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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
ONLY ONE TROOP ID BE ENLISTED
 IN BIRMINGHAM
Sergeants Gresham and Thach Designated by Maj. Steiner as Recruiting
 Officers for City

It was stated last night by Sergeants Owen G. Gresham and R. G. Thach, Battery c. field artillery, who have been detailed to recruit the troop of cavalry which Birmingham will con- tribute to the new Alabama regiment that official notification had been re- ceived by them from Maj. R. E. Steiner in Montgomery that the other troop which had been started in Birmingham would not be organized. Major Steiner, it is stated, did not approve of the plans for the organization of the two troops because he did not feel that more than one troop of high calibre could be raised in Birming gham after so many of it's young men had already been called into the militia service in the two local batteries. three compa- nies of infantry and the medical corps.
 recruiting office for the troop which will be organized will be opened this morning at 737 First National Bank building, and next week one will also be opened at the city hall.
 This troop will be explained by Matt H, Murphy.
 
 Only 73 men are required and it is stated by those in charge that no re- cruits will be received who do not give every indication that they will successfully pass the federal physical examination. When the state militia was recently mustered into the federal service tt Montgomery, nearly one third of the troops were disqualified in this way and Major Steiner has given orders to those working under him that he does not want a repetition Of that situation As soon as each troop throughout the state is ready the mastering officer from the regu- lar United States army will go to the various recruiting points and muster them in at once, and Major Steiner has received assurances from the war department that there will be none of the delay in furnishing equipment tha existed at the mobilization camp at Montgomery. Horses will be furnished promptly and actual training begun at some concentration point, which Tn all probability will be Chickamauga Park, near Chattanooga. The war de- partment is pressing Major Steiner for the prompt organization of his regi- ment. as militia cavalry is badly need ed on the border. Many infantry or ganizations have been mounted and changed into cavalry troops on ac- count of this shortage, among these being some of the Virginia infantry troops.
 Reports last night from Montgom- cry were that over 20 troops had been started throughout Alabama. although only F can be mustered in as a part of the Alabama regiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
Musicians Picnic

At the regular meeting of the Musicians union held last night, it was decided to hold their annual picnic at East Lake park in the second week of September. A committee composed of Frank David son, Victor Wahn and Eddie Reu have charge of the arrangements. Among the features will be big dance in the skat- ing rink, and the biggest orchestra that ever played at dance in the soutn will be furnished by the local musicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
Suits Filed

The following suits were filed yes- terday in the office of the clerk of the circuit court:
 S5000-J. R. Hawkins sues F. E.. Butler. False arrest alleged
 $5000-Morris Cox sues James Ho- gan. False arrest alleged.
 $5000-Walter Caldwell sues Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company. As sault and battery alleged.
 ,0Q0-Mrs. Mary L. Brand sues Smallman- Brice company. Personal injuries alleged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
Hungary to Send Wheat

London, August 1S.-An Exchange Tele- graph company dispatch from The Hague says;
 Herr Von Batocki, president of the German food regulation board, in an in terview with Hungarian journalist stated that negotiations were progressing between Berlin and Budapest with view to inducing Hungary to turn over the surplus of the Hungarian wheat crop to Germany"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
Convention at Sardis

Greenville, August 1S.-(Special.) .)-The First District Baptist Sunday School con- vention will be held at Sardis in the southern part of Butler county Sunday, September 8. The programme for that meeting has been announced, and many of the expert workers of the county will appear at this meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
BARBER REPLIES ID STATEMENT OF
 INSURANCE MEN
Insists That Discrimination in Fire Rates Is Made and That Charges for Pro-
 lection Are Too High

Commissioner Barber stated yesterday that he had found in legislative acts of 1915, section 59-B, on page 507, provision relating to the charge a city could levy on insurance companies for doing business. This law states that a charge of $4 per hundred can be made by this city for the insurance companies doing business here. shall make a motion at the next commission meeting that this charge be made on the insurance people instead of the present rate of 2h per cent on the net premiums collected by the insurance companies operating in Birmingham,' said MT. Barber.
 | When asked what he had to say to the arguments as advanced by insur- | ance men in yesterdays Age-Herald, MT. Barber said: T noticed that several of those interviewed said that the rates of the underwriters were fixed on a basis of science. If this is true I want to say the science is too deep for me. know that I have common sense enough to realize that there is discrimination in rates on fire insurance in Birming- ham and the charges for protection are 1 too high.
 q don't mind seeing a man get his | insurance at a low rate. That is all | right, but I do not like to some
 people get a 10-cent rate, as the l Brown Marx does, while 110 North 1 Twentieth street pays rate of $1.30 Regardless of what was said by the | insurance men as to the fire hazard on | tho fire-proof buildings I cannot see
 why a fire in two-story building can
 not be fought and conqured much
 easier than in a building 20 stories high.
 OUT-OF- STATE BUSINESS
 AS to the argument about the fair ness of the insurance company who | writes a policy out of the state and | who does not do business in this city, | I will say that the fellow in New York l is not on the ground like the under l writers are and that he cannot get the | volume of business.
 | You hear the insurance people talk ing about the 15 per cent penalty be-
 ing taken off. They don't say any
 thing about the new schedule on insur- | ance taken out for a period of more
 than one year. Formerly you could get three years insurance for the
 price of two. Now you have to pay | the premium for two and a half years ] to get three years insurance. As for
 the assertion that figures show that the companies have lost money for | the past 20 years prior to 1915, 1 would have to take the insurance companies | word only, a until 1915 they were not | taxed according to the business writ | ten by them but by flat rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19

Strand-"Little Lady Aileen." with Marguerite Clark.
 Belle theatre, Ensley-"The Myste- ries ofeMyra," with Jean Southern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres
At the Photoplay Houses

Lyric-Vaudeville. Matinee at p. m. Evening at 730 and g.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Governor Pardons.

Charlie Miller and Charlie Easter, hotb convicted of grand earceny In Johnson county, last May, and sen tanced to one year each in the peni- tentiary.
 The pardons were issued to Jack D6orifne of Sevier county, sentenced in February to one year for assault with intent to kill, and Roy Selman of eavier county, sentenced in January to six months and fined $500 for wife obondonment. Jim Huff, fined S1O Tnne 25 in the Little Rock Municipal Court for assault and battery, was re- lieved of payment
 Governor Hays also by proclama- tion relieved Otis Cathey or White oorntv of the payment of a fine of $50 ooeossed against him for carrying con cealed weapons.
 Governor Hays pardoned two men
 sr;ng nenitentiary sentences and re Iiovod three persons of paying fines.
 Governor Hays pardoned Walter ,,,,,r,or of Calhoun county, given two roars for manslaughter in July, 1915. 5r,'n ~ nardon was issued on the condi tiop that Turner shall Immediately ,poro ,ao tbe state, never to return except 1o .o" toettfv against his brother, Collin tr,,nror uU nor in the Calhoun County Circuit l,onrt After testifying in this court So is to leave the state, never 10 re .,,rn nu ,' should he return to Arkansas ;t ,s said his pardon will be void.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
REPUBLICANS ARE PLATED.

New York.-Leaders at Republican national headquarters were elated over the result of the election Tn Maine, while those at Democratic headquarters declined to admit that the Republicans had scored a victory in carrying the state. Secretary Rey- holds of the Republican National Com mittee, said:
 "The result shows an absolutely re- united party"
 Chairman Mccormick of the Demo cratic Committee said:
 "The result indicates sweeping Democratic victory in November. 1 have never predicted that we would win in Maine, because I realized that to carry such rockribbed Republi- can stronghold in a presidential year would be practically impossible.
 We have materially reduced the usually large Republican majority and that insures the election of President Wilson by an impressive majority.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
|GDON BACK TO
 |DENING FOR TRIAL
|,uTFNANT OF MILITIA ACCUS- |ro OF BlGAMY ON GOVERN MENT RESERVATION.
|coMPANIED BY GUARDS
..otino Himself From Duty WitA- r4 cave, Escaping Arrest and Con- ;act Unbecornlng an Officer and
 eentlemen Are the Charges.
Little Rock

reut J. B. Rigdon of Dardanelle,
 Arkansas militia officer of many Imbles. will return to Deming, N. M. ks time. however, Lieutenant Rig
 m was not to make the trip alone.
 Capt. N. NJ. Cartmell, U. s. A., of
 er in charge of the local army re- hitting office, received orders from ke Southern department of the war Lnartment to send Rigdon to Dem Ig for confinement and trial"
 |raptain Cartmell said guard Of
 Eo men would accompany Rigdon. instructions received by Captain krmell were to have Rigdon taken hDeming and turned over to the com |nding general, Gen. Granger Adams, FSA. Lieutenant Rigdon has been mined in the guardhouse at Fort kgan H. Roots. Mrs. Rigdon No. ? |s visited him several times, soldiers ! the fort said.
 pigdon may be tried on several Earges. Bigamy committed on gov |nment reservation, absence from htv without leave, escaping arrest bd conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman were charges tentatively Iacea against him. He cannot he lied on a desertion charge, as on sch occasion when he disappeared tom Deming he reported to Captain srtmell shortly after arriving here.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
STUBBORN FIGHTING
 RAGING IN GALLCIA
GERMANS AND TURKS ENGAGE RUSSIANS NEAR HALICZ-RUSS
 WINS IN CARPATHIANS.

etrograd.-German and Turkish troops are engaged in stubborn fight ing with Russian forces in Galicia on the River Naraiuyka, in the direction of Halicz, according to the official statement issued by the Russian War Department A counter attack made by the Turks and Teutons, the state ment adds, was repulsed by the Rus sians.
 In the Carpathians, south of Bara- noff, the Russians stormed a series Of heights. They took 800 prisoners, the announcement says, and captured mountain battery of several cannon which had been thrown into the ra- vines
 Russian torpedo boats, it is declar- ed, bombarded the Roumanian port of Baltjik, on the Black Sea, and sank 21 barges in which the Bulgarians, whd had occupied the seaport, were ship ping bread.
 The official statement follows:
 "German-Turkish counter attacks on the River Narauivka, in the direction of Halicz, were repelled by our fire In this area stubborn fighting con tinues.
 Iii 1Ie Wo0fGu Csifp psI tl1i.siss, ,-s-. =. = :: of Baranoff, our troops carried a Sc ries of heights, taking more than 50t prisoners and capturing five machine guns and a mountain battery of sev eral cannon, which had been thrown into the ravines.
 Caucasian front: In the region of the village of Ognott stubborn fighting continues.
 "Blaek Sea: Our torpedo boats bombarded the port of Baltjik on the Roumanian coast and sank 21 Barges, l in which the Bulgarians were shipping bread from this port Enemy sea planes attacked our torpedo boats without result"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Lieutenants Assigned.

First Lieut.. L. " Turner and Second
 lieut.. c. c. Bost, Arkansas National Euard, both of Atkins, were recon
 tended by Adjutant General Lloyd England to be detailed for recruiting
 ervice. Both are on the active list. Ihey organized a company at Atkins kfl the vacancy in the Second Regi- bent caused by the mastering out of Ee Meua company. The vacancy was
 Eled by a larger company organized
 | Texarkana and the men in the At Ens company were transferred to
 Iher companies to fill them to peace
 Erength. The lieutenants of the com
 any, however, were not assigned to i,t,,
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
NUMBER 2S

Congressman J. R. Thompson of Paul's Valley, Okla, whose district in- cludes Oklahoma City, said that Okla homas delegation would assist in the campaign to have the government ni- trate plant located on the Ouaehita river site near Hot Springs. He will accompany Major Fiske chief of the United States Engineering Corps, ofti- eers and members of the Executive Committee of the Ouachita River De- yelopment Company, and members of the Business Mems League, to inspect the site. Congressman Thompson said IL is improbable that the entire ap- propriation of $20,000000 will De spent on one plant.
 Arkansas congressman have COLO to our assistance time and again when questions affecting Indian natter came up, and they have always hncc up with Oklahoma and you will find Oklahoma now lined up for Arkansas for the Ouachita river site for the ni- trate plant" he said. Congressman Thompson also predicted the re-eIac- ton of President Wilson. MT. Hughes is a clean man, an able judge, but not of presidential caliber, and his cam paign thus far has been very much of a frost" he said.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
HOSPITAL TRAIN
 ARRIVES AT SPA
HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS GATHER AT IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOT TO
 EXTEND ROYAL WELCOME.
BORDER SUFFERERS ABOARD
Hundred and Fifty-one Soldiers Sui fering From Various Ailments Seek Health at Army and Navy Hospi-
 tai at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs

Hot Springs Hundreds of citizens gathered at the Iron Mountain Depot at Hot Springs and gave the special hospital train of the United States Army, which brought from Fort Sam Hous- ton, Texas, 151 patients for the local army and navy hospital, a royal wei come The train consisted of Il coaches and constituted the best equipped hospital train the War De partment has ever owned. It was in charge of Capt. Howard H. Bailey of the United States army medical corps who was formerly located in this city
 The patients were transferred to ambulances and waiting automobiles, which conveyed them to "Unc'e Sam's" big hospital. Many trips were necessary before all the soldiers were taken from the train to the big inst1- tuition on the hill About every kind of ailment known to border service was represented in the cases recorded at the army and navy hospital. Many of the soldiers are convalescing from typhoid, some are suffering from rheu- matism, while others have various ail- ments. Two of the men received are convalescing from wounds received with Pershlng in Mexico.
 There are over 1S0 patients in the army and navy hospital. The officials here have been making ready for the patients that arrived, and in order to have accommodations for all of then it was necessary that over 70 othe1 patients, some of them having seer service in the Civil War and other in the Spanish-American War, leav the army and navy hosflSS1 and see accommodations in local hotels c boarding houses. The armyNand nav hospital in this city} undes the con " szl. a 2. eAe .. |, that state of efficiency that finds i fully equipped as a complete arm base hospital should be.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Incornoration Matters.

The Era Mining Company of Zinc, Boone county, capitalized at $12,00O, filed articles of incorporation. J. N. Kirby is president.
 The Diamond Oil and Mining Com pany of Texarkana, capitalized at $lo,- 900. filed articles of incorporation. G. Fl. Carpenter is president.
 The Oklahoma Land and Timber Company of Fayetteville filed notice of an increase in it's capital stock from s1O,OOO to $25,OOO.
 The Southern Sand and Material Comnanv of Little Rock surrendered it's charter. The company was organ ized four months ago and had not be- gun operations. Acting Mayor Mord Roberts of Argenta was president.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
64TH SESSION OF
 CONCRESS ENDS
DURING SESSION 97,soo BILLS AND GAP RESOLUTIONS WERE IN
 PRODUCED lE THE HOUSE.

ngton.-Congress adjourned sine die. concludins the Sixty-fourth session and record-breaking one In many respects, with appropriations and authorizations for the future, run ming we'll toward two billion dollars.
 During the session 17,S00 bills and GAP resolutions were introduced in the House. Of these 52 bills became laws and B public resolutions were adopted, in addition to 150 private bills and resolutions.
 congress appror ciated exactly $1,- 626,439 ,210 which, with obligations and authorizations for the future, makes the total $1,S5S,3 1884, ,4S5. These figures, announced in speeches by Representa- tives Fitzgerald, New York (Demo- crat), and Gillett, Massachusetts (Re- publican), were defended by the for mer and attacked by the latter as half a billion dollars greater than any ses- sion of Republican Congress.
 In statement issued following the adjournment of Congress, President Wilson called attention to the 'heIp ful and humane leg 5lation" passed and declared that whle he regretted additional legis] Y. {ealing with tn raUsrt ufs 5 ;sss = ~ .s a!s XII E os ]. and their employees had not been com pleted, he had every reason to believe tA.e question would be taken up i'm mediately after Congress reas sembled.
 The presidents statement follows:
 "A very remarkable session of Con gress has just closed, full, as all re- cent sessions of Congress have been of helpful and humane legislation which constitutes contributions of cap- ital importance to the defense, the eco homie progress and the wholesome life of the country.
 "It is to De regretted that the ses- sion could not have continued long enough to complete the program re- gently projected with regard to the accommodation of labor disputes pe- tween the railroads and the employees, but it was not feasible and therefore only the most impressing parts of the program could be completed
 "The rest, it is agreed, has merely been postponed until it can be more maturely deliberated and perfected. 1 have every reason to believe that it is the purpose of the leaders of the two houses immediately upon the reas- sembling of Congress to undertake this additional legislation"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Eleven Prisoners Paro,es

lie fenltentiary Commission parof. ca II prisoners who had served ona- thlfd or more of their sentences in the penltentiary and the Arkar 3as Re. form School.
 Five white boys were paroled from the reform school. They are: Locke clements of seyier county Dick Me Cure of Craighead county. Charles Beatty of Garland county Ernest Cop plnger of Madison county and Oliver Jones of Madison county, all sentenc- ed for grand larceny.
 Six negroes on the state farm at Cummins were paroled. They are: Chaney Frierson, Pulaski county, sen. fenced in March, 1915, to four years for assault to kill; Henry Wilson, Pu- laskt county, sentenced in January, 1916, to two years for arson; Mat smith, Columbia county, serving one year for grand larceny; Julius Wilson ot Union county, serving one year for grand larceny; Ed Evans of Drew county, serving one year for selling liquor; Tom Allen of Miller county, serving three years for assault with intent to kill
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
$33,601 For Workers.

Commissioner of Labor J. c. Clary in the last IS months has collected $33,601.S1 in wages 4or employees, ac- cording to a report being made 0y Deputy Commissioner E. L Mckinley to be presented to the State Fedora tion of Labor. The largest case was the recent settlement secured for em- ployes of the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf railroad.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Roumanla Increases Fund.

Amsterdam-By decree of the Rou- manian Council of Ministers, the ex, traordinary credit for the arm is in- creased by 2OO,OOO,0OO francs to 6OO,- 000,000 francs, according to teie- gram from Bucharest. The Universal announces that General Parasiyoesco has been appointed director of muni- tions, and that General Popovic, tn- spector general of cavalry, has been appointed to command the first army corps in succession to General Ave resco.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Reine and Ramsqate.

O=e great German of the past would not have approved the attempted air raid on Ramsgate. During his visit to England in 1927 Heine went down to Ramsgate in June to recruit his health, and was so delighted with the place that be projected long poem, of which "Ramsgate" was to have been the title. l. was at Ramsgate, more over that he fell in love with the Irish girl who figures prominently in the fourth book of the "Reisebilder. - London Chronicle.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
 State Wins Judument.

Attorney General Wallace Davis was notified thae,the sst sst-ate : \ a ss 3 2 aAsas rf-
 judgment of $39, ,45O in the Desha Cir cult Court on a suit against the Union Sand and Material Company to re- cover taxes under the act taxing con- panies for sand taken from rivers and lakes. Judgment for more than S60,- GOO has been secured since January 1.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
To oraanize Rifle Club.

Adjutant General Lloyd England has received an application for the establishment of a government rifle club at Sweet Home, to be known as the Sweet Home Rife Club. The off cers are: Dr. c. K Mason, president; Tot Berthe, vice president; T. A. Tarpley, secretary; K. F. Thanton, treasurer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
May Join Auainst Villa,

San Antonio, Tex.-If Francisco Will Ia gets within striking distance of the American expeditiontary force, Gen. Pershings soldiers may join troops of the Carranza government in a campaign to extermipate the bandit and his followers, according to Gen. eral Funston.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Red Cross Duties Rrnad.

Washington.-Tha Red Cross acti- vities among soldiers are not confined to binding wounds and nursing conva- lescents, is shown in an order just issued to local units. It is requested that parties meet troop trains return ing from the Mexican border and pro- vide refreshment and entertainment.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Sheriff lakes Appeal.

T. T. Blake, sheriff of Benton coun- ty, filed in the Supreme Court an ap- peal from a decision of the Benton
 Chancery Court granting a writ of habeas corpus for Fred Trout of Ben tonville Trout was fined $75 for as- sauIting an officer and placed in jail in default of payment. He applied for and obtained writ of habeas corr IS.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Dentist Is Accepted.

Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England received |Otice that the appointment of pr. Mex F. Searle of Jonesboro as first [eutenant and dentist, assigned to the Arkansas National Guard, has been Epproved by the War Department. lieutenant Searle has been ordered
 10 Fort Logan H. Roots to be mus Eered in by Capt. F. W. Boschen and rll go from there to Deming, N. M, fhere the Arkansas troops are sta HOned.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-09-15
Commission Sues 1. M.

The Arkansas Railroad Commission brought, in the Circuit Court of Ben
 |oa county, it's third suit against the |aon Mountain and Rock Island rall- |@ads for violation of the commis-
 |aons tariff No. by the application |u the new railroad tariffs increasing
 |atfa-state rates. The new suit was
 |Rought by D. D. Glover, prosecuting
 |a'orney at Malvern, on behalf of local
 |hippers.