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The First
Dollar
Saved and deposited by the
man who lias never saved be
fore means the turning point
in his life lias been reached,
the tirna when judicious sav
ing will replace heedless
spending.
If you’ve reached this
point, join the many who
have SAVINGS earning
quarterly interest at 'this
bank.
The First National Bank
‘‘A National Bank for
Savings”
Capital and Surplus
$3000,000
AT THE HOTELS
J. T. Cullman of Anniston, Clarence Aus
ten of Cullman and W. W. Debus of At
lanta are at the Florence.
Ned Bishop of Huntsville, H. B. Shor
nion of Memphis and W. O. Pope of At
lanta are guests at the Morris.
T. L. Hobert of Decatur, George E. Wi
lis of Columbiana and Jake Martin of Mo
bile are stopping at the Birmingham.
S. B. Gibson of Vernon, D. B. Love of
Chicago and B. F. Giles of Tuscaloosa
are among those at the Kuroire.
M. Hughes of Kimberly, W. P. Hardin
of Florence and Frank Forest, of Na h
vlllo are registered at the Metropolitan. ;
TO ORGANIZE JURIES
FOR THE WEEK TODAY
Non-Capital Felony Bond Cases Will
Be Taken Up in the Criminal
Court
This morning Juries for the week will
tie organized In the first division of the
criminal court by Judge S. 13. Greeno.
The following non-capital felony bond
cases are set on the docket for the
day:
Evans Lamar, burglary and grand
larceny.
Illchard Wray, assault with Intent
to murder.
L. M. Grimes, assault with Intent to
murder.
Rufus Hardiman, assault with intent
to murder.
Caesar Parsons, perjury.
W. P. Piper, grand larceny and em
bezzlement.
W. S. Wallace, keeping gaming table.
Jail Cases—Supplementary sheet will
be prepared covering jail cases to be
set for this date.
In addition to this docket there are
some state misdemenanor bond cases
specially set for this date.
In the second division Judge W. E.
Port will take up jail cases not on
the bar docket. A supplementary sheet
will be prepared covering all cases set
for today In this division.
BODEKER DOES NOT
EXPECT TROUBLE
It was ascertained last night that 23G
policemen arc now employed by the city
and that tills number will he increased
should the strike situation become acute.
According to Chief Bodeker each street
car operated yesterday was manned by
one or more policemen besides a deputy
sheriff. The city authorities are deter
mined to prevent all disorder and to see
that the Birmingham Railway. Eight und
Power company receives protection.
Chief Bodeker said: "At tile present
time we are working 2GG men on the
police force and we will work a thou
sand men If condition necessitate such
action. The men are still working la
hours daily. As yet there lias not been
any trouble in this slrike and the street
car company informs me ttiut they are
operating all the cars they wish. Each
car manned by one or more policemen.
“We are not looking for any trouble
but we feel that an ounce of prevention
Is worth a pound of cure.”
NEGRO WOMAN IS
SHOT AND KILLED
\ iiginia Calloway, a negro woman,
*as shot and instantly killed yester
day afternooM about 1:15 o'clock at
Seventh alley and Twenty-first street.
, Maggie Price and Tom Cookran, ne
groes, were arrested and locked itp in
the city jail by Scouts Ivey and Foley,
charged with the murder.
Tho negro Cockrati ran .away from
the officers and a long chase followed
which finally ended In the negro's cap
ture at the Terminal station. During
the chase gaggle Price, wlie is al
leged to have done the actual killing,
escaped also but was later Recaptured.
YOUNG ENGINEER COMES
F. C. Weiss of Beaumont to Be With
the Alabama Power Company
The Massachusetts Tech colon? hi
fci rmingham Is now to receive an ad- |
dition, Fernand Carl Weiss of Beau
mont. Tex., who graduated June to
with the degree of bachelor of science.
Mr. Weiss took the courses in electical
engineering and had for his thesis,
“A study of the Financial and Operat
ing Condition of the Buzzards Bay Elec
tric Company at Malinouth, Mass.,” a
Work which lie undertook with Joseph
A. Tennant, B. A., of West Newton,
Ma ss. Air. Weiss comes to Birmingham
in the construction department of the
Alabama Power company.
Resume Inquset This Morning
The inquiry into tlie mysterious kill
ing at Gate City some weeks ago will
again be taken up this morning by tho
coroner’s jury which has been examin
ing the case. According to Acting Cor
oner W. 8. Russell, some new evidence
will bo brought forward this morning
and the identity of the dead man may
be cleared up. Coroner Russell will
also investigate today two negro kill
ings of yesterday afternoon.
Negro Fatally Shot
Lovelace Burch, a negro, was shot
yesterday morning about 10 o’clock In
the back and four hours later died in
the Hillman hospital. The shooting
happened at 1719 Avenue D. Rufus
Owen, a negro, was arrested charged
with tlie murder. According to the
police* the shooting was tlie result of
a quarrel over the ownership of a,
llaiol.
TO BREAK GROUND
FOR ST. ANDREW’S
CHURCH THIS WEEK
Communicants Approve Ar
rangements Made by the
Rector and Vestry
GRAY LIMESTONE THE
MATERIAL TO BE USED
Building Will Seat 400 and Will Be
of Tudor-Gothic—Present Rectory
Is Exchanged for the
Allen Home
After months of planning and anticipa
tion, ground will he broken either to
day or tomorrow on the new St. An
drew’s Episcopal church, to be located
on the corner of Eleventh avenue and
Twelfth street, south.
During the past week contracts were
let by the rector and vestry of/ St. An
drew’s for the foundation work. However
the bids for the superstructure work will
not lie opened for another week.
According to the plans for the new
church, drawn by Mr. Marriott, of the
Joy-Marriott company, the church will
have a width of 46 feet in front and of 55
in the rear. The height from the ground
to the tip of the cross on the dome will
be 55 feet. The estimated seating ca
pacity of this edifice will bo 400. The
material for the church will be gray lime
stone and its architecture Tudor-Gothic.
J,ast Friday the rector and vestry closed
a deal whereby the rectory on Central
avenue was exchanged for the home of
J. V. Allen, which adjoins the new prop
erty of the church.
The consummation of this deal gives St.
Andrew’s church a frontage of 150 feet
on Eleventh avenue and 240 feet on
Twelfth street.
At the morning services yesterday the
I communicants of the church approved of
the bids und plans accepted by the rec
tor and vestry and instructed them to
complete arrangements for the superstruc
ture work.
The plans for the church have been
i especially drawn so that it can he built
without cutting down or injuring the
beautiful shade trees which are on the
lot. This arrangement was made at the
special request of the communicants of
the church.
It is the desire of the rector, the Rev.
Willis G. Clark, that when the church is
completed to build a parish house ad
joining the church out of the same ma- !
terial.
BANNER TIPPLE TO
BE TRIED OUT TODAY
*
Is Built of Concrete and
Steel and Is Fire
proof
The new* tipple erected at Banner
mines by the Pratt Consolidated costing
$100,000 will be tried out this morn
ing. It will be used at that mine by
the state authorities that have the i
Banner mines under lease from the 1
Pratt Consolidated. The new tipple is
built of concrete and steel and is there- ,
fore lire proof. It takes the place of
the wooden structure which was de
stroyed by tire some months ago along
with other properties.
It is stated that the tipple can
safely and efficiently handle 3000 tons
of coal per day and perform every
function intended. The tipple is
equipped with the roller dump process
w'hich was patented by Erskine Ham
say, vice president and chief engineer
of the company, and which patent is in
general use #among some of the best
equipped mine operations of the Penn
sylvania fields.
It was stated yesterday that the
tipple would be tried out today, but
that it was generally expected that the i
first trial W’ould be somewhat rough.
With a few days’ operation It Is be
lieved the working will be entirely
smooth and then the officials will look
over the work. Mr. Hamsay said last
night that ho Intended to inspect the
tipple during the next few days, hut
that he would' not be in Banner this
morning at the first try out. The tipple
is in every way modern and is ex
pected to handle the giant output of
Banner without any throuble.
BARN ON CONVICT
FARM DESTROYED
Jackson, Miss., Juno 22.—(Special.)—
The big barn on the Oakley convict
farm, in this, Hines county, was de
stroyed by fire at an early hour this
morning. Telephone messages from
John M. Dobbs, sergeant in charge of
the place, state that the barn and con
tents, some 2500 bushels of corn and
400 tons of oats and hay, were de
stroyed, and the loss amounts to sev
eral thousand dollars, with no in
surance.
The barn is a compartitively new
one, having been built about three
years ago, at a cost of $3000, and could
not be duplicated today for that sum.
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IT IS COOL AND COMFORTABLE IN
THE GREAT NORTH WOODS AND
LAKE COUNTRY OF Wl SCON SUV
AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Hundreds of inland lakes and streams
with gnmey fish, and delightful summer re
sorts equipped with all conveniences
necessary for the lull enjoyment of the
vacation period.
The finest of fishing, bathing, boating,
yachting, golfing and tennis, or you may
take automobile tours through the adja
cent country where the soft balsam of the
pines pervades the air.
Madison. Waul^sha, Lake Geneva. Mil
waukee, Green Lake, Devil’s Lake, Mai:i
towish, Woodruff, Fag*« River, Gogebic,
and hundreds of other resorts and camp
ing places are reached by the direct lines
of the Chicago and North Western rail
way from Chicago. Printed matter and
lull particulars on application to
F. C. BUSH, Traveling Agent,
Birmingham, Ala.
G-2-5-1G-23
BIRMINGHAM COI NCIL OF K4
DOSH WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL
MEETING TUESDAY. JUNE 24. AT s
I*. M. ELECTION AND INSTALLATION
OF OFFICERS. ALL MKMIIKRS IN
VITED TO HE PRESENT.
J. V. HAY, PRECEPTOR.
Sale Of Peerless Corner
Shows Birmingham Is Not
Affected By Any Depression
In Past 41 Years Profits Aggregating $174,050 Have Been Made.
%
Lot Increased $4245.12 In Value Each Year
Since 1872.
By CLYDE W. ENNIS
rl here*have been few business moves
in Birmingham so convincing that, Bir
mingham is unaffected by any alleged
commercial depression as the price
?Hii*l for the Peerless corner by Frank
Nelson, Jr., as announced yesterday
morning. lie is known as a Wise and
cautious not to say ultra-conservative
business man. It is a. rare occasion
when such a type of business man in
vests in real estate at such figures
when times are dull or look bad. The
sale therefore at this time will have
a very buoyant tendency in local real
estate circles and will undoubtedly af
fect many trades that are now pend
ing but which have been held up by
prospective but cautious buyers. The
pace set by Mr. Nelson is expected to
have a very tine effect on local real
estate activities. ,
The price paid is the highest ever
paid in this state for land. The iot
is only 25 feet on Second avenue by
IPO feet deep. It has no alley open
ing but stands on the corner of Second
and Twentieth street. For the frontage
the price paid Is the very top notch in
local trades. Few southern cities can
point to such a record. The land
! brought $7000 per front foot. Mr. Baugh
when he bought it from the It. D.
Burnett Cigar company paid $5800 per
frontvfoot, while Mr. Burnett when he
secured it from the Peoples bank paid
$4 400 per front foot. The price has
therefore almost doubled since the Peo
ples bank sol^ It In 1911.
A. A. Gambill, who has handled three
trades for the property beginning with
the Peoples hank trade, furnished this
data yesterday in connection with the
increase in value of that property be
ginning .January 5, 1872:
O. A. Johnson to Samuel Torry and
J. L. Lockwood, January 5, 1872, con
sideration $950.
J. L. liockwoorl to Samuel Torry, one
half interest, November 22, 1872, con
sideration $1900.
Samuel Torry to Mary Jane Mae. Au
gust 30, 1883, consideration $8000.
M. A. Mae to Jessie C. Kyle, Janu
ary 3. 1886, consideration $8000.
J. C. Kyle to Peoples Savings bank,
January 3, 1893, consideration $25,000.
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust com
pany to R. D. Burnett Cigar company.
May 23, 1911, consideration $110,000.
R. D. Burnett Cigar company to R.
If. Baugh. April 25, 1912, considera
tion $145,000.
R. H. Baugh to Frank Nelson, .Tr..
June 17, 1913, consideration, $175,000.
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FRISCO WRECKER DERAILID
AND THE ENGINEER KILLED
BOTH ENGINE AND DERRICK
LEAVE THE TRACK—AYRES
IS CRIJSHJED UNDER LOCOMO
TIVE
While returning: from Carbon Hill a
wrecker of the Frisco was derailed four
miles south of Jasper yesterday, atfernoon
at G o’clock, the engineer, Russell K.
Ayres, was killed, Jerry Sullivan, Jr.,
engineer of the derrick, and W. R. Tor
anti, the negro fireman, wrere injured.
Both the engine and the wrecking . rane
left the track and the engineer was
crushed to death under the engine.
A relief train was immediately hurried
to the scene of the. wreck from Birming
ham with Dr. W. H. Wilder and the in
jured men were brought to Birmingham.
When about four miles out of Jasper
at the foot of a hill the tender left the
rails just as the train was about to
start over a trestle, pulling the engine
over a twenty-five foot embankment!
and turning over three camp cars and
the wrecker. Another wreck train ar
rived from Birmingham at 31 p. m. and
set to work clearing the wreckage and
| raising the locomotive from the place
I where Ayres is pinned dow n.
The relief train arrived shortly after
10 o'clock and the two mei* were rushed
to St. Vincent's hospital, where Dr. Wil
der pronounced tlielr injuries serious but
not fatal. Mr. Sullivan suffered a broken
right forearm, was badly bruised and
painfully scalded. He was resting easily
at the hospital last night. Toranto was
seriously hurt. His skull was fractured,
a bad scalp wound was received and
he was also scalded.
It seems that earlier In the day some
freight cars had been derailed at Carbon
Hill, and the wrecker was called out in
charge of Engineer Ayres. After restor
ing the cars the wrecker started back to
Birmingham, and a few miles south of
Jasper was derailed. The cause of -ue
wreck is unknown, but an investigation
will be instituted immediately by Frisco
officials.
Engineer Ayres, who was killed, was 25
years of age and had only recently been
promoted. He lived at 1230 North Twen
ty-fourth street and is survived by his
widow', one child and a sister.
His body was removed trim the wreck
after hard work and arrived in Birming
ham shortly after 3 o'clock this morning.
Funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
.Sullivan resides at S19 North Seven
teenth street and also has a wife and
child.
BIRMINGHAM GREEK WINS
PROMOTION TWICE FOR
CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY
After serving In the ranks of the Gre
cian army for over five months, Athanas
Icos Goulis, who left here at the out
break of tile hostilities in tile Balkans,
will return some time next week.
During the recent conflict he has seen
active service and was promoted to cap
tain at the close of the second month
of lighting. Following on the heels of
his first promotion lie found occasion to
render his country still another service,
in the capacity of cutting a retreat
through a number of Turkish soldiers
for both himself and his wounded leader.
For this act of valor he was made a
major by the commander of the Grecian
troops upon the field of battle.
Goulis is a Birmingham Greek and has
been In this city for over 10 years. But
when he heard the call he went, though
It had been over 17 years since be saw
the sunny hills of Greece.
Before he left Birmingham he was the
joint owner of a cafe, but he disposed
of his interest and Immediately left Bir
mingham. He arrived at Nafpaktos,
Greece, some time during the following
month and was among the foremost to
take up arms against tiie intruders.
In a letter received yesterday, dated
June 4, he declared that as his services
could be of no further benefit to his coun
try, he would return to Birmingham at
once. He said that although Greece was
his country America »as "the best land
yet.”
Since the close of the war Goulls has
been working upon a manuscript that
will describe all the battles and engage
ments that effected his command and he
expects to publish It as soon as lie ar
rives in America.
MONDRAGON WILL
LEAVE FORBELGUIM
Former Mexican Minister of
War Going on a Military
Mission
Mexico City, June 22.—General Mon
dragon, who recently resigned as minister
of war, will leave tomorrow for Belgium
on a military mission, the exact nature
of which has not been revealed. He was
the right hand man of General Felix
Diaz in the operations which brought
about the overthrow of the Madero gov
ernment. The danger of an attack on
Saltillo has been lessened by the defeat
of the rebels 10 miles to the south. In
a report received from General Casso
Lopez, the rebel dead are estimated at 50
The war department made the state
ment tonight that there had been no
battle of any importance to the south
of Hcrmoslllo. | all hough two small en
gagements had been fought. In both of
which the rebels were repulsed.
ONE KILLED AND FIVE
INJURED IN STORM
Little Rock, June 22.—R. c. Hawley
was struck by lightning and killed
and five persons were injured here late
today when the holt came In contact
with an electric light wire and trav
eled over the circuit into a tent where
several hundred persons were attending
a revival meeting. Three residences in
th Immediate vicinity of the tent were
also struck by lightning and damaged
All of those injured will recover.
FIREMEN BURNED
IN MONTREAL FIRE
Montreal. June 22.—Four firemen are
dead and three others are seriously in
jured as the result of a dlsastr<*us lire
here today. The dead are John For
sythe. Patrick Hammill, John McDermott
and Webster Moleson.
The tire destroyed the large sash ai •
blind factory of Itzweire and Sarraz'n
and the Ice warehouse of the City Ice
company and damaged other nearby
buildings.
I 3
Tragic Fate of Army Engi
neers on River Near
New Madrid, Me.
New Madrid, Mo., June 22.— Nine of a
party of 14 United States engineers and
other government employes were drowned
| near New Madrid late today when the
United States survey boat Heaver, which
i the party was aboard, was capsized dur
ing a windstorm.
Those drowned are:
r. S. Williamson, chief engineer, Ma
son, O.
J. M. McConnell, a recent graduate of
tlio law department of Cornell univer
sity.
Captain Lamb, pilot.
A. I). Coston, engineer.
Harry Sherrell, mate, Cottonwood.
Tt nn.
i'hil Wray, Jackson, Term.
1 Freeman, deckhand.
Two lodrnen, names not known.
! The body of Chief Engineer William
son has not been located. None of the I
others have been found.
FOURl)ROWNED~IN '
THE MISSOURI RIVER
Purkvllle, Mo., June 22.—Two young men
and two young women, supposed to be
from Kansas City, eight miles below
here, were drowned In the Missouri river,
near here, today when their motorboat
drifting with a "dead” engine, struck a
snag and overturned. The bodies have
not been recovered.
Thistle Wins Trophy
Block Island, It. J., June 22.—The This
tle, the scratch boat owned by J. H.
Wallace, won the Upton Viking trophy
for boats manned by amateurs, and the
Ka'heryn 8. Saptured the Day cup in
the New York Athletic club's 100 mile
never boat race, which started off Whor
tleberry Island yesterday and ended here
today. The Thistle's time was 11:21:45,
02 a* eonds ahead of the Frances it, which
came in second. *■
BITTERNESS SHOWN
. BY THE|PEAKERS
Boycott Against Company
Declared at Union Mass
Meeting Yesterday
There was considerable bitterness and
anger In the speeches at the Bijou labor)
mass meeting yesterday afternoon. The
big theatre was crowded almost to its
capacity and the coatless men cheered
and perspired as the orators warmed up.
The meeting unanimously adopted reso
lutions declaring a boycott upon the Bir
mingham Hallway, Light and Power com
pany by not using its gas. electricity
or street cars during the present strike.
Ben Davis, White Gibson, Diemen t Wood
and William F. Welch were the spell
binders. Young Wood started the ex
citement by recalling the glories of his
career as a socialistic recorder of tlie city
of Birmingham; Ben Davis followed witli
a passionate review of the local reign
of the commission form of government;
. Mr. Welch then laboriously retdld the
I thrilling account of his abduction, and
Mr. Gibson closed the bill by reviewing*
the iniquities of tho subsidized press.
J. W. Woods, president of the Bir
mingham Trades Council, presided. A
movement was started to recall City Com
missioner A. O. Lane, but postponed for
the time being.
A general note of defeat in the present
street car strike ran through all of the
speeches. Kvery man referred time and
again to the alleged fact that "No mat
ter if we do lose this strike, we have
won a great victory for union labor.” It
was stated that another mass meeting
will be held in the near future.
T
Only Indication of Strike
Was Presence of Police
Officer on Each Car
Unmindful of mass meetings, strikers
and union sympathizers, the 300 or more
loyal motormen and conductors of the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company remained at their posts yester
day and street car operations were un
impaired. A stranger to Birmingham
would scarcely have known that there
was any trouble with former street rail
way employes here. With the exception
of a preponderance of blue coated police
officers there was no exterior indication
which would lead to the assumption that
a strike had been declared.
The officials of the Birmingham Rail
way, Light and Power company are sat
isfied with developments. The great ma
jority of their employes have not an
swered the call of Organizer Welch and <
•his associates. Those who joined the
union have not been permitted to get
in close touch with street car properties.
Mr. Ford, president of the company, as
sured the commission yesterday that his
company was performing its full duty to
the city and its people. He added that if
he is given the protection thus far ac
corded there will be no trouble in ren
dering adequate service.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Roosevelt Strength in Alabama
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
In your issue of the 20th you say,
"There is no large element in Alabama
which believes in a political sense as
Mr. Roosevelt believes.” You are mis
taken I think. With a fair and non
partisan election system Roosevelt
would have carried this state lust fall.
As it was Wilson did not get more than
about one-third of the white vote of
Alabama. We had at that time in round
! numbers 1,250,000 white people and at
the rate of one voter to live persons
by the census we must have had about
250,000 men elegible to vote. And de
ducting democratic negro votes you cast
less than 40 per cent of Alabama's
white voting strength. Here in Clay
county we have Just, 4000 white men
eligible to vote. But Wilson got only
1200 of them. Roosevelt got a good vote,
but nothing to compare with the num
ber he would have received had we a
non-partisan election system. 1 know
many populous neighborhoods over
whelmingly in favor of Roosevelt that
cast almost no vote at all. And if you
mixed with the country people you
would lind that a very large element
in Alabama believes in Roosevelt. In
fact, he is the man after their own
hearts. The dwindling bunch of voters
which constitutes the Alabama elec
torate1 now forms no fair criterion by
which to Judge the sentiments of th»
whole population of the state.
Furthermore, to my knowledge a
great many men voted for Wilson who
would have voted for Roosevelt if there
had been any hope of his election. In
deed, many thought Taft would have
taken more votes from Roosevelt than
lie did.
The whole voting strength of Ala
bama is not 50 per cent of the possible
white vote now, and before we are all
much older that is going to make bad
trouble for someone. Respectfully,
, JOSHUA FRANK UN.
Pyrlton, Clay County, June 21, 1913.
Good Word From LaGrange
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The Chamber of Commerce is a sub
scriber of the Birmingham Age-Herald
and I have just completed looking over
sour silver anniversary edition and I
wish to say that I have never seen
a newspaper achievement in the south
that I consider surpasses Mils edition,
either In typographical get-up or in
subject matter.
1 think I ought to be a pretty good
judge of such matters, hr F was relig
ious and literary editor of the Atlanta
Constitution for about eight years. With
best wishes, yours truly,
E. G. CLARKE,
General Secretary LaGrange, Ga., Cham
ber of Commerce.
LaGrange, Ga., June 21, 1913.
AMUSEMENTS
Vaudeville at Orpheum
Five acts of what appears to be the
season's best vaudeville is offered at the
Orpheum this week, headed by Will
Boehm's Athletic Girls, who box, wrestle,
punch the bag dnrl fence in a manner
that would make the average man blush
for lack of skill. The Orpheum is cooled
by 30 electric fans and 20 windows and
doors.
Musical Comedy at Majestic
“The Duke of Durham" is the offering
at the Majestic this week, with the Ger
man singing comedian, Lou L. Hhean.
as the. star. A quartet is one of the
best features. The house is kept cum
Ratable at all times by fans.
Daylight Safety
ON SAVINGS
You need safe deposit for day
time security as well as when night
protects the common variety of
hcusebreaker.
The successful daylight burglar
needs more “nerve,” but really
finds his way about with compara
tive ease. And there are other
mysterious ways peoplejose things
in “broad daylighr.”
Your private box here, on the
other hand, is guarded every mo
ment of the day, and when you
enter it you can see the impos
sibility of your loss. 365 days, 365
nights protection, $3 and upward.
iMERlCANTRUSI^AVINGS RANK
FIRST AND TWENTIETH — BIRMINGHAM
PENITENTIARY SCANDAL BEING
PROBED TO BOTTOM BY BREWER
Jackson, Miss., June 22.— (Special.) —
"I haven’t started right good,” says
Governor Brewer in talking about the
investigation of the penitentiary scan
dal and the three arrests already made
through the efforts of the Burns de
tectives.
Only two of the men under Indict
ment by the Hinds county grand jury
and who have been arrested and re
leased on $500 bond, were connected
with the management of the peniten
tiary. These are Lawrence Yerger, sec
retary of the board/ of trustees for the
past five years, and who has confessed
that he appropriated about $30,000 to
nis own use; the other being A. C.
Davis, storekeeper on the big convict
farm at Parehman, where six or seven
thousand bales of cotton are made an
nually. Mr. Davis arrived in Jackson
the same day he was notified of the in
dictment and gave bond in the sum of
$5000 for his appearance.
The other man under arrest and bond
is W. D. dowdy, manager of the Jack
son Oil and Refining company, and a
bosom friend of Yerger. Mr. Gowdy has
purchased a good deal of the state's
cotton seed, and the charge against
him and Davis is that they conspired
with Secretary Yerger to defraud the
state out of sundry large sums. Mr.
Gowdy denies the charges and has em
ployed one of the strongest law firms
In Jackson to dofend him.
These men all stand high in the busi
ness and social world—in fact nobody
stands higher, and their arrest lias
caused one of the most profound sen
sations ever known in the state.
It Is now expected that other indict
ments will he returned next Monday
and It Is predicted that some of them
will hi* of officers higher up than Yer
ger It is known that the. grand jury
has had charge of the books of apmtx--*
of the banks In tills section of the st-itu
| with a view to aeuing the private ac
counts of members of the board of
trustees, but Just what was found is
not known. The statement is made to
day that true bills have already been
found against other employes of the
penitentiary, some of them charging
petit larceny, but these are against the
"small fry,” and excite small in
terest.
Governor Brewer declares that the
probe Ik going to be run clear through
the penitentiary and that if there is
any more rottenness it is going to be
brought to the surface before ho quits.
The Burns detectives at work on the
case state that they will have others
In the tenter hook in a very few days,
that they are not near through. They
estimate now that the state has been
| robbed of at least half a million dol
lars. a great deal of which went, they
allege, through Boyce & Co., a Memphis
firm of cotton buyers. Boyce maintains
an office at Clarksdale, Miss., but when
he heard the grand Jury was after his
hooks he transferred them to Memphis.
Governor Brewer declares, howver, lie
will get them as well as Boyce before
li e q u 11 a.
GIRLS’ CONFERENCE
TO MEETTHIS WEEK
Will Assemble at the First
Methodist Church
Saturday
Birmingham is to have the second girls
conference held In the United States.
It was announced last night by the com
mittee on arrangements that prepara
tions for the meeting which is to be in
session at the First Methodist church
June 28 and 29. have practically all geen
made.
Though several business matters will
be brought before the assembly, the main
object of the conference is to bring to-‘
get her the young ladies of Birmingham i
that a wider acquaintance may be estab
lished between them.
Another important feature of the oc
casion will be a permanent organization
of a girls' council. The proposed body
will be composed of two girls from ouch
church in the city and hereafter all mat
ters of interest to the young church
workers will be brought before them for
discussion. The committees having ar
rangements for the conference arc as fol
low’s: f
On decoration: Miss Bernice Meadows,
chairman; Miss Alberta Livingston; Miss
Isabel Phillips, Miss Rose Belle Daniels.
Miss Lee Baker ami MUpr-Nell Cosby.
On publicity: MissBlack, chair
man, Miss Helen Bishop, Miss Nettie Bry
son, Miss Mary Virginia Cummings. Miss
Pauline Phillips, Miss Lucy Hill and Miss
Elizabeth illllhouse.
On automobiles: Mrs. E. J. Howe, chair
man; Miss Ruth Webb, Miss Esther Ken
nedy. Miss Mildred Tarrant, Miss Kather
ine Wilson, Miss Evelyn Hoke and Miss
Annie Beth Crawford.
This conference is the second of it*
kind in the United States, the first being
held in St. Louis last April.
There will be an automobile tour over
the city and a banquet has been ar
ranged for the young ladies which will be
given Saturday night.
The teachers in the various Sunday
schopls in Birmingham will be admitted
to the gallery of tiie church but will not
take any part whatever In the proceed
ings of the meeting.
The men who are presidents and officers
in the Birmingham Sunday School asso
ciation will have a banquet in the base
ment of the church and at its close will
see that each lady is safely escorted to
their respective homes.
WOODS ARRESTED
FOR CRYYNG “SCAB”
John F. Woods, said to be a striking
street car mail, was arrested about 7
o'clock last night by officer Price in
Avondulc. on a charge of disorderly con
duct, aggravated and resisting an offi
cer.
According to accounts at police head
quarters Woods applied the epithet
"scab’’ several tlmeH to men on passing
street cars, tie was warned by the offi
cer to discontinue his conduct, but the
warning of the officer was disregarded
and his arrest followed after,' scuffle.
The arrest of Woods makes the third
since the Inception of t lie street car
strike. All the urrests were on the same
charge, calling working street car men
"scabs."
PERSONAL
A. ri. Klyce has been called, to Mem
phis, Term., on account of the death ot :
ills mother, Mrs. M. < \ Klyce. Mr. Klycu i
will be away from Birmingham for sev
eral days.
Dr. J. D. S. Davis and Mrs. W. E. B.
Davis have returned koine from French
l*kk Springs.
GREATS ENJOYED
Rienzi Thomas, Organist,
Singers and Orchestra at
Five Points Church
The people of Birmingham were lust
night treated to one of the most elaborate
and impressive musical services held in
tills city during the past winter.
The service was held at the Highlands
Methodist church, under the direction of
Rienzi Thomas of New York, one of the
foremost organists in America and a.
former citizen of Montgomery and Bir
mingham.
Assisting in the service were the Bir
mingham Knsemble orchestra, Alexander
Norris and Owen Gillespy, solists.
'I'iie orchestra consisted of 1‘j pieces,
seven of which were violins.
Mr. Thomas played two numbers, one
a prelude which opened the service and
the other the offertory hymn. Both or
these were beautifully rendered.
Mr. Norris played "Trauraeri” on bis
violin, while Mr. Gillespy sang "By the
Rivera of Babylon,” a tenor solo. *
At the close of the service the Rev.
1C. C. McVoy, pastor of the Highlands
Methodist church, announced that on
on July t> Mr. Thomas would present an
exatata gallia.
Tiie following was the programme:
Organ prelude. Rienzi Thomas. Hymn
No. 78. “Holy. Holy, Holy;" orchestra
and congregation.
Prayer.
Hope march (Papini). orchestra.
Responsive reading. Psalm UK).
"Traumeri" (Schumann), violin solo,
A b xhrider Norris.
Offertory, Rienzi Thomas.
Intermezzo ‘'Cayaleria Rusthana"
(Mascagni), orchestra.
"By the Rivers of Babylon," tenor sole.
Owen Gillespy.
“Largo" (Handeh, orchestra.
Hymn No. 383, ‘Onward, Christian Sol
diers.” orchestra and congregation.
‘The Heavens are Telling” (Beethoven),
orchestra.
Hymn No. 420, ‘•'JPruo Hearted, Whole
Hearted,” orchestra and congregation.
Doxology, orchestra and congregation.
Postlude, "Wedding March" <M ndcls
sohn), orchestra.
FAUNSDALE MASONS
ELECT OFFICERS
Fuunadale. June 22 (Speciul* Fauna
dale lodge, No. 713, A. F: ami A. M., have
elected the following officers to « f***
the ensuing Masonic year: R. \V. Drake,
worshipful muHtcr; George FI. McKee,
senior warden: Dr. R. P. Morrow, Junior
warden; K. B. Reason, treasurer; Sid
dons Stollenwerrk, secretary; George J’e
gram, senior deacon; S. K. Westbrook,
Junior deacon; J. W. Barkley and Kilos
Rogers, stewards; H. T. Spinks, tyler.
Work is being rapidly pushed forward
or. the now pasaenger and freight depot
I being erected here by the Southern rail
| way. It Is to be a very commodious ami
ornamental frame structure with a tllo
[roof. The contractors report that it wilI
i be ready for use by August 1.
20 SENTENCED TO DIE
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople, June 22—Twenty men
were today senteneed to death after
trial by courtmartial. for complicity in
the assassination of the grand vizier,
Nahmoud Schefket Pasha.