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■ WAR ■! 10
* KEEP CONGRESS AT
Emergency Revenue Bill to
Furnish the Republicans
Thunder—Enact Riv
ers and Harbors Bill
Washington, August 28.—(Special.)—1^
Monies within the range of possibilities
» that Congress will continue in session
until March 4. 1915. when it must adjourn
as provided in the constitution. The
President can, of course, immediately call
an extraordinary session and have the
new Congress meet and organize for busi
ness at once, and he will if the occafltoi'
demands it.
The date of the adjournment of the
present session seems further away than
ever. Congress has not yet completed the
antitrust programme of the administra
tion. After this legislation is finally dis
posed of, a revenue bill to fill the defi
le ciency in the treasury receipts, occasioned
by a falling off of import duties due to
the European war. must be enacted.
There is bound to be a wrangle over this
measure—whatever form it takes—before
it J^ecomes a law\ The republicans arc
going to attack it sharply and get as
much political profit out of the force of
circumstances which have made it neces
sary as possible. Charges have already
been made that such a measure would not
have been necessary had the Payne law
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
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been now in effect. Treasury figures, |
however, do not support statements of
this character, and the hill will be passed
irrespective of the political thunder and
ciap-trap Representative Mann and his
chief supporter. Representative Hum
phries of Washington, issue to the people
coenerning it.
Rivers Bill Wanted
There is also a determination on the \
part of democratic se nators to pass th
livers and harbors bill at tills session.
This measure, however, important ns it
is, must wait till the very mat. Regard -
leas of the fact that many groat projects j
<»f the government upon which millions
have already been spent, must lay idle. |
and the organized forces carrying on the j
work must disperse because there is n.j j
cash available, thereby entailing hardship
not only on labor, but upon commerce it
self in many instances, the Senate has
been compelled under stress of other
business, and because of the carefully
planned filibuster early in the summer
against the rivers and harbors bill, to
postpone consideration of the bill until
now by mutual consent and for other rea
sons the bill cannot be tauten up until the
emergency measures and aittinusi
HilIs are disposed of.
Senator Bankhead, fully alive to the
necessity of finishing the work on Lock
17 of the Warrior river, introduced an
emergency measure in order that thi.
work might proceed without interruption,
even if the rivers and harbors bill was
delayed indefinitely. Even this, however,
must take its regular course, and it is
possible that the rivers and harbors bill
may get consideration ahead of it in the
end.
The faet that Congress is practical^
tied up in Washington and in spite of
the individual desires of members to get
away and mend their fences the war has
made it necessary for them to remain in
session practically assures the passage of
the rivers and harbors bill sometime this
session, while as a matter of fact sev- |
eral weeks ago, it looked very much like j
the measure was certain to be pigeon-;
holed.
Tiie completion of the Warrior river
project which was threatened in the de
feat of the bill, therefore, at an early
date seems certain. This will give Ala
bama opportunity to get an early start in
the struggle for the coal trade of South
America, an opportunity which the state
can ill afford to neglect. C. E. S.
Letters to the Editor
Importance of Spanish
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
I have read with considerable interest
the editorials in yesterday’s and today’s
issues of your paper, in which under
the headings, “Pan-American Years” and
the “Importance of Spanish” you stir our
interest in the ultimate necessity of at
least the southern portion of the Tr. S. A.
taking up the study of Spanish.
The Age-ITerald is but again doing its
duty when it takes tlie lead In sounding
a timely call to the schools and colleges
of the state to realize their opportunity
and consequently duty to fit the coming
business men for the new fields of ac
tivity that are already opening up for
ub in South America.
But. nothing is said to the business
men of the hour, to those who hear the
tall of opportunity hero and now. and
who, because they are on the job at the
present moment, will largely determine
the length of the rope which will bind
the South American trad'1 to this state.
They are scarcely prepared to meet
the exigency, for no one will deny that
‘he results of language study in this
country hardly ever justify the labor ex
pended by teacher or pupil. But we really
00 not deserve the censure that is fre
quently heaped upon us by European
states. We have not, like them, either a
scholastic or practical or even a social
incentive, owing to our Isolation from
all foreign nations.
But with the opening of tin Panama
canal, we suddenly find that, almost un
known strangers that were formerly
buried in distance, are now next door
neighbors, and are inviting us to conic
over and play witli them.
The practical American business man
1 an now see a good healthy husii ess rou
t-on for studying Spanish, and numbers
of them, even to tin- grey-heads, ali
oVer the south are taking to it with that
fame determination and zest tint has al
ways made them laugh at • ardships, if it
urea ns to “get there.”
For the inforamtion of the business men
of Birmingham then, let mo say that
the Spanish language offqrs fewer diffi
culties to tin- American than any other
foreign tongue, has less difficult gram
mar, and can be mastered in n much
shorter time than, any other language
I know.
Many of our most common words are
6l Spanish origin or <>Batin origin
tmough the Spanish. It if? more closely
modeled after the Batin language than
any of the several Romance tongues.
The study of the Spanish language of
fers the only incentive for anguage study
thut can appeal to the business man, for
it is the only language besides English.
» knowledge of which wiP really justify
the expenditure of time and money.
Dare we wait for the “younger genera
tion’' to teach us older heads how to do
business in South America, or shall the
busy business man of the hour, find a
few spare hours a week and in a few
months time fit himself for the big ex
pansion, the opportunity tor which tho
south and Alabama has been waiting and
working? Very respectfully,
A ELEN U. LOEHR.
Birmingham, August 28, 1914.
THE CROP OUTLOOK
IN HALE COUNTY
Greensboro, August 28.—(Special.)—The
crop prospect the past week has not ma
terially changed in Hale county. From
all indications it can be said the crop in
this county will be a little more than hall'
of last year’s crop.
The rains and the boll wreevil have
caused a very luxurious growth, and the
stalks have put on squares rapidly, but
only to be destroyed by the boll weevil
as fast as they appear. Their ravages
have extended practically over the entire
county. No crop has been made this
month. The army worm has made its
appearance in some sections of the
county.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL
WANTS THE GOVERNMENT
TO INSURE “WAR RISKS”
i BODY OF BIG BUSINESS MEN
WORKING TO END THAT AMER
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SAFETY.
By HOLLAND
New York. August 28.—(Special.)—The
company whose membership is made up
of Americans who were when the war
began planning a great expansion of our
foreign trade is regarded here as a very
able body. It is one of the several ex
traordinary coincidences which have been
brought out by the war in Europe that
these great American salesmen, only a
few weeks before war came with vol
canic suddeness and fury, should have
met in convention at Washington for the
purpose of perfecting an organization
which, acting in co-operation not only
with themselves, but with the government
as far as possible, should make advances
upon the markets of the wrorld with in
tent to capture some portion of them.
All of these representative men have
been spoke nof at one time or another as
very great American salesmen. That hon
orary distinction was given to James A.
Farrell when he was elected president
of the United States Steel corporation. Ho
had carried on a peaceful economic strug
gle for some 10 years. He had met in
competition of this kind the great sales
men of England and of Germany. He had
been so successful that American ex
ports of the products manufactured by
various subsidiaries of the United States
Steel corporation commanded a trade In
excess of $10,000,000. Three years ago one
of the leading executive officers of the
International Harvester company said
that the exports of commodities manu
factured by the Steel corporation and
by the Harvester company would in that
year he found to exceed in money value
$100,000,000. He predicted that in the course
of five years commodities manufactured
by these two corporations would be ex
ported of the money value of $500,000,000.
That estimate was not deemed excessive,
apparently, by the secretary of the de
partment of commerce, Mr. Redfield. It
concluded, of course, the commodities
manufactured by the plants which had
been established in Russia and the far
east. But these plants represent ex
clusively in investment of American capi
tal and the commodities which they man
ufacture and sell in other lands are
really to be reckoned with when an es
timate is made of the sale of American
manufactured commodities in those
countries, all hough a record of them does
not appear in the report of our foreign
commerce.
A Sudden Emergency
Only about two weeks before the out
break of the war in Europe the foreign
trade council, which was authorised when
the foreign trade organization was per
fected in Washington in the spring, was
appointed by President Farrell. He was
authorized by the national organization
to appoint members of a foreign trade
council. This subordinate body was really
to be the executive and working com
mittee of the national organization. At
the time President Farrell appointed the
members of this council not the slightest
apprehension existed that embarrassments
to American trade would suddenly be
created. So swiftly do events occur that
the very first meeting of this council
was held for the purpose of considering i
how best the present embargo upon com-|
mercc could be removed and how after
tiiut ttio United States could take advan- ;
luge of opportunities to secure foreign
markets.
Tlufe ^council, as a whole, represent !
American industry of all kinds, but espe
cially the industries, which were expect
ing to participate in a great increase in
our foreign trade. Among the member*
of the council Is James J. Hill, and at
slrst thought it will appear that President
Farrell had gone outside the field of in
dustry when he made selection ol‘ Mr.
Hill.
Yet 10 years ago Mr. Hill became a |
leader in the Belgian-American export j
trade. The building of two of the great- j
est ocean commerce carriers by him for t
the purpose of transporting commerce j
which originated in the northwest front j
Seattle to ihe far east was at the time
regarded as quite as Important an inci
dent In our development as was the pur
pose of American iron and steel manu
facturers to enter into competition for
. their commodities in some of the foreign
markets of the world. Mr. Hill devel
oped a very great commerce, which prom
! ised to be steadily Increased. It in pari
explained the growth in population and
financial strength of Seattle, but, unfor
tunately. the commerce which was tliuu
developed was halted by reason of the in
terpretation of the authorities at Wash
ington that railroad rates were made in
violation of the statutes.
Today there Is no better authority upon
the development of our foreign trade
than Mr. Hill, although he looks upon
that as secondary in importance to the
increase of our agricultural products.
Frank A. Yamlerllp Is a member of this
council not so much because he is presi
dent of the National City bank as be
cause he is attempting to perfect facili
ties. principally tlnancial, by means of
which our trade In South America cun b->
increased.
What the Council Purposes
If this Council can persuade the gov
ernment at Washington to aid in restor
ing, as fai as possible, oversea commerce
it will have accomplished something
which n6ne of the members could have
dreamed of two weeks ago. How cu
riously chaotic arc our commercial con
dltions is reflected In a statement made
by President Farrell to the council. Ho
told this board as soon as it met that the
United States must, as soon as possible,
start the movement of exports.
An extraordinary situation now con
fronts us, Mr Farrell admitted. For in
stance, if it were, possible to sell the Steel
■company's commodities in foreign land*!
for $1000 a ton and If it were possible for
the farmers to demand $10 a bushel for]
their w'heat. nevertheless not a pound of
steel or a bushel of wheat could be ex
ported. Therefore no sales could be made.
This council is to act In co-operation,
with the bankers, and us far as possible
with the government at Washington, iri
securing means by which cotton, grain
and manufactured commodities may be
safely committed to the ocean can ing
ships. It is not so much a question of
Immediate relief to manufacturers and
to foreigners, but It is a question of su
preme consequence to the United States
at this time that these commodities find
sufe transport and be assured of prompt
payment.
The council was the first organized body
to set forth the fact that ft is essential
that the government itself provide means
for furnishing war-risk Insurance where
by both the vessels and the cargoes oc
cluded with foreign trade may be pro
tected. This council will be substantial!:
continuous in meeting until the day comes
when the announcement is made that
vessels carrying American cargoes arc
abundantly protected against depreda
i tlon and are reasonably insured, and
j when consignors of cargoes learn that
payments will be made to them promptly
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SOME FRESH STORIES OF
EUROPE’S GREAT WAR
The Broad Battle Front
From the New York Evening Sun.
The simplest and therefore the best way
to grasp the meaning of the lighting
along tlie broad battle front from the
German oeean to Switzerland, which is
described in the morning's dispatches, is
to accept the central unity which lies
back of the whole confused and be
wildering mass .of detail. This unity is
discoverable in the French counter of
fensive movement.
From the different liases Germany lias
launched armies at Paris. These armies,
taking their names from the rivers whose
valleys they follow, the Meuse, the Moselle
and the Rhine, are moving in a converg
ing direction toward the French frontier.
| in advance of their reaching the fron
tier, where the French have permanent
and considerable fortifications, the French
general staff last week launched three
armies against them; one from the Lille
Maubeuge line in northern France along
the Sarnbre and Meuse; another from Ver
dun across the French Meuse into the
Ardennes region about Neufchateau; a
third from Nancy into German Lorraine
between Metz and Strassburg.
The obvious purpose of these counter
offensive movements was to strike the
three German armies before they reached
France, thus, if possible, bringing them to
a halt and putting them on the defensive
before they had time to develop their
lines, make their contact between armies
and attain their highest maximum of effi
ciency. Each of these counter offensives
has totally failed. The circumstances at
tending their failure, so far us yet known,
supply the day’s news and explain the
grave anxiety discernable in London and
Paris.
The next failure was that of the east
ern French army facing the German
army of the Rhine. This offensive had
two different phases. One contemplated
a movement through southern Alsace by
Belfort and the passes of the Vosges, the
other an advance by Luneville between
Metz and Strassburg and toward the low
er Rhine at Mayence. The plain purpose
was to roll back any German forces in
the region and by defeating them compel
the Germans to weaken their great army
in western Belgium.
In both Alsace and German Lorraine
the offensive was temporarily success
ful. Saarburg, on the railroad between
Metz and Strassburg. was occupied.
French bulletins reported successes, in
cluding the capture of Muelhausen in
Alsace. Then suddenly, with no explana
tion, the French advance was reported
to have terminated and the retiring troops
were placed beyond Luneville. near
Nancy. The only conceivable explanation
for this was that the advancing force
had been utterly defeated, If not routed.
This the German bulletins* squarely af
firm. claiming the capture of 160 cannon, j
while French rumor pointed to the failure
of an army corps to do its work and the
disgrace of a general.
The Army of the Moselle
Much more obscure in *he story ot' the
repulse or rout ot the French columns
sent against the army of the Moselle, evi
dently established In the Ardennes west ot
Luxemburg and north ot Longwy, Verdun
and, Stenay. Evidently the attempt was
made to strike German corps advancing
through the difficult Ardennes region.
French bulletins admit cite retreat of
their columns beyond the Semois toward
Verdun. German dispatches announce a
crushing victory at Neufchateau, even
more complete than in 1,0. ralne, with the
capture ot generals and many thousands
ot soldiers and the rout of the French.
Finally, in Belgium, around the Sambrs
......
ami tho Mouse and north of Maubeuge.
an Anglo-French attack upon tho German
army of tho Mouse, coming south from
Brussels, seems to have receded after des
perate and possible Indecisive fighting be
cause tiie sudden and utterly bewildering
fall of Namur exposed the French flank
on tiie Samhre to the German advance.
'It la absolutely clear then that in tho.
different fields tho French counter of
fensive. so much advertised by French
strategists before and since the war be
gan, lias failed utterly. What remains the
real problem is whether it has so com
pletely demoralised the French armies
that they will be unable to hold tho lines
to which they have now been driven. If
it does, the Gorman advance may reach
Paris on schedule time.
As the situation now stands, tiie French
on all their fronts are back on their
first permanent line of defenses. The east
ern army occupies the gap between Kptnal
and Toul, which has long been prepared
to meet the whole German advance into
1'Vance. The position is tremendously
strong, both naturally and by reason of
the great forts about it which have been
erected in recent years. Unless the army
has been hopelessly routed, it can still
stand on the defensive, where French
engineers and staff had long ago prepared
the ground.
As to the army of the west, facing
the German army of tho Moselle, the
situation is less clear. Between Verdun
and < harlevilie-Mezleres, on the south
bank of the Meuse, there is an admirable
position to defend, with the deep Meuse
in front, the Verdun forts on the right,
the forts of Alezieres, Givet and tht
broken country between the Sambre and
the Meuse on the left, where junctures
with the allied army can be made. But
there Is no serious obstacle in the way
either of forts or mountains, and if the
French advance at Netif.-hateau ended
In a rout it is exceedingly doubtful il
It could hold a victorious Germany army
here.
To the Germans’ credit now are the
conquest of Belgium, and the defeat of
the French counter offensive. If the de
feat was a rout they may have plenty of
time to get to the Paris forts before the
Russian advance becomes dangerous
enough to compel weakening their west
ern armies. It remains to be seen Just
how complete their success in Lorraine
and at Neufchateau was. All else is of
secondary Importance, even the fall of
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Keller Makes Brief Stop in j
Selina on Scouting Trip
From Mobile
Selma. August 28.—(Special.) NV s
Keller, state highway engineer, reached
Selma Thursday afternon shortly after
3 o’clock on the last lap of his Ihsi stir
vey of the proposed state highway from
Decatur to Mobile. Mr. Keller and party
was met at Orrvllle about 1 o'clock
•Thursday afternoon by Probate Judge 1
11. Pitta of 1.alias county. State Senator
V. 15. Atkins, a member of the state high
way «ommissiofi: Secretary Morgan Rich
ards of the Selma Chamber of Commerce
and a number of other residents of Selma
and escorted to this city.
After a stop of about an hour in .Selma
Mr. Keller left shortly after 4 o’clock
for Montgomery. While in Selma Mr.
Keller stated that the trip from Mobile to
this city has been a very pleasant one,
and that no great difficulties had been
encountered. Selmlans and residents of
the central pail of the state hope that
in his report to the next session of the
legislature Mr. Keller will recotnmend the
building of the state highway by Selmy
instead of from Montgomery to Evergreen
and Brew ton to Mobile.
The members of the Selma Cotton ex
change will hold their annual meeting
at the exchange on Water street Saturday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. During the
course* of the meeting the business ot
the exchange for the current commercial
year which closes on August 31 will be
closed up. It »h expected that the nomi
nating committee will also make Us re
port and that the ticket which is re
ported for officers for the next year will
be voted on at the* exchange next Mon
ray by’ th«* members. There is littlte
I doubt but J. H. Adams, who has been
l holding the office of president of the
I exchange during the past year, will be
j nominated for tnat office for the coming
j y#ar.
Namur, the most amazfiv; circumstance
of Liege, and a circumstance likely t«»
arouse doubt as to the strength of all
• tber fortified towns, including Paris it
self.
Seen at Bewt and Worst
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
From all parts of the war zone come
stories tending to show human nature at
its best and worst, all throwing interest
ing sidelights on the great conflict. From
New York comes tilts:
Nora Bayes and her husband, Harry
i'lark, actress and actor, respectively,
were rescued from Germany by Jack
Norworth, Nora Bayes’ former husband.
I who since has acquired another wife. A
l< 5ti*r from London containing the details
of ilit unusual incident whs received by
a frilmd of Norworth s yesterday.
Norworth was in London, tie figured
that Miss Bayes and •her husband, who
were hi Bad ivisslngen, would lie glad
to see anybody with money—even an ex
husband. Ho he took a, week off and has
tened to Bad Ivisslngen, where lie found
Miss Bayes u-nd Harry Clark counting a
few pennies and wondering, how it w« uld
feel to starve to death, lie took them
hade to London.
Next is an appeal to mankind for suf
fering humanity :
Paris, August 25.—Dr. Alexis Carrel,
who has decided t orematn in France .lur
ing tlie war, lias written a letter to a
friend in which lie say's:
I am seeking men ready to give their
blood for their country' in the literal
sense; that is, for transfusions to wound
ed soldiers. I have already found a doc
tor and a lawyer, and hope soon to have
several others.’ ’’
Further along is a bit of sententious ad
vice to a worried wife:
Paris, August 25.—The Paris Matin
gives an amusing instance of the severity
of the censorships in Franco yesterday.
A young Parisian woman received at her
house a letter, on the envelope of which
she recognized the handwriting of her
husband, now serving at tlie front. She
eagerly tore open the envelope, onl.v to
lind that it was empty, but in the corner
of tlie envelope in a hand quite unfa
ml liar to her was written ttie laconic mes
sage:
Madame, your husband Is quite well,
but is too communicative.’
The young wife understood that her
husband’s letter must have been Inter
cepted by the military authorities.”
A note of revenge and tragedy is
sounded *1n this tense story from Maas
tricht. Holland:
Tn the Franco-Prussian war tlie Ger
mans, Invading Alsace, ruined tlie farm
of a man named Hauff. Enraged thereby
Hauff shot a couple of the marauders,
whereupon 20 Germans placed him
against a wall and shot him.
When his wife, who had fainted* came
to her senses she found her little boy
weeping on the body of ids father.
“Mamma.” said the boy. “when I have
grown up T will shoot the Germans who
killed father.”
Madame Hauff emigrated to Belgium
and settled near Vise. Her son married
and became the father of a family. When
the Germans appeared Farmer Hauff’s old
hatred was rekindled in the son. He shot
one of the invaders. At once 20 Germans
bundled tlie farmer and his two sons
outside, placed them all three against
a wall and shot them.
New York vouches for the truth of the
following pathetic tale, which tells its
own moral:
A millionaire American capitalist has
a son who lias played the prodigal on
more than one occasion. The bills were
always paid, and the son properly lec
tured on the evils of extravagance.
Fate put the father at Paris when the
war broke out, and the son in New York
received an urgent cable for a prompt
remittance.
The prodigal wired: “Glad you know
what it is to be broke, dad. Funds fol
lowing.”
Maurice Maeterlinck, seen working in
the harvest fields of Belgium, said:
I could not fight and felt that r must
do whatever was nearest to fighting. The
harvest had to be got in soon, as Bel
gium had been drawn into the war by
the madness of the ego-mania Kaiser. I
claimed a place in the Civil Guard, but
it wus only two days ago that f re
ceived the paper which I wanted, it was
then too late, as the Civil Guard had
been dipbanded.
I have tried to write (but I find It im
possible to begin) a series of articles
on the war. Nothing came of my ef
forts. One’s imagination is paralyzed
by the appalling realities. The thought
that only a few hundred kilometers away
millions of men are ranged against one
another to kill, maim or destroy blots
out every' other thought.
Tlie waste of it! After men have fought
so valiantly against disease and death,
after we have struggled so successfully
against natural forces, to fall at the
will of a despot into this welter or
carnage!
And when the veil of censorship is lift
ed, many more pathetic and humorous
•tales will come from the greatest charnal
house of all times—civilized Europe.
A Great Chase
London Cable to New York Sun: The
mother of the wireless operator of the
British cruiser Gloucester has received &
letter from her son describing the chase
of the German cruisers Goeben and Bres
laq. In which the Gloucester participated.
The letter said:
“The chase lasted four days and nights,
during which our gunner indulged tn some
Jong range whole at tjie Breslau. After
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TRADE UNSETTLED
IN SOI SECTIONS
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South and Also Parts of
West and Northwest
Report Activity
New York. August 28.—B rad street’s to
morrow will say:
“Trade Is very irregular, verging, in
fact, toward marked unsettlement In sonic
sections, the south. Tor Instance, ami al
though parts of the west and northwest
continue to report activity, the general
trend is toward conservatism.
“The disposition is to gauge purchases
to immediate requirements, for which
prompt shipments are requested, and to
disregard probable future wants. South
ern reports are poor, owing to uncertainty
about methods for financing the cotton
crop, and their development is reflected
in the trend of affairs at leading .south
western markets, where some canceila
tions of orders have been received. If ;i
feasible plan for marketing cotton Is de
veloped prompt resumption of business ac
tivity is anticipated.
"Kiillurcs for the week in the l ulled
States were 297. against 209 last year; bank
clearings, $2,<67,030,000. a decrease of 24.1
pel cent from lust year: wheat exports.
9,397.027 bushels, against 7,042,180 lust
yea r."
missing the first shot at 11,000 yards, h.
spat, in the second shell for luck, and It I
went true, carrying away half of the
fires la it’s funnel. The gunner repeated
the operation on the third shot, which
cleared the Breslau's quarter deck and put
her after gun out of action. The cruiser |
Hied 30 shots in return. Two of them:
smashed boats on the davits on the Glou-;
center's upper deck. Our ship narrowly
• scaped destruction from a torpedo fired j
bv the Goehen."
MANY TESTIFY AT
Trial Will Probably Be Con
eluded Today—Charged
With Brookins Murder
Preliminary trial of Tom Webb, white,
tind Tuc*k Gain, colored, charged with
the murder of J. W. Brookins, will he
concluded this morning by Judge H. B.
Abernethy of the court of common pleas.
The hearing whs commenced yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock and a large num
ber of witnesses are in attendance. The
two defendants are being tried jointly.
The state examined about. IT* witnesses
and there art* about the same number fur
the defense The defendant Is seeking
«o establish nn alibi, a number of wit
nesses testifying that he was at Porter
mines at the time of the killing.
Assistant Solicitor Kd Winston is con
ducting tin* prosecution and Churles D.
Comstock the defense. Tin? lira ring will
he resumed tills morning at 10 o’clock
and it is understood will he concluded
with the examination of three witnesses
for the defense.
Quiel WetlcliiiK In (Jreensboro
Greensboro, August 28. -t Special,)—Mr.
William Wesley Ramey and Miss Augus
ta Stevenson were married at the 'evi
dence of the bride’a mother in Grccns
I boro on the evening of August 2b. the
Rev. t A. Cornell, pastor of the Meth
odist church, officiating. The house was
prettily decorated with flowers and ever
! greens and presented a most attractive
appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramey left immediately
after the ceremony for Akron, where tlu*y /
took the train for a bridal trip to points
| in Tennessee. k
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