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WIGHT TO RETAIN
GAME DEPARTMENT
Henderson Believed to Have
§ Power to Prevent Its
Abolition
| Bj L. S. BETTY
Montgomery, July 19.—(Special.)—Gov
ernor Henderson has not yet indicated
whether or not he will take any action
towards the retention of the state de
partment of game and fish, which was
abolished by the house on last Saturday.
Friends of the department believe that
» the governor has sufficient power and
Influence in the senate to prevent its
abolition by that body, but whether or
not the executive will exert his influ
ence is largely a question of specula
tion.
ji!1! It is known that the department was
abolished by the house oheifly ns the
result of the activities of the head of
the office, John H. Wallace, Jr., In be
bnlf of the present administration. And
in this respect, Commissioner Wallace
declares that he has no apologies to
make.
"If it be a crime • to aid the cause of
a democratic administration, then l am
guilty of every sin in the category.” said
Mr. Wallace today in discussing his ac
tivities in behalf of Governor Hender
son.
Thiq is believed to be the crux of the
Situation. No man in Alabama has la
bored more earnestly and more indejatl
gablv for the success of Governor Hen
derson's administration than has Mr.
"Wallace. Nor has Mr. Wallace attempt
ed to conceal bis efforts from the pub
lic at large.
\ Action Arouses Animosity
i But while Mr. Wallace was exerting his
ability, his brains and influence to the
end that he might strengthen and aid
the cause of a democratic governor, his
activities were arousing extreme antag
onism among a large number of the pro
hibition faction of the legislature. And
they sought revenge.
The result of this antagonism and per
sonal animosity against Mr. Wallace was
show’n in the house last Saturday, when
practically every one of the "immortal
Seventy” registered a vote to drive him
out of office. It cannot be said that
it was a tight on the department, cre
ated by Mr. Wallace, and over which
he presides by the suffrage of the people
of the state, hut rather that it was a
fight against the head of the depart
ment.
And now’ Mr. Wallace's friends are ask
ing the governor to exert lfls influence
! to defeat the measure In the senate. The
i governor is believed to have a good ma
1 Jority in that body ,and it is agreed by
all familiar with the situation that the
executive should exert w’hat power and
influence he possesses towards the re
tention of the department.
I Woodmen in Talladega
Talladega, July 19.— (Special.)—One
hundred and twenty-five uniformed
'Woodmen of the World from Birming
ham lodges, accompanied by the Toadies'
Circle, participated ih the unveiling
ceremonies on Sunday in Talladega.
OUT SOI TO
Alabama Druggist Watches
I Vitalitas Results Among
His Customers
» .. — . —
"I personally know of some remarkable
results obtained from the use of Vltnli
tas," states Mr. W. E. Manning, a well
known Birmingham druggist, who has
been In the drug business in that city
for 14 years.
“Yesterday a gentleman told me he had
been troubled from indigestion and con
stipation for the last 12 years. During
this time he had visited springs, tried
various remedies recommended for his
trouble with practical!3* no results. He
said about three months ago lie pur
chased Ills first bottle of Vitalitas; lias
taken three bottles and now' feels as
well as any man; can eat food of any
.kind, is cured of constipation, also has
gained In weight. I could* relate any
number of such cases. There Is not a
day passes that I do not hear of some
remarkable results obtained from Vitali
tas. I think It a remarkable remedy.”
Vitalitas is truly a wonderful remedy.
It a beyond question nature's most ef
fective tonic and corrective for Ills gen
erally of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels
end blood and it Is pleasant to take. See
the display and sample Vitalitas at
Averyt's Drug Store, 109-111 20th st., o’
write there for information. Also for sale
by Pegram-Patton Drug Co., Bessemer,
Ala.—Adv.
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Boy’s Skull Fractured
In Alighting From Auto
Walter Sumtin, Aged 10, Riding On Running Board of Machine
Driven By Unknown White Man, Falls—Chauffeur Puts
On Speed and Drives Off, Leaving Boy Lying
In Street
Walter Sumtin, the 10-year-old son of
Mrs. E. V. Knox. 1529 North Eighteenth
street, while riding on the running board
of an automobile driven by a white man.
was thrown violently to the ground as
he attempted to alight last night at 7
o’clock. The accident occurred at Tenth
avenue and Nineteenth street. The boy
was picked up by several witnesses and
rushed to the Hillman hospital, where
it was found that hts skull was frac
tured at the base of the brain.
Immediately after the boy had fallen
from the machine, the man. whose iden
tity is unknown, put on all speed and
lied. Officer Foley investigated the case
and reported that no one knew why the
child was riding on the running board
of the car. nor did anyone know who the
driver of the car was. The only descrip
tion furnished was that the man driving
the car was white.
THE WAR AT A GLANCE 1
The mightiest struggle of the war, in
which Austrians and Germans are making
their supreme effort, is being waged
along the 1000-mile Russian front. In
Russian Poland the center of the mael
strom is the territory around Warsaw,
and from the north and the south the
Austro-Germans, under Von Hindenburg
and Von Maokenzep, are trying to break
the Russian defense.
Grand Duke Nicholas, Russian com
mander in chief, has, unofficial reports
say, brought up vast numbers of troops
to meet the sweep of the Austro-Germans,
who, however, have forced the Russian
front at several points. In Poland alone
it is estimated that several million men
are engaged, and military critics express
the opinion that should the Russians fall
to withstand the pressure daily being
exerted against Warsaw with greater
weight, they are in a position to with
draw to the extent of completely evacu
ating Poland.
Labor troubles are hindering the na
tions at war. The stocks of war muni
tions of Great Britain and France are
likely to be considerably curtailed through
a strike at the Remington Arms and Am
munition company at Bridgeport, Conn.
South Wales coal miners refuse to meet
the wishes of the British government, and
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I David Lloyd-George, minister of muni
tions, has gone to Cardiff and will make
a strenuous endeavor to have the men
reconcile their differences with the mine
owners. Mr. Lloyd-George Is accom
panied by other members of the British
cabinet and some hope is held out that
! an early settlement will be reached.
Officials of the great Krupp gun works
at Essen. Germany, are reported to have
granted some of the demands of their
dissatisfied employes, but it also is re
ported that many have left work. Di
rectly and indirectly about 100,000 men are
involved, and the military authorities
have issued a warning that drastic meas
ures will be employed. If necessary, to
keep the works going at full capacity.
A second Italian cruiser has fallen vic
tim to an Austrian submarine. The
Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of a squadron
of four which bombarded Catt&ro, was
torpedoed and sent to the bottom. The
cruiser sank within 15 minutes, but most
of the crew were saved. The other
cruiser lost was the Amalfi, torpedoed
July 7 in the Adriatic.
While comparatively quiet prevails along
thex western battle front, the French re
port that considerable losses were in
flicted on the Germans when the French
repulsed strong attacks on the heights of '
the Meuse. A violent cannonade near
Souchez, the bombardment of Arras and
fighting with bombs and petards in the
Argon no constituted virtually all of the
fighting that took place.
Ruling of Court of Appeals
Montgomery, July 19.—(Special.)
Rifct of rulings in the court of appeals:
Monday: Rouisville and Nashville Rail
road company vs. John P. Hollman,
from Wilcox circuit court; appeal dis
missed on motion of appellant. John
(Rover vs. state, from Jefferson crim
inal court, appeal dismissed on motion
of appellant. Jim Otwell vs state, from
Walker law and equity court, appeal
dismissed on motion of appellant. Tal
lassee Falls Manufacturing company
vs. state, from Elmore circuit court;
affirmed on authority of opinion of
supreme court on certiorari on rehear
ings. Dunaway and Rambert vs. Joseph
B. Stickney, from Hale circuit court;
application overruled. Southern Rail
way company vs. a. Lj. cmnKensnip,
from Bibb circuit court; opinion ex
tended and abdication overruled. Theo
J>acy vs. state, from Montgomery city
court; application overruled. Frank
Robbins vs. state, from Crenshaw cir
cuit court; application overruled and
opinion extended. Henry Thomas vs.
state, from Geneva circuit court; ap
plication overruled and opinion cor
rected and extended. Dozier Sexton vs.
state, from Crenshaw circuit court;
opinion extended, application overruled.
Knoch Smith vs. state, from Pike law
court; application overruled, opinion
extended. Sherman Johns vs. state, from
Tike circuit court; application over
ruled and opinion extended. The Farm
ers’ Mutual Insurance association vs.
.1. W. Tankersley, from Coosa circuit
court; application overruled.
WOULD NOT ALLOW
WHITES TO TEACH
IN NEGRO SCHOOLS
Montgomery, July 19.— (Special.)
A bill seeking to prohibit white per
sons from teaching in colored schools
of Alabama will be introduced in thf*
house on Wednesday by W. C. Davis
of Walker county. The bill also con
tains a provision to prevent negroes
lrom teaching in white schools.
Mr. Davis prepared the bill today
following the receipt of a letter from
n “voter" of Montgomery county urg
ing the enactment of such a law.
“I did not know that white per
sons w»*re allowed to teach in negro
schools," said Mr. Davis, when he read
1 he anonymous letter. Ho was assured
that such was the case, whereupon he
immediately called for his stenog
rapher.
The prominent Walker county rep
resentative then dictated his bill to
prevent the practice of white persons
teaching in negro schools and, “lest
we might forget," included the pro
vision that negroes shall not teach in
white schools.
Two Storehouses Burn
Fire of unknown origin destroyed two
vacant storehouses on Fortieth street
between Fourth and Fifth avenues this
morning at 2:10 o’clock. Prompt work on
the part of the fire department kept the
blaze confined to the two storehouses.
It is thought the fire was of incendiary
origin. The blaze appeared to be very large
from the city and many were led to be
lieve the Avondale cotton mills were on
fire. The damage was about $500.
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
SEIZE AMMUNITION
New Orleans, July 19.—United States
customs officials have seized a ship
ment of 61,000 rounds of rifle ammu
ntion belonging to the Carranza gov
ernment, it became known tonight. It
also was said that a customs officer
had been placed aboard the Carranza
gunboat Maclovio Herrera, in port
here, to prevent any violation of the
neutrality laws.
The ammunition shipment first was
aboard the gunboat, which the au
thorities believed intended to put to
sea. Under orders of Carranza offi
cials here, after they had held a con
ference with the customs authorities,
the ammunition was placpd aboard a
merchant steamer bound for Vera Cruz.
Later tlie customs officials took charge
of the shipment and removed it from
the merchantman.
The Maclovio Herrera formerly was
the Spanish gunboat Alvarado, which
was captured by American naval forces
in Cuban waters in 1898. The vessel
'A as recently sold here to Carranza
agents, who had it overhauled ' pre*
paratory to sending it to Vera Cruz
io be equipped with its armament.
Bentley Suspended on Complaint
N. T. Hickman has filed a formal
complaint with the commissioners
relative to his treatment at the hands
of Officer E. H. Bentley, when the
latter arrested him on the charge of
disorderly conduct aggravated Satur
day night about 10 o’clock. The com
plaint of Hickman alleges that he was
cruelly beaten by Officer Bentley and
for no reason, and asks for the dis
missal of the officer on the grounds
of “conduct unbecoming to an officer.”
Officer Bentley was suspended by
Judge Lane yesterday afternoon 'pend
ing an Investigation into the charges
made by Hickman. The officer will be
given a trial by the commission some
time this week. The exact date has not
been announced.
Camera Vs. Typewriter
From the Washington Star.
Certain of the executive departments
in Washington have found the camera
a useful adjunct to their routine work.
Many documents are now photographed
instead of being copied on typewriters.
In less than a minute a facsimile may
be obtained of a document.
Especially in the general land office
has the camera been found most use
ful in work of this kind. Formerly, by
the method of typewriting copies of
land records. 40 patents were held to
be a good day’s work. Now by photo
graphing them as many as 200 pat
ents may be copied.
The document to be copied is set tip,
a bulb is pressed, and the thing is done.
No plates or films are used in this
work, the medium being sensitized pa
per itself.
When a new document or page of a
book is run into position, the operation
j Is accomplished with the aid of an
j electric motor. This motor unwinds
from the 500-foot roll of sensitized pa
per that portion which has Just been
exposed to the light, carries It to a de
veloping solution beneath the camera,
and, by the time the new sheet that
j has been brought into position has been
| exposed the sheet immediatelly preced
ing it has been developed and auto
I matlcally deposited in a tray at the end
of the camera. When taken out of the
“hypo” the sheets are spread on racks
to dry.
The Two Classes
The late Chales Frohman used to divide
The late Chales Frohman usea io divide
Americans Into two classes—those who
j dine in evening dress and those who dine
in their shirt sleeves.
"Or, to put it better,’’ B5r. Frohman
would say. “the two treat American
classes are, first, those who dress for
dinner, and, second, those who undress
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THEGORGAS BILL
House Committee Considers
Measure in Ten-Hour
Session
By I,. S. BETTY
Montgomery. July 19.—(Special.)—After
a 10-hour consideration of the bill pro
posed by the Jefferson County Medical
society of the Gorgas bill reorganizing
the state hoard of health, the house com
mittee on public health adjourned shortly
before midnight tonight without reaching
a vote on the proposed measure. At least
15 leading physicians of the state ap
peared before the committee.
The bill provides for a state board of
health composed of six physicians, to be
elected by the delegates to the state med
ical association, and the governor and
attorney general .ex-officio members of
the board. The bill further provides that
this board shall elect the state health
officer, who may be chosen irrespective
of his residence. Dr. W. H. Oates, state
prison inspector:#Dr. E. M. Mason, chair
man of the committee appointed by the
Jefferson County Medical society, and
other prominent physicians of the state
appeared in advocacy of the hill.
In opposition to the hill appeared Dr.
W. H. Sanders, state health officer; Dr.’
J. Norment Raker, president of the Ala
bama State Medical association, and sev
eral memhers of the college of counsel
lors.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
BREAKS INTO PRINT
Portland, Ora.. July 19—“From time
to time X shall have something to say
on affairs of vital Interest to the na
tion, but It will not he for sapheads
or mollycoddles," said Theodore Rooso
> elt hero today when a large cheer
ing crowd compelled him to acknowl
edge Its greeting.
Colonel Roosevelt warned his hearers
not to believe any reports regarding
him which they might hear at second
or third hand. His train then left for
Ran Francisco.
SHRINERS FLOCK TO
BIG EXPOSITION
Pan Fra nelson, July 19—Memhers of the
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the j
Mystic Shrine, flocked to the Panama- |
Pacific exposition today, where the red
fez and brilliant patrol costumes gave
color to the throng celebrating Rhrlners’
day.
The Shrlners came from Seattle where
their annual conclave closed last week.
A three days' programme of entertain
ment and sightseeing here lias been ar
ranged.
Predicts Race War
Asheville. N. O.. July 19.—Bishop .1. W.
Bashford of the Methodist Episcopal
church, with headquarters In Peking,
China, addressing the closing session of
the missionary conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, south, today nt
Bake Junaluska, declared the war be
tween the white and yellow races was In
evitable unless the white race allows na
tions of the east more territory.
Marraige Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
recorded in the office of the probate
judge:
George F. Yessiek, Memtevallo, to Miss
Jennie Louise Agrin.
Henry Chambers, Birmingham, to Miss
Annie Nelson.
Transfer of Real Estate
$3000—J. H. YVaddy and wife to Agnes
L. Edwards and \V. J. Prowell, Jr., lots
1 and 2, block 79. West End.
Deaths and Funerals
Chase R. Perkins
Funeral services over the remains of
Chose H. Perkins, aged 35 years, who was
drowned in Mountain lake Sunday at noon,
will be conducted from the residence of tiis
sister, Mrs. J. S. Morrow, 3309 Highland
avenue, this morning at 10 o’clock. Inter
ment will follow in Oakland cemetery.
Ensley.
The following will act as pallbearers: Hr.
Lawson Massey, W. M. Ewing, Jr., T, L.
Watson, F M. Ford, Ed Crawford and
John Denson. The deceased is survived by
his mother, Mrs. L._ F. Perkins; three
brothers, Isaac and Hoke Perkins of Bir
mingham and Crawford of New York;
also two sisters, Mrs. J. S. Morrow and
Mrs. J. J. Dlggett.
The deceased was one of the best known
men in Birmingham and was very popu
lai in a business way as well as socially.
Up until the time of his dcatli he was
connected with the Grasselll Chemical
company as traveling salesman. He was
a member of the Southern and Country
clubs, and had a host of friends and
acquaintances throughout the south.
Otis Eugene Heath
Otis Eugene Heath, aged 45 years, died
at a local Infirmary yesterday aftornoon
at 4 o'clock. The deceased is survived by
his widow. Tho remains will be sent to
KIrdale, Mich., by Johns today at 12:45
for interment.
The deceased had lived in Birmingham
for the last eight years and up until the
time of his death was employed by Valier
& Spires Milling company of St. Louis.
He had many friends and acquaintances
in Birmingham and was highly esteemed
by all with whom he came in contact.
Mrs. W. T. Poole
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. W. T. Poole, aged 51 years, who died
at the family residence, 829 Fofty-fouith
street, Sunday night, will be conducted
from the residence this morning at 10
o'clock Interment will follow in Oak
Hill cemetery.
Frank S. Scott
Frank 8. Scott, aged 33 years, died Sun
day night at a local infirmary as a result
of injuries received In the mines at Ac
mar. The renmtnB of the deceased will
be sent to Altoona by Johns tills morning
for interment
Mrs. Mary E. Crews
The remains of Mrs. Mary E. Crews,
aged 38 years, who died at the family
residence, 1512 North Fifteenth street, yes
terday aftemon. will be sent, to Llnevilie
by Johns this afternoon for interment. Tile
deceased is survived by her husband, A.
C. Crews.
James M. Kifer
The remains of James it. Klfer, aged
71 years, who died at the family residence,
50ti Sarah avenue, West End. Sunday
night, were pent to Harpersville by Johns
for interment yesterday. The deceased Is
survived by his widow and two sons. He
was a Confederate veteran and was widely
kr.oWn in this urlstrict.
JOHNS
UNDERTAKING CO.
Leading
Funeral Directors
Phone Main 1002
2011 Fourth Avenue
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BRYCE SUGGESTED
INVENTION BOARD
Says Country Should Mobil
ize Its Inventive
Ingenuity
London, July 10.—Appointment of an
Invention board of scientists with Lord
Fisher, recently first sea lord of the
admiralty, ns Its head to assist the
British navy, largely was the result
of a suggestion by Lord Bryce, for
mer ambassador to the United States,
to the House of Lords and followed a
discussion in which similar proposals
were made by Sir William Ramsay and
the ot,her scientists.
Lord Bryce pointed out that the
country needed not only fighting men
but should mobilize its inventive in
genuity in chemistry, mechanics, engi
neering, physics—the whole range of
science. While the American navy was
a few days ahead of the British In
launching this plant, according to the
cables, Its inception in both cases wap
due to the lessons of the war.
The admiralty received 16,000 offers
of new scientific devices during the
first five months of the war. Many
were from Americans. Another 16,000.
doubtless, CHtne under the stimulus of
the last five months. Of the first 16,
000 a board undertook to eliminate
tin* “crank” proposals and reduced to
25 tb»* number which, in the board’s
Judgment, were worthy of attention.
Another board has scrutinized these
25 and reduced them to two. These two
are being worked out with every pre
caution of secrecy and every prospect,
it is declared, of giving a surprise in
mechanical warfare exceeding any
thing produced by German ingenuity.
“Elaborate trials have been made of
one device and it is In actual service
at the Dardanelles. Rigid secrecy has
been obsorved as to the details, but
it can be said that the trials give
promise of rendering a battleship im
mune from the torpedo.
“I have talked with many scientific
men and they are ready to give their
1 est efforts in devising all the man
ifold requirements which this extra
ordinary war—a war of science—has
developed in the air, the water be
neath, the earth, and every other con
ceivable way, as well as on the fight
ing line,” said Lord Bryce.
one killedand TWO
HURT IN PISTOL DUEL
NEAR MONTGOMERY
Montgomery. July 10.—(Special.)—As a
result of a pistol duel at Kent. Pike coun
ty, last night. Walter Giddens is dead,
Mose Kent is declared to be fatally in
jured, and Jim Giddens is In a local hos
pital. Will May. one of the principals in
the duel, is confined in the Pike county
jail at Troy.
The shooting occurred at the home of
Will May. It is said that Kent, a man
of considerable family, was first shot by
Walter Giddens. after which a general
fusillade followed. Walter Giddens was
shot dead and Jim Giddens was seriously
injured.
Meagre details of the shooting have been
received here.
JOINT MEETING TO
CONSIDER BILLS
Montgomery, July 19.—(Special.)—Chair
man W. C. Davis of the recess commit
tee 'on the Judiciary, today announced
that there will he a joint meeting of the
judiciary committees of the house and
senate next Thursday and Friday for the
purpose of considering the numerous court
bills. These meetings will be public.
A joint meeting of the two committees
had been announced for Wednesday, but
It had to be postponed on account of the
meeting of the legislature on that day.
At the time the judiciary gommlttees’
session was announced for Wednesday,
it was thought that the legislature would
be in session on Tuesday and in recess
the following day.
Chairman Davis announced that both
Thursday and Friday will be given over
to the consideration of the court blllp.
A large delegation of judges, solicitors
and lawyers from all parts of the state
Is expected to appear before the commit
tees, either in behalf or in opposition
to the bills, and it is believed that two
whole days will be consumed in the con
sideration of these measures.
The “Farmer” Diamond Star
From Farm and Fireside.
The other day I Inquired of a major
league manager what cImsb of young
men he wanted for his team.
“Give me the/farmer,” he replied in
stantly. “The chances for his falling
victim to the temptations of baseball
are fewer. lie may not be ns well
posted as to city ways, but in one sea
son you cannot tell the difference. They
come larger, stronger, live cleaner and
think more clearly than city boys do.
Resides, the majority of them have the
right Idea in view. They want to get
money enough to buy a farm and retire
to It. and a ball player working with
a definite object in view is the best
ball player.”
Twenty, yes, 10 years ago. the ma
jor league baseball teams were re
cruited almost entirely from the larger
cities. Cincinnati led In production for
years, then Boston, then St. Louis. A
dozen years ago 50 per cent of the ma
jor league players hailed from New
England and from the Atlantic stales.
Now more than 00 per cent of all ma
jor league players come from farms
or from small villages anil the farms
produce a greater number of good play
ers than come from any other place.
Traveling with a major league club
In summer, idling in a special’car with
two dozen handsomely dressed, well
groomed quiet fellows one is surprised
to listen to their conversation. After
baseball and the latest sporting gossip
becomes a bore, the conversation turns
again and again to farms and farm
ing. I have heard men drawing $10,
000 a year long for the farm and ex
press envy of the men working In the
fields. On any major league club one
can get an argument on the latest
thing in soli culture, on silo mixtures,
on fruit spraying or rattle feeding.
“Rube” Waddell, “Rube" Marquard.
“Rube” Ellis, “Rube” Renton—a score
of "Rubes” have shone in major league
baseball, and their nickname once was
one of ridicule. Not now. Managers
of major league baseball teams ar*
1 looking for “Rubes,” and when they say
' “Rube” they mean, not the uncoutli
or the awkward recruit, but the clear
cut, clean living boy from the farm.
Drank Com pans Alcohol
From the Philadelphia Record.
An outlandish act to obtain stimu
lant was brought to light at the court
martial trails in the navy yard yester
day when Thomas J. Dwyer, a seaman
on board the battleship Connecticut,
was arraigned on a charge of break
ing one of the ship’s compasses whil<
she lay in Gautanamo Hay and drink
ing the alcohol In which floats tin
compass disk.
It was Alleged that he wrenched th«
compass from Its housing, took it tc
the locker rooms and invited severa
of the crew to drink with him.
All became very sick and, it Is aald
one of the imbibers made a confessioT
implicating Dwyer. The court will re
port its findings to the navy department
It Is said that a punishment of tw<
years In jail faces him if ho io fount
guilty.
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EXTRAVAGANCE CHARGED
TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Viscount Middleton In House of Lords Urges Resolution For
Immediate Steps to Reduce Civil Expenditures
of Great Britain
London, July 3.—(Correspondence of the
Associated Press.)—While the government
was proclaiming the necessity for econ
omy in every sphere of life, it was being
charged in the House of Lords Tuesday
with extravagance and several peers de
manded economy.
The debate started with a resolution |
by Viscount Middleton, "that in view of
the necessary expenditure on the war it j
is. in the opinion of this house, inoum-j
bent on his majesty's government to tuke
immediate steps to reduce civil expendi
ture of the country."
Viscount Middleton said the position
which the government had to meet at
the end of March next, on the assump
tion that the war was over, would he a
debt of $0.405,000.000. Considering that na
tional savings were estimated at $1,500,000,
000 to $2,000,000,000. that some $550,000,000 had
been added to expenditure and $300,0(H),000
a year to taxation, ho whs not sure that
statisticians would not say the nation
had made as little of civil preparation
for the exigencies of a state of war as
of military preparation.
Viscount Middleton said he wished to
appeal for a complete change of civil
finance. Twenty years ago civil service
estimates amounted to $100,000,000; today
they were close t® $300,000,000. Thousands
of civil servants had heen appointed in
the last eight years and the expenditure
on virtually services had Increase?! con
siderably. lie was quite sure that a com
mittee of public service could be appoint
ed and effect a reduction of from $20,000,
000 to $60,000,000 before the end of this
year.
Lord Lansdowne, for the government,
agreed that the financial position of the
country required the greatest attention
of Parliament "if we are to place our
selves In a sound and satisfactory finan
cial position." He also said retrench
ment was going on slowly but surely and
promised that a careful scrutiny should
be kept on all expenditures.
Lord St. Aldwyn. prominent as an econ
omist, said he thought the financial sit
uation was very grave. There would be
on March 31, next, a deficit, as matters
stood, on the payment of Interest on
the war debt. Such a thing had not been
dreamed of in the financial history of
the country for at least 100 years.
I xml I<orbUrn said the figures Lord Mid
dleton gave related to the most wealthy,
the most powerful and the most endm
lng of all the nations engaged in the war.
The situation amounted to this, that if
wisdom did not come to the councils of
Europe, there was a prospect of European
bankruptcy In a comparatively short
time.
The motion was agreed to after sub
stituting the word ••efficient" for "imme
diate."
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
ON BATTLESHIP
Philadelphia, July 19—Fire of a mys
terious origin was discovered tonight
on the United States battleship Okla
homa at the yard of the New York
Shipbuilding company in Camden.
Smoke was seen issuing from the com
partment under turrent No. 1 shortly
after the workmen had left the yard
for the day. The compartment was
flooded and the fire extinguished. The
Oklahoma is of the superdreadnaught
type and is about ready for her trial
trip.
S. 1ST. Knox, president of the ship
building company, said that a rigid in
vestigation would be Instituted in an
effort to learn the cause of the fire.
The extent of the damage could not be
determined, he added, until the water
is pumped out.
Flood Danger Averted
Kansas City. July l!).-Tlio weather !>u
reau here tonight declared danger from
flood was averted. Both the Missouri
and Kansas rivers, It was said, could
carry off waters from the recent heavy
rains without further damage.
To Study Cereal Culture
Paris, July 19.—A Havas dispatch from
Berne says the Swiss department of pub
lic economy has formed a commission of
experts to study the culture of cereals
for the purpose of creating a monopoly
In their Importation.
Die From Heat
New York, July 19.—There were five
deaths and scores of prostrations from
the heat here today. The temperature
did not exceed 87 degrees but the humid
ity reached 73.
Fire Destroys Mills
Aldridge, Tex., July 19.—The mills of the
Aldridge Lumber company were de
stroyed and 8,900,000 feet of 1 timber dam
aged by fire here today. The loss Is
estimated at $250,000.
Cipriano Castro Arrives
St. Thomas, D. W. I., July 19.—Cipriano
Castro, former President of Venezuela,
arrived here today from Port of Spain,
Trinidad.
Concordia Ball Tomorrow J
A grand midsummer night hull will f
he given tomorrow under the auspices
of the Concordia Beneficial society at
the hall on Avenue E and Tenth street.
The programme will include speaking,
dancing, singing and other features.
Refreshments will be served. The so
ciety Is one of the oldest in the city
and is noted for its generous hos
pitality and the pleasure afforded by
Its affairs.
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