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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

constitution and pay it's savings accounts last These accounts are generally the accounts of those who have very little who need the protection of the law
 '.I would recommend that bill be passed by this legislature in July which would contain exemption in favor of saving banks-not commercial banks with saving departments-of certain taxation now required of commercial banks. In other words, I would have it so that the people would be encouraged by every means to save their money, the nickels and dimes which southern people are in the habit of throwing away"
 Senator White declared that there were too many judges and solicitors in Ala bama that the convicts should be taken out of the mines, and that if this would cause a loss in revenue he would raise $200 GOO through an appeal to the churches, and urged the calling of a constitutional convention. He declared, too, that power companies should be exempted from taxation for 10 years. but that the state should retain a proprietary inter- est in river currents.
 Farm Lands Not Uniform
 Frank P. Glass in his testimony con tended that if Alabama farm lands were classified and uniformly taxed in ac- cordance with classification, the state would have enough money on which sue cessfully and without embarrassment to operate, It was his point that the farm CT Is more artful in lodging taxes than the resident of city. He illustrated his point by reading from an auditors re- port of the inequalities apparent In the assessment of farm lands-some of them contiguous, separated only by an lm- aginary line known as county line
 Other suggestions made by him were:
 Owners should swear to the fairness or accuracy of their assessments; tax as sessors should be appointed by some state body; change the constitution in or der that personal property might be as sessed at a lower rate than real estate
 It was his argument that If personal property was assessed at a very low rate the state would net in excess or its pres ent revenue from taxation several nun dred thousand dollars per annum. lie stressed his point that the people We're most fragrant in lodging the payment of taxes on personal effects.
 Would Combine Offices
 Tax Assessor McLendon. before entering upon his story, escorted the committee to the courthouse and there the commit tee examined the methods employed by the assessor and collector in pursuing their duties. The committee was ap- parently satisfied with what it had seen.
 On the stand later. Mr. McLendon de- clared that in his opinion, the offices oi collector and assessor should not be com bined, and that the assessor should not be made secretary or given any connection with proposed board of equalization, the appointment of which he favored. He de- clared that in his opinion, real estate in Jefferson county was assessed at about 40 per cent of it's actual value, and that the assessment on real estate was higher than on personal property He declared against the fee system and said that the assessor of Jefferson county shou>u he paid salary of 5000 He agreed to furnish the committee with assessments of certain building in Birmingham, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

The Tennessee company plant will have a capacity of 13,000 gallons of benzol every 24 hours while the plant of the Edison company will have a capacity of 200O gallons each 24 hours. 1t is stated that the plant to be erected by the Tennessee company will be of substantial steel construc- tion and brick with slate roof and will be equipped with the latest ma chinery The product of the plant will be sold by the Tennessee company, while it is generally believed that the output of the Edison plant will be used by that company at East Orange, N. J., where the giant works of the Edison companies are located.
 Statement From Crawford
 The statement of MT. Crawford in ref erence to the new plant follows:
 The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
 road company will erect, in connection
 with the by-produet coke oven plant
 at Fairfield. plant for recovering
 benzol from the by-product gas. The
 plant will have a capacity for produe-
 ing about 13,00O gallons of benzol per
 24 hours. Construction will be begun
 within a month.
 "GEORGE q. CRAWFORD.
 President" Benzol, it is stated, is extracted from by-product gas and from this is made over 40o0 chemical ingredients. It is used for variety of compounds from Saso- line to headache medicine. It Is also stated that 1t is entirely feasible to use the benzol for the manufacture of naph- tha gasoline and products for the opera tion of not only pleasure cars, but large motor trucks as well. The product is also used extensively in the manufacture of dye. For many years the American consumption of benzol has come very largely from Europe. However, the war and other causes are said to have in creased the price at such rate to render the importation of the product almost impossible. The construction of plants in this country for the manufac- ture of benzol has been under advise ment for sometime, especially in the Bir- mingham district since the Tennessee company constructed it's by-product coke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

llult> Wouiu po toilpciicu to scratch even in company and l was losing my hair very fast. The dandrutf would scale off and show In my hair and when 1 would comb it the dandruff would almost cover my coat around tho collar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07
DANDRUFF AND
 FALLING HAIR
Scalp Itched. DandruAf Scaled Of. Showed in Hair and Covered Coat Collar. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Hair Stopped Coming Out and Scalp Clean.

Byron. Ga-"For six years or more have been troubled with dandrun and falling hair My scalp would Itch so that some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

hair tonics and skin soaps but none seemed to do very much good fl any. ! was advised by friend to try Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment which l did. and now my hair has stopped coming out and my scalp is clean of dandruR My hair Is thick as 1t ever was l also had pimples and blackheads on my face but Cuticura Soap and Ointment has healed them (Sgned) Curtis Sullivan. July 31. 1914.
 Sample Each Free by Mail
 With 32-p skin Book on request Ad- dress postcard "'(uticura, Dept. T, Bos- ton.' Sold throughout the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07
Civic Chamber Committee Gets Down to Work for
 Attendance Trophy
TO ASK MERCHANTS
 TO CLOSE THE STORES
City Commission 10 Declare Half Holiday-Bessemer to Join in Move ment-Special Rates on Railroads.
 Excursions on the l.. X N.

"Twenty thousand fans or bust the slogan of the baseball opening day cam paign committee, was fully lived up to at a meeting of the committee yesterday aft ernoon at the Chamber of Commerce to plan the whirlwind campaign for the at tendance record of the Southern league. Chairman J. Frank Jutz presided
 Yesterday President R. II. Baugh of the league sent out letters to all of the clubs of the Southern league announcing the trophy for the largest attendance on the opening day Birmingham won the trophy last year and the local fans state there isn't a chance for any of the other cities of the southern circuit to capture it this year.
 The opening day in Birmingham will be April 14 week from today. Atlanta will have it's opening game on the same date.
 Tickets for the opening day will be placed on sale Sunday in all of the clubs of the city and Monday the Chamber Of Commerce teams will begin selling them on the streets and everywhere they can find a fan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

Mrs. Jacks HOme-Made
 Ham Biscuit on the market today. Ask your grOs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07
CRAWFORD ANNOUNCES BENZOL PLANT IS TO BE
 ERECTED AT FAIRFIELD
Will Have Capacity of 13, 900 Gallons of Benzol E0ery 24 Hours-Will Cost OUer $4OO,OOO
SIMILAR PLANT BEING
 BUILT AT WOODWARD

Will Cost About S300000Work to Start Tennessee Com pany Plant Within Month Says Crawford in Formal State ment-Ouput of Plant Be Marketed-Edison Use All Benzol Obtained at Woodward Plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07

JOnathan Bryan Arrivcs-Jonathan Bryan of Richmond one >of the best known citizens of that city, with Mrs. Bryan, arrived here yesterday. They have apartments at the Tutwiler. MT. Bryan is interested in the Bryan coal corporation which operates several mines in this district. He said yester- day that his trip here was merely rou- tine one and of no special importance. He will inspect his properties while in the district
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
GERMANS CHARGE LOOTING
DN Igg N~IAN TROOP

BERLIN. March 90 COS wireless &"
Suyv,lci IN official settlement Civ
cn ont to-day Dog the German army
headquarters SAYS.
- fresh attempt To- take tho GER
man position ON the south slope of
th, Lorottc hcights was made last
nirht but resulted in failure
The Russians yesterday were
driven from Mcmrl ON tho Baltic sea
iu East Prussia, after a short en-
gagcmcnt To the south of the town,
followed hy tenacious lighting In the
streets Under tnr protection of Rus
sian troops Russian mob looted the
private property uf German citizens
ln Mcmci Carloads ct goods We're
conveyed across the frontier \ spc-
ciai report ON this lootIng viii be
published.
"North ol Nurianpol Hussian at
tacks have been rcpulscd with heavy
Rugziuu losses West uf the br2y e.
river near Jaduuru-3E, 10 the north
east of PrzasuyHz and To tho north
west of Ciachauow Russian attacks
I bv nisht and by day have broken
down under On, German ire
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
PRZEMYSL SFALLS BEFORE
RELENTLESS RUSSIAN SIEGE
SUCCESS CROWNS STUBBORN .
AND ItElsEsNTLlcs SlEGEe

. SUCCESS CROWNS STUBBORN =
. AND ItIslsisNTLfs SllfCEe
= The siege OF Przcmysl has oecn =
. under way since the early days =
. OF the war. It. has been a Bit =
. ter and relentless siege. which =
. has mover been relaxed for a day =
. since the Russians invested the =
. city. Several attempts Of the =
. Austrians to raise the siege have =
. failed.
= with the fall OF Przemysl, =
. which has been described AZ the =
. key to the Austrian empire, tho =
. only important fortified town in =
. Galicia which In stiii In the hands =
. OF the Austrians Is Cracow. In =
o the northwestern part OF the =
Q province close TO the German =
. border. In the early days of the =
. war 10 was the plan OF the Rus =
o sian campaign to invade Ger :
. many through Galicia. The Rus
o SLAMS penetrated Galicia, but the :
y success Of the Austrians N hold
. ing Przemysl and Cracow blocked
. ali attempts to invade Germany =
o across the Silesian border.
Inc AuhNEAAH t0iAta'h -
. Przemysl defended the city with :
. determination and during the Z
y earlier months inflicted consid- :
o tfable losses on the Russians by =
. frequent sorties. The only =
. means OF communication with Z
= the outside world was By wire
. less telography and aeroplanes. =
. All supplies Of food were taken :
= over by the army officials. who
9 Issued rations 20 soldiers ana civ =
O Hiaus alike. The last direct :
. word from Przemysl before the Z
. announcement OF its surrender 7
Q was that the Russian attacks
o were infrequcnt and that the de-
Q Tenders had little 10 do.
10 Przemysl was well stocked
Q with ammunition and provisions
Q when the siege began, but there
0 have been indications recently
o that hunger was an effective ally
. of the Russians II was reported
. that aeroplancs were making
o daily flights TO Przomysl with
Q cGrgoos OF provisions.
Q Q Q . o o 80 y y . . y
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
Eyewitness Telegraphs First
Description of Sinking of
Two English and One
French Battleships in Oar
danelles.
NOT A SINGLE SHORE
BATTERY Is sILENCED
First Desperat Effort to Take
FoItifcations Results in
Unqualified Disaster for the
Allies.

Berlin. March 22 Ui:33 q. mi
The correspondent at Constantinople
OF the Woiff bureau telegraphcd to-
day description OF the nghtlng at
the Dardauelles on Thursday. March
Is. In which the French hattleship
Bouvet and two British hattleships
were sent Co the bottom
There follows ap abrdgement OF
the correspondents story or this en-
gagement
The efforts OF the allies to force
the straits of the Dardenclles Reached
their climax in an artillery duel on
Thursday, March rs. which lasted
seven hours Tho entire atmosphere
around the Turkish forts was dark
ened by clouds of smoke from ex-
pludlng shells ana quantities of earth
thrown into the air by the projectiles
Of the French and British warshlps.
Tho earth tremblcd for miles around.
| when the bombardmcnt was at
It's height the French bnttloahip Bou-
Iyot was seen To bee sinking at the
stern. 4 moment later her bows
swung clear of the water and she was
going down. Roaring cheers from
the Turkish gnrrisons and forts greet
ed this sight, Torpedo boats ana otn-
or craft of the allies hurried To the
rescue but they were succcssiuh ~
saving only a few men Beside ha'''
ing been struck by "a mine the Bou-
vet was severely damaged above th'
water line by shell fire one projec'
tile struck her forward deck. a mas
also wus shot away and hung over
board. IL could be seen that the Bou'
vet when she sunk WAS ondcaVorin
to gain the mouth of the straits.
shortly after the sinking Of th'
B0uyot British ship was struck oi
the deck pmidships ana compelled u
Withdraw from the hght Then an
other British vessel was badly dam
lHgcd and az a quarter before four wa
seen to retire under terrific mr.
from the Turkish battery This YES
sci ran IN toward the shore. For
fun hour the allies tried 10 protoc
her with their guns but II was appar
ent that she was destined Tor destruc
ton. Etsht effective hits showed IN
lhopelessness of the situation for TN
| vessel. Then she Withdrew towar
/ the mouth Of the DardunciieS, whie'
she reached IN few minutes undo
a hail OF shells The foru continue
, firing until the allies we're out Q
/ range,
This was the first day when th
warships attacking the Dardnnelit
kept within range Of the Turkish gun
/. for any considerable length OF TIM
The result for them was terrible oN
ling 10 the excellent marksmanshi
from The Turkish batteries. The al
lies fired on this day 1000 shell
without s,Ioucing one shore battery
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT
REFERS no BAGNTEI.II,

Paris, March %. via London t3.io
y. mJ-Thc official statement given
out todu. hv the French war depart
mcnt says.
ITO the north of Arros, at Notre
Dame de Lorcttc, a German counter
attack on Saturday evening deprived
us Of some yeciions Of trenches. We
captured them yesterday.
'Nvar Bagatolic W. DltW up ihr"o
mines and two companies 90 our
troops s,ormcd German trench la
which thcy maintained their positions
despite strong counter attacks. Fivc
hundred wards from there the enemy
after exploding two mines ana bonn
harding our trenches. rushed To- at
tulk ON front of about 2jn yards
After some very hard hund-to-hand
fighting our tssHiiduis were hurled
lurk despite the arrival cot their rein
furp,mcuts. tuI artillery caught
them under its urr Js they were fall
ung back. ana inflicted very heavy
.ussOs on them
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22

Chicago. March 22.--Althoueh tho
forty-one western railroad systems
are applying for Increases In freight
rates on certain Commodities. which.
they estimate. would increase their
revenue No,000.0oo year, the new
,schedule which they propose would
IN the case of erain In some instances
result In actual reductions from the
present rates.
Towns~ad sought 10 justly the
railroads proposal TO increase the
rate on grain and grain products an
average Of one cent hundred pounds
on certain shipments 10 Chicago and
two cents hundred pounds 70 euif
portn He dealt particularly with the
efect OF the advance ON tratiic from
south Dakota. Minnesota and lows.
An anaitsis Of tho prfsent and pro-
rosed rates frpr eese states so the
,arious grain markets was presented.
purportinR 10 show that to many no
advance would be effected while %
others present rates would be reduced
because OF the inauguration OF com
modify rates on grain. where "a pres
ent no commodity rates apply. the
grain being hauled under class rates.
From South Dakota said Town
send. there are no changes In rates
to Chicago. Peoria, Minneapolis ~
Duluth. From thirty-four south Da-
kota stations TO 81. Louis the Advance
averages .5t4 cents on haxseed. .siI
cents on wheat and .55s cents on
coarse grain, being thus In each caHo
about one-half cent per hundred
pounds From south Dakota 20 kan
sas city, there IL an advance of one
half cent from sixteen stations and
one cent from hye stations. while
from thirteen stations there il no
change on wheat. From twenty-on
stations the advance on coarse grain
Is one-half cent, while there is no
change from thirteen slatiorr
\ Actual reductions are effected by
the establishment OF new line Of
rates from south Dakota 70 Omaha,
where commodity rates never have
been In force before.
From Minnesota stations there h
} no advance In grain rates 10 Chicago,
Milwaukee. Peorin. minneapolis or
Duluth. From thlrty-two Minnesota
stations 10 ST. Louis there IL a IL adj
FAutt on UhA nttuf WHltt if"iA A"afN
one stations there is reduction oi
i.6 cents per 100 pounds. on wheat
there Is an average OF rs cents from
twenty-thrce stations 60 ~. Lonis. and
an average reduction OF 3 cen from
thirty-nlne stations On coarse grain
there IL an advance of i.2 cents from
thirty y-eight Minnesota stations 20 81
Louis and reduction Of g cent from
seven stations. where there Is ne
change at al from nine stations
ITO Kansas city there IL an aver
age advance ON coarse grain Of 10.
, cents from twenty-five Minnesota sta
/ tions and an average reduction @
, i.21 cents from twenty-six stations
J while from sixteen stations there p
no change at ali on coarse grain. oi
q wheat no change Is asked from Min
i nesota e. Kansas city.
=. From Iowa stations 20 chicago al
o advance Is asked on wheat averagin'
q o cent from li2 stations, while Their
n is no change from forty-siS stations
on corn the advance AVERAGES ~
cent from les stations, while then
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
Continuing Appropriation for
Office as it Existed Prior to
Enactment of New Law
Does Not Hold Good.
TRAVELLING AUDITOR Is
THEREFORE ABOLISHED
Executive Fears Tax Commits
sion Measure will not Work
But Says Course is Plain in
Event of Failure.

Santa We. ~ NJ. March 2g.--In the
course Of AN analysis OF his reasons
for exercising the pocket veto upon
certain measures passed by the legls-
lature. and his dlsapproval OF GER
= N features OF the general appropri-
atiun 6.h. Governor Mcdonald today
said OF House BiIl No. 2sf the travel
ing auditor bill;
House Bnl No. ssf abolishes the
office of travelling auditor as such,
and creates the office OF state travel
ing auditor, two deputies and ste
nographer. 10 be appointed by the
state auditor and Co be under his alb
solute control Before this the gov
ernor had the power of appointing
the travelling auditor, but not the
power OF removal, except for cause.
Now the state auditor Is given the
power Of removal without cause. HE
eau do AS he pleases with this office
and appoint and remove az his pleas
urc. 30 1 assume that this office Is
merely an adjunct To the state aud
itors office and that he viii bo the
responsible officer Ia hnndling the
work that properly can be expected
tu be done there
| This bill fixes the salary 20 b'
paid to the state travelling auditor anc
others hut does not provide how the,
shall be paid.
Il vetoed the bill which was passc,
over my Ve,o for the reason that die
not believe that the state audito
should have control OF this work an'
eurthcr that ala not believe that TN
provisions OF the bill safoguarded TN
Interests OF the people. as relating e
this Office.
''rhe appropriation made for tn
travelling auditor la the general ap
preparation bil might not apply Z
the state travelling auditor In con
nection with that appropriation tn
legislature snw tit Co make condi
tion that unless this (H y. 2ab be
cane law. the appropriation pro
vldod should be imperative; thus
will be seen that the legislature al
not think II necessary 10 have traV
cling auditor unless such audito
could he appointed Sy and be unde
the control OF the state auditor. !
. ma veto message said thnt " thl
, Coufso were pursued u would be bel
ter 60 abolish the office; therefor
under the circumstances decided
. would he the proper thing 20 vatc th
! appropriation ns provided for In IN
appropriation hili for the reasof
now mentioned and which were state
I. more al length In my veto messas
, on this hill."
Tho governors view IL that ~
! continuing appropriation for the ba
, ancc uf this year Tor the old traVe
Ing auditors office does not apply
the new office. and that therefore a
; striking out OF the now appropriate
|
Continued on Page 1foJ
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
TodayS War
Summary

THE Siege oT Prlcmysl came Ia
an end today and the Austrian
defenders OF the Galicia fortress
rcnd,Fcd To the IlusSian forces
which have been investing II for
months. The fall of prNcmssl de-
priycs Austria of her lnst import
ant fortress la Galicia, with the
exception OF Cracow, near the
t.urman bordcr, which the Rus
sinn. have nadc several unsuc-
Ct.-a4lui attempts To capture. The
German N..r Office announced
that the city of Mcmcl, ON the
Hattie sea In the northern tip of
Ea~t Prussia, had hccn rc-thkcn
from the i;ussian force which cap
turcd u last wcck, following
battle near the city. The GER
man announcement contains the
assertion tiiat l,usSinns lOOt"i the
city while tilcy were In possess
sion.
Operations la France ana Bel
gium were OF muuh the same
character ~ recently. Fighting
continues IN northern France.
near Nrrns: In Champagne and IN
the Aigunnc. Two spirited hat
Ties occurred yesterday In the Ar-
gonnc aud the French authorities
claim success Ia each case. hut
here. as elsewhere along the
western front. the results attain
ell were small.
The definite statement was
made at the White House today
that the United States would pre-
sent shortly note "a Great Brit-
ain making representations on
some features at the british and
French plan for cutting on trFdc
ca and from Germany aud AUS
tria.
la Poland there is activity all
along the front. but apparently
the general battle which Pctro-
grad expects has not begun.
Tho Russian army Ia the Cau-
cnsus has announced "a victory
over the Turks In the lighting
along the Black sea coast III
Turkish Armenia.
After several months of mae
tivity. hostiiitic- have been re-
sume,l between Austria ard her
small nclehbors. Scrhin and Mon
tcnegro. \ dispatch from Get
tInic states that the Au-trian-
made Pn artillery attack lasting
several days against Mon,encgrin
positions all along the front hat
that cffort~ 20 follow this with In
fantry advances were defeated
An artillery hattie hctwccn Nn--
trmnS aud Scrhii'fs nl-o j. "'-
ported.
Thc attack ON the nar,lancllc'
has been stopped temporarily
owing Ia had weather.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22
Huge Whedt exports must stop
or Americans may go hungry

there was on March first, an apparent
surplus of ai.000,000 bushels Of wheat
over the domestic requirements tor
food and seed that was available Tor
export Ia the four months ffom March
hrsi to Juiy nrst. While the exports
OF wheat. including nOur, durins
those four months last year were as,.
600 900 buahcls. II Is polluted out that
those exports during December. jan
uary and February last, AVERAGED al
most ss.000.0 .0o0 bushels per month
and y that rate of export continued
until the new crop Is available, 4
wuold amount 10 tt0. 600. 0o0 bushels,