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ME DROWNED AND
OTHERS MISSING IN
1 FLOOD IN OKLAHOMA
Railroad Bridges Washed
Away—Crops Destroyed.
Swollen Rivers Take
f Heavy Toll
Oklahoma City, May 4.—Three persona
known to have been drowned and several
a others missing; 12 railroad bridges and
several wagon bridges, valued at approxi
mately half a million dollars, wrecked;
bottom land crops for 400 miles along the
Canadian and 200 miles along the Cim
arron rivers in western ^Oklahoma de
stroyed; train service paralyzed and tele
phone communication to a large section
of western Oklahoma cut off, was the
toll of the floods which yesterday and
today swept down the Canadian and
; Cimarron rivers.
The dead:
W. F. Werner, bridge superintendent,
0* Rock Island railroad, headquarters El
' Reno.
W. F. Noland, Geary, Rock Inland
bridge carpenter. •
Leo Lininger, Geary, bridge worker.
Two young women, oaugnters of Perry
Bright, a farmer, are reported to have
been gowned at the village of Two
Points', but the report could not be veri
fied.
Werner, Noland and Lininger lost their
lives when the Rock Island railroad
bridge over the South Canadian river at
Bridgeport was swept away. The men
were placing a string of box cars on the
. bridge to weight it down when tho struc
► ture collapsed. Three other workmen
swam to trees along the bank of the rive/
and were rescued.
Along the South Canadian river eight
of 18 bridges were either washed away
or badly damaged and along the Cimar
ron west of Guthrie, only two of the
six remained intact when the waters
began to recede tonight.
Four of the bridges wrecked wrere
! Rock Island properties and three wert
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X_/ THE QUEEH OF BULGARIA. Xsas^
Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria, who some time ago declared her Intention
of visiting the United States, has decided that she will depart on her Journey
from the Bulgarian capital in the latter part of May.
Queen Eleanore. who will be the first reigning Queen to visit the United
States, intends to make a study of the Institutions and of the people of America
in which she has always been greatly interested. Her Majesty was muct
touched during the Balkan wars by the practical sympathy displayed for hei
suffering subjects by Americans.
owned by the Frisco system. tune
roads affected are the Missouri. Kan
sas and Tc^as. the Wichita Falls am
Northwestern. Kansas City, Mexico am
Orient and the Santa Fe system.
I>ate tonight a Midland Valle;
bridge near Stigler is reported in dan
ger of collapse. At Eufaula 200 cit
zens of the town have formed a vol
unteer crew to assist in holding i
Missouri, Kansas and Texas bridge.
Couriers sent through the lowland
warned inhabitants of the coming flooi
and it is believed all farmers reache'
the highlands in safety. Personal pos
sessions were left behind, however, am
were swept away.
The Arkansas river, into which hot
streams flow, Is reported below nor
mal and unless the two crests shouh
meet serious damage along that strean
is not anticipated.
DRESNER TELLS WHY
HE MADE EFFORT
TO CLEAR GUNME>
j New York, May 4.—Karl Dresnei
who was an eleventh hour witness fo
the four slayers of the gambler, Her
man Rosenthal, in their effort to se
cure new trial, gave out what he de
scribed as a confession today In th
Tombs, where he is awaiting trial 01
a charge of purjury as a result of hli
testimony on behalf of the gunmen. A'i
affidavit telling how he came to swea
to false statements was made to Dis
trict Attorney Whitman two days afte
the gunmen were executed in Sinj
Sing prison, but the prosecutor neve
has made the next of it public.
In his confeslon today, made 4;
hours before Charles Becker, the for
ratr police lieutenant, Is placed on tria
for the second time as the instigato
of Rosenthal's murder, Dresner in
volved Becker’s brother, John Becker
who is a police lieutenant, and two at
torneys. Charles Becker’s trial will hi
begun Wednesday.
Dresner told how, eight days befon
The gunmen were executed, he was np
proaohed to become a witness for them
He made an affidavit which he sup
ported with testimony before Supreim
Court Justice Goff in effect exonerat
ing the doomed men and implicating
several other underworld characters
witnesses for the state in Becker'
first trial, who probably will testit;
again.
Auto Is Recovered
E. J. Orr of 3024 Twenty-seventh street
north, reported yesterday morning tha
he had recovered his five-passenge
Cadillac automobile which was stole
Sunday night from in front of the Jef
ferson County Bank building. The ma
chine was badly damaged.
, NEWS OF ENSLEY
I
'flu* regular meeting ol the l£n)’le.
Commercial club will be held tonight a
the rooms of the inferior court at
. o’clock. Among the matters to be dis
i cussed will be the protest against, th
action of the Birmingham Railwa>
j Light and Power company in puttin
I electric fans on a metre rate. The loca
- tion of the playground will also be dis
' cussed, and it Is understood a mojorit;
j of the members favor Ensley park as th
. site for the playgrounds. Other site
l considered are the grov*nds of the Wesle;
1 House and of the Minor school.
A score or more of old veterans, mem
hers of camp Pat Cleburne, will leav.
this morning for Jacksonville to afteru
. the Confederate reunion to he held a
that point. A popular subscription mad
it possible for the old veterans to at
tend the reunion.
Ensley lodge, Benevolent and Protec
the Order of Elks, will give their annua
dance tomorrow night at the paviltoi
at Ensley park. The dance will be ex
1 cluslvely for the members of the Elk:
1 and their families an<* Invited guests
i For several years past the Elks hav<
given dances about this time of th.
year, which are remembered among th.
most delightful affairs that have beei
given In the Steel City. The commltte,
• In charge announce that everything I,
In readiness for the afTalr and a mos
I pleasant time is anticipated.
Ejection of officers of the Ensley Hlgi
I School Improvement association will b,
held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at th,
high school building. All members ar,
requested to be present.
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Deaths and Funerals
W. L. Turner
Funeral services over the remains o
w- Tlln,er’ a Pioneer of Birmingham
. who died Sunday, were conducted vester
day afternoon from the family resldenc,
: In East I.ake. Interment followed li
East Lake cemetery.
W. C. Pennington
Funeral services over the remains o
W. g. Pennington, aged S3 years, win
died at the family residence. 831 Forty
' third street, north. Sunday night, will b,
‘ conducted from the family resldenc,
r Wednesday morning. Interment will fol
i low In Enon cemetery.
Oliver Smith
Funeral services over the remains o
I Oliver Smith, aged 19 months, were con
ducted from the family residence yes
terday afternoon. Interment followed li
Oxmoor.
Horace R. Jackson
Funeral services over the remains) o
Horace R. Jackson, aged 18 months, wh,
died at Morris Sunday night, were con
ducted from the residence yesterday aft
ernoon. Interment followed In Morrli
cemetery.
Mrs. J. pT Batson
Sylacauga, May 4.—(Special.)—Earl j
Saturday morning Mrs. J. P. Batson diet
at the family residence on Fort Wllllan
street. She had been sick for sometim,
and her death was not unexpected. 8h,
was 71 years old at the time of her deatl
and had been a member of the Methodls
church for more than a half century.
The funeral exerclsas were conductet
from the First Methodist church by th,
Rev. I,\ Fletcher Parish, assisted by thi
Rev. Leon M. Latimer of the Baptls
church. She leaves a husband, five son,
and two daughters. Interment was hat
In Marble City cemetery Sunday.
H. T. Herlong
Fort Deposit, May 4.—(Special.)—H. T
Herlong. a prominent merchant of For
Deposit, and a well known citizen o
Lowndes county, died at hlz home her,
on Rogers street this morning at 7 o’clock
after an Illness of a few days. The de
ceased was stricken with paralysis whtli
at his store here last Saturday momlni
and died without having regained con
sclouzneas.
The deceased was 46 years old, ant
leaves surviving him a widow and t
daughter, Luclle; his mother, Mrs. M. A
Herlong of Fort Deposit; three brothers
one half- brother and two sisters, c. S
Herlong of Clayton, the Rev. B. M. Her
long of Daatsvllle, J. M. Herlong and W
E- Geffoed of Fort Deposit, Mrs. E. Rey,
nolde of Highland Home and Mrs. E. N
Fhlla of Fort Deposit.
The funeral servloaa wilt be held ai
the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Martin, pas
tor of Methodtat church.
JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone IMS.
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WATERWORKS CASE
IN CIUT COURT
Proceedings Seeking to An
nul Franchise Being
Heard by Crow
Quo warranto proceedings seeking to
annul the charter and franchise of the
Birmingham Waterworks company are
being heard before Judge E. C. Crow of
the circuit court. The petition was
filed by the city in the name of the i
state of Alabama ex rel James Weath- I
erly et al, and alleged that the water- I
works company had violated Its eon- j
tract with the city by enforcing
charges for sprinkling and other serv
ice.
City Attorney Romaine Boyd is rep
resenting the city and is assisted by
G. R. Harsh and M. M. U11 man. Wal
ker Percy and Augustus Benners of
Birmingham and Frank Spurlock of
Chattanooga are counsel for the de
fendant company. A large number of
witnesses have been summoned and it
is expected that the hearing will last
all week.
Literal Interpretation
From the National Monthly.
A dealer In horse flesh received word
one day that his favorite ‘Black Beauty”
had been accidentally killed in an auto
mobile accident. Thereupon he ordered
his servant to go and skin the animat.
“What! Is ‘Black Beauty* dead?” asked
Tim. in genuine amazement.
“What's that to you? Do as 1 bid you
and ask no questions.”
Tim went about his business and in
about three hours returned.
“Well. Tim, where have you been all
this time?” sternly demanded his em
ployer.
“Skinnin* the horse, sir,” answered Tim.
“Does it take nearly three hours to per
form such an operation?”
"No. sir; but then, you see. it tuck
’bout half an hour to catch her,” replied
Tim.
BIRMINGHAM’S NEW “CITY
BEAUTIFUL” DEPARTMENT
men, laborers, mfllworkers. miners, shoe
makers. teamsters, coke drawers and peo
ple engaged in other vocations. It Is ut
terly impracticable for the railroads to
police their lights of way. and in this
age of intelligence it ought not to he
necessary to point out the dangers of
track-walking and train lumping. So the
slaughter goes on. the fault not being
with the railroads, but with foolhardy
folk, who, to sa\o a little time or suit
their own notions of convenience, put
themselves in jeopardy.
One factor militating against efforts to
discourage and punish trespassing is
found among local authorities and par
ticularly among those in charge of county
finance in some sections. They object to
the expense incurred in maintaining pris
oners committed for invading railroad
property, and thus there is encouraged
in a feeling that is perfectly permissibio
to use the right of way or anything elsa
that is accessible for the accommodation
of the public without let or hindrance.
Possibly when attention is called to th®
continued and increasing sacrifice of life
resulting from these abuses and the con
sequent economic loss, some advance I'd
reducing casualties can be accomplished.
The railroads arc doing all they can to
rid themselves of a nuisance which is
both expense and distressing.
At thr Exhibition of Had Taste
From the New York Tribune.
"Are those artific ial flowers in the glass
cornucopia in the motor car?”
"Yes, my dear. Have you some silk
roses, violets and pansies to wear on
your new too-tight dress?”
"Oh, yes. Have my black uppered tan
shoes come home?”
"Yes. And your gold vanity bag, with
the complete make-up outfit, Is here,
too.”
"By the way, I think the monogram
on your new silk shirts is lovely.”
"Isn't it v Well, get my derby and put
"ii your highly polished black straw hat
and we’ll go down to that exhibition of
had taste. I'd love to see those silly
things people used to have in their houses
and tin1 atrocious things they used to
wear 25 years ago.”
From United State* government bulletin
No. 4IM
“As has already been suggested, trees
and shrubs upon small places should oc
cupy subordinate positions. They should
not be scattered promiscuously over the
surface of the lawn, but Should be used
in groups about the border of the
grounds, in the bays of walks and drives
and about the foundation of the architec
tural features of the place.
“Street trees of necessity must be plant
ed in rows, hut all other adornments In
the form of trees and shrubs should be
used in a free rather than a formal fash
ion. Sheared hedges of box or privet
along the front of a place or upon the
borders of the w*alks and drives are sel
dom or never desirable features, unless
the whole treatment of the place is for
mal. A specimen tree or shrub la proper
ly located upon the ikwn so as to break
up the barrenness of a corner or to limit
the vision in any direction Is an appro
priate object. Oftentimes trees and shrubs
can be used to good effect in the imme
diate vicinity of the buildings for soften
ing or relelving staring architectural lines.
“Of late many plans for the. decoration
of gardens ami grounds have suggested
the use of trees and shrubs more in the
manner of placing fences and statuary
than as living objects, carrying individ
uality. The aim should be to preserve
the natural lines ami characteristics pe
culiar to each species of plant used in
any decorative scheme rather than to
shape the plant into artificial forms.
“It is the* height of folly to prune ever
greens in the form of rhinose vases, ani
mals Rnd articles of furniture. This type
of dlstorture is becoming altogether too
prevalent in the mod rush toward the
supposed return to nature. T.et us not
forget that in the treatment of our
places that nature unadorned is adorned
most, and that the? normal, naturally
pruned tree or shrub is much more beau
tiful than the one which has been
trimmed into mimicry of some artificial
object.
Shurbs as Screens
“Trees and shrubs should he used to con
ceal unsightly objects In the foreground
or in the background, to give surprises,
| and to give the feeling of discovery in
passing from one portion of a large ♦** !
tale to another, and for the purpose of in- j
creasing tin* apparent length In drives!
which double hack upon themselves in I
parks and pleasure grounds. Evergreens
which are used upon the lawn should l
have the lower branches preserved #o as I
to produce the effect of arising from the
ground not merely by a single stem, but
as a mats. Shrubbery groups should also
be chosen so as to carry the foliage of
the group to the greensward rather than
to present a considerable extent of bar.
walk between the foliage of the shrub and
the lawn.
‘ As was stated at the outset, the lawn
Is the canvass upon which the architec
tural and landscape effects nre to be pro
duced .and all the artificial structures
should be made to harmonize with the
contour of the ground and with the gen
eral scheme of the place, so as to pro
duce a harmonious and pleasing pictures.'*
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Walking on the Tracks
Prom the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Tn 1913 there were 497 persons killed and
f.56 injured while trespassing on the prop
erty of the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany. Of the number killed 250 were un
identified and most of them were tramps.
Against the practice of these gentry lit
taking to trains or the ties there is little
use in protesting, and eevn with severe
application of laws when they are appre
hended and arrested tint much progress is
made in getting rid of them. But when
it is pointed out that the other 247 whs
met death w'ere useful citizens, 12 of them
women, and that the injured necessarily
included a large proportion of ihe same
kind, the serious loss to the community
growing out of railroad trespass is ap
parent.
Tn the long roll of trespassers killed
thus last year were farmers, bakers, glass
workers, carpenters, coachmen, fisher
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