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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
JAIL CONDITIONS
 SHOW IMPROVEMENT

Montgomery. August 12.-tSpecial) ) Marked improvement In the condition of six county jails of the state was noticed last week by pr. William H. Oates. state prison inspector. who made an inspection of the jails of Pickens, Hale. Sumter, Greene, Dallas and Per ry counties Dr. Oates today submitted to Governor Henderson report on the several institutions.
 In addition to his reports on the county jails, Dr. Oates also reported on the city jail at Bessemer, which was found to be in bad condition gen. orally "The building generally was found in an unclean condition; this is especially true of the kitchen and the negro female apartment. said Dr. oates in his report on the Bessemer city jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

 Turkish torpedo gunboat Berk-I-satvet and an empty transport. Nothing was said of the former German cruisers Breslau and Goeben. now owned by the Turks, both of which are unofficially re- ported sunk.
 Russians Retire
 The Russians continue to retire in Poland. but they are retarding the Ger man advance. now regaining momentum, by repeated counter attacks and stub born resistance. There still is consider able distance between the German armies to the southeast and northwest of War saw. so that seemingly the Russians will make good their retreat. only, however, to be called on to oppose German at tempt tc ontfank them at Kovno and farther north.
 The strength of the Germans in the north has led some military observers to assume that they now aim at Petrograd. It Is pointed out however. that there is a great stretch of marshy country be- tween the present battefields and the capital. which would make the adven- ture a dangerous one. Besides the Ger mans first would have to capture Villa, Dvinsk and Riga. all of which the Rus sans are defending with strong forces.
 The Germans claim the capture of group of French fortifcations in the Argonne forest in France, whereas the French say that as all the German at tacks were repulsed Otherwise there have been no important events in the west.
 The public here is prepared to hear of something of greater interest than the sinking of the British auxiliary cruiser India, announced tonight by the admir- atty, as steamers arriving from Holland reported having heard again today heavy firing to the north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Alabama's Water Power

| To the Editor of The Age-Herad:
 | In answering E. J. Dunn in regard to
 letting outsiders do what the state of
 Alabama is unable to perform. l say the
 state of Alabama can do Just what the
 Alabama Power company purposes to do | In just the same way. The Alabama
 Power company proposes for Uncle Sam
 to build the da m at Muscle Shoals and l the state of Alabama to release them from taxes Then further give them free use | of her streams. Why cannot the state of Alabama furnish her own water which God has given her free, and Uncle Sam
 build the dam, and she can find good men
 right here in Birmingham who could finance the enterprise, and then she would get this big revenue instead of giving it all free to the Alabama Power company.
 MT. Dunn also says because we own by
 accident all of these gifts of nature
 have no ability to take advantage Of
 them. We have the ability we are just as capable of financing this enterprise as the
 Alabama Power company, especially when
 the stream belongs to the state. Would
 you give some one the timber off the
 states land because the state owns no
 sawmill? You know one of the best be-
 loved men ever lived in the tsate of Ala
 bama, John T. Morgan, once said our
 water powers was worth more to the
 state than her minerals. The Montgom-
 cry Advertiser said few days ago all objection to the Alabama Power com
 pany seems to come from Birmingham.
 That is mistake, as I have tried to get | artin in, 1ov .lA
 bama Power companys tricks. But she refuses to publish anything said against the Alabama Power company The cry of abandoning these enterprises if the state
 does not give her what she wants is all "bosh." She used the same cry right here in Talladega when she wanted Talladega to give her everything she asked for and she got it by just such cries. She made Talladegians believe she would be bigger
 than Birmingham and factories would be built from Talladega to her plant eight | miles, and electric road from Talladega to Lincoln and Talladega signed up, and the Alabama Power company got what | she wanted and Talladega got the prom
 ises which she has not even got bot tied up for future reference I can show you letters from the vice president of the
 Electric Bond company T Broadway New York, where he states if you people don't do as we wish, we will abandon this en- terprise As this letter did not scare he then wrote another very nice letter, say ing he hoped we can adjust all matters
 satisfactory. You see the scheme they
 use, and the plain people are catching
 on to all such bluffs. ] get letters stat ing the water power trust is getting con
 tracts of water powers everywhere they can. I indorse everything MT. Lide said In his article, and wrote him to that ef- feet OTIS COOK Talladega, August Il, 1q1E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

picion of high treason, according to the Vorwacrtz.
 Buenos Aires-The newspapers an nounce that the government will be Tn nterpollated in the Chamber of Dep uties Monday on the subject of the intervention of Argentina in the Mex ican situation.
 Hopewell. va.-Four hundred electrical workers employed at the DuPont powder plant here walked out today It was said they demaned wage increase and also objected to the employment of nonunion men. It was said tonight that carpenters. bricklayers and steam filters might strike tomorrow.
 Titusville, Pa.-A score or more persons were injured when the Pennsylvania railroads Pittsburg- Buffalo fler was wrecked near here tonight None was be- lieved fatally injured. The cause of the accident is not known.
 Eskridge, Kan.-Adequate remedy to stop the plundering of the public through the payment of Courageous and enormous fees to attorneys and receivers in receivership proceedings was de- manded by Gov. Arthur Capper of Kan sas in a speech here today. The state- ment was made in connection with his discussion of the Kansas natural gas re- ceivership.
 St. Louis.-A strike of more than 1000 teamsters and motor truck drivers in St Louis and East St Louis, Ill., may be ordered "at any minute, the union of- ficials said tonight. It was said strike vote had been approved by the inter- national organization.
 San Francisco.-A committee report to the National Tax association in annual convention here today made F specific recommendations as to points in which not only the language, but the subject matter of the federal income tax was asserted to be in need of alteration. Paris-(6.55 D. m m)-"Agricultural mobili- zation is just as necessary as industrial mobilization" was the declaration of Minister of War Millerand, speaking to- day in favor of measure intended to give the soldiers now in the trenches a vacation from their military duties until the middle of September to enable them to assist ih the harvest. The bill was passed by the Chamber of Deputies Belleville. Ill.-Joseph McDonard presi- dent of the mine workers union of Win kle, H.. and Frank Smith, a miner, were arrested here tonight in connection with an alleged attempt to blow up the mine of the Granger Coal company at Wrinkle last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
INTERNED CREW
 TRIES TO ESCAPE

Christiania, August 13.-tVia London, August 13 2:l5 a. m.)-Twenty- five members of the crew of the German converted cruiser Berlin. interned at Trondhjem last November, attempted to escape by swimming across the 1rondhjem fjord but were caught. All We're provided with bundles of civilian clothing. money and knives Several were drowned
 The Berlin, which carried a crew Of i50 men. entered the Norwegian port of Trondhjem last November to escape British warships after attempting to escape from the North sea to act as a commerce raider in the Atlantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
NATIONAL GUARD TO
 ENCAMP AT CAPITAL

Montgomery, August 12.-(Specia1) ) Announcement was made today by the state military department that the Fourth infantry regiment Alabama Ma tional Guard will encamp at Mont gomery September to 12 instead of at Birmingham, as previously an- nounced.
 Arrangements have now been made for the encampment of all the regi- ments at Montgomery. The First reg iment will go into camp August 22 to c9 and the Second regiment will be in camp from August 29 to September B..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Fort Sill, Okla, August 12-Lieut. R. B, Sutton, aide to Quartermaster Capt. George H. Knox, injured here today in a fall from an aeroplane in which Cap- tain Knox, pilot of the machine, was killed, was still alive tonight. Osceola. Ark.--Andy Crum, a prisoner was shot to death in jail here late today by a mob of 15 men after the jailer had been overpowered.
 New Orleans, La.-Dr. Juan J. Ortega, Guatemalan minister to Mexico, who re- gently was expelled by General Carranza, is charged, in a cablegram received here today from Vera Cruz, signed by General Jesus Acuna, Carranzas foreign minis ter, with having favored the enemies of the Carranza government
 Baton Rouge. La.-Mechanics and la
 borers employed by the Standard Oil com pany at it's refinery here will be granted September 1, officials of the corporation announced today. The increase affects about 1900 men.
 
 Cettinje. Montenegro.-(via London, O5 a. m)-It Is announced officially that there was heavy artillery and infantry fighting yesterday near Gorasda, in Bosnia, g miles southeast of Sarajevo, and Gasko. southeast of Herzegovina a short distance across the Montenegrin border. At both places the fighting end. ed in successes for the Montenegrins, ac- cording to the report.
 Constantinople.--Cv London, 1S:20) An official dispatch from Erzerum, Turk ish Armenia, says
 "A small Turkish division surprised the enemy on the coastal sector and inflicted important losses upon him. A large quantity of rifles and munitions was captured During the recent fighting on the Turkish right wing 266 prisoners, in cluding five officers. were taken" New York-Indications that an ef- fort will be made by organized man. ufacturing interests, as represented by the National Metal Trades association, to resist demands of the machinists'
 union for a general eight-hour work day developed here today. Los Angeles.-William B. Wilson, United States Secretary of Labor, to- day outlined a plan to aid aliens ex- pected to flock to the United States at the end of the European war. He recommended a federal law authoriz- ing loans for the purchase and devel- cpment of land
 Chicago.-Consolidat of the Scan dinavian Aid and Fellowship society and the supreme lodge of the Scandi- navian Brotherhood of America was effected here today. The merger makes the total membership 25,o00. The name of the new organization will be the Scandinavian Fraternity of America Washington.-Depa of com merce reports from salmon fisheries on the Pacific coast states and Alaska made public today show a tremendous shortage in this years take of fish. An increase in the price of the canned product is generally believed. Berlin--(via London, 2:0S a. m)-The report that Germany made peace pro- posals to Petrograd last week through the King of Denmark Is denied by the Norddentsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Amsterdam--(Via London, a. m.)-A number of Berlin socialists. including the former editor of the Schwabische Tagwacht, have been arrested on sus-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Raiders Organized

San Antonio. Tex. August 12.--Re- p"rts from army officers in the field of the Rio Grande valley made to de- partment headquarters today. it is said. indicate a better organization among the Mexican raiders than the first out breaks suggested These official re- ports are declared also to show the movement to be well financed and an effort Is being made now to trace the source whence comes the funds to equip and sustain the scattered bands of outlaws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
PLANS FOR RAISING
 EASTLAND DELAYED

Chicago, August 12.-After prepar- ations had been made to raise the steamship Eastland the work was post poned tonight until tomorrow because of the difficulty under which divers would have to work in the dark The boat was raised about two feet at the forward end when the change in pro- grammc was decided on.
 To prevent bodies which might have been caught under the boat from float ing away, net was placed across the Chicago river During the operations today one body was recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
STATE MILITIA
 TO BE MOBILIZED

Boston. Auust Rehabilitation of the ssachusetts militia as a demonstration of preparedness, was proposed today by Governor Walsh and favored by leading business men at meeting to arrange entertainment for the national conference of governors here August "A to T.
 Advocates of the plan said that while a gathering of the $500 militiamen would be expensive, the experiment in prepar edness would be well worth the cost. Proposals also were made for a battle- ship trip for the visiting governors. The completed programme will be announced next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Brownsville, Tex, August 12.-The killing today of three Mexican out laws near Mecedes. Hidalgo county, Texas and the capture of 22 of the bandits saddle horses in the same vii entity. leads to the belief here that al least one of the gangs of Mexican raiders has been scattered.
 Details of today's fighting, in which inc three MeXicans were killed, are not available here. Federal and state officials refuse to discuss the matter further than to announce that three Mexican bandits had been killed.
 Except for the fight in Hidalgo coun- ty, the situation in the Texas border counties apparently was quiet today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Concerted Action Reported

Tomstone, Ariz., August 12.-Secret service agents and other government officials in connection with the sher- fir began today an investigation of what is believed to be a concerted movement among Mexicans in several mining camps of southern Texas.
 Several shipments of arms and ann nuntion were reported to have been made to Mexican residents. Reported secret meetings will be investigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shearer

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shearer, aged 67 years, who died at the family resi- dence, 1409 Twelfth avenue, north. Wednesday at midnight, will be con- ducted from the residence this after room at o'clock. Interment will fol- low in Elmwood cemetery. The de- ceased is survived by her husband. J. B. Chearer. one daughter Miss Jessie Shearer, and one son, Ernest W. Shearer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
FORMER GEORGIA
 ATHLETE KILLED

Atlanta, August 12.-Stewart r. Eos ter. formerly a prominent athlete at the University of Georgia, died in 8 hospital here late today as result of a pistol wound received last night at a camp near Swords, Ga. The author ities are searching for Nicholas John son. who Foster. in a statement short- ly before his death, accused of shoot game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Friedman's Friends
 Have No Cause to Worry

Tuscaloosa, August 12.-(Special) Friends of Samuel Friedman of Tusca- loosa have been much perturbed during the last few days over the announcement of the arrest of Sam W. Friedman here on charges of perjury. On account of the similarity of names the two parties were confused by people who read re- ports of the case. Samuel Friedman is a prominent citizen of Tuscaloosa and in no way connected with Sam w. Fried man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Mrs. Emma P. Gaston

Mrs. Emma P Gaston, aged 43 years, died yesterday afternoon at l2S o'clock at the family residence, 21i North Fiftieth street. after lengthy illness. She is sur vived by her husband. l.. c. Gaston, and one daughter, Mrs. Louise Orr. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence. The remains will be sent to Columbus, Miss, tomor- row morning at 6:45 oc clock for interment by the Woodin Undertaking company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Urge Vocational Training

Chicago. August 12,-The federal indus trial relations commission in session here to review evidence oataned during two years of investigation today agreed on q report on vocational training and cer- tain phases of the causes of industrial unrest, Chairman Walsh announced. No details were made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Thomas Mckee

News of the death of Thomas Me- Kee. age 2S years. who died at tho family residence in Sommerville Wednesday night. has been received in Birmingham The deceased is survived by his parents. five brothers: John, Will, Carol. Gilbert of Sommerville. and pr. c. L. Mckee of Tuscaloosa; also two sisters. Miss Mary and Miss Allie Mckee of Sommerville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Danish Marine Suffers

London. August 12.-t10:50 p. m)-A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says an official statement issued there estimates losses sustained by the Danish mercantile marine through mines and torpedoes at about t1.250.000. The statement says the losses through the detention of goods in England are estimated at more than q million dollara
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Mexican Shot

Mercedes Tex, August 12.--A Mex iCan, supposed to have been a mem Der of the bandit gang operating in this vicinity, was shot and instantly killed by a posse near here late to- night. The man was found sleeping in the brush and. it Is said attempted to draw his revolver when he was awak- ened by the posse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Rank Official Arrested

Cedar Rapids. la, August 12.-Leo Perrin. deposed teller of the Cedar Rapids National bank, was under ar- rest tonight charged with embezzle- ment of S20.07o from that institution. Perrin was arrested after he was said to have confessed for the second time that money lost the bank August 4. supposedly in a hold up. really was taken by him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
To Fight Prohibition

Great Falls, Mont. August 13. Unions represented in breweries, sa- looms hotels and restaurants in Mon- tana, it was announced today. have as- sessed members 25 cents monthly for fund to fight prohibition in Mon tana. People of the state will vote on prohibition in November 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
CARL EAST SOLD

Little Rock, Ark, August F. tSpecial.)-Pitcher Carl East of the Little Rock club has been sold to the St. Louis Browns for immedi- ate delivery, 1t was announced by President Allen tonight. He will report to his new club Saturday: Manager Branch Rickey of the Browns saw the big youngster work against the Nashville club in Nashville, and his favorable inn pression was seconded by Scout Joe Sugden and President Bob Hedges. who were in Little Rock last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
FUNSTON WITH
 17,OOO TROOPS
 GUARDS BORDER
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to him from associations of Texas citizens concerning repeated bandit raids have been referred to General Funston. It was pointed out that federal troops un- doubtedly would be used to follow any Mexican forces which had crossed the border and actually invaded American territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
LAWSON LEADS
 RIFLE SHOOTERS Breaks 13S Out of POssi- ble 150-ROach Is
 Runner Up

w R. Lawson with 13S breaks out of a possible 150 led big field at the regular shoot of the Jefferson County Rifle club held at the gov ernment range yesterday afternoon. Virgil Roach was runner-up with 134 breaks to his credit. Sixteen out of 21 went 100 or higher.
 Three strings of 10 shots each at 300 yards were fired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Joseph NJ. Loveless

News of the death of Joseph NJ. Love1ess has been received in Birming- ham. The deceased died al the family residence in Salem last Tuesday He and the services were conducted by that body. The deceased is survived by his widow. one sister, Mrs. Nettie kier- noff and two nieces. Mrs. Florence Nermon and Mrs. Mary Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Bankruptcy Petition

was filed yesterday in the United States court by C. w. Clark. The lia- bilities are scheduled at $500 and as sets at s125.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Roberts

The remains of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Roberts aged 62 years. who died yes tcrday afternoon at o'clock, at local infrmary were sent to cordova last night at II o'clock by Lige Loy for in- torment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Mrs. Hundley and Heflin
 Discuss Suffrage Issue
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Big Crowd Attends

somery and others. Mayor Frank Lull of Montgomery presided at the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
DESPERATE GERMAN ATTACKS REFUSED
 WITH HEAVY LOSES
 CLAIMS PETROGRAD
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Tuesday and bombarded the light houses. Coming under fire of our war ships and shore batteries the enemy ships rapidly put to sea"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
PRESIDENT WILSON IS OPTIMISTIC AS TO THE RESULT OF MEXICAN
 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
6Continued From Page One.)
One Band Scattered

tional patriotism in Mexico while those who do not will be ignored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Amsterdam-(Vla London, a. m.)-A number of Berlin socialists. including the former editor of the Schwabische Tagwacht, have been arrested on sus-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Berlin-(via London, 2:oS a. m.)-The report that Germany made peace pro- posals to Petrograd last week through the King of Denmark Is denied by the Eorddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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