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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
HOTEL COMMITTEE
 HOLDS A MEETING Formally Declare Purpose of Securing New Hotel
 for Birmingham

The first definite step by the Chamber of Commerce committee named to foster the new hotel project for this city was taken at the conference held yesterday morn ing at II o'clock in the directors room of the Chamber of Commerce building. The chairman of the committee, w. F. G. Harding, presided over the meeting and the session lasted 45 minutes.
 The action taken by the committee was the formal declaration of their pur- pose to secure a new hotel for Bir- minsham in a resolution that was unani- mously adopted The resolution embodied the following sentiments:
 Tt is the sense of the committee that the consideration of a modern hotel for Birmingham be taken up in broadmind- ed way with the view of securing Tor Birmingham this greatly needed utility, that all propositions involving the various sites be carefully considered upon their merits with view of obtaining a unani- nous recommendation from the committee as to promotion, plan and site, which, all things considered, might be most feasible and advantageous without reference to the interests of real estate. which might be affected in the location of the hotel.'
 The personnel of the committee was re- duced to Is members by the resignation of NJ. P. Messer and w. N. Malone, who stated that being connected with hotel propositions personally they deemed it advisable to sever their relationship with the Chamber of Commerce committee. The successors to fill these vacancies have not been chosen by President Massey.
 Those present at the consultation yes- terday were w. P. G. Harding, R. s. Munger, J. L. Yancey, Richard W. Mas sey, M. V. Joseph, R. E. Collins, Frank Fowlkes and A. H. Ford. The remaining members include Eugene Enslen, otto Marx, T. o. Smith, Eugene l.. Brown, George Gordon Crawford and Frank Nell son, Jr.
 The next meeting will be held on Thurs day, December 2S, in the directors~ room of the Chamber of Commerce. when all proposals submitted will be duly consid- cred and acted upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
COLORED WOMEN
 SEND $50 CHECK

Among the voluntary contributions re- ceved by Secretary McGrath towards the budget for next years work of the Associated Charities is a check for $50 that arrived yesterday from the Colored Woman's Missionary Congress.
 The letter. in which the check was en- closed, read as follows:
 Please find check for $50 from the trustees of the Colored Women's Mission ary Congress. Trusting that this will he a help to you in your campaign of re- lief for the poor of the city, we remain,
 Yours respectfully,
 ''Cordelia Taylor, Lucy Barber, Nettle Adams. Nellie H9lette. Nellie l<elor, Nellie Perry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
JUDGE GUNTER ON
 WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Montgomery Man Also States That Birmingham Is the Coming City
 of the South

"This is the first time in my life that suffrage, and I must confess that I am not prepared to answer, because l have never studied the subject which should be done by any one before taking an attitude for or against it, said Judge Gaston Gunter, senior judge of the Mont gomery city court, yesterday afternoon while in this city.
 There may be instances when women should have a voice in the control of certain phases of municipal government" said the judge, ''and then, again, it might be unpleasant for them to be thrown in contact with all classes of humanity. Sometimes l am inclined to believe that most women could show more discretion in their voting than some of the men who vote, but, on the whole, they might be organized enough to offset the evil effects of the ignorant ballot. The question is demanding consideration, and will possibly be a warmly agitated issue in state politics before many de- cades have passed.
 But referring to a topic that is one of my hobbies, and upon which I always feel most enthusiastic, is the present prosperity and future greatness of this magic city. I firmly believe that it is to be the largest finest and best city in the south in the years to come< and predict that it will come into it's own as few cities have done. The opening of the Panama canal and the canalizing of the Warrior river will provide the only means of commercial supremacy and transportation that nature has neglected to implant here, and to grow up with this city should be the ambition of every young man and young woman residing here. To boost the advantages and CO., operate in the upbulding of the gigantic municipality that is certain to rise on this site must certainly be source of pride and pleasure of every Birmingham citizen.
 sThe very atmosphere of Birmingham Is different from most cities as the north ern hustle is combined with the southern grace in effecting combination that few towns can claim."
 Juuge Gunter loiiilel Iiidyoi ol nout- Gomery and brother of one of the pres ent city commissioners of that city, stared that the rumors current at the capital regarding the appointment of the back tax commission for this county by Gov. ernor O'Nea linked this office with the name of J. V. Allen of this city, but that nothing definite had ever been announced Inv those. connected with the administra- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
CLOSE OFFICES
 ON JANUARY 1

The offices of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company, recently merged with the Woodward Iron company, will he closed in the Brown Marx building January l and removed to Woodward. where the latter company now main tains offices. It Is said one office will be retained to close the affairs of the company losing its identity. but as soon as the details were arranged the whole suite would be given up.
 The Woodward company will take over all the affairs of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company January l. The resignation of the principal officers have been received, it is said, and ac- cepted. The formation of the Bonny- an-Norman Coal company. composed of three officers of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company. Is noted else- where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
HAMILTON HOLT WILL
 LECTURE TONIGHT
Editor of Independent Will Make an Address on Commentator
 and Journalism"

The second number of the Lyceum course which opened at the high school last month. will be given tonight at S15 o'clock, and Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent will be the attraction of the evening. He will deliver an ad- dress on "Commercialism and Journal ism
 This lecture is regarded as one of the most interesting of the series compos- ing the lyceum programme and is to be a discussion of this subject as seen by a man of 15 years connection with the profession. The address is built from the Fundamentals of a speech made at the University of California two years ago and one that he has been invited to make before many of the finest stu oent bodies of the country, As an ora tor, MT. Holt comes highly recommended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
HAGAN MUST FACE ANOTHER COURT ID SECURE HIS RELEASE Warrants Sworn Out in Diff ferent Courts for the
 Same Offense MAY YET BE HELD
 AND DENIED BOND Abernethy Allowed $1O,O0O Bond and Hagan Will Now Have Hear
 ing Before Benners
 on Saturday

Although he has been allowed bond in the sum of $10,0O0 and the document has been made and approved, Thomas L. Hagan, charged with the killing of w. W. sEllard, Is held in jail by an other warrant, charging him with the same offense, and by law can be denied bond and forced to remain in jail until the grand jury meets. Whether he will be allowed bond on the second warrant remains to be seen by the outcome of thetrial Saturday.
 The case is regarded as one of the most extraordinary legal tangles to come be- fore the courts of Jefferson county in many years, and lawyers hold different opinions about the matter.
 The killing occurred on Sunday night, and the following day., Monday, Deputy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
Group Ends Life
Many Children Die of Group Every Year Before q Doctor Can He Summoned

Parents of children should be pre- pared at all times for a spasm of croup.
 Keep in the house remedy that will give instant relief and keep the child from choking until the arrival or the physician
 Get 50 cent bottle of HYOMEI to- day and In case of an attack of croup pour 20 drops into kitchen bowl of boiling water. Hold the child's head over the bowl so that it can breath the soothing, penetrating vapor that arises In the meantime send for physician
 This treatment has saved the lives of many children and is a precaution that all parents should promptly take.
 HPOMEI is sold by Nortons Drug Store and druggists everywhere and is guaranteed for croup. catarrh. asthma and bronchitis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
Building Permits

Building Inspector w. o. Mathews is- sued permit to build to the Peoples Home Telephone company for a one story brick building in Ensley at Nineteenth street and Avenue G. the cost of the structure to be s2l45.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
Marriage Licenses

R. c. Tanner of Robbins to Mrs. De- lia Putnam.
 Albert Jones of East Birmingham to Miss Molle Taylor.
 D. w. Ramsey of Carbon HNl to Miss Annie Coleman.
 Silvestro Giglio of Ensley to Miss Anna Graltino.
 C. w. Baldauf of Birmingham to Miss Edna 4tonsworth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-14
OTTO HODGES IS
 NOT BADLY HURT Popular Young Man in an Auto Accident Near
 Charlottesville

. Information received in Birmingham Hodges, a Birmingham boy, was not seri- ously injured in the automobile accident lear Charlottesville Va, Tuesday after noon. First reports were that Mir Hodges had had his collar bone broken and had sustained other injuries, but 1t Is learned that his injuries were confined to some sprained fragments in the neck.
 Mir. Hodges was automobile riding with Miss Helen Cunningham of Fairfield, Tenn, and Mrs. James Lindsey, wife of the editor of the Charlottesville Progress to whom the automobile belonged. MT. Hodges was driving, and the car sudden ly struck an embankment, throwing him and the other occupants to the ground The ladies were not seriously hurt, and MT. Hodges sustained only some severe sprains.
 MT. Hodges is a very popular young man of Bermingham, and is son of MT. and Mrs. H. C. Hodges of 120l Eleventh avenue, south. He is in his third year of the law course at the University or Virginia, and has been a boarder at tho home of Mir. Lindsey ever since he has been in Charlottesville.
 H. c. Hodges last night talked to MT. Lindsey over the long distance telephone, and also 10 the dean of the university and both assured him that the accident was nothing serious, and that all three of the occupants of the car would be all right in day or two.
 First reports of the affair caused con- siderable alarm, and numerous inquiries about the young mans condition were made at the Hodges home last night. The following dispatch regarding the accident was received last night; charlottesville, Va, December l5.- | Special L)-Late yesterday afternoon an automobile driven by C. o. Hodges, a law student at the University of Virginia l from Birmingham, Ala, ran into a banl; on the roadside at Union Run Church pe- tween Shadwell and Keswick, about seven miles east of Charlottesville, and Miss Helen Cunningham, Mrs. James II. Lind- sey. wife of the editor of the Progress of this city, and Mir. Hodges were pain fully injured.
 .The roadway at the point of the acci- dent is very good, but broken by many curves On one of the curves the machine while going down hill went straight into the bank, breaking both aXles and reVers- ing. Two of the occupants were thrown out on one side and the third on tho other.
 Miss Cunningham is in the Martha Jefferson hospital, and for time was unconscious. MT. Hodges is in the pniVer- sity hospital Mrs. Lindsey was taken to her home on Wertland street. Miss Cum ningham Is from Fairfield, Pa, and IS teacher of normal methods in the Char lottesville public school.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
BUFFALO BILL AT THE AUDITOR
 IUM TODAY AND TOMORROW.

For the last two days of the present season, the mana cement of the Audi torium offers an attraction that has never before been seen in this city in the moving picture line. This is the original and only moving picture of the Buffalo Bill Wild West and Paw nee Bills Far East, and exactly as presented in the open arena
 There are over 1000 feet of film in this set of pictures, and Buffalo Bill appears personally all the way through and as these are the only moving pie lures of him in existence they should prove valuable as d record. There will never be another set of these pictures on exhibition, as the negatives were destroyed in the recent fire of the Powers moving picture factory in New York.
 During the next few weeks the Au- ditorium will undergo a thorough over hauling from top to bottom, and will be as bright as a new pin for the opening next August. Several inn provements will be made, as there have been every summer, one of the most important being a new electrical de- vice for the stage which permits the use of the new tungsten lights exc1us- ively, thereby insuring a brilliant white light, which is the nearest thing to daylight that modern science has been able to produce. There will be various other changes and improvements, of which further announcement will be made at a later date
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
BREED THEATER.

Two monster Indian pictures consti- tute the head-linerS at the Breed today and will furnish sufficient thrills to entertain and interest the large audi ences that are enjoying the summer programmes. The first picture is en- titled The Heart of an Indian Maid, and tells of a trapper, who, with oth- CTS. is attacked bg the Indians and left for dead. He is discovered by a pret- ty Indian maid. and nursed back to health, and his life saved by pleading with the chief The white man is aft erwards made blood-brOtber of the tribe by transfusion of blood at the wrist. and the Indian maid is given him as his wife. The white man later leaves the camp. going to his white wife and child, but the Indian wife fol- lows and is about to assassinate the recreant husband, but the sight of the supreme happiness of the white wife to regain her husband. drives all mal- ice from her mind, and she wanders from the house in the darkness, and blindly walks over a high precipice to her death. The other attraction is the great Indian story entitled The Tribes Penalty. and is one of the powerful Essanay productions which are so pop uiar at the Breed
 Miss Minnie Sleeves, soprano, will be heard in Illustrated songs.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
VIEWS AND VARIETIES
Clever Sayings

Gladys-The manager at the Prlvois- ty selected 20 chorus girls in Z0 min utes. Totty-My word, Isn't he qaIc< at figures?-Variety Life.
 Do you believe in 4 heresfterge' You bet. I have several ensmies who are too strong for me to punish mi self. lf.-Chicago Record Herald.
 Thinks he's in the same class with Abraham Lincoln, does heT' "Yes, and confidently expects q promotion."- Harper's Bazar.
 Why is Wombast- working SO ear- nestly for reciprocity with Canada - He has a Canadian quarter which fIe can't work on.'-Pittsburg Post. PhrenoIogist-Desr me. your bump of destructiveness is very large, Are you soldier? customer-<o. am A chauffeur.-Sy Sydney Bulletin.
 He (tired of dodging)-would yon marry a one-eyed man? She-G0od. gracious, no, He-Tben let me carry your umbrella.-Boston Transcript
 "You don't know what that's a p,c- ture of, Johnny" said Mrs. Lsspfne. in a tone of reproof. You ought tn read your ancient history more. That is the temple of Diana at Emphssis.@ Chicago Tribune.
 The number of men and women who don't know what they are talking about is increasing in the United States" Where do you get your in- formation from?" From the census report.
 She had not dreamed he would pro-
 pose
 And this is her confession. She bore up bravely to the close.
 Then lost her self possession.
 -Woman's Home Companion.
 T shall try to leave footprints on the sands of time" said the man who is earnest but not original. Very good" replied the absent minded criminologist, 'Tbut thumbprints are now considered more reliable. ."--Wasn- ington Star.
 T don't think you ought to go n baseball games" said his young wife. 'Why not my dear2~ he asked. ~f was reading account of game tO- day, and the paper said that the bases were full three times yesterday after nooni"-Judge.
 Brown was terribly annoyed yes- terday. He took his girl to the base ball game" And she bored him Wltk questions, I presume?" Not at sI1, When one of the players started tO steal second. she got up and yelled. Slide slide, you big dub.' .'"-Detroit Free Press.
 Knicker-What makes the cars so crowded? Bocker-Everybody's out of town-New York Sun.
 Sunday School Teacher-Yes, Willie the Lord loves every living creature. WilHe-P11 bet he was never stung by a waspi-Puck.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
Local Relatives Called to Cohoes, W. Y., by Death of Philip p. Smith-C. H. Raynes Inproving-Personal Mention,

A telegram announcing the death at his home in Cohoes, x. r., of Philip Patrick Smith a prominent real es- tate dealer and brother of Rev John Talbot Smith of DobbS Ferry N. Y., was received on Friday afternoon at o'clock by his cousin. Mrs Elizabeth Mccormick of 3S Fifth st1 eet- Mrs Mccormick left for Cohoes OH Sat urday morning. together with Mrs. Frank J. Murtha. Mrs. Mary F. Haley and her son. Frank Haley.
 MT. Smith had been frequent wis itor ir Norwich and his death will be heard wi-h sorrow. He was born in Newark, N. J., on March IT, 1864, the son of Bernard and Mary Riley Smith. Most of his life was passed in Co., hoes, where he built up a successful cal estate business, moving only re- gently to a new office building erected by him at 154 Mohawk street. Politi- caIly, MT. Smith was always a staunch democrat and he represented his town with credit in the legislature at Al bany. A man of high character, fine ability and of genial dispositio-, ne occupied a firm place in the esteem and respect of his towns people as worthy and upright citizen. In private life, he was a dutiful son and devoted to his home and family
 Surviving are his parents, his wife whos was Miss Nellie Hines. two daughters, Bessie and Jennie, and two sisters, Mary and Catharine, all of Co., hoes, N. Y., and one brother, Father Smith of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. His Nor wich relatives include his aunt, Mrs. Bridget O'Donne1l, and these cousins Mrs. Elizabeth Mccormick, Mrs. Mary F. Haley. Mrs. Frank J. Murtha and William H. and Charles P Lynch
 MT Smiths death was sudden. as according to his last letter, received few days ago. he was in his customary health
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
POETRY.
THE HYpocHrrE.

one night in Portnan Square there 4 {, man ,sa l1 of riches, fame and pride. Death of the Great Phjiantnr0piste Ine I.ne newsboys cried. and people sal1s 1What shall we do now he is deadT
 tefly ''''' nut '''~ ''''" '"7' That even then he was in Hen. And had they known it. their sor-
 prise
 Of the rich man himself when he Awoke to his catastrophe. He asked of Satan. sir. how zsfbiss Ihey booked me for the Realms of I paid to God q million pounds. opened recreation grounds Endowed of hospitals q score. or public libraries still more, Took poor slum children from the city Twice every year, and gave them buns Where the shy Thames by Richmond And when the Sabbath morn carns
 round
 dropped my sovereign in the plate. And what is more. I ne'er was late. They called me Patron of the Poor l thought my seat in Heaven secufe.~ And satan said Now tell me. friend. 0f that foul factory near Mile End. Deep as the shadow of the tomb. Where, in unmitigated gloom Weak women stitched their sight For q few wretched pence q Ssv- That your name might adorn q list, And you be dubbed 'phiIantbrOpist.'] There was q moments awful hush. rhe wealthy man could only blush. Then Satan spakc again Come. sit Is of all souls most welcome here Myself of hypocrites am peer around, my lesser angels stand Sit you: my friend, at my right bandw
 -Gilbert Thomas, in The New Age,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

MT. and Mrs. Joseph Hague and daughter Edith of South B street have
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
TAFTVlLiE
Rev. J. H. Suspicion Addresses Con- gregations for First Time at Sacred Heart Church-LincoIn Club Holds CIambake-Personal News

On Sunday morning for the first time Rev. John H. Stapleton. who came here Thursday from New Haven met his Taftville parishioners, addressing large congregations in both English and French at the three masses. Fa- ther Stapletons words and manner created a most favorable impression among his hearers and there is gen. eral satisfaction in the parish that he is the man to succeed Rev. Arthur O'keefe under whose leadership the church has so greatly prospered boln materially and spiritually during the past seven and one-half years.
 Father Stapleton was born in Shei- ton. Conn. and he gained his classical education in the college of the SuIpi- clan Fathers in Montreal. His thec- logical course he pursued at the grand seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris spend ing three years there. He was ordain- ed in Paris on Trinity Sunday twelve years ago at the age of 9 years. Sub sequently he served as curate at the immaculate Conception church. Hart ford, at St. Mary's, Putnam, and at St. Johns, New Haven, before being appointed to the faculty of St Thom- as seminary. Hartford where for five years he was instructor in French and Latin. For year he has been pastor of St. Louis church, New Haven From the fact that the last is wholly a French parish. and as a result of his studies in France, it is evident that Father Stapleton is admirably equip ped for his work here. He is a man of sincerity and conviction and his personality is one that has made him both respected and popular wherever he had been stationed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Allan Latham of Reservoir road has returned home, leaving his family at their summer cottage at Provincetown, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10
Mt. Holyoke AIumnae Receive New
 Cataioque.

Local alumnae of Mt. Holyoke col lege are proud to remember that Mrs. Taft, the mother of the present presi- dent of the United States, was en- rolled among the earliest students. In the general catalogue just published the record runs thus: Louisa M. Tor rey entered from Milbury, Mass, in 1S44; she married Hon. Alphonse Taft in 1855; among her children was Will jam Howard, now president of the United States, born in 1857. She died in 1907. Her sister, the Aunt Della" !" now and then mentioned, was a stu dent there at the same time.'
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

AUTOMOBILE sTATION, g. J. Colt, Otis Street. Automobile and Bicycle Repairing. General Ma chine work Jobbizx Phone
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Paul Tetreault of Providence street leaves today for several months stay in Canada.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Sunday was big day for the mem bers of the Lincoln club. the occasion being a clambake out on the Canter- bury turnpike. The weather and all other conditions contributed to the success of the affair, which passed off in a manner that reflected credit on the capable men that managed it. There was nothing lacking in the way of sports and other attractions for the large number that attended from this vicinity.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Miss Grace Trow. who has been the guest of Ms. H. L.. Warrington of Washington street, has returned to Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Heard About the Village. Henry Lariviere of the navy is at his home here on a furlough.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-10

Byron P. Warren of Fall River has just arrived to spend the summer with his aunt, Mrs. Nathan Bushnell of TafuvilIe road
 A1r. and Mrs Lawrence Hampston of Stafford Springs have been guests of Mrs Hampston's sister, Mrs. J. H. Butler of Otrakando avenue.