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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
OFFICIAL CALL
 FOR ROADS MEET
ISSUED YESTERDAY BY PRESI- DENT ARTHUR c. JACKSON OF THE NATIONAL GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO

The official call for the converting of the fourth National Good Roads con- gress in Birmingham was issued yes- terday by Arthur c. Jackson, presi- dent of the National Good Roads asso- citation, in Chicago
 Following Is copy of the call re- ceived In Birmingham yesterday:
 "Official call for the fourth National Good Roads congress, to be held at Birmingham, Ala, May 2S, 24, 25 and 26, 1911:
 Positive declarations for good roads having been made by the national party platforms of both the great political parties for the first time in the history of our country at Chicago and Denver in 1908, immediately after the sessions of the first National Good Roads con- gress and many millions ofN dollars having been appropriated by "a few states for good roads. which are mat ter of the most vital importance to all states, and, believing that all good citizens in every state should insist on having good roads and streets and that national conventions for the full and free discussion of the best ways and means for securing them give an impetus to great patriotic and econ mic movement in the interest of all classes and conditions of people, the fourth National Good Roads congress is hereby called to meet at Birmingham Ala, May 23. 24, 25 and 26th. 1911, that the results of Its deliberations may be presented to all legislative bodies and the public generally.
 THE FOURTH NATIONAL GOOD
 ROADS CONGRESS,
 Arthur c. Jackson. President.
 "J A. Rountrae Secretarvu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
"Newlyweds and Their Baby"

There are few outright musical com edies on the road today that have mot with the out-and-out success wherever presented as has 'The Newly Weeds and Their Baby which comes to the Jeffer- son theatre next Friday and Saturday and Saturday matinee with company of co., fun makers. During its phenomenal runs in New York, Chicago and Boston this tuneful play established a standard that has gone down on record for suc- cessful business. The reason for this suc- cess there is a certain effervescence. snappiness and action, both to the story and music. which. like good old wine, seems to improve with age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS
Madame Sherry"

This morning at o'clock seats will go on sale at the box office of the Jefferson theatre for the engagement of Madame Sherry" the phenomenally successful musical comedy which will appear here for two nights and a matinee, commence ing Wednesday.
 That the attendance during the engage ment of Madame Sherry" in this city will relatively equal that of Chicago. where the piece ran through the heat of the summer, and that of New York. where the spacious new Amsterdam the- atre Is inadequate to hold the crowds, is almost certain from the number of in- auiries that have been received from peo- pie who are anxious to enjoy this delight ful French vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
MUCH INTEREST IN COMING
 OF HOADLEY AND GREENFIELD

time innumerable conferences are to be held and deals figured upon. On account of the fact that MT. Hoad- ley and MT. Grenfell have both been in Birmingham recently and are thoroughly familiar with the present condition of their properties, the trip, coming SD soon, leads to the surmise that merger Is being considered. This is lent color by reports reaching here from New York from time to time However, 1t Is stated that a great many complex questions must be solved before any such action
 Is taken and that at least six months or a year will pass before any specific &C., ton is taken.
 MT. Hoadley, as is well known, Is favor able to consolidation and has made no secret of his desire to get in business communication with Cecil Grenfell. Whether the forthcoming trip and vls- itors will aid in this ambition Is at this time speculative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
FOR THE PUBLIC
New Formula Cures Coughs, CO1ds Brbnchitis and HOarseness
 In Five Hours

Much is being done in these days to stop the ravages of consumption. but probably nothing has been so effective as teaching the public how to break up a cold and cure coughs. bronchitis ton sil1tis, etc. with simple home-mfxed medicine. A laxative cough syrup. free from whiskey Is the prime need. A cough indicates inflammation and con gestion and these in turn are due to an excess of waste and poison in the system. tonic laxative cough syrup rids the system of congestion, while relieving the painful coughing. Get the following and mix at home: One half ounce fluid wild cherry bark, one ounce compound essence cardiol and three ounces syrup white pine com pound. Shake the bottle and take twenty drops every half hour for four hours. Then one-half to one teaspoon full three or four times daily. Give children less according to age. Cut this out and save 1t for some friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27

posed to the dispensary in large cities are so numerous and so conclusive to any thoughtful mind as to need no elabora- tioR
 But I must forbear lest some Smart Aleck of the Brookses should set me down as a mossback.
 N D. JOHNSON. Birmingham, February 25. 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
McCurdy Flies in Wind

West Palm Beach, Fla, February 26.- Despite a strong easterly wind this aft ernoon, Aviator J. A. D. McCurdy thrilled several thousand spectators by two spec tacular flights. On the first he flew over Lake Worth and back to the starting point at Bethesda park. On the second he turned his machine toward the town and circled the bis hotels on the beach at a height of about 1500 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
Kennedy Received By Pope

Rome, February 26.-The pope today received in audience Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American college, who has just returned from vacation in the United States. Monsignor Kennedy found the pope looking quite we'll and bright, notwithstanding his recent attack of in- fluenza. His holiness was deeply inter- es.ed in reports from the United States >and expressed profound regret at the death of Archbishop Ryan.
 Monsignor Kennedy introduced several Americans, including the widow and daughter es General Sheridan, to whom the pope imrarted the apostolic 'benedic- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
BERGMAN LEAVES
 REQUESTS TO SCIENCE

Paris, February 26-Auguste Lout- rcfilo. who was born peasant and became one of the richest French fin anciers in Russia died recently. He had been impressed by the meager endow- ment of science in France. in compari- eon with the United States and determ- ined to set an example for his coun- tryman. His will which has just been made public. discloses that he be- queathed s700.00o to the Academy of Sciences, $500.0o0 to the University of Paris and s2OOo to the Pasteur Insti- ute for research work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
ITALIAN SECTION
 MYSTERY UNSOLVED

St. Louis. February 2s-An investiga- tion by the police lasting all day failed to develop the cause for the explosion early this morning in the Italian section which partially wrecked two buildings. No arrests have been made. The force of the blast was outward. which leads to the belief that a pocket of gas formed in the walls or flooring and became ig- nited. No one was seriously hurt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
Poet Foss Dies

Somerville, Mass, February 26.-After a long illness Sam Walter Foss, the au- thor and poet and lecturer, died at the Charles Gate hospital in Cambridge today. He was born in Candid, N. H., in 1858.
 MT Foss was best known to the general public as the author of numerous poems, including Back County Poems.' Songs of the Average Man. "Whiffs From Wild Meadows" Dreams in Homespun,' etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27

Atlanta and return $5.25. On sale March 9th to 9th. SEA BOARD AIR LINE.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
Giving vesstarianism les Due.
Harper's MAGAZINE.

It is, perhaps. not unfair to the large
and militant community of vegetarians. t.
~ that their actions are dictated more
by sentiment h . by science. And b,
sentiment we do not 30 much imply the
Sinking Of facts in favor Of feelings,
but rather seek to include in one tern
all motives which ignore questions O.:
profit n loss to the individual or com
munity in v OF considerations nos.
sessing q purely emotional sanction. A
certain number Of people will not accep
the doctrine Of killing, no murder" eve,
when applied to food. but so far as con
ditions of existence permit they will in.
f1ict no death In order tha they them
selves may i've We may disagree pro
foundly with this principle: we may eve.
regard 1t as philosophically absurd. be
cause death Is only a phase of the ycle
Of being. and the plant g no less aliy
than the animal. We. may regard such :
belief as Incompatible with the condi
tons of existence in this world. but W.
cannot argue with 1t, and we cannot hel,
according 1t q certain amount OF respect.
so closely is 1t bound up with some q;
the finest elements IN human nature.
Now the science Of diet belongs to ons
Of the most difficult and ~unexplored field,
of knowledge. II must be admitted from
the outset that little more thar the rudI
ments are positively known.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
Beware the Tiaht Collar.

Most men will nos wear a ignt or high
collar. but when the extreme shapes were
in style some young men would wear then,
no matter how uncomfortable they were.
According to DR.. Walker G.. Walford, OF
London, England, no one seems to have
noticed the fact that slight obstacles to
the free circulat:@.l ~ the blood through
the vessels of the brain may be injurious
ever to those who are in good health. In
an article he mentions numerous in
stances where he has known tight collars
to cause headaches, rheumatism. apopletie
symptoms. vertigo. sickness, and other
evidences of cerebral congestion, which
were at once relieved by loosening the
neckwear. He says in conclusion: 1.-The
neck is not a cylinder with parallel sides.
but is more or less cone shaped, an i'm.
portant difference which we often lose
sight OF. In investigating the condition OF
ones own collar one is apt to slip the
fingers under 1t and raise to a level where
the circumference of the neck is mucl,
smaller and where the difference between
size of collar and the diameter OF necl:
seems less marked. When the collar u.
allowed to slip back 1t naturally drops
down into its ordinary working position
where it presses on important and sensi.
tive structures. The point to be remem.
bered is that It is the lower edge of thu
collar that does the mischief. especially
where 1t lies against the structures just
above the clavicle.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
The Real R.;suli.
From the Wide World Mar,

from the Wide World Magazine.
A troop OF soldiers came first. blowing
brass Instruments. banging drums. or
swinging rifles (of every make for the last
century,. according 10 which thew carried
Then came the sheikhs, resplendent with
white burnous, yellow or scarlet sin.
pers. and silvcr-momnted pistols and
swords. Many of these. perhaps I'm
marched two by two: and at Inst cam.
Raisuli-Raisuli tho Pretender: Rsi.rI,
the brigand; Raisuli. murderer. soldier
outlaw. governor-an admixture or ,er'
sOral.ttes out OF all keeping with ~.
times In which we live. AND what i. hs
like? He H. medium In heixht. very stow.
lizht-complcxioned. n heayy-bearSsS
Clear hazel eyes that look you fair In ~.
face arc sct beneath 4 massive
his hands. though fat. are w~cll.shnred
cared-for. and artistic. He has . soldisriv
bearing. IL an exquisite In dress. ana can
II Is said. score butt after bun with ~.
modern rifles mt 100 yards: U~ndouht.1iv
= mar 10 command. \ man Of action. ana
. terrible enemy. But no IL growins
stouter almost hourly. Ito passed IN Nv
p~onpousiy. yet with 4 certain fne bear.
Ing. and We. leaving Mochta to his ar.
r~anRcrncnts. rtrolicd 10 where our horses
weiO being re.E,od.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
MANY FREAK PLAYS
SEEN ON DIAMOND
St. Paul and Minneapolis Fur
nish One Instance Of I'm
usual Stunt.

Baseball is filled with freak plays
mes that sometimes bring abou seem
ingly impossible feats. OF course there
a lot OF fun in them when they go wit!
the home team, but when theyr
against the home club, YOU bet they'r
far from funny.
Whenever a bunch of ball players ge
talking baseball, something that doesn'
often happen, for they like to get ava.
from the national pastime as much IA
possible when they're not actually l.
h game, the subject often turns t
h freak plays of the diamond. One 9
h freakiest on record happened n
Minneapolis once.
The Minneapolis club had a littl.
shortstop named Andy Oyler. who wa
a cOrking fielder, but wasn't much o,
h heavy hitting. He was one of tn
smallest men in baseball. and to MAX
1t worse. when he stood up to the plate
he crouched all up in a knot. 1t wa
horrible ON the pitchers to have t
throw to Oyler.
One day Minneapolis was playing ST
Paul. There is deadly rivalry betweei
the teams. n the game was for bloc.
day before the game and the grounl
was sopping wet. The base runner
had floundered around like chicken
with their feet tied. Minneapolis need
ed one run when little Oyler came II
bat.
Andy crouched down in his peculia,
a and the pitcher wound up. Bling
He let a hot n go straight for Oyler'
head. Andy ducked down, bending hi
knee and leaning his bat over hi
shoulder. The ball hit the bat a cracl
and everyone at the park heard it.
Where h ball went nc n knew
1t hadn't gone up in the air. for the 81
Paul catcher was gazing around tn.
sky and wishing for a telescope. TIL.
first baseman was looking under tn
bag to see If the ball got stuck there
h pitcher was shouting unintelligibl
things at everybody, and the thir,
standing ON the ball. Everyone ON tn,
st. Paul team was crazv mad.
What was Olyer doing? He was go
ing like a streak of lightning arounN
h bases. Someone in the bleacher
yelled: He's got it in his pocket"
When the second baseman or the 81
Paul team heard that he started afte
Oyler, who had just rounded secon.
Oh the dead run. Andy had the start
SO far In the rear that people bega;
advising the latter to hire a taxi. Oyle
rounded third like Casey Jones in hi
6S wheeler making connections with TIL
Santa Fe. and pulled up at home plate
scoring the winning run.
What are yuh trying to do?
screamed the catcher. Gimme thu,
ball."
Il amt got the ball. There it 4
right in front of the plate. 1 got
home run IN a ball that didn't go tw
feet"
Sure enough. there was the bal
sticking right in the deep mud i'm from
Of the plate. 1t had gone off Oyler'
bat so quickly that no one had seen 1
land but Oyler. The umpire. of course
had to allow the homer, for the ball hn
lit on fair ground.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
STATESMAN BRUSHES
HIS Teeth IN HOUSE
Fowler, of Illinois, Finishe
His Toilet in Sight of the
Public.

Washington. Special: R~epresentativ,
II. Robert Fowle:. Of Illinois. feeling l.
the need OF immediate cleansing of hi
teeth, used a brush upon them on tn
floor Of the House OF Representatives.
This amazing operation took plac.
during the debate on the urgent def
cheney bill. Mr.. Fowler took a foot;
brush from his vest pocket and bega
TO scrub his teeth. He frst worke
briskly on the front teeth and the.
pushed the brush back to where tn
wisdom molars are supposed to grow.
When he concluded his dry cleanin,
operation his satisfaction was eauale
only by the establishment Of his col
leagues and that Of the visitors in tn
gallery.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
PITCHER SEES MANY
CATCHERS IN GAME
ICY" Young Has Had More
Than Any Other-Sone
Play Favorites.

New York. Special: The catchers
most closely associated with old Cy
Young's long reign are Chief Zimner
and Lou Cr1ger. thinner caught
Young for half a dozen years in Cleve-
land in the '90s. and Criger caught him
in Cleveland, Boston and st. Louis.
Jack O'Connor was another who
caught Young a good deal, but among
the other backstops who ave been
Young's teammates are Jack Doyle.
who was a catcher on the Cleveland
club in 1892; Gunson, who was q
Cleveland catcher in 1893; Wilbert
Robinson. who caught for the st.
louis club in 1900, when Young was
there; Schrechengost. who was with
the Boston Americans in 1901; Duke
Farrell, with the Bostons in 1904, and
Clarke. Bemis. Easterly and Land,
Cleveland catchers In late years.
"Chr1sty' Mathewson generally pairs
off with n catcher. Chief Meyers Is
nov his receiving mate. a position
which, in turn, has been tiNed by Jack
Warner, Frank Bowerman and Roger
Bresnahan. Those are not all the
catchers Mathewson has had on the
New York team, but they are the
principal ones. Needham, Schlei,
Marshall and Wilson have also handled
his shoots.
IS SSSisAi OoNN ONSIi
include O'Connor. Criger. Mcclure,
Kleinow. Mahoe, Sugden. Clarke and
Stephens. Old Deacon Philippe had
thinner, kittredge and Doc Powers
with him In Louisville in 1899: haG
thinner, O'Connor and Schriver with
him in Pittsburg in 1900. n since
then in Pittsburg has served his slants
to Yaeger. Smith, Phelps, Carisch,
Peitz and Gibson.
Patsy Donovan is the wonder of
all Boston. For more than a yeal
Donovan has been at the head of the
club owned by John i. TAYLOR. How
Patsy" managed to accomplish this
is the wonder of the American league.
Taylor has a habit of changing man.
ayers. Boston got into the habit OF
looking for a new manager at least
once a month Not alone does Taylor
change managers. but he wants to see
a new team in the field every week or
so. When the Red Sox lose a game,
Taylor is Won to seek a telegraph Of
flee INC ask for waivers on the man
who did moi play up to standard.
Taylor is h most eccentric owner
in the game today. He has been able
to get on for more han a year with
Donovan. Donovan is quick witted
and has the habit of looking on the
bright side of things.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
NEXT SEASON WILL
SEE new MANAGERS
Major League Pilots Fail to
Deliver and Must Step
Down.

The remarkable shifting of managers
I'm the major leagues two and three
years ago is likely to be Outdone at thv
end of the present season. When no less
than seven shippers of unfortunate Sec
ond division outfits will be asked to
show cause why they should not be
supplanted. Disappointed club owners
are already beginning to plan on next
years teams. and at least two mana.
gers have already made W their minds
to resign.
This is Jim McAleer's last season as
a major league manager. Although he
is drawing $4,000 a year in Washing.
until after the season OF 1912, McAleel
is disguised over affairs in Washing.
ton and will get out. The Washington
club runs along with no business man
agement or staff OF scouts, such as 9th.
err clubs employ, and McAleer conse-
quently finds himself tuck with a a
OF veterans. He is wealthy, and in
tends to buy a minor league club; i'll
fact. he has already started negotia.
lions.
Clark Griffith hasn't a chance TIC
stick In Cincinnati the way things are
going there. Griff registered a failure
with the Reds. although he commands
spent much money in the upkeep OF his
machine. The principal trouble is ack
OF good pitching. the same as it was
when GriN bossed the Yankees. Gin
cinnati is down on h old fox. the pa
pers are burning up the team every
day, and Hermann is Disguised.
Other managers who may be booked
to leave are Patsy Donovan, of the Bos.
ton Americans; Bob Wallace. OF the st.
Louis Browns; George Stovall, on
Cleveland: Fred Tenney. Boston Ma,
tionals. and possibly Bill Dahlen, o.
BROOKLYN.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
TEN DAY LIMIT IS
FIXED BY A JUDGE
ON PARENTS STAY
Young Wife, Who Complains of
long Visits From Husbands
Mother, Upheld by Court.

New York. Special: Magistrate Nc
CURE yesterday fixed 10 days as the
limit for visits of mothersinlaw The
case in point was that in which young
Mrs. May CoSle had summoned her
motheriniaw. also Mrs. May Coyle. u
resident OF Boston, to court on Il charge
of disturbing her domestic peace and
happiness.
Harry Coyle. son of Mrs. May Coyle.
CT Boston, sat in the rear of the court
room and never opened his mouth. His
pretty young wife did all the talking
and painted her motherinlaw as a kill
JOY a czarina.
She came down from Boston 10 days
ago said the young Mrs. Coyle, land
took charge of everything. Every tim
I opened my mouth she squelched me.
| didn't know how to cook; 1 didn't
know how to wash the baby: I didn't
know how to do this, that or the other
thing.
Broke All Rules.
She broke all our rules and made
new ones. She told US how they did
things in Boston, and that was the only
right way. She turned my husband
against me and l had to take myself
and my baby home to mother. I tele-
phoned her to go home, but she re-
fused"
Motherinlaw Coyle said stiffly that
her daus hterinlaw was eXaggerating.
How long have you been here?"
asked Magistrate Mcclure.
TIE days." replied Mrs. Coyle, Sc
Nor.
Ten days is long enough for any
motherinlaw to hold possession" re-
pied the court. Ten days should be
the limit for all mothersinlaw.
Zfnfbo>c;,, 1o,. .~, 1z-- -
a necessary institution said he, "but
it is possible for them to become an evil
through failure to use discretion. Moth
ersinlaw are constitutionally bossy.
There are exceptions, 1 admit, but they
are few. 1t seems to be their exquisite
function to domineer and tread upon
the feelings of their daughtersinlaw.
They seem to forget that they were
once daughtersinlaw and had mothers
inlaW inflicted upon them.
"Mothersinlaw would be far better
appreciated If they would shorten their
visits and confine most of their inter-
course with their sons and daughters
per-"
First Train Home.
II VIII use telegraph blanks here
after" said Mrs. Coyle. senior.
Good" said the court: land 1 would
advise you to take the first train to
Boston II you have n regard for your
sons future happiness"
Il will take the next and fastest train
home said Mrs. Coyle. acidly. II have
a fine home in Boston, which is the fin
est city in the world. It's the home of
culture and refinement. AS for Brook
lyn-ugh," and Mrs. Coyle, senior,
shrugged her shoulders with disgust,
swung around on her heel snd marched
out of court.
Mrs. Coyle. Junior. thanked.the Judge,
smiled happily n hurried to the side
of her young husband. who had been
perspiring very freely and looked as il
he We're haunted by some secret sorrow.