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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
DOHERTY TO RUN
 THE FAIR AT SELMA

Selma, July 5.-(Special)- )-The board of directors of the Central Alabama Fair as- sociation has appointed J. P. Doherty of Selma superintendent of the fair, which will be held here from October "A to 2S Mir. Doherty assumed the duties of his office today and with the assistance of the board of directors of the association will give the people of this section one of the best entertainments that has eyer been held in Selma.
 In connection with the fair to be held here the latter part of october a force of men were put to work on the grounds at the Selma Driving park, making number of necessary repairs. The buildings belong ing to the fair association and, the grand stands will be thoroughly overhauled. A new fence will also be built around the lot As soon as the work has been com pleted other work which will be neces- sary in connection with the fair will be started and by the time the fair is to open everything will be in readiness.
 The members of the fair association are interesting the farmers of this section In the large premiums for agricultural prod ucts which will be offered. The premiums to be offered this year will be much larger than ever before and the agricultural dis plays which will be shown during the fair will be the best ever seen in this city
 The ,raisers of live stock throughout central Alabama are also being interested II, ctn will prove a revelation to those who will attend the fair. The farmers throughout central Alabama are enthusiastic over the
 live cattle industry and herds of blooded cattle can he seen upon the majority of the farms in this section of the state. The farmers are devoting more time each year to the cattle business and within the next few years it is expected that Selma will prove an important live stock market. The best of these various herds of blooded cattle will be seen at the fair thls fall and they will certainly, create new enthu- siasm in the raising of blooded cattle.
 J.. c. Phelps of Auburn, district farm demonstrator of Alabama, will deli-er an address to the farmers of Dallas county at the courthouse on next Tuesday morn ing. July II. The address to be delivered by MT. Phelps will be delivered previous to the mass meeting of the citizens of Selma and Dallas county, which has been called for noon next Tuesday at the courthouse by a joint committee of the Selma chamber of commerce. The Dallas Good Roads association and the Central Alabama Fair association. It is expected that a large number of the farmers from all sections of the county wilf come here to hear MT. Phelps. The address will prove most beneficial as Mir. Phelps will discuss a number of topics which will prove very interesting to the farmers of this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
BAND PROGRAMME

The following programme will be rem dered by Nappi's band tonight in Capitol park from to 10 o'clock: Overture "Eypatia," Lampe.
 Intermezzo: Minerva, Chiaffarelli.
 Waltz Marsovia, Belcher. !, Two-Step: Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me-" Snyder - , Intermission.
 Selection: Madame Sherry's Barn Dance,'' Hoschna.
 Solo: ,"Love in Idleness.' Macbeth (Sig- ner A. Napolitano).
 Selection: Melody of Love- Engel- mann.
 Medley Overture: MY Southern Rose,'' V. Tilxer. -a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
Messenger Boys Strike

Mexico City, July 5.-Messengers em- ployed by the federal telegraph also be- came imbued with the strike spirit and declared themselves out tonight. Fifty or more of them made the rounds of the newspapers and explained their griev- ances, which were long hours and small Day. There are more than 100 in the em- ploye of the company and their repre- sentatives say they would all refuse to work tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
MEXICO CITY
 STILL IN TROUBLE Two More Walkouts Are to
 Be Faced 2 CARMEN REPUDIATE Refuse to Resume Work in Accord ancc With Agreement Reached
 Tuesday With the
 Company
MAN IS KILLED AND
 WOMAN INJURED

Mexico City, July 5.-The street car strike claimed its first victim tonight. In clash be- tween police and strikers ones man was killed and a woman probably fatally injured. A number of others were more or less seriously wounded. The po- lice charged a mob which was storming car in a. downtown street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
Glasgow Dockers Strike

Glasgow. July 5-The lockers have again gone on strike and the ship owners declare the men cannot be depended upon to adhere to the agreements made by their leaders. The owners threaten to lay up the ships unless matters improve;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
Strike In Moscow

Moscow, July 5.-Fifteen hundred em- ployes of the American Harvester works here went on strike today.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Fay BANTER Likes Snow.

Miss Fay BANTER, the ingenue with
John Corts European opera comique sue
cess "JacInta," is a native of California,
and until her association with the JAG
inta" company had never appeared out
side her native State. AS Mr.. Cort con-
trolls over half the theaters in California,
and as Miss BANTER is really one of the
cleverest little Ingenues on the American
stage, Mr.. Cort persuaded her to come
East and to that end offered a particu-
larly excellent part in "Jacinta." Her
performance indicates his faith in her
ability, for she is said to scintillate with
enthusiasm in Eer work.
During rehearsals of '"Jacinta' in New
York City, Miss Banter created consld-
cradle comment and amusement on one
occasion. 1t was caused by the appear
the room with his coat and hat covered
with snow; 1t having commenced snow
ing during the progress of the rehearsal
storm, and her antics were similar to
those Of a child with a new toy. She
forgot all about her work and so far as
she was concerned the rehearsal had
never been called. With a good old
Western whoop, she grabbed her hat and
coat and fairly few out to see her first
snowstorm. The stage director was too
much surprised to stop her, and by the
time she returned his anger had cooled
down When she explained with all OF
L~-- Ingenious enthusiasm and told him
in her own quaint IfrrIe way now much
she had appreciated her first snowstorm
and how pretty it was to her, all was
forgiven.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
The 1T. B, M" MYTH.

Tyrone Power. in the Chicago Record Herald.
There is a fallacy that a certain form
OF formless play makes for success
through the support of the Tired Business
Man. This is an injustice to the war
riors of commerce. The Tired Business
Man is a myth. This gentleman, who
during the day worries himself in the
pursuit Of fortune. in the evening finds
relaxation in the delight Of his Corot or
first edition of Junius. His library
and his gallery become his theater, and
it is ridiculous to presume that he finds
an antidote for his exacting labors in
the tortuous philosophy and sophistry
of sex problems or the absurd inconsis-
tency of dramatic froth and frivolity. 1
am proud to say that have the priv
ilege of knowing some of our tired busi-
ness men, and the men l know are indi-
cative of those 1 do not-and I find him
in the evening as sensitive to the delicate
subtle touches of art as during the day
he has been sensitive, brilliant. and d.
rect to the delicate and subtle fuctua-
tions Of the market.
Let US not forget that the noble theater
called the New was the practical express
sion of the very practical, wholly gener-
Gus. nobly unselfsh-Tired Business Man.
That the mistake natural to all things
should have brought temporary suspen-
sion does not lessen the debt the stage
and the public owe to the magnificent
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

At the top from left to right are Alice
Haynes, who is starring in KIaw & Err
langer's mammoth production Of Ben-Hur
at the New Amsterdam, and Wilton
Lackaye, starring in The Stranger at
the Bijou. Below from left to right are
IsG: Elsie Fl Ferguson BP4 4dS RlSrSS SSf R}Gf R}G lana
at the Gaiety, and Gertrude Bryan. and
Charles Meakin. who are starring in
Little Boy Blue at the Lyric
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Slezak to Sing in Concert.

musical treat that will be appreci-
ated by residents OF this city will be the
concert in which Leo slezak. the distin-
guished Metropolitan Opera tenor, will
appear during the coming season. 1t will
be a notable affsir and be the occasion
of the introduction to concertgoers of
this city Of a singer who is said to be
one Of the greatest tenors Of his time.
Few artists have risen to the highest
position possible to attain In so short a
time as Slezak. He made his debut at
Brunn at the age of seventeen as Lohen-
grin. Shortly after. because OF his sue
Cess as first dramatic tenor, the singer
was invited to appear In first tenor roles
at the Berlin Royal Opera, and In 1900
went to the Vienna Royal Opera, making
his debut IN William Tell" The late
Gustav Mailer at once signed a contract
with Slszak for a term of seven years.
Slezak sings both dramatic and lyric
roles. his favorites being the leading tenor
parts in Les Huguenots.'' aida, :"
'BaIla in Maschero." william Tell
''otells," ''TannhaussF, and Faust"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Arbuckle's Start.

Stay in Texarkana and stick to the
law" replied New York dramatic paper
to a letter from Maclyn Arbuckle. who
wanted to know the short cut' to the
stage.
Mr.. Arbuckle is glad now that he paid
no more heed to the advice than most
youngsters do to parental admonitions.
He was born in Texas-San Antonio, the
place, and July 9, 1866, the time. His
father was a Scotchman, his mother a
Virginian. His education was received in
Glasgow. Scotland, and Boston. Mass,
being prepared for entry in Harvard Uni
versity at the English and Classical
School of West Newton, Mass.
1t was the purpose of his parents to
prepare him for the clergy, but owing
to the serious protestations of the young
ster, that idea was abandoned, and he
returned to Galveston, his home in 1SS3
and began the study of medicine, and as
the first link in the chain to this end he
was placed in local drug store as clerk
This move proved the father to be a Door
Judge OF the eternal fitness of things"
because Maclyn's salary of SIS a month
was not sufficient to pay for the damage
he did in breakage and similar mishaps
He was then removed to a hardware
store, and here his destructive nature
was somewhat checked, and was later
transferred to his fathers Office, and
there remained until the family removed
to Dallas, where the elder Arbuckle es-
tablshed a stock, bond, and banking busi-
ness and the younger Arbuckle was made
manager Of a large stock farm where the
purpose was to raise thoroughbred cattle
of the select breeds
Here he developed considerable aptitude
but his dreams of a country life were
rudely shattered by his father calling
him to a commercial life. in which he
remained some time, eventually forsaking
the financial field for that of the law,
entering an Office in Texarkana in 1885,
where he began the serious study of
law, earning his living by keeping books
and copying briefs. He was admitted to
the bar in 1887, four months before he
celebrated his majority. Shortly after
ward he went on the stage.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

impulses of the princes Of finance.
When finance and intelligence put their
hands to the plow the furrow shall be
deep and durable, the loan shall be turn
ed. the seed planted. and by the rtpen-
ing influences OF warmth and intelli-
gence a fruitful harvest is assured.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
COMING TO THE THEATERS

The new year will start happily and
merrily at the Belasco Theater, where
the attraction will be Henry w. Savage's
company In the Rupert Hughes farce.
Excuse Me-" that only recently ended
a run Of eight months at the Gayety
Theater in New York. 1t does not need
a New York reputation to speak for this
farce in Washington, though. 1t was
here last season and was \, thoroughly
enjoyed. Indeed, it has been talked about
ever since, and laughed at, too, for the
memory Of its wit and humor never fails
to create merriment.
The company that will appear in
Excuse Me- at the Belasco is largely
the one that participated in the long New
Year run. In the cast are James Lack
aye, Scott Cooper, John Findlay, George
W. Day, Harrison Ford, Louis Hen
bricks, Charles Trowbridge, J. Gunnis
Davis. Geraldine O'Brien, Jacqueline
Blaney Grace Fisher, Lydia Dickson.
Marguerite Skirvin, Ida Stanhope, and
many others. The engagement will open
with matinee New Years Day, and
there will be the usual Wednesday and
Saturday matinees. Seats will be on sale
Tomorrow.
1t was not very long ago that an audi
ence felt quite compensated for going to
the theater II It was able to get a few
hearty laughs out Of some farce comedy.
But nowadays, the playgoer will not ac-
cept farce without embellishments. Such
a combination OF merriment and melody
is promised in the forthcoming engage
ment at the Columbia Theater of the
popular character actor. Julian Eltinge,
who will present his big musical success,
The Fascinating Widow" with new
scenery and costumes.
Julian Eltinge is known the world over
as the very best impersonator Of the
girl, and creates a sensation wherever
he appears. He will be accompanied by
a large and we'll selected company of
comedians and singers. including Winona
Winter, June Mathis, Louise Orth. Carrie
Perkins, Eddie Jarvis, James Spottswood,
Gilbert Douglas, James E. Sullivan,
Charles w. Butler, and a bevy Of stun
ming show girls.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

Chase's New Year celebration next
week will, It Is promised, surpass all
past standards of enjoyment, and the
audiences will laugh in the good year
1912 with all the pleasure derived from
a bill teeming with mirthful, tuneful, and
novel stellar features. In the supreme
position will be the popular comedienne,
May Tully, and company. in The Battle
Cry of Freedom" a comedy of divorce
life in Reno, New, written by Bozeman
Bulger in collaboration with Miss Tully.
The extra added attraction will be the
Broadway music hall stars, Billy Gould
and Belle Ashlyn.
Another special inclusion will be the
tiny English comedian. little Lord Rob-
erts, heralded as the cleverest Lilliputian
on the stage. The great Lorch family
will offer their wonderful Risley feats.
LAughable "reminiscences Of summertime
and summer girls will be sung and storied
by Ed Morto1. Caroline Franklin, Will
lam Wilson, and company will add to
the tidal wave of fun with their new far
cical success, "A Club Woman" Wit
torio and Georgetto will offer surpris-
ing novelty, and the photoplane daylight
motion pictures will show fresh happen
ings of international import.
In the race for success in the burlesque
field this season the pace will be set by
''ZalIah's Own Company" the attraction
at the Lyceum Theater next week, with
customary matinees. This show without
a doubt is the most meritorious and
original that has ever been organized to
tour the Empire wheel.
In the quality of its material, the merit
of the company, and the up-to-dateness
Of the performance the production closely
resembles a Broadway musical review.
"A Dress Rehearsal at the Folies Ber-
gere' and THE Unkissed Oriental are
the titles of the two musical comedies
which this company will present. They
are brimful of song hits. surprises.
unique vaudeville features and elaborate
electrical and scenic effects.
This organization is headed by Zallah.
the remarkable Egyptian dancer, and a
company of clever comedians and eX-
ceptionaIly pretty women, especially the
latter.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

Besides these attractions, which are
sure and ever drawing, there are per-
haps a score of plays whose music.
humor, situations, or feminine partici-
pants appeal to some particular class
Of theater patrons, and whose drawing
power lures to their box offices money
that would otherwise go toward build
ing a few great financial and popular
successes. The stage, as a profession
both for actor and manager. has be-
come a gamble, with the whim of the
public as the table of chance. And the
days have practically gone by when
New York success meant a comfort
able fortune for all concerned
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Amateurs in "Shakespear." "

very creditable presentation of 'Ro-
meo and Juliet was given last week by
Miss Grace Haywood and her stock COM
pany at the Warrington Opera House. in
Chicago. Miss Haywood was the Juliet,
Charles w. Dingle the Romeo. Chester
Wallace the Mercutio, William Webb the
Friar Lawrence, and Miss Rose Watson
the Nurse. Some of the small parts were
badly played, as is inevitable in these hur-
ried stock company revivals, but the
reading of the players assigned to the
important characters was sympathetic
and Intelligent
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20

ed under forms of law. The wealth
ers is called legitimate profits.
Nevertheless it is plain robbery.
Here we have a world filled with
unnecessary suffering. and every year
the present system slaughters more
human beings than were killed on
any battle field. Think of 1000
persons being killed and injured in
the mills and on the railroads of Al
leEheny County. Pa. in a single year!
Because of this system. which the
church upholds. the world is dark
with cruelty and rong because of
it millions upon millions of lives are
led in misery and pain that might be
glad and happy: because of it l.
500. 900 children slave in factories:
because OF it thousands of girls are
forced to supplement their meager
wages of So a week, earned in some
department store, by prostitution.
This system. based on robbery of
the weak by the financially strong.
breed war. crime. disease and
squalor and transforms a beautiful
G~od-given world. that ought to TEEN
with love. beauty and JOY through
natural law. into a veritahle hell
all for the purpose of stealing a liv-
ing from labor's sweat and blood.
Thou shalt not stead echoes the
pulpit hirelings of the church, while
at the same time their churches are
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20
ANNOUNCEMENT.

This page draws attention to firms
in a variety of enterprises who ap-
preciate the patronage of union men
and their friends and are willing to
cooperate with them in supporting
their institutions. 1t is but just to
give them a fair share Of your pat
ronage. In doing so o will also
do yourself II your paper a good
turn if you tell them you appreciate
their cooperation. They are all
well known, thoroughly established
and reliable, and their integrity and
square dealing in trade is unques-
toned.
Good, square legitimate business
dealing in the buying and selling Of
both merchandise and labor. is what
labor organizations ask, and all hat
any business man should ask. We
nave aimed to secure only the cards
of business men who believe in and
practice such a policy, for this, as
as the other pages n think
those here represented will measure
up to the standard.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20
I hou Shalt
Not Steal
BY Gordon Nye.
New York Call.

h open participation of the
'huTCh in the Milwaukee election and
III I'll" St. Louis election seems to IN
clcatc 4 we'll planned scheme OF cler-
Iral political activity. This means
'Iat the church is calling upon the
WORKERS in the name of religion TO
'iht progress. to fight lnduStr1al
i't"dom and to fight humanity.
Archbishop ireland. VIGOROUSLY a
close friend OF James Hill. thomas +.
ltEan and other multimilliOnaireS.
declares that order" must be MAIN
tanned at any cost. if not with liber-
-. then with a powerful centralized
government. He said this at the con-
'lT=Ion OF a diatribe against Social
lsrH-
Archbishop Messmer. head of the
CHURCH in the Milwaukee diocese. has
SAID, The immortality which Social
ISM breeds and the hangers which 1t
lads TO can be averted only by the
influence Of religion and religious
teachings"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20

one the people almost entirely crush
ed ont civilization in many of
Europe s fairest provinces. AT the
same time the church cid
in crane alone to the mount of
$500, 900. 900. with n yearly revenue
of Of 5000. 900, and did not pay one
cent of aXe
When we read all these terrible de-
tails of crime committed in His
name: when We think of the name
less poor. who starved under misrule
of church and state; when we feel
the sorrow of those ragged w~retches.
who were broken and burdened in
sight of the church.. We wonder if
Labor owes the church anything at
all. except it's degradation?
Thou shalt not steal says the
commandment of the Lord Yet the
church upholds the present economic
system whereby Labor is robbed of
four-fifths of all the wealth created.
cialism to laboring people he talks
to wage slaves. who are robbed by
the capitalist class. THE CHURCH
UPHOLDS THIS ROBBERY AND
TRIES TO JUSTIFY ITS POSITION
BY RECITING THE PAYABLE
OF THE TEN TALENTS.
The church advocates law and or
der and upholds this stealing by the
capitalist class since it is accomplish
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20

Bishop Wuldoon calls upon all b
ing men to fight the progress of So
cialism in their unions.
Again. many religious publications
throughout the nation are concen
trating attacks upon So
cialism. The readerS are called upon
TO down the Socialist, not eau OF
the economics OF the party. but in the
name OF the church and religion. No
attempt at reasoning is made. The
editorials are appeals to religious
hatred, as vicious as they are ignor-
ant. They usually conclude by ap-
healing to the workers to ALLOW the
church to look after both their spirit
nal and material welfare
IF there is one matter which the
Socialist party declines to approach.
II is religion. SOCIALISM Is 0
CONCERNED WITH THE QuES-
TION OF RELIGION. and it does not
core what a man believes or what
kind of a God he worships.
The political field is the SoclailstS
n,rticular ground. But when the
church forces itself forward as Il po-
litical factor. and actively IN
+b. reactionary solution of political
nroblems, it can no longer hold ltsel1
from attack. Socialism. Win
its doctrine of THE fCh
THE WORKERS, looks upon the
as an opposing power IN the
no1itica1 battle, an anchor holding
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20
supported by stolen dollars-stolen
from labor.

Let us for a ome step inside a
Fifth avenue church.
When Mr. Preacher steps into his
pulpit to face the "dearly beloved"
IN 'front.', close up, sit the principal
rascalS of the community. The
usurer; the man who gripds the life
out of the poor by extortionate prices
on food and fuel: the unctuous rob-
her who enjoys secret rebates from
Undertaking railroads and who has
ruined a thousand dealers to make
his own pile: the railroad wreckcr,
who stranded a magnificent property,
forced If to sale. bought it in for a
song. filled it with millions Of dol
lars of watered stock. ~plundered the
people in a ruthless resolve TO make
the road earn dividends uDon ticti-
tious capitalization. and who now
counts himself a millionaire. while
his victims find themselves
Up in front We find the u
coal baron who lives in a mansion.
while his unorganized wage slaves,
who produce his wealth. live in how
els not fit for pigs to inhabit. We
see the department store owner, who
works young girls long hours for
S3 a week in order that he can use
a few thousand OF his unearned
as divided to buy a stained glass