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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
TOM LONG TALKS ON
 PRIMARY MATTER
Would Vote for Primary If the Peo- pie Show That They
 Favor It

Tom L. Long, member of the state democratic executive committee. stated yesterday that he would vote for pres- idential primary only on one condition.
 That condition is." stated he, that the people shall convince me that a majority of them are in favor of such a primary. At the present time l am convinced that those who are crying for primary are in a very slim minority.
 But I would not vote for primary to find out the first and second choice of the people for the presidential nominee even were I convinced that the majority of the people favor such an idea.
 'I would not advocate or vote for such an idea as long as MT Underwood Is In the fight, if on it's adoption depended the fate of a cotton crop. You hear nothing of a first and second choice in Ohio, Ms souri or even New Jersey, the present abode of those alleged newisms which have been tried and found wanting by the most ancient peoples of the universe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
AT THE HOTELS

James Maddox and Robert Barby of Montgomery are guests at the Morris.
 John Bishop of Talladega Springs is stopping at the Morris.
 NJ. Swann and E. B. Scherman of Roam oke are at the Metropolitan.
 J. S. Watt of Talladega is at the Metro poitan.
 J. M. Stevens of Alexander City is al the Birmingham
 W. w. Battle of Jacksonville is stopping at the Birmingham.
 J. c. OBryan of Owensboro Ky, is a guest at the Birmingham.
 T. H. Manning of Talladega, T. S. Seller of Dora and J. B. Ryan of Huntsville were registered at the Hillman yesterday l.. Berrish of Selma, T. N. Steiner oi Fulton and l.. B. Pond of Rockford are stopping at the Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
JUDGE A[MON MAY
 RUN FOR CONGRESS
Speaker of Lower House, However, Not Ready to
 Commit Himself

Judge E. B. Almon, speaker of the low CT house of the Alabama legislature, did not make an announcement while in Bir- mingham yesterday to the effect that he will enter the race for the position Of congressman-a -at-large. but he did admit that he had given that matter some thought.
 q have not made up my mind,' stated the judge, "and my entrance will depend almost entirely on circumstances"
 He did not go into details as concerns the circumstances" His friends in Bir- mingham believe, however, that he will run, and that he will win or be very close to the victor when the spells are prorated
 When asked for information relative to the creation of the additional congress sional district to which Alabama, ac-
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cording to the census of 1910 is entitled, Judge Almon said: Tt is not incumbent on the legislature to create a new dis trict, although such will very probably be accomplished. Tn spme states. it is com sidered wise to retain a permanent con gressman at large. There is always op- position to the creation of new dis trict, for every congressman naturally looks after his own boundaries. At the next session of the legislature. however, this matter will be determined. It may be that new district will be created, and it may happen that a congressman at large will become a permanent nsti- tutlon." s
 The speaker stated that he did not an ticipate an extra session of the legsla- ture because of the fact that the finan- cia pressure, which prevailed some week . ago. is almost entirely removed.
 And it is my opinion." stated the speaker that he legislature would not pass revenue bill which would put moro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
JOHNSTON RETURNS
 HOME FROM CHICAGO
Very Little New Evidence in Lori mer Case-Lorimer Will
 Go on Stand

Senator Joseph F. Johnston on his return from Chicago wtere, along with other members of the Senate, he has been engaged in Investigating the ai- leged fraudulent election of Senator William Lorimer stated that While con siderable surface probing has been ac- complished it would require several weeks longer for the committee to rem der it's report concerning the case
 "The committee will meet again in De- cember," stated the senator, and Will go deeper into the controversy Be fore the task is concluded Senator LOT finer himself will be put upon the stand It will be some while after the new year before we make our report to the Senate"
 He intimated that very little new matter had been developed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
GIVE LUNCHEON
 10 DR. SCHURMAN
President of Cornell Uni versity Being Royalty
 Entertained Here

The Birmingham alumni of Cornel university, about 20 in number, ten dered Dr. Jacob Guild Schurman, pres ident of Cornell. a luncheon yesterday at the University club at o'clock. After delightful function the noted man o1 learning and a party of the luncheon guests visited Ensley, Corey and other
 points of interest in the district. As
 the party left the University club E
 F.. Enslen, Jr, remarked to Dr. Schur-
 man: "The automobile you will ride In
 was made In Birmingham by Birming-
 ham men and by Cornell alumnus.'
 The pointer seemed to please Dr.
 Schurman very much and he compli-
 mented the head of the Great Southern
 Automobile company, who is Cornell
 man, for the product of his Birming- ham factory.
 The trip over the district was man aged by A. H. Ford, president of the
 Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company, a personal friend o1
 Dr. Schurman, who entertained him al
 dinner last night. The other members of the party included c. J. Barr, gen.
 eral superintendent of the Ensley stee plant division of the Tennessee com pany; E. F. Enslen, Jr.. pr. J. H. Phil lips, superintendent of the Birmingham public schools; M. S Sloan of the Bir. mingham Railway, Light and Power company, and others.
 pr. Schurman seemed to be greatly interested in the industrial greatness of the Birmin gham district.
 At the University club luncheon yes. terday Dr. Schurman did not make any address. The guests simply talked oi recollections of Cornell without at tempting to have any formal speech making.
 The table was in the shape of "C' for Cornell while the penants of the University club and the floral effects were in keeping with the university which was also being honored by the entertainment to it's distinguished pres ident.
 pr. Schurman after the luncheon thanked the alumni of Cornell for their courtesy, and said he was very proud ] to have found in Birmingham such a number of Cornell men, all of whom arc playing an important part in the work
 of men in such progressive city. Dr. Schurman diverged from his com pliment to the alumni to thank the
 University club officers for such an in- stitution in this city. He said the col lege men here were to be congratu-
 lated upon having founded such very
 interesting organization.
 Those at the luncheon were: M. s.
 Sloan, A. A. Walker, c. C. Estill. A. II.
 Ford, c. J. Barr, J. G. Schurman, J.
 H. Phillips, C. II. Chaser. J. l. Blount
 Calvin Jones. H. F. Beyer, F. F., Err slen, Jr, A. c. Decker, w. R. I.athrop
 Harry Lee Koenig, Max F. Mellon, Dr. Stewart H. Welch. ". J. comm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
 WILL MEET TODAY

The Equal Suffrage league of Birming- ham will hold their third meeting In the directors room of the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon at o'clock. fuli attendance of those who are members IS requested and all those who are interested or desire to become members are invited to attend
 The most important business to come before the club will be the report of the bylaws committee and the legislation necessary for the adoption or modification of this data. The question of perina- nent assembly room will come up for dis cussion, and also the settlement Of the McLane Triton address date.
 The charter membership of the league is at present nearly loo, and new names are being enrolled at each meeting.
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is established by the company. giving Ensley the cent fare with transfers Wylam and Corey are not included in the reduction with transfers.
 The lighting contract reduces the price charged from 12 cents per K. w. H. to 1t cents per K. W. H. After 90 hours of consumption the price will be cents per K. w. H. The offer also indicates that a reduction would be made in the discount system when the bills are paid quickly as now in effect
 Commissioner Lane, from all accounts will offer some amendments to the pro- posed contract which may be adopted oI may not.
 The amendment to the original proposal offered by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company yesterday goes into great detail and is voluminous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
Harry Jones To Be Todstmdster
 At The TrdDeline Mems Banquet

The committee on arrangements for the
 Chamber of Commerce banquet to ba giv-
 en to the travelling men of Birmingham
 next Friday evening at the Country club
 held an important conference yesterday
 morning at the Chamber of Commerce Harry Jones. a member of the Chamber or Commerce, a former travelling sales man and popular both among the whole sale dealers and travelling men, has been selected as toastmaster for the occasion Richard W. Massey, as president of tue Chamber of Commerce, will preside at the banquet, and extend welcome to the Knights of the Suitcase" One of the principal addresses of the evening will be delivered by Joseph B. Babb, secretary or the Chamber of Commerce. setting forth the get together spirit and intent of the dinner.
 The invitation committee, of which H. w. Coffin is chairman, have decided to limit the number of guests to 200 that being the capacity of the banquet hall, and invite only the men travelling out Of Birmingham through southern states and representative from each wholesale and jobbing concern of the city. The ma jority of the invitations have been mailed
 out, but there are several yet to be sent to those whose names have not been checked up.
 The chairman of the general committee, Robert W. Ewing, announced that the acceptances must be in the hands of the
 dinner committee by Monday if not sooner as the final meeting of the committee would be held on Monday morning. There will be several novel innovations intro-
 duced that require early responses to the
 invitations and Monday is the last day
 the lists will be open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

| Featured by an address on Creating a Town Spirit delivered by E. St Elmo Lewis, the municipal and business Mems club held a most enthusiastic and educative meeting last night in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium The audience that greeted MT. Lewis was composed of members of the Cham Der of Commerce, Business Mems league and many others directly or indirectly interested in advertising and publicity methods.
 John Sparrow, president of the Ad Men, presided, and introduced a short executive session before MT. Lewis | spoke. The report of the membership committees, who are conducting an ac- | tive canvass for new members, was | submitted by Chairman C. W. Up- church. The programme committee an- nounced their schedule through Chair | man John c. Lusk. The protective com | mittee, whose duty 1t is to stand be- tween the fraudulent advertising scheme and the advertising public, ten- dered the first data concerning it's in-
 
 month ago. The chairman of this com mittee Is Sidney Lazarus, and the as- sociate members are John Sparrow and | I. Casset
 | This bureau holds a consultation every Tuesday and Friday afternoon in Room IT of the Steiner building to determine the legitimacy of publicity | propositions that are placed on the market in Birmingham. In their re- port last evening, they gave detailed account of the cases already disposed of by them and the frauds that have been frustrated by their efforts Cards | have been sent by this committee to | the office of each member of the Ad Mems club, stating that they will not patronize any advertising plans that have not been approved by the protec- tion committee. Rates in certain publi- cations for certain programmes, folders and other forms of miscellaneous ad- vertsing have been ordered lowered by | this committee and their instructions have been obeyed.
 | The social session was informal and | several short, witty talks by President Richard w. Massey of the Chamber of Commerce, Frederick l. Thompson, pub fisher of the Mobile Register, and other prominent business men were made along general advertising lines.
 MT. Sparrow then introduced the speak CT of the evening MT Lewis, as the busi- ness magnet of the Burroughs Adding Machine company, former chairman of the publicity committee of the Detroit Board of Commerce and an authority upon civic aggressiveness that makes big cities out of towns.
 1 MT. Lewis, with a personal magnetism that gave emphasis and sincerity to his | remarks referred to his former visits tc this city and said in part as follows:
 MT. Lewis Speaks
 'T want to talk to you from the stand 1 point of an Alabama business man, as one vitally interested in its future, and if may add anything to the vision of those interested in your civic affairs. if l may suggest any practical method by which | that vision may be realized, will have | done nothing more than to contribute to my own benefit.
 | "Ciities grow for three reasons: '.First-Because men want them tc grow. f1s
 '.Second--Because they have the natural environment, geographical and conner,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
WHERE DID COPERNICUs GO?

"Coperncus, l am going to repose a great trust in you. I want you to stand on this corner until l return. You are not to leave 1t under any consideration. To pass away your time while waiting for me, you can view the surrounding seen cry. As you are a stranger In the city, it might be proper for me to point out some of it's special features. Directly in front of you are the tracks of the Louis vile and Nashville Railway company, and l might add that more freight trains leave those yards daily than any other road in the country. They go to every point of this glorious country, from the bleak and barren snowbound states of the north to the balmy sunny state of Flor ids. where the sun shines in perpetual glory and the fragrance of fruit and flow CTS Is borne through the air by the gentle zephers that go murmuring by. To the west lies a vast oxpanse of country de- voted to agricultural pursuits, with hay stacks and cozy barns and outhouses in abundance.
 Now, understand me, I have your promise that you will remain on this spot until I return. will be back presently, and I hope I will not have cause to re- gret the confidence I have placed in you"
 Copernicus said that he would stay at his post with the faithfulness of a casi- blanca. So Chris departed.
 Turning down the first alley he came to, Chris beat nasty retreat, and emerg- ing near the postoffice. caught the North Ensley car and went to his home at Pratt City.
 Next morning Chris came to town and went to the spot where he had left hts charge. But no Copernicus was to be seen. Notwithstanding the fact that he made many inquiries and diligent search, he returned to the sheriff's office.
 Shaking his head sadly at the ingrati- tude of human nature in general and his late charge in particular. Chris picked up the daily report, and under the head of escapes, wrote the name "Copernicus Jones'
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money in the state treasury than that which exists today"
 In addition to Judge Almon, at the Un- derwood banquet last night there were other gentlemen who are candidates for the position of congressman at large, or are reputed to be preparing to enter that race.
 Major W. w. Screws of the Montgom- cry Advertiser when asked If he would make the race, did not commit himself, but left the impression that he would dis like to enter Into such a general scramble as the race promises to develop. "I feel" said he, that my friends would give me strong support for the office, but there is going to be such a keen fight that I would hesitate to become embroiled." Strong friends of Major Screws throush- out the state are very anxious that he offer his services, however. and 1t is possible that he will, before the time of balloting. yield to their wishes.
 H. Y. Brooke, state examiner Of public accounts, and Fred Wall, mayor of Ath- ems, both of whom attended the banquet. have practically announced themselves as candidates for the office of congressman at large, and Tom l.. Long of Walker county, was another celebrant who is mentioned as a probable candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
Marriage License Issued

The only marriage license issued by the probate judge yesterday was to Peter Gold and Miss Pearl Jenkins, both residents of Johns. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
Building Permit Issued Yesterday

A. B. Watson was given permit to construct a one story frame building at Osceola station yesterday morning by the building inspector. The price of the building will be 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

The subcommittee who are to work out the details of the contents of the menu folder, the special musical selec- tions and the menu are adopting novel features for their respective departments and the event promises to be a series of pleasant surprises. The programme com mittee will make public the list of speak CTS and toasts at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

. "Oscar w. Underwoods actions ,, in the next session of Congress will 9 determine his chances for the pres
 2 idential nomination of the demo- 2 cratic party. He is being watched 3 by people al lover the country, and
 2 if he keeps his feet on the 3 ground and proves that the Ala 2 bama boom should be a national 9 one, he will be one of the most 2 important factors In the democratic 3 convention, and will stand fine 3 chance to win at large.'
 2 "rhere is no reason why Bir-
 2 mingham should not be twice as 2 large as it is now within the next , five years if the civic organizations 2 would organize into one body and
 2 concentrate upon effecting this
 2 growth. ''-E. St. Elmo Lewis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
THE IAX-EOS WAY

If you had a medicine that would strengthen the liver, the stomach, the Kidneys and the bowels. and at the same time make you strong with sys- temic tonic don't you believe you would soon be well?
 That's "The LaN-Fos way
 We ask you to buy the first bottle on the money back plan. and you will ask your druggist to sell you the sec ond.
 It keeps your whole insides right
 There Is nothing else made like Lax Eos.
 Remember the name--LAX-FOS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

hands of the law. Through a mistake in the papers committing him to jail Sheriff McAdory could not legally confine him, hence the instructions given as above.
 When Chris left the office with the star gazer" he took him down town to the corner of First avenue and Eigh- teenth street.
 Arriving at that point, he stood the astrologer against the wall and addressed him thus:
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CONTINUED ON LAST FACE,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-19
RESU[TSONTHE
BIG GR|OIRONS

At Atlanta-University of Georgia 5
Georgia Tech 0.
At mingham-Sewanee 3, Ala
bama 0.
At Columbia, S. C.-Davidson ~
South Carolina 0.
8 At Knoxville-Tennesse %, South
western Presbyterian University 0.
At Austin-Texas Is, Auburn 5.
At Houston - Southwestern Is
Louisiana 6.
AT Norfolk-North Carolina. g.
Washington and Lee 0.
At Nashville-Vanderbil 81, Missis-
sippi o.
At Washington-Georgetown 9, vir-
ginia O.
At New Haven-Princeton 6, Yale
8.
Ate ambridge-Harvard S, Dart
mouth 8.
At Annapolis-Navy 0, Pennsylvania
State College 0.
At Williamstown, Mass.-Wiliams g.
Amherst 0.
At Providence-Brown s. Vermont
At West Point-Army II, Colgate
At Ann Acknowledged II. Penn
sylvania 9.
At Bethlehem-Lehigh s.. Franklin
and Marshall 0.
At Syracuse-Syracuse IL, Carlisle
II.
At Columbus, Ga.-Mercer 20. Glenn
son 6.
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! FINE TRIBUTE TO
PENSACOLA'S FAIR
) J.P. Doster in F'lorala Democrat I

The Interstate Fair held at Pensa
cola during the last week was prob
ably the most attractive and most
successful affair of the kind ever held
in this section. The various depart
ments were filled to overlooking with
the most interesting exhibits and great
crowds thronged through the gates
and on the grounds every day. Every
thing that goes to make up a fair,
from the OK that weighs more than
four thousand pounds in the cattle de-
partnent to the smallest bantam in
the poultry department and from the
smallest homemade biscuit to the
San Carlos fruit cake weighing more
than fifty pounds, could be found.
1t is safe to say that every person
who passed through the gates found
something of the greatest interest on
the inside. To the average person.
however. the most Interesting exhibits
were those in the agricultural depart
ment. Many of the county exhibits
would have done credit to much
larger fair. Jackson county, Fla.
was awarded the first prize and well
deserved it. The number of things
on exhibition from that county was a
surprise and revelation to most of the
people who saw them and il is sure 70
be of great value not only to Jackson
county, Fla, but that portion OF Ala
bama which joins Jackson.
The only thing missing was an ex-
hibit from Covington county. Ala.
These fairs offer such an excellent
chance for advertising that it woul
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-19
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cAsTRo's TROOPS MEET
A DISASTROUS DEFEAT
BY Associated Press.

London, Nov. 1S.-The Venezuelan
consul here received cable advices to-
day rom Caracas informing him thai
ex-President Castro, at the head of "A
considerable body of revolutionists
has met with disastrous defeat near
San Cristobal.
Castro's whereabouts has been a
matter of considerable uncertainty for
several months. The Venezuelan CEN
sors have allowed little news of him
or OF the present revolutionary move
ment to sift through. Dispatches from
neighboring countries have made il
evident that a revolt of some serious
ness was either brewing or already
launched but most advices have care
fully insisted that Castro had no part
in the proposed uprising.
The most recent news on the sub
ject came from Willemstadt, Curacao
on Thursday last. This was that Cas-
tro was residing on his estate at Gu
cuta, Colombia, on the Venezuelan
frontier. Cueuta is less than so miles
from San Cristobal, where Castro's de
feat is reported.
The moment that Castro crossed the
frontier he would find himself face to
face with serious opposition. Presi-
dent Gomez has 10000 men modified
near the border ready to fall on Cas-
tro as soon as opportunity offers.