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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

Montgomery, March -(Specal.)- l.)-Mont- gomery's big spring celebration, consist ing of flying by well known aviators, auto mobile and motorcycle races, opened this afternoon at o'clock at Vandiver park. Thousands of people from all over the state are in Montgomery to attend the big events this week and it is anticipated that the celebration will be one of the largest eevr held in the south.
 The flying events are under the auspices of the Berger Aviation company, this company having six renowned aviators all of whom will fly every day during the meet. These avitators are: Oscar Brind- ley, Paul Peck, Fred Schneider, Harold Kantez, Louis Mitchell and Charles Sher- wood. The flying machines represented hero are the Wright biplanes. Columbia biplanes, Curtis and Farman biplanes and a Moisant monoplane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

from the rest and 1t does not take an
 expert critic to pick them out The pictures are good and the music by
 the orchestra Is better.
 The Haywood Trio occupies the po- sition as headliner this week and right fully so because it Is, without doubt, the best act of the entire performance. It is composed of women and the man. ner in which they handle their instru- ments shows that they are mistresses
 of their art Their act, introducing a "Chinese fiddle," is the principal at- traction of his feature. M
 The O'Brien troupe, featuring Naomi the human cannon ball" is a decided disappointment. From the announce ment one expects to see something sen- sational, but the production is hardly worth the name of Keith" Their aero battle stunts, however are quite clever. Brindamour, the handcuff king, is
 quite clever and did not fail to enter tain the audience. Many of his acts are we'll known but his delightful rep artee while performing them render his turn enjoyable. This, combined with the Haywood Trio, forms the principal
 attraction this week.
 Golding and Heating, 'the long and short of vaudeville" and Ingram and
 Lind in their singing and talking acts
 are but a repetition of one another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Write Ups For Birmingham

A trio of publications with national cir culation have devoted space to Birming- ham in their current issues and com mented on the progress made by this city along the respective lines dn a laudatory manner. The Manufacturers Record and the Tradesman have given accounts of the inauguration of President John W. Sibley of the Chamber of Commerce and Town Development announces the consolidation of the Board of Trade with the Chamber of Commerce as an advance step toward the civic growth of this community
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

the most entranclng fashion. just as If they were "Ws". Encore after en- core recalled her whether playing the part of boy, a tomboy girl or a young lady with all the accompanying frills and jewels, and she does more than any other person toward smoothing the rough edges of the play. The person. ffication of energy and equipped with an intelligence and brightness in her acting that compels the surrender of those who see her, Miss Daily is des- tined to win added laurels, rightly oe- served, while in Birming gham.
 The reason for the play is that a young man, Ned Dalb, is in love with Edith Parker. the pretty blond and warm advocate of the enfranchlse- ment of women, and wanting to convert her from this cause before marrying her, bribes two tramps to impersonate two women lecturers who are expect ed to visit Ediths home town, but arc delayed by the illness of their respect i've husbands. The careers of the false lecturers as the leaders of the suf- fragist movement with their ultimate disclosure that puts Edith in the arms of Ned is the skeleton of the two acts that are we'll strewn with songs and dances.
 Hap Ward as Percy Earlston, later as one of the visiting lecturers. fills his part to the limit which consists of saying his lines and moving about in an exaggerated dress. And his part l,;, Mrs. Plump with equal distinctio Miss Hazel Gilmore as Ed,n Parker gives promise of some day searning to act
 but she can sing now m most pleas ing way. Sidney Craven and Lillian Boles as Fanny Parker and James Vel by. respectively. add an interesting bit
 to the ensemble by their splendid
 makeups as the parents of the young people. looking so realistic that one
 imagines them to be of that age in | real life. Charles Chapman as Barn.
 aby Meek does we'll with the part of
 the henpecked husbano but causes re-
 grets that the role necessitates an ap- pearance that is not pleasing.
 1 Among the songs making the hits
 were: Every Little Moment Has a Meaning All It's Own," I'd Like to Have You Like Me as Much as I Like You"
 the Daffydil song, q Want a Man to
 Marry Me" "A Different Phase of Life. .. and "Oh, Look Who's Here' The last three were rendered by Miss Lacy and
 chorus with pronounced success and placed her at once in .he hearts of a
 well filled house.
 l The regular matinees will be given on l Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with l the evening performances each night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
BIG SPRING
 CELEBRATION NOW ON

The flying, which began at 2:3o o'clock. in which five aviators participated, kept up until 5:3O o'clock. There were four monoplanes and one biplane in the air at the same time. An interesting feature of the meet was the flight by Kantez, who scared at a height of 5000 feet in a mono plane.
 Mrs. O. T. Barr wife of the local auto man, went up with Oscar Brindley in Wright bipane, remaining in the air 10 minutes She enjoyed her novel experi- ence and is anxious to make another flight.
 Two auto races were held, the machines making a mile a minute.
 The Studebaker corporation is the best represented of the automobile concerns. They have four large racers The E. M. F. company is also well represented, having here the winner of the Mayor Tiedeman trophy in Savannah A large 72 horse- power Stutz car will be driven by O. T. Barr of the Vandiver company of Mont gomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
BRICK RETURNS
 TO ST. LOUIS

D. Breck of the firm of Breck & Selders of St. Louis has returned to that city after brief stay here as the representa- tive of w. J. Seely of New York city, wnn is one of the out of town promoters of the Underwood hotel project. MT. Breck is well known architect of the Missouri me- tropolis and came to this city at the in- stance of MT. Seely to reconnoiter the situation for the hotel proposition. Mir. Seely is expected to arrive here within a a few days when the erection will be tentatively or definitely decided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
"The Trouble Makers"

flaring conspicuous prevalence or coarseness and profanity tend to spoil what would be funny travesty on the
 suffragist question and all round good musical comedy presented as The Trouble Makers" by Ward and Vokes at the Bijou Vthis week. However, Miss Lucy Daily as Babbling Bess made a great and unrivaled hit with her first night audience and is as clever, ver- satile, charming, petite graceful fas- | cinating and interpretative comedy act
 ress as the Bijou patrons have seen l this season on that stage.
 To the dozen or more ladies compos- | ing the chorus words of praise for comeliness of face and agility in the art
 of dancing are to be rendered, for posi- lively every girl of the aforesaid chorus | is pretty, human looking and certain | ly adept in the wiles that make suc- cessful chorus maid The jokes do not, l fortunately, savor of the chestnut class
 but rather of the verdant fields of
 spring and with the elimination of an
 occas asional display of the undesirable | that borders upon vulgarity, the pro-
 duction would be a most acceptable
 farcical provision for an evenings s
 pastime. The songs are tunefui, the company well costumed and the leading
 singer, a dainty blond with an absorb
 ing dimple, does her role well in that capacity.
 1 But the essence of the play centers around Miss Lucy Daily as Bess. whose facial expressions, flee:ing, skipping,
 dancing, whirling, airy lightness and
 marvellous aptitude in portraying any
 part she assays as well as a real per-
 sonality that gleams from her pretty eyes, easily makes her the predominant
 ing character of the cast. She does ' true lightning change work in her song executions and pronounces her Frs" in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

A letter and pictures that have reached here indicate a peculiar state of affairs in Norway. At Finse, Il mountain resort in that country, there are wonderful fields of ice and snow. A man with a camera got snaps" which speak eloquently of the region. The pictures show that the means of traction that Santa Claus uses still is employed in the North Europe country. It would seem on looking at the rein deer at a halt alongside locomotive that you would be comparing primitive methods of getting over the ground with the methods now in use, and that the comparison would give to the steam engine all the points.
 But, according to the letter already alluded to, the deduction against the muscle and four feet of the animal which hardly is larger than a full grown dog, would be wrong. Especial ly in the country where the snow re- mains upon the ground al lthrough win ter the reindeer in some conditions would defeat the locomotive, both for speed and reliability.
 Many a time passengers in cars being hauled to Finse have had to wait while their engine, stalled by drifts, was be- ing dug out of the snow. And this while the girl in the sleigh of the peculiar construction seen in the photo graph would be rolling merrily on her way to have the laugh" on the others upon their arrival at the mountain ho- hotel many minutes late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
BURNETT BUYS EMPIRE
 CAFE AND CIGAR STORE

ing invoiced, will total something over $50oO.
 The directors of the Empire building met yesterday and transferred the lease of MT. Brown to Mir Burnett, after which employees of MT. Burnett began the taking of an inventory of the stock and arranging the details.
 MT. Burnett authorized the following statement last night: T believe that the Empire corner. with it's endless parade of tenants and visitors, is one of the best corners of Birmingham. The cafe being located downstairs was perhaps a little awkward to Birmingham people. How ever. I believe that after it has been made into one of the most elegant places in Birmingham of it's kind, as I intend it shall be, the cafe will be patronized by the people of this city who always seek the best of everything. Tie rearrange- ment of the cafe will take place as soon as possible and everything added which will make the place an ideal cafe for the esidents of this city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE LAST NIGHT OF PURCHASE FROM J. R. BROWN, WHO OPENED PLACE TWO YEARS AGO

The Empire cafe and cigar store in the Empire building, First avenue and Twen- tieth street, which has been operated for something over two years by J. R. Brown was sold yesterday to R. D. Burnett Cigar company. The deal was negotiated by A. A. Gambill. The interested parties an nounced shortly after the sale that MT. Burnett would spend a considerable sum of money fixing up the cafe and render ing it one of the handsomest places in the city Such additions to the compara- lively new fixtures as may be necessary will be secured by the new owners
 It is understood that the fixtures in the cafe and cigar store are valued at about $3O,0OO while the stock, which is now be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Aldrich Has Nothing to Say

Postmaster T. II. Aldrfca of this city whose alleged political activity Is com mented upon in the letter of pr. Lewis of Bessemer, read yesterday in the Senate by Senator Bristow, was asked last night for statement. After read ing the charges by Postmaster Lewis of Bessemer MT. Aldrich said that he would not issue any statement in con nection with the letter.
 He refused to comment upon the charge that he shook his fist at a delegate in the recent split meeting and remarked. "Pll settle with you out side"
 MT. Aldrich Is chairman of the Jeff ferson county executive committee of the republicans, having secured that of fee befars being appointed post master.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Ne7vs of Ensley

About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Hungarian laborer. whose name is said to be Daily or Daily, and about 2S years old, shot and fatally wounded himself in the Hirsch saloon on Avenue c. near Nineteenth street. pr. Kent, who attend ed him, stated that there is hardly chance for him to recover Tie cause of the act is said to be due to domestic troubles.
 It is stated that the man had attempted to induce the wife of another man to elope with him and at her refusal he said hd would kill himself. He walked into the front door of the saloon. spoke to the bartender, and continued on his way to the rear, where he Immediately shot himself. Dr. Kent was called and the man taken to his home, 1S6 Nineteenth street, in the steel plant quarters. An effort was made to get him into St. Ven cint's or the Hillman hospital. but they reported that there was no room for any more patients. He shot himself in the mouth, the bullet going upwards through the brain and raising a small bump on the top of the head, where it lodged
 Mrs R. D. Bass of Wylam died at her home Yesterday morning after a long illness. She was well known in Vivian and was the wife of a prominent citizen. The remains will be shipped to Scotts- vile Wednesday by Echols & Angwin.
 Mrs. Mary Watts of Birmingham and pr. T. J. Springfield were married at the home of Mrs. J. M. Gilmore in Bir- mingham Sunday night. A reception was tendered the couple after the ceremony. pr. Springfield is a prominent physician of Ensley.
 Tonight at the inferior court room the Ensley club will meet in regular session, Several important matters will be dis cussed. among them being the proposition to have an extension of the electric street railway line made to No. 13 mine of the Tennessee company. It is claimed that the Tfdewater people will be asked to dc the work Ten thousand dollars is said to be ready to assist in promoting the ex- tension.
 R. E. Scott and his fatfer. N. N. Scott, will leave Thursday for Braden- town, Fla, where they will reside In the future. Mir. Scott, who was a well known local attorney, has sold his practice to Charles W. Sanders, who is now located in Ensley, and who was formerly county solicitor of Fayette county.
 Mrs. Joe Hollanw, who was arrested by Officer Wiggins upon the charge of sell ing 1iquor without license. will be given a hearing before Judge Lowry of the po- lice court Wednesday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Sothern and MarlOwe

At the performance of Hamlet to
 be given by F. H. Soshern and Julia Narlowe at the Jefferson theatre next Monday evening the curtain will rise promptly at o'clock, a fact which should be borne in mind by playgoers.
 This comparatively early start will enable out of town thearregoers to wit ness the performances in comfort, un- hampered by the dread of missing trains and cars afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
STUDENTS RESPECT BODY
 OF CONFEDERATE VETERAN

antamony passed around the hat for a collection and later followed by the stu veteran were borne to the Confederate lot In the Chapel Hill cemetery and given Christian burial The Confederate flag was planted at the head of the grave and the obsequies were conducted in a blind ing snowstorm.
 Captain Benton committed suicide at the soldiers home in Raleigh Saturday and left a will turning over his body to the university college for dissection. He was formerly connected with thes fa- nous Hardaway battery of Alabama and lost leg on his twenty-third birthday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

Charlotte. N. C.. March 4.-Inspired by
 sentiment for the Host cause" students
 composing the senior class of the medical department of the University of North Carolina, today firmly refused the regular routine of regular instruction in the dis secting room because the subject for dis secting was the corpse of hero of the war between the states, the late Capt. Edward Benton of Raleigh Backing the students in their stand and declaring that the needs of humanity did not require the carving of the body of a follower of Gen. eral Lee. Dr. c. S. Mangum, professor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
THE FIRST AND THE
 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT.

Thirty-seven years ago last Decem- Der, The Nation. of New York, pub lished a full-pagc advertisement of The Type-Writer."
 I have copied the word just as the advertisement reproduced 1t, hyphcn, capital w" and all, and quoted at that.
 That was about the first serious ad- vertisemcnt ever issued of the great line of writing machines now known as Remington Typewriters.
 Let us see how it looks.
 In the first place, there was q big picture,-an old-fashioned wood cut of what some of us will remember as the Number One Remington.
 And there is a sure enough family likeness to the reigning King Reming- ton X1.
 But what do they say about it?
 In the first place, " It is the size of sewing machine"
 How little the writer knew how many women would be emancipated from the slavery of the sewing ma chine by the Remington and its broth- CTS!
 Then,-"It is an ornament to a sitting room." Shades of the immor- tai Mercury, what an altogether placid view of the subject that wasl
 Can anyone imagine Remington of today being content to be an or nament of a sitting room, or even of an oficel
 Again, 1t pleads with Charitable persons interested in the subject of work for women to invest in these machines and set women up in busi- ness as copyists and correspondents.
 I do not know how many charitable persons were won by this plaintive appeal, but 1 do know that vigorous women soon heard of the Remington and its open door to profitable work and independence, and without the aid of charity found way to start in business.
 How the wheels have gone round since that advertisement was written ! But now contrast, as sharp con- trast as one can imagine.
 I saw an advertisement the other day of the present Remington, one of the latest advertisements of that ma chine.
 All the explanations and descrip- tions and appeals were gone.
 Instead, a great fact stared the reader in the face.
 "A Machine q Minute"
 And then this record was given to the public,-
 During the past week the Rem ington has booked orders for more than machine a minute for every working hour"
 A few years ago, if they sold sixty machines a month, they thought they were doing well.
 What contrast! What a growth l And how the law of compensation works out. The Remington itself is the cause of universal business enlarge ment, and now the effect of that ex- pansion comes back upon it in an al- most impossible demand.
 THE ONLOOKER. l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Evans Taken Home

Clip Evans, candidate for coroner. who was seriously injured few days ago. was taken to his home in Gate City yesterday from Talleys infirm- ary. It is thought that MT. Evans will be able to stir about by the last of this week. For the past week his life has been despaired of, but his re- covery is almost assured new.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Stop Smoking

Chief of Police George H. Bodeker last night issued orders to the police force to rigidly enforce the ordinance prohibit- ing smoking in streets cars and splitting on the floors of public halls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

---~--~---|-~~>--->-- -~~~>~-~~N-~e-->>--~~-~~--- and in one of these letters he states ill substance that Roosevelt has no idea of being a candidate for President, but is simply pretending to run in order to get Taft committed to his candidacy in 19l6 and that this will he arranged in few days when Roosevelt will come out and indorse Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Orpheum

On the whole this weeks offering at
 the Orpheum is somewhat disappoint- ing However. there are one or two of the cast which stand out in bold reller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Action Condemned
Barker Is Surprised

Mobile. March Additional Commit. teemtn P. D. Barker, postmaster at Mobile. shown the Associated Press dispatch from Washington accounting charges of political activity on behalf of President Taft, after expressing sur prise that charge should have been made at this time, said:
 Possibly the necessity for such ac- tivity is removed, because the repub- 1can sentiment In Alabama so uni versally for MT. Taft that the oppo- sition has not yet been able to get up a contest, let alone carry any pri- marie or conventions. As to the state ments of Postmaster Lewis of Bessemer they remind me very much of the pipe dreams with which he attempted to impose upon Secretary Hilles and the President when he and others were vowing their allegiance to Mir. Taft several months ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Reasons for Interview

"It Is true that I gave an interview on national affairs, for at that time heard Colonel Roosevelt repeatedly and emphatically urge friends to drop their efforts to secure his candidacy and to stop talk in their circles Others heard him him talk in the same strain and with equal emphasis to political lead CTS in my presence to men who could not only offer sentimental support but delegates to the national convention.
 Colonel Roosevelt was not a can didate for the nomination and was op- posed to all efforts tt uoom him. The country wide demand that has arisen for his nomination has come in spite of him. Far from plotting for it, he consistently discouraged any effort to- ward that end and accepted only when he saw that 1t was 600 strong to be denied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Humane Society to Meet

The Birmingham Humane society will meet in regular session at the city hall this afternoon at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05
Calls Attention to Barker

Since you take exception to an inter- view of mine made more than 12 months ago, and while we are on this subject of interviews l direct your attention to the fact that this same postmaster, P. D, Barker, who claims to be the mouthpiece of President Taft, has been for some time past keeping the press of this state warm with his partisan and political views in favor of President Taft and against Colo nel Roosevelt, even going so far as to 'lse sarcastic and ungenteel references to the latter.
 But again, MT. Inspector, permit me to turn to Postmaster Truman H. Aldrich Of Birmingham, Ala. You had scarcely shaken the dust of Birmingham off your feet if you were in reality, indeed, in Bir- mlngham at the time, when there was d republican precinct election in this city in which said Aldrich was either present or within close and advisory touch. Four of the members taking part in this meeting were letter carriers serving under said Aldrich and participated In the adoption of the following resolutions:
 We (and so forth). indorse the ad- ministration of Maj. Truman H. Adrich, postmaster of Birmingham, because of the fair deal he has given us. and the actions of the referees. MT. Pope M. Long and Maj. P D. Barker. We also express our confidence in William Howard Taft and declare ourselves in favor of his renom- ination.
 Action Condemned
 This action has received editorial con demnation by the local press and has, in- deed, tended to cause public scandal as to said Aldrich.
 q have written the above, MT. Inspec- tor, for your information as a public off cial. in order that you may have proper and official notice of such fragrant exer- else of 'pernicious political activity by federal offlceholders who are supporting President Taft. since you told me, when I asked you why you did not extend your investigations further, that no charges had been made against any others'"