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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
KEPT DAUGHTER IN CONFINEMENT
 FOR TWELVE YEARS
Girl Tried to Elope When Sixteen Years of Age-Grace Had Been
 Thought Dead by Friends

Easton, Md, November 22.-Grace Marshall, the young women whose father and stepmother are charged with having imprisoned in their home near St Nffehaels for nearly 12 years, spoke today for the first time since her lib- eration last Friday. She asked for an apple she saw on the table of her room in her aunts home. When she was asked yesterday to try to write, the first thing that came into her mind, she spelled out the one word, Mother"
 Miss Marshall was imprisoned, it is alleged, after attempting to elope at the age of 16 with man of whom her father disapproved. Relatives thought her dead Marshall said he considered the girl crazy. and that as. he could net afford to send her tes aa instituz. ton he thought the only thing to do was to lock her up in her room. Mar shall is said to have admitted that the womsn's stepmother is the only per soir who has seen her during the last three years.
 A representative of the local Chill Grens Aid society was expected to lay the case before the states attorney to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
If You Do Wrong, Yon Need Not
 Come to Me- -ROoseUelt to Mellen

New York, November 22.-Theodore Roosevelt, ex-Presdent of the United States, again appeared as adviser of Charles S. Mellen in New Haven affairs --the acquisition of the Boston and Maine railroad-in testimony adduced today at the New, l lsssel,s qolsspirayy tTiai.
 Mellen represented the former President as having in 1907 advised the purchase of the Boston and Maine. with the reser- walton, however, that If you do wrong. you need not come back to me- The advice was given after Melen had had an interview, at Roosevelt's suggestion with Franklin K. Lane, chairman of the interstate commerce commission, and ex- plained to him that there was danger of the Boston and Maine falling into the hands of aliens if the New Haven did not take it." By aliens. the witness said, he meant the Canadian Pacific or the Grand Trunk railway of Canada. and that Chairman Lane agreed with him that such an eventuality was dangerous from a military point of view.
 The testimony was brought out after R. l.. Batts. attorney for the government had read into the record an exchange of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

Correspondence, subsequent to the inter view between Melen and H. M. Whitney of Boston.
 ''I have always thought it possible that the Little Father at Washington might want to get his fingers in the pie wrote Whitney, in reference to the Boston and Maine deal. Tn which case, if it should htIpsseA before tho public had become .reconciled to the change, 1t might result m infinite harm to all your interests.
 The Washington situation" Mellen wrote in reply, T have, I think, com pletely cared for. One never knows for certain about those matters, but the ground has been carefully ploughed and every chance of trouble considered and l think eliminated"
 From this point the government today went further into the history of the New Haven's troubles in getting permanent control of the Boston and Maine which culminated in 1909 in the passage by the Massachusetts legislature of law en- abling the New Haven legally to control the 109,000 shares of Boston and Maine stock it had acquired.
 The government met setback. how ever, when the court ruled that no evil dence as to possible corruption of the legislature was admissible. because no such means were alleged in the indict- ment as having been used by the New Haven to gain it's alleged monopoly of New England's transportation traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
CARRANZA 10 MEET
 GOVERNOR 0F TEXAS ON THE BORDER LINE
Border Situation to Be Dis cussed by Two Executives. To Meet on the Inter-
 national Bridge

Laredo. Tex, November 22.--Formal an- nouncement was made today that Gen eral Carranza, as head of the defacto Mexican government. will meet Governor James E. Ferguson of Texas at the in- ternational boundary here The two ex- ecutives will meet on the international bridge which connect this city with Nuevo Laredo, Mex It was stated to- night that the border situation will be discussed, but it was not known whether the details of border protection and pa- trol will be taken up.
 It has been the custom for a number of years for the head or the Mexican republic and the governor of Texas te- meet at the international boundary after changes in administration to exchange felicitations. W
 Announcement was made today that General Carranza will not cross to the American side of the border during his present tour of northern Mexico.
 1t was explained that Mexico now is without vice president. and should the first chief cross the international line the government temporarily would be with out head. Members of the Carranza staT are expected to visit this city, how ever and will be extended courtesies by army officials stationed at Fort McIn- tosh.
 Today was busy one for General Car ranza who arrived at Nuevo Laredo Sat- urday 1t included rising before daylight to oficiate as best man at the wedding Of his staff physician. Dr. Fortunate Zuasua Sertuche; partake of an extended wedding breakfast and six hours at his Gesk to transact administration business. which carried him into the afternoon, when he spent severa lhours receiving officials and citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
GREENVILLE POLICE
 ARE ON TRAIL OF
 GRANTS ASSAILANT
Man Tried to Purchase Overalls at
 Store and Inquired Nearest Route to Selma

Greenville, November 22.-(Epecial) Messengers came to Greenyille tonight from the western part of Lowndes county stating that a man answering the description of Sam Grants assail- ant was seen in that section late Sun day This man was inquiring the near est route to Selma. He had exchanged clothes with several people and tried to purchase oyeralls at a country store.
 Sheriff Harrison states that he be- lleNes that he is now on the best trail since Saturday afternoon. Deputies left here this afternoon for that section and searching parties are working from various places in that vicinity with the cooperation of officials and cItizens of that section.
 The man committing the most brutal murder in this county will most like ly be apprehended. Subscriptions arc being made here for fund to be given as reward for the capture of Grants assailant. Governor Henderson will be requested to offer an additional re- ward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
ITALIAN BURIED
 ALIVE WHILE HE
 BEGGED FOR MERCY
B0liva COnfesses to Crime Which Occurred Near
 Corfu in 1914

Batavia. N. r.. November 22--Luigi Matroni was buried alive in the cellar of his home near Corfu in May. 1914, his body being tranpled into a newly made grave while he still begged for mercy. according to story told by his widow to District Attorney Coon here today An tonic Boliva, the alleged murderer. pointed out today the spot where the crime occurred and body was found which Mrs. Matroni identified as that of her husband.
 Boliva has confessed, the district at torney said.
 Boiiva, who Is Mrs. Matroni's son-in- law, is serving q six n,onths prison term for a stabbing affray. Mrs Matroni came here from Syracuse to tell tho story of the murder, which she declared she and her young son, Charles. had witnessed Her long silence, she said. was due to fear of t;olva, who had threatened her and her son. Wpen she learned he was In prison she felt safe to tell.
 Mrs Matroni said that her husband was fe1'ed by blow from pickaxe handle welded by Boliva. He was knocked un- conscious but revived before tho grave had been dug in the cellar. He pleaded Wltn ispiiVd ioe HiStNS Just 'oi'tS io "o . thrown into the pit and trampled under the ground, she declared.
 After hearing the wonans story, Coon and Sheriff Edgertpn took Boiiva to the farm where the Matronis formerly lived. Boliva at first denied knowledge of the murder. but later District Attorney Coon said he confessed ara told the men where to dig. They found the body under nine feet of Sarth the house having been torn down aAd the cellar filled In after the Matronisl moved away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
WESTERN SITUATION

lLondon, November 2c.--The follow }g British official statement concern E operations in the western zone was fued tonight:
 Tour artillery during the past four lys has carried out an organized imbardment of many portions of the istile lines with great effect The iamy's artillery has been active north \ Loos, east of Armentieres and east 4 Ypres.
 VA German aeroplane landed within dr lines southwest of Ypres Novem Ir 19. The pilot and observer, who hted that they had lost their way. Ire captured. The machine was not ,Imaged.
 1Statements in the German report of E 21st regarding our front are incor- 1t in every particular The report 1tes that a large mine was success fly expolded In our position on the }res Zonnebek railway. The mine in kstion exploded well in front of our Inches. It caused no damage and no qualities, and we have occupied the Abund on either side of the crater.
 EThe enemy made air raids on Pop snghe November IS and 20. No dam E whatever was done to the railway q any building in the first raid. Two ndiers were wounded and four cows ire killed. In the second raid one dnb caused casualties to eight men. he of the others had any effect. 1With regard othe enemy's denial AField Marshal Frsnch's estimate of ' loss in killed on October s, he ap-
 rently is attempting to deceive by
 erring to only one small portion of
 battlefield, while my report re-
 GContinucd on Page Tweive)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
LABOR FEDERATION FAILS ID |ND0RSE E|GHT-H0UR LAW Fitzgerald and Gompers Have Lively Tilt Before Final Adjournment
 Takes Place

San Francisco. November 22-The American Federation of Labor, after a contest waged on the floor of the conven- tion here for four hours, refused by close vote tonight, to indorse state and federal legislation providing for an eight Tour day.
 President Samuel Gompers ended the debate in. an impassioned speech in which he declared the socialist party was be- hind the movement to force the federal tion to indorse the proposed legislation
 Delegates from the United Mine Work CTS of America, the Western Federation of Miners and the international Asso- cation of Machinists precipitated the fight when an administration measure withholding sanction of attempts to ob- tain by legislation the eight hour day was offered by the resolutions commit tee The. committee favored the use d economic pressure only to obtain shorter hours.
 The committees report finally prevailed by vote of S4s6 to SS96, An apparenr majority for an amendment to the com mittee's report. gained after long de- bate, melted away when President Gom- rers chargedvthe socialist party with hav- ing engineered the opposition to the re- port
 k Adolph Gernier, national executive committeeman of the socialist party, and representative of the United Mine Work CTS of America. bore the brunt of Gompers' attack. Both he and Johnston struggled for recognition when Gompers sat down, but they were shouted down.
 After the vote had been taken, John Fitzpatrick of Chicago remarked that it's action affected only two million American workers. This action resulted in q tilt. between Fitzpatrick and Com pers which ended in Gompers refusal to read to the convention a communi- cation by Fitzpatrick. who had taken an active part in the fight to amend the committees eight-hour report.
 Before final adjournment, the federa- ton adopted d resolution favoring the construction of an American merchant marine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
|3.15 Cause of Big Runapus Al First
 African Baptist Church ot EutdW
By J. T. DENsoN

od of U flank attack for their chagrin at having been defeated in the cleo ton of minister. seized upon the said $s.l5 as that method, when. according to the weight of opinion, this princely gum of this particular Sunday should have gone to the pastor.
 This led to free for-all church fight in which walking sticks. umbrellas and other more or less dangerous weapons were used. including a great volume Of lsnguage not wholly in keeping with either the fourth or fifth command ; ments. The spirit of worship which was evident earlier in. the day now being gone the congregation dtsbanded aft CT having had in the language of ona of the ''cullud sistuhs. .ehuh kind us a time cepn tur time. As sequel prac- tically the whole of the membership Of the church was summoned before the mayors court today where certain of the most enthusiastic deacons were duly fined for disturbing religious worship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
ABERCROMB|E ID OPPOSE BANKHEAD FOR SENATORSH|P Will Support the President in Preparedness Policy
 to a Reasonable
 Extent

Anniston, November s2.-(Special) ) Dr. John w. Abercrombie, congress- man at large. who was for many years a resident of Anniston, being superin- tendent of the city schools here anG an .Annistonlan when he was elected state superintendent of education has been in the city several days as the guest of Judge Hugh B. Merrill. his brother in-l law. and before leaving for Washington Monday he stated that the probabilities are very strong that he will be in the race for the United States. senatorship against J ohn Hollis Bankhead in 1919, although he has not yet made up his mind as to his po- 'lit;caI future.
 "I have received hundreds of letters from friends in all parts of the state in the past month,' said Dr. Aber- crombie, ''and I have been very much gratified at the encouragement I have received to make the. race. 1t is long way off yet, however, and I cannot make a positive announcement" He stated that he has received offers to return to educational work and inti- mated that he might accept one Of these offers in the event he does not try for the senatorship. \ Il shall support the President in his preparedness policy to 3. reasonable ex- tert," pr. Abercrombie said. q do no. believsein militarism, but do believe that we should be in better position fer national defense; and. in this con nection. I hope that the government will see fit to utilize the munitions plant to be established at Anniston. as 1t is unfortunate to have nearly all our munitions and powder factories To- cated so close together in one section of the country"
 pr. Abercrombie stated that he will also support the administration ship purchase bill when it comes up again. and will continue his fight for indus trial education He believes that tho differences between the President and Congressman Kitchin will be harmon ized'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23

Eutaw, November 22.-(Special.) len it comes to a sure enough church kurbance the recent affair of a lat religious body in a well known Y of Alabama is a children's play kse incident in comparison to tho. lnpus had in the First African Bap-
 church of Eutaw the past Sunday.
 ] 1t arise over profound tenets of
 lh or mighty theological problems
 |fIing to the greatest divines? We'll,
 Idly. But over the. disposition to be
 lie of the days collection of $S15.
 liter the Rev. Nathaniel Winston been reelected pastor Of the jrch for another year by an almost. not quite. unanimous vote three Irgetic dissentients. in the person of +o deacons and an ordained min 1er,'Y looking about for the best meth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
MRS. SPRECKELS IS THANKED BY
 POPE BENEDICT

San Francisco, November 22-Pope Benedict has thanked Mrs A. B. Spreck- els of San Francisco. 1t was learned toA day. for raising funds for Belgian relief. The pope sent to Mrs. Spreckels recent photograph of himself in his papal robes, Inscribed with a message which said: we send from the heart our apostolic benediction to our dear daughter. Mrs. Spreckels, and we congratulate her for what she has done for the benefit of the Belgians, who have suffered so much of late.
 At the Vatican. May 29. 1915.
 'BENEDICTUS XVI Mrs Spreckels was Miss Alma Breste- vile. Many of her relatives lived in Brussels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
DEAD AND INJURED

DEAD AND INJURED
 The known dead and injured, except for trainmen, were confined to persons travelling with the carnival company, It was said no one except trainmen was injured on the passenger train, which suffered little injury to its heavy coaches
 The known dead follow:
 MT. and Mrs. Fred S. Kempf of Kan sas City.
 A. Kennedy, snowman, known only as 'fWhitey."
 O. II. Hawkins. Peoria, III.
 George Chadwick, address unknown.
 --. Johnson, address unknown.
 Hawkins, Chadwick and Johnson were employed by the carnival company.
 Partial list of injured:
 Hazel Kempf, aged 4, daughter of Fred s. Kempf bruised,
 F. A. Kempf possible internal in- juries.
 G. w. Baxley of St. Paul, Minn., leg broken, possible internal injuries.
 Thomas O'Rourke, St. Louis, back in- jured
 J. B. Whittle, Columbus, Ga, cut and bruised.
 Miss Ella May Morris, Columbus, Ga. bruised.
 Dr. w. Marshall. Cincinnati. broken wrist.
 Both engineers and firemen of the trains as well as other trainmen.
 Engines of both trains were almost demolished by the impact of the colli- aion and the carnival cars near the en- zine were wrecked. They immediately caught fire. The passenger train car ried coaches. all of steel constructions and apparently their weight and etr.,p ortb cava1 than, from darpape Nei L. ther engine left the track, although the leading cars of the carnival train piled up on the engines. The chief perform CTS of the carnival company rode in 12 coaches which made up the rear end of their train and none of them suffered more than bruises.
 Mr. and Mrs Kempf and their daugh- ter, Hazel, were in specially con structed automobile truck loaded on one of the cars toward the front end of the train. Their car caught fire and the woman tossed her daughter out or the window of the truck, the child es- caping with cuts and bruises. Neither Mrs Kempf nor her husband could ex- tricate themselves from the wreckage and both burned to death.
 ANIMAL CARS DESTROYED
 Both cars containing trained anil nlals were destroyed and many of the animals burned to death. The carnival company carried lion, two bears, six camels and number of horses and dogs. It was not believed any of the animals except some horses and dogs escaped.
 It was stated here that there were ap- 'proyimately 400 people on the carnival train, including performers. trainers, their families and various attaches Of the carnival company, which had been ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
Huntsmen Must Pay
 Fines in Arkansas

Little Rock, November 22.-Nashville. Memphis and Chicago sportsmen must pay fines for hunting in. Arkansas, ac- cording to a decision of the supreme court here today. The men claimed that as members of the Lake- Hunting club. which had leased 27,000 acres of land in Mississippi County, they were en- titled to kill Arkansas game. The court held that a membership in a club that merely controlled property through a lease, was not sufficient to recognize them as resident hunters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--Big wreck on Centrakof Georgia. John Bull pressing economy campaign. Definite news of Grecian attitude
 lacking.
 Big runlpus among African Baptists 2--Going to capital to urge passage of
 Abercrombie bill. 3-The Holland letter. 4-Editorial comment 5--Warrants sworn out for men who
 tried to rob store.
 Crawford Johnson issues call for civic
 Thanksgiving.
 Fall reunion of Scottish Rite to begin
 here today. 6-Society. 7-Birmingham girl seen as heroine of
 movies yesterday. S--Sports. s-Many complaints to commissioners  ls-Irwin back. but Billingsley makes
 escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
MUST MAINTAIN ARMY

The Daily News replies that the mili- tary situation cannot be treated as if it was kind of vacuum. What is the use of victory in the field, if the army which wins it cannot be kept in being for lack or money to mantain it?" the paper in- quires "Of what avail is our naval su- prenacy if we have no longer the funds or the credit to buy the food of which the navy assures the safe passage?"
 E. T. Good, writer on economies, claims that the actual earnings in many factories are 100 per cent more than usual and declares that a large proportion of the abnormal earnings are being spent in way that increases the adverse trade balance.
 'rhe Economist discusses MT. Asquith' s statement of the financial position with a word of warning on the same line. It says:
 Tt is possible for the country to carry on the war on this scale, and to assist it's allies on this scale, and perhaps even to recruit on this scale, put only if it is very quickly induced or compelled no longer to live on this scale. It is not pos sibe for it to go on warning and recruit ing and spending e5,0o0.OC0 a day and at the same time to go on increasing it's drink bill at the rate or G16,000o00 a year, and indulgng it's fancy in grand pianos, cheap jewelry and more or less cheap motor cars.''
 That there is widespread and enormous extravaganza caused by the necessity of giving great contracts without time for careful investigation and through the reckless habits of living made possible by inflated wages to workmen and high sep aration allowances to soldiers families, is widely admitted. The growth of the movement against extravaganza is visible daily, but no crystalllzed plan has yet been proposed by the government, only hints of increased taxation having been made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-23
ALLIES REINFORCED

The British and French forces are be- g strengthened by men and guns Ended at Saloniki and endorsements 'e going to Monastir, where the Ser ans are reported to be concentrating nd threatening the Bulgarians at Filep.
 Roumania finds herself in much the tme position as Greece, with both the htente allies and the central powers
 sistent. The Germans. it is said. are sking assurances of continued neu- aility and are also offering conces- pms if Rnumania interyeneas in. the hr on their side With big Russian imy in Bessarabia, however. it is be- wed i'll military circles here hardly lat Roirmania will accept the second formative.
 lOn the whole, it is expected here ,at the firm attitude of the entente Ie Balkan situation.
 There is little news of importance bpm any of the other fronts. The Ita1- ms are strengthening their positions sound Gorizia, which, it is believed, ,nnot hold out much longer.
 iThe British and French, artillery has icome more active in Flanders and hampagne, which on previous occa- bns has been the signal for offen- es. The Russians since they re- lined the ground lost on the River tyr have been inactive except for fnor attacks in the Dvinsk region.
 The Petrograd correspondents, how Ter, predict more important events. Another flotilla of British subma hes is reported to have arrived in Ic Baltic. 4s