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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
'C|TES SOME FACTS REGARDING THE WAR HITHERTO UNKNOWN CIV Barron Tells How Rus- sia Began Her Prepara-
 tions Two Years Ago WHY GERMANY WILL
 NOT FIGHT THE U. s. Germany Sounded on Peace Terms and What She Will Fight
 for to the Very
 End
Fly HOLLAND

New York, July 15.-(Special) At the latest of the regular meetings or the New England Street Railway club at Boston, the principal speaker was C.. W. Barron, proprieor of the Boston News bureau and Wall Street Journal. The address appears to have command ed very great interest on the part of those who heard it. Extracts from 1t, or what purported to be recollection of some of the things said, have reached this city and have been discussed in the financial district This Is probably due to the fact that MT. Barron offered some new thoughts, or at least some ideas respecting conditions and the out come 16f the war which have not been commonly voiced in the many discus sions which have taken place in the fina ncial district since the war began.
 Some of these thoughts were pre- sented by MT. Barron in his work, ''The Audacious War" This book has been spoken of in London in terms of high approval, and throughout the United states it has been accepted as one of the chief authoritative studies of war
 
 impulses which made the war inevitable. But there were other statements made at the meeting which were for the first time heard in this address For tn- stance, Mr. Barron stated that when Sir George Paish arrived at Washing ton at the time of his financial mission to the United States last fall he so fully realized the responsibility which was upon him that he declined to dis cuss, even informally with his most in- timate friends in the United States the object of his mission.
 But Mr. Barron knew, at least from inference, more about the purpose of Sir Georges mission than did Sir George himself He knew that the great and very difficult problems involved in the financial aspect of the war were those for which the United States had the key of the solution. The reason was that this country possessed sup plies of all kinds which the belligerent nations would need and would be con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
LEA QUALITIES AS
 MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Will Preside Over Third Division of Municipal Court of Birmingham.
 Torina Named Clerk

As soon as his commission is re- ceived Judge Thomas R. Lea will as sume his duties on the bench of the third division of the municipal court of Birmingham which takes the place now presided over by Judge H. B. Ab- ernathy and Judge Cunningham Hick- man. The new bill provides for threc divisions of the court Judge Aber- nathy and Judge Hickman becoming automatically judges of the first and second divisions and Judge Lea by ap- pointment of Governor Henderson judge of the third division
 The new division is created in lieu of the inferior court of Woodlawn, two justices of the peace at North Br- mingham and two In the Elyton pre- cinct. In place of these officers Judge Lea will hold court one day each week at West End. one day at North Bir- mingham, and one at Woodlawn The other three days of the week he will hold forth at the county courthouse By consent cases can be tried at any of these places.
 The jurisdiction of the new court is ncreas sed in that it gives criminal jur- isdiction over all cases of vagrancv, petit larceny. violations of the Sun day laws. assault and battery and abusive language. The civil jurisdie- tion remains the same, namely. suits In which not more than Si00 are in volved
 Judge Lea has qualified before Judg ge T. P. Stiles and as soon as his com mission arrives will proceed to trans act business. He has appointed Victor Torina as clerk, who will file his of ficial bond as soon as the court Is formally established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
ANNISTON
Bill Filed Asking for Settlement of Es- tate-Merchants Protest Against Cotton Embargo

Anniston, July 6-(Special.)-A bill was filed yesterday in the city court of Annis- ton by Mrs. Mary T. Hulsey of Birming- ham vs John H. Noble of Anniston, ask ing that the administration of the estate of the late William Noble be removed from the probate court to the city court, and that a settlement of the estate be made
 William Noble died in 1903 leaving an estate worth approximately $150,000 His son, John H. Noble, of this city, was named as executor of the estate, and the will asks that the estate be divided among the heirs Among the heirs of this estate are Mrs Hulsey of Birmingham, Mrs. James Muslin of Tuscaloosa, A. R, Noble and John H. Noble of Anniston.
 William Noble was a brother of Sam Noble. one of the builders of Anniston. He made fortune in iron and pipe in dustries in the early history of Anniston and was reputed at one time to be worth over $500,00O.
 Condemning England's embargo on cot ton as unfair and stating that drastic measures should be used by the United States to force that country to allow the free and safe shipment of the south s great staple. the Retail Dry Goods, Shoe and Clothing association of Anniston adopted resolutions at a meeting held yes- terday afternoon calling on the western and eastern states to help bring the situ- a ton forcibly to the attention of President Wilson in order that relief might be se- cui ed.
 Copies of the resolutions will be sent to trade magazines through the east and west, and copies will also be sent to the eastern business connections of the local houses. The resolutions are signed by President s. J. Powers and Secretary R. , NJ Gorham of the association, and they are concurred in by every member of the ogaiization.
 The members of the association have agreed that as the cotton crop will soon be really for market, they will. unless a remedy is found immediately, curtail their purchases at least 50 per cent, and many of them declare that they will not make their usual trip to the eastern mar
 kets this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
BISHOP QUIGLEY IS
 BURIED IN CHICAGO

Chicago. July 15.-The body of the late Archbishop James Edward Quigley was laid away in a mausoleum at Mt. Carmel cemetery this afternoon.
 The funeral at the Roman Catholic ca- thedral of the Holy Name was said to have been the largest In point of numbers who attended or stood outside the church ever held in this city, and it was re- markable also for the number of high church dignitaries present
 These included Archbishop John Bon zano papal delegate. and Cardinal Gib- bcns. The funeral was the climax of three days of prayer for the repose of the soul of the archbishop
 The first ceremonial of the day was procession of high churehmen and 1000 priests from the parish house to the ca- thedral Thousands of persons packed the streets and occasioned a delay of half an hour in starting the funeral ser vices.
 Thousands marched to the train which carried the funeral party to the ceme- tery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
ANOTHER PROBE OF
 SHOOTING OF WOMAN
Dean Is Fully Exonerated at lnvesei- gation by Board of Revenue and
 Solicitor Davis

Members of the board of revenue, As- sistant Solicitor James Davis and several other officials visited the detention camp for white women eonvicts at Ketona yesterday and investigated the death ot Dorothy Bailey, who died Tuesday after noon from a gunshot wound It will be recalled that the woman received her death wound from a pistol in the hands of ". T. Dean, foreman of the concrete crew of the county conyicts. He was fully exonerated by a coroner's jury on the night of the shooting. the verdict bs- ing that the shot was purely accidental
 Yesterday the board and Solicitor Da- wis summoned all the eyewitnesses to the affair to appear before them and they all were closely questioned by MT. Davis as to the shooting and all the evl- dence showed it to have been an accf- dent. The testimony was to the effeft that Dean was cleaning his pistol on the outside of the stockade, where the wom- en were sitting and that it went off ae- cidentally the bullet striking the un- fortunate woman in the back of the neck and producing wounds from which she died
 The investigation yesterday removed all question as to the shooting being ac- eidental, according to Solicitor Davis and others who heard the testimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
FOUR DRINKS EACH DAY IS SUFFICIENT Properly Taken Will Drive
 Away Half the Common Ills of City People

| Natures most wonderful draught. from
 a medical standpoint, is a teaspoonful of liquid Vitalitas in a half glass of either
 hot or cold water; nothing known means
 more for the elimination of unhealthful bodily conditions.
 The man or woman who suffers dys- pepsia, or its train of ills who has rheu- n1atism nervous disorders, will find
 quick relief in Vitalitas and should find cure in it's continued use. It is estimated that one-third of city people are indis- posed all the time and large per cent of those are sufferers of chronic disor-
 ders. They are particularly subject to ail-
 ments of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels
 and blood.
 Vitalitas is extracted out of the earth. It Is wholly and purely natural medicine and 1t contains mineral properties and nat ural forces upon which health and life
 depend. Marvellous cures are constantly being reported from the use of Vitalitas.
 It will do you good.
 See the display and sample Vitalitas at Averyt's drug store, 109-111 Twentiethj street. or write there for information. Also for sale by Pegram- Patton Drug company. Bessemer. Ala.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16

There seems to be some fear on the part of owners of large property that as result of the scheme of edualiza- ton, more revenue vii be raised thgr. will be necessary. NIT. Sanders of Pike announced today that he would suggest an amendment to the bill providing that before property valued at 50 per cent of it's actual value, the state board must estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised, and value p-op- erty in proportion
 The struggle of next weeek will be momentous, and so terrific that that which has been raging for months be- tween the governor and the majority parison pale into insignif1cance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Camr Hardee Meets TOmorrow

Camp Hardee will meet tomorrow in the Chamber of Commerce building. On account of the weather and other causes the Historical Address that was to have been delivered at the last meeting was postponed to this meeting. The camp es- pecially desires the United Daughters of the Confederaey and Sons of Veterans of the county to attend. All veterans and the general public are always welcome. The Grand Army men are cordially in- vited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16

could only obey orders. Therefore it was fair to infer that as long ago as 1913 Ger many was preparing financially for strength in the event of war which, ap- parently, was expected to come very soon.
 While in Europe last fall. MT. Barron spent several hours with one Of the rep resentatives of the United States whose mission Is in one of the European coun- tries. He asked this American diplomat whether he did not think the war would be over very soon; whether Germany might regard 1t as a drawn contest and for that reason would be disposed sud- denly to call 1t off. In reply, the diplo- mat said that in our own civil war the south was fighting for an idea and that idea was lost only when there were no men left in the south to fight for it. That describes the attitude of Germany, and the war will end only when the Prus- sians have no men fit for fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Elliott Made Superintendent

New Orleans July 15.-J. H. Elliott superintendent of the New Orleans di- vision of the Texas And Pacific rail way. has been appointed general su- perintendent of the entire system, il was announced here today MT. Elliott succeeds J. F.. Taussig, resigned and will make his headquarters in Dallas Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at United States Weather Bureau stations during the 24 hours ending at D. m., 75th meridian time, July 15, 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
HE: WEATHER
Weather Forecast,

Washington, July 15.-Forecast for Ala bama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennes- see: Generally fair Friday and Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-16
Hur1s Great Game

Quincy, H.. July 15.-George Cum mings. pitching for the Quincy I. league team today. held Rockford without a hit through 10 innings. In the eleventh the opposing catcher hit home run and Rockford won 1 to O.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
WIFE SHOT YEAR AGO,
C. |. MANNING WEEDS
Gertrude Bipkow Bride Of Jcr-
scy Man Whose Spouse Was
Killed by Girl.

Charles Z Manning. whose wife was
murdered In Newark. ~ j. about a year
ago by Miss Hazel Herdman. who
ended her own NE after writing Man
ming note saying she had killed his
wife 40 he could marry her and legiti-
Matte their baby. was married Friday
evening to Miss Gertrude Biekow "
Portsmouth, y. j lie and his bride
will take Miss Herdmau's baby, now
a hoy two years and 1jur months
old. to live with them AZ Verona, y. !.
The dying girls last word to Manning
WAS to take care Of their child.
Mrs Manning was murdered on the
night Of February .. 1914. A heavily
yelled woman came to the door Of her
home and shot her. escaping before
other members of the household could
identify her.
The next day Manning went into a
fruit store IN Bloomfield and found
Hazel Herdman there She handed him
a note and fell into his arms. lie rushed
her to the Mountainside Hospital In
his automobile where she died, after
generating him of any part In tho
crime The girl had been with him
earlier In the day and had sat In his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
SPAIN TO ASK AID OF
POWERS IN MEXICO
Would Have L. s., With South
American Nations, Re-
store Order.
CABINET TAKES TIP CRISIS
~ me CHjted Pr,ss

MADRID, Feb l3.--Spain is greatly
aroused over the expulsion OF the
Spanish Minister from Mexico city by
order of Gen Carrauza. II was on
cially announced to-day that the Gov
eminent has requested the United States
20 safeguard the Spanish colony In the
Mexican capital Meanwhile Spain will
appeal to all Of the Powers to end the
reign OF anarchy in Mexico The press
is bitter in Its comments on the situa-
ton
1t is said that the spanish Government
believes the United States should lead
In any movement OF this sort one sug
gestion is a renewal of the plan that a
oonfederacy OF South American nations,
assisted by the United States, intervene
IN Mexico. restore order there and place
a permanent government In power.
While this plan was rejected by
President Wilson when first proposed IL
Is thought here that changed conditions
now existing In Mexico might cause him
60 look with more favor on the plan at
the present time.
Following Cabinet meeting this
evening the Premier declared that he
was hopeful the Mexican situation
could be adjusted through diplomatic
circles He said that he had received
unofficial assurances that CarrauzI had
declared that his objection was Ia Jose
Caro-. the expelled Minister and not TO
Spain Cirranza, he declared, had sent
assura noes that he was personally very
friendly TO the spanish nation.
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bushel. which is nine cents Tower than
the top price Thursday. The top cash
price to-day was sl.5SSs
May wheat opened at from $1.5S to
~ bushel, then dropped to $3.50
bushel, which is 90 cents lower than
the closing price Thursday. Later 1t
rallied to 1913 and closed at $l.51it
July wheat opened at from S1.34h to
sl.32 a bushel. then dropped TO $12S5s
and closed at $l29N.
The low figures Of to-day show a
loss of II cents on May and li%
cents on July from the high points
reached.
Wheat traders explained the break
as q natural consequence OF the over
bulling and overbuyins that has made
tense situation since the outbreak OF
the European war" They say the
commission houses have tried to in
duce customers to take profits for /
week
The selling spasm to-day is attributed
largely to the lack OF aggressive buy.
ing on the part Of foreigners especially.
and the tendency Of farmers to dispose
of their holdings. The selling wave
really began the middle Of the week
over the holiday break in the Winni-
peg market was recorded and q two
cent break was reported this morning
from Buenos Ayres Selling pressure
on Argentnc wheat was reported
Combined with this was the Asquith
announcement ~ the probable general
release Of merchant vessels
To-days downward pace was accel-
GRATED when the commission houses
started selling heavy Inc, generally
credited to pittSburg and Buffalo oper-
ators The selling brought an ava
lanche Of the cereal into the pit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
URGES HOME BAKING.
Housewives League Oners Prizes
10 stimulate Brend Making.

with the hope II bringing about a
revival in home bakin- the National
Housewives League, Of which Mrs.
Julian Heath is the president, will con-
duct a contest open to all housewives
and their cooks iu the five boruughs In
which cash prizes viii be offered for
the best Yeast breads and the best oak
Ing powder breads. It is believed that
during the week of the contest. Febru-
AIRY 2@-27, there will be more acc
tivity in rolling pins. dough boards,
sfters, mixers and broom straws In
New York kitchens than in any other
similar periods since bakers boys be-
gan to call at Easements and back
doors with loaves of bread stil sum
GENTLY warm to take the chill out Of
their tinsers.
Mrs Heath believes that New York
women should show their skill in turn
ing out home Edde bread In View uf all
the TAX about the necessity 4 advinc-
ing the price Of bakers bread, rolls.
&c Not only will the contest give
them a chance to show their ability as
home bakers, she says, but their efforts
will result In the production Of facts
and figures concerning home baking
that viii prove II great value.
Everv woman who wants 10 show her
ability as bread maker must register
her name and address At the heddquaI-
ters Of the National Housewives
Ledgue, - West Fogty-nfth street. he
fore Monday. February %. She VIII
then receive the official blank. which
must be- filled out and presented with
each exhibit
The blanks will call FOR the follow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
ASKS WHEAT EMBARGO.
Farr would give Wilson Power to
Vet ~ AnN Iime.

WAsIuNGToS Feb ia bin cmpow-
cring the President 10 impose an em-
barge on export shipments of wheat and
flour II I'm his Judgment the supply Of
thes" products declines tn q point whore
prices become prohibitive WAS introduced
ln the House to-day 10y Rcprcs sentative
Fdrr of Pennsylvania. Nj Farr believes
such an embargo should bee placed in the
hands of the President for use at any
time an emergency exists. II is his
opinion that IL Congress does not sit
this summer dealers iu wheat and Hour
freed from restraints. VIII materially
advance prices Mr. Ftrr estimate that
there will be q shortage of 1900. 900
bushels %! wheat at the end Of the pres
ent fiscal year and that wheat Is going
out OF the United States iu such volume
that the surplus will be soon wiped out
The FAIR bill authorizes the prcsiIeu,
to ascertain the wheat supply ON July
last. the amount needed for domestic
purposes and the amount shipped to
Europe since the war began.
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FEAR ACTION or SPAIN.
Washington OmciaIs Believe Time
Is Not Ripe for Interference.

wAsHiNGroN. Feb. l3.-No official re-
port of the action Of the Spanish Gov.
eminent in regard to conditions in
Mexico was received to-day I'm Washing
ton, neither the Spanish Ambassador nor
the state Department having any ad
vices. II was expected II would be an
other day before anything official would
be received regarding any action the
Spanish Government may have taken.
1t would cause no surprise here u
Spain called on the United States TO
bring about restoration ~ law ami
order I'm Mexico. such % request doubt
less would prove embarrassing to the
Administration which rs now endeavor-
ing to let the Mexican situation solve H.
self as far as possible Il is felt the
present Is an iuopportune time for the
Mexican ISSUE To- be- presented To This
Government iu any more pressing form.
In addition TO the scarcity of food
which has existed for some time
in Mexico city Zapata has furth,
interfered with tho capitals water
supply. Dispatches state that he has
destroyed one OF the principal water
works. but it is not understood that tho
city has been entirely deprived Of water.
Altogether conditions in Mexico city
are quite as bad as could be imagined
short of general massacre Of for
eigners. According To- official dispatches
that is all that is lacking, but there is
no indication that there is more than
the usual hostility toward foreigners.
Relations between Carrduza autnori-
ties and the Diplomatic corps are re.
garded as hopeless following the eNpul-
sion OF the Spanish Minister Jose caro-.
Ne"ertheless th"ra - no SON that the
Administration at Washington Contem-
plates any steps.
Economic conditions AZ Tampco are
also extremely bad. the state Depart.
ment is advised. Many American faml-
lies have abandoned their properties and
sailed for the United States.
The State Department was advised to-
day that villa forces have abaudouc
Monclova which they took from the
CarranZa forces a few weeks ago, and
have moved off TO tho south.
From Vera Cruz IL was reported to-
day that the Spanish Minister will sal.
for Havana on February L. He is y
guest on the bAttleship Delaware for
the present. II was first reported that
he had left for Havana on IA passenger
steamship.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
SIGHTSEERS BLOCK
BREAD LINE HUNGRY
If They'd Only Help Instead of
Hinder Tom Merry Would
Welcome Them.
1000 NEEDY ONES FED

when The SUNS free bread depot
opened It's doors yesterday afternoon
there were St6 women and 500 men in
the lines which had been standing an
hour or more In the Bowery. First street
and Second avenue. Put that wasn't the
phenomenon that bothered Tom Merry
Neither was he worried because several
hundred others who were hungry and
without the price Of loaf of bread
added themselves TO the already long
lines. The thing that upset Mr. Merry
was the presence Of 800 sightseers who
blocked the street in front of the bread
station.
More curious persons than ever before
halted their steps In front OF Q First
street and watched the shabby lines OF
half starved men and women file into
th" little store to get loaf Of bread
from the hands Of Dick Bright The
street outside was TANNED and the sight
sccrs prevented the bread line from
maintaining its regular marching order