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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Memorial Services

Greeenville, April 2S.-t tSpecial.)- -
Memorial services were held at the
Greenville opera house on Saturday aft
ernoon. A number of the heroes of the
Gus were given their crosses of honor.
The Father Ryan chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Eliza r. Porter chapter of the United
daughters of the Confederacy and the
Edward Crenshaw chapter of the Cradle
of the ,Confederacy took conspicuous
parts in the exercises The address
was delivered by John S. Tilley of
Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
REQUEST WILL Be
MADE FOR TEMPLE
Montgomery Shriners Will
Ask Imperial Council at
Dallas for Temple

Montgomery April 2S.-(Speclal) Sixty
Shriners of Montgomery and central Ala
bama will go to Dallas, Tex, next week
to request the imperial council to give
this city temple. The fight for a temple
has been kept up for two years, but it
is thought the request will be granted
this year as Abba Temple, Mobile, and
Hamora Temple, Birmingham have agreed.
The Shriners will go on special train
and will be Joined I'm Mobile by a NUM-
Der of representatives of Abba temple
If Montgomery IS given temple it will
be called Temple Al Kazar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Cited for Contempt

Judge II. B. AbernethX of the court of
common pleas has cited Attorney s. B.
Sterne and ID. M. Griswod, former deputy
constable, to appear befores him this
morning to show cause why they should
not be fined for contempt, they having
engaged in a fight in the court room dur
ing the hearing of a case tried before him
last week. Judge Abernethy denied that
he had fined the parties, as has been stat
ed, and will give his decision this morn
ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Revival Will Begin

Greenville. April 2S.-(SpeciaI)-
Beginning the last part of May Sc
ries of revival meetings will be held
at the Baptist church. Dr. L. L. Gwalt-
ney, the pastor, has secured the sery.
ices of the Rev. Reese of the home
mission board of the southern Bap-
tist convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Carried to Prison

Anniston, April s.-(special) tom
Youngblood, a negro, who was convicted
of highway robbery and Dave Gentry,
the one-eyed and one-legged white man
who was convicted of simple assault, were
carried to Pratt mines by Chief Deputy
Sheriff A. II. Borders Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
yaprancy Charge Dismissed

Anniston, April Especial 1.-THE
charge of vagrancy against r. p. May-
field, who recently returned to this city
from Chattanooga. and fell a victim TO
The vagrancy crusade that is being wagcd
by the city, was dismissed by the recorder
Monday morning. He was also found not
guilty. on II charge of selling liquor.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
BOARD SAYS NOT AMMO HUNGER STRIKE
EXPERIMENT ROADFOR DIR. ANNA SHAW
If Sent to Jail for Not Paying
Income Tax, Noted Suf-
frage Leader Would Eat
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Militancy Is
not involved in the appeal issued by
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National Woman's Suffrage asso-
citation. to suffragists to refuse to pay
income taxes until they are given the
right to vote.
Doctor Shaw said that If fined by a
court she would refuse to pay the
hne- If sent to jail she will not start
hunger strike she said. adding:
Il should not thus destroy my
health. I'm of more worth to the
suffrage cause while I'm In good
health than I would be IL I was
starved"
sUFFRAGIsTS URGE RESISTANCE
WASHINGTON, Dec 3o-"Resist-
ance" on the part of the women
Of the country to the federal
income tax law, despite the govern
ment's announced intention of impos-
ing fine Of $1,000 for each failure
to report income. will receive the
encouragement of the Suffragists'
Congressional union, 1T is announced
in statement issued by the organi-
zation headquarters here.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Canadian Officials
Visit Fair Grounds

Charles r. Mitchell, minister of
public works for Alberta Canada, ac-
companied by Minister Dangagan of
British Columbia, visited the exposi-
ton grounds yesterday. They are
chiefly interested in the plans for the
livestock show.
The local customs brokers were
summoned TO a conference with the
exposition management this afternoon
10 discuss the handling Of incoming
exhibits on which duties must be col
lected A NJ Mortrnsen, chief of the
traffic department, presided at the
meeting.
Two panels for the center of the
palace Of fine arts. chiseled by Bruno
l. Sinm. have been completed and
show the virility. strength and beauty
Of work for which this sculptor is
noted.
Plans for the greatest petroleum
exhibit ever seen are being made to-
day for the Panama Pacific interna-
ttonal exposition, according to Irving
G. Allen of the federal bureau of
mines. He Is secretary Of the Ameri-
can Petroleum society. He addressed
a meeting at the Chamber Of Com
rnerce last night
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
MOTHER AID
FOR HUGHES
F UT|LE
Letters Found Since Killing
Reveal Pathetic Efforts of
Spokane Parent

With the revelation that Edward
Hughes. who escaped from the county
jail and was killed near Auburn Sat
urday by Deputy Sheriff Frederick
classen, was the son of wealthy
spokane family, there today came the
pathetic story OF his mothers, efforts
10 aid her erring son.
Hughes, who had escaped Christmas
eve and made his way to Auburn TO
visit his sweetheart, Miss Valerie War
field. had pleaded guilty to stealing
an automobile.
Through the efforts of his mother.
who lives in Spokane, to keep her son
from going to prison, his freedom
probation had been virtually assured.
MOTHER ACTIVE IN AID
Mrs Hughes had engaged Attorney
John Hogan. Sc Post street, by tele-
graph, to represent her son, and, fol-
lowing her solicitation, several lead
Ing attorneys. the president of the
Jesuit college in Spokane, and several
citizens of that city had sent strong
recommendations of young Hughes TO
the San Francisco authorities. with
such good effect that Probation Of
ficer Nichols had been won TO hiss side.
The mothers hope for her hey is
shown in her letters to Attorney Ho-
gan and to Hughes himself. portions
OF which follow:
My Darling Boy: I can't bear
this silence any longer. You must
write me, for know all the
/ trouble you are in. and 4 have
been doing all 1 could 10 help you.
l am writing Mr.. Hogan tonight
and sending him more reconimen-
dations.
Regardless of how your case
ends. be sure and get all four
I recommendations which / have
I sent 10 Mr.. Hogan in your behalf.
! Tor there may come a time when
+! you might need them to get po-
sition or be identified in a strange
! land. for they all have given you
! very high recommends ton
I am also telegraphing Mr. Ho-
gan tonight to postpone your case
until my letter reaches him If
! there is anything else we can do
( for you, please let US know. I beg
9 of you 20 come home if everything
comes out in your favor. If you
were here now, you could go to
: work for J. r. n. at $3.50 a month.
I Please write me on receipt of this
and tell me everything and let
me help you all I can.
Z LETTER TO LAWYER HOGAN
Mr.. John s. Hogan-Dear Sir:
] ask you as a special favor 10 see
my son gets all those recommen-
dations which 1 have sent to you
returned either TO him or myself
after his case has been decided.
( Imploring you again to save my
unfortunate boy from prison and
send him home to take care of me,
! for I am sadly in need Of his as
sistance, l remain, very respect
fully yours, MRS. HUGHES.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
No Funds for Test Work, Die
tum of Highway Commits
sion to Committee
By Associated Press.


SACRAMENTO, Dec. 30.-A request
made by good roads delegation yes
terday for the construction of an ex-
perimental road from the funds of
the state highway commission was
met with refusal. The commission.
however, indicated its willingness to
build such road If those interested
financed the work. The commission
informed the delegation, comprising
contractors. automobile men and road
enthusiasts. that it had apportioned
its funds to build the proposed state
highway system of 2,700 miles with
the S1S,000.000 available from bonds,
and that 1T could not finance the ex-
perimental road.
The highway commission to build
2,700 miles of the state system Is
spending an average of $500 a mile
and 1T Is getting the best value and
results obtainable at that figure" the
visiting delegation was told.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Stock Brokers Sued
For DefauIter'S Loot

The brokerage firms of J. C. Wilson
& Co., E. H. Hutton & Co. and Byrne
& Mcdonnell are defendants today in
a suit in the superior court by the
Crocker National bank for the recov-
cry of stocks and bonds worth nearly
$4,000. The bank, acting for Lloyd's
of London. alleges that the firms re-
ceived the securities from It's default
ing assistant cashier, Charles f.
Baker. Baker in his confession as
serted that practically all of his stolen
funds had been lost in stock specula-
lions with the defendant companies.
The Wilson company is sued for s45,-
900. the Hutton company for 100000
and Byrne g. Mcdonnell for $4,000
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Beachey to Fly Today
Inside Machinery Hall

lincoln Beachey. the aviator, will
add to his exploits by flying within
the machinery palace this afternoon
The fight will be the first TO be made
indoors and will demonstrate the size
of the exposition building.
Beachey's aeroplane is about 80 feet
wide. and the width Of the building
ts about rs feet. The interior of the
building will permit a flight Of sew
eraI hundred feet.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Walter A. Kenney Is
Buried in Oakland

The funeral of Walter A. Kenney,
,o-vner manager of the w. p. Fuller
company of San Francisco, who died
sunday. was held this afternoon from
the home, 149 Montecito avenue. OAK
land. Heart trouble was the cause
80 aaatb He had lived in Oakland
CO., several years He is survived by
widow. Mrs Ida H. Kenney;
daughter. Miss Leila Kenney, and
son Harrub Kenney. all Of Oakland.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Watch Night Services
By Fitzgerald Church

A vatchnight service beginning at
10 o'clock tomorrow night and con-
ffnufnR until the new year has ar
rived will be held at the Fitzgerald
Methodist church. Rev. j. W. Horn,
pastor. will preside. The speakers
Iii he Cantain William Perkins of
r9o.+on. Rev E. A. Tabor. superin-
tendent Of the social welfare league;
Rev. M. u. Hamilton OF Oklahoma,
and Rev. J. c. Cook.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
go Day Extension for
w. P. improvements

An extension of 90 days of the
time within which they must COM
plete certain improvements In their
western water front property was
granted the Western Pacific Railway
company yesterday by the Oakland
city council, instead of the Il year
extension as first proposed: A fur
Their extension of time will be dis
cussed by city officials and Oakland
commercial bodies.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Former MabeIIe Gilman Of
San Francisco VIII Come
to Old Home for Visit

Mrs william Ellis Corey, wife of
the steel magnate. formerly Miss Ma
belle Gilman of this city, is back in
America after her soJourn in Europe.
She is expected to visit her old home
in San Francisco during the winter,
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Dice Loaded, Cards
Marked. Loses S164

With loaded dice and marked cards
held as evidence against them, Walter
With and Willis Welsh today face
prosecution on a charge made by Will
liam T. Smith of 2032 Mission street.
He says they swindled him out of
$164.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Policeman Gets 500
From Board for Bravery

Patrolman William Kruger is today
500 tAe richer for his bravery in bat
thing yeggmen, even when wounded.
The police commissioners have voted
him the reward and a resolution of
commentator was passed by the
board. Kruger has recovered from
his wounds, inflicted some time ago.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30

though the exact date of her visit
home has not yet been set.
Mrs. Corey was met at the dock
when the Amerika arrived by her
husband, who escorted her to the
customs booth. There they waited
two hours while an affidavit concern
ing some of her jewelry was brought
TO the pier.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Skaters to Hold Fete
AT Coliseum Rink

skaters will swing into the New
wear on Wednesday night at the
Coliseum on a wave of revelry. IL
will be the annual New Years eve
carnival All will be armed with
narpentines and confetti.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Forged Signatures on
Recall Bring Probe

Assistant District Attorney Louis
Ferrarf, with Registrar Zemansky, is
today probing charges of fraudulent
signatures on the petition for the
recall of State Senator Grant. author
of the red light abatement bill. Dis
trict Attorney Fickert ordered the
investigation.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Meeting to Discuss
New Recreation Park

Plans for recreation park at
Black Point cove will be discussed
tonight at a meeting of the aquatic
section of the Recreation league in
the Phelan building. Boating and
swimming clubs are expected to aid in
an effort to induce the harbor COM
mission to make the park possible.
under the recent tideland decision of
the supreme court.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE Tabiets
Druggists refund money II Il falls to cure. q
W. GROVES signature Is on each box 25c.-
Advertisement.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
Body of Suicide Is
Viewed by His Friends

The body OF John Wilson at the
morgue was viewed by friends to-
day. He shot himself at 1876 Forty
sixth avenue yesterday.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-30
SACRAMENTO DEVELOPERS
PICK SANTA ROSA FARMER

The Sacramento Development as
ISOLATION at Its last meeting elected
r. III. Brown of Santa Rosa manager
Mr.. Brown, who has interests in the
agricultural and horticultural indus
tries in the Sacramento valley, will
assume his duties Immediately after
the first OF the year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
Our Readers Opinions
WOMAN MUST STAY ON THE JOE

To the Editor of the Women's Forum.
have read with much interest in
the October 10 issue OF The Tribune opin-
ions OF we'll known women on that much
mooted question. who Makes the Best
Wife and Mother?"
AS a newspaper woman of five years
experience, with an intimate knowledge
Of the homes and home life of many
women in this city, l have yet to see q
single happy, successful and attractive
home where the wife and mother gives
much time and attention to public work
and affairs. There is only one way for q
wife and mother to make success of
her work-the same way every other kind
OF success is made-by staying on the job
Just as 1t is Impossible for a man to
make success of his business while at
tempting to direct and supervise home,
so 1t is impossible for woman to play
that double role, despite her greater
adaptability and versatility.
There Is no excuse for a woman being
'cooped up in the pantry or boudoir." tc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
MRS. DODGE ANSWERED
Mrs John Rogers Jr, and Mrs William Grant
Brown Agree That Women Need the Vote In
and Outside of Club Life

same way when we went to the Legisla-
ture to try to get pure food measures
through. woman's only weapon was
social nfluence-if she had friends some
legislator didn't want to offend he might
introduce her measure.
Little by little, parallel with the gain
in suffrage sentiment. we have won some
of our points, but all along | have seen
how much faster we'd have gone, how
much more the lawmakers would have
considered us. had we had the vote. And
woman without the vote may work to a
certain point but inevitably she comes
against d hedge. See the ease with
which California enacted the law making
the owner of a house responsible for its
character. SO that an injunction may be
sworn out against the owner. lessee or
agent of a house Of i'll fame We New
York women have worked for such law;
our federated clubs passed resolution
after resolution calling for such law
We can't even get a man up in Albany
to introduce it in the Legislature.
Women are waking up to the fact Of
their impotence. Witness the falling off
in the membership of women's political
clubs. Save around election time they
hardly keep going. No, women aren't
going TO be mems handmaidens IN poll
tics much longer.
Any anti-suffraG st who thinks politics
has split up womens clubs in California
is mistaken" says Miss Helen Todd. re-
Gently from that state. "Women's clubs
out there are working TO some purpose
now. The state is honeycombed with civic
clubs, in which women, quite non-paru-
san, are studying their new duties. And
in the state capital representatives of the
federated clubs sit in conference with
the legislators-and the comradeship be-
tween men and women that arises out Of
this Is good to see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

quote from Mrs. Laura A. Bachelor, of
North Dakota. when there are for her
diversion and enlightenment womens
clubs. the latest books i'm the public
libraries, many free lectures. scholarly
sermons and amusements at moderate
prices all hers for the taking. If she
remain benighted. narrow minded
creature in this age Of broad opportunity
FOR woman the fault lies at her own door
believe | know whereof speak for
LEFT domestic life by force of circum-
stances TO occupy the most important
newspaper position held by any woman
in this state, and without one day Of
preparation. Ny college days were cut
short, as my mother died in my fresh
man year. On very limited means
reared family OF three younger children.
made all the clothes worn by the family,
did much of the homework and practised
the most stringent economy. Yet when
the call came | was ready.
Every woman should take an intelligen,
interest I'm the worlds movements be she
home maker or wage Garner. The woman
who pleads domestic life as an excuse for
her ignorance, her narrowness or her stu
pidity is derelict She is one OF this
worlds incapables, and would not sue
coed in any place you might put her.
EDITH c. JOHNSON,
OF The Oklahoman."
Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. 90, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
TRIBUNE KNOWS THE NEED.

70 the Editor of the Women's Forum.
The Women's Henry George League
wishes me. as chairman of the press
committee, to acknowledge receipt of
your letter describing the aims and
purpose of the new department, the
Women's Forum. The league hears with
great pleasure that a paper of the char
acter of The Tribune purposes to allow
free discussion Of the important ques-
tons that are engaging the activities Of
women to-day. Its established position
will permit OF much good being done by
the new department
GRACE ISABEL. COLBRON.
New York City, Oct. %, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
WOMEN LEGISLATORS.

Miss Nettie TruaX and Mrs. Anna b.
Miller are members of the Wyoming Leg
islature, and both have used their efforts
TO aid the cause of education in the state.
Miss TruaX has been a teacher for many
years in Minnesota and Wyoming for four
years. All the important school bills in
trCduced were passed at the last meeting
Of the Legislature with her as chairman
Of the education committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
MEN GREAT LAW MAKERS.

1--WE don't think that men can't pass
sood laws. too. There are many splendid
laws in the states where women don't
vote vet, but there could be better ones
and we want to help make them. l no.
lice in the suffrage states tendency 10
make the father Of an illegitimate child
equally liable with the mother for Its sup
port. That is one of the points where the
woman lawmaker is needed.
"Anti-suffragists make a great deal OF
womans dover rights. which, they say
are worth more than the vote. They pass
over the fact that the great majority of
men haven't any property for wives 10
have dover rights In, but the suffrage
states are abolshins dover rights and
courtesy. and substituting something bet
ter. In Colorado, for instance, dover and
courtesy are abolished, but neither hus-
band nor wife may will away from the
other more than one-half Of his or her
property without the others consent and
the homestead, II properly recorded, can
not be sold without the consent of both.
"As for minimum wage laws--they
exist in four states where women have
not the vote, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Nebraska and Wisconsin, and in fine
states where women are voters.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge says that the
suffragists are making great deal OF the
California white slave case, forgetting
that case was prosecuted under federal
law made by men. AS ] said, we don't
DENY that men have made some good laws.
hut does Mrs Dodge note that the Bar
harry Coast. the red light district OF San
Francisco. is being cleaned up since wom-
on voted there, and that the act providing
for the abatement Of houses OF Ill fame
did not pass there till women votedT'
PRESIDENT OF CLUBS SPEAKS.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge" said Mrs. Will
lam Grant Brown yesterday. declares
that clubs are a better medium for
women than the vote. Well. /. as pres
ident of the New York City Federation
~ Women's Clubs, discovered that we
we're dreadfully hampered for lack OF
tbe vote. / first discovered that more
than nine years ago. when / was head Of
the Woman's Republican Club and then
NJ the New York state Association Of
Women's Republican Clubs. | remember
how we tried TO get the police to rope
ar spaces at 59th street and Fifth avenue
The Aldermen laughed at US when we
went down to them. What do women
know about these thingsT they said. Go
home and mind your babies 1t was the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
MANY BAZAARS PLANNED BY WOMEN'S CLUBS

toria, on Saturday December s, will be
the Children's Booth, in charge OF Mrs.
Henry Forbes Kiddle and her assistants.
The flower used for the decoration of the
booth will be wistaria. Most OF the arti-
cles on sale will be made by the Little
Mothers themselves The New Workers.
Will have a booth. which will be a bower
of roses, pink and white. This booth will
be in charge OF Mrs. Leland Sudlow. The
Spirit OF Christmas Booth will be one
mass OF holly, and they will have real
live Santa Claus selling articles from the
chimney. The chairman. Mrs. Bond Stow,
will have the assistance of Auxiliary NO.
1 OF the Little Mothers Aid Association.
To help make the bazaar a success bazaar
meetings are held every Thursday morn
ing at II o'clock at No. 236 Second ave
nue.. Those who attended last week, be-
sides Mrs. Albert Gallatin Weed. chair
man, were Mrs Clarence Burns. Mrs.
Bond Stow, Mrs. William Il. Wilkinson.
Mrs James r. Sillman, Mrs. j. Hudson
Grant. Mrs. Henry G.. Elliott. Mrs j..
Stuart Smith. Mrs. John Batger. Mrs.
Lawrence .. Bangs. Mrs. Emile Van
Be. Mrs. Clifford Wiley. Mrs. Frank F..
Hadley. Mrs. Charles T.. Abbott. Mrs.
Francis Inmann Mrs. Irving Twombly.
Mrs. II. G. Greanelli, Mrs. c. d. Baldwin,
Mrs. G.. II. Strong. Mrs. a. w. Walton
burg, Mrs. c. +. Weber Mrs. Charles h.
Wilcox, Mrs. George w. Eason, Mrs
George Strong. Mrs. Leland Sudlow Miss
Pennington Misc Fannie INiIcOy and Miss
Charlotte Pike.