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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
STOCK OPERATORS ARE MOVING WAR|LY German Question Imports Spirit of Caution to
 Business

New York, May 3l.-With Mondays holiday impending and the delay in ,he German reply to the busitania note operators in stocks were plainly dis. posed to move warly last week. Re. ports indicated that the German ques ton was impartins a similar spirit Of caution to business operations and this deepened the conservative tendency The Nebra skan incident was acceptei as a further complication. Investment Gemand was affected to even d great CT degree than the operations of the professional fraternity. Chances for outstanding adjustments of corpora tons finances also were considered somewhat impaired
 ltaly's belligenrcy was expected 10 cut off some American commerce that moved through that country. on the whole, however, financial opinion looked for small change from present trade conditions to result either from ifaly's step or from possible rupture of relations with Germany.
 The foreign exchange situation wos enveloped in q great deal of obseur- ity. Private credit arrangements weru believed to figure in the ready casn payments by foreign governments for War supplies Heavy receipts of gold from Ottawa and Paris partly relieved the depression in exchange rates Ge- reya reported exchange of German shares in Italian companies for Amer ioan securities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
LOTHIAN

Dothan. May 30.-(Special.)-- )---Chancellor w. R Chapman of Dothan has set Wednesday, June 9, to hear arguments on the motion to dissolve the injunction re- strainng the Southern Express company from accepting shipments of prohibited liquors in violation of the prohibition laws in the case of the state of Alabama vs the Southern Express company. and 65 wholesale liouor dealers located through out the south Arguments will be heard at the county courthouse in Montgom- cry
 Prof. J. B. Hobdy, state rural school agent, addressed a large audience in the county courthouse here this morning on matters of moment to the schools of the state. Professor Hobdy has spent the past two days visiting the schools in this county. holding big meeting at Ashford Friday.
 Great preparations are being made by the Southeast Alabama Fair association for holding a big celebration here July 5. According to announcement made today by Secretary Fred Thomas there will be horse races, field sports to be participated in between schools of this section, aerial exhibitions, probably balloon ascensions and daylight fireworks. The events will be held at the fairgrounds and large
 crowds are expected to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
FIND T BAD POLICY TOBUY RA|LSFROM CANADIAN MAKERS Imports Said to Have Been Big Handicap to Steel
 Corporation FIGURES ON IMPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW Experts Mean Much When They Re- fer to Expansion of American
 Loans Which They Ex-
 pect This Fall
By HOLLAND


 New York. May 3o-(Speciai)-ln one nf tbe informal and neighborly conver- nations shared in by the delegates 'o the National Manufacturers associa'ion' hich was in session for several days In New York city, it was said by man who is of national prominence ana "no is a citizen of Ohio that he thought one of the best of recent revelations or hlSh patriotism was made few weeks dso by some of those who are In authority in the Illinois Central Railroad com pany These railroad men commuhl- cated with some of the officers of the Rig Four Railroad company to this eff feet: 'Tf you continue to import your steel rails from Canada you will here after be compelled to look to Canada for the greater part of your traffic
 The Illinoie railway managers felt that this is no time for railroad com panies to take advantage of certain markets which have been created by the recently enacted tariff law. Private in- -dividuals may properly do that, and perhaps some of the large industries, but a great railroad company should, 1t was said, have given heed to other con- lsiderations than the difference in the price of Canadian steel rails and that of steel rails manufactured by domestic industries.
 Recently some of the executive of fcers of the United States Steel corpor- ation said-not in d complaining way, but as a matter of fact--that within a few months Canada has been sending steel rails to the United States and marketing them here at a price which makes it impossible to market domestic steel rails in any quantity This was one of the adverse influences which the Steel corporation experienced a year ago. It explained, according to this statement, in part why the corporation was utilizing in July of last year, only about 35 per cent of it's capacity. It was confronted with the most alarming sit uation it has been compelled to face since its organization. There was no telling how far the importations of Iron and steel products from Germany, Eng land and Canada would go. Unless this competition was checked the Steel cor poration would be compelled to reduce wages or else shut down the plants It had already gone far as it could go so far as dividends were concerned.
 The outbreak of the European war has changed the situation somewhat So far as production by the steel indus tries of the United States is concerned corporation were persuaded that it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

cured Il new ones, and MT Means saws this year he Is going to beat the state. He can do it. too, if he tries
 The forthcoming national conventi on in Omaha. Neb., the week of June IA. was discussed at the meeting Satur- day evening. Many members of the local post will attend the meeting and several will be accompanied by their wives. Word has been received in Sir r- mingham that a special T. P. A. tram will be run from Chicago for southern members of the organization and it Is understood that several of Alabama s delegates will go from here to Chi aago and be of the party leaving that city The train will go direct to om- aha and will have clear track the en- tire distance.
 The local post will meet two week s following the national convention and efter that meetings will be held month ly. With a membership campaign al most under way, it is intended to make every effort to keep the interest at fever heat President Robinson of Post B is not long on talk, but he is one of the most enthusiastic mem- bers of the Travellers Protective asso- oiation He wants to see the member ship of the local post doubled before the 1916 meeting at Gadsden and will do as much and more work than any other member of the organization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
CAL I. P. AS SOON WILL START MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
CANDIDATES WILL BE INITIATED BY U. C. ITS

The United Commercial Travellers, Bir- mingham council. will meet next Sat urday night to initiate several candi- dates. Other business will come before the meeting and it is probable that the council will decide upon a date for ac- cepting the invitation of Dr. Henry Pearoe Atkins, pastor of the First Christian church. who wants the local council to visit his church in a body. He prom ises to preach sermon especially for the travellers and the local council al ready has accepted the invitation. It only remains to decide upon the date
 It is understood that there will be la candidates for initiation next Saturday night. The local members are greatly interested in the forthcoming national convention of the body, which will be held in June at Columbus. 0,
 c. M Woodruff of Anniston was named to represent the grand. council of Ala boys here say no better selection could have been made Mir. Woodruff at An niston made himself very agreeable ant added many friends to his list
 Birmingham council still is talking about the annual state convention which was held in Anniston May 21 and 22. George M. Plaisance and Charles E. Abrams were reelected on the grand executive committee. which is the onlN office in which Birmingham council has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

representation. Both MT. Abrams and MT. Plaisanee are very popular with the members of the United Commercial Trav- elers throughout the state as well as .n their home council and their retention in office meets with general approval.
 w L. Wall of Huntsville who was elected president of the United Com mercial Travellers at the convention in Anniston, is a live wire and says Hunts ville's membership in the organization time for the meeting next year, when the grand council will go to Huntsville Mr. Wall also told me that he would send along some dope for the page. but haven't seen 1t yet. Jimmy Bow man of Annston also said he would see to 1t that some news from Anniston coun- cil would be sent The Age-Herald every week. He fell down the first week, but there still Is chance for his redemp- ton. Several other Anniston members of the United Commercial Travellers said they would assist Jimmy and assured me that said dope would be coming in right along in sufficient quantities to justify an "Anniston section. but tho dope is conspicuousy absent
 Right along this line. Berto Johnson of Montgomery said he would send some dope. Uncle Sam is getting lazy, or these promises must have been made un- Ger the impression that a political cam. paign Is under way. Al least the prom
 ses have been kept about as well as campaign promises usually are. 'Smatte-. fellers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

pean war has occasioned makes it impossi- Die to get at any reasonable opinion re- specting the effect of the new tariff law. Our national revenues are considerably re- duced not chiefly because of the effect or the tariff, but because the nations of which we used to buy large amounts of commodities cannot sell us these commodi- ties. for they have no great amount of them to sell.
 Those who are expert in these things have had their attention called to ad- dresses which were delivered by Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank, and by Paul Warburg of the federal reserve board to the Pan-Amercan financial conference in Washington. last week. These experts detect between the lines of these addresses evidence which satisfies them that both MT. Vanderlip and Mir Warburg have knowledge of conditions of which the general public has no conception and probably not many in the world of banking and finance. It is apparent that the great leaders in finance and banking-a small group. possibly not more than 10 or Fare the only persons who are thoroughly informed respecting the magnitude of our money supplies as well as the manner in which these sup plies have come and presumably will con- tinue to come to the United States. These arc ihdttefs coHcernlnB Wnlcn II IS vital that there be no publicity. Even if the American bankers were willing that these transactions should be daily advertised. nevertheless the financial advisers and au- thorities in other nations find it essential that these things be kept from the public, not because the transactions are inadvis- able, but for motives of expediency.
 Occasionally there is reference to secrecy of this kind which was characteristic of the last two years of the administration of John Sherman as Secretary of the Treasury. He was authorized by Congress to prepare for the resumption of specie payments by the government on January 1. 1879. To do this entailed large and very important negotiations, and in order that these negotiations might have sue. cess it was also necessary that none but those who had the right to know should have any knowledge of what was under way. MT. Sherman. after he became sen ator, said that one of the reasons for the success of specie payment resumption was to be found in the fact that all the steps leading up to that had been thor oughly concealed.
 MT. Vanderlips intimation that the United States is about to enter upon a period characterized by great expansion of loans, principally to South American countries and MT. Warburg's advice that the nations of the American hemisphere stand together in matters of great finance are regarded as clear intimation tkat both of these men know many things of which the public has no knowledge relating to the stupendous accumulation of funds or its equivalent in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
Will Eat $3OOO Game Cocks rom the Philadelphia North Amer

From the Ph1IadeIphIa NOfth Amer
 . ican.
 Thirty game cocks, valued at $300O captured Sunday In raid on cooking main on the farm of Theodore l.. Har- rison, Jr., prominent young society man, will furnish soups and broths for patients in the Chester county hospita, at West Chester They range in weight from four to six and one-half pounds.
 When young Harrison paid his fine of $76.50 to Squire s. M. Paxson, at West Chester yesterday, he made an eloquent plea for the return of the so game birds captured by officers of the anti-cruelty societies who made the raid on the farm. The birds were crow ing shrilly in the back office as the squire firmly refused to return the birds to Harrison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
yardaman to Lecture

Jackson, Miss, May 30.-(Special) ) Senator James K. vardaman will leave Jackson next week for the northwest, having contracted with one of the chau- tauquas for series of lectures in Iowa wisconsin and other states. It is un- derstood that the senator will discuss the negro question very generously during the 12 weeks he is to be in that section of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
Treasury Statement

Washington, May 3o.--The condition of the United States treasury at the close of business May 20, was
 Net balance in general fund. s14,996.- o57. Total receipts, s3.1s2, o63 Total pay ments s72o, 400.
 The deficit this fiscal year is $t05, 903. e o59, against a deficit of $sS,2O1,24 247 last year. exclusive of Panama canal and public debt transactions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
ANNISTON

Anniston. May 3O,-(Special IA large crowd of people gathered around the freight depot Saturday afternoon when weird and curious noises coming from some railroad cars attracted their atten- ton It developed in the investigations Which were made that big shipment of animals had arrived for the zoo at Oxford Lake park, and the crowd waited until Presiden Alex Wall of he Wall Amuse- ment company arrived with a corps of assistants to transfer the animals. In the lot of animals which arrived in this ship ment were deer, monkeys ostriches, wolves, angoras and fowls of every de- scription. They were at once taken to Oxford Lake park, where houses, dens and cages had been prepared for them in anticipation of their arrival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
T. P. A. WILL WORK
 FOR MORE MEMBERS
Three Committees Named At Meeting Saturday Night-National Convention In Omaha Sub- iect of -Mabry Secures
 Al New Members

  of
  the for the meeting in Gadsden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

expedient thoroughly to test the new tariff law before deciding that under it's operation the steel industry in the United States would be seriously crip~ pied. The endorsements might be. after all, only temporary and there might come readjustments so as to make 1t possible to meet this foreign competition.
 Only rart of the Story
 The statement which came from Washington that the visible trade bai- ance in favor of the United States for the fiscal year. which will close a month hence, is to be somewhat in excess of a billion dollars is spoken of here by those who should know as telling only part of the story. For there is no record, at least no complete statement, which shows the magnitude of all our imports. These have been unprecedented ed not only in amounts, but in the swift : ness with which the movement this way has been developed. If in August last there began considerable check in inn ports of commodities from other lands, few weeks later there began what has proved to be a continuous and very great movement, this way of funds.
 few days ago the attention of Henry P. Davison was called to the fact that the United States has been exporting money in the form of loans made to for eign nations or to citizens of foreign na- tons in such amount that it could now be said that we have become a large ex- porter of capital. To this remark MT. DayisoE is quoted as having replied thai the amount of money We have exported in the form of loans is trifling in com parison with the amount of funds which have flowed this way since October l of last year. There is no record of this, but if there were and the figures could be offset against our exports of commodities 1t probably would be discovered that our international trade as a whole very nearly balanced.
 or course, there is a great difference be- tween the import of funds and the export of commodities. Much the greater part OF these funds have come to the United States for the purpose of facilitating what amounts practically to spot cash pay ments upon delivery of American commod- tiles bought by other nations Further more the complete change in our interna- tional trade relations which the Euro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

President J. E. Robinson presided over last nights meeting. Henry Hi- den was the principal speaker, his talk being along the lines that the mem hership of Post B should be largely in creased.
 Three committees were appointed to make a canvass of the business dis trict and to see every man eligible for membership in the T. P. A Henry Hfden Is chairman of one commit tee, Frank Means heads another and H. D. Shropshire, Sr.. is chairman of a third These are three of the livest members of the local post and with the proper cooperation, which will be given, should add many members to the list.
 The T. P. A. magazine prints the name of the members of the Alabama division who secured the most new members last year W. R. Mabry, sec retary of the state organization and member of Post B. heads the list with 41 members to his credit James Carney of Carney has a total of 15 on the credit side of the ledger, while b. L. Raney, the newly elected pres ident of Alabama division. who lives at Decatur, has 15. Frank Means se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
Tho funeral of Mrs. N. l.. Taylor, q years of age, who died Friday afternon,

Tho funeral of Mrs. N. L. Taylor. 72 years of age, who died Friday afternoon at the home of her son at Dunevant, was held Saturday afternoon at 330. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. L. N. Claxton, pastor of the First Baptist church, and interment took, plac 3 at Edgemont cemetery The deceased is survived by one sister Mrs Clay Lee: two sons, Felix and John Taylor, and by one daughter Mrs Elder
 Four hundred people from this city at. tended the second annual picnic given un- der the auspices of Iron Moulders union No. 356 Saturday at DeSoto park. Rome. Ga. The picnickers left Anniston on A special train Saturday morning at I o'clock and returned at 9:15 D. m.
 The pastors of the Calhoun County Baptist association met at Parker Me morial church during the past week ana arranged for church campaign TO begin on July II which will last fc- 30 days. Among the distinguished vis- itors were Dr. C. D. Graves of Nash Vile, Tenn. and the Rev. Harry L. Strickland of Birmingham
 The board of registers of Calhoun county met Friday and Saturday at the courthouse for the purpose of register ing those eligible to vote in the one mill school tax election on Monday who were not already registered. The registration was conducted by D. F. Sbuford and l.. P Carpenter
 The first Rural Civic Improvement league in the county has been organ ized at Wellington with Miss Clara Belle Phillips as president. The meet ing was held at the residence of J. w, R,oughton. farmer. and Mrs. Ilah Williams Polhill. head, of the Girls Canning clubs of the county assisted in the organization. Mrs Polhill, witt, the assistance of the people. plans to make the country as beautiful as the cities by doing away with all unsight ly fences and useless things planting shade and, fruit trees and arranging lawns and flower beds around the hcmes Miss Lillian Vice was elected vice president of the league and Ed Vice was elected secretary Ragan Prickett was made treasurer
 James T. Coleman, John Fitzgerald Ed Reid and Harry Powell will attend the Alabama division of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks. which v'll meet in Birmingham Monday for their annual convention. MT. Coleman left Sunday for Sylacauga and will go from there to Birmingham Monday morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
k. C. MAY CLOSE SHOP
fractional Quarrel Ties Up Funds
No Payday for Employees.

Kansas City. Mo-. July 13.-Mayor
Henry Jost today notified Matt Flynn,
city comptroller, not to honor any
acquisitions of departments of the city
government unless the money has al
ready been appropriated by the coun-
Gil and is in the city treasury. As a
result there will be no payday of city
employees on July 16 and unless the
council appropriates the money every
department of the city probably will
be closed down within a few weeks.
The mayors order followed a re-
fusal of the council to pass the regular
appropriation bills and grew out of Il
quarrel between the two factions of
the local Democratic party, which
controls the city government. Mayor
Jost is head of one faction and that
opposed to him controls the council.
Few of the departments of the city
because of the nearness of the end Of
the fiscal year, have money enough
q ODerat0 long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
Topeka MEN WIN
Race With Lawrence Parties to
Grab Ramsey Money.
Contestants Later Reach an
Agreement Regarding Funds.

A race in which Stone & McDermott,
representing John H. Peak and w. b.
Stingley were on one side, and Sam
Bishop, an attorney of Lawrence. rep
resenting Charles H. Tucker. cashier OF
the Watkins National bank, of Law
renee, was on the other side. was stag
ed this morning. The race was to see
which side would be first to get legal
action on $500 z t!2e form of a city
voucher awaiting in the city hall to be
claimed by j. r. Ramsey, contractor,
who has disappeared.
Peak & Stingley won. While the
Lawrence attorney and Tucker We're
travelling to Topeka with a power of
attorney from Ramsey to Tucker in
fuckers possession, the local lawyers
were busy securing a restraining order
from Judge Dana of the "Shawnee
county district court to keep the city
from turning the money over to
Tucker When Jay E. House. mayor
went to the city hall this morning, he
found Deputy Sheriff Holman stand
ing on the doorstep of the entrance
with a copy of the courts order re-
straining the city officials from sur
rendering any money due Ramsey on
his contracts with the city.
A few minutes later L. L. -kiene.
sheriff, appeared with a summons
notifying the city officials that they
had been made defendants in a suit
instituted by Peak e Stingley in the
l.
inally a party to the suit. Ramsey
is bonded to carry out his contract
with the city and it makes no differ
ence to the city whether Ramsey or
his bOndsmen do the work.
Agreement Is Reached.
The net result of the issuance of
the restraining order is that no one
can get the money now being held by
the city, except by the mutual consent
of the cOntending creditors of the de-
parted contractor.
After the restraining order had
been issued get together" meeting
of all parties concerned was held, and
as a result an agreement was reached
whereby Tucker and Bishop will he
permitted to take the money held by
the city and turn it over to Peak *
Stingley, the latter agreeing to ear
city.
Just what terms Tucker and Bishop
eXatted from Peak and Stingley were
not made public, for although they
themselves were prevented from get
ting the money on account of the re-
straining order, still no one could get
the money except through Tucker for
be IS the only person authorized by
Ramsey to take the money. AS none
of those present know Ramsey's pres
t:nt wherea bouts and as the money is
payable to Ramsey alone or his
auth Orized attorney, business either
lad to be done through Tucker or not
at all.
AS to why Ramsey disappeared is