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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14

federal court in the capacity of chief clerk in the office of his father, Maj. |C J. Allison, who has been clerk or the federal court for wears here in Bir-
 mingham. He was a cousin Of the late President Williano Mckinley, He is sur vived by his parents, one hrother ana two sisters. Birmingham will join with his parents in mourning his death MARRIED IN PHILADELPHIA The following special dispatch regard ing Lieutneant Allison's death was re- ceived by The Age-Herald last night: Philadelphia, November 13.-tSpecial) ) Lieut.. Jack Allison, resident of the city, formerly of Birmingham, Ala, was Killed in action on October IA.
 | His name is listed today on the honor | roll beside those of Capt. Alexander +. | Skinner and Capt, Joseph Gray Duncan, tJr.. all of whom fell galantly leading I their men into battle.
 1 Lieutenant Allison was a son-in-law | of Harrison Landies, president or the Henry II. Sheip Manufacturing company :, of this city.
 ! His marriage to Miss Esther Landis 1 in Oak Lane in January was a social event His bride returned with him to l Fort Oglethorpe where he won his conl- l miss t'n in the third ofIicers uaihiNs l camp,
 l He went overseas in April with the l Sixth infantry. Fifth division, First army crops. His unit went to the front almost immediately. After duty in the
 vosges his regiment assisted in elimi'
 hating the St Mihiel salient, penetrating
 as far as Thiau Court
 The Sixth infantry was ordered ther
 to the north of verdun and took part IT
 the heavy fighting that ended with the
 capture of Sedan by the Americans,
 His last letters were dated October 3
 five days before his death, and told o
 his being promoted to first lleutenant I He was a9 and son of Maj. Charles J
 Allison of Birmingham, Ala, who wol his commission in the Spanish-Americar war. In a letter written in october, Lieu , tenant Allison said
 s.I will never ask my men to take an. chance that I would not take, myself. He was much worried because his mel I could not obtain tobacco. HeMpld of : might patrol in No Mans Lan1with an , other man. They erawled on their hand land knees as far as the barbed wire ' and weain 10 yards of the Germa q trenches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
PERSONAL

The many friends of Thomas J. Ken-
 namer, deputy clerk of the United States court, will regret to learn he Is i'll with inJfluenza at his home
 w. s. Stallings, general state secretary of the Young Mems Christian assocI;s- tion left yesterday morning to make . tour of the northern part of the g.ss the interest of the war work campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
Lieut.. John M. PrOwell
 Receives Commission
Local Boy Earns Promotion, Having Enlisted as Private When War
 Was Declared

The fraiends of John M. Proweil Will he interested to know that he has re- ceived a commission as second lieu tenant at the officers training camp at Camp Pike. He offered his services to his country when war was first de clared against Germany, but was re jected However, he was accepted last spring and has worked his way up from private 10 corporal, sergeant. sergeant major, then into officers training camp where he earned his commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
REPORT PROGRESS


 n,,. o,;ous eenerals were called upon a,,ort the progress of their armies Svf few were able to furnish any oeii-
 ata ,dea of what had been accom- nlished. General tMrs. W. H.l oi4is, sa nf tha Rainbow division annouhceu tbat s24.46S.50 had been turned Ill ps her soldiers. e.4L yr During the meeting Gypsy Smltn, 1T, and pr' Holmes, the popular Aoulls Men,s Christian association Worher9' came in and were introduced py W i Carson Adams, state chairman oI the csmnaign. The young Gypsy onlltll ,naae g brief plea for the boys over .hare eve can't give too much ol l time patience and money TOT tnosr Sa1,s yybo have done so much for us, Sosoid He then related how the col- nra5 neonle of Birmingham had ralseo seo tn huy his father Bible durln his last visit here. "Just after they raised the money my father founa ms 1 Supposedly lost Bible, so these coloreo neople sent the money. to our bapy, Wno was born during my fathers stay III your city. Thus your colored pecpte started my babys bank account he said.
 MT. Smith cited the story or the w Jews in the trenches as warning U complainers, and grouches lt seem that Ikey and Jakey were brothers ahe had been fighting in France for some time when their mother received let. ter from Ikey saying that the foot was rotten, the officers regular tyrant: and the work almost unbearable. Th' next day a letter came from Jakie say
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
Delayed Reports May Boost Total of Subscriptions. Allied Armies Lunch
 con Full of Pep"
RETURNED WORKERS TELL EXPERIENCES
 WITH BOYS AT FRONT
American Steel and Wire Company Leads List With s2o,0e0 Sub scription-R. s. Munger
 Leads Individuals

When the returns brought In by the al lied armies at the close of work yester- day had been totalled it was found tnal s55. GOO was already subscribed for tre united war work fund by the people ol Jefferson county. While this amount iS less than one-fourth of Jefferson county duota of S250000, it is expected that ps Saturday night the campaign Will pe over the top Many workers, espeelaiis among the industrial divisions feisiai.a fe in the field for days at time Wi'ioue ranorting and accurate estimates or tleir collections cannot be made for that req son. e on.
 The largest subscription thus lar slls no,1nced is that of the American o.es, ,'a and Wire company, who gave szo'ooo' in1 largest amount given by an lhatviauai '.a. was s200O. subscribed by k. S- M,'il SCI. Both of these amounts went te the
 of the Rainbow division. ,t
 The luncheon of the allied armies ,, & the Tutwiler hotel yesterday was of pep and greatly enlivened by the hal monious jazz of "cracker-Jack paiiu
 ~-,d 2, splendid solo from Miss Soctii So''.,e a,t' to say nothing of General Spalto" ' ever-nresent vaudeville skit. Gen. ". V, Bonham presided in the absence or ' ielr, t Marshal Rushton and read the nst s, o, large subscriptions which had been received. This list folioWs'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
Real Estate Exchange
 Joins Allied Armies

Tn order to join their entire forces with those of the allied armies, the realtors will not hold their regular meeting today but will lunch with Ter announces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
Marriaee Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday:
 Paul Jenkins of Beltonia to Miss Allie Boyd Lee Brown Horace H. Smith to Miss Nellie Smith.
 Carl Patton to Miss Mabel Rochester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
Lieut.. A. J. Gilmore Is Released From German Prison; Reaches Geneva

Mrs. A. J. Gilmore received n ! cablegram yesterday atattng that h., .on. Lieut.. William John GAL more. who was in a German prison ,A tns ttma of the sign1Ho by Ger mary of the aFmistice of the allieA. has been released aad has reached Geneva. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
The First National Bank
 of Birmingham, Ala. Statement November l, 1913

Loans and Discounts ,-.. S14'oo9S'99SSSSSSS SyS GFei pands iPar) - 1,5oO,000.00 r. ,6,.,asS,rS; 1oseS Gertificates 42S4,000.00 S;;hss;rty s; T.oan Bonds. 3,S22, ,450.00 State of Alabama Bonds. lzf'VoV'VO stock in Federal Reserve oo ooo oo Other Stocks and Bonds. 1,5s5,dSSdd-44dd ,dSd 4d Banking House .....-... Sey'99s9VV'9944 94 Other Real Estate 4l'eSs''o Gustomers Liaplilty AZ ooo Oa count of Letters or Ctealt A'@0V'VS
 Cash. With Banks 4,136.460.4o With U. $. IT. 70.o00.00 With Federal
 Reserve .,,o Bank .'''' z'00''O's' 7.41Ossss.os
 s32,s3O. O.ss5.o1 cant.a, stock lLiAbilliis s.s 1,5oo. 100000 Surplus and Profits 1'oSSs'ooSS5 d1 Reserved for Taxes ...... .aaSS.999SS aS.99S99SS 9S Circulation ............... 1'e99 am 0s Bills Payable ........... 1'o'9'NS'" Customers Letters or ono 0C Credit ........-.'.'
 DepoSitS. Individual ..S19,2l3,sa4.ii5 Bank ...... ,15S'ooSSaaan IL 5. 4"o,ouV.'N Federal Re
 serve Bk,
 Fiscal Age' 7'OO1'''N 26.670.162.si
 $s2,s2o.s .s95.o,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-14
MASONIC NOTICE

Bfrmfnrham Fraternal, No. 3S4s A. +. z A. M, will hold special communfca- tiou tonight (fhursdnyl It Jsa& Work ! In the naastersn degree. All Master
 Massns cordially Invited.
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COMMITTEES NAMED

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New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Troops Seek Three
Girl Fugitiives
Bedford Reformatory Inmates
Break From Line and
Flee to Woods

BEDFORD, N. Y, Aug. 6.-State
troopers on horseback. policemen in
automo oblles and horde Of unmounted
volunteers have been searching the
woods about the Bedford State Reform
atorv since Monday night for three
young women inmates who fled from
the institution a. the hour they we're
supposed to prepare for bed. Tney are
believed to have made their escape
shrough the connivance Of an lndenti-
tied aulomo obilist. who was seen speed
ing his car northward toward katonah.
The girls who escaped are Gladys
Horton, twenty-one years old; Marie
Davis, twenty-three. and Gladys Gau-
thier, twenty three. All had been con-
fined in Rebecca Hail. the disciplinary
cottage, according to superintendent
Helen Cobb, who sd the prisoners
had been misbehaving On Monday
night. according to Miss Cobb, the
young women asked permission to
lounge in the yard with the other
inmates. Because of the intense heat,
Miss Cobb said, she granted the re-
quest. Later in the evening as the
matron in charge was marching
group of women to their bedrooms, the
three missing prisoners broke from
line and fled into the woods.
The Horton girl, according to Miss
Cobb, escaped once before and enjoyed
liberty for year before she was
caught IN Connecticut and returned to
Bedford. She still has three years to
serve. The other two were committed
from New York City.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
$500, 900 Is Expected
From Police Carnival
Money From Event Will Be Used
to Equip 5000 Women
Reserves

Frederick A. Wallis. Fourth Deputy
Police Commissioner, discussed yester-
day the plans for the Police Reserve
Carnival to be held August - and 81
in Speedway Park, Sheepshead Bay.
The first day OF the carnival will be
Governor Whitman Day the sec
ond. Mayor Hylan Day" The execu-
tives OF the state and city have prom
ised TO be present.
The programme will include a sham
battle with 700 men participating, an
airplane conbst, calisthenic exhibi-
tion of 800 women Of the police re-
serve, drills by machine gun crew
and horseback riding. Clowns will en-
liven intermissions.
The purpose of the carnival is to
provide funds for the equipment of
$1,000 men and 5000 women of the
police reserve who will be on duty in
the city for the duration of the war
filling the place of the members Of
the department with the colors.
Commissioner Wallis said the Fed
eral authorities have agreed to waive
on this occasion the collection of the
war tax on amusements. He hopes the
carnival viii bring close to half mill
ion dollars.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Subsidy for erry Is
Opposed by Craig
Controller Says Company Has
Been Operating Without
Franchise for Years

In report to b, acted upon by
the Sinking Fund Commission Monday
Controller Craig maoe the recommen-
dation yesterday that the petition CT
the Nassau Ferry Company for fnan-
clal help, in order TO continue the op-
Grafton of the East Houston Street
ferry to Brooklyn, should be denied
The company contends that it has
lost monev at the rate OF s4,l69 yearly
TOR the last five years ended Decem-
Der l, 1917, and it proposes TO the
city that subsidy be granted Of s10,-
UoU month. or that the city purchase
tne entire property for 100000.
!. Ine latter proposition includes all
"a me real estate and ferry terminals in
manhattan and Brooklyn and the ferry
0oats. Controller Craig is opposed to
e.sner proposition, and says that ap-
Egaren'ly tor the last three years the
houston Street ferry franchise has re-
NAMED dormant and the company has
c0nunued to operate the ferry without
,raAcnlse or agreement of any kind
The Controller SAYS that a nart of
Ine rea! estate claimed to be owned by
ehe company in Brooklyn the city also
..aiins ownership to. and for that rea-
soh tne idea OF buying the ferry prop
cry should not be considered. He Of
lered c resolution that the Corporation
counsel be directed to take stens to
compel the company to continue il,
service The Controller pointed out
10 however that the public would suffer
AZ great inconvenience if the ferry
company was forced to discontinue op-
III ne explained that the ferry across
,ue .., East RIVER at Roosevelt Street
"0old De sufficient to handle traffic.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07

and entered as of record BY the court.
Mr. O'Brien asked the witness to
explain every item in all its details of
lhe statement put in evidence st a for
mer hearing by Miss Dillon concern
ing operating and other company ex,
penses and interest charges. The wit
ness said it would take some time to
prepare such a detailed statement
Wilbur Thompson, counsel for the gas
company, said Mr. O'Brien's request
would mean an enormous amount of
extra labor for Miss Dillon and her
bookkeepers. It would take more Of
her time than she was justified in
spending on the matter. he said.
Mr.. O'Brien. however, insisted that
the witness furnish all the details.
Chairman Hubbell Of the commission
settled the question by saying that If
Miss Dillon did not have Tine TO pre-
pare detailed statement for the next
hearing she would be given more time.
he said if the time taken was too
much Mr. O'Brien could subpoena the
books of the company. The hearing
was adjourned until August 13.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Wireless Plant Near Cali
fornia Border Being
Investigated
Confer With Capital
Enemy Aliens Believed to
Have Been Financed by
Propagandists Here

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Activities
of Germans or German-American
from the United States across the
Mexican Lower California border,
where wireless plant is located, are
under investigation by government
agents.
reports reaching here indicate that
tor months groups Of about half
hundred Germans, changing every
week or ten days, have been found in
Mexicali, torrid little collection of
paked shacks just across the border
from CaleXico, Cal, and about fifty
miles from Yuma, Ariz., on spur of
the Southern Pacific The town is in
habted by shifting population of
Mexcans, Indians, Japanese, Chinese
and women with few apparent means
of making living.
The Germans, who were never
known to visit the town before the
war now congregate at store started
recently by a German known to have
been active IN propaganda work in the
united States before the war, and
nave used the wireless station there.
which is capable of communicating
with Mexico City.
Railroad Carefully Watched
Government officials here profess
not to know how the Germans reached
the town from the United States. since
the railroad from Yuma and Calexico
is carefully watched. 1t is suspected
they crossed the border at a number
of points in the sparsely settled COM
munities of the Imperial Valley, or
the desert, through which the Cali
fornia Mexico boundary runs. 1t is al
most impossible to control every mile
OF the forlorn, boundary country, of
tcials say.
Most Of the Germans in Mexicali are
believed to have been part of the de-
funct German propaganda system in
the United States. In the face of prose
cution and The breakdown of their
system it is believed they have sour
ried to Mexico and chosen Mexicali as
rendezvous because it is less fire.
quented than other border towns on
the Texas and New Mexico lines.
From Mexicali many Germans have
gone to Guaymas, on the west coast of
Mexico, according to reports received
here, and from there by rail to Mexico
City and other parts of the country
where German propaganda might be
promoted.
Germans Supplied With Money
Enemy interests with considera BILE
funds may have financed the exodus,
officials believe, inasmuch as appar-
entity the groups assembled at MeXi-
cali have plenty of money. There are
some indications that this money came
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Miss Mary E. Dillon Ques-
toned at Inquiry Before
Service Board
Much Data Requested
Witness Admits Directors Ad-
vertised Raise After De-
cision by Hughes

Miss Mary E. Dillon, assistant gem
eral manager of the Brooklyn Borough
das company, was examined Yesterday
al the resumption of the hearings be-
tore the Public Service Commission in
the investigation of the companv's
financial affairs. The company recently
announced its intention of raising the
rate for gas from 95 cents to S1.25 and
was restrained from doing so by an in
junction obtained by the commission.
Argument on the temporary injunction
Will be made to-day before Justice
Benedict in the Kings County Supreme
Court
William l.. Ransom, chief counsel to
the Public Service Commission, and
John j. O'Brien, Assistant Corporation
Counsel, cross-eXamined Miss Dillon.
1t was brought out that the company
had advertised its intention to increase
Its gas rate, pursuant to the recent de-
cision of Charles L. Hughes, as referee,
despite the injunction proceedings
The witness said the advertisement ap
pearing in Mondays papers stating
that the 81 .25 rate would go into effect
Immediately had been placed by order
of the board of directors
Counsel for the commission and the
city wanted list of stockholders and
bondholders of the company. Miss
Dillon promised to produce this at the
next hearing. In answer to a question
by Mr.. Ransom, the witness said she
had not time to prepare a tariff sched-
ule of the new rates, as the commits
sion ordered.
Miss Dillon said the last gas bills
sent out by the company were up to
August 8, and at the 95-cent rate
She said it had been the purpose of
the company to send out bills at the
SIPS rate as soon as the decision of
Referee Hughes had been approved
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
German Who Swore
Lusitania I Had Guns
Is Arrested Again
Stahl Detained as Enemy
Alien; lntenment Urged
for Two Others

Agents of the Department of Justice
yesterday took into custody Gustave
Stahl, the German who, at the sugges-
ton Of Paul Koenig director of the
secret agents of the hamburg -Ameri-
can Line, made an affidavit that he had
seen guns mounted on the deck of the
Lusitania just before she sailed from
New York on her last trip.
An Investigation by the State De-
partment at that time revealed that he
knew nothing of the steamer, and made
the affidavit only after Koenig offered
him job at $50 = week. He was in
dicted for perjury, convicted and SEN
fenced to serve eighteen months in the
Atlanta penitentiary and pay fine
of ST.
stahl. who is thirty wears old. came
to this country four GAYS after the war
started, in 1914. Although engaged in
humble occupations, ne was in close
touch with the leaders of the German
espionage and propaganda ring in this
country, then being directed by Won
Bernstorff. He was released from At
lanta in the fall of 1916.
The prisoner was turned over TO the
Enemy Alien Bureau Yesterday and ex-
amined by Rufus W. Sprague, who or
dered him detained in the. Raymond
Street jail.
Hans Jacobson and Court Courant,
the confessed agents of the German
government, arrested by agents of the
Department of Justice on Friday,
charged with conveying military Sc
crets to the German Foreign Office,
were examined yesterday by Sprague,
who has recommended their intern
ment. They confessed having delivered
drawings and specifications of gyro-
scopes and aeroplane stabilizers to
German agents.
Lucas Vorchovski, an Hungarian whose
hostile ut-erances caused him to be
sent to prison for six months, was
brought to the Enemy Alien Bureau
again yesterday as a dangerous alien.
He is accused of having threatened the
life Of an Hungarian who contributed to
the Czecno-Slovak cause. He was ex-
amined by Perry Armstrong, assistant
examiner Of the bureau, and his intern
ment has been recommended
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
alse Death Reports
Latest Enemy Trick
Fake Red Cross Agents Here
Distressing Families of
Soldiers

Persons fraudulently representing
themselves to be agents of the An1eri-
can Red Cross have been causing dis
tress to families of soldiers by falsely
reporting them as dead, injured or
missing.
The disclosure of this enemy activ-
lty was made by the Bureau of Civil
ian Relief, which warned all American
Red Cross home service sections to be
on the alert.
At least five instances have been
brought to the attention of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Queens County. Investi-
cation showed the names Of the sol
dlers reported dead, wounded or miss
ing were not on the casualty lists.
he American Red Cross wishes tc
emphasize the fact" the Bureau of Civ
lllan Relief announces, that no in
formation of this kind is given out by
this organization. The War Depart
ment reserves to itself the right to
announce by wire or mail the news OF
casualties, and this information is 50
issued before it is sent to either the
American Red Cross or the daily news
papers,"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
Wounded Go on Outing
200 Taken to West Point
Aboard the Surf

Two hundred wounded soldiers and
sailors from the base hospital in Gun
hill Road, The Bronx, were taken yes
tcrday on cruise up the Hudson as
far as West Point, aboard the steam
yacht Surf, donated for such outings
to the Mayors Committee on National
Defence, by DR.. John A. Harriss, Spe-
cial Deputy Police Commissioner. Three
other trips will be made this week.
The convalescent men were brought
to the dock in ambulances of the
Women's Motor Corps of America
They were moved TO the yacht in
wheeled chairs and placed in reclining
camp chairs on the deck. Members of
the Women's Canteen Committee
served refreshments.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-07
American Pro-War Socialist
Makes Attack on inter-
national Brethren
Issues a Manifesto
1;pht Cast on Activities of
Troelstra, Huysmans
and Branting

William English Walling, leader of
the pro-war Socialists of the United
States, in a manifesto circulated by ma
t,opal unions yesterday asserted that
Arthur Henderson and Philip Scheide-
mann. leaders of the English and Ger
man labor parties, IN their advocacy Of
an international Socialist conference
show themselves to be tools of the
Kaiser. and that Troelstra, the leader
of the Dutch Socialists, is a confessed
servant Of Germany.
Walhng's manifesto in part follows: ::
"president Wilson has divided Ger
mauy's tools into two classes-agencs Is
and dupes. The most valuable con-
scientious tool of the Kaiser at the
nre5ent moment, far more valuable
than Ludendorff. is Philip Schcide-
mann. By far the most valuable of
the Kaiser's unconscious tools is Ar
thur Henderson.
"Scheidemann and Henderson now
take sn approximately identical view as
TO peace terms and negotiations. Both
agree that the peace terms of Presi-
dent Wilson and of the Entente Social
lists should serve not as the minimum
OF lnteTlldIlOll1l democracy, Dul mere y
as basis for trading and negotiations.
The only difference on this point is
that Henderson, insists upon calling
these negotiations Conversations
The three men who are delegated to
call the International conference, Troel-
stra, huysmans and Branting, have all
been advocates CT the Stockholm con-
ference, even in its most PRO German
form. Huysmars is secretary OF the
so-called Socialist International No
pro-Gcrman Socialist in the world to-
dav has been SO violent in denunciation
of all Socialists who support President
Wilson as he.
"Troelstra has been going from the
very beginning of the war back and
forth from Germany to do the bidding
Of the German Foreign Office. His re-
lations with Scheidemann are intimate
and open. Branting is rot quite so ex-
treme. He wishes the war TO come to
an immediate end on almost any terms
and without German revolution.
Branting is shameless enough to de-
clare himself absolutely neutral in
this great war between democracy and
autocracy"