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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
MEXICANS RAID TEXAS
OUTLAWS ATTACK CIVILIANS
ANDTRooPs NEAR BoQUILLAS.
Routed After Short Fight-ParIey
Between Scott and Obregon
Ends in Failure.

Marathon, Tex, May 13.-Mexican
territory on Thursday and attacked
civilians and soldiers. The raid was
made four miles north of Boquillas at
an ore terminal station and directly
behind Colonel Langhorne's Column,
which up to that time had not crossed
the bandits fed.
Ell Paso, May 13-The Oregon
Scott conferences over the Mexican
situation ended in disagreement on
Thursday. All future diplomatic nego-
tiations-if there are any-will be be-
tween the. secretary of state and Mexi-
can Ambassador Arredondo.
At the conclusion of the final ses-
sion the following statement, signed
by the conferees, was given to the cor
respondents:
after several conferences, marked
throughout with conspicuous courtesy
and good will, in which conferences
mutual impressions were unchanged
and information was collected upon
the military situation on the frontier,
it was agreed upon by the conferees
to suspend the conferences and report
back to their governments in order
that these may be able through their
respective foreign departments to con-
clude this matter The ending of these
conferences does not mean, in any
way, a rupture of the good relations Of
friendship between the conferees nor
between the respective governments.
"A. OBREGON,
III. L. SCOTT,
FREDERICK FUNSTON"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
NEW RAID ON THE BORDER
Americans Flee in Autos When Ban
dts Attack PoIaris-Troops Ar
rive Too Late.

Tucson, Ariz., May 15.-Mexican
bandits on Friday raided Polaris, a
mining camp seven miles below Loeb
lei, on the border, driving out the
Americans, who escaped to Nogales in
automobiles.
Colonel Sage, commanding at No
gales, sent company of infantry and
twenty cayalrymen to guard Lochiel
Washington Camp and other towns on
the American side.
A telephone message received here
from Washington Camp stated thai
American soldiers had crossed the line
and visited Polaris camp, but found
the bandits had fed
Mexican bandits who shot and killed
Curtis Bayles, an American, near Mer
cedes, Tex, have escaped into Mex
leo, according to Lieut.. F. L. Van Horn
who returned to Fort Brown after
chasing the Mexicans to the Ric
Grande.
There were three of the bandits
Lieutenant Van Horn stated, and they
were trailed to the river by detach
ment of American soldiers. No at
tempt was made to cross into Mexico
to follow them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
HEADS OF REVOLT DIE.
LAST OF IRISH REBEL LEADERS
HAVE BEEN EXECUTED.
Head of Army Faces Firing Squad
British Premier Views
Ruins in Dublin.

Dublin, May 15.-It was officially
announced on Friday that all the. sign
ers of the Irish republic proclamation
have been executed.
The last three, shot yesterday, were:
James Connolly, commander of
rebel army; S. MacDiarmad (McDer-
motif; c. Ceannt.
Those previously shot:
Peter Pearse, president of Irish re-
public; Thomas Clarke, Joseph Punk
EFT, Thomas MacDonagh.
The official statement spoke only of
the shooting of Connolly and Mac
Diarmad, but the announcement that
all the sigpers were dead indicates
that Ceannt was third victim Of
the firing squad. Connolly was wound
ed in the fighting and after the rebels
surrender was taken to hospital. AS
soon as he had recovered he was court
martialed.
The report of yesterdays executions
caused great bitterness, as it was be-
lieved that the arrival of Premier AS
quith in Dublin would halt all kill
ings. Apparently the shootings were
with his consent, as he would be the
ranking governmental officer immedi-
ately upon his stepping onto Irish soil.
Premier Asquith arrived here in the
morning to investigate for himself
conditions in Ireland following the re-
cent revolt. AS result of his visit
II iS nxnected that martial law will
soon be ended and civil administration
restored.
The premier drove through several
streets lined by wrecked buildings
and also viewed the damage done to
the viceregal lodge.
At long conference with General
Maxwell, commander Of the military
forces in Ireland, the premier received
complete official report on the course
that the rebellion had taken and the
present situation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
FELIX DIAz BoBs UP AGAIN
leo Is in the State of Oaxaca,
Is Report.

Washington, May 17-Felix Diaz,
nephew of the former president of
Mexico, and who is reported to be
heading another revolutionary move
ment in that country, has bobbed up
again. The department of justice was
officially advised that Diaz is in the
state of Oaxaca, Mexico, where it is
known a revolutionary movement
against the de facto government has
gained much headway Diaz's where
abouts had been unknown for the last
three weeks. At various times he
was reported in New Orleans and New
York. and one report had it that he
had gone to Europe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
z DINERS ARE KILLED
BLASTING IN EXCAVATION NEXT
DOOR LooSENS FOUNDATION
OF RESTAURANT AT AKRON.
II BODIES TAKEN FROM RUINS
More Than Fifty Persons Trapped
When Structure CoIlapses Like
House of Cards-Many of Injured
Expected to Die-owners Escape.

Akron, o., May 17.-At least dozen
persons were killed and nearly score
injured on Monday night when the OLD
Beacon Journal building, occupied by
the Crystal restaurant, collapsed as
result of blast of dynamite in an ad-
joining excavation. More than nifty
persons were in the cafe.
Seven identified and three uniden-
titled bodies have been recovered, ana
two persons now missing are thought
to be in the ruins.
Battery B, Ohio National Guard
field artillery, was called out to AID
the police in restraining crowd OF
more than 10000 persons who packed
the streets at Main and Quarry, where
the accident occurred.
A tremendous roar echoing the
screams of dying people, brought
thousands to the disaster scene, IN the
heart OF Akron's business district. In
stantly the entire city, rallying under
the shock, plunged to the work OF
rescue.
A great pile of ruins, broken tim
bers, twisted steel and tons OF brick
and mortar, buried the victims, who
a moment before were dining in the
restaurant.
Police and volunteer rescuers
worked frantically digging and chop
ping through the debris.
Nineteen, many of them probably
fatally injured, were extricated and
sent to hospitals. Only two or three
of the others known to have been in
the restaurant succeeded in escaping
before the crash.
George Ferris, who, with his
brother, Augustus Ferris, owned the
restaurant, escaped.
Blasts of dynamite, set off in an ex
cavation for a new building directly
north of the restaurant, unsettled the
foundation The restaurant was one
story structure, with two-story false
front and the latter topping back
ward, added weight Of many tons tc
the falling roof.
A dynamite charge set off so feet
away from the restaurant a few min
utes before the disaster, is believed
to have been the direct cause. The
structure fell like house of cards.
Mrs. w. C. Lawson escaped strange
ly from the table where she and hel
husband and their eight-year-olc
daughter, Mary, were dining to
gether.
The first body to be dug from the
tangled heap of debris was that o.
little Mary Lawson, her daughter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
DERBY WON BY GEORGE SMITH
New York Colt Captures Big Race in
kentucky-Star Hawk Runs
Close Second.

Louisville, KY, May 16.-East tri-
umphed over West again in the forty
second Kentucky derby on Saturday,
when George Smith, the great Disguise
colt, owned by John Sanford of New
York, scored by the narrow margin of
a neck over Star Hawk, A. K. Macom-
ber's crack English-bred Sunstar colt.
Franklin, the Kentucky reliance, was
third, while in the ruck came the great
pair which sport the colors of Harry
Payne Whitney. The time, 2:04, was
fast, but did not near reach the mark
set by Old Rosebud in 1914. The lat
ter's time was 2:03 20.
The event was worth $3.50 to the
winner, $4,000 to the second horse and
81 1000 to the third The fourth horse
saved his starting fee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19

Birmingham-Dem PRIMARIES
in Alabama Endorsed Woodrow wilson
for president, the only division as u
the national convention delegates J7'
ing on the question of prohibition
Cincinnati The delegates to the
convention of the American tederd-
ton of Musicians voted down a pro
posal to establish a national nome lol
aged and infirm musicians.
Washington-The senate has pasSeu
the house bill granting pensions u
survivors of Indian wars from 1900 "
1891. 1t has been estimated 1t WouIu
increase the pension roll $1,OOO,0OO an
nually.
New York-The will of Charles W.
Hardness, former Standard Oil attol-
ney, divides his $1O0,OO0,000 estate De
tween his widow and his brother, hu,
ward S. Hardness, leaving $870,VoV u
charity.
Minneapolis-A warning to Woh.et
TO put aside personal differences anu
cooperate to the fullest extern IN tno
fight for national Acknowledgement WaS
sounded by speakers before the 'li'
sissippi Valley Suffrage confidence
Lincoln = While temporarily. ifs''i ~
Mrs Marion Cass, a farmers VIE "
years old, burned herself to death u
q strawstack.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
TEXAS MILITIA REACHES CAMP
One Thousand Men Arrive at Fort
Sam Houston-Entire Force
Expected Soon.

San Antonio, Tex. May 13.-More
than 1000 men of the Texas National
Guard arrived here on Thursday and
went into the mobilization camp at
Fort Sam Houston The physical ex-
animation of the men will be begun at
once. The men who pass will be sworn
and mustered into the United States
service. Their terms of enlistment
will be for the period of their enlist
ment in the National Guard or until
the Mexican expedition ends. 1t is ex-
pected all of the $500 Texas Guards
men will be in camp soon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Ia KILLED BY POWDER BLAST
Thirty Others Injured at Du Pont Plant
in New Jersey-ExpIosion Wrecks
Building.

Gibbstown, N. j., May 17.-Fourteen
men were killed and about thirty in
jured in a terrific explosion at the
Repauno plant of the Du Pont Powder
company, near here on Monday.
The blast occurred in the building
in which trinitrololuol is maniac
tured and wrecked that structure and
three Others Among the identified
dead are: w F. Lawley of Woodbury..
N. j., assistant superintendent of the
trinitrololuol plant, and George Marsh
of Paulsboro, N. j., foreman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
RURAL CREDIT BILL WINS
Similar Measure Already Through
Senate and Differences Must
Be Adjusted.

Washington, May 1.-THE Glass
rural credits bill providing for a fed
eral farm loan board and system of
IL land banks passed the house on
Monday by vote Of 295 to 10. A
similar measure already has passed
the senate, and the differences prob
ably will be worked out soon In con-
ference.
Under the bills terms the land
banks would lend money to farmers at
not more than six per cent interest,
through local associations, mortgages
running from five to thirty-six
years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
RAIL ROAD PRESIDENT is DEAD
William A. Gardner Of the Northwest
ern Passes Away at Cape
Cod, Mass.

Cape Cod, Mass, May William
A. Gardner, president of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad, died at
his summer home here on Friday He
was fifty-seven years old, and for some
time had been in failing health. 1t
was because of his health that Mr..
Gardner came here with his family a
short time ago. The body, it was said,
will be taken to Evanston, ILL.,, for
burial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Live stock.

Chicago, May To-
CATTLE-Good to choice steers, SsVo oo
1925: yearlings. good to choice, $%oVgIo'Vo,
inferior steers, $7.5O@9.OO; stockers ana
feeders. 81 .25@S IS: good to choice heifers'
s7 100000; good to choice COWS, $o.9olgS'S 3d.
cutters. s4.O0@5.2 Gamers, $3.5Og4 SO'
butcher bulls, s6500725; bologna Do 1d ~
IS. GOAT. IS; good to prime veal calves pow
mic 90: heavy calves, $6.5O07.75.
HOGS-Prime light butchers, $OOoqlo.5o'
fair to fancy light, $1O.O0@102o prime me,
dunn weight butchers, 24o027O lbs. SioV@
1880; prime heavy butchers, 2lOQSlo IDS oS@s
10 10. rough heavy packing, $9.5O@9.9O; pigs
fair to good, $S.25@9.25; stays. s. 9og96 % l..
SHEEP-Shorn yearlings, $S.5Ou9-Z9. laIr
to choice clipped ewes. $7754S.SO; snorn
wethers, fair to choice, $S.OO@0so; reeuti -
lambs, $95O011 90: fed western lambs, $dV .0'
mo %: Colorado wool lambs, s1e5GQlz.oV'
spring lambs. s1o.Oo@13.5O: shorn LAMBS
s.. 75@10.50.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
BIG STEAMERS IN COLLISION
Italian Liner and Swedish Ship Dam.
aged in Fog-One Goes Into
Drydock.

New York, May I'm dense fog
that hung over the coast the Italian
liner San Giovanni and the Swedish
steamer Grekland collided off Sandy
Hook while outward bound from this
port The Grekland, which was bound
for Scotland with a, large cargo of
munitions consigned to the allies. was
badly damaged and returned to port
to go into drydock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
TWO FIRES AT FORT BLISS
Attempts Made to Destroy Garrison
Near FL Paso, Tex, at Might
Funston Orders Probe.

San Antonio, Tex, May 16.-General
Funston has ordered an investigation
of the fires on Saturday night at Fort
Bliss, near Ell Paso. They we're in
cendiary, it is said, and evidently de-
liberate attempts to destroy the gar
rison.
Two stables were burned, according
to the official report, and an attempt
was made to set fire to an ammunition
house.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
French pirlaible is Burned.

Paris, France, May ia dirigible
balloon. which is reported from Tou-
lon to have fallen into the sea of the
Sandman coast, belonged to the
French navy. Four of the six persons
aboard persisted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Two Italians Killed.

New Orleans, May 1.-TWO Ital-
ians were killed, three wounded, and
thousands Of pedestrians thrown into
a panic in gun fight between rival
Malta factions in the heart of the
downtown district.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
AUSTRIAN LINER ToRPED0ED
Steamer Dubrovnik Sunk Without
Warning, Berlin Announces-ves-
sci Was Unarmed.

Berlin (by wireless), May 15.-The
Austro- Hungarian passenger steamer
Dubrovnik has been torpedoed and
sunk by a hostile submarine in the
Adriatic sea, it was announced on Fri
dav. The official report of the YES
sells destruction stated that the steam
er was torpedoed without warning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR

Columbus, Miss, May 13-Harris
Johnston, one hundred and one, the
oldest general in the. United States.
is dead here.
Copenhagen, May 13-The German
naval and military forces are prepar-
ing for combined land and sea at
tack against the Russian port of Riga,
according to report current here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
ARcHDUcHEss TO WED BORIS
BetrothaI Of Austrian TO Bulgarian Is
Expected Shortly, Says Amster-
dam Dispatch.

London, May 15-The announce
ment is expected shortly at Vienna Of
the betrothal of an Austrian archduch-
ess and Prince Boris, heir to the
throne of Bulgaria. according to an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19

Turco-BuIgarian Forces in Belgium.
The Hague, May 16.-Germany, it is
reported, is sending heavy reinforce
ments into Belgium, including detach-
ments of Turco-B ulgarians, to Offset
the presence of Russians on the west
ern front.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
carranza Increases Tax.

Ell Paso, Tex, May 17.-Notff1cation
from the Carranza government that
export taxes on various metals have
been increased from $50 per cent up
ward was received here. The new
1ecree takes effect Immediately.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
NEGRO Boy Burned at Stake.

Waco, Tex, Jesse Washington, a
Toung negro, who assaulted a white
woman here several days ago. was
aiken from the courtroom while on
trial and publicly burned in front of
The city hall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
SENATE BARS GEORGE RUBLEE
Presidents Choice for Federal Trade
Commissioned Refused by Upper
Body.

Washington, May Is. - President
Wilson's nomination of George Rublee
for federal trade commissioner was
rejected by the senate on Monday by
q vote of AZ to SO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Four Persons Are Drowned.

Hornbeak, Tenn, May 17.-Four per.
sons were drowned in Reel Foot lake
here when a gasoline launch over
turned The dead: Mrs. Frank Dane,
Mrs. H F. Keller, John Hamilton.
Infant Hazelhurst
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Women Beat Up Pacifists.

London, May 16.--Several pacifists
and nonconscription leaders were
beaten by women and escaped serious
injury only through Intervention Of
the police when an anticonscription
meeting adjourned
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
u s. submarine In Collision.

Washington, May 1.-THE subma-
rine K-2 coIlided at night with the
steamer Aragon while en- route from
Hampton Roads to the New York
navy ward The submarines bow was
severely damaged.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
MARKETS
Milwaukee. Nav 1s 1a1e

MllWauKee, May Is, 1916.
Butter - Creamery, extras 90.
prints, 29c; firsts, 26K@27c; seconds
ESQ 26c; Process, 260261bc; dairv
fancy, 27c. y
Cheese-American. full cream naw
made twins, l5@15hc; Daisies, 15n
0l6c; Young Americas, 15A@15&.c.
longhorns, 15A@15%c; limburper
fancy, 2 lbs. 16@16hc.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh. as to
quality, 181A@19c; recandled, extras
20@21c; seconds, 15@16c.
Live Poultry = Fowls, general RIM
17@17hc; roosters, old, 12c; spring
ers, 1870.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 1.2501 %.
No. 2 northern, 1.22@124; No 2
northern, 1.O5@1.14; No. 2 hard, ia
OILS.
Corn-No. white, 75@76c.
Oats-No. 8 white, 44@47c; stand.
ard, 461ac; No. 4 white, 44@45e.
Barley No. 8, 76077c; No. 4, 74@
TIC; Wisconsin, 75@77c.
Rye-No. 1, 991bc.
Hay No. timothy, 1S.OO01s0o.
No. timothy, 14.00015.5O, light clo-
yer mixed. 14.OOQ15.OO; rye straw.
8.50@9.00.
Potatoes-Wisconsin or Minnesota
white stock on track, S8092c; red
stock, fancy, 80@S5c.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers. 1925
@10.S5; fair to best light, 96O01O.O5;
pigs, 8.5O@9.00
Cattle Butchers steers, 67O@9.45:
feeders, 5.50@7.5O; COWS, 41O@4.45;
heifers, 4.45@7.7O; calves, 925@1O.OO.
Minneapolis, May Is, 1916.
Wheat-No. 1 hard, 1.27; No. l
northern, 1.21@1.24; No. 2 northern.
1.18@122.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 76@77c.
Oats-No. white, 42@42%c.
Rye-94@95c.
Flax-1.96@2.0
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

HAY-Market firm; choice timothy, $2lO2
022.OO No / timothy. $19.00Q2O00; No z
timothy, $170O01S.0O; light clover mixed.
ST.. Goals 90; heavy clover mixed, $4,000
400; No. 8 red top and grassy mixed tim
othy. S14OO016.00; threshed timothy, $500
1000: clover, $11.00@130O; heated and dam
aged, S6.OO910.OO; alfalfa, No. l, $l4OOq15N;
alfalfa No. 2, $13.00Q14.O0; alfalfa No. ),
S. O0010.O0.
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 2S12ci ex-
ira frsts, 2Sc; firsts. 27Q2714c; seconds, Is
602615c: dairies. extras. 2S1zc; firsts 27@
271bc; firsts. 27@2715c; seconds, 26Q2612c;
packing stock, 231a@24c; ladies, 2012q26c.
EGGS-F'irsts, 201aQ21cc; ordinary hrsts,
190l9s4c: miscellaneous lots, cases includ-
ed. 1s02044c; cases returned 1S16Q2OAc; ex-
ira. 23024c; checks, 16Q17c; dirties, 1712@
1S1hc; storage packed. frsts, 21ssQ22c; ex-
ira, 22's@221kc.
LIVE .POULTRY-TurSeys, zoe per ID;
fowls 171hc; ROSTERS, 1112c; ducks, l6qlSc'
geese, 10lD13cc.
ICED POULTRY-Turkeys. Hq29c per
h.: fowls, 18Q1S1ac; ROSTERS. lSc; DUCKS
16@1Sc: geese, 12@1Sc.
POTATOES-Minn Dakota, WHITE
S5@93c per bu.; Wisconsin, Michigan white
S5@93c; Minnesota and Dakota ohios' "
1885,
NEW POTATOES-Flor bills, No. l.
S.. 1906. 90; No. 2, s4.75@5.O0; hampers. NO.
i, $175Q2. 90; No. Q, $1.25.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-19
New York. May Is.

wHEAT-Weaker, inquiry fair; NO
northern. S1.S6; No 2 RED, $1.2S14; No
hard, $685. May, $12S1a; July, a'24ls.
OATS-Weaker, more active; STANDARD
52c; No. 8 white. 50@5O1ac; No. WHITE
496491kc; ungraded. 491a059c.
CORN-weaker, moderate inquiry; NO
2 yellow, S2@S7c; No. 3, S2s4c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
ASKS COMMISSION
 TO URGE BIG PLANT
Barber Says City Body Should Lead and Not Follow in Such I'm pOrtant Matters

Upon the motion of Commissioner Ar lie Barber yesterday, the commission will write a letter to M w. Bush, president of the Chamber of Commerce, urging that every effort be used to influence the United States government in locating the $11,000,0O0 armor plate plant in the Birmingham district.
 It was MT. Barber's contention that a separate letter from President George B. Ward of the commission be written to every member of the Alabama con gressional delegation urging that the proper steps be taken 70 bring the gov ernment armor plate plant to Birming- ham, but Commissioner Ward stated that a letter to President Bush of the Cham Der of Commerce would answer the same purpose.
 "Well. what I really want" said Com missioner Barber lis to impress whoever is interested that the city commission of Birmingham is heartily in favor of bring ing the government armor plant to this city and will do whatever it can to se- cure it. I am not in favor of armor plants of any description, governmentally owned or privately owned, but as it seems we must have them, I favor Rir- mingham having the plant"
 "The Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead in this matter" said Commis- sioner Ward, "and I think a letter from us showing that we will do all that Is possible will be sufficient"
 q know the Chamber of Commerce is taking the lead.'' said MT. Barber, "but it is up to us to take the initiative for the best interest of the city. The city commission is here to lead-not to fol- low '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
NEW POWER PLANT
 UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Jefferson Construction Company Has Commenced to Build Foundation of
 New Addition to Alabama Co.

Work on the new steam power plant of the Alabama Power company, which is to be constructed on the Warrior river at a cost of s1.5OO,OOO began yesterday. according to official announcement made by F. H. Chamberlain. general manager of the company. The contract for the foundation work was given to the Jeff ferson Construction company, the con- tractors who built the Weatherly viaduct here. This part of the work will require from three to four months, and it is ex- pected tht the completion of the plant will not take place under nine months. A. R. Gilchrist is the engineer for the Alabama Power company in charge of the construction of the plant. and MT. Van Shook is in charge of the work for the contractors.
 General Manager Chamberlain, who has just returned from New York, announced to the general offices of the Power com pany there. My trip to New York was merely for a discussion of the develop ments we are now making in Alabama announced MT. Chamberlain. The Ala bama Power company, as announced sometime ago. has under way some large investments in this state for the imme- diate future and other important plans yet to be started. President James Mitch ell Is expected to visit the district with in few days to go over the work now under construction