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Livestock Show
At Montgomery
October 23-28
VOLUME LXXXVII_MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916-TEN PAGES
Cotton Quotations
StrirtMiddSJTrr! 13.63
Middling.*._18.50
St. Iv^w Middling .. 18.25
Cotton Seed (per ton) $50
NUMBER 298
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ROMANIA’S
CHIEF PORT
IS CAPTURED
Von Mackensens Troopers
Take Over Constanza, on
Black Sea; Danube
Towns Threatened
RUSS-ROUMAXIAXS
FLEE FROM EXEMY
Serbs Again. on Defensive;
Italians Begin Lively
Bombardment of Aus
trians About Triesl
(1hwI«M Pnwi
LON IXfS, Oct. -3—Dobrudja region
of Roumania apparently ia being over
run by the forces of the Teutonic al
lies.
Constanxa. Roumania'a chief aeaport
and fortress on the Black Sea. already
haa fallen into the hands of the troops
of the right wing of Feld Marshal von
Mackensen's army, while the left wing
ts nearing the town of Tchernavoda,
where the Danule is spanned by the
bridge of the railroad running from
Conatanxa to Bucharest. Near the cen
ter of their front, which extends across
Dobrudja from the sea to the Danube,
the Invaders have cut the railroad
near Murfatlar and pushed their troops
"farbeyond" the railway line, accord
ing to Berlin.
Rnee-Rewseaaiaaa Retreat.
Before the rapid advance of the!
Germans. Bulgarians and Turks—
rapid despite heavy rains and soggy j
ground—the Russians and Roumanians
are in retreat along the entire front,
bat according to Petrograd are offer
ing stubborn resistance.
Aside from the operations in Dob-1
rudja, another British smash at the
German line in the Somme region of!
France, which netted them mere than j
a. thousand yard of trenches east of
Gtteudecottrt ahd Les Boeufs and car-!
Tied their front a step nearer the'
Bapaume-Peronne road, ts the most
notable incident of the fighting on
any of the fronts.
Bleed Shed Saaday.
Berlin, touching upon the fighting
against the British and French Sunday '
between Le Sars and Rancourt, says!
the attacks of the entente allies were!
sanguinarily repulsed. It is admitted
in the German official communication i
that the Germans- withdrew Bandar i
bight from the north ef Chaulnes.;
Booth of the Sfemme. to a prepared i
MsHion lying each of the" northern
t»rt «f the Chaulnee wood.
.On the Transylvania' front. stub
born fighting ts still In progress be
tween the Teutonic allies and the Rou
manians for the mountain passes and
the territory inside Roumania which,
haa been captured by the Ausirs-Qer
mans. - -
At the bend of the Gerna river. In
Serbia Berlin says the Germans and
Bulgarians, -fighting side by side, have
halted the offensive of the Serbs, who
are now on the defehsive. Bad weather
is still hampering operations on the
Macedonia front.
Italians Again Active.
The Italians here again begun a
lively tombardment of Austrian posi
tions on the .iMrso plateau, northwest
of Trieat. probably presaging another
attempt soon to press forward toward
Austria's chief seaport on the Adria
tic.
Metz Blast Furnaces
Targets of the French
f Associated Prtas.l
PARIS. Oct. 23.—Four tons of pro
ectiles have been dropped by a French
lir squadron of twenty-four machines
>n blast furnsces north of Metx and on
be Metx and Thionville stations, the
rar office announced today. Hits were
soured on all the objectives, it ia de
ls red .
Another French flotilla bombarded
bote ties at Rmabaca.
Cotton Sells
at 18.50 Here;
Bulls Strong
Advance Attributed to Ex
pectation of Light Gin
ning Report on Wednes
day ;Cotton Goods Strong
1 JL°iU~n i“T\n.~d aftv on the
m*rk*t Monday. middling being
quoted at In spite of the ad
it”^
■ - ■»o»t in bales being S!t
lf**d of on the Square during the dar.
f k*r® apparently pinned their
raith to twenty-cent cotton, and factors
benetre. the dream of a few weeks ago
will be a reality within a very short
time if the prasent rate of advance con
tinaes. 4
The price of cotton on the local mar
ket Monday was arty points, or *I.i»
a bale. aboTe the price on Saturday,
land 115 points, or S*.S5 a bale, above
| the IctcI of a week ago.
It is pointed out that the recent ad
I vances In the prices of the staple would
appear to have Justided the holding
policy which so many producers have
adopted, and there is nothing to indi
cate that a further gain will not be
registered in the price of the staple.
Advance On Bapeelatina.
The advance of Monday is attributed
by local factors to the general expecta
tion that the ginning report which will
be Issued Wednesday will show a com
paratively small amount of cotton
ginned during the month.
A report recently received from New
York says:
"Would buy cotton on all easy spots,
as it looks like the bull movement has
started again."
■nil Movement Helds.
The bull movement has never stop
ped on the local market, if the price of
spots is indicative of anything. The
demand for the staple from both do
mestic mills and exporters continues
heavy, and the following item from the
New York Cotton Goods review Indi
cates that there is no slackness In the
demand for the manufactured article:
"Goods active and strong: prices
mounting. Large advance orders from
retail trade. Many unsolicited orders
are being tendered and in many in
stances they cannot be taken care of
because of prompt delivery sought."1
Seven Neutral Ships
Sent to the Bottom; 28
Crew Members Missing
UanHiM Ptm.)
LONDON. Oct. IS—The einking of
seven neutral missing was announced
today by Lloyds. Twenty-eight men
of the crews are reported missing.
The Teasels sent down were the Dan-'
ish steamer Hebe, the Dutch Steamer
Fortuna. 1.154 tons gross: the Nor
wegian steamers Rabbi. STS tons gross
and Risey, U!J tons gross; the
Greek steamer George U. Em'.iricoa. of
5,(14 tons gross and the Danish
schooner Fritzemil and the Swedish
Bark Lenka.
The agency also announced that the
Donaldson Liner Cabotia. of 4.5*9 tons
gross, was beitered to hare been
sunk.
The missing men are the captain
and fifteen men of the Fortuna's crew
and II men of the Embiricos crew.
Austro-Germans Fail
In Attack Xear Brody
(A—dated Prf ■>
FETROGRAIX Oct- J2-—(Via Lon- i
don.)—Austro-Gfrrr.ia form made a j
attack yesterday -striking north j
of Brody, near the Yolhynian-ttallcian j
border. The war office report* that the
assault wa* repulsed.
Rpumanians Driven
Back on Dobrudja Line
14 se seta ted Pnsal
SOFIA. Oct. IS.—The Roumanians
hsre been driven back to within six
miles of Constanta on the Dobrudja
front, according to an official state
ment Issued by the war office. Eight
a-uns. twenty machine guns and much
war material hare fallen into the hands
>f the Bulgarians.
9*LOr» PRICE Jl'RP*.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. Oct. *5—Flour
prices Increased 14 to 54 cents a barrel
here today as a result of the bullish
toaditioa at the wheat market.
17 Die When
Vessel Goes
Down at Sea
Steamship L. Edward
Hines Among Victims of
Storm in Caribbean
I A—Hated Press)
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Oct. IS—
Seventeen members Of the crew of
Steamer L. Edward Hines, Including
! r*','!ajn r-M- SfcKrtge.-Jr:. of "New*
| Vork. were drowned when the steam -
i fr sunk in the Caribbean sea IS
miles east of Belize, British Honduras
; tbe tropical hurricane on October
; 15. according to a wireless message
! received hero today from its Belise
Agents ty the Otis Mfg. Co., which had
the steamer under charter.
Only three members of the crew
, were saved, the message stated.
I lister for Cristobal
| The Edward Hines sailed from New
; Orleans. October 7. with a cargo of
! lumber for Cristobal and had not been
: heard from since October If, when the
; United Fruit Steamer Abangarez sight
ed her about 15# miles south of Corn
Island. The steamer was owned by the
Hines Steamship Co., of Wilmington.
OeV- and until recently had been in
service on the great lakes.
1 The brief message from Belize to
the charter holders here stated that
A. L. Bahlstrom, chief engineer of
the Hines, and two members of the
crew were rescued from a small raft
by a vessel some distance off Belize
arriving there this morning, and that
these were the only survivors of those
aboard the Hines.
Captain McKeige
Omly Brief Message.
Government Canft
Stop Migration of
Southern Negroes
I AumUM Prni)
WASHINGTON', Oct. 23—Migration of
southern negroes to northern labor
centers, reported informally to the
department of labor some tine ago,
has been brought to the attention of
the department again by recent move*
ment of 309 negroes from Florida to
eastern cities. Such a number passed
through here from Jacksonville Sat
urday night.
The negroes. It la said, were In
charge of a labor agent formerly of
this city who supplied them to a rail
road. to a concern in Baltimore and
to some cbncerns further north.
The unofficial explanation of the
movement has been that the negroes
were being taken north to meet the
scarcity of immigrant labor, caused by
the war.
The department of labor is cognizant
of the opposition in the south to the
removal of its labor to other sections
of the coantry, but so far as is known
there is nothing the federal authorities
can do about it. In fact, it Is said
that the department ef labor through
its recently organized employment
service has unwittingly teen a party
to some of the migration.
Grey in Favor of a
League For Peace, as
Planned by the U. S.
(Associated Press)
LONDON. Oct. 23—Viscount Grey,
British foreign secretary in an ad
dress at a luncheon given by the
foreign press association today, ex
pressed approval of American move
ments for a league after the war to
maintain peace, and declared that the
best thing neutrals could do now
would be to tfork up sentiment for a
mutual agreement to prevent such a
war as the present European struggle
in the future. ‘
HITS HIGHEST LEVEL.
PITTSBURG. PA- Oct. 23_Bitu
minous coal reached 34.25 a ton at
the mines here today, 32.(5 a ton
higher than the customary price and
probably the highest it ever com
manded .
BEECHAM DEAD.
( Associated Press.)
LONDON. Oct. 23—Sir Joseph
Beecham. manufacturer of patent med
icines. is dead. He was found life
less In bed at his home at Hams
■teadr
i t
REMAINING
SOLDIERS TO
LEAVETODAY
Wives, Sweethearts and
Relatives Must Bid Fare
well to Boys For Last
Time
CARS ASSEMBLED
FOR BORDER TRIP
" I
Cavalry Regiment Moves i
to Mobilization Camp,
But Retains Its Original
Name
MsbUisatlea (amp
('•at Hradrrua.
Moat comer 7.
Tuesday will witness ihe departure
of the remaining units of the Infantry
brigade. National Guard of Alabama,
for Nogales, Arizona For a number
of days the troops have been expect
ing to leave •'tomorrow," but have
been unable to do so because of a
lack of the necessary transportation
facilities. It was authoritively an
nounced Monday, however, that the
long awaited cars have been provided
and that the remaining units of the
brigade, comprising the Hospital Corps,
Signal Corps, Ambulance Corps, and
the Brigade Headquarters, will leave
tor the border at 11 a. m. Tuesday.
Tourist cars have been provided for
the men, and a standard Pullman for
the officers A number of lor cars were
loaded with equipment Tuesday, and
everything except the personal effects
of the men was ready for shipment. It
is announced that the troops will
travel by way of Tuscaloosa, Shreve
port and El Paso to Nogales.
All wives, sweethearts, and others
who may wish to bid farewell to the
departing troops have been advised to
call at the mobilization cam pat ten
O'clock Tuesday morning.
Cavalry Moves.
The First Cavalry Regiment. Nation
al Guard of Alabama completed its
removal from the old camp on the
Carterhill Road to Vandiver Park
Monday. The entire regiment, and all
equipment and supplies belonging to
it was transported to the new head
quarters. and rapid progress is being
made in establishing the regimental
camp. It is announced by Colonel
Steiner that "Camp Henderson.” the
name of the original mobilization camp
of the cavalry regiment, will be re
tained, and that the address of the
regiment is now "Mobilization Camp,
Cams Henderson. Montgomery
The site selected for th# encamp
ment of the cavalry regiment Is lo
cated Just within the entrance from
the car line, on the ground formerly
used by the First Infantry regiment.
It Is announced that the gate which
has up to the present been used as
an entrance to the camp will be
closed Tuesday and anolhtr opened
farther down the south side of the
camp, making possible direct entry
to the race track where the parades
will . be beld. The regimental drills
will be held on the same ground that
was used for that purpose by the out
going troops, and will le enlarged hy
the addition of other ground which
can now be ohtained since the gather
ing of the crops from the adjacent
Helds.
Monday Busy Day.
Monday was a busy day with the
cavalrymen, and the regular drills
were of course discontinued in the
Hustle of moving. It is announced that
the work of getting the new camp
into order will be completed Tuesday,
ind that normal conditions will then
be resumeu. The tents of the men
have already been raised and the
bnly thing which has not been re
moved from the old camp site is the
building used for the regimental
canteen, which is not needed at the
its camp.
A number of visitors called at Van
liver Park Monday to view the head
quarters of the cavalry and say good
bye to the infantrymen who had not
then departed. Among the last visitors
(Caatlaacd ea Page Twe)
Montgomery's
Chances For
Bank Growing
People From All Parts of
State Will Attend Fed
eral Farm Loan Bank
Meeting
Pergems from all sections of the
State are coming to Montgomery to at
tend the meeting of the Federal Farm
Lq»n Bank Board, which wilt he'held
here next Saturday night. A. C. Davis,
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments, declared Monday afternoon that
in each mail he is receiving large num
bers of letters from people who are
interested in the location of the Federal
harm Loan Bank, telling him that they'
will be in Montgomery to urge Mont
gomery a selection and asking that
reservations be made for them at local
hotels.
C«B*ressai*B Active.
Five of the «ix congressmen of Ala
bama who have endorsed Montgomery
as the location of the bank, O. L.
Grey, of the first district: S. H. Dent,
second district; H. K. Stegall, third
district; F. L. Blackmon, fourth dis
trict. and J. Tom Heflin, of the fifth
district, will be in Montgomery to ap
pear before the board and personally
endorse this city. E. B. Almon, of the
eighth district, who has also endorsed
Montgomery, will be unable to appear
before the board because of illness.
As a result of the large number of
delegates who will be in Montgomery
to advance Montgomery's claims, A.
C. Davis, Monday appointed E. D.
Quisenberry and Lucien Loeb, as a com
mittee to assist him in looking after
the hotel reservations and to provide
for their comfort.
Brief Of Claim.
The brier, wn:.a contains about 10,
000 words on Montgomery’s claim for
the Federal Farm Loan Bank, is now
In course of preparation by Ray Rush
ton. and will be completed probably
Tuesday. Five volumes of the brief,
handsomely bound in leather, will be
made and each of the five members of
the board will be presented with one of
them.
The brief will show everything per
taining to the subject of why the bank
should be located In Montgomery.
A message inviting the board to re
main in Montgomery over next Sunday
was forwarded to George W. Korri*
member of the board, at Richmond, Vau,
Monday morning, but no answer had
been received at a late hour Monday
night. Should the board accept this in
vitation they will be taken to Auburn
and Tuskegee, in automobiles and
shown over the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at the former town and the
Normal and Industrial Institute for ne
groes at Tuskegee. In the event that
they accept the invitation, they would
also get a good idea of the splendid
highway system of Alabama by the trip
to Auburn and Tuskegee. Chairman
Davis Monday appointed a committee
composed of M. Cody, F. D. Kohn and
A. M. Baldwin to arrange for the
entertainment of the board on Sun
day .
Will Meet Beard.
It has been decided by the committee
to have three Montgovery representa
tives. Clayton Tuilis, Hay Ruafiton and
Congressman D*nt join the board at
either Macon or Jacksonville and escort
the members to Montgomery.
\V. M. Teague and J. C. Haas have
been selected to make all arrangements
for the hearing in Montgomery which
will take place in the court room of
the United States court in the Federal
building Saturday night at 8 o’clock.
Captain W. T. Sheehan haa been
named as the master of ceremonies.
Cruiser Muenchen Is
Torpedoed by British
i PrfM.)
BFRI.1N. Oct. 23.—<Via London.* —
It Is semi-officially announced that
the vessel torpedoed on Thursday was
the email cruiser Muenchen. which
was slightly damaged and returned
to harbor.
The British Admiralty announced
on Saturday that a German light
cruiser of the Kolber* class had been
torpedoed on Thursday morning in
ilie North Sea by a British subma
rine. The statement said that when
last seen the cruiser was steaming
slowly toward German waters and
was in evident difficulties*. The Mu
snohen was built in 19'*4 and displaced
3.250 tons. The Kolberg is a vessel
of 4,350 toa*.
Hansen and
McKee Case
Being Probed
Round-up of Harrison
Gang Will, It Is Believed,
Free Men Now Serving
Term
With a host of witnesses summoned
to appear before the federal grand
Jury United. State* Attorney T. D.
earn ford is miking strong efforts to
obtain the indictment of Ben McKee
and Smiley Hansen for complicity la
the robbery of Louisville and Xash
T',*e train No. 37, which took place
at Greeny-ilie, Ala., in July. 1»15.
Among those brought her* to give
evidence in the case are J. R.. better
known as •‘Dick.” Harrison. Cart Renta
and Charlie Harrison, all of whom
have given important evidence for the
government In the Central Station. W.
, robbery, when SlurnOd in un
signed currency was stolen front a
passenger train held up there.
McKee and Hansen are being held
in the Montgomery county Mil It la
charged that, with their heads con
cealed by long shroud-like cape, they
entered the mail car of No. 37 and took
therefrom a quantity of registered
postal matter, including one package
of $23,000 in bank funds. It is said
that the masks they wore, aided by
the too-Iarge Jumpers which adorned
their bodies, made it impossible to
identify them as the men who actually
turned the trick at GreenriH*.
Webb I evolved
Another Important witness brought
here in the cnee is United State* In
spector Kinsell. of the Austin. "tex^
postal district. He is said to be the
best posted man in the government
service on all the details of the ac
tivities of the Harrison gang, which
is alleged to have included' Grady
Webb, of Birmingham, now a fugitive
from justice.
“Dick" Harrison is being kept un
der guard at the Exchange hoteL He
was brought here by United States
Marshal C. E. Smith, of Fairmont. W.
Va.. and his chief deputy for the
northern district of West Virginia.
Thomas E. Joyce. Harrison is a partial
invalid, suffering from a form ef par
alysis, and Mr. Joyce had te -carry
him in and-out of the federal budd
ing when he gave his evidence Mon
day before the grand Jury. This, wit
ness has been an invaluable aid to the
government officers in running down
the train robbers, who excelled the
notorious deeds of the. James' boys,
because the latter used mere brut*
force, while the latter-day operations
of the Harrison gang, as it is gener
ally known, were carried through
with a finesse that marked the acme
of criminal daring and skillful plan
ning.
her Of Evideeee
The government officials here are
endeavoring to woave about McKee
and Hansen a web of evidence that
will ensure their indictment and con
viction. Among others called to appear
before the grand Jury are the mail
clerk who waa on duty on No. IT the
night of the robbery and the mail
clerk^in Atlanta who made up the re
gistered pouch that eras Upped —yes
and pilfered by the baaditw II •» hb
lieved by those who have been follow
ing the case that "Dick' Harrison.
Charlie Harrison and Cart Rents ail
will give evidence tendiag to show
that McKee and Hansen are two of
the guilty men. '•
Rentx is a nepfie,*- oT the Harrison
boy*. He lived ip, A’iar. ix. where he
was purported to be interested, la .the
invention of an automobile accessory.
He was arrested in Cincinnati, tx.
last spring, and it was asserted them
that he had carried a quantity of the
unsigned currency obtained a? Cen
tral Station. “Dick" Harris** was ar
rested about the same time in Grand
Rapids. Mich.. Rentx s relationship to
the Harrisons, through hia mother,
developer! after the arrests snd «! was
shown that the Harrisons had lived
near the Renta home in Atlanta for
a time.
Jeff Harris mm Coavlesed
Events in the government's rase
then began to move rapidly, renlttgg
in the conviction and sentence to the
penitentiary of Charles JefT-rson Har
rison. better known as Jeff.- a mild
mannered. mild featured man who
more resembled a farmer or a country
preacher than h» did a irate robber
Just as the federal officers were afoot
to complete their case by cloo ng in
on Grady Webb, Webb disappeared
from Birmingham and still is a: iarge.
Th* conviction of McKee and Has
STATE-WIDE
LIVESTOCK
SHOWWINNER
Interesting Program Ar
ranged For Formal
Opening at New Fair
Grounds Tuesday Morn
i _ . -
5 TALK BY GOVERNOR
ONE OF FEATURES
Big Sale of Hampshire
! Hogs Scheduled for Af
ternoon; Barns Full of
Fine Stock
<»T UTTBLL VKXniGt
The great Statewide Livestock Show
is ©a at Montgomery at the new Live
stock Show Grounds just a little way
beyond the Capitol.
The show opened yesterday, but ow
ing: ts> Governor Henderson having to
! be absent from the city, the formal
' opening exercises were postponed un
til this morning at 11 o'clock. At this
| time the following program will be
carried out with W. M. Teague, presi
dent of the Livestock Association,
presiding:
Address By Gsveraer
Address by Governor Charke Charles
; Henderson on -What Livestock Means
i To Alabama.~
j Address by Mayor William T. Rob
, ertsoa on "Montgomery's Support of
J the Livestock Industry.**
[ Address by Clayton Tull is. president
; Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, on
r "What Montgomery Can Do For The
■ Livestock Industry.**
f Address by Capt. W. T. Sheehan on
[ Mor.tgorcery. the Center of Alabama's
| Livestock Industry."
f Address by J. A. Wade. Comm is
i sioeer of Agriculture, on •'Livestock
and Soil Fertility.**
| * Bog Sale
Following this program, with a
short- time fer lunch, the big sale of
t champion Hampshire hogs will take
: place, the sale being scheduled to
1 start at one o'clock. Just previous to
| the sale a talk wil be made by E. C.
: Stone, secretary of the American
Hampshire Association, on "Hamp
f shires m the South" In the herd to be
s=eVi by Rhode and Lewis. of Rens
. selaer. Ip4- will be some of the sows.
■ boars aad pigs that have won champ
rocsVp hoaers at the leading state
fairs in the Central West. The aim is
to make this the most notable Hamp
• shire sale ever held in the South. The
, auctioneers will be Col F. H- Huiick.
of Tipton. lad.. Col. Thomas Deem, of
Cameron. Mo., and Col. F. D. Heagst.
t bf Louisville. Ky.
Great Hampshire Exhibit
j The Harspliir® exhibit at the show
is astonishing in numbers ar.d oual
t ity. The champion prize winner herd
of the recent National Swine Show at
Omaha is on exhibit and together with
the herd, is the trophy that the herd
voa ever all breeds of hogs at the
f fmtm rwine exhibit ever gives in
: America- Thi* herd, is owned by F. F.
f ftirtr, of Cantnl. Iowa, and it ia
| eludes the great boar. Lookout Lad.
' that stands at the top-notch in Hamp
shire fame
> This is Mr. Silver's first trip to the
South And he is thinging of becoming
establisbr-d down here on one of our
black belt farms. He says that he is
here to look over the country and if
( he ftrds something that suits k:cn arvl
: if he believes conditions are right for
his auev^ss iU this section he will put
some of La great hogs on a fares
I right here in Alabama. This was fcap
, py sews to stockmen in Alabama and
I several •t the leadiag farmers will do
everyth^g they can to induce Mr
S Iver t>' remove h.s famous herd from
Iowa into Alabama where there are
long pasture seasons and no ice or
•sow.
At the shew in the herd of the
Prattville Stock farm are four of the
| pigs whose sir-' is Lookout Lad and
j They are attracting much attention.
[They shew what can be done with
I ^^dtng ia this territory for these