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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

that they would operate against the rn- terests Of Birmingham. One rule. which the company sought to invoke, provides that the company cannot be forced to sup ply electricity to any person living more than 150 feet from It's wire unless the person constructs transmission line for the distance at his own expense. At present the company is forced to bear the expense of laying the lines
 Through the decision of the public ser vice commission, the reduction in lighting rates will become effective without the granting of any concessions by the con suming public.
 At the request of the Alabama Power company, the commission dismissed with out prejudice the petition of the Jasper Light and Power company for permis- sion to transfer it's holdings to the Ala bama Power company. The petition may be renewed at any time. It has been postponed from meeting to meeting be- cause the city council of Jasper refused to consent to the transfer.
 The petition of the Central of Georgia railroad for permission to close the sta ton at HoIlins, Clay county, and make the point a prepay station was heard and taken under advisement by the com mission Citizens of Rollins appeared. with their attorney, and contended that sufficient business is being given the rali- road to support the station. Hoillns mas population of about TOO.
 One of the smallest dockets before the commission in many months was faced Monday and the open session continued only during the morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
COMPLETE TEXT OF PRESIDENTS ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE JOINT
 SESSION OF SENATE AND HOUSE

Washington, December 5.-The follow ing is the complete text of the address delivered by President Wilson before the joint session of Congress:
 The Presidents address:
 Gentlemen of the Congress: In fulfill ing at this time the duty laid upon me by the constitution of communicating to you from time to time information of the state of the union and recommend ing to your consideration such legislative measures as may be judged necessary and eXpedient I shall continue the prac- tice, which I hope has been acceptable to you, of leaving to the reports of the several heads of the executive depart ments the elaboration of the detailed needs of the public service and confne myself to those matters of more general public policy with which 1t seems neces- sary and feasible to deal at the present session of the Congress-
 I realize the limitations of time under which you will necessarily act at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible; but there were some things left undone at the last session which there will now be time to com plete and which it seems necessary in the | interest of the public to do at once
 In the first place, it seems to me i'm ] peratively necessary that the earliest pos l sible consideration and action should be accorded the remaining measures of the l programme of settlement and regulation which I had occasion to recommend to 1 you at the close of your last session, ir view of the public dangers disclosed by the unaccommodated difficulties whicf ] then existed, and which still unhappily
 continue to exist, between the railroads
 of the country and their locomotive engi- neers, conductors and trainmen. | I tbaD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Marion Official-E Elect Marries

Hamilton, December 5.-(Special William H. Cantren and Miss Eff, Crane were married at the home Of the bride Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock Judge Mack Pearce performing the ceremony Miss Crane is the daughteI of the late w. B. Crane. a prominent merchant and farmer whose home is 10 miles west of Hamilton. Miss Crane is a talented young lady, who has . host of friends in this section. Mir Cantrell is circuit court clerk elect o1 Marion county. A large number of rel. atives and friends were present at tho marriage MT, and Mrs. Cantrell vii reside at Hamilton after January 1. MT Cantrell will assume his duties as cir cuit clerk January 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
LIGHT COMPAN IS NOT ALLOWED ID
 CHANGE ITS RULE
Commission Gives Birming. ham Corporation Right to Lower Rate Only-ShOrt
 Session in Capital

Montgomery, December 6.-(SpeciaL) The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company will be permitted to make a general reduction of per cent in it's rates for electricity in Birmingham, but will not be permitted to change the rules under which 1t will operate in that city. This decision was announced by the Ala bama public service commission after a hearing at the December session Mon- day
 The street railway and lighting com pany presented the schedule carrying the reductions with several new rules which it proposed to put into use. James Weatherly, member of the Birmingham commission, and M. M. Ullman, city at torney of Birmingham, opposed the pro- posed changes in rules on the ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
VOCATIONAL TRAINING BILL

"At the last session of the Congress g. bill was passed by the Senate which provides for the promotion of voca- tiona1 and industrial education which is of vital importance to the whole country because it concerns a matter, too long neglected, upon which the thorough industrial preparation of the country for the critical years of eco homie development immediately ahead of us in very large measure depends. May I not urge it's early and favorable consideration by the House of Repre- sentatives and it's early enactment into law? It contains plans which affect all
 interests and all parts of the country and I am sure that there Is no legis- lation now pending before the Congress whose passage the country awaits with
 more thoughtful approval or greater
 mpatience to see a great and admir- able thing set in the way of being done.
 There are other matters already ad- vanced to the stage of conference be- tween the two Houses of which it is not necessary that I should speak. Some practicable basis of agreement concern ing them will no doubt be found and action taken upon them.
 Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob ably the last occasion I shall have to address the SiXty-fourth Congress, I hope that you will permit me to say
 with what genuine pleasre and satis- faction I have co-operated with you in the many measures of constructive policy with which you have enriched the legislative annals of the country It has been privilege to labor in such company. I take the liberty of con- graduating you upon the completion of a record of rare serviceableness and distinction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

weevil may yet be headed off, for there rises above the horizon, soaring over the great sea of cotton, a new sun-the pow erful sun of grain, in whose golden rays lie the hopes of future prosperity for this section of the state.
 JACKSON COUNTY UNINFESTED
 with the probable exception of Jack son county, there is not a single county in the state that is not now infested with the boil weevil," said Demonstration Agent Mauldin. Tt is plain that the farmers must prepare to fight this pest before it has them sorely within it's grasp as is south Alabama. I do not mean to say that the farmers of this section must stop growing cotton. They can continue to grow cotton. We may never suffer as the more southern counties have suf- fered, but there is chance that heavy toll will be exacted within few years if the weevil is not headed off
 By taking the proper precautions now the farmers may be in a position to stay off this pest. They at least can be pre- pared to meet the situation better when it does come. Tn other words, they must do more diversifying, plant a greater variety of crops, and see what they can raise to take the place of cotton. There are a number of things that might be suggested, but the farmers are tired of having everybody suggest to them They. no doubt will select the thing that they can hest erOW at a DrOfit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Knoxville Contractor Dies

Knoxville, Tenn, December 5,-James H. McDowell, aged 54 years, leading con- tractor and busnss man of Knoxville, died at his home here this afternoon after a lingering illness. MT. Mcdowell was president of 9 railroad and of a lumber company and also a director in a leading Knoxville bank. He was con nected with the leading clubs of this city and gained considerable prominence through the south as railroad con tractor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
SHEFFIELD

Sheffield, December 5.-(SpeciaL) )-Mrs. M. B. Coe of New Orleans, La., has ar rived here to take charge of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph company, succeeding E. L. Hall, who has been transferred to Greenville, Miss.
 MT. and Mrs. Jacob Ved of Florence announce the marriage of their daugh- ter, Ella Katherine, to Gaston Marks Martin of Lake Charles, La., Sunday, December 3, the wedding occurring in Lake Charles, where the bride has taught school for the past three years.
 N. Pride Tompkins of Tuscumbia, pro- bate judge-elect of Colbert county, has sold his furniture and undertaking busi- ress to w. L. Farr of the late firm of Aycock & Farr of Tuscumba. Judge Tompkins retires from business prepara- tory to assume the duties of his office January l, 1917.
 Rev" Willie B. Lawler a negro Bap- tis preacher, was convicted in the Shef- field city court on three charges of steal ing cotton seed meal from the Southern Oil mills here. He was fined $50 in each case and paid his fines Lawler is said to have recently come here from Deca- tur
 At the morning session of the Colbert county commissioners yesterday at the courthouse in Tuscumbia, the Colbert County bank, of Tuscumbia, was the de- rository of the county's funds after the retirement of the county treasurer on January l, 1917. The Colbert County banks bid was the best offered, it's bid for the money being 5 per cent.
 Much interest is felt here in a decision handed down by the United States su- preme court in Washington yesterday. William Edenborn, former officer of the American Steel and Wire company, under the courts decision, must pay to James Sim, Thomas P. Alton and other partici- pants in the $2500,0O0 syndicate for the control of United States Iron company the amount of the subscriptions. The members of the syndicate alleged fraud in that Edenborn in the organization of another company the Sheffield Coal and Iron company, at Sheffield, advanced pa- Ter securities instead of cash. It is felt here that when the situation is cleared up the iron furnaces and other proper ties of the Sheffield Coal and Iron com pany may be put in operation. For a number of years they have been idle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Santa Fe Issues Ronus

New York. December 5-Directors of the Atchson, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- road company today authorized dis tribution equivalent to 10 per cent of a years pay to all it's employees in the service of the system for at least two years. and whose annual compensation does not exceed $2500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
PART OF PROGRAMME PASSED

| The second and third of these recom-
 mendations the Congress immediately
 acted on it established the eight-hour | day as the legal basis of work and wages
 in train service and it authorized the ap- l pontment of a commission to observe | and report upon the practical results, deemng these the measures most imme | dately needed; but 1t postponed action l upon the other suggestions until an op- portunity should be offered for a more deliberate consideration of them. The | fourth recommendation l do not deem l it necessary to renew The power of | the interstate commerce commission to grant an increase of rates on the ground
 referred to is indisputably clear and a recommendation by the Congress with re- gard to such a matter might seem to draw in question the scope of the com missions authority or it's inclination to | do justice when there is no reason to doubt either.
 The other suggestions-the increase in | the interstate commerce commissions S
 membership and in it's facilities for per | forming it's manifold duties, the pro- vision for full public investigation and | assessment of industrial disputes, and the grant to the executive of the power
 to control and operate the railways when | necessary in time of war or other like public necessity-I now verp earnestly renew.
 | The necessity for such legislation is
 manifest and pressing. Those who have entrusted us with the responsibility and
 duty of serving and safeguarding them | in such matters would find it hard, l be- l lieve, to excuse a failure to act upon 1 these grave matters or any unnecessary postponement of action upon them. | Not only does the interstate commerce l commission now find it practically inn | tyith itS m ber rS n and organization, to perform it's great | functions promptly and thoroughly, but | it is not unlikely that it may presently
 be found advisable to add to it's duties still others equally heavy and exacting It must first be perfected as an adminis- | trative instrument.
 POWER FOR EXECUTIVE The country cannot and should not | consent to remain any longer exposed to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Pennsylyania Crude Oil Advances

Pittsburg, December 5-Pennsylvania crude oil was advanced IS cents today by the purchasing agencies, making $2. 75 a barrel paid producers, the high est price ever reached in the history of the oil industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Famous Hotel Man Dies

New York, December 5.-George C. Bolt. one of the country's foremost hotelmen, died of heart trouble here today at the waldorf-Astoria hotel. of which he was the proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
WILL FIGHT TO FINISH

Throughout the state there is great re- sentiment against the boil weevil for the damage it has done, and the farmers are determined to fight the enemy from well fortified trenches. The county demonstra- tion agents and the agricultural experts as a whole have enlisted against it and say that it is war to the knife, the best man to be the winner. The principal weapon will be grain and live stock. Hogs and peanuts will figure strongly in the offensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
ON ELECTION EXPENDITURES

Immediate passage of the bill to regulate the expenditure of money in
 elections may seem to be less necessary
 than the immediate enactment of the other measures to which I refer; be- cause at least two years will elapse before another election in which fed leral offices are to be filed but it would greatly relieve the public mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
NORTH ALABAMAIS IS MAKING READY ID FIGHT BOIL WEEVIL
Farmers Certifying Them selves by DiyersificatiOn of Crops and Raising
 Live Stock
Rx crApENcE C. THOMPSON

By CLARENCE q. THOMPSON
 Decatur, December 5.-(Special) county in north Alabama, with one ex- ception, is infested with the boil weevil. While the damage in this section of the state was not so heavy as in the southern part of the state, the weevil is here.
 According to C M. Mauldin, government demonstration agent for north Alabama who was in Decatur today, the cotton pest has been discovered at it's work in every county in his district. Damage done to cotton in. north Alabama by the weevil was not heavy, but it is here and no doubt will take a big toll from the staple crop next year.
 WAS NOT PREPARED
 Alabama, one of the greatest of cotton states, has surrendered to this powerful warrior-surrendered without a fight, be- cause she was not prepared for the ene- my. The cotton crop of south Alabama, or what was left from the heavy rains and floods of the early summer, was stroyed-and the farmers left without food and clothing sufficient to last them through the winter. The farmers If north Alabama are better off. The weeyil did not hurt them much although the cotton crop was cut more than half. The staple has brought an unusual price and they have been able to come clear How ever, something must be done. The boil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
RAILROAD LEGISLATION

| First, immediate provision for the en- | largement and administrative reorgan-
 ization of the interstate commerce com
 mission along the lines embodied in the | bill recently passed by the House of l Representatives and now awaiting action | by the Senate; in order that the commits l sion may be enabled to deal with the l many great and various duties now de- volving upon it with promptness and
 thoroughness which are, with it's present constitution and means of action, practi' l cally impossible.
 | Second the establishment of an eight l hour day as the legal basis alike of
 work and of wages in the employment of | all railway employees who are actually | engaged in the work of operating trains | in interstate transportation.
 Third, the authorization of the appoint
 ment by the President of a small body 1 of men to observe the actual results in | experience of the adoption of the eight l hour day in railway transportation alike | for the men and for the railroads. | Fourth, explicit approval by the Con- | gress of the consideration by the inter- | state commerce commission of an in- | crease of freight rates to meet such ad-
 ditional expenditures by the railroads as | may have been rendered necessary by | the adoption of the eight hour day and
 which have not been offset by admins l
 should the facts disclosed justify the in- | crease.
 Fifth an amendment of the existing | federal statute which provides for the
 mediation, conciliation, and arbitration | of such controversies as the present by
 adding to it a provision that in case
 the methods of accommodation now pro- | vided for should fail full public inves- | tigation of the merits of every such dis pute shall be instituted and completed
 before a strike or lockout may lawfully | be attempted.
 | And, sixth, the lodgment in the hands 1 of the executive of the power in case of 1 military necessity, to take control oi such portions and such rolling stock ot | the railways of the country as may be
 required for military use and to operate
 them for military purposes, with au | thority to draft into the military service of the United States such train crews and administrat tive officials as the cir
 cumstances require for their safe and | ci
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

if this important matter were dealt with while the circumstances and the dangers to the public morals or the present method of obtaining and spend ing campaign funds stand clear under recent observation and the methods or expenditure can be frankly studied m the light of present experience; and a delay would have the further very serl- ous disadvantage of postponing action until anoter election was at hand ana some special object connected with 1t might be thought to be in the mind or those who urged it. Action can be taken now with facts for guidance and with out suspicion of partisan purpose.
 I shall not argue at length the de- sirability of giving a freer hand in the matter of combined and concerted ef- fort to those who shall undertake the essential enterprose of building up our export trade That enterprise will pres- ently, will immediately assume, has in- deed already assumed, a magnitude un- precedented in our experience. We have not the necessary instrum entalities Tor it's prosecution; it is deemed to be doubtful whether they could be created upon an adequate scale under our pres ent laws. We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted law for it which will give freedom without permitting unregu- lated license The thing must be done now, because the opportunity is here and may escape us if we hesitate or delay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
RELIEF FOR PORTO RICO

The argument for the proposed amendments of the organic law of Porto Rico is brief and conclusive. The pres ent laws governing the island and regu- Iating the rights and privileges of it's people are not just. We have created expectations of extended privilege which we have not satisfied. There is uneasiness among the people of the island and even a suspicious doubt with regard to our intentions concerning them which the adoption of the pend ing measure would happily remove. We do not doubt what We wish to do in any essential particular. We ought to do 1t at once.
The Press., 1916-06-28

Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin was a guest of her parents in Belohertown, Mass. over Sunday.
 Luoius Hassan, who recently under went an operation in a New London hospital, is now able to sit up.
 Misses Jennie and Rose Daigle spent few days the past week il New Haven and Shelton visiting theil brother, Thomas, formerly of this place.
 O. B. Gary & Son have received 8 big Packard truck. They are having a garage built on River street opposite the Central Vermont station to house it and other machines of theirs. | The first of the union services of the Methodist and Congregational I churches will be held next Sunday at the Methodist church morning and evening. Rev. O. J. Aldrich will be in charge during July. The union Thursday evening meeting will also be held next week at the Methodist church. The Sunday school sessions of each church will be held at its own place each Sunday.
 The end of the third week of the popular school boy voting contest finds Chester Lynch still in the lead with a total of 2763. Other leaders are: Bob Fitzpatrick, 21O5; Ed. Ladish, 1908; Richard Murray, 479; Ronald Mitchell. 227; William Ellis, 19O; Bernard Armstrong, 14O; Harold Ambaoh. 119; W. Murray, 97; Earl Jacobsen, 67. This months contest will end at o'clock next Tuesday evening, all votes to count to be dropped in before that time. For the month of July it will be the most popular school girl voting contest. Pero's store was entered late Satur- day night but nothing was taken be- cause the thief or thieves were frightened away. Samuel Farmer, while on his way home, heard noises in the storeroom close to 12. 30 o'clock the night in question and surmised that thieves were at work He shouted for the police. Officer Hayes heard him and hurried to the premises but the raider or raiders had gone. It is thought that one kept watch while the other operated. Entrance was through the door opening onto the stone room stairs at one side of the building, the glass being first broken and the spring lock then turned back.
 Quite an attractive card has been chalked up by the Crystal Lake Athletic club for its boxing and wrestling event of next Monday even- ing at Crystal Lake grove. Jimmie Farr, the nifty Loom City duke-user, is slated to mix things with Young French of Worcester, the go between the Rockville lad and French to be the main bout of the evening. Bill Macdonald, also an abider in Rock vile, and Joe Moriarty of Manchester will meet for the second time, Mao- Donald having recently got decision over the Silk town sorapper. Bonnie Haler and George Kellem, both of Rockville, will come together in what will probably be the preliminary offer ing. King, claimant of the 15O pound Connecticut wrestling championship, will meet Dorando of Bridgeport in the main mat grapple. Bergo, a dweller in our own far famed town, will try to pin the shoulders of Alex Lucas, the Rockville Greek grappler to the floor. Frank Crafty, baritone, and the Appollo quartette, all of Rockville, will contribute their bit of vocal work.