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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
Local ltnlnfull.

nhNhiaI! last twcnty-four hours. None
EACcss IN rainfall since March |. 30
ENcehs In rainfall since January l. 13I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
LOSSES or TURKS
ARE VERY HEAVY

The number OF unwoundcd Turks
captured by the British at the battle
OF komani was 3,l45. according to an
Official statement to-day. The pursuit
continued beyond katia, which is
twenty-threc miles east OF the Suez
Canal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
The Weather
urUrnIshcd by T.. =. Weather Bureau.
Local Temperature

IL noon temperature 81
VI. temperature. ............. 80
SaHiiluHi tcinDeratu re to y. NJ. 80
Miiiiiun temperature TO S T. NJ. ~
S Meah teinpcraturc .............. 50
iiSc9Inhai temperature ............ 70
EXCESS IN temperature 3
l'eHcichcy In temperature since
ia vi g3g
Accumulated deficiency since IAN
uary / .....:............ 1oi
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
TURKISH ARMY DRIVEN
FAR BACK INTO DESERT
British Still Are Pursuing Forces
Which Attacked SueZ
Canal.
oTToMANs LED INTO TRAP
Believed They Were Mislcd rs to
Preparations Made for Defense.
Movement Encouraged by Ger
inans-IinSIish Casualties Few.

LONDON, August THE most re-
cent attempt Of the Turks to reach the
Sue4 Canal has proved an even greater
failure than the earlier reports indi-
Gated. Lieutenant General Sir Archi-
bald James Murray. commander of the
British troops in Egypt. reports to-day
that besides taking more than 1000
prisoners in the battle with the Turks
at komami, his forces inflicted very
heavy losses on them, aud had con-
tinued the pursuit for eighteen miles
clearing the Turks from the Katia
basin
Military writer's arc unable to fathom
the reason why the Turks ventured
upon their attack The only conclu-
sion reached is that the Turkish mill
tary authorities were misled as TO the
British preparations for the defense Of
the canal and huped to make an i'm
preston on the rcbcllious Arabs, who
are extending their hold on important
places in Arabia
LOSSES or TURKS
ARE VERY HEAVY
The number OF unwounded Turks
captured by the British at the battle
OF konani was 3,l45. according to an
official statement to-day. The pursuit
continued beyond Katia, which is
twenty three miles cast OF the Suez
Canal
The statement follows:
In reference to the fighting In the
kat!a district. the general officer COM
! mand!ng In chief in Egypt reports
that our artillery. rife and machine
gun fire was' most effective, and that
the Tu kish losses in killed or wounded
appear from all accounts to have been
very heavy. Late on the evening OF
the 5th OF August territorial infantry
Gallant!y carried q strong rcrr-guard
position. our pursuit OF the Turks
has been continued for distance of
eighteen miles. and they are now we'll
clear OF the -Umaisha basin
The number Of urHvounded prisoners
taken by US now amounts to forty-five
officers and 300 men, and they are a
very fine bod; Of men"
y description of how the Turks were
drawn into trap at Romani by Brit
ish cavalry is given In a Cairo dispatch
TO the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The dispatch says the cavalry was
sent out to cntice the enemy, who had
shown a disposition TO assume the Of
fensive. The British horscmen fought
an admirable rear-guard action, says
the dispatch, drawing on the Turks
until their tanks were turned by the
mounted division. y whole brigade
was compelled 10 surrender. Among
the prisoners were seventy Germans
including thirty-six officers. \ com
plete battery of German guns was also
taken.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
Local Observation ut S y. VI. Yc.,erdn,


:, temperature, So: humidity, ii; wind
uIi:cl!pn, southwest; wind. velocity,
miles; weather, clear
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
SEWER D|SAGREES
WITH LEVY ABOUT
SHORTAGE OF CARS
General Agent of Southern
Declares Frisco Officials
Remarks do not Apply
to Local Situation

There is an acute car shortage in this
district and it is not caused by lack of
motive power
This was the statement made yesterday
by l.. Sewer, general agent executive de-
partment of the Southern railway, and
the Alabama Great Southern railroad
The statement was made by Mr.. Sewer
in replying to the remarks of e. d. Levy,
general manager of the Frisco, at the
dinner rendered him Monday night by the
Birmingham Traffic and Transportation
club
General Manager Levy declared that
there was no car shortage but rather
shortage of motive power, terminal facili-
ties and sidetracks. In his reply to the
Frisco executive, Mr.. Sewer prefaced his
remarks with the statement that he pre-
sumed Mr. Levy referred to conditions ex-
listing in the latter's immediate neigh
borhood and not to the country as a
whole. The remarks attributed to Mr.
Levy would not hold good in this sec
ton, and especially so in regard to the
Southern railway and the Alabama Great
Southern.
Mr.. Seviere's statement follows:
Regarding the statement of Mr.. Levy
1lldu6 DeIO1e the Traffic ana transports
ton club, in which he is quoted as say
ing: There is no car shortage, but rather
a shortage of motive power / presume
that he referred to conditions in his i'm
mediate neighborhood, and that he could
not have Intended his remarks to have
been countrywide, for the reason that
so far as he is advised. and particularly
so on the Southern railway and the Ala
bama Great Southern, there is an acute
shortage of cars and absolutely no Short
age of motive power
so far as the Southern and the Ala
bama Great Southern are concerned, they
have added to the units of their equip
ment by purchase, some of which has
not yet been delivered. They have added
further to their equipment by repairing
and placing in service obsolete cars that
have gone through the shops to the ex-
tent that they have reduced their bad or
der cars from approximately Is per cent
OF the total number of cars to per cent
I'm addition to this the companies with
which l am acquainted are endeavoring
tc overcome the shortage by hurrying the
loading and unloading of cars, expediting
the movement SO that the number OF
miles per car per day has been in
crea Sed."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
FORMAL OPENING OF
CONTAGIOUS WARD
New Ward OF Children's
Hospital to Be Open to
Public Thursday

Everything is In readiness for the
formal opening of the new contagious
ward of the Children's hospital, Ave-
nue. G and Thirtieth street, on Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock. The COM
mittee in charge has arranged a suit
able programme and have invited the
city commissioners, the board of rev.
enue, the medical fraternity and the
public geenrally to be present
The great need of a contagious ward
for children has been apparent for
years and the executive board of the
Children's hospital has been at work
for sometime to supply the want and
have succeeded. The funds for the
building were largely secured through
the sale. of Miss Woodruffs delightful
book, Mr. Doctor Man They were
not sufficient, however, to equip the
ward, so the committee made an appeal
to friends of the institution and were
met with generous response, with
plete and equipment installed of the
latest and most approved design.
After the formal opening the ward
will necessarily be closed to the pub
lie and the committee in charge invites
all mothers, especially those who live
in boarding houses and apartments, to
visit the new ward. There will be
nurses in charge to explain all the de-
tails of the institution.
The president of the Children's Hos
pital association, Mrs. Crawford John
son. and members of the executive
board will receive during the after
noon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
ROBINETTE CLEARED
OF MURDER CHARGE
BY CORONER'S JURY

Lee Robinette, night Waterman for
the Woodward Iron company at VAN
derbilt, who shot and killed Ike Hayes,
pany, Saturday night at the Wander
bilt furnace. was discharged yesterday
by the coroner's jury. A large number
of witnesses were examined by the
coroner. Robinette claimed self-de-
Tense. The coroner's jury verdict was
"a justifiable homicide"
Mr.. Robinette was transferred to the
county jail on warrant sworn out
before Judge II. b. Abernethy. He will
be given a preliminary trial before
Judge H. B. Abernethy on October "a.
Friends of the deceased swore out the
warrant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
OFFICIALS HOLD A
CONFERENCE ON
CAR SITUATION
Railroads Ask Cooperation of Coal
Operators in Relieving Situation.
Two Conferences Held

There was a double barreled conference
between coal operators and railroad Off
Gals yesterday. In Birmingham the OPP
orators, depending upon the Frisco lines
as carriers, spent the morning in confer
ring with e. d. Levy, second vice pres-
dent and general manager of the Frisco,
about the harassing problem. In Louis
vile group of mine owners and man
ayers met with w. l.. Mapother, vice
president of the Louisville and Nashville,
and aired the vexing dearth of equip
ment
The Frisco operators seemed buoyant
after the conference with Mr. Levy.
which was of duration in excess of two
hours. He urged them to do their part
to relieve the situation and promised
them that he would bend every effort to
give service that would enable them to
handle more business. 1t was cheering
news to the coal interests
There were about Is coar operators at
the session in the American Trust and
Savings bank building when the meet
ing opened at $50. Headed by c. e. Bis
sell, the following participated: Walter
Moore, Ed Adler, H. T. DeBardeleben,
Cyrus Garnsey, James Bonnyman, K. A.
Conville, John Armstead j. w. Nc
Queen and John W. Lewis. Represent
ing the railroad were Mr.. Levy, r. f.
Carr, superintendent, and Eugene Nc
Auliffe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
CAMP A|GN|NG HARD
FOR AMENDMENT
Committee of 1000 Meets
Today-Meetings in All
Parts Of County

The county campaign COMMITTEES for
the educational amendment is hard at
work. One hundred prominent men who
nave volunteered their services for the
campaign are doing all in their power
to make Jefferson county solid for the
amendment.
one OF the largest meetings of the
campaign will take place in the Cham
Der of Commerce auditorium this aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. More than 1000
members of the campaign have pledged
themselves tu9be on hand. Prominent
speakers will outline the purpose of
the educational amendment and speak
IN favor OF it. An interesting pro-
gramme has been arranged and every
one is invited to be present.
The purpose of the committee in try
| ing to get an overwhelming majority
in Jefferson county, is to offset any
counties in the state that might go
against the amendment.
| A rousing meeting was held at Mineral
| Springs last night where Congressman
| Huddleston. Commissioner Hornady, C.
r. West, member county board of edu-
cation; Prof. R. f. Tidwell and j. r. r.
Rives spoke. Prof p. M. Mcneil pre-
sided, and an extremely large crowd was
present.
! Tonight at o-cIock Congressman
lHuddleston and commissioner Hornady
| will speak at Gate City. Tomorrow
night Mr.. Huddleston and Mr.. Mcneil
| will speak for the amendment at Crest
! line. Three meetings are scheduled for
| Friday night at Woodlawn, Warrior
and Virginia mines. Hugh Morrow and
others will speak at Woodlawn, Con-
gresham Huddleston and County SUI
perintendent of Education McNeill are
scheduled to speak at Warrior. Sydney
j. Bowie and Commissioner Hornady
will be on the programme at Vir-
ginia mines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
CITY CANNOT ENTER
INSURANCE FIELD
City Attorney Gives Adj
verse Opinion on Insur-
ance Plan of Barber
The city will not enter the insurance

/, The city will not enter the insurance
field.
City Attorney NJ. M. Ullman, after
perusing all the acts of the 1915 legislature
regarding the power of a municipality to
issue bonds to engage in the insurance
business. stated the city had no authority
in the matter.
Commissioner Barber presented reso-
luton calling on the legal department to
investigate the right of the city Of Biz
mingham to tissue million or two nil
creating an insurance guaranty Fund Tor
paying losses of those insured against
fire and for the general use of engaging
in the business of insuI.ng persons WITHIN
the city limits of Birmingham This
resolution was presented and passed at
the commission meeting of October 10.
The result of Mr.. Ullman's investiga-
lions was handed to Commissioner Bar
Der at the weekly conference of the
commission yesterday morning in the
form Of a letter with attached copy of
said resolution.
The gist of the opinion of the city at
torney was that there was no authority
granted by any act of the Legislature
regarding the operation of a municipality
insofar as the issuance of bonds for
the insurance business was concerned.
The only comment by any commas
sioner was the terse sentence of Presi-
dent George Ward. who said: Il am very
glad the city attorney found the resoiu-
ton against the law. If it had been the
law the measure would have had to be
voted down"
Whereupon the commissioners proceed
ell with other matters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
NEW WAR BOOKS
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY

Direct from London have come a
new batch of publications on the war
Some of these bear his majesty's Of
fetal imprint and contain papers pre-
sented to Parliament on subjects such
as German Atrocities in Belgium and
France One contains selections from
the papers found on the person OF
the famous military attache, Won Pa
pen. Others deal with the foreign pol
icy of Sir Edward Grey, the murder OF
Captain F'ryatt, color-blind neutral
ity, the law Of blockade, Sir Gilbert
Parkers reply to what is the matter
with England There are two dozen OF
these publications on file in the ref
erence department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18

Jefferson county and secretary treas
! er of the Brotherhood of Railway Con-
ductors, is strong advocate for NUM-
cipal golf links.
Il am heartily in favor of this move
ment," he said. 81 believe it is one of
the real good things the city could do
for its people at this time. l noticed
while in st. Louis this summer that the
public golf links were crowded with
men and women at all hours of the
day.
II have observed, too, that golf is the
most democratic game in the world,
the most complete social leveler. L
have read a story of where two no.
plemen challaneged King James IL to
lay a game of golf for a very large
stake, the challengers permitting the
king to select as his partner anyone
he might choose. The king selected one
John Patterson, a Scotch cobbler, and
history records that the king and the
shoemaker beat the very daylights out
of the two noblemen.
You can count on me doing everything
1 can to aid and further this project"
RAILROAD MAN FOR 1T
w. N Krtzky of the Southern railroad
is another in favor of the project: Il
see no reason why Birmingham should
be behind the other cities of the coun-
try in the matter of having a municipal
ly owned golf course" said Mr.. Kritzky.
The people of Birmingham are just as
enthusiastic over golf as those of any
other city. / believe there is no propo-
sition that has been agitated in this
city during the past 10 years that has
found as much favor with the people
as the municipal golf course. There is
a demand for this amusement and it will
be only a matter of time before it will
be necessary for the city to provide an
other course for the people,
7 Brown Parks, treasurer of the Jeffer-
son theatre, says that amusement is one
of the most potent factors in making the
population of any city satisfied. SHOW
me city that has made no provisions
for the amusement of it's people, and
l will show you a backward town of the
back woods variety, said Mr.. Parks.
This golf links idea is of the things
Birmingham has needed for a long while.
1t is almost a necessity. and after it is
built there will be a popular demand
for it.
Il notice that most of the thriving
communities throughout the country are
paying a lot of attention to the idea of
providing adequate facilities for the di-
version of it's people. The idea is a good
one and produces satisfied and happy
citizens. | know we are going to have
it,"
j. Palmer Thomas, city passenger agent
of the Southern, is another in favor of
the golf course. II noticed the other
day where some citizen spoke of the
municipal golf course as being great
thing for the tourists said Mr., Thomas
There has been so much said in favor
of the proposition that there is little left
for one to talk about. know that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

At the Jefferson-Musical comedy, THE
Only Girl" matinee 230, night per-
Torrance 8.
Lyric-Vaudeville. Matinee at 3
o'clock; night performance at 1850
and 8.
Bijou-Comedy drama. broadway
After Dark" night performance 3
o'clock. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at 2:30 o'clock.
Colonial-Musical comedy
Majestic-Musical comedy. The In
dian Princess"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
Mrs. Pruitt Injured

Mrs. F. c. Pruitt, 3108 Avenue D,
was painfully injured at AS O'Clock
yesterday afternoon when a wagon OF
the Southern Express company col
lided with an automobile in which
she was riding at Third avenue be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, north. 1t was stated that the
accident was unavoidable and no ar
rest was made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
At the Photoplay Houses

Rialto-Mary Maclaren in Saving
the Family Name"
Triangle-William Hart in THE
Dawn Maker"
Strand-Ethel Clayton and Hol-
brook Blinn in THE Hidden Scar"
Acknowledgements Pearson in TOR
tured Heart"
Trfanon-Richard Bennett in Phillip
den Waster"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
Conference Held

All managers in the Birmingham dis
trict for the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company were in conference
yesterday with T. r. Gentry, commercial
superintendent, and l. E. Wilcox. reve-
nue. supervisor. The conference will be
concluded today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday in the office of the
probate clerk:
Louis Anderson and Miss Ida Bonfeld.
]. G. Green, Jr., and Miss Mittie
Strocner.
j. H Russell and Miss Matte Moran.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
HOTEL MEN FAVORABLE

Harry New, manager of the Motion,
like all the hotel men in the city as well
as those in other lines, is enthusiastic
over the project. 1--WE should have A
municipal golf course and we are going
to have it," said Mr.. New. THE best
indication of this is the fact that people
are up and ready to help in the enter
prise. Anything that tends to benefit
the masses as a whole is bound to do
this community good. I am firm in my
belief that the golf course will be
thronged with players inside of three
months
Jake Goldstein, of Everybody's depart
ment store, says he is getting ready to
play his first game of golf on the citys
course. II have pictured in my mind the
pleasure of getting out in the open with
a golf bag and knocking the cover off
the pill" said Mr.. Goldstein. Il have
often tried to knock the cover off a base
ball when I was a boy, and imagine
the knocking of golf ball is quite as
much pleasure. At any rate, 1 am prim-
ing myself for the time when the Green
Springs course is put in shape so 1 can
take a 'whirP at the grand old Scotch
pastime."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18

nan who said that a golf course here
would stimulate the interest of the tour
lists in Birmingham had the right idea.
You seldom see a. tourist these days who
is not golf enthusiast. Business men,
clerks, and, in fact, men in all walks of
life have grown to like the game of golf.
L believe we will be able to furnish more
golf fans than the Green Springs course
can accommodate, once it is finished. -
WILL HELP BUSINESS
John Harduvel, proprietor of the Plaza
cafe, says the golf course owned and
controlled by the city will mean great
deal to the city. 1T will stimulate bust
ness 1t will be a source of pride to
every citizen in this community and it
will promote health, said Mr.. HarduveI.
wv hat other project can offer so many
advantages? Birmingham is a cosmopol-
ltan city and the people as a whole want
what other cities have. / see no reason
why they should not nave their wishes
regarding a golf course granted [ think
the commission with the aid of other cit
liens will get together and build this
course at once"
to the proposed golf course. but that if
he lived anywhere in the county he
would be in favor of the proposition. II
am no golf player, but I am willing 20
try it once the golf course is reality"
said Mr.. Cornell. II believe it will be i
reality within a short period of time.
The work The Age-Herald is doing in
bringing this issue before the people is
one of the best constructive movements
it has adopted in sometime. Ned Brace,
in his article Sunday before last, struck
the nail on the head when he started the
ball rolling for municipal golf course.
have heard no knockers and many
boosters. The proposition must be a
winner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
AND GOLF EXPERT BUSY
ON PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL COURSE

Showing
O.
Off Links In DaysCitzens Continue
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
Norwegian Steamer Sunk

London, October 17.--Loyds announces
that the Norwegian steamer Kong ALI 10
reported to have been sunk on Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
COL. LEEDY is FOR
PUBLIC COLE LINKS

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
Permit me to add my most earnest in
dorsement of the suggestion of Ned
Brace for a municipal golf course at
Green Springs. Yours truly,
w. B. LEEDY.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, October
Is, 1916.