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FATHER COYLE ON
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Preaches St. Patrick’s Day
Sermon at West End
CONDEMNS ENGLISH
Refers to “Chains of Slavery” in
Which Ireland Is Held—Specu
lates of What Will Result
From Present War
In the Blessed Sacrament parish.
West End, St. Patrick's Day was im
pressively observed. At the Blessed
Sacrament church there was solemn
high mass at 9:SO o’clock, with the Rev.
Father Turner as#celibrant, the Rev.
Father McQuillen as deacon, the Rev.
Father O’Kelly as subdeacon, and the
Rev. Father McCormack as master of
ceremonies.
The Rev. Father Coyle, pastor of St.
Paul's church, was the preacher. He
delivered a discourse on "Ireland's
""Pay.-’ He said:
Father l oylcs Address
“Today all over the earth the hearts
of the sons and daughters of tho nea
divlded Gael turn with love and with
longing 10 a dear little island washed
by Atlantic's vjpves. Many hearts to
day are homesick for Irelands hills
and valleys, for hawthorn hedges arid
for hazel glens, for haunted rathe and
ruined castles, for ivy-clad cloisters
and pillar towers standing sentinel In
hallowed graveyards where lie tile dust
of Ireland's patriot dead. Yes, today
from deep Canadian woods, from busy
American marts of trade, from India's
jungles, from African veldt an-1 Aus
tralian bush, from the fleets bombard
ing the strongholds of the Turk and
from the trenches of France and Flan
ders. Irish hearts are turning with love
and loyalty to that dear land whence
spring our scattered rare. ‘God save
Ireland' is on every lip, and ‘God save
Ireland' is breathed in every heart, and
we today, as is fitting, in this city
of the southland, join the millions of
our exiles all over the earth and we,
too, beg tlie lord to bless and prosper
ihe dear old land.
“And why today this world-wide out
pouring of love and longing? Oh, to
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tiny the Irish race celebrate the feat
day of him to whom, under God, Ire
i land owes the most. Today is St. Pat*
licks Day and the virtues are record
t d and the praises are sung of that
man of God who nigh 1500 years ago
brought the light of the gospel to the
Irish. Today the descendants of those
who heard Patrick pr*ach in that lorg
ego. holding the same true faith re
call his wonderful work in the evan
gelization of Ireland and recall, too.
with pride the wonderful story of all
tho duya since then. With pride thej
recall the glorious memories of the
days immediately succeeding Patrick's
preaching when Ireland was the light
< f Europe, the . island of saints and
scholars and missionaries. Sad memor
ies, too. arise of tho bitter persecu
tion In later days by Dane and .Saxon.
Proud memories also there be of the
loyalty and steadfastness of our fath
ers in dark and evil days when amidst
persecutions unparalleled in the his
tory of any nation, they kept pure and
unsullied and untarnished Irish lionot
and the Catholic faith Patrick prcuched
at Tara on the Eastern morning of the
year of our Lord, LP’.
"Yes. today, all over the earth is told
the story, that told each year on this
our saint’s day, Is ever ancient, ever
new. the story of St. Patrick’s won
derful mission. How sent from Home
by (’destine, the reigning pontiff, lie
came and won for Christ the island
in the western sea. How he traveled
the land north, south and east and
west, and everywhere destroyed druid
ical worship and replaced false tem
ples with churches, monasteries and
convents. How he found the land
pagan and left it universally Catholic.
Land School of Learning
“And then succeeded the wonderful
diiys when the island was one vast
school of sanctity and learning, a land
where when the old Roman empire was
being: dismembered by the northern
tribes that swept over her borders and
seized her provinces and even thun •
e’ered at the walls of Rome, kept alight
the lump of faith and science and then
brought the faith and learning to all
the newly formed nations fivrn the
sunny shores of south Italy to the
bleak Scandinavian fiords, from the
Hebrides of west Scotland to the banks
of the Danube. That history you
know. H is written in the annals of
Ireland, in the annals of Europe, in the
annals of civilization, in the annals
of the Catholic faith.
“Ah. then succeeded the days of trial
and storm. Sea rovers came from Scan
dinavia and plundered the peaceful
sanctuaries of Ireland’s scholars and
saints and brought havoc to the fairest
portion of the land even till Brian
Born, in the battle of Contarf on Good
Friday of 10H, defeated and expelled
them from the land forever.
The danes were expelled, but soon after
came a. craftier foe. In an evil hour the
English crossed the Irish son and Ire
land's long crucifixion began. We w ill not
dwell on unpleasant topics today, on the
srri blood-stained history of the land
rrom 1172 to this present time. Suffice it
to say that the treatment of Ireland is
'the blodiest picture on the book of time.'
"England, having bartered its faith for
a mass of pottage at the bidding of a
tyrant who saw the ’gospel light flash
firr.t from Boleyn’s eyes,’ used art, force,
torture, bribery and flattery to destroy
Irish nationality and Irish faith. That na
tion, that today in hypocritical horyor
is bewailing the violation by Germany
of a treaty, broke again and again
treaties with the Irish. That nation, that
today is proclaiming a brave and cultured
foe a nation of barbarians and Huns be
cause some towns and churches came
within range of their cannon, ruthlessly
and wantonly and without military neces
sity destroyed and sacked and plundered
our monasteries and convents and schools,
expelled the priest and school master
from the land, made the mass a crime
ami the profession of Catholicity cause
for death. Oh! the horrors of penal days!
"When godless persecution reigned—when
They bribed the flock and bribed the
son,
i To sell the priest and rob the sire,
j And dogs were taught alike to run
j Upon the scent of wrolf and friar.
"But vain all the persecution and brib
ery. The penal days have passed awav
arid we hold still pure and untarnished
our Irish honor and our Catholic faith.
"Greece fought, at length her great heart
burst,
Her spirit quailed before the foe.
Poland, the mightiest and the first,
Surrendered at the triple blow.
But Ireland ten times dared the worst.
And England never laid her low\
"The scoffer may say, ‘But, why if the
Catholic faith be the true faith, why tliis
long crucifixion of the Irish people? We
may answer in the words of Holy Writ,
‘Who hath knowm the mind of the Lord,
or who hath been His councillor,’ or yet
again, "*God chastiseth whom He loveth.
T’ut, indeed, a great Irish writer lately
passed away, Canon Sheehan, gives a
reason and who will gainsay It? He says
that the reason why when England’s
power was spreading all over the earth
and the. beat of the British drum was
heard in every land, the Irish people
oppressed and downstrodden by unjust
laws were forced to seek liberty and free
dom denied at borne in newly formed
colonies, the reason was because they
held in these days* of the new dispensa
tion the place held by the Jewish people
of Old Testament times, they are now
the chosen people of God, destined to
bring the knowledge of faith to foreign
shores. Is it not plausible—that reason
ing of Father Sheehan’s? Cardinal Man
ning. after the Council of the Vatican
in 1870, remarked that of all the bishops
present no saint bad so many mitred
st.ra at that great gathering as St. Pat
rick, the apostle of Ireland.
"And what of the future? Who can
say? God has not revealed. Shall the
crucifixion still continue, or shall we
see as a result of the present Titanic
struggle In the old world, England’s power
and might wane and fade
"- her navies melt away
On dune and headland sink, her fire
And all her pomp of yesterday
Be one with Nineveh and Tyre.
And the old land prosperous. Independ
ent, free. Wo know not, but this wre
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A Feature of the Services
The music was a feature. The mass
w'-is composed by one of the Sisters of
Perpetual Adoration. West End convent,
and was well rendered by the choir. At
the conclusion of the ceremonies the
lymn, “Faith of Our Father,” was sung
by the choir and the school children in
a 1 hnpresflve manner.
At S p. m. in the* convent auditorium a
thoroughly Irish entertainment was given
> by the children of the school. The music,
songs, recitations and drills were all Irish
and were thoroughly enjoyed by a large
and appreciative audience.
PRESIDENT DENNY
OF UNIVERSITY IS
ANOTHER WITNESS I
TO HOLD HIS OWN]
(Continued from Page One)
tered, scored three distinct victories dur-.
fng the day. Frank S. 'White, Jr., testi
fied that D. S. Simpson, former personal
secretary to Governor O'Neal, prior to
his testimony that he had never been in
structed not to charge personal telegrams
<>f the governor to the state, had declared
to the governor in the hearing of the
witness, that he, the governor, had in
structed the secretaries to have personal
messages charged to his personal account.
.1. II. Barr, chairman of the hoard of
directors of the First National hank, tes
tilied that whereas the Spanish war fund
when transferred to the account of "Km
met O'Neal, governor,” was something
more than $20,u00, when the account was
transferred to “Charles Ifenderson, gov
ernor,” it amounted to more than $24,000.
The evidence of Dr. Denny tended to
prove that the governor had secured the
money with which to pay interest on out
standing obligations of the state from
worthy sources, and not from the liquor
interests or the railroad Interests, as
had been insinuated by witnesses who
swore in Montgomery.
DR. DENNY AND MEMBERS
STRIKE SOME SPARKS
If there was any situation developed
yesterday which was even slightly elec
trified it was that in which the commit
tee took exception from what It consid
ered the brusque manner of Dr. Denny,
and Dr. Denny took exception from what
lie considered insinuating interrogations
prop* unded by certain members of the
committee.
From questions asked. Dr. Denny
readied the conclusion that the commit
tee was under the Impression that in the
loan by the university of its endowment
fund of $27.500—a fund which could be
loaned only to a state or the federal
government—something unsavory or sin
ister had occurred. "By his manner he re
sented what he thought was an insinua
tion. and for a time the audience, which
Hlled the chamber, was thrilled by rapid
passages of more or less rancorous if
Indirect personal criticism. To the spec
tators the president seemed to bear his
side of the conflict gallantly, for when
he concluded he was complimented by a
boisterous round of appltwiffe. The tem
porarily unpleasant phases of the inci
dent were ultimately smiled away by all
its creators.
Deeply interesting were the apparent ef
forts of Colonel Stalling^ to avoid a dis
cussion of the Banner mine contract, in
which, because of his interest in the
O’Neal administration, he was concerned
at the time of its consideration. The wit
ness admitted that he had criticized in
writing the contract, but did not state
unequivocally 'that he had represented to
the governor that a more advantageous
contract could be procured from the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Kail road company. |
Another interesting feature of the day’s
session was the testimony of the profes
sors of the negro normal school at
Normal. One of them, fpllowing his tes
timony. asked to be refunded his rail
road transportation, and was evidently
crestfallen when informed that the state
was not paying the expense accounts of
witnesses called—it matters not from
where.
The session in detail follows:
The Session in Detail
Thomas Hopkins, cashier of the First
National bank, was the first witness,
when he was asked regarding how the
state had managed to pay its interest on
money borrowed, lie declared that lie
knew nothing regarding that matter, as
W. P. U. Harding, then president of
the bank, had attended to that business
personally. He stated, in reply to another
question, that the Spanish war fund was
on deposit at the bank, but that concern
ing it he could give no Information.
The second witness was Sydenham
Moore, associate member of the Jeffer
son county excise commission. Mr. Moore
was questioned by the members of the
committee, who had an object. It seemed,
of causing the impression that the law
regarding the sale of whisky was general
ly violated In Birmingham. Mr. Moore’s
testimony was in the main identical with
that, of Chairman Agee on the day before.
He said his salary was J260 per month,
that he did not give his entire time to
the office hut visited It every day, and
that In his opinion, the excise commis
sion was essential to the enforcement of
the law.
Differs With Agee
He stated that he and Mr. Wilkerson,
his associate, had opposed the Idea of
the commission Joining Imnds with the
Law Enforcement League of Jefferson
County, hut that Mr. Agee was apparently
In favor of that league. He said that
there had been differences between Mr.
Agee and him regarding minor matters
affecting the commission, and mentioned
that wlille Mr. Agee had employed the
law firm of Frank S. White & Sons, he
did not think that the commission should
ho forced to pay that firm its fee of
$1000.
He said that Detective South had not
been dismissed because he declined to
vote for a certain candidate for governor,
and stated that his dismissal grew out
of the fact that the associate members
were desirous that the commission elim
inate the detective business.
Ho testified that in his opinion, the sur
plus In the hands of the commission
should be refunded to the whisky dealers.
Much of the remainder of his testimony
regarded local conditions.
Spanish War Fund
J. H. Barr of the First National bank
testified regarding the Spanish war fund.
That fund, he said, amounted to over
$f»,o00 when B. B. Comer was governor.
When it was transferred to Governor
O'Neal It amounted to $22,000, he said.
The fund when transferred to Governor
Henderson amounted to $24,000 and more,
he testified.
The witness could throw no light on
how the state acquired in 1914 money
with which to pay Interest on Indebted
ness.
Governor Jelks Testifies
Ex-Gov. W. D. Jelks was called. He
testified that a separate Insurance de
partment of the state should be created
and sustained In that the people pay more
for Insurance than for taxes. He said
that the state acquired from Insurance
companies about $500,000, and the com
panies which endeavor to do a clean busi
ness, should have protection—and the peo
ple, lie added, should have protection. He
argued that a separate Insurance depart
ment would prevent marauders In stocks
and spurious bonds from fleecing the peo
ple.,
Hi recommended that no insurance laws
bo passed until a practical Insurance man
had been acquired to foster them. He
suggested that the law for a separate In
surance department l[>e so worded that
the commissioner would be appointed by
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NEGRO EDUCATORS ON STAND
Top. president of institute at Nor
mal; bottom, superintendent argicul
tural department.
salary of from $3000 to $*5000, and be al
lowed two assistants.
“Stiffen Your Backs”
He testified that while he was governor
he paid Ben Conter of Washington 25 per
cent for the collection of the Spanish war
claim, that this claim was collected by
faithful work and turned over to Gov
ernor Comer.
He testified that he was not familiar
with the convict department. He said,
however, that he didn’t believe a convict
should be required to dig more than six
tons per day, and characterized as out
rageous the present plan of working the
men from 5 O'clock in the morning until
night.
He suggested the reduction of the num
ber of judges by half, and told the com
mittee to stiffen its hack and redistrict
the state. He declared the department of
examiners was necessary, fie stated,
however, that when lie was governor the
counties paid the state for the exami
nation of their books—before the present
law existed.
The governor concluded his testimony
by stating:
“You gentlemen must give us a sep
arate insurance department with a head
paid an ample salary. We want an iron
hand in insurance, and weswant to keep
it there.’’
Simpson’s Testimony Contradicted
Frank 8. White Jr., was called. He
testified that he knew I). 8. Simpson, who
had testified regarding telegrams sent by
Governor O’Neal. He told of Simpson
coming into his office Monday and finding
there Governor O’Neal.
“I heard him say,” he testified, “to
Governor O’Neal that he had been sum
moned to testify regarding telegrams, and
he added in substance that whtn the gov
ernor found out that telegrams had been
sent charged to the state the governor
told him to make the necessary correction,
that is, have them charged- to his personal
account.”
Mr. White was excused.
Massey Makes Statement
R. W. Massey made a statement to the
effect that he wlf not operating three
automobiles on two licenses. B. G. Brown,
succeeding him on the stand, said that
he had stated the day before that Mr.
Massey had operated three cars on two
licenses in 1914; that he had caused the
arrest of Mr. Massey's chauffeur and that
Mr. Massey had subsequently taken out
a third license.
Mr Massey later returned to prove, he
said, by his chauffeur that the negro had
not been arrested at the Instance of Mr.
Brow'n. He decided, however, that the
matter was a small matter and he dropped
It.
Mr. Brown staled later that he ^wished
Mi. Massey had permitted his chauffeur
to testify.
Excise Commission Called
E. Wilkerson. member of the excise
coriimission, repeated W. C. Agee's and
Sydenham Moore’s testimony regarding
the request of the Montgomery commis
sion that the expenses of a certain law
suit be prorated, and the declination of
the local commission. He testified that
the commission had paid fees to Tillman,
Bradley & Morrow and Frank S. White
& Sons for legal services. He expressed
the opinion that the suiffius of $4400 in
the hands of the commission is the prop
erty of the state of Alabama.
Ho was required to tell of “blind tiger”
rumors tfnd the efforts made by the com
mission to put the “tigeigii” out of busi
ness He stated In conclusion that he had
endeavored to keep the commission out of
politics. He testified that since the com
, mission had disposed of its detective the
relations with the local constabulary had
Improved.
W. C. Agee, chairman of the excise com
mission, was recalled to the stand. He
was asked by Senator Bonner regarding
the fly-screen doors of local saloons. Mr.
, Agee declared that in his opinion these
doors were not in violation of the law.
me lireer Kumor
J W. Newby of the Jefferson Powder
corrpaaiy was called. He said he knew
Lon J. Greer.
“In December,” he said, “four powder
representatives were present In Mont
gomery. We went to dinner with Mr.
Greer and he told us he was soliciting
life insurance for the Prudential com
pany. He sold two policies of $6000 each
to a MT. Brown and a Mr. Hamilton. I
know nothing of the report that he gave
state powder contracts in return for in
surance policies. “R. sale o'* powder had
already been made when the above Inci
dent occcXirred.”
Negro Educators Testify
R. C. Parks, a negro, connected with
the state school at Normal, was called
He said Ills salary was $100, $83 in
cash, per month. He stated that $15
was made up in vegetables. He couldn't
give the namo of the man who draws
the $100 to cover his salary from the
state. His duty, he said, was to teach
and manage tho farm. He testified*
that there has been general complaint
that teachers have not been paid their
salaries promptly, that teachers gen
erally get their money every three
months.
A. C. Hopkins, a negro, connected
with the school at Normal, said that
he was paid $75 per month for eight
months. He denied that Buchanan, j
president of the school, charged the
teachers a percentage on the money he
draws for them from the state. He said
the school got $22,000 annually from
the Moonell fund. He testified that the
money made from the sale of vege
tables went to pay insurance and re
pairs.
W. S. Buchanan, president of the
school at Normal, testified regarding
the handling of the state appropria
tion. Ho gave the" committee a state
ment of his personal property and ad
mitted that he had heard the report
that he was acquiring property and not
paying teaohers. He said the report
did not worry him. His salary, he
said, was $1800 per annum.
Judge Pratt Questioned
W. L. Pratt of Centrevllle, probate
Judge of Bibb county, testified that
none of the state convicts had worked
on the county roads of Bibb county
during his term of office.
His examination required Just one
minute.
'Die University Loans
Dr. George H. Denny, president of the
University of Alabama, testified that the
state borrowed from the university in
1914 the sum of $27,600 with which to pay
interest on outstanding obligations. He
read the resolution adopted by the ex
ecutive committee of the university under |
which the loan was authorized. Judge
Henry B. Foster of Tuscaloosa and Dan
iel Pratt of Autaugaville were the mem
bers of the executive committee present
when the resolution was passed, he said.
He next gave an exhibit of the checks
by means of which the money of the
university was passed into the treasury
of the state.
The witness testified that the money
had not been paid back by the state
to the university.
The witness then asked why the leg-1
islature. in paying indebtedness to hanks,
had failed to pay the university. No an
swer was made.
The witness said the preceding legisla
ture had approbated $75,090 per annum
for the maintenance and upkeep of the
university in its various departments, and
that the university has a permanent ap- j
propriation of $25,900 per annum.
The conditional appropriations, he said,
have been paid in in warrants. Up made
an exhibit of the warrants.
home snarp i assages
Senator Bonner was very anxious to|
know why the governor had released cer
tain contingent appropriations to the uni
versity, so closely following the borrow
ing of the money from the university.
Dr. Denny had an idea and so stated
it. that Senator Bonner was suspicious
of some wrongdoing.
The denial was made.
Representative Smith asked Dr. Denny
if he was not "a particle sensitive this
afternoon."
The witness said "no" and added that he
would prefdr that questions he propound
ed on a basts of fact rather than a basis
o£ suspicion. i
He then said that the opening of nego
tiations between the state and the unlver
sitv was not proposed by the governor.
He then declared that he was unable
to give the governor's reasons for ids
traireaction. He suggested that Sen
ator Bonner ask the governor.
Senator Bonner asked the witness if
the fund of $27,500 had ever before
been lent without interest.
"I am responsible for that phase of
the situation," the witness replied.
"We preferred to trust to the patriot
ism and honor of the legislature to
pay the university the proper amount
of Interest."
Dr. Denny then read a previously
prepared statement.
During the statement. Representative
Welsh asked Dr. Denny if he had come
to interrogate the committee or to be
interrogated. Representative Smith
asked if the witness had come to take
charge of the "meeting." He said that
it was Dr. Denny's manner which
caused him to ask the question.
Dr. Denny replied that he had come
as a representative of what he con
sidered the highest work being done in
the state today.
And then he resumed the reading of
his statement.
AVhen he concluded, he was vigor
ously applauded. He then expressed
willingness to answer any question. He
staled by way of parenthesis that he
thought the custom of holding quadri
ennial sessions of the legislature a
faulty custom.
Insinuation of Discrimination
Representative Greene wanted to
know why the university got 100 per
cent of its appropriation while other
institutions got only 50 per cent.
Dr. Denny asked Representative
Greene if he thought it a discrimina
tion if the institution which got only
50 per cent got at the same time more
actual money than the institution
which got 100 per cent.
Representative Greene answered,
"no.”
The witness then stated that other
institutions, including Montevatlo, got
more appropriations from all sources
than the university.
Representative Smith asked tile wit
ness several questions.
“I can’t answer them categorically
and be understood,” he answered.
"Answer them “paregorioally’ then,"
retorted Representative Smith.
"If you excuse me." the witness re
plied, "I will answer them in my own
way."
Question of Economics
lit then answered the question as to
how the university could have loaned the
state on the one hand $27,500, and received
from the state at the same time an ap
propriation of $75,000.
He declared that although he knew the
state was embarrassed, he recognized at
the aame time the economic principle that
even in time of stringency, no state could
afford to strangle Its wards.
Representative Smith at this point ex
piained that the committee had no ill will
towards any man, and that the precon
ceived Idea of many people that prejudg
Thent in causes had been renewed was
eri oneous.
There followed mutual explanations.
Stalling Makes Recommendations
Col. Jesse F. Stallings, the next witness,
was called. He said that in connection
with his other business, he was the heal
s'* an insurance company. It was regard
ing the insurance department of the state
that he was first questioned.
He spoke of the fees and taxes insurance
companies are forced to pay. He testi
fied that a fee of $40 for each 33 days
he had to pay for the examination of
h*s company under the direction of the
insurance commissioners was exorbitant.
He suggested that the law be amended
so that of dally fee for examinations
should not exceed $15, and that the num
ber of days in each year in which any one
company might be examined should be
1 united.
About Banner Contract
IF.- was asked about the Banner mine
contract between the Pratt Consolidated
Coal company and the state of Ala*
bama.
He said that he had made an effort to
j remedy what lie considered defects in the
J contract. At the solicitation of the gov
j trnor. he said, he criticized the contract
in writing. Ed Flynn, he said, aided him
in making the criticism.
“Jr one respect my criticism was acted
upon," he said. “That is my suggestion to
make such arrangements by securing .1
guarantee that the contract would be as
remunerative as other contracts had been,
! was adopted.”
Ho said that he had not been reatned
by the Tennessee company regarding the
contract. He said he did not recall tell
ing anyone that the governor had been
offered a better contract than he subse
quently accepted. He said he may have
offered a better contract for the Tennes
see company than the Pratt company
coi tract. He said that he would prefer
not discussing a matter which occurred
in tile room of the governor of Alabama.
He was finally excused with the under
standing that he would return tomorrow
with the letter of criticism of the contract
which he wrote to the governor and other
matters.
Mr. Joseph Testifies
M. V. Joseph was called. He is the dis
tributor for Alabama for publishers of
school books, and testified that he was
allowed 20 per cent, out of which he was
required to pay 10 per cent to distributors
ii%other sections of the state.
He said that as far as he knew' through
competitive bidding, books were to be ac
quired in Alabama as cheaply as could be
expected. The bids were strictly competi
tive, he said, as far as he knew'.
He said he didn’t know' how prices for
books Ju Alabama compared with prices
in other states.
About Banner Mine
,7. F. Webb, superintendent of Banner
mine, was called. He testllled regarding
conditions at that mine. He said he had
seen one whipping since last October, and
that was for an attempt at escape.
i 1 in testimony was very similar to that
of Warden Hall, the day before, and was
very brief.
Dr. Denny's Statement
President Denny concluded his evidence
with the following statement:
“And now let mo make a brief, hurried
ly prepared statement. I have explained
that the trustees cf the University of Ala
bama. acting through their executive com
mittee. authorized the loan which we have
been discussing. The credit of the state
was at stake. It was a time of emer
gency. The legislature through a mere
inadvertence had failed to appropriate
funds adequate to pay interest on state
wurrants. The sitaution demanded patri
otic action. Banking institutions were
hesitating to give further help. One of
the foremost members of your body, Hon
John B. Weakley, was aiding the gov
ernor in providing relief. Our great fel
low citizen. Hon. W. P. G. Harding, had
established the Conservative nuture of the
procedure by his own co-dperation in pre
vious years. Here was a modest endow
ment fund held by the University of Ala
bama This fund, under the statutes of
the state, could be invested only in “state
or national securities.” Here was a se
curity that in good faitti wias to be re
garded as a state security. To invest in
this security was not only in substantial
conformity to the statute, but was also
rendering patriotic service to the state
in the great matter of maintaining its
credit. What was our patriotic duty in
such a situation? If the university had
refused to help'TTie state in its financial
crisis, with what sort of heart or con
science could it have made appeal to the
representatives of the people when great
crises came info its own life?
The Investment Explained
“Again: Let me say that very few. if
any, of our tax-supported Institutions
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THEWEATHER 1
Weather Forecast
Washington. March 17.—Forecast for
Alabama! Increasing cloudiness Thurs
day; rain at night or Friday.
Tennessee: Generally fair Thursday
and Friday.
Georgia: Fair Thursday: I^idav
probably rain. e
Mississippi: Unsettled Thursday, rain
at night or Friday.
Local Data ,
For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m ,
March 17:
Highest temperature . 51
lowest temperature . 32
Mean temperature . 42
Normal temperature ..... 56
Deficiency in temperature since 1
| January 1 .. 2 o‘J
Rainfall . 0
Total rainfal since January 1....10.31
Deficiency in rainfall since Janu
ary 1 2.61 |
Relative humidity, 7 a. m. 86 y
Relative humidity, 7 p. m. 43 1
Weather Conditions
Summary of observations made at |
United States weather bureau stations
during the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., 75th ij
meridian time, March 17, 1915:_ J
I 'i’ovn nnr'i turn
> HS !if :
Stations and - 2 c « £S5 j;
Weather at S p. ni. 00 n y ff * 2 2. (
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Atlanta, clear 7». 44 48 32 ...
Birmingham, clear . . 45 51 32 ...
Boston, cloudy . 32 32 28 ...
Buffalo, clear . 26 30 20 ...
Calgary, clear . 46 64 32
Charleston, clear .... 50 56 42 ...«
Chicago, pt. cl’dy .... 34 36 28
Denver, pt. cl’dy .... 48 54 30 .0<f
Des Moines, cloudy ..40 44 28 ...
Duluth, cloudy . 36 40 22 ... j
Fort Worth, cloudy . 48 66 30 ...
CJalveston, raining . . 50 52 44 ...
Hatteras, pt. cl’dy ..44 46 42 ...
Jacksonville, clear ... 56 60 40 ...
Kansas City, raining . 38 44 30 ...
Knoxville, clear . 40 42 30 .08
Louisville, clear . 40 44 28 ...
Memphis, pt. cl’dy ... 48 52 36 ...
Minneapolis, snowing 38 44 .]
Mobile, cloudy ...... 54 58 36 ...
Montgomery, clear ..50 54 38 ... ■
Nashville, clear . 44 46 30 ...
New Orleans, cloudy . 54 58 42 ... |
New York, clear. 32 42 26 ...
Oklahoma, cloudy ... 46 52 28 ... \
Phoenix, clear . 74 76 52 ... J
Pittsburg, clear . 32 36 22
Raleigh, clear .. 40 44 32 .30 j
Han Antonio, raining . 40 44 42 .16 |
Han Francisco, cloudy 60 70 54 ...
Shreveport, cloudy .. 50 51 34 I
Spokane, cloudy . 62 64 38 ...
St. Louis, cloudy. 44 48 32 ...
Tampa, clear . 52 56 46 ... \
Toledo, clear . 38 42 22 ... f
Vicksburg, cloudy ... 52 56 34 ...,
Washington, clear ... 38 42 28 ....
Winnipeg, cloudy_ 34 36 28 ..
E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
Zamor Under Arrest
Washington, March 17.—Oreste Zamor,
former president of Haiti, who was driven
out by a recent revolution, Is under ar
rest at Ffort au Prince, the capital, on
a charge of entering the country without
a passport before a decree of amnesty,
was issued by the new government. A
report to the state department today said
the arrival of the former president cre
ated much excitement. He had crossed
into Haiti from the Dominican republic.
Turkey Assures Protection
Washington. March 17.—Ambassador
Morgenthau at Constantlnopre cabled the
state department today that Turkey had.
assured him that every protection would
be given noncombatants in Turkey dur
ing the war. Mr. Morgenthau had made
representations to the porte on behalf of
foreigners on instructions Trom the Uni
ted States.
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