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■ENGLISH SHIP SENT
■10 CHILE BY CANAL
n TO TESTTHE ROUTI
111 United States Must be Aler
B If South American Trade
B Is to be Secured
I WEST COAST TO BE
B THE EARLIEST FIELI
B Canal Means That Millions of Unde
B ^eloped Acres Must be Utilized
lip to (let the Fullest
BB Benefits
By HOLLAND
York, January 3.—(Special.)—In th
part of November a steamship fly
0 English flag, it la reported, saite*
>ne of the English ports for Chile
earner was of 6000 tons burden, no
y large commerce carrier,, but It
less significant than was the fac
he captain was under instruction
te his ship through the Pananu
was the first English com mere*
to make use of the canal. If then
sen no mishap the steamer shoulc
Chile about this time. There an
nportant considerations associate!
ils shipment from England to v,hll<
argo which is to be unbroken am
nake the short passage by way o'
nama canal. First of all it shows
^withstanding the energy and con
Jon of purpose which are now char
tic of Great Britain with reaped
European war, that country is un
Ing what in some sense is an ex*
ntal utilization of the Panama
for the purpose of maintaining
mrt of her trade with Chile. For
lited States this indicates that we
11 to maintain commercial compe
with Great Britain for some pari
markets of South America,
in the second place, should this ex
nt prove successful we may ex
> see a utilization upon a large
f th<? Panama canal by some of the
1 across the sea which are anxious
as mucli as possible of their South
an trade. We may not have there
e chief part in utilizing this canal,
e predictions which were made by
ho thought themselves experts that
nama canal would not earn from
icome enough to pay the interest
>st, and who also asserted that the
vould he for the most part utilized
nmerce between the east and the
last of the United States will be
;o have been inaccurate.
>f the curious results of the con
•n of the Panama canal is the
lat, together with the European
d the opportunities for increasing
de relations with South America it
to a careful study of the political,
>hicai and transportation systems
South American nations. This is
llv true of the 12 countries which
the south of us and which are
1 wholly or in part on the west
Pacific ocean. All these countries
eedlly be occupied in developng
reat natural resources, especially
and their agricultural fields. This
it is believed by those who are
with South American condition
or instance, as the members of
iso of William n. Grace & Co..
ias for years been the leader in
ce between the United States and
t coast of South America, lead to
Lilroad 'expansion, to the const rue
telegraph and telephone systems
some parts of the country to ir
For this reason, there should be
a constant demand for nianufac
•mmodites. and there is not a man*
-d article of the kind necessary
full development of South Ainer
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AT
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ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 12th, 1015
Pupils for ths following classes can pe registered beginning Tuesday,
January 5th
Tuesdays and Fridays, agea $ to 12 years, Hours 3:30 to 4:30 p. m.
Terms $4.00 per month.
Wednesdays, advanced classes in modem dances.
Ages 10 to 16 yeara. Hours 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Terms $2.00 per month
Each Pupil Will Receive Personal Attention From Miss
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ARRESTED FOR FORGERY,
MAN CONFESSES TO MURDER
Paul Williams, Arrested in Anniston for Trying to Forge Check
. Admits He is Escaped Convict and That He Had -
■ Served Part of Thirty-Year Sentence for
Murder in Oklahoma
t _
Anniston. January 3.— (Special.)—An
effort to secure a new suit of clothes
Saturday morning from the Globe
Clothing company without basing to
pay for it will probably cost Paul Wil
liams. a respectable looking white
man, about 25 years of age. 30 years
^ of his life. Williams purchased some
clothing from R. Hertz, the proprietor
of the Globe, and wrote out a check,
signing the name of John D. Jones
. to it in payment.
The check proved a forgery and I
when arrested and questioned by Chief
of Police T^on Phillips. Williams ad
mitted that his name was not Jones
and that he was wanted in McAlister,
Okla.. having escaped from the pen
itentiary where he was serving a 30
year sentence for murder. The warden
of the penitentiary at McAlister was
■ communicated with by wire and ho cor
I i oborated Williams* statement an
asked that he he held for the Oklahoma
authorities.
Williams went to the clothing Etor,
Saturday morning and selected a suil
of clothing wiiich he put on, leaving
ms old suit in the store, sayinjr ht
would call for It later. 11,. aski d for n
check on the Oxford National bank
saving that his name was .Tones and
that he lived in O <' A r m a ri v 111 Mr
Hertz accepted the oheek. Untcr. tow
ever, he went to the phone and called
1‘ rank l.eigh, manager of the Oxford
hank, and asked him If John I> .lone-c
I heck was good for ISO. Mr. l.eigh in
‘on™* The cheek was good
Williams whs overtaken as ip. was
leaving the city.
Williams finally admitted that his
name was Paul Williams and that h.
was from Oklahoma. Upon further ex
amination by the chief he said that
he was an escaped convict, his num
ber being 1120 In the state peniten
tiary of that state. ne also gave the
rame of the warden, R. \\\ Dick.
icn which the United States does not pro
• duce.
5 A Study in Geography
One of the revelations made to thos<
, who have recently been studying the geog
raphy of South America is a real
isation of the fact that the east coast *o]
the United States is approximately upon e
, parallel of longitude which touches upor
, the west coast of South America. A mori
accurate statement than this is one which
described the eightieth degree of longi
tude. That imaginary line bisects Erie
Pa, and Charleston, S. C., and passe.*
almost exactly through the center of the
Panama canal. It is a little west of the
Pacific coast of South America. This, ol
course, indicates that much the greater
part of our early commerce by way ol
the Panama canal will be with the South
American countries which border the Pa
cific ocean.
These countries in the aggregate have
been furnishing a very large yearly trade.
Two years ago. the money value of this
aggregate trade was a little under $800,
000,000. When it is borne in mind that in
the year 1900 this trade amounted only to
about $*50,000,000. then there can be good
understanding of the rapidity of its
growth. The I'nited States did not get
one-half of this trade. It was only a
little over one-third which we secured.
The opening of the Panama canal should,
in the opinion of nil of those Who have
studied the question, speedily increase
our proportionate share of this trade un
til it amounts to considerably more than
one-half.
We Must Help
If we are to gain increases in our .South
Amercan trade we must be prepared to
assist the financing of this trade. That is
understood to be the chief reason which
has led the United States government to
invite representatives from all the coun
tries south of us to a Pan-American con
vention. This invitation would not have
been issued had it not been learned in
formally that it would he cordially ac
cepted.
Ii is sometimes spoken of beer a* a
wonderful coincidence that the Panama
tana! should have been opened to naviga
tion almost simultaneously in point of
tlm** with the outbreak of war upon the
continent of Europe. Germany's com
merce with South America—which was
very large—is now suspended, and many
years must pass before any part of It
can be regained. The other commercial
nations of Europe can do little more than
hold such trade with South America as
they formerly possessed, and they will do
exceedingly well If they hold that. But
there is inevitably to be a great South
American demand for commodities of all
kinds, especially from the nations upon
the west coast. The Panama canal will
make It easy for us to meet these demands
provided the opportunity is wisely ac
cepted.
There are still many questions which
must be answered before there can be as
surance that the construction of the canal
Is to be followed by the glowing results
v iiich those who conceived and who built
it predicted. Tt is and must remain for i
sometime something of an experiment.
That is due to the fact that in the South
American nations there must be very j
great development of natural resources
before the best results of Panama c anal '
navigation are secured. The late C. P.
Huntington used to say that if a eanai
were built large enough to float ocean
steamships which connected the Atlantic
with the Pacific It would at nrst resem
bl \ from the economic point of view, the
constructive work which was done with
courage ami hope by the men of capital j
who built our railroad systems from the
Mississippi and then from the Missouri
river westerly and southwesterly. Thou
sands of miles of this railway ’ construc
tion were through uninhabited regions.
Development was the thing which this
capital relied upon for returns upon the
Investment.
.'iil I ions of acres in South American
countries wonderfully rich in natural re
souices and possibilities await develop
in' nt. If the inlluence of the Panama
canal is all that is expected, there should
be. relatively speaking, as speedy a de
velopment of these natural resources as
then- was of resources of the uninhabited
prairies and of the mineral regions of the
f »r west which speedily followed railway
construction.
Carmichael Arrested
I Dothan, January 2.—(Special.)—Da
vid Carmichael was arrested hate to
day on a warrant charging murder,
sworn out by W. F.» Collins of Dalo
county, father-in-law of H. H. De
shazo, a Dothan policeman, who was
shot and killed several weeks ago In
a store In this city near the Coast Line
station by D. G. Carmichael, David's
father. D. G. Carmichael has been con
fined in the county jail here since the
night of the killing.
U. S. Treasury Statement
Washington, January 3.—The condi
tion of the United .States treasury at
the beginning of business yesterday
was: Xet balance in general fulid, $C4,
002,788; total receipts, ft,683,907; total
payment, 84,708,83s; the deficit this fis
cal year Is 865,358,773 against a deficit
of $17,366,436 last year, exclusive of
Panama canal and public debt tians
DCtions.
Janies Bonner Shot by Brew
er \ ann. Well Known
Dothan Citizen
Dothan, January s. — (Special.)
James Bonner, a member of the Doth
an fire department, teas accidentally
shot and painfully but not seriously In
jured at the fire station tonight about
i JO o’clock by Brewer Vann, a well
known young man of this city. A load
of hlrdshot struck Bonner in tin face
ami right shoulder.
\ ann. with members of the fire da
partment, was playing In the rear par,
of the station near a stove. Bonner was
sitting ip a ohair. Vann, it is stated,
walked into a closet about 10 feet away
where he noticed a shotgun.• Picking it
up ho said, ■ 1 am going to cock both
barrels and blow your head off." With
out aiming lie pulled a trigger. To his
lioiror 1 lie gun was loaded and was
discharged, tip- load striking Bonner
Dothan, January 8.—(Special. i—H, E
in Am''“i'. former assistant cashier of
the Third National hank of Dothan hut
recently assistant cashier of «Bank
of Hartford, has been elected cashier
of tlie Dothan - Mortgage and Trust
company, succeeding B. J (jrant re
signed.
Fred Thomas, secretary of the South
east Alabama Fair association of iioth
an. lias been elected and licensed as
up official starter by the National Trot
ting association. Mr. Thomas acted for
the first time as starter at the New
'car’s matinee races held here Fri
da\ afternoon. The races were very
successful, a large crowd attending.
B. ’’. Pel-kins of the Perkins Cosh
Orocery store of Dothan lias filed a
voluntary petition In bankruptcy in the
federal court here. Mr. Perkins gives
Ins liabilities as *4002.50. His assets
are ^given as a stock of goods valued
at J.iOO and one wagon valued at *15, alt
of which la claimed os exempt.
William W. Wilson, n Coffee county
larmer living near Enterprise. ha«
tiled a voluntary petition In bankruptcy
in the federal court here. His ’labil
ities are given as *1813.40, All of his
assets are claimed to be covered bv
mortga ge.
Houston county schools will observe
good roads day, Friday. January 15.
County Superintendent of Education
John M. Odom Is sending out bulletins
on the subject received from the stale
department of education to a’l the
teachers of the county and Making their
aid and co-operation in making the
day successful and in carrying out the
idea of the occasion.
STAIGER ON $10,000
BAIL AWAITING
REVIEW OF CASE
Hattiesburg. Miss.. January 3.—(Special.)
Released on a 310,000 bond after being
confined In the Forrest county jail since
las: May on the charge of murder. Joseph
Staiger, former Insurance adjuster and
well known throughout the county, to
day is enjoying the first lilt of open air
freedom he has experienced for more than
seven months.
Staiger will remain on bond until the
Mississippi supreme court reviews tbe
case and decides whether the life sen
tence Imposed by the circuit court of
this district, some months ago. shall
sto nd.
He was tried and convicted of murder
ing A. P. Miller, bookkeeper for the C.
H. Armbreeht I.umber company, in the
company's office last May. Miller was
allot through the head on May 37 and
died In the Hattiesburg hospital the next
day The trial and conviction of Staiger
evoked widespread Interest, owing to the
prominence of every
Huntsville. January 3.—(Special.) i
Sheriff-elect Robert Phillips will as
sume the duties of the office of sheriff 1
if Madison county January IS. Judgi
*• Morgan Stewart, present office depu- ‘
y for Sheriff Hereford, will remain in i
lie same capacity witli Sheriff Phillips, i
-amnio Bates will bechief deputy. Other I
ippointments have not been announced. '
Pension warrants for the present ‘
luarter are being paid out at the pro- 1
•ate office here. The number of war- *
ants received this lime Is about 109 s
hort of the last quarter, owing to the t
■ctlvltles of the pension examiners. Of '
he 100 men who have been cut off this 1
luarter, those who establish proof of ‘
ervlce to the Confederacy will get back c
'ayments th*t have accumulated. a
Mrs. Lillian S. Orr of Birmingham, t
he only woman appointed by the gov- r
rnor of Alabama on the Belgian re- '
ief state comnTIttee, addressed a largo 1
udience here yesterday after being in
reduced by Hon. Lawrence Cooper. Mrs. c
>rr urged all local committees to get
ogether in the work and conduct a r
Igorous campaign for money, provis- 1
ons and clothing. She stated that no s
noney would be sent directly to Bel- c
rium because money Is practically val
leless there.
The Are department records show that
hre were nine runs during the month n
f December and the aggregate losses
f the month do not exceed 33000. n
J 4 ... . .
Think Russian Counter Ag
gression Has Been Utter
ly Shattered
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Berlin. January S.—<Ry wireless.)
"The sitantlon In the east is consid
ered by military orlties to be steadily
■' Improving," said an official press bu
reau statement today. "They believe
the Russian counter offensive In Qallcia
lias been utterly shattered, for the time
at least. Events in the east, however,
have so frequently brought surprises
that predictions cannot safely he made.
"The smaller amount of space given
by the newspapers to the western war
apparently indicates a reeling that Po
land still Is the central point of inter
est. and that tile struggle in tile west
lias settled down into a monotonous
endurance test.
"The newspapers profess to have in
formation that t lie English, in their
recent raid on Cuxhaven, did absolute
ly no damage. It is believed tour Eng
lish aeroplanes were lost, the cruiser
Arethusa badly damaged and another
cruiser somewhat damaged by German
shells. It is believed also that two Brit
ish torpsdo boat destroyers were dam
aged.
"The Tanine ta Constantinople news
paper) publishes an interview with the
Gernmn field marshal Von der Goltz,
military cammandanl of Constantinople
and acting Turkish minister of war.
expressing confidence over the outlook
for Turkey. Field Marshal Von Der
Goltz declares the Turkish army bar
made great progress since bis last visit
to Constantinople.
"The official publication of the Ger
man Socialist Trade union, the greatest
Workmen's association, reviewing the
y ear 111 14, say s:
" 'We know we have to hold out. and
we sliull do so. Our confidence Is based
not only on the strength of the army
but also on the love of country that
unites all Germans. If the war keep?
on Tor years it merely will forge the
nation into more united solidarity.
Athens, January 3.- iSpecial ■ Hie
news of the sudden deuth of Judge Dan
W Speak, presiding judge of the oil -
cuit in which Athens Is located, was r -
ceived here (his morning, lie was t i
liave opened court here in I lie morning,
the regular winter term, tils deatn
came us a surprise and a shock o the
many friends of the distinguished jur
ist in this community.
Judge Speak was quite popuh i hern
and had a wide circle of admiring
friends who sorrow over Ills sudden
and untimely death, lie was the third
Speak to have presided over the court?
of this county and circuit. Ills elder
brother, II. Clay Speak. Paul .Speak,
the son of H. Clay, an.I the deceased.
They all had firm and steadfast friends
here who were devoted to them.
The question of ills successor is now
being discussed. Whether the governor
will make the appointment or tin in
coming governor. Charles Hendt -vami, is
a question. It is probable that Judg.
O. Kyle, formerly Judge of this dis
trict, may be an applicant for tile p.lact.
If so. he will find a hearty support
in this county, which he carried In tin
primary in which Judge Speak tlefeai
eil him by a small vote in the circuit.
RUSSIANS RENEW
STUBBORN ATTACK
Petrograd, January 3.— (Via London )
Having fortified themselves along the 1
line through Sochaozew, Skiernh wit-1
Hawa and Opoczno, Russian Poland, tin 1
Germans again have renewed simul- 1
taneous stubborn attacks to the south k
and west of Warsaw. They have on- (
deavored to cross the Vistula near f
Czerwinsk, evidently designii.g a
movement against Nowo Georglewsk.
in the south, near Gritzy, they attemj) - [
*'d an advance toward the Vistula, in *
Hie region midway between Warsaw 1
and Ivangorod.
The German plan, according to dis- s
patches from the front, seems to pro- j
vide that the Austro-Gorman forces j
near Konskie and moving in the gen- n
eral direction of Radiom and Ivan- .
gorod. join the Germans around Groit
2y in besieging Ivangorod.
AJiiitary men here now believe Field
Marsha] Von Himlenburgs real goal
is not so much Warsaw, whoso capture
would give him only a moral advant
age, as Nowo Georglewsk and Jvango
rod, points which the Germans must
take if they are to keep Western Pol
and. it is assured, however, that the
Germans still are 6<> or TO miles f'ronr>
Ivangorod and that every day the nrob
ability of taking these places is les
sened. Although general opinbn is
that neither can be taken, the Russians
do not depreciate the perfection of the
German technique and fierceness of at
tack, or the effect of the Germans’
heavy artillery mow in action in Poland.
PRINCE A “REGULAR FELLOW”
Voung Wales la Making a Good Show
ing at the Front
betters from the front are rigorously
censored, and the names of places where
events occur must not be given, says l.es-i
le’s Weekly. An interesting story has
!>een printed of how the letters of the
Prince of Wales to Ills mother were
ipened by the censor and subjected to
he regular Inspection, ft is reasonably
certain, however, that when the censor
tot to the signature he suddenly decided
hat the letters were all right.
The prince, by the way, is said to he
leveloplng into a "regular fellow" at the >
ront. Physically he is not impressive,
ind he looks much younger than his I'O
ears, but he Is said to have a lot of
iplrlt and takes his military duties scrl
>usly. He is attached to the staffs of
arlous generals in rotation In order that
le may got as much experience as pos
ilble. This experience, even If he is not
lermltted to Join In any forlorn hopes
•r lead any Infantry rushes, will do him
i world of good.
The old days when kings were what
he title originally Indicated, the strong
nen of their clans, which they led to
car, are gone never to return, hut prac
Ical contact with men and affairs us a
aptain on the staff of a capable general
a such a war as this cannot but have a
leveloplng effect on a royal youth.
There Is one king, though, who Is the
trong man of his kingdom—Albert of
ielglum. He Is no carpet knight, hut a
eldfer and a king In the highest sense
it the word.
He Had
’rom the Boston Transcript.
"Have you ever thought seriously of
carriage, sir?"
“Indeed 1 have; ever since the rere
nony."
BALKAN STATES CONTINUE
| TO MAKE READY FOR WAF
Steps to Insure Bulgarian Neutrality and Expect Understand
ing in the Balk..\ns Apparently Have Not Been Sue
cessful—Greek Government Active
London. January 3.—t 7:50 p. m.>
Persevering steps which have b«-n
1 akcTi to effect an understanding he
tween the Christian Balkan states anil
to insure Bulgarian neutrality, appar
ently have not met with complete suc
cess, according to dispatches from the
near eastern capitals and Bulgaria.
Greece, Scrvla and Koumnnin still an
preparing for eventualities.
During a discussion of tlic budget
in the Greek Chamber of Deputies. M.
Theokotis is reported to have declared
the speech recently delivered by tin
Bulgarian premier regarding Mace
donia. which Bulgaria considered
should have been given her after the
last Balkan war, constituted a menace,
while the Greek minister of finance
said Greece was making urgent mill- i
tary preparations to maintain her lib
orated territory.
Another dispatch from Athens sa>s
the Greek government has forbiddet
exportation of cereals, flour, cattle, fi -
ag» and arms.
Shhuld Bulgaria. contrar,\ to expec
tations. attack Servia with the object
of recovering Macedonia. Greece, by hej
treaty obl’gtttions. would, it is thought
here, come » the assistance of Servia.
and the Balk-tn peninsula would he in
the throes of third war.
Turkey apparently experts trouble
as t o Ottoman government has ex
pelled the stibjects of all neutral coun
tries from the Dardavielles.
In Albania the revolution is said to
be spreading and the Italians, who oc
cupied the seaport of Avlona, hnv< sent
a battleship to iMirano to protect Ital
ian interests at the Albanian port.
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Local Contract Leads—Rail
roads Negotiating: For
Large Orders
New i oi’k, January 3.—The ate.'
companies derived considerable satis
l act ion last week with negotiations foi
the railroads for rail, track sup pile.'
and plain material for repair work. On*
contract for 38,000 tons of rails was
placed. Ohio railroads purchased 15.00'’
tons of rails at prices ranging fron
$1.50 to $2 per ton less than asked b>
domestic mills. Bids were taken or
460o tons for the Bosto nnnd Al>mn\
4500 tons for th»* Boston and Alban>
tario and Western and on 20,4)00 tons
for the New Haven.
Other negotiations in the east in
clude 40,000 tons for the Philadelphia
end Heading. 60,000 tons for the Penn
sylvania. 40,000 t>»Hs for tlie Baltimore
and Ohio, 40,000 for the New York Cen
tral and 10,00 for the Boston and
Maine. Several large western roads
are also in the market for round ton
nages. The Lake Shore was buying
plates, shapes and bars, the New York
Central and Hi-' Wheeling and Uike
J.Crie bought railroad spikes, while the
New York. Chicago and SI. lgmis or
dered 15 locomotives.
Manufacturing industries were more
actively in the market for bars, plates
Mini shapes for shipment over the first
quarter and first half of 1015. Cat
shops. locomotive builders and ship
yards also placed some contracts for
plates and shapes. The more active
buying encouraged the steel companies
to advance bars, plates and shapes $i
per ton at the close of the year, $1.10
Pittsburg now being- asked for ship
ment over the first quarter an 1 $l.ly
lor shipment over the first, half of this
rear.
Steel building work was again light
>ut orders for manufacturing plant ex
eiis|ons were more encouraging. The
trlncipal orders included 1500 tents of
diapes and 2000 tons of expanded bars
or cotton warehouses at New Orleans,
1800 tons for a pipe line in Oregon and
•too tons for a pump station at Cleve
and.
NESTOR WILMART
ESCAPES PRISON
Paris, January 3.—(5:45 p. m.)—Nes
or Wilmart, former bankers, railroad
nan. newspaper proprietor anti sports
man, has escaped from St. Gilles prison
t Brussels, where he was serving a
entence for financial irregularities, ac
ording to a dispatch from Basel. Switg
rland.
Nestor Wilmart was sentenced last
illy to 10 years’ imprisonenient after
onviction at Brussels on a. charge of
windling the public out of $3,400,000
y over issuing shares In the Gheut
’erneusen railway In 1912. The rail
ray was privately owned and Wilmart’s
peratlons placed a number of small
anks in difficulties. He disappeared in
912 and after a world-wide search was
rrested at Rheims, France. I
LONDON OBSERVES
ij INTERCESSION DAY
Special Prayers Offered For
Success of the Allied
Arms
London, January 3.—(3:37 p. m.)—Large
congregations who crowded lamdon
churches today for observance of lnteroes
sl"n Bay offered special prayers for suc
cess of the allied arms and in remem
brance of those who hove fallen.
Four services were held at St. Paul's
cathedral. The first at 8 a. m. was con
ducted by the Right Rev. Arthur Ingram,
bishop of London. The great cathedral
y was thronged throughout the day. West
minster Abbey also bad a large attend
ance. The sermon there was by Arch
deacon Wilberforoe.
At all the Church of Rutland's places of
worship a special form service, sanctioned
by the archbishops of Canterbury and
York, was used. At Westminster cathed
ral hundreds took part In the special
nu.ss provided by the missal for use in
war time.
Similar services also were held through
out the British isles and In the overseas
d< minions.
Rome. January 3.—t2;J0 p. m » special
prayers were said toda\ in all Rnglish
chi relies in Italy for the ultimate victory
of the allies, in the chape! of the Rng
liib college, Cardinal Gasquet and the new
British minister to the Vatican. Sir Henry
Howard, were among those participating
in the communion service.
No member of the British embassy to
the quirlnal. however, was present at any
service. It also was remarked that the
rector and vice lector of the Irish college
did not participate in the service nor at
tend the reception given by Bardina! Ban
quet in honor of Sir Henry Howard.
PERCY ILLINGWORTH
IS DEAD IN ENGLAND!
London. January 3.— (3:00 p. ni.)
Percy Holden llllngwcrth, chief liberal
whip in the House of Commons and par
liamentary secretary to the treasury,
died today of typhoid fever, lie was
born at Bradford in 18G9
Mr. Illingworth served In the South
j African war with the Yorkshire Yeo
manry. He was appointed chief liberal
whip in 1812. succeeding Lord Murra;.
I of Fllbank.
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FOR SALE-BARGAIN
Rolling Mill and Machine Shop
The rolling mill and machine shop formerly owned by (he Bullard Company
is now offered for sale at a great bargain. Twenty tons per day capacity of
mill. Location ideal. For further Information, terms, etc., apply to or write
Jefferson County Savings Bank
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
25% Reduction Sale
Starts This Morning
Everything In Store Reduced. Nothing Reserved
This is a clearance sale of our own fresh, regular stock—goods you
know and are accustomed to buying and wearing. We invite you to
come early and select what you want in the stock at 25 per cent off
usual prices.
25 Per Cent Off On These Goods
Gloves .•.. $1.50 to $3.00 Handkerchiefs .10c to $1.00
Neckwear .50c to $3.50 Sweaters . $3.00 to $7.50
Socks.25c to $2.00 Fancy Vests.$3.00 to $7.50
Underwear, per garment.. $1.00 to $2.50 _ x .. , . , _ .
TT . ... J, mn.. . * „ Overcoats, Mackinaws and Rain
Ha,ts, soft and stiff.$3.00 to $6.00 COfttg.$7.50 to $35.00
?hirts ..;•••••.5150 t0 $5-00 Leather Goods, including Traveling Oases,
Suspenders and Supporters... 25c to $2.00 Suit Cases, Bags. Collar Bags, etc., 25 '
Night Shirts and Pajamas... ,50c to $5.00 per cent off regular prices.
Men, This Is Your Best Chance to Save. Come,
Supply Your Needs
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Yeatman-Baugh Co.
Brown-Marx Bldg.
JNO. T. YEATMAN J. D. BAUGH
*v .
j Desire to Await London's
| Reopen ins This W eek
Adds to Stagnation
New York. January .1 Last week's stock
market was excessively dull. Prlw limits
aro fixed by official minltnums in one
direction; in the other pressure is encoun
tered for reduction of bank loans, hero
and In London. Absence of forced foreign
selling and steady, although restricted, in
vestment demand open a way to readjust
in'nt or possible removal of estab
lished prio restrictions. Desire to
await London's reopening this week added
to the stagnatoti.
Washington's protest against Hrltlsh
treatment of merchant shipping weighed
on sentiment Satisfactory progress In
export trade is shown by December fu
tures, cotton shipments rising over those
of last December. Weakness of foreign
exchange confirmed the Improved condi
tion. Reimport of gold from Ottawa came
under discussion. Swelling merchandise
exports, the past year’s heavy gold ex
ports. prearranged for interest and divi
dend payments abroad a ml abundance of
floating money supplies in London, due to
government credit measures, all contrib
uted to relaxation in the various exchange
markets. In the credits secured in lx>ndou
by England's allies seem to be partly
diverted by expenditure for supplies in
this country Meanwhile additional ru
mors of foreign loans by our bankers,
including negotiations with Russia, form
the basts of interesting conjecture.
Substantial increase in December In
(Hied steel orders is Indicated by current
returns. Prices for certain finished prod
ucts have hardened. Release of further
orders held for the turn of the year is
expected shortly. Monetary case in the
loon market was unaffected by year-end
needs and the clearing house institutions
begin the new vai with unusually large
re* erve.
POPE W ORKING TO
EXCHANGE PRISONERS
Home, January 3.—(12:33 p. m.)—in
addition to the cordial replies of Km
peror William and King Heorge prom
ising: assistance In arranging for ex
change of prisoners incapable of fur
I ther lighting, I’ope Benedict has re
ceived other satisfactory answeta from
belligerent powers to I.is ropiesl for
sttclt exchange. It is hoped that during
January arrangements will he made fu>
the return to their homes of n large
number of wounded prisoners.
The details under discussion propose
that some of the prisoners he exchang'eii
through Holland and others Ihruttgh the
Scandinavian countries, Switzerland
atnl ltalj
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“Railroad Rube" Among l ilipinos
Prom the Louisville Courier-Journal.
'I’hc bureau of agriculture in the Phil
ippines has adopted the plan, familiar in
jthe I’nited Staten, of sending a car from
place t" place over a railway system,
specially fitted out for exhibitions, dem
onstrations mid lectures on agricultural
subjects. In the states this sort of ca*
joculail> has been called ' the railroad
Rube."
During a month's trip over the Manila
railway stops wen made ut M towns
and In spite of unfavorable weather the
car was visited by over 12.000 persons,
while more than GOflO attended the night
ly Illustrated lectures. Improved seeds
and a large amount of agricultural lit
eruture were distributed.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A