The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
WIRE SPARKS

Little Rock. Ark. June 7-Attorneys for
 the State Fair Association of Hot Springs | today filed with the state supreme court an appeal from the decision of the cir
 cult judge who refused to mandamus the | secretary of state to compel him to in- clude in the acts passed by the 1915 leg
 sature the racing bill which would per
 init pari mutuel betting.
 | washington.-Conc plans for carry 1 ing out during the coming year the pro- |, gramme agreed upon at the recent Chat l tanooga meeting of the Southern Con- ference for Education and Industry were
 made here today by the new executive
 board of the conference.
 Atlantic City.-The annual convention of Brith Abraham adopted resolutions to- day providing for American Jewish congress in which all Jews in the United States will be asked to participate "in
 an effort to emancipate Hebrews through
 out the world from all restrictions"
 Albany, N Y.-"Young' Ahearn of
 Brooklyn asly outpointed Leo Houck of
 Lancaster, Pa., in 10-round boxing bout
 here tonight. Ahearn weighed 154 and 'Houck Ill
 Norfolk.-A wireless message received
 at the navy yard today from the govern , ment tug PatuXent said the tug Yelling ! ton had rescued the crew of the schooner Mary l.. Crosby at sea and would land | them at Philadelphia.
 Norfolk. The coast guard cutter Oman.
 daga arrived in Hampton Roads tonight with the waterlogged and dismantled schooner c. C. Wehrum in tow The Onandaga took the crew of seven men off the vessel last Saturday off False
 Cape and later took the schooner in tow. The crew was landed here.
 San Antonio-Dr. vasquez Gomez
 today wired an appeal to Generals Car ranza, Villa and Zapata to cease fight | ing and send representatives to a peace 1 conference.
 l Dr. Gomez was minister of educa- ! tion in the cabinet of President Fran | cisco De La Barra and candidate for vice president on the Madero ticket. London-A casualty list issued last night again shows heavy losses in | killed. wounded or missing. The list | contains the names of 20 officers and | 3560 noncommissioned officers and men. | Thirty three of the men are suffering l from gas poisoning.
 Boston.-Federal investigation of al- legged activities of persons obtaining re- cruts for the British army among Americans today brought to light four cases in which inducements had been offered youths to ship abroad, accord Ing to statement by Congressman Percy F. reague tonight.
 London.--Four members of the crew of the Russian schooner Adolf, which was sunk by German submarine, have arrived in Leith. The men report that no warning was given. Captain Krause and one seaman of the Adolf were killed and one seaman was wounded. London.-The Daily Mails Amster- | dam correspondent says that the har- vesting of the early German crops will | begin this month in Belgium These 1 crops were planted earlier than usual | with view to speedy results | London, (s:25 a. m.)--The Times Petro- | grad correspondent describes how the Russian authorities are organizing every 1 possible industry for the production of l ammunition running factories day and
 night with three shifts of men and en- gazing every available specialist. and in ! addition all students of technical colleges | Chicago Republicans elected four out | of five members of the supreme court voted for at the judicial election in llli- nois today.
 1 London. (4:15 a. m)-The Cologne cor
 respondent of the Tyd says report is current that Austria and Germany will 1 shortly announce their conditions of peace
 in which emphasis will be given to the declaration that the Germanic allies are not engaged in war of conquest but
 seek only to insure the security of their territories.
 ! London (c:59 a. m.)-The fiercest fight
 ing of the var as far as the Baltic prov