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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
MASONS' SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER DIES IN TENNESSEE
Maj. James Daniel Richard son Was n Years Old. G. F. Moore of Birming-
 ham, Succeeds Him

Nashville. July 24-Maj. James Daniel Richardson. aged T years, sovereign grand commander of the Scottish Rite Masons, southern jurisdiction, died at o'clock this afternoon at his home at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
 He had been in feeble health for four years. A few weeks ago he left Wash ington and went to his home at Mur- freesboro. A serious turn for the worst came yesterday and he sank gradually from that time.
 Major Richardson was born in Ruther- ford county, Tennessee, and when IS years old enlisted in the Confederate army as a private in the Forty-fifth Ten nessee infantry, serving later for three wears as adiutant of the regiment. After the war he practiced law at Murfrees- horo, and was elected speaker of the Tennessee house of representatives when 2S years old and was later a member of the state senate.
 He was elected to the Forty-ninth Con- gress, from the Fifth district of Tennes- see and served IS consecutive years, be- ing leader of the democratic minority in Congress when he refused another nomi- nation.
 Forty-seven years ago. he entered the Masonic order at Eufaua. Ala. and his rise was phenomenal. Within few months he was elected to office in that lodge and later in the lodge at Murfrees- boro He was senior grand warden 1n 1871, deputy grand master in 1872 and grand master of Tennessee in 1878 and grand high priest of the grand chapter in Tennessee, Royal Arch Masons
 He was coroneted inspectors general of the Scottish Rite Masons in 1884, supreme council 1885 and was elected lieutenant grand commander when the position was made vacant by the death of Odel 5. Long of West Virginia, He became grand commander when Grand Commander Thomas H. Cresswell died in 1900 and at the next session of the supreme council was elected sovereign grand commander for life.
 He was permanent chairman of the democratic convention at Kansas City in 1900
 Under the supreme statutes he will be succeeded by the lieutenant grand com mander, George Fleming Moore of Bir- mingham who will hold that position until the next meeting of the supreme council when Major Richardsons suc- cessor will be elected.
 Before Major Richardson died he ex- pressed a desire for a Kadosh funeral at midnight which will proba ply be held in Nashville tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
REACH AGREEMENT ON FUTURES BILL Believed Gambling in Cotton Will Cease With Its
 Passage

Washington, July 24.-Final agreement on a bill to tax out of existence so-called gambling transactions in cotton futures was reached today by House and Senate conferees. Under the measure all future contracts which do not provide for deliv- cry of spinnable cotton of designated quality under standards to be established by the department of agriculture, would be subjected to tax of $l0 per bale No tax would be imposed on futures trans actions which come within these require raents or upon trading in spot cotton.
 The bill would become cooperative six months after it's enactment into law. Chairman Lever of the agricultural com mittee who win call it up in the House tomorrow, tonight predicted it's early pas sage. He said it would mean an annual saving to southern farmers of nearly s100.000,000 and would increase the coun- trys foreign trade by more than $40, ,000, 600 a year. The measure follows generally the Lever bill passed by the House, but the conferees increased the rate of tax ation from $5 to S10 a bale to make more certain the elimination of gambling from cotton exchanges.
 The measure as perfected in confer ence has the approval of the department of agriculture. which. under its provi- sions would promulgate an official stand ard of grades upon which contracts must be based. All futures contracts would be registered with the treasury depart ment through which the public would be informed of the quantity and nature of the business transacted by the various exchanges. One provision specifically bars delivery on contract of 'rejections' dog tails" and other qualities of cotton un- suited for spinning and of staple of less than seven-eighths of an inch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
BUSINESS IS GOOD.
 STATES REYNOLDS
Many of Our Troubles Are Only Mental, He
 Says

Chicago, July 24.-There is no founda- tion for much of the agitation about business conditions in the United States. asserted George M. Reynolds. president of the Continental and Commercial bank. and John G. Shedd, president of Marshall Field X Co.,, in their testimony today be- fore the federal commission on industrial relations.
 The witnesses declared much of the pes simism expressed could be traced to pol itics.
 Unrest exists, but there is a great exaggeration of present conditions" said MT. Reynolds. "The prosperity of our peo- pie compared to that of the people of any othere land is such that so much discussion and criticism is not warranted. A good deal of our troubles are only mental. after all. There iss too much agitation from all sides.
 Do you consider the amassing of wealth and the commercial supremacy of nation desirable if the result is the submergence of a large class of citi- zenes?" asked Commissioner Austin B. Garretson
 No" replied MT. Reynolds
 Do you consider the men who make up unions more dishonest than other classes?'
 The majority of men in all classes are honest. Individuals sometimes abuse their positions.
 MT. Shedd said that his firm employs between 12,O00 and 15,0o0 persons
 Unrest in industry Is world wide." he said, "and is caused by a desire for better food, better housing, better cloth ing and more leisure A large element is the prevailing agitation for the purely political purposes and by irresponsibles for purposes of notoriety Another ele- ment is the rapidly increasing complexity of industrial condition.
 Unrest is sign of progress, not neces- sarily an evil n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Three Day Sale Today, Monday and Tuesday

A Woman Ventures--David Graham Phillips. The Happy Family-B. M. Bower. Anne of Green Gables-L. NJ Mont gomery. The Harvester-Gene stratton-Por-
 ter Friar Tuck-Robt. Alex Wason. Janet of the Dunes-Harriett T. Comstock. Little AIiens-Myra Kelly Manager of the B. & A.-vaughan Kester. Return of Peter Grimm--David Be-
 lasco.
 Riders of the Purple Sage-Zane Trinity BeIIs-Amelia E. Barr What Happened to Mary-Robt. C.
 Brown. Within the Law-veiller & Dana. The Call of the Cumberland-Chas.
 Neville Buck. Blaze Derringer-Eugene P. Lyle. Jr. Burning DayIight-Jack London. Case of Jennie Brice-Mary Roberts
 Rinehart. The Turning of Griesby-Irving The Moving Finger-E. Phillips Op-
 penheim. The Story GirI-L. M Montgomery. The COnvert-Elizabeth Robins. Heart of Rome-F Marion Crawford. Let the Roof Fall In-Frank Danby. An Affair of DishOnOr-Wm. De Nor
 gan.
 Audrey-Mary Johnston. Ben-Hur-Gen. Lew Wallacee Brewster's MilIiOns--G. B. McCut-
 cheon.
 The Brute-Frederick Arnold Kum-
 mer.
 The Call of the WiId--Jack London. Calumet "K--Merin X Webster. The Catspaw-William Hamilton Os-
 borne.
 White.
 Checkers-Henry M. Blossom. Jr. The Choir InvisibIc-James Lane AL
 len.
 The Common Law-Robert W. Cham
 bers.
 Darrell of the Blessed Isles-Irving
 Bacheller. Daughter of Masnate-F. H. The Day of souIs-Chas. T. Jackson. The Dazzling Miss Dnvison-F. War
 den.
 Dividing Waters-I. A. R. Wylie. Emmy Lou-George Madden Martin File No. 113--Emile Gaboriau. 2 The Foreigner-Ralph Connor The Flute of the Gods-Marah Ellis
 Ryan.
 Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph
 Vance.
 Forty Minutes Late-F. Hopkinson
 Smith.
 From the Valley of the Missing
 Grace Miller White.s W Garden Of AIIah-Robert Kitchens. Girl of the LimberlOst Gene
 Stratton Porter. Graustark-Geo. B. McCutcheon. The Green GOd-Frederick Arnold
 Hummer.
 rbe Haunted Pajamas-F. P. Elliott Heart Throbs--Joe Mitchell Chapple. The Hfghwayman-Guy Rawlence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
ID ADVANCE CIVIL SUIT; THEN BEGIN
 CRIMINAL ACTION
Governments Attorney in New Haven Case Refuses to Name Directors to
 Be Summoned

New York July 24.-Not until the civil suit filed yesterday to dissolve the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad is further advanced, will criminal action against certain directors and officers be begun, according to an announcement by T. w. Gregory, special assistant to the Attorney General, today.
 Mir. Gregory and Frank NJ Swacker, his associate. will remain in New York several days. Attorney General McRey- holds was expected to arrive here today for a conference with MT. Gregory.
 Criminal action will be taken soon but not until the bill in equity gives MT. Swacker and myself more time to at- tend to that phase of the law" Mir Gregory said ~
 It is expected a special panel of the federal grand jury will be called for the first week in August and that the cases for alleged criminal violation of the Sher- man antitrust law will start then.
 MT. Gregory has declined to say what directors he would proceed against crim- inally. The number, he said, would in-' clude some of those named in the civil suit, though not necessarily all, and other persons unnamed.
 The purpose of the New Haven com panys answer 10 the suit in equity brought yesterday. is to have its filing on August 1 or August ?. The law allows 20 days from the time the suit is in stituted. It was expected that the com panys reply would contain a general de- nial of the governments charges.
 
 Boston. July A-The-amount improp- erly expended in extending the New Ha- ven system was S102, ,OOO, 900, but the plain tiffs set forth today that under the Sher- man antitrust act they were entitled to damages of three times that size or s3O6,- O0O,O0O in the court. The request was made by counsel for the railroad that the case be postponed until August '. The defendants will enter a demurrer It will be alleged that bill of this kind can be brought by the minority stockholders but could not be legally maintained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

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 RebelIiOn-Joseph Medill Patterson The Right of Wny-Gilbert Parker Robert Kimberly-Frank H. Spear man. Rolf in the Woods-Ernest Thomp- son Seton. The Saint-Antonio Fogazzaro FD
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 ice.
 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Truxton king-George Barr McCut-
 cheon.
 Two Little SavagesEE. Thompson
 Seton.
 White Fang-Jack London. The White PrOphet=Hall Caine. The Widow LerOuge E m 1 l 6
 Gaboriau. The Wings of the Morning-Louis
 Tracy wolfviiIe Days-Alfred Henry Lewis. WoIfvtlle Nights Alfred Henry Lewis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

Adventures of n Suburbanite-Ellis
 Parker Butler. HugO-Arnold Bennett. Princess Flower Hat-Mable Osgood
 Wright. Mrs. MaxOn PrOtests-Anthony Hope. The Lady of the Spur-David Potter. To Love and to Cherish-Eliza Cal
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 Dixon Thacker. The Imprudence of Prue-Sophie
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 Holland Scales of Justice-Geo. l.. Knapp. Closin. Net-Henry c. Rowland. The Justice of the King-Hamilton
 Drummond.
 Zona Gale. Street Called Straight-Basil King. One Million Francs-Armond Freder-
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 Weymer Jay Mills. Between the Dark md the Daylight
 William Dean Howells. Where There's Will-Mary Rob
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 Smith. The Glory of Clementina-Willia J.
 Locke.
 The Imp0ster--John Reed Scott. A Hoosicr rChronicIe-Meredit Nich-
 olson. .Japonette-Robert W. Chambers The Price She Paid--David Graham
 Phillips. George ThOrne-Nowall Richardson. The Adventures of Bobby Orde-
 Stewart Edward White. The Case of Richard Meynell-Mrs.
 Humphrey Ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

I,abori retorted that he thought that three of them did
 M. Labori then retoox the letters and presented them to Mime. Gueydan and asked what her wishes were in the mat ter, and replied:
 T do not care what you do Print them all if you wish to do so."
 Thereupon it was decided to place three of the letters in evidence. but to read only one of them. This would be done it was announced after recess
 The question of reading the letters gave rise to another scene when coure recon vened.
 Judge Albanel who had discussed the subject with the lawyers on both sides d.ling the recess recalled Mime Guey- dan to the stand, Maitre Labori addressed her, saying: Refuses to Read Letters "These letters will not be read by me madame. Do you wish them back?" Mime. Gueydan: No" Maitre Labori: Well then no one shall have them except myself. If you have heard of me being caught in trap, you are mistaken" Maitre Labor appeared to regard Mme Gueydans seeming reluctance of yester- day and her impulsive consent that he should have the letters as device to place him in the position either or sup pressing the letters, or of reading them to the disadvantage of Mime. Caillaux He asked her if she wished to take back the letters. and she replied. "No.n Maitre Chenu: Give me the retters to tear them apart Procurator General Herbaux reminded Judge Albanel that he could reject any testimony not pertinent to the case Judge Albanel then question Mme Guey- dan as to her wishes 
 Mime. Gueydan: T repeat that Maitre Labori may do what he likes in connec- ton with Maitre Chenu With the letters :" Maitre Iabori called M. Caillaux to the witness stand and asked his views on the matter.
 M. Labori said: "I suggest that you confer with. Mme Gueydan on the subject M. Caillaux turned his head toward his wife in the prisoners enclosure and she made gesture of assent
 M. Caillaux then said: 'I consent
 Judge Albanel disposed of the question for the time being by saying the letters would be confided provisionally to Maitre Chenu as representing Mime. Gueydan and to Maitre Labori as representative of M. and Mime. Cailaux.
 The judge announced that the argu- ments would not be finished tomorrow, nor would the court sit on Sunday
 Charles Foll of the Figaro. Ettienne Grosclaude, chief editor of the Journal and Gustave Viterbo a writer. then tes- tified that from their knowledge of the late M. Gaston Calmette. they were con- vinced he would not have published pure ly private correspondence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
A AM Mid1Sn'Rst id ipnn5i,, Raa1. SlS,+,; a;

Serni-Annua1 Sale Of Fauorite Fiction by F auored Authors. Originally Published to Sell at $I to $1.5O
 The more than 200 titles printed be- low tell the tale of better book sale.
 Many new titles have been added since our last sale. Particular atten- tion has been paid to the selection of titles that are suitable for summer reading.
 There are few, if any, heavy books. Most are books that will prove summer diversion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
ROOSEVELT BEGINS
 PLANNING DEFENSE
Engages Attorneys Bowers and Sands as Representa-
 lives in Libel Suit

Oyster Bay. N Y, July 24.-Theodore Roosevelt after renewing his attack on William Barnes. republican state chair man. began today the work of preparing his legal defense in the s5000O libel suit begun against him by MT. Barnes. The action was result of the coloners recent statement, alluding to the chairman, and Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tammany Hall In that statement the former Presi- dent attacked so-called boss rule' in state politics and favored the candidacy of former State Senator Harvey D. Hin- man for governor
 Colonel Roosevelt today engaged to de- fend him the New York law firm Bowers & Sands, which acted for him in the trial last year of his libel suit against the Michigan publisher who charged him with being an iebriate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Five Books or More Prepaid at This Price by Parcel Post to Any
 Point i71 the South.

It is advisable for customers from out-of-town to order at once. Orders will be filled, however, if mailed as late as Tuesday.
 First, second and third choice should be made to avoid delays when titles are sold out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25


 the woman on trial
 LabOri Is Suspicious
 Maitre Labori, counsel for Mime Gail laux, intimated that he suspected a trap being set for him in Madame Gueydan's S giving him the letters to do with as he saw ft.
 The presiding judge disposed of the question for the time by confding the letters provisionally to Maitre Chenu as representing Mime. Gueydan, and Maitre Lamori as representative of M, and Mime Caillaux.
 Gall Madame Gueydan,' was the order of Judge Louis Albane when the court opened.
 Madame Gueydan former wife of the prisoners husband Joseph Caillaux for mer premier of France, had. neverthe- less, not arrived and Pascal Ceccaldi. the most intimate private and political friend of M. Caillaux. was called to the stand
 The interest centered around the two Intimate letters referred to in yesterdays testimony and handed by Mme Gueydan to Maitre 1.abori to deal with as he chose
 Great curiosity had been awakened as to whether they would be read In court or communicated privately to the jurors.
 Maitre Labori said he would defer until the arrival of Madame Gueydan com munciation he desired to make to the court.
 Ceccaldi Addresses Jury
 M. Ceccaldi then addressed to the iurv an impassoned defense of the Caillaux family. He described Mme. Caillauxs eff forts to restrain her husband from as- suming political power, as she was of the opinion that his keeping out of the gov ernment was the only way in which they could expect to have peace in their life M. Caillaux. seated In the crowded court ] among witnesses and writers, followed at tentively his friends panegyric, nodding his head in appreciation. Madame CailIaux, in the prisoners docl, presented a sorrowful figure. | In her eyes was look of bewilderment and seeming terror. | It was understood that former Premier | Barthou was again to be presented be- | fore M. Cailaux NJ. Ceccaldi astounded those in court | by giving his testimony in the form of a speech, in which he reviewed the polit- | ical and otherwise paper attacks on the | former premier. Interruptions Frequent The auditors meanwhile kept up a con- tlnuous murmur of protest or approval 1 The protests caused M Ceccaldi to shout: "1f l defend M. Cailaux it is because he is an honorable man" The auditors began tiring of M. Gee caldfs speech. The interruptions in- | creased.
 T have the right to talk here, be- cause they seek to Keep a woman in | prison,' said Ceccaldi.
 This occasioned a tumultuous uproar and Judge Albanel pounded his desk to re- | store order.
 | T will continue my deposition" then sald M' Ceccaldi, and he proceeded with a criticism of former Premier Barthou's S l course in reading in the chamber the documents drawn up by Victor Fabre. in ! connection with the Rochette swindle. Former Premier Barthou followed NJ. Ceccaldi on the stand and defended his | action in making public the Victor Fabre messages.
 M. Caillaux also spoke briefly Maitre | Labori and Maitre Chenu then explained their ideas for and against the publica- ton or the letters placed in Maitre Labori's charge by Mime. Gueydan l Maitre Chenu remarked that the letters ] did not concern the case, to which Maitrt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Did the Best He Could

From the London Opinion
 Wife-Why did you tell the Batsons that you married me because I was such good cook. when you know cant even boil a potato?
 Hubby-1 had to make some excuse, my dear, and l didn't know what else to say. gs hft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Mellen on Morgan

From the Louisville Herald.
 Charles H. Mellen, the former pres ident of the New Haven lines. praised J. Pierpont Morgan at luncheon in Washmgton
 If MT. Morgan had lived" he said the New Haven would have been pay ing dividends today Brains rule the world. and Morgan had them
 "A man of brains. but a brusaue man. To a journalist who once asked him for a success talk he parked:
 eff you succeed you're a success If you don't, you're a fool. That's the long and short of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
CAILLAUX LETTERS MAY TRIP DEFENSE
 IN FAMOUS TRIAL
LabOri Is Suspicious
tContinued from Page onel

her former husband, M Caillaux, and the woman on trial