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Wood Thinks Troops in for
Long Stay on the
Border
Galveston, Tex., April 20.—Maj.-Gen.
Leonard Wood, chief of staff, declared
tonight that the second division of the
United States army will remain mobilized
at Galveston and Texas City "until the
causes of the mobilization arc removed."
"I do not know just, how long the di
vision will remain mobilized,” he said,
"nor docs any other man know. The di
vision will remain any length of time,
from one week to one year. 1 am sure
ttie stay will be a long one. six months
or longer.’’
General Wood, who is on a tour of in
spection of border camps, visited Fort
Crockett here today and expressed satis
faction with regard to camp conditions.
Training of the men in manuevers and
mobilization would be valuable to the
army, ho declared, and directed that the
greatest attention be given to the solu
tion of the transportation problem. Pres
ent service regulations in this regard he
considers inadequate and insisted that the
evolving of a new plan Tor the distribu
tion of supplies for an army in the field
all important.
General Wood was especially inter
ested In the use of motor trucks. Six
trucks are now in use by the division.
The Texas City camp will be inspected
‘Monday and General Wood, with his aide,
Capt. Powell Clayton, will leave Monday
night for Brownsville. He will proceed
from Brownsville along the Rio Grande
to El Paso and Nogales, Ariz. He will
return to Washington from Nogales.
Fighting Continues
Nogales, Ariz., April 30.—Desultory fir
ing continued today between constitu
tionalists holding Empalme and the
Huerta garrison entrenched at Guaymas.
The exchange of shots was at long range
across the hay. Concentrated attacks are
not expected for several days. The state
tloops will he delayed in any general
attack by necessary repairs on the artil
lery' employed in the recent attack on
Xaco and the repairing of pieces captured
from tlie federals at Xaco.
Federal and slate troops taken prisoners
incident to the battles at Nogales and
Xaco, Sonora, remain here heid by Uni
ted States troops for tlie bordei patrol.
U was said today no older for their re
lease has been received from Washington.
Contrary to reports from Washington the
federal soldiers here are being fed at the
expense of the Mexican government. Re
turning the federals' arms and ammuni
tion to the proper authorities would
cause complications, it is said, as the
captured munitions are mixed. Several
persons claim authority to receive the
rifles and cartridges.
Negotiations between tlie state authori
ties and officials of the South Pacific of
Mexico will result in tlie turning over
of the road tomorrow to tlie railway com
pany. Since the beginning of the Sonora
slate uprising the railway and its vari
ous blanches have been run by the state.
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SENATE SESSION
Governor Sulzer Active in
Behalf of. Law
Reforms
Albany, N. Y„ April 20.—With the
charges of attempted extortion against
Henator Stilwell disposed of by the . en
ato the legislative leaders expect to
bring about final adjournment of the
legislature by May 2. Governor Sui
ter's activity In behalf of primary and
election law reforms, however, may
prolong the sessions.
The governor has decided Ideas about
primaries. He says all public officers
from governor to constuble should be
nominated by direct vote of the people
and that the state convention should go
The executive has appointed a commit
tee of 100 to aid in securing the enact
ment of a direct nomination bill. The
i redlction is made that such a measure
will not be passed at the present ses
sion. In this event the governor bur
intimated he will call an extraordinary
session to consider it. The governor's
bill has been drafted and will be in
troduced Monday night.
Governor Sulzer Is facing a situation
with respect to direct nominations not
utillke that which confronted Governor
Hughes in 191(1. The latter had ap
pealed to the people in 19U9 in behalf
of a direct nomination bill. The legis
lature defeated It. In 1910, Governor
Hughes made another attempt to huve
the hill enacted. It was again rejected
and a hill recommended by a legisla
tive committee appointed to Investigate
the subject was passed. Governor
Hughes declared the organization mea
sure was “not a grant, but a denial of
needed primary reforms" and vetoed it.
Governor Hughes promptly called an
extraordinary session to take up the
question and a hill acceptable to the
edvernor was Introduced. Col. Theo
dore. Roosevelt. hack from his’hunting
triji through the African Jungle, came
cut for this measure, but the weight
o( his Influence failed to shake the se:
purpose of the republican organization
and the bill was defeated.
“The result of this fight will^be to
I f< roe Roosevelt into politics again
whether he want it or not,'' was the
| remark of a senator on the day of the
' olonel’s defeat. The prophecy was
* fulfilled.
REMAINS OF W. L. BALL
ARE AS YET UNBURIED
The remains of W. C. Hall are lying iri ;
Johns’ undertaking rooms awaiting ar
rangements from relatives. It is not ]
known at Johns whether the relatives are
going to make any arrangements or not
Little or nothing Is known of Ball 1n
Birmingham with the exception that he
Is snkl to have very wealthy relatives in
this city. He died in poverty In a local
Infirmary, without friends on Saturday
morning—apparently an outcast and the
victim of morphine.
Yesterday afternoon a stranger went
into Johns' morgue and stated that he
had road in a newspaper of Bali’s death
and said 'that ho knew of his family
which tvah one of the best known in Mis
sissippi. He said that Ball, as a youth,
I was educated in Johns Hopkins univer
| sity and became a well known physician,
i Later his fa thru died and young Ball
hud contracted Lie "dope” habit. His
i • lalives in Mississippi had spent thou
sands of dollars in trying to cure him,
hut. to no avail. Ball finally drifted to
Birmingham about eight years ago. The
Salvation Army picked him up and he
was with them for u long time, but in
the last two years he was a vagrant
and has lived on the county’s expense
most of the time.
Wallace Johns stated last night that he
will hold the body a day or two await
ing action from relatives, but if he re
ceives no Instructions he will give Ball a
white man's funeral and put this derelict
to his rest.
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Says:
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To tell the other fellow.
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C NOTICE
Temporary Change in Route of
Eas ke Cars
On account of the reconstruction of tracks and paving on 2d
avenue, commencing on Monday, April 21, the East I,ake cars will run
over the following route:
In on 1st avenue to 20th street, thence to 2d avenue, thence to 19th
street, thence to 1st avenue, and out 1st avenue.
Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.
Chicago, April 20.—Two witnesses unex
pectedly supplied the police today with
Information that may throw new light on
the murder of George Dietz, woman s
tailor, who was slain at his home with
a hammer a week ago. One testified to
seeing a man fleeing from the vicinity
of the Dietz residence shortly after the
murder. The other saw a man lurking
in the neighborhood of the house an hour
or so before the time of the tragedy. The
man is said to have been of slight build,
to have worn a cap and to have been
'about 30 years old. The new evidence
tends to support their original theory
that the tailor was sl%in by an avenging
father or lover of some girl who had
been in Dietz’ employ. The two witnesses
will testify at. the resumption of the in
quest next Thursday.
MR. WILSON’S ACTION
SOMEWHAT SOFTENS
THEIRE OF JAPANESE
(Continued From l*njre One)
lion today interest centered in the amend
ments to be offered to the Senate meas
ure tomorrow by Senator Birdsall if the
bill comes up on file. There is some
doubt as to its being reached as it is
far down the list.
Birdsall’s amendments are designed to
make the bill more particularly anti
Japanese by framing it so as not to affect
corporations composed of European capi
talists.
Other amendments may'be offered. Some
members have been in favor of striking
out the restrictions on corporations alto
gether, but general opinion has been that
such a method would be so easy of evasion
as to make the act inoperative.
Charged With Assault
Minnie Jones, colored, was locked up
early yetserday morning on the charge
of assault with intent to murder. It is
alleged that Minnie, with a large pistol,
shot her husband several times. The
shooting occurred near the Terminal sta
tion, the shots taking effect in her hus
band's arm. Davenport & Harris removed
the wounded negro to the Hillman hospi
tal and the police removed Minnie to jail.
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Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Sarah Ann Reynolds
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Sarah Ann Reynolds, aged 48 years,
who died Saturday, will be conducted
this morning at 10 o’clock from the Avon
dale Methodist church. Interment will
follow in Elmwood cemetery. The de
ceased is survived by her husband, four
daughters and two sons.
Anna Catherine Wall
Funeral services over the remains of
Anna Catherine Wall, the 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wall, who
died Saturday afternon at the home of
her parents. 2021 Thirty-third avenue,
were conducted from the residence yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment
followed in Elmwood cemetery.
Rosa Lee Hughes
Rosa Lee Hughes, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Edward Lee Hughes,
1105 North Eleventh street, died yester
day morning in Roebuck Springs. Funeral
services will be held from the residence
this morning at 11 o’clock. Interment will
follow in East Lake cemetery.
James A. Ray
Funeral services over the remains of
James A. Hay were conducted yesterday
afternon from the residence of Walter
| L. Metcalf, 924 Central street, at 3 o’clock.
; Interment followed in Elrnwod cemetery.
Mr. Ray was 87 years of age and a Con
federate veteran. He is survived by his
widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ed Haley and
j several grandchildren.
Everett Shepherd
Funeral services over the remains of
Everett Shepherd, aged 46 years, who died
at 12:10 o’clock Saturday afternoon at
his residence, 91G South Sixteenth street,
were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the residence. * Interment followed
in Oak Hill cemetery.
Air. Shepherd was a member of the
tirm of Shepherd & Ware, Tenth avenue
and Fifteenth street, south, and a well
known Birmingham citizen. He is sur
vived by Ills widow, Mrs. Hattie Shep
herd, and two daughters. Miss Paterina
and Miss Puttie Shepherd, and three
sons, Everett, Jr., Hudson and Willie B.
Shepherd. He was a member of the local
lodge of Birmingham temple of Masons.
The pallbearers were Joe C. Hale, Joseph
T. Wiley, Lee McBritli, J. T. Tyngall,
Frank F. Andrews and David J. Davids.
C. S. Stewart
Ttie remains of Charles S. StewarC
aged 32 years, who died Friday morning
at Virginia mines, were sent yesterday
i morning to Rising Fawn, Gu.. for inter
ment. The deceased is survived J>y his
widow and several children.
Mrs. Harper Hood
| While riding about with friends with
I whom she was visiting yesterday afternoon
J in an automobile, near Edgewood, Mrs.
Harper Hood, aged 59 years, died of heart
disease. Her body was brought back to
the city to Johns’ undertaking rooms and
will he sent to Newnan. Ga., this morn
ing on the Birmingham special for inter
ment.
in the automobile at the time of Mrs.
Hood's death were Mr. and Airs. Robed
Stlibbs, and Mrs. Hood's daughter, whom
she was visiting. Mrs. llood had com
plained of weakness all through the ride
and it was on the way home that the
fatal attack occurred.
SHAW, the Undertaker. Phone #.
JOHNS' Undertaking Co. , Phone jU&
LICE LOY. Undertaker. Phone 74. 1
LEVEES COLLAPSE
Breaks at Helena Compara
tively Unimportant
Memphis, April 20.—Mississippi river
levees on* both sides of the waterway
south of Helena. Ark., collapsed today
under the pounding of the flood. Nei
ther break, however, will materially af
icet lbe situation In tbe lower valley
and tbe area inundated will be cont
ra ratively unimportan t.
On the Mississippi shore a private
levee at Wards Lake in Coahoma coun
ty gave way. About 4000 acres of farm
ing land will be flooded. The 000 in
habitants all reached places of safety,
it is reported, and boats were sent
from Helena tonight to bring the refu
gees to that city. Wards’ lake is IS
miles south of Friars Point.
The break on the Arkansas side oc
curred a few miles north of Laconia.
Water let in through this gap will add
only slightly to the territory already
flooded as a result of previous breaks
in that vicinity.
At all other points the embankments !
are reported .holding and conditions
generally improved. North of Mem
phis the river will be within its banks
during the coming week and farmers
have made preparations to begin plant
ing operations immediately the water,
coming through crevasses near Wilson
and Graves bayou, Ark., recedes.
At Memphis the river fell two-tenths
of a foot today to a stage of 41.4 feet.
Greenville, Miss., reported a stage ot
50.4 tonight, a rise of one-tenth during
tlie 12 hours. North of Memphis the
river is receding at all points south of
S't. Louis.
Edward Robinson, a farmer, was shot
and killed by levee guards near Arkan
sas City, Ark., today. According to the
guards, Robinson became enraged when
ordered to drive cattle he was herding
from the levee and threatened to kill
i tbe guard and destroy the embank
ment.
Condition Bettor
New Orleans, April 20.—Admitting
that the volume of water coming down
the Mississippi river was greater than
ever before, C. McD. Townsend, presi
dent of the Mississippi river commis
sion, tonight declared the levees are in
i better condition to care for the Hood
Ilian they have ever been. Mr. Town
send, who is accompanied by Gen. W.
H. Bixby, chief of United States en
gineers and members of the commis
sion. predicts a stage of more than 21
feet. While he sets no danger he says
people should tnk< advantage of th
sunshine and not become over confi
dent. Inspection of the work being
done along the river was made by the
commission on its annual spring trip
from 8t. Louis here. General Bixby,
Mr. Townsend and the other members
of the commission report general con
ditions as satisfactory.
The gauge here registered 19.3 at 6
o’clock tonight, a rise of three-tenths
.n 12 hours.
TWO AUTO BANDITS
ARE GUILLOTINED
Paris, April 21.—The auto bandits
Monier, Calleinin and Soudy were guil
lotined at 4:35 o’clock this morning.
The execution of all three took less
than four and one-half minutes. Soudy
was the first to suffer the penalty, then
came Calleinin, and last Monier. All
died quietly.
Monier alone gave a last ila^h of de
fiant sarcasm. As he was pushed on
the plank, he cried: "(lood-hy, gentle
men all. and human society.”
No untoward incident occurred.
Morgan High Defeats Cullman High
Hartselle, April 21.—(Special.)—The Mor
gan County High school defeated Cullman
County High school at Cullman last Sat-,
urday in the first game of a series by the ;
score of 7 to 5. The feature of the game
was the pitching of Battles and the hit
ting of Mittwede for Morgan, Battles
striking out 13 men and allowing only five
hits. The tCullman team will play in
Hartselle next Saturday. Score: R.H.E.
Morgan . 7 13 4
Cullman . 5 5 4 j
Batteries: Battles and Mittwede; Heck i
and Baine.
Mrs. C. B. Smith Improved
Huntsville, April 20.—(Special.)—Mrs.
j Cera B. Smith, the woman who was
I shot and apparently fatally wounded at
| the carnival grounds early last week
by the accidental discharge of a target
rifle in the shooting gallery, has been
I discharged from the hospital and is well
j on the road to recovery. The bullet
penetrated a vital organ but she suc
cessfully withstood the shock and lived.
Turner Hopkins Killed
Turner Hopkins, colored, was shot and
instantly killed early yesterday morning
at Ramsey's camp, near Newcastle, in a
shooting affray. Another negro, Harvie
I Brewer, who is alleged to have done the
killing, was taken by Deputy Sheriff C.
T. Hilton and lodged In the county Jail.
Birmingham Arms Burglarized
The Birmingham Arms and Sporting
Goods company was broken Into last
night about 9 o’clock by burglars. As
far as could be ascertained last night only
10 Colts anil seven Smith & Wesson revol
vers were taken, besides some cartridges.
I The police are actively working on the
case and arrests are sooh expected.
Suits Taken From B. A. €.
JTho pressing room of the Birmingham
Athletic club was burglarized early Sun
day morning and a number of suits were
taken. The*police were notified and de
tectives are seeking the missing apparel.
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Natchez, Miss., April 20.—The river
gauge at 6 p. m. read 51.3 feet, a rise of
four-tenths in 24 hours. The water is
now one-tenth lower than the maximum
of last year.
Lorlente, Prance, April 20.—The super
dreadnought, Provence, was successfully
launched here today.
Buff&lo, N. Y., April 20.—Twenty-nine
freighters outbound for up lake points
are held fast in the ice in Lake Erie, five
miles from the harbor entrance.
Lowlaburgr, Tenn., April 20.—The main
building of the American Lead Pon.fi
company’s plant here was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin about 10 o’clock
this morning, the machinery in the build
ing being ruined.
Philadelphia, April 20.- Henry Retreux,
a former president of the United Singers
and prominent in Gernian-American or
ganizations. died at his home here today
after an illness of more than a year. He
was 65 years old.
Auburn, N. Y., April 20.—Striking em
ployes of the Columbian Rope company,
who return tomorrow, will be protected
by a large force of deputy sheriffs and
police. The strike at the Columbian plant
was settled Thursday.
London, April 21.—A Belgrade dis
patch to the Daily Mail says that the
existence of a secret Austro-Bulgarinn
convention providing for reciprocal as
sistance in conflicts with Servia has
been revealed through the indiscretion
of a subordinate diplomatic official.
New' York, April 20.—In the presence of
a large congregation, which included nu
merous pormlnent Spaniards, among them
Juan Riano, Spanish minister at Wash
ington, and many widely known New
Yorkers, Cardinal Farley today conse
crated the new Spanish church of Our
Lady of Hope at Washington Heights
Plaza, bordering Riverside drive.
Franklin, Ky., April 20.—Judge I. H.
Goodnight, magistrate of the police court
here, died tonight of injuries he suffered
in the shooting affray at the fair grounds
last night.
St. Louis, April 20.— George Gibson,
catcher on the Pittsburg National league
team, who was injured today, will be out
of the game for at least a w’eek. He left
tonight for Pittsburg. Gibson twisted his
right ankle In colliding with the grand
stand while after a foul ball.
Rome. April 20.—A military dirigible left
Rome at 6:40 o’clock this morning and ar
rived at Verona at 2:55 p. ni. It covered
the 295 miles at an average speed of
about 32 miles na hour.
Grand Junction, Col., April 20.—Sixty
militant industrial Workers of the World
arrived in Grand Junction tonight and
at once caused trouble for the police.
l„ed by Jack McDonald, “Martyr” of San
Diego, they marched to police headquar
ters, where they demanded food, it was
denied them.
Kansas City, April p0.—The first an
nouncement from any lire insurance com
pany in the Western insurance bureau
that it would suspend business in Missouri
came today.
New York. April 20.—The conversion
cf faith contained in the opening claus,
of the will left by .1. P. Morgan, the
financier, was the subject of sermons
by the pastors of several New York
churches tonight and furnished the pre
lace for extended remarks by many
others.
Washington, April 20.-Secretary of
State Bryan told an audience of men in
the second of a series of Sunday after
noon Christian Endeavor meetings there
never was a time when faith w'as needed
more than at present.
Mexico City, April 20.—The Imparcial
publishes a story about an alleged plot
to involve the Mexican southern fron
tier states in a scheme to merge Hon
duras, Nicaragua and Salvador into
one republic.
St. Louis. April 20.—West End Heights,
one of St. Louis' best known summer gar
dens, was destroyed, by fire tonight caus
ing a loss estimated at $200,000. One man,
Dan Slattery, the watchman, who was
ill of pneumonia in his bed in the hotel,
is missing, and it is feared that he per
ished.
New York, April 20.—A strike for higher
wages and improved conditions in their ;
places of employment was begun today
by 4000 “Koscher” bakers here.
Boston. April 20.—In order that the. Bos
ton Symphony orchestra, which be
founded, shall be perpetuated after his
death, Major Henry L. IJIgginson has
decided that it will be necessary for him
to leave $1,000,000 in bis will for the main
tenance of the orchestra in view of an
nual deficits.
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS
Body Created by Queen Vic
toria Little Appreciated
London, April 20.—(Special.)—Govern -
which the commission is to inquire. The
ments over here have a simple and hlgh
| ly ingenious way of getting rid of awk
j ward questions. When a popular agita
i lion gains headway on any subject with
j which the ministry in power is especially
| anxious not to deal and some kind of
government action becomes imperative.
I the modus operand! is nearly always the
same—ihe matter is referred to a “royal
commission.”
A royal commission consists of a special
body of supposed experts, together with
the necessary clerical force, who are ap
pointed nominally by the sovereign, but
actually by the secretary of state within
whose province the subject comes on
creation of a loyal commission serves
a double purpose. To begin with, the awk
ward subject Is shelved indefinitely, and
simultaneously a lot of fat jobs In the
way of secretaryships and so forth are
created. The latter form part of the
enormous amount of “patronage,” which
is controlled by the chief ministerial
whip, as keeper of the party pork barrel,
and they are sought with an energy that
would not disgrace the most strenuous
of the crowd of officeseekers now besieg
ing the new administration at Washing
ton. The actual members of royal com
missions, on the other hand, are unpaid,
though they get their expenses—service
on a royal commission constituting an
honor.
It is no mere figure of speech to say
that a subject is shelved “indefenltely’
by referring it to a royal commission.
Just behind Westminister Abbey and close
to the house of parliament, the writer re
cently discovered an office building which
appeared to be given over entirely to
the housing of these bodies, some of
which have been sitting for years. The
record for long life on the part of a royal
commission must, however, be held by one
which, it has just been revealed, has
been meeting now for over 15 years, and
which, it is solemnly declared, nas not
yet begun its work! a
Commission Created
Sir William Ramsay, the famous scien
tist, told about this long winded royal
commission ut a meeting of the institute
• if sanitary engineers in London this
week. The commission was appointed,
it appears, to inquire Into the disposal of
sewage, and was called into being while
Queen Victoria was sti’l on the throne,
on May 7, 1898. to be exact. The usual
archaic phraseology was used by her ma
jesty in creating" the commission, at the
request of the then home secretary, the
chairmanship being given to “our right
trusty and right well beloved cousin,
Walter Stafford, Earl of lddesleigh.*’ The
other members were Dr. A. Thorne. Gen
eral C. P. Carey, C. P. Cotton, Michael
Foster, Colonel T. W. Harding, T. \V.
Killick, Sir William Ramsay and Dr.
J. B. Russell. Dr. Thorne died in 1900,
and W. H. Power was appointed in his
The commission began its sittings and
to call witnesses practically immediately
after Its creation. Since then each year
has yielded its quota of volumes of evi
dence, and now the blue-backed books
ferm quite a decent sized library. < .
p Cotton retired in 1902 and T. T. Staf
ford was appointed in his place, and thus
changes have gone on, the las^ report
being signed by Colonel Harding, chair
man; Sir William Ramsay, T. J. Stafford
and R. A. Tatton, only two remaining
of the original nine members. 'This re
port deals mainly with the affluent that
runs into streams.
Fridays Ignored
What Sir William Ramsay meant by
his remark that the commission hajl not
began its work was that no government
as yet has taken the slightest notice of
the commission’s findings, few members
ol parliament, in fact, being aware that
it exists. This, however, is quite a com
mon thing. Frequently a government
which has appointed a royal commission
to inquire into a certain matter will
bring In a bill dealing with the subject
before the commission has finished its
deliberations, to say nothing of having
made its report. A case In point was
the Welsh disestablishment bill, which
Lioyd-George Introduced into the house
or commons before the royal commis
sion appointed to Investigate the qfies
tlon has tendered Its decision. A nota
ble Instance of. an Inconvenient subject
being shelved bv this means tv as the ap
pointment bv Premier Asquith of a com
mission to Inquire into the whole ques
tion of divorce in England after the final
passage in parliament of the deceased
wife's sister bill, which had been before
that body for over 30 yeara, off and on.
Hut though «tn» royal commission',
much dlacuaaad report waa mad* monthai
ago. nothing has yet been done to make
divorce simpler or less costly ih this
country.
A Cautious Storekeeper
From the Baltimore American.
“1 see you have mushrooms," she said,
as she stopped in front of a grocery.
"Yes'm, they are said to be mush
rooms,” was the reply of the grocer.
"But aren't they?”
"I’m not going to say, madam. They
may be or may not."
"Oh, 1 see. You think they may bo
toadstools?"
"They may be.”
"And would kill those who ate them?"
"Exactly.”
"I remember to have read that a score
or more of people in New York ate toad
stool and died."
“I read the same thing, madam.,T
"And so—so
"So there they are. If they are real
mushrooms you get a bargain at the
price asked. If they are toadstools your
heirs can't .get a cent out of me, for
everything is in my wife’s name."
The woman said she would take two
beets and a carrot and let it go at that.
Fireman Breal^s Leg
Sylacauga, April 20.—(Special.)—Cliff
Mitchell, day fireman at the plant of
the Alabama High Grade Brick com
pany, had his leg badly broken and torn
up yesterday afternoon by a belt break
ing and hitting him. He was carried to
Birmingham on the first train for treat
ment in an infirmary.
Decorate Confederate Graves
Huntsville, April 2(k— (Special.)—'The
Daughters of the Confederacy and vet
erans have set next Sunday, April 27,
as the day for the decoration of the
Confederate graves in Maple Hill cem
etery. Edward O. Betts, a popular young j
attorney, will deliver the memorial ad- j
dress.
Charged With Bigamy
Fiank Fulton, a white man, was locked
up in the county jail yesterday after
non by Deputy Sheriffs Hartsfield and
.MeDuff. The charge against Fulton Is
that of bigamy. I
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AMBULANCE DRIVER
HURT BY TAXICAB
Arthur Robertson, a negro ambulance
driver of Shaw’s Undertaking company,
suffered Internal Injuries yesterday after
noon about 2:15 o'clock when the ambu
lance he whs driving In answer to a hurry
call was hit by a taxicab in charge of
Milton Gakias. The collision occurred at
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street.
According to eye witnesses the taxicab
was going up Twentieth street at a ter
rific speed and struck the front wheels
of the ambulance, overturning it com
pletely. The taxicab skidded around and
struck a peanut stand opposite the South
ern club and finally eiKled its wild jour
ney by hitting a tire hydrant and bendtrta
it out of shape. The peanut stand was
completely wrecked and the taxicab bad
ly damaged. Milton Gakias, tho driver,
whs Immediately arrested for reckless
driving, but was later released on |2u0
bond.
The accident was witnessed by a largo
Sunday afternoon crowd. John Tierce, a
white boy, who was on the ambulance,
stated that they never saw the taxicab
until the collision occurred.
To Preach Commencement Sermon
Huntsville, April 20.—(Special.)—The
Rev. G. W. Read, pastor of the First
Methodist church at Gadsden, will preach
the commencement sermon for the Butler
school of this city on May 23 In the
First Methodist church. Dr. Ira Dnnd
reth, president of the Ward-Belinont col
lect at Nashville, will deliver tne bacca
laureate address in the Flks' theatre on
May 30. /
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CUT FLOWERS and POTTED PLANTS
The choicest seasonable stock.
BEDDING PLANTS
Geraniums—50c, 75c, $1.50 and $2 per dozen.
Coleus, Salvia, Petunias, Agerature at Popu
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Canaries—The genuine - Hartz Mountain
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