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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-12

Fredericton, n. B.-New Brunswick
has made gift of 100000 bushels of
potatoes to England
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-12
Must Accept Inevitable.

Tho occasion is not of our own max.
ing. We had no part in making it.
But it is here 1t affects us as direct
ly and palpably almost as if we were
participants in the circumstances
which gave rise to it.
We must accept the inevitable with
calm Judgment and unruffled spirits,
like men accustomed to deal with the
uneA pected, habituated to take care of
themselves, masters of their own af-
fairs and their own fortunes. We shall
pay the bill, though We did not delib-
erately incur it,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-12
Money Market Is Bad.

These are not the circumstances
this is at this particular moment and
in this particular exigency not the
market to borrow large sums OF
money. What we are seeking is to
ease and assist every financial trans
action. not to add a single additional
embarrassment to the situation.
The people of this country are both
intelligent and profoundly patriotic.
They are ready to meet the present
conditions in the right way and to
support the government with gener
ous self-denial They know and under
stand, and will be intolerant only OF
those who dodge responsibility or are
not frank with them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-12
Ought Not to Borrow.

And We ought not to borrow. We
ought 10 resort to taxation, although
we may regret the necessity of put
ting additional temporary burdens on
our people. To sell bonds would be
to make most untimely and unjustifi-
able demand on the money market:
untimely because this is manifestly
not the time to withdraw working
capital from other uses to pay the
government bills; unjustifiable. be-
cause unnecessary.
The country is able to pay any just
and reasonable taxes without distress.
And to every other form of borrowing.
whether for long periods CT for short
there is the same objection.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-12
ASKS WAR LEVY OF $1o0,00o,000
PRESIDENT PATRIOTIC
TAXES AND
UNFORESEEN CRISES ARISING FROM

And Yet without additional revenue
that plainly might become necessary
and the time when it became neceS-
sary could not be controlled or deter
mined by the convenience of the coun-
try.
the operations and necessities OF the
treasury itself. Such risks are not
necessary and ought not to be run.
We cannot too scrupulously or careful
ly safeguard a financial situation
which is, at best, while war continues
in Europe, difficult and abnormal
Hesitation and delay are the worst
forms OF bad policy under such condi
tions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
SEED PLEDGES HIS
 SUPPORT ID COMER IN SECOND PRIMARY
COngratulates Henderson and Conner on Mondays Vote and Thanks Demo-
 crats for Support

Tuscaloosa. April e,-(Special) Waiter D. Seed, defeated candidate for governor, tonight gave out the following statement at his home here;
 My congratulations are hereby ex- tended to ex-Governor Conner and Hon. Charles Henderson on receiving that vote in Mondays primary which entities them to participate in the second primary May il, and l hereby pledge my loyalty to the nominee then selected
 T wish to acknowledge by lasting srati- tude to the many democrats who have so loyally favored me with their support sor governor and trust that my future course may warrant their confidence thus ex- pressed.
 Were l now to consult merely my preferences as between men. would favor Hon, Charles Henderson for gov ernor, but in view of the principle of prohibition for which 1 have always stood loyally and believing that the great ma jorty of prohlbtionist will now support ex-Goyernor R. B. Conner, and that the majority of ti-prohibitorfists will favor his present opponent because of their re- spective views, as the situation now pre- sents itself cannot do otherwise than favor the nomination of ex-Govcrnor Conner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
CONCRESSMEN BACK
 AT CAPITAL AGAIN Abercrombie, Dent and Hob- son in Washington-Un-
 derw00d Expected Soon

Washington. April s.-tSpecial.)-A bama representatives afe slowly return ing to the capitol. Mir. Clayton did not go to Alabama, and Representatives Aber- crombfe, Dent and Hobson are now in the city. Senator-elect Underwood and Senator Bankhead are expected here by Monday, and it Is believed that Heflin, Blackmon and Taylor will also be in the city by that time.
 The delegation will likely get together promptly now and settle the question of remaining state patronage. There is lit- tie left-three marshalships altd quite a number of postoffices. The Tuscaloosa postoffice remains to be disposed of in some way. This is a bone of contention between Representatives Abercrombe and Hobson.
 Much regret is expressed here at the defeat of Representative G. w. Taylor. who was very popular among his col leagues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
SOUTHERN WRITER'S CLOSE CONVENTION Mrs. Bankhead Owen of Montgomery Chosen Pres
 ident of League

Louisville. April 9.--A proposition for eostering the southern spirit in the schools of the south was put forward today at the closing session here of the convention of the League of South- ern Writers. Mrs. Anne P. Rankin of Nashville. editor of the Southern Wom- ems Magazine; Mrs. Rutledge Smith of Cookeville, Tenn, and other women writers. advocated that textbook com missions in the various southern states be urged to select readers for the schools which contain the best thoughts in the literature of Dixie and histories which present historical events as af- fecting the south from an absolutely impartial viewpoint The peace move- ment and the effect of the opening Of the Panama canal upon southern com merce were other subjects discussed today by Mir. T. J. Latham, Memphis Miss Louise Lindsley, Nashville, and Miss Maria Thompson Daviess. Nash vile.
 The following were elected officers of the league:
 President. Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen. Montgomery; secretary, Miss Nimmo Green, Montgomery; treasurer, Mrs. Cora Cox Lucas, Laurens, s. C.; executive committee, Mrs. Rutledge Smith, chairman; Miss Maria Thomp- son Daviess, Mrs. Kate Langley Bosha and Miss Libbe Morrow. The place of the next convention is undecided but Chattanooga has extended an invita- tloe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
CANCER TRACEABLE TO FOOD,
 DECLARES DIR. VIM. J. MAYO
Rochester Surgeon Addresses American Surgical Association Cancer of Stomach Form Third of All Cancer Cases
 Among the Civilized People

New York, April 9.-A statement by Dr. William J. Mayo that the prevalence of cancer perhaps is traceable to present methods of cooking was to the laymen one of the salient opinions in maze of technical discussions at the opening today of the American Surgical associations annual convention. pr. Mayo is dele gate from Rochester Minn.. and presi- dent of the association. He explained that cancer of the stomach formed a third of all cancer cases among civilized peoples.
 'Is there some fundamental fault in the food or In the cooking of civilized men that gives such a preponderance to pro-cancerous conditions in the gastric region?" he asked. Among the lower animals cancer of the stomach does not form nearly such large proportion Of the total number of cases"
 Dr. Mayo said that the amount of meat consumed undoubtedly had something to do with the prevalence of cancer He ex, plained, then. other kinds of cancer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
TWO DROWNED IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT Car Plunges Through Gates of Ferry Steamer
 Into River

Norfolk. April 1.-Two men were drowned and five others narrowly escaped the same fate tonight when an automobile plunged through the gates of the ferry steamer Rockaway into the Elizabeth river near here. The dead:
 John Tully. New York.
 W. ]. Canavan, Norfolk.
 Fully and one of the survivors. Burt Johnson of New York, were arrested in the raid made on the Jamestown Jockey club track near here Tuesday when 13 repnted boolSma<ers were taken in charge. They had obtained bail pending an appeal from conviction and were re- turning from Portsmouth to this city when the accident occurred.
 Heroism was shown by Howard Reed, seaman on the battleship New Hamp- shire, probably saving the lives of the five other men. He jumped into the water, seized two of them by the hair and the three other hung onto his clothing until men on the steamer pulled them on board All five were from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10

among them the peculiar form wh.ca at tacks the mouths of the natives of India. brought on by an irritation due to chow ing betel nuts. Cancer of the groin. ac- cording to Dr. Mayo, is confined almost entirely to chimney sweeps and sailors. During a discussion about the advisabil- ity of operating for appendicitis Dr. Jainee E. Moore of Minneapolis. said that he felt that the removal of the appendix was "an interference with the designs of the Lord
 Dr. A. c. Gerster, New York surgeon, replied that If this were true all surgery would have to be regarded as an interfer- ence with Providence
 The discussion followed a paper on the two stage operation" read by Dr. George w. Grille of Cleveland. O. We must put ourselves in the position of our paticnt.'f continued Dr. Gerster. 'If had to un- dergo an operation. would rather take a little extra risk to get 1t over with one clip"
 The present convention Ss preliminary to the Internation Congress of Surgeons. which will meet here Monday. with repre- sentatives from all parts of the United States and most of the European coun- tries Fifty foreign delegates arrived to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Rumored Tampico Fallen

Vera Cruz. April 9.-The American con sulate has received word from the consu. lar agent at Tuxpan that grave rumors are current there that Tampico has fallen While there is no confirmation of this it is known that there has been serIous fighting between federals and rebels around that port.
 The British steamer Leesdale, from New York, March 3l. which is now al Tampico, has been unable to discharge her cargo and asked permission by wire less to come here. 'r
 Late reports from Tampico say ths Mexican gunboats are successfully ae lending the town, but are doi,g much damage by bad marksmanship. The Waters Pierce oil storage tank at Arbc Grande was set on fire and many othe: tanks were hit, large quantities of oil flowing into the river.
 Many shells from the Mexican warsbip. Vera Cruz and Zaragosa have fallen near the American war vessels in the river The federals are reported to be SO hard pressed that all the 1efe politicos through. out the country have been ordered to force enlistments to the utmost.
 The gunboat- Bravo Is preparing to sail from here to Tampico with 300 troops and ammunition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
AGED COUPLE
 FOUND KILLED

Shreveport La. April a.--Neighbors, whose attention was attracted by the lack of activity about the home of sam uel Chandler, an aged farmer near Cal win, Vim parish. today found the body of Chandler in the yard, his head badly and that of Mrs. Chandler in the house Burglars, 1t is believed, had clubbed the aged couple, both of whom were 70 years old. to death The house had been ransacked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Political caldron begins to boil again.
 Note may obtain respite for gunmen.
 Foreign property around Tampico in
 danger.
 Lodge defends Wilson's tolls stand. 4 Oakley. found not guilty. 2--Etowah fruit crop in danger of freeze. S-Bank decision is still causing big stir. Editorial comment. 5-COmer says issue now before people.
 Mitchell Palmer to speak at university.
 Changes Sunday in train service
 Manning speaks on civic movement. 6-Society. 7-Offfcial count in Calhoun Friday. 8-Alabama Educational association ccn-
 venes. s-"shoo fly may cause Hardwicks de- feat.
 Eight governors of Alabama. l0--Sports. ll-Blarne women for drift to the city, 13.-Markets, 14-caspar arrives to prepare for Quecna |
 visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
$1O,OOO WILL BE
 ADDED TREASURY BY SINGER DECISION

Montgomery. April 9.--(Special.) .)-Ten thousand dollars annually will be added to the state treasury as the result of the decision of the United States supreme court in, the Singer Sewing Machine case which was recently decided in favor of the state to tax wagons and sewing ma chimes, and had been pending for several years. since the revnue bill was adopted by the legislature of 1911. The sewing machine company contended that it was exempt from taxation on the ground that 1t was doing an interstate business.
 The hearing of the case first came up in the federal court at Mobile, and de- 'cision was rendered by Judge H. T. Toul- min in favor of the state An appeal was then taken to the United States su- prerpe court.
 By the decision of the higher court tho state will be able to collect back taxes to the extent of about $4000O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
WILSON TO THROW FIRST BALL ON
 OPENING DAY

Washington, April 9-Presdent Will son today promised to toss the first ball thrown on the American league park here this year. when the Wash ington team plays it's first game on the homo grounds with the Boston Amer ; jeans, Thursday, April 23.
 President Minor of the Washington club called at the White House today. lie told Mir. Wilson that the first ball would be received on the throw by Ray Collins, who would oppose Wal ter Johnson in the box Incidentally, Mir. Minor gave the President pass book No. for the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
D. H. LOuderback Dead

Chicago April 9.-Delancey II. Louder back millionaire assistant of Charles T. Yerkes in developing traction lines. died here today. Mir. Louderback disposed of the last of his extensive realty holdings a month ago and expressed his intention of spending the rest of his life in sauth- ern France He was completing prepara- tions for his trip to France when he died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Sox Infielder Injured

Americans. is believed to have sus- bour, recruit infielder for the Chicago Americans, is belieevd to have sus- tained fracture of small bone in his right ankle. according to the statement today of Trainer Gleason of the Chi cago team. Barbour sprained his ankle yesterday. The trainer announced that the recruit probably would be out of the game for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
 FIRES PROTECT PEACH CROP FROM COLD

Macon. Ga. April a.-Bonfires and smudges were burning throughout the peach belt of Georgia tonight to protect the young fruit from possible injury by cold. The normal peach crop of this sec tion is said to be about 5000 carloads. There also is some fear among cotton growers that the young cotton may be killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
NOT GUILTY" IS THE VERDICT OF JURY IN
 J. c. OAKLEY TRIAL
Former President Convict Board Acquitted Coumbana Thursday for Second Time Within Month Embez clement Charge-Serous Reports in Connec-
 tion With Trial in Circulation
Ny RALPH R. SILVER

Columbiana. April Especial Not guilty, the verdict of the jury here today in the trial of James G. Oakley former president of the state convict bureau making his second acquitta in the last month.
 The demonstration outside the courthouse upon the verdict something before witnessed here and lasted several minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Brigands Attack Officers

Teheran Persia, April 10.-Brigands re- gently attacked gendarmie convoy be- tween Sutanbad and Kun and killed Persian officer and two gendarmes. Ma jor Moller was wounded and several bri- gands were killed, the others taking to flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Moss Wrote Note

Now York, April 9.-Frank Moss, for ncrly an assistant district attorney. who helped prosecute Charles Becker and the gnnmen. admitted tonight that he had written the note taken by Rabbi Brown to Governor Glynn today, but declared it was without significance so far as the testimony the two gave in either of the trials.
 MT. Moss said he had been told during tlie impea chment proceedings against Gov ernor Sulzer that Margoles and Luban were in Albany seeking to inject them Iseves into the Sulzer case and learned that they were using his name as their sponsor
 'J wrote the note to caution Sul1er, v said Mir Moss. 'l wanted him to know that l did not guarantee the two. It is ridiculous to attempt to place construc-
 ton on the note discarding their testi- r.ony in either the Becker or the gun uien's cases.
 "Margolies was not a witness against the gunmen. I4uban was. I only wanted to warn Snlzer that if the men claimed
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Prince of Prussia Leaves

Prussia left here today for Montevideo aboard the Argentine cruiser Catamarca.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Governmenf Ret;cent

Mexico City. April 9.--It is doubtful If the exact location of federal troops about Torreon Is known to the govern
 ment and if there are any plans for re- taking the city they are carefully
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Relatives Appeal

A futile attempt to appeal personally to the goyernor for the lives of the gun. mon wsls-riade tottsN yoN three 1nla i4rsss and a friend of the condemned nfens families. They were tie wives Of Louis Rosenberg t'd.efts Louie'D and Harry Horowitz t'Gyp the Blood'D and she mother Of Jacob Seidenshner CWhitey Lewis) and Mrs. vollS of New York
 The quartette waited at the capital for an hour and then learning there was no chance of seeing the governor, left for New York.
 The governor explained that he lad refused to the women because he thought it was useless.
 q have -sndered my final decision he said. 'To have seen these women would have meant only another dramatic scene and no good would have come of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
FOREIGN PROPERTY AROUND TAMP|CO
 IS NOW IN DANGER
Millions in Property Threat, ened by Shells of Mexican Federals and Con-
 stitutiOnalists

Washington, April s.-4officiels here to- night were gravely anxious for tho safety of foreign property in the TaInpieo district, where valuable oil plants al ready have been destroyed and other properties. valued at millions are threat ened by Mexican eonstitutionalists and federal shells.
 Dispatches today told of the burning of warehouses belonging to German company. with q loss of half a million dollars, and of imminent danger to the immensely valuable plant of the Waters Pierce Oil refinery. This plant, the navy department learned today, has been oc- eupied by attacking forces the past few days. and as "a consequence shell after shell has been poured into it from fed eral gunboats in the harbor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
The jury was out in all four and a half hours. but of that time they waited two and half hours for the announcement of the verdict.

Serious reports in connection with the trial are in circulation, arising out of speculation as to the cause of the fact that Capt. Frank <. White, chief counsel for the state, was summoned back here from Shelby while he was waiting at the latter place to change pernumerary Judge A. IT. Aston da- clined to give his reasons for calling Captain White back. and Captain White, who is due to arrive in Birmingham late tonight also declined to discuss the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Takes Note to Glynn

| Brown discovered the note and took it to Governor Glynn and begged that 1t be l given consideration. The governor called | in his legal adviser, John C.. Sake. James l.. Delehanty, an assistant of District Attorney Whitman, and the latter agreed l in behalf of the district attorney % go before a supreme court justice and per- | init MT. Brown to tell his story if he desired to make an effort to obtain a re- | spite. or new trial for the condemned
 men.
 ! Mir. Brown said he would take this legal l step probably tomorrow. MT. Delehanty
 agreed to assume charge of the proceed
 1 ings for the district attorneys office. The governor declined to express an opinion on the merits of the new anglo of the case. He said he desired that .he gunmen should have every opportunity 10 prove their innocence and that he had suggested bringing the district at 1 torneys office into the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Further Developments

It is rumored that there will be fur- ther developments to the Oakley trial just closed
 Captain White returned here In livery rig from Shelby and conferred with Judge Alston, after which the verdict was received by the court Tho jury had reported a verdict just a few moments after the train left here at 3:25 carrying away with it the attor- neys for both sides. and many wlt- nesses as the trial was over except for the verdict. Attorney Crum of Mont gomery allied with Captain White as counsel for the state, also returned here but Wiley IIiu and other counsel for the defendant continued on thetr journey.
 MT oakley and his brother left here tonight for their homes, 1t was said. Mir oakley left juhilant over his vic tory.
 The verdict of aequittal was con- fessedly big surprise to many people here who have been following Che trial for the past three days. It was gen. eraly believed by the public that oak leS's counsel had failed to make ous much of case. The judge had given tp the Jury a general affirmative charge for the state. whiah had been requested ,itS4lvsyassse sel,fssst N5tt sias~. priili-gl ---' Ialinost unanitnous that tile Jury would return Tn n few moments with verdict of kuilty, and as time passed after. I they retired at 1:33 this afternoon much speculation was heard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
BIackmon's Maiority 1s26

Anniston. April s.--( Special. )-Prac- tically complete returns give Congress- man Fred L. Blackmon of this city, majority of 1926 in his race for re-elec- tion against Judge E. B. Deason of Clanton. Chiffon county Blackmon car
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-10
Testimony Blocked

The Lacy testimony" upon which oakley was acquitted in his former trial at Montgomery, was effectively blocked by tho states counsel in the present trial here and not word of Tt was permitted to reach the Jury E ears. It appeared that the counsel for Oakley had built up their entire case on this testimony and when the court upheld the states counsel In ruling t out they were apparently left without any case. They rallied, however, and centered their attack with character witnesses. Man after man from all parts of the state. men In all walks and sta- tions of life, some of them prominent throughout the state, were placed on the stand one after the other, and everyone testified to the good character of the defendant. James Oakley. and his good character especially for hou- esty. The state did not succeed in get ting any evidence before the jury ex- cept this character testimony and kept hammering at 1t with q vengeance
 This cut the trial much shorter than had been expected. No arguments what ever were made to the jury by the law yers When the state rested at 12 o'clock today, the judge merely charged the jury that If they believed the evil dence beyond u reasonable doubt they should convict and if they did not be- lieve 1t beyond a reasonable doubt they should acquit. The Jury was then taken to dinner and retired to the jury room at :33 o'clock. When no verdict was forthcoming at 3:25 there was n gen eral exodus and this little county seat was left almost deserted by the crowd that boarded the Louisville and Nash vile train.
 The morning session of court today opened by Wiley Hf1 leading counsel for the defense, reading the list of questions 1t had been agreed the day before he should prepare regarding the Lacy testi- mony, which the judge had barred. These questions were read into the record in the absence of the Jury and objections
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