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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
TO PREVENT CHEAP FOREIGN PRODUCE
 FLOODING MARKET
Washington Officials Desire That Result Without Tariff Reduction
 at End of War

Washington, September 28.-Leg isla- tion is being considered by the admin istration as a means of preventing dumping of cheap foreign products on the American market at the conclu- sion of the European war. Some high officials believe the end can be accom- plished without revision of the tariff
 The subject will be taken up by Sec retary Redfield and the federal trade commission in annual reports which will be sent to Congress at the open ing of the next session. The exact recommendations will be decided in conferences with President Wilson.
 There is thought to be ground for be- lief that after the war European con- cerns will attempt to recover lost ground by flooding the United States with goods to be sold at less than the cost of production.
 Foreign goods, it was pointed out by officials today, cannot be shipped to the United States unless the invoices are signed by American consular off cers abroad An effort is to be made to find way to prevent the signing of invoices in cases where it has been established that the goods are to be dumped on the American market at prices less than the cost of production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
SENATOR WEEKS MAKES CRITICISM 0F | WILSON'S POLICIES
Republican Says People Are Hopefully Awaiting Out come of the Presidents
 Foreign Programme

St. Louis, September 2S.-Senator John w Weeks of Massachusetts in an address at the banquet of the re- publican state and city committees here tonight said that while the people were in a state of watchful patient. sympathetic and hopeful waiting" try ing not to embarrass President Wilson in his foreign negotiations, the silence did not necessarily mean assent to methods that have been adopted in the negotiations.
 The success or failure of the Pres ident in foreign matters. Senator Weeks said. will be the chief factor in determining the fate of the democratic party at the next presidential election. When the time comes. he said, diplo- matic contentious with Mexico, Santo Domingo and Haiti will be considered by the people as well as the European affairs.
 ''The killing by Mexicans of Amer ican citizens in Mexico and on Amer ican soil and the destruction of prop erty owned by Americans in Mexico brings out one of the numerous in constituencies of the administration, said Senator Weeks. "As result of the Pan American conference the ad- ministration urged Americans to un- dertake enterprises in Central and South American countries. Mir. Bryan even suggested an issue of bonds to aid the development of those ooun- tries.
 "All of this seems ridiculous when we know that for the past two years the administration has failed to pro- tect American owned property in Mex leo, telling the owners the government could not become involved by protect- ing the property of individuals who had expected to make high profit out of their ventures"
 MT. Weeks discussed the question of military and naval preparedness which will face the next Congress and out lined the policy the republican party has followed on this matter in the past.
 He said the Underwood tariff bill had worked q hardship on manufa4- turers without giving the people the benefit of lower prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
ARDMORE DEATH TOLL REACHES FORTY-FOUR
Federal Government Will Investigate Charges of oaressness On Part of Railroad In Handling Gasoline Sparks
 From Workman's Hammer Supposed to Have Yeni5sd Leaking Gas

Ardmore. Okla, September 2S.-An- nouncement was made tonight that the federal government will be asked to in- vestigate charges that the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad failed to comply with interstate commerce regulations in the handling of the tank car of gaso- line which exploded here yesterday caus- ing the death of A persons the injury of more than 100 others and property dam age of approximately s5Oo.oOo.
 Russell Brown city attorney, author ized this announcement after an all-day investigation by the Ardmore city com mission. At the inquiry, 1t was stated, charges were made that the railroad com pany failed to remove the car from the local yards after being notified that 1t was leaking or to make immediate de- livery to the consignee Such failure. it was alleged, necessitated the attempt to repair the leak which resulted in the explosion.
 Discrepancies found in previous official statements, which placed the number of dead at 55. reduced the number of vic- tims to A. Search of the wrechage of the half dozen buildings razed by the explosion continued tonight, but 1t was not believed that the number of dead will be materially increased. Of the A dead 25 were white persons and IS negroes.
 Investigation of the cause of the dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
AIM 0F LAWYERS
 IS ID AID JUSTICE
 LORD READING Lord Chief Justice of Eng land Addresses Chicago
 Bar Association

Chicago, September 2S-Baron Read ing. lord chief justice of England. who Is in the United States as chairman of the joint Anglo French loan com. mission. told 2OoO judges and lawyers today at midday club luncheon that contrary to opinion the aim of lawyers is to aid justice.
 "At the bar of England. as at the bar here. am sure you are animated by the same desire. indeed 1t Is a pas sion for justice" said Lord Reading. There are those who think the object of the members of the bar Is to twist of the bar who is taking part in the administration of the court Is there to assist justice.
 "I never take my seat on the bench without realizing the debt that we owe to the bar which practices before us
 Tn our country we have been striv- fng to get rid of the legal formal. itfes and the jargon which surrounds the law. We have attempted to get at the realities. Our desire Is to get al the merits of the case. applying the principles which have been laid down and in that we believe we get nearer to justice than by the more scientific but mt the same time rather more tech nical. views that prevailed in the past 'I found the spirit at the bar was the greatest spirit that could possibly be found amongst human beings. IT my country. the one idea is. as I an sure 1t ia with you. give the fuIles Eand freest p1oY to tho man who is pre- oafod tosdo t6o work according to tht fua1n-1I61 en p.ee rhsss,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
BOMBARDMENT BY
 BRITISH DESCRIBED
German Parapets Melt -Barbed Wire Entanslements
 Disappear

London, September 2.-Reuter's corre- spondent at British Headquarters in France, in description of the lombard meet which preceded Saturdays attack on the Germans, says:
 "The German lines became smothe: cd in dust, their parapets melted away and their barbed wire sntanglements disap- peared. Those sleeping 90 or % miles away were awakened by the dull rum- bling, while even It that distance the displacement of air was dearly felt.
 At the outset the weather prospects were not favorable. but before midnight a change set in and the morning broke dull but fine, with . slight mist which was reminiscent of the opening days Ii the Aisne and Neiu Chapelle.
 Most of the German prisoners were taken in the village of Loos. The village was surrounded on three side and the Germans were forced to surrender when their ammunition ran out They said their losses had been heavy. entire regi ments having been wiped out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
CONDITIONS ACUTE .ON MEXICAN BORDER Bandits Threaten to Again Cross the Rio Grande
 River

Washington. September 1-Conditlons
 along the Mexican bordersasain have be-
 come acute Major General Funston re-
 ported today and a battery. of mountain
 artillery has been dispatched to Pro-
 greso, Tex, to prevent a raid by 5O0
 bandits who threatened t6 cr6ss Into
 American territory. F
 Colonel Blocksom reported through Gen.
 eral Funston that the bandits seemed to
 constitute an independent band.
 "If Carrenxa does not stop these ban
 dts" he telegraphed. T believe we soon shall be compelled to follow them across ? Secretary Garrison said he Interpreted the telegram to mean that if conditiona did not improve Colonel Blooksom would find it necessary to recommend that American troops be permitted to pursue attacking forces across 4he, line If neces. sary.
 Information placed in the hands of the department of justice by T. R. Bsltram Carranza consul at San Antonio. bears out to an extent Colonel Bloclssom's rs. port that tho bandits seem iadependsnt of Carranza control. Bsitram cohtsndl that former followers oG Jesps. Fibre, Magon. leader of | socialtqt novement 1T Lower California, have of2ani1ed to fo ment trouble between tho 0nftSd u&atel md Mexico. There are iutlnattons tha' l outside influences are qpflylhg fs1ndI ] for the alleged plot and AlpeFfnA6nt oI l 1ustice officlai5 have stavo1- n 1),@>1t1 cation. ofRicial6 here hope tclIef F t)1Il ! ltuation Wuf coma, tnR19d& -
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29

aster was started by city executive to- day. It Is supposed that a spark from hammer blow of workingman re- pairing the drawhead ignited the gas oline.
 Eyewitness said flames shot into the air 200 feet immediately preceding g the explosion which scattered the fam ing liquid for blocks, thus starting scores of fires in the buildings wrecked by the concussion.
 Most of the persons killed were crushed under falling walls, some more than block away.
 Ardmore today virtually was under martial law while business was sus- pended to permit the work of rescue to proceed with greater speed.
 Picture of Disaster The downtown business section pre- sented a picture of disaster, one block of Main street, from the railroad sta ton to the Wilmington hotel, having been razed by the explosion, many buildings on the opposite side of the street destroyed and the plate glass fronts of nearly every store in town damaged.
 The greater part of the city was in darkness last night, the electric lights having been cut off owing to the danger from prostrate wires.
 Many clocks stopped at 235 o'clock are curious reminders of the explosion.
 The loss in plate glass alone has been estimated at so00O0.
 Railroad men who were in the yard at
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was presented by Amba ssador Penheld.
 the Austrian foreign ofrice contemplated
 recalling Dr. Dumba Ion leave of Ah-
 sence." Dr. Dumba himself received word
 to that effect and asked for safe con
 duct. Ambassador Penfie'd. however.
 was instructed to make clear to the Aus
 trtan foreian office that Dr. DuInha's 0ffg-
 cial relation with this government muse
 be severed and that leave of absences
 would not be satisfactory IN
 The Austrian foreign office then iu- structed Ambassador Dumba to return 10 Vienna and at the same time told Nr. Penneld that 'the recall is. as . matter of course, final.
 swer to the note asking for tho recall of Dr. Dumba might be awaited hefore oafo conduct was obtained, but tho 1a1oFmal assurance Of the Austrian 1oro11m oGloo was reGArdsd q nu0iclent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Arrangements for $500. .O0o. 900 loan
 announced
 Wilson welcomes Grand Army of Re
 public to Washington. French battering at second line of Cor
 man defense.
 Ardmore death toll reaches A. 2--Holland letter 3-Greece assures Servia foreign advance will be resisted. EEditorial comment. 5-Cotton and steel market will have
 runaway this fall, Commission salaries must stand re-
 cent cut Bryan to speak here Wednesday in
 Lyceum course.
 Barton asks that Lee be given fair
 chance by public. 6-Social. 7-Sports. 9--Markets. replies to Austin's charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
DUMBA RECALLED:
 INCIDENT CLOSED
Washington Making Arrangements For Ausrians Safe Con duct to vienna-Will Sail October 5 On Steamer
 Amsterdam

Washington, September 2s.--Dr. Con- to the United States. has been formally recalled by his government and the state department is arranging with the British and French embassies for his safe con duct on the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam. sailing October 5.
 This announcement was made today by Acting Secretary Polk, after receipt of a cablegram from Ambassador Penfield at Vienna. telling of his conversation with Austrian officials, and message from Dr.. Dumba himself asking safe conduct in accordance with instructions from hia government.
 The incident now Is considered closed. f
 State department officials explained that whou the original note asking for recall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29


 London, September 2n.--An official communications just made public deal- ing with the operations in France Tuesday, says that In the heavy fight ing around Loos the British have taken exceptionally strong German lines of trenches and bomb proof shelters sev- eral hundred yards In extent.
 Having taken the German second line. the statement says. the British arc now nfter the third Iine of trenches.
 In all more than 1000 prisoners have been taken and 21 guns and 4o machine guns have been captured and others destroyed.
 London, September 2s.-In Champagne the French are attacking the German second line of trenches and are making further progress, but seemingly the al- lies offensive movement is not heins car fried on with the same mpetuoslty that characterized the first two days opera ton. The successes won are recognized as important but the main ob1ect-to break through the German lines-has not been accomplished
 Both the British and French have great ly improved their positions and by gaip- Ing the hills and crests from which they can dominate the German lines of com munications their next attempt to secure decistlve victory should he made easier to carry out in the view of experts here.
 The French continue to push forward east of Souchez, aiming at the heights of Vimy. which command the plain to tho east; while the British to the north are making secure their hold on the Lens- La Basse road and are beating of Ger man counter attacks.
 The battle in the Champagne Is over a 16-mile front. where the French are now within less than two miles of the railway which crosses the country behind the German positions and which has been so useful to them in moving troops and supplies to threatened points. With the French guns within easy range the rail- way is rendered useless.
 As usual. there Is great divergence between the German and French accounts of the battles. The Germans claim that all French attacks have been repulsed and that number of prisoners have been captured.
 It is the same with regard to the crown prince's offensive in the Argonne. This is described by the French as an tContinued on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
Italia. s.st,..A,, wresh.a

Paris. September 2s.--A dis patch to the Havas agency from Brindisi says: "A fire which was followed by an explosion has occurred on board the Ital- ian battleship Benedetto Erin. Eight officers and 379 marines have been saved thus far.
 Rear Admiral Rubin De Ger win is among the dead. The fire was purely accidental"
 The battleship Benedetto Erin was [ vessel of 13,4z7 tons and In peace times carried a comple- ment of 730 men. She was com pletod in 1904 at . cost of $6,- 7B0. 900. The pre-dreadnaught carried four 13-inch. four S-inch and 13 s-tnch guns, 20 12-pound- err, two 1-poundere and two 1fAximo ghe Was also armed with four torpodo tubes. The ,yee4er h.4 2 speed cf about soh
 SS1x A1nsral Daron Ernssto neo14s po uofvel v0munandsd the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
GERMAN ACCOUNTS
 CLAIM REFUSE OF
 FRENCH ATTACKS
Balkan Situation Less Acute. Battles in East Continue Furiously = Teutons Are
 Massed for Great Drive
ARMY CORPS PERIsHEs

London. September s9.-The Times Petrograd correspondent says.
 "A report which has been con- firmed from a good quarter, Is that the Forty first German army corps was overtaken by the flooding of the Pinsk marshes and. being unable to escape, nearly the whole of the corps perished."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
"JACK DEATH" TO GOVERNOR.
 DEMANDING PRISONER FROM THE FIRING SQUAD

Hen. e.v.-sYry.
 pear Sin n asesraAaes ~th my orders from A.>aau>rters of tA. order of KOD.' Ian comm 4n,eat,ns Chs to you. Governor s,rs of utaA .oa eemNy of his l,f., must, on or S.fore the (so1) day sf Sept. A.D. f7ls1 commuts the saets@es of one Jossph H,nezrom, from DEATH, ts sLIFE " P RIS0N MEnT."
 71s ,rsan,sa IS, n the name of Arman,ty and e8 esmmon seose, o<a,ssr tA. ,nf les,sn of she ~De1xh P.n>1sYss There 's ss much room for sraw m,staks t. be naAe n oas.s of eet,tsl pun,sA eot, aud ospsc,alls
 No-
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28

ticello anything, MT. Webb put his suggestion in the form of an amend
 ment to the motion of President
 Sims
 Chairman Bacon of the finance
 committee said on behalf of the com
 mttee that it should feel highly
 complimented by the motion of MT.
 Webb. It proposed that the com
 mittee exercise a wisdom unequalled in the history of civilization, the for mutation of general scheme of taxation which men who had devoted their lives to the study of the sub sject had declared to be impossible.
 MT. Karns replied that the senate
 should consider nothing impossible;
 the senate had lately seen in the initiated old age and mothers pen l sion law an insuperabe obstruction 1 but it had been overcome. The fi-
 nance committee could at least try
 to do what Mir Webb had asked. President Sims said that there had been an evident misapprehension that thls bill had been offered in behalf Of the mining interests. If the gen. tlemen who believed that had been sincere, why had they not brought i in different bill? As to the ob- iecticn of Mir Webb that the pro- posed legislation was contrary to the spirit of the constitution, he said that the gentlemen had not treated the committee fairly in failing to quote at the same time the
 amendment of 1912 to the constitu- tion which set aside any inhibition that the constitution had placed upon the legislature and enabled it tc do the very thing that was now proposed to be done MT Webb then read the amendment which is Section . of Article TX of the constitution. It was not proposed, said the president. to discriminate between
 but to enact such legislation as would prevent discrimination among the mines The mines. he said did not object to paying their full share of the taxes They desired only a law by which they may be capitalized in taxation as among themselves. That he said was the only special feature of the bill
 The president said that the tax
 commission was unable or disinclined to prevent such discrimination as the bill proposed to avoid and he
 hinted that the commission had eX-
 pressed unfriendliness to the mines,
 giving the latter reason to believe 1 that they might not expect full jus
 tice at the hands of the commission.
 Mir. Webb replied that if the mines
 were in danger of the commission other classes of property might be
 apprehensiVe If the commission; | therefore he had suggested the pre- i paration of bill that would afford them such relief from the commission as the mines were seeking.
 | In replying, President Sims said
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28

immediately before the committee
 and in order that the hopper might not be running empty and thus be subjected to overheatng, President Sims moved that the committee recommend that the bill take it's usual course. The battle was now on. MT Webb said that the motion brought the measure up for debate itho1t any of the evidence having been presented MT. Claridge on the subject of evidence said that he had been present at any of the hearings
 MT. Webb inquired whether the transcript contained the remarks of former Senator (. E. Wood and former Representative Whipple. Mr. Bacon replied that their remarks were not included in the transcript for the reason that they did not constitute evidence but were only statements of an individuale opinion.
 more or less formal debate was then opened by Mir. Webb who said that he was opposed to any legisla
 ton which even in semblance was contrary to the spirit of the consti- tuition. Quoting from the consti
 tuition, he said that it prohibited special legislation: legislation in fla Nor of any special interest This bill he said proposed a special law for the assessment of mines, diff ferent from the law providing for the assessment of other classes of lroperty. He would not say that it proposed any special advantage for the mines: or that it would result in the payment by them of less than their full share of the states taxes, but it proposed different plan of assessment. Without opposing the bill he said he would suggest that the finance committee take the bill
 again and so amend il that all classes of property might be brought within its provisions so that the spirit of the constitution might be observed. After allusion to the democracy of Jefferson which was supposed to appeal to all the mem bers except Mir Crabb of Navajo, who doesn't owe the Sage of Mon
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28
GAR CENSUS
 BY COUNTIES
Maricopa County Leads With Almost Half the En- tire Number of Automo~ piles ill State TT Cochise Second. Pima Third

That almost half of the automo- piles in Arizona are owned in Mari ropa county. which has three times as many cars as any other division of the state, is shown by the state ment of the number of licenses taken out in each county for 1914, given out yesterday by Assistant Secretary of State R. F. McGIlien.
 Out of a total registration of 504O cars, 210S belong in Maricopa county. Cochise is second with 756 gasoline driven vehicles. and Pima third with 56i. Gila and Yavapai follow with S45 and 254 respectively.
 In Apache county, which is sup posed to be somewhat wild. and in which the roads are not yet patrol led by militia for the protection of motor tourists from the east, Ari- zonians to the number of 66 had the hardihood to take out licenses and attempt to drive their cars In Green lee county, which has few roads of any sort as compared with other parts of the state, there were 6S car owners recorded.
 The table showing the number of ears in each county last year fol- IoUc.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28

The following house committee meeting announcements were made:
 Of joint meeting on Friday after noon of the house and senate com mittees on the Powers Drachman prohibition bill. when all persons de- siring to be heard will be given an opportunity.
 meeting of the committee on agriculture and irrigation at the committee room at the Hotel Adams on the evening of January 2a, at 7:30 D. m, to take up the question of repeating the present law, on the inspection of citrus fruit trees coming into the state of Arizona. All those interested in horticulture and the growing of the various citrus fruit trees in particular are invited to attend this meeting.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28

on any correspondence matrimonial or otherwise. with any maiden or maidens, bachelor girl or bachelor girls, widow or widows who are non residents of the state of Arizona: and
 Be it further resolved, that all the members of the second legislature of the state of Arizona now in session. shall devote all of their time, when not occupied with the duties of their high office and calling, to the lady attaches of both the house and sen , ate.
 Any member of the legislature of the state of Arizona violating any of the provisions of this resolution shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by
 court of competent jurisdiction com
 posed of the lady attaches of the
Arizona republican., 1915-01-28

house and senate. shall be punished by fine of not less than candy and bouquets and not more than twenty five dollars ($2500) for joy rides for each offense: and
 Be it further resolved. it is neces- sary for the peace, comfort and hap piness of the lady members of the house and senate that an emergency be declared. to exist. and this reso- lution shall be in full force and eff feet from and after it's passage and approval by the governor. All resolutions and parts of reso- lutions in conflict with this resolu- ton are hereby repealed.
 There was an afternoon session of the house but it was devoted to waiting on the actions of the sen ate.