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BIRMINGHAM
AGE-HERALD _
VOLUME XXXXIV O
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914
50 PAGES
(IN FIVE PARTS) NUMBER 67
,) HUERTA’S RESIGNATION
MAY BE PLACED BEFORE
CONGRESS TOMORROW
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' REPLACE DICTATOR
AUTHENTIC REPORT
Resignation of Dictator Will
Be Made Formally Mon
day Is General Belief
MEXICAN OFFICIALS
LEAVING COUNTRY
End of Sway of Dictator at Hand,
According to Vera Cruz Reports.
De La Lama Receives Word
of Intended Resignation
Vera Crn«, Jnly 11.—The resignn
tfon of President Hnertn may he placed
before Congrcaa Monday, the general
departing Immediately thereafter for
* Puerto Mexico or Vera Cm* under
British escort. according to report* In
circulation here tonight, which orig
inated from a won roe that la usually
well Informed.
Adolfo De l.a Lama, mlnfater of
finance in Huerta’* cabinet, who ar
rived here today en route to Europe,
while refusing to confirm these re
ports, said Huerta’s retirement at an
early date was not unlikely, and that
from now until Monday was “but a
I abort time to await developments.”
1 Report* from the Mexican capital also
5 state that Francisco Carbajal, the new
I ly appointed foreign minister, replacing
I Teva Ruiz, the acting minister, who will
/ arrive here tomorrow on his way to
Europe, will be named provisional Pres
ident. Tnis appointment is said to be
sanctioned secretly by both Gen. Ven
ustiano Carranza, chief of the constitu
tionalists, and the United States, and as
surances Are said to have been given
by the constitutionalists that hostilities
will cease with Carbajal’s assumption of
office.
Craddock as Escort
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Crad
dock of the British squadron is in Mex
A \t o city and it was reported today that
i‘ the real purpose of his visit was to es
I cert General Huerta ind the latter's fam
■ ily to the coast, where they probably
will board a British warship. While It
was impossible to obtain positive con
firmation here, the reports pointed out
that many recant developments indicate
the probability of some such plan hav
ing been made at the capital.
The departure of Senor L>e La Lama,
Generals Mario Mass and Roberto Es
texa Ruiz is considered highly significant.
Ail of these men nave served Huerta
faithfully and are among his closest
comsellors. The Maas brothers are re
lated to him by marriage and Senor De
La Gama is second only to General Blan
quet in position in the Huerta cabinet.
It Is believed that General Huerta is
giving them an opportunity to leave the
country in safety before he himself de
parts, in the belief that their lives would
/ be in danger in the capital after his de
) parture.
I The American consul at Vera Cruz, W.
/ W. Canada, received a request from the
Brazilian minister that De La Lama and
JCsteva Ruiz be protected when they
reach this port. It ;b said these mes
sages were sent at the request of Gen
eral Huerta
Secret Conference
The finance minister’s statement on his
arrival today that secret conferences had
bren in progress between representatives
of Huerta and General Carranza in New
York, his repeated declaration that peace
soon would be restored Ir. Mexico and
his intimation that the fighting would
cease before the actual attack of the con
stitutionalists on the capital are con
sidered significant
L It is said here that De I>a Lama re
cetved word of Huerta’s intention to re
I* sign Monday, when he stopped overnight
at Cordoba on his .vay to Vera Cruz.
Several of Admiral Craddock’s staff
•(fleers followed in the interior yester
day, saying they were going to Orizaba
for recreation. All the officers, including
the admiral, traveled *n civilian clothes.
It is assumed that the staff officers will
join their chief In the capital, if it is
true that Admiral Craddock Is to es
cort General Huerta to safety.
NEW STEP TOWARD
INDEPENDENCE OF
PHILIPPINES MADE
, Jones Introduces Bill Providing More
Autonomous Government for
the Islands
Washington, July 11.—An administra
tion-approved plan for a more autono
mous Philippine government, as another
step toward Independence, was laid be
fore Congress today wien Representative
Jones of Virginia introduced a bill cov
ering the subject. Mr. Jones is chair
man of the House insular committee, and*
his measure, declaring the purpose of
1 the United States as to the future polit
^ ical status of the Filipinos, follows a long
series of conferences with President Wil
ton, Secretary Garrison, Manuel Queson,
Philippine resident commissioner to the
United States, and democratic members
of the insular committee, all of whom
informally have approved it.
Supporters of the mas are do not expect
It to get favorable totlon by Congress
At this session. President Wilson has
examined the bill carefully and Secretary
Garrison strong’y favors its enactment.
Ir is designed to carry out dec-la rations
of the Baltimore platform toward the
Philippines.
Suffrage Amendment
Will Go on Ballot
Jefferson City, Mo., July 11.—An
amendment to the Missouri constitu
tion giving women the right to vote
will go on the ballots at the Novem
\ ber election. The petition providing for
the placing of the amendment before
H the people has sufficient signatures.
Vote Exhibition Appropriation
Vienna, Austria, July 11.—The city
council today voted an appropriation
of $64,000 to cover the cost of Vienna's
. separate participation in the Panama*
k Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
INTERNAL PEACE
IS NEAR AT HAND
Dictator Will Retire
vor of CarbajaL -
Mexico City % >v>°. t
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HUERTA OFHCIALS
LEAVING COUNTRY
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Developments in Past Twenty-Four
Hours Show Triumph of Revolu
tion Is Inevitable — No
Peace Conference
Wanhlngton, July 11.— A survey of
development* In Mexico within the la*t
24 hour* had convinced official* and
diplomat* here that Internal peace I*
near at hand. The appointment of Fran,
clnco C nrbnjnl an mlnlnter of foreign
affntrn mean* the retirement of Gen
eral Hnertn In hi* favor n* provis
ional Pre*ldent within n few day*, ac
cording to me«*agcs from the Mexican
cqpltal.
The capture by the constitutionalists
of Guadalajara has emphasized that
the military triumph of the revolution
is inevitable. This is the tenor of the
information reaching officials here
along with the news that persons prom
inently identified with the Huerta gov
ernment are leaving the country with
their families, fearing reprisals by the
constitutionalists.
Composition of differences between
Carranza and Villa have solidified the
constitutionalist military forces again,
but those conversant with inner details
of the situation claim a much more ben
eficial result has ensued in that a pro
gramme for the holding of hones! elec
tions and the carrying out of reforms
now has been drafted.
Significant Announcement
Coupled with the announcement from
Torreon of the results of the confer
ence there, the statement of Carranza
from Saltillo that he intends to carry
out to the letter the plan of Guadalupe
was regarded as significant. The plan
provides for the installation of Car
ranza as President ad interim of the re
public until an election shall be held.
The belief prevails In some quarters
that Carranza would stay in office un- *
til the country was pacified, then call
an election and resign in order to be- ,
come a candidate.
All prospect of holding peace con
ferences between representatives of
Huerta and Carranza has vanished, ac
cording to private advices from Gen
eral Carranza. There is a possibility
that if Francisco Carbajal succeeds
Huerta in Mexico City the constitu- i
tionalists may agree to send delegates
to confer with his representatives about
terms of peace. But Carranza's pro
nouncement at Saltillo . today, and
statements of his representatives here, i
make it almost a certainty that the only
terms the constitutionalists will offer
will be the acceptance of Guadalupe.
That the federal* may surrender to
Bave the masses In the federal terri
tory from an Invasion by the large con
stitutionalist army is generally be
lieved here. A peaceful occupation of
Mexico City by a small part of the con
stitutionalist army, it is pointed out.
would accomplish the same object for
Carranza—the assumption of power—
and prevent looting and sacking.
The Washington administration is not
Inclined to assume any active part in
the situation at present, being content
to let the constitutionalists and Huerta
factions w'ork out a solution of the
problem in their own way.
FAY IS CLEARED OF
ROBBERY CHARGE
New York, July 11.—James Fay. who
was arrested on June 6 at a poolroom
which was entered by police who were
searching for certain persons suspected
of connection with the robbery of two
employes of the American Can company
that occurred the previous day, has been
exonerated by police investigation of
having any conenction with the rob
bery.
It also appears that the stateemnt
made that Mr. Fay was held for con
nection with the robbery was incorrect
as the charge against him was the
technical one of violation of the Sul
livan law which prohibits the posses
sion of weapons.
The police investigation gives Fay
a clean character.
TAKE NO ACTION IN
NELMS MYSTERY
Atlanta. July 11.—Agents of the depart
ment of justice today announced that no
evidence thus far presented by Mrs. John ;
\V. Nelms bearing on the disappearance!
of her daughters, Mrs. Elotse Nelms Den
nis and Miss Beatrice Nelms, justified
government action. Mrs. Nelms made
special pleas to the governor, the poltce
and the federal authorities, to proceed In
the case, but there has been nothing
definite upon which they could work.
T<ate tonight Mrs. Nelms saying that
a woman, supposed to be Beatrice,
with a male and female companion, had
been seen In LaGrange. Ga., late last
night. The Nelms family has relations
in Salem, Ala., and Mrs. Nelms has asked
that efforts be made to verify the report.
TWO DROWNED
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Scranton. Pa.. July 11.—High water
caused by yesterday’s storm, during
which a man and a boy were drowned
and another man was killed by light
ning. had completely subsided today.
The worst sufferers from the heavy fall
of rain were the railroads, several of
which were tied up for hours last night
because of washouts.
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WHEN HUERTA WILL RESIGN
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OFFER REWARD OF
$5 PER HEAD FOR
INFECTED RATS
New Orleans Authorities Want
Rodents Properly Taftjted for
Examination
New Orleans, July IT. “Any person
finding a plague Infected rat will be
given a bounty of SO, provided the rat
is properly tagged—-where caught If
alive and where found if dead "
This reward was offered today by Hr.
William C. Rocker, assistant surgeon
general of the United States public health
service, in charge of the rat dentrue
tlcn campaign to prevent a spread of
the bubonic pleague In New Orleans, tils
offer applies to employes of the health
service ns Well as ihe general public.
Of the 2330 rodents examined not one
has been found to be Infected, it was
announced. Nearly a wagon load of lit
tle animals—749 in number—were trapped
on the water front today. They were
hauled to the laboratory for examina
tion.
No new cases of the plague were re
ported today, the total since the out
break on June 27 remaining a* four.
Tl.re? deaths have recurred.
A meeting having for Its purpose the
education of the general public to the
symptoms and causes of the plague will
be held next Friday under the auspices
of the Panama medical and surgical com
n ittee. Dr. Ruper Blue will deliver a
lecture on the "Relation of the Plague
to National Prosperity." Dr. Rucker will
give a stereopticon lecture on the erad
ication of the disease, and Dr \Y. II
Ci eel, assistant surgeon general, will
lecture on symptoms.
Field Says Col. Goethals
Let Him Get Pictures
San Frai*isco, July 11.—The defense of
Charles K. Field, editor of Sunset Maga
zine, and of three others accused with
him of having disclosed military secrets
of the United States by the publication
of an illustated article revealing Panama
canal fortifications, will be that the pic
tures were taken and the aeroplane flight
made with the permission of Col. George
W. Goethals. This was stated when the
men appeared today before a United
States commission.
Mr. iFeld, Robert Fowler, an aviator,
Rllev E. Scott, author of the article, and
Ray Duhem, a motion picture man. were
arrested yesterday at the Instance of the
war department. They were relased on
their own recognizance.
SIX KILLED IN
BIG COLLISION
Rochester. N. H.. July 11.—Six persons
returning from a Sunday school picnic
were klled tonight when their buckboard
was hit by a freight train on the Boston
Maine railroad. The party of 16 was sing
ing "Nearer My God to Thee" and the
vclces drowned out he noise of the train.
The dead all of whom were between 14
and 18 yearH of age are:
Leona Blaisdell and Muriel Blatsdell,
sisters; Rdith Blaisdell and Helen An
drews, all of East Rochester; Ruth Lib
bey of South Lebanon, Maine, aifd Kd
ward Devaney of Blacklngton, Mass.
DENVER IS READY
FOR ELKS’ REUNION
Denver, July II.—Denver tonight was
ready for the twenty-eighth annual re
union of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, which opens formally
Monday night. Decorations on all build
ings for 15 blocks along five of the prin
cipal business thoroughfares formed lanes
of brilliant colors. Scores of special trains
Sunday and Monday will bring thousands
of Elks.
FOUR CHILDREN ARE
KILLED BY FIRE
Black River Falls, Wis., July 11.—Four
of Richard Roberts’ children lost their
lives when fire destroyed the Roberta
farm home near Taylor today. Two chil
dren will recover.
NOTED GERMAN POET
AND AUTHOR DEAD
j Berlin, July 11 —Prof. Julius Rodenburg.
j 84 years of age, the German poet and au
thor, died here today.
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WILSON CONFIDENT
BUSINESS MEN OF
COUNTRY W ITH HIM
On Wednesday President Will See Del
egation Representing Large In
terests of Kansas City
Washington. July 11.—Despite unfav
orable views of the referendum conducted
by the Chamber of Commerce* of the
United States on the administration's
antitrust measures. President* Wilson, it
became known tonight, still is confident
the bu si net? b mer\ of the country- are with
him in bis planji and that he will win
over more leaders in the business world
before toe final passage of the antitrust
Mils.
On Wednesday he will see a delegation
u presenting large Uterests in Kansas
City. He has let it be known he is willing
to see any prominent men who want to
r-iscuo* conditions with him. in every
mail he Is getting scores of letters bear
ing on the situation.
Members of Congress who have visited
the White House last week have called
attention to the fact that no prominent
business men have called on them to dis
cuss the antitrust hills. They explained
they thought business men were being
kept away by former charges of lobbying
when other important questions were
pending.
Bearing on the condition of business
the President lias received many letters
urging speedy decision of the freight rate
eases pending before the interstate com
merce commission.
HIGH TYPHOID FEVER
RECORD IN VIRGINIA
Washington. July 11.—Virginia had a
more unfavorable typhoid fever report
than any other state in 1913, according to
a statement today by the public health
service, giving the statistics reported t<>
that service by state health officers. In
Virginia there were 5908 cases of typhoid
i eported which Is 2803 cases to every 1,000,
000 population, tne highest ratio compiled.
New Duration Flight
Johannlsthal, Germany, July 11.
Relnholdt Boehm, a German aviator,
i using the same biplane employed by
Landmann in making his non-stop
flight of 21 hours 49 mjnutes on June
j 28 today made a new duration flight
of 24 hours 12 minutes.
Miners to Resume Work
Columbus, O., July 11.—Nearly 20,Oai of
the 45,000 striking coal miners in Ohio
will go hack to work next week as a
result of the ratification of a new wage
scale by a convention of I'nited Mine
Workers. District No. H. here today.
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TODAYS AGE-HERALD
1 — Huerta may resign Monday.
Internal peace in Mexico near at
hand.
Ray Rushton heads bar association.
2— Scarlet fever subject of health
bulletin.
3— Parker urged to run for mayor of
Anniston.
4— General dam act highly important.
,.*»—Two held hi connection with death
of Ruth Hinds.
Water power situation cleared.
Woman left to die in street aided
by one as poor as she.
H—Baptists to raise funds for Jrnlson.
7— Story of Indian reads like romance.
8— German soldiers brutally treated
by officers.
9— The women of the south.
10— 230 reported to have been executed
in Mexican capital.
11— Bessemer stores damaged by fire.
Eight governors of Alabama.
14-15-16—Sports.
17—Poultry news.
21— Law course at university may he
extended.
22— Fraternal news.
23— Some Birmingham women reared
in Tuscaloosa.
24— Vigorous action taken by rabbis.
20 and 30—Society.
27—St. Glair tomato club.
28 and 31—Ned Brace and editorial
comment.
29—The hcruse that Ned Brace built.
32-33—Automobile gossip.
34— Dolly’s dialogues.
35— Devoted life to writing history or
revolution.
36— The young people.
37— Markets.
38— The Bookshelf.
39.46—Magazine section.
47-6O—Comic supplement.
COMMITTEE MAKING
RAPID STRIDES ON
ANTITRUST BILLS
Railroad Securities Measure Will Be
Ready in Revised Form for Sub
mission Early This Week
Washington, July 11. Rapid strides
were made by the .Senate Judiciary and
commerce committees today on the ad
ministration antitrutst hills and as
surances were given tonight that tlie
railroad securities measure and tho
Clayton bill would be ready in revised
form for submission to the Senate early
next week.
The commerce committee spent the
lay On the securities bill ami virtually
decided to strike from the measure the
l>rovislon investing the interstate com
merce commission with power to direct
tho purposes for which stock or bond
Issues of railroads should be expend
ed. The amendment would provide that
the commission investigate all applica
tions for stock issuances and to re
ject or approve them, but in cases of
acceptance, the commission would not
have the power to determine how the
money should be expended.
Much discussion developed on thiH
point. It was declared that if the
ommisslon were directed to pass on
l»li proposed improvements, extensions
or other railroad plans, it would con
stitute itself a board of managers for
fill the railroads and would require a
staff of experts almost impossible to
procu re.
The committee did not complete its
work. Other points will be. disposed <ff
Monday.
The judiciary committee decided to
eliminate from the Clayton bill the
section making it unlawful for dealers
in certain commodities to refuse to
sell their product to responsible ap
plicants. It was also decided to strike
from the bill the provision permitting
picketing on the premises of employ
ers time of strikes or other labor trou
bles.
The committee proposes to revise
somewhat provisions prohibiting inter
locking directorates, holding companies
and price discriminations. These
:hanges will be perfected Monday.
EYEWITNESS FOUND
TO BAILEY MURDER
District Attorney Reports New Devel
opment in Case—Mrs. Carman's
Maid Spirited Away
Mlneola, N. Y., July 11.—An eyewit
ness to the murder of Mrs. Ix)Ui«e Bailey,
shot down in the private office of Dr.
Edwin carman at Freeport, lias been
found by IMstrict Attorney Lewis I.
Smith, It was reported tonight. Mrs. Car
man is in the Nassau county jail charged
with the crime.
The one other Important development
in the case today was the declaration by
Ueorge Levy, counsel for Mrs. Carman,
that Cecelia Coleman, the Carman ne
gro maid, who has played an import
ant part as a witness for the defense,
has been spirited a wav. Mr. Levy charged
Lhat the maid had been kidnaped bv pri
vate detevtlve.K. District Attorney Smith
denied any knowledge of the affair.
PRAISE CHAIRMAN
N. E. ASSOCIATION
St. Paul. July 11.—C. G. Pearse. Mil
waukee, was elected chairman of the
board of directors of the National Edu
cation association today. The board ap
proved Oakland, Cal,, as the 1915 meet
ing place.
After the women defeated ,1. Stanley
Brown of Joliet, 111., for re-election to
the board of trustees, Vice President
Joseph Swain gave Brown a still greater
field of activity by appointing him act
ing president of the N. E. A. in the ab
sence of President David Starr Jordan
w ho is touring Europe.
GREECE AND TURKEY
SEEK AN ARBITRATOR
Constantinople. July 11—Greece and
Turkey have requested Switzerland to
designate an arbitrator to settle dtffer
ei ces existing am big the members of
the mixed Graeco-Turkish commission,
which is sitting in Smyrna for the pur
pose of arranging the emigration question.
MAY MAKE PUBLIC
AIL OPPOSITION TO
JONES AND WARBURG
Will Make Effort to Lift
Ban of Secrecy on Testi
mony Taken
CONFIRMATION OF
TWO URGED BY MANY
Members of Committee Declare No
Further Action Will Be Taken Un
less Warburg Consents to
Appear Before Them
WnnhliiKtoii. July 11—Publicity of nil '
fact* ascertained by the Senate bank
inn committee relntlug to the nomina
tion* of Thomas l>. Jone* and Paul M.
\i nrhurg an member* of the federal
reserve board In nought by nenntora
who oppoae their confirmation.
To thin end it became known today an
effort will be made in executive session
of the Senate next week to have the ban
of secrecy lifted on the testimony taken
by the committee in Mr. Jones’ case and
also to have published all correspondence
Involved in Mr. Warburg's refusal to ap
pear before the committee.
Senator Hitchcock, acting chairman of
the committee, when he makes the com
mittee's report adverse to Mr. Jones'
nomination, proposes to move that the
testimony be made public, and also that
all the facts regarding Mr. Warburg’s
rr.se be aired. Senator Hitchcock said to
day he hoped the whole matter would he
openly debated.
Members of the hanking committee to
day received scores of letters ami tele- j
grams from individuals and business as
m,station* throughout the country urg !
ing the confirmation of Mr. Jones and Mr.
Warburg.
Members of the committee today said no
further action would he taken on Mr.
Warburg's nom.'nation unless the New
York banker should consent to appear
before it
A suggestion that Mr. Warburg might
consent to appear If the committee should
outline what course its examination would
taken was considered informally by some
u embers of the committee today, hut
nothing was determined.
COLLIER STORSTAD
HELD TO BLAME FOR
STEAMER DISASTER
Commission Holds Sinking of Empress
of Ireland Due to Cliange of
Course by Collier
Quebec. July 11.—The collier Storstad
is held to Maine for the Empress of
Ireland disaster in the finding of the
wreck commission handed down today.
The commission holds the disaster was
due to the Storstad’s change of course
ordered by the third officer without
instructions from the first officer, who
was in charge of the collier at the
time.
The Empress was sunk in the St.
I^nwrence river on May !i!t with a loss
of more thaii 1000 live*.
The inquiry into the disaster was lie
gun here on June IS by a commission
composed of Lord Mersey, formerly pre
siding Justice of the British admiralty
court Sir Adolpho Routhler of Quebec,
and Chief Justice McLeod of New
Brunswick.
Lord Mersey also presided over the
inquiry into the Titanic disaster.
Alfred Tufteness, third officer of the
collier, was found responsible. He was
on the bridge when the trash occurred.
M'ADOO HAS SAVED
COUNTRY BIG SUJ
Washington. Inly 11 Hccrt»tar\ .m -1
Adoo, In his administration of the treus j
ury department, th is far lias saved the I
country $911,272, declared Chairman Car
ter Glass, of the House banking commit
tee today, replying to a criticism of the
federal reserve organization committee
by Representative Mondell. Mr. Mondell
I a«l declared he was unable to ascertain
how much the committee had spent going
about the country Retting evidence for
the establishment of the reserve bank
cities.
Mr. Glass said the committee spent $7,675
Ip expenses and )135H for stenographic
work. He compared -his with the ex
penditure of $282,000 by the Aldrich mone
tary commission' In :nvestlgatlng Euro
II an DAni’ing systems.
FREE SPEECH IS
GIVEN ANARCHISTS
New York, July 11. -Free speech was
allowed by the city administration to
anarchists and radical organizations in
tlieIr demonstration for their adherents
killed in the dynamite explosion here July
■t. No disturbances occurred.
Seven hundred policemen mounted
guard In the square at 11 o'clock and
remained until after the orderly closing of
the meeting at .r» o'clock.
Cf mi lying with the restrictions im
posed by tin* police the demonstinnts did
not bring to the square tile ashes of
Arthur Caron. Charles Ilerg and Carl
Hanson, the three victims of the ex
plosion. nor did they form a parade.
THREE ARE BURNED
TO DEATH IN FIRE
Tacoma, Wash.. July 11.—Three men
were burned to death and 14 palnfuly In
jured today when they tried to run the
gauntlet of a mlllflre here to have a few
loaded lumber cars.
The cars, drawn by a switch engine,
were being pulled out of the yard of the
j Comly Mill company, when the rails
I spread. The engine and tender, on which
I the men were riding, were thrown Into
the flames.
The fire destroyed the Comly plant and
the plant of the Bismarck Mill company.
MRS. PANKFFURST
IS SETFREE AGAIN
London, July 11. Mr. Emmeline Pank
hursL the militant suffragette leader,
who was arrested on July 8 jit the offices
of the Women’s Social and Political union,
was again released from Holloway jail to
day. \
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BAR ASSOCIATION;
CHOICE UNANIMOUS
Montgomery Lawyer Elect
ed by Acclamation at Clos
ing Session Yesterday
IN ETHIC AL PRACTICE
IS ROUNDLY SCORED
Adopt Resolution Condemning Solicit*
ing Practice in Any Form—Den
son Makes Bitter Attacks on
the Supreme Court
ny 1,. 3. flF.TTY
Montgomery, .Inly II.—(Special.)
Hay Ituahton of Montgomery won to
day n ttnnlntotinly elected president of
the Alabama Slate (tar nnNoclatlon at
the cloning ncnnlon of (he nn«ocinti<»n'n
thirty-net «*nlh annual meeting to ntie
eeed Thoinna M. Hfeveiin of Mobile. Ilia
name wan placed In nomination by J.
li. Dixon of Talladega and the nomin
ation uaa warmly nccondcd by Forney
Johnnton of lllrmlnghnm. No other
name wan mibmltteil to the nn.noelatlon
and Mr. Hiinliton’n election wan de
clared by a lining vote of all the 111cm
bern preNent.
Mr. Rushton’s election as the head of
the State Rat* association was anticipated
Trom the moment his name was mentioned
for the office, and there was no surprise
' M
RAY RUSHTON
that no other nominate ns were made. la
nominating him for president of the as
sociation, Mr. Dixon and Mr. Johnston
both paid the Montgomery attorney, high
tributes. Z. T. Rudolph of Birmingham
also spoke In behalf of Mr. Rushton's
election.
Following Mr. Rushton's election, the
association elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
Vice presidents, Joseph H. Nathan,
Sheffield; VV. C. Fitts, Birmingham; W.
i. (.oddbold, Camden, and J. T. Stokely.
Central council, H. U. 81ms, Birming
ham; W. L. Pitts. Jr., Unlontown; Z. T.
Rudolph, Birmingham; VV. X*. Acker, An
niston and Ed I>. Smith, Birmingham.
Executive committee, J. M. Foster,
Montgomery, chairman; Ormond Somer
ville, Montgomery; William X*. Martin,
Montgomery, and Alexander Troy, ex
officlo, Montgomery.
Secretary and treasurer, Alexander
Troy, Montgomery.
Discordant Note
Harmony marked the thirty-seventh an
nual meeting of the State Bar association
until shortly before the hour of adjourn
ment. when VV. A. Henson of Blrming- j.
hum sounded a discordant note by bitterly
attacking the supreme court and some of |
the most prominent attorneys of the
state. In a most dramatic way the Bir
mingham lawyer declared the court to be
under the domination of some of the cor
poration lawyers of the state, and men- |
tioned some of the prominent firms of
his city as being controlling influences. j
The association was prompt to rebuke
.Vlr. Henson for his attack upon the court,
and by an unanimous vote adopted a
resolution to expunge his remarks from
ti»e record. j
Following Mr. Henson’s remarks, the
association was forced to listen to con
siderable discussion by several Blrming
ham attorneys regarding alleged inethlcal
practices of lawyers of that city, the de
bate having been precipitated on the t
adoption of a resolution offered by Leo
Oberdorfer of that city calling upon the
three Fnited States district judges of Ala
bama to assist the central council of the
association in striking from the rolls all
lawyers found guilty of employing run
ners to solicit practice.
•j. B. Ivey of Birmingham secured the
floor and hdgan a lengthy criticism *»f J
certain lawyers in Birmingham. Me was r
not permitted by President Stevens to j
tall any names on the ground that It
was improper to indulge in personal re
[ marks concerning other lawyers before
• a body of such dignity as the State Bar
association.
Allowed lo Conclude Speech
However, Mr. Ivey was allow d to con-*
« lude his speech which if not edifying
was more or less interesting to those law
yers present who were unacquainted with
the alleged Inethlcal practices of mem
bin of the bar of the city of Birming
ham.
Finally after an hour’s debate Mr. Ob
ardorfer s resolution was passed with an
amendment by Mr. Rudolph of Blrming- .
ham to the effect that lawyers should not
only not be allowed to employ runners to
solicit business, but that they should not
solicit practice themselves. At thi j
ele' enth hour of the association an Invi- I
tatlon came from Birmingham to hold the
next meeting of the association in that
city. The question of the next meeting
place was referred to the executive com
mittee. ,
Three new members were elected by the |
association today as follows: J. Ha mar
Fields. Montgomery; \V. C. Oates. Mont
gomery. and Henry J. WWtfieM, Demo po
lls.