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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
LARGE AUDIENCES
 HEAR MRS. MATHIS
Noted Woman Agriculturalist Makes Tour of g Counties in Inter-
 est of Farming

Mrs. c. H. Mathis is just completing a three weeks tour of the southern part of the state, where she visited many coun- ties and was heard by large gatherings of farmers and business men. Her tour is part of an educational campaign con- ducted under the direction of the Ala bama. Bankers association, and it will be followed by individual work in the counties.
 q am making a tour of g counties, D writes Mrs. Mathis, visiting the county seats, preparatory to a two days cam paign in each of those counties, the campaign to be carried on by the local bankers and business men and I will assist them. We are carrying out our rlan which is for each county to be a unit and go after itself. The bankers and business men will lead in their own county in whatever line of agricuitural education and development most needed in that county.
 That is the plan we have been work ing for the past 10 months and it is proving to be the very best.
 "T am meeting large audiences every where, and the most cordial receptions, The people are glad to have me come among them, and they plead for these two days for their county They plan to have quite a large number of auto mobiles make the circuit with us. The idea is the most popular I ever saw.
 Tn some of these counties the boil weevn destroyed 9S per cent of the cotton crop, but the people are determined and are going into other things and each county seems to be making other mar kets for other products. They are CO., operating and pulling in mixed feed plants, and creameries, and peanut oil mills, and at Andalusia a big packing house.
 "The spirit of the people is beautiful. ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
Marriage Licenses

FoIIowing are the marriage licenses issued from the probate court yester- day:
 Herbert Johnknecht and Mrs Letha Taylor Wilson.
 Grady Russell, Warrior, and Miss Lorella Crockman.
 John Robinson Bishop and Miss Dor otha Virginia Bell
 Everett Roberson, Pa1os, and Miss Lottie May Parterfield.
 H. G. Reeves and Miss Matte Me Murry
 Phil, G. Buchanan and Miss Jessie M. Braune.
 Fred Ellis and Carrie Courtney.
 w. D Christian and Lillie B. Cum ningham.
 Paul L. Droninean and Miss Ethel A. Marrlette
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
ENSLEY PARK ID BE OPENED FOR SEASON
 AND RE-EQUIPPED
Big Night Planned for Meet ing of Ensley Elks-Bap- tist Midweek Meetings
 to Be Held

There will be a meeting Wednesday afternoon at o'clock in the inferior court room for the purpose of reorgan- izing the Ensley Park Playground asso- ciation and to make preparations for the coming season. At this meeting the an- nual election of officers will be held and a number of committees will be ap- pointed. J. A. Dupuy, president of the association last year, will preside, and all citizens interested in this movement are invited to be present The Ensley park playgrounds are one of the best and largest in the Birmingham district and throughout last spring, summer and fall they were attended by large num- Der of children of this district. The Ems ley park is the largest in the Birmingham district and is also one of the most beau tfful natural parks in this section. At the meeting Wednesday arrangements will be made for re-equipping the play grounds.
 The boys of the Ensley High School Athletic association had a cleanup day. at Ensley park yesterday and cleared off the baseball diamond for the coming season. Over 50 boys were pres ent and the diamond and field were put into fine condition. The girl members of the association prepared lunches and a very enjoyable time was had following the work The Ensley High school base ball team will use the diamond at the Ensley park for their home games ex- clusively. Practice will begin Monday
 
 all boys wishing to try out for the team are requested by Coach Craig to be on hand Monday afternoon. The prospects for a good team have never been so bright before for the local school, states the coach, as they have a number of players from last season and plenty of raw material on hand, and Coach Craig is confident that he will have a winning team this year.
 The regular meeting of Troop 20, Boy Scouts, was held Friday night at troop headquarters on Avenue F. The meeting was well attended despite the indictment weather and an interesting programme was carried out Scout Madison Gay gave report on the progress being made with the baseball practice and although nothing definite was given out, the local scouts promise to have a very good team for the coming season. Nelson Thompson was elected captain of the second baseball team. Assistant Scout master Carl Jackson gave a very inter- esting and helpful lecture on the Scout oath, emphasizing the solemnity and explaining the purpose and construction of the oath. J. A. Jackson, Norman Kleindienst and Guy Jackson were visit
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ors at the meeting. The meeting for next week will be a very important one and all scouts are urgently requested to he present All scouts interested in base ball are requested to meet for practice on the Tennessee company's grounds on Monday afternoon after school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
COlOred Singers to
 Give Entertainment

The colored singers of Birmingham. including the Wesley singers, the Six teenth Street A. M. F. Zion, Sixth Ave nue and Pratt City Glee clubs, will give an entertainment for white people Monday night. March G. at the Sixth Avenue Baptist church, Avenue F and Sixteenth street, south. James Bowron will deliver an address. The proceeds will be given to the W. D. Smith Neigh borhood House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
COL. w. H. KETTIG SPEAKS ON MONEY
 PREPAREDNESS AT
 BANKERS BANQUET
Ccontinued From Page Five)


 banks have required reserves reduced from 15 per cent of their deposits to lz Der cent of demand and 5 per cent of time deposits.
 "The calculations made in the office of the comptroller show that this reduc- tion in reserve requirements has re- leased and made available for loans over s40O GOO. GOO in the national banks of this country.
 Another purpose of the reserve act, and the principal one, is to provide. an elas- tic currency which will be ample to meet the business requirements of the coun- try In the past we have operated with a fixed supply of money, and with the exception of the Aldrlch-Vreeland act, and special accommodations occasionally offered by the Secretary of the Treas ury, there was no provision for an un- usual expansion of business, or for the great demands in certain sections during crop moving time or for unusual with drawals of deposits at a given point. Through the issuing power of the fed eral reserve banks, under the supervi- sion of the federal reserve board and the directors of the federal reserve banks, | the federal reserve notes will supply this deficiency. Under this system, when l trade is active and money is in great demand, the currency will expand as the
  dull and funds are not needed, the cur rency will automatical contract, there ] by preventing imitation and harmful spec | ulation.
 Those of us who are not old residents I can well remember the last two or three l panics. We can easily recall the time ] when solvent banks in this country were unable to pay cash to their depositors, and when responsible manufacturers and merchants were unable to discount the 1 best commercial paper. We also remem- 1 Der the time when our .iocal banks were unable to rediscount in New York. Un- l der the reserve act, there will hereafter | be no excuse for a bank that is solvent 1 to fail to pay it's depositors on demand | The 12 reserve banks in this country are 1 so conveniently placed that any national l bank that is solvent can obtain enough 1 funds within 12 to 24 hours to satisfy the most ravenous depositors.
 BAD MANAGEMENT Of course if member bank is badly managed-makes bad loans or is other | wise insolvent. the reserve system can 1 not help. It does not guarantee against bank failures. It will only provide the necessary currency when the bank is ! absolutely solvent. I have thus men,
 toned very briefly a few of the func- l tons of the reserve banks. There are l many others, such as the accumulation | of the gold fund, bank acceptances, clear. | ing of checks, etc, which l will pass by | I will now speak of the benefits the country has received from this system
 ano particularly the benefits enjoyed by | the southern states.
 When the Secretary of the Treasury declared on the 18th of November, 1914 the federal reserve act operative, cottor was about cents per pound. Banks were | rediscounting in New York at about
 per cent The banks had borrowed iron the government about $500 00O,cOO under the Aldrich-Vreeland act. Business wa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
BRYAN's ATTITUDE

Tn considering the wishes of the friends of Mir. Wilson to avoid the bit terness which always accompanies a controversy over legislative prohibit ton, the latest expressed attitude of MT. Bryan should be borne in mind In an article in the Commoner qualifying his explicit statement to Mir. Hobson the suggestion is made that while the colonel is opposed to the issue of fed eral prohibition being raised at St. Louis, he might feel compelled to sup port 1t If it should arise.
 This Is the attitude which invites the disaster which all friends of Pres ideet Wilson desire to avoid; and l cannot understand how any gentleman who is irrevocably committed to the doctrine of federal prohibition can pledge himself to the opposition Of that idea if the question should, as 1t will, be precipitated at St. Louis In short, how can any man who is op- posed to the policies of the President pledge himself to support those pol icies?
 Ut is in order that the public may be informed as to the entire situation that I have ventured to trespass with so long a statement. My only regret IS that under all the circumstances was unable to make any substantial con rtibution to the worlds peace, so Tar as concerns the impending battle ID Alabama.
 "That all efforts in the interest of harmony would be totally unavailing did not become clear to me until It developed that these gentlemen upon whose assurances I was relying were at the time arran ging ar aggressive propaganda for federal prohibition as shown by their announcement ot MT. Hobson for a series of federal proh1- bition speeches in Alabama, by the fact that present congressman are being definitely threatened with opposition unless they support pending measures and by the further fact that the at- tack on Senator Underwood In the same general connection was in the course of promulgation by Messrs. oes- sions. Burr, Jackson and their asso- ciates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

point of final conference in the mat ter, failed to materialize.
 NO course was left save to give general notice of the fact that the earnest request of the friends of Mr Wilson had been practically ignored, and that any democrat who wished to so before the people and had Loyalty re1ralned from announcing pending the possibility of peace should understand that it was no longer possible to com ply with the wishes of the Presidents friends in fhat mattnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
HAS NOT SEEN HIM

q may add that I have not mad the pleasure of seeing Mir. Sessions since he left for Washington promising to return and go forward with the eff fort to harmonize; and that I am in- formed that his senior officer finally stated that under no circumstances could either of the three gentlemen who had already announced for delegates from the state at large be left off of any ticket in the interest of harmony
 Tt, of course, goes without saying that recent communications from Mir. Sessions or his associates on the pluclSing board, deprecating the prac- ticability of any suggestion in the in- terest of harmony and taking the lofty ground that it would interfere with tfs rights of the people, followed after some six weeks of definite, repeated and apparently bona fide assurances that the effort would be made to sug- gest a harmonious delegation and com ply with the reasonable request made upon the democrats of Alabama in be- half of the President
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
NOTRE DAME ALUMNAE
ENTERTAINS VISITORS

Local alumnae OF Notre Dame Acad-
emy entertained visiting Notre Dame
alumnae last evening at a reception in
the auditorium of Trinity College. over
200 visitors attended the reception.
The formation of a national alumnae
association of graduates of the academy
is proposed. and will probably be decided
at the annual meeting to be held on Sat
urday
Miss Hortense MCGOWAN, president of
the Washington association, made the
opening address. There was a violin Sc
lection by Miss Bernadette Sheehan and
a vocol solo by Miss Katherine Fennell.
accompanied by Miss Mary Fennell
There was a violin selection by Misses
Dillon. Sheehan and Dore, and a piano
selection by Miss Cecilia Odea. The
Washington alumnae chorus, accompa-
MED by Miss katherine Rover, sang sew
eral numbers.
The arrangement committee of the local
alumnae consisted OF Misses Hortense Nc
Gowan, Katherine Fennell Rena Down
ing, Helen DOherty, Katherine Rover
Lydia Payette, Catherin Geier. Gladys
Flannigan, Mary Fennell. Agnes Bras
man. Mildred Dillon. Kathleen Tobin,
Mercedes Phelan and Mary Rhodes
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
]. R. M'LEAN ESTATE
WANTS STOCK OF POST
Court Asked to Authorize Purchase of
Heavier Interest.

In order to buy 270 shares of stock OF
the Washington Post Company from
John T. Wilkins for s469, 500, the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company, execu-
tor under the will OF the late John R. Nc
Lean, yesterday petitioned the Probate
Court for authority to sell securities OF
the estate to raise sufficient capital.
BY an agreement signed by Mclean and
wilkins October Z, 1915, Mclean acquired
800 shares Of the Washington Post Com
pany stock, the petition of the executor
recites, and this agreement provided that
neither shall dispose of the stock with
out giving the other preference as the
purchaser
Only s144, ,294. Al is in the possession OF the
executor. 1t states, and the court is petit
toned for authority to dispose of $500, ,0Ot
worth OF United States bonds to realize
the capital necessary for the contemplat-
ed stock purchase.
Accompanying the petition are copies OF
letters bearing the signatures Of Francis
T. Homer and Edward B. Mclean, con-
senting to the purchase of wilkins stock
at s.740 share.
A copy OF the McLean-Wrkins agree
ment, attached to the petition, shows
that Wilkins sold to Mclean the 800
shares of stock at s776, ,316, payable as fol-
lows: Cash. 1892, 1880; 615 shares of Riggs
and 100 shares OF American Security and
Trust Company stock. valued at sl63, 500.
That John r. Mclean be made presi-
dent and John F. wilkins be made secre-
tary-treasurer OF the Post Company, at
salaries of $4,000 each a year was one OF
the conditions of the sale. The agree
ment contained the signatures OF the
principals and Emily B. Mclean, Emily
]. Wilkins, and Robert c. wilkins
The United States bonds are due in 1925,
the executor tells the court in asking au-
thority to sell them, and can be advan-
tageously disposed of without diminution
OF their value" The petitioner recon-
mends that the authority sought be
granted.
Copies OF two letters written to the
trust company by Wilkins, suggesting
purchase OF his stock. accompany the pc
tition.
The petition OF the trust company is
signed by Corrcoran Thorn, and 1t was
filed by Attorneys J. J. Darlington and
Frank ]. Hogan.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
TROOP A MOVES TODAY
BUT NOT FOR BORDER
Merely Picks Healthier Site for Camp
Ground.

Troop A moves today. Not to the bor-
der, but to a better camp site.
Capt. ]. H. Washburn has decided tc
abandon the pres mt low, unhealthy To-
cation Of the cavalry tents, which for
days after a rain is still wet and muddy.
He has selected as the new site the
grassy slope near the Fort Myer gun
sheds. near the picket lines on which the
cavalry horses are hitched.
Regular morning mounted drill will be
held this morning, but in the afternoon
the tents will be struck, and erected on
the new street The mess shack and
kitchen will be moved, and the furniture
in the tents, with the equipment of every
man, will be transferred
The new street will be on high ground,
and will run north and south, while the
old street was on low muddy ground
that caught much run-off water and ran
east and west.
The moving OF the cavalry tents from
next to the artillery camp will divide
Camp Ordway into four distinct parts.
The infantry camp, the artillery camp,
the cavalry camp, and the camp of the
First Separate Battalion detachment.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
DISTRICT BILL ALMOST
HOPELESS This YEAR
Conferees Decide Further Action Use
less on Half-and-HaIf.

After a thirty-minute conference yes
terday. the conferees on the District ap-
preparation bill came, to the conclusion
that It was useless to try and reach an
agreement on the $3.50 plan OF taxation.
and adjourned without action
Chairman Page, of the House conferees
will report to the lower branch today that
the conferees are in disagreement and ask
for instructions. Unless the specific In
struction of the House calls for its con-
ferees to yield on this provision and ac-
cept the Senate plan for a continuation
Of the existing taxation law, there will be
no District appropriation bill passed at
the present session.
The Senate shows no disposition to
yield, and, accordingly. Representative
Page wants a definite vote Of the House
before he consents to recede to the SEN
ate plan. If the matter is not reached to-
day. the House will be called together
tomorrow for discussion of this question.
No District bill means the continuation
OF the existing appropriation items until
next July. Such action leaves the Dis
trict at a standstill for a year, so far as
civic improvements are concerned.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHIT

Ansee Grete~. =. and ssaruIs A K.prolu., 3.
Rev. J. Ale1opoulas.
George PrttchsH G. and s...a T. Canpb<u :
both ot Manassas. Va. Rev. Il. T. Stevenson.
John Z. Wade, D. and Ida NJ King . R-
G. NJ. Compiler.
James II. woodburn, 3 and Ksthryu q Moor,
d. Rev. c. NJ. Chamben-
Nathan Bd1rens. =. and Eta w.serzunx %
both Of New YORK. Rev. G. sflr.rstont
Paolo Csporsletti s. and Elizabeth G.su.ldi %
Rev. n. NJ. De Carlo.
R. B. Posy. 2. and Ida Epsns-, q Rev c. q.
Butler.
W. W. Hardy q, and M,rr.--< c. McCormics IS.
Rev. 7. Z Davis
Irrin Bowie. 2. and M,rr,rrt R. Bowie. Is, both
Of Charles County. Nd. Rev. h T COukin.
Gus Nskas, =. and Z. V. Kofer1nzn Il. Rev J
Ale1opoulAs
William h. Young s.. and CAr, T Grant IS
both OF Blue Ridge Summit, Pa Rev. William
Harris
CoLoRED.
Jane. Young b and Ella wsGhing1oo p both
Of Bsltmore. Rev. W. westrsy.
Dsrid Allen. S. and Berth. Edwards, 2 Re-.
J. A. Taylor.
Ferg Ford. 2. and Eil.b~sh Thorptnr, Is. Rev.
p. J. Richie.
John Bryant. "a. and s.tn. Hn~.y. z R~.
G. q. Hlrras
K: S. J.casoo. 81. and s.r.h Z. Jona. a R.r.
r. Z. nTrcu-
Eusepe Hunter. z, ,od ss,h Seseu, Z. Rr,.
W. A. Carter.
shsdract Wright. -. and M.uae Z sts.l. z
Rev. W. J. Howard.
Ernes Berry, Il. and Rodis A Jackson, Il. Rev.
". Westrzy.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
Third INFANTRY Hikes
ON PRACTICE MARCH
Two-Day Maneuvers Planned. with
Probable Sham Battle.

The Third Infantry marches into the
feld this morning for two days rifle prac-
tlce and maneuvers, the first Dig held ex-
ercise of the regiment since mobilization.
Yesterday afternoon the Machine Gun
Company left camp for Edsall. Va, where
the government rife range is situated, as
an advance guard.
The movement comes suddenly and de-
tails could not be learned yesterday. Col
Glendie B. Young has two days work
planned, but even his staff does not know
the detailed plans
The regiment, with the exception OF
Companies K and l., which will be on
guard, viii leave Camp Ordway at 7:3(
O'Clock, in heavy marching order, with
one escort wagon to a battalion, and
two days rations. The tentative plans.
so far as learned are to return to camp
tomorrow night, but there is a possibility
of night march and maneuver.
Ont the hike to the range it is probable
that the infantry will divide into two
forces and work out a combat problem,
as the men will be armed with blank
cartridges
The Machine Gun Company arrived at
the range last night went into bivouac
and set to work erecting targets for the
use of the regiment 1t is probable that
field firing problems by companies will be
worked out.
The infantry will be back in camp on
Thursday morning. as the bi-monthly
field muster will be held then. according
to orders issued yesterday.
The first sergeants of the companies
with the clerks will not be on the hike,
as they muust labor over pay rolls, so
that the men will be paid promptly near
the first of the month
Brig. Gen. William E. Harvey Col.
Glendie b. Young Lieut.. Col. Anton Ste
phan, and Capt. Earnshaw yesterday
looked over the ground over which the
maneuvers will be held.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
PEDDLERS REFUSE TO
MOVE THEIR REFUSE
,cial to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald
New York, Aug. 8.--Five intrepid cops
advanced en- masse yesterday upon Push
cart Lane, One Hundred and Second
street and Second avenue. and sought to
issue summonses to five peddlers on a
charge of littering the street with re-
fuse. There followed a battle, the like of
which the upper East Side has not seen
for years.
The policemen at first ordered the ped
dlers to move their carts, and when they
refused five of them were lined up
against wall while the summonses were
being prepared A crowd quickly gath
cred and, led by several hysterical women
who believed the peddlers were to be
taken to the police station unjustly
more than a score threw themselves at
the cops.
In the resultant melee the five ped
dlers escaped and the policemen were
knocked to the ground and beaten. Re-
serves were called from the East One
Hundred and Fourth street station, but
they were late in arriving.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
SAVE TRAPPED COUPLE
FROM BALTIMORE FIRE
'ecial to The Washington Herald.

Srecial to The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Aug. 2S-Trapped in a
smoke-flled house when their home
caught fire early this morning, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Thomas were rescued from
the upper floor of their dwelling by means
of a ladder
Thomas was awakened about 230 o'clock
by choking sensation to find his room
filled with smoke. Arousing his wife,
they started 10 leave by a staircase in
the center of the house. but were driven
back by dense clouds of smoke Going to
a rear window husband and wife set up
loud cries for help.
Patrolman Martin Lindung, Of the
Northwestern district, and Edward Muhly,
seeing the peril of the two. got a ladder
and the couple were taken down safely.
Thomas could not explain the origin of
the fire, which apparently had started in
the basement of the building. 1t evident
ly had been burning for some time before
it was discovered. Loss will amount to
several hundred dollars.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-29
THIEVES INTERRUPT
STROLL; ROB COUPLE

Glen Ridge. n. j.. Aug 8-Miss
Blanche Plant, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Plant. of IS Oakland avenue, is
under the care OF a physician and Alvan
Fish may lose the sight of his right eye
as the result Of being attacked by three
highwaymen in a lonely section.
She and Mr.. Fish were walking through
little-frequented street when three men
jumped from behind trees. One of them
hit Mr.. Fish twice on the back of the
head and above the right eye. He fell
unconscious.
Meanwhile one of the other men held
Miss Plants wrists and warned her not
to scream, while the third robber took the
rings from her fingers and the tewelry
from her blouse.
Warning their victims not to raise any
outcry. the robbers fled across a field into
the woods. When the alarm had been
spread police dogs were put on the trail