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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
TWO MEET DEATH IN . CYCLONE IN TEXAS Several Hurt and Little City of Maud Practically
 Destroyed

Mount Pleasant. Tex, May 1.-Two per- sons were killed at Maud. Tex, near here. today and half of the houses in the little town destroyed. according to information received here late today. The cyclone also did severe damage at Red Water and at Pittsburs, Tex, injuring some IA people in the three towns.
 At Maud, Mrs. Pearl White and her small child were killed; at Red Water six persons we're injured and near Pittsburs four persons were hurt. one probably fa- tally. This information was received by railroad officials here over the only wire not wrecked by the storm
 It was stated that practically all the dwelling houses at Red Water a town of about 200 inha bitants. were destroyed The Cotton Belt railroad station at Red Water and other buildings also were wrecked. Near Pittsburg eight houses were blown down.
 Maud has . population of about &o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
DR. [. RYAN REACHES MEXICO CITY SAFELY American Recently Con- demned to Death Under
 Strong Guard

Mexico City. May Apr. Edward Ryan, the American who had been re- gently condemne dto death at zaca- tecas, arrived here late. last night. His whereabouts were uncertain until to- day.
 A pr. Ryan was taken from the train by the strong guard of soldiers which accompanied him and conducted to the national palace.
 He had been expected to reach here Saturday but delay in his arrival caused some anxiety. On Sunday evening 1t was announced by the war department he had gotton only as far as Aguascal- ientes.
 Today at the national palace 1t was stated that pr. Ryan would be hand Cd over this evening to the care of the Brazilian minister. who Is looking aft CT the Interests of the United States, and who later would put him on board refugee train for the coast on the way to the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
ID CALL SPECIAL
 ELECTION WHEN
 CLAYTON RESIGNS
Governor Announces No Action Will Be Taken in Third Until Resignation
 Is Presented
by covell

Montgomery, May 4.-(Special) No special election will be called in the Third congressional district until Rep resentative Henry D. Clayton, recently appointed by President Wilson to suc- ceed the late Judge Thomas G. Jones. has presented his resignation to the governor. Announcement to this effect was made by the governor today
 The governor had intended issuing the call today for a special election in the Third district. but inasmuch as MT. Clayton's resignation had not reached him he said he would defer his procla- nation It is understood that MT. Clay t"lt r'y rnf leaVe Congress for several months since there is much important legisialion to be put through. hence he may not resign as representative from the Third Alabama district until short ly before he is prepared to lake up his new duties as isidse nf the United States court for the Middle district of Alabama. The governor takes ine posi- tion that he cannot call a special cleo ton until a vacancy has occurred and the vacancy cannot properly occur un- til Mir Clayton has resigned.
 MT. Clayton may resign within the next few days. in which event the gov ernor will immediately call a special election to fill the congressional va cancy in his district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
ENGINEERS ASSN
 ELECTS OFFICERS

Nashville. May 4.--At the closing session of the General Chairmens as- sociation of the southeastern territory of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers in Nashville tonight the fol- lowing officers were electeds
 F. D.. Howard of Waycross. Ga, chairman; T. J. Bissett of Birmingham. vice chairman Harry Huddleston of Manchester, Ga, secretary and treas urer.
 The annual convention of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers for the southeastern territory will open to- morrow morning in Nashville and will be in session through Saturday.
 Among the grand officers of the brotherhood who are here to attend the southeastern convention are. w. B, Printer. first grand engineer; w. F. Futch. president of the insurance as- sociation: W F. Willis. assistant grand chief and T. A. Burgess, assistant grand chief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Halifax, N. S., May 4.-An unknown steamer, on fire from stem to stern. and with no signs of life on board. was dis covered 300 miles south of Cape Race to- day by the steamer seydlitz, from Ere men for New York. Her position was given as latitude 4l.27 north and longi- tude 5l.07 west.
 The Seydlitz immediately called by wireless for assistance and response came from the Franconia, 5o miles to the east ward. bound for Boston, and the Olym- pie 200 miles to the west. headed for New York. The Seydlitz circled around so heavy about her that her name could not he distinguished.
 As no small boats were discovered in the vicinity, and as the Olympic had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

.1-Harding named member federal re- serve board.
 Exchanges urge adoption of govern ment standards.
 Rebels practically eliminated from
 peace proceedings. Another military outbreak rumored in ,a-congress restless and wants to ad- s-Anttrust bill arouses fear of bust
 ness. .s<-f ..- <. C si 4-Editorial comment. -.s civilians complimentary tn discussing Birmingham to see sunday movies. Coroner halts funeral to hold post
 mortem. "A
 Last session of social workers today. 6-Society. 7--Sports.
 s.-Fruits of Spanish war evident in
 Vera Cruz. s-colorado solons must provide militia
 pay. slain near sylacauga drowned and others missing in
 flcod  i4-Rebels threaten te fire on oil tanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
STEAMER WITH NO
 ONE ABOARD FOUND AFIRE
Vessel Discovered South of Cape Race by Steamer lieved Crew Rescued by Vessel Not Carrying Wireless
 No Vessel Known to be in Distress

passed not far from the scene p or 15 hours before, it was believed here to- night that the unnamed vessel caught fire sometime after midnight. and that all hands were rescued by some ship which had no wireless.
 The weather on the Grand Banks to- day was moderate. and it was thought that any transshipmens could have bean accomplished easily.
 So far as learned tonight no steamer equipped with wireless reported herself in distress, although part of wfreleea message picked up from some westbound liner last night stated that she was have ing boiler and engine troubles, was mak- ing slow progress into New York.
 The position. as given hy the Seyd- .litz. placed the burning steamer slightly nearer to Cape Race than to Sable ls- land, but the radio station at Sabie Ts- land was the first to pick up the mes sage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
CONVICTED MILLIONAIRE ASKS MERCY FOR ASSOCIATES
rohn Jee Oeomargarine Manufacturer Given $00O0 Fine and TwoYear Penitentiary Sentence Asks
 Justice for Himself

the court for 30 days to permit an ap- peal.
 Called to the bart of court Jelke was asked if he had anything to say before sentence was imposed.
 "I have been in business in this com munity for more than 20 years.'' he re- piled. T have had an honorable ca- reer. I do not ask anything for my self but what Is justice. For the other defendants I ask clemency, as I take the entire responsibility of the case on myself.
 Pronouncement of his fine and order of Imprisonment followed 'after a short pause. in which all in the courtroom gaxed at the nillionairs, who had pleaded for mercy for his employfs and accepted his fate without . murmur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Lewis Bill Reported

Washington, May 1.-The Lewis bill, to refund to Frederick City. Md. s2oo, ,0OO exacted of them by the Confederate army under General Early in 1864, under penalty of burning the city. was favorably re- ported to the House today by the war claims committee with an amendment pro- viding that the money shall be applied by the Frederick City authorities to the retirement of bonded debt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Chicago, May 4.-John F. Jeike' mii- honaire manufacturer of oIeomargarine' who recently was convicted with seven of his employees of having violated the federal revenue laws, stood before Judge oeiger in the United States district court To-day awaiting sentence and asked jus Ace for himself and clemency for his associates.
 Jelks was fined G0oOU and sentenced to fwo years in the I>eavenworth peniten- flary,, the maximup penalty. His code fsndants were ilneh ss6oo each, and exc
 cution Of all the ientencss was stayed b
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
BELIEVED OLNEY
 WILL DECLINE

Boston, May 4.--No statement was forthcoming from Richard Olney tonight regarding his appointment governor of the federal reserve board, but an inti- mate friend stated that there was little doubt that MT. Olney would decline. Ad- vanced years and business interests were believed to be factors entering into this decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
ANOTHER MILITARY REVOLT IN MEXICO !. THOUGHT IMMINENT General Velasco Grievously
 Disconnected, Accord
 ing to Reports FALL OF TORREON AT
 BOTTOM OF ATTITUDE Federal Leader Claims He Vas I'm properly Supported and Declares He Will Not Again Fight Rebel Troops
CONDEMN HuERTA

Vera Cruz. Mex, May IA proclamation dated May l. and signed by zapata, published today in the local Mexican papers, an nounces that the southern rebels on May , will attack Mexico City, It also condemns General Huerta and General Aureliano Blanauet to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Envoys WithGl Inyita; ti0ns to Carranza to Par
 ticipate in Mediation
ISSUE NOW LIMITED
 TO II. s. AND HUERTA
That Rebel Chief May Change Altitude Bring No Com- ment From Envoys--Dipio-
 mafic Situation Tense
PEACE CONFERENCE MAY
 HE HELD IN CANADA

Mexico City, May 4-rEl Pals an aounced today that Augustin Rod riguez and Luis Figucro, both con nectcd with the Mexican National railways. and senator Emilio Ra- basa would leave here soon for Montreal to attend the mediation conference initiated ny AreentIna. Brazil and Chile.
 This Is the first indication given here that the conference to settle the differences between the tnited Canada.
 that the meetings Of the diplomats would not take pi~re in Havana. as had been hintei4ln some quar- ters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Personnel of Board

 Wilson, a follows: Olney Boston, Mass, board. Warburg, New A. Wheeler, Chicago. w Harding, Birmingham. A. c. Miller, McAdoo Skeon Williams comptroller the rency, exofficio
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Washington, May 4-Presdent Wilson tonight had select ed the five men, who together with the Secretary of the Treas y w. G. McAdoo and the Comptroller of the Currency John Sketon Williams compose the federal board
 All of those selected had not yet accepted formal noncemen will be made for another day The to whom the President has offered places are:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

of Secretary Lane, was the Pacific coas member. but this was denied by White House officials.
 MT. Olney was particularly desired for the position of governor of the board pe- cause of his legal training and his famili- arity of the business world. He is IS years old and was Attorney General from 1893 to 1895. and then Secretary of State until 1S97
 MT. Wheeler is 49 years old. He has been a banker most of his life. He has been general secretary of the Chicago Association of Commerce, was appointed by President Taft in 1911 member of the commission on second class mail matter. and has been president of the Credit Clearing House of Chicago. LEADING BANKER
 OF THE SOUTH
 MT. Harding is 50 years old and is looked upon as one of the leading bankers of the south. He is a man of here doubted whether he would sever connection with his bank. the First National of Birmingham, which is nec- essary under the law, in order to ac- |cept the s12.000 post
 Paul Moritz Warburg is 45 years old, was born at Hamburg, Germany. and after graduating from the university
 
 a Hamburg commission firm. In 1888 he entered his fathers barking firm. M. M Warburg & Co., founded 4a T. ,s | by his great-sfandfather, to study the lrudme,.ts of banking. He studied Eng llish vanking methods in prominent l Iordon discount house and a brokers s | finn, then French banking with a Paris 1 banking house. and in 1901 became a
 member of the municipal council of Hamburg, taking an active part in the creation of the League of German Banks and Bankers. He moved to New York in 1902 to become partner in the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. j. Dr. Millers selection was not confirmed l i5ntil late tonight. although the names of tho, other four were known throughout the Jay. Dr. Miller is 4S years old. holds
 professorshjp in fj...aanceic ne Unive. sity 1 of California. He has degrees from Har- ward and the universities of Paris and Munich, has taught economics and finance at the University of California, Cornell and the University of Chicago, and is the author of several publications on finance. Since coming to Washington 1 he has been an intimate adviser of Secre- Itaries McAdoo and Houston of the or ganization committee of the federal re- serve board.
 | Secretary Houston was one of the mer whom the President wanted to place or the board, but he did not wish to make any changes in his cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
EXCHANGES URGE THE ADOPTION IF
 GOVT. STANDARDS National Cotton Conf ference COnvenes in Augusta. More Than 20 Delega-
 tions Attend

Augusta, Ga.. May 4-Adoption of the government cotton standard by all ex- changes represe.. Id. and the adoption by. stf,s ? .vernment of the international standard for cotton, were recommended in resolutions favorably acted upon to- day by the executive committee of the National Cotton conference. which con vened here for two days session. Rec concentrations of the committee, consist ing of one representative from each au- thorized delegation attending the confer ence, will be presented to the organiza- tion tomorrow.
 More than 20 delegations from cotton exchanges and cotton trade organizations throusa sovs the country attended the opening session of the conference. Dis cussion of methods for improving cotton trade condition was confined to the exc cutive committee, as the conference held
 only a brief session Deliberations of
 the executive committee today were in
 connection with the spot situation Be- fore adjournment tonight it was an- nounced that problems of the future con- tract system would be considered tomor- row.
 Lengthy Discussion
 Lengthy discussion preceded the adop- ton of the cotton standard resolutions, introduced by w. Gordon McCabe of Charleston. S C. They provided that "the exchanges represented in the con ference adopted the government standard for cotton and that the National Cot ton conference request the government to adopt the international standard for cotton.'
 Frank H. Barrett of Augusta, Ga. fa-
 vored the formulation by the government of three sets of standards for cotton. to 1 include the growth in the Texas, gulf and | upland sections. A resolution to this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Richard Olney of Boston, former oecre- tary of State under President Cleveland, to be governor of the board.
 Paul Moritz Warburg of New York, member of the banking firm of Kuhn Loeb & Go. , Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, vice pres ident of the Union Trust company of Chi ca go and former president and organizer of United States Chamber of Commerce. w. P. G. Harding of Birmingham, president of the First National bank Of Birmingham, and one of the leading bank CTS of the south.
 The nominations will be sent to the Senate in a few days.
 AS yet Messrs Olney and Harding have
 ..Dr. Adolph caspar Miller ef Ssn Francisco now assistant to secretary Lane of the interior department former ly member of the faculty of Leland Stanford university, is an economist and authority on finance
 In 1913 he received the order of the crown. second class. from the German Emperor. He has been active in various philanthropic and educational enterprises aand has written extensively on financial subjects.
 not indicated whether or not they would accept.
 SET IN MOTION
 BANKING SYSTEM
 Upon the board will devolve the task of setting in motion the banking system of the country through the 12 regional re- serve banks already selected. They also will constitute the governing board which is given wide powers to regulate the IF banks and issue currency. The President had told his friends that he regarded the membership of the board equally as pt ac hat of of the United States. The President Is very anxious that MT Olney accept, and had personal representative in Boston today urging him to do so The impression among many persons here, however was that Mir. Olney would decline, as he did the amba ssadorship to Great Britain, on ac- count of his age.
 Should MT. Olney decline it is be- lieved that Mir Harding or MT. War burg will be chosen to head the board, but this will not be decided until defi- nite word comes from the first choice.
 While the White House did not make any announcements. persons close to the President confirmed the names of the first four men above mentioned, and discussed freely the principles which had guided the President in making his choice. He selected men [ from New England, New York, the mid- ' de west south and Pacific coast, they said so as to conform with the pro- visions of the new law, which specify that no two members of the board shall come from the same regional reserve district.
 SELECTIONS NOT
 POLITICAL ONES
 The President. according to those who were in his confidence when he made his selections, was guided by no political considerations. seeking to get ,i the best bankers and business men avail able.
 White House officials did not know the politics of the m<n mentioned ex- cent that of Messrs. Olney and Hard ing were democrats and they believed MT. Warburg was republican. MT. Wheeler ia republican and close friend of for mer President Taft.
 An apparently authentic report was in circulation late in the day that William Denrnan of San Francisco, a close friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05


 Vera Cruz, Mny 4.--The outbreak of another miittnry revolt in Mexico, headed by Gen. Jose Refngio Neiascc.
 who recently was driven out of Tor reon by Francisco Villa. would not cause any great surprise In the fed ernI capital. nccording to conservative obscrvers among the refugees who arr rived here today.
 General Velasco is said to be discontented concerning the failure Of the government in Mexico City to support him properly in the defense of Torreon and he is declared to have stated that he would never again lead column of troops against the rebels
 The fall of Torreon and the suhse- ouent disaster to the federal troops are asserted by General Nelasco to have been entirely due to the failure of the war department to heed his appeal for small arm ammunition at q time when he says it was perfectly feasible for 1t to have reached him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Washington, May 4.-(Special)- W P. G, Harding, president of the First National bank of Birmingham, has been selected by President Wilson as the southern member of the federal reserve board.
 As published in The Age Herald some weeks ago the Birmingham banker made deep impression upon the com mittee of organiza tion of the regional reserve cities and President Wilson, looking the entire country over for men to form this body that would in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Officers Plotting

It is asserted that there is much plotting among the federal army offi- cers, many of whom are declared to be dissatisfied with General Huerta and his conduct of military affairs.
 General Javier de Moure and General Carlos Garcia Hidalgo, who were sent to the relief of General Velasco at Torreon, are reported to have been found by General Velasco hiding under freight cars during the heavy fighting at San Pedro de Las Colonias after the fall of Torreon, and to have been upbraided by him for their cowardiee. Another officer. who reported that his station had been captured, was shot dead by General Velasco when he learned that the position had been abandoned. without sufficient cause. Another officer who was charged with cowardice in the face of the enemy committed suicide while General Ve- lasco was rebulsing him.
 In spite of his other difficulties, General Velasco declared he could nave won the battle at Torreon if the war department had not failed to keep him supplied with ammunition. Of the 6OoV troops with which he started out, Gen eral Velasco succeeded in reaching sal tillo with 1900. Many had deserted, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
HARDING NAMED MEMBER FEDERAL
 RESERVE BOARD
President Selects FiUe Men Who, With McAdoo and Williams, Will Com pose Federal Reserve Board
FORMAL. ANNOUNCEMENT IS
 DEL LAYED FOR ACCEPTANCES

Richard oney of Boston Named Governor of the BoardP Warburg H. A. Wheeler, w. P. G. Harding and Dr. A. G. Miller Compose Body-Nomnations Will Be Sent to
 Senate Within the Next Few Days
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Lengthy Discussion

(Continued on Page Fourteen,
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-14
UNLOADING MR. HILL

s v W 7NIIE ESTEEMED Norwalk Hour announces
 that HEbenezer J. Hill. former. con gressman from this district, will be the nominee Of the Republican party, this fall, to succeed Honorable JereE4ah Donovan, now represent- ing this district at Washington
 MT. Hill, it seems, has given np his sena- toria1 aspirations, but is considered strong politically
 Times do change. To think that the day should come when the statesman of the ages and the sage of the Norwalks should be dubbed ins his own bailiwick ''Ebenezer J. Hill' while the gentleman who now represents this district in Washington gets the prefix, sHonorable',
 A little more, and we shall read that sOld ED. Hill has decided to run once more against Honorable Jeremiah Donovan, it being under stood heshas decided not to run for senator
 Daffy Daffy come and be killed,' is the invitation which Mr. Brandegee and his friends have extended to MT: Hill. Of course he won't run for Senator. Republicans wont let him. They will let him run for congress, for that way lies his finish and they want to unload him.