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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Hixon to Head University

Charlottesville, Ind, April S.-Dr. Fred ". iIixson of the First Methodist Epis- copal church here, today announced that he had accepted call to become presi- dent of Chattanooga university at Chat tanooga Tenn. He will take up his new duties in June
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
To Plant More Trees

Boston, April S.--More tree planting will be done in this state this year than ever before, said State Forester Frank W. Rane today In it's nurseries the depart ment has more than seven million trees, one-fourth of which are large enough for transpla nting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Minor Offices
COMER RECEIVES
 10000 PLURALITY

Montgomery, April s.-(SpecialD Unofficial returns from the entire state early tonight showed that former Gov. B. E. Conner had obtained a plurality of about 10000 votes for governor with Charles Henderson second. The returns also indicated that Capt. Reuben F.. kolb was about 10000 votes behind Henderson. Walter D. Seed was run ming close to Kolb.
 The returns showed that Underwood had swept the state for the Senate, de- feating Hobson by about 40000 major
 (COntlnued on Page IsighO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
C[ERGYMEN APPEAL l
 ID GLyNN IN VAIN
Governor Weeps as He Re- fuses Respite for Con-
 victed Gunmen

Albany, N. Y. April S.--An inpassioned and dramatic appeal by five Jewish clergymen of New York for a stay of the execution of the four gunmen convicted of killing Herman Rosentlal. was denied by Governor Glynn late today The con- victed men row must die in the electric chair at sing Sing next Monday.
 The plea. which was made in the ex- bility of new evidence developing in the second trial of former Police Lieutenant Becker t so completely unnerved the executive that he had to retire to his private office for d time before he could continue his duties.
 The ceigymen are all officers or mem bers of the Union of Orthodox Jewish congregatichs of America Each was per initted to make his plea. The governor, meanwhile, stood nervously twitching his watch chain His lace was drawn and white his lips quivered and tears were in his eyes
 Evidence Insufficient
 At times the governor interrupted the speakers to say that the evidence before him did not warrant a change of his decision not, to grant the prisoners plea for executive cemency."
 If it were my heart alone that was considering this case" he said, you know what ! would do It was a choice between sentiment and justice. and had to side with Justice. l would have giv.,n every cent l possess not to have had to pass upon this case finally"
 Rabbi Jacob Goldstein. chaplain of the Tombs and Sing Sing. asserted that the three Jewish boys had told him .'in all solemniiX that Frank Cirofici was not there at the time of the shooting"
 "The records show,' MT. Goldstein said, that 45 minutes ofter the shooting Giro fici was in a neighboring police court ball ing out his sweetheart. Would any crimi nal with blood on his hands have the audacity to invade a station house after committing g crime?
 Request Denied
 The clergymen- urged that evidence in the second Becker trial might throw new light on the Identification of ,Cirofiei. When other appeals had failed the clergy men finally requested that. the execution be stayed until after the feast of the Passover, which begins next Monday morning and continues until the early part of the following week, and which they described. ss "a festival of rejoicing, which will be marred for every one of our faith if this cloud overshadows it's beginning
 This request, too. was denied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09


 Unofficial returns from all but three counties give B. B. Conner plurality of about 10000 over Charles Hender- , son. MT. Henderson Is leading Reuben F. KoIb by about 1000. KoIb is ahend of Walter D. Seed less than cOOO votes. The indications are that MT. Comer's s plurality will be about 5000 and that Captain Kolb will lead MT. Seed by about 5000. Were Seeds vote to go to Conner, the former governor would be elected even were the Kolb vote to go to Henderson The followers of Hen derson contend, however, that their leader will get the solid vote of Kolb and the great bulk of the vote of Seed that the Seed following is a per- sonal following which will show its resentment of the threat of Conner to cut the throat of Seed.
 In the situation there is state wide month, to terminate in an election May H. promises to be sensational
 The vote of the state, it is indi- cated, will go beyond the 1s5 900 mark will be easily the largest in the his tory of the state.
 Ten Counties Missing
 In the senatorial race 10 counties are missing, These will serve. it is thought 70 swell the ma jority7e efszlsn- lderwood. In the 67 counties consid- cred Mir. Underwood is leading by more than 30.0003 The final majority is Nariously estimated as between 27.000 and 35.000.
 = fact that Hobson had carried one coun- ] ty outside of his own district-Cone- cuh. The count is unofficial but it shows that the captain led in that county by 10 votes. Of the 10 counties not reporting officially Mr. Underwood carried seven to a certainty. Captain Hobson carried Marion and Piclxens, it is believed. St. Clair is close with the Idea prevailing that it will find itself In the Underwood column by ma Jority of less than 200. Mir. Underwood ran almost to In Jefferson county He received Ill., 096 votes-with one small precinct not reporting. Captain Hobson got 5S0S votes Mir. Underwood's majority will be in excess Of 52SS.
 MT. Underwoods majority in Jeffer son county will be twice as large as Captain Hobson's total majorities re- ceived by him throughout the state.
 Minor Offices
 Contests for minor state offices are still unsettled. The winners, it is be- lieved, are Thomas T.. kilby tcertain), B H. Cooper and S. P. Gaillard (cer- tain). W. l.. Martin, John Purifoy, w. II. Thomas, James ]. Mayfield and E. Perry Thomas.
 The contests in all of the districts were settled April 6 save that of the Eighth. There E. B. Amon will have to run again against W. W. Callahan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
WORKS OPENS FIGHT AGAINST TOLLS BILL
Formal Consideration of the Measure Begins in
 Senate

Washington April S,-Formal consider ation of the administration bill to repeal the exemption provision of the Panama cat+al bill in the Senate began with hear ing of the interoceanic canal committee to continue b days. Senators who have introduced various substitute measures dealing with the question will be heard first. and they will be followed by rep resentatives of commercial organizations of the Pacific coast and gulf states who have asked an opportunity to present their views.
 While the committee preparations were under way today. preliminary debate on the tolls issue occupied the greater part of the session in the Senate where Sen ator Works of California held the floor for hours, concluding his analysis of the treaties involved and his argument oppos- ing the repeal. Asserting that the United States had the right under the treaty to prescribe such tolls as it sees fit for it's own vessels, Senator Works vigorously criticized the position taken by the Pres ident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
HENDERSON WELL IN LEAD OF KOlb; VOTE ABOUT ALL IN Conner and Seed Strength Combined Exceeds Hen-
 derson and KOlb UNDERWOOD LEADS BY 30,00O MAJORITY ssN - Further Returns Swell House Lead CTS Lead-Hobson Carries Cone
 cuh-Leaders for State
 Offices Determined
 .aaa
IN uNDERwooD,s HOME

In the four city boxes in Bir- son more than 3. to 1, the vote being 1902. to 1135, a net ma jority of 2767.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Criticizes Wilson

q think he said. that the President deserves to be commserated for having taken on himself this terrible responsi- bility. If We are 10 make this sacrifice, and surrender our rights and our SOW ereignty over the canal the President alone will be responsible Without his insstence and influence this repeal would never have been passed by either house of Congress.
 The senator referred to the fact that no tolls are charged vessels of the United States navigating the canals and rivers on which the government has spent S100,- 00o,00o, and asserted that to impose tolls upon coastwise shipping passing through the Panama canal would be in violation of the constitution.
 Senators owen, Chiffon. Lewis, Reed, Fall Weeks. Thomas. Newlands and Root. who have introduced tolls bills or resolutions. will appear before the canals committee during the next day or two The committee also has under eonsid- eration proposal to call Former Sec retary of State Knox and other officials familiar with the canal situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Telegrams Sent

Telegrams were sent today to the fol- lowing organizations and individuals who have asked an opportunity to be heard, asking them to fix a time to appear:
 M. B. Trezavant, general manager Asso- ciation of Commerce. New Orleans: Seat tie. Wash. Chamber of Commerce, l.. A. Lewis. Portland Ore, West Coast Labor Manufacturers association. Seattle: Will liam K. Wheeler. San Francisco: George M. Savage. puresident Chamber of Com merce, Tacoma, Wash: New Orleans Board of Trade; South Bend, Wash, Commercial club; Aberdeen, Wash. Chamber of Commerce; Poison Imple- ment company. Seattle; Rainier, Ore, Commercial club: Raymond, Wash, Com mercial club; Centralia. Wash. Conner cial club: Astoria, Ore, Chamber of Con- merce; Silverton Commercial club, Sill verton, Ore, and A. c. Little, mayor, Raymond. Wash.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30

Another Mans opinions.-I am
ashamed to say it. But l only became
a daily buyer of The Day Book Mon
day, April 10, 1t happened like this:
l was riding on an elevated train
Sunday, April Is. A very well-dressed
and refned-looking woman took the
seat beside me, She had Saturdays
Day Book and she read it all the way
from Sheridan road station to Will
mette. With the tail end of my right
eye also read every word. don't
think the lady knew l was reading
with her read your article in which
you exposed the Arthur BuTTage Far
well counterfeit Christianity and the
counterfeit philanthropy of julius Ro-
senwald, "Chicago's pet philanthro-
pist."
1 asked the gentlemanly-looking
news agent at the Wilmette station
for The Day Book. He did not have
it. AS soon as l got into the loop"
Monday morning l asked-a newsboy
for Saturdays Day Book. He at once
scurried across the street to two. or
three news stands and came back
with three or four well-thumhcd
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30

News auto truck ran over a man and
killed him. A coroner's jury, COM
prised Of six members Of the board
of safety commissioners, found the
driver culpable for exceeding the
speed limit allowed by law and the
Daily News for not having proper
lights on the truck. Evidence was
brought out before the jury to prove
that newspaper delivery trucks are
permitted to violate the speed ordi-
nance on boulevards.
i found no story about the finding
of the jury in any paper, aside from
The Day Book, except the Tribune.
This indicates that there is some
truth in the charge that Chicago
newspapers suppress news if they are
involved in it.
Why was the Tribune the only pa
per in the trust to print the news?
Did the other publishers think their
readers had no right to know about
people being killed in Chicago streets
by newspaper autos?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30

A cowardIy Governor.-So long as
the striking coal miners didn't fight
back when attacked by Rockefeller's
hired murderers and the equally muir
derous state militia, Gov. rAmmons
was brave governor.
The moment the miners armed
themselves and began fighting back
in defense of their families and their
homes the cowardly governor holler-
ed for help-and wired the president
for federal troops.
Ammons shines as hero only
when he is fighting helpless women
and children or unarmed men. If he
ever got into real war himself he'd
get shot in the back.
SURPRISING the News.-A Daily
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BY N. D. COCHRAN.


The American A. B. C. Combine
If President Wilson's peace policy
through mediation by Argentina,
Brazil and Chile is successful he will
have accomplished one of the great
est diplomatic feats in American his
tory; and will not only bring about
peace in Mexico, but throughout the
entire American continent.
1t is the beginning of an all-Amer-
lean alliance, and long step toward
universal peace.
The United States will be better off
as partner with other American re-
publics than it has been as the big
boss under the Monroe doctrine, with
the self-imposed task of preserving
peace on this continent.
The attitude President Wilson is
putting this country in, in its rela-
ton to the republics to the south
of us, will clear away the suspicion
that our secret policy is to gradually
extend our southern boundary line
until our flag floats over Cape Horn.
And all truly patriotic Americans
will be prouder of Uncle Sam as Big
Brother than they ever could be
proud of him as big boss.
Wilson is right. War with Mexico
is unnecessary. Let us have peace.
A CowardIy GoVenor.-So long as
L. Cy,3H E~rI, r
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
EMMETT STOBAUGR WILL
RACE FOR COUNTY CLERK

Emmett Stohangh. OF Gu Kent CITY,
viii b-s candidate in the Aseust pri-
maries for county clerh 'le viii be-
nominated Emmett mai the race
four years ago aud he 900 le cam
paisn that is still fresh ia the mem
ory oi the voters. Tho majority at
that time against Democrat waa
brutal But conditions al.e CHANGED
The division in the old Republican
party and the decidedly muller ne
sro Republican vote make the cleo
tion of the democratic o. Set this iali
almost certain stohauea IS popu-
lar. he Is goung ana is clock fnr OF
ambition aud he is gioroaehly re-
liable honest and ccmretent n
elected he VII devote BIS time and
intellieence TO the work OF the coun-
ty clerks office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
GUTHRIE MILL WINS
PRIZE FOR best FLOUR"

sun Cold flour, Guthrie product
came out first best in a contest for
the best flour staged At the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical colieg At
Manhattan, Kansas, this week
Forty mills. representing Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma en-
tered the contest Hundreds If sam
pies of the flour we're tested and su'.
Cold" the pride of the economic and
careful Guthrie housewife won the
blue ribbon The bread baked by the
demonstrators from Sun COLI was
declared perfect by the iu ICES
Mr. Gresham and his head miIle' ,
Fred Bymer, are more than sfatified
over the result Il lave been trying
for a year to demonstrate to the peo-
pie Of Guthrie that "Snl Goid' -four
In superior to any flour made In
Kansas | have proved it, It Is now
up to the people of Guthrie to get
the habit. Call for the homemade
flour" said Mr.. Gresham And Mr.
Gresham is right. Until citizens of
This city mite in patronzing hons
industries the city will not advance
There are many industries IN Guthrie
that are compelled to depend almost
entirely upon outside patronage for
support This should not he Get the
habit, call for home made goods
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
WOMEN ESTABLISH
CITY REST ROOM

The County Woman's Auxiliary to
the Farmers Institute have beel.
workinr for some time to establish
free rest room in Guthrie There Is
no place where the country woman
can 20 to rest when she comes to
town with her family. She sits IN
the WAGON or in some stairway to eat
her lunch and then perhaps mas tc
walk around for an hour or so after
she is worn out. while she waits Tor
her husband to get ready for home
The CITY has given the use Of the
council chamber at City Hall and
the ladies' of the auxiliary are asking
the merchants to help them furnish
il in a plain and simple way and pay
a matron. who will be in attendance,
il a mother cares to leave her chill
dren while she does her shopping
Last year these same ladies raised
$50 to nay for canning demon
strator and to them Is due the cred
II of prizes won by Logan county AT
all the fairs over the state This Is
a worthy cause and when the ladies'
call on YOU next week give them a
helping hand.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
|CONV|CTS RELEASED,
EARN PAR60NS
Oklahoma Law Gives Men Under
Sentence Credits for Good Be
havior; Governor "Scolds"

Oklahoma City, okla, June Gov.
Crncc has been criticized recently
by a number Of persons who objected
to his pardoning of former state
emplOye who was in the penitentiary
sentence of one year The governor
paid no attention to the criticism but
wrote personal letter to one news
paper man in which he explained that
the pardonin? was not an act OF
clemency but the simple CARRYING into
effect of the law that provides for
credit for GOOD conduct on tho part Of
prisoners serving penilentary SEN
tences The pardon was what is call
ed an expiration pardon and it Is only |
through such action by the governor |
that the prisoners may have credit for
good conduct and be restored to lib
arty as contemplated by the law
A LARGE number OF the pardons is-
sned by Gov. Cruce---and he has been
with using the pardonins
power rather freely-are expiration
,ardons and are contemplated by the |
aw that provides for credits for good
behavior on the part Of convicts IN
he penitentiarv
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
HODGES WINS
| JURY VERDICT
IN 2 MINUTES
MRS. LUELLA WEST LOSES
OUT IN SUIT AGAINST KAN
SAS GOVERNOR
COURTS INSTRUCTIONS
FORECAsTEO THE RESULT
Judge Dana Held That Mrs. West
Had No Right to Parole
Papers
(Ry Associated Press

Toneka. Kan, June Ca verdict
for the defendant in the West Hodges
case was returned today By the Iury
after being Out but two minutes.
The case was virtually won when
Jndse Dana gave III instructions to
the jury
The Instructions oontended thai
Mrs West and her companion mad no
right to the parole papers over which
Governor Hodges and Mrs West were
arguing when the ALLEGED assault oc
cured
Mrs. Lncla West and Mrs. Buck.
walter called at the governors office
and after conference. Mrs West
made grab for batch of parole
documents GOV Hodges resisted her
Mrs. West later filed suit for 22Oo
against the governor, claiming that
he had bruised her in n scnffle.v
Governor Hodges was on the stand
all day Friday Il presume mat ends
the matter, was all the comment
sftHtir- by the executive.
LATER, upon being pressed. Coy.
Hodges said
y felt all along that the general
public felt or knew that the case was
IN nature something like tho recent
Gore case In oklahoma 1t was a
raw frame-np. ! felt more humiliated
IN account Of the impression the case
might carry outside of Kansas than
within the boundaries Of the state
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
WILLIAMS BACK FROM
OZARK TRAILS MEETING

D. D. Williams has returned from
Tulsa and % trip over Tho oil fields
OF the Fart Side Mt Williams vas
appointed hy Gov Cruce a. dele
rate 10 Tia oar. Trails convention
hold in Tulsa last week Ga hie
nHl on ,hc route of the trail il tho
citizens VIII ect hnsg. said Mr
Williams today. Tie directors ot
he mosomcnt arc very favorable TO
tho Cushins- Guthrie route. speak
ins Of crop conditions Williams aid.
The crops an along The line Of my
travel looked exceptionally fine. II
present Indications count FOR any
shinr the 1919 crop in Oklahoma viii
equal tho crops Of the past four wears
combined
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
SENATE
BALKS ON
TRUST BILLS
TO REPORT OUT
ONLY THE TRADE COM
MISSION MEASURE
(By Associated Press

Washington, June 6-The senate
interstate commerce committee Yoted
today to report out only the trade
commission measure of the trust bills
This action construed by many a'
an indication of the limitation of the
administration program at the pres
ent session of congress.
The house last night passed all
three of the trust bills Opposition
melted away when the final test came
and the voting went through quickly
and without incident. The CoVlngton
interstate trade commission bill was
passed with a record vote: the cray
ton omnibus antitrust measure re-
cciged 20 votes to a AGAINST II. ana
the vote on the Rayburn railroad
eapltalization hill was 325 to II. Ac-
tiou on the trust bills came rather
unexpectedly.
The three measure had been
agreed to in committee of the wlple
he Rayburn bill, as amended by the
committee, being completed late Fri
dav When the trade committee hill
came before the house for a final vote
Progressive Leader Murdock moved
that if bc sent back to the Interstate
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06

Oakland, cal, June 6.--John 'Nilei'
deputy United states consul at MON
terey has arrived here and teliS tne
following story REGARDING mob Vio-
lence in Monterey He said;
"An immense mob surrounded our
homo CRYING death 10 the GrinToes'
when Monterey learned of the ian"-
inc Of marines at Vera Cruz. For
four DAVIS they surged about he con-
snlate hut the building being con
strncted of stone, they were una NE
to gain an entrance. wv o''i'
wssnon was a butcher knife pnt Mrs'
Allen made me promise to sap "ei
n daath if the mob rushed into th7
house
The capture of Monterey ny the
const,tntionalists ended Aliens I'M
prisoument. He was treated hosp''-
ably by the rebels.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
Villa and carranza to Confer.

Ell Paso Tex. June Cit PROB
ably Will be several days before Gen
eral earranza viii arrive at Saltlllo
and issue his answer to the proposals
of the mediation conference AZ
Niagara Falls His agents annonnc-
ed here that General villa Wouiu
leave Chihuahua City Tusday to con
fer with Cadranza at TOrreon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06

Washington, d. c., June G.---lnfor-
nation has reached Washington tha'
the American schooner sunshine from
galveston had landed ammunition al
Tampico for the Mexican Nonsntu-
tionalists without interference on me
mart of the United States or me
Huerta government, was received III
official quarters here without com
ment.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
TWO KILLED WHEN
MOTORCYCLE JUMPS

Ptttajurgh, Pa, June 5.-Two
spectators were Killed and six in
ured when the motorcycle driven by
Arthur Armstrong somcrsanited al
the Motordome landing him in the
spectators box. He was going eighty
miles an hour and lost control of the
machine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
LEO FRANK LOSES
ON LAST MOTION
(liy Associated press)

Atlanta, Ga, June G.~-Iudgc Hill,
in the Fulton county superior court,
today sustained the states demurrer
to the motion to set aside the YER
diet by which Leo Frank vas found
gully OF The murder of Mary phagsn,
II factory girl.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
JET FARMER
DIES LEAVING
FAIR FORTUNE
NO RELATIVES OF w. P.
nORNlER CAN BE FOUND;
WAS AN '89ER
Special to the Daily Leader

Enid, okla. lunc 6-W = Dor
uicr of near Jet died at the general
hospital in this city last nighl at o:2o,
his death coming as result of an
injury received about ten days ago
Mr. Dofnior who is a farmer, was
kicked by a horse on May - while
attempting to catch the animal and
has been 10 an unconscious condition
since that time. lIe WAS kicked in
tho mead. the hool striking bin across
tno eye, cutting the eye ball in two
aud fracturing the skull The brain
has been exposed since the accident
ana the injured man was never con
acious after being picked mp by com
plnions who were with him Al The
limo
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-06
KEG or "SUOS" GRABBED
BY SHER|Ff'S FORCE

Deputy Sheriff Ed. Robertson grab
bed IL gallon kep OF beer this af-
ternoon. The beer was in vacant
room on Second street and the kes
was tapped and ready for distribution
when the sheriff swooped down on
the "las \ number OF tin cups, a
table ana the heer were coniiscated
The owners Of the beer made their
before the officers arrived.