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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
THE BRITISH PRIZE COURT . CONDEMNS AMERICAN MEATS
Chicago Packers Caught With the Quantities Meats Consigned to Neutral Ports Presumably for U
 innate Use of the German Army, Are De-
 cared Contraband-Wil Appeal Case

London, September 16.-rhe British prize court today condemned the grent- CT part of the American products form ing the cargoes cs four steassships The products, valued nt several million dollars, are declared forfeited to the crown.
 The judgment was delivered by Sir Samuel T. Evans, president of the court. It involves the cargoes of the Norwe- gian steamships Kim, Alfred Nobel. Bjornstjerne Bjornson and Fridland. All the goods, consisting principally of Amer ican meat products are conf1scated ex- cept small proportion which the court released to claimants.
 The case has been pending for several months The steamships were seized la st November. and, although efforts were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
BILLS ACTED ON WITH
 LIGHTNING RAPIDITY AS SESSION WEARS THE END
SHORT ITEMS TELL STORY OF BIG DAYS
 WORK AT CAPITAL
By HUGH w. ROBERTS AND L. .
 BETTY URGES CONGRESS TO DO MUSCLE SHOALS WORK

Montgomery, September 16.-(Spe- cial) l)-The house this afternoon adopted resolution offered by Representative Johnston of Madison, calling upon the governor to name committee consist ing of five members of the legislature ton In December and present copies O, resolutions adopted by the legislatS -> insisting that Congress carry O. .o resolution of government engiv caSs- specting the improvement Sscle Shoals.
 The governor Is to be chairman of the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17

made by the American owners to obtain an early trial, the British authorities set the hearing for June. The hearing closed s-ast month and jndep,ent was reserved until today.
 In lengthy account Sir Samuel said 1t was plain these ships were carrying toward Copenhagen when captured more than 13 times the amount of goods which under normal circumstances would have been allotted for that port. That fac, gave practical and overwhelming assur- ances that the goods were intended for Germany, although. of course, it did not prove conclusively that they were de- stned for an enemy of Great Britain
 One circumstance throwing light on the real destination of the goods, Sir Samuel said, was that the exportation of lard by one American company alone to Co.,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
SK|RM|SH|NG ON
 MEXICAN BORDER
 HAS NOT CEASED
Wounded Trumpeter Dies Bringing American Death List Up to Five Within
 Two Months

Brownsville, Tex, September 16.-Harold T. Forney of Watertown, N. Y, trump eter of Troop A, Third cavalry, died today from wounds received last Mon- day in the early morning ranch fight at Los Indos between Mexicans and a detachment of United States soldiers
 His death brings to five the list of United States soldiers killed since the bandit raids along the Mexican border began two months ago.
 Up until tonight the celebration of the Mexican independence day passed with out event the observance being even more quiet on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande than on the American side.
 Near Los Fresnos (Arestos tracD 10 miles north of here today a detail of three soldiers proceeding to their station at an irrigation plant, sighted at dis tance of half a mile band of 10 to ly Mexicans. The soldiers opened fire on the Mexicans who moved off into the brush without replying to the fire. Troopers later sent to investigate reported no trace of the band. Reports early in the day from ranchmen that the Mexicans had been pursued were not borne out by the investigation of the troopers. It was stated today from General Nafarrate' s headquarters in Matamoros that no com plaint had been made from residents along the Rio Grande concerning the recent firing across the river by three deputy sherffs and Brownsville po- liceman while on American soil. One of the deputy sheriffs said today they had been firing at log in the river.
 Gov. James E. Ferguson of Texas to- night telegraphed to Sheriff w. T. Vann here, advising him not to permit any more firing across the international line by men of his department. The sheriff replied by wire that such firing would not occur again.
 In order to care for between 20O0 and 5000 Mexicans who have fled from Texas and gone into his territory, General Naf- arrate has issued an order giving each family the privilege of settling on any vacant land it may find and remain there at least long enough to make one crop Crops can be made in this section oi northeast Mexico in the fall and winter Many of these Mexicans left in the United States practically all the results of theii summers labor in the form of standing crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
HOUSE SEEMS TO FAVOR
 REDISTRICTING BILL

Montgomery, September 16.-(SpeciaA) The redistricting bill, which passed the senate today was injected into the delib- erations of the house tonight when an effort was made to have the measure re- ferred to the judiciary committee. Rep resentative Brindley of Etowah, author of a measure similar to the senate bill, op- posed the motion to refer it to the judi ciary committee and asked that it be referred to the committee on privileges and elections. The motion of MT. Brind- ley, after considerable debate, prevailed
 The redistricting bill will, according to indications, receive a favorable report in the house on Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Bills acted on with lightning rapldity British prize court condemns Ameri-
 can meats.
 Stern battles rage along eastern front. Financiers of Wall street cut billion q. dollar loan in half. 2-European nations inquire regarding
 Mexican situation. 3-The Holland letter. 4-Editorial comment 5-Grubb declines to quash indictments No action taken on garbage bids. Expect partial report from grand jury
 today. Huntsville to make fight for Jackson
 highway. 6-Society. 7-Charms of music not without effect
 on solons. 8-Sports.
 s-commission urges people to go after
 Jackson highway.  takes poison by mistake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
Morgan, Rockefeller and Others Confer on Big
 Proposition
REQUEST FOR BILLION SAID TO BE TENTATIVE
Bankers Say Commissioners Asked for $1,000,000 in Order to Be Sure of Getting Half
 That Amount

New York. September 16.-The pro-
 posed billion dollar loan to Great Brit
 ain and France shrivelled today in the l gossip of Wall street to half that size.
 Five hundred million dollars was the sum set as the amount American finan- ciers would lend. That figure seemed uniform in half dozen or more re- ports current In the financial section. One financier was quoted as saving that sum would be loaned. The commission itself and it's American financial aides had nothing to say
 In some manner not understood to- night the situation was different from
 that of yesterday. There was an almost
 unanimous opinion among bankers whose views could be obtained that a billion dollars was not needed and that in naming this vast sum at the outset
 the commission sought to place itself in
 an advantageous trading position. Here is the way some financial au- thorities regarded the situation:
 '"rhe commission asked for a billion dollars It did not expect to get that To the request bankers would natur- ally make a counter offer. Commission Dickers With Bankers
 '"There would then follow parleys.
 The commission would reduced the
 amount by s5O,ooo.00o to sioo, 900 ,ooo and the American bankers would add
 a few handsful of millions to their of-
 fer of, say. half billion.
 After negotiations they would reach
 a common figure. and definite terms
 could be arranged"
 dozen more prominent New York bankers talked with the commits sioners today at a meeting place whose whereabouts was not disclosed. ]. r. Morgan and two of his partners, Henry | P. Davlson and Dwight w Morrow. were among the number Who the oth- CTS were was not disclosed. l A representative of John D. RoclSe- 1 feller Jr., confirmed late today the re- port that MT. Morgan had placed be- fore Mir. Rockefeller tentative details of the proposed loan and had done so with view to having Mir. Rockefeller subscribe to it, although MT. Rocke- feller had not yet been asked to do so. In Mir RoclSefeler's behalf 1t was said that he neither had opposed nor es- poused the project. but that he had
 taken 1t under consideration. Considerable importance was att tached to visit made today by Jacob
 H. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. to James
 ]. Hill and there was n renewal of the
 report that the so-called o-German
 financial interests of New York might
 participate in the loan followed their
 talk.
 MT Hill was quoted afterwards as
 saying the commission would obtain a half billion dollars here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
HOUSE BILL WOULD
 PUT CONNECTS IN
 UNIVERSITY MINES
Measure Passed Yesterday Would Abolish the Lease System, But Make State Keep Men in Mines
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

f Montgomery, September 16.-(Spe- fiaL )-The senate tonight, by a vote of 20 to II, indefinitely postponed the consideration of bill which in the next general election would have submitted to the people for solution the problem of convict lease system. ] As a result of this action, one of the big questions which has been be- fore the legislature since last January Is settled. The chief argument brought against the bill under debate was the fact that the abolitionists had made no financial arrangements for caring for the convicts when they Hpuld have been taken from the mines.
 i The only utterance of more than ordinary interest was the intimation of Senator Bonner that the admins tration had interested itself in the fight against the plan of the aboli- tionists because of it's desire to work the convicts of the state in the timber tract recently required by the kins- men of the governor on the Warrior river in Tuscaloosa county. The vote:
 To postpone indefinitely: Airing 'ton, Bulger, Burns, Cooper, Easterly, Elrod, Faulk, Green, Hall, Hartwell, Hill, Hollis, Lee, Milner, Mccain, Price, Thach, Wallace, Weathers, Winkler-20.
 Against postponement: Bell, Bon ner, Denson, Holmes, Jones, Judge, Key, Kline, Lewis, Lusk, Pride-11.
 Pairs, Miller, nay; Ellis, aye-2. \ Not voting, Brown, Higgins-2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
DUMBA MESSAGE IS
 RECEIVED AT VIENNA

Washington, September 1e,-Announoe- ment was made at the state department late today of the receipt of a message from the American legation at Bernc, Switzerland, saying the note asking for the recall of Ambassador Dumba was delivered in Vienna September 10.
 Officials were unable to explain tine fail- rre of the American embassy at Vienna to acknowledge receipt of the note but it is presumed telegraphIc communica- tion was interrupted between Vienna and Berne just after the message reached it's destination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
ALLOWS CITIES TO
 LEVY SPECIAL TAX

Montgomery, September. 16.-(Spe- cial.)-Senator Kline today secured the passage by the senate of the Brad
 shaw bill submitting a constitutional
 amendment for the purpose of allow
 ing cities towns and municipalities other than Birmingham, Montgomery and Decatur to levy and collect an nually tax not exceeding one-half of one per cent of the value of the prop erty therin. Amendments were accept
 ed excluding Selma, all municipalities in Marshall, Jackson and Dekalb
 counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
Tragedy at Niagara

Niagara Falls, N. Y.. September 16 Park guards saw man leap from Prospect Point into the Niagara Falls and go over the American falls today Tn the pocket of coat left near the scene were found papers bearing the name of Hugo Wehmeyer of Buffalo Wehmeyer. who was associated with the management of Buffalo and Mag ara Falls cafes, is missing. His family was notified today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
PENSION BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES

Montgomery. September 16.-(Spe- cial)-By provision of the Walden pen sion bill, which has passed both houses of the legislature. the state pension de- partment Is placed under the supervi- sion of the auditor. Under the old law the pension department was under the control of the state board of pension examiners, which were appointed by the governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
AUTHORIZES A USE OF
 CONNECTS ON ROADS

Montgomery, September 16.-(Special) Senator Mccain today secured the pass age by the senate of the Darden bill authorizing courts of county commits sioners or boards of revenue to work county and state convicts on the public roads and bridges of their respective co UT ties and to hire their county convicts to the governing bodies of other counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
INSANE HOSPITAL GETS
 S23OO FOR LANDS

Montgomery, September 16.-(Spe- cial)-The John bill appropriating S330O to the Alabama insane hospital for swamp and overflowed lands. the
 titles to which were adjudged by the
 courts to be invalid. was passed by the senate today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
ACTION IN HOUSE
Dy L. .. BETTY

Montgomery, September 1e.-(Special )
 Complete abolition of the convict lease
 eystem-and that within a short time
 Is provided in a bill which passed the
 house today with only 13 dissenting votes
 The measure. whose author is Represen-
 tative Rogers of Sumter. provides for
 the mining of coal lands owned by the
 University of Alabama by state convicts.
 The measure further provides an appro-
 priation of $250,ooo to carry the plan into
 effect.
 Tho passage of the Rogers bill was one
 of tho greatest surprises of many days,
 and 1t Is even now doubtful if the ma
 5ority of the house members have
 viewed the contemplated revolutionary
 change in the light of seriousness. But
 if the abolitionists were really sincere
 they achieved a victory which they dared
 not hope for two months ago. In the first place, the bill. under the provision of an amendment offered by
 MT. Merritt of Macon, makes it unlawful to hire or lease convicts to any person, firm or corporation after the proposed law goes into effect. This amendment as-
 sures the abolition of the lease system in the event the state shall use her con- victs in the mining of coal owned by the university.
 25 Per Cent to Families
 Another amendment of far-reaching im-
 portance, offered by MT. Davis of Wal
 ker, provides that 25 per cent of the net value of the labor of every convict hav- ing living wife or minor child. or wid- owed mother, working in state mine. shall be paid by the state at the end of each year to such wife, or the guardian of such child.
 third amendment makes it misde- meanor for any person to work convicts more than 10 hours day
 Such are the provisions of the Rogers ! bill. Other features provide that the gov ernor and convict board shall have the authority to put the plan into operation, which includes the purchase of machinery and the working out of the various other
 details required in the inauguration of the system.
 It is doubtful if the bill would have passed had 1t not been loadeAi up with amendments-and it is practically certain tho measure would not have received SO large vote of approval had not there been the belief in certain quarters that the amendments would ultimately defeat the bill On the other hand, the aboli- tionists saw their opportunity to win a sweeping victory. hence lent their undi- vided support to the passage of the bill. Davis Offers Substitute The measure was first called up by Rep resentative Rogers. MT. Davis of Walker then offered a substitute which provided that the question of working convicts in the mines be submitted to the people at <Centinued on Page Twelvsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
Harvard Law Deans
 Body Found in River

Boston, September 16.-The body of Prof Erza Ripley. Thayer. dean of the Harvard law school. was found float ing In the Charles river today. He had been mi ssng two days. Medical Exami- ner McGrath said it was case of sui- eide.
 Dean Thayer. who was born at Mill ton, N. H., in 1866 latterly became famous. On account of i'll health he had been forced to give up some of his lee lures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
Yachts Destroyed by Fire

Miami, Fla. September t6--Forty- five small yachts. valued at more than sS0, 900. were burned here late yester- day when fire destroyed the J. B. South all boat-y yard. Most of the yachts were owned by northern people. The total loss is estimated at about $100,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
ADD $50 TO SALARY
 OF PURCHASING AGENT

Montgomery, September 1C.-(Special., By a vote of % to the senate today passed the bill for the payment of sal ary of $50 month to the state purchas. ing agent. an office held by the gover. nor's private secretary Senators Lusk
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17

Whereas, The Susan R. Anthony amendment offers the only direct and effective method of securing national woman suffrage. therefore
 Be 1t resolved, That we pledge our selves to work exclusively for the Susan B. Anthony amendment and we herewith record our unalterable opposition to the introduction into Congress of any other amendment dealing with the issue of na- tlonal woman suffrage"
 Success Predicted
 New York. September 16.--Two hundred and six members of the national House eral amendment for woman suffrage, ac- cording to report made by Mrs Medill Mccormick of Chicago to the executive board of the National AmefcAn Woman Suffrage association today.
 Mrs. McCormick's report puts POS as the minimum figure with every ikeli- ber. as additional reports are received. and direct result of the pressure women arc planning to exert in various congressional districts.
 According to this estimate the women have increased their strength in the lower house by g votes over the IA they mus tered for the so-called Susan B. Anthony amendment last January. This estimate.' said Mrs. Mccormick lis based upon the reports of congress sional district leaders who have been quietly interviewing their representatives and senators at their homes this sum mer. We expect to issue special report upon the Senate shortly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
.B|RM|NGHAM'S TAX BILL IS PASSED AND . SENT ID GOVERNOR Senate COncurs in Amend ment Not to Submit
 the Question Before
 October 1, 1916

Montgomery, September Is. Especial. )-The senate late this afternoon concurred in the house amendment to the Birmingham tax bill, and all that remains to be done before the bill is law Is to present the measure to the governor. The governor will sign it readily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-17
ROCKEFELLER FUND WILL GIVE RELIEF ID STARVING MEX|CANS
The Rockefeller Foundation Places $25,O00 at Disposal of Red Considerable
 Conditions Are Depicted

Washington, September 16.-Further re- lief work by the American Red Cross in Mexico City. where thousands are dependent on charity for food, has been made possible by a contribution of s25, ,0O0 from the Rockefeller foundation. Brig adler General Devol. manager of the Red Cross announced tonight that Charles !. OConnor, the society's representative in the Mexican capital asked what money would be needed for the next 30 days and advised that all reasonable demands could be met.
 When the Rockefeller contribution came yesterday in response to a request from General Devol, the Red Cross Mexican September l. At that time O Connor was notified that funds were exhausted and that it might be necessary to discontinue the work. He replied that he had suf- ficient supplies on hand to last about three weeks longer.
 It is believed that the $26 900 will keep the Mexico City establishment going for another month In the meantime other subscriptions will be sought No further appeal to the general public for contri- buttons is contemplated. Such an ap- peal several months ago brought in sSS 900. Americans Anxious
 Mexico City. September 2.-(By Courier to Vera Cruz and Mail to New Orleans, September Administrations received by Charles J. OConnor, representative here of the American Red Cross, from Gen eral Devol, in Washington, director of Mexican relief work, that no more funds were available for the work caused much anxiety among Americans, other foreign CTS and Mexicans. when the news be- came generally known in Mexico City today. MT. O'Connor cabled General De- vol that more than 16O.O0O inhabitants of this city were dependent on some form, of charity and that the Red Cross was supervising the feeding of more than 50. GOO destitute persons.
 Applications for assistance from 22. .ON families. embracing approximately ss, OO( individuals. have been received and in. dexed at Red Cross headquarters here Mir OConnor in his cable stated that withdrawal of the Red Cross relief work
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Davis Offers Substitute

The measure was first called up by Rep resentative Rogers. MT. Davis of Walker then offered a substitute which provided that the question of working convicts in the mines be submitted to the people at
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The Spectator., 1915-11-12
Mercy and Justice Closely Related
By Dr. Juliu. Rappsport. Chic-so. III.

aon It commonly assumed that mercy the anthesis justice The notion prevails that justice and selfxcudng terms It held that justice deaf against the peadngs of mercy and that she has place the bar of justice Nothing further from fact On the contrary and justice closely related nparab nerwined with another Justice and Mercy sisters raised by the mother Truth There be justice unless dealt out by the hand of And but sckenng sentmentay unless she be ceived in justice.
 The law of today executed not spirit of but of jusce punitive but for the sake of correction for but to refom not retaliation but would treat
 sick person. For modern law of justice based upon mercy We have recognize that the criminal suffering from phys ical mental defect should be object of rather than punishment The modern prison should be hospital where such
 an should be treated and possibly cured and restored normal condition.
 The court of justice laboratory the judge the kindly physician who the bitter medicine" which the patient justice and mercy not anthetc excudng terms They the crary nparable. It mercy that administers justice It is justiJ which embraces mercy.