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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-21

In State V. MCElrOy, % Am. $. R 3j6. tho Court say:
 The question for our dctcrmina- ton is: Should a ballot cast be counted in ascertainlng the result of an election, as the fact of which the printed name of candidate was erased and the name of another candidate substituted in writing?
 Under the act of 1S77 to reEu- late and maintain the freedom and purity of elections. and to punish persons for false. fraudulent or illc- gal voting, the names of persons voted for were required to be writ ten or printed on the ticket. The statute applying Is; Section 2S of the said act was amended by act lOl of 1882, as follows That all the names of persons voted for shall be printed on one ticket or ballot on white paper. of uniform size and quality. to be furnished by the sec rctary of the state.
 Tho right of suffrage being a poli-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-21

The answer Of the Canvassing Board as to the precincts of Deering and Utica is also substantially the same as that as to Choggiung: 1t contains however the statement of two of the Canvasslng Board made in their an- swer to the alternative writ that said Board made in their answer to the ale terantive writ that said Board is now in receipt of a telegram from Adams, the Clerk of the Court at Nome, that "ceruficate Utica Judges issued Jan uary 18th showing why official bal lots not used received today: affidav- lt of one certificate of second judge of election Deering precinct dated Feb ruary second of same tenor also rec ceived: copies mailed"
 X certificate or affidavit made after election returns hovo bccn forwarded
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-21

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 To rccapitulate then. the CanvlssnE Board must not count the returns from Choggiung. Nushagak, Bonnifcld. Utica. Dccring or Vault. These pre- cncts total Wickcrsham 69. SulZcr l9.
 It is suggested by Mir. Rustgard that 1T the Court had before it the re- turns from all the precincts in Aloskn it might appear that there were de- fccts in the returns from other pre- cIncts. sufficient in gravity and number to turn the result obtained fl the bnl- lots CD in the precincts discussed herein were rejected.
 This. of course, is possible but the ploadinGs disclose nothing of that na- ture. On the contrary the answers al- lege that counting the precincts here tofore advertcd to Wickersham has 649O votes. and Sulzer has 6i59; that the Canvassing Board has finished the canvass of all votes and was about to issue a certificate of election to Wick ersham when the alternative writ was served upon them.
 It is obvious that if the votes be re- iected which the Court has decided should be rejected. Wickersham's 6t90 will suffer a diminution of 69. leaving him only 642i. and Sulzer's 6469 will suffer a diminution of 19. leaving him 6l4O--in which event the certificate of election should go not to Wickersham but to SulZer.
 rho demurrer will be sustained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
AGE-HERALD GIVEN
 PRAISE BY OFFICER

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The bill signed by President Will son yesterday authorizes the marine corps to enlist men between the ages of IS and s5 for the period of the war. Men who want to fight where the ac- tion is hottest on land. on the sea or in the air will find the marine corps offers them great opportunity to uphold the honor of their country and their flag.
 On behalf of the officers and en- listed men of the marine corps I again desire to express our sincere appre- citation of the. able assistance and hearty cooperation rendered by The Age-Herald in recruiting the corps during these strenuous times. Bir- mingham has responded splendidly to our calls.
 I am now asking your further as sistance and cooperation in recruiting the marine corps to its full authorized strength of 30,O00 enlisted men. The special national marine corps recruit ing week Is from June 10 to 16, inclu- sive. and I hope that the marine corps will be at full strength before the close of the present fiscal year period,
 GEORGE BARNETT,
 Major General Commandant.
 Washington, D. C.. May 28. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
FREIGHT RATES TO THE WARRIOR RIVER
 WILL BE DISCUSSED
Mass Meeting Tonight Under Aus pices of Civic Association to Pre- sent Matter to Public Serv-
 Commission

The Birmingham Civic association will hold mass meeting tonight at o'clock at the headquarters in the Jefferson County Bank building to discuss the pe- tition that has been presented to the Alabama public service commission for the reduction of freight rates between Birmingham and Maxine and Cordova, B. II. Cooper. S. P. Kennedy and S. P. Gaillard, members of the commission, have been invited to be present.
 This petition was drawn up by the Civic association and given a hearing by the commission on May '. Their decision is now pending, and it is to stimulate public interest that the meeting tonight will be held. No set programme has been arranged. but any one present who knows anything about the subject will be given the privilege of the floor.
 The petition seeks an adjustment of rates that would allow the establishment of river and rail rates to Mobile and in- termediate points," said J. B. Babb, man. ager of the association. "The purpose of the meeting is not to embarrass or commit the commission in any way, but to get more light upon the freight situa- tion. Not only shippers, but also re- ceivers are interested in the fate of the petition, and their interests VIII be dis cuA sd at the meeting. Shippers will also be present to outline the effect the granting of the petition would have on Birminghams trade district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
ROTAR|ANS ENJOY
 LUNCHEON TALKS Next Week Club Will Visit Boys Industrial School
 and Take Lunch

Rotarians learned something yesterday at their luncheon about coal tar products A very able technical talk was deliv- cred at their regular weekly meeting by W. G. Bickell, sales manager of the Barrett Manufacturing company at Fair field, on this topic. Mir. Bickel handled his subject in masterly manner, disseminating some very valuable informa- ton throughout his discourse.
 "Gattling Gun" Fogelman, who was the chief attraction at the Recparn cnau- tauqua last night gave short talk that was very heartily enjoyed by Rotarians Due to the fact that MT. Fogelman g voice was bit out of order, he at first declined to speak, in view of his night engag cement at the chautauqua, but was finally persuaded to speak for few minutes.
 On next Wednesday the Rotary club will take lunch at the Boys Industrial home at East Lake. going out in body from the Tutwiler hotel at 12:S0 o'clock. This trip holds much interest to all Rotarians their interest in boys work having been shown previously and constantly in con- nection with the local boys club.
 The central committee on arrangements for the entertainment of all visiting Ro- tarians who will stop over in Birming- ham for a day following the adjournment of the convention in Atlanta. being in Birmingham June p. found their duties so numerous until they had to divide their work among nine subcommittees, all now being very busy making arrangements and executing plans for the big day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

The campaign for s2500O for the army work of the Young Mems Christian as sociation struck its stride the first day and the organization is getting down to real work
 The time is short to secure this large sum, but the teams will report every dolas raised if the people of the city will be liberal and prompt in their response. This movement is considered one of the tion with the army mobilization and 1t Is regarded as the patriotic duty of every citizen to give and give literally.
 The reports of the teams yesterday were encouraging and every man in the organization is working for a better re- port today. The navy was the victor in the first days battle with several hun dred dollars to the good, but in the army and aviation divisions if determination is an index as to the results, today there will be battle royal. The climax will come at the dinner today at 1 o'clock when the organization will meet again at the Billman for reports.
 The result of the first days work was as follows;
 20l5.50; naval division, 2602. 50; total for the day, s6S65.50
 With the preliminary gifts of yester- day this makes grand total of ss6l5.5C at the end of the first day.
 A large part of the s3000,000 Y. M. c. A. fund is to be used in the south. as the south is to have the largest number of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
MAYOR OF JASPERIS SERIOUSLY INJURED
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT
A. s. Preston and L. D. Gray Thrown Down Embank- ment When Car Turns
 Turtle Near Sayre

A. S. Preston, treasurer of the Jasper Trust company and mayor of Jasper, fs at South Highland infirmary suffering from serious injuries received at sayre yesterday morning at Il o'clock when his roadster in which he and Lecl D. Gray. attorney. were returning to Jasper turned turtle down S0-foot embankment as an attempt was made to change drivers.
 MT. Prestons physician stated last night that he had received a fracture of the skull and broken arm. MT. Gray escaped without receiving any serious in- juries, though he was painfully bruised. He left the hospital for his home in Jas per Mr. Preston's condition, while very serious, is not considered necessarily fatal.
 MT. Preston and Mir. Gray had started to Jasper, having been in Birmingham on business, and were driving MT. Preston s roadster. Upon reaching Sayre MT. Pres ton made an attempt to swap seats with Mir. Gray in order to allow him to drive the remainder of the journey to Jasper. In making the change control of the car was lost and the machine tumbled down the embankment with the two passengers.
 MT. Preston and MT. Gray are both well known in Birmingham. Mir. Preston has for many years been connected with the Jasper Trust company the Jasper Land company, and associated with L. B. Mus grove. the Jasper capitalist, in his many enterprises. He has wife and two sons, and one married daughter residing at Perry, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

troops. though the greater part of the s3Oos.00o will be given by the friends of the association in the north. Alabama will have several of these camps, it Is thought. and the Y. NJ c. A. work will be done for the troops where it can be observed by many of the givers of this city
 One of the large gifts to this fund which vas made unsolicited was a sub scription of $500 from King Solomon lodge, and it is likely that several other lodges will be heard from before the cam paign is over. No gift has pleased the board of directors of the association more than the one from this lodge
 The dinner at the IIillman hotel at l o'c'ock today promises to be one of the most interesting of the campaign and every member of the campaign organiza- ton is expected to be present. President Cosby states that the men appointed on the war council and who are not on any of these teams, are expected to dine with the campaign organization at the Hillman, as their presence will be an en- ccuragement to those who "are active in the campaign.
 If the citizens of the city had been present at the opening of the campaign and heard M. w. Lee tell of the condi- tions on the border. the temptation which swept the men off their feet many of whom were incapacitated for weeks, the agencies that were there as they are near every army camp, and the heroic work of the association in winning these men from these agencies of sin there would be no refusing nor would 1t be necessary to solicit a dollar. The people of Birmingham would send in their sub- scriptions, and they would be large ones, too without being asked to give
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
CONTRIBUTIONS ID FLAG POLE FUND Plan to Raise Big Flag in Capitol Park on Regis
 tration Day

Fifty-five dollars were contributed yesterday for the purchase of the flag pole which is to be placed in Capitol park for tho btg Larcnaan. Joseph s Loeb United States flag. This brinss the total up to date to s1s1.54. leav- ing $2OS.46 yet to be raised.
 The Civic association, which is con- ductinE the campaign, is very anxious to get this money as soon as possible definite date for raising the flag has not yet been decided on. but June 5, registration day. is being seriously considered. The date may be moved forward or backward. but at any rate, it is very important that all the money be raised in the next few days. Subscriptions of any amount are want ed and may be sent either to the Civic association or to The Age-Herald.
 It has been announced that parade will pass through the business sec tion of the city before the flag is raised and that the merchants will be requested to close their stores for an hour or two. Speeches will be made and suitable exercises carried out at the park
 The Standard Portland Cement com pany, through the manager. J. I. Mc- Cants. has donated cement for the foundation and the city will lay the foundation under the supervision of Julian Kendrick. city engineer.
 Capt E. J. McCrossin secured 93 sub scriptions yesterday. amounting to s465O Others who contributed are T. o. Smith, $5; Alabama Grocery com pany, $1; D. G. Torrance. $1; Dr. Will liam McGavock, $1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
LIEUT.. HILL TO TRAIN CLASS OF YOUNG MEN
 FOR RESERVE CORPS
Offers Services Free to Those Who Mean Business and Will
 Study

Lieut.. J. D. Hill, assistant examining officer of the reserve training camp corps has made an announcement that he will offer his services free to class com posed of those young men who wish tc prepare themselves. for the next training camp, if class can be formed, and the young men will buckle down to real study and preparation.
 T will be here two or three weeks
 longer. and before being called to field duty I can train class of 40 or 50 men to such an extent that drill
 sergeants from the regular army can
 complete the work, if I am called away before they complete the course. I will complete one subject as we go along, giving examinations on each subject as we finish it, with a recom
 mendation to each man passing that will aid him in getting into the train
 ing camp at Fort McPherson. There are quite a number of young men who
 were unable to get in at the present camp. and number of them have asked me to take up this work, which
 will gladly do if they mean business
 said Lieutenant Hill
 A preliminary meeting was held at the Young Mems Christian association last night to perfect class of sufficient num- Der, and it was found that the course will cost each man approximately s2.5o which will defray the expense of quar- ters, lights. textbooks and stationery.
 Friday night a second meeting will be held, and 1t is believed that the students will get under way at that time. and active instruction will begin. No pay whatever will be accepted by Lieutenant Hill for his services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
MERCHANTS DEPEND
 UPON BUYERS OF
 THE MIDDLE CLASS
Ben Veil Optimistic Over Outlook-February, March and April Business h.
 creased 50 Per Cent.

.In February, March and April
 our business increased 50 per cent
 and that was some increase when
 one considers the volume of busi-
 ness we do annualIy,- stated Ben
 Well of M. Well & Bro. yester-
 day, "but fin May we have not done
 so well, due, I believe, to the
 cool weather.
 "A little scare talk is easily car- ried from one to another. and 1t Is easy to note that the man of the middle class. and he is the buyer aft CT all and the main dependence of the merchant. is affected by these rumors of hard times and deprivations of war. 1 have heard many of them talk and l am sure that they are holding back some on their trading to see just what will happen. I of course do not cen- sure these men for doing what they consider is conservative buying; on the contrary, I compliment them. but to be frank about it that eventually hurts the merchant.
 "I can see no reason why things won't settle down and adjust them selves in a reasonable length of time and we will be doing a smooth busi- ness, greatly increased in volume and think that money is going to le more plentiful than heretofore, as ev- erything is bringing better prices es- pecially the labor of skilled work men," concluded Mir. Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
ELLIOTT REELECTED
 PRESIDENT OF UNION
Typographical Union Selects Officers and Delegates Yesterday

mingham Typographical union for local officers for the ensuing year Arthur E. Elliott was reelected president over R. P. Schoppert by vote of s3. to GA. All other officers were reelected without op- position.
 The race for delegate to the lnterna tional union convention. to be held this year at Colorado Springs. was warmly contested. there being six candidates in the field William II. Vim of The Age- Herald and J. o. Carder of Roberts & Son were chosen to represent Birmng- ham at the convention in August. by wide margins over the other contestants, The following was the vote: Carder 93. Leath 10. Reed 26. West 50, White 26 and Winn 9l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
OSCAR WELLS TO
 ADDRESS REALTORS

"yeriIy, he shall return wiser who wendeth his way to the luncheon Thursday at the Hill- man-one bell,. says Secretary Robert P. McDavid.
 Birmingham realtors will today hear Oscar Wells. president of the First National bank. talk on liberty loan bonds at their regular weekly lunch con at the Hillman hotel.
 The exchange will be asked at their meeting today to pass res- olution which calls upon the gov ernment to use some of the funds appropriated for national defense for the building of new freight cars. The fact will be brought out that the normal cost of building freight car is $500. while at pres ent the cost is approximately S2400, which is the reason the railroads will not build any more cars, say realtors. This matter has been discussed in all civic organi- zations of the country and the ex- change will be asked to express their sentiments.
 The Buy-a- Home campaign will also be discussed and the idea of carrying the campaign on for a month will be shown to be the logical and successful plan.
 Plans for securing the mobilization camp will be reported upon by tic committee. which was continued from the last weeks meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
CALL ISSUED FOR
 THREE BATTAL|ONS <. OF SIGNAL RESERVES
Only Experienced Men Will Be Taken, As There Is No Time for Tech
 nical Training

The new southeastern department has issued a call for experienced and capable operators electricians and linemen to. fill three battalions of sig nal enlisted reserves. One of the bat talions will be a telegraph telephone battalion, sor building. maintaining and operating the permanent and semi-permanent lines in the camps of the field armies and behind the actual front and will need experienced tele- graph operators and testers. telephone men and linemen. The other two bat talions will be known as field bat talions," each consisting of one radio company one wire company and one outpost company, all for assignment to field service with the combatant forces.
 Young men especially are desired, although the age limits of the signal enlisted reserve permit the acceptance. of men between IS and 45 years f physically and mentally qualified for this branch of the service. Technical men only are wanted. men who are ready to start immediately on course of military training that will fit them for field service. There is no time now to give technical training, and the military training is all-important.
 Applications and information can be secured from signal officer. southeast ern department, Charleston. s. C., or from Capt. S. G. F. Rathborne. signal officers reserve corps. No. IS Wash ington street. Montgomery. Ala, who is working to recruit in Alabama at least one company of a field battalion. It is hoped that all men enlisting Tn the signal enlisted reserve from Ala hof he tnpatber n thaig call to active service and this might be done if a sufficient number of ex- perienced technical men can be en- listed here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

The success of Louis Pizitz's committee a Anniston and Oxford Tuesday. when they met with and addressed the business men of both places in the interest of the food preparedness campaign, has already been assured. as was proven by the adoption of resolution in which the work of the committee was indorsed and cooperation was promised to the limit by the business men and bankers of Anniston and Oxford.
 Glowing reports were made to the Bir- mingham committee by the Anniston and Oxford committees, of the work that they are now doing in Calhoun county The Chamber of Commerce entertained the committee at lunch, and most hearty and cordial welcome was extended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
HERE IN INTEREST
 OF FRENCH ORPHANS
English Woman to Make Addresses to Various Bodies During Visit
 To Birmingham

The Fatherless Children of France branch Of the American Society for the Relief of the French War Orphans. head quarters at 6G5 Fifth avenue. New York, is being represented in Birmingham by Miss Ellinor Fell. of i3 kensingtoi square, London. England, who is at the Tutwiler for few days. while engaged in getting audiences in Birmingham with the various organizations of the city.
 Miss Fell is desrous of addressing the various clubs in an endeavor to get Americans interested in her work, and she has an indorsement from the Rotary clubs of America. David A. Forgan. pres ident of the National City bank of Chi cago. who is treasurer of a special lota, fund for the work, and many others. She talks interestingly of her work and is very enthusiastic over the support that she is receiving in the United States At Memphis she was given very cordial welcome, and addressed eight civic bodies and clubs there before she came to sBir mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE ION FOOD PREPA EPAREDNESS
 DOING SPLENDID WORK

every member. A mass meeting was held at both places and enthusiasm unbound- ed was shown in the work.
 Tho committee which went to Reform yesterday to assist the Reform commit tee in building a warehouse. W. W.. Crawford. E. Wilkinson and T. P. Hay. Jr., met with splendid success. They found the Reform people enthusiastic and doing business right along They showed every sign of meaning business. and the advice received from the Bir- mingham committee enabled the citizens of Reform to right to work with their project, which they expect to com plete for the fall crop, taking care of the surplus harvest The warehouse is the result Of the work of Murray Browns committed which visited Reform a week ago, and the citizens will erect it on the community plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
S9,615.5O OFY.M.C.A. ARMY
 FUND ANNOUNCED FIRST. DAY OF LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
Navy Is Victor in First Days Batte-Brmngham organSa ton Is to Give $25000 for Work in Army-Much of the
 Total s300o00O Fund to Be Spent in the South
Three Points to Remember in
 Birmingham's r. M. C. A. Campaign

There three points with Birngham Gampagn for s200O M soldier boys which We wn particularly emphasize Cosby president of the Birmingham M c. A.
 Firs association does not get which the government has asked National M conduct the necessary wo
 
 Second the will this f M C A. money contributes There soldiers will be qaered in o the Y will be spent where are.
 Third Birmingham concentration camp If her of soldiers here and the 10 times much Birmingham asked of the people of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
KIDNAPPING CHARGED
Habeas Corpus Hearing Before Judge
 Miller This Morning

Warrants have been issued for the ar rest of J. B. Webb and Constable J. B. Nutter on charges of Kidnapping and grand larceny. arising out of the bringing of J. w. Powell, Jr., from Sylacauga last n,oLth on charges of passing bad check in payment of an automobile Powell was discharged by Judge Abernethy and claims that he was forcibly brought from Sylacauga through the agency of the de- fendants without due process of law Judge John H. Miller will hear habeas corpus proceedings instituted on behalf of Nutter this morning.