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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-14
PROSPERITY IN THE l NORTHEAST lS FELT | BY EASTERN STATES Canada's Revival In Past
 Months More Remark
 able Than Americas WHEAT HARVEST
 IS PHENOMENAL Especially Noteworthy Because Can ada Has Been Floating Loans and Supplying Men to Neither Country
By HOLLAND

New York, December 13-(Special) )--Re- ports from the northwest and some which have come from Oregon and Washington tell a story of recent uplift in business which is spoken of in this city as per- haps the most encouraging and significant of all the symptoms that point to the be- ginning of prosperity. The interaction or inter-relation between prosperity upon the Pacific coast and the far northwest and like conditions east of the Missis- sippi river is said to De of the highest value. It is certain to stimulate com mercial and business activity both east and west of the Mississippi
 This, however, is not the only revival of business activity which is of national im- portance. The other day there appeared | in New York several who are leaders in the copper industry in two or three
 states of the Rocky mountain region. One | of them said that the activity in the
 copper industry and the promise of it's maintenance and increase are of impor-
 tance to Canada, since it is from Canada
 that the very large mining and smelting
 industries in Montana receive the coal and | coke which are needed in this industry.
 This demand has considerably stimulated
 the coal mining industry in Canada
 One of the topics commonly discussed in
 New York, and especially in financial cir
 cles, is the remarkable and unexpected . industrial development in Canada since
 the war in Europe began. The other day,
 attention was called to the fact that al though the dominion government had put out a domestic war loan the aggregate
 of which was $50,00O, 00J, nevertheless this
 was so greatly oversubscribed that $10o,-
 O00, GOO were offered and the dominion gov
 ernment has accepted this larger amount. Attention was also called to the fact
 that while Canada was floating a domes-
 tic loan easily and for so large an amount
 nestle loan easily, made up in great
 measure of the small subscriptions of the
 thrifty middle classes of France. Ab-
 solutely the French loan is very much
 larger than that placed in Canada, but
 relatively the Canadian loan represents
 as much as does the recent French loan. Russia is also understood to be nego-
 tiating with the plain people and suc-
 cessfully negotiating a new lean.
 Canada, therefore, stands, notwlth- . standing her much smaller population, in
 the same class with France, England and ! Russia so far as the fioatng of domes- | tic loans is concerned. 9 ! One of the strangest of tho many strange events associated with this war IS | the record made by Canada of it's grain
 harvest in the summer of this year. That
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the United States should have in two suc-
 ceSSive years harvested record-making
 wheat crops has been spoken of as a
 wonderful achievement of the American
 farmers. But the United States is not
 at war, whereas, on the other hand Cam ada has been furnishing men, buying mu-
 nitions and equipment, floating loans and
 nevertheless has produced a marvellous
 crop of wheat in its almost immeasurable
 prairie provinces.
 The best authorities here say that in
 Canada the change for the better has
 been swifter and, relatively speaking,
 greater than was the case with the
 United States, if we make comparison
 with our own condition a little over a
 year ago, and as that is today. The climate this year was unusually benefi- cent. The Canadian government encour- aged agriculture in every way possible, especially stimulating those who were
 anxious to secure very large crops of
 wheat per acre. Now it is reported that
 the C5nadian farmers have on the aver age reached and even surpassed the largest wheat yield per acre ever se- cured in any country. If the American farmers had produced per acre as the Canadian farmers did our harvest would
 have been almost 2.00O000,000 instead of little in excess of 1000, 000,000.
 With the soil of the Canadian provinces which was at one time, and not long ago, deemed not very available for. agri- culture has this year done in the way of producing new wealth it has also done in stimulating increased Canadian trade and inspiring the people of Canada with hope and even enthusiasm.
 Canada will have for export approX1-
 mately 2SO,000,OOo bushels of wheat Some of this will be exported from ports upon the Pacific coast. but more of it from Atlantic ports. But all of it will be car ried one way or another by the railroads whose construction, fostered and stimu, lated by the Canadian government and by courageous private capital, made the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-14
Pacific Mail Vessels Purchased

New York, December 13.-The Amer. ican International corporation, recently organized by interests connected with the National City bank and other prominent financiers today announced the purchase of the remaining seven ships of the Pacific Mail Steamship company's fleet. In this venture the corporation has secured the co-opera- ton of William R. Grace & Co.,, i'm porters and exporters ebetween the United States and South America, who are represented on the board of the new International corporation. Inci- dentally, by this step the last fleet oi vessels under the United States flag on the Pacific ocean will not suffer com plete disintegration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-14
LAIRD MEETS SOME OLD
 FRIENDS AT THE CAPITAL
By HEssNEx M. LAIRD

Washington, December 13.-(Special) My personal newspaper bug dug himself out of his long oblivion today and de- manded an outing So here goes for a few notes about prominent Alabamians in and around the National Capital
 The first one encountered Saturday was MT. E. w. Barrett, editor of The Age Herald, who was engaging quarters at the Raleigh, after a trip from the big city on Manhattan, and who later in the day made several visits about the cap ital
 The same New York train brought in Walter Sessions, prohibition leader and prominent Birmingham insurance man, whose intent seemed to be fixed upon seeing the members of the Alabama dele gation about something in which he is very much interested Later lon. he was observed talking in the office of Congress- man Abencrombie with that member, Mir. Oliver of the Sixth, and Mir Steagall of the Third.
 In q conversation during the after noon MT. Sessions stated his full belief in the passage of the prohibition measures now, or to be. prominently before Con gress. There is also a fairly general inn pression among leaders generally that he is safe in an opinion of this kind MT, Sessions visit to Washington was incl dental. He had been east on business with the home office of his company in New Jersey and stopped off between trains,
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Arab Band Defeated

London. December 1S.-The defeat of an Arab band by British reconnoitering parties in the Sinai peninsula is an
 nounced by an official statement is sued in Cairo. Egypt, says a Reuter- dispatch from that city today. This statement was transmitted reads: "A band of 300 hostile Arabs was routed on Saturday by British re- connoitering force in the vicinity of Matrah on the Sainal peninsula. The Arabs, 35 of whom were killed and seven captured. were driven eastward. The British casualties were, It killed and 3 officers and 15 men wounded. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-14
ANNISTON
POTASH SOLD IN NEW YORK FOR
 $4OO PER TON

 Anniston, December 1S.-(SpeciaL) ) ford Oil company plant at this place. made shipment of two tons of pot ash to New York Saturday for which he received the handsome price of s400 per ton. This particular product is
 made in Germany, and since the war in Europe its shipment has been stopped, MT. Cooper had some left on hand and i, decided to let it go while the prices were high.
 The members of the Wednesday
 Study club will start their sale of
 bricks for the library fund Monday at
 three drug stores. The first brick has
 already been sold for s1o and if any
 one else wants to buy it they will
 have to make a higher bid than that
 amount. The ladies of the club will
 give tags to every man who buys a
 brick and say it will not be safe for
 any man to appear on the streets with out a tag
 Ross Blackmon. brother of Congress-
 man Fred L. Blackmon, who has been in Washington for the past 10 days on business, returned to the city last night. He has not disclosed the ob- ject of his visit.
 John Fitzgerald of Oxford went to Lincoln today to meet Graham Perdue of Birmingham grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. The two will complete the organization of a lodge at Lincoln.
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James w. GGerard of mas been decorated by the Kaiser with Red second class This the
  recognition of ed expedition to Russia The prisoners of This expedition, which 
 
  Red
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 apprehension amounting In that year to l $633 II, less S2S0.92 paid for other state officers. I have been unable, therefore, to find in the auditors report any such eX- penditures as charged by MT. Lusk. What ever amount was charged was Tor public business, and was just and correct. Dur ing my term of office l lived in Montgom- cry, did not spend the weekend at my former residence, devoted all my time to
 public business, and if there was an in
 crease of telegrams it was due to my
 faithful attention to my public duties
 MT. Lusk again attacks me for can
 ceiling the contract of the Henderson Lumber company. In the fall of 1911 this
 company notified mo that while their con
 tract had not expired, they had fully
 worked out all the timber on the lands they owned that they had oYer-estimatcd
 the time required for this work, and that,
 under the circumstances, the state, in jus
 tice and fairness, should give them re-
 lease. Under the law, l could cancel a
 contract at any time I saw proper. How
 ever, I declined to accede to the request
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Answers Speech of State Senator Made at Cutters
 vile Saturday
ITEMS OF EXPENSE
 WARMLY DEPENDED
Says Lusks Method of Argument Is to Avoid Facts and Indulge in vituperation to Impress
 His Points

Former Gov. Emmet O'Neal yester- day issued q vigorous statement in re- ply to assertions made by State Sen ator J. A Lusk in his speech at Gun tersville Saturday.
 The former governor takes up Lusk' s assertions in order and answers in de- tail each reference to the O'Neal ad- ministration. Governor ONears state ment is as follows
 "The Sunday issue of The Age=Herald contained very lengthy report of the recent speech made by State Senator John A. Lusk in opposition to the state bond issue, in which he sought to make me the target of bitter abuse and misrep. resentation.
 Many of his statements are so false and misleading that l will not permit them to go unchallenged. While I am a private citizen and have never given any expression of my views on the bond Is. sue MT. Lusk, no doubt, believed that ht could advance the cause he advocates by making me the subject of attack anc by mean insinuations and innuendo in. yoke against me personally the public wrath.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
WILSON AS MEDIATOR.
VI. CIemencesu Attacks Presidents
Fitness for the Role.

PARIS, Feb 5.-Ex-Premier Clemen-
ceau devotes two columns OF L'HOnims
EHchGine. TO "A discussion Of President
Wilson. under the heading Neutrality
Nacillations" lie says:
"Al we know OF him is that while
possessing qualities OF penetration and
firmness in Legislation and largeness OF
soul. he In credited with the ambition OF
wishing to play great role in the world
az mediator among the belligerents when
lac deems the favorable moment has ar
rived"
VI. Clemenceau argues against the
principle OF extra European mediation
In IA European conflict OF such dimen-
sions He wakes ironical over Mr.. VIII
sons birthday telegram 10 the Kaiser,
concerning which he says:
our excellent censorship deemed II
best to spare us this. the knowing Of
its exact wording"
VI. Clemenoeau wonders n President
Wilson congratulated the Kaiser on
treating treaties as scraps OF paper" on
breaking his written word. destroying
workshops and churches and treating
women and children barbarously."
He cites the case OF the DaCia and
the ship purchase bill as proofs OF Will
sons unfitness to act as mediator, care
fully specifying that he does not discuss
the Presidents intentions as the Kaiser
undoubtedly believed his own intentions
excellent when he sacked Belgium for
the good OF peace"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
NEW SHIP TRANSFER PUZZLE.
Britain May scise the Romann
Formerly Under Rumsnfan Flag,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The transfer
Of the steamship Romano, now known
as the Westlgo. from the Rumanian
10 the American flag may bc called
into question by the British Govern
nent. 1t was indicated here to-day
The Romano was the property OF n
Rumanian oil company controlled and
financed by the Deutsohes Bank She
was sold in Bremen last May to the
Union Petroleum oil Company OF phlla-
delphia and granted American registry.
In January she was taken to- t'hila-
ielph'a under the American flag. and
though held up ny British cruiser
was permitted to resume her voyage
II was said to he the original mtcu-
ton Of her owners 10 put her In the oil
trade with Germany, but with the piac-
ing Of petroleum on the British contra.
band list this idea was abandoned. and
Il Is now proposed to put her In the
cotton trade. Discussion Of tn Dacia
case caused some anxiety in the minds
OF American owners. while Great Brit.
ain also discovered that though flying
the Rumanian flag before she was sold
the Romano was virtually German ship.
Counsel for the Philadelphia Oh COM
pany has been IN Washington discussing
the case with the British Embassy. and
IL now appears probable that II sent to
Europe the Romano will he seized by
the British and her status determined by
a prize court. What the owners OF the
vessel have decided to do Is not yet
known here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
LEON ATTACKS BARTHOLDT.
Asks His Elimination From For
eign Relations Committee.

Maurice Leon. lawyer of so Wall
street, who for years has written on in
ternatlonal questions, addressed yester-
day letter to Henry ID. Flood. chair
man OF the Foreign Relations Committee
OF the House OF Representatives. in
which no advocates the elimination of
Representative Richard Barthodlt from
that committee because OF his pro-oer-
man activities.
Mr.. Loon says Mr. Barrholdt invites
German Americans TO defy the foreign
policy of tho United States as formu-
lated by the State Department and TO
organize themselves as a nationwide
voters league which will support or OPP
pose candidates for office not on Ameri-
can party lines but solely on the ac-
ceptance or rejection by the candidates
OF policies laid down by the German
Government.
Mr.. Leon also adocates a Congress
sional inestigation into the activities OF
the German American National Alliance
and affiliated bodies aimed at compelling
submission by the American Government
to the dictation OF the German Cow
eminent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
RESCUE FROM SINKING
TANKER IN MIDOCEAN
Wireless Tells Of Saving All
Hands From Dutch Oil
Carrier Chester.

Capt. Mills OF tho American liner
Philadelphia, on her way 10 this port
from Liverpool. sent wireless mes
sage yesterday to the office of the In
ternatonal Mercantile Marine Company
that he had rescued the skipper and
crew OF the Dutch oil carrier Chester
which had sprung "A leak In foul weather
while on her way from New York to
Rotterdam with fun cargo OF oil,
The Chester was flying distress sig
mails in midocean on Thursday after
noon when the Philadelphia sighted her
The tank had been badly battered and
had heavy list.
The seas were too tall at FIRST TO
permit the American liner 10 launch
a boat and she stood by until 1880 p, NJ,
when she got all hands off after n hard
struggle with gale and sea. Capt. Millss
message gave few details OF the rescue
1t In surmised that he must have been
delayed for many hours, as he reported
himself yesterday at noon 1,244 miles
east OF Sandy Hook and said he might
not dock until Tuesday morning.
The Chester belonged to the Ameri-
can Petroleum Company. which IL con-
trolled by the Standard Oil She sailed
hence on January 23 IN command OF
Capt J. Segebarth. She measured
2.56s tons gross, was 3ii feet long and
was built at Greenock In 1883,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
SAYS RUSSIA CAN
MEET COST OF WAR
Minister of Finance Asserts
Loss From Alcohol Sale
Is Not Felt.
RESULTS OF LABOR HIGH
Special cable Despafck 10 Tsr Son.

PARIS. Feb. 5.--M. Bark, the Russian
Minister of Finance. who is here, said
to-day in an interview on the financial
situations
Russia has me; the financial strain,
like France and England, with her ex-
traordinary resources, internal loans,
loans from the Russian state Bank and
credits opened in England The suppress
sion OF the alcohol monopoly entailed a
diminution Of 40 900. 900 rubles $685.
o0o.O0o) in the budget OF 1914. but the
benefits Of this suppression are already
being felt
Although It WAS feared that the call
ing of so many men to TIE colors would
seriously embarrass industry II has been
found that thanks to the suppression
Of the traffic in alcohol the results OF
labor are from 30 to 80 per cent higher
than before the 1rst half OF 1914 when
he budget showed surplus of 1866. O0O.-
coo rubles )t17 500 .O00o The Finance
Minister has also effected economies
amounting 10 51i,O0O.0OO rubles G257,-
600 OOO)"
VI. Bark is not uneasy over the de-
probation In the value OF the ruble
which. he says. is due to the economic
closing of the frontiers. Large
stocks OF corn constitute the reserves.
NJ Bark hopes. II i becomes necessary,
that he will be able to buy up the
large stocks Of Russian corn now held
by the farmers and export them through
Nladivostok and Archangel, which re-
main open to transports
81 hope" NJ Bark said. that France
and Russia will send out commercial
travellers and emulate the Germans,
who were and are still everywhere"
In regard to the agreement Just
signed with the Bank OF France Ne
Bark said: Russian banks were in
debted to your banks for bonds drawn
on acceptances and advances on secur-
!ty. II was difficult at the moment TO
procure the funds necessary to liqui-
date their floating debt. and the RUS
sian Government interviewed and gave
the Bank of France It's guarantee. The
latter can, therefore. reimburse your
banks for important sums. which must
strongly assist the revival Of bus
ness
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
SAYS N. Y. Is SAFE
FROM HOSTILE GUNS
Gen. Weaver Asserts Water at
Vantage Points Is Too
Shallow for Warships.
GARRISON DODGES QUERY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The. sub-com-
mlttee Of the House Committee on APP
preparations gave special attention to-
day to a report that Government experts
had declared that hostile feet could
stand off Rockaway Beach and throw
shells into New York without danger
from tho guns near the greater city. The
subject was brought up in connection
with discussion OF the forUfcatlons bill
now being framed. Secretary Of War
Garrison. Gen. Crozier. chief of ord
nance, and Gen. Weaver. chief OF coast
artillery. were present
Gen Weaver said that owing to the
shallowness OF water at Rockaway
Beach and near by II would he impos-
sible for battleshps TO reach such close
proximity TO New York. lie added. how
ever, that should the channel he deep
ened In that vicinity New York could he
successfully attacked, as reported Such
an attack could not be made In the
opinion OF Gen. Weaver until the Ameri-
can feet had been destroyed or decis-
lively beaten.
Testimony Of the two army officers
was that to the extent Of their capacity
the seacoast defences OF the United
states are az strong as any In the world.
Gen. Weaver practically agreed to the
contention repeatedly made by Repre-
sentative Gardner OF Massachusetts
that the 2 inch guns mounted on Amer
lean soacoast defences have n shorter
range than guns carried on the modern
ships of war operated by Great Britain,
Germany and other first class naval
Powers. He insisted. though. that by
utilizing barbettc instead OF disappear
ing carriages the IL inch guns now IN
use by the United States could be made
superdreadnoughts that would be used
against the American sea coasts in the
event of war.
The dill providing appropriations for
Notifications for the current year carries
Sj,627,700. The estimates for this year,
which were prepared before the war be-
gan. call for an expenditure OF Sc 1854
Secretary Garrison and Gems. Crozicr
and Weaver were asked II they would
have changed their estimates had they
been apprised that war was imminent
Secretary Garrison asked 20 be excused
from answering.
Strong pressure is being brought on
the subcommittee to recommend in
creased appropriations for seacoast de.
fences At New York and other points
Doubt is expressed that the sub-commit-
tee will ask for appropriations In excess
of those contemplated by the War De-
partmeut estimates
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06
100000 HUNGRY AT
LIEGE, SAYS DOCTOR
Belgians Almost Entirely De-
pendent on Y. s. and Real
lie the Situation.
FREE FOOD FOR ONE-THIRD

DR.. Percy II. Williams OF the faculty
OF the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons. who has just returned from
Llege. where for six weeks he was in
charge Of the distribution OF food sent
from America, said last night that all
from malnutrltion and that II the food
supply from this country 10 iessened
there will be thousands of deaths from
starvation.
Each person In the province OF Liege,
where | was in charge" he said. "ob-
tanned $50 grams OF bread and a litre
of soup each day. The bread amounts
TO one-half OF a very small loaf.
I'm the province OF Liege there are
100000 persons who are dependent on
Us. Rich and poor all have TO get their
food from us. the rich paying for It and
the others obtaining tickets from the
overseers of the poor. third Of the
Belgians are getting their food with
out charge.
Although other countries are aiding
in the work the Americans are doing
practically all OF II, and the Belgians
know this to DO true. American food
they call H.
There are many young Americans
who are helping in the work OF distribu-
ton ard they have made names for
themselves. Many OF them are Rhodes
scholars at oxford 4 pair OF them
would go into town. confer with the
burgomas:er and then within an hour
or two have the whole town organized
for the relief work "
The Belgian Relief Fund, 10 Bridge
street. acknowledged yesterday contri-
buttons OF S2.369. making its total
s9Os.632
The American Ambulance Hospital
Fund. the treasurer of which is j. p.
Morgan q Co, now amounts to $685.
44s, 1926 being received yesterday
The Prince OF Wales National Relief
Fund. r. NJ. stuart Wortley. % Broad
street. treasurer now amounts to $685.
7js. OF which 1912 was acknowledged
yesterday
Jacob n. Schifr. state treasurer OF the
Red Cross, announced receipts OF s1S9
making it's total Si53.021.
Mrs. Whitney Warren, II Ea 81 Forty
seventh street, announced that the Sc
cOurs National Fund for the Relief Of
Destitute Women and Children in
France received 1926 yesterday. making
a total OF S5772S