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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Inforn1ation Demanded Regarding
 Searching of U. s. Vessel by British
Forcbe Search of American Ship Zeaanda Landing Party British Cruiser in Port of Progreso is Subject of
 Inquiry by the American Government

Washington, November 10.-Great the United States for information con- corning the recent search of the American ship Zealandia in the Mex ican port of Progreso by a landing party from a British cruiser. Ambas- sador Page was instructed to make the inquiry through the London foreign office.
 A report from American Consul John w, Germon at Progreso stated that the Zealandia was forcibly searched by men from a British cruiser now lying to seize the vessel.
 In the absence Of complete data, state department officials were not in olined to comment on the case, but it was indicated that 1t might develop new points in the neutrality situation prompting Mexico as we'll as the Uni ted States to enter protest to Great Britain.
 The zealardia sailed from the Uni ted States for Tampico and was report ed to have hoisted German flag at sea. though this was denied by the owners. She is said to have a Ger man crew aboard and cargo of rosin consigned to Sweden. Varying reports concerning the cargo and alleged pur- pose of the captain of Zealandia to un- dertake commerce raiding caused the British admiral in charge of the patrol off the Atlantic coast to dispatch a vessel to determine the merchantman' s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

status and intentions. It is reported that on searching the Zealandia, the British officer in charge of the landing party found no armament. What his conclusion was as to the character of the cargo has not been revealed, but the consular report indicated that the ship would be seized as soon as she at tempted to leave Progreso..
 Searched in Neutral Port
 Since the vessel is American owned with no change of registry involved the Washington government desires to know on what grounds search was con- ducted in neutral port. In the nat ural course Mexico also would enter a protest, but as Great Britain has not vet recognized the de facto govern ment in Mexico. the situation becomes complicated. As soon as the facts arc established, however. the state depart nent probably will advise the Mexican government of what occurred In the event that 1t should develop that the Mexican port authorities had no means Of resisting the entry of the British seamen, the good offices of the Uni ted States to prevent a recurrence of such incidents might be enlisted by Mexico.
 It was suggested fin some quarters here today that if the ZeaIandia was armed for raiding purposes her so- iourn beyond the 24-hour limit in a neutral port. especially where the au- thorities were powerless to intern her, might be advanced as a justification for entering the territorial waters to seize the vessel. It was recalled that this defense was offered in one case in which British warships entered ter ritoral waters off Chile Mere suspi- cion that 8 merchant ship is armed, however, is not regarded by officials here as sufficient ground for such ae- tinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
MRS. THAMES IS FIRST WOMAN ON A COUNTY
 BOARD OF EDUCATION

Montgomery. November -0-(Spe- cial.)-Mrs E. D. Thames of Green vile has been appointed by Superin - tendent of Education William F. Fea- gin member of the board of educa tion of Butler county to succeed John P. Golson. Mrs Thames has the dis tinction of being the first woman in Alabama to be appointed on a county board of education, her appointment being under provision of recent act of the legislature
 Mrs. Thames was formerly president of the School improvement associa- tion of Alabama and until recently was field agent for the Alabama illiteracy commission. She is a woman of marke ability as an educational worker and her appointment on the board of edu- cation of Butler county is expected to meet with the approval of the entire citizenship of that county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
SERVIA WANTED TO ATTACK BULGARIA;
 ALLIES OBJECTED

London, November io.-The state- ment recently attributed to member of the Servian cabinet that Servia had asked the entente powers in vain for permission to attack Bulgaria before Bulgarian mobilization was complete was followed by question on this subject in the House of Commons to- day. The reply disclosed that appar- ently the allies attitude was one of Encouragement of the proposal. but there was no actual refusal of permis- sion for the attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Extricates Former AssOci- ates by Extraordinary
 Memory Lapse
GOVERNMENT FAILS
 TO SUSTAIN CHARGE
Prosecution Alleged That Political In- fluence Had Been Used to Influence Congress Against Competitor of
 the New Haven Railroad

New York, November 10.-Charles S.
 Mellen, testifying at the trial of his
 il former fellow directors, on the
 board of the New York, New Haven
 and Hartford railroad. extricated them
 today from the charge of having sought
 to use political influence in Congress
 to hamper New Haven competitor.
 Through a failure in his memory, he
 ment with possible evidence of a pur-
 pose by the New Haven to crush am
 other competitor.
 The government sought to show that
 the New Haven desired to prevent con gression legislation to make the Con
 necticut river navigable above Hartford, the roads purpose being, the govern ment contended, to make steamboat competition beyond that point impos- sible
 MT. Mellen admitted that he had been opposed to such legislation, but ex- plained that it was due to desire to save the New Haven the expense of putting draws into it's three bridges across the Connecticut. and because the been rendered less safe.
 Declines to Make Admission Mir. Mellen declined to admit that the New Haven board had considered the subject prior to the acquisition of the Hartford and New York Transportation ,t1 On motion of the defense Judge Hunt then ordered stricken from the record on the ground of irrelevancy a letter written by Mellen to Timothy E. Byrnes, reputed to have been a legislative agent for the New Haven at Washington This letter, dated Jan nary 2s. 1904. read
 Your favor of the 26th, relative to the improvement of the Connecticut | river between Hartford and Spring l field, is at hand, You understand, want you to keep track of this mat l ter and do the best you know how to hold it up and in such a way l that this company may not be sus- pected of having any part in the trans action.
 "Senator Platt of Connecticut will
  any way you desire if you call upon him"
 MT. Mellen's failure of memory came when the prosecution was seeking tc prove that the Joy Steamship company, when secretly owned by the New Haven, was used to drive the Enterprise Steam boat company out of business. This it had been unsuccessful in doing by the testimony of Frank M. Dumbaugh, for mer president of the line, and today the government put into the record minutes of meeting of the New England Navi- gation companys directors, who were the same as the New Haven's, at which they | voted to advance the Joy Steamship com l pany $135,0O0 to buy steamship to | take the low rate business to Fall River" " When asked If this steamer was to l compete with the Enterprise company | Mr Melen said he knew only what the record shows" and that he did not recall what was done
 ] At the request of the defense letter l was introduced by which it appeared that | the new boat was put on to encourage | a cheap immigrant service between New ! York and New England points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

them in their regular high school work. The School Improvement asso- citation will begin it's session Friday at noon and all of us will meet with them that afternoon We will have a general illiteracy meeting at the Sid . ney Lanier high school Friday night, and private conferences on illiteracy and other subjects Saturday morning and afternoon
 This will be tho regular annual conference of county high school prin- cipals and probably the only one to which they will be called together dur ing this session. It is absolutely nec- essary that every principal come on time and I hope you will see to it that the president of your county school improvement association and mem Der of your county illiteracy commis- sion attend"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Mrs. Bennett Makes Plea of Not Guilty to
 COunterfeiting Charge

Chattanooga. November 1O.--(Spe- cial)-An indictment charging coun- terfeiting was returned against Mrs w. B. Bonnet. wife of the district pas senger agent of the Southern railway. by the federal grand jury in it's re- port today. A plea of not guilty was entered and upon agreement of coun- sel for the government and defense, a continuance was granted until the next term of the federal court. Mrs. Ben nett is prominent socially,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Twenty- seven Americans were lost
 aboard the Ancona. Terrible tornado sweeps Kansas. Mellens memory fails at critical
 point of trial 2-Birmingham holds important key
 to national defense. 3-Announcement of Sunday movies
 made y~city. 4-Editorial comment. 5-Today expected to be largest of
 civic chamber campaign. All plans made for week of electri-
 cal display.
 Long reign of Pastors union comes
 to quick end. 6-Society. 7-Sports. 9--Markets. run of iron and steel orders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
TERRIBLE TORNADO SWEEPS
 OVER KANSAS, TAKING DEAF
 TOLL ESTIMATED AT 50 OR 6O
Great Bend, Kan., and Ere mont, Neb., in Storms Path-Damage Will Go Into Millions of Dollars

Great Bend, Kan., November 10. twelve persons were killed and more than 100 injured. many of them se- rIously, in . cyclone which swept Bend at 7.3O tonight.
 The property loss Is estimated at half million dollars. The city water plant, three fIourins mills, the Santa -Fc depot and 90 residences were de- Dolished. A santa Fe passenger train narrowly escaped the path of the twister. which swept through the southern part of the city.
 Several thousand sheep were killed, the animals being hurled into the air as the tornado struck them. The city tonight is in total darkness and with out water supply.
 Every available man tonight is work ing in the debris In effort to re- lease many imprisoned persons.
 Great damage was done to the coun- ufE 0OuthWCsA VI hCAC ~-~- - rection the tornado approached.
 Many of those injured were caught in their homes, which were picked up from their foundations and twisted and crushed.
 Kansas City, Mo-, November lc-A tor nado swept over parts of Kansas, Ne praska and South Dakota tonight. wreck ing many buildings and killing number of persons. The extent of the damage and loss of life could not be ascertained definitely because the storm tore down wires and shut off communication for several hours. Estimates of the dead ran as high as 50 or 60.
 Great Bend Kan. reported the worst da mage. with 12 persons killed and more than 100 injured.
 No reports were received from the ru- ral regions and only a few from small towns in the path of the storm. A mes sage to the Missouri Pacific railroad said the tornado swept path 16 miles wide ar some places
 Among the towns in which buildings were reported destroyed were Claflin, Kans. Hoisington, Kans., Larned, Kans, and Hartford. s. D.
 One brief report from Great Bend said that half of the houses in the city were demolished and that the Santa Fe sta ton was razed.
 Just how the 5000 residents of Great Bend took care of themselves with half of their homes wrecked could not be learned.
 1t was reported that fires broke out in the debris of crushed houses but a heavy rain quickly quenched the flames At Pratt, Kans., south of Great Bend more than four inches of rain fell.
 An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train due at Great Bend about the time the storm broke could not be heard from for several hours and fear was enter tained for the train and it's passengers.
 The storm passed over the south part of the city, wrecking the waterworks and electric light plant. The town is in dark ness and confusion reigns.
 According to reports which reached the long distance telephone office at g (Centinued sn Page Ten>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

Berlin November 10By Wireless Sayvile) le)nformaon liable is that the steamship
  .hus compelled the o use  post with Ehe state department tonight al
  Patato his wife children amura 20 third
  fcan the passengers.
  #f the until nearly midnight
 
 
  American lives and the Arabic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Sensation in London

London. November 10.-The renewed activity of German and Austrian sub marines. especially those in the Medi- terranean, as evidenced by the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona and the attack on the British transport Mer- elan, has again brought to the front the unceasing vigilance required by the navies of the allies to secure the safe transport of troops needed in the near east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
27 AMERICANS LOST ABOARD THE ANCONA
 REPORTS AMBASSADOR PAGE FROM ROME

Liner Fired on While Attempting Escape-Pas- sengers Panic Stricken-Austrian Vessel Also Reported to Have Sent Shells Into Lifeboats Three Hundred and Twenty Survivors Report ed-London Press Heralds Incident as Second Lusitania Disaster-Wa Washington Awaits Fur ther Information
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
May Have Been German

Paris, November 10.-The interna- |onal phase of the sinking of the An bna is attracting special attention ere owing to the attitude of Presi-
 bnt Wilson with respect to the limita-
 |on of submarine activity against |erchant vessels.
 The French government has received hly meagre reports of the disaster hd these have not disclosed whether Re vessel was attacked without warn |g.
 The view is expressed in authorita-
 1ve quarters that even if the subma-
 he proved to be an Austrian--al : tough there are reports that she was German flying the Austrian colors $the joint policy of the Austro-Ger-
 'ans would make it incumbent upon |ustria to observe the assurances ven by Germany with respect to sub |arine warfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Italian Indignation

Rome, NOVemDer 1U-tNl Id IdfiS.J-I IHe hiking of the steamer Ancona, by hos lle submarine has caused intense indig- htion in official circles in Rome and hong the Italian public generally |Thus far Thomas Nelson Page, the |merican ambassador, has been unable ascertain definitely whether there |ere any American born passengers board the Ancona The Rome office of le Italian line which owned the Ancona, fxewise is in the dark in this respect. was said there today that an Amer Ian family had intended to sail by the |ncona, but that their reservation had een cancelled, and that it was unknown 6hether any Americans had booked pas Age through the Naples office. Attempts to communicate with the Ma les office were prevented by the strin-
 ent military regulations.
 Towing to the recent activity of hos Re submarines in the Mediterranean or brs have been issued to the Italian fleet redouble their efforts to capture or Astroy these underwater craft and also watch particularly any attempts to bard steamers plying between the Medi- |rraneah and the United States and also | the OtrantO canal.
 |The orders also are that the Italian Let shall endeavor to prevent Austrian tbmarines leaving the Adriatic sea or
 r those now outside those waters to Iturn to their bases for fresh supplies
 he Greek coast is also to be closely ktyolled in the fear that hostile craft
 ay use them to obtain fuel as did the
 ermanic cruisers Goeben and Breslau
 the beginning of the war. The French
 bd British fleets are cooperating with 3o Italians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
Panic on Vessel

London, November, 11.-Rome and |ilan dispatches to the London morn Is papers allege that when the sub Arine gave chase the Ancona in- leased her speed but the submarine
 bwly caught up to her and began ring, repeatedly hitting the stern of te vessel.
 IScenes of panic occurred aboard the hcona, when eventually the captain live up his attempt to escape. where bon, after further shelling. the sub brine fired torepdo.
 |The Ancona listed and began to 3nk. There was no time to lower all
 e boats. Many of the passengers |ho were rescued jumped overheard IA wireless call for help brought the tench steamer Pledan (Plaidan) and |veral launches to the scene. They kde many rescuess It Is thought pos
 ble that the same submarine sank 10 Marseilles steamer France. which Ia tisembarked a thousand French |bops at Mudros. Lemnos Island. |Ihe new transatlantic liner Giuseppe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

Probably Gave Warning
 Advices that a number of Americans probably lost their lives caused mucf oncern in official quarters. There was Do real tension, however. because news dispatches which referred to the she'll ng of the Ancona by the Austrian sub marine led to the belief generally mong officials that the Italian vessel Ignored warning and attempted to es- Fape. This, in the view of this govern nent, would justify submarine conn nander in the use of force.
 Should it develop that no warning vas given, note demanding disa- oval, reparation and assurance thai would be sent to Austria Officials made clear they did not consider that Aus rial was legally bound by the ex- hanges between her ally, Germany, and he United States.
 If the Austrian commander gave varning and torpedoed the Ancona only liter she endeavored to escape. it is Unlikely that the question of subma Zinc operations will become a subject &f diplomatic correspondence with ustria
 It was pointed out today that the sual assumption was that nation 3dld comply with international law Ind that in the absence of a specific iolation there would be no ground for lquiry as to a governments inten- ons
 Ambassador Page and American con uls throughout Italy, were instructed oday by Secretary Lansing to cable Immediately all information they could Eather concerning the torpedoing o1 Xhe Ancona and to ascertain particu- Early whether any Americans were GbSt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

Naples, November 10.-evia Paris. .)-The flrst-class passengers on board the An coma include Prof. Cecil Iglereil of New fork and the third-class, Alessandro Patative of New York and wife and four children. and Mrs. Francesca Mascole Lamura. all Auaerff.ar q ci iz ers 5ssy4..4s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

Paris, November 10.-The French steamer Plaidan rescued 100 persons from the Ancona who were among those landed at Bizerta. Those who took to the small boats after the vessel went down suf- fered great hardships before they reached shore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11

Paris. November 1o.-A dispatch to the Havas agency from Naples gives the name of the first-class passenger as con- tained in the Naples dispatch as Cecil Grey.
The state herald., 1915-08-06
TAKE DISEASE FROM WHITES
tuberculosis Among Alaskan In
dlans Has Been Laid at the Door
Of the "Paleface."

The great prevalence OF all forms
OF tuberculosis among the Alaskan In
dians. as proved by report by DIR.
Emil Krulish. is explained by the
Journal Of the American Medical Asso-
citation as follows;
Tuberculosis Is comparatively
new infection among Indians. be-
slowed upon them by the benevolent
paleface along with brewater and GER
tain other blessings OF civilization.
Among these blessings must probably
be counted scarlet fever. measles. in.
iiuenza. whooping cough and diphthe-
ria. Not yet possessing the racial i'm
munity which II takes many genera
tions to acquire. the poor Indian suf.
fers from them In greater degree than
does the white. and more frequently
dies OF them. Then there are the
overcrowdlng and the unsanitary con.
ditions prevailing in most OF the homes
OF tuberculosis sufferers: while at
least this much good arises from their
misfortune that after the disease Ia
well developed In them It's progress
tunless they are well cared for) IL
rapid. and death removes what would
otherwise remain n menacing focus
OF Infection"
tuberculosis was one OF the chief
causes OF the dying out OF the In.
dians all over North America.
The state herald., 1915-08-06
Two Famous Names.

Thomas Atkins" is. a newcomer
compared with Jack Tar" OF the senior
service. Jack Tar" ns n nickname for
n sailor is first recorded In 1855. bu,
sailors were known ms "tars" for more
than hundred years before that The
name already appears In literature In
the latter half OF the seventeenth cen
tury. "Tar" may be short for 'tnr
paulln" Sailors were called "tnrpau
Inns" early In the seventeenth century,
Tarpaulin. OF course. ia canvas tarred
to make II waterproof. and tho sailors
hat made OF that material. something
like n sou'.westor. was called n tar
pnulln. However that may be. British
sailors have been honest tnrs." Jolly
,nrs" and gallant tars" for 200 years
There In more steel and oil about .
modern bnttloship than tnrry rope.
perhaps. but probably Jack will remain
Jack Tar for another hundred Year,
yct,--,Manchestor Guardian.
The state herald., 1915-08-06

The officer had meant what he said
He marched his prisoner into Hixon
at the center Of a hollow square, with
muskets at the ready. And yet. as the
boy passed into the courthouse yard.
with soldier rubbing elbows OIL each
side, cleanly aimed shot sounded
from somewhere. The smokeless pow
der told no tale. and with blue shirts
and army hats circllng him, Tamarack
fell and died.
That afternoon one of Hollman's
henchmen was found lying in the road
with his lifeless face in the water of
the creek. The next day. as old Spicer
South stood at the door of his cabin.
a rife barked from the hillside, and he
fell. shot through the left shoulder by
bullet intended for his heart. All
this while the troops were helplessly
camped at Hixon. They had power
and inclination to go out and get men.
but there was no man to get.
The Hollmans had used the soldiers
as far as they wished; they had made
them pull the chestnuts out of the
fire and Tamarack Spicer out Of his
stronghold. They now refused to
swear out additional warrants.
A detail had rushed into Hollman's g
store an instant after the shot which
killed Tamarack was fired. Except for
The state herald., 1915-08-06
Board Refuses to Put Up Rates.

Denver.-The State Public Utilities
Commission refused to increase any
of the rates 1t made on May 10. which
rates decreased the freight on lump
coal from $3.50 to sl.6O, and ON slack
from s2.25 to sl.i0, from the South
Canon fields to Denver and to all com
mon points east of Denver. The com
mission refused, at the same hearing.
TO Increase the new rates 1t made May
10 for the haul OF all coal from the
Palisades district to Denver and to
common points east of Denver. In the
Palisades case, the original rates had
been as high as $3.50. The order of
May 10 reduced the rates from Pali-
sades TO Denver and common points
east of Denver, to s1.S5 on lump and
$1.50 on slack coal.