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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21

New York, December a.-Robert R Moton, of the Hampton Normal and Agrf cultural institute, Hampton, Va, was selected to succeed Booker T. Washing ton as president of Tuskegee institute Tuskegee at meeting of the special committee of the trustees of the institute here today. The choice was unanimous. The committee making tls, selection was composed of Seth Low ciaAirnlan of tho Tuskegee trustees; Frank Trumbull of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; Edgar A. Bancroft, w. W. Gambell and Victor H. Tulane.
 Moton will not be installed as head of the famous negro institute until the com mencement exercises in May, 1916 Until that time he will give his services to the campaign for the Booker T. Washington memorial fund.
 In statement issued by the committee it is declared that by the election of Moton ''the policies, aims and attitude of the institute will continue unchanged" /"
 The committee paid tribute to the abil- ity of Emmet J. Scott head of the in stitute since the death of Dr. Washing ton, as follows:
 In taking this action the committee has not been unmindful of the long devo- tion and of the many qualifications of Emmet J. Scott for the position. The prob lem to be dealt with is a many-sided one, and it has seemed wise to seek solu- tion of it that will bring to the work of Tuskegee another forceful person. aity."
 OF UNMIXED BLOOD
 Moton is a negro of unmixed blood tracing his ancestry back to African slave days He was born in Amelia coun- ty, Virginia, in 1867, and spent his early years at Pleasant Shade.'' as the Vaughan plantation in Prince Edward county was called. His mother was cook at the "big house" and his father led the hands on the plantation. He was sent to a free school opened in the neighborhood and after his first taste of knowledge h! became ambitious to go to the Hamptot institute Entering the institute in 1885,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--Allies apparently determined to
 withdraw from Dardanelles. Villa generals agree to join de
 facto forces.
 Conspiracy to keep price of cotton
 at low level charged. Booker T. Washington's successor
 chosen. 2---Scope of Koenig inquiry widens 3--The Holland letter. 4-Editorial comment. 5---Old time politicians get sniff of
 battle and champ at bit. Relieved of oath, detectives tell
 name of informer.
 Huddleston is here for Christmas City hall slumhers amid hustle of
 holidays. 6---Society. 7--Gary dinner with Roosevelt as
 guest causes stir. S--Sports 9--Bureau of mines doing much for
 mineral interests. l-Markets. lynching in south Georgia,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
Rebel Army of the North Is Merged With That of
 Carranza
ELIMINATION OF VILLA SATELLITES MATTERS
Reports From Fl Paso State That Villa Has Gathered 400 Armed Men, But Chief Is Virtually Elimi-
 mated as Factor in the War

Washington, December 2O.-Gra flea tion and relief were frankly displayed by administration officials today when news came from Fl Paso that Il of General Villas generals and leaders had signed an agreement to turn the rebel army of the north over to the de facto govern ment of Mexico. Confidence is felt here in the reported promise of Villa to elimi- nate himself, and if he appears on the American side of the international boun- diary he will find a free road.
 Villas withdrawal and the incorpora tion of his army into that of the de facto government are regarded here as indicative of early peace in Mexico, and at least will pave the way for reduc- ing materially the strong patrol the United Sites hs been obliged to -ain- tain along the border His Animation it IS believed will leave Carranza free to move his army into the south and con centrate his forces against the rebel lious bands still operating in the interior ard near the capital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
Col. Henry WattersOn
 Celebrates His Golden
 Wedding Anniversary

New Orleans, December 20.--Col Hen. ry Watterson. the veteran newspaper editor of Louisville. Ky, and Mrs. Wat terson quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversary here today with friends and relatives.
 Both Mrs. Watterson and myself are in perfect health today and very happy was the message the colonel gave to the newspaper men.
 The Wattersons were married in Nashville. Tenn, December 20, 1885
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
CARRANZA'S TASK EASIER

With the fighting transferred to the Interior the Washington administration will watch developments less anxiously than when battles were being fought along the boundary line It is realized. However, that while the withdrawal of the rebellious northern army will rem der Carranzas task of qualification easier, his army has before it many months of serious fighting before he can assure foreign diplomats that his ruler slip is undisputed.
 Advices to the state department do not indicate how many men are operat- Ing in other parts of the republic against the de facto government, but estimates based on official and unofficial informa- ton place the number at many thousand and greater than the Villa force in the north.
 Under Iapata the Cedillo brothers and several former army officers of past re- gimes are in the1eld in the4states of San Luis Potosi, Vera Cruz, Merelos Tepic. Jalisco, Michoaoan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Sonora and Sinaloa Not all these are strong organizations +a Carranza government they are styled bandits for the greater part although it is admitted that those operating south and east of Mexico City are formidable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
Robert R. Moton Is Chosen As Booker Washineton's
 Successor At TuSkegee

he graduated five years later and was prevailed upon by General Armstrong to remain as drill master and assistant to the commandant of the school cadets. Shortly afterward he became command ant d position which he has held to the present day.
 Moton and Booker Washington were in innate friends, admired and respected each others abilities and were heartily agreed to the best methods of dealing with the race problem. Dr. Washington founded the National Negro Business league, while his friend has developed in the Negro Organization Society of Nir- ginia, of which he is founder and presi- dent, one of the greatest forces for the improvement of the negro in the coun- try.
 UNDERSTANDS NEGRO
 Both in his speeches and his writings, Moton has the reputation for an ability to get right at the heart of the negro question in a way that has won the respect of both races. In commence ment speech at Tuskegee in 1912, he said.
 You and I belong to an undeveoped backward race that is rarely for it's own sake taken into account in the adjust ment of mans relation to man, but is considered largely with reference to the impression which it makes upon the dominant Anglo-SaXon. The question that the American nation must face and which the negro as a part of the nation should soberly and dispassionately con sider, is the mutual, social, civil and in- dustrial adjustment upon common ground of two races, differing widely in charac- teristcs and diverse in physical peculiari- ties, but alike suspicious and alike jeal- ous and alike more or less biased and prejudiced each toward the other.'
 He said the negro as a race must grasp three Fundamental facts-race conscious ness, high moral ideal and intelligent industry. we talk about the color line you know and I know" he said that the blackest negro in Alabama or Missis- sppi or Africa or anywhere else who puts the same amount of skill and en- ergy into his farming gets as large return from his labor as the whitest Anglo Saxon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
LONDON RECEIVES NEWS

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
SHOULD ELIMINATE EXCHANGE

We have two remedies. one to prose- cute and convict those who have con spired together to put down and hold down the price of cotton, and the other ie by an act of Congress. The cotton exchange, which does not follow and re- fleet the prices which should ob tain un- der the law of supply and demand is not helpful but hurtful to the cotton pro dGoer It serves no legitimate purpose and ought to be abolished. The farmers of the south are going to reduce their acreage again, and they are not going. to sell the cotton they now have until the price goes higher. They will borrow money if necessary and hold it.
 They know that as soon as the story of the worlds crop is told after Christmas, that cotton Is going much higher. The United States cotton crop will not be more than 10500.0c0 bales Our spindles will need 100000 bales. and there will be left only 3,5O0,00o bales to supply the powder mills of the United States and to go abroad, where 100000 bales of the 1915 crop were required. Cotton will be scarce next summer, and high. and l am expecting to sec 1t sell for 20 cents before July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-21
MEMBERS AND|TSPRES|DENT JUST CAN'T AGREE Efforts of Attorneys Con- cerned in the Affair
 Are Unavailing
 so Far

New York, December 20.-Differences between members of the National House. wives league and its president, Mrs. Julian Heath, were brought out today at the state investigation of the national body begun here before Deputy Attorney General Obermeier. Efforts of attorneys for Mrs. Florence Yokum, president of the New Jersey Housewives league, which has been in controversy with the national organization, to have Mrs. Heath take the stand were unavailing Tine witnesses today included Mrs. James c. Carroway, former vice president of the national body; Mrs. Agnes IT. Griffin, former secretary; Mrs. Muriei NJ. Macdonald and John Curtis of New York.
 FINANCES DIFFICULTY
 Mrs. Carroway and Mrs. Griffin agreed that the serious difficulty of the league was with it's finances ChangeG in the policies of the league made by Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Griffin testified caused the witness to Cease lecturing in behalf of the organization.
 Mrs. Macdonald declared the publish CTS of the ieague's magazine paid Mrs. Heath $50 weekly. The publishers, Mir. Curtis testified, had a contract to pay
 (Continued on Page seven.)
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
OWNERSHIP CONCEALED
AS MATTER OF POLICY
Former New Haven President Mellen
So Admits Concerning the Joy
inc Steamers
Line Steamers.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE New Haven
Railroad in its expansion period concealed
its Sound steamship holdings because it
was not policy to tell it.
There was no more purpose or policy
in concealinG the New Ravens owner
ship Of the Joy Line than there was
policy in not advertising to the public
anv OF the acts of the New Haven Rail-
road" Charles S. Mellen said today in
the New Haven conspiracy trial.
The day was taken up by Robert L.
Bats, special assistant attorney general
in probing the New Haven's steamboat
activities. MeIlen's statement was made
when Batts asked him why the New
Haven concealed its ownership of the
Joy Line and operated 1t ostensibly as an
independent line.
1T was matter of expediency that we
operated the Joy Line as an Independent
said Mellen. We were operat-
ing 1t as a cheap line, and We would
have had complaints from the patrons OF
our regular boats, the Providence Line.
had they known We owned the Joy Line
boats"
Mellen admitted that the New Haven.
in his time, never acquired a boat, troll
ley. or rail line without the matter being
laid before the directors.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
PREDICTS end OF
BORDER TROUBLE
Carranza Assures U. S. Of
Settlement in Few /
Days.
VILLA ATTACK FAILS
Americans Advised to Quit Chihua-
hua Before Train Traffic Is Sus-
pendedIConsul ACTIVE.

Gen. Carranza has given assurances
TO the State Department that THE ques-
ton OF settlement OF the border trou-
bles will be disposed OF in a few dayA"
Carranza says he has instructed the Mex
lean secret service TO assist the military
In locating and furnishing offenders op-
Grating In the vicinity OF the information
al line.
The American consul general at Mon
terey telesraphed the State Department
yesterday afternoon that 5000 villistas
made an unsuccessful attack on FUerta.
near TopOlobampo. on the west coast.
on Sunday. but were driven OF BY the
garrison Of 1900 Carraazistas.
The department was informed also that
deserters from Villas army are coming
into Naco at the rate Of 100 per day and
that about Loo Villistas are now there.
These are disarmed when they arrive in
American territory. 1t is said. however.
that Villa still has an army of about
900 men. of which 1000 are near No
gales and 1000 near villa Verdez
The American consul at Juarez reported
to the State Department yesterday that
he is doing everything possible to get
Americans out OF the State Of Chihuahu.
before there is a suspension of railway
communication which is now threatened
Americans have been warned several
times to leave Mexico on account of con-
ditions
The Carranza agency here says that a
special commission appointed by Carranza
to investigate banking conditions in Mex
leo, has found 10000 in Villas worth
less paper" in the Treasury Department.
New currency has therefore been issued
which will be exchanged ION an equal
basis for valid national currency Of all
issues and the latter is to be retired as
soon as possible"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

1919 Otis place northwest-Harry 2. smith ct TX 70
Emma V. Lloyd. LOT lOs. block 4. Holmeat
Manor. SIC; stamp. $50
S2l9 y street nOrthWest-DaVh A Baer 10 Ella VI
Ru--eiI. Dot =. square % SO; stamp 81.
Forty-siIth and streets northeast-Municipal I'm
EzoEement Company to George H. Jefferson lots
~ and Is. SQUARE $50. Hampton Heights. 80;
stamp 80 cents.
Uniontown-Henp P. Elliott to Henry z Lan=.
lots SIS and -. 80
A. between Thirteenth and Fourteenth south
east-William Murphy ct w. to OrphA ] and
Charles g Williams, lot 81. SQUARE 1906 Sc :
stAmV 20 cents.
Fifteenth street betveen PENNSYLVANIA and 20
tcInac aTenues-Fred A. Norway q w to Arthur
Z. BrImtNIgh. 10; s. square ~. SO. stamp $.
FOurteeuth street Heights-Mare l. Taylor to
Clarence T. Lace and Harvey 9. Belt. Iots IS
and Is. SQUARE 2els. SO stamp $50
KenilWorth Annie ]. MaIlery ct viz. Lawrence ..
and Lncy A. Lake. lot 2, bl0ck Il. SO: stamp.
500
radsuorth-AIjor R Meade TO Martha A tn.
worthy OlIfel and lola /. Trrr-wortly remaindcr'.
lot u. square rs. so. stamp. 81 cents.
Potomac Heights samuel 7 Dorsc-t - nv 70 ".
VI McPheE-on. Io;' a and s.. square IiS5. s.
stamp 81.
Helen 9. MacLane. part lots d and "a. sIuarr
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whittinghAn-waItrr Jones to Robert Williams. lot
20 SQUARE SIS SIC: stamp. 80 cents.
Bellevue-MiChsel ]. German ct U1. to George H.
West. lot lG. SO: stamp. 81
laol Calvert street northwest The Bcac0n AVart-
msnts,- Emanuel SPEECH and ALSeTnun 'iaTiiner.
trustees 10 William L. Browning Uart block
az Clifftnurne. $500.
Woc.fridgs- Herman HErbvrs e TO oscar :.
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6 street nOrthwe~t-Jacoh : t;rIy~r 81 TX. -
Herbert W. Meyers. Iu-t olEinaI lot T. Sluars
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North Columbia Heights HCrhsTt W. Meyers ~
Jscnb : C;r:rer. lots :. :. and Is. block ). SO:
stamp. $50
e. Kentucky avenue southeast Thrift Building
COMPANY to Hert-rt ". Meyers. lot - square
10 SO: -tamp. sc
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plain--Katharyn r.
Fox 20 John r. Csin. lots s. to q. block =. 80:
stamp 81.
Center ErsinEton-Thrlft building Company ~
Lewis RaCi,r and Frances \. Rasdcr. lot g.
square 81 SO. stamp 81 ceDts.
Potomac Heights-Thrft Building Company % lie
Witt Morgan and Cora L. Morgan lot SO sluarp
1871 SO. stamp. 50 cPnts.
FrruWOod Heights NeTlandS COMPANY Roy W
MiltsnberErr. lots d to So. square 10. s.s75.
Seventeenth between 4 and . streets nOrthveSt
Roswell K. Hoes to T. Franklin Schneider. 'ot
~. square 10. SO; stamp 50 cents
LAnCr HeightS-Hluy n Ross e. TX u ApTlet0B
T. CLARK. i. Iart lots e and Is. SIC: STAMP.
$50
D. Mattin-Iy to Harry warlman
and John H. CLANCY. lot 6s. SQUARE -. SO:
stamp 81.
A. Suartzcn to Harry wariusn
and John H. CLANCY. lot g. sIuarr g $40:
stamp 81.
Wardman and John Il. ChsHSy N
Mary = :. X. tray. bots T. -. =. =. and S.
block 3 and lots s. and o. block = SO. stamp.
81
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
Vaudeville at Cosmos Theater.

new bill. in which laughter will be
the main object. with a sprinklng Of
pretty music and songs and hit Of Jug
glery. is being presented at the Cosmos
Theater the last half Of this week. be-
ginning with yesterdays matinees.
Al Won Tilzers Honey Girls in
''Frolics at the Seashore. presenting a
company OF nine people. headed by Ruth
Rogers, Carl Mcbride and Earl Cava-
naugh. in a merry rOmp of song and
scenic comedy. are the leading attraC-
ton. The rev acts include Upton. InCra-
ham and company in a story Of hubby's
first night out. What's Sauce for the
Goose" the three Dixon Sisters. accom-
plished girls with dainty costumes. in an
oTerinE Of songs. music and dancing Of
the better kind: Pearl Brothers and
Burns. In their lauEhable travesty OF the
Caught in a Cabaret" and
Frank Norman, club juGEler and equili-
briSt
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
FIRE COSTING S500,000
IS BELIEVED INCENDIARY
Roebling Plant at Trenton Has Been
Making Barbed Wire for
Allies.

Trenton. N J.. Nov ll.-Fire. be-
lieved to have been OF incendiary
origin. early today destroyed a four
story wire-rope mill at the immense
plant OF the John 4. Roebling Sons
Company. where war orders are being
filled. In addition to the factory about
twenty houses were destroyed. and for
r time the confagration threatened to
wipe out section of the city.
The total loss is estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
This was the second disastrous fire
in plants filling war orders for the la
lies within less than twenty-four hors,
part OF the Bethlehem Steel COmpany's
plant at South Bethlehem. Pa, being
destroyed yesterday.
Following its outbreak. the fire at
the Roebling plant spread rapidly. and
the entire building was a mass of
flames before the firemen were able
to begin an effective fight.
Despite the elaborate police system
and alarms to catch intruders the de-
tectives who are investigating the con-
flagration believe that there is good
ground for the supposition that the
fire was of incendiary origin. How
ever. the guards declare that they
saw no one lurking in the vicinity, nor
did they see anything to arouse their
suspicious.
1t was suggested that an incendiary
bomb might have been placed in the
building. but no one could be found
who heard an explosion.
The Roebling plant has been work.
ing night and day turning out barbed
wire and chains for the allies.
One OF the mills at the plant was
destroyed last January with sl,500.000
loss. At that time Charles G. Roebling.
head of the company, charged that
agents OF a foreign government were
undoubtedly responsible
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
DEFENSE PLAN NOT TO
BE PARTY MEASURE
Wilson Will Invite Prominent Repub-
leans to Stand Behind Him in
Fight Against Bryan.

White House officials announced
yesterday that President Wilson
would invite the Republican leaders
of Congress to confer with him on
the administrations national defense
program The announcement is re-
garded as important as Indicating an
intention or the Presidents part to
seek Republican support to fill the gap
made by anticipated Democratic de-
fectionE
an important indication seen in the
disclosure Of the Presidents plan is
that he will not attempt to have a
Democratic caucus bind the Demo-
cratic members to the support of the
administration measures.
Political leaders see in the Presi-
dents decision evidence of his deter
minatton to set about Immediately
providing against the embarTassments
to his program which might result
from the Bryan agitation and the OPP
position OF Representative Kitchin.
the next majority leader. and other
Democrats Friends OF Mr.. Bryan
have made a quiet investigation as to
the attitude Of the Democratic mem
bers of the House and are convinced
that the opposition will muster from
twenty to thirty votes The opposi-
tion therefore will be in an exceed
ingly strong position. should the Pres
ident consider an attempt TO make
the army and navy bills party meas
ures. Their strength would lie. say
political leaders. in their ability to
throw the control Of the national sit
uation into the hands of the RepubIf-
cans.
Apart from this. however, it is
pointed out that II the Bryan little
navy advocates succeed in lining up
the number of votes indicated they
will have completely wiped out the
Democratic House majority. which
was so depleted in the Congressional
elections of 1914 and 1915. that it now
numbers a mere twenty-five votes.
Friends Of the President indicated
that they dislike to have his plan for
comforting with the Republican lead
ers referred to as a bid for Republic
can support for his program. They
declared that Mr.. Wilson is but fol-
lowing a practice adhered to through
oat his administration Of calling the
leaders of the minority party into
conferences on the eve of launching
of a big legislative program. In this
connection il was stated that the
President conferred with important
Republican leaders when his curren-
Cy and antitrust measures were in
process Of formulation.
The ranking minority member OF
the House Committee on Military At
fairs is Representative Kahn. of Cali
fornia. and Representative Butler. of
Pennsylvania, who comes from =
Quaker community. is the ranking
Republican member of the Committee
on Naval Affairs In the Senate. SEN
ator du Pont and Senator PenrOse are
ranking Republicans on the Commit
tees on Military and Naval Affairs.
II is taken for granted
that these men will be among those
whom the President will invite to the
White House. as well as Representa-
tive Mann. of Illinois. minority leader
of the House.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH.
Husband, Charged with Murder, At.
tempts Suicide.

Mrs. James Allen. colored. 30. was
stabbed through her heart with butcher
knife early yesterday in her bed at IN
Potomac street northwest. Archie Nash,
who occupied another room in the house.
went to the room of the Allen woman
and was met by her husband. who told
Nash to go for the police.
As Policeman GALLAGHER stepped into
the house Allen drained a bottle Of
poison. He had collapsed when the po-
lIceman reached him He was taken to
Georgetown University Hospital in a
critical condition. A charge of murder
was placed against him In the Seventh
police station.
Police say rOomers heard Allen and
his wife quarrel short time before the
sfabbing.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in NostriIs
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up the air
passages of your head clear and YOU
can breathe freely. No more hawking.
snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness.
No struggling for breath at night:
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little of this fragrant, antiseptic
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t PEN
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the inflamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with cold or nasty catarrh.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
Aged Employe Dies.

Tom" Johnson, colored. an en-
ploye of the District government since
1871, died yesterday at his home, lis
D street southeast. following a brief
Illness from pneumonia. Johnson was
20 years old. He is survived by a
wife and several children. A floral
piece has been sent to the home by
employees of the engineer department.
Before being assigned to the engineer
department, johnson was driver for
many District Commissioners.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
Baptist Home Board Elects.

The following officers have been
elected by the board of MANAGEMENT
Of the Baptist home: Mrs Charles
p. Gates, president: Mrs. Daniel Fos-
ter and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Olive. vice
presidents: Mrs. c. A. Muddiman and
Mrs. T. H. Melton, secretaries, and
Mrs. William f. Mooney. treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-12
Two Dutch Fishing Boats Sunk.

Rotterdam. Nov. 1.-Two Dutch
fishing boats. the ScheveninEen and
the ST NICHOLAS. were sunk in the
North Sea today. The former struck
a mine and the latter was in collision
with another boat. The crews were
saved.