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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-15
Empire Life Examination,
SHOWS A cREDlrAeLE COMPANY
For Large Future GroWth-lts Present Status

An interesting document received during the past week is the report Of an examination of the Empire Life In- surance company of Atlanta by the Georgia Insurance Department. In fact there are two reports, the first cover ing an examination covering the year 1913 and the other supplemental there to which includes review of the transactions of the Company from the date of organization, March 5, 1912, to December S1 1913.
 The policy contracts issued by the Company are valued upon the American |31s per cent. preliminary term plan modified to what is known as the Illi- nois, or Committee of Fifteen, stan- dard, the reserve being found adequate on all outstanding policies. Prompt set clement is made of death claims and the business of the Company as a whole lis in a satisfactory condition.
 After deducting assets of s2523S972 which inclues $159.333.10 notes receiv- able, including stock notes, the Com pany has admitted assets of s1.725,- Sa6.54. It's outstanding reserve is s1. 314,S9e.12 and it's excess assets (sur- plus) above all outstanding and contin- gent liabilities are $314,144.45.
 The Company had on January 1st of this year outstanding insurance of s1s,15s.O4s.
 Large GxCe98 income
 Notwithstanding that the Company used $142,172.60 with which to redeem Outstanding certificates issued during the early years of the mutual organi- zation 1t made splendid showing as re gards 'Yncome in excess of Disburse- ments," the amount of the excess be- ing $453,367.16. Another large cash payment was one of S1f9,si6.ss paid out for old company items. making a total payment for other than current business of $261, ,9SS.ss.
 The large increase in liabilities is due principally to the growth in policy reserve, the amount being 336s.3s4.0 in excess of the reserve at the time oi the preceding examination.
 On Substantial Basis The growth and development of the Empire Life has been due to the ability and aggressivsness of President Reid | II has been no easy task to establish la company with insurance in force of nearly S20,000.000 and assets approxi mating $2,000.000 but MT. Reid has shown himself to be strong executive ard the future will show the beneficial Ir Vilts of the work thus far. which has been principally that of laying strong foundation.
 The steel wor1 of the new home of- flee building, in process of erection at quarters of the Company will he trans ferred. Is well nearing completion and the structure will be one of the finest in the South.--The Eastern Underwrit- Ter. New York. Jure 1, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-15

eral McReynolds made public a letter to
 the commission in which he discussed
 the effect of their appearance upon any
 criminal prosecution the government may desire hereafter to institute"
 MT. MoReynolds said he had noticed that the commission intended to summon Charles S Mellen, William Rockefeller, George MeCulloeh Miller, Charles k. Brooker, Edwin Milner, Lewis Cass Led yard, George F. Baker and Sdward D. Robbins.
 Refuses to Talk Before this letter was made public, the Attorney General refused to say whether he contemplated criminal prosecutions of these men or other New Haven direc- tors. It was understood he did not care to take any chance of having his plans
 made public.
 It has been well understood in admin istration circles that the department Is
 anxious to get the civil dissolution oi the New Haven out of the way before l 1t takes up any other phase of the case In negotiations with New Haven officials and lawyers for peaceful dissolution | it has been thoroughly understood thai I the question of criminal indictments was not involved and the way is open foI l the department to proceed, and it is be- 1 lieved that there is evidence to obtain convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-15

Along toward July a pleasant green oasis in town is school children's gar den
 In New York city, for instance. the smallest of them boasts nearly 500 little beds of varied verdure, forming together long rows of green lettuce, ruddy beets. bluish onion blades or feathery carrots that would do credit to we'll cared for market garden.
 Nor need one ask prettie-' sight than martial file of boys marching for hoes, or troop of little lasses busy watering their crops.
 HeIe, too, is an influence that makes for the city beautiful through Is indirect training of future citizens Tn civic duty
 The primary object of municipality in tahlishing school farms is the health, pleasure and education of it's children. They learn the love of plants, birds and
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
5000 ELKs ATTEND REUNION
Delegates and Families Crowd City
Of Denver for Jubilee Which
Opens This Week.

Denver. July 13.-One of the great.
est crowds Denver has ever enter
tanned is here to attend the Benevo-
lent Protective Order Of Elks grand
jubilee reunion to be held here this
week. Local Elk officials estimated
that fully 10000 Elks were here, ex.
elusive OF families of members and
their friends. Preparations for the
reunion, which have been rushed for
two weeks, are finished. The last of
the street decorations have been pat
up, headquarters for the various dele
cations have been prepared and ar.
engagements completed for handling
the big crowds smoothly Registra-
ton headquarters have been opened
in the Champa street side of the Mu-
nicipal Auditorium and the meeting
Of the grand lodge will be held in the
theater part OF the building Grand
Exalted Ruler Edward Leach arrived
and was given a rousing greeting.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
REED WANTS MORE PlUMS
Democratic State Chairman Would
Have Nine u. S. Marshalls in
Southern Iowa.

Washington, d. c., July 14.-Dem-
ocratic State Chairman Reef Of Iowa
is here on official business. During
a visit at the Department of Justice
be urged that the number of deputy
marshals in southern Iowa be in
creased from six to nine. He also
made some recommendations for
deputies, but is not yet ready to give
them out He called on Secretary
Tumulty and visited the treasury.
He will remain here over tomorrow
giving attention to postoffice and like
matters. Mr.. Reed said Assistant At
torney General Graham had promiS-
ed to speak in Iowa this fall. William
Chrisman of Abba, who is in Wash
ington and was in conference with
State Chairman Reed and Represen-
ta.ive Kirkpatrick today, is mention
ed as the probable selection for dep
uty marshal in southern Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
NAME RECEIVER FOR SCHOOL
Mvneis (Ind.) Normal institute Hh
BY Failure Of Big Chicago
. Sank.

Muneie, Ind, July 1.-THE Muncie
Normal institute having an enrolment
Of 1900 students. passed into the
hands Of a receiver as result of
he failure of the La Sale Street
Trust and Savings bank, the Lorimer
Institution In Chicago, which was f.
nancing IT. Henry NJ. Gentry Of In
Annapolis, who was named as re.
ceiver upon the petition Of Julian r.
Steward, dean of the college OF agri-
culture, at once took charge The as
sets OF the school are $780, 900 and the
liabilities $275,OoO, according to an
nouncement. The school will be con
tinued under the receivership, the
teachers, numbering fifty, having
agreed to accept the schools bonds in
lieu OF salaries until the institutes
financial affairs can be Strengthened
out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
MIGHTY NEVADA IS LAUNCHED
One OF the Nays Most Powerful
5attleshlps Is christened az
Quincy, Mass.

Quincy, Mass, July 1.-THE battle.
ship Nevada, exceeding In tonnage
ornament and displacement any
American warship except her sister
ship, the Oklahoma, was launched
here today from the yard of the Fore
River Shipbuilding and Engineering
company in the presence OF a cheer.
ing multitude.
AS the giant vessel slid down the
ways into the waters OF Fore river,
ten-year-old Eleanor Ann 5iebert, niece
of Gov. Tasker L. Oddie OF Nevada,
broke bottle OF extra dry" over the
massive stem of No. 36" and chris
tened her with the name OF the west.
srn commonwealth.
The Nevada Is heavier by 500 tons
than the Texas or the New York. and
win be exceeded in size only by the
Pennsylvania and No 80, now build.
ing. The Nayada's full load displace.
ment is 2s,40o tons ~ ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
u. S. AFTER MAGAZINE EDITOR
Warrants Charging the Disclosure Of
Army Secrets Issued Against
Charles X. Field.

San Francisco, Cal, July 11.-War-
rants charging the disclosure of army
secrets we're issued against Charles
K. Field, editor of Sunset magazine
and late president of the Bohemian
club, and three contributors to the
magazine, This, action taken by Unit
ed States District Attorney Jno, w.
Preston. was caused by the publica-
ton Of an article in the April number
entitled, Can the Panama Canal Be
Destroyed From the AIr?'' II was illus.
trated with photographs taken from
an aeroplane. showing the canal, some
of Its Notifications and the tortifca-
tons at Preside. ... ~.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
FINDING ON WRECK FINISHED
Lord mersey Tomorrow VIII Read
Report on Empress Of ireland
Disaster.

Quebec. July I0.-The fnding of the
Empress OF Ireland wreck commission
has been completed by Lord Mersey
and his fellow commissioners and was
typed in preparation for its delivery
tomorrow. The document IL Of more
than 1900 words. Lord Mersey will
personally read the finding. It will
be signed by the three commissioner
and in the margin the four nautical
assessors Will sign. I'VE concur" The
report deals not only with evidences
regarding the collision and loss OF life.
but includes recon nnendations regard.
ing appliances TO prevent future disas.
tiers OF . similar nature, Though the
commissioned save TIE power. they
win take no action ri regard 10 the
punishment OF those blamed for the
s1eck, 1t Il understood. hut win leave
THAT for the authorities
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
"REDS" BLAME JOHN D.
PREACH USE or DYNAMITE At
NEW York GATHERING.
Anarchist Urges War on Rockefeller
and Other capitaIlsts-Many
Police Surround Park.

New York, July 13.-SeVeral thou
sand persons gathered at Union square
to hear Alexander BeTkman, the an
archist; Carlo Tresca and Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, the l. w. W. agitators;
Leonard Abbott the head of the Free
Speech league; Rebecca Edelson and
dozen or more men and women glori'
fy the memories OF three anarchists
killed in the Lexington avenue explo,
sion week ago and to denounce CAPT
talism in general and John d. Rookie
Teller in particular.
The police had intimated that in
their opinion the bomb, the premature
explosion Of which caused the deaths
OF Arthur Caron, Charles Berg and
Carl Hanson, was being manufactured
to be used against the person or prop
erty OF Mr.. Rockefeller None of the
speakers took the trouble to deny that
this was the case.
Around the listening crowd at inter.
walls Of a few feet were massed 500
policemen ready to interfere II the law
were violated.
Fellow mourners!" shouted Berk-
man, we are gathered here to honor
the memories OF murdered soldiers
who died In the cause OF humanity. We
are here to let it be known that we
will not stand quietly by when we are
prosecuted.
First, 1t Is possible that our com.
rades were murdered by the hired
agents of capitalism and Of Rockefel-
Ter, for we all know that Rockefeller
has committed many murders and he
would not stop at anything.
II want to 60 on record as saying
that ! hope that our comrades we're
manufacturing the bomb that caused
their death and that they had hoped
to use It against our enemies"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
SAW MRS. BAILEY SLAIN7
Counsel for Mrs. carman, Held for
Crime at Freeport, L. l., Charges
Maid Was Kidnapped.

Mineola, N. Y, July 13.-An eyewit-
ness to the murder of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, who was shot down In the pri.
vate Office of DR.. Edwin Carman at
Freeport, has been found by District
Attorney Lewis l. Smith, 1t was re-
ported. Mrs Carman, wife of the doc
tor, is now locked up in the Nassau
county Jail, charged with the crime.
The one other important development
in the case was the declaration by
George Levy, counsel for Mrs. Car,
man, that Cecilia Coleman, the Car
man negro maid, who has played an
important part as a witness for the
defense, had been spirited away. Mr..
Lew said the maid disappeared last
Monday. He charged that she has
been kidnapped by private detectives.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
TWO WOMEN CLAIM HUSBAND
ONE FROM DIES MONIES AND ONE
FROM INDIANA.
Revelation Of Dual Life Follows XIII,
ing Of o. D. Lanston in Auto
mobile Accident.

Moberly, Mo, July 14.-That Dud-
ley d. Langton, who was killed here
Friday night in an auto accident was
living a dual life, is the assertion of
Mrs. Maude Higgins Langton, of Des
Moines, who arrived here an hour
after a woman known as Violet
Reese Langton had departed for
Frankfort, Ind, with Langton's body.
Langton was son of H. A. Langton,
of McCrory, Ark, a wealthy railroad
and lumberman, and was associated
with his father in the lumber busi-
ness.
A marriage certificate in the posses.
sion of Mrs. Maude Langton shows
that he was married to her in Des
Mofnes, Jan. 10, 1910. She announC-
ed her intention of coming TO Mober
ly to claim the body, but when she
arrived here Mrs. Langton No. 2 had
shipped it to Frankfort, Ind. Steps
were at once taken by Mrs. Langton
No. l to gain possession of her hus-
bands estate. Her attorneys appear
ed in the Randolph county probate
court today and had Judge Louis Rat
lift appoint H. F. Holman administra-
tor of the estate. Mrs. Langton says
she knew of her husbands infatua-
ton for the woman known as Mrs.
Violate Langton and that she is pre-
pared to make stubborn legal fight
to gain possession OF the Langten
estate. The amount of the estate is
not known, although the elder Lang
ton is known to be wealthy.
Denies Des Moines Woman.
Des Moines, July IA special to,
day from Frankfort, Indiana, says
that Mrs. Violet Reece Langton, who
has arrived there with the body of
Dudley d. Langton, her husband, de-
rides the claim of a woman calling
herself Irs. Maude Higgins Langton,
of Des Moines, Iowa, that she was the
wife of the dead man. Mrs. Maude
claims to have marriage
certificate, while the parents of Lang
ton, who accompanied her, claim that
Mrs. Violet Langton was their sons
wife.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
REPORTSDEF|C|ENCY
BILL OF 4,585,464
House Body Acts on Last Of Ap.
preparation Measures.
VERA CRUZ CAUSED INCREASE
Navy Departments Expenses Heavier
Because Of Necessity for Add.
tIonaI Supplies for Forces
In Mexico.

Washington, July 1.-THE house ar
preparations committee reported a gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill cal
rying total of $4.5S5, 4644s. This 4
the last of the general appropriation
bills and contains these appropriation
for public buildings and sites: Aledo
ILL.,, $12,250; Atus. Okla, $4,000; Bea
yer Dam, Wis, $4,000; Benton Har
Dor, Mich, s25, 900 (for post office ant
custom house site); Berwick, Pa.
$1,000; Burlington, Wis, So, 900; But
Ter, Mo. $500; Canton, Ga, $4,000;
Carlinville, ILL.,, $4,000; Cedar Fails
IoYa, $4,000; Central City, Ky.
$1,000; Chapel Hill, N. c., $500;
Edenton, $500; Townsville, N. c.
5000.
Appropriations by States.
California-Modesto, $4,000; San
Luis obispo, $4,000.
Colorado-Gleenwood Springs, 80,
500: Sterling, $4,000; Montrose
$4,000.
Florida-Key West, $4,000 tfor site
for court house and customs house).
Georgia-Douglas, $4,000; Dawson
$4,000; Forsyth, $4,000; Madison,
$4,000: sandersville, $4,000; waynes.
boro, $4,000; West Point. $4,000.
lllinois-Chieago tfor post office site
at sixty-third street,, $4,000; Hava.
ma, $4,000; Highland, $4,000; Jersey.
vile, $500; Marion. $4,000; Spring
Valley, 5000.
MISUNDERSTANDING. $4,000; Piym.
outh, $4,000; Salem. $1,000; Warsaw.
$4,000.
Kansas-Cherryvale, $4,000; Gerard,
$4,000; North Topeka, $4,000.
DISQUALIFICATION, $500: Liberty,
$4,000; Mountain Grove, $500; Union.
vile, $1,000.
Ohio-Coshocton, $4,000: Delphos,
$4,000; Kenton. $4,000; Washington
Court House, $4,000.
Oklahoma-Durant, $1,000: Freder.
ticks, $4,000; Woodward, $4,000.
Pennsylvania-Frsnklin $4,000; In
diana, $4,000; Monessen, s21,475;
Pittston, $4,000.
Iowa-Des Moines, $75, 900 tor court
house site).
Tennessee-Memphis. $4,000.
West Virginia-Charleston, $500.
misunderstanding, $4,000.
The largest appropriations In the
bin are for the treasury and navy de-
partmeRts. The navy appropriation
was increased by the necessity OF ad-
ditional supplies for the forces at
Vera Cruz. The total for the navy de-
partment is $1,2S2,273.
Daniels Names New Dreadnauahts.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
named the four dreadnaughts author
ICED by congress as follows:
No. 80. now being built in the New
York navy yard, to be christened Art
iona; No. 10, California; No. Al, Mis-
sissippi, and No. AZ Idaho.
All states In the Union but nine
will be represented by dreadnaught
of the latest type when these ships
the completed.
The four ships will be Of 81, 400 tons
displacement, sos feet long, 81 feet
beam, with draft of 29 feet and
speed Of 81 knots.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
FACE VIGOROUS PROSECUTION
Spying" on Panama Defenses by
Magazine star With AsropIsne
Is Called Trespass.

Washington, July 13.-Federal prose
cution of Charles K. Field, editor of
Sunset Magazine; Robert ]. Fowler.
aviator; Riley A.. Scott, writer, and
Ray A. Duhrne, photographer, who
were arrested at San Francisco for
publishing in the magazine photo
graphs OF the defense of the Panama
canal and the Presidio at San Fran
cisco, will be pushed vigorously, ac-
cording to department officials, who
pointed out that a person is just as
guilty of trespass in sailing in an
aeropiane over reservation as he
would be In tunneling under 1t.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
ULSTER CHEF WARNS
SIR EDWARD CARSON SAYS TIME
TO ACT IS HERE.
Given Free Hand by the Provisional
Government" at 5eIfast-To Fores
British Hand.

Belfast, Ireland, July 1.-THE pro
visionsl government formed by the
Ulster unionists at it's first meeting
gave Sir Edward Carson a free hand
to take whatever action he may deem
necessary in calling the Ulster volun.
teers to arms. The men we're declared
ready for mobilization at a moment 8
notice.
Sir Edward Carson in a speech de-
clared that the time had come for the
loyslists OF Ulster to translate their
words into action. He said something
must be done to compel the British
government to make up It's mind.
Ulster. he said, was anxious for peace,
out would not accept peace with sur
render.
Full military honors were accorded
by the Ulster volunteers to Sir Ed
ward, the Irish unionist leader. when
be arrived with the marquis of Lon.
donderry, viscount Castlereagh, Wal.
ter H. Long and Ronald Mcneil and
other unionist members of parliament
to attend the meeting of the Ulster
provisional government.
A guard of honor composed Of 400
armed volunteers and so armed motor
cycle dispatch riders escorted the
eaders to the residence OF Capt James
Craig, the military leader, where they
will remain a week.
The intentions of the provisional
government have not been disclosed,
but one object of the meeting Is the
arrangement of an impressive celebra-
ton of July IL or "Orangemen's day"
10 show the government and the peo-
pie of Great Britain that nothing but
the absolute exclusion Of Ulster from
The operations OF the Irish home rule
bill win satisfy u.s.
Mai Gen. Sir Cecil Macready, who is
IN command OF the military in the Bel
last district, has been in conference
with Premier Asquith regarding the
situation and the police have been in
structed to act with great care so as
to give no excuse for an outbreak.
A special dispatch from Cairo,
Egypt. to London says the Anglo
Egyptian members OF the Ulster vol
lnteers have received cablegrsms call
ing them back to Ulster.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Boy MAY Lose Leo

Scranton, July IA 7.year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wright
near here had one leg nearly severed
by a moving machine and II is a
question yet whether or not the lad
will lose the member. His brother
was moving near the house and the
Lad accidentally ran in front of the
SICKLE bar, the bones being nearly
severed, and frightful wound was
inflicted. The leg was placed in
splints and an effort is being made
to save the leg.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
TWENTY CONV|CTs
At WORK At AMES
THEY WILL BUILD A BRIDGE
NEAR THE COLLEGE.
BIG GASOLINE TANK ExPLODES
Keokuk Is to Have a Smelter Plant.
Northwestern to Build New Shops
at Clinton. Muscatine Will
Build a New Armory.

Ames, July II. Twenty young
convicts from the state reformatory
at Anamosa arrived here today for
another "trusty" camp of road build
ers. The experiment last summer
was so successful that it is now a
fixed institution.
The men will build a bridge north
of the college, put in sidewalks and
work on the Lincoln highway. They
will live in a tent camp known as
Camp Anamosa. They will be given
their liberty at the expiration of the
summer work if their conduct con.
tinueS to merit it,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
TWO ARE BURNED TO DEATH
Third Seriously Injured When Fire
Destroys House In Foreign Quar-.
ter Of Flint, Mich.

Flint, Mich, July 1.-Two persons
we're burned to death and a third Sc
riously injured In a FIRE which de-
stroyed shanty owned by Peter
Wuicik in the foreign quarter of the
city. The dead are: Peter Wuicik,
torty-three, and Carrie Copacz, seven.
his niece. The injured: John Copacz,
forty-three, father OF the dead girl,
badly burned about head, face and
feet A candle which was left burn
ing on the floor of the room occupied
by Wuicik and the girl is thought to
have ignited straw which Uttered the
place.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
SHIP WITH Est is ASHORE
Mendoza. Stranded In Fog, Sends Wire
less Message That lts Position
10 Dangerous.

Buenos Ayres. Argentina, July Ia
The German steamship Mendoza went
ashore in a fog on Megctes point. on
the Argentine coat. II has 257 people
on board including passengers and
crew and teIsgraphs BY wireless that
its positlon IL dangerous.
81 Iohns, N. r.. July I3,--Aii o. the
passengers On the Coastal steamer In.
yermore, which struck on the rocks
near brig HarboE poIat and the Labra.
dor coast were landed safely.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
rhlrtnTwo Are saxad.

New York. July 1.-THE steam
pilot.boat New Jersey, carrying crew
of II and a complement Of is pilots,
was rsfnmed in the fog by the United
Fruit liner Manchioneal In the outer
harbor and sunk. Three steamers
stood by and took on the pilot boats
crew and the pilots before she went
down.