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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23


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htitrust Bill and Printing
 Bill Get Death Blows. Big Majorities in Each Case
HERIFFS' POWER 1 SHOWN BY VOTE ON FEED MEASURE
Fin Complete Victory and State Will Continue to
 Pay High Price for Feed ing Prisoners
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

- -- v VI. WI A&OAb nAA II .
 Montgomery, September
 Special = The Bir- ingham "five-commission-
 7 bill is en route to the Psk of Governor Tender Pn. It is taken for granted fat he will approve it and bat it will become a law. he measure was called up
 the house this afternoon, Rstily amended and passed, hd rushed to the senate.
 At the suggestion of Senator Judge e senate concurred if the house nendment. The amendment provides |at the bill shall not become effective til ratified by the people in the gular municipal election October II. Tn the event that the people ratify |e bill, another election will be held +der a provision of tho bill on the st Monday in December for the pur- SC of electing two additional com ssioners. Under the terms of the bill. there will five commissioners instead of three, d instead of $7000 each shall draw poo per annum. except the chairman, .ho shall receive S45OO
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capitals saying mobilization. partial or general, had been ordered at Sofia. that Bulgar cavalry had taken the field and that Bulgars of lighting age were hurry Ing home. Subsequently came the news of excitement at Athens and of the confer ence of the King with political leaders.
 From Sofia Itself the British press re- ceived no details.
 There is general activity of the Aus. tro-Gernan force along the Servian from tier. A semi-0fficial dispatch from Nish repudiates reports that Servia has been asked in effect to remain quiescent while fhe Austro-G Germans conduct their cam paign southward.
 The developments in Bulgaria threw into comparative obscurity the continued Russian retreat from Wilma, but ex- cept for the northern tip of the Polish front, whore the Russians aro on the offensive near Frledrichstadt. the 0er- mans claim progress throughout mid-Po-
 land as far south as Osrrow, which they have captured. The greatest number of prisoners taken at any point. however. did not exceed 1000. which would seem to indicate that the attempt to completo the coils around the retraating Russiano has proved unsuccessful4
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U. 5. HAS MADE NO
 MOVE ID SECURE 4 PASSAGE FORDUMbA
Washington Awaits Reply From Austrian Govern ment to Request
 for Recall

Washington, September 22--The Amer. lean government will make no effort tc secure safe conduct from the United
 States for pr. L. Constantin Dumba. Aus. tro-Hungarian ambassador here, until the Vienna government has replied to the
 request that the ambassador be recalled This was stated on high official author ity tonight.
 Dr. Dumba telegraphed Assistant Sec
 retary Phillips of the state department from Lenox. Mass. tonight. giving notice
 that his government had recalled him on leave and asking that the American
 government arrange for his safe conduct to Vienna. He added that he planned to
 sail September 2s. The message was ad- dressed to Mir. Phillips without official title, the ambassador apparently treating his official status as ended. Acting Secretary Polk conferred wlti, President Wilson tonight on the Dumba incident and other international ques- tions. Later it became known that the United States would await formal word from the Austro- Hungarian foreign of nee peIore acting on pr. Dumba's re- quest
 Austrian Reply Awaited Whether the American government will be satisfied If Vienna carries out Dr. Dumba's request and gives notice that he Is to be withdrawn lon leave" was not disclosed tonight, and will not be finall, determined until 1t is seen what form th< Austro- Hungarian reply takes. Az dis- the government there already has chosen a temporary successor to pr. Dumba, il | is taken for granted here that no attempt will be made to send the latter baol here whatever may be the manner oi his going.
 The delay in receiving reply to the <Css1lnssl sn Psse Twsl
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VIOLENT EXPLOSION KILLS
 SEVEN IN NEW YORK SUBWAY
Trolley Car Drops Into Excavation On Seventh More Than Block Caves In--More Than 50 Injured Within An ur-Msyor Mitohel rnspscts ~r-
 Scene of Catastrophe

Martin V Newton. 0 years old. The four others were laborers engaged in subway work.
 Comparatively few of the 100 passengers who went down with the car sustained serious injuries One woman who watched the removal of the injured died later of shock and hysteria.
 Tonight four distinct investigations were under way to fix responsibility for the &C., cident- In an effort to fix the blame the police search turned to Augusta New zanotte. known also as August Midnight the plaster, who Is missing. He is wanted on a charge of homicide
 The contractors in charge of the sub (Continued on Pare Three)
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New York, September 22.-Six bodies had been removed tonight from the wreck of section of the Seventh avenue subway The task of uncovering the wreckage was proceeding rapidly
 The death list was increased to seven late tonight when Mrs. Zaidee c. Stewart, who was among those injured, died in a hospital.
 Two of the dead were passengers on trolley which plunged into the excava- ton when the explosion destroyed the temporary shorings for block between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. They were Louis Krugman, P. and Mrs.
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DUSK FAILS ON
 \ THE FEED BILL
|pses Fight in Senate to Take Meas B ure From the Adverse Calendar. Henderson Urged Passage

Mont gomery. September 2.-(SpeciaL) he political power of the sheriffs of Ala kma was. never more perfectly demon rated than. this morning when Senator |lsk. Joy narrow margin. lost his fight take from the adverse calendar bill |iich would have reduced the fee allowed beriffs for feeding prisoners. As is re- |embered. Senator Lusk Monday failed to |rce the committee on finance and taxa pn to report the bill. Monday night the bmmittee adversed the bill. That same |ght Senator Lusk gave notice that he (Coatinued on Page Two)
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

l-Bulgaria trembles in the balance. Five commissioner bill now in gover-
 nors hands. ~ Teutons plan big offensive against Servia. Will Bulgaria's 8 latest move solve rid-
 lle of the Balkans? 2--The Holland letter. S-Denand for rails becomes active. EEditorial comment. English people realize sravity<of sit-
 uation now.
 Auto and street car collide.
 Alabama route was only one ever used
 by Jackson.
 Bullet goes through clerks hair al
 the Terminal. 6-Society. 7-Sports. 8-Markets. 1o-Minority members honor Carmichael.
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BENSON PUBLIC UTILITY
 BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Aid From Birmingham On the Issue-Bl Gives State Rail road Commission Exclusive Right to Regulate Rates
 and Charges of All Public Utility Corporations

Representative Shapiro of Jefferson and Representative Vaughan of Montgomery endeavored to secure exceptions in the interest of Birmingham and Montgom- cry, but failed. No aid from Birming- ham was on the scene.
 The bill gives the state or the railroad commission the exclusive right to regu- late rates and charges Of all public utility corporations. even thoee confining their operations wholly within tho boun6ar1eG
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Adjournment
 On Saturday Night

Montgomery, September 22. tSpecial)-It was definitely de- termined this afternoon when the house concurred in senate joint resolution that sine die adjourn ment of the 1egislature would be had Saturday night.
 Tomorrow and Friday the clerks will have an opportunity to catch up in their labor. and Saturday morning the law-malking body will begin it's final deliberations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23

September 22.-( (special.) |he Denson public utility bill. transfer hg control of public utility corpora |ons from municipalities to; the state. |as passed by the house tonight at if |clock by . vote of . to g. The bill
 hd tho ardent support of Governor Hen-
 prson and practically all corporationu Alahemu. Only few minor amend Iduto W1bo consi1ered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
TEUTONS PLAN BIG
 OFFENSIVE MOVE
 AGAINST SERV|A
German Army Gathers on Danube River-Heavy Blow May Be
 Dealt

Berlin, September 22--(Via London) The German newspapers interpret the advices from the Servian frontier as the beginning on large scale of an of- fensive movement against Servia and a final reckoning with the state which Is regarded here as responsible for the war. The newspapers make guarded references to the strength of the army gathering on the Danube. There arc [recalled the words of Dts Non Beth- man. Hollweg in his speech to the Reichstag. "We have strong armies for new blows"
 Military critics give warning against underestmating the strength of Ser yian resistance. but are convinced that the Austro German force Is adequate.
 The Tageblatt publishes under a Sofia date line a report of eonver- sation with Premier Radoslavoff, who is quoted as having said Bulgaria's gen. eral condition was good and the pros poets for the future were very favor able.
 The premier explained that the na- tion was ready to meet any crisis and called on all parties to combine in the interests of the fatherland.
 To Maintain Neutrality
 Bulgaria will maintain neutrality as long as her interests are not damaged the premier mentioned q do not be- lieve Roumania, Greece and Servia will enter upon common policy against Bulgaria, or even that a treaty exists among them against us. In case of war Bulgaria will fight on only one front
 'The Roumanian government accused the Bulgarian cabinet of neither having demanded an understanding with Rou- mania or other Balkan states. This is the right way I have invited the Rou- manian minister to come to see me. and in the presence of a representative of the entente powers asked him to agree to negotiations looking to an understand ing between Bulgaria and Roumania. The Bulgarian minister declined, declar- ing he had no instructions from his gov ernment. It was thereby made clear to the entente powers that Roumania did not desire an understanding with us.
 50 far as concerns the relations be- tween Bulgaria and Turkey I can testify they are excellent. We actually possess the Maritza river territory and the rail- road line to Dedeaghatch. Our new Turkish boundary is as follows: The Tunja river to Adrianople. westward to Laragach, giving Bulgaria that town and a strip of the Minterland; from Bulgaria two kilometers westward to the Maritsa river, and thence along the west bank of that river from Sufli to Enos."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
TREMBLES IN BALANCE;
 TROOPS MOBILIZED FOR ACTION

All Europe Holds Breath as Powerful Balkan State Prepares for War-Nation Leans Toward Teu- ton Cause-Fate of Worlds War May Be De- cided at Sofia-Bulgarian King Says Mobiliza- tion is to Protect Nations Interests and Turns Deaf Ear to Pleas of Diplomats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
Steamer Strikea Aline

London. September 7s.-The panish steamer Thorvalsdsn of 1317 gross tons hhs been sunk. The espw was sevsd.
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Greeks Prepare for Crisis

Greeks Prepare for Crisis
 Athens, Greece. September 22.--(via London)-On receipt of the news that Bulgaria had ordered a general mobiliza- ton of her troops. King Constantine summoned to conference Premier venize- los and the members of the general staff
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BILL
 NOW IN GOVERNORS HANDS AND WILL BECOME LAW

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Charge of Incompetency

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
\ Hurry Call TO Josephus.

what skills IT that the Hon. Jo-
SFPHUs DANIELS, the Nelson Of Blow
ing Rock. has made the sea Dry II
his land domain of Tarheella is still
10 be poisoned by the ~accursei corr
spirits and hop divy.est \ Raleigh
despatch in yesterdays Sun spread
these tidings OF an impending moral
disaster over q darkcncl world
House and senate conference COM
mi,tees agreed Tonight upon the pas
sage OF the Grier anti-jug act, which
prohibits the receipt and delivery OF
more thar half a gallon OF whlskey or
ten gallons OF beer to n NortA Caro-
linian ZACH month
"Or' is doubtless a mlSprint for
"and." No genuine Jeifersonian from
the Old North state would stint his
proud stomach to so meagre an an
nual ration as six gallons of whiskey
or 100 gallons of beer. II is true that
local supplies and the kindness Of
,~--tvtai ~D.ighh"T> might relieve the
sufferers ever II the distinctive and
not the ~conjunctiye dose were i'm.
posed and in any case black Is the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
New Telephone Rates.

The telephone ate reductions pro-
posed by the New York Telephone
Company and accepted by the Public
Service Commission will effect a sub
stantial saving t. the business com.
munity. In order to comprehend fully
their significance 1t Is necessary only
To examine the service zones laid out
by the company. and compare the
proposed message charges with those
that now obtain. The toll for Man.
hattan.B Brooklyn connections will be
aboli she'd. hotels and apartment houses
will find 1t more difficult than ever
to defend the excessive prices they
have enforced. and householders will
be directly benefited by reason of the
party line reductions.
one subject alone remains in dis
pute the charge for switchboard ser
vice with ten or fewer extensions
Under the new schedule the message
rate for such equipment is about ga
cents. But this ran be and undOubt.
eddy will be satisfactorily adjusted.
This expectation is based upon the rec
ord OF the company and its previous
satisfactory treatment Of its patrons,
which has included several voluntary
downward revisions OF its charges.
Its dealings with the public have been
In the main fair and equitable. its
policy dictated by an enlightened self
Interest that. were it initiated 10y all
public service corporations. would re
lleve Us of a good many complaints
and throw a good many d~emagogueS
out OF jobs.
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Lord Rosebery's Fears for the Turf.

Lord RosEBERY. who won the Derby
In 1893 with Cicero. the son Of Sat
ire. is much concerned about a pro.
posal TO cal. of the Epson and other
classic meetings on account OF the
war. He secs no reason why "our
allies" should object. although Eng
land j. engaged In a life and death
struggle. They know" says his bril-.
liant IordShlp. that we are paying
%t2.UUo.oso a day for this war, and |
do not think that We should add the
sacrifice Of our thoroughbred horses
his argument being that IL racing
ceISes hioOlel stock will disappear.
But j. Il - bad a all that? II there
were no race meetings In England
this year would the descendants OF
Eclipse. Sir Peter. Wialebone. Touch.
stone. Birdcarcher. Melbourne and
Blair .tthol become extinct:
such j. the reverence of British
turfmen for the stud Book that they
would not let the grand old strains
'Asf "a may " - Albt
high class foa.s In March. April and
May this year as usual. SO on the
sore Of what Lord RosEBfRT calls
"ihe sacrifice Of our Thoroughbred
horses there need be- no fears. Even
in the dread contingency OF conquest
by German arms the Epson. Ascot.
GOOdwOOd. Newmarket aud Liverpool
meetings would be resumed. for the
Germans. also the .Austrians. are fond
u racing they hay. th".r DerbieS
TOO. run at Hamburg AMI Vienna re-
Si-ctive.y. No. whatever happens. the
British turf i secure: King and peas
ant viii continue To- be equai on II,
fguratively Speaking.
No doubt Lord %I.osEBERY and his
Dropped OUT of the Derby sequence.
which has been running from 1850;
but "" can Imagine nothing more
painful than the enclosure at Epson
with -, many familiar faces missing
and never 10 h" seen again. There
VIII. Of course. be no Continental Der
bios his fateful year Of 1919 Chan
lilly viii he deserted. Perhaps the
clubAou-. has been turned INTO a
hospital. The Eng sh are great stick
icrS for decorum. II their allies can
not race, English turfmen might O..
r.iire year ~ The sport them
selves. for appearances az least. But
IL they mus 20 the circuit all the way
round To Liverpool. ir might be done
with the agreement hat every pound
sterling above expenses. including a
percentage Of the stakes and purses.
he devoted To the care of the wounded
in war hospitals. \ large sum OF
money could thus be realized, and
perhaps the Allies would then under.
stand, or ~ east condOne. the specta-
Gle Of thousands Of Engii shmen bet
ting their money ana shouting their
heads Off AZ r~acecoUrScs while their
r%ountrymen were being blown to bits
in The trenches in Flanders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
Two Legislatures That Knew Their
Business.

President WILSON will te the last
nal Ia the United States To be cha
grined by the refusal Of the Iowa
and Wisconsin Legislatures to adopt
resolutions extending to him encour-
agernent and sympathy in the mainte-
nance Of our neutrality. Before he
concludes that he has been snubbed
he will want to read the proposed
resolutions and be Informed ~ TO
their origins. When the facts are
before him. II the Synopses OF these
interesting documents do them no In.
justice. the President wi! feel Ike
writing a note OF thanks To the law
makers who -pnclched them.
In one case the commendatiOn OF
the President was linked Ia q proposal
for the creation by Congress II a
peace commission Of i've men" to
end the war. and in the other to 4
demand that the expectation Of arms
TO belligerent nations be- prohibited
by statute. The suspicion inevitably
rises that the Presidents name was
brought in o to record any graft
tude TO him. nor to strengthen and
heArten him in his task. but 10 EN-
barra IS the Legislatures IN their de
feat OF other projects inspired by III
terror and Interested motives.
Such resolutions a. these, appear
ing in assemblies not charged with re-
sponsibllity in international affairs.
in legislatures and boards 81 al
dermen. and ia chambers OF com
merce and similar non-hticial bodies
at this time. ought to be killed. That
fate affects in no way the countrys
confidence in the President or his
knowledge Of the state Of public sen
timent. but It does insure immunity
from an insldlous campaign based on
selfish purposes.
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cesslty Of raising new capital by the

cessity Of raising new capital by the
sale Of fixed charge securities.
Progress has been made since the
middle Of the last year in solving the
railroad problem which has held out
a menace of economic disaster for the
country. Railroad credit has been
strengthened by a new turn Of regu.
lation which il establishing a policy
that admits u principle Of expansion
In tho structure Of rates for railroad
service. but the solution of the prob
lem - far from complete.
There Is urgent occasion for COZ.
ceiling to the railroads a larger me ~.
ure Of earning power in order 10
make financing through the sale VI
stock more attractive TO investors. II
Is Of no less importance that the rail.
roads should be allowed to put their
shares on the market on the best
terms which the market will AFFORD.
Until a very little while ago the whole
tendency Of regulation Of the rail.
roads was ~ deprive railroad owner
ship Of the hope OF profit. What j.
wanted Is a policy OF regulation which
restores the hope Of profit and con
duces TO stockholders rather thal
bondhoiders and ~notehoiders. Nor In
these days. when regulation has been
carried to such an extreme. IAN it be
pretended by the crusaders against
railroad capital that there Is auy
danger Of capital watering through
stock issues sold for the actual money
which the market will exchange for
them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
Plays for hlldren.

To THE EprroE oF THE S"S-NW The
drama committee OF the Paren's
League might do better by 'ncouragIng
performances pf standard plays for TIE
children II rs members t.1n 1y r-''T-
mend,ng FOR the yolng such pr'4uc-
tons as "Aulro,lcs and tge Lion
~ was correctly argued In your in
terest.ng article OF a few DAYS since
children should be taken to the dramas
OF Shakespeare or % those Of play
wr!ghts OF the class Of Hulwer tud
Goldsmith. or to lHnoceHt c%Intrup'-
rtr.ous plays rather than 10 IN" silly
musical plays which are now their usual
dramatic food
WIZ Io not the wealthy N'w York
ers .lwtas nXiou - suhsillzc some
d.pn.ued dramatic undertaking, include
A Cu.ldreu's rrp-rtory In SOM OF their
contemplated theatre projccts'
NEW YORK, March 3. y. WILSON.
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4 Plain speaker.

t. -Hv EoiroR or THE SrN-Sir THIS
Is 90 protest against the injustice OF the
editorial sheer 900 his mornings SrS
respecting the recent ut'erances Of the
Rev Percy :. Grant regarding marriage
and divorce.
7 have known Nj. Grant since ris
days He = a man OF urblen-
Shed character. o.. high deals and %
earnest devotion 20 Whatever he believes
AL advance the welfare o., humanity.
He therefore merls more Courteous
from those who differ with
a.m. ard hs disposition - speak PLAINLY
matters Of public interest should no.
% ne, with 40 90 tempered an attack
tu.s o. yours. II is quite unworthy
ot tile fairness Rhlrh ms hitherto
seemed 20 me 4 characteristic " your
paper
I am not an Episcopaiian. nor a resi-
dent Of NeN YORK. and uy man reason
boz writing tbs = % relieve my y
mind. EDWARD \ CHURCH
Atlantic CITY. y :. March 4
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HIGHBALL MARRIAGES.
Raeckel and Niet,sche Come to the
Snnnnrt Of the Rev. Percy Grant.

To the EDiroR or THE SUS-Str: I
am surprised at your article 7
Prizes: OF Hlghball Marriage surpr. d
at the ribaldry. surprised that such a
contemptuous opinion about a stated
truth should be expressed editor.ally IN
any newspaper Of this century. ]
thought hat sort OF thing belonged to
the period when Ne flung atheist AZ
the man who did not believe that Alan
"a, on 4 stump on Man strest. Sisn,
and named all tho animals.
Perhaps the Rev Percy S'ick1ey
Gran. does not talk like an E~piscopalian
clergy man. but he has courage. So had
Martin Luther. what Is there % loose
ness Or Of advocacy OF free love" In the
simple statement:
Marriage = founded on tn. Affection II
two persons FOR el.h other. and "iih
the dsapp4arin-e % such sentiment Dis
appears the only ground f7r nar-iegs. II
the only basis FOR marriage 10 iovs.
why In the even. Of that owe being
hanged 20 bathing. should the marriage
cont.aus7
Never has a great TRUTH been -, forth
in fewer words. vl.h greater force. Dig
r.ty and simplicity. Ha-ke.. the great
est philosopher o, all time, mas sad sub
|stantlally the same thing. demanding
-hs liberation Of marriage from eccie-i-
asN'tl control anu dluHHH 1h'- wv 49,
sure which comes ~ marriage being re-
earded 49, A sacrament and which pre-
vents he dissolution OF unhappy mar
r.aga~. is merely a source o. vice and
crime
Eva-v laborious advance We make =
first looked upon as a disease. especially
in these United states
But. "a NJ. n L. Mencken says in his
book. The Philosophy 81 y etzscce'. 1T
IL a fine thing 20 face machine guns
for immortality and a medal, but En't
g fine. TOO. 20 face calImny, injustice
an. loneliness FOR the truth which makes
men free ." WILLIAM W KLINE.
READtNG. Pa, March 4