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ance are anticipated in the near east.
The ministers of Great Britain, France,
Russia and Italy have conferred wifh
the Greek government. A Paris dis
pute hsays that an Italian officer re
cently arrived at British headquarters
in the Mediterranean to arrange for
this
Petrograd. August 4. — (Via London,
1:15 p. m.)—A race against time for the
line of Kovno, Grodno and Brest Lit
ovsk in which the Germans are try
ing to secure a foothold there while
the gummy still favors military oper
ations la the view held by local mil
itary authorities
Direct operations against Warsaw
*ie regarded at the moment as of less
concern to the Germans than the busi
ness of advancing their wings through
a country which with the approach of
autumn will become Impassable.
Observers see in the German oper
ations east of the Vistula, in the vi
cinity of Mat/.ievitze, a design to cut
the railroad from Ivangorod to War
saw and to draw a ring about Ivan
gorod. compel the evacuation of that
fortress and open the way for Field
Marshal Von Mackenzen to the War
saw-Brest-Li tovsk railway. The Mat
Lievltz-lvangorod operation is regard
ed here as the most important at the
T'lesent time.
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River Excursion
TO TUSCALOOSA
Tuesday, Aug, 10
$3.50
Round Trip
$3.50
Route
Southern Railway
At 0:4.1 a. m.
to the Warrior River
Steamer Mitrlho llennen and Harge
from Cordova and llnme.v to Ttinea
loona, arriving at 8 p. in.
A. G. S. Railway
From Tuwcalooaa for Ilf rmliiR-ham
8:41 p. in. »nme day.
float k«>cn through loHta 17, Id. II, 14,
1.3. Number of tleketa to be void lim
ited. Get yours early. Now on aale by
both rnllrond". Orehentra and danc
tm; on the bout.
Ketculnr River Rxrursion Sunday
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BILL REGULATES
RACE OF TEACHERS
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Bonner Measure Passed in
Senate Yesterday After
Long Debate
—
DENSON HAS A NEW
SUNDAY BALL BILL
I Senate Begins Consideration of the
Numerous Judiciary Measures
Proposed by Recess
Committee
By I.. S. BE'TTY
Montgomery, August 4— (Special.)
After a long debate, the senate today
passed the Bonner bill regulating the
teaching of public schools. The measure
provides that no white teachers shall
teach In public colored schools and no
colored teachers shall teach In public
while schools. The measure, after con
siderable discussion, was passed with
out opposition.
The fight on the Bonner bill furnished
the feature of the senate session. Va
• ions amendments were offered to the
measure, but only two were adopted.
One of these was an amendment offered
by Senator Lee of Etowah to exclude
deaf and durhb institutes of the state
from the provisions of the bill, and an
other was an amendment offered by Sen
ator Kline of Calhoun excepting church
and denominational schools. The bill as
passed applies only to the public schools
of the state.
When the measure was called up for
passage, Senator Holmes of Baldwin of
fered strenuous opposition to the bill on
the ground that If It became a law It
would have the effect of excluding va
rious philanthropists from the state.
Senator Thach of Limestone then
wanted the bill amended so as to ex
clude the Trinity college, a negro Insti
tution at Athens, from the provisions of
the bill. This amendment was defeated,
however, on the ground that It would be
unconstitutional.
Other amendments were then offered
to exclude certain Institutions, but all of
them were defeated. However, the bill
passed with the provision that It should
only apply to the public schools of the
state.
Denson’s Sunday Baseball Bill
Senator Denson introduced in the sen
ate a bill prohibiting the playing of base
ball on Sunday. The Denson bill is dif
ferent from the Bonner anti-Sunday'
baseball measure, which was defeated
yesterday in the senate, in that the Bon
ner measure sought to prohibit moving
pictures and other amusements on the
Sabbath day' as well as baseball. The
Denson bill is aimed only at Sunday base
ball.
The senate spent the greater part of
the morning session In passing blllp, a
number of which were local measures.
Among the latter bills passed was the
Vaughan measure providing for the elec
tion of the clerk of the city court of
Montgomery, the first election to be held
at the general election in 1916, and every
four years thereafter.
Senator Judge called up and had passed
a bill defining the manner by which
incorporated social and literary societies
or clubs may execute a mortgage or deed
of trust upon their property.
A measure fixing the compensation of
the secretary of the senate and the chief
clerk of his office at $10 and $8 per day,
respectively, was passed.
Takes Up Judiciary Measures
Just before adjournment this afternoon
the senate took under consideration the
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BILBO FAR IN LEAD
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MARION W. REILEY
Jackson, Miss.. August 4.—Whether
a second primary in Mississippi be
tween Marion W. Roily of Natchez and
Theodore G. Bilbo, present lieutenant
governor, will be necessary to decide
the democratic nominee for governor
web ill doubt late tonight.
Returns from yesterday's primary
from 59 counties complete and nine in
complete out of a total of 80 gave Bilbo
62,1 99 and Relly 87,980 with an aggre
gate of 21,180 for the three other as
pirants, Quin, Stovall and Tally.
numerous Judiciary measures, proposed
by the recess committee on Judiciary.
Three of these measures were passed.
There was considerable discussion on
the bill providing that courts' shall re
main open ail the year and giving appeals
from inferior and municipal courts prior
ity over other appeals. This latter pro
vision was strongly opposed, and there
was prolonged debate on an amendment
to strike out the provision relating to
appeals. The amendment was defeated,
however, and the hill passed.
Other hills passed confer equity and
chancery jurisdiction upon circuit courts
and allow Judges to fix cost between
litigants.
Other bills passed were as follows;
By Mr. Brown: To authorize the board
of trustees of the University of Alabama
to Invest the endowment fund of ttyat in
stitution, in whole or in part, in approved
real estate securities.
By Mr. Holmes (with substitute): To
provide for the appointment, by county
boards of education, of a doctor of dental
surgery as an assistant to the county su
perintendent of education, to define his
duties, and to fix his compensation, in
and for all counties in this state having
an area of 1575 square miles or more.
By Mr. Holmes: To define dentistry;
to provide for the regulation of the
practice thereof; to provide for the ex
amination of applicants to practice den
tistry in Alabama; to provide for the
issuing of license certificates and the
registration and display thereof; to
provide for reports by probate judges
of said registrations.
By Mr. Ellis: To reimburse the gov
ernor for moneys expended by him in
repairs and furnishing of the gover
nor’s mansion.
MONEY ARGUMENT
USED BY GOVERNOR
WHO WOULD KEEP
CONVICTS IN MINES
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Its convicts and for those two reasons
there should be a change in the sys
tem. T believe that It should not be
the sole purpose of the state to em
ploy Its convicts for profit, but the
practical side of administering the con
vict system must not be lost sight of.
The safety and physical comforts of
the prisoners must be provided, the
sanitary laws must be observed and the
future of the convict after he leaves
his prison should give the state con
cern. The criminal has been consigned
to the care of the state to serve In pun
ishment for the violation of its laws.
Labor should be demanded of him in
such a manner as wJll inculcate steady
and industrious habits, while servitude
ie brought home to the lawbreaker as
a due reward for his own action. Th*se
ideas should be accomplished within
the best ability of each administration
without producing a drain upon the
general finances of the state which are
drawn from the people for the pro
tection and maintenance of its insti
tutions.
Net Revenue Argument
“T do not believe it wrong to use
the convicts in such a way that it will
return profit to the state, if due regard
is given to the welfare of the con
victs; neither do I believe that the
thoughtful citizens of Alabama through
emotion w'lll take the position that the
state should not receive any net rev
enu from the use of its convicts If the
treatment accorded to such convicts is
not more severe in the way of task
and labor than is performed by the
most industrious free laborer.
“To make anfy radical change in
our manner of handling convicts will
entail upon the state a great expense
and with a deficit of twro and one-half
million dollars we are not in a posi
tion to consider additional ohligftions
of the magnitude that w'ould necessar
ily be incurred by proposed changes.
“In addition to this there has been
no clearly thought out plan and wo
cannot afford to make experiments.
The business of this state is depressed,
none of the Industries are paying re
turns upon the Investment. The agri
cultural interest* by a force of ne
cessity are endeavoring to bring about
diversification of their products and
for several years at least during this
transition period the returns from
their efforts will not he large.
“These matters are stated for the
purpose of bringing to your attention
the fact that we cannot expect larger
revenue from taxation because there
will be no tendency toward an increase
in values and w'e should >*e slow to
bring about a change in any depart
ment whereby the demands upon the
treasury will be increased.
“The fact must not be forgotten that
convicts will not he contented and hap
py at any class of work and their com
plaints must of necessity to some ex
tent be discounted. A large majority
of the convicts are negroes, many of
them desperate characters. They are.
however, entitled to as good treatment
as their nature and conduct will per
mit. and it is my purpose to see that
this character of treatment is received
by them wherever they may be em
ployed. Those In charge of the con
victs must refrain from any cruel
treatment, either by word or action,
but such corrective methods will he
observed and insisted upon as neces
sary to command obedience on the part
of the convict to those In charge of
him.”
Locked in a Vault
Rock Mart. Ga., August 4.—After he
had been locked in a vault by a robber
who entered the Rock Mart bank short
ly afternoon today, Howard T. Fam
brough, the assistant cashier, called
the figures of the combination to his
rescuers who got the floor open barely
In time to save his life. Farmbrough
was nearly suffocated when released.
The lone robber escaped. Bank officials
refuse to say how much cash he got.
Business
From Judge.
Madge—Why don’t you tell him frankly
that you don’t like him as wrell as you do
Oharlie?
Marjorie-How can I, dear? 1m not
just sure that Charlis will propose.
MERCHANT MARINE
IS NECESSARY FOR
TRADE EXPANSION
Greensboro. N. C.f August 4.—Secretary
McAdoo. in a letter given out tonight at
the banquet of the Greensboro Chamber
of Commerce in his absence, declared
that If American cotton manufacturers
were prepared now to turn out the kind
of cotton goods the people of Central and
South America want, "we could undoubt
edly take and keep the vast amount of
trade In cotton goods our foreign com
petitors have been obliged to abandon."
The secretary urged the importance of
a shipping bill similar to the one which
failed of passage at the last session of
Congress.
"If you want South American trade; if
you want world trade." the letter read,
“the Indispensable step Is an American
merchant marine to carry our commerce
to the ends of the earth under the pro
tection of the Stars and Stripes."
Mr. McAdoo said a leading southern
cotton manufacturer told him that if he
risked his capital In producing the kind
of goods the South American market re
quired and in introducing tnem, be would
find himself driven out of that market
after the war because foreign steamship
owmera could increase freight rates over
night to discriminate against American
trade. This manufacturer declared, said
the secretary, that If reliable steamship
service were established, under the Ameri
can flag and backed by the United States
government, southern manufactures would
Increase their plants, manufacture the
goods required and go after the South
American trade.
"This Is. undoubtedly, a reasonable and
sound position for the cotton manufac
turer to take.” the letter continued. "He
cannot be expected to make a perilous
investment, nor can he command the
netessary capital to enlarge his business
for South American trade, unless he can
have assurance of reliable ocean trans
portation at reasonable rates.”
The Ensley Merchants' association Is
planning one of the biggest events in
the history of the Steel City in “home
coming" week which will be held in
connection with the proposed merchant
carnival, Henry Keller, chairman of the
committee, states that every former
resident of Ensley will be Invited to
spend one day at least in Ensley and
that all those *ho avail themselves of
the invitation will be royally enter
tained. The merchants propose to have
the carnival during home coming week
and in this connection they are going
to hire the attractions outright and
only such as will meet the approval of j
the association. No "skin” games or
grafting propositions will be tolerated. !
it is Baid, but plenty of clean and
wholesome amusements will be pro
vided. The committee is still working
on the plans and will make a report!
at the next meeting of the association
when the date of the home coming
week will b»> set. The committee is
• ntertalnlng tile suggestion that it be
held during the Alabama State Fair
week.
Following a letter from Grand Mas
ter George Huddleston in which he
urged the reinstatement of dropped
members. Ensley lodge No. 165, Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, at Its
meeting last night started a campaign
to induce all members suspended for
nonpayment of dues to again affiliate
themselves with the order. Under a law
enacted at the last session of the grand
lodge a subordinate lodge has the
power to restore a dropped member on
the payment of $3. This special law-,
expires on January 1, 1916.
Woman Passes Counterfeit
Chattanooga, August 4.—{Special.)—Mrs.
W. H. Bennett, wife of W. H. Bennett,
district freight agent of the Southern
railway, and prominent in social and re
ligious circles, was taken in custody to
day by secret service men on the charge
of passing one dollar bills which she had
raised to $T> and $10 denominations. She
was held to await the action of the fed
eral grand jury.
The bills were raised in a crude fashion,
the figures 5 and 10 being pasted on. The
arrest caused a sensation.
Deaths and Funerals
Maj. John B. Burke
Funeral services over the remains of
Maj. John B. Burke, aged 75, who died
Tuesday at the residence of his son at
Gadsden, will be held this morning at
St. Paul’s Catholic church. Requiem
mass will he celebrated. The Inter
ment will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
The following friends of the deceased
have been named as pallbearers: P. H.
Linnehan. Hugh MoGeever, J. J. Bog
gnn. Joe Meighan, John Gallagher and
Janies V. Hafer. The pallbearers are
requested to meet at the Lige Loy
chapel at 8:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Belle Brittan Mooar
Mrs. Belle Brittan Mooar died at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. J
Lee Rust, 1144 Twelfth street, last
night at 9 o’clock. The deceased is
survived by her daughter, Mrs. Rust,
Mrs. J. P. Radcliffe of New York city.
Mrs. George M. Lewis of Binghamton,
N. Y.; one brother, G. B. Brittan, and
three sisters, Mrs. J. H Stillman and
Mrs. J. B. McClary of Binghamton,
and Mrs. Lizzie B. Bloodworth of New
York. Funeral services will be con
ducted from the residence of Mrs. Rust
at 10 o’clock tomorrow' morning. Inter
ment will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Felix Sparks
Felix Sparks, aged 8 years, died yes
terday afternoon at a local infirmary.
The remains were sent to Carbon Hill
for Interment yesterday by Johns.
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Unless Sentence Is Com
muted Man Will Die in
Cullman Friday
New Decatur, August 4.—(Special, i—"I
am Innocent of murder In the first de
gree. I still believe that Governor Hen
derson will commute my sentence."
1 his was the statement made today
by George James, young white man,
now held In the Morgan county Jail for
safekeeping, and sentenced to death at
Cullman Friday by hanging. With the
gallows already constructed, and with
preparations completed for taking the
condemned mart to Cullntan Friday morn
ing. his execution to follow immediately
after his arrival. James today held firmly
tho hope that his attorneys, who are
now In Montgomery, will be able to pre
sent Iris case In such a favorable light
that lie will be granted executive clem
ency.
Seen today in the Morgan county jal!
by a representative of The Age-Herald.
James was inclined to be reticent. He
declined to discuss Ills case further than
to insist that he was not guilty of niur
dor in tho first degree, and to express
the hope that he would be allowed to
escape the scaffold.
James was convicted on January 9. 1914.
In Cullman county of the murder of
Enoch Claybum. a white man. It Is
claimed that racial troubles were the un
derlying causes of the tragedy, as Clay
bourn employed negro servants, and the
feeling In Cullman county Is very much
against allowing negroes to reside In
that section. The late Judge D. Wr.
Speake was the trial Judge.
"Claybourn's wife, on her death bed,
expressed the hope that I would not be
hanged." said James today. "She said
that her people caused her to make such
a bitter fight to take my life."
James appeared calm and shows no
signs of the nervous strain that he must
be undergoing. He has not been placed
in the death cell, although Sheriff For
man is keeping him under-the strictest
surveillance.
Bessemer, August 4.—(Special.)
The following drawings were made
this morning at 10 o’clock for the first
of the doubles championship tennis
rounds: Smith and Byers vs. Houston
and Bradley, Hugh McEniry and Mc
Connell vs. Salmon and Adams, Rush
and Fitzpatrick vs. Wade and partner
of Reeders, Hawkins and partner vs
Skew's and Unzicker, Bradley and Clay j
vs. Cockrell and Donaldson. Howard
McEniry and Spencer vs. Goodwyn and
Gwinn, Cohen and Williams vs. Mc
Eniry and Brannon. The following
drawings were made in the first of the
single championship rounds: Skews vs.
Cockrell, Fitzpatrick vs. Rush, Donald
son vs. Bailey, Foster Bradley vs. Mc
Conell, Hill vs. Adams. Goodwfyn vs.
Byers, Unzicker vs. Smith, Halley vs
Hugh McEniry, Howard McEniry vs.
Spencer, Peyton McEitiry vs. Houston,
Clay vs. Salmon, Cohen vs. Hawkins.
Uwen Williams draws a bye.
I'he men who are to play are urged
lo make arrangements to get together
as soon as possible. They are request
ed to notify the president, George
G Houston, as soon as a match is ar
ranged between the players by phoning
Bessemer 366, at which time he will
reserve a court for them at a certain
time. Matches once officially arranged
in which a team or player (in singles) !
lails to show up within one hour of j
the schedule time will be declared won I
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Loveman, Joseph & Loeb j
To make a full day’s busi
ness in 5 hours this morning
—Two specials in the
August Furniture Sale
All steel
cot $1.95
Appearance as indi
cated in picture—very
desirable for sleeping
porches and camps and
exceedingly comfort
able.
Folding camp stools
29c
f
Strong, well made Camp Stools*
with canvas or wood slat seats*
Souvenir of the sale and a convert*
lence about home.
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Loveman Joseph $Loeb I
la Ordering: Good* Pleone Mention THE AGE-HERALD |
by the ready team by default. Those
defeated in the first round of play will
be eligible for the first consolation
round. Drawings for the consolation
round, however, cannot be made until
the entire first round of both singles
and doubles shall have been played.
The citizens of Bessemer are mani
festing much interest in the proposed
reduction of 25 per cent in water rates
ni tliis city, but as yet no agreement
has been reached between the city and
the Bessemer waterworks. It will be
remembered that sometime ago a reso
lution was passed by the council in
structing the city attorney to proceed
legally against the waterworks com
pany, and it is stated that this proposed
reduction is offered instead of having
long drawn out litigation over the
question of rates, ft is understood that
a proposition was made by the water
works company that for certain con
cessions and the withdrawal of suits
the company would reduce the rates to
consumers of water 25 per cent on the
contract signed 13 years ago and which
Mill has 17 years to run.
It is stated that one of the conces
sions is to be that the city will not
require the flushing of sew’ers by the
company, this consuming a large quan
tity of water. It is thought by mem
bers of the council that the prospect
ol reduced water rates is brighter than
ever before and that tire matter will
be worked out to the satisfaction of
all concerned.
REVIEW OF BATTLES
ON WESTERN FRONT
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price of a bloody sacrifice, it is with the
conscientious mission of holding large
enemy forces on the western front. By
the Marne rlctory it stopped the invasion
and ruined the first German plan, which
was, first, to shatter Fiance and return
then against Russia.
“By the victory of the Yser, with the
aid of the allied armies closing the line
of deftnse it effectively prevented the
enemy from getting a foothold In Pass I
de Calais. * 1
“By continuous offensive actions frohi J
February to July in Champagne, tfto Jfl
Argonne and Artois, it demoralized ap- M
pr: ximately 2.000.000 men and captured an frl
enormous amount of material. Without la
allowing the enemy an Instant’s respite it
forced the German general staff to utilize l|
on the western front reserves In- barracks 1'j
and arsenals. §
“It would be a serious mistake to mens- ||
ure our effort by the ground conquered. j j
The demoralization and wearing down of ^
the German army is the real goal.
"We have attained this goal since ^
it lias been proved that during this a
six months the enemy has suffered heavy
losses and taking everything into con- f
sideration. he can only remove from
our front 8 per cent of his total effect- f
ives.
“The great battles on the western front
were fought In Champagne during the
months of February and March, between '
the Meuse and the “MoiseUe during the vi
month of April and in Artois during May
and June.
“In Champagne we have taken th® |
enemy’s defenses for a depth of from
two to seven kilometres (from one and j|
one-third to four and one-third miles) |
which repeated and heavy counter a’t- 1
tacks have not been able to recaptuVo j
Between four and five German army |
corps have suffered heavy losses. two I
regiments of the guard being almost de* *
stroyed. On the captured ground nearly |M
2000 German dead were counted. We tooW pJ
2000 prisoners, rapid fire guns and a larg^Vjj
number of trench cannon.
“To this great success must be added j
the success In the Bois D'Ailly and the j
Bois De Pretre. which the German* call |
‘Bois De Da Mort.’
TOO LATE TO KLASSIFY1
T^u^r^/rT^S^XecoiinTn^aTrfTg^'TTTe^'clTy^ j
will sell this month paid up room M
rent In prominent hotel at one-third 9
regular price. Address P-75, car® H
Age-Herald
Fire Works
Thursday, August 5th
East Lake
Celebrating Opening of New Viaduct
Fast Car Service
The First Avenue Viaduct will open this afternoon at 3 o’clock and
a fast car service started to East Lake. We wish to congratulate
the people upon this splendid addition to our city and are today giv
ing some of the finest amusements ever offered to the public.
Special aquatic stunts will feature the day’s program.
Mr. Seymour, champion high diver and swimmer of the South, to
gether with other men and women professionals, will give exhibi- * ,
tions of fancy high diving and swimming. From 3:30 to 6 p. m. j
Free For All Swimming Match s
$5.00 in gold to winner
Special Ladies’ Swimming Contest—Open to all Ladies
Electric Iron to Winner
Free chairs and tables to picnickers
Be among the first to cross the Weatherly viaduct
Formal Opening 3 p. m. today
East Lake Park Amusement Co.
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