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I VOLUME XXXXIV O BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1014 50 PAGES (IN FIVE PARTS) NUMBER 186
as, DRUG
JSTRtANS BACK,
czar’s Troops Reported Es
tablished on the Warthe
River After Victory Over
the German Forces
DING DONG FIGHTING
CONTINUES IN WEST;
POSITION UNCHANGED
Belgians Gain Rest for the
First Time Since War
Began — Germans Con
tinue the Offensive at
Ypres
London, November 7.—<l*i20 p. m.)
Except for the fail! of Taingtau, the
most slgnlftcnnt report from may of
the buttle front* today—and the most
welcome to the allies— Is that the Rus
sians* beside* driving the Austrians
bark In Galicia, kave reached the
Warthe river In Russian Poland and
have established themselves on the east
Prussian frontier.
A Berlin official report says some Rut
sian cavalry crossed the Warthe, but were
driven back. To this the Russian report
adds that the town of Warta on the
Warthe river in Poland has been occupied
and that a German column has proceeded
westward through Czenstochowa near the
Silesian frontier.
^ The Russians, too. are responsible for
the report that they have defeated the
Germans near Mlawa, in Poland, just
across the east Prussian boundary and at
I-yck, in East Prusia.
Military observers here say the Rus
sians have followed the retiring Germans
at a much faster pace than was antici
pated, and that if they are in force they
iui y prevent the Germans from taking up
r their new positions on the Warthe and
f compel them to fall back to the Silesian
border.
Send Troops Westward
Despite all this, reports persist that the
Germans are sending westward large
i.timbers of their troops who have been
tight.ng In Poland to oppose the allies in
France and Belgium. That they would do
/ ties with enormous Russian forces threat
s' onlng their own and richest territory, mil
itary men here say seems highly Improb
: Lk, unless the Germans are satisritd a
omall force can prevent the Ruslsans en
tering B.lcsia and East Prussia.
In the west the ding-dong fichtlng con
tlnues The Belgians, who hold the lines
along the coast, are being given a com
parative rest after their three months of
almost continuous fighting.
The Germans still are concentrating
around Tpres, where they are trying to
heck their way through the Anglo-French
i troops to the coast.
Both sides claim to have made progress
here, the Anglo-French forces southeast
of the town and the Germans southwest.
Correspondents in the rear of thp armies
say the fighting has not appreciably les
sened and that both sides tire using a
tremendous weight of artillery In an en
deavor to clear the ground for an in
fantry advance.
Both armies are being reinforced. It
seems to be realized that the Germans
cannot proceed farther west because of
the co-operation of the warships with
i the land forces and that a route either
here or farther south must be found If
the Germans are to attain their ambi
tion of reaching the French coast.
Elsewhere along the line the usual at
tacks and counter-attacks have been de
livered with success first to one and then
to the other side but without material
change in the situation.
Action Is Slow
Things are moving slowly In the near
east, so far as Is known here. The oniy
>, news from there today concerns the bom
, ’ t ardment of the ports of Zunguldlak and
Kuzlu on the Asia Minor coast of Turkey
by a Russian fleet and the sinking of sev
eral Turkish transports. It Is said also
that the Russians have occupied the en
tire region northeast of Erzerum, in
A.sia Minor. Russia Is said to be finding
useful allies In the Armenians, who at
last see a hope of freedom from Turkish
rule.
There is no change in the political situa
tion In the Balkans, it Is suid, however,
that agitation has been renewed In Rou
manla for the participation of that coun
try In the war on the side of the allies.
The fall of Talngtau caused rejoicing
here, It le believed that with the sur
, render of the German fortress the Anglo
Japanese fleet, which took part In the
siege, will be detailed to hunt down Ger
man cruisers still at large in the Pacific.
Booty at Tsingtau
No announcement haB been made con
cerning the amount of booty the allies
Obtained through the surrender of TBlng
tau, but It Is helleved the Germans de
stroyed everything possible before cap
itulatlng. When the siege began there
were in the port one German cruiser, four
gunboats and three destroyers, the Aus
trian cruiser Kalserln Elizabeth, five Ger
man merchantmen and several prizes the
Germans had taken. Of these vessels one
destroyer ran ashore and was captured,
and It Is believed the Austrian cruiser
was blown up. It Is possible that the
Germain ships met a similar fate.
Great Britain is not satisfied th*t all
has been told of the Pacific naval battle
and continues* to hope that 'the German
cruisers Leipzig and Dresden, which en
gaged the Glasgow and wnlch have not
been reported since the" battle, have been
damaged.
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M London, November 7.—(*:45 p. m.) |
Crown Prince Ucorge of Saxony {
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4 leg and can take no further part 4
// 4 In the campaign, says a dispatch 4
» 4 from The Hague to the Exchange 4
J 4 Telegraph company. The prince Is 4
\ 4 at the royal castle at Dresden, the 4
,1 4 dispatch says. 4
l ' 4 Crown Prince George of Saxony 4
\ 4 is 21 years of age and a lieutenant 4
1# 4 In the First regiment of arena- 4
IT 4 diers. He was awarded the Iron 4
4 cross September 20 for bravery on 4
1 4 the Held. 4
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GERMANS MOUNT
GUNS AT OSTEND
FACING SEAWARD
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Krupp Engineers Menace England.
Turks Report Action With
English—German At
tacks Repulsed
Honolulu, November 8.—A Rumor was In circulation here tonight that the
German warship Geir, which has been undergoing repairs for several weeks,
has been Informed that the limit of its stay here would terminate at midnight
tonight and that the vessel either must intern or leave. Two Japanese cruisers
have been stationed off Honolulu for sometime on the lookout for the Gelr.
Lima, Peru, November 7.—It la reported here that a .Japanese squadron
cruising along the coast of Peru has captured the German cruise i-* harnhorst
and Gneisenau.
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London, November 7.—(8:50 p. m.)—Engineers from rupp gun works
are mounting heavy guns at the Belgian seaport o'.^o'd and facing them
seaward, according to a dispatch from Rotterdar ®«>Ve Exchange Telegraph
company. ^ **
London, November 7,—(11:05 p. m.)—The .ollowing official report from
Turkish headquarters in Constantinople was received here tonight from Berlin
by Marconi wireless:
"On the eastern frontier our troops are In touch with the enemy along the
entire front.
“In the roads of Smyrna, three large English ships and several English and
French steamers have been seized.”
Paris, November ".—(10.46 p. m.)—The which they directed on Cambrian. An*
French official communication issued to
night says:
“The activity of the Germans has been
general on the whole front, but all their
attacks have been repulsed, notably those
i'luuicun aim l/a uranuy-eu-oanierro.
“We have taken a few trenches in the
region of Thiepval, at the north of Al
bert, re-occupied our former trenches at
the northeast of Vallly and taken at the
(Contliued on Pave Bight)
SUPREME COURT HAS
ITS DOCKET CLEAR
For First Time in 50 Years Court Will Open Reg
ular Session Without Hundreds of Undecided
Appeals—Over 200 Decisions Handed Down.
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Montgomery, November 7.—(Special.)—Every appeal or proceeding pending
on the dockets of the supreme court of Alabama was disposed of today when
that tribunal handed down decisions in something over 200 cases. The decis
ions were announced In special session, which was the third the court has
held since the final adjournment for the regular term on June 30 last.
The action of the supreme court in disposing of all cases pending on the
docket will enable that tribunal, for the first time in about 50 years, to begin
the next term of court with a perfectly clean docket. Most of the Judges of
the court have labored constantly since July 1 to complete the cases on the
docket.
The large majority of the cases de
cided by the court was of minor im
portance, only a few decisions being
of general interest throughout the
state.
Probably the most important de
cision put out by the court was in the
case of the county of Montgomery
against the city of Montgomery,
growing out of action brought by the
city against the county to recover
$30,000 as the city’s asserted portion
of funds collected by the county au
thority and directed by that authority
to be devoted to improvement of pub
lic roads and bridges within the county
limits. The court decided the case
against the county, rendering a judg
ment in favor of the city. On appeal,
the supreme court reversed the lower
tribunal and rendered a decision
against the city.
Issues Involved
The controversy between the city and
county began early in 1912, when the
board of revenue of the county trans
ferred to the road and, bridge fund the
sum of (85,000 collected under the gen
eral levy. The city contended that it
became the duty of the board of rev
enue to pay to the city out of these
funds one-half of the proportion of
such money as was collected on prop
erty located In the corporate limits of
the city. The county refused to pay
over this money to the city and action
was brought.
The court held that In the abBenoe
of a looa| law requiring the county
to transfer a certain portion of this
money to the city that the former could
not be compelled to make payment. The
decision of tilt court will probably af
fect a large i» mber of other oountles
of the state, pattleularly those counties
that have not local laws governing the
disposition of suoh funds.
Expense* of Staff Illegal
The supreme court decided that tho
governor of Alabama, was not author
ized to approve expense accounts of
members of his personal staff in behalf
of the trip to Washington to participate
in the inauguration of President Wil
son. The court's decision was put out
in the case of L. S. Betty against the
state, which was appealed from the
Montgomery city court. The action in
the case was brought by Auditor
Brooks Smith to recover from the de
fendant the money which he received
from the state in payment of his ex
penses to the inaugural ceremonies. The
lower court decided in favor of the
state. This particular case was made a
test case for the entire staff.
The court affirmed (he judgment of the
Birmingham city court in awarding $5133.33
tn B. B. Comer as damages for the pub
lication by B. M. Starks, an official of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, of
an alleged flbellouB article In Birmingham
papers.
The statement pubUched In the papers,
which wan communicated, declared that
Mr. Comer had offered to pay certain
parties for repair work done on the rall
icad tracks at the Avondale mills rather
than the railroad company. The state
ment was published prior to Mr. Comer's
candidacy for the presidency of the state
railroad commission in MOL
The Decisions
Following are the decisions put out by
the supreme court;
Anderson, C. J.—E. I. Howard vs.
Thomas J. Brannan. appeal from Mobile
circuit court; reversed and remanded.
The state of Alabama vs. Mobile and
Ohio Railroad company, appeal from Mo
bile chancery court; affirmed.
W. R. Larkin vs. Hugh A. Haralson,
appeal from Bumter chancery court; af
firmed.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad company vs.
William R. Brassed, appeal from Mont
gomery circuit court; reversed and re
manded.
B. C. Stewart vs. Riley & Johnson, ap
peal from Andalusia city court of law
and equity; affirmed.
J. A. May vs. J. I. Finley, appeal from
Houston chancery court; affirmed.
Southern Railway company vs. Flora
Harrison, administratrix, appeal from
Birmingham city court; affirmed.
Stout’s Mountain Coal and Coke com
pany vs. W. H. Tedder, appeal from
Cullman circuit court; reversed and re
nianded.
B. Randman vs. Laura E. Mitchell, ap
peal from Birmingham city court; af
firmed.
Nelson Kimhrel vs. Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad company, appeal from Bes
semer city court; affirmed.
Woodward Iron company vs. W. W.
Frazier, appeal from Bessemer city court;
reversed and remanded.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
vompany vs. J. tv. Miller, appeal from
Jefferson circuit court; reversed and re
manded.
Empire Coal company vs. Nathaniel G.
Martin, appeal from Walker ciroult court;
seteraed and repnanded.
T. D. Maybank vs. .1, p. H. Lumpkin,
appeal from Anniston city court; af
firmed.
W. B. Kant vs. Atlanta. Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad company, appeal
from Talladega city court; affirmed.
Henry Wartcn vs. Emmett Weather
ford, appeal from Limestone circuit court;
affirmed.
Mary Cummings vs. A. McDonald, ap
peal from Madison chancery court; af
firmed.
Southern Iron and Steel company vs.
Mattie Boston. administratrix, appeal
from Bessemer city court; reversed and
remanded.
McClellan, J.: Sellers & Orum Co. vs.
J. H. Hardaway et al.. appeal from Mont
gomery city court; affirmed.
Burnwell Coal company vs. Russ Setzer,
appeal from Walker circuit court; re
versed and remanded.
Robert Allen vs. Joe Scruggs ct ah,
appeal from Choctaw probate court; re
versed and rendered.
Central Foundry company vs. W. F.
/Continued on Page Nine)
Austro-German Forces
Reported Panic Stricken
Rome. November 7.—Official communi
cations received In Rome from the Rus
sian army headquarters state that the
Austro-German reverses In Galicia and
Russian Poland are being augmented
dslh- ay the ,"",*t”. communicat
ing panic to their reserves.
| The Austro-German cavalry forces are
I depleted as being In an especially pitiful
COflOlllon. atk pcitt Ui uitb tWu, .n
said, was massacred by the outnumbering
Cossacks, the remaindsr being routed and
pursued In the utmost confusion.
Austria mu] Germany had centered
about 20,000 oC their beat cavalry, half
of which force, tho Russians maintain,
is now lost.
Once the Austrian and German cavalry
waa disposed of the Russians directed
their efforts to the cutting of the other
armies, into which the Austro-German
■ forces were divided, from their western
'•ase of operations. The Russians forced
hem to fhe southward, at the same time
inflicting heavy losses.
'fhe Austro-German casualties are said
to aggregate over 30,000 men in dead and
prisoners. The Russians also claim to
toavs captured m cannon.
A HARD ROW TO HOE _if
ALABAMA’S PROFIT
FRQMCONVICTSFOR
YEAR $316,583.43
Total Receipts in Present
Administration $5,200,000,
a Gain of $1,250,000
ANALYSIS OF HUGE
SOURCE OF INCOME
Net Profits Show Gain of Half Mil
lion Over Previous Administra
tion in Spite of Lacy
Defalcation
By I. S. BETTY
Montgomery. November 7.—(Special.)
Alabama made last year from the hire
of state convicts the round sum of $316,
582.43. For the past four years, extend
ing from October 1, 1910, to September
SO, 1914. the state made from convict hire
$1,481,300.91. an average net earning per
annum of $870,325.22.
The receipts of the convict department
foi the past fiscal year from the. em
ployment of convicts and other sources
were $1,162,493.18, the largest in the his
tcry of the state, and were $94.72© in ex-;
cess of the receipts of the previous year.1
jTn addition to the cash receipts to the
state, the department s assets In cotton
and cotton goods, and in accounts duej
the cotton mill and by contractors on I
September 30 last, amounted to $156,583.43,
making a total in receipts and assets for
the fiscal year of $1,319,086.77.
Disbursements for Fiscal Year
The actual disbursements of the con
vict department for the past fiscal year
were $845,901'.75, which was paid out for j
maintenance, expenses of the department, I
salaries, coat bills, and for. other pur-i
poses. But the disbursements Included j
$3i,196.62, which was paid out for somb;
Oakley lands, the Speigner dam and for!
the Lacy defalcations. Deducting this |
latter amount from the actual disburse
ments for maintenance, the expenses of j
the department are brought down to $813,-|
713.13. If this amount be deducted from!
$1,319,085.77, the total In receipts and assets |
it is shown that the actual net profits!
and assets for 1914 were $505,872.64.
The receipts of the convict department I
last year from convict labor were the1
largest in Its history, being, as above
slated, nearly $100,0uu in excess of the
receipts of the previous year, when the,
state received from the labpr- of con-'
Victs $1,067,773.18. For the year 1912 the'
receipts t»f the department were more than «
$5000 In excess of 1913, being $1,073,296.16.
The receipts for 1911 were $1,085,854.2*), the
largest up to that year in the history!
of the department.
The total receipts, therefore, for the
four year’s of the present administra
tion were $1.3X9,416.72, which amount does
not include the round sum of $111,892.37,
which the state lost through the defal
cations of The© Lacy, a former chief
clerk of the department.
A comparison of the receipts of the
convict department for the past four
years with the four years of the pre
vious administration shows a considerable
excess in favor of the present regime.
Receipts About $5,200,000
The total receipt* of the department
from September 1, I9U«. to August 81, 1810.
were $3,975,768.08. which included the
amount paid the state from the hire of
< Ufitlwcf race II*)
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All Prospects For Extra
Session Are Dissipated
Governor Outlines Views of 108 Members-Elect of Next Legis
lature as Expressed in Letters—Only 27 Advocate Spe
cial Session, and But Six Have Plans for Re
lief of the Cotton Situation
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Montgomery, November 7.—(Special.)
All prospects for an extra session of the
legislature to relieve the cotton situation
In the state were dissipated today by the
governor of Alabama in a statement In
which he outlined the views of 108 mem
bers-elect of the next leg.slature relative
to the enactment of laws dealing with the
situation.
Only 27 members of the next legislature
advocated the calling of a special session
to consider the cotton problem; only 31
members expressed approval of the Hank
head plan for the issuance of bonds; only
31 members favored the reduction of cot
ton acreage, and only four members of
the next legislature favored the prohibi
tion tpf cotton planting. Moreover, only
six members stated to the governor that
they had any plans of relief.
The governor's statement was issued
for the purpose of giving publicity to the
views of the members-elect of the next
legislature. The letters were written to
him in reply to his communication sent
out about, two weeks ago, in which he
asked their views on the question of call
ing a special session.
107 Replies
“Blnce that time I have, to date, re
ceived 107 replies, which were tabulated
on today by the attorney general and my
self," naid the governor. Hi» statement
in part follows:
"From these replies It appears that 27
of the members-elect of the legislature
favor calling the legislature In extraordi
nary session and that 48 are opposed to
any extraordinary session. Thirty-two
members decl.ne to express themselves
either way.
"1 hirty-one of the members-elect ex
press themselves as favoring a bond 'ssue
along the lines suggested by Senator
Hankheud; 48 members-elect express them
selves as opposed to any bond issue of any
kind or character and 12 members docilne
to express any opinion. "Thirty-one mem
bers of the next legislature l’avor the re
duction of acreage, while 36 are uncondi
tionally opposed to any legislation of that
character.
"There were only four members-olect of
the legislature that favored the prohlbl
t.ori by legislation of the planting of cot
ton in 1916 ar.d 63 expressed themselves as
opposed to such prohibition.
Delay Payment of Debts
“Only six member, state that they have
any plans of relief through legislative aid
and out of these nix. five advocate the
passage of lawn staying the collection of
debt..
"it In evident, therefore, from these re
plies that It would he useless to call th;
legislature together In extraordinary ses
sion. with the hope that any practical or
feasible plan for relief would follow.
"The letters from the legislature are on
file In my office and are subject to in
spection by any Interested party."
ASK STATE OFFICIALS
TO HELP STAMP OUT
THE CATTLEDISEASES
Washington, November 7.—Official*
of the bureau of animal industry to
day listed the co-operation of state
officials In the fight to stamp out the
epidemic of foot ami mouth disease
which has resulted in a cattle quaran
tine covering 10 states. With strict
maintenance of the quarantine, immed
iate destruction of all Infected herds
and close inspection of all suspected
centers, the bureau believes It now
has the situation under control.
Practically every shipment of cat
tle, which passed through the Chicago
stock yards during the past 60 days
i' being traced by Inspectors and in
fected herds are being destroyed.
State officials in the states affected
by the federal quarantine have Joined
the federal agents In the fight to • rad
icate tin. disease. Under the plans of
the department state officials will es
tablish local quarantines in state* now
cut off from interstate shipment in
order to localize the 'infected terri
tory as narrowly an possible. Then
both ^tate and federal officials wdll
co-operate in destroying infected cat
tle.
Despite the w ide area affected by the
federal quarantine which closed tire
principal cuttle markets of the country,
no immediate effect on meat price*
to the consumer is looked for. A plen
tiful supply of dressed meat and of
oattle outside of the quantined state*
(Coatfnued on Page Klght)
0 Prairie creek. Ark., November 7.
Under tbe protection of United States
troops an effort will be made at once
to resume operations of the Bache
Denman companyTm mine No. t. This
statement came from reliable sources
here today and it is generally believed
that Franklin Bache. who has been fed
eral court receiver. Is now In the east
making preparations. »
This mine was tbe scene of a battle
July 17 between uHlon miners and tho
guards and nonunion employes of the
company. At tho same time the sur
face workings, valued ut 1150,000, were
burned. Since It has been Idle the mine
has filled with water. According to
some of the miners here. It would take
three months to put ths property In
a Workable condition.
Although there are only a handfull
of persons residing now at Prairie
creek, scores of Inhabitants of the val
ley today vlsltnl the camp here of the
four troops of the Fifth cavalry.
No signs of hostility to the pres
ence of the troops were noticeable
•Tho federal grand Jury was culled
yesterday at Fort Smith to Investigate
the Hartford Valley disturbances, ad
journed today until November 17 to en
able Judge Frank Youmans to hold the
I regular mission of court at Texarkana,
Ark. More than a score of witnesses
have been examined but no indict
ments have been voted. It was stated.
It. B. Hull, special assistant to the At
torney General, who has been conduct
ing the Inquiry, tonight predicted that
the Jury would complete Its duties soon
■fter reconvening.
NO VIOLATION OF
ANTITRUST LAW IS
THREATENED BY
COTTON LOAN PLAN
Attorney General Gregory
Hands Down Decision Up
holding Legality of Meth
ods of Securing Fund
TREASURY OFFICIALS
BELIEVE SUCCESS OF
POOL NOW ASSURED
More Than $80,000,000 Al
ready Raised by Northern
Banks — Practically AH
the Remainder Has Been
Promised
Washington. November Te—No viola
tion of federal antitrust laws la threat-*
by the cotton loan fund plnn re
cently perfected b> bankers and mens,
bera of the federal renerve board, ac
cording to an opinion handed down
Inte today by Attorney General Greg,
ory at the regneat of Preatdent Wll
aon.
Success of the $185,000,000 pool now
Is believed by treasury officials to bo
assured. More than $80,000,000 of the
$100,000,000 to be raised among north
ern bankers already has been sub
scribed and practically all of the re
mainder. it is undertood, bad been
promised on condition of a favorable
opinion from the Attorney General.
New England financiers, it was said,
were reluctant to enter the plan until
definitely assured that, the method of
raising the fund would not be con
structed as unlawful.
Attorney General Gregory's opinion
was rendered after a conference with
President Wilson. The treasury depart
ment tonight made public the follow
ing correspondence!
“The White House, November 7, 1914.
"My Dear Mr. Attorney General; 1 am
sending the enclosed papers, submitted
to me by the Secretary of the Treasury,
in order to ascertain whether In your
opinion the proposed cotton loan fund
may be lawfully formed. I know that
It is contrary to the practice •»£ vie*;
department to give opinions before
hand as to contemplated transactions,
and I think that such opinions ought
never in ordinary circumstances to be
{given, but the circumstances with re
gard to the handling of the great cot
ton'crop which have been created by
the European war are most extraordi
nary and seem to Justify extraordinary
action. It Is for that reason that I ven
ture to ask you to depart In this case
from the usual practice of your depart
ment.
Class by Itself
"It occurs to me that the fund con
templated stands In a class by Itself.
It la hnrdly conceivable that such ar
rangements should become settled prac
tices or furnish precedents which would
be followed In the regular course of
business or under ordinary conditions.
They are as exceptional in their nature
as the circumstances they are meant
to deal with and can hardly be looked
upon as. by possibility even, dangerous
precedents. It Is for this reason that I
feel the more Justified *r» asking for
your opinion In the premises. Cordially
and sincerely yours,
• • W OO D RO W WIJLSON. **
"November 7, 1914.
"Dear Mr. President; I have the honor
to reply to your request for my opin
ions us to whether th»- federal an
titrust laws (the so-called Sherman
act. the co-called Clayton art. and the
trade commission act.) would be vio
lated In any respect by the carrying
out of u plan which has been devised
for raising and administering a fund
of $135,000,00 to be lent on the security
of cotton. A copy of the plan is attached
hereto:
"Countries which take annually about
8,000.000 tales of American cotton—more
than half the crop-arc now engaged li»
I war. Trade between the United Htates
[and those countries in some cases vir
tually has come to a complete stop, and
In others has been seriously hind- red.
Foreign exchange has be.-n badly demor
alized. In consequence of these extraor
dinary conditions. It has been impossible
to obtain In the usual ways the large
amount of cash required to liquidate the
indebtedness Incurred in the course of
raising and marketing the cotton crop.
Plan Proposed
"To meet this situation the plan it*
question has been proposed. It contem
plates the making up by a e\ndlca*e.
(Continued on Page Eight)
TODAY’S AGE-HERALf*
1— Russians gain foothold on Prusslaa
frontier.
Germans mount guns at Oatend facing
seaward.
Cotton fund no violation of antitrust
la w.
Supreme court has dear docket.
2— Early glimpse* of next legislature.
3— Simpson preside* over M. F. con
ference.
4— War and peace Is close together.
6—Fe> jurprisen In state campaign.
Lowrey tells of foot and mouth dis
eases.
Krskine Rainsav hurt by fall
Frank Deedmeyer in Birmingham.
6— Work solution of south's problems.
7— Church aorvlc.es.
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ft- Death sentence for two negroes.
1C—First barge of Pratt company launched
on Warrior.
11—101 Ranch to be here
14-16—Sports.
13—Dr. Cunningham writes of air.
22— K-27—Society.
23— A corner In ancestor*.
24— Ned Brace and editorial comment.
26—Vnri.etlea ami forms of slag.
23—The book shelf
28—Black Friday on the Liverpool cot mo
exchange.
30- A utom6blle gossip.
31— The theatres.
83- Roasts of Kaiser In England himiotwaa
33—Markets.
84- 41-'’Magazine section.
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