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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-11
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Chieag1 April DO. - The Official
canvass % the Foie cast 81 last Tues
DAYS municipal election which was
concluded today shows that William
Hale Thompson. republican. defeated
Robert e Sweitzfr. democrat hy q
plurality # 1851 The police re-
tHrus gave Thompson a plurality @,
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-04
RGfrigG-
ratOrS
That Spell.
Economy

by saving ice, food
and the f a m l | Y
health, are now to
be seen at the Nc
Gill store.
Every one is fitted
with white enamel
food chambers, re-
movable waste pipe
and adjustable sani-
tary wire shelves.
Don't put it off this
summer like you did
last - that's poo or
economy. We've got
a size here to suit
any purse and you
can have all the
credit you want.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-04

are just what they look 20 be. They're
wide awake when you want to cook a
hurry-up meal and for delcatessan-
well that would be telling.
Peninsular Stoves are found only at
McGilTs and you should do yourself
the justice Of seeing this great stove
display before purchasing elsewhere.
It's your success insurance in baking
to own d Peninsular. Wen connect il
free of charge. They're priced up
from $7.75.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-04

4 III AAe- y = Va III ~ NAeTAA
board and the hard Ia
Dor that goes with it
are over. Warm sum-
mer days will soon find
you perspiring over the
wash tub unless you
have a Boss" washing
machine in your kitch-
en-. Just think. LADIES'
Eight shirts washed in
ten minutes - that's
economy. isn't it? Sold
on 30 days free trial
basis. Come in and Sc
lect yours now. Priced
up from $4.9S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

order for 10.00O000 feet of wire as we'll as for other war material
 The purchase few days ago of the Pope Manufacturing plant at Hartford, for which S300000 spot cash was paid by the Niles Bement Pond company. whose sub sidiary Is the Pratt & Whitney Co. at Hartford. justified the inference that the European war had compelled the corpora tion greatly to increase it's manufacturing facilities.
 Almost Equally Divided
 Custom house records show how enor- nous the export of wheat and other food products has been, and now Is, and also show the recent vast movement of cotton across the sea. These records, however, do not show, at least in detail, the ex- ports of manufactured commodities. But there is no doubt that the excess of $131,- 0O,000 in December exports represents in about equal parts the movement of grain and cotton on the one hand, products of the soil, and on the other hand the ex- ternal movement of manufactured com modities. Herein is contained one of the reasons why the leading men of finance of Great Britain are convinced that the United States will be able easily to meet the foreign demand for commodities, no matter how great 1t is, and will for that reason be able to undertake some very im- portant financial transactions.
 From one point of view, of course, this great export Is abnormal The chances are that the record of 1914 of the United States foreign trade would have shown debit balance and not credit one. There are certain individual items which in the past have cut deeply into our foreign trade balance. but in the year 1914 will not have done that. Travellers credits for the last five months of the year were very small. Ordinarily these credits have been estimated to absorb about $150 00O, ,0O0 year from our visible credit balance. We must also have considerably reduced our obligations on account of interest and dividends. and there are those who pre- dict that if present conditions last two or three years the United States will have absorbed all of the American securities. now held by investors across the sea. When that is done we shall be a creditor nation in fact as we'll as in name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
STEAMER RISKS . SEIZURE ID TAKE
 FOOD ID GERMANY
The Wilhelmina Sails From New York for Rotterdam. Will Contest Course
 if Seized

New York, January 22-Risking possible seizure by British warships lying off the Atlantic coast. the Amerlcan-owncd steamer Wilhelmina, flying the American flag, and laden with approximately sa0o,- coo worth of foodstuffs consigned by an American commission firm to an Ameri- can citizen in Germany. passed out 10 sea tonight. It is the first voyage of the kind undertaken by any vessel from an American port since war began.
 If the Wilhemina is detained or seized, the w. l.. Greene Commission company of St Louis, charterers of the vessel. and shippers of her cargo, according to their counsel here. will file protest with the state department declaring the cargo is conditional contraband and denying the right of bellgerent to conhscate it.
 The cargo consists of grain. meats and dried fruits. intended. according to the shippers, for consumption by the civilian population of Germany, and not to be sold directly or indirectly to the Ger man government. Norvin R. Lindheim. of counsel here for tho St Louis com pany. said the shippers were prepared to obtain from the German government. if necessary, with a view to queting pos sibe fears by the British or other al- lied governments, a guarantee that only noncombatants will receive the Wilhel- mina's cargo.
 A guarantee to that effect was filed with United States customs authorities today in the form of an affidavit by w r. Brooking. representing tho ship pers. MT. I.indheim said the slippers were prepared to back this guarantee with bond in any amount.
 Mir. BroolSing will sail next Tuesday on the Holland-America liner Potsdam for Rotterdam. Thence he will proceed to Hamburg, arriving in advance of the Wihelmina. In Hamburg he plans to dispose of the cargo, if it escapes seizure. In retail lots to private citizens. He said to-day he probably would obtain written guarantees from these purchasers that the foodstuffs will be resold only through retail trading with civilians.
 The Wilhelmina. freighter formerly in West Indian service, expects to reach Hamburg in from 16 to 20 days. Her cap tain. William Brewer of Philadelphia is an American and her crew Is American except for a few Spanish and Scandina- vian oilers
 Sir Courtenay Bennett, British consul general in New York. when the sailing of the Wilhelmina was brought to his attention today, declined to discuss the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
NO STEAMERS IDLE
 SAYS SH|P0WNER Welding Ring Answers Sec retary Redfield on Ship
 Purchase Bill

St, Louis, January 2s.--A paper read for James J. Hill at the national for eign trade convention here today ex- pressing opposition to the shipping bill. drew a reply from William C. Red field. Secretary of Commerce.. Welding Ring, shipper and ship owner re- piled in turn to Secretary Redfeld.
 Mir. Ring said in part
 T venture the assertion and I think I will be supported by every practical man in the shipping business that ev- cry available steamer suitable for car rying eargoes is employed to it's ut most capacity at the present time. There are no idle steamers except those that are interned
 Secretary Redfield failed to tell us where he is going to get steamers to carry cargoes. I am a shipper and I think I know from practical point of view quite as well as Mir. RedfieId does from a theoretical point Of view. Tn Genoa alone at the last report there were 54 steamers unable to get unloading berths to discharge their cargoes. From Havre came a cable gram; Send no more steamers to Havre We have no means of affording them space to discharge their cargo and no means of securing sufficient help to do it. The men have gone to war and we cannot handle the cargo. 'In the port of London the vice pres ident of the International Mercantile Marine showed me cablegram mention ing the names of steamers that had been there from 1b days to a month and a half asking when they would be discharged.
 MT. Redfield says he knows of steamers that can be bought I wish he had said chartered, because I would take offhand five steamers at the pres ent time and pay enormous rates for them if I could get them.
 Where is the congestion of freight :? The congestion of freight is only to Europe. Contrary to the letters lo Mir Redfield read here l want to make the statement that there has been ample supply of tonnage ever since the war commenced for South American ports Quite number of steamers have been withdrawn from those lines because Of want of cargo to fill them
 The convention closed late this aft ernoon after hearing brief addresses by representatives of American Cham bers of Commerce in foreign lands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
FROM SIX LARGE
 SOUTHERN CITIES Strong Evidence Is Pro- duced Regarding the Merit of Natural
 Vitalitas

Here is evidence selected at random from among hundreds of written state ments from people who have been bene- fited by liquid vitalitas New orleans. La: W NJ. Davidson. salesman. 1049 Camp street: "I regard it the grandest and best medicine have ever taken regard myself we'll" (Suf- fered with lumbago, kidney trouble and oebility). Memphis, Tenn: A. K. Baker. 115 N. Main street: "Vitalitas is q revelation exceeding all expectations; has ap- parently made a new man of me. tRheumatism catarrh and kidney trou. ble).
 Birmingham. Ala. R. $. Bear Route |. Box 2fS: 'Nitalitas is the first medl- cine to reach the cause. l will recom- mend it to the world.' (Bleeding piles.
 Mobile, Ala: A. r. Murtel, Lumber tn- spector. l1S New St. Francis street. T think 1t the most meritorious mcd,- cine one can get" Qndigestion and de- bility).
 Little Rock, Ark: A. F. Huntsman. ex- postmaster. 1415 Gaines street: Vital itas cured me-" Indigestion and general debility.
 San Antonio. Tex: M NJ. Fitzgerald. ex deputy United States marshal. 5s2 Delmar street: "vitalitas not only cured me but has made new man of me. l give it credit for having saved my life" (Stomach, liver and kidney troubles).
 Vitalitas is natures greatest eorrec- tive and curative. A display of vttalitaS is in progress at Averty's drug stora. 1O9-ff1 goth st. You can write thofo for booklet Giving the history of yitAl- its4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

prove not only. the magnitude of the de- mands other nations have made upon us. but also that these demands steadily in- crease. That this is true is demonstrated by the record made in the week ending Saturday. January 16. From the port of New York alone exports of the money value of S30000,000 were made in that week and this was s23.000.000 greater than the exports of the similar week of last year. In no week of 1914 was there a record as large as this of exports from New York the second week of January. Apparently the January record is sure to exceed the the estimate is now made that the money value of exports from the United States in January is likely to be somewhat in ex- cess of sf4o.ooo.Ooo
 Another Feature
 There Is one feature not yet reported in detail of these exports which is with out any precedent even in the United States or in the foreign trade of any other nation. Great Britain's normal foreign trade, including imports as well ex- ports, has been approximately S5.oo0'0o,0Oo. Much the greater part of the exports from Great Britain have been for years manufactured commodities. Agricultural products are not exported from Great Britain to any extent Germany's great export trade. which so suddenly col- lapsed when the war began, was in great measure of manufactured commodities. largely steel products. The United States and Germany were running almost neck and neck in the money value of exports. On the other hand. Russias exports have consisted chiefly of wheat and other ag- roultural products. Her imports have been of manufa ctured commodities.
 When there comes from the department of commerce a detailed statement of the foreign trade of the United States in the calendar year of 1914. it will be discovered that manufactured commodities and agri- cultural products, including cotton, are substantially of equal money value. Once in while there are furnished proofs of the magnitude of manufacturing oper- ations which represent foreign demand. One of these proofs came from Trenton, N. J., the other day. and was revealed by the destruction by fire of one of the Roebling manufacturing plants. In this plant insulated wire was manufactured. It has been running night and day for the purpose of meeting an order which came from France for a peculiar kind of in- sulated wire. Of course, the fact that the plant was operating night and day to its full capacity led to the inference that it was attempting to meet an order from one of the foreign nations. The burning of this plant led to the publication of a report that the Roeblngs had received an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
PROGRESSIVE GAIN IN EXPORTS SHOWN BY LATE FIGURES Agricultural Products and Manufacturers Almost
 Equally Divided BIG ESTIMATES PUT
 ON PRESENT YEAR January Now Expected to Show Our Exports $40, ,OOO, ,OOO Ahead
 of Imports for the
 Month l
By HOLLAND

New York, January 13.-(Special) )-The department of commerce at Washington in its recent report of the foreign trade of the United States gives figures which surpass the highest estimate made on January of the money value of the ex- cess of exports over imports In December. In this column it was reported at that time that the experts estimated that the excess of exports in money value for De- cenber would be about $115.000, 900. One of the experts went so far as to say that the complete figures would show an ex- cess of s125,oooooo.
 Secretary Redfield. however, reports that the excess of exports over imports in December was. using round numbers, sl31 .S6S,O0o. Another item in the report made by the department of commerce states that in the calendar year 1914 the imports were, again using round num- bers, of the money value of s1,7S9, GOO, GOO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
U. s. TO DROP TO FOURTH PLACE
 AS SEA POWER

Washington. January 22-The United States will drop from third to fourth place among the worlds sea powers with the completion of all ships under con struction up to July l, 1914, according to the calculations in the navy year book issued today by the Senate naval com mittee.
 France will move from fourth to third place. according to the official table With the outbreak of the European war information as to the naval programmes of the belligerents was no longer avail able.
 The comparison is based on tonnage and the official table is as follows:
 Com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville. January 22.--(Special. ) There were no further developments today in the Herman Nicely lynching affair and no further arrests have been made. There are three men in jail on charges of being involved in the lynch ing and they are all charged with mur- der. They are Hugh Craft. H. L. Rus sell and Bass Cobb.
 The Belgian relief committee has summed up the work of the last two weeks here and found that the amount of supplies and money received was far in excess of all expectations. Tho committee will suspend operations for the next few weeks and leave tho local field to the home charity organiza- tion. which reports that there is more want and Restitution this season than in many years past.
 Friends in Huntsville have been noti- fled of the death of James w. Gl,es- pie in Corsicana. Tex. Mir. Gillespie was formerly q resident of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
DECATUR

Decatur, January 22-(Special. ] When Judge Thomas W. Vert, judge of the Morgan county law and equity court, called the case of the state against Levi Oidacre, a negro, yes- terday he found that he didn't have a jury to try the case. Not one of the jurymen drawn to try this case showed up. The jury was drawn about Jan uary 1 and the list returned over to Sheriff R. N. McCulloch, who was sue ceeded in office by Sheriff Foreman a few days ago. Deputies who served under Sheriff McCulloch say they never saw the list. Just whose fault it was is not known.
 Oldacre's case was continued until February 3. when another jury will be summoned Oldacre is charged with the murder of Lonnie Brown, young white man, near Priceville this coun- ty a few months ago.
 Instructions have been received here to the effect that the passenger trains on the Lewisburg and Northern rail- road will carry mail from Decatur to Nashville and way stations in the fu- ture.
 This is a new railroad operating be- tween Decatur and Nashville and is owned by the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Heretofore this road has not carried United States mail.
 The Owl Drug company which com pany has been operating large whole sale and retail drug stores in Decatur and in New Decatur, have sold their New Decatur business to D. E. Pruitt. E. P. Gilbert and Dillehay Brothers, who will conduct the New Decatur business in the future. The Decatur store will still be conducted by the Owl Drug company, with pr. F. R. Bea. son as manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
Weddings at Wetumpka

Wetumpka, January 22.-tSpecial) ) Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church, Dr. Elisha Merriwether Moore and Miss Willie Moore were married by Rev. C. C. Daniels.
 After a brief wedding journey Mir. and Mrs. Moore will begin housekeeping on North Bridge street.
 Frank Gamble and Miss Ruth Camp bell of Tallassee made a quick trip to West Point this week and were married. They were given a reception Wedesnday evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. R. Gamble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

which was within s1s.OOOOO0 less than the imports In the calendar year 1913. On the other hand. the exports were of the
 money value of s2114,O ,OO0,000 which was about 370,O0o000 money value less than the exports of last year. We have, how
 ever, secured an apparent or visible trade balance upon our foreign trade in the ] calendar year of about s5O0,ooo,0 900, and this averages well with our trade balances of recent years.
 Almost Matches Greatest Record There are several features of this re- port which are worth careful study, espe- cially as they disclose some of the changed relations which were occas asioned by the European war. First of all the record made in December of sales to other countries almost matches the greatest rec ord of exports and shows the remarkable change that was made after the Septem- Der as, for instance, in August, the bal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
American Red Cross Has Spent
 OOer $7OO,OOO In the War Zone

Washington. January 22.-Humani- tarian activities of the American Red Cross in the European war. being car ried on by 45 surgeons and 150 nurses in eight hospitals. had cost s76o, up to January s. according to an of- f1cial summary given out here today. Contributions exceeded expenditures by $421,602. of which s150,00 must be expended to maintain the present per- sonnel in Europe six months and to provide for their return.
 The hospitals are at Paignton, Eng land; Pau, France; Kiev, Russia; Gleichwitz and Kosel, Germany; Vienna and Budapest, Austria Hungary; and Belgrade, Servia. Two other units have arrived in Greece en route to Servia.
 Most satisfactory reports have been received from outside sources" says the summary, "of the excellent work being done by our American Red Cross surgeons and nurses at their various posts of duty. As requests come in for additional personnel, such as are desired are being sent over. By March six months of duty will have expired as at that time such of our surgeons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
Bank Election Held

Columbus. Miss. January 22.--tSpecial ) At recent meeting of the stockholders of the Artesia State bank at Artesia, Miss. the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: N. D. Guerry. J. A. Cook, J. N. Roberts, D. A. Buryin. The directors elected N. D. Guerry president and J. N. Roberts and D. A. Burgin vice presidents, no cashier having been elected. The directors were authorized by the stockholders to apply for license to come under the recently enacted state law which guarantees deposits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
Butler County Protests

Greenville, January 22.-(Special.) ) At meeting of the Butler county com. missioners' court resolutions were adopted against number of laws that have been proposed 1t the present ses sion of the legislature. The reason for the adoption of these protests is the condition of the treasury of the county and the people of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
Will Not Raise Insurance

Detroit, January 22-Thes Great Lakes Protective association. in annual session today. decided not to increase it's share of insurance risk upon vessels owned by members of the. association. unless future war developments made such action nec- essary. The association furnished 26 per cont of this insurance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

and nurses who, having fulfilled their
 contracts, desire to return will be per-
 mitted to do so and others Will be
 sent to take their places.p
 Funds also have been transmitted to
 aid the American ambulance in Paris.
 the American women's hospital at
 Paignton. England; the American Red
 Cross hospital at Munich. Germany
 hospitals under the charge of the units in Germany and Austria; the work of
 the American relief clearing house in
 Paris the prisoners bureau of the in- ternational Red Crost committed at
 Geneva; relief of Belgian refugees Tn Holland: the Red Cross of The Meth erlands the British and French hos pitals and the American mission hos pital in Turkey; the American Red Cross committee at Picking, and the aid of Austrian and German prisoners in Siberia.
 Supplies purchased and forwarded include 772,900 pounds of cotton, sO2.- 400 yards of gauge, 709,000 bandages. 316S rolls of adhesive plaster l3965 pounds of anaesthetics, 15,00O doses of anti-typhoid treatments, 50. 900 doses of tetanus antitoxin. 10000 tubes of small pox vaccine. $500 blankets, 10 barrels of alcohol and many cases of drugs, medicines, instruments and other sup
 plies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

ance of trade was against us for the month of nearly s20,0O0,00o. That was in part due to the outbreak of war, but it also represented somewhat stagnant in. dustrial conditions in the United States. condition of that kind could not have been maintained during the autumn with out causing serious embarrassment to the United States The change for the bet ter was first noticed in September. There had been a gain, of sS5, ,0OO oo0-that is to say, our exports in September were greater than our imports by $l6,0OO,0 GOO, and as in August there was an excess of inn ports of $1eO00,ooo, the difference was s35, 100000.
 It was sometimes said in September that this change was likely to be only tempor- ary and represented urgent demands from foreign countries. That was an inaccurate conception, for in October the excess of exports was s56000,000, round numbers, and in November $79.000,000. and in De- cember $131 0o0,0 600. These progressive in- creases are of themselves sufficient to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
Rediscount Rates Approved

Washington, January a2.-Rediscount rates for the San Francisco federal re- serve bank of per cent on maturities up to co days, 4h per cent to 90 days, and $ per cent for longer maturities. were ap- proved today by the federal reserve peASNs ~~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23
War Vessels Arrive

Callao. Peru, January 22.-Two British war vessels, the cruiser Kent and the auxiliary cruiser Drama, arrived here to- day.