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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
TENNIS MATCHES
 THIS AFTERNOON

Only two matches of the boys cham this, morning. Mccoy will meet Robert son and one of the best matches of the tourney Is assured. The winner will be stacked up against D. L. smith, who Is practically sure to receive defeat Play will start at clock sharp.
 All boys wishing to enter tho double tousneys can do so today by giving their names and entrance fee to J D Beavins of the BirminE ham Athletic club. Wednes- cay night will be the last chance the boys will have to enter the tourney, Over e5 teams are expected to enter. The matches will he played on the Birming ham Athletic club courts on Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street All boys in the Birmingham district are invited to enter. provided they are within the age limit, IS years of age or under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

respectable appearance and sunimpeach- able credentials or to let him go. The
 problem was too much for the pavement
 pounders and they sought advice from
 .lieir superors.
 The problem caused considerable
 scratching of various heads and thought
 ful contemplation of cuspidors and finger
 nails. Fortunately for the doctor. an of fleef ot tipe experience mellowed instead of embittered by the years of conta ,t with the worst element of humanity, was In authority to pass on the case lie instructed the sergeant to bring the
 man to police headquarters, where he
 gave the doctor a vigorous lecture on the depravity of having four dozen bottles Of beer in his possession. The doctor was eventually allowed to so to a private resi- denee on North Highlands and depa rted the next morning from Birmingham but not through 1t, being careful to make a wide detour outside the city limits l One of the most outrageous instances of bullheadedness manifested by the vice squad was their action in stopping two 1s-year-old boys in the heart of the busi-
 ress district. The boys were on their WAY to a fishing camp on Cahaha river. and were carrying between them small
 trunk containing their tackle and cloth ing. They encountered the tiger men who stopped the two youths and de-
 manded the right to inspect the contents l of the recentacle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
MYSTERY SHROUDS
 WRECK OF AUTO ON
 HIGHLAND AVENUE
Police Unable to Get Any h. formation About Wreck. Not Even Identity of
 Owner of Car

Mystery surrounds the wrecking of small touring car on Highland ave- iue sometime yesterday. Up until z o'clock last night no report of the wrecking of the car was in the hands oi the police. Upon investigation it was found that license No. 1732 was attached to the machine and that the owner was given as George Wesson, living at Mulga.
 A man named George Wesson whose residence Is at Mulga, was called over the telephone and asked whether or ,lot he knew anything about his ma chine being wrecked on Highland ave- nue.
 What do you mean, my machine wreclxed?" replied an indignant voice. I'm too blamed poor to own ma chine, and if l did it wouldn't be wrecked"
 'Is your name George Wesson?" was asked.
 Sure it is, but I haven't a machine and never did have one."
 lie was then asked whether or not he knew anyone by that name living in Mulga. He replied that he heard uf someone bearing that name, but he did not know them.
 A rrmor was heard to the effect that several women were injured in the wreck. None of the hospitals had any record of anyone being injured in an automobile accident. None of the un- aertalsers took any victims of an auto Ilobile accident to any of the hospitals. The debris of the machine stands on tee sidewalk at the corner of Highland avenue and Hall avehSe, mute evidence of wreck of some kind. The front wheels are torn off, The windshield { Is completely demolished. The radiator is damaged beyond hope and the whole machine is useless, yet the police arc unable to establish that anyone had been hurt or even the identity as to the owner who came to such grief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
GOLFERS ARRIVE
 FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago. August 15.-Professional golfers from all over the United States began arriving today to play in the western open championship at Glen Oak
 Among the arrivals today were Wal tel Hagen of Rochester, N. Y., open champion last year; James Barnes of Philadelphia. present western open champion; Tom McNamara of Boston, Mike Brady of Wollaston, Mass, Gil bert Nichols of Wilmington, Fred Me- I.eod of Washington, Pat Doyle of My upia, Tom Kerrigan of Dedham, Mass, Herbert Strong of New York, Wilfred Reid of Sea View, N. J., George Sar- gent of Washington and Louis Tellier of Summit, N. J.
 No prominent eastern amateurs are entered but Charles Evans Jr. four times western amAteur champion and western open champion in 1910, will try ty wrest the title from the profess sionals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
Joffre as a Boy in England

London. August S.-(Speclal. )-To tine comparatively little that we know about General Joffre has been added this week the announcement that he spent part of his boyhood in England. a fact which probably accounts for the ease with which he is said to speak English. A. II. Baynes, magistrate Of Weybridge. In Surrey. says that he remembers that the general was na visit to that town as boy in 1861, and declares he often saw him in the streets there. He remembers him es- pecially clearly because, sunny and round faced as he was. he was cer- tainly French and thus stood out dis tinctly from the English boys around him. Baynes adds: May we hope he drew even a little of his great quail ties from his short stay on the hero- breeding soil of Weybridge."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
Mountain Lion Scarce

From the New York World.
 Sacramento. Cal.-Rei orts to the state comptroller indicate that the huntsmcn of the northern counties of the state have practically extermina.ed the mountain lions. Last month ely four mountain lions were killed in California. as against close upon 200 for the same period de- cade ago.
 southern counties. one each in Los~An- geles, Tulare and Kern the fourth one being Killed in Humboldt county. The bounty paid for the ps'ts by the state was $S0 for June.
 Indications are that efforts of stock raisers during the pasi. quarter of cen tury have resulted 'n the practical ex- tinction of the animal BouIties have heen naid upon 22,Ooo mountain Hons in the last 25 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
TRUNK BROKEN OPEN
 BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND

l The boys were unable to furnish a key to the trunk as their father had it. and he was already at the Terminal sta l ton. Thereupon the detectives broke open
 the trunk and scattered it's contents over the pavement in a in search for anything
 resembling fish bait that is not worms Unable in his anxiety to wait until he | reached home to taste of the joy juice !"
 q negro caused considerable amusement ! to the officers and paid a fine of $50 for
 violating the prohibition law It seems
 that John had been broke when prohibi- i ton went into effect, and had not been able t., procure a proper amount of gin
 or corn Ticker. Immediately he began
 to fec, the drouth and began saving his
 money to send off for a proper restora- tive
 After weeks of thirst the shipment st length arrived and he was told to call
 at the office of the Southern Express company the following day and get his i liquor He was there on the dot al- though he had stood three hours in line
 to do 1t When he clasped the precious package to his chest. joy was unconfined He was unable to wait and with trem-
 bling hands broke the seal of the pack age and went down the street with
 quart bottle applied lovingly to his lips
 and the other tucked snugly under his
 arms. Of course. he did not get far under the circumstances and very shortly was resting in the city jail minus his liquor.
 A typical case of the brilliant inductive
 req soning of the vice squad came to light a few days ago in the police court where i justice. blind as the ancie1ts depicted her, holds sway It seems that a ne- gro woman had purchased five dozen bot ties of beer, the allotted quantity. visit of the detectives on the day the i shipment came established this, Eleven days later the detectives returned and
 could find but nine bottles whereupon they promptly arrested her for violating the prohibition law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
PEOPLE OF BIRMINGHAM ARE
 BEGINNING TO FEEL BITE OF
 DRASTIC PROHIBITION LA WIS
Lack of Discretion Shown by Officers in Enforc ing the Law-Arrested Lady for Giving Sis ter Half-Pint of Liquor to Make Cam
 phor-Broke Open Trunk of Two
 BOys-Other Cases
Fly JACK BETHEA

After 46 days of the drastic prohibition laws acted is the United States the people of Birmingham have be- gun feel the bite of their enforcement both by the sherffs office and the police department of the city.
 The laws have beer powerful weapons the hands of the of cers and Birmingham has become almost arid Sahara a though whisky and beer may still be bought if knows the right place yo And the fact those plain cothesmen charged with the enforcement of the prohibition la
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
PECULIAR REASONING
 OF THE BRILLIANT

The reasoning they presented to tho court and upon which the court saw fit in justice to impose fine of $50 was that woman could not consume such a quantity of beer in so brief a time and that as all other methods of disposi- ton of the brew were violations of the law the negro was guilty. The woman could not prove that she had not sold any of the beer-who could under like circumstances?-a was accordingly held guilty before the law
 In the early days of prohibition the courts of the city were clogged with cases similar to the one of the man who hav- ing bought gallon of whisky at cut prices on the day before prohibition be- came effective. suddenly found a white elephant on his hands The officers came around and asked if he had any whisky In the house. He replied that he had a gallon. Upon which he was hauled to jail and drew the usual fine of $50 This was true not in one case but 100.
 So drastic did the enforcement of the law become that one man recalled a similar instance when the spasm of pro- hibition shook Birmingham four years ago. II seems that he had been run ming saloon during the days when the traffic was legal When prohibition came he moved his supply to hls room above the saloon and overlooked the time limit set for the deportation of the whisky. Finding himself in an ebmarrassing posi- tion he went to police headquarters and laid the matter before the authority in charge expressing the desire to ship the goods out of the city.
 An officer was sent to investigate his story. Finding 1t true the ex-saloon- keeper was put under bond. his whisky was confiscated and the following day he was fined $50 in the recorders court. Well" he remarked as he paid over two twenties and a ten to the clerk, ''I wlsht I'd sold the stuff now. It'd been lots cheaper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
Fight at SaltillO

Laredo. Tex. August 15.--Dispatches received by Carranza officials in Nuevo Laredo tonight reported that Villa troops had been driven from the suburbs of Sal tillo into the city proper and that bat tie for possession of the city was in progress. About 5000 men are engaged on each side. 1t was stated. and both the carranza and Villa forces are said to have suffered heavy losses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

ticlarly active in reporting minor infrac- tions of discipline to his superiors. He was held responsible by his associates for the discharge of one man and the severe twigging of another while his threats against others had earned him the detestation of the larger part of the department. So the vice squad in secur- ing the suspension of the man felt that turn about was only fair play and that for the gapder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
No Decision From President

Washington. August i5.-Reports that President Wilson in announcing his posi- tion on woman suffrage will oppose 1t were drew from Secretary Tumulty to- night, the statement that the President had given no intimaton of what his att titudc would be- The secretary added that the President doubtless would make his position clear before casting his vote in the special election in New Jersey il October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
At Photoplay Houses

Odeon Two-"The Toast of Death" with Louise Glaum in the leading role. Trianon-"The Master Hand." with Nat Goodwin.
 Frincess-"Heavy Villains" in three parts with an all-star cast
 Odeon One-Charles Chaplin in Key stone comedy.
 Vaudette-'Driven by Fate" with William Garwood and Violet Mesereau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
SAME TWO PULLED ANOTHER STUNT

Rumor says that it was these same two who on approaching the servants house in the rear of residence on Highland avenue found three negro
 women socially sipping toddy. inves- tigation developed that ont Of the trio
 was cook, that she lived in the room in which they were sitting, that she had ordered the liquor from Chattanooga, that she could and did produce rhe or iginal package, but that three drinks had been taken from a quart bottle. The three women were promptly ar rested for violating the prohibition law. The man who employed the negro woman as cook was appealed to and at tempted without result to argue with the officers, maintaining that the wom- an was in her home that she had not sold any of the shipment that she had less than the legal amount and that she could give the liquor away as long as it was not taken from the premises. It was of no avail and the three negroes
 were released only when the matter was taken over the heads of the officers before it reached recorders court, the employer happening to be influential. DISCRETION USED BUT
 CASE WAS AMUSING
 case in which discretion was used but which was nevertheless amusing was that involving a country doctor living below Bessemer. returning home from Collinsville, who found 1t nec- essary to pass the night in Birrhins-
 ham The doctor had been visiting friends in Collinsvnlle and had had sent to him there regulation ship
 nent of beer.
 When the time came to depart he placed the remainder of the beer In the back of his machine and started blithely for his home. Night overlook him en route and he found it necessary to stop here and decided to go to a hotel and take his beer to his room with him, He drove to q respectable hostelery and began un- loading the wet goods, when he was ab- rupt. halted by policeman and in- formed that he was violating the law by having the beer in his possession on the streets not in its original package. Efe was told that when lie carried the beer into the hotel he was committing one of the most wicked attractions of the prohibition law of which a human could be guilty. But as he had net taken the beer Into the hotel he mad not actually committed this heinous crime. and the officers were undecided whether to arr rest him on general principles despite his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
T0DAY'S EVENTS
At the Theafres

Grand-"Her New Husband" bur- iesque; matinee at 3 p. m; night 73C i. and o'clock
 Orp1eum-"The Chinatown Trunk Mystery" melodrama; no ma atinee today night at S30 O clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

A poiHt WHlCu ndo Deeu Siipia- sized by the enforcement of the pro- hibition law has been the utter ab- sence of discretion on the part of men charged with enforcing it. Of course, the people of Birmingham cannot ex- pect a Sherlock Holmes for $50 per month, especially when, under the periodic fits of economy or reform, men who have proved themselves real officers of the law are carefully culled from the department and decapitated TALE BEARERS NOW IN
 FAVOR WITH POWERS
 Before going further, 1t might be well to say that the writer, while nol {; prohibitionist, is of prohibition stock and personally. a total abstainer Iron l alcoholic beverages. He has been II close touch with the police situation in Birmingham for the past six years has seen much and been told more. The writer is an admirer of the majority of the policemen of Birmingham, H' knows them, many intimately, and 1T I q great many cases they are men f' ability, shamefully underpaid. But q, has no sympathy with or to1eration fol the sycophantc tale bearer. appointed and retained in payment of politica debts, who has lately found favor will the powers that be.
 Naturally with the administration 0 the prohibition law in such hands in eidents have happened and mistake have been made. sometimes amusing sometimes outrageous. They have beer sedu1ously hushed up but have event ually come to light.
 Perhaps the arrest showing the great est lack of discretion was that made on the South Highlands under the fol 1 lowing circumstances. The wifi of 5 wei known real estate man was visited 1 by her sister who was suffering from the tooth ache. She wished 10 malx, some camphor and came to her sistei 1 for help.
 The real estate man had pfeviousl, ordered the regulation two quarts iron wet territory and had brought it duti' fully home and placed it in his side. board Now his wife, unable to bear tho sight of her sisters suffering. pro- cured halt-pint flask, placed in 1t 2 small quantity of camphor gum. iillet the bottle with whisky, gave it so he' sister, telling her that sine would havs plenty of camphor shortly. The sister having secured that for which she came 1 hurried home to apply the remedy tc her aching jaw.
 Two brilliant members of the vics squad heard of the transaction ant promptly placed both ladies under ar rest, charged with violating the pro | hibition law and had them haled tt court Technically of course they were guilty of violating the law. but tac utter asininity of arresting two ladies I, for such a transaction seemingly die not occur to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
DIDN'T MIND MAKING
 ARREST THIS TIME

The unwritten law of the police depart ment dictates that an officer may not arrest a fellow-officer for anything less than a felony and when this law Is broken consuming is the wrath of the men.
 Consequently when members of the vice squad walked into negro blind tiger on Third avenue and found an officer sitting at a table in a back room drink ing bottle of that which they had been taught to regard as beer. they hailed his presence with delight and with great gusto put him under bond for violating the prohibition law
 It seems that the man had been par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
NONE ANXIOUS FOR
 CHANGE IN COUNTY

Is there a man in Jefferson county, or any set of men for that matter, who are not financially interested that would advocate seriously the proposi-
 tion to take the county convicts off the
 roads and place them back in the mines
 How far do you think he or they would
 get with such proposition? The peo-
 pie of Jefferson voted the county con-
 victs out of the mines and it would just
 as foolish and impossible to attempt
 to put them back as it would be t0
 try to stem the incoming tides of the ocean with a pitchfork.
 The taking of the state convicts oIt of the mines is one of the vital issues
 before the legislature at Montgomery
 The champions of the measure are not
 basing their fight on either maudlin ntiment or political hysteria. Many of them have made personal investiga- tions and know whereof they speak There is powerful opposition to the proposition. which. according to re- ports. proved of sufficient strength to stem the tide when victory seemed to perch on the banners of the abolition ists. But the fight is not yet over.
 The 42-centimeter guns and howitzers of the oppositionists. when summed up are nothing more than dollars and dimes. It is the same old fight of the lust of gold against common humanity sContinued on Page seven.D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Have yeu tried the rutw'ier seAa feWnts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
HAS NOT BANKRUPTED THE COUNTYNOR HAVE |PEOPLEINTHE COUNTY
 FEARED FOR SAFETY
No One Would Now Advo- cate Return to Old Sys- tem-Issue Raised Is One of Dollars and Cents as Opposed to Common Hu- manity
By CHARLES H. MANDY

When the proposition to take convicts of Jefferson county out of the mines and place them at work on the county-roads was made, a great outcry went up. It was asserted that the system had been tried before and had proved a failure; that it would bankrupt the county; that farmers and people liv- inginrural districts would be terrorized by the close prox- imity of the convicts. Anony- nous circulars were scat tered broadcast predicting all kind of dire calamities in the event convicts were placed on the roads. No one had the courage to stand sponsor for the circulars but their intended purpose was so transparent that they could easily be laid at the door of those interested in keeping the convicts in the mines.
 Have the predictions of the calam- ity howlers been realized in any par ticular? If so, no one seems to be aware of it, for with the increasing months the convict system is work ing smoother and better and is sat |isfactory in every particular. That the system was tried in Jefferson coun- ty a quarter of century ago and did not, as is claimed, prove success ful, is no argument why it should not prove successful now.
 Surely no one will contend that con ditions now and 25 years aga are the same. To the charge that it would bank rupt the county is pointed out the fact that the officials of the city of Bir mingham declare that the treasury of the county is so overflowing that they are asking the legislature to donate the city $200,00O from it. The assertion that the convicts would terrorize the community has fallen as flat as did the 30-room hotel harroom "bugagoo' raised during the local option fight in this county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-06
VGoILL OPERATIONS
lBy " Z Hor-zdayI

IzdIL ora Ayri s-Trs A.
o1,Els Petrgle1- C0-Dzuy. orilIiu
i- sa u sw q 5p-5-5. encountered :
cary .aoxirg q ga =, = depth o.:
abort ~ feet sunday. being about
y tte same stratum a. ga Ess en-
eyurtered il the other @ells o, the
eeIo. and the officers II the company
4re yery asuguius a. 70 the ultimate
y-.c0rne d this vel The lOg o, the
bell is following out very closely the
Iogs n the producer o. the field in
Guiding tie ga wells OIe-ns.f mile
north and the gas sell One-half mile
.Outa. coupled zI-o 1ith the produc-
ing oilers One-hslf mile west on the
ArDuckIe surplus and lOmestead The
Arb1ckle Petroleum Company all
likely complete this well about Wed
1esday and Eill then move 10 the lO-
alton IN se % sE d ne Of Zj-j-5 where
they expect the richest find they viii
have.
Already the field at Madill is a.
sgming 4 different aspect Hardly q
lay passes but that scouts are 70 BE-
-een among the visitors. the most
.sited well being the one just spud-
Jed in b. Ace Michael for the NcDou-
al company On the Ne Of 81 3s-5-5.
This vel is being drilled With the gas
rom the well already located on the
IcDOugsl lease just few hundred
ards 70 the northeast. and IL ig from
ne new well that the McDOugsl com
Jany expects much in the way Of a
Zasser with which they will try for a
franchise for the city Of Madill This
company has about 900 acres com
mencing just south Of the 1900 acres
Df the Arbuckle Petroleum company,
he latter company having all Of the
Arbuckle holdings except possibly 80
'cres which Is leased By the MalMil-
an company
One welcome the oil men are re-
Giving upon arrival Is the new system
installed by the local telephone office.
Heretofore the phones have been
worked with a crank, while only re-
Gently the new drop-light, takeIer-
Iownand begin-to-talk system has
been iuaugurated. and It f. a welcome
change. Madil has now one Of the
best systems in southern Oklahoma.