal Veterans
association, with blank spaces in which
to fill the name and residence, and mil
itary record of each veteran to be dis
tributed to those who attend the re-
union. These are Identification cards in
the event of accident or sickness, and
arrangements have been made for the
immediate care of any veteran who may
be taken sick either at the reunion or
en- route either way. Captain Darby
states that they can be had by calling
at his place of business, 2161a Twenty
first street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
NEGROES CHARGED
WITH LARCENY

Detectives Moser and Tyler arrested
Joe Grace and jeff Nelson, negroes
Saturday night on the charge of grand
larceny and burglary The arrest fol-
lowed an alleged robbery at the gas
plant of the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company at Second
avenue and Fourteenth streets, in which
many couplings were practically de-
stroyed by the burglars and 216 pounds
of brass was stolen. Detectives Moser
and Tyler recovered the stolen brass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
PROMINENT DECATUR
CITIZEN is ILL

Decatur, June 5.-(Special.)- .)-Maj.
NJ. C. Burch, a veteran real estate man
and highly respected citizen of New
Decatur, lies critically i'll at the Wat
son infirmary.
Major Burch has been in i'll health for
a number of months. He spent some
time with relatives at Russeilville and
returned home a few days ago. After
coming home he grew worse and had
to be taken to the infirmary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
To Study at Chicago

Admission, June l5.-(Special Ill Clar-
ence Nixon, who was associate in English
at the Alabama Normal school at Jack
sonville during the session just closed.
and Miss Alva Gwin of oxford. who held
the chair of science at Judson, have gone
to Chicago university, where they will
pursue their studies for degree work.
Both are natives of Calhoun county,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
CHARGED WITH
SELLING COCAINE

Frank Sledge, a negro, was arrest
ed in the act yesterday afternoon of
selling cocaine by Detectives Moser and
Tyler. The negro Sledge was peddling
the drug on Avenue p, between Twen-
ty-second and Twentythird streets,
the detectives say His pockets were
found to contain several bottles of
cocains and he was hustled to JAIL
The police department is determined
to drive out the practice of selling
cocaine and other drugs, and are now
engaged in an active campaign against
the manufacturers of dope" fiends in
Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Mrs. J. s. Brook Seriously Ill

Mrs. J. S. Brook, who was injured
by a fall at her home last Thurs
day, is still in the Robinson infirmary
and her condition is said to be seri-
Gus. Matt Kennedy, who is brother
of Mrs. Brook. and who is in the service
of the Illinois Central stationed at
New Orleans. will arrive here this
morning. Kenneth Kennedy. another
brother, who is with the Oregon Short
Line, will arrive Tuesday from Ari-
zona. II. B. Hayes, a brother-in-law
master mechanic of the Alabama Great
Southern railroad, who was in Atlantic
City attending the Master Mechanics
convention, returned to Birmingham
yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
PERSONAL

After an absence in New York of sew
eral weeks, w. ". Freeman, president of
the Alabama Power company is expected
home this morning. He has been east
several weeks loo-.ing after the interest
of other projects in this country of Sper-
ling & Co. of London. Mr. Freeman,
while in the east, Is understood to have
conferred with representatives of indus
trial interests in this state relative to the
water power situation in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Family Reunion

Admission, June l5.-(Special. with the
exception of two sisters from Kentucky
and Birmingham, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. {.
Fulton are entertaining all the members
of their family at oxford this week The
reunion includes Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Re-
neau, Maylene, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Full
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Fulton, and Good
win Fulton of Sagano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
ADJUSTMENTS
Vaudeville at Orpheum

Manager Semon is Offering bill of fea-
ture acts at the Orpheum this week with
Paul Seldom's Poems in Marble" as
the headliner; Lee and Perrin, In Ameri-
can and European vaudeville; Mason ana
DuTiel, vocalsts end musicians; Casey
and Smith, musical comedy, and Ward
and Curran in comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16

Inc connection of the street railway
company with the alleged kidnapping and
deportation of William Welsh and the
confession of The president of that COM
pany that he had sanctioned the alleged
intimidation of the organizer, was de-
clared to be one of the greatest crimes
that has ever occurred in the history of
the state, and more offensive than had
been any action on the part of union mon
in any strike in the history of the state.
The city commission was declared to be
subsidized and its members the hench-
men of the rich. Every act of the conf
mission was roundly criticized. and that
anything of merit had been accomplished
was denied. The telephone deal was re-
ferred TO as the telephone steal. The con-
tracts which were referred to the people
were declared to have been iniquitous,
Mr.. Exum was referred to as the owner
of hand organ, Judge Lane as the in
oividual permitted to grind the organ,
and Mr.. Weatherly as the individual
(which danced to the music.
The speakers with rare delight put the
newspapers of the city OH the griddle. 1T
was charged that they are subsidized,
and that their columns are controlled by
the rich. The reporters were referred to
i'll lascivious terms, and the large audi
ence laughed with enthusiastic glee.
Clement r. Wood was lionized, al
though the more iccent street railway in
cident was able to keep him and his
plant somewhat in the background.
GIBSON PLAYS
ROLE OF HERO -
The hero of the afternoon was White
E. Gibson. Has made the longest speech
He included in his list of things which
should be abhorred everything from a
garbage can to a newspaper He referred
to the fact that the city sterilizes milk,
and the charge that the city makes the
poor man eat tuberculous cows He in
timated that the shingle roof ordinance
was enacted because Mr.. Exum is finan-
cially interested in the manufacture of
fir eproof material. He declared that he
was informed that included in the last
financial budget Of the city was an item
permitting the commissioners $40 each per
day for incidental expenses. He referred
to the lack Of policemen, and declared
that the city, despite it's claims of re-
trenchment, had given away to a corpor-
alton a physical property, the Peoples
Telephone company, valued at nigh half
a million dollars. He declared that the
commissioners must own the newspapers
or must pay them handsomely.
He roundly abused the commissioners
for firing Clement r. Wood. '"They de-
clared that he was too young. Jesus
Christ was young Man, and the gentle
man who has succeeded Wood is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
URGE VETO OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE BILL

Washington, June 15.-John Kirby. Jr.,
of the National Council of Industrial de-
Tense presented to President Wilson tooay
a long petition urging him to veto the sun
dry civil appropriation bill because of the
provision forbidding the use of certain
of its funds for prosecution of labor
unions and farmers organizations under
the Sherman law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Musical Comedy at Majestic

Walie Brooks has the reputation for
making people laugh. and he appears in
laughable part this week in Hiram at
the Cabaret" heading a big company
with 10 chorus girls. and other features,
which are said to make this one of the
seasons best offerings in tabloid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
BRYAN EXPECTS
A BUSY WEEK

Washington, June 15.A busy week in
prospect has caused Secretary Bryan to
cancel speaking engagements at Charles
town and Lowell this week. The secre-
tary will not leave Washington before
July !. Among thesimportant business at
the state department will be considered
the Japanese situation, appointments OF
American ambassadors and ministers and
foreign protest of certain administrative
features of the pending tariff bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
To Hold Revival

Decatur, June 15.-(Special Am
nouncement has been made that re-
vival meeting will be held at the West
Decatur Presbyterian church in New
Decatur early in July. The pastor, the
Rev. A. III. Manley, will be assisted i%
the services by the Rev. S. ID. Crouch
of Cincinnati, O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16

mented on his likeness to the Little
Corsican.' This was particularly no.
tieeable when he was caught in pen
sive mood, his hands clasped behind his
back and his chin resting on his breast;
and not only in his physical appearance,
but in his fighting tactics, his indomit-
able will and moral courage does Sen
ator Kilby resemble the great emperor
and commander, say his friends. His
record in the state senate was a good
one, and the aggressive campaign he is
making for lieutenant governor has
proved one of the most interesting de-
velopments of the present political fight.
Reports from over the state seem to
indicate that Senator kilby will have
no opposition in his race, but if he should
fail to get elected lieutenant governor
and tire of the banking and manufac-
turing business, he will probably not
have much trouble in getting a job with
the picture show trust to play the role
of Napoleon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
LIKENESS TO NAPOLEON MAY
FEATURE COMING CAMPAIGN

During the last gubernatorial campaign
and during his own administration for
mer Governor b. b. Conner was fire.
quently pictured by the cartoonists in
the likeness of Caesar, and the most
famous likeness in the present campaign
promises to be the marked resemblance
of State Senator T. e. Kilby of Anns-
ton, candidate for lieutenant governor, to
Napoleon.
AS matter of fact, Admission has be-
come noted for its celebrated doubles.
When eX-President Roosevelt was in the
south, friends OF Gerard Schumacher,
the man who built Birmingham's great
white way, frequently remarked upon his
resemblance to the colonel, and only re-
Gently The Age-Herad's Admission corre-
spondent discovered a man who Cooked
like Wilson.
During the last session of the legisla-
ture, the colleagues of Senator Kilby
and visitors at the capitol often COM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Heckenger Sold

Chicago. June 15.--Catcher Heckenger
of the Chicago club of the National league
was sold today to the Brooklyn club. The
terms were not announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Wedding Announced

Ashland June i5.-(Special.)- .)-Cards are
out announcing the approaching marriage
OF Prof A. G. Cusick aud Miss Ceylon
Wilson, the event to occur at the home
of the bride-to-be, Tuesday. June "a, at
r. o clock noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16

more than twice his age. They fired HIM
because Exum and Bodeker could not
control him.
After recitng the above he declared
commission form of government to be a
fine form for the rich man. He preferred
charges against the commission in that
trials for certain offenses have been held
in secret.
He was introduced as "the little fighter
of the cause" reference having been in
tended to his fight of some years ago
with George B. Ward, former mayor. In
the beginning he boasted that the Bir-
mingham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany bought everything he possesses.
1.-THE company he said, "even pays for
my gasoline. I get what l get at the
point of a jury. L like to sue the COM
pany for their injuries to the people, and
would like to send man who kidnaps a
citizen to the penitentiary.''
Mr.. Gibsons remarks were enthusi-
astically applauded. He precipitated the
audience into several remarkable demon
strations. He made it apparent that he
was dissatisfied with the servants of the
people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16

Railway, Light and Power company
came for him he was absent
In reference to the so-called confess
sion of Mr.. Ford, he said
IF any one of us had confessed to
have driven away a citizen of the
United States, although that citizen
might have been the greatest 'scab inn
aginable, we would not have walked
from the office of the city commission
ers as freely and as proudly as that
railroad superintendent-Mr Ford
walked"
He severely criticized ex-Gov. b. B..
Conner for his action in the time of the
miners strike, paid his compliments to
the newspapers, and finally asked;
Are you going to be governed at
all?"
There followed cries of mo, no."
I He then urged his hearers to govern
| themselves. They promised to do so.
He concluded by expressing the hope
| that William Welch was safe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
Carrier-B Dead

Paris, June f5.-Robert Louis Carrier
Belleuz, painter and sculptor, died today
lie was born in 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
CAPITAL CASES
COME UP. TODAY
Judge Greene Will Preside in Second
DivisiOn-Some Special
Cases

Capital cases will be tried this week it
the first division of the criminal court
Judge w. e. Fe nfeSiiip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
ROBINSON ATTACKS
COMPANY'S TACTICS

w. J. Robinson, organizer for the Car
pcnters' union. declared that the Bir-
ningham Railway. Light and Power COM
pany had 250 men at work endeavoring
to prevent the formation of a union. He
declared that William Welsh was marched
away from his hotel by 40 men, and that
he had been a witness Of this the highest
crime In the annals OF the state"
Are you going to sit by and see this
repeated?" he asked. There followed
thunderous cries OF mo-"
He concluded his remarks by asking:
"Where Is Welch? Is he dead or
aiive?"
He was followed by Mr. Eskridge. or
ganizer for the international Moulders'
union, He declared that when they
meaning the agents Of the Birmingham