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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
CARRANzA OUTLINES
PLATFORM AS FIRST
Chief OF MEXICO
Decree Says the Plan of
Guadalupe Will Remain
In Force Until Revolu-
ton Is Ended

New York December 2p.-General Car
ranza's decree issued December p at
Vera Cruz outlining his platform at First
Chief of the constitutionalst army in
charge OF the executive power of the
nation was given out here tonight by
the Mexican Bureau OF information.
The decree says the plan OF Guadaloupe
shall remain in force until the revolution
g ended and that Carranza shall continue
of first chief, until the enemy is over
powered and peace is restored" It out
lines proposed reforms chiefly that con
corning the agrarian problem and states
that after the revolution an election for
president shall be held and that the first
chief shall deliver to the president the
executive power.
In Case of Default
in case of absolute. default on the
part of the first chief of the revolution
the decree says, land while the generals
and governors proceed to elect the per-
son who shall take his place. the supreme
craftsmanship shall devolve transitoriallv
upon the chief of the army corps in the
place where the seat of tie revolutionary
government may be at the time.
Upon the success of the revolution and
reinstatement of the supreme chieftain-
ship in the City of Mexico, and after
elections of the municipal councils have
taken place in the majority of the states,
the first chief shall call elections for
members of the national congress-
The decree empowers the first chief to
cause to be observed, all the laws pro-
visions and measures tending TO satisfy
the economic, social and political needs
OF the country, carrying into effect such
reforms as public opinion may consider
indispensable for the establishment of a
regime which shall guarantees: The equal
ity of Mexicans among themselves; the
enactment of agrarian laws to encourage
the creation of the small landowener
dissolving the latifunda or expansive land
holdings, and restoring to the town
ships the lands taken from them; fiscal
tenn of taxa ton on real estate; legislation
to improve the condition of the rural la
borer, the artisan. the miner, and in
general the betternaent Of the working
classes"
Reforms are proposed in the election
laws relative to the operation of mines
oil fields, water rights, forests and other
natural resources to destroy the monopo-
lies created under the past regime and
to avoid the creation of others III The
future"
The first chief is authorized to organ
ize the army and direct the campaign,
is given power to appoint and remove
governors and military commanders and
to reorganize all branches of the govern
ment.
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KILLING OF NEGRO BY
SUDDUTH JUSTIFIED

Coroner Spain conducted prelimi-
nary investigation in the killing of an
unknown negro Saturday night by J. T.
sudduth at 1880 Avenue A. Avondale,
and declared that unless further evil
dence came to light he would declai t
that the death of the negro was justi-
fable homicide.
The negro was killed after he had
knocked down with an iron poker A.
r. Sudduth, and was rushing on j. I.
Sudduth, brother at their grocery
store
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Russian Report

Petrograd, December 20.-The following
statement of the Russian general staff
was issued tonight:
''On the left bank of the Vistula river
on the front of the Bzura and Rawka
rivers. a number of encounters. some of
them of a very fierce description took
place on the 18th instant.
Two German compa MES which had
crossed the Bzura, near the village of
Dakhova, on a half burned bridge, were
Immediately attacked by our troops and
annihilated. OF this force only 80 men
remained These we made prisoners.
Fighting also is reported in the re-
gion of Opoozno Ito the east of Pieotr-
kow).
I'm Galicia the situation is without inn
portant change. At certain points we
have made counter attacks and captured
some prisoners and machine guns.
I'm the district of Przen1ysl the Aus
TRANS attempted a Sortie in great
strength. The movement failed and the
outcome was that we took them on the
flank and captured great many pris-
oners."
Berlin via The Hague and London De-
cember 20.-The Neuesten Nachrichten
prints a Brussels dispatch estimating the
losses of the allies in the User campaign
at 215, 600 up to December /. This total
is made up of $1,000 Belgians, $4,000 Eng
lish and 1900 French.
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its subsidiary, the Alabama rover.
Light and Water company, and lnnum-
cradle deputy subsidiaries like the
Muscle Shoals Hydroelectrics company,
that billions of dollars may be alb
straoted from the federal treasury to
finance these projects.
aside from political pull exercised
by men behind the Muscle Shoals prop
osition, as suggested by the remark of
the chairman of the rivers and harbors
committee, why should not the govern
ment, with equal propriety, finance
every water power project from New
England to the Pacific coast?
And why not extend the field of
government gifts to all corporate
bodes great and small, that have some
place in our industrial system?
LET the people who pay the income
tax and the war tax and other taxes, dt
rectly or indirectly, understand that
this is proposed to be government
to support privileges and they will then
awak en- to the danger of this pretended
waterway Improvement recommended
by army engineers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
SUCCESS OF CANNING CT JJBS
MAY SOLVE COTTON PROBL EN-
Southern Farmers Prompted Plant Vegetables for Canning
as Result of Work Accomplished by Boys and Girls
Department of Agriculture Issues Statement

Washington. December 9O.-The success
Of experiments by 49, 42O members of girls
garden and canning clubs organized in the
south by the department of agriculture.
mas prompted many southern farmers to
plant vegetables suited for canning pur-
poses as substitutes for cotton This was
chalacterized in a statement issued TO-
ilght by the department as an important
step toward solution of the problem of re-
ducing the cotton acreage
The statement said;
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UNEMPLOYED GIVEN
PLACES IN CHURCH

st. Louis, December 2O.-Several score
of unemployed men who crowded into
ST Johns Methodist Episcopal church,
one of the most fashionable in st. Louis,
Just before this mornings service were
distributed by the Rev. j. A. Rice among
the congregation. The pastor refused tc
allow police to eject the men.
The Rev. Mr.. Rice, before beginning his
sermon on 1.-The Common Task of Social
Adjustment" brought forward the leader
of the unemployed and allowed him five
minutes to state his views on the topic.
There was no disturbance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

Daughters Of southern farmers who
nave been members of the department &
garden and canning clubs have been able
70 give their fathers practical demonstra-
ions OF the value of crop diversifcation
during the present bad cotton year The
aetual products which the girls have put
up are proving an invaluable asset in
many larm homes where the cotton crop
has not brought the customary. returns
anG. many farmers are now substituting
whole acres of onions and tomatoes In
place of cotton after seeing tue success
winch the young women have made with
these crops"
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Monetary conditions showed steady
improvement, the plan for a London
credit fund being dropped The cotton
loan pool began operations, although
1t Is still felt that this device is merely
nominal, now that the loosening of
bank credits through natural channels
has become so general. Reductions of
discounts by various federal reserve
banks offers added proof of this con-
dition.
Foreign exchange continued to make
further response to the increasing fa-
vorable trade balance, the week being
marked by heavy exports of cotton
Reiehsmarks went steadily lower, the
outcome, it was thought of German
sales of our sales and bills on London
were decidedly easier
The weeks unfayorable factors in
Guided dividend reductions by several
of the more important railroads and
poor returns of traffic income for No
vember. In addition the record acreage
Tor winter wheat was offset by it's low
condition, as reported by the govern
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
CIRCUIT COURT TERM
WILL END THURSDAY

The present term of the circuit court
of Jefferson county will end on Thursday
December "a. with heavy dockets set
in both divisions right up to the close
of the term. This morning in the first
division, Judge E. C. Crow will organize
the juries for the week and take up
the jury docket set for the day. A
docket of nonjury cases is set in TIE
second division presided over by Judge
c. B. Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
X. J. WILLINGHAM
DIES IN RICHMOND

Richmond, Va, December 20-The
Rev Robert j. Willingham, d. D., gem
eral secretary of the foreign mission
board of the Southern Baptist confer
ence. died here today after having been
stricken with apoplexy two hours be-
fore while on his way home from
church services. He was so years old.
DR.. Willingham was widely known
in church circles throughout the coun-
try. He became connected with the
foreign mission board of his church in
1898 and for several years has lived
in Richmond. He was educated at the
university of Georgia and the South
ern Theological seminary at Louisville
Kentucky
The minister was born in Beaufort
district, South Carolina. He is sur
vlved by his wife, five sons and four
daughters. Dr. Wilingham has served
as pastor of churches in Talbottom Ga,
and Chattanooga and Memphis Tenn
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been even smoother with one or two more
rehearsals
As for the soloists each achieved dis
tinction Miss Cunningham in her reel
tatives and arias was true in her
ment a rich voice. the forid manner.
correct vocalization and the classic feel
ing. She possessed all the essentials
abundantly. Her long sustained arias
were delivered with well nigh faultless
effect.
Mr. McGill, in his short but important
solo parts, made an excellent impression.
As for Mr. Washburn he more than sus-
tanned his high reputation. If he ranked
as an artist several years ago, he is vast
ly more of an artist now. Few vocalists
who have appeared in opera or oratorio
here in recent years have come up to
Mr.. Washburn 1t was a great delight
indeed to listen 10 his noble voice and
his musicianly phrasing.
The only part of the performance call
ing for adverse criticism was the orches-
ira. And it was because of no fault of
individual players The orchestra mate
rial was first class but there had not
been sufficient rehearsais. and there were
not enough strings. The Boston Sym
phony, or the Damrosch orchestra or the
Chicago orchestra, or any other high
hearsa1
Yet despite all criticism Haydns Gre
ation.' as heard yesterday afternoon,
was one of the most notable musical
events in the history OF Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Consider War Levy

London, December 21.-(2:15 a. MA
Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam says;
Under pressure from the German au-
thorities nine Belgian provinces sent rep
resentatives to Brussels. who on Sat-
urday held so-called Landtag session.
1t is asserted that this Diet deliberated
concerning war levy of 500. 100000. which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Dick Elliott

The remains of Dick Elliott, who was
killed in a railroad accident at Tocoa
Saturday afternoon, are being held at
the undertaking rooms of Shaw & Son
pending the funeral arrangements of
relatives in Kansas.
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FUNERAL NOTICE


The friends and acauaintances of DR.
r. d. jackson and of Mr. f. NJ. ia ckson
and Mrs. Lucy j. Bell are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral of the
first named from his residence. 1873 N
59th St. Woodlawn, at o'clock y. nj.
Monday. December a. Services Will be
conducted by DIR. ]. T. Norris, of Jas
per. The Masons and Confederate Vel
Grams will participates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Linn Walker Searles, Jr.

Funeral services over the remains of
Linn Walker Searles, the s-year-old son
OF Mr. and Mrs. L. w. Searles, who was
fatally injured in an automobile accident
Friday afternoon will be held this after
noon at O'Clock from the family resi-
dence, 400 South Thirtieth street The
Rev. w. r. Powell, pastor of the Smp-
son Methodist church, will officiate n
terment will be at Elmwood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
James w. Shurbet

Funeral services over the remains of
James w. Shurbet. aged 46 years. who
died Saturday night at the family res
idence, 1904 Walker avenue, VIII re
conducted this afternoon at o'clock
from the residence. Interment will
be In East Lake cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
GAMES TONIGHT

Assistant Recreation Director
Nick enzie announces the following
games to be played in the city
armory tonight beginning at Z
o'clock:
Behrens Park VS.. East Park.
First National Bank VS.. lsnsley,
North Birmingham VS.. Pratt City,
West Woodlawn VS.. Fountain
Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Scandalous Projects

more scandalous, it recommends i'm
mediate enactments into law of an ad =
ditional advancement of over 100000
GOO more with which the government
is directed TO build a water power plant
for the water power trust extending a
trust franchise for 100 years and Civ.
ing exclusive grasp to a monopoly that
already controls all other water powers
in Alabama
Have / made this much plain? If
so. it is not the whole case, because
the report demonstrates this govern
ment has been persuaded by it's engi-
neers to dump millions into the Coosa
river, ostensfbly for navigation, but
for the Alabama Power company mon
opoly as is shown by pages 50, SO and
81 of the report contained in docu-
ment No. 20.
engineer. Here is what Col. w. H. Black
says:
LAS this is the first project recon-
mende9 for cooperation of the United
States with power interests in river
work On a very large scale, the board
invites attention to the unusual de-
nlands such work viii make upon pub
lie funds. The development will re-
quire an investment of great sums of
money, and to insure the required con-
immunity of action through successive
lease periods other large sums must be
available from time to time. There Is
little doubt that such Investments are
Unsuitable and wise and that the util-
ization of this power of the streams
now being wasted will increase pros
perry in a measure hard to be deter
mined. If the United States is to have
fun control and is to guarantee con-
TRULY of operation it is apparent that
at times it will be called upon, for long
er or shorter periods. not possible for
being Predetermined. to make eXpendi-
lures comparable with the original
Sums invested by corporations, and that
these expenditures will be returned
only after considerable delays, per-
haps of years. Whether the annual in
come of the United States is great
enough to supply such large sums and
whether justice to the present gener-
ation would warrant such use Of in
| come are economic questions requiring
| legislative determination
"He refuses to consent to an ex-
penditure of si,750.0o0 for easements
| for the water power company. because
| he can find no Justification. That is an
| army engineer.
mo intelligent man will question the
| proposition that IL our government is TO
| finance all the water power PROPOSE
items that have been optioned by the
general electric power trust, including
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JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone 1908.
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must be paid to the German government
in u monthly installments and agreed to
issue treasury bonds, guaranteed by the
nine provinces. A group of bankers,
headed by the Belgian Societe Generate.
undertook to advance the money, it is
said. The German governor general prom
ised that all requisitioned goods would be
paid for in cash if the installments were
regularly received.
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FREAR WILL FIGHT
MUSCLE SHOALS
PROJECTTO END
Continued from Page One)

barrel turning his attention to Muscle
Shoals, Senator Buttons article says:
:" For the Muscle Croals improve
ments on the Tennessee river. about $50
miles below the Chattanooga, the ap-
propriations today have been $3191,-
l26. Commerce through this canal in
1902 was $500 tons of all types Each
year shows a decrease in traffic. The
commerce through this canal in 1906
amounted to 26.878 tons, In 1909 il was
1888 tons, and In 1911 1t was 1852
tons. For the last year 1t cost s4S,292
to operate and maintain this canal In
terest on the investment at per cent
was $95,751.7S. Including interest and
cost of maintenance the government
last year spent $1,000 for every ton of
freight of all classes going through the
Muscle Shoals canal
1T hardly seems necessary to quote
further from this illuminating S4-paga
water project report and in ascertain
ing responsibility. | do not overlook
letters of instruction from the rivers
and harbors committee dated June Ia.
1910, and February %, 1914, respect
lively. The character of the engineer s
report and it's effort to give to a water
power trust $S,675, 900 for fake naviga-
ton cannot be explained by any action
of the rivers and harbors committee,
however Objectionable such action of
that committee may appear to many
members"
All of which Is just about one third
of his speech.
The army engineers have recon-
mended an expenditure of 1871, 726 to
secure $500 tons of freight. But it does
not tell the whole story. on page 2510
of the engineers report for 1918 APP
pears the character of the $500 tons,
which cost the government over s140
600 for 1912. Therein it appears 2473
tons were fertilizer floatable logs, or
timber, leaving a balance of 3047 tons
of miscellaneous freight, including coal.
grain and hay.
These figures are taken from the
army engineers report which report
the same army engineers prepared prior
to making their recommendations con-
tanned in document No. 20. Yet with
facts staring them in the face from
their own reports, proving that after
an expenditure of s3.191,726 commerce
of Muscle Shoals diminished from 20,
S7S tons in 1906 to $500 tons in 1912
with further facts disclosed by their
own reports showing that practically
half of this insignificant traffic is
composed of fertilizer or floatable ma
terial and the balance of miscellaneous
freight, with all this array of facts to
condemn Incompetence responsible for
waste of S3,191.726 and an annual
government cost of $26 ton for put
ting fertilizer through the Muscle Shoals
locks-I say, with all this record of its
own incompetency spread before its
gaze from its own official records, the
army board now recommends an i'm
mediate expenditure by the government
of sS,575,000 more for the accommoda-
ton of this $500 tons of fertilizer and
other cheap freight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-04-03
.DElMOCR Is TO
HA YE HAMMOND
ton
Virginia Delegates to Conference.
I Return Enthused from
Democratic Meet.
SUFFRAGE PLANK :. q .....: :.
WAS REDHOT ISSUE
Eberhart Certainly Republican
Nominee Says c. L. Eaton;
s. Easy Picking. -

Governor Eberhart will certainly be
the republican nominee at the June
primaries and Winfield Scott Ham
mond will assuredly be the next gov
ernor Of Minnesota, in the opinion of
re-. L. Eaton, staunch democrat, pro-
prietor of the Merchants hotel in Vir-
ginia, who returned last night from
st. Paul, where he attended the de-
mocratic state conference which re-
suited in the choice of Winfield Scott
Hammond of St. James as democracy's
candidate for governor.
minnesota was never in better con-
dition to elect governor from the
democratic party than it is today"
said Mr.. Eaton this morning. "Gov-
ernor Eberhart will assuredly be the
republican nominee in June. He has
the solid support of the republican
machine and every interest of that
organization is active in his behalf.
Mr.. Hammond will decisively defeat
Mr.. Eberhart in November. He is a
clean-cut, square, up-and-up man with
a public record that will bear the
closest scrutiny and he possesses per-
sonal qualifications which put him out
of the the class Of men like the pres
ent governor of Minnesota.
It is planned shortly to organize a
Hammond club. in Virginia, and we
hope to have a strong and effective
organization.
| "Women's suffrage came very near
being a strong issue in the state con-
vention. through the interjection OF
strictly militant suffrage methods,
The platff coin,niit oaessoaa
etlast to report. Most Of the 100 OF
more delegates had left the hall when
the platform with the suffrage plank
was reported. Senator Works and
Senator Sullivan both made vigorous
speeches against it and when the ques-
tion went to aNvote Senator Sullivan
declared it lost, by a~vive voce vote
though the issue was doubtful and in
the pandemonium that followed a mo-
ton to adjourn prevailed.
"St. Louis county democrats are
going to give Mr.. Hammond strong
support. He will be the next govern
or of Minnesota.
Mayor Boylan is still in the Twin
Cities where he will remain on bust
ness for several days. Mr.. Eaton anc
B. D. Pearson returned to the city
last night.
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CUB BEAR GOES
ON WAR; R PATH
ESPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRIsE.) }


DULUTH, April 2.--An 8-year-old
girl and her rescuer were severely in
jured and scores narrowly escaped
similar fate by the vicious attacks Of
a "tame" bear that disported itself
on West Fourth street yesterday af-
ternoon until policemen's bullets fin
ally checked it's dangerous antics.
Hundreds were attracted to the scene.
Lottie Sanders, 8-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Sanders, 621
West Fourth street, is at st. Luke's
hospital, as the result of scalp wounds
sustained, and John Bergman, 625
West Fourth street, is confined to
his home with hands and face badly
lacerated. Both will recover.
The bear, a cub and erstWhile pet
Of Mrs. Mary Nome nemacher, 329 West
Fifth street went on the war path at
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after
it succeeded III breaking achain that
had held It in shed in the rear Of
its owners home.