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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

The nation has Instituted an inquiry
into the ravages of opium in the navy.
, The results are staggering. All the great
seaports are. it appears. infected but
Toulon, with 163 opium dens to its sole
account, is the chief plague spot. The
opium and the opium habit alike come
from the great French colony of Indo-
China. Several years ago the governor
OF Indo-China, seeking to check the evil
at its fountain head. requested General
Iriere de lIsle to deport from the colony
all who were victims of the habit 1T
is nothing less than the evacuation of
Indo-China that you ask OF me-" was
the generals desolatory reply
Once domesticated on French soil, the
habit has taken terrible root. This is lne
picture which the mayor of Toulon draws
OF his city:
"Once everything bespake life and
vigor; there is now an atmosphere of
lethargy, depression and disease. The
whole external life of our city seems
to be dying. Our commerce and our in
dustry are on the ebb."
No less omnous is the statement of
the maritime prefect. Admiral Bellue.
The use of the drug has today spread
throughout the youth of our navy with
such pernicious subtlety that we must,
at an toSts, cHVSh H. II cOuulS many
devotees even among the naval cadets
of the Jeanne dare. the hope and
strength OF our navy in the years to
come. The young officers smoke opium
first out of snobbishness, because they
think it fine thing to do. Later they
do ii of necessity, when the habit has
them in its power"
What is to be done? Everyone is
agreed that the present restrictive leg
islation is utterly insufficient to com
bat the evil AS the law now stands,
only the sale and delivery of opium is
a penal offence. And so lucrative is
the traffic that oven if a vendor be
laid by the heels he pays his fine cheer
fully. and plies his trade again next
day. In the words of the sub-prefect
OF Toulon, TIL law has been passed
which punishes as criminal offence
the smoking of opium in a private
house the authorities will remain ut
terly powerless to check the evil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Wonderful Headgear

The story is told-I cannot vouch for its
truth--of the wife of a great writer who
is herself a famous actress. The lady. it
appears has an original taste in head
gear. Though the mode, as you know, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Opium in French Navy

suggestion, would not a beehive be bo
effective and appropriate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Law Should Stop Sale
OF Elastic and Spring Trusses

such Misery-Causing Makeshifts Are
the Ruptured Mans Worst Enemies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Swiss F'lounCing 39c I'd.

The embroidery department offers another sale of fine Swiss
bodery founcng 27 inches wde fine quality and beautifully
worked Choice patterns, yard 39c
robes pink and white blue and white lavender
and white and white ounce As inches wide with sufficient
and plain material make Special
45 inch sheer voe ounce beautiful French patterns yard 5c
Shadow edge and bands match yard ....
Bulgarian band trimming all the shades yard soc
Ratine bands yard 25c to S1.50
On table Monday will be embroderes that sold
and 15c yard at yard 1-2c
MILDLY blouse braid yard boltsor bolt ...........
Anchor and star sets, 25c and SOC
Pearl buckles SC to S1OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Silks Season.
ably Selected

AZ inch shoWerproof foulard in
black only, soft lustrous finish,
S1.50 value ....... =. S1.19
New silk foulards in all colors
and a variety of patterns, dots
and stripes, usual SOC quality,
Yard wide chiffon taffeta, 1000
yards in the lot, all colors, a
good 81 quality lat $50. 69c
Silk Mat Lisse, yard wide in
tans and blue. Brocaded .S1.00
Yard wide silk ratine, in all col
ors, especially good blue tones,
75c value .......... .59c
40 inch crepe de chine, in black
only, the $500 quality for S1.75
and the S175 quality for .S1.5O
40 inch crepe de chine in all the
most desirable colors, pure silk,
S1.50 values -. SIPS
40 inch brocade crepe de chine,
worth S1.75 .S1.5O
SOC stripe messaline, in variety
OF colors and combinations,
Monday only .59c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
The Hosiery and
NeCkWear Sec
ton Is Replete
with AttraC-
tive Offers

The new silk plated stocking in
black and white only (see Win
dow SOC value Csc
The celebrated Eiffel pure silk
hose in all colors -. soc
Eiffel silk hose with seam, fash
ioned in black and white (out
sizes included) 75c quality soc
SOC gauze silk lisle hose "Kant-
Tare" tops, double heel and toe,
35c pair, 3 pairs for -. .S1.OO
Novelties In Neckwear
New collar and cuff sets, embr
oidered in Bulgarian colors SOC
New collars in many novel desi
gnS zoe
Linen initial handkerchiefs = 2.
1UC
Glove Specials For Monday
Long and short chamoisette
gloves, white and chamois Soc
Kayser silk gloves, long, double
tips, white, black and colors 81
The evening world., 1913-03-04
new FlReB0AT WILL BE
| THE WILLIAM J. GAYN0R.
Alpost Ready TO Be Launched and
VIII Be in the Second Glass of
! Maritime Eire-Eighters.

The eieysnth nreboat Of the depart
enent viii be launched At Eiisabethport
q. J.. In I'VE OF six weeks and Is TO be
<ailed tho william J. Oaynor. The hull
o. the new IRE fighter 10 OF STEEL. IFS
feet long and g feet beam. While II win
b a powerful craft. II will be In the
second class. three OF the present boats
exceeding the Gaynor In point OF water
power.
The new craft II under contract re-
quiremcnt 10 pump 1000 gallons OF
water q minute and 1900 under high
pressure. The Thomas wilieft. james
Duane and the New Yorker Will each
pump 1900 gallons a miHite under
high pressure. Some days ago Fire
Commissioner johnson wrote 90 Mayor
uaynor asking n he might nnne the
new craft in his honor and this morn
Ing came . reply mat he might II II
would be following custom. Nine OF the
ecn boats now IN service have been
named for Mayors OF New York. The
William J. Gaypor h being built BY
DE John W. Sullivan Company and
Viii cost siis7p.
The evening world., 1913-03-04
NOTHING EQUALS
P0SlkM FOR
SKIN DISEASES

Poslam is years ahead 81 anything yet
devised for the cure Of skin diseases.
Its action il immediate. " stops
itching, allays inflammation and heal.
with wonderful rapidly. Aggravated
cases Of eczema are cured quickly to the
surprise and qualification 81 those unable
10 secure results by other means.
All skin diseases. including acne.
letter. salt rheum. piles. psoriasis. scalp.
scale. BARRIERS and every form OF itch.
nre cradicated by Poslam. Overnight
treatment is often sufficient for minor
troubles such as pimples. red and in
famed noses. rashes. complexion blem-
ishcs, etc.
POsLAM SOAP. used daily for toilet
and bath. makes every cleansing opera
ton q double means Of healthfulncss TO
the skin. Incompatible in It's benefits
to tender skin, particularly 10 infants.
All druggists sell Poslam (price 80
cents) and Poslsm Soap (price rs cents).
For FREQ samples. write 20 the Emergency
Laboratories. 32 West a5th Street. New
York City.
The evening world., 1913-03-04
Best Known Baby Remedies
At Lowest Prices

Sugar of Milk - Highest
quality; sold elsewhere for csc to aC.O
S5c pound; Riker-Hegeman C%rz-
price, pound. ............ Csc E
Rikers Tolu Expectofant 10
A perfectly safe, pleasant, cf- .AcSNs
fective remedy for coughs, colds 4.S1SS
and Group; bottle. ....... .3sc
Jaynes Castormel-A superior laxative for child1
the good qualities Of castor OIL but pleasant to take
Castoria genuine Fletcher's) Irregular price S5c;
Hegeman price
The evening world., 1913-03-04
Folding Bath Tub, $4.3!

Comfort alike for Baby and Mother.
The little mite feels so much happier
in it than in great grown-up-folks tub,
and it saves backaches and arm-aches
for you who have to do the scrubbing.
Riker and Hegeman purchasing
methods enable US to offer this tub at
the lowest price ever put upon it.
Tub is full l7x3O in. inside the frame.
Best quality heavy white rubber, rein
forced on outside by strong cloth, with
ample expansion space for water. Firm
frame, with additional safety latch on
each side. Vent has full size, detach-
able faucet. Nickel plated extension
bar on one side to hold towels. Folds
up and fits in bag size of cane
case. The very best quality Infants
Folding Tub. frequently sold from
SIS to $3.50. Special price, 1880.
The evening world., 1913-03-04

An unidentified man about thiry-two
Years old. weighing 40 pounds. brown
Dir. gray eyes. clean shaven. wearing
black suit. tan shoes and brown. soft
hat. was struck at One Hundred and
ssixty-nlnth street and Boston Road, thu
The evening world., 1913-03-04

Bronx, last night By q motorcycle. thrown
q distance Of twenty-five feet and picked
up unconscious. lie was taken 10 Lcba-
non Hospital.
The evening world., 1913-03-04
Articles Needed
for Feeding Baby Properly

Milk Modifier-A glass
graduate, so marked as to
show the proper proper
tions OF milk, lime water,
barley water, sugar Of milk.
etc. Enables you to prepare
baby's food scientifically.
Only >l.7s.
Glass Graduates. l0c up
Alcohol s toves. Clo-
gau's, 45c.
Wire Bottle Racks, hold
4, 6 or 8 bottles, 35c. 4sc
and Csc.
Cream Dipper. lsc and
25c.
Bottle Brushes, Sc, l0c.
l5c.
Sterilizers and Pasteur-
izers-Be sure that the
sterilizer you use is efficient
and reliable. Baby's health
may depend on its accuracy.
You are safe when you
buy. here. Prices o to -.
Thermos Bottles-To
keep baby's milk hot
through the night or when
travelling. Genuine Thermos
Bottle for only tl.\ Other
sizes from $l.50 to $4.7S.
The evening world., 1913-03-04

,os "f ise, sp o.. ISL or ss eo'''''
Boss1, u h.. &c; " h.. 7e'
aoneyi iee. ise. s!e.
Esse nee Pepper mints Or. lee,
2os.. SECT 4 o., eSe; q o.. SSe.
Joynes' ChildPcn's Cough enc
Group syrup. 8Sc.
TPle'S Worm EliSir. sec. IGs,
The evening world., 1913-03-04
Miscellaneous Needfuls
For Baby and Mother

Mouth Breathing Device. Teaches baby to breathe
BEAUTIFULLY through the nose. Prevents growth Of
adenoids.. .0Sc
Handi-hold Mitts. To prevent baby from sucking
his thumbs irritating spot and for many other
Light, comfortable and sanitary; various Sizes $780,
Infants Bulb SYRINGE baby;
Umbiical Belts ..1scup al Of highest, most relshs
'Tyrolsfs Ear Confofmef :'>>' -,
Csps. SOC Trusses single -. Size up
Maternity Cases - Equipped Little Beauty" Night
with every article needed for Lamps
1.-THE Care and Feeding of Children" by L. e.
Holt, NJ D.. The standard and authoritative work upon
the care Of children. Invaluable to mother Pub
ished by d. Appleton Co. Our special price
The evening world., 1913-03-04
wv Much the Baby Weighs?"

''Guess How Much the Baby
Weiehs?" That is almost daily query in
the home where Baby is the centre Of attrac-
ton. Baby's health can best be reckoned by
the number Of pounds credited to the sturdy
little body. Tuck the bit of pink and white
humanity into the wicker basket-just made
to fit-and keep careful record of the
weekly gains. The weighing ceremony itself
will be an event of interest to all the family.
The record will be invaluable. Accurate
weighing is almost as necessary as accurate
feeding, in scientific care of the baby.
Riker and Hegeman Baby Scales are
made according to our own specifications.
We guarantee their reliability and accuracy
Hand Scales. SOC.
Fine Large Scales, equipped with
handsome rattan basket, special, $2.z5.
The evening world., 1913-03-04

"Cleanwe'l' Bottles, SC,
&c and SC each; 35c. 400.
soc, zoe and soc dozen.
"Hygeia'' Bottles. eight
or, l3c each; two for use.
"Cleaneasy" Bottles.
Sc. &c. &c each; 400. soc,
e0c and soc dozen.
=" Freeman " Bottles.
eight and ten o., Sc each;
60c dozen.
Nipples, made only Of
clean, pure, new rubber.
Each one packed in separate
carton. Non-collapsible.
ball, round top, etc, SC
each-the dozen soc.
Prof. Langerfeld's Baby
Food Warmer: convenient,
speedy. safe. Tin; sold
elsewhere Tor $l; our price,
zSc. Brass; elsewhere $l.a5:
our price, CSC.
Rochester Bottle
Warmer. $3.50.
Thermator-Keeps milk
warm and fresh in the nur-
sing bottle for hours. Saves
the annoyance OF getting
up at night and preparing
babYa milk. 2lc.
The evening world., 1913-03-04
E2lkER AND HEGEMAN DRUG STORES
A Hundred and One Things for the Baby

= S%$h afS " S% a$s @ @ %
Wv .. 49,.
at m $s s h % & sSsy SssTT The % only
tayH r as m4ry @hcnh
TO ne HpeR enc Sh uIysupTN@ Bbynek"
The evening world., 1913-03-04

American Saffron. SC, lSe, aSe
and Soc.
Anise SEED, Se, ice. iSe, aSe.
CsmphoPstea OIL; bottle. I o..
feet 2 o.. 1Se, Z o.. see, 8 o.. sSe.
Line water, bottle. pint. Zee,
Castor OIL; bottle. 2 o.. Zee; Z
o.. 1Sc; pint. sec.
Wysth's Lime WsteP Tablets;
bottle Of 100, 1ee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01

| was with him, and for three long
years the children grew up together.
They bickered and disputed; they
quarreled and made up. One night,
tired and impatient, Jonathan admin
iStered a cuff on the boys ear.
Next morning Albert was missing.
He had gone as he came-with only
the clothes on his back. For six
dreary years Jonathan daily hoped
and Sue watched. Then the adopted
father was told that he must die. He
had become fairly rich man. One
half of everything was left to Sue,
and in case of Albert's return within
five years he was to inherit the other
half.
For two years the executors of the
estate advertised and sought informa-
ton through other channels. The
boy had gone out into the big world
to be swallowed up as a grain of
sand. Jonathan Hoke had .died with
tears in his eyes and grief at his
heart, but even as the girl wept she
said that the lost would be found.
She said it at the close of the first
year-at the second-at the third and
the fourth, when all others said that
the wanderer was dead. She went
away to school. but she was ever
thinking of him.
A week remained of the fifth year
when, as she sat under the blossom
ing apple trees one day she drowsed
and slept, and as she slept she
dreamed that she heard a familiar
boyish voice call out:
1T was you that nicked the razor"
Il say it was you,' she found her
self replying.
You Whitfield with it,
ct never did"
And then the stern voice of Jona-
than and the cuff on the ear and the
sob of indignation from the victim.
Then a robin sang in the limbs
above her and the girl opened her
eyes to behold the one they had
mourned as dead.
"IIl run away for that!'' he said,
as he said it that night in the long
ago.
you dasn't do it.'' she answered.
as she had answered on the stairs.
If he did dare he couldn't do it. Her
arms were around his neck and hold
ing him very fast-(Copyright, 1913,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01
AYHAWKER JOTS

A shortage in school teachers
threatens Wilson county. Cause, mat
rimony. AXIS.
Down at Coffeyville the arrest of a
jointist is followed by the burning OF
his place of business.
They have a Grounding Oil COM
pany down in southern Kansas. Do
they call it that because it is regarded
as unreliabl ;?
E. F. Hudson, editor of the Fredonia
Herald, has been recommended by
Senator Thompson for appointment as
postmaster at Fredonia.
The Potter Kansan informs it's read
ers that Professor Bray of the Agri-
cultural college is not at the head of
the department of animal industry.
The Ottawa Herald remarks that
the Mcpherson jury found Hanson
guilty of the two charges that sound
ed the worst and acquitted him of
the other one.
A Hiawatha butcher who COM
has retired with $4,000 and Tom
Morgan thinks he must have an extra
ordinarily heavy thumb.
Former Governor st. John Is lectur-
ing on what 1t Costs a Man to Be on
the Unpopular Side of a Great Cues
ton What does he know about it :?
He has always been on the popular
side in Kansas.
If Henry Allen ever runs for office,
says the Newton Republican, the wo-
men won't do a thing to him. His
Wichita Beacon said: Many women
probably voted for the first time yes
terday because it was a better day to
show off their new hats than Sunday"
Conner Davies serves the follow
ing notice on his friends: eff any num-
Der of our friends should reach the
conclusion that they should manifest
their affection through some tangible
form, we want to give notice, here and
now, that we haven't the least idea
why a loving cup was created-we
know what a Missouri meerschaum is
good for, though
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01
1T MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.

The best that can be said of the
calamity which has overtaken Dayton
| o., and other points in that state and
! in Indiana is that it might have been
much worse, as bad in fact as at first
reported to be.
| Henry C1ews in his Financial Re-
view manages to extract a considerable
consolation out of the situation view
ing it from a business standpoint.
TT is impossible he says, Ito form
reliable estimate of the effects OF
the recent floods. The tendency at
first is to exaggerate. Conservative
estimates place the damage at be-
tween S50,000.000 and 100000, 1000,
the larger portion of which will fall
upon the railroads. This should not
have a serious effect upon the stock
market. The loss falls upon big cor
porations abundantly able to stand the
temporary strain, and cannot be COM
pared with the San Francisco dis
aster in which about 100000 of
property was burned, and the loss fell
largely upon insurance companies,
which We're obliged to sell securities in
order to pay losses. There will be no
important contingencies of that sort
in this case.
THE commercial losses may prove
considerable from a local standpoint,
but the interruption of traffic is of
temporary consequence The iron
trade has Deen somewhat ndInpeTeu,
and the production of pig iron will be
curtailed for a period. ,On the other
hand there will be a fresh demand
for constructive material, especially
to replace lost bridges. Not few
industrial plants will be affected by
the delay in receiving supplies of ma
terials. The disaster is one that calls
chiefly for strong sympathy and album
dant help where needed. With these
and American enterprise under diff
culties all will be quickly recovered
and repaired saving the sad loss of
life, which could not have been antic-
ipated or provided against
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01
TO CONTEST LAW
Film Houses Decide to Test
Censorship.
Lew Williamson of Topeka
Heads Movement.
SAY REVENUE IS ILLEGAL
Moving Picture Concerns
Doubt COnstitutiOnality.
Will Garry Case to Federal
Court if Necessary.

Constitutionality of the Kansas pic
ture film censorship law is to be con-
tested by Lew Williamson, of Topeka,
backed by picture film houses of New
York and Missouri, which furnish reels
to numerous houses in this state. At
Il conference of film distributors in
Topeka this afternoon it was decided
to contest the legality of the Kansas
law in the United States supreme court,
if necessary.
Thomas F. Cats and Eugene Ba~
tavia, representing eastern film houses
have agreed to back the contest suit.
Williamson, who owns the Cozy and
Best theaters, will refuse to submit his
reels for censorship at the state sup
erintent's office He will then be ar
rested on complaint filed by Attorney
General John S. Dawson. Immediately
following his arrest, habeas corpus
proceedings will be filed either in the
Kansas supreme court or the supreme
court of the United States. On the
habeas corpus proceedings, the film
manufacturers will base their conten-
lions that the Kansas law is unconsti-
tutional.
1t is considered probable that At
torney General Dawson will consent to
a suspension of inspection work pend
ing final decision in the case. If Daw
son agrees to this plan, the habeas
corpus proceedings will be filed in the
Kansas supreme court. II, however,
the state insists on continuing the CEN
sonship pending the final decision, the
case will be taken at once to the su-
preme court of the United States for
an early decision.
Film distributors claim that the
Kansas law is unconstitutional for the
reason that it is in direct violation to
section 10. article l. of the United
States constitution and is in restraint
of trade and the interstate commerce
laws; and for the further reason that
the law is created to provide revenue
for state purposes in an illegal manner.
While the exact plans and details
for the suit have not been agreed to,
it is probable that the suit will be filed
some time Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01
VOTES FOR WOMEN.

While the womens parade, their ap-
peal to the president, and the promise
! of unprecedented activity on the part
| of the Senate's woman suffrage COM
| mittee have combined to give Wash
| ington exceptional prominence in the
| franchise news of late, the most tan
gible gains for the cause continue to
be made in the individual states. In
| addition to the nine where women al
ready enjoy the same voting rights as
| men, there are five states in which a
woman suffrage amendment has sue
| cessfully run the gauntlet of the legis-
latures and now awaits only the final
test of a popular referendum. In three
states the amendment has passed both
houses of one legislature but must re-
peat this process in the next, before
going to the voters. In five states the
amendment has passed one house. In
fact, the record in the various legisla-
lures moves The Woman's Journal and
Suffrage News to comment with some
amusement on the eagerness of MEM
bers to make party capital out of the
question: 1t says:
1T has been new and cheering to see
politicians in several legislatures pull
lHS caps IOT Tile privilege Ol
ing suffrage measures. In one legiS-
ture ten different members offered
their services to the women to bring
in the bill. In various cases, when an
influential member of one party was
on the point of introducing it, a mem
Der of another party stepped in ahead
and got the start of him. Let US get
the party the credit has been the cry
in legislature after legislature; and
still more keen has been the wish to
avoid getting the party the discredit.
In past years the women have had to
keep tab on the record of their op-
ponents. Now each party is keeping
tab on the other. In Maine, every vote
against the amendment in the house
was cast by a Democrat. The Maine
it. In Massachusetts, the Republican
leaders have used the party lash to
keep Republican members from voting
for the suffrage amendment. The
Massachusetts Democrats will keep
them we'll reminded of 1t. The secretary
of the woman suffrage committee of
the national Progressive party has sent
to the president of every state woman
suffrage association a letter asking for
the record as to how the party men,
bers in the legislature vote on this
question. In the states where all the
parties put suffrage planks in their
platforms, those who did it first are
calling attention to their priority. AL
together it is clear that after the ad
vent of equal suffrage, there will be eff
forts on all sides to persuade the wom
en- that 'Codlin's the friend, not Short
Meanwhile, the suffragists smile, |
and continue to gather in state after
State'