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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
Wide Difference of Opinion on How Counties Feel
 Toward Bond Issue
PEOPLE NOW WELL
 INFORMED ON ISSUE
Birmingham Amendment Election Not Taken as Criterion, Because There was So Much Misun-
 derstanding About It

Montgomery, January 15.-(Special. ) How will the electorate of the state express itself at the polls on next Tuesday, when it will be called upon to say whether or not Alabama shall float $1,500,000 of bonds to pay off a large part of her standing indebted ness?
 Concerning this question there is any amount of speculation-but only speculation. There is nothing that would warrant forecast as to the result of the election. Some. of the pest informed men in the state-men of rare, political astuteness and sa- gacity-declare the bond issue will carry. Others, of equal perspicuity and foresight assert it will be de- feated In both of these classes are to be found men of different convic- tions as to the need of the bond is- sue.
 Hence, why rush in where angels Tear to tread?" None seems to know what will happen at the polls on Tues day. In general, and this is always a safe ground upon which to make as- sertions, the business men of the state, both in the cities and in the rural dis tricts, the office holders and the teach CTS favor the bond issue. The rural population is thought to be in the ma 1ority against the bond issue. The y, termine the result
 FIRST ELECTION NO CRITERION
 The safest declaration concerning Tuesdays election that may be made is that the outlook in favor of the passage of the bond issue is better to- day than al any time perhaps since the passage of the resolution through the legislature. Two weeks ago the out look was most discouraging to those who advocate the adoption of the con stitutional amendment. This may have been due, in part, to the overwhelming defeat sustained by the Birmingham amendment, for to many people the Birmingham election furnished a cri- terion on which to base their judg- ment as to the outcome of the bond issue election.
 It is doubtful, however if the Bir- mingham election can be accepted as criterion. There are two reason for this assertion. First, the people of the state are better informed as to the questions involved in the bond is- sue election than they were regarding the Birmingham tax amendment. Sec ond, two separate and distinct prin- ciples are involved
 As has been previously declsred in The Age-H Herald Montgomery corre- spondence, it is doubtful if one third of the people who voted on the Bir- mingham tax amendment really under stood the purpose of the amendment. It is not without the range of prob ability that many of them thought they were voting on the bond issue amendment.
 But since the election, the voters of the state have been given every op- portunity to acquaint themselves with the purpose of the bond issue. From the governors office thousands of cir cular letters have been sent out over the state in an effort to inform peo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
WAR EVERYWHERE IS c H B F IMPRESSION
 OF TRIP MADE FROM
 PARIS TO SALONIKI
(Contfnued from Page One,

Of gunmetal and at Turin four aero- planes in the air at the same time. you might not have known Itaiy was one of the allies. For one thing, you saw no wounded.
 Again, perhaps it was because we were too far south, and west, and that the fighting in the Tyrol is concentrated But Bordeaux is farther from the battle line of France than is Naples from the Italian front, and the multitudes of wounded in Bordeaux, the multitudes of women in black in Bordeaux, make one of the most appalling, most significant pictures of this war. In two days in Naples I did not see one wounded man. But l saw many Germans and German signs, and no one had scra tched Mumm off the wine card A country that is one of the allies and yet is not at war with Germany, cannot claim to take this war very seriously. She even leaves herself open to suspicion.
 NO WOUNDED IN NAPLES
 In Naples the foreigners accuse Italy of running with the hare and hounds. They asked what is her object in keep ing on friendly terms with the bitterest eremy of the allies. Is there an under standing that after the war she and Ger many together will carve slices off of Aus tria? Whatever her ulterior object may be- her present war spirit does not inn press the visitor. It is not the spirit of France and England. One man said to me- why can't you keep the Italian Americans in America? Over there they earn money and send millions of it to Italy When they come here to fight not only that money stops, but we have to feed and pay them.
 It did not sound very grateful. Nor as though Italy was seriously at war. You do not find France and England. or Ger many grudging the man who returns to fight for his country his rations and pay. And Italy pays her soldiers cents day Many of the reservists and volun- teers from America who answered the call to arms are bitterly disappointed. They expected to be led at once to the firing line. Instead after six months. they are still in camp. The families some brought with them are in great need They are not used to living on 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

pie everywhere as to the merits of the cause. This effort to enlighten has ex- tended to all persons. old soldiers, school teachers, office holders, and persons of every walk in life have been informed
 Another reason why the Birmingham election may not serve as a criterion on which to base predictions as to the election next Tuesday is that the questions involved are entirely sepa- rate and distinct. As is known, the Birmingham amendment was for the purpose of allowing the voters of that city to say whether or not their taxes should be raised The bond issue eIec- tlon is for the purpose of paying off the states floating debt without the necessity of increasing taxes.
 If it were generally believed that a raise in taxes throughout the state would follow the defeat of the bond issue, then it is apparent that the ad ministration would win in the election on Tuesday. The administration has not, and does not, anticipate defeat Yet, it is generally believed that no other course will be open should the bond issue fail to carry, and this opin- ion is shared not only by state off, cials, but by bankers and leading busi- ness men in all parts of the state. IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST RE-
 SUIT
 Coming again to speculations re- garding the result of Tuesdays cleo tion, it is safe to repeat that no one seems to know what will happen. It is certain the cities will vote for the bond issue, Moreover, it is certain that the leading bankers and business men of the state will vote for the amend ment. Hence, the result will depend largely upon the attitude of the rural voter. If there is large country vote, there is a chance that the amendment will carry, for it is thought that one of the contributing factors in the de- feat of the Birmingham tax amend ment was the fact that a large num- Der of persons who might have voted tor the amendment stayed away from the polls, while the opposition pre- sented a solid front.
 Reports from Mobile indicate that the Gulf City will give a large vote in favor of the bond issue Baldwin county also, it is declared. will give large majority for the bond issue. Montgomery county is certain to vote Tor the amendment by overwhelming odds, and we'll known politicians from Birmingham assert that Jefferson county will vote in favor of the amend ment.
 So far as can be ascertaneG the principal opposition to the bond issue is to be found in southeast Alabama and in northeast Alabama. The west ern part of the state and the eastern part, it is believed, will o for the bond issue. The same belief obtains with reference to a majority of counties in north Alabama
 From the present outlook chances are about even for and against the passage of the bond issue The final result tho o1a known until days after the polls have been closed, for it is expected that an official count may be necessary before the result shall be known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

cents a day. An Italian told me the heaviest drain upon the war relief funds came from the families of these Italian Americans, stranded in their own coun- try. He also told me his chief duty was to meet them on their arrival.
 But haven't they money when they arrive from America ?'' l asked.
 That's it." he said, naively. I'm at the wharf to keep their countrymen from robhiuS them of if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
ON BRINK CF WAR

Meanwhile, on every hand, are the signs of a nation on the brink of war or armies of men withdrawn from trades, professions, homes of men marching and drilling in squads, com panies, brigades. At times the columns were so long that in passing the win dows Of the hotel they would take an hour, All these fighting men must be fed, clothed, paid and while they are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
SQUADRON A CHEERED,
STARTING FOR HONE
New York Cavalry Won Respect
of Border Troops

NcAllen. Tex, Dec. 16.- Squadron A,
New Works crack cavalry organization.
began its journey home shortly before
midnight last night, after receiving the
greatest ovation that any outfit leaving
McAllen has had Looked upon as a
crowd % bluestockings al the time Of
its arrival. the squadron has proved 90
the other organizations on the border
that 10 is capable OF real soldering,
and last nights demonstration was a
tribute to the respect for the troopers
which has been growing stronger every
month Of their stay in Texas.
Chief in showing its admiration for
the squadron was the 18Th Infantry
Following a luncheon and rcemcutal
review at the camp of the 18th, "a,
which Major Wright and officers Of the
squadron were guests Of honor, the
regiment marched TO the trains, where
the cavalry was loading The troopers
stopped their work and lined up TO ac-
knowledge the 12th's tribute, and 5otn
outfits cheered each other.
The squadron will make its return
trip in two sections. Besides equip
mcnt. 2o5 horses got with the orgsn'-
latiou.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Prendergast, Curran
and Marks Also on
Their Slate
MOSS IN LEAD
FOR PROSECUTOR
Job Hedges and Judge
DeIehanty Also
Considered

The leaders OF the Fusion campaign
Of 1913 al least those who viii play
tac leading roles in the campaign a
year from now have been comparing
notes iu The past two weeks. and tins
is the slate they have picked:
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell
Controller William A. Prendergast
President Of the Board Of Aldermen
Henry II. Curran.
Borough Presidents Manhattan
Marcus n. Marks; Bronx, Douglas
Mathewson; Brooklyn, Lewis II.
Pounds; Queens, John Kochendorfer;
Richmond, Montague Lessler.
The Fusion leaders in New York
County have decided to nominate for
Sheriff. Frank X. Bowers; for County
Clerk. William f. Schneider; for Dis
trict Attorney, Frank Moss, Job
Hedges or Judge james A. Delehanty.
For Register OF New York County
no one has been chosen as yet. 1t can
be authoritatiyely stated that the
present incumbent, John J. Hopper,
who was elected by the Fusionists
three years ago, viii not be renomi-
mated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
TRAIN GRABS MAIL
AS POSTAL CLERK
FIGHTS ROBBERS
Express Sweeps Registered
Pouch Off Crane Just in Time
to Save II from Bandits

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
REBELS RISE IN PORTUGAL
Government Reports That All Out
breaks Are Promptly Quelled

Paris, December l6 There have
been revolutionary outbreaks IN vari-
Gus parts of Portugal, according to a
Havas News Agency dispatch from Lis
bon. filed yesterday, but an official note
declares that the uprising has been
everywhere entirely quelled and that
Lisbon is tranquil.
The Lisbon dispatch reads:
"Machade Santos, at the head OF a
small troop Of rebels, tried 70 enter
Abrantes Jon the Tagus, eighty miles
northwest Of Lisbon, town of about
5000 populaton), yesterday morning,
but the mutiny was quickly repressed
Santos was arrested.
ION the 18th, troubles broke out AZ
different points Of the country, ana
part Of the garrison Of Castella Branco
lin Beira district, also mutinied, while
at Thomar lnear Abrantes), the out
break took On a more serious character.
"An official note declares the uprising
everywhere was entirely quelled, and
that tranquility reigns in Lisbon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
KAISER AIMING
AT MACEDONIA
Hindenburg Plans New
Conquest to Appease
German People

London. Dec. 16.-The CHER intereS'
in the war will centre in Macedonia
before the New Year, in the opinion o.
many military experts here .
An effort to open communication with
Greece. and bring her into the war as
q German ally is expected.
Prussian militarism, smarting undei
the latest blow at Verdun, where 1t mas
suffered reverse after reverse since IL
hogan the campaign that was to crush
France and make the Crown Prince
nonular hero almost a year ago. must
40 always. feed Teutonic public opinion
on a victory somewhere.
II is a striking quality Of the Ger
mans TO be able to foresee and pro
vide for both sides Of any proposition
o,5 II il reasonable to believe that that
decided what course to pursue Il the
Allies declined their peace offer. Even
=, Germany the interest in Rumania Is
undoubtedly waning. and is hardly
l;teIv to increase unless the campaign
carries Mackensen into Bessarabie
which is hardly possible.
To. Offset the unrest at home an
among Germany's allies, Hindenbur2
pust undertake another diversion
Probably it will be in Macedonia along
.be salonica front, or in an effort to re-
capture Monastir. II il impossible tc
foresee the course of events in Greece
but it would be unwise for tie Allies
20 anticipate any improvement in then
favor without the adoption OF the
strongest measures.
Il is almost a certainty that linden
burg. especially if the peace offers
come to nothing, now plans 20 strike
hard in Macedonia. and that there vii
be exceedingly heavy fighting there
shortly. Il is a hard country for
winter campaign, but offers greater
possibilities for decisive results thar
either the east or west fronts a. this
season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
RUSSIA SPURNS
PEACE OFFER
Foreign Office Brands
1t "TheatriC" Will
Not Consider 1t

Petrograd. Dec. ia further expo.
sition Of the Russian governments atti-
tude toward the German peace proposal
is contained in the following statement
issued to-day from the Russian Foreign
Office:
"A complete and emphatic rejection
by Russia of Germany's offer can hard
" have been necessary to convince
America and other neutrals Of the at
titude which the Allies will take toward
, Germany's insincere and theatric peace
proposal Germany's wish TO impress
the neutral nations must have failed
through the very nature of the proposal
and the transparency Of the motives
which inspired IT,
"The nation honestly desirous OF
commencing peace negotiations uses
more digniiied and direct methods. She
does not advertise her intentions
throughout the world before her pro-
posals have even been transmitted TO
the powers concerned
"The German declaration has the
character of a sensational act of pub
licity calculated TO prepossess the
neutral powers. Beyond this it does
not merit serious consideration. What
the enemy suggests IS peace dictated
BY her and IN accordance with the
very ideas which the Allies are fight
ing 10 destroy ideas Of German hege-
mony of the PrussIan type.
Cannot Discuss Peace so offered
Russia cannot speak Of peace with
an opponent VINO has proclaimed him
self the victor. The rejection of Ger
many's proposal IN no sense places
Russian in the position Of d nation
not desirOus Of durable peace or in
sensible 20 the urgent necessity Of
which has cast its shadow over the
entire world.
But Russia will continue TO suf-
fer this calamity ana add Indefinitely
20 the sacrifices which she has already
made, rather than submit 20 the great
er catastrophe threatened By German
imperial ambitions.
what Russia, In common with her
Allies. desires, is not destroyed
Germany. but the final defeat Of these
ambitions Of German domination.
When Germany desires fair and last
ing peace Russia will be disposed "a
consider the time ripe for peace nego.
tations"
In an address before the Duma. which
yesterday passed resolution opposing
acceptance of the peace proposals OF
the Central Powers. Michael Rodzianko
Continued on page 9, column 2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Will Force Russia
to Peace, Says German

Berlin, Dec. l3 (by wireless to Say
ville)-A military official who is frank
ly and keenly hopeful that some way
may be found TO end the war. though
he is none too optimistic at the pres.
ent, to-day called together represents.
tives OF the neutral press to inquire -
TO the probable effect OF the German
peace note in neutral countries. He laid
great stress on this point, and psrtic-
ularly whether there probably would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
BRITAIN WILL STINT
FOOD LIKE GERMANY

London. Dec. l6.-Bntain
is preparing TO settle down to
period OF war lie approx
mating the conditions that
have existed for so long IN
Germany. After New Years
there will be wal bread, re-
stric,cd travelling facilities
and sugar allowanc IS.
The new orders will have
beneficial effect on the
country's finances, reducing
IMPORTS considerably and thus
benehling exchange. From
the steps already taken it IS
evident the new government
contemplalcs drastic changes
that arc bound to get the
support OF the people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
PORTUGUESE TROOPS
TO SERVE IN FRANCE
Own Generals Named to Lead
EXpeditiOnary Corps

Paris. Dec. rs. Portuguese troops
intended for service with the French
troops in France, according TO quo
tatiou in ia Patric' from the "Portu-
gucse Official Journal viii be called
the Portuguese EXpedit.ouary Corps.
II will be under the command of Cen
erals Tamagnini and Amcida d'Eca. The
latter is former Governor Of Angola
and is reputed to be an able strategist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
MOTHER AND BABY KILLED
Child in Her Arms, She Is. Hurled
Through Wall by Explosion

New Brunswick, y. j., Dec. 16.-An
explosion in the plant Of the American
Smokeless Powder Company, at Nor
cams Station, blew out the side Of the
building to-day and hurled Mrs. Mel
SON Grover. wife Of the caretaker with
her baby through the gap. She wa.
found with the child still clasped IN
her arms. fifty feet from the building.
Both were dead.
Mrs. Growers three other children
were in the building, which was ablazte
I'm dozen places. They We're rescued
but one Of them probably will die.
The quarters Of the caretaker were
directly over kiln, in which $50
pounds Of powder had been left over
night TO dry. Mrs. Grover and the chill
dren were the only ones in the building
which was formerly salt works.
il is expected that the grand jurS
will investigate the cause Of the ex
plOslon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
BRITAIN REGULATES SHOES
Factories Not Seized. but Put Under
Production Orders

London, Dec. 16 Owing to the diff
culties IN the boot trade, it had been
expected that the Ministry Of NUM-
tions would shortly take over all boot
and shoe factories. II was stated to-
night, however, that the manufacturers
and the government had agreed TO a
scheme of control.
The country will be divided into eight
districts. in each of which a committee
of manufacturers will apportion to each
factory the amount of army and other
work it shall produce and the quantity
Of material required, and will fix a fiat
price for similar work in the entire
district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Explosion Kills IA Austrians

Copenhagen. Dec. l6.-Fourteen per-
sons were killed and seventy 9TH
ers were injured by an explosion last
night at a munition factory az Felix
dorf, a village Of Lower Austria IN the
district Of Wiener-Neustadt, says the
"Neue Freie Presse." Several buildings
were destroyed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
LETTER MAY LOSE AN EYE
Chicago Millionaire Reported Injured
at Hunting Lodge in South

Chicago, Dec 16.-A dispatch from
New Orleans says that Joseph Letter,
millionaire OF Washington and Chi
cago, is threatened with the loss Of
ono eye. Letter, according to party
which brought the news to New Or
leans from Letters hunting lodge, was
hit in the eye by a reed as he sa. in
a dugout waiting for game.