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FAvORS PET7YS CLAIM
FOR WATSON CASE COSTS
House District Confmittee Recon-.
mends Former Auditor Be Reim-
bursed for Suit Expenses.

The report of Representative Ben
Johnson, chairman of the House Dis
trict committee, on the bill to reim-
burse ]. T. Petty, former auditor OF
the District, for the expenses incurred
by him in defending an action brought
by the District in the Watson defalca-
tion case, was made public today and
presented to the House.
The report strongly indorses Mr..
Pettys claim that he should not be
made to stand any expense in the Wat
son matter, and urges Congress to act
quickly to refund the legal expenses
met by the former auditor.
Petty Not Implicated.
After detailing the Watson defalca-
tion at the District building, amount
ing to $74.563, Representative John
sons report says:
TT is conceded on all hands that Mr..
Petty, the auditor, was not in any way
implicated in Watson's defalcations. AT
the time this shortage was discovered
he had been auditor for fifteen years
Previous to his appointment to this
office he had been a subordinate OF
the auditors office for eighteen years
During these thirty three years he
served the District faithfully and
conscientiously.
1.-The exact amount that had been en-
bezzled by Watson was ascertained in
July, 1903. On November 9, 1903, the
District of Columbia, while impliedly
conceding that Mr.. Petty had misap-
propriated nothing, instituted suit
against him and the sureties on his
official bond to recover the amount
that Watson had stolen.
The theory upon which this action
was based was that Mr.. Petty was re-
sponsible for the moneys represented
by the checks, and bound to make good
the defalcations of the dfsbursing Of
fcer. and this because of the character
of the duties imposed upon the auditor
in respect of certain funds known as
the permit funds, or the deposit and
assessment fund, whole cost work, ETC.
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was 341 feet long on the water line,
had a beam of 421a feet and was rated
at % knots Her largest guns. of
which she carried ten, We're 4.1-inch.
She had also ten 1-pounders, four ma
chine guns and two torpedo tubes.
Admiral Count Won Spec. commander
the Scharnhorst, which was his flag
ship.
The British official statement shows
that, as has been reported. the German
squadron made it's way from the Pacific
to the Atlantic. The Falkland Islands.
near which the German ships were
sighted, lie off the tip of South Amer
ica. directly east of the Straits of Ma
gellan.
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Sherley Upholds Defense Condition.

NEW YORK. December 1O.-'"The
person who believes that the defenses
of this country are in other than a
splendid condition is either ignorant or
vicous.' declared Swagar Sherley,
representative from Kentucky and
chairman of the fortiications commit
tee of the House, in an address at the
annual dinner of the New York South
ern Society last night.
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Anti-Armament Association Planned

NEW YORK. December 1910 voice
a protest against agitation Tor m
creased armaments in this country
a committee comprising Bishop David
II. Greer of the New York diocese OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church. os-
wald Garrison Willard, PRESIDENT
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University and nearly score OF
others last night issued call Tor
meeting to be held here December 10
to organize a national anti-armament
association.
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ing the ships engaged. and the newspa-
pers are enjoined not to speculate. as
other combinations may be effected
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in
London over the victory, and the gen.
eral impression is that it will be COM
pleted. as the admiralty would not be
likely to send ships that could not over
take the Dresden and Nurnberg, which
ar, twenty-four-knot and twenty-three-
knot vessels. respectively. and probably
even slower after their long service. They
are at a disadvantage, also, because of
their small coal capacity.
The British squadron which engaged
the Germans left England without the
knowledge of the general public, and
until his name was mentioned it was
believed that Vice Admiral Sturdee was
serving in home waters.
The fact that he was taken from the
post of chief of the war staff is indicative
of the determination of the British gov
ernment to clear the Pacific and south
Atlantic of all German warships. 1t is
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Comprised Pacific Fleet.

The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leip-
zig, with the cruisers Nurnbers ana
Dresden, composed the German Pac1nc
fleet which, in the engagement with
the British squadron under Rear Ad-
miral Sir Christopher Cradock off the
coast of Chile, November l, sank the
British cruisers Monmouth and Good
Hope with the loss of about 1900 men
Since that time British and Japanese
sauadrons have been searching for the
German fleet, of which little has been
heard
Recent reports from Montevideo. Uru-
quay, were to the effect that the Ger
man fleet was believed to have rounded
the cape and entered the south Allan
tic, but there has been no authentic
information of the whereabouts of
these vessels since the battle with the
British squadron.
The Scharhorst and Gneisenau were
the largest vessels of the German fleet
They were sister ships of 1850 tons
displacement, 450 feet on the water
line and were rated at a mean speed OF
221. knots.
Armed With 8.2-inch Guns.
Each carried a complement of 765
men and were armed with eight So
inch guns, six 6-inch guns, twenty "a
FOUNDERS. four machine guns and four
torpedo tubes.
The Leipzig had a displacement OF
$3.50 tons and carried 2S6 men. She
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Money Stolen by Watson.

THE money was stolen by Watson
alone. He was the pay clerk of the
District of Columbia, recognized by
the District Commissioners and by
Congress as such. He should have
been required to give a bond to the
District of Columbia for the faithful
performance of his duties. The office
he held was recognized as distinct
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No Japanese Ships There.

TOXIC. December 1O.-The British
government has communicated to
Japan an official account of the sink
ing December off the Falkland Is
lands. in the south Atlantic, of the
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise-
nau and Leipzig, with loss of about
1.S00 men.
The reports make no mention by
name of the British warshipS which
took part in this engagement.
The Japanese navy authorities say no
advices concerning this combat have
been received from the Japanese war
ships on patrol in southern waters,
consequently it is to be presumed that
they did not take part in the action.
The British squadron in the south
Atlantic, according to Information
given out here, was reinforced recently
by several vessels armed with guns of
heavy caliber.
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counsel fees and expenses to his ad-
versary in certain classes of cases have
been in force in number of states for
many years"
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Enrique Jimenes Minister to U. s.

SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Repub-
lie. December 10.-Enrique Jimenes,
nephew of Juan l. Jimenes, the new
president of the Dominican Republic.
has been appointed Dominican minister
at Washington.
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If you want work, read the want col
umns of The Star.
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Leipzig and Dresren were sighted pear
the Falkland Islands by British
squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Fred
erick Sturdee.
IAN action followed. in the course of
which the Scharnhorst. flying the nag
of Admiral Count Won Spec; the GneIs-
enau and the Leipzig We're sunk Ihe
Dresden and Nurnberg made off during
the action and are being pursued:
1.-TWO colliers also were captured.
"The vice admiral reports that the
British casualties are very few in num-
ber.
Some survivors have been rescued
from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig
German Admiral Probably Lost.
No mention is made of any of the
crew of the Scharnhorst, which was
the flagship of the German admiral, be-
ing saved. and it is thus presumed that
Count Won Spec. his officers and men
went down fighting.
The British casualties were light, but
beyond the fact that the British squadron
was commanded by Vice Admiral Stur-
dee no information is vouchsafed regard
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closely the aeroplane veered off and
vanished in the night.
Capt. Mowbray is said to have con-
firmed the sighting of the air scout
upon his arrival at Colon.
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believed. therefore. that the British COM
mander is at the head of a formidable
squadron.
In addition to the Dresden and Nurn-
berg. only one German warshp-the
karlsruhe-is now unaccounted for in
those waters, although there may be
one or two armed merchantmen which
the allies have not rounded up.
As the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau u
each carried a complement of 765 men.
the Leipzig, 2s6; the Nurnberg, 322,
and the Dresden, 261, the total German
loss IS estimated at not far from 1000
men. although the actual losses to the
Dresden and Nurnberg cannot yet be
known.
Naval Losses Unequal.
Naval observers, commenting on the
action off the Falkland Islands, make
note of the fact that in all naval en-
gagements in the present war there is
great disparity between the losses. of
the victors and the vanquished. In the
case of the British cruisers Monmouth
and Good Hope. sent to the bottom by
German squadron off the coast of
Chile early in November. the Germans
were practically unscathed. and the
same is true of the British in their
victorious engagement in the south At
lantic
In other words. defeat at sea means
virtually annihilation and the loss OF
all crews with the exception of such
men the victors may be able to save.
This is attributed to great extent to
the fact that naval engagements have
been between ships of unequal arma-
ment. The German guns outranged the
British off the coast of Chile, and the
roles We're reversed off the Falkland
Islands. Nevertheless, it is argued that
even with ships of similar armament,
the disproportion of losses between the
victor and the vanquished would be
greater by far than anything possible
in land warfare.
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New York State Cider, per Gallon .

Compare quality-then price.
Ask yourself-Why pay more?
Sold only in cartons.
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See the magnificent assortment
of premiums at the Star Soap
Premium Parlors, on E St. NV.
near 9th St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
VOTERS GIVING OFFICIAL
 BALLOT VERY CLOSE STUDY

Voters all over the state are making a careful study of tomonows ballot, be- cause its extreme length will make vot- Ing a matter of unusual difficulty to- morrow. Here is a specimen of the off cial ballot which will be used in Jef- ferson county: MAKE A CROSS C0 BEFORE THE CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR TERM BEGINNING MARCH 4 l9l5
 Vote for One. R. P. ROBSON OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR SHORT TERM ENDING MARCH 4, 1915.
 Vote for one. WATT T. BROWN RAY RUsHTON FRANK s. WHITE
 FOR GOVERNOR
 Vote for One ' B. B. CONFER CHARLES HENDERSON REUBEN F. KoLB WALTER D. SEED FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
 Vote for One SCOTT CHESTNUTT THos. A. CURRY THOS D. KILBY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
 Vote for One WILLIAM P. COBB CHARLES II. GREER JAMES II. NUNNELEE JOHN PURIFoY
 FOR STATE TREASURER
 Vote for One R. L. BRADLEY M. A. GRAHAM W. L. LANCASTER c. BROOKS SMITH
 FOR STATE AUDITOR
 Vote for One M. c. ALLGOOD W. F. WILKINSON FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
 Vote for One GARDNER GREEN VIM. L. MARTIN GEORGE PEGRAM D. H. RIDDLE. FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
 EDUCATION
 Vote For One. WILLIAM P. FEAGIN FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL- TURF AND INDUSTRIES.
 Vote For One. L. F. GREER A. A. PERSONS W. H. SEYMOUR J. A. WADE FOR ASSOCIATE RAILROAD
 COMMISSIONER.
 Vote For Two. B. H. COOPER s. p. GAILLARD FRANK N. JULIAN LEON McCORD FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
 SUPREME COURT.
 Vote For One. JOHN c. ANDERSON FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM
 Vote For One. LUCIEN D. GARDNER FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE
 REGULAR TERM.
 Vote For Two ROMAINE BOYD EDW. deGRAFFENRIED J. J MAYFIELD R. T. SIMPSON WILLIAM H. THOMAS FOR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
 APPEALS.
 Vote For One. J. B. BROWN E. PERRY THOMAS FOR REPRESENTATlVE IN THE EIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS- OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
 Vote For One - JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATE FROM THE NINTH CONGRESSION-
 AL DISTRICT
 Vote For one. GEORGE W. DARDEN. GEORGE HUDDLESTON JERE c. KING NATHAN l.. MILLER FOR SHERIFF OF JEFFERSON COUN-
 TY. ALABAMA.
 Vote for One. BATsON. THOMAS J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
FREED ALL NIGHT BY WOLVES
Pack Hung Around Till Daylight and
 He Nearly Perished

Philip Morton, 23-year-old English man, is lying In a critical condition at a lumber camp in the Chalk river district as result of perilous experience in the woods which nearly cost him his life, says an Ottawa, Ontario, special to the New York Sun
 Following lonely trail from a camp where he had given up work to another where he expected to secure position as clerk, the young man was scented by a pack of wolves and TOT an entire night the ravenous animals forced him to re- rain in a tree. But for the fact that he was we'll wrapped he might have died of exposure. When daylight broke ths wolves left the trail on which they had Morton treed and he staggered nearly two miles through the bush with the toes of one foot and his hands frozen.
 Jhe camp where Morton started out from is situated eight miles from the one he was bound for. He undertook the journey alone, against the advice of older bushmen. and had not a firearm of any kind on him. He was within few miles of his destination when he heard the pack bowling some distance behind him. 1t was late at night then and terror stricken, the young man climbed tree. The animals picked up the scent, how
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ever, and for hours they circled about the tree bowling viciously.
 What terror young Morton suffered no one but himself will ever know, and he was in such an exhausted state when he reached the camp that he was un- able to tell anything about his adventure other than that toward daylight he thought of fire frightening the animals and with some matches he set fire to some old country newspapers he had in his pocket and also fired his handkerchief and a scarf He dropped the burning pa- pers on the snow and 1t frightened the animals. but they lurked about at dis tance until day dawned.
 The intense pain which Morton was suffering from his toes and hands would no doubt have turned his mind if he had not taken a chance and climbed down and started again on his journey
 Arthur Robinson and Jules Lefebvre. the lumberjacks who related the story this morning, said Morton was in such q state from fear and exposure that he was almost insane when he got to the camp they were at. He had fallen down time after time, and he said he crawled the greater part of the last mile. His prin- cipal concern seemed tu be to get word of his condition to his parents in Bir- mngham. who had not heard of him for nearly three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

when in front of him he noticed bright light It came rapidly nearer, and as it was plainly the lamp of a cycle of some description the motorcyclist swung to the left to let the other pass
 To his surprise he saw. as he got nearer, that the other cyclist was apparently coming straight towards him on the wrong side of the road. He ''tooted''s frantically with. his motor-horn, but the other rider seemed to have gone deaf or mad for he took not the slightest notice. judging by the lamp.
 At the last minute, when a collision seemed inevitable, the motorcyclist swung over q bit towards the right To his horror, the other did the same. Fran tically he jammed on his brakes and nearly broke his legs getting off his bicycle.
 Only when he was safely on the ground did he discover that he had been over taking a furniture removal van with a huge mirror fastened on to the back, and he had been staring at the reflec- tion of his own lamp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Fathers Dilemma

From PearSons Weekly.
 A parents life is one long responsi- bi1ity. I's wonder that so many of the genus discharge their duties so ac- ceptably. A writer has discovered an- other parental problem; or perhaps he merely calls attention to one which many fathers have discovered for them selves.
 'How's the family" one inquired of a happily married man.
 Well, ny children are at difficult age now"
 Difficult? Why, they've all passed the measies and teethng stage, have they not?"
 Long ago But you don't know a fathers troubles. My children are at the age where if ] use slang my wife says I'm setting bad exmple, and if I speal. correctly, the kids think I'm back number. Which would you do?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Careless Season in London

From Tlt-BltS.
 Scotland Yard is annually in the throes of what is officially known as the careless season. It commences with the wearing of muffs and furs as an ad- ditional burden to the responsibilities of women when shopping. and reaches it's climax during the height of the Christmas trade. Four motor vans are required to collect the harvest of one days forgetfulness by travelexs on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

omnibusessand tram cars. In addition. of course. Where are heavy lost property returns on the tubes and railways. Each month during the winter Scotland Yard receives about 5000 articles left in public vehicles
 Among the, oddities recently added to the lost property collection were couple of canaries in cages 10 pigeons in a basket and pair of revolvers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
The Forbearjng Waiter

From the Chicago Journal.
 That waiter didn't thank you when you gave him a quarter"
 T didn't want him to. was grateful to him for not holding the coin up so that every one in the room could see it was a quarter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Act Ostracised Him

From the Boston Transcript.
 "Who is this Dean Swift they are talk ing about?" a parvenu once said to Lady Bulwer; 'I should like to invite him to my receptions"
 +"Alas, madam replied Lady Buwer. ''the dean has done something that has shut him out of society,""
 Dear me, what was that?-
 .'well. about hundred years ago he died"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Home from Second

From the Kansas City Journal
 What's de matter with Jimmy?'' f "Aw, he feels disgraced for life" Flows dat?'' K. '1is mudder come out yesterday and took him home right off second base.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Nearly an Accident

An amusing motorcyclist story comes from Liverpool, says Pearson's Weekly
 Agentieman was returning to Liverpool after 8 country run one evening recently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

WILL IT. LATHEM IS A BUSINESS MAN, RUNNING ON HIS MERITS. HE WILL GIVE YOU SOUND BUSl- NESS ADMINISTRATION FREE FROM POLITICS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
A Variation

From the Baltimore American.
 "So you didn't marry Miss Jiggers. after al1?'
 ''No her old man wanted me to promise to support him in the same style that she did.''
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-07
RAJ CRUZ UNDER AMERICAN GUARD Al
PICTURESQUE MEXICAN CITY

IN the streets that skirt the field
the flags of five different nations
float over tWo-story business houses
as if to say: This isn't a Mexican
house; don't shoot at it. -
In an entry way, as you walk along
the street, you see two playful jackies
boxing, sinking their bare fists into
each others ribs with many grunts
and ''oofs" Around them stands -
ring of wondering Mexicans, who
can't understand what fun there Isl
in such rough play. Here are some
of the other things you see as you
walk along the street:
A group Of jackies and marines,
reading notice pasted on the wall
Of the cable Office; you discover that
it's a cabled report Of the baseball
games Of the day, in far away Amer-t
lean cities. Baseball follows the f1ag.g
A street car loaded with unshaYed,
begrimed American soldiers. They've
been out on the advance line, in the
sand hills, and they're on their way s
to the beach, where they'll stack their
rifles within easy reach, strip. down
to their underdrawers and plunge
into the cool surf with yeIls Of de-1
light. I
A man in a grey felt hat, sitting at1
a table before cafe, writing. Bel
hold, Richard Harding Davis! Att
another table sits a group of men,
drinking beer. Look them over.
There's Jack London himself, conf
H,nAa Ill., Z
med glass. There are other cor-i
respondents, American and English,
in the crowd. Some of them are tell-f
ing about their experiences in the :
Balkan war; the point of their talk
is that war correspondents weren't1
given a chance to get news in that
war and they hope that they'll be-
given fair shake this time. Most
of them are very disconnected be-O
ooTrca fhnvy oTTivrnd in UoF.o ClTs11z three
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-07

=
Vera Cruz, Mex, April 2S.-(By
Mail to New York. THE first thing
you see in Vera Cruz these days is
the American flag, flying over the
Terminal Hotel and you find the wide
corridors filed with huTTying Off
GERS and jackies.
The first thing that catches your
attention, however, will probably be
Captain H. o. Mel. Huse. You can't
miss him. You'll know him by his
roar his mustache, his flashing eye,
and his supreme contempt for civil
ians- he being sort of doortender
for Admiral Fletcher, who is mild be-
yond Words-he stands around roar
ing to folks who come to the adj
miraIs headquarters to 'sit down"
come here, you, >" ''stay out of this
room"
Admiral Fletcher keeps his door
closed, they say, in order to shut out
Huse's roarings Mothers, with
babies, flee. You try to tell any Mex
lean in Vera Cruz that the navy lis
the servant of the American people
and that the taxes of Mr.. C. People
keep the navy going, and you'll be
laughed at. They've learned other
wise from the majestic bellowings of
the mustached Huse.
But there are other sights in Vera
Cruz and, having paid your respects
to headquarters, and been roared at
by Huse, you sally forth into the
town.
First you cross the ten-acre field
which hes between the American
consulate and the water front. Across
this field fled the Madero family and,
later, Felix Diaz, from the wrath of
Huerta. The other day, in the fight
ing, it became a battlefield, baptized
with blood; dead men have lain on it.
But now there are the brown tents
of infantrymen on it, and the pas
tured horses of officers. In one cor