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The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
Financial Notes

Exports pf merchandise from the
port OF New York Thursday were vs.
4S9.t23.
r. w Bliss Co. has declared extra
dividend OF lee per cent on common
stock.
r cities Service Co stockholders have
authorized increase ia capital stock
from sS5.OO0,0o0 to tl0o, 100000.
As OF June I. Hupp Motor Co. has
cn hand orders for immediate delivery
of le0e cars. business is running 20
per cent ahead OF a year ago.
Private dispatches 70 Mexican Pc
-tFaleum Co, atate all ts quiet IN Mex
ican oil fields Regular shipments
are esing made with 'ut interference.
The Jumbo Extension Mining Co.
reports for the quarter ended March
81 net returns from ore sold sle0.-
os2, total cost sSS.s42. and net realt-
zation. ssAllo
The Auto-Car Co. OF Ardmore. Pa.
has declared a cash dividend Of FIVE
per cent PAYABLE June g. The paid in
capital has been Increased from $780,
ooo 70 S,Soo.o0o.
London cables say trade Of United
Kingdom . growing, exports for the
three months ending June IS being
40. sci 0O0 pounds. an increase over
like period II last year Of 2o.oso.o0o
pounds.
The National Licorice Co. has de-
clared a semi-annuai dividend OF
ga per cent on common stock pay
q bic july :. This is an increase of
= OF / per cent over dividend paid
last July.
y r. Erskine. president OF the
Studebaker Cooperation. reports sales
of automobiles for the rirst six months
OF 1916 At $500 cars against 10000
ears for Ike period In l9l5-a gain
OF 1890 cars. or 50 per cent The
mestic busin,.s and include no bust
ness with the warriug goyernments
= BannoT. president of the Max
I'm Munitions corporation, announces
the ~Urc~s>ful t|r.nE test 81 their new
Brown machine kan. model 1915. This
gun caH ps carried BY one person and
is capable u br az fred al the rate
Of 900 shots per minute.
The siid-Ee Refining Co. a re-
dividend Friday ~ per cent FOR the
quarter just ended. payable August /
The previous dividend was 1ia per
cent and VAS paid May first The
stock Is nov placed on a permanent
per cent basis.
A New York repor: says the di-
rectors of ,insiu1 Williams Wigmore
inc. have declared an initial divi-
dend OF 81 per shsrc on the stock
payable July %. TO holders OF record
July L. Net earnings from April 10
II Nay " e. days were n excess
OF Sf0e. 900.
Judge Mcpherson Of the United
states circuit court OF appeals in an
opinion. refused 70 interfere with the
plan Of the Bethlehem Steel Co., to
purvhas" the assets OF the Pennsyl-
yania Steel Co. Of New Jersey and
its subsidiaries. II 10 announced from
Philadelphia.
Chicago despatches say monthly
compilation OF lumber production Of
the United states made by the ma
tioual Lumoe Manufacturers asso-
citation for 3lay show an increase Of /
production over shipments for both /
hard and soft woods.
PRODUCE MARKET.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
City Estimates.

The time 20 be set in the contracts
for the completion Of the above paw
ing Jobs shall be as follows:
1914
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03

Here is brief. stimulating story
OF man who refused 10 admit that
the punch OF adversely - knock
out:
May IS, 1918: Age. 53; capital
none, salary none, saving none. Pre-
vious condition Of servitude, rail
way train dispatcher at sl+0 to slo5
per month Family. wife. Debts,
500
Aug. 10. 1913: Stenographer az
$50 per week. Oct. Is. 1918, pay was
increased 10 s231O week. and tSc
months later at was raised 70 $3.50
week. the figure II now stands n
May /. 1915: Aged, Sc; in pos
session of the following property
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
Assessment Estimates

1910 ca. yda. excavation.
20ss40 lineal feet Of curbstone
(newD straight.
j0.6S llncal feet OF new curbstone
In G-20R 1-t6'R Med) circles fur
nished by contractor ODresseed IN
sideD.
30s9s0 80. yds. Asphaltic concrete
tNRtural Lake AsphalD on G-inch
concrete paving. =,
behind curb.
city Estimates.
f25 Gu. ydH. excavation
% lineaI feet OF new curbstone
(strai2ht)
60IO iineaI feet OF new curbstone
In (e-FR 2-i0R NJ circles fur-
nished by contractor.
23Ol7 50. yds. Asphaltic, concrete
Natural Lake AsphalD on 6-lnch
concrete paying
hind curb
100 IInoaI feet Of retaining stone.
old Medina curb may be used
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
ALLEY 672 Paving J

2S3 Gu. yds. excavation.
Sclfi so. yds. one-course concrete
paving
52T lineal feet Of retaining plank
2Ns inches.
city Estinntes.
Gu. yds. excavation.
l,,IS 50. yds, one-course concrete
paving.
o.t5 ca. yds concrete under and be-
hind curb.
16 Hneal feet OF retaining stone,
Old Medina curb may be used
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
ALLEY GIL (Paying
ALLEY 675 (Re.Pavipg)
With Brick

Note-The- brick for paving the fol-
lowing alley will be furnished and de-
livered on or contiguous 10 the work
by the city Of Detroit. free OF cost to
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
ALLEY GIL (Paving)

t9| Gu. yds, excavation.
le54.19 SO. yds. one-course concrete
paving.
1853 lineal feet OF retaining plank
eN6 inches.
City Esttmates.
rs Gu. yds. excavation.
25ll lineal feet OF curbstone In
!t-f Rl circles furnished by city. set
by contractor.
% 8, 50. yds. one-courss concrete
paving.
e.o6 Gu, yds. concrete under and be-
hind curb.
80 llneal feet OF retaining stone. old
Medina curb may be used
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
SHERWOOD AVE. (Paving)

IN block between Fiftt Fourth.
Lafayette and Howard. 20 feet wide.
with -gONrse concrete
The Detroit times., 1916-07-03
ALLEY 67i (Paving)
.iazeasmenf Estimates.

4bH gu yds. sNCaVatIon.
iib2 IS sd yds. one-course con-
crete paving.
lso0 incli feet Of retaining plank
2Nb inches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

 Pierre division, with a gain of new ground of maximum depth of one mile and large number of prisoners, be- tween 5000 and 4oOo having already been reported
 The positions north of the river are de- scribed as of extraordinary strength, Beaumont Hamel equalling Thiepval in the extent and security of it's dug -outs
 The fighting continues north of Serre. This latest British advance, in conjunc- tion with that on the Schwaben- Le Sars line, threatens the envolpment of Mira mont, on the Albert-Arras railway.
 London, November 14-The bulletin is- sued at midnight from British headquar- ters in France reads:
 I've attacked this morning astride the Ancre and have succeeded in penetrating the German defenses on front of nearly five miles. The strongly fortified vil- lage of Saint Pierre Diyon has fallen ii,to our hands.
 'The attacks was delivered before day. light in a thick mist. Severe losses ha.c been inflicted on the enemy; over 339J prisoners have passed through col lecting stations already and more are coming in. The fighting continues. '"The front which has been captured north of the Ancre consists of German original front line defenses of an excep- tionally strong nature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
THE WAR SITUATION

reached two points south of Tchernavoda on the eastern bank. Berlin asserts, how ever, that the Teutonc allies have de- feated the Russians and Rumanians who were coming down the western bank of the river.
 The Servians southeast of Monastir nave scored another victory over the Germans and Bulgars, having captured the village of Iven, lying on the Cerna river 10 the northeast of Polig. and forced their antagonists to fall back nearly two miles About 1000 men were made prisoner in this fighting and large numbers of guns and quantities of arms and ammunition were captured, according to statements from the Servian and French war offices.
 On the Austro-Italian front quiet pre- vails except for artillery duels An Aus trian aerial bombardment of Woodova killed at least 60 persons, including women and children, says a Rome dispatch.
 A violent artillery duel is in progress i'll the Narayuvka river region of Gal;cia and the Russians have repelled strong Austro-German attacks in the Car pathians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
ROADS PROMISE TORETURNCOAL
 CARS AT ONCE This Seems to Be the Only Alleviation of the Fuel Shortage Now in
 Sight

Louisville, Ky, November 1S.-Assur- ances that they had begun the return of all foreign coal cars held on their lines to the owning roads were received today by Commissioner McChosu of the interstate commerce commission from practically every large railroad in the United States.
 The return of such equipment Was de- manded by Commissioner McChord Sat urday following representations by rail- road men at the hearings here that such a measure would provide the quickest means of relieving The coal shortage in various sections of the country.
 Much of the testimony today was a repetition of that given by other witnesses since the hearing started The great ac- tivity of export trade, the increased out put of ore in the lake regions and the irregularity of steamer arrivals were given as the principal reasons for the eravitation of rolling stock towards east .ern lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

London, November 13,-What may be- }ome known as the battle of the Ancre opened today when the British forces
 tuck fresh blow against the German front in the region of the Ancre river. 41here had been no serious fighting in Ahss section since the opening of the
 british push on July l. when the British
 kne of attack extended five miles north
 Bf the Ancre to Gommecourt. But after
 M few days, no progress being made in
 Ihs region, efforts were henceforth con-
 lentrated further to the south.
 N Frequent trench raids during recent
 Weeks is indicated that some new move Mas contemplated, but the bad weather, .hhich has prevented any serious oper- ,ltions since October 21, when the last big ,Ittack was launched on the Schwaben- .e Sars sector, delayed the blow.
 E Apparently the Germans were taken by ,hrprise and they offered no serious re- Iistance except before Serre. The at- ERcl< was carrid out over a front extend- Bhg five miles on both sides of the Ancre gainst positions which the Germans had cid for two years, and which they con dered impregnable. It resulted in the Rapture of Beaumont -Hamel and Saint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENEHAL NEWS N I-Overton will be arraigned on Wednesday,.
 Senator and Mrs. Bankhcad ceIc- brate golden wedding. Silent John Lind will be on guard. President makes preparations for Congress session. Judge Miller is firm In ruling when grand Jury Is impaneled. British make big drive on Ancre river.
 Agreement may be reached soon on Mexican question. Roads promise to return coal cars at once.
 Nationwide strike again threat ened. :-Bessemer bank makes good report S-PeopIe of Alabama give big vote for school amendment. NIississippi city welcomes Baptists lO-Half million sent to Cnrranxa
 LOCAL NEWS 5-Nitrnte plant and farm loan bank to come to Alabama is opinion of Harding. Governor Henderson to set exact date for Sweet Potato Day. State club women gather in an- nual convention here. Limit expires for bids on p0stoffice
 FEATURES 2-FootliEhts and screen. 4-Edit0rial comment. G-Society and Dolly Dalrymple. O-Markets.
 SPORTS s-Only three undefeated elevens in south.
 Hal Chase leading hitter in Ma tiOnal leaEuc.
 Atlanta begins preparing for bass ketbal season.
 Auburn-yandy game will be close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
NATION WIDE STRIKE AGAIN
 THREATE

ence. for the purpose of exchanging ideas on the application and operation of the Adamson law. We failed to reach an agreement and we are not certain that another meeting will take place. ?
 William G. Lee. president of the Broth- erhood of Railway Trainmen, spokesman for the employees in the absence of A. E. Garretson of the Order of Railway Con. ductors. declared in a statement that in the event of evasion by the railroads of the huanson law summary action would be taken by the brotherhoods. He said that the strike order. which was directly responsible for the law, was still in effecl. and the brotherhoods would not hesitate to enforce it if the occasion warranted #.
 The brotherhoods asked for this con ference" said MT. Lee ''at the morning session. we accepted the application of the law and found that there was no basis upon which we could possibly agree. Another setback besides the elimination of the mileage system. was the deternlina- ton of the railroads to continue their
 tContinued on Pare Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
GOLDEN WEDD|,,,s
 IS CELEBRATED Senator and Mrs. Bankhead Are Hosts to Hundreds of Friends on Occasion

Jasper, November 13.-(Specia1.) Fifty years ago tonight at Wetumpka, John Hollis Bankhead and Miss Tal- lullah Brockman were wed. Hosts of Alabamians Hooked to Jasper to com nlemorate with the venerable states man and his wife this event Begin ming at sunset at the picturesque colonial home of the senior Alabama senator. hundreds made merry. From his associates in Congress, in the Sen ate and in the House. Senator Bank head has received handsome tokens.
 Representative and Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland arrived this afternoon to be present at the cele- bration. From the President and Mrs Wilson have come a huge punch of American Beauty roses and a note ex- pressing their congratulations anu best wishes.
 From Birmingham the senator and Mrs. Bsnkhead have welcomed a vast number of friends, including George E Mccormack, Judge John IT. Miller, Harry Jones, M. " Joseph, Mrs J. IL McCary, Mir. and Mrs. Leo Loeb, J Asa Eountree, Leopold Loeb, sJ. Reese Murray, Adolph Hirsch, MT. and Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, Mrs. Florence E. Buck, Mrs zell Gaston, Miss Virginia Ab- bolt, Miss Helen McCary and Miss Dean Dillard
 The barbecue and the reception were enjoyed by hundreds tonight at sum- set. From Sheffield, Montgomery, Fay cite and other cities in the state came delegations to commemorate the half century of happiness. One of the prom inent guests from afar was Mrs. Cath crime Pratt Horton of Buffalo, who is a prominent official in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Over 1000 g.fts have been received from all over the United States and were on dis play at the scene of the celebration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Henderson Will Come to Birmingham to Inspect
 Sites For Training School

Montgomery, November 13- Special ) Governor Henderson will leave Tuesday for Birmingham and Jefferson county, where he will make further inspection of the property which has been offered as site for the Alabama Girls Training school The legislature appropriated $50, . 900 for buildings and the money will be released by the governor as soon as the condition of the state treas sury will per- init Birmingham and Montgomery have engaged in a lively contest during the past two months in an effort to obtain the school.
 Two sites have been proposed in Jef ferson county, while Montgomery has offered one. The location will be made by the board of trustees of the institu- ton with the approval of Governor Hen derson. The old institution is located at Birmingham.
 Governor Henderson will go from Bir- mingham to Selma, where he will deliver an address at the Wilson, Marshall jubilee Wednesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

That the defense will make motion for change of venue at the time that Overton is arraigned appeared a fore gone conclusion this afternoon, follow ing the vigorous charge to the special grand jury by Judge Miller
 NO MENTION OF OVERTON
 No direct mention was made in open court today of the Overton case other than the motion of Attorney General William L. Martin, asking for an order naming Special Prosecutor J. Fritz Thompson of Centerville and Circuit Solicitor Joseph R. Tate of Birmingham as his assistants to appear before the special grand jury. The order was imme- diately granted.
 This action, which attracted very little attention other than among the attorneys for Overton, who were present, indicated that some indictments having material bearing on the case of their client were Impending Solicitors Tate and Thomp- son, it is remembered, were the investt- gators of the election frauds in this city last June, at the time of the assassina- tion of Judge Lawler.
 Indictments, if any are forthcoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
AGREEMENT MAY BE REACHED SOON ON
 MEXICAN QUESTION
It Is Intimated Joint Con- mission Has About Con- cluded Plans for the
 Withdrawal of Troops

Atlantic City. N. J., November 13.-After the conference today of the Mexican American joint commission, it was inti- mated that an agreement providing for the withdrawal of the American puni- tive expedition might be reached before the close of the week.
 Luis Cabrera. chairman of the Mexican commission, said he believed a settlement would be reached within few days He went to Philadelphia again late today, where it is understood he will confer with Rafaelo Nieto subsecretary of the department of finance Mexico, of which MT. Cabrera is the head
 Mr Cabrera announced to the Amer ican commissioners that General Car rfanza had extended to January 14 the time given mine owners for re-opening their properties.
 In the event of an agreement being formed for the withdrawal of the Amer ican troops. it probably will not stipu- late that they be brought out of Mexico at once, but that they be recalled within a reasonable time. It is believed that the withdrawal at any time will be made subject to conditions at that time.
 That General Carranza is sincere in his efforts to drive Villa and his followers from the field is not doubted by the American commissioners, although they have been keenly interested in what ap- parently was the inability of the present Mexican army to accomplish that pur- pose.
 News today that General Murgia had been selected to succeed Gen. Jacinto Tre- vino in charge of operations in the north, was received by the Americans as further evidence of the determina ton to pursue the campaign against his northern ene- mies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

'Once again the German lire in France
 as been hard hit. Starting an offensive
 inning from the southern bank of the mere river northward over a front of bout five miles from St Pierre-Divion Is the north of Serre-the British have |Lptured the towns of Beaumont-H -Hamel Ind St. Pierre-Divion and first and sec Ind line trenches at various points. DlBetween 3OoO and 40OO shen were made Etisoner. The Germans apparently of fred slight resistance although their |bsitions were extremely heavily fortified. \ mixirnum gain to depth of one mile AFitish. Hard fighting continues to the Gbrth of Serre.
 Hrhe new drive probably has it's obiec- Me the strengthening out of the British AAe northward from the region of Sars alross the Ancre and the pushing hrward by the British left wing toward fN'ras-B Bapaume and Arras-Mira umont pilroads.
 .lIxcept in the Rumanian and Macedonia ;seatres there has been little fighting of lportance on any of the fronts. In the Iansylvanian Alps region Bucharest ad- Hits that the Rumanans in the Alt river \ ctor have been compelled to yield Mound to the -Hungarians. but as- frts that King Ferdinand's men have Eld their own against attacks in the +lmpulung district
 Moth Vienna and Berlin record further *Yances for the troops of the reutonic < lies all along this front, having taken Hb towns of Diota and Arsuriler. to the aFth in the Gyergyo mountains md Ca:.- $Eti, northwest of Camplung in Ru-
 nian.
 fbn Dobrudja the Petrograd was office Rborts that the troops of Field Marshal /n Mackenzen are still in retreat anu
 kt the Russians have crossed the
 nube from the western bank and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
COLD WAVE ON WAY,
 IS BUREAUS REPORT
West is Already Shiyering and South Will Also be in Pathway of
 the Chilly Winds

Washington, November 1S.-Cold waves for Tuesday in the east gulf states and for Wednesday in the South Atlantic, except the Florida peninsula. were fore cast tonight by the weather bureau. In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, local snows and much colder weather, with a. cold wave Tuesday, will be followed by fair and cold weather Wednesday,
 Extreme temperatures reported in the last 24 hours were: Sheridan, Wyo., 26 degrees below zero; Lander, Wyo., 2b below Havre, Mont, 20 below. The freezing temperatures extend as far south as central Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14


 New York, November 13.-Danger of a nationwide railroad strike, which was believed to have been averted by the passage of the Adamson eight-hour law, has not entirely disappeared, it developed here today. when representatives of the railroads and the four brotherhoods, com prising 6oo,000 employees. failed to reach an agreement as to the proper appica- tion of the new law. The stumbling block both sides admitted, was the ex- isting mileage system of compensation.
 The announcement of the latest dead lock between the railroads and their em- ployes came at the conclusion of an all- day conference between the national con- ference committee of the railways and the brotherhood chiefs, which had been arranged in September.
 ELISHA LEES STATEMENT
 We met" said Elisha Lee, chairman of the railroad managers and the confer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Investigation in Idaho

Boise, Idaho, November 1S.-The large increase in Idahos vote, estimated at about s5,O00 over the vote of two years ago, has led to official inquiries and a careful canvass of the entire situation. Tn Bonville county the election commas sioners today threw out as fraudulent 92l votes, which so changed the results m that county that the entire republican ticket leads. Investigations are also ua- der way in Ida Power, Canyon and other counties.
 Alexander was elected governor by 300 votes and leaders of both parties admit that recount may upset the an nounced reslAb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
South Dakota Voters
 Put One Over" Candidates In All Future Races

Sioux Falls. s. D., November 13.-Can- didates for presidential nominations will henceforth have to appear in South Da- kota to take part in joint debates, or their names cannot appear on primary ballots in this state, if primary law en- acted last Tuesday. under the initiative. remains on the statutes until 1920.
 Returns received at the capital tonight indicate that the so-called Richards pri- mary law was adopted by safe ma jority
 The law divides each of the parties into majority and minority factions, re- curing that each faction offer complete set of candidates in the biennial prima- ries. Candidates for nomination for Pres ident and governor must challenge one another to joint debate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

are not expected to be handed down before the end of the week.
 NAMES OF JURORS
 Following are the names of the spe- cial grand jury; J o. Kellie, foreman; Oscar A. Thompson, Henry M. Hughes, Oscar Knott, Edwin w. Anderson, David R. London, Perry Landnan, Hugh F. Grissart, Mortie Well, Oscar Drake, lily McMurtrie, Joseph R. Lane, Will E. Le- man, Frederic o. Miller, Brown Abbott. Abner H. Carter, Findley Pruitt and James Briggery.
 All the attorneys interested in the Over ton case are now in Huntsville, with the exception of Judge zell Gaston and Attorney M. B. Grace, both of Birming- ham.
 Judge Gaston represents Charles M. Nails former circuit clerk of Madison county, who was indicted jointly with David D. Overton for the killing of Judge Lawlef, and Attorney Grace represents Percy Brooks. a ferryman, who is al- legged to be implicated in the Lawler as- sassination. Both Nails and Brooks are now prisoners in the Jefferson county jail, and their attorneys are not expected in Huntsville until next Monday.
 It is understood that Nails has request ed a severance from the joint indictment with Overton, and his trial will not be set until probably the next term of court. Both Nails and Brooks are expected to be important witnesses for one side or the other next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
PACIFIC COAST COLD

weather records were broken today in the Pacific northwest, Washington, Ore gon and Montana reporting unprecedented November chills. Twenty-one degrees be- low zero at Helena was the minimum temperature recorded.
 Fruits. vegetables and citrus crops, damaged last night. were in for a more severe frost tonight according to the burning.