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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
PERCY BLAKE DIES
 AT ST. VINCENT'S
We'll Known Former Newspaper Man Succubs After Long
 Illness

Percy H. Blake, well known among newspaper men of the south and brother of Sam Blake, clerk and register of the city court of Birmingham, succumbed to protracted illness yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Vincents hospital.
 MT. Blake suffered a nervous collapse last January, and had since been in de- clining health Previous to this time he wasi editor of the Hattiesburg Daily News, of Hattiesburg, Miss, after hay- ing been connected with some of the largest papers in the country, the New York World, the New York Daily News, the Nashville American, Tennesseean and Banner, and papers in Memphis and Bir- mngham.
 MT. Blake was once connected with gagged in newspaper work for a long number of years. he had won many friends in and through his profession.
 He is survived by five brothers, George Blake of Nashville, Tenn; Sena- tor John B. Blake of Tennessee. w. w. Blake of Washington, L. L. Blake of New York and Sam Blake of Birming- ham, and three sisters, Mrs. E.. E. Eslick of Pulaski, Tenn, Mrs. T. M. Rodes of Hartman, Tenn. and Mrs. Otto Broecher of Milwaukee.
 The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the residence of Sam Blake in North Birmingham Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22

a pound, right at the top. This is ex- plained by the packers that very few bacon hogs are coming Into the market, leaner, or the run of hogs is away above the average in weight. It is only a mat ter of time until bacon must come down It has advanced from the normal price of 14c to the present high point.
 Flour Is S1 a barrel under the price in January and is scheduled for big drop Although the country raised but normal wheat crop, there is no export demand Other wheat raising countries raised bumper crops and are underselling the United States in all consuming countries. This country has 2OO,O00,00O bushels for ex- port It is not going out and is a tre- mendous weight on the market. Wheat has declined 2oc and corn 15c a bushel since July l.
 This caused the farmer to about face, or for IS months they have been raising cattle and hogs as they never did be- fore.
 While the wholesale prices are declin- ing, retailers are stubbornly resisting the idea of lower prices. Here in Chicago 1t Is not forgotten that the national or ganization of butchers made study of conditions and proved local retail gro- cers and butchers made 40 per cent profit on their sales. This was last spring.
 Butter and eggs are two trust con- trolled articles that refuse to come down. Butter was jared down several cents by the government suit against the Elgin butter board. but is has been climbing back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
ADJUSTMENTS

Robert Hilliard In A Fool There Was"
 "A Fool There Was" play by Porter Emerson Brown, and based on Kipling' 8 poem, ''The Vampire" is chiefly interest ing because 1t permits Robert Hilliard to display the powers of a superb actor MT. Billiards performance at the Jefferson
 heatre last night may safely be de- scribed as remarkable, familiar as 1t has
 eco,ne to theatregoers who have had an opportunity of seeing "A Fool There Was" during Its long run in the east. The story is not particularly edifying, and gradually becomes revolting, but the role of the vampires victim is one that gives practically unlimited scope to an actor who has the ability with which MT. Hil-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Wheat Is Now Down to Ninety Cents While Corn Is Selling at Forty
 five Gents, But Bacon |, Stays Up
MEAT PRICES COMPARED

Chicago, November 21.-(Special) )-The packers wholesale prices for the food products now as compared with the max 1mum high prices of the decade, which was in last January as quoted in the accompanying table, show material re- auction. The dressed beef includes what is known as "No. 1,' the best product. The figures are for 100 weights, or in pounds by the cent.
 The prices remained at the top until well along in the spring, when the influx of lambs and sheep caused the first break Cattle which sold as high at s11 per 100 weight began to drop and pork followed.
 Wheat, which sold a year ago at s1. F . bushel is below soc. Corn, which sold at roc, is now 45c. The same percentage of declines applies to poultry. Chickens and turkeys are 25 per cent cheaper here than year ago Bacon is standing like . stonewalI. It is selling retail at 35c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
At the Orpheum

The best bill in the past few weeks IS being played at the Orpheum. It is en- tertaining from start to finish with the possible exception of when that Has Anybody Here-Seen-Kelly? song Is sung, Mrs. Mayer hasn't a bad voice but she has mighty little chance to show 1t or anything else in that song
 Frank Mostyn Kelly & Company are the headliners with very dellgntlul ac' that sounds like drink His interpre- taton of jolly good fellow on tpee
 morning after" Is realism ltseii anu every word he utters brings laugh Kelly lis sick" as he terms it. but the audience is inclined to take 1t as Joke.
 Hutch Lusby is the name or lady She makes a hit with drummer III the audience and has everybody guessing whether he is part of the show or not The act is called 19lO-sometnlng. Hutch is good. so is the drummer ano thev make the act a sort of new oe- narture from the old vaudeville rut.
 Mrs. Peter Mayer & Company IS com nosed of & very "healthy'' lady' sne admits she's fat, and very wee boy. Ihe very sight of the two on the stage to- pether is ludricious and brings forth oeals of laughter They have good inc ol talk and the little fellow Is some cancer They are mother and son. The two Matthieus are juggperss and are very clever. The Velde Trio are European nov eltv gymnasts and together with tneil trained dogs they have a good act. The pictures are good and the whole Dill If one of the best that has been at th' Orpheum since the season opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
"ScbooI Days,

Refreshing in its comedy situations, original in the character conceptions, de- lightful in the costuming, and not strained in any way. School Days,' as presented at the Bijou. last night, is one of the most enjoyable musical comedies that has ever been seen at the Bijou theatre. The audience was unusually demonstra- tive and at the end of the second act applause was continuous for several min- utes.
 To just what element School Days owes It's charm is hard to say. At any rate all the qualities taken together pro- duce one of the cleanest, most inof- fensive, amusing and altogether laugha- ble plays of the year. The comedians arc real comedians, the singers have de- lightful voices and the climax of the play comes in the third act with the work of Herman Timberg with the violin. His playing so enthused the audience that he was forced to respond to seven encores The most laughable feat of the play was his version of the classic gem, Now I Lay Me- son the violin, one instance of making the violin talk. In deference to A large number of Confederate vet evans in the audience Dixie was played and the wild rebel yell'' resounded in the theatre.
 Mr( Timberg is to be complimented on his work in the part of '1zzy Levy, greenhorn. just over" The most notice able feature of his portrayal was the originality of his conception. The fa- miliar distorted stage Hebrew was dis carded and MT. Timberg gave repre- sentation that was natural and at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
GINNERS' REPORT
 IS VERY BULLISH

Washington, November H.-Cotton of the growth of 1910 ginned to November 14, according to the census bureau report issued at 10 o'clock this morning, amounts to s,764, 153 bales, counting round bales as half bales. Last year to November II there was ginned S,112,l99 bales, or 80 5 per cent of the total crop of 10,O72 7s1 bales and in 1908 the ginning was 9,595- S0o bales, or 73.3 per cent of the total crop of 1S,0S6,005 bales.
 By states the number of bales ginned to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
wants Chicken Houses Locked

All the citizens of Greater Birmingham who have chickens in their yards are requested by the chief of police to place secure locks on the chickens and place the chickens in a very secure house. It is reported by the scouts that the ma jority of chicken houses are very flmsy affairs and the door is left unlocked. It is an easy matter for anyone to enter and steal the fowls. The only offense that can be charged against the offender Is petit larceny, whereas if the chickens were locked up in secure house the charge would be burglary and grand lar ceny, which is much more serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Two Men Burned to Deatb

Pittsburg, November 21.-F'igh ting their way through dense smoke and binding flame in burning oil house on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway company, Howard Vinkendoff and Will bert Elery were burned to death. The men had worked all of Sunday and part of the night and had gone to sleep in the oil house. Sparks from a pass ing engine fired the little building. and they could be seen running around. endeavoring to find the door, before they fell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Murray and Mack

Manager Mattice of the Shubert thea tre has arranged as his Thanksgiving at traction the famous original Celtic come dians Murray and Mack. who will offer their greatest success. "Flannegan's Ball. No comedy in recent years has created the sensation that this farce did from coast to coast, and it comes here with the original cast and production and as special feature Ollie Mack presents a speciality said to have been one of the biggest successes during his vaudeville season. The seat sale begins this morn ing for both the matinee and night per- formances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Wilton Lackaye

Tn "The Battle" Cleveland Moffett's s play that created such stir in New York and which comes to the Shubert theatre Friday night, Wilton Lackeye Is cast for the part of John J. Haggleton, multi-mil- lionaire, financier of the Morgan-Rogers type, and possibly the most powerfully drawn of the many money kings who have peopled the literature of the past few years. He has portrayed Spanish kings. Roman arbiters. western miners. Jewish rabbis, men of the world of fashion, literature and art, Svengalis and Dr. Belgraffs and even Uncle Tom, but never before in the 300 parts of his long career has he played a John J. Haggle- ton, type that seems to have been made for him. Seat sale begins Wednesday morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
"rhe Sins of the Fathern

For the engagement of Thomas Dixon's play, "The Sins of the Father" at the Shubert theatre on November 30 and De- cember l. cast of metropolitan excel lence Is promised. The company that will give the play here is the identical one chosen for the New York run, which will follow immediately after a brief tour of the chief southern cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22

entirely in the studios of the people con- cerned in the action of the drama, where a vivid conflict is waged. Seats are now selling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22

Hard is so substantially endowed. No wonder he fairly revels in the part, for each shudder that he draws from hls awe-struck audience is a tribute to his art. One can easily imagine MT. Hilliard presenting night after night his magnifi- cent death scene and the events imme- diately leading up to that catastrophe without any other part of the play be- ing retained at all and still holding crowd ed houses breathless
 However, there is something of a plot to "A Fool There Was" highly extrava- gant withal, and at times bordering on grim comedy. The husband, who Is eventually ruined by the vampire, has a loving wife and little daughter, friends, honors and wealth at his command. The future is broadening for him and he is on the threshold of even greater advance ment Boarding ship to accept an impor- tant diplomatic post abroad the doomed man falls beenath the spell of the yam- pire who sits serenely on deck, on the Identical spot where a few minutes be- fore one of her victims had shot himself and left his lifes blood staining the floor. The rest Is easy to conjecture. The van- pire hurries her newest thrall down, down to degradation and despair. until at last drunken, half-crazed wretch, he dies after final struggle with the author of his misery.
 Not pleasant to contemplate? Surely, surely not Yet it is worth while to see a presentment so finely drawn, so vivid and so persuasive in its verisimilitude as that of MT. Hilliard. The illusion is incon- testible and even seasoned theatregoer cannot fail to be impressed by MT. Hil- liard's acting.
 The members of the company gave the star very good support. Miss Stella Ar cher as the wronged wife played the part with dignity and womanly charm. Little Juliet Shelby proved to be one of the most effective and winsome children seen on the local stage in some time. Burton Churchill played the part of the friend with suitable manliness and outspoken worth.
 Miss Virginia Pearson was the vampire and did very well with difficult part, a part which is apt to strike different people in different ways If at times 1t seemed that she missed her points. 1t must be remembered that she was playing a part of the grossest exaggeratton and the playwright quite as much as the protagonist must be taken into account. Edwin Holland as the secretary and George Clare as the butler did well. The remaining parts were quite satisfactory.
 The staging of the play was admirably done, with the exception of the lights in one or two instances The whistle of an ocean steamship was initiated in strik- ingly realistic manner.
 MT Hilliard will repeat his performance tonight. concluding his engagement at the Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Members of 10th Alabama

Gen. J. H. Savage requests all me- bers of the Nineteenth Alabama regiment to meet him at his office, 200Stf Second avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
Mary Mannering

The appearance of Mary Mannering is always a conspicuous dramatic event,
 and this season she is presenting "A Mans World by Rachel Brothers. which will be seen at the Shubert treatre to- night. "A Mans World" is laid in a quarter of New York's Bohemia. A nov elist a journalist. & German violinist, an Italian opera singer. a French painter. miniaturist, a dramatist and a child comprise the characters. The play takes place in four acts the scenes occurring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
"Human Hearfs,

Tomorrow afternoon and night Human Hearts" will be the attraction at the Jefferson theatre. The play has been coming here year after year and has al ways proved popular. This idyl of the Arkansas hills has been popular in Bir- mingham and has been highly success ful throughout the country for the past dozen years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22
erbe Old HomestendD

Denman Thompson's perennial success, '"The Old Homestead" seems destined like Tennysons Brook to run on for ever. Like the brook the play seems destined to bring sunshine and joy wher- even it may wander. This years engage ment at the Jefferson theatre will be for three nights and matinee commencing with Thanksgiving matinee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22

Round bales Included this year are 9l,- 939, compared with 123,757 in 1909; 173,- sos in l9O8
 Sea island cotton included is 52, 1885, com pared with GS4 495 in 1909, and 56, 7O1 in 1905
 The distribution of sea island cotton for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-22

same time exceedingly funny. He Is a fine dancer and a singer of no mean abil-
 ity.
 Daniel Murphy as Carl Daschund, in
 the German part, has followed MT. Tim
 berg's example, and shows an entirely
 new German from the "Ach Lieber Au-
 gustine" so prevalent on the stage. MT.
 Murphy is flrst-ciass comedian and is
 responsible for much of the laughter. Dan Coleman as Tommy Tatters tattered
 and torn." does good work in his part
 His antics are very amusing and he
 has one line that never fails to create laugh When the teacher asks him a
 question he rises and says, What is 1t, love?" He has a strong voice and ren-
 ders several pretty songs Jack Manley
 as Riff Dugan, from the east side,' is very acceptable.
 The female parts are well handled and Miss Edna Reming as "Nonnie,
 anonymous" the eccentric character, leads them Miss Reming does well in all lines, but her chief merit as a
 comedienne Hes in her perfect control of the facial muscles. Miss Dolly Du- press as "Lotta Rich. very rich" has
 voice of surprising strength for one
 of her size and signs beautifully. The work of the chorus should not
 be overlooked. Contrary to the usual custom, the management has as many men in the chorus as girls and as a result has greatly added to the tqual- ity of the music produced The girls are all good looking and good dancers. Much attention has been paid to the effects and each finale is well done. At the end of the first act 10 male buck and wing dancers give an exhi- bition and produce novel results. The innovation took well with the audience which was vociferous in its approval.
 The merry -go-round finale at the end of the second act was also effective. The multi-colored lights with the merry -go-round in action was decided hit.
 The music of the play Is catchy and very pretty. Given as it was last night with a well trained chorus to back up
 the singers the songs will be remem- bered. The prettiest of those last night were: "Id Love You All the More for
 That" by Izzy and Nonnie: silver
 Bell" by Latta and chorus; The Cal endar of Love-" by Biff; Teacher and chorus; "Get on the Merry o-Round, by the entire company; Smiling Moon by Miss Take and chorus, and T Don Know Much About It," by Sassy and Tn homas
 "School Days" will prove one of the
 best drawing cards of the season at the Bijou. J. D.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-11
TO PHOTOGRAPH
FISH ON THE FLY
Submarine Moving Picture Ma
chine to Be Tried Out in
Hawaii.

II all reports be true, Oahu is to en-.
JOY a scientific privilege and the honor
of being the first locality to test out a
new invention, namely, a submarine
moving picture machine.
There is in the process of perfection
in California, according TO a local diver.
moving picture machine which will
take pictures under the water. and ns
soon as it is perfected the first instru.
ment Of the kind is to be sent to Diver
Martin Lund of Tahiti, Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor fame to try out at Pearl
Harbor, aud il it proves successful thcre
Lund will take the machine among the
Stands of the South Seas TO make films
for the moving picture corporations,
which will be thrown on screens before
hundreds of thousands of interested
people throughout the world.
Luhd is famously well known in these
islands, having the reputation of being
the most fearless and most expert diver
IN the Pacific Ocean. He is known ia
vorably all along the Pacific Coast, and
1t is on account of his reputation for
fearlessness and deep diving that he
will be the man first to operate the sub.
marine moving picture machine.
The machine will be eontrivance
encased in concrete she'll, to enable
it to sink and to protect the works from
the action Of the water, and II can, of
course, be operated only in waters where
there is plenty of light. 1t is well
known that in the tropics or the semi
tropics there are places where there is
light, in the lagoons, to considerable
depth. Pearl Harbor, in places, has this
advantage, as have many other spots
around this Island and the other isles
Of this group.
Lund is something of an adventurous
diver, with all his carefulness and OK.
perience, and it is his ambition, not
only to get moving pictures Of the hun
dreds of queer looking fish which fire.
quent these waters, but to catch a shark
in the act of attacking its prey, or some
other interesting spectacle. He will
hunt the squid in its native hole, and
photograph in motion all the strange
and wonderful life of the world under
the waves, himself stirring their haunts
with his presence and so disturbing the
ishy tribe ms to bring them out for in
spection and to have their pictures
taken.
Hawaii win receive this added promo.
ton to her cause of world advertising,
and Diver Lund, as well as the inventor
of the submarine kaleidoscope, will
achieve no small fame.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-11
GREEKS RAISING
TOBACCO HERE.
Came With the Russians and Are
Making Good Over in KOna
and Will Remain.

There are two husky Greeks over a.
Kealakekua who have made up their
minds that they are going to stay in
the Hawaiian Islands for the rest Of
their natural lives, and they are soon
going to send to the old country for
their families, for their wives and chill
dren, that they may come out to Ha-
wall to settle down and grow up with
the country.
These Greeks are CONSTANT and
Carcani, partners, who are growing to.
baceo up in Kona. They purchased
their tobacco for planting from Smyrna,
and they now write friends in Honolulu
that experts declare that the tobacco
they have already produced is superior
to any that was ever produced by the
United States experiment station. They
expect soon to put some excellent cigars
on the market
1t is interesting to note that these
two Greeks came here on the boat which
brought the first consignment of Russian
immigrants, and they were led to come
to these Islands by the talk they heard
which was handed out to induce the
Russians to come.
Fortunately for the two Greeks, they
each had little money. They bought
some Smyrna tobacco and came here
and planted it, and now they are well
on the way to fortune.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-11
MAUI FUSION ROW
IS PATCHED UP
NOa ", AIuIi Forced Off Ticket
to Make Room for
Nawahine.

WAlLUKU, October s. Since the
announcement that NOa w. Aluli has
signed the Home Rule roll and was to
get on the ticket in place of Noa Kupau,
Withdrawn, the Democratic wing of the
fusionists has expressed some dissatis.
faction, 30 allay which the Home Rulo
wing was finally forced to compel its
new convert, Noa w Aluli, to withdraw
from running in place of Noa Kupau,
who, it is claimed, withdrew in favor
of X. }. X. Nawahine, the Waihee Demo
crat.
With the withdrawal of Mr.. Aluli
the threatened breach among the fusion
politicians has been averted and har-
mony once more reigns.
Today the Democratic leaders an.
nounced that r. J. X. Nawahine is the
regular fusion nominee for representa-
tive on their ticket, in place of Noa
Kupau, claimed by them to have
dropped out of the race, although tele.
phonic reports from Hama are to the
effect that NOa Kupau is still running
on the ticket as originally made up.
Prince Kuhio arrived last night, ae-
companied by S. L. Desha. On arrival
here Prince Kuhio changed the program
mapped out for him and will make
speech-malring campaign through cen.
trail Maui. This afternoon the Prince
will speak at Waiehu and tonight in
Waikiki ON Market street. The post.
ers are out, and the local party work
ers expect to get ont big crowd for
the speeeh-making, weather permitting.
Tomorrow the Delegate viii 90 to
Kula and other places in the Makawao
district, accompanied by few of the
local candidates and political leaders.
fearful Willie Coelho has returned.
Coelho's long stay in Honolulu has ere
ated an impression among some Of his
followers that the fearful One was hay.
ing a case of cold feet, but his return
Is proof of the fact that he has gotten
over II and viii really make the indie.
pendent campaign as he threatened TO.
The total Of registered voters for
the county OF Maui at three p. m. today
has reached 2495, which is over ninety
less than the registered number Of vOt-
ers 'two years ago.