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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28

Batteries: Wolf and Murdoch; Frederick
and Strong.
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 boy that had already shown the criminal inclination. These boys must be saved from their evil associations and put on the right track.
 The "Friendly Visitor'' from the society will call and talk with the mother. She will encourage the mother and help to relieve the burden of caring for the little ones and making the home tidy and more inviting for the boys and father She will give what encouragement and ad- vice she can and that will be accepted. The "Friendly Visitor' has never yet failed to carry sunshine, encouragement and blessing into every home she has visited. She is one of the gentlest and sweetest little women in Birmingham. She Is living angel to scores of chil- dren and tired mothers in this busy city.
 The work of rescuing the boy and the girl In the incipiency of crime Is world- wide. movement. lt.is perhaps receiving it's most practical and far~reaching at tention in Birmingham. The majority of the societies and probation officers work from the surface downward That is, they get hold of the boy after he Is brought into the police or juvenile court. The idea of the Birmingham probation officer and the good women behind the Boys club and Chldren's Aid society is to reach the boy before he gets into court, to save him from the disgrace of a court trial if possible
 The results in Birmingham during the past four years show how well this rule has worked In the year 1906 l4S cases were docketed against white boys In the Birmingham police court. In 1907 the to- tai number was reduced to ll2. In l90S the total number was 3S, and during the first six months of the present year only
 iod to fha nOlfCa court Only the extreme cases are allowed to go into the court
 Another laudable theory of the child's societies is to keep boys out Of the 1n- dustrfaI school if possible. If boy can not be managed in his own nome or IT that homo is unfit for him an effort is first made to get another -ome for him, fin the country if possible. Twenty-nino bows have been put in good homes in the country this year Gooo reports come In weekly from every one of the boys with but one exception. Tie exception was where the home was broken up and the boy had to be placed elsewhere.
 "Eyery boy has some good traits that can be reached and developed if you approach him in the proper manner" said Mfr Willows. You lose your grip on the boy when you drag him into a crim- inal court He is hard to reach through this channel. We try to get to the boy when he shows the first inclination to so wrong. We study his personality. his as- sociates and the home conditions. Nine cases out of every ten we find that there is something wrong in the home. Tho parents are lax, criminal. or perhaps sep arated, or the child Is allowed to run at large on tho street.
 eve improve these homo infiuenoss when we cens ret the boy In school and
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work that is being done by the Boys club and Children's Aid society. It Is making but little public demonstration The good work is being done in the homes of the lowly and among the chil- dren that need care and protection. The city Is not giving the work the support it deserves but there is every prospect that this will be given in the near future.
 The good woman of Birmingham who are standing behind the society deserve great credit for the real good they are do- ing for humanity. They are making no spectacular display of their efforts to ben eft humanity. They are working with a nobleness Of heart and purpose that should command the commendation of ev- cry citizen of the city and district.
 In Maurice Willows they have general superintendent who is exceptionally well- fitted for the work in the field. He stands high in the national councils of benevolent institutions and has made child rescue work life study.
 He Is kind as a 'Big Brother should be and yet as firm as any occasion demands.
 Miss Mayme Abel Is the Friendly Vis- itor'' of Chapter No. 8. She Is exceptional ly well fitted for the work and the as- sociation is well pleased with the results she has been able to show.
 It is probable that Chapters and will put friendly visitors in the field to as- sist in the work in . short time. The officers cf the Boys Club and
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inal the court saved man and made good citizen.
 Dr. Phillips reported to MT. Willows that four bows had been expelled from one of the city public schools for in- corrigibility He furnished the probation officer with the names and addresses and asked that he take up the cases.
 l accompanied the probation officer and had a most excellent opportunity to study conditions in homes where boys most usually go wrong and begin their careers first on the streets at night and later in jail or in the reformatory.
 The leader of the four boys who had been expelled had brought liquor to the school and was distributing 1t among the other boys on the grounds. He was 14 years old.
 When we found the home of this boy it was closed. We learned from neighbors that the father and mother worked in town during the day and that the chill dren, boy and girl, were left to take care of themselves. They spent most of the time In the streets. This told us the entire story of the boys way wardness. It Is only half step from the street to bad associates We found the girl dirty and unkempt playing with some neighbor children. She was pretty and bright. Soap and water, mixed with little motherly attention, would have made an unusually sweet little girl We found the boy playing marbles in the gutter two or three blocks from home. He admitted that he had gone to school with whisky on his breath. "Yes, drink whisky when I can get it. Don't you
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you go home. I am your friend. l will not harm you l want to help you. When did you leave homer
 Day before yesterday"
 Where is your homer
 Up on Second
 Up on Second? And you haven't been home in two nights?"
 That's straight" replied the boy who gave his age as Il years.
 Well, come along. l will go home with you.'' said MT. Willows. kindly.
 "Oh, l know the way"
 Yes, but you must show me. 1 want to know why you are out over night. You have a mother? Well, I want to know her. It is my business
 The boy trudged along home and Will lows followed at his side. It was on the second floor of dark, unpresentabe building on Second avenue. light through transom far down the hall in- dicated the room occupied by the boy and his mother.
 Willows pushed the boy ahead and paused moment on the outside. God. boy, where have you been? Where is that 80 cents you had today? But I know you had it-Jimmie told me- That was the furious, mercenery greeting the boy got from his mother. She cared not where he had ben for two days and nights. She wanted the few dimes he had man assl to scrape together. kfWflAows stepped into the room. It was mean and unkempt. The mother sat at & rickety table playing cards with three strange men.
 1t was midnight and the rain and wind
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want some?' This was his defiant re- joinder when Probation Officer Willows with his arm laid kindly about the boys shoulder. asked him about his conduct
 Where do you get the whisky?"
 There was a long silence, during which the boy scratched up pile of dirt with his soiled hands. We were sitting on the curb. MT. Willows insisted on a reply a truthful reply.
 T promised not to tell and I will not, but I can get you some if you want it.''
 At the home of another one of the boys we found the house also closed. The boy had no mother and the father worked all day. The boy was allowed free rein on the streets.
 The two other boys were brothers. We found the mother in a neat, comfortable cottage. The surroundings were compara- lively inviting. We could detect no ex- ternal cause for the boys to go astray
 We got peep into the home and the conditions. There was a large group of children, most of them small and the
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It was a raw, ''scurvey'' night. The wind was blowing a hurricane and a cold rain was falling It was near midnight and the streets of Birmingham were al- most deserted.
 Under a friendly awning on First ave- nue small boy stood shivering. He had one unsold paper under his arm. His clothing was thin and tattered. His shoes were poor. His feet were wet.
 Maurice Willows, probation officer and superintendent of the Birmingham Boys club and Child's Aid society, found him there. Maurice usually finds them.
 Ah, my boy, you are out late to- night?s
 Yep, goter sell dis pape."
 Where Is your homer
 Watcher want ter know dat fer?"
 T want you to go home. You will catch your death out here tonight"
 'oh, cut it out, pardner, I can take keer of myself.''
 Yes. but 1t is my business to see that
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Orleans. from which city a long jump to Birmingham is made. The special car rying the circus left the Crescent City after the last performance of the week last night and is due to reach Birmfn8- ham over the Louisville and Nashville some time around noon today.
 Everything Is in readiness for the open ing performance Monday night A large force of hands has been at work since Friday putting the building in proper shape, and a complete transformation has taken place so far es the interior of the big structure Is concerned. Expert decorators have worked wonders and the sight which will meet the gase of the first night spectators will prove astonish- ing. There will be seen profusion of color, a glitter of light a rainbow of bunting and general holiday appearance to the entire affair.
 Throughout the week shriners in fes will act as ushers and everything will 50
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for Mir Royal to book his big show sue cessfully and consecutively.
 For years past St. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris and London have all had perma- nent indoor circuses, which have been among the great amusement features Of these cities. The New York Hippodrome is also a winter circus to a great extent, and it was while on a visit to Europe three years ago that Rhoda Royal first conceived the idea of presenting pro- fessional mid-winter circus in America.
 Of course the Rhoda Royal show can only play in the leading cities and Bir- mingham is one of 16 metropolises which the show will visit this winter The oth- CT cities are Chattanooga, Atlanta, Rich mond Washington, D. C., Buffalo. Cleve- land Columbus. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Louisville Milwaukee, St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha, Denver and Chicago.
 The season opened week before last in Memphis and last week was spent in New
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from a tin-whistle to hat band.
 A glittering street parade in which win be seen a hundred or more staid business men of this city, all members of Zamora Temple. in uniform and "fez." mingling with twice that number of be-spanglsd circus performers, will be given tomorrow morning. The Shriners patrol in full dress uniform. will also participate in tho street pageant. Aside. however. from augmenting the parade, acting as ven- ders. ushers. etc., the Shriners will take no further part in the presentation of the weeks amusement, which will be pre- scented entirely by Rhoda Royal and his galaxy of circus celebrities. Tho illus tration herewith presented shows an in- terestinG groupe of these starr. together with some of Rhoda Royals wonderful equine performers Tho circus carries over 100 trained horses, snong them being the famous stable of Rheda Royars fifty beautiful blacks-
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,hildren's Aid society are as follows,

Childrens Aid society are as followst
 President Mrs. James Weathsrly; vice president. Mrs. L. J. Haley. Jr.; secretary. Mrs w. L. Murdoch; treasurer. Mrs. w. D. Nesbitt President Chapter No. l. Mrs. E. T. Shaw; Chapter No. 2, Mrs. E. M. Kilbey; Chapter No. 3, Mrs. Ed 8. Moore.
 The advisory board is composed of Judge N. B. Feagin. Dr. B. D. Sibley, John w. O'Neill. John Henly. Jr.. Robert Jemison, Jr., R. r. Johnston and William Ryan.
 w. J. O'Bren Is assistant superintend- ent.
 the Massey building on Third avenue. with large reading rooms and other con- veniences for the boys.
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ARcHDukE ENTERTAINED.
An Amusing Little Ceremony st lm-
 periaI Hunting Lodge.

Berlin. December k-Gpscial.) .)-whsn Archduke Franz Fsrdinsnd of Austria. was the Kaisor's guest recently he VII entertained by an amusing little ceremony atthe imperial hunting lodge at Letsli1- zen.
 One of the household treasurss there 10 2 large bowl. which guests. visiting there for the first time, arc expected to drain of champagne
 But the bowl is peculiarly constructed. mounted with stags horns % artfully placed that 1t is esctremsly difficult for the thinker to empty 1t without spilllng the wine. He is obliged. however. 10 as- tempt the feat bsfore the Kaiser and the assembled gussts Among the vic- tina who went through the ordeal on this occasion were the Crown Prince oe Greece. Prince Oscar of Prussia (the Kaissr's third son). the Austrian aW- bassador and Chancellor von Botnmann- Ho1lwog.
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Bi,mineham's Et1oyks to
 Reclaim Waysv0rd Boys
By WALTER HARPER.

act which he admitted. They took time to be kind and show that great human itarian spirit that more courts should possess. The boy was placed on proba- ton and turned over to Maurice Willows. Willows secured employment for him. at small wages it Is true. but he worked faithfully. Later on he was given bet ter position. This was only few months ago. Today he holds one of the most re- isponsible positions in Birmingham at a good salary. He has redeemed and re- turned the stolen property; almost paid the board bill, and is laying by some money in the bank. He |" wearing gooo clothes and is paylng attentions to one of the sweetest young girls In Birming- ham. She need not be ashemed of him. He comes of highly respectable fam fly socially and in business in one of the largest cities In the middle west. The young man Is thoroughly honest, In spite of the fact that he went wrong in an hour of desperation.
 The result; Instead of making crim-
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youngest was i'll. The mother. good. patient woman. was burdened with the cares of housekeeping and nursing the babies. The rooms were not as tidy as they might have been. I do not wonder. The father is a working man and is away all day. He seems to provide moderately we'll for his large family, but neither he nor the mother have time to give their children the attention they should have.
 Why did the boys go wrong? They were not charged with anything serious in school It was case Of Dog Tray" They were in bad company. But here was a problem for the Child's Aid society, just as important as that involved in the
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howled through the alley and along the deserted streets.
 A young man drifted into Birmingham. Owing to dissentions between his father and stepmothsr the boy left home. His parents wero wealthy and the boy was in- telligent and of good character. He failed to find work in Birmingham and was reduced to threadbare desperation. He owed several weeks board bill. He was honest but circumstances were against him. He knew 1t would be useless to write to his father in a distant city for help.
 He stole watch from q roommate. He did not intend to steal 1t. It was the only thing lying around that offered some cash money. He took 1t and pawned 1t for few dollars. He was arrested and carried into court. The young man was beyond the age limit for the juvenile court law. He was near maturity. But Naurice Willows and Judge Feagtn saw something of promiso in the boy. They saw something beyond the one criminal
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NOTICE.

Members of Birmingham lodge No. 79, B. P. o. Elks, are re- quested to assemble at the Home today ct 2::S0 pm. to at- tend memorial services at the Bijou. Tho public is cordially invited.
 C.sW. Frickhoeffer. E. R. H. E. Shropshire, Jr, Sscty.
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in church if possible and keep watch over him. The Friendly Visitor does most effective work sn this respect. She visits the home, encourages the parents and the boy Through kindness and hu- manitaran interest she is usually able to improve the conditions.
 "When we find that the home conditions are bad and cannot be improved the child is taken from the home and given better surroundings. We get to him be- fore the policeman, if possible.
 "A large majority of the criminals in this city and country are the develop mcnt of bad home conditions. We are trying to get at the root Of the evil trving to train up good citizens instead of crirninals. The modern idea Is to stop the growth of criminals instead of walt ing fill they are developed and then look ing for cure Punishment of crime does not always cure crime.
 s.When the Boys club was first or ganized we had an idea that public en- tertainments would prove good method of reaching the boys on the streets. We tried 1t but were soon convinced that 1t was moi nractical. Several disadvantages u,sra encountered. We find that it is much better and safer to train the boy to- wards home We make the home. the school and the church the bases toward which we direct the boy. The home is the hest and only safe place for the boy at night and during his idle hours"
 The public cannot appreciate the great
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War Ia Now On.

From Judge.
 Howsll-'Do you think we shau svsr have unfversal peasaf'
 powsf-'1 hAd hopas of 1t at ono tims. but that wa bstors the North Pole lee itseyf be found"
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The first opportunity for residents of the Birmingham district to enjoy a view pleose the sense of smell and flowers of genuine indoor circus will be given tomorrow night, when the Rhoda Royal Two Ring Circus Hipp olrome and Wild West opens in the Southside Rink build- ing for a weeks engagement. under the auspices of Zaniora Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
 This circus has created sensation all over the country where it has appeared, in most of the principal cities under the auspices of the Shriners, and 1t comes to Birmingham widely heralded as a great novelty.
 A few years ago q traveling indoor cir GUS in this country would have been an impossibility as there are few cities in which 1t could have played. Nowadays, however, there are so many big coliseum buildings in the country that 1t is possible
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Tabourettes from 50c up. Pedestals from $3.50 up. Fern Stands from 50c up. Costumers from $2.50 up. Child's Rockers from $1 up.
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Ladies Desks from $7.50 up. Shaving Stands from SIP up. Toilet Tables from $10 up.
 China Cabinets from $15 up. Chiffoniers from $7 50 up.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-28

Arden, New York. Aug. 27.-What-
ever may be Harriman's ailment,
whatever his true condition, the pub
lie is not to know until he and his
family desire that the announcement
be made. He is an isolated invalid
with the nature of his affliction a
mystery to thise outside his noun
tain retreat.
Scraps of news, dropped from the
lips Of a relative, an associate and
an employe indicated that he spent a
quiet day, part of it out of doors,
but there we're other incidents which
led those who are aware of meagre
channels of information to believe
that all was not we'll. There was
an arrival at the station at Turner
of two tanks, something which may
have had no bearing of Harriman's S
illness, but which appeared signifi-
cant in that they were recorded on
bill of lading as "oxygen. - Shortly
afterwards there came a small col
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-28

Washington, Aug. z7.-A delega-
tion of about forty prominent men,
bers Of the Japanese chambers Of
commerce, including number of
women, will arrive in Seattle, WASH.
ON September 2, for the purpose Of
visiting the Alaska-Yukon-Paci ex-
position and later making an extend
ed tour of the United States under
the auspices of the chambers of COM
merce of the Pacific coast states, as
sisted by the United States.
The Japanese delegation will be
headed by Baron Shibusawa, one Of
the foremost men of affairs in his
country. Baron Shibusawa visited
the United States a number of years
ago and made a study of the Ameri-
can commercial organizations and it
was through him that the chamber
of commerce were first introduced
into Japan 1t is understood that
through his management these COM
mercial bodies have much closer re-
lations with the general govern
ment than do similar organizations
in the United States.
With a view of properly recog-
nizing the. importance Of this body,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-28
TROOPERS MOUNTED GUARD AT
ss. suNDoWN FRIDAY EVENING q
Z. =. '..~. A. PLANT. SEl
STRIKERS ARE JUBIANT
CLAIM There ARE ONLY THREE
HUNDRED MEN REMAINING "
AT WORK. ...'.f
Many imported Workmen Have De.
serted to the Strikers Ranks-
Strikers Say Company Will Be Fore.
ed to Suspend Operations In the
Near Future. ~

Pittsburg, Aug. 27.-At sun-down
tonight sixty state troopers mounted
guard at the plant of the Pressed
Steel Car plant at schoenville, where
$500 employees of that concern are
striking, anticipating before another
twenty-four hours a REPETITION of
Bloody Corner" of last Sunday
night z
Trouble is feared for several reas-
ons, the principal one being the fact
that all during today imported work.
men have been deserting the Pressed
Steel Car plant in droves.. Of from
one to two hundred. The men: de-
clare unequivocally that. they have
been misused subjected to- indigni-
ties and forced to work whether they
chose or not. ~
AS quickly as men reached the out
side of the car plant stockade they
were welcomed with open arms by
striking employees, and within a hall
hour imported workmen had entered
into strike spirit as virulant as II
they walked from their jobs six and
half weeks ago when the car plant
|Eemployes first left down their tools
|finstead Of but thirty minutes before
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-28

NEW WORKERS ARE; HEAVILY IN
N TEREsTED IN POWER coMPAN-
1, les INCORPORATED IN MicHi-
q GAM EIGHTEEN COMPANIES
NJ ARE IN. ,.,

s@ Lansing, Mich. Aug. 27.-T"e an
snounceme, today f. = the secretary
of state Of first articles of incorpore-
,tion hay., been lied by eighteen pow
Ter companies with total paid in cap
sitalizatio, OF Sc 2iD:;ns! is :,.iicvei
here to mean that practically all OF
the available power sites in north
western Michigan have heen acquired
by eastern Interests, which no" con-
|trol gas and elect.ic properties in
many cities OF the state. While
there is nothing in any of the in
corporation papers to connect either
firm with the companies it has been
reported that Hodenpyl Walbridge &
company of New York and E. w.
Clark & Company Of Philadelphia
were interested in Michigan power
sites.
n Fourteen of the new concerns are
water power companies. Their in
|corporators are e. F. Loud and H
EK. Loud, of Ausable, Mich, each OF
t3whom holds one, share of stock and
H.. A. Wood Of New York to whom
,are credited the other 998 shares
lin these conditions groups of three
icompanies Geo. E. Hardy Of Engle-
wood, N. j., Is the heavy stock hold
Ter with w. M. Eaton and J. c. Wea-
dock both of New York as small
holders.