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FELIX DIAZ IS HELD
VIRTUAL PRISONER
ON BOARD BATTLER
Refugee Learns Privilege of
Asylum Carries Rigid
Restrictions
AMERICAN ADMIP4 b
TAKING NO CHANCES
•
Takes Care That U. S. Vessle Is Nat
Made Place for Plotting—Confi
dent Diaz Won’t Abuse
Hospitality
Vera Cruz*October 29.-pen. Felix L>laz,
. rtuw a refugee on board the American
battleship Louisiana, learned today that
the privilege of asylum on a battleship
< arries with It certain restrictions not un
like prison regulations. By order of the
admiral, General Diaz is not permitted
communication with anyone from shore
without his permission, and the admiral
■lias given General Diaz to understand
that such permission rarely will be given.
The enforcement of this order is rigid.
“Will you please go below, sir,” said the
officer of the deck, saluting the general
when ho had begun a conversation with
a man who had brought his baggage.
General Diaz appeared to be annoyed
for an Instant, but without hesitation
complied.
Taking No Chances
Admiral Fletcher explained that while
lie was willing to place his flagship at
tho disposal of General Diaz as an asy
lum, he did not propose to expose himself
to the criticism of making it a place for
possible plotting. lie asfferted his confi
dence that General Diaz would not at
tempt to abuse hospitality by meeting
friends and from a safe vantage point
indulge in Intriguing or conspiracy, but
he was resolved to take no chance.
The disposition of Diaz and his com
panions has not yet been determined, but
It appears probable that they eventually
will be set ashore from one of the bat
tleships, probably the Louisiana herself,
wlieu sue sails from Mexican waters the
first week in November.
General Diaz has expressed his prefer
ence for Havana, add.ug, however, that he
was willing to be set ashore anywheie
except at a British port, since he w'as
fonvinced that the British authorities
would send him back to Mexico. He in
quired of Mr. Lind, who visited him today,
if he thought landing him at Havana
would embarrass the United States. It is
likely that he will be landed at Key West,
from which port he could proceed to Ha
vana if he desired.
Through With Politics
With reference to the future, General
Diaz professes to be through with poli
I tics and rebellions, and says he will ask
' nothing better so long as his country is in
its present state than to be permitted to
live In peace abroad.
Life aboard the Louisiana appears to
agree with Diaz; he has regained his
color and his worried expression of a
few' days ago has disappeared.
“It is a strange inconsistency,” he said
today, “that a battleship should be so
sale a place.”
He appeared throughly to appreciate the
admiral’s mess, declaring the food served
is much better than anything ashore.
Three warships—the German cruiser
Hertha and the United States cruiser Ta
coma and gunboat Wheleing—are
anchored in the inner harbor. The Ta
coma entered today to taae on coal. The
port authorities expressed some appre
hension at the near \approaoh of another
warship.
Rebel Officer Killed
Uaredo, Tex., October 29.—Maj. Juan
Manuel Lozano of the constitutionalist
army, and three of his followers were
killed when a detachment under com
mand of Lozano was surprised by gov
ernment troops at the village of Hidalgo,
Mexico, today. Hidalgo Is 40 miles west
of Laredo.
Mrs. Herman Smith Hurt
As she was alighting from a Fountain
Heights car yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Herman Smith of lil9 Fourteenth str et.
north, slipped and fell. She was painfully
bruised. She was taken home in a pass
ing automobile and it was stated last
night that she was resting easily.
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! can give you a correct fit and an up-to-date j
style.
In evening dres» every man wants to look his '
best, and to do this he must have his clothes
tailored. Sommer’s has earned the reputation
of being the dress clothes tailor of this section.
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About 5000 Men Expected to
Participate
SESSIONS YESTERDAY
Barrow Talks on the “Big Brother"
Movement—Wants 200 Men to
Act as Friends to Boys
Without Home Ties
At 7 o'clock tonight the men of the
various churches of Birmingham will
i gather at the First Methodist church Rt
the corner of Sixth avenue and Nine
teenth street for the purpose of parading
through the downtown sections of the
city. The parade is a demonstration .of
Christian men and one district alone says
It will have at least .350 men In ilnu of
march. If the other districts do anything
like as well, and it is claimed that they
will, there will be at least 5000 men in
the parade.
Every man in the city of Birmingham is
invited to take part in the parade and in
the mass me'eting for men at the First
Baptist church immediately following the
demonstratiqn. There is no charge to
enter and no admission tickets will be
required at the doors of the First Bap
tist church. The ladles of the churches
will review the parade of the men as it
passes Sixth avenue and Twentieth street,
after which they will proceed to the First
Methodist church to be addressed by
Mrs. George Geyer of Xenia, O. W. C.
Pearce of Chicago will address the men's
meeting.
Koute of Parade
The route for the parade is as fol
lows: Begins at Nineteenth street and
Sixth avenue; south on Nineteenth to
First avenue; east on First avenue to
Twentieth street and north on Twentieth
to Sixth avenue. The paraders will pass
In review before their wives, sweethearts,
mothers and lady friends at Sixth and
Twentieth and will then proceed to the
First Baptist church. Automobiles will
precede the parade and the speakers will
announce the meaning and purposes of
the demonstration.
The sessions qf the Bible training school
yesterday were well attended. W. C.
Pearce made the opening address, tak
ing for his theme “Sunday School Evan
gelisation." The conferences on meth
ods followed this and Mrs. Hamill, Miss
Kennedy, Mrs. Geyer and Mrs. Bell were
in charge. Dr. W. J. Williamson deliv
ered the third of his series of addresses
on the book of Philippians and the les
sons of the several departments were
taken up. Adjournment Mr supper fol
lowed and when the sessions were re
sumed at 7 o'clock the showings of the
graded unions were made. The reports
were flashed on a sheet with a stereopti
con machine and one of the most- inter
esting of these was one which said that
the men's gradbd union in Birmingham
had 200 members, which was the second
largest in the world. The conferences
of the various departments followed this
showing, with Mrs. Hamill. Miss Batchel
der, Burr Blackburn. A. K. Wright and
W. C. Pearce in charge.
Dr. R. J. Bateman made the first ad
dress of the evening and took for Ids
subject, “The Temple Pillars." Dr. Bate
man said that the pillars of the temple
ol the Lord were the men who overcome
the world; who overcome self and s n.
He said that sin and self were synony
mous; that in the scripture either of tile
words could be substituted for the other
without disturbing the rhetoric of the
sentence In which they Were used.
Dr. Bateman closed his address with a
high tribute to Frank S. Barrow, who
I lias Just been appointed as the head of
the “big brother" movement, now being
| fostered by ttie Birmingham Sunday
School association. The association has
only recently taken over this movement,
and Mr. Barrow is the first to head it.
Dr. Batemun asked Mr. Barrow to eome
j to the rostrum and say a few words.
Big Brother Movement
Air. Barrow In his short talk to the
students presented to them the meaning
of the "big brother” movement in Bir
mingham. Raid he- ‘‘There are in this
city and district, k wn to those of us
who are doing th«- * ,rk, about 200 boys
who are the victims of unfortunate cir
cumstances: circumstances to which they !
have not been a party in creating, but
which is causing them to lose many of
the things in boyhood that will make them
good citizens when they reach man
hood.
“In many cases these boys have lost
either their father or their mother, and
in some instances they have lost both.
This means that they have to throw' aside
the protection of home and schools and
go out and work. It means that they
have to take on themselves the responsi
bilities of manhood while they are yet in
a period of boyhood or adolescense. And
even in some cases where these boys have
both parents it has been found that one
or both of the parents were unfit for the
duties of bringing them up in the proper
atmosphere.
“There is in Birmingham today 200 boys
who are not in school, either because
they have had to be the wage-earners
of the family or because of the economic
conditions which surround them. In some
instances it has been found that the boy
‘did not want to go’ and, not having the
proper home training, did not do so. All
such hoys finally drift to the juvenile
court. In the homes I have tried to pic- !
ture there is no one to compel the boy to |
stay in school, and his drifting to the j
juvenile court comes in the natural course
of events. Practically none of these boys
attend Sunday school. When asked why
some of them say that their clothes are
not as good as those of the other pupils,
and others say that they are scoffed at
when they attend.
“What these boys need is a friend for 1
every day in the week and a friend for ;
Sunday morning as well. What they need i
is someone to be a brother to them. |
What they need is someone to fill that
aching void in their lives; something that
cannot be found in the juvenile court.
They want such a person for every week
that is to come for several years.
Need 200 Men
“These big brothers will have to
be secured from the adult Bible classes
of the Sunday schools of Birmingham
| There is to be found the timber from
which we are to secure the big brother,
j The men chosen must be of sterling
character, of clean lives and men of
! boyish hearts. And the true Bible class
is made up of that sort of men. We
want 200 volunteers to become big
brothers and we are going to get them.
We are going to every Sunday school
in the Birmingham district and when
we come we want you to have prepared
your classes for our coming. We want |
the men volunteering to give their time
to the little fellows, to be to them what
they would be to a real brother. Place
the boys in school if possible, visit him
and be a companion in every possible
way. In short, give the little fellows
all the friendship, the love and the
*big brothering’ he needs."
Mr. Barrow' is a probation officer of
the juvenile court and has had large
experience in dealing with the young
sters. He is familiar with the prob
lems that confront a young boy cast
Vpon his own resources In a city of
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HENDERSON TO PUT
—~~ I
Will Be Here This Week and
Probably Make Interest
ing Announcement
With the gubernatorial campaign un
usually quiet, Charles Henderson, as has
been published before, is preparing to
get unusually busy.
He and his campaign manager, Sam
P. Kennedy, will be in Birmingham this
week. While here it is understood that j
they w ill have interesting announcement I
to make concerning their plans.
It is understood that on the date of
opening headquarters for north Alabama
there will be a fine display of “fire
works.” There is to be a Henderson rally
in which several speeches will be made.
Two of the speakers will be Thomas M.
Espy of Dothan, one of the best known
men of south Alabama, and William
H. Samford of Montgo ery, son of the
former governor, and one of the orators
of the state.
Mr. Henderson, alone of the guberna
torial candidates, is preparing to wage
a strenuous campaign. B. B. Comer,
after having spoken in Greenville, is en
route to Barbour county, where he w’ill
spend a couple of weeks. John H. Wal
lace, Jr., after feeling the pulse of the
people attending the commercial con
gress in Mobile, has returned to Mont
gomery. Walter D. Seed is quietly main
taining his “hand shaking” campaign.
Capt. Reuben F. Kolb, the other candi
date, spent yesterday In Birmingham and
spoke in optimistic vein concerning his
chances.
The campaign is gradually shaping it
self into a three-cornered affair, accord
ing to the estimat on of best posted men,
with • Henderson recognized as the ch ef
opponent of Comer and Seed. It is gener
ally believed that there will be interesting
developments in th’s struggle before the
conclusion of November.
Italy Involved
Rome, October 29.—The Tribuna, com
menting on the Mexican situation, points
out the Italian Interest Involved. It says:
"There are about 14,000 Italians in the
American continent whose fate would be
affected if an Imperialistic policy should
triumph at Washington, because in addi
tion to meaning the conquering of Mexi
co, it would tend to the suppression of
nationalists outside of America. As
'Italy is a Bat n country, she is interested
in the preservation of the Anierican-Latin
republics."
Birmingham’s sl»e and it was re
marked that the Birmingham, Sunday
school association had made a wise
selection in choosing him to head this
new departure in boys’ work.
Dr. W. J. Williamson followed Mr.
Barrow In the speakers' stand and
spoke on “The J&fficirnt Church.” He
stressed the infusing of the evange
listic spirit into the church as one of
tiie best methods for keeping it upon
an efficient plane and said that the
next really great revival would come
when the laymen understand that upon
their shoulders rests the task of sav
ing the world for Jesus Christ. And,
'-aid he. when that time comes the en
tire wmrld will be saved for the Bord."
The afternoon programme for today
is unchanged and Dr. R. J. Bateman
will deliver the opening address. Supper
will be served as usual in the base
ment of the church and the ladies will
I then gather at Sixth avenue and Twen
tieth street, to await the coming of the
parade.
WORKS AS THOUGH
HE HAD REAL FIGHT
Kilby Here Yesterday on
His Way to Montgomery
and Tuscaloosa
Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston, Cal
houn’s representative In the state sen
ate, who will be Alabama’s next lieuten
ant governor, and without opposition,
will participate in the ceremonies of the
Shriners in Montgomery today. He came
to Birmingham yesterday and spent last
night here. From Montgomery he will
go to Tuscaloosa and participate In the
ceremonies attending the opening of the
barge line from the coal fields to the
gulf.
Mr. Kilby is conducting, in many re
.spects, the most interesting campaign
in the state. He has no opposition. On
the date of his announcement it was con
sidered probable that he would be un
opposed. At the present time it is re
garded as certain that he will be unop
posed. However, he Is exceedingly busy,
and it is safe to state that nd other
candidate, for whatever office he might
be offering, has an organization more
compact or more representative of all
factions of democracy in Alabama. His
clerks are mailing letters daily, and he
has received in writing 10,000 committals
from prominent men throughout Ala
bama.
Ho Is thoroughly enthused In his fight.
Last Tiight he said: “Naturally, I do not
believe that I will be opposed. I realize
that it Is too late for another man to
enter the field. However, the sport is
fascinating, and any position worth win
ning is worth working for. Therefore,
I am working. T am mailing letters,
scores of them, every day, and f am
receiving answers in the way of commit
tals at the rate of one to every four let
ters mailed.
“I have leceived letters which contained
no committal, but I have not been turned
down by a single man in the state. I
feel confident, fortified as I am as a re
sult of work extended throughout six
months, of being able to defeat any
man who might be dreaming of becom
ing ;v candidate against me.’’
Mr. Kilby Is one of the best known
men of the state. He is a member of
the senate and has always taken k£en
interest in politics. He owns a. foundry
In Anniston and a frog and switch' plant
in Birmingham. Furthermore, he is presi
1 dent of the Anniston City National bank.
SALVATION ARMY
COUNCILS TODAY
The Salvation Army fall councils will
be opened tonight in the army hall, 2104Y&
Second avenue. Col. Richard F. Hols
will be the presiding officer at theso
i councils and will arrive in the city to
morrow noon. He will immediately pro
ceed to the First Presbyterian church,
where the private councils of the army
are to be conducted. There will he open
air meetings by the corps and corps band
Sunday night at Parker’s corner and
Immediately following the newly organ
ized brass band will render a number of
selections at the Fifth Avenue Presbyte
rian church, to which the public is iu«
vited.
MAN CHARGED YVITH
DIVERTING FUNDS
New York, October 29.—John C. Hchild
kneeht, the 20-year-old former cashier for
the VVashburn-C’rosby Flour company,
was arrested today, charged with having
diverted $55,000 of the funds of the firm
to his own use. He w'ill be arraigned on
tin* charge tomorrow'. Schildknecht, ac
cording to the story he told operative#
for a detective agency who detained him
at a Brooklyn hoarding house last night,
recently returned as a stowaway f
.South America, where he fled when tn#
story of his peculation became public.
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