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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

IT for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and five for the New York Cen tral. Contracts for 50 additional locomo- tives are under negotiation.
 Railroad bridge contracts called for 65O0 tons of fabricated steel. Further liberal orders for structural steel are expected from the railroads in the next few weeks Il is significant fact that the weeks biidee orders called for 40 per cent of the tonnage taken by the fabricated shops One interesting inquiry now in the mar ket is for Il bridges, calling for 42, 900 tons of steel for export to the Dutch East h. dies.
 Among the largest building contracts placed was one from Detroit, calling for l2oo tens of shapes. The. Anaconda Cop per company placed an order for 1000 tons of steel for plant extension. Transmits sion towers ordered for shipment to the Pacific coast call for 1500 tons of shapes The Bridge Builders society reported De- cember orders equivalent to 12l per cent of total shop capacity. This is 2l9.OOO tons. and was exceeded only once in a single month in the history of the industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

diocese of Scranton, in naming priest to take charge of the affairs of the church, and the other supporting him. Every time the newly appointed priest has sought to hold services he has been prevented from entering the church by the opposing faction, but today arrange ments had been made to say mass under the protection of the sheriff who called on the state police. A detail of dozen troopers was on hand when services were to have opened, but so forbidding was the attitude of the crowd that a hurried call was sent in for more troopers, and 24 re, sponded.
 Before the endorsements arrived the mob had attacked the first detachment, and when the second reached the scene most of the damage had been done. A second riot ensued in which the fighting was spectacular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
One Dead and Dozen Hurt
 As Result of Riot in Church

Scranton, Pa, January 16.-Rioting Which broke out today between rival fac tions at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in DuPont, near here, resulted in the death of one man, the probable fatal injury of two others and the seri- ous injury of at least a dozen more Knives, reyolvers and clubs played a prominent part, il state troopers being among the injured.
 George Geizor the dead man, was shot through the thigh the~bullet severing an artery Trooper Ross Humer of Potts. vile sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and Joseph Tinh of DuPont was shot through the lungs Neither is expected to live.
 This church has been the scene of half a dozen riots in as many weeks, one fac ton objecting to the authority exercised by Bishop M J. Hoban of the Catholic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
COAL CONSUMERS IN NEW ORLEANS TURN
 ID ALABAMA FIELD
Railroads Have Raised the Rates From Pennsylvania and Ohio Mines-Mak-
 ing Big Plans

New Orleans, January 16.- Especial )-Be- cause the railroads have raised the price on coal from the Pennsylvania and other fields along the Ohio river. big consumers of coal in New Orleans have made ready to give their answer. and have prepared to take big shipments of coal from the Alabama coal fields and discontinue buy ing from eastern states which have here tofore sold practically all of the coal con stunned in this territory.
 When the railroads sometime ago an- nounced their intention of applying to the interstate commerce commission to be al- lowed to raise the rate on domestic coal traffic bureau and the coal interests pre- pared for long and bitter struggle The interstate commerce commission heard the case in this city, and allowed the ad- vance of 15 cents ton on all coal, both domestic and bunker.
 The commission refused to allow the carriers to discriminate between domes- tic and bunker coal and the railroads were in quandary. as they felt if they TdlSeu tie pTlCe on Dunk6rf COal they would lose the business to barges on the river from the Pennsylvania coal fields The lines sought permission to absorb tipple and barge charges on bunker coal up to 15 cents ton. The commission held that an absorption on the tipple charge might be fair and equitable but would not allow an absorption for barging the coal from the railroad tipples to the ships The best the railroads could make out of it was an absorption up to . cents on the tipple charge, and that brought the rate of coal to bunkers up to S1.33 ton.
 The consumers. finding it impossible to get relief from the interstate commerce commission, did the most logical thing, that of turning to the water routes open from the principal coal fields of Alabama to New Orleans. As result of this de- termination. the water routes are being developed rapidly and big plans are in formation, having as their object the transportation of the great bulk of Ala bama coal to New Orleans by water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
PRESIDENT WILSON BEGINS WORK ON HIS
 PREPAREDNESS PLAN
Asks Engineering Organi- zations to Gather Data for Use in MObiliz-
 ing Defenses

Washington, January 16.-President Wilson has begun work to put into op- eration plan for preparing the na- tion's manufacturing. railroad and oth- CT business resources for quick mobili- zation in case of emergency It became known tonight that he has written to the heads of all the principal engineer ing organizations asking that they ap- point representative to collect data for use in organizing business for national defense.
 The letters went to the president of the American Institute of Ringing Err gineers, the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, tho American So- ciety of Civil Engineers. the American
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
THIRD OF THE CITY
 0F BERGEN, NORWAY, DESTROYED BY FIRE
Two Lives Lost and 2OOO People Reported Homeless. Damage Is Estimated at
 Fifteen Million Dollars

Christana, Norway, January 1s. A third of the city of Bergen. a thriv ing Norwegian seaport, With a pop ulation of 9O,000, was destroyed last night by fire. Two lives are reported are homeless The property damage is estimated at $15,000,000.
 The conflagration is said to be the worst ever recorded in Norway. The bushes section with its old wholesale houses, several of the largest of the hotels, number of schools, the cleo tric plant and banks and newspaper buildings was the part burned.
 The difficulties of the 2000 persons
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

The map shows the location of the small station of Santa Ysabel midway between Chihuahua and Cusihuiriachic. It was just northwest of that station, which is To- cated in very mountainous country that the slaughter of Americans by Mexican bandits occurred. The holding up of comparatively simple task, and, even if armed, passengers would have little chance to make a successful defense. The country also lends itself to ambushes and has been used for such purposes many times by wandering bands in the last two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Turks driven from positions on the
 Tigris.
 gresS.
 Battery did not cause explosion. One dead from riot in church. Operation on German Emperor 2-With the travelling men. S-Holland 8 letter. 4-Editorial comment. 5-Paved highway greatest asset of
 city and county.
 Business men alert as to necessity
 for bond issue
 Preparedness applied to church. Fine record by court. 6-Sports. S-Field trials in New Decatur today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
Will Not Receive Minister

Picking, January 16.-Eki Elioki, the Japanese minister at Picking, today advised I.u Cheng- Hsiang the Chinese foreign minister that the Japanese imperial court could not receive Chow Tsu-Chi, the Chinese minister of agriculture and commerce, as had been planned, and he suggested that the minister make later visit to Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
Would Reduce Age Limit

Berlin, January 15.-(Via London, Janu- ary 1G.)-The Reichstag today unanimous ly passed resolution favoring the re- duction of the age limit in the case of old age pensions from 70 to 65 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

George W. Newman was one of the Americans who was murdered by Mexi- can bandits at Santa Ysabel Thomas B. Holmes is the only known member of the American party who escaped death. Gen. Jose $. Rodriguez. a Villa chieftan, has been captured by an American posse and put to death. Americans at Fl Paso searched for Gen. Jose Ynez SaIazar. one- tune follower of Orozco and Villa, and later Huerta general, with the avowed intention of lynching him, but failed to find him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
Issues Arising From War Overshadowed by Santa
 Ysabel Massacre
CERTAIN TO BE MORE
 FERVID DISCUSSION
Comes Before Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee Wednesday When Nomination of Fletcher to Be
 Ambassador Will Be Taken Up

Washington. January 16.--The problem of securing protection for American life and property in Mexico. revived by the massacre at Santa Ysabel, is expected by congressional leaders to be a dominant subject in the proceedings of both houses this week Issues arising from the Euro- pean war have been completely overshad- owed by it and important legislative measures under consideration are not drawing the attention that would ordi- narily be given them.
 There is sure to be more of the fervid discussion of the Mexican problem that enlivened sessions of the past week. Mem- bers of the House and Senate are unani- nous in their insistence that the Santa Ysabel bandits be punished, but the ma jority oppose any step that would result in intervention,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

Paris, January 16.-The Paris morning papers devote a large amount of space to the affection of the throat from which the German Emperor is believed to be suffering. Experts are quoted, whose opinions differ as to the real nature of the Emperor's illness. One view expressed is that if the disease is cancer, the Elm peror could not have lived through the excited and strenuous period since the beginning of the war. Another specialist expressed the view that if the Emperor is actually suffering from cancer, his lease on life could not extend beyond one year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17

ancestors, both on his fathers and moth CTS side. have died of cancer If the Emperor is really suffering from cancer III the throat Dr. Howell contends, he might live under the most favorable con- dltions, IS months or two years. An oper- ation, even though wholly successful, he adds could prolong the Emperor life only a few months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
Peanut Factory T3nrns

Suffolk. Va. January 16.-The Lummis peanut factory, a four-story brick struc- ture. was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at between $6O,OoO and s7O0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
.ED|SON'S BATTERY
 NOT RESPONSIBLE
 FOR THE EXPLOSION
Statement Issued by Miller R. HutchinsOn-Prelimin- ary Inquiry Into Sub
 marine Disaster Held

New York, January 16.-A statement in- dicating that the new Edison storage bat tery was not in any way responsible for the explosion on the submarine E-2 at the New York navy yard yesterday was made tonight by Miller Reese Hutchinson, chief engineer for Thomas A. Edison and member of the naval consulting board
 The preliminary inquiry into the explo- sicn was held in secret today by the board of inquiry appointed by Rear Ad- mirai Usher, commandant of the navy yard. Neither Admiral Usher nor any of those present would discuss what occur red at the inquiry. Persons on board or near the E72 at the time of the explosion were questioned at lengrn,. however.
 Rear Admiral Usher made the following formal state tonight:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
FLETCHER NOMINATION UP

LE ICH ER NONlN HUN UT
 Mexico will be the basis of formal con sderation by the Senate foreign relations committee, beginning Wednesday, when the nomination of Henry Prather Fletch- CT as ambassador to the de facto gov ernment will be taken up. Administration leaders are hopeful that a report recom- mendng confirmation will be made with out delay. Several opposition senators. however, have announced they will oppose such a step vigorously and it generally is admitted nothing can be done toward confirmation until the republicans have been appeased by an answer from Presi- dent Wilson to Senator Falls resolution asking for reasons which led to the recog- milton of Carranza.
 Secretary Lansing has promised to have data in compliance with that resolution ready for the President early this week. and Senator Stone. chairman of the for eign relations committee. hopes the Pres dent's reply will be sent to the Senate in time for the committee meeting "Wednesday.
 Discussion of the Mexican problem on the floor of the Senate and House is ex- pected to arise from consideration of rious intervention resolutions. No com mittee action on such resolutions is prob- able at this time. Senator Gore of Okla homa, democrat. is considering submit ting a resolution to direct the use of American armed forces as aids to the Car ranza forces in protecting American citi- zens in a neutral zone in Mexico.
 PROGRESS IS SLOW
 Legislation in Congress is progressing slowly, none of the supply bills being any where near ready for discussion. The House has passed two of the administra- tion conservation measures and the Sem ate may take some of them up this week after passage of the Philippine self gov ernment extension bill. A vote on this measure is expected Wednesday or Thurs day.
 Secretary McAdoo's dinner party last night with the democratic members of the ways and means committee and heads of the House committees on merchant ma rine, currency and foreign affairs as guests, served as a vehicle for an in- formal review of the legislative situation. Mexico and shipping legislation and reve- nue measures were discussed There was no attempt at any agreement upon a leg islative programme.
 Chairman Alexander of the House mer- chant marine committee said tonight that he would confer on the new government ship purchase bill with President Wilson Wednesday or Thursday. and introduce it at once The merchant marine commit tee will immediately arrange hearings probab bly, next week. The bill would create a $50,00oo00 fund for government purchase of ships and for regulation of water borne traffic by a shipping board in the same manner as the interstate commerce commission regulates the railroads.
 VARIANCE OF VIEWS
 wide variance of revenue views in Congress was indicated at Secretary Me- Adoos dinner it was revealed tonight An increased tax on individual and cor porate incomes and new tax on gasoline
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
STATEMENT BY USHER

n A4N1GANl OoIlGh
 'The board of inquiry met today and went aboard the submarine, where they conducted a thorough investigation. The investigation was not finished and there fore the board wil4 again meet tomorrow. No conclusion was reached"
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who is expected to name tomorrow board of inquiry to conduct formal investigation, left for Washington today without mak- ing statement regarding the explosion At the navy yard inquirers were turned away with the statement that Rear Ad- miral Usher and the others conducting the inquiry had nothing to say.''
 At the hospitals where the injured were taken it was said several of them were in a serious conditions and one is ex- pected to die.
 Nothing approximating an official theory as to the cause of the explosion which resulted in the death of four workmen and the injury of, 10 others was obtainable a The only light shed upon the disaster was ontained in the statement of Mr. Hutchinson, who absolved from blame the Edison battery designed to minimize the danger to submarine crews resulting from ,accumulations of gas The E-2 was the only boat thus far equipped with these la;teries the tests of which were reported to be thoroughly satisfactory.
 RESOLVES THE BATTERY
 q have made as complete inspection of the interior of the submarine E-2 as con- ditions will admit" said MT. Hutchinson This inpection I4madel as MT. Edison's chief engineer and personal representa- tive have formed tentative opinion This have transmitted to the command ant of the New York navy yard It is subject to revision when all the facts are brought forth by the board of inquiry which Admiral Usher has ordered
 MT. Hutchinson declined to say what his ;entqtive opinion was.
 AS to the Edison battery, with all the facts and conditions before me, I see no reason to recommend to MT. Edison any changes or alterations in the theory, con- structicn or method of installation of the Edisua submarine type storage battery" Mr. Hutchinson continued. "The battery in the E-2 does not appear to have been in- ju.ed in the least"
 A large number of persons went to the navy yard today to view the wreck of the submarine, but marines on guard pre- vented them from going closer than 12 or 15 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-17
VARIANCE OF VIEWS

VARIANCE OF VIEWS
 A wide variance of revenue views in Congress- was indicated at Secretary Me- Adoo's dinner. it was revealed tonight An increased tax on individual and cor 'orate incomes and new tax on gasoline
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
OIL PRODUCTION IN TEXAS
IN 1915 $4,000, 900 BARRELS
Humble and Cushing Fields Sno" IN
crease-Some Other States
Have a Decrease.

VashingtOn.-The increase in the
quantity of oil marketed during 1918,
as shown by a preliminary statement
issued by the United States geoLogi-
cal survey on petroleum production, IS
accounted for in the continued output
in large quantities from the Gushing
field during the first half OF the year,
and from the Humble pool in Texas
during the entire year, as well as by
the discovery and rapid development
of new pools in Texas and Louisiana.
The department estimates the 1915
output at 276,400O00 barrels, an in
crease Of 1.538,000, compared with
1914. Nearly all oil producing states
save Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma
show a falling off n production. Cali
fornia produced 100000 barrels, or
100000 less than in 1914. Okla
homa's record is 80,000000 barrels an
increase OF more than 100000 bar,
rels. The production Of Texas is
placed at 26,000,O00 barrels, an in
crease Of nearly 100000, while Louis
/ lana fields brought in 18.500.0O0 bar
rels. 4.200. 900 barrels increase.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CHILD'S BOWELS
Il is cruel TO force nauSeatinG
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood tayL
Remember the dose" mother tnsists'
on-castor oil, cRlomsl. catharttci
How you hated them. how you tough
against taking them.
With our children It's different
Mothers who cling TO the old form
physic simply don't realize what the
do. The children's revolt ts Well.fount
ed. Their tender little "insides" ar
injured By them.
II your chiId's stomach, liver an
bowels need cleansing, give only del
c!ous California Syrup Of Figs. Il
action is positive, but gentle. Million
of mothers keep this harmless "fru
laxative" handy; they know chtIdfe
love to take It; that It mover falls
clean the liver and bowels and sWee
en- the stomach. and that teaspoon
given today saves Q sick child tomc
row.
Ask at the store for . 50-cent bot
OF California Syrup Of Figs" whit
has full directions for babies, childr
Of all ages and for grown.ups plain
on each bottle. Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Everyone Soou.l
Drink Hot " =
in the \
Wash away all she s-5~-a- t-
e., aac oowe &c S 81.
fc-s breakfast.

TO feel your best de- f. .-t tay
out. 70 tsel clean inside. 90 5u9
10 coat your tongue ar. ..- g9Qr
breath or dull your heal -i0pa.
ton. bilious attacks SILK ache,
colds. rheumatism u gas. a. . s.5n.
ach. you must battle On &. ..-.s Ike
you battle outside. II . gast.y
more important, beca-sa .: SKIN
pores DO 1St absorb IL. .-. ..s mo
tho blood. while the bow. les 20,
says q well.knowo 22Ys.c.--
TO Keep these po.soG5 81. ,oItas
vel! flushed from the s,--a.1. liver,
kidneys and bowels. drink 1etors
breakfast each day, a GA .. hot va
ter with a toASpooutV- .. -~ast0ls
Nhosphats in l. This Will :,aanse,
purify and treshen the ec..ca Amen
tary tract, before putting mora food
into the stomach.
Get a quarter pound e 4-ea,ous
phosphate from your dTtg57. or at
the store. It is tneEDso4.7o aOd al,
most tasteless. except = tos1sh
tinge which ia not rnQIeasan.. Drink
Dhosphated no: water ever morning
10 rid your System Of these vie pot
sons and toxins; also TO prevent CheIE
formation.
To feel Ike young to..s -os. Ike
you felt before your b!oo4. Lervea and
muscles became saturated WITH Al &C
emulation OK body pOlsons, begin thiI
treatment and above all, keep Il up
As soap and hot water act on the SKIN
cleansing, sweeten!ng aat purifying
50 limestone phosphate and hot wate
before breakfast, act on the stomach
liver, kidneys and bowels.-AtY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
A n u r C!
The Newest Discovery in Chemistry

simply ask for a 5O-cent package Of
"Anuric" manufactured by DR.. Pierce,
or even write DR.. Pierce for a large
trial package (10c). II you suspect
kidney or bladder trouble, send him a
sample Of your water and describe
symptoms. DR.. Pierce's chemist will
examine il, then Dr. Pierce will report
to you without fee or charge.
NOTE. -" Anuric" is thirty-seven
times more active than lithia in elimi-
mating uric acid, and is a harmless but
reliable chemical compound that may
be safely given to children, but should
be used only by growu-ups who actu-
ally wish to restore their kidneys to
perfect health, by conscieutiously
using one box-Or more in extreme
cases-as "Anuric" thanks to DR..
Pierce's achtevement) is by far the
most perfect kidney and bladder cor
| rector obtainable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Wild Gas We'll Largest Yet Known.


Corpus Christi. TeX.-HeTOiC efforts
are being made to save the big gas
veil brought IN Friday by the Guffey
Company at its lease in the White
Point field seven miles from Corpus
Christi. Experts who have visited the
field from Houston, Beaumont and
other points are unanimous in their
statements that the we'll without doubt
is the biggest gasser in America, the
estimate of the production being go
100000 cubic feet daily. The gas is
dry, there being not a particle OF salt
water To save the we'll, great quanti-
ties Of casing, old pipe and iron and
other heavy substances have been
placed around the well. The casing
has been set for $500 feet in cement
and it is hoped that this will be suf-
ficient to save the well. No effort to
cap it probably will be made for a
week or longer to give time for the
pressure to diminish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

This Is a recent discovery Of Dr..
Pierce. who Is head Of the Inyalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo,
N. Y. Experiments at DR., Pierce's
HoapttaI for several years proved that
there Is no other eliminator OF uric
ACID that can be compared to 1t. For
those easily recognized symptoms OF
.inhammatlon-as backaChe, scalding
Arine and frequent urination, as well
Is sediment in the urine, or If uric
acid in the blood has caused rheuma-
tism, il Is simply wonderful how sure
ly "AnuriC" acts. The best OF results are
always obtained in cases OF acute
rheumatism In the joints, in gravel
and govt, and invariably the pains and
stiffness which 30 frequently and per.
slstsntly accompany the disease rap
idly disappear.
Go to your nearest drug store and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Now Early SPRING on Mars.

Flagstaff, Ariz. - Observations of
Mars in progress at the Lowell OBJ
servatory have developed, it was an
nounced Tuesday, striking Corrobora-
ton of the theory Of seasonal depend
enCe OF the planets canals upon the
melting of the polar cap The north
ern canals are now very dark, indi-
eating increased activity with advanc-
ing spring, while the southern canals
are faint in their autumnal declines,
The season IN the northern hemi.
sphere Of Mars is now late in April