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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
VILLA IS MASSKNG FORCES TO MEET
 CARRANZA ATTACK

Washington, July 17.-General Villa Is massing his forces to meet the Carranza army under Generals Obregon and Hill at Torreon. according to information received tonight at the Villa agency here. The bat tie is expected to take place soon.
 State department advices today con frmed previous reports that Villa had aha ndoned Aguascalientes and Zacatecas and was withdrawing his forces north ward. The movement has been in prog ress some time. Villa troops are said to have torn up the railroad as they re- treated.
 Carranza forces have garrsoned, Aguas Cahentes and Zacatecas and are prepai : ing to press on toward Torreons where Villa now is in conference with his off cers. planning to meet the attack and also for a camgain in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.
 Villas northward movement is some what mystifying to officials here The gen. eral opinion is that Carranza's forces are rapidly driving Villa into the northeast corner of the republic. Villas agents. however contend the retreat is a strategic move.
 General Angeles, Villas chief lieutenant. who has been in Washington studying the attitude of the United States toward Mexico, left today for Sonora on a mis- sion for Villa It is understood he will discuss a military scheme with General Naytorena. Angeles plans to rejoin Villa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
.LUSK STOPS INQUIRY INTO HIS SALARY AS CODE COMMISSIONER
Charge of Lewis That Lusk and Others Received More Than Salaries in 1907 Is
 Promptly Suppressed
By l.. 6. BETTY

Montgomery, July -(Special) )-Efforts on the part of Senator Oscar Lewis of Macon to have the investigating commit tee inquire into the charge that four mem- bers of the present legislature, Speaker Carmichael, Representatives Merritt and John and Senator Lusk, while members of the legislature of 1907 were appointed on the code commission at salary of $10 per day. when under the constitution they were only entitled to a per diem of $4 met with signal failure in the senate this morning
 Senator Lewis resolution calling for an investigation of the charge by the in- vectigating committee was promptly tabled by the senate on the motion of Senator Lusk of Marshall, who was a member of the code commission of 1907
 The resolution of the Macon senator, after setting out the constitutional pro- vision by which members of the legisla- ture during their term shall not be ap. pointed to any office of profit which Il shall have created, and the further pro. vision that members shall not receive more than Si per day for their services declares that the violation of these pro- visions Ifs reflection upon their integ rity and imputes to them a violation oi their oath of office"
 The resolution then asks that the charge be immediately investigated and that a report be made to the legislature.
 1t will be recalled that The Age Her. aid several days ago carried the an nouncement that the investigating com mittee would be called upon to inquire into the charge. and that probably the attorney general would be asked to bring proceedings against the members of the code commission for receiving money tc which they were not entitled.
 | It is understood that. regardless oi whether or not the Investigating com mittee makes an inquiry into the situa. ] ton, an effort will be made to have the matter investigated by the proper of ficers. with the end in view of ascertain. ing whether or not the members of the code commission were employed withou due authority of law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

, are enacted into law. the state will spend the next score of years in a futile effort to extricate itself out of a condition immeasureably chaotic. His report has attracted great deal Of attention, and lawyers from every coun- ty of the state have written him In con- plimentary and commendatery style.
 Lease System Entrenched
 Chairman Merritt, the directing g genius of the recess committee on ill vestigation, declared today that there was no more chance of the house com mittee on penitentiary and prison ad ministration adversing the bill abolish ing the convict lease system than that a snow ball could survive the summer in the heart of plutonian realms.
 Nevertheless, there is no question but the committee Is divided. MT. Scott of Jefferson declared this morning that beyond all question the committe e would adverse the bills.
 At the present time," he said, "the committee stands nine to five against the bills. There Is no hope for the measures being returned to the house with Q favorable report. I may be on the unpopular side of the argument re- specting the convict lense system. but at the present time, I am not prepared to vote for an innoyation which would result in bankrupted state"
 Should the bills be adversed by the committed, they would be called up by Chairman Merritt and MT. Davis and there Is no doubt but that these leao- would be able to bring the battle to the floor of the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
 GIVES ADVICE Advises Every One, Suffer- fering as He Was, to
 Take Tanlac
AFFLICTED FOR YEARS WITH KIDNEY TROUBLE
Now Able to do Reasonable Days Work-Says, q Cannot Praise Tanlac Too
 Highly"

Added to the many Inducements of Tanlac. the Master Remedy, which Is at tracting such widespread attention throughout the country, and which Is accomplishing such wonderful results in the treatment of stomach, liver and kid ney disorders, is that of MT. J. B. Mar able of R. F. D. No. g. Nashville. Mir. Marable has been superintendent of Love Chapel Methodist Sunday school for number of years is a prominent farmer and is loved and respected by all who know him.
 A few days ago Mir. Marable had thls to say concerning his experience with Tanlac:
 For a number of years I have been . sufferer from chronic kidney trouble Had terrible pains in my back and limbs a dull, sluggish feeling possessed me, and at times would become very dizzy. I was intensely nervous all the time and was greatly trouble with constipation and in- digestion; in fact, was almost nervous wreck, and finally got sso bad could do no work at all
 "No kind of medicine" continued MT. Marable, seemed to do me any good and I was going from bad to worse.
 Reading so much in the papers about this new remedy, Tanlac, I thought there must be something in it. SO decided to try it. After using only two bottles, am now able to do a reasonable days work, and I intend to keep up the treatment. My kidney trouble has almost entirely dis appeared; my digestion and appetite are good am no longer troubled with consti- patton and suffer no pain at all.
 'I am growing stronger daily. rest well at night and feel altogether like dif- ferent man.
 T cannot praise Tanlac too much" said MT. Marable, and I advise all sufferers from kidney trouble, indigestion, consti- patton and a general rundown condition to take this Tanlae."
 Commenting upon the above statement. MT. G. F. Willis. who is personally intro ducing the famous preparation, Tanlac, in the south, said:
 ''Tanlac Is unquestionahly the most talked-of remedy in the world today. Hundreds of inducements, such as MT. Marbles. reach the Tanlac offices each week. People in every walk of life, suf- fering from all forms of stomach, liver and kidney troubles declare they have found relief through the use of the Pre- mier Preparation.
 "The sales of Tanac." continued MT. Willis 'are increasing by leaps and bounds and it is with difficulty that the trade can be kept supplied"
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Patton-Pespe Co. and Jacobs Drug Store under the personal direction of the Tanlac representative. It is also on sale at Ensley by D. w. Morris Drug Go. and at Besserer by Pegram- Patton Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

will receive its two-thirds majority Tuesday.
 One of the features of the week.
 looked was the Merritt assassina- tion hoax" In the very beginning, MT. Merritt. every other member of the legislature and practically every newspaper reporter at the capitol, knew that that hoax was hoax. How equaliza ton in lieu of the state tax com mission will be so amended as ito har- monize all factions interested"
 In reporting this bill to the house to- day, Chairman Weakley of the joint com mittee on finance and taxation announced that the committee had agreed upon an amendment to that feature of the bI., indicating that the governor would be per mitted to appoint the members of the board of equalization with the approval or the legislature. Governor Henderson returned several bills to the house this morning without his approval. One of these measures which the house useessly passed over his head, was the bill providing for the abol- ishment of all excise commissions in the state. The bill was passed by the legisla- ture shortly before that body adjourned last March, and was allowed to lie on the governors desk during the recess In his message to the house. the governor said he had allowed the excise commits s.oners to retain office in order that they might enforce the prohibition laws peno- ing the operation of the state laws on July 1.
 Another bill he returned was the Grif- fin anti-tipping bill. This measure was passed over until next Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
LEGISLATURE SPENDS
 FIRST WEEK LAYING
 ITS PREDICATES FOR
 ACTION IN FUTURE
Continued from Page Onc)

appoint the members of this board of equalization with the provision that his appointments be concurred in not only by the senate but by the house as well. The governor, naturally, will name the members of his tax board to the positions on the board of equaliza- tion, and the legislature will not con- firm those appointments. There will be the rub
 The legislature Is perfectly willing in other words that the governor ex- ercise the appointive power, provided he appoints the men desired by the legislature. And in this connection it Is known that were the governor to appoint B. A. Thompson of Birmingham a member of the board of equalization the legislature would not complain And were the governor to appoint to the convict bureau MT. Rogers whom he has already appointed, Dr. Oates state prison inspector, and w. s. Kel- Ter, engineer of the highway commits sion, the legislature would be satis- fled. It seems to be the intention of the legislature to deprive the three members of the tax commission of their Smith of their positions on the convict bureau, and to combine with the con vict bureau the department of the state prison inspector and the highway con- mission.
 The Lobby's Waterloo
 As result of the developments oi the week, it seems to be certain that the bond issue amendment advocated by the governor, and so strenuously opposed by the powerful lobby" will be favored by the senate and submit ted early in the winter to the people of the state.
 Thus, it Is indicated that the gover- nor will achieve his first notable vic tory, and the lobby, its first notable defeat The members of the lobby having observed the handwriting on the wall depressed the situation dur ing the week, by the "sour" expression of their countenances. And at the first opportunity. they folded their tents and stole away. There seems to be no question but that the legis- lature is prepared now to act In ac- cordance with its conscience and not through the direction of the guiding hand"
 The bond issue. having passed the house last winter and having been checked in the senate by the filibuster of MT Lusk, will be considered again by the senate Tuesday noon. At least four of the senators who would have opposed its passage last winter will support 1t this summer, and because of the fact that the recess committee on taxation, during the recess devised nc scheme to make the bond issue un- necessary. the backbone of the opposi- ton is broken. There seems to be nothing more certain than that by a safe margin, the proposed amendment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Nature Improved
 Upon

It Is not often that nature can be improved upon, but the modern way of making buttermilk is surely an i'm provement on the old way, or natures way. Up to a few years ago the source of supply of buttermilk was the dairy-farm or creamery, where butter Is made under varying sanitary conditions. There are many objections to dairy buttermilk, as the germs which sour the milk develop in the dairy house where the milk is kept and get into the milk accidently. With them are often asso- ciated the germs of putrifac- tion, which contaminate the milk and make it unfit for human consumption. By the new method the tactic acid germs are grown in the lab oratory under the observa- ton of trained bacteriolog- ists and all foreign germs are carefully and effective ly excluded. Pure cultures are in this way obtained and prepared for use in the form of a tablet called lac tone. Pure, fresh sweet milk and lactone tablets properly combined and given careful attention produce a most de- lightful and refreshing, as well as healthful drink. Lac tone Buttermilk is used by physicians in many hospitals in the treatment of typhoid and other fevers.. It IS easily digested and is given to del icate infants when no other nourishment can be used. It is a food, a beverage and a diet. Lactone Buttermilk contains all the butterfat or cream of the best grade of sweet milk, while churned buttermilk is a .by-product and unfit for use. Norton's Drug Store is the only place in Birmingham where Lac tone Buttermilk can be ob- tained. Norton's fountain has the reputation of being the cleanest and most sari- tary fountain in the south. I. is a place where quality goods are served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Carp Feeds on Dynamite, Swims Against Big Rock
 and Starts Fourth Fetes

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Columbus. O.-A big carp in the Scioto river, after having feasted on dynamite which policemen threw into the river re- gently. was first to usher in the Co., lumbus Fourth of July celebration, when 1t blew up this afternoon. knocking down the angler who hooked 1t and shaking houses in earthquake fashion within sev- eral blockt.
 Eddie Geghee. 55 years old. of Colum- bus. was the angler who had the ex- perience, and, incidentally. has credit Tor the biggest true" fish story of the sum mer. He was fishing in almost the heart of the city when big leather-back carp took hold of the hook. Geghee got LOOK at the fish. which he estimated weighed from eight to 10 pounds. and realized he had fight on hand.
 While struggling to land tho carp the big fellow swam violently against large rock which projected from tho water.
 Instantly there was a terrific explosion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
By HUGH w. ROBERTS.

lease system be abolished, effective January 1. 1918. These recommenda- tions, in the shape of bills, are at pres ent in the hands of the house com mittee on penitentiary and prison ad- ministration.
 Battle Against Judiciary
 It Is considered probable that the Judiciary committees of the house and senate, which on Wednesday will be- gin the study of the ST bills intro- duced by the recess committee on ju- dietary will, under the leadership of Senator Lusk of Marshall and Repre- sentative Davis of Walker, look with favor on the report
 The real fight against the proposed changes, however, will be waged on the floors of the house and senate. From every section of Alabama law yers, judges, solicitors and chancel- lors will come to Montgomery Tues day and formally organize for the fight. That great pressure can be brought against the individual mem- bers of the legislature is generally ad- mitted, and 1t Is said that 1t Is the sentiment of the house. at least, that the opponents of the measure will achieve what will be considered more than a partial victory.
 Representative Brindley of Etowah county, member of the recess commit tee on judiciary, has made formal minority report in which he criticized the work of the committee of which he served as fragmentary, radical, revo- lutionary and incapable of attaining the end 1t would attain; has stated fur ther, that If the bills of the committed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
A Tortoise in Winter
m the Kansas City Star.

Not the only interesting thing about the tortoise is the story of how he beat the swift hare in a race. Another story about him doesn't show to his advantage so much, and that is the story of how he awoke once in the midst of winter, thinking summer had come.
 This tortoise, after the custom of his kind. had buried himself in leaves and mold to sleep while the cold weather should last. After some weeks a cat happened to make its bed in the basket of leaves with the tortoise, and the lat ter, feeling the warmth, awoke from his sleep and was immediately for setting off in search of flies or slugs for food. When he felt the nip of frosty air he saw his mistake
 It Is interesting to see the tortoise eat His mouth Is like that of a lizard or bird. He has no teeth, but two sharp, horny jaws. With these he can bite out>a piece of green plant and swallow 1t down without the need of teeth
 Some tortoises are large enough and strong enough to carry man on their shell backs. Queen Victoria had one which was so big that she sent Sir Richard Owen to measure it. While he was sitting on its back it calmly walked off with him. When Sir Richard finally succeeded in measuring 1t, he found it was 12 feet around It was nearly 200 years old.
 
 have charge of education in all pub lie schools of the state and to aid the state superintendent of education in the discharge of the functions of his office.
 The code shall be amended so that county superintendent of education shall be elected in every county on the first Tuesday after the first Mon day in November. 1918, and every fourth year thereafter to serve for four years beginning January l after the date of his election.
 For the purpose of increasing facil- fties for training teachers for the ele- mentary and rural schools. provision shall be made for teacher training courses in the third and fourth years of such approved high schools as may be designated by the state superin- tendent of education: the gradutes of such courses. after one year of sue cessful experience as a teacher in a rural or elementary school and one year of successful work in state normal school, to be granted by the state board of education a first grade certificate
 That 1t shall he unlawful for any teacher, under contract to serve an institution of learning, to accept re- | muneration for services rendered. dur ing the date of the original contract. any other institution of learning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
EDUCATION BILLS
 OFFERED BY DAVIS
Tend to RevOlutiOnize the Educational System
 of State
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Montgomery. July 17.-(Special) ) MT. Davis of Walker county intro duced today a series of education bills which. if adopted, will tend to revolu- tionize the educational system of the state. In his remarks of explanation he touched on the fact that he had been unable during the last session to agree in all particulars with the state superintendent of education. but that the action of disagreement arr gued no unfriendly feeling between the two.
 Superintendent Feagin was subse- quently asked If he favored the edu- cational scheme of MT. Davis and In answering he declared that he had seen none of the bills.
 provide:
 No man shall be elected superin- tendent of education in any county of the state who is not possessed of a first grade or life certificate and who has not had at least two years ex- perience in practical teaching.
 County boards of education shall be created to have charge and jurisdic- tion over all public schools in the counties save those in towns of 25oo and moro population; the members of the board to receive $4 per day for not more than 29 days a year
 No man shall be elected state su- perintendent of education who. in ad- dition to requirements now demand ed. does not possess first grade or life certificate. and who has not had at least five years experience in prac- tical teaching in this state A state board of education shall be created to consist of five members to serve without pay other than their ac- tual travelling expenses: this board to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

The waste space at the fair grounds has been converted into an experiment sta ton, and this experiment has proven sue cessful farming.
 Mir. Sam Fowlkes, acting secretary of the Alabama State Fair, who is in charge of the premises. has demonstrated the accomplishments of small patches, well fertilzed and cultivated systematically. Besides having the use of a prolific vege- table garden and potato crops, he has planted an asparagus bed, raised sun flowers and grain for chicken feed. The growth of these domestic plants indicates great possibilities from a home garden, no matter how circumscribed the space, if intelligence and fertilization are applied. He is making an effort to have the gov ernment install a system of irrigation, and with the scientific application of their ex- pert treatment and methods of routine planting, a fall garden is contemplated, which will be an interesting demonstra- tion to the visitors to the fair who are interested in divershcaton, and an in centlve to others to wake up to such pos
 abilities and take hold of the situation in their own back yards if they have not larger fields to cultivate.
 There is a fascination in planting seeds and seeing them spring up and make the worlds markets more plentiful and her souls more beautiful. It Is not hard to catch the farming fever" when you see other people doing things. But a knowl- edge of what 1t takes in the nature of work, attention and time makes one rather more enjoy seeing the other peoples patches grow.
 That's where half the world misses the greatest of the good things in life-the vic- tory is enjoyed most often you have won 1t by the sweat of your own brow. It is
 sweet to toll and be crowned with suc- cess-and there is greater pleasure than to go out in your own garden and gather the fruits of your labor, even if the dew does soil your garments-that same dew has helped to make the harvest ripe for you.
 Think of growing corn nine feet high on new ground that has been trodden over years by sightseeing crowds. During the winter it was used as trash pile and this decayed matter has been folded deep in the earth, and at springtime the soil was ripe for planting There the crop of oats has been prolific, and enough forage raised to supply the stock employed to make the grounds ready for the fair. These little savings will be of invaluable aid in reducing expenses In the details of get ting ready for the fair of 1915.
 Besides the farm products, poultry and pet stock raising is another industry de- veloped on the fair grounds. So much pointing to the ''other fellow what to do is not worth as much as example. or course, these patches are dotted over the grounds, indicate the possibility of beau I tifying the premises with shrubbery and evergreens. This would very much 1m- prove the surroundings and add decora- 1 ton to exhibitions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
LIBERTY BELL NOW
 AT EXPOSITION

San Francisco, July 1.-The liberty bell. Americas chief relic of the war of independence. was installed here to- day at the Pennsylvania pavilion of the Panama Pacific exposition. Crowds broke into a demonstration when the bell reached a great plaza at the ex- position. where Speaker Champ Clark and Gov. Hiram w. Johnson and oth- CT speakers were gathered.
 Officials in charge of the bell, ex. blaming its late arrival, last night said that nearing San Francisco crowds blocked the railroad tracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, July 17-Forecast for Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi: Fair Sunday and probably Monday.
 Georgia: Generally fair Sunday and Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
WILL NOT RESIGN

Petrograd. July 17.-d p. m, via London, p. m.)--George T. Marye, Jr., American ambassador to Rus sia, today emphatically denied the report circulated in the United States that he would resign. He said he never had contemplated talk ing such a step.