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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
ASKS HELP FOR THE
FLOOD SUFFERERS

Montgomery, May lo.-tspecial)- Com-
mander IT, A. Odom of the local branch
of the American Salvation Army has is
sued an appeal for 5000 garments. either
new or second hand, to be sent to the flood
sufferers of Louisiana. These garments
will be shipped to the flood victims as rap
idly as they are sent to the Salvation
Army headquarters, and Commander
Odom has expressed the hope that there
Will be a ready response to the call for
help from the Mississippi district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
MORGAN COUNTY TO
HAVE BETTER ROADS

Montgomery. May 0-(Special)-For
the purpose of aiding in the good roads
m ovement in Morgan county. State High
way Engineer W. S. Keller will, go to
Decatur in the next day or two TO confer
with the board of revenue Of that coun-
ty 1t is understood that plans are under
way for the construction of a state high
way in Morgan county. Application for
state aid has been made on the part of
Morgan county, and it is probable that
state highway will be completed in that
county within the next few months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
DR.. DENNY ORATOR
At NEW DECATUR
Delivers Address to Gradu-
ating Class of School
A MASTERFUL EFFORT
Special Pension Examiner for U. 5.
Inspects Federal Pension Certifi-
cates-23 Years for Robbery.
New Cotton Firm
A MASTERFUL EFFORT

Decatur, May -tspecial)-The New
Decatur public schools came to a close
last night at the Masonic theatre. The
address of the occasion was delivered
by Dr. George II. Denny, president OF the
University of Alabama. His address was
masterful effort and a most learned dis
course on matters educational 1t con-
tanned many things of interest and much
good advice TO the graduates.
The graduates were Allen Adams Jennie
Perkins. Ruth Hartung. Gladys Warner
Nell Brock, Russell Jenkins and Everett
Jackson.
Inspecting Pension Certificates
j. w. Wellborn, special pension exam
iner for the United States, is in the city
Inspecting federal pension certificates. He
is making his headquarters at the Decatur
postoffice, and is being flooded with pen
sloners. The purpose Of his visit is to
certify TO the identity Of the pension GER
tifcates.
Twenty-Threc Years for Robbery
Claude Neville, a negro, who was
charged with being implicated with three
other negroes in the robbery of Francis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11

Washington. May To- Especial y
Judge William Richardson of Alabama
left Washington tonight for Nashville.
Tenn. where his brother. James -
Richardson, is reported TO be in dy-
ing condition after several weeks i'll
ness. Another brother of Judge Rich
ardson diod at Nashville few weeks
ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11

England, an aged white man, was given
% years in the state penltentiary. One
of the other negroes was given 20 years
one day this week.
New Cotton Firm
A new cotton firm, to be known as War
ton & Shuford, cotton merchants. will be
opened here about the middle of July The
members of the firm will be Henry War
ton and son, L. NJ Warrior, of Athens and
T. Il. Shuford of Decatur.
1t is said that this will be one of the
largest cotton firms in north Alabama.
All members of the firm are well known
business men.
Overall Factory
Another factory for the Decaturs that
now seems to be certain is a large over
all factory The matter has been taken
up by the Business Mems club of the De-
eaturs, and the chances seem bright for
the location OF the factory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Helped ITpon Gallows

Macon, Ga, May 10.-E. B. Alford, who
three years ago shot and killed his wife
and his mother-inlaw was hanged here
this morning. He had been suffering from
tuberculosis before his death. He was
helped upon the galows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Feudist Worse

Jackson, KY, May 10.-E. Callahan,
former sheriff of Breathitt county, is
much worse today as the result of wounds
he suffered April 20 at the hands of would
be assassins. He is at Buclthorn hos
pital, 20 miles from here, we'll protected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
New Cotton Firm
CIV Brown in Birmingham

Montgomery, May 10.-(special)- Cyrus
B. Drown, secretary of state, is in Biz
mngham, where he is a witness in an
insurance case before the city court. Mr..
Brown has been in Birmingham since the
middle of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Bishops Will Speak
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM HUNTSVILLE
Lichtenstein on rial in u. s. Court.
Captair Spriggs Dead-Meet-
Of Business Men

Hunts May 10.-tSpecial.) -Sam
Lichtensteiil. charged with Illicit dlstll-
ing and resisting an officer, is on trial in
the United States court. Herman Kort,
Decatur junk dealer, has been convicted
of violating the interstate commerce law
in shipping freight under wrong CLASH
ficGtion.
Capt j. w. Sprggs, for many years a
prominent citizen of Maysville, died this
morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Shelly I.awler. after a long illness.
The Business Mems club held its month
ly meeting last night and beyond receiv-
ing the reports of outstanding commit
tees nothing was done. The club has sew
eral projects on foot, all of which are
being necessarily worked on the quiet.
Among them are an agricultural expert
ment station for this county to attend to
the work in north Alabama along this
line and an interurban motor service be-
tween Huntsville and Decatur on the
Southern railway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Open Fire Station Today

Mayor Belenger stated this morning
that the West Gadsden fire station would
likely be opened tomorrow The building
was completed some weeks ago and the
apparatus from the central station, which
was discarded when the auto truck was
installed, has been removed there. The
council has failed so far to provide a
driver or the station would have been
opened sooner The council will meet to-
night and If it fails to elect a driver the
mayor will appoint one temporarily until
the board takes action.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Oil Residence Streets

The principal residence streets of the
city will likely be oiled in order to
take care of the dust problem for the
coming summer A petition looking 20
this end has been prepared for Walnut
street and may be presented to the
council tonight Forrest avenue was
oiled last season and will likely be
treated to the composition this year.
although a number or the property
owners are in favor of a permanent
Improvement. A petition asking t.
have the street paved has been cir
culated but so far not enough signers
have been secured to enable the coun
Gil to let the contract.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
ATHENS VISITED BY
HEAVY DOWNP0UR
lone of Heaviest Rains in
Years Fell Thursday
SEVEN GET DIPLOMAS
Closing Exercises of Eighth District
Agricultural School Thursday
S Night, DIR. Denny Deliver
ing the Address

Athens, May TO- Especial. )-One of the
heaviest rainfalls known here in years
fell in this place yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by much lightning and hail.
1T was almost a water spout and if 1t fell
over much of the county it will further
delay the farmers, Nwho are more than
a month behind with their crops at this
time. Many farmers have but small
acreage of their cotton planted and hardly
any have made an effort to plant any
corn. lra
Districts Finals
Closing exercises of the Eighth District
Agricultural school. located here. came to
a happy and successful close last night
with the. graduating exercises, at which
the following young people received their
diplomas: Elton Lawrence Barksdale,
Miss Myrtle Gertrude Barksdale, Miss
Dollie Lee Graham, Miss Charlotte Ger
trude Graham, Miss Myrtle Elizabeth
Hardy, Miss Jessie Mae Roberts. William
Matthias Roberts.
DIR. Denny, president of the University
of Alabama, delivered the address to the
graduates and he was heard by an i'm
IHt4St WIN loi hiAt INST AitAiS
had met the distinguished educator, who
recently entered upon the discharge OF
the duties as president OF the leading
institution of learning in the state. He
was entertaining and instructive and
made a magnificent address.
The annual entertainment was held the
night previous, at which time the class
in oratory presented the beautiful col
lege play, entitled, THE College Ball, :"
which was witnessed by more than 500
people. The exercises were of the most
interesting character.
Bishops Will Speak
Miss Mary N. Moore has announced
that Bishop Warren A. Gambler will
preach the commencement sermon for
Athens college Sunday. May 26. Tho
graduating address will be delivered by
Bishop Hendricks on Tuesday, May %.
This will be the first time in the history
of the college that two bishops have Off
cated at any commencement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Untitled Tonnage

New York, May 1o.-Unfled tonnage on
the books of the United States Steel corr
poration April 80 totalled 5,664,sS5 tons, as
reported today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
House Damaged by Fire

A fire at an early hour this morning
did several hundred dollars worth of dam
age at the home of Col. w. J. Boykin
on Walnut street. The fire started in a
dresser in some mysterious manner, and
when discovered the room was ablaze. The
department arrived promptly but found
the chemical apparatus insufficient to
cope with the flames and resorted to the
water. The loss win not be more than
few hundred dollars, and much of this
was caused by the water
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Court Postponed

The session of the criminal court
which was to have been held next week
has been indefinitely postponed. So
licltor Rainey, Judge Bilbro and Others
of the attorneys interested in the cases
to be tried, after consulting over the
matter this morning, concluded that the
farmers should not be called from theil
work at this time TO attend court and
decided to postpone the session.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
Convict Surrenders

Son Stewart, negro convict who es'
capped from the chain gang last winter
appeared at the city jail last night anc
surrendered to the turnkey. He said he
was tired of being hunted and wanted to
come back to Gadsden to live and decided
that he would give himself up and serve
his time. He still has several months to
serve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-05-11
NEGROES GROUND
TODEATHBY TRAIN
GruesOme Find on A. G. S.
Above Alfalfa Yesterday
COURT is POSTPONED
Convict, After Several Months Lib
erty, Surrenders at Gadsden.
Boykin Residence Damaged by
Fire-Open Fire Station

Gadsden. May 10.-(Special.)-Two me-
what injured this morning two miles
above Alfalfa, when an Alabama Great
southern train threw them from the track
According to the story told by the sur
vlvor the negroes were on their way from
Birmingham to Fort Payne to work when
they were run over.
The men left Birmingham last night
and rode as far as Alfalfa on a freight
train. From there they started out to
walk and becoming tired they lay down
to rest. They fell asleep and did not
hear the approach of the train and did
not realize their danger until struck. The
surviving negro said he did not know the
names of those killed as they were stran-
gers to him.
mangled past all recognition and will
be disposed of by the county The acct
dent occurred about 3 o'clock this mosn-
ing
Brown Seeks Liberty
Tom Brown, convicted of VIOLATING;
the prohibition laws. sent to the eoun-
ty farm because of poor health and
escaped, and since then confined in tho
county jail, has brought habeas corpus
proceedings to secure his liberty. Tho
hearing will come up before Judge
Bilbro tomorrow.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
MILITARY GOWNS FOR
WOMEN; NO CURVES

chicago. Nov 2G.-woman's dress
in Ia take on an aspect 81 miiitancy
Tor tho coming yenr. according to the
"dict ~ tho National Cloak. suit and
skirt Makers association. which met
In convention here today.
Here are few 81 the now designs
FOR spring
straight front military effect.
All gowns a." 10 h" loose. but
straight every where. with no curves
of "llncH' aud plenty Of elbow room.
skirts are to be perfectly straight.
looking like an envelope. Jackets are
To bc the same. Narrow skirts will
prevail. with n slash II In absolutely
the only way at assuring the Anfcty
OF women. II has been demonstrated
that women wearing narrow skirts are
In constant danger from falls or other
pcTilE.
Waist coats viii he worn with near
IS all ~ the spring suits They viii
b" built of contrasting material
tn" spring coats are 10 he made
Of stripes and checks mostly There
are few plnin materials In the new
coats,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
judge lands Once Thralcr Usher.

Chicago. Nov. 26.---JudGe Keneshaw
NJ, lands. Of the United states dis
lrict court. who once fined the stand
ard OH company t29. $40 900. revealed
sunday the fact that thirty years ago
he Was nm usher In a theater at LO-
ghnspOrt Indiana. a mutual friend
introduced the judge to George Prim-
rose and Lew DOckBtader.
You know We came from Logans-
port" said Judge lands, and Wa
have new opera house there"
"Well." remarked Mr.. Primrose, ~
IL thirty years since l have played
LoganspoTt."
And when you played there" re.
sponded tho Judge. ~ was an usher In
the theater, worked for nothing
just for the privilege of seeing you
''If you will usher again We viii
guarantee Ia play there next week."
said MIR. DOckstadcr
Would you? n other duties did
not press believe Id take you" re.
piled the Judge,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
HABIT
WCnMs LtREH RelEF

On the subject OF "Dsink','thO sseat
clergyman. CARDINAL AhnAeFing. APP
proachlng his olehtieth year says,
Though haS6 known men ana
women destroyed for al manner Of
reasons. yet know OF no cause that
Affects man, woman. child and hOme
with such uniseFsality OF steady power
40 Intoxicating dftnh"
Another sreat man, nj. Reverend
Monsignor Fiavin. says; tine Neal
Thres.Day Drink Habit Cure u .
grand good work end a great baneht
TO humanity" $3.50
This in substance Ia the testimony
Of many thousands % men and wem.
On Of ali clamoee Whe have receited
OF know Os the benenta and remark
able results of eah Npal Treatment
A psFsonaI eat lettar OF phone 20
the NEAL. flgBXlNtjTE sis w. n,Rver
assnne. hiBuddtphhe. ~ NJ. by'vhose
ietAtesied ~ lnla steAt subject q earn
3hiiS invited: WNli end complete In
FORMATION Krt0i pnOnU ssts
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
CARBBi
GO TEN ROUNDS
TO 4 DRAW
Albuquerque Man Was Trifle
Shy on Distance, While the
ohicagOan Evidently Didn't
Want to Take a Chance
With His Hands.

Rather satisfactory and dis
appointing 200 the fans was the ten
round oou, pulled IN In the Elks'
theater hH night with Bill Pettus. OF
Albupuerqu, and Toni Caponi, OF Chi.
Cage. ~ th' principals. At the end
~ the tenth referee Dave ROilO called
the bout a draw. There was no vo-
ciferOus protest from the audience as
Is usually tine case when a draw de.
ClBlOn II Announced. The fight had
been 80 tam" that the fans had not
gotten sufficiently keyed up to demon
strate their opinion AS TO their Rp-
prevail ~ disapprovHi of the an
nouncement uf the referee.
The bout 1as not q stHlllng match.
There was ,ansiderable action in sew
cral Of tnr rounds, but no defuite re-
suit from am ~ the blows delivered.
Caponi was too wise ring general 10
permit Pettus 10 land any OF the hay
makers that he attempted Pcttus'
Judgment o. distance was bad Time
and again h, tried a swing or an up
pcrcut, only 10 md himself sprawling
on the floor PcttuH spilled" himself
on tho mat six times during
the ten rounds his cndcavOrs
To peg t. second being unsuc-
cessful when Pettus Would tear
into the moor CapOnl would stand,
perfectly still. permit his opponent 10
regain his feet and get his desired po-
sition before continuing tho night.
Caponl In a rlcnn tighter all the way
and did MT attempt to take any ad-
vantage Of tho more Inexperienced
boxer. AZ n" time did Caponl extend
himself. He vas apparently afraid Of
hurting hs hands or Getting hurt with
one % PctiUs' blows In mixup. cap
onI blocked carefully each time Pettus
attempted "a make him uncover. The
Italian delivered less than two dozen
blows Ia tue ten rounds and nut two
Or three of these landed,
Had the hight gone ten rounds
longer there would have ncen some
thing doing mo way or tile other. A
ten round 60 IN too short for middle
weights or neavywolghts, that was
proven last night II takes the big
boys from four 10 six rounds To get
warmed up after they hnv" felt each
other out fDr couple Of rounds.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
FOREMAN HIT AND
KILLED BY SANTA FEE
TRAIN NEAR FLAGSTAFF

Flagstaff. Arlz., foreman for the l..
J. Smith Construction company, was
killed by No. 2 about O'CoCk Tues
dRy morning "a mite and IA half east
of COsninO. He had entered the cut
east OF the crossing, which L. ON "a
curve, being slightly hard OF hearing,
and did not see No. until II struck
him, A blacksmith jumped out OF the
way just in time TO save himself. but
saw the train strike Calender, throw
ing him AZ high as the cab. He was
struck again by the baggage coach
and badly crushed. Calender WINS a
resident OF Kansas city, where he
leaves a daughter about Is years old
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
TO GULF
THROUGH TRAFFIC
N 4 YEAR
California Galveston Passen.
ger and Freight Service
via Lubbock Clovis Cutoff
Promised By Fall of 1918.
(spssisI tsrrsspsaasass 70 tAs nsralGl

(spesisI tsrFss1snaeass 20 ths usFaldl
Clovis y. NJ. Nov, 25.--ConHtruc-
ton worn on the Lubbock-Clovls cut
OF Is progressing very satisfactorily
and the expectations nov are that the
gtading Rill be completed by the mid
die OF December and the laying Of
rails WI commence Immediately
thereafter.
. The character OF the country
through which this road Fuha has en-
abled the contractors TO make good
headway. There are only about two
places wtere any cuts or ais have
been nee( ssary. The balance OF the
country d level and II 10 said that for
q distance Of about eight miles east
Of To2ieO no gradins whatever will
have to b. DOH.
II 10 ce4ain that the new road will
DO laid with s0.p0und steel and tho
ballastlns and rail laying win begin
simultaneously, 30 that when rails are
laid the hllastlng viii be done and
the road tan be Immediately opened
for trafac Trains will BE- running
over this piece OF track early next
GUNNER. II fact President Ripley ot
the santa We announces that through
ilasisnGef kervice, CialvestOn TO Gait.
fortiA wtlllbe lnaugtlrated In the fail
OF tO1s. ~
IN. w. Fiawnn. for several years an
empIoye OF the santa Fe at this p0iht
and recently cashier. has taken an 81.
tended lsaio Oi absence and accom-
panied by kis' family will 50 20 Cali
festlla 70 Ida w q new l0caispns Tue
res. snat,cne &c AEr. Feagan promotas
Nate Rate 10 the cashier desk
white 8. C.l Curtis sets, the ticket Of.
ice JOB forheFly Held ~ ~. palsa~
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
SMNULDING AND TTIE
CHEYE JENNIE 60 FAST

The most exciting bout of the even
ing was an extra put on by Director
Marx Levy when the Stern-Glihcrt
bout proved less interesting than an
uclpatcd Al Smaulding and IN"
Cheyenne KID ala the work In the ex-
ira, scheduled for four rounds. For
two rounds the battlerS fought In the
cnnchcs and out or the clinches. slam
bang. d, rain Of blows every moment
Outwcighcd nearly twenty pounds, the
Cheyenne was at n big disadvantage
hut gamrly stayed all the way up to
the third. Smauiding COPIED the
Cheyenne lucky one and made him
groggy. To save the Cheyenne from
q beating the gong was sounded and
In, fourth round was annulled.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
STERN MD GIIBEIIT
BOUT ~ BItIEF ONE

The stern Gilbert semi wind up,
scheduled TO go eight rounds, lasted
Tut one aud half. stern ioorcd Gil
bert In the opening stanza. Gilbert
demonstrated that he II u novice at
the game when he got to his feet I'M
mrdiatrly after the knock dow, in
Stealing ~ waiting for a part Of the
rount. In the second Gilbert c"mn
back groggy and although hghting
gamcly, was on the verge Of a knock
out when the referee stopped the mill
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
MURDERS ENEMY
WITH A BRICK
Winslow Native After Quar-
rel in Grading Camp
Attacks Another in Dark
Alley and Takes Life.
[ Special Corrssponaencs Ia ths HsrnIdl

lbpertai Correspondence u the Herald
WinslOw, ArIZ.. NOv. 23. Francisco
Garcia, and Amclio Baca have nccn
taken TO Jail In liolbrook 10 await the
action Of the grand jury, Garcia on
tho charge Of murder ana Buca as an
accessory for the killing Win "A brick
OF an unknown Mexican known ~
Whitley AT this place Following "A
quarrel in u grading camp near Gal-
lup. Garcia and Baca followed the
third man Into an alley back Of the
Methodist church hero ana Garcia Is
alleged to have hurled a brick into the
face OF his victim. smashing In his
skull and causing instant death Gar
cha. who claims to be- ~ part navajo
blood, offers nA hia only excuse the
fact that ha WIS drunk,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
WILL
HAVE NO GAME ON
TURKEY DAY
High School Will Play in
Roswell, University in Tue
son, and Indian School in
Las Vegas.
se1 sssah Flru, ssresA

There viii be- no Turkey day foot
pail contest In Albuquerque this year.
the nigh school squad leaves tonight
Tor Roswell, the university eleven
leaves az midnight for Tucson. and
the United states Indian school team
leaves tomorrow afternoon for Las
Vegas, 50 that the only football team
to be left In town on THANKSGIVING
day will be- the Mcnaul school bunch,
with no one to play against. The
highs viii play the Roswell high
school at Roswell; the l.. y. NJ, the
University at Arizona at Tucson, ana
the Indians. The Las Vegas Normal
university. The high school bunch
wiz be accompanied Oy Coach Alton,
the varsity boys by Coach Hutchinson
and the Indians BY Superintendent
Perry and Coach Blair. All three ag-
gregatlons are confident OF winning.
realizing, however. that they have
tough battles ahead OF them before
anything that looks like victory can
be- sighted. The high school eleven IL
stu smarting under the defeat admin
istered two weeks ago by the Normal
ties, and the boys intend to trim the
Roswell outfit II there IL any way TO
accomplish such thing. The varsity
is confident of winning from Arizona
figuring along the lines that the Ag-
giles beat the Tucson bunch without
difficulty. while the local eleven put
up hard battle against the Farmers.
The Indians look like winners. al
though they expect "A night. The req
men are In fine shape for the contest
and believe that speed, endurance and
skill In completing forward passes as
veil aA In breaking up attempted for
ward throws by their opponents WIZ
win for them.
There Ia PROBABILITY that the local
sports win see red hot basketball
game THANKSGIVING night. N0gOtia-
tlonS are now under way for a game
between the girls team from the var
sity ana the high school.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-26
RECOVERING
FROM SEVERE ILLNESS

Rochester, n. ", Nov. aG.--Pres.
Samuel Gompcrs of the American
Federation OF Labor N so much inn
proved today that his secretary said
he would be able To leave his room
tonight. President 0omperS was
taken ~ with "A severe cold on Sum
day and for IA time pneumonia was
threatened.