The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-08
FLASHES FROM THE WIRE

Richmond, Va.-At a meeting of a spe- cial committee of the executive commit tee of the Southern Settlement and De- velopment organization here today, it was decided that the officials of the organIza- 1 tions. acting through the managers of 1 state branches, will place in the southern
 states proper settlers and all who wish
 to invest or locate in the southern terri
 tory. S. Davies Warfield of Baltimore
 the chairman, presided
 1 Toledo, O.-Brand Whitlock, minister to | Belgium, who arrived home yesterday, was the guest of honor tonight at a dinner given by E. D. Libbey, president | of the Ohio commission for relief of | European war sufferers. Besides Minister Whitlock the guests included Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland, former ambassador
 to France, and Henry Lane Wilson, In l danapolis former ambassador to Mexico
 and once minister to Belgium
 l New York.-Jaclx Dillon of Indianapolis
 outfought F'orky Flynn of Boston in their
 round bout in Brooklyn tonight. Dillon
 weighed 173 pounds, Flynn 195.
 1 San Diego, CaL-Baffled by the silence ! of Capt. T. w. Garlick, commanding the Great Northern steamer Minnesota, dis | abled off the Lower California coast, government authorities here were hold | ing the coast guard cutter McCulloch in
 readiness tonight for a dash to the aid
 of the big steamship as soon as Captain
 Garlick gave his vessels position. Orders l for hn Mc(sn11ooh'c 'c at-f,1 a yUa r.
 ed hourly. According to last reports the Minnesota was having trouble with all
 her Is boilers.
 San Francisco.-The wrecking steamer
 here Friday to aid the disabled steamer Minnesota, reached the vessel at 8
 o'clock this morning and took her in tow, according to a radio message from the Iaqua received tonight by c. w. Wiley,
 marine superintcsso 1t of the Great Northern Steamship line. The brief mes
 sage contained nothing that would throw
 additional light on the liners mishaps. Pittsfield, Mass.-George w. Faulkner, republican, defeated Patrick J. Moore for mayor of Pittsfield in today's election by 5O9
 | New Orleans.-A hearing concerning g
 readjustment of freight rates on sugar in the southeast, which has been in session here since November 29, be- fore Special Examiner Disque of the interstate commerce commission, was adjourned late today to be resumed in | Washington sometime next month. The
 case came up on complaint of the New Orleans joint traffic bureau and the Atlanta freight bureau against 105
 southeastern railroads, the bureaus op- posing rates now in effect on carload
 and less than carload lots which were
 readjusted by the railroads last June in obedience to ruling of the inter- state commerce commission under the
 long and short haul" clause of the
 commerce act.
 Buenos Aires.-Word has been re-
 ceived here that a British cruiser has
 captured the steamer Winnebago. Ii is also reported that a British cruiser
 has captured on the high seas on board the steamer Vauban a German officer alleged to have been involved
 in certain affairs in the United States from which country he escaped. The American steamer Winnebago probably is the vessel taken by the British Sre left Newport News August 21 last and
 arrived at Buenos Aires October 14 Since then her movements have not been reported.
 New York.--David Schenck Jacobus of this city was elected president oi the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the opening session of 1t. thirty sixth annual meeting here to- day Dr. Jacobus is recognized au- thority on steam engineering. |s Springfield. Mass-The republican.