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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Cosmos Club.

A regular meeting of the Cosmos club was held Friday afternoon with Mrs. Gull yer at her residence. The rooms were beautifully decorated with pink roses and cosmos, the club flowers. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock. IT of 20 members being present. Roll-call was re- sponded to with quotations from Shakes peare. Mrs. J. B. Simpson led the dis cussion, a number of good ideas being brought out. Mrs. Vibbers' sketch of Historical English Palaces and Cas- ties" was excellent, giving an Idea of the grand style in which the nobility lived in those days Mrs. F. D. Fuller handled a very difficult subject. "Tenny- son as an Epic Poet" very fiuently. Three of Tennyson's poems were read by Miss Georgia McMilan in her own charming style, much to the clubs delight. The next meeting will be held Friday, No vember 12, with Mrs. Dugger.
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SPEEDY FLOATING FORTS.
Germany Has Made Remarkable Prog
 ress In Naval Construction.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 If we may accept the reports current in European naval circles, Germany has succeeded to remarkable degree in combining the open mind with secret construction. There are two big armored cruisers building at Hamburg which, if credited. are the last word In the com bination of power ana speed. They are reported to have horse power of 10000, and are expected to make normally 2S knots an hour. When we remember that the English Invincible, which is common ly supposed to be the fastest armored cruiser in the world, develops but 4,000 horse power giving her sustained speed of 25 knots. can see how far and how fast Germany has pushed ahead of all competitors in an effort to build warships which shall snatch the speed pennant from the swiftest ocean liner Of course, the test of such plans Is the performance but a 2S-knot armored cruiser Is something portentious, since 1t cannot be believed that Great Britain, not to mention other naval powers, will for moment be content that the maximum speed shall be long held by Germany un- challenged. The 30-knot warship may not be so far distant after all. Of course de- stroyers and other small craft have passed the 30-knot record and left it be- hind; but for vessels capable of long distance cruising or taking part in the
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line of battle, that gait has heretofore been considered all but prohibitory.
 few years ago it was thought that the armored cruiser had seen It's best days. Our ships of the Washington class. vessels displacing 15.0O0 tons, were deemed the highest possible development Of their type. Today they are far behind the achievements of Great Britain in that line and the class that was supposed to have been superseded is once more re- ceiving the attention of the foremost naval architects. It Is not going too far to say that the armored cruiser of today is in speed. power and effectiveness all that the battleship of 10 years ago was. The only limits to be seen on the devel- opment of warship displacement and general power are financial. The richer nations in the long run will outstay all competitors, and the palm of prestige on the sea may reflect the power of the purse on land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
CONDITIONS IN
 ENSLEY ARE GOOD Tennessee Company Is Sinking
 Shaft No. l3 BIG HALLOWEEN PARTY RoutIedee House Damaged by Fire. Teachers Have Meeting-cosmos Club Meets-That Deputy
 Raid-News of Ensley.

Ensley, October SO-(special.) l.)-The in- dustrial conditions of Ensley continue to improve and many men are being put to work each day. A large force of engl- neers is on the new Improvements in and around Ensley and Wylam, laying off the grounds for the new developments. The work of sinking No. 13 shaft, near wylam, is progressing. This will be the largest and deepest mine the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company owns and is to be equipped with all the modern devices and appliances used in the mod ern methods of mining coal. Electricity will play a great part in the operation of the mine, which will be fitted with the most complete electric haulage in the country When the mine is opened for operation it is stated it will sur- pass in completeness of equipment and facilities for mining coal any other mine in the entire south.
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A Sons Inoratitude.

The meanest man has been found.
 His name shall not be dignified by men tion. but he lives at Lees Summit Me.
 This man banished his mother, aged SC years, from his home to an outhouse in his back yard.
 And then he insulted public opinion by quoting Scripture in defense of his un' fiilial procedurei
 Upon complaint of persons in Lees Summit that the old lacy was being neg lected, an officer of the Humane society of St. Louis went there to investigate
 After he had seen where and how the mother lived this officer said to the son:
 q wouldn't treat a dog of mine that way"
 And this is what the son said:
 eve had to put her out of the house She is so old she cannot take care of herself and her presence in the house was unbearable. My wife couldn't live in the same house with her, and, besides my wife is not strong and will not wait on her."
 "Then," responded the indignant officer "I would have given my mother the house and taken the shed for myself"
 Whereupon the unnatural son had the presumption to respond:
 Doesn't the Bible say to forsalSe your father and mother and cleave to your wifeT'
 Which was like Satan quoting Scripture for his own edification.
 The Scriptures nowhere order a man to forsake his father and mother in the sense this man would have 1t.
 On the contrary
 One of the positive injunctions of the old book is the plain one, Honor thy fa- ther and thy mother"
 And the same Scripture declares, How sharper than a serpent's tooth is a thank less childr
 Eighty-six and helpless-therefore thrust her outl
 One wonders what sort of stuff such a man is made of. Because the mother who bore him in agony and nursed him to manhood can no longer care for her self he thrusts her into quarters unfit for a dumb brute, there to die.
 Surely God has patience!
 Poor old mother!
 One can but hope that her second child hood may have come back to her and that there in the old shed she may have smiled and played among her rags, mer- cifully unconscious of her boys ingrati- tude.
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Sung Again.

From the Washington Post.
 Jacob Hope, the well-l<nown pet stock dealer of Philadelphia, told at a recent dinner a new parrot story.
 "A pale, tired-looking woman." he said "entered a crowded trolley car. She had a bundle of familiar shape under her arm and the bundle moved now and then rest lessly. Then she would rock and cuddle it.
 Keep still. darling. Don't fret, deal one,' she would say,
 The young men in the car never once lifted their eyes from their papers. Bu an old banker gazed compassionatey al the weary woman and her little one Finally, he rose and shouled
 Here, madam, take my seat. If none of these young fellows will give seat tc a lady with a babe in her arms, l will old as I am!'
 MT. Hope smiled.
 AS the woman." he said, accepted the old mans seat gratefully. phono graph-trained parort stuck it's head ou from under her cloak and screeched:
 "Stung again, governori''
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Halloween Party.

Miss Susan and Miss Anna Dean Saw yer entertained last evening at a Hal loween party at their handsome residence on Martin avenue and Second street, Wy lam. The house was appropriately dec- orated with flowers and autumn leaves. Jack-o'-lanterns, bats, broomsticks, skulls and other equally unique designs that fitted the occasion. The guests were garbed in the regulation costume of sheet and pillow slip, and as they fitted through the darkened house, lighted only by lan- terms and colored tapers, made an effect in keeping with Halloween traditions.
 Miss Sue Sawyer, as the fortune teller, was a great success, her costume being quaint and original. The witches den was weird and ghostly. At a given signal the guests unmasked, and games, music and other features were indulged in until the midnight hour Souvenirs in the form of miniature skeletons, containing quota tions, were given each guest
 Punch and fruit were served in the dining room, Miss Carrie Thomas, Miss Harriet McIlheren and Miss Martha Mo- Ilheren presiding over the punch bowl The whole affair was well planned and successfully carried out by the hostesses Among those present were: Miss Annie
 
 Miss Purcell, Miss Nina Randall, Miss Park, Miss Claire Fonville, Miss Pass more, Miss Taylor, Miss Leona Davis, Miss Hattie Bentley. Miss Carrie Lou McEachern, MissN Velma Supple. Miss Elizabeth Allen, Miss Bartlett. Miss Tickle, Miss Agnes Davidson. Miss Flora Fournier, Miss Etta Donelson; Messrs. J. H. Anderson, Brooks, c. Thomas M. l.. Murphy. w. H. Gilbert, F. L. Apsham, Tom Vaughn, John Crawford, Sam Wal lace, Herbert Williamson, R. F. Richard son, J. J. Walsh, H. Watson, Dr. Bred Mcdonald, pr. W. s. Rountree, Jim Rob- ertson. Will Shivors, McNaul, H. Vert ley, Will Spradling, John Miller, Gus Wharton, R. Shively, Sam Tickle, Jesse Jones, Snowden Walburn, Estes. G. H. Smith, Davenport, Fulton, Morse, Phil lips Bowls, Charles H. Mandy, Mr. and Mrs. Wellington owens, Mir. and Mrs. F. L. Metzger, MT. and Mrs. Jim Me- Hugh, Mr. and Mrs Will Sterling.
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Fonville Dupuy Burke Realty Both Phones 3Sl Company. "s Ensley, Alabama

of his fathers death, which occurred early this morning at the family resi- dence Iii Nashville. MT. White left at noon today to attend the funeral.
 J. Warden Burrow of Shelbyville, Tenn, is visiting his sisters, Mrs. s. H. Looney and Mrs. A. B. Moss.
 Miss James Leddell entertained the Ladies' Missionary society at her resi- dence on Avenue B and Twenty-seventh street yesterday afternoon. There were about 40 ladies present. The hostess served refreshments.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs J. H. Shel- don, 2010 Avenue G.
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personaI and aeneraI.

MT. and Mrs. Lucien J. Duncan enter tained at dinner yesterday in honor of the Rev. P. II. Duncan, who has Just re- turned from an extensive trip to Cihcin~ nAti, Pittsburs and Washington. An ele gant course dinner was served. Those at. tending were the Rev. P. H. Duncan, Dr. J. D. Heacock, Mrs. M. V. Averyt, Dr. E. w. Averyt, Mr and Mrs. Ed Bill ings, MT. Lucien Duncan, Jr, Miss Pru- dence Elizabeth Duran and the host and hostess.
 Miss Sabine at teacher of the Bush school, is spending the week end at her home in New Decatur.
 Miss Alice Forman of the Wilson school is paying visit to her home in Tennes- see.
 Sloman chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, will meet next Tuesday afternoon. November 2 with Mrs. R. w. Brown at her residence. Pratt City. The meeting will be called at 1:8o o'clock.
 J. T. Upshaw, formerly sterekeeper for the woodstock Iron company, has bought an interest in the Crossett Shoe company on Avenue E. His connection with the firm will start on the lat.
 Kenneth White received the sad nswu
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$5000-50x1OO feet fronting on 18th street, close to the new postoffice; sidewalks, paving and all city improvements down and paid for.
 $55O0-5Ox175 feet fronting on Avenue D, alley corner; close in; sidewalks, paving and all city improvements down and
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paid for; good terms on this. $o3O0-100x175 feet on Avenue and 2Sth street; good terms. $S0O-50x150 feet on Avenue F and S0th street; terms. $9OO-150x150, on the corner, in Birming- ham-Ensley survey; terms. $15O-50x150 feet on the hill, Birmingham Ensley. $2sO0-Six-room cottage, bath lights, side-
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walks, corner lot. on Avenue H. $2750-F -Five-room cottage, bath, lights, gas, sidewalks, at Palmer Terrace; good terms.
 s2625z 100x14O, on the corner Ensley High lands terms. $20O0- -Four-room cottage on goth street and Avenue I, 50x15O foot lot, shady side of street; terms. SS000-Two 2-story dwellings on the corner,
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Tabbed and Filed.

From Judge.
 Mrs. Crawford-You must love your husband very dearly if you save all the letters he sends you while you're in the country.
 Mrs. Crabshaw-I'm keeping them for comparison, my dear. I'm sure to catch him in lie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Deputies Make Raid.

A number of soft drink establishments were raided yesterday by Chief Deputy Lucien Brown and assistants. The places were searched under the search and seiz- ure provisions of the Fuller bill. A one horse wagon load of beer and whisky was taken by the deputies and carried to the sheriff's office in Birmingham. The parties arrested made bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Buy Ensley Real Estate Before
 The Advance in Price.

close in, on Avenue c; all modern im- provements; new houses; terms. List your property with us for sale or rent.
 Acreage joining the property recently pur- chased by the Tennessee Land company, facing the Possum Valley pike. Big things doing in this valley. This acreage is the best investment in the district. You lose if you do not buy this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
The Teachers, Meetlna.

The teachers of the Ensley public schools met this morning In regular monthly meeting at the Bush school build ing. The subject under discussion was the Personal Relation of the Teacher" The matter was ably presented by the teachers of the various schools.
 Superintendent N. R. Baker read pa- per on Literature as an Approach to Grammar" which was able and instruct i've. The other routine duties of the meeting were disposed of. There were about 50 teachers and principals present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
The Exclamation.

From the Chicago News.
 Edyth-"Why did Clara insist on having a quiet wedding?"
 Mayme-"Oh. I suppose she thought 1t would make talk.
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Dwelling Destroyed by Fire.

A fire occurred about noon today in a frame dwelling owned by J. Routledge and occupied by Fred Ellis. The fire de- partment responded quickly to the alarm and on reaching the house found the roof in flames. number of adjoining build ings were threatened, including the old Rod Mill hotel The flames were finally extinguished without spreading further than the house, which was almost entirely destroyed. MT. Ellis succeeded in saving all of his household effects, though some of 1t was badly damaged. A defective flue is said to have caused the fire.
The sun., 1909-05-26
One OF Them Found In Wclnstein's Pocket
/ I.ncashed-le CaShed Another.

Robert A. Burbank. counsel to United
States Commissioner Shields, who is
special master in charge OF the gas rebate
payments, retained Henry Bennett Leary
of 80 Broadway to look into complaints
from customers who had not received
their checks. In due course it was dis
covered that a check drawn on April %
TO the order of c. Cohen Of 70 Rivington
street for $l3.37 had been cashed by
Abram Isaacson, a restaurant keeper,
for a man whom he said he knew by sight
but not by name. lsaacson was told, Mr..
Leary said yesterday, that he could have
10 to Yesterday to produce the man,
otherwise he would be required to make
good the $780,
Yesterday MIR Leary was sent for by
Mr.. Isaacson, who said that the man who
had given him the check had come into
the restaurant again and that he. Isaac
son, had grabbed him without adoo and
delivered him to the Eldridge street po-
lice. Mr. Leary found in the custody
of the police man who gave his name
as Bernard Wcinstein. In Weinsten' S
pocket the police found an opened envel-
ope which had been sent out in the course
of the gas repayments addressed to Nj,
Weiss, III Orchard street. IL still had the
check and voucher enclosed. Weinstein
said that the check had been given him
by a man in Seward Park To whom he
was to return with the money. He said
that he could Identify the man and started
out with plain clothes policeman TO do
so. 80
| After several tours Of the park Mr.
I Leary said yesterday afternoon Wen-
stein tod the policeman that man who
was asleep on one OF the benches was
/ the man The officer awakened the sleeper
none too gently and took him To the sta
| ton house and the court. Tho man de.
MED any knowledge Of the check or OF
| Weinstein and he was discharged In
court he spoke only in German, which
was interpreted by the clerk. MIR, Leary
was greatly surprised aftcrward, he said
when the German speaker asked in good
! English who was gong 10 pay him for
his sleeping time lost in gong TO the
I court.
/ Weinstein was held in 81 900 bail on a
short affidavit. Isaacson informed Mr.
! Leary that Weinstein had told him when
presenting the first check that {, Cohen
! was his sister NJ. Weiss was called TO
court and declared that he had not re-
ceived the envelope and check addressed
! to him which were found in Weinsten' :
| pocket and that he was unaware that
such check had been sent 10 him, Vein
stein said that the same man who gave
him the check yesterday had given him
| many others.
The sun., 1909-05-26
L. ]. X. X. TRAINS KILL TWO.
One Man Hit In East New York. Another
In Jamalca-Third Hurt.

In Jamalca-Third Hurt.
Many persons saw two men killed by
motor trains Of the Long Island Railroad
last evening in Atlantic avenue in East
New York and in the same street at Wood
haven. Queens. two miles apart. Another
man was found in dying condition near
the railroad tracks at South street.
Jamaica. having apparently been maimed
by a train. He was removed to st. Mary g
Hospital.
The first accident was at Atlantic and
Motorman Terence McInerney OF 1 Spruce
street. Ozone Park. was in charge Of a
train that had just descended from the
elevated structure when he saw the VIC
tim, who was unidentified up to a late
hour last night, step out upon the tracks.
A train bound for the Flatbush avenue
V blew his Whistle % usa and threw @ on the brakes,
buttthe train struck the man and threwhim
ahead Of the train with great force. The
sudden jarring caused by the applica ton
Of the brakes threw passengers from their
seats.
The victim was we'll dressed and about
so years old. There was nothing about
his person to give the police clue to his
iden tity. The back Of his skull had been
crushed in.
Three hours later Michael Latsko, 80
years old. OF 2S7 University place, Wood
haven. was struck and instantly killed by
a motor train hound for Jamaica at At
lantio and Park avenues. Woodhaven,
near an agate ware factory from which
he was returning at the end Of his days
work.
Tony Maple, 8. years old. address un-
known to the police. was found dying
alongside the railroad tracks at South
street. Jamaica. He had fallen from or
been struck by train. His right leg
was broken and he was otherwise injured
about the head and body.
The sun., 1909-05-26
BOYS OBESITY SAVES HIM
Another Lad Stabs Him. hut knife Does
Net Reach Vital Spot.

DOVER. n. j.. May 25.-Two school
boys engaged in a tussle hero to-day
and one of them thrust knife into the
ribs of the other. A crowd Of children
witnesses stood aghast when they saw
the blood flowing from the wound. and it
was several minutes before the teacher
could be summoned and aid brought
to the sufferer.
1t happened ut the North Side Public
school, ana the victim Of the assault was
Robby Stout, who weighs some forty
pounds more than other boys of his al ge.
The assailant was Willie Small. who had
been twitting the Stout lad about his pre-
ponderance of avoirdupois,
The cause OF the assault was also the
protection which saved the life Of the
larger lad. for the little knife in the hands
OF his adversary was not long enough
to penetrate even through his generous
layer Of adipose tissue. and when the doc
tor had arrived and the excitement was
over it was found that Stout had only II
superficial wound. notwithstanding the
blade Rad heen thrust into his side up to
tho hilt.
Willie had been crying "Flefunt,' at
tho larger boy and when he began 70 be-
pummeled he pulled the knife in self.
defence.
The sun., 1909-05-26
MITCHELL REPLIES TO KIRBY.
objects TO a speech About the Use OF
Cannon TO Disperse Rioters.

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advance copy OF an artlcie Dy oohh 'i''che''
which is to appear in the next issnc OF tne
feieration's Rcrieu. The article Is
reply To A speech made by Mr.. Kirby.
the newlv elected president of the Ma
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when MS election az presld'u' o' Wv
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or the ciyi, war in which GOV. Seymour OF
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b,rdIe thnt animal I,hc or,ani2ed wage
on ruer, il ia take him by the horns and
shake the c,,ssedness ont of him The
Labor ,res,iou involves a rrcat principle
that should not be COMPROMISED II America
is to stav America. We find mon
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tbamsaly.s harboriur tho leaders of that
oryaniystion rh. American Federation Of
Labor and sanding them out over the
country ,o address women's clubs That
il the greatest danger we have. RI it had
not been for that class of people organized
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The sun., 1909-05-26
OIL TRUST MADE DEFENDANT
Standard OF New Jersey Included In
Ohio Antitrust suit.

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 25.-The Circuit
Court. in session at Findlay, to-day took
UP the cases transferred from Lima to
oust the Standard Oil Company from
owning and controlling any OF the stock
Of the Ohio Oil Company. the Solar Re-
fining Company and the Buckeye Pipe
Line Company. Some time ago the court
suggested that the Standard Oil Company
General Denlnan and his assistant. Mr.
Miller, appeared for the State, while a
great array of legal talent represented
the Standard. The State contends that it
has shown that the Standard Oil Company
controls the three companies named and
that facts warrant decision compelling
the Standard to return to the ori ginal
( owners all stock held by it in these CON
Germs. Just before the noon adjourn
ment an order was allowed by the court
! ma king the STANDARD Oil Company OF
New Jersey party defendant to the suit
( Both sides had agreed to this. The case
will now rest until such services oan b G
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