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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
HALLMARK SAYS HE WAS NOT CANDIDATE
Cites What He Regards as Irregularities of Walker
 Election Officers

To the Editor of The Age- Herald:
 I have just read a very lengthy ar ticIe in your issue of even date with reference to the recent primary election held in the Tenth Congressional district and that part of the letter written by Leon c. Bradley under the head of Charges of Fraud does the writer grave injustice.
 l. I was not a candidate at the time was elected from the voting place in Marion county, namely, Guin, Ala. l had withdrawn from the race for member of the county board of education, and had filed necessary notice with the chair man of the county democratic executive committee who had, in turn, notified the election officers of the county with the possible exception of one or two small beats
 ? Two other watchers for candidates for the offices of probae judge and tax collector were also ejected from the vot- ing place on election day and neither of them had ever been d candidate.
 g. The managers of the election at Guin had nothing to do with this oc- currence on their own initiative. They
  had his instructions as he admitted to me later from a few political bosses of this county. The deputy sheriff elected me and not the managers. l was ar rested and elected the second time after the managers received a telegram from Bibb Graves advising that each and every candidate who was being voted on was allowed a watcher. l asked the managers what they were going to do about the telegram and they said they were going to ignore it. 1 charged to them that they were bolting the demo- cratic party and I have no apologies to make for such charges since it is true they would not abide by the ruling of said party.
 f. I ask that inasmuch the state mcnt of Mr Bradley would have the peo- pie believe that I was entirely ignorant of the law or chose to flagrantly violate the law, that you publish this article with as much prominence as the one by MT. Bradley.
 D. I can cite several instances of fla grant violations of the new election laws by the democratic managers of the re- cent primary and defy them to prove oth- erwise. At the polling place in Guin beat the voters instruction card, which was posted in front of the voting place was not for the recent primary, but the cleo ton held on the constitutional amend ment' several years ago. 1 have same in my possession at the present time They gave out tickets to voters without having their initials on them.
 I feel sure that a paper with the repu- tation The Age-Herald sustains will not hesitate in correcting errors and for that reason I am asking that you publish this article in your next issue and correct such errors as I have seen fit to correct with my personal knowledge of such. Yours truly. GUS HALLMARk.
 Gun, June s, 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
JUSTICE HUGHES IS
 STILL UNDISTURBED

Washington, June 9.-The balloting at chicago did not interrupt the seclus- ion in which Justice Hughes is spend- ing convention week He was in his office at his residence throughout the day, busy with court work. He had no callers. Before the convention be- gan voting. he retired to the drawing room of the residence. where he spent the evening with Mrs. Hughes and their daughters. Several newspaper epreSentatives were received by his private secretary. L. H. Green, and to them local newspapers telephoned summaries of each of the ballots. MT. Green took the reports to the justice.
 When news of the adjournment came, MT. Green said there was no statement to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
BOND ISSUE ACTION LIVELY TOPIC, BUT
 DAY PROVES QUIET
Commission Determined to Make a Hard Fight to Maintain Interests of
 the City
By RICHARD F. LUssIER

Quiet reigned yesterday over the war ring camps and there were no new de- velopments from either the city commits sion or from the quarters seeking to en- join the city from issuing $S,00O,00O in bonds which were voted on favorably last Monday, except T. C. McDonalds reply to Commissioner Hornady pulp lished elsewhere in this issue.
 As to the petition reported going the rounds which would seek to call a special election on the question of whether Bir- mingham will retain the commission form of government or return to the alder manic system, nothing more has been heard of it.
 Various political leaders. when ques- toned yesterday as to the possibilities of the petition, voiced the emphatic opinion that not 10 signatures of responsible cit izens could be secured in such a. move- ment. It was also stated that the elec- torate of Birmingham were more than satisfied with the commission form of government, though some members of it's personnel might excite some criti- csms.
 As to the possibilities of the city going lIllO d IeC6lNeISutp, lnlS was a SuDJeCI that was widely discussed yesterday. Many citizens were of the opinion that the courts would naturally take a broad view of the situation and that every thing would be done not to harm and embarrass the growth and prosperity of Birmingham. Others, taking a pessimistic view expressed the opinion that the courts would rule the city commission had not the right to utilize the special 5 mills tax to pay interest charges on all issues of bonds and this opinion would immediately throw the city in bankruptcy, as it is a well known fact that Comp troler Louis Levy is. paying heavy n- stallments of interest charges every month.
 At the city hall yesterday there was little discussion of the various phases of the situation, but it was noted that there was a disposition to curb the making of any intemperate statements, although the determination to fight the injunction to the last ditch was reiterated with en- phasis. The commissioners are also de- termined to sift to the bottom just who is behind the present assault on the city S finances and the general alignment of forces gives every indication that a his- toric legal battle is in the process of formation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10

biting or chewing insects or fungus. He also recommends bug death for plant fungus.
 MT. T. H. Garden. who claims to have the best tomatoes at present in the city and if names indicate anything he should have. says that pyrox is one of To the Editor of The ge-Herald:
 A friend stopped me in front of the First National bank few days ago and asked me if I would tell him what was good for tomato blight I told him that there were several varieties and that I would have to see the plant to prescribe for it, but suggested that he put leaf of the plant in a thread box and send it to Auburn to the hor- ticultural department or to Washing ton and at cost of a couple of cents he could get from an expert a recipe for what would probably be an eff fective treatment. but pending that, in my opinion, if he would give the ground around the plant a liberal coat ing of lime and dust some flowers of sulphur over the plant, it would help matters. Blight is leaf and stem dis ease and tomato wilt is a root disease.
 As doubtless many gardeners are bothered with leaf blight or leaf wilt or kindred evils, it might be interest ing to them to know that Mr Seals, one of Birming gham's leading horticul- turists, says that in his experience one of the best things for the black spot and other fungus diseases on roses, and he believes what would be equally effective on tomatoes is a preparation made as follows: To three ounces of blue stone take one quart of aqua am- monia, 26 proof, dissolve the blue stone in the aqua ammonia, use one table spoonful to a gallon of water, spray ing the plant thoroughly in the after noon so that the sun will not evap- crate the liquid too quickly, and the result will be highly gratifying.
 MT Weathersbee. under whose direc- tion the school gardens have been so successful, says that for sucking in- sects such as aphis, lice and soft bodied scale, he finds sulpho- tobacco most efficacious, Biting insects will succumb only to poisons like Paris green or arsenate of lead. the latter being better as it does not discolor the leaves. He says further there is d chemical, pyrox. which is one of the best things that he knows of for spray ing any kind of plants affected with the best things for tomato blight that he has used.
 Bordeaux Mixture, a chemical prepara-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
LATHROP RETURNS FROM CONVENTION Feels Sure That Roosevelt Will Be Choice of a
 United Party

Frank H. Lathrop of Birming gh am, one of the Alabama delegates to the progressive convention in Chicago, has returned home. He was unable to stay through the convention because of bus mess at home. but left his proxy. He thinks everything is safe for Roose- welt.
 T have been in Chicago for the past 10 days said MT. Lathrop, and most everybody knows how the progressives stand. They are for Roosevelt and the sooner the nomination is made the bet ter it will suit them.
 T cannot help feeling that the re- publicans of the old guard will have to give in finally and name Roosevelt, and that we will all go before the country against Wilson with a united front. The bosses and politicians of the republican party do not want Roosevelt, but the insistence of the rank and file will prevail in the end. I feel sure It seemed that nine out of 10 people one met in Chicago were for the former President. I have never seen anything like it and I do not be- lieve the old crowd, who so deeply re sented the bolt of 1912, will be able to withstand the pressure. If by any chance Roosevelt should not be named he will certainly dictate the nomina- tion.
 Personally, I believe that Roosevelt is the only man who can lead to the de- feat of Wilson. With his nomina ton we shall certainly see one of the greatest campaigns this country has ever wit messed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
FORMAL OPENING
 OF TENNIS COURTS

The formal opening of the new tennis courts of the Young Mems Christian as. sociation will take place this afternoon. It is expected that many friends of the Young Mems Christian association will take this opportunity to visit the courts The new property is on Twenty-fourth street and Ninth avenue, and consists of six tennis courts that in finish and equipment are of the very best
 They were thrown open for play Thurs day, when 25 tennis enthusiasts thronged the courts and tried out their pet strokes on the new surface. Much favorable com ment was heard, both on the location and the attractiveness of the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10

blanks would be accepted by the republi- cans
 The committee representing the pro- gressives presented the subject of a com promise candidate, asking the representa- tives of the republican convention to in- dicate fully any objection they had to Colonel Roosevelt or to name substitute and suggest reasons why this alternate candidate would be more available. The republican conferees replied that there were two difficulties facing them: First, they had no authority to speak for their convention and second, there were 10 candidates appealing for republican slc- port and it was not within their province to name any one of the 10 as even the probable choice of those who had clothed them with the commission to meet.
 There was a long and friendly conver- sation, but it ended as it began. The opinion of those participating was di- vided. Senator Borah was optimistic and thought that an agreement could ulti- mately be reached. Others were far less confident and thought it likely that the progressives would continue their work and nominate today In that event it was said not to be unlikely that the re- pubicans might also nominate and the opportunity for united effort would in that event have passed.
 The conference adjourned at 2 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

Today is matinee day at the Lyric, and standing room is expected The Saturday matinee performances are usually the most popular of all performances of the week.
 Today the matinee crowd will be high ly entertained, for there is at the Lyric some high-class entertainers. Tickets, Please" is proving one of the most att tractive musical shows of the season, and the members of the company are clever and anxious to entertain.
 The matinee will begin at o'clock and don't fear the weather, if it is warm. because the Lyric is cooled by iced air and electric fans.
 Next week The Four Husbands' will be the all-week attraction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
New Corporation

Articles of incorporation were filed in the probate court yesterday by the Joubert & Goslin Machine and Foundry company. The main offices and shops of this company are to be located in Birmingham. The total authorized cap ital stock is placed at $275.000, divided into 2750 shares at the par value of $100. Julius Goslin of Birmingham is president and general manager. The other stockholders holding one or more shares are: Mrs. Leon Joubert of New Orleans, Fred L. Joubert of New Or leans. Walter H. Cook of New Orleans. The company will begin business on the entire stock paid in in cash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
DOLLY STARK WILL
 LEAD SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio. June s.-(Special,) Munro R. Dolly" Stark. recently de- posed as manager of the Memphis club, today signed a contract with the San Antonio Baseball club following a con- ference with President H. J. Benson of the Broncos.
 Stark will join the local club in Fort Worth Sunday and will play second base.
 The tendency in this league is for player managers and it is hinted that Stark will become manager here.
 The present manager is George o. Leidy. Leidy is scout in this league for the New York Americans and prob ably soon will retire from the mana gerial role to devote his entire time to scouting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Chicken Thief Convicted

Arthur Bearson, negro, was convicted in the criminal court yesterday on charge of burglary. He is alleged to have burglarized the chicken roost of Deputy Sheriff Charles Martin several weeks ago and took five chickens. Hear ing the noise Deputy Martin went to in vestgate and, upon seeing the negro making away with the chickens, fired on him with shotgun two of the buckshots taking effect in the arm. The negro was traced by the blood and arrested. The state had strong case against the ne- gro. He will be sentenced today before Judge H. P. Hefln.
 Will Hill negro was convicted be- fore Judge William p. Fort yesterday afternoon on charge of burglary and grand larceny. He will be sentenced to- IaV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Hearing Set

June 15 is the date set for the hearing of the cases against c. A. Whitehead, charged with bringing stolen property into the state. Whitehead was arrested Thurs day on warrants issued from the munich pal court by Judge H. B. Abernethy where the cases are set for hearing. The arrest was made in connection with the charges of the alleged larceny of automobiles in Chicago and selling them in Birmingham. The defendant made bond in the sum of $25oo in each of the three cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Better M scle, Better Work the

power to do things comes from food that supplies the greatest amount of nutri- ment with the least tax upon the digestive organs. Shredded Wheat Biscuit contains all the muscle
 making material in the whole wheat grain made digestible by steam cooking, shredding and baking. Con tains more real nutriment than meat or eggs and costs much less. Being ready cooked and ready-to-serve, it is the ideal Summer food. Delicious for breakfast -or any meal with milk or cream, or with fresh fruits. Made at Niagara Falls, NY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Revival Planned

A special meeting of the pastors and laymen of the several Birmingham churches will be held Monday, June F, at 1 o'clock, at the auditorium of the Young Mems Christian association. un- der the auspices of the Pastors union, to discuss and decide the matter of hold. ing a city-wide evangelistic campaign in Birmingham next fall. W. w. Shannon. the personal representative of Evangelist Dr. H. M. Staugh, will be present and address the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Canadians Suffer Heavily

Ottawa, June 9.-Upward of 5000 Canadians have fallen within a week in the desperate fighting in and around Sanctuary Woods. according to a statement made by Maj. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia, in presenting colors to Canadian regi- ment on Parliament Hill today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Urges Universal Military Training

Chicago, June 9.-Robert Bacon, president of the National Security league, today addressed statement to the resolutions committee urging on behalf of the league the adoption of
 plank in the platform of the republican convention favoring universal military training patterned after the systems in vogue in Switzerland and Australia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
AUSTRIAN LINES ARE RIPPED WIDE OPEN
 ON 90-MILE FRONT
 BY RUSSIAN ATTACK
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ern section and the possession of 1t by the Russians is regarded as a valuable step toward the recapturing of lost ter rtory The possession of Lutsk is a di- rect menace to Lemberg, upon which place the Austrians now are massins their forces
 The prisoners captured are said to be chiefly Hungarians and Austrians. They include very small proportion of Savs, who are chiefly employed on the Italian front.
 The official communication issued by the war office today follows
 "The battle continues in Volhynia and Galicia, the Germans trying to check the development of our offen- sive on their pierced front German re inducements have arrived from the re- zion north of Poliessie. Many Germans are among the prisoners taken.
 Despite the stubborn resistance of the enemy in many places, our offen- sive continues on the whole front from the Pripet marshes to the Roumanian frontier.
 CAVALRY LEADS ATTACK
 "Our cavalry led the attack in many sectors. Among the episodes during the fighting were. first, near Sousek, east of I4utsk. squadron of Cossacks at tackled the enemy behind the fortifi- cations and captured two guns and 200 boxes of ammunition; second, near Boriatno southeast of Lutsk, our skir- mishers captured two 10-centimeter guns, four officers and 160 men and near Dobriatrne, on the lkWa, below Mlynoff another 10-centimeter gun and 35 caissons On another sector the booty included 30 cylinders of asphyxi ating gas.
 "Our young soldiers are rivaling their elders in pluck and courage. One such division of young troops in an impetuous attack at Opolichenie drove the enemy back on the Styr and cap tured the bridgehead near the town of Rozieschy. They took 2500 German and Austrian prisoners. together with ma chine guns and rich booty.
 we have crossed the Stripa river and our troops have reached the River Zlota Lipa at Potok.
 While directing the action in one of the sectors of our offensive Gen eral Mikouline was seriously wounded
 "The number of our prisoners is con stantly increasing. In addition to the 95S officers and over 51.00O men al ready announced. we took in the course of yesterdays fighting an additional 1855 officers and 13,714 men, ma king our total captures in the recent oper- ations HAS officers and over 64714 men.
 "wednesday evening enemy artil- lery violently bombarded the regions northeast of Krevo and southeast of Smorgon. Subsequently, the lombard ment extended farther south and Thursday night the enemy in stron g force opened an offensive, but all his attempts to approach our positions were repulsed. Five German aviators raided the town of Logichine, north ot Pinsk, dropping 50 bombs. One of the machines was brought down by our artillery inside the German lines. Caucasus front: In the Trebizond re zion our skirmishers dislodged the Turks from a convent south of the will lage of Hortonkop. In the direction o1 Giumfche elkahn our attachments pene- trated enemy positions. capturing pris- oners and much war material. We re- rllSed caunter attack n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10

At the PhOtoplay Houses Strand--"A Gutter Magdalene,' with Miss Fannie Ward.
 Majestic--"A Man of Sorrows" with William Farnum.
 Trianon-"The Come Back" with Harold Lockwood.
 Princess-"My Official Wife" with Miss Clara kimball Young.
 Rialto-"Tbe Spell of the Yukon," with Edmund Breeze.
 Odeon Two-"The Misleading Lady" with Henry B. Walthall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Hughes and Fairbanks on
 First Ballot Today Will
 Be Choice of Republicans
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of them on account of his recognized mental fitness for the presidency.
 The greatest element of doubt in the situation concerns the supporters of Cum mins and LaFollette, because of their pro- gressive tendencies When released from son combination fears, will go in a body to the support of Hughes.
 The Hughes managers profess not to be alarmed by reports that the favorite sons were organizing for fight against the justice. Their optimism was based OF their belief that many of the in structed delegates cannot be transferred at will from one allied candidate to an other and that by any swaps attempted Hughes is bound to gain strength. They repeated their claims that Hughes would be nominated they thought, on the first ballot today and certainly not later than the second, which would be the fourth taken by the convention.
 ANTI-HUGHES CONFERENCES
 As the night wore on meager details of the ant-Hughes conferences became known George w. Perkins of the pro- gressive convention Senator Penrose and a number of others met early
 The spokesman for the republican fac tion convinced MT. Perkins that because of personal prejudices against Colonel Roosevelt held by many of the delegates, chiefly on account of the colonel leaving the party four years ago, he could not under any circumstances gather more than $50 votes in the republican conven- tion in which 494 votes is majority.
 MT. Perkins told the republican mem bers of the conference that next to nomi- mating Colonel Roosevelt he desired above all to prevent the nomination of Justice Hughes. He asserted that if Justice Hughes were nominated, Colonel Roose- welt would not support him and the re- publican ticket certainly would be de- feated. He thought MT. Root was the one member of the allied force who stood chance of being nominated and win ming the support of the colonel He dis missed as unworthy of serious considera- tion the claims of other allied candidates. Some of the other progressives who were consulted concerning this effort to bring the two factions together feared that Mir Roots political relations with several of Colonel Roosevelts political enemies would make it impossible for the colonel to support Root William Barnes Jr, was mentioned in this connection.
 If the allies are able to effect this com bina tion with the progressives and gain the indorsement of Colonel Roosevelt, 1t was said the progressive party would be given the vice presidential nomination and several of the progressive platform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were filed in the probate court yesterday:
 Leon G. Reid and Miss Carrie Lou McClendon.
 Virgil T. Roach and Miss Maude R. Scholar.
 Rosco Perkins and Miss Odessa Flor ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
PEACE MEETING ADJoURNs

Chicago, June l0-The peace con ference of republican and progress sive conventions adjourned shortly before O clock this morning until 9 o'clock without having come to definite agreement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres
At the PhOtopIay Houses

Lyric-Musical comedy. Matinee a 8 p. m. Evenings at 7:30 and g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10

The remains of Mrs. Katherine Ann Pate, age 69 years, who died yesterday about noon, following lengthy illness at the late residence at "A Thirty-seventh street. Wylam, were shipped by Echols x
 Angwin, undertakers, to Savannah last night over the Southern for burial, which will take place today. The decease is survived by three sons and one daughter.