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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
THE POLICE BELIEVE
CRACKSMEN
ARE OPERAT|NG,HERE
Several Safes Blown Open
During Past Few Days.
All by Same Gang,
Officials Think

That expert safe crackers are making
Birmingham their winter headquarters
is the opinion of the local police. following
the report early yesterday morning OF
tho safe of zinn & Leonard. grocery
store at Osceola station. being blown
open and robbed. The robbers made good
their escape. They secured about sSf1
in cash. The same and part of the stors
was wrecked
Tho Blowing open of the safe of Znn
& Leonard yesterday morning was the
fifth job of that character this week.
The entire detective department is in-
vestigating this series of burgaries aud
robberies.
No one has been arrested although sev-
eral suspicious characters have been
rounded UP for examination but later re-
leased.
The trail OF blown-up safes leads back
to the sensational robbery at Drennen's
department store In December where the
safe crackers blew open the vault and
secured nearly 5000 i'm cash. 1t is thought
at detective headquarters that the men
who made tho Drennen haul are still in
Birmingham and operating every night
ing made to apprehend them.
The series OF safe crackings started
early Monday morning when the yegg-
men blew open the safe of the Dcker-
son & Bragg grocery at ia Spring street.
Avondale. 1t was a faulty explosion ami
completely wrecked the safe. but I'm such
| n manner that the thieves could not get
at the cash within. The police arriving
quickly scared the robbers away before a
second explosion could be attempted.
Tuesday morning the safe of the Meth
vim Coal company, 2101 Twenty-slxth
street. north, was blown open and wreck
ed, but the robbers secured no cash as
the only money the safe contained was
a $3.50 gold piece which was overlooked
in the scattered papers.
The same morning an attempt was made
to blow UP the safe of the George earns
grocery at 253l Twenty-first avenue.
north but the timely arrival of the po-
lice prevented the explosion. The safe
had been ''soaped"-that is the nitro
glycerine had been applied in the cracks
of the safe door and everything was
ready for the explosion.
The last attempt at safe blowing Tues.
uay morning was at the saloon OF y. Il.
Savage at 29l5 Twenty-seventh street,
north. Here the robbers did little damage
as again the police scouts arrived In time
to Illustrate the safecracSers.
According to the police the safe crack
ers travel In automobiles on some nights
and again in an ordinary wagon and
sometimes are on bicycles. They are ex-
perts, and 1t Is said can blow up a safe
In a very few minutes.
The Zinn & Leonard robbery yesterday
was perpetrated according to neighbors
who heard the explosion, by three men
who escaped in black touring car. The
safe was in the front of the store and
that part of the establishment was de-
molished owing to the heavy charge of
nitroglycerine the robbers applied to the
same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
STILL is RAIDED
IN SHELBY COUNTY

Deputy Collector w. M. Chenault, Dep
uty United States Marshal w. o. Bass
and r. ]. Kennemer captured and de-
stroyed an Illicit still near Shelby. in
Shelby county. and arrested l.. c. Clark
and William Quinn on charge of illicit
distilling.
The plant had capacity of about IS
gallons. A large quantity OF beer was
also destroyed. The two men were brought
to Birmingham and were given hearing
yesterday before Judge r. B. Watts.
United States commissioner. Clark was
paced under $500 bond. hut the evidence
wac held to be insufficient against Quinn
and he was discharged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
Building Permits

The following building permits were is
sued yesterday in the office of the building
Inspector:
$2000-Dr. A. H. French, 1877 Third ave.
nue.; repairs to hospital.
$1500-R. e. Livingston, 1016 Forty-fifth
street; one-story frame building.
s1000-Mrs. Nora F. Perry. 339 Fiftieth
street; one-story frame building.
s1s65-Mrs. e. Grant, Hillman avenue.
between Seventy eighth and Seventy ninth
streets, one-story frame building.
s1000-S. B. Bryant, Hillman avenue, be-
tween Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth
streets, one-story frame building.
$1200-Nick Spina, Tuxedo, three one.
story frame buildings.
$9000-John @. Farley Twentieth street
and Third avenue. install two elevators.
$1S00-Nora Ridge, First avenue and
Twenty-fourth street, install elevator
$1SO0-Taylor- Giddons Realty company,
Third avenue and Twenty-second street,
install elevator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
NEW EXPRESS RATES
ARE BASED ON ZONE
AND BLOCK SYSTEM
All Inconsistencies Will Be
Righted-TO Confer Mon
day at Atlanta on Intra-
state Rates

On February the express companies
will put into effect tho rateG and prac-
tees recently prescribed by the interstate
commerce commission, which Will result
in a very material reduction In express
charges, the new rate in many cases be-
ing as much as so per cent lower than
the old rate and the average is % per
cent lower.
The rates are divided into three classes;
First, second and third. The FIRST class
rates apply to merchandise; second class
rates apply on all articles of food or
drink, except certain kinds of liquor. med
icated beverages. ice cream. terrapin, tur-
ties. candy and confectionery and all
cally classified as other than second
class. This rate is 75 per cent of the
first class rate. The third class rate Is
on almanacs. books and calendars.
The basis of the new rate Is the zone
and block system. The country is first
divided into five zones, zona including
the eastern states, zone the southern
states. zone 8 the middle western states.
zone the Rocky mountain states and
zone the Pacific coast states. These
zones are then divided into blocks, each
block being SO miles square.
1t is pointed out by Secretary Radcliffe
of the Chamber of Commerce, who, to-
gether with j. A. Williamson local agent
of the Southern Express company, pre-
pared list of rates to points out of
Birmingham, that in this manner all
Inconsistencies that may have exist ID
in the past in rate constrLt ton have
been wiped out, and the rates not only
simplified and made more understand
able, even to the novice, bu. every Sec
ton or hamlet in the land Is put on an
equal footing. In other words, there
are no inequalities in the new rates.
The new rates apply to and from all
points in the United States. regardless
of what particular express company
handles the shipment SO far as the
public is concerned all lines of demarka-
ton as between the various express COM
panies have been completely oblitera ted
by the new ruling of the interstate com.
merce commission.
The companies join as a single unit Of
service over all the numerous railroad
lines of the country and the shipper is
thereby enabled to deal with one car
rier, avoid delays at junction pojnt,,.
as well as damage In handling, and in
various other ways facilitate the quick
transportation of shipments.
That the express companies will gracA-
fully accept the situation there is little
doubt. 1t Is understood that the state
commissioners have arranged for a meet
Ing to be held in Atlanta on January
49, at which time intrastate rates will,
be discussed. w. A. Ryan. Sc iicitor, will.
it is said, represent the interstate com
merce commission at the meeting. The
state rates remain unchanged until re-
vised by the state authorities, the new
rates going into effect only in cases
where thesshpment comes under the in
terstate commerce commission iurisdc-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
SEEK TO DISBAR
TRAVIS M. RAMEY

Disbarment proceedings have been
instituted against Travis NJ Ramey,
an attorney in the circuit court on the
motion of Judge e. c. Grow. acting on
Information. Circuit Solicitor Joseph r.
Tate prepared the bill of complaint and
alleged as grounds for disbarment that
the defendant had been convicted of
an offense involving moral turpitude.
The defendant was recently convicted
in the first division of the criminal
court of an attempt to pass saws into
the county Jail. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court. which recently
handed down decision affirming the
findings of the lower court. Service
was had on the defendant yesterday
afternoon and the case set for hearing
on February I at 10 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16

and itched aud when would scratch the
dry scab of 1t would burn and tho skin
looked like 1t had been stuck full Of pin
holes.
II saw the advertisement Of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and sent for sample
and when had used IL all up decided 1t had
helped me 90 sent to the drug store and
got two cakes Of Cuticura Soap and some
Cuticura Ointment. I washed with the
Cuticura Soap in hot water and then put
the Cuticura Ointment on and In two weeks
/ was entirely cured (Signed) James H.
Robinson, June II. 1913
For treating poor complcxions, red. rough
hands. and dry. thin and falling hair, Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have been
the worlds favorites for more than gen.
Grafton. Sold everywhere. Liberal sanpiAU(
each mailed FREQ. with sap. Skin Book. Ad-
dress postcard ''Cutlcura. Depth. Boston,"
WMen who shave and shAmpoo With Gu
ticura Soap viii nnd 1t best for skin I'D scoln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
COUNTY MEETING
WILL BE PEACEFUL
Partisans of Nesmith and White Both
Confident of Election of Fa-
vOrite as Chairman

sIndications are that the meeting OF the
county democratic executive committed
In the courthouse at noon tomorrow will
be unusually peaceful.
That the primary for the nomination OF
county officers will be held April G. that
the plurality plan will prevail, and that
the action of the state committee In rails.
ing the bars against the republicans will
be indorsed, appears certain.
A feature will be the contest for chair
man between Judge C. C. Nesmith and
Frank s. White, Jr., the partisans OF
both men. claim success for their choice.
Robert N. Bell. present chairman, hav-
Ing been appointed federal attorney for
the northern district of Alabama, will re-
sign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
PLACED UNDER BOND
Gaines and DeBow Called to Answer
Indictments of Grand Jury

Under indictments handed down by the
September grand jury on December 3,
charging embezzlement, L. G. Gaines and
a. T. DeBow, prominent young Insurance.
brokers, have been placed under $1,000 bond
each.
According to the indictments against
the young men it is charged that the firm
of DeBow e. Gaines, while handling the
affairs OF the National Fidelity COM
pany. an insurance company Incorporated
in Nebraska, appropriated nearly $4,000 of
the Fidelity companys funds to its own
use.
The offices Of DeBow e Gaines were
formerly in the Brown-Marx building. The
flrn recently dissolved partnership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
M'NEEL TO ASSUME
HIS DUTIES MONDAY
Local Commercial Bodies Will Resist
Removal of Internal Revenue Of
flee to Montgomery

Sim T. Wright. internal revenue collec-
tor for the states Of Alabama and Missis-
sippi. will Yield that office Monday to
John d. McNeel. recently appointed by
the democratic administration.
The report has 1t that an effort Will
be made to move the headquarters of the
department from Birmingham to Mont
gomery, and that Mr.. McNeel is favor
ably inclined to concur in that movement
1t is understood, however. that CONNER
cial bodies In Birmingham will protest on
the ground that Birmingham, the scene
of greater activity in regard to the COL
lections Of the department. is the logical
place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
MILLS COMPANY
STOCKHOLDERS MEET

The annual meeting of stockholders
and directors of the Avondale Mills
company was held yesterday in the
company offices at Avondale. The old
board of directors was reelected and
the board In turn elected the former
officers. Former Gov. B. b. Conner is
president and was reelected yester-
day.
The Officers reported that the new
mill at Sylacauga, which has cost $780,
600 or more, is running. 1t has been
under construction for over one year.
1t was announced that while the mill
was running 1t would be several weeks
before the full capacity is reached. The
directors were much pleased with the
progress of the work shown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
H. H. BARKER TO ARRANGE
GOLF LINKS IN PALM BEACH

II. Fl. Barker, golf instructor for the
Roebuck Country club, has been en-
gagged to lay off golf course for a
club in Palm Beach, Fla, which has
appropriated 100000 for that work.
The expert service of Mr.. Barker at
the Roebuck club and his fame as a
skilled man in that line secured for
him the engagement at Palm Beach.
1t is stated that the officers of the
Palm Beach club have in mind making
the golf links the greatest in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
MORNING MEDLEY OF
DAYS DOINGS IN CITY

south, ff that is possible. and want the
best man obtainable for that work. Mr..
Barker Will not give up his work at
Roebuck at all but will go TO Palm
Beach and lay off the course and then
superintend the general execution of
his plans. He has not decided when
he will leave but IT will be during the
next few days, it is believed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
$4,000 Verdict Returned

The jury in the case OF Sallie Hunter,
er, deceased. VS.. the Birmingham Rail-
way. Light and Power company returned
a verdict and judgment .or 5000 in the
city court. Judge John Z. Pugh presiding.
Hugo L. Black represented the plaintiff,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
Jere c. King in Blount County

Jere c. King. candidate for Congress
from the Ninth district, announced yes
terday that he would address the voters
Of Blount county today at the following
places: Cleveland O'clock; Nectar. 1880
o. clock. Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
~ will speak at Blountsviue-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
Bell Speaks in East Lake

In the interest of the candidacy OF
Oscar w. Underwood. Robert N. Bell will
speak to the voters of East Lake tonight
Mr.. Bell is one of the most forceful speak
ers of Birmingham, and one of the warm
est personal friends of the House leader.
1t IL understood that at later date,
he Will deliver other addresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
Feel -
crouchy =
i i not your fault lit
is your liver. No one
can be in good spirits
when their System i
not carrying off the
waste products.
Tutt's Pills

regulate the bile ducts
and put you in 4 good
hunnor with yourself
and the world. At
your druggist sugar
coated Or plain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16

pimples or bumps then
Il would Itch 90 that I
would scratch II raw.
Then IL would como . dry
scab like dandrun. My
hair came out by handfuls
and what I had left was
dry and lifeless. When
1t came on my body 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
HEAD |TCHED AND
BURNED BADLY
Would Break Out in PimpIes or
Bumps. Hair Came Out in Hand
fuls. On Body in Dry Scaly Form.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Entirely Cured in Two Weeks.

Now Dale N. C.--"My head first broke
out and itched and burned 40 badly could
hardly stand 1t. 1t would break out In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
whenever You sNeed . General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because 1t contains the
we'll known tonic properties of QUI-
NINE and IRON, Drives out Malaria
enriches Blood. Builds up the Whole
System. soc.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03
WAR NEWS SUMMARY

struction "or the day when the Ger
man emperor was obliged to give up
all hope of entering it," The cath
edral, the belfry, and the market
buildings says the French account,
were destroyed and the main square
OF the city was transformed into
heap Of ruins.
This report announces that from
material and moral standpoint the
French position from the sea to the.
Lys river is excellent and declares
that the German artillery attacks
along the line are intermittent and
lack spirit.
In a report from British headquar-
ters on the continent covering oper-
atoms from November % to 25 the
British official observer says that
since the enemy has desisted from
his attacks in force, the fighting has
resolved itself into competition of
sniping and small affairs on the out.
posts, all along the line, where posi-
tions are contested with rifles, hand
grenades, bombs, mortars and mines.
He chronicles numerous British sue
cesses and declares that no little
part of these have been due to the
ample quantity and excellent quality
OF the food. No soldiers in the field
he says, have ever been so well fed
The Berlin press bureau says the
sultan OF Turkey has received q
pledge of allegiance from Egyptian
notables.
Emperor William has conferred the
Order of Merit on General MacKen-
zen for the successes achieved by his
armies in Poland.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03
RAlsINs GOOD FOOD
AND HEALTHFUL, TOO

The housekeeper who studies food
values has great respect for the
raisin.
For she knows that q pound OF
raisins has a food value as great as
three pounds of milk or Ave pounds
of bananas, and they are more easi-
ly dgested than either milk or oann-
mas. She also knows that they have
medicinal qualities and they are ex-
cellent blood purifiers.
One of the several good ways to
use raisins is In raisin gingerbread.
This is the recipe:
Cream 1 scant half cup Of butter
or lard with half cup Of brown sug-
ar add a pinch Of salt and one cup
of black molasses, salt spoon OF
cinnamon and even teaspoon of gin
ger.
To one cup OF boiling water add
two even teaspoons OF soda. sift
two and a half cups Of -four and add
half of 1t to the molasses and butter
mixture. Then add half the water,
beating thoroughly to avoid Jumps.
Add the rest OF the -four and one
cup of seeded raisins.
When all this is thoroughly mixed
add remaining half cup OF water,
Beat two eggs very light fold into
the dough, turn into well creased
dripping pan and bake in a very slow
oven for forty minutes.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03

According to an official communi-
cation issued at Petrograd last night
an attempt of the Germans to ad-
vance in the region Of Rzeszow, Po-
land, has been repulsed with heavy
losses.
Unofficial advices assert that the
Russians in Poland have captured
ten miles of German trenches be-
tween Glovno and Sobota, northeast
of LODI. The capture of these tren.
ches, 1t is asserted, strengthens thu
Russian right wing, which 1t is de-
clared, already has outaanked the
German left and brought the Russian
advance nearer Strykow, where a
battle is raging.
Berlin declares there is nothing
important to report from Poland. A
wireless dispatch from the German
capital, however, quotes military crit
les as saying that the time is ripe for
TeSulHpllOH Oh dCtlNe opSiotioho
against the Russians, which were
temporarily hindered by the advance
of Russian reinforcements. 1t adds
that the Austrians are cooperating
with the Germans and that there
have been Austrian advances in Ser
via.
King George has gone to France to
visit the headquarters Of the British
expeditionary forces.
The French government In a yell
low book again outlines but more
completely than previously, the caus-
es of the European confiagration.
In another official statement issued
at Paris, the French government re-
views the general situation in the
western arena from November Il to
81 and describes the terrific German
assault with explosive and incendiary
shells on the Belgian town OF fpres
which 1t declares was marked for de-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03
CABAlLERO JOINS
FORCES OF VILLA

Washington, Nov. 80. Official dis
patches today confirmed earlier re-
ports that Gen. Luis Caballero, gov
ernor of Tamaulipas has joined the
Villa forces in Mexico. AS he is In
control Of Tampico, the peaceful en-
try Of the troops which have been
marching eastward from San Luis
Potosi is now expected. Caballero
has been claimed by both the Car.
rama and Villa factions. Caballero
has telegraphed to Gutierrez his al
legiance to the Aguas Calientes con-
vention.
In a dispatch dated at Queretaro,
temporary capital Of the convention
faction, Special Agent Canova of the
state department, said rumor was
current that General Pablo Gonzales
one of the Carranza division com
manders, had proclaimed himself
provisional president and named a
cabinet. Canova was unable to con
firm the rumor. Officials here think
It unlikely.
The last dispatches dated Saturday
said the city was quiet.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03
PRIEST, PO|NCARE
AND PREMIER VISIT
MEN ON FIRING LINE

Verdun, via Paris, Nov. 29.-Pres-
ident Poincare, with Premier Viviani
and the speakers of the senate and
chamber of deputies, made visit
yesterday to the troops along the
firing line In the Argonne. Later the
party inspected the military works
near Verdun and the runs of Cler-
mont where only the hospital of
Sainte Marie remains standing.
Among the patients in this hospital
who are seriously wounded is Deputy
Andre Magnet.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-03

Rear Admiral Blue, chief of the navi-
cation bureau of the navy depart
ment. Admiral Blue was telling Of
the needs of the navy in connection
with the naval appropriation bill now
being shaped by the committee.
Referring to the fact that the de-
partment was still purchasing some
Of its photographic charts from the
British government, the admiral said
the United States was issuing more
and more such charts each year, and
that ultimately photographic cbarting
by the United States government
would be as complete as that OF any
nation.
The estimates OF the navy exceed
last years total of s145,000, 900 by
about 100000.
Ask $1o4,124,512 for Army
Appropriations aggregating s1O4,-
124,512 to carry the army through the
coming year are proposed in esti-
mates which the war department has
just completed for submission to
Congress- This is an increase Of
s3,105.3OO over the total carried by
the army bill for the current year,
although reductions are made in the
allowances for many branches of the
service.
Drop Bank Bill Amendment
As a result of conference between
the federal reserve board and Chair
man Glass of the House currency
committee today, administration lead
ers in Congress will drop the pend.
ing bill to amend the Aldrich-Vree-
land law so as to permit the nation
al banks to use 100 per cent of COM
mercial paper instead Of 80 per cent
as basis in the issue of emergency
currency.
Members of the board and Mr.
Glass agreed that the necessity for
the measure which was one of the
administration currency bills that
failed in the last session program,
had passed and that 1t would not
serve any real purpose now.