The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-25
Will Not Take Action to Prevent Increase of
 Henry's Bond
TREASURER SEES
 STATE OFFICIAL
Hugo Black Also Visitor in Mont gomery at Same Time-Bat- teries A and c Will Be
 Placed in Reserves
Bv FIRED H. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, May 24.-(Special) NJ " Henry, treasurer of Jefferson county and his attorney, Sydney Bowie, conferred with William L. Martin, at torney general, Thursday and urged the states legal department to take some action to- prevent further efforts to force the treasurer to increase his bond from s400,O0O to about $1,500,0o0. Attorney General Martin declined to take action on the ground that the state was not interested in any way.
 MT Henry said the premium on the proposed bond would be heavier than the salary which he is paid as treas urer.
 Hugo L. Black, solicitor of Jeffer- son county, also conferred with the attorney general Thursday, but de- nied that his talk concerned the Hen ry matter He cliamed to be here preparing briefs for the supreme court.
 BATTERIES IN RESERVE
 Batteries A and of Birmingham will not be used as neuclus for the organization of the regiment of artil lery which has been assigned to Ala bama and the work of placing the two batteries in reserve will be continued.
  authoritative source Thursday follow ing the report that the two batteries would be called into the federal serv- ice again
 Orders for the placing of the two batteries in the reserve were issued sometime ago and the work will be completed as soon as the proper papers can be made out. The delay has re- suited from the lack of proper papers. All officers of the two organizations have filed their resignations with the state military department.
 MUST ACCEPT SALARY
 Ernest Matthews register of the circuit court of Jefferson county, can not obtain fees for his services in lieu of the salary of $3600 provided by the statute which prescribes salaries for officials of Jefferson county. The supreme court Thursday ruled that the act of the legislature in abolishing the office of register of chancery and ere ating the office of register of the cir cult court, did not change the system of paying salaries and that Mir. Mat. thews would continue to receive sal ary as if he were register in chancery The supreme court overruled the ap- plication of Gid Bankhead for another hearing of the case in which he sought to prevent the judge of the Lamar
 
 contempt of court. The court several days ago declined to grant a writ of certiorari which would have forced the lower court to cancel the sentence Bankhead was charged with forcing a witness who had been summoned against his brother to leave the coun- ty and not to appear at the trial
 NAVAL ENLISTMENT
 Herbert Jones, a young man of Bir- nningham. enlisted in the navy here Thursday, and was assigned to the aviation section at Pensacola. He S an expert in automobile work and recruiting officers believe he can be of valuable assistance in the aviation department.
 Joseph R. Mccoy. for more than year managing editor of the Montgom- cry Times, received notice Thursday to report at New Orleans for service as first-class yeoman in the New Orleans station. Mir. Mccoy passed an examina- tion last week.
 A. M. Holt, 17-year-ol old son of Capt. David Holt, capitol representative of the Montgomery Advertiser, passed through the city from Mobile en route to Norfolk. where he will enter the navy. After enlisting, he was granted furlough, but has been ordered itnto training
 BANK MAN BOUND OVER
 Andrew J. Bryan. Jr.. former cashier of the First National Bank of Florala, has been bound over to the federal grand jury on a charge of embedding s1S2S.77 and making a false entry of $2000 in the books of the bank He waived examination before Commis- sioner J. R. Thomas and his case will be submitted at the next session of the grand jury.
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