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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Mexico Enters Protest

Mexico City, December 27.-Mexico
has forwarded a protest to it's repre-
sentative at Washington. which. it is
announced, will be presented to the
state department against alleged as
sistance given by Americans to the
rebels at Tampieo and Mazatlan The
complaint is based on representations
made by the governor of aTamaulipas
and the federal authorities at Mazatlan
to the department of the interior.
The governor alleges that Clarence
A. Miller. American consul at Tam
pico, Helped the rebels to obtain arms
and made adverse comments against
the federals. He further alleges that
the rebels used launches flying the
American flag to communicate with
forces following the river and that
during the attack against Tampico.
provisions were furnished to the rebels
in the launches.
The authorities in Mazatlan in their
complaint asserted that American yes
sells along the coast We're in constant
communication with the rebels and fur
nished them with war material. These
complaints were taken under consider
alton Immediately by the Mexican Of
flee and protest was prepared.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
PENSION WARRANTS
SENT TO JUDGES
Aggregate of 100000 Will
Be Distributed on
January l

Montgomery, December 2I-(Spe-
oial. )-Pension warrants aggregating'
nearly 100000 were sent out today by
Auditor C. Brooks Smith to the vari-
Gus probate judges of the state. The
warrants will be distributed January
L and will be for the second quarter.
Owing to the fact that $40 names
were recently stricken from the states
pension rolls, the warrants for the
next quarter were about $4,000 less
than the warrants for the first quar-
ter. These names were stricken from
the rolls by the state pension board.
which recently filed its report with the
governor.
When the board has completed It's
duties 1T is expected that at least $780,
600 annually win be saved the state.
The board has now examined the rolls
of 10 counties most of which arc
small.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
WOULD SUBMIT
DISPUTE TO BOARD

THAT the President of the United States
and the governor of the state of Mich
igan together select a committee of ar
bitration composed of five or seven men,
bers, that all matters in dispute be sub
mitted to said board and that upon the
acceptance of this medium of arbitration
the miners on strike shall be re-employed
by you without discrimination, and thlt
all at interest shall be bound by the find
ings of said board
II submit to you, gentlemen, that no
fairer proposition for a settlement of a
controversy of this character has ever
been submitted by men on strike and
| urge upon You its acceptance to the
end that peace may be restored in this
district and assurance given that such
scenes as we have been called upon to
witness shall be forever ended
The letter. according to Meyer, was adj
dressed to the general managers of the
mining companies of Houghton and Ke-
weenaw counties"
Victor Berger quoted Meyer as saying
the letter was dispatched to the general
managers before the attack.
Diligent inquiry among the mine man
ayers in the copper range tonight failed
to elicit any admission that the peace
proposal which Meyer said he had pre-
pared just before being assaulted had
been received by them.
Henry Brett at whose home James
MacNaughton and his wife spent Friday
axeninc said taraiaFt.---A
MIR. MacNaughton and his wife called
at our home shortly after o'clock Fri
day night and remained all evening.
About 10 o'clock Mr.. MacNaughton went
across the street TO a club and returned
to my home at IL o'clock. I know Mr..
MacNaughton was not in Hancock on Fri
day evening"
Associates of MacNaughton tonight as
serted he had never met Meyer and that
he had repeatedly refused conferences
with him and other officers of the miners
federation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
MAKE GOOD PROFIT
FROM THE CONNECTS
Greer Says 500 Are Now Being
Worked at the Banner and
Flat Top Mines

AT Banner and Flat Top the state is
working 500 convicts. The conditions
are such that the state is reaping a
fine profit from the labor of the pris-
oners
Statement to the above effect was
made last night in Birmingham by Len
f. Greer convict inspector. He added
that the injury done at Banner by fire
some months ago was entirely rem
edied and that the output has reached
normal
Mr.. Greer will visit Banner and Flat
Top today on his regular tour of in
spection. The inspector is a candidate
for commissioners of agriculture, and
his friends contend that he is easily
leading the field over his opponents.
Mr.. Greer states that he Is confident
of being elected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
GEORGE BARTON
ESCAPES PRISON

Mobile, December 27.-George Barton,
one-armed man, held in the county
prison here on a charge of robbing the
United States mails. picked The locks on
four doors, including one ON the con-
demned cell, in which he had been placed,
and made his escape tonight
Barton boosted to jailers when he WIS
arrested that no prison walls could hold
him. He was last seen at o'clock whom
the night jailer made his rounds His
disappearance was discovered shortly be-
fore midnight. Frequently Barton made
keys from pieces of wood and strips of
metal. and opened a regular cell door in
the presence of jails. This skill of his
caused him to be placed in the condemned
cell.
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hind him. ! did not see the second man.
After searching the room the man poured
something into a glass and told me to
drink it. 1t tasted badly and 1 only took
a little, holding II in my mouth. The
man then left. l lay on the floor, UNI
able to get loose for long time, but
finally succeeded in freeing one foot and
attracted attention by kicking a chair. -
Mrs. Brown was unable to say whether
the robber was a white man or not but
from the tone of his voice thought he
was.
Mrs. Brown was discovered by Miss
Nina Moriarity, a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. NJ. Moriarty, with whom she
boards. She was so securely tied that
she was with difficulty released. DIR. w.
A. Martin was called to attend Mrs.
Brown and succeeded in soothing her to
some extent but she was very much agt-
tated by her experience.
The man left the house by sliding down
a sloping room on the rear of the house
and jumping to a high embankment,
which is Immediately behind the Moriarty
residence All trace of him was then lost.
1t is the theory of the officers that
the man had slipped into the room
through an open door, as there was no
evidence of locks on doors or windows
having been tempered with The man
searched silently and escaped without
noise a boarder in the next room to
Mrs. Brown was not awakened by any
noise and knew nothing of the robbery
until Mrs Brown was discovered and re-
leased
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ANGRY MOB is HELD
AT BAY BY SHERIFF;
MAY LYNCH NEGRO
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hours of waiting by the officers AT
1890 O'Clock the first determined eff
fort To force the jail was made At
that time former Judge Alfred Pearce
temporarily quoted the attacking
party.
Another attempt to reach negroes was
made half an hour later. About 20 men
dashed over the broken doors and rusned
up the stairs Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Mckee ordered them to dispense. They
refused and Mckee fired one shot over
their heads and a second into the floor.
Sheriff Brown then warned the would-be
iynchers that the third shot would be
fired at them. He gave them one minute
to leave the Jail.
Then men slowly filed out. States At
torney Vickers and Sheriff Brown follow
ed and selecting half dozen who APP
peared to be the leaders. deputized them
and ordered them TO come into the jail
The men obeyed reluctantly.
The remainder of the mob began to dis
perse and by o'clock the Jail yard was
practically deserted. No further trouble
is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Seeking Information Rela-
tive to Request by Roads
for Increase in Freight
Rates

Washington, December PA series of
HETEROGENEOUS were addressed by the in
.terstate commerce commission to the rail-
roads of eastern classification territory in
relation to the petition of the roads for
an advance of per cent to their freight
rates. The inquiries are designed to de-
velop such facts concerning the physical
and financial operations of the roads as
heretofore have not been submitted to the
commission.
In it's circular to the railroads the COM
mission points out that the fundamental
questions which have arisen in the adj
vance rate proceeding are:
"Do the present rates of transportation
yield adequate revenues to common car
riers by railroads perating in official
classification territory?
"If not what general course may car
riers pursue to meet the situation?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
PRISON INSPECTOR
FILES REPORTS

Montgomery, December 27.-(Spe-
cial. Reports on seven county tails
have been filed in the office of the
governor by DR.. William II. Oates,
state prison Inspector. Most of the Jail
inspections were made by John ID. Ad-
ans, chief clerk In the department. In
all of the reports certain recommends
tons were made by DIR. Oates, several
of the prisons having been found in
an unclean and insanitary condition.
The jails inspected were in the coun-
ties of Randolph, Perry, Hale, Sumter,
Crenshaw, Clay and Choctaw.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
CHANGES MADE IN
PARCEL POST RATES

Washington, December 27.-The office of
the third assistant postmaster general
has this week forwarded to nearly 6O0JO
postmasters information as to changes in
parcel post rates and regulations effective
January l. by order of Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson. The orders provide for
a reduction of rates in the third, fourth,
fifth and sixth zones and for an increase
of the weight limit to so pounds on par
cells mailed for delivery in the first and
second zones.
After March 16, next. books shall be
embraced In the fourth class of mail.
regular zone rates being applied to par
GELS of books weighing over eight ounces.
Parcels of eight ounces or less will be
required to pay l cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
TELEGRAPHERS OF
FRISCO ROAD MAY
STRIKE TOMORROW

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all except exclusive agents and that
telegraphers be not required to work
in more than one office in doing a
days work
Fhat telegrapher taken from his;
home station to do relief work be paid
for time lost in transit and be given
expense money.
That the telegraphers be not re-
CURED to scrub waiting rooms, offices
or outbuildings; that where they are
now required to handle mail between
the postoffice and the station they be
not required to do so in future; that
where they continue to handle the mail
they be paid SIS extra a month
That the telegraphers be not re-
CURED to clean batteries where three
or more telegraph circuits are used
Ask Salary Increase
That salaries of employees who serve
express companies or commercial tel
egraph company, be increased by an
amount equal to the average monthly
salary paid by the express or telegraph
company during 1912.
"A 10 per cent wage increase for
telegraphers" AS to the latter demand
the general manager offered a slight
concession.
The telegraphers also asked that
eleSFdpneTS De paid double time for
Sunday work, and for overtime This
demand was refused.
The telegraphers also demanded that
a committee. composed of the division
superintendent and telegrapher oe
authorized to recommend increases in
the telegraph force at stations where
1t deemed increase needed. This recon-
mendation, it was demanded should be
complied with in 10 days. The teleg-
raphers also demanded that the tele.
grab force in any station be not re-
dueed over the protest of the local
agent, except on the recommendation
of the committee unless members of the
committee agreed to waive an investi
cation.
This entire clause of the demands
was refused by the company
The instructions sent out to the tel
egraphers, telephone men and signal
men employed on the system promise
that the strikers and their families will,
be taken care of by the union Those
who strike are advised to hold daily
meetings.
The station agents who strike are
instructed to lock up the stations after
delivering perishable freight and pro-
yiding for the safe keeping of any
company funds in their possession.
In no case are they to surrender the
company funds or the station keys, or
are they to permit anyone to touch
the telegraph Instruments until they
have been regularly checked out by n
company representative and the agent 5
have received receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
COMMERCE COMMISSION
ASKS RAILWAYS QUESTIONS

statement continues do not furrsSs fully
the data deemed by the commission to be
necessary to determine the general course
carriers may pursue to meet the situation.
The commission requires for this purpose
additional information from the railroads
with a view to determining both causes
of the diminishing net revenues and net
income and the general course to be pur-
sued"
The inquiries are divided into seven
groups, which go to the heart of both
physical and financial operations of the
roads.
Deal With Revenues
The various groups deal with the reve-
nues and their conservation; returns re-
ceiyed from transportation of various
commodities and prices of carriers in
granting shippers special service and al
lowance; the purchases of equipment and
supplies and uses made of them; financial
history of the road; inquiries develop i'm
formation regarding the financial inter-
ests of directors, officers or employees
of the roads "in the business of parties
TO transactions in which the roads also
are parties" sleeping car contracts and
parlor car service and results of such
operations.
The commission also expects to learn
1.-The extent to which the directors and
officials of railroads have other financial
interests in the transactions of the car
| riers. and among other things, it is de-
sired to determine to what extent con-
flicting and INTERVENING interests. COM
monty described as interloclzing direc-
tcrates, prevail and what influence, if
any, this practice has had in increasing
railroad costs"
The carriers are directed by the COM
mission to submit their responses before
January 81.
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Mrs. T. Il. Gibson

Eufaua, December 27.-(Special. Mrs.
T. b. Gibson died suddenly of heart dis
ease yesterday morning at her home here.
Three hours before her death she was in
apparently good health. The cries of her
infant child brought in other members of
the family, but she died before medical
help could be secured The child left by
Mrs. Gibson Is only IA days old. Mrs.
Gibson was formerly Miss White of Haw-
knsville, Ca She is survived by her hus-
band and the following children Mrs.
Lillian Ansley Earl, Cecil. Louise, Pride,
Mildred and Clarence Gibson. Funeral
services were held this morning at Girard.
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Seeks Federal Investigation

Washington, December 27-Seeretary
Wilson of the department of labor was
urged today by Charles Mahoney of Den
ver vice president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners to do everything pos
sible to bring about a federal investi-
CATION of the alleged deportation t.t
Charles II. Meyer, from Hancock, Mich
last night
In a telegram to Secretary Wilson Mr.
Mahoney accused the Citizens alliance
of Calumet of having been responsible
for the act. He asserted that Meyer was
carried off by a mob of gunner operat
ing under the cloak of the so called Cit
liens alliance" that he had been sho'
in the back dragged over mile and
thrown aboard a train under threat OF
death.
No decision has been reached as tc
whether the federal government will make
any investigation further than that al
ready ordered to be made by John B
Densmore, solicitor of the department OF
labor, who left yesterday for Calumet
under instructions from Secretary Will
son to offer assistance in trying to clea
up the strike situation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Meyer Spends Quiet Night

Chicago, December N.-Charles II. Moy-
err president of the Western Federation
of Miners, driven from Hancock Mich,
after he had been shot and beaten. last
night, slept well under the care of ply
sicians in a hospital here tonight.
The train ride of 600 miles, a bullet still
in his body and his wounds having re-
ceived only temporary care so weakened
the director Of the copper miners strike
that he was unable to receive visitors
after he had reached the hospital.
The doctors said that the ease with
which Meyer dropped to sleep would
prove a factor toward his speedy recov-
cry and the indications We're his wound
would not prove serious.
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Grand Jury to Investigate

Calumet. Mich December 27.-The
deportation of Charles H. Meyer, pres
ident of the Western Federation of
Miners, and leader of the copper
miners strike, who was escorted from
Hancock last night after being shot
and dubbed, will be Investigated by
the special grand jury when it re-
sumes its sessions next Tuesday
Sheriff Cruise today began an inquiry
into the facts of Meyers departure In
response to kilograms from Governor
Ferris and George Nichols, the spe-
cial prosecutor in charge of the grand
jury. Both requested the sheriff to
make a full statement of the result of
his Investigations.
News of the circumstances of Meyers
departure did not become generally
known in the strike region until
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Mrs. Amanda Cochran

Huntsville, December 27.-CSpecial.)
Mrs. Amanda Cochran, formerly Miss
Amanda Cochran Of Huntsville, died in
Nashville and her body was brought here
for interment today. Mrs Cochran was d
daughter of T. Bright -Connally, former
tax assessor of Madison county, and is
survived by her father and several
brothers and sisters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Applications Continue
Fort Speaks This Afternoon

Judge William E. Fort of the jefferson
county criminal court will speak to, the
men of, Birmingham at the, Young Mems
Christian association this afternoon at
o'clock. His topic, it is said, will be one
OF vital interest to every man in the
city. Special music has been arangerd for
the meeting and all men are invited to, be
present
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

Meyer had reached Green Bay, Wis,
today and told of his injuries.
| Warrants were served tonight on the
| business manager and a dozen or more
employees of a socialist newspaper in
Hancock, the charge being "conspir-
| acy to publish misstatements calculated
| to incite riot"
Warrants Sworn Out
The warrants were sworn out under
the statutes relating to felony and the
men were held in bonds of $1,000 each.
The complaints were made by Sheriff
Cruise and were a sequel to an extra
published yesterday in which charges
of grave misconduct were made against
some deputy sheriffs and others who
tried to assist victims of the Christ
mas eve disaster in Italian hall here.
The article. according to translators,
accused the rescuers of smuggling moth
ers and fathers who tried to reach the
hall where their children We're dead or
in peril and used the Finnish equiv
alent of murder In it's description of
the disaster.
John Nuomavari. business manager
of the paper, and two members of the
editorial staff We're taken from their
desks today. Service was made on a
dozen others as they We're found on the
streets this evening.
Because the charge on which they
are held is a felony 1t is probable
that their cases will be considered h1,
was called to Investigate 'acts of law
lessness arising from the strike"
! limitations from union sources that
| the grand jury was hand picked" and
packed" against their cause were de-
MED in official circles. survey of the
personnel of the body showed A. r
! Heidekamp.' brewer, as foreman, and
| George Williams, a railroad official as
clerk.
! Among the IS other members of the
jury in Edgar Bye. chauffeur for
James Naughtons general manager of
the Calumet and Hecla Mining conf
pany. Two superintendent of stamp
mills, few mechanics and a number
of merchants made up the rest of the
mem bership. No mine managers or
other executive officers of the corpor-
ations are in the list.
Prepare Funeral Ceremonies
Preparations We're pronounced COM
| plete tonight for the funerals which
| the Western Federation of Miners is
! to conduct over some 20 of the vic
Tins of the panic of last Wednesday.
The task of digging the numerous
| graves was accomplished by a hundred
strikers and the federation's relief
committee finished it's canvass of the
stricken homes
who are to march to the cemetery will
have to make their way through snow
| covered roads. A fine snow began
falling steadily late today and prom
Used to continue all night.
1t will not be an easy task that will
confront the marchers If the storm
develops into blizzard. The cemetery
lies more than mile west of this city
and the men who are to bear the cof-
| fins on their shoulders may have to
face the full force of wind off Lake
| Superior
| Forces of the Keweenaw county
mines intend to march five miles or
more into Calumet early tomorrow.
and some funeral parties are to come
into Calumet from locations a mile or
more from this city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Young Gates Dead

Chattanooga, December 27-(Spe-
cial. )--James Julian Gates, Jr., IA years
of age, died at the home of his father,
Squire John w. Gates, near Cleveland.
Tenn, today from the effects of gum
shot wound in the hand received by the
accidental discharge of a gun of a com
panion while playing two weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
New Lodge for Gordo

On Tuesday night. January 81, a
Knights of Pythias lodge will be es-
tablished at Gordo, Pickens county, by
Grand Chancellor A. G. Patterson. Dis
trict Deputy Thomas r. Walker and
Judge Hugo L. Black of the local lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Israel Sack

Funeral services over the remains of
Israel Sack aged 80 years, who died Fri
day at the residence of his daughter, Mrs
A. Rubin at 1921 Seventh avenue, north,
will be conducted this morning from the
residence of Mr.. Rubin. Interment will
follow in BETHEL cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Mrs. A. d. Morrow

Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs A. D. Morrow, aged 40 years, who
died Thursday, were conducted at 10
o'clock yesterday morning from the late
residence, PIP Thirty-fourth strict. North
Birmingham. The deceased is survived by
her husband, Police Sergeant Anthony
Morrow and one son, Grady Morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
A. w. Richardson

The remains of A W. Richardson, aged
a years, who died in local infirmary
from gunshot wounds at an early hour
yesterday morning. are being held at the
undertaking rooms of Lige Logs pending
funeral arrangements by relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Mrs. H. E. Shropshire

Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. H. E. Shropshire, who died Thurs
day, were conducted at 1890 o'clock from
the late residence, 1902 Waucoma avenue.
There were also services at the Church
of the Advent. Interment followed in
ElmWood cemetery.