The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-28
HODGES RES|GNSAS
 BOARD SECRETARY
M. B. Head of Cuba Succeeds Him With Teachers
 Examiners
HEARING POSTPONED
Petition of B. R., l.. & P. Co. to Ad- vance Freight Rates Will Come Up in May = Corporations.
 Failing to List Property


 Montgomery, March 27.-(Speciai )--Prof. P. w. Hodges, for the past five years secretary of the state board of teachers examiners has rendered his resignation to Superintendent of Education William F. Feagin, effective August 1. He will be succeeded by Prof. M. T. Head, prrn- cipal of the high school at Cuba, Ala.
 Professor Hodges resigned his position with the state department of education to accept the superintedency of city schools at Dothan, succeeding Superin- tendent J. V. Brown, who resigned to take a position in Texas. Professor Hodges has been with the educational de- pertinent since 1911, having been appoint ed secretary of the board og teachers examiners by former Superintendent of Education Henry B. Willingham. He has made many friends in Montgomery during his residence here, and in announcing his resignation Superintendent Feagin paid him a high tribute for the efficiency with which he had filled his position
 The appointment of Professor Head was made by Superintendent Feagin. Profes- sor Head is a graduate of the University of Alabama, and studied one year at Columbia university, fitting himself espe- cially for the profession of teaching. He is 28 years of age, and is said to be a man of marked ability and accomplish ments.
 Montgomery, March 27-(Special )-At the request of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company the state public service commission has postponed until the May session the petition of the corporation to advance freight rates on it's lines in Birmingham. The hearing of the case had been set for next Mon day, April 3.
 Montgomery, March 27-(Special )-An- nouncement was made by the state con- vict department today of the recapture of J. c. Hurd Jefferson county white convict, who escaped from Speigners last week. Hurd had been trusty and was employed at the penitentiary as book keeper, in which capacity he was de- cared to be one of the most competent in the state. He was recaptured in Mont gomery by Dr. W. D. Hubbard, state con- vict chaplain.
 Montgomery March N.-(Special. 1-De- spite positive instructions from the state board of equalization, a number of pub lie utility corporations of the state are failing to list all their property in mak ing their returns to the board for assess ment. Most of the corporations failing to list all their property have been smaller concerns. Chairman Sims is is- suing another warning to public utility corporations regarding the listing of their 1 property. The law requires that office 1 fixtures, typewriters and every kind of
 property owned by such corporations shall be returned for assessment, and a penalty is fixed for failure to comply with 1 the statute.
 | fed in at the border end of the supply 1 line to maintain a constant level 1 Secretary Baker received today the re- 1 port from General Pershing, forwarded
 last night by General Funston, and which
 indicates that Villa has slipped through
 the Carranza forces to the southward, ] compelling an advance of the American | lines in pursuit. There are indications
 that General Pershings advance base is 1 now somewhere in the region of Fl Valle. 1 The secretary declined to talk about the military situation. He said the department | would not make public anything that ad- visers of Villa might pick up and for l ward to him.
 ! Both the state and navy departments
 
 l tion in Mexico Officers and consuls re- ported quiet In all parts of the southern republic. The excitement caused by the Columbus raid and the American expedf- 1 ton after Villa has entirely subsded, according to a report from Hermosillo. Telephone advices to Piedras Negras and 1 from Torreon, one of the most dangerous | localities in the view of officials here. reported no developments of importance. A r;o parts of Sonora said there had been no anti American manifestations. QUIET IS REPORTED | Some of our consuls along the inter-
 national boundary and nearly all of those at interior cities in territory controlled | by General Carranza,'' said an official message from Monterey, dated March 25, report quiet and that our people are being well treated. The reports indicate that there is a clear understanding of the present situation and that officials are in full accord with the plan of coop eration.
 l Army officers who have read General Pershing's dispatches said today that they ] contained only negative assurances as to the attitude of Carranza troops in that vicinity.
 While they pointed out that no antagon- ism Las been encountered by the Ameri- can forces. it was noticed that no men, l ton was made of instances in which the Mexican troops actually co-operated with | the eXpeditionary force.
 Senator Ashurst was informed today ] by Secretary Baker that the war de- partment could not, under the law. fur nsh citizens of Arizona 5000 rifles re- ouested by the governor for the pur- pose of self-protection against Mexican | raiders.
 Tn the present panicky state of mind | of citizens along the border I do not think arms should be placed in the hands l of any bodies of men except those who are under the severest discipline the secretary said.