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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
FORMAL AUDIT OF
 PROTECTIVE LIFE
Excellent Condition of Affairs Is Shown by Examination of Actuary
 Halliday

The Protective Life Insurance company of this city has recently been an1ited by Actuary Halliday under the direction of the insurance department of the state
 The Protective Life Insurance company at its own request, Is audited by a com potent actuary in January of each year so that its stockholders and the public generally can understand exactly the financial situation of the company. The late audit shows that the company in- creased it's assets for 1914 by 22 per cent; it increased it's reserves by 30 per cent for 1914, and it's surplus 30 per cent for the same time. The Protective Life has been conservatively managed from the beginning and is a money making com pany. Elsewhere in this paper this morn ing will be found modest advertisement to which attention is called
 The officers of the Protective Life In surance company and it's board of direc- tors, consider that it is entitled to the respect and confidence of the public IL invites inspection and criticism from any source
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
BRITISH BUYING
 ALABAMA HORSES Fies & Sons Working on Large Order for British
 Government

An order for quite large number of mules for the British army has been re- ceived here by Fies & Sons, according to an announcement yesterday. Purchases are being made now for the English gov ernment but 1t is stated that no high prices are being paid for the mules Moxie Fies left yesterday for Montgomery, where he will make some purchases, it is believed.
 The order from the British is the first that has been placed here by that gov ernment, but it Is said there will prob- ably follow quite a large order later on from the same source.
 Ffes Sons it will be recalled, recently filled a very large order of horses for the French army. which were sent to New Orleans under the direction of Jones Nelson for export to that country. The French requirements are said to have been less rigid than the requirements of the English army. Mir. Fies said yes- terday before he left for Montgomery that he had no statement to make just at this time about the order but that he would be willing to give out some information next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
JURY SAYS CHERISH DEATH ACCIDENTAL COrOner's Probe of Shooting Fails to Reveal Any
 thing New

After deliberating for upward of one hour the coroner's jury that held an in quest into the death of Harry H. Gerrish died from a gunshot wound accidently in nicted. About 15 witnesses were sum- money and testified.
 The Gerrish hearing lasted throughout yesterday morning and afternoon, and the verdict was not returned until after dark yesterday afternoon Following the yer dict the relatives of the dead man ex pressed their approval of the actions of the jury but would say nothing foi%publi- cation.
 The witnesses, other than Mrs. Gerrish and Mrs. J. B. Hayden. were character witnesses and their testimony had no bearing on the verdict Detectives Jones and Propst who were instructed by Chief Eagan to investigate the case, were not called for. as Coroner Spain states he had already ascertained that these two officers knew nothing of the case. At police headquarters last night Detectives Jones and Propst averred that their time had been all taken up in Investigating burglar calls and attending sessions of the criminal court, and therefore they had given practically no attention to the Ger rish killing.
 Harry II. Gerrish aged 52 years local manager of the National Cash Register company, was discovered shot through the heart in the bathroom of his home, 172O Fourteenth avenue. south, several nights ago.
 It was then stated by Mrs. Gerrish that her husband had been examining an old pistol which had accidentally been dis charged inhicting fatal wound. The police. who were notified of the death sev- eral hours later by an Age-Herald re- porter, conducted perfunctory investiga- tion and reported that MT. Gerrish had committed suicide. This was vehemently denied by the relatives. The deceased is survived by his widow and son, Howard Gerrish, of Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
SANFORD OHAVE
 CHARGE OF CASES Montgomery Man Special Attorney in Standard
 Home Litigation

Thomas D. Sanford of Montgomery was sworn in as special assistant at torney general yesterday by Miss Emma Mahoney, deputy clerk of the United States court, and will have charge of the Standard Home company cases in the place of United States Attorney Robert D. Bell, who is disqualified for the reason that he had acted as coun- sel for the Standard Home company previous to his appointment as district attorney.
 Mr. Stanford came unheralded, and as Mai. Charles J. Allison, clerk of the court. and some of his deputies were attending court at Jasper, the oath was administered by Miss Mahoney. He had nothing to say about the case and as soon as his credentials were filed with the clerk of the court left the building. Former United States District Attorney o. D. Street and his former assistant, Charles Kennermer, have been specially retained in the case as they conducted the preliminary examinations whlcn brought about the prosecution against the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
ID CLEAR DOCKET
 OF CAPITAL CASES Conference Held Yesterday by Fort, Heflin, Black
 and Copeland

Judge w. E. Fort, Judge H. P. lief lin, Solicitor Hugo l.. Black and Deputy Clerk Ed Copeland were in a conference yesterday afternoon in reference to set. ting all the capital cases that are now pending on the docket of the criminal court According to Solicitor Black every capital case on the docket will be given a trial during the next few weeks.
 Beginning January 25 a "doubleheader" capital docket has been set, which will run into the first two weeks in Feb. ruary. There will be one week of non. capital cases and on the fourth week in February another capital docket will be set.
 This will make four weeks of capital cases in the criminal court with both judges presiding over the cases. The court officials state that they are going to clear the docket of all the old cases as well as the new ones and reduce the popula- tion of the county jail if possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Weller Acquitted l.

After remaining out all night the jury in the case of Henry Weller. charged with burglary and grand larceny and receiving and concealing stolen prop erty, returned verdict of not guilty yesterday morning and the dcfendar
 was discharged. The case went to tria} in the criminal court Judge w. E,| Fort presiding, Wednesday afternoo1 and reached the jury late ThursdaS night. It failed to arrive at verdict and
 was sent to a hotel for the night A
 10 o'clock yesterday morning it broughU in the verdict. Assistant Solicitor Waite ' s. Brewer represented the state and Judge Frank Cahalan and Mat Murphy the defendant The defendant wed charged with stealing a quantity of old brass and other junk from anotneu dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
CHANGES IN
 RIFLE MATCHES

Washington, January 15.-,rhe na- tional board for promotion of rifle Iractfce in session at the war depart- inent made important changes today In regulations for the national matches among army, navy. marine corps and national guard teams.
 One new rule provides that at least Six of the shooting members of each team shall be men who never have heretofore shot as members of a team Tn any national team match, or ma tional divisional team match. Principals and alternates of each national guard team must be selected by open compe- tition and not less than 50 per cent of the principals must be enlisted men.
 In national team matches, in slow fire the 300 and s00-yard ranges are Eliminated. In both slow and rapid fire, 15 shots instead of 10, are allowed for record at each range
 The board also abolished the re- quirement of a minimum three-pound trigger pull
 Provision has been made for the en try of teams from universities. colleges ard military schools. not only in the national team match, but in the na- tional individual match. In the last named slow fire was lived at 300. 500 end 1000 yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
DISPUTE GW|N'S
 RIGHT ID PAPERS Copies of County Papers to Be Given to County
 Engineer

Controversy over certain papers which were removed from the office of the coun- ty engineer by Jere Gwin was had before the board of revenue yesterday.
 George II. Clark, who succeeded MT. Gwin, claimed that the papers should be returned to the office. MT. Gwin insisted that the papers were copies of road and other contracts and they were his personal property.
 Mir. McGeever took the position that all papers pertaining to the office should be left there. and that if he so desired MT. Gwin should have the privilege of in speuting them and copying them If he saw fit. An agreement was finally reached with the understanding that MT. Gwin and MT. Clark should go over the papers in question and that copies of records pertaining to the office should be turned over to the county highway engineer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Broom to be Ndmed Head
 of the Fair Association
Jacob Burger Was Elected President of Business Mems Only in Pursuance of New Policy Inaugurated by That Organization Another Election Will Be
 Held Next Month

dent of the fair association for the
 State Fair of the current year. Off,
 ficial announcement has not been made
 to the effect that President Brown will
 succeed himself, but reliable informa-
 tion Is that such will be the case.
 MT. Burger was named president of
 the Buriness Mems league" stated Bert ram Jacobs, chairman of the league
 nomination committee, when questioned
 last night. with the distinct under
 standing that he would not be expected
 to act as president of the fair also
 The subject was freely discussed by the
 board of directors at the meeting
 Thursday. It is an entirely new depart
 ure from past custom, but as the direc tors discussed the idea it seemed to appeal to them very much and we have high hopes that it will be entirely sue cessful.
 "Either job-president of the league or of the fair association-requires much time and energy. We decided that it was enough to ask one of our mem bers to do the one instead of both at the same time, and therefore will name a separate man as president of the faii association. In that way, each man can give more of his attention to the busi
 
 change is merely like business man would make when some one phase ol his business became so large and i'm portant that he thinks best to put a separate man in charge of it.'
 Mir. Jacobs would not be quoted as to who the president of the fair associa- ton. will be. He explained, however, that the two organizations will be in no way separated, except for the fact that they will have separate presi- dents, stating that the same board of directors, the same secretary and of- | flee force would act for both.
 Robert A. Brown, who it is under stood will succeed himself, Is one of the prominent business men of the city. He is the head of well known in- surance company. Under his administra tion of the fair association affairs last year. it is generally admitted, one or the best fairs in the history of the state was produced. Extreme and con sistent bad weather and the beginning of the business depression, however. CO., operated in warding off the success the fair otherwise would have been, and this year 1t is understood Mr. Brown IS going into the matter with the pur- pose of making the 1915 fair so great l a success as to make up for the trou-
 ble encountered last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
PROPOSED INQUIRY
 HAS NO TERRORS
 FOR POWER C0.
James Mitchell Discusses Proposal by Legislature to Have Public Utility Con-
 nectiOn Declared

The proposed plan by the Alabama legislature to require all members of that body to declare their utility cor poration affiliations strikes no terror to the hearts of officials of the Alabama Power company. Further the officials hope the resolution will be passed. This was made known yesterday by James Mitchell of London, who is the real head of the power company operations in this state.
 The recently introduced resolution Of senator from Macon county, which it was declared by 8 senator from Lime stone was aimed at the power company, has not frightened the local officers. They are indifferent as to what action is taken in Montgomery in this connec- tion, although hoping that the resolu- tion will be passed
 Tt is not exactly interesting for out siders like myself to be commenting upon matters of absolutely local inter- est" said MT. Mitchell, and I would much prefer not to make any state ment."
 Upon being pressed for a statement about what he thought of the ,roposi- tion MT. Mitchell finally said:
 We have nothing to conceal. It strikes me as decidedly unfair to bring our company into this situation. MT. Martin, our chief counsel, made splen- did statement and one perfectly correct in every detail. If that resolution Is passed it will not embarrass us. We have only two or three men there and as MT. Martin explained, they were em- ployed long before the men thought oi getting into politics. As matter of fact it would be difficult to employ 30 or 40 attorneys as we had to dc without their getting into politics soon- er or later
 Aside from our attorneys, the only man that know who is affiliated with us is Lieutenant Governor Thomas E Kilby of Anniston, who is a director of our Anniston company. He was one of the builders of that fine and when we bought the line we continued him as 8 director To all fair minded persons there is nothing unfair about that. There is one thing about that resolu- tion and that is it will make it in- teresting for some others. and we hope 1t will be passed. Then it will be shown clearly what the situation is and We will not be sujected to censure."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Merchants Bound Over

Charged with receiving stolen property and interfering with interstate commerce. J. T. Tucker and Nick Fergardis, mer- chants of the city. were bound over to the federal grand jury by Judge R. B. Watts, United States commissioner, at preliminary hearing held yesterday ait ernoon. John Demerkis and Pete Kerokis' held on the same charge were discharged. The prosecution of the four men grew out of a robbery by negroes of freight car in the Alabama Great Southern yards loaded with a shipment of onions last December. The negroes were arrested by Officers Garner and Moser and two of them confessed to t1e robbery and told where they had disposed of several sacks of onions stolen from the car. The arrest of the four white men followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Suffragists to Meet

/ The regular meeting of the Birming- ham Equal Suffrage association will be held this afternoon at the Cable hall. Among the features of the meeting will be an address by Mrs. Jack Bowron on "Woman's Position in the Roman and Earlier Ct -stian Civilization Reports of the various committees will be re- ceived and a report of the progress made at Montgomery in the suffrage cause will be made Mrs. H. H. Shell, president of the association, will preside and she states that the meeting promises to be interesting and well attended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
RESINOL HEALS RAW, ITCHING,
 SCALY SKINS

No matter how long you have been tortured and disfigured by itching. burning, raw or scaly skin humors. just put little of that soothing antiseptio, Resinol Ointment on the sores. The suffering usually stops right therel
 Healing begins that very minute. and in almost every case your skin gets we'll so quickly you feel ashamed of the money you threw away on tedious. use- less treatments.
 Reslnol Ointment and Resinol Soap clear away pimples. blackheads. and dandruff. Prescribed by doctors for 20 years and sold by all druggists. Contain absolutely nothing that could harm the tenderest skin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
SEEKS TO RECOVER
 FUNDS FROM COUNTY

Suit was filed yesterday in the city court by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company against Jefferson coun- ty. in which the company claims $11.0Oo an amount alleged to have been wrong fully collected by the county for fran chise tax. A petition was filed for man. damus proceedings to compel the county to refund the Tennessee company sev- eral sums for license tax. The taxes were collected in 1907, 1908 and 1909, under an act passed by the last legislature which was later declared unconstitutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
MANS SKELETON FOUND IN WOODS Sheriff and Coroner Trying to Ascertain Identity
 of Bones

Efforts are being made to ascertain |the identity of the skeleton of man (which was discovered in the woods about four miles from Warrior late
 NV. K. McAdory. As yet no clue has been found.
 According to the theory of officers
 { is thought that the skeleton is that |pf a white man who was ambushed .hnd killed early last summer by some negro bandits that infested that local fty. Coroner c. I. Spain also is work Ing on this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
SIMS REPORT WILL BE
 MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW

istration a 'clean bill of health,' al portant nature are to be made.
 Upon this report will be based the re- port of the subcommittee on temporary relief, headed by John H. Frye, to a great extent, and the report of the com mittee on permanent relief for the finan- cial troubles of Birmingham, headed by Frank Nelson, Jr., probably will take into consideration the sims committee report also to some extent. The reports of MT Nelson's committee and MT. Frye's com mittee are expected the first part of next week, after which the committee of 1o( will assemble and again take up its de- Alterations with the reports of these com mittees as working basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Suits Filed

ticket and was put off train while
 n motion, John Whelan has sued the nAn Francisco and St. Louis Railroad
 onpany, claiming 5000 damages. The Puit was filed in the circuit court Richard M. Hughes has sued the Bir- bingham Railway, Light and Power company, claiming $a0O0 damages, al l eging that he received personal injuries From riding motorcycle into pile 1Df chert alleged to have been left on khe highway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16

In tomorrow mornings Age-Herald will be published the report of the subcommit- tee named by the committee of 100 on in vestigation of the city administration, headed by H. U. Sims.
 The report in detail will be quite ex- tensive The report of the subcommittee as a whole will be supplemented by re- ports of this committees subcommittees, each of which investigated some particu- lar phase of the city administration and reported on 1t in detail.
 Nothing as to the contents of the report has yet been revealed, and 1t IS stated will not be until it is published tomorrow morning. For sometime, however. 1t has been understood that in the main the re- port will give to the present city admin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16

at a meeting of the board of directors to be held about February 10 or II.
 News of this change in the policy of the Business Mems league only devel. oped yesterday. For some reason 1t was not given out Thursday after the board was elected, and it had been. assumed, therefore that MT. Burger was to be- come president of the fair association also.
 As is known, the Business Mems league and the fair association are vir- tually the same organization and is made up of the same men. Heretofore the president of the Business Mems league always has become the presi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
ANTI-TOBACCO
 COUPON FIGHT
 IS, ABANDONED

Washington, January 15.-(Special.)-All hope of obtaining action on his bill to prohibit the giving of coupons or other forms of lagniape with cigarettes or other merchandise was abandoned by Repre- sentative Underwood today and he will not make any effort to push it to passage in this Congress. The jamb of appropria- tion bills in the House and substantial opposition in the ways and means com mittee to such anti-tobacco legislation led MT. Underwood to abandon his meas- ure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
PERSONAL

George G. Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, left yesterday for New York to at tend a meeting of the presidents of the various Steel corporation companies He will be away about 10 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
How to Cure La grippe Cough

Coughs that hang on" demand treat ment. Stop and think! Reason and com mon sense tell you that it is folly to grin and bear it." Those racking la grippe coughs that wrench the body and cause soreness and pains in the lungs yield more quickly to Foley's Honey and Tar than to any other treatment Forty years record of successes proves this. For coughs. colds, croup and other dis dressing ailments of throat, chest. lungs larynx and bronchial tubes, you can find nothing that will compare with this reliable remedy. Sold oy a1l druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Involuntary Petition Filed

on the petition of three creditors, the W. D. Colby Decorating company was thrown into involuntary bankruptcy yes. terday and the application for receiver ship will be heard this morning before Judge D. H. Dryer. referee in bankruptcy The petitioning creditors allege that the concern committed an act of bankruptcy during November by showing preferencS to certain cf editors. Tho amount claimed by one of the petitioners is s1.M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16

Jacob Burger was elected president of the Business Mems league Thurs- day with the distinct understanding that another man would be elected president of the Alabama state Fair and Exhibit association.
 R. \. Brown, incumbent, will he re- elected president of the fair association
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Federal Grand Jury Reports Monday

The special federal grand jury took d recess yesterday until Monday morning when they will convene and make their final report before Judge w. I. Grubb. The grand jury Was organized for the purpose of Investigating the Standard Home company and a number of other cases that had been docketed since the last term of court. Judge Grubb, who has been holding a session of the fed- eral court at Jasper. will return to the city today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
War Loan Bought

Amsterdam. January 15-(via London 1925 D. m.)--Teiegrams from Berlin say the German war loan bonds were pri- vately bought today on the Berlin ex- change at par. an increase of 2h per cont compared with the emission price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Wreck in Iowa

Des Moines, January 15.-D J. Robb of St. Louis was killed and IS ether passengers injured today in a wreck cn the Wabash railway near Rlnnells, Ia. Two sleeping cars plunged down an embankment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Honors Russian GeneraI

Paris. January 15.--(2:55 D. r)---A decree was submitted to President Foincare today which conferred upon Grand Dukc Nicholas. commander in chief of Russian held forces, the nil- jtaEy medal of France
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-16
Marriage License

The following marriage license was re- corded yesterday in the office of the pro- bate judge:
 B. F. Baldwin, Namen. to Miss Lizsie
 Cowden.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-04-22
LET SAFETY FIRST GOVERN AurolNe

TRADE journal the Wells Messenger
number safety
pictures well the vivid
majority accidents show
avoided The they may
applied 10 other
In Tonopah the idea Of safety FIRST
particularly milling
Considerable
furnishing appliances
cyanide
warnings also
appliances the subsaon
Of the deplorabe accident which boted being
railway
issued prevent
accidental death
automobile drivers negligent of
principles of safety They madly
sound their horns
middle tempt
pedestrians
legal authority
should under their
part