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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
Representative Mann Agrees
With Administration Plans
for Greater Preparedness

Representative Mann, republican leader
of the House. comforting with President
Wilson today on defense plans, agreed
that the army and navy should be
Strengthened. but reserved the right to
oppose certain items in the program out
lined by Secretaries Garrison and Dan
iels and the President. Mr. Mann agreed
that defense legislation should be framed
in a non-partisan manner
Mr.. Mann declined to discuss MS talk
with the President. but it was said at the
White House that the conference was
that there was no partisanship in the
administration program.
Clearer Idea of Views.
1t was said that the President and Mr.
Mann expressed their views freely and
agreed that necessity for greater pre-
paredness was urgent.
The President expects that Mr. Mann
and other republican representatives will
have a clearer idea of administration
leaders views in drafting the defense
plans. as a result Of todays tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
j. S. ARMOR PLANT
IS T|L[MAN'S PLAN
South Carolina Senator to
Press Bill Providing Its
Erection.

The first big gun for national
preparedness WILL be fired in the
Senate tomorrow, when Senator
Tillman, chairman OF the commit
tee on naval affairs, will intro
duce a bill for the establishment
of a government armor-plate fac
tory.
Senator Tillman said today that he
considered it of vital Importance, lf
the United States is to continue 10 ouid
battleships and to need armor plate.
that it should have it's own factory.
At Mercy of Manufacturers.
He said that in past years the gov
ernment had been at the mercy of the
priyate armor plate manufacturers,
that it would continue to be at their
mercy unless steps were taken which
in a measure would make the govern
ment Independent of the private con-
Germs.
Roosevelt, when he was President,
took action which did away with COM
petition among ar.nor plate makers
who submitted bids to the govern
ment," said Senator Tillman. and
them. This was brought out clearly at
the time of investigation in the last
session of Congress by special COM
nittee created to investigate and re-
port to Congress upon the cost OF
erection of an armor plate factory for
the government.
Forced to Divide Work.
The testimony of William p. Barba
manager of the Midvale Steel Company,
was to the effect that while it had un-
derbid it's two competitors for armor
plate, Roosevelt had said: Here, you
can't make all this armor plate Dl-
vide it among the three.
Secretary Daniels of the navy has
already expressed himself as heartily
in favor of the construction OF gov
ernment armor plate factory.
Senator Tillman said that he beneVeo
the naval appropriation bill would pc
late coming to the Senate for consiaa 10. =
Grafton, that it might not reach tne
Senate until June. and for that reason
he desired to offer a separate measure
for an armor plate factory ana get IL
considered as soon as possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
At Work on a Bill.

Secretary Redfield and Solicitor Thur
man of the Department of Commerce,
together with the members of the fed
raj trades commission, which is re-
garded by President Wilson as having
many of the powers of tariff COM
mission. are now at work cola bor-
ating in the preparation of a bill, and
when it is completed will submit it to
President Wilson for action before it
finally goes to Congress with request
for enactment into law.
Secretary Redfield and Chairman
Davies of the trade commission have
long been giving consideration to the
seriousness of dumping as it may man.
ifest itself when the European coun-
tries again begin Industrial produc-
tion and look to American markets
as the best field to unload in. They
talked over the problems with the
President some time ago, pointing out
to him that dumping is not always a
result of overproduction or a bona fide
purpose to relieve home markets. but
has frequently in the past been re-
sorted to with the intent of DESTROYING
or hindering the development of some
competing industry in a foreign mar
ket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
French Move Strategical.

The French retirement from the kri-
yolak-Cerna positions must be regard
ed as purely strategicaI move with
which the recent Bulgarian activity in
southern Serbia had little to do. Reu-
ter dispatch from Saloniki declares.
After desperate effort by the French
left to establish a connection with the
Serbian forces making a last stand at
/ Babuna pass, which lack of time and
resources made impossible, the dispa tch
continues. the French were compelled
ito readjust their lines with view to
shortening their front and taking up
winter quarters more easily supplied
and less exposed TO the inclemencies Of
the weather. The rurpor now current
that the -kapu sInnel and bridge
were blown up by the French is con-
eistent with the program of withdrawal,
which is being carried out systematic
af1y and in perfect order, II is de-
cIared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
BULGARS CNpTURE
FOUR SERB TOWNS;
FRENCAHOLDF FIRM
New Allied Lines Vigorously At:
tackled, But InfIict Heavy
Losses on Foe, Is Claim.
FIGHTING is SEVERE
IN PAST "a HOURS
King Ferdinand's Men Reported
Decimated by Entente Ar
tillery Fire.
SOFIA REPORTS SUCCESSES
Annihilation of French Battalion
Claimed-Strong Concentration
of Invading Armies in Region
of Doiran Reported.
SOFIA REPORTS SUCCESSES

$ LONDON, December o.
Four towns near the southwest
ern Serbian frontier have been
: captured by the Bulgarians, the
war Office announced today.
They are Ochrida, eighteen miles
north OF the Greek border !;
Struga, northeast OF Ochrida !;
Dibra. thirty-five miles above
Ochrida, and Djakova, over the
border in southwestern Monte
negro.
The annihilation of a French
battalion by Bulgarian bayonet
attack during battle near Petroz,
in southern Serbia, is announced
in an official statement issued
Tuesday by Bulgarian army
headquarters in Sofia. Substantial
progress in operations against
the French as far south as Demir-
kapu. on the Nardar river, is re-
ported.
Although the Bulgarians- have
been vigorously attacking the
j, new lines established by the
French in southern Serbia, they
have made no impression on the
French defenses, and have sus-
tanned heavy losses, under the ac-
curate fire of the French artillery,
Saloniki advices declare.
Serbian soil has been entirely
cleared of Serbians with the ex-
ception OF small district near
~Ochrida lake. in the southwest
ern part of the country occupied
BY the remnant of the Monastir
army. according to Berlin ad-
vices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
Political Pot Will Boil.

This gathering will fairly seethe with
politics, however, though it will not
show on the surface. nor in the form
al proceeding of selecting the conven-
tion city. The assembling of fifty
three bosses and near-bosses of the
republican party from far and near is
expected to be made the occasion of
wide interchange of views upon presi-
Dental candidates who will get the
nomination and whom are they
talking about out your way" will be
questions heard on every side.
While they are in Washington the
committeeman will be able to meet and
talk with a number of men considered
in connection with the nomination of
the presidency. among them Senator
Weeks, Senator Sherman, Senator Bo-
rah, Representative Mann, Senator
Cummins, Mr.. Knox, Senator Penrose
and Mr.. Estabrook. 1t is not impossi-
BILE that Mr. Burton and Mr.. Fairbanks,
both of whom frequently have business
in Washington, might find this occasion
coincidental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
slightly colder tonight; lowest tenn
perature tonight about 80 degrees;
fresh northwest winds.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: Highest, 43. at 4:20 pm. yester-
day: lowest. 80. at pm. yesterday.
Full report on page 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
Australian Law a Model.

Secretary Redfield does not believe.
it is said, that additional import or
dumping duties would meet prospective
conditions. inasmuch as foreign combi-
nations, through favors of their ma
tional laws, would be able to evade the
extra duties and compete ruinously
with American industry. Therefore
the new bill is being drawn up along
the lines of the Australian law, which
classes dumping as unfair competi-
ton" and puts wide powers in the
courts to prevent dumping through in
junction whenever the director general
of Australian customs initiates action
and establishes the. unfairness of the
competition from a foreign country.
The determination of the court has
the effect of proclamation, and pro-
hibits, either absolutely or with limita-
tions, the importation of the goods in
question, and this prohibition remains
in force unless the governor general
or parliament DEGREES otherwise. The
Australian law, it is claimed. is a GER
tain and effective remedy. and this is
what President Wilson is looking fo",
it is known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09
Ruined Dye Industry.

1t has been asserted in high quarters
and in commercial circles IN the United
States that Germany finally obtained a.
monopoly on the dye industry by means
of dumping-stifiing American at
tempts to establish coal tar plants in
this country. Whenever American
plants in the past reached a position
to offer a show of competition with
German dyes in the home markets they
were put out of business by the dump
ing process, it is asserted. The prices
of the imported goods would at once be
dropped below the reasonable cost of
production in the United States and
the new industries would curl up and
die. Invariably the same thing has hap
pened in other fields of American in
dustry that were not strong enough to
compete with foreign combinations
President Wilson is determined that
unfair competition of the kind that is
pointed out shall not menace American
industry in the future, and when he
submits a proposed law on the subject
it is understood that he may address
Congress-. pointing out that while
there may be opposition to protection
againsti legitimate competition there
cannot be objection to protection
against illegitimate and unfair compe-
tition that benefits foreign combina-
tions and destroys home concerns.
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Last Weeks Sworn Net Circulation-
Daily Average. s5.11ss Sunday. S5.44s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15

American bank knows that stringency and contraction have disappeared and that a new day has dawned The federal reserve act is a bigger thing by all odds for the worlds trade than the Panama canal. The passage of the measure was a greater thing than the discovery of the half dozen African goldfelds."
 MT. Rich counseled his South Dakota hearers that they give constant and earnest study to the federal reserve act and that every business man ask these questions so that he may get good an swers to them: First, what does the fed eral reserve act contribute to the safety. solidity and security of the bank that carries my personal or business account Second what provision does the new sys- tenn of banking make for more adequately meeting credit requirements, and what advantage, If any. has 1t in meeting tho increasing credit demands of the country at large? Third, how does it effect inter est rates? Fourth. does it contribute rro- lection against panic, and If so in what way? Fifth, will 1t facilitate business2 ? Sixth will it give better support than. under the old act, was given to agricul- ture. commerce and industry? Mir. Rich believes that a plain and easy under lin- derstandable answer can be given to all these questions and when it has been given the great body of people throughout the United States will know all that it is essential for them to know respecting the federal reserve act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
.RAGLAND

Ragland, September 14.-tSpecial) The St. Clair county Sunday school con- vention which convened at Odenville re elected J. w. Newton president Sev- eral interesting addresses were made. among the speakers being Mrs. s. P. Moore of Birmingham state field work CT. Three districts reported gold star standing and the workers motto is to make the county gold star by the state convention meeting in Gadsden. Some districts showed lack of field workers to develop a greater interest in the Sunday school work. Prof. J. O.. Sturdivant was elected chairman of the executive committee of4which James Embry of Ashville and pr. J. G. Will kinson of Ragland are members. The sum of S153 was pledged for the state field workers and convention.
 The public school session opened here today with Prof w M King. principal; Mrs. Anna stewart, first as sistant; Miss Mary Denman. second as- sistant; Miss Flora Fariby. music.
 The St Clair county high school opened with the largest enrolment in its history and the outlook is good for a successful years work. Prof. J. o. Sturdivant. principal; Professor Cam eron. first assistant; Miss Pue, second assistant Miss Gay. music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
.SLAv RESISTANCE
 GROWING SERIOUS
Indications Are That New Commander Will Try to
 Hold Galicia

Berlin, September 14.-(yia London. to:f5 p. m.)-Leonhard Adelt. war correspond ent of the Tageblatt at Austrian head quarters, says the Russian resistance on the Sereth river has grown serious. He indicates that the new commander las been ordered to hold the remaining Rus sian positions in Ga'icia.
 The Russians, the correspondent says. are counter attacking and giving Gen eral Count Von Bothmers army much hard work on both Hanks on the up- per and lower waters of the Sereth river. Yet these Hanks. he says. lie In broken country where defense is relatively easy.
 Moreover" the correspondent adds. the Russians have been able to give particularly energetic push to the opsr- ations between Tarnopol and Czoptow by the arrival of steady streams of rein forcements for some days. The Germans, who had reached the village of Os- trow, on the Sereth, south of Tarnopo, were attacked on three successive days by steadily increasing Russian reinforce ments. On the ninth they drove the Rus sians back across the Sereth at Ostrow while the Germans and Austrians before Tarnopol had to resist violent attacks.
 The Russians renewed their attack on the 10th. They reached the German po- sitons where their attack broke. the Russians losing many hundreds Tn killed. Nevertheless, the Russians re- sumed their attack on the 11th and reached the German entanglements, which they cut with spades and shears, and leaped into the trenches, where hand hand fight ensued. At this june ture the German commander sent flank ing forces to both wings, which opened terrific crossfire."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15

neighbor is one and half miles, the av- , craze number of services in church during
 a year is q and the average attendance
 of the mother is 1s year. Figures show there is almost no social life or entertainment for the young and
 no kind of organized recreation for chil- dren under IA. The young girls hoe, pick cotton, blow. and do every kind of labor
 on the farm.
 Sanitary conditions are as bad as possi-
 ble. small number of persons having
 screened homes and some not provided
 with closets at all
 Many are receiving reading matter, 'he {, average number of papers and magazines | being 2.9 per cent.
 | Here are the main objections given for not wanting to stay in the rural districts: Eighty-one said schools "A named the highways, 70 said poor church facilities | 90 named social disadvantages, Il thought lack of opportunity the greatest draw back, said the work was drudgefy, 1 gave various reasons, and l60 gave no req son or stated that they found no ohjcc- | tion l Better roads. better schools. more amusement, better churches, and more l frequent service better agricultural meth ods. better homes with labor devices, in- | troduction of organized play. establish ment of rural libraries. and some others | mentioned local taxation. compulsory att | tendance. introduction of the teaching of
 domestic science and the development of
 community leaders.
 ] Al, these suggestions cover tho big is-
 sue that must be considered to make the | farm a center for education. Education
 is the solution every phase of country | life is touched by the educatio meth
 ods advanced by experts in this line, and with the cooperation of the boys and
 men on the farm and the women of the I 4t.- -.1 0I, fA,a anl
 measures can be carried out 1 Living conditions in Alabama, bad as l they are pictured to be, are no worse than | in other states. Though the farm still looks primitive, a great deal of excellent work has been done in the last 12 years. l Let us lift the burden of drudgery from
 the shoulders of the farm mother and as-
 sist in the entertainment of Rural Ala
 bama womanhood, and then we will add | 100 per cent to the happiness and con-
 tentment of the boys and girls on the ! farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15

formed of all of those who have relations with the great movements of finance bacl, and forth across the sea, said that there did Turk a danger in the federal reserve system It was the danger of overInfla ton due to overspeculation. That ,pin- ion, Benjamin Strong, Jr., governor of tbe ieuerai reserve banks of this district, voiced in an address delivered to the mem- pers or the banking association at tbeir meeting at Saratoga.
 Soine oi those who are in authority over 'ne system in Washington have been free eo hint that danger of this kind does e~is, ana that there should be constant "atchruiness to prevent its increase. That view IS also taken by Frank A. Wander llp' president of the National City bank All of these authorities. inc,ud,ny M, Hich' profess not to be afraid of imitation 'noer the federal reserve system unless u comes through the ill advised failure oi .iie ieoeral reserve banks themselves to hoio oown the volume of rediscounts to the level that is demanded by the sound ana reasonable requirements of the nome localities of member banks. MT Rich re- eently stated that he had observed some clsposition to persuade the public that the reserve banks have unlimited money which can be called for whenever anybody wants it. The effect of encouraging the public to take this view and of the. re- fterated statement that the goyernmen. has created vast currency issue power which may be availed of by the people will be very harmful
 It is of interest in this city to know that in the far west, and especially in the northwest, the great body of the people is anxious to learn all that can be taught about the operations of the new federal reserve system. It was for this reason that MT. Rich was invited to speak be- fore the South Dakota State Bar associa- l. tion at Watertown. S. D.. on September 2 He observed intense interest among the people of the northwest and especially in what New York regards as faraway South Dakota. The people are anxious to know why change in our federal reserve banking system was necessary and what was sought by those who drafted the fed eral reserve banking system bill
 MT. Rich told his hearers that the foun- da tion for the whole movement of hank- ing reform was the desire to enable the commercial banks of the United States efficiently to serve the needs of agricul- ture commerce and industry Those who heard Mir. Rich speak before the South Dakota Bar association may have been little astonished to hear him say that while he Is a firm believer in the new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
STRAIGHT HEAT WINS
 RULE GRAND CIRCUIT

Syracuse. N. Y. September 14. --eght heat victories rul.o at the grand circuit meeting today. not race going beyond the regular limit. Single scored an easy triumph in the Onondaga 2;0 pace
 the 2:19 trot against Il others. ldora Worthy gave Almah stern chase In the first two heats, but weakened each time on the home stretch. Cox won handily In the 2:O6 trot. piloting Margaret Druien across the line with Joan close up.
 The Messina Springs sweepstakes for 2-year-old trotters was won by Sunloch Reveiry finished ahead of the field in the final heat, but the judges ruled against him on the ground that he ran part of the distance. The 3-year-old di- vision event was captured by Eudora spicr capabiy handled by Ernest White.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
How Rural Alabama LiDeS
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
 Ny MRS. SIDNEY M. uLLMAN

MT. J. B. Hobdy has prepared a paper on the living conditions in rural Alabama. This paper was compiled from first-hand informat ton from high school pupils and delivered before the department of rural schools of the Alabama Educational as- sociation.
 It contains interesting figures and sta- tistics compiled from all available sources and makes a critical study of matters re- lating to the educational. sociological and
 ecno,nic conditions influencing the rural
 popula ton.
 Figures from the United States census
 bureau show that Alabama cities have
 increa sed considerably more and rural sections some less. Mir. Hobdy gives as the reason for such conditions a spirit of dlscontent and desire for a greater
 happiness. Conservation leads me to pro- claim" says MT. Hobdy, that the rural
 pEoblem is not so much a problem of
 father and the farm but of mother the
 children and the home. It is really a problem of making country living satis- factory to the mother and her boys and girls"
 From questionaires sent out real facts of conditions weer gotten. Three hundred and forty-nine of the 400 questionaires were returned. almost all of them fully answered..
 Out of the questions answered for pro posed life work" 146 said they intended to teach, 52 would farm, 3s enter professional
 work, B follow industrial occupation other
 than on the farm. 72 undecided .It was significant to note" says MT.
 Hobdy, that out of the 14s that wanted to teach only 46 desired to teach in the country"
 After a careful survey of the compila- ton of figures given by this gentleman, it Is little wonder the farm girl wants | to run away from the drudgery that she | sees is the mothers daily task Out of S49 mothers. 215 did all the drudgery of the home and some added the manual labor of the farm. When you know that the average distance from the water sup ply to the kitchen is S1 feet, and in al- most every case must be brought in by | hand. the handling of the water sup ply is no small item. Where the woman has one convenience for the home on the | farm, the man has more than three. The
 average distance from church or a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
Reserve Acts Wise PrOvis- ions Must Not be Util-
 ized Unnecessarily
MEANS MORE THAN
 THE PANAMA CANAL
English Banker Says the Passage of This Law Is Greater Event Than Discovery of Half
 Dozen Gold Fileds U
By HOLLAND

New York. September 14.-tspeciaL) some days ago an executive of one of the reserve banks of southern district was reported as having said that 1t is possible now to issue three times the volume of the emergency currency that went out last year Prevailing opinion, however, among the federal reserve bank authori- ties seems to be entirely different from the one which this southern bank officer is reported to have voiced. A recent ad- dress delivered by John H. Rich, chair man and federal reserve agent of the TO- serve bank of the Ninth district, of which Minneapolis Is the center, contains earnest monitions against the spread of any dispo- sition unduly to expand the currency. MT. Rich said that while the issue power is ample, nevertheless it should be held steadily in reserve until we need it. Tn tne spring, one of the leading interna- tional fnanciers, possibly the best in-