The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17

here tonight the passengers slept, ate.
walked about and enjoyed the usual
shipboard recreations in entire ignor-
ance that anything out of the ordi-
nary was going on.
ithaca, y Y. April 1G.-Announce-
ment was made today by the trustees
of Cornell university that beginning
with the next fall term The dormitory
system for housing the students will be
instituted here.
St Johns, April 16.--The colonial
Legislature was prorogued today after
a six weeks session in which the en-
tire government programme was car
rled out
Brownsville, Tex, April 16.-F'ive
the town of Aldamas, 100 miles south
of the border
London, April 1.-THE British for
elgn secretary, Sir Edward Grey, Will
accompany the King to Berlin, accord
ing to the Express, on the occasion
of the wedding of Princess Victoria
Iuise. daughter of the German En-
peror
New York, April ia conference
CT leaders of the national progressive
party including Col Theodore Roose-
velt was held here today.
Boston, April 16.-Several unions of
orlSmen employed at Charleston navy
yard applied TO the Boston Metal
Trades union tonight for permission to
strike
windsor. ont. April 16--Freddie
Hicks of Detroit was helpless before
L. xx.l.
eight-round bout here tonight.
London, April 16.-Suffragettes car
ryfng sandwich boards advertising a
militant meeting at Islington were at
tackled today by other women
London. April 16.-No progress Is be-
ing made in the investigation into the
investigation into the disappearance of
Joseph w. Martin of Memphis Tenn.
Albany, N. Y, April 16.--J. Pierpont
Morgan was elected a director OF the
New York Central Railroad company
to fill the vacancy created by the
death of his father. ]. Pierpont Nor
gan.
Sofia. April 16.-In an interview today
Shukri Pasha, the Turkish commander
of Adrianope made the explicit state
ment that he was captured by the Bull
garians, not the Servians.
Havana, April 16.-Dr francesca Vas
quez Gomez, who was secretary of edu-
cation in the Mexican cabinet under pro-
visional President De La Barra and later
candidate for the vice presidency, arrived
here today from Vera Cruz on the steam
er Moro Castle under an assumed name
Mexico City. April 16-Jiminez is in
the hands of the rebels, according to
private kilograms.
Grand Rapids, Mimi, April ia fierce
fire in the timber east of here late today
threatened to do great damage, but fin
ally was extinguished after hard bat
tie.
New York, April 16.-Track team rep
'resentatives of Harvard and Yale at a
meeting held here tonight decided to ex-
tend an invitation to Oxford and Cam
bridge universities to send a Joint track
and field team to America.
Kansas City, April 1s.-Tommy Howell
OF Philadelphia and Clarence (Wildcat)
Ferns of this city, welterweights, fought
10 rounds to a draw here tonight
Albany, N. Y. April 16.-The advis-
ability of requesting District Attorney
Whitman to present to the grand jury
the charges of attempted extortion made
against Senator Stilwell of New York
by George II. Kendall was the subject
of a conference tonight between Gov
ernor Suzer and Mr.. Kendall.
Washington. April 16.-Moving pic
lures are to show what the department
CT commerce is doing for the people of
the United States