The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-12
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

jackson, Miss. February 1.-THE Kyle
banking bill, providing for the guarantee
of deposits, was passed by the house of
representatives here today by a vote of
122 to >. Having been amended by the
senate. the bill was sent TO conference.
New York. February 11.-A subcommit-
tee of the New York state commission on
relief foy widowed mothers viii start Mon
day to make first hand investigation
into the mothers pension laws of western
states, where they lave been in operation
for more than year. it was announced
tonight.
Berlin. February 11.-Reports received
here from Perm. Russia, say that three
foreign balloonists landed today near
Krasno- fimsk. town 1t0 miles SOUTH
east of Perm. The aviators probably are
DR.. Korn and his two companions of
Berlin. who assembled at Bitterfield. Prus-
sian Saxony. at the beginning of the
present week. with the intention of estab-
fishing a distance and duration record
for spherical balloons
Los Angeles. Cal. February 11-Two
biplanes. one for the army and another
for the navy department. are under con-
struction at factory here.
Tacoma. Wash. February lin a box
ing contest tomorrow. each of the Judges
will hold in his hand a machine TO regis
ter the number of blows struck. The
boxer who scores the greater number
of
San Francisco. February 1l-.rwenty-five
years in San Quentin penitentiary was
the sentence imposed today by United
States Judge Dooling on Jan La Bonita,
alias Clyde Kaufman confessed train rob-
Der and ~forger.
Houghton. Mich. February HILARY
James. deputy sheriff on trial with four
other men charged with the murder o.
Steve Putrich at Seberville last August.
testified today. that he never had fired
a revolver in his life.
Seattle. Wash. February 1.-THE books
Of the Alaska Development company pro
duced today in the trial OF the Alaska
coal land conspiracy case against Munday
and Archie Shiels. showed receipts OF
sion at the direction of Congress, ascer--
| tanning the actual value OF the coun-
| try's railroads and other interstate
common carriers.
Close attention was accorded the
| speakers by the delegates, 500 of whom,
representing every part of the country,
are assembled for the three-day con-
Yention.
In his address TO the convention at
| the opening session today, Harry A.
| Wheeler. Chicago. retiring president,
| described the national Chamber of Com
| merce as clearing house where ideas
of the business world could be gath
cred and pending legislation pre-
sented to congressional committees
| or to the President of the United States,
| in concrete form. A new era had
| dawned he said when business could
be relied upon to work in harmony with
| Congress, and efforts of the national
| Chamber of Commerce in this direction
had met with cordial response.
Light on Subject
Light was thrown on this subject by
the report Of the committee on banking
| and currency, which described the work
of the committee in connection with the
Inew currency law. pointing out the
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dorsed by referendum poll of the
members of the national chamber, had
been Incorporated in the measure. The
report approved the currency law, and
declared that bankers and business men
the country over now accepted 1t IN
that light.
Douglas A. Fis<e, president of the
Minneapolis Civil and Commerce asso-
cia ton declared that business and civic
improvements and welfare work were in
terdependent. When the time comes,
] he sail. that men of affairs generally
| become interested in community prob
lems, there no longer will lie DAGGER of
| socialism, syndicalism or anarchy"
A feature Of the session was discus
! sion of trade and commercial organi-
zation by s. Cristy Mead, president of
the American Association of CONNER
cial Executives, and e. M. Mccullough