The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-24
With Birmingham's Help Next Ad Convention Meets
 in Monumental City
BOSTON DELEGATION
 UNABLE TO STOP OVER
Newspapers Carry Feature Story Con- corning Alabama Metropolis-Bir- mingham Ad Writer Secures
 Prize-Now on Long Trip
ny HuGH W. noBERrs

By HUGH w. ROBERTS
 Dallas, Tex. May s.--(special) )--Balti- more won notable victory over Toronto. For a while 1t was the south against the world. This morning, however. New York tumbled and the lead of Gotham was followed by Chicago and other metro politan centers.
 l The next step was the retirement of San Francisco. The vote which had been obtained by the delegation from the coast was equally divided between Baltimore and Toronto.
 Then came the ballotlng and the result was announced after the first ballot.
 For Baltimore l Birmingham supported Baltimore At a meeting of the delegation. held this morn- l Ing, the unit rule was adopted. 1 Then there was discussion as to whether l Baltimore or Toronto should receive the l eight votes of the Magic City.
 Oscar W. Underwood turned the tide Tn this political crisis exclaimed one member of the delegation, Birmingham expects the south to remain true to Bir- mingham. Birmingham must remain true to the south"
 The few members who had previously expressed favor for Toronto agreed, and Baltimore was unanimously supported.
 San Francisco and Toronto made brill liant fights Each city spent a fortune The Toronto crowd came in kilts and wore them to the end. San Francisco came with bands and banners and bears"
 The fight was fierce until noon today. when San Francisco withdrew. All officers were reelected. No Stop-Oyer in Birmingham
 The Boston Pilgrims have found it im- possible to arrange for the stop-over in Birmingham. The following note was re- ceiped thls morning by John Sparrow, president of the Birmingham Ad club: we exceedingly regret that our efforts to arrange for stop-over in Birmingham have encountered failure, We are pro- foundly grateful for the cordial invita- ton extended
 we will see Birmingham in the next few years however. for It Is practically certainty that the advertisers convention will be held there in the near future.
 Sincerely,
 Boston f1lgr1mS.
 Although there was regret that the Bos- tonians could not be entertained in Br- mingham, the delegation from the Magic City was not depressed today to the ex- tent of laying down it's arms. As mat ter of fact, today has been a great day for Birmingham. Each of the local news papers has carried a feature story con- corning the Alabama metropolis
 Tributes to Birmingham
 In reference to the Birminghammer. the Morning News said: "The Birmingham delegation has set a precedent for all others to follow. In the publication Of the Birminghammer distinct departure was made It was master stroke in ad- vertising, and will be duplicated by other cities in other conventions"
 This afternon the Times-Herald said .sThe Iivest delegation in Dallas is that of Birmingham. In calling attention to the great Magic City of the south, the Birmnghammers have done nobly. Their civic pride has struck responsive chord in the breast of every other delegate. The allegiance of Birmingham is not confined to Birmingham. but is also accorded Un- derwood. The masterful leadership of the Alabama statesman and his excellent op- pcrtunity of achieving the presidential nomination at the hands of the demo- crats have been preached, and interest ingly preached
 The Dispatch this afternoon sald With the possible exception of San Francisco, Toronto and Baltimore. the three appli- cants for the honor of entertaining the next convention, Birmingham has made itself better known than any other city at present in Dallas. To the square inch the Birmingham crowd is liver and more interesting than even the successful can didate or New York or Chicago. Mar ID ,1i,o
 Last Edition Yesterday
 Today witnessed the cessation of the publication of the Birminghammer and the local delegation took it easy The ladies were entertained at luncheon at the club and all attended a barbecue in the afternoon.
 Tomorrow the entire delegation will start on the junket trip throughout Texas.
 one of the prizes offered by the Kellogg Post Toastie company for suggestions for catchy advertisements was awarded this afternoon to Jerome Stern. advertising manager of Loven1an, Joseph & Loeb. of Birmingham.
 Birmingham still wins.
 Prizes Awarded
 sr. Francsro was awarded the prize for bringing the largest number of dele gates the longest distance.
 The printers ink cup for the club do- ing the most constructive work durinc the year was awarded to the New York Advertising Mems league.
 Roswell N. NJ. carried of the bronze trophy for the advertising club bringing the greatest proportionate number of women to the convention. The Roswell members came all the way to Dallas in automobiles. bringing II women, which number is about % per cent of the clubs total membership.
 Several southern cities brought wives Atlanta and Oklahoma City was included in this column with II each Birmingham had six, Montgomery five and Baltimore four.
 Toronto and Waterloo, la. brought the largest number of women. Each club had 15 in the party.
 An address on "The Soul of Advertis- ing by. Harrington Emerson of New York city. opened the days session.
 R. Winston Harvey of Lynchburg. va discussing divisional work, spoke for the
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