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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Milestones Going Well

"Milestones," at the Royalty theatre,
Is approaching its five hundredth per-
formance. 1t has run six months longer
than any other show in London and,
more wonderful still, there are no signs
of a slump in the business. 1t is still
the most popular play in town, and bids
fair to establish one of those record
runs of which future generations will
talk in comparing shows of the period
just as we today talk of the run of
'Charleys Aunt" East Lynne" and
others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
day from 10

quarters would be open each day from 10
a. M to 5 p. III.
Mrs. Jacobs offered resolution eA-
pressing the hanks of the nssoclat'on 70
The owners of The clark & Jones hal ho'
the many courtes.es extended 'heni uui :,
ing their meetings which was ca. re, ,
unanimous,v Af.er the enrolment OF
volunteers 10 STAY at the Headquarters
during the con..ns week. the meeting 81
lourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Col. P. G.. Bowman Returns

Col. Peyton 4. Bowman. the well known
attorney, has returned to the city having
recovered from the injuries he
received at the horse show at Gronville,
N. c. Colonel Bowman was riding a stdr-
tied horse, which stumbled and fell, III
juring his rider rather severely. lie ar
rived in the city yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Denver Authorities Seated

Denver. Colo, June 7-City authorities
elected May 20 were seated today and
the former mayor sheriff and treasurer
who refused to turn over their offices
were ousted by an injunction which
with the reservation stands pending
decision by the state supreme tribunal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08


A new idea has recently started in
public schools for girls which authori-
Ties believe viii spread throughout the
country where facilities permit. 1t is a
movement to teach girls swimming and
was begun in one of the schools In New
York. Almost Immediately one thou
sand pupils enrolled in the class, which
was held in one of the big swimming
tanks. The originator of this idea be-
lieves that it is one of the most health
full sports, besides being a precaution
against drowning accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Mrs. Campbell RECEIVERS

Mrs. Patrick Campbell is herself
again after an Illness that at one time
promised to be fatal. She will appear
in the near future with Sir George
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

The following invitations have been Is
sued and will be of interest throughout
Alabama owing to the prominence OF the
families of both Miss Ray and Mr. Jones
THE Rev. and Mrs. S. o. Y. Ray invite
you to be present at the marriage VI
their daughter, Emma Pettus' 10 MI
Francis Wayland Jones on the even1ns ae.,s
of Tuesday. June "a, at 7:3o ociocA @0-o
Sixth street, Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
HEADQUARTERS OF
EQUAL SUFFRAG|STS
OPENED YESTERDAY
In the Cable-Shelby-B Burton
Building and Are Nicely
Fitted Up
ASSOCIATION MEETS:
COMMITTEES NAMED
Explained That Use of Headquarters
Will Be Shared With Working
Girls at Noon Hour as
Rest Room

Headquarters for the Birmingham Equal
Suffrage association were opened yester-
day in the Cable Burton Shelby building
on Second avenue and elegant and COM
Portable rooms have been secured, The
large room is suitably furnished with tele-
phone and other conveniences. Litera-
ture and stationery relating to the suf-
frage movement are provided and while
at the present time there will be no regu-
lar caretaker, members of the iassocia-
ton will be present during the day to
receive callers and to answer telephone
calls. An invitation was formally issued
to all the working girls of the city to
use the rooms as rest room during the
noon hour and as a place where they
can eat their lunch. 1t is the intention
OF the association to provide rooms at a
later date, where light lunches can be
served
The walls are adorned with pictures
and interesting matter pertaining to the
equal suffrage cause, among them being
a souvenir of the straw vote taken at
the fair grounds last year. The ballots
of John Mitchell, the labor leader, who
voted aye an1 of Gov. Emmett ONeal,
members of the association are much
pleased with their new headquarters.
The rooms were visited yesterday after
noon by the members of the association
Immediately after the adjournment of the
regular semi-monthly meeting, held in
the Clark & Jones hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
TO EXTEND HALE
TUSCALOOSA ROAD
Four Miles Will Be Added
to Highway
FIRST BARGE
Health Officers at Tuscaloosa Inspect
ing Ice Cream Factories and
Dairies-Freight Service Via
Water to New Orleans
LAUNCH FIRST BARGE

Tuscaloosa, June -(Special)-The Tus-
caloosa board of county works and board
of commissioners held an enthusiastic
meeting at Moundville yesterday after
noon and after several excellent speeches,
which were made by Judge w. w. Bran
don, w. b. Oliver, II. b. Foster, j. c.
Brown and Fleetwood Rice of this city
and j. l.. Thorington of Moundville. Mr..
Phifer of Hulls and DIR. Elliott of Mound
Vile, decision was made to build four
more miles of good road, thus making the
IS miles between the two cities of Mound
willie and Tuscaloosa, a continuous first
class highway. When completed this road
will mean much to both Tuscaloosa and
Moundvile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

DIR. Aston Maxwell, city physician, and
Mr.. IMcDuff, city sanitary officer, have
started an inspection of all ice cream fac
tories and dairies in and near Tuscaloosa,
and a number of needed Improvements
ilaye been ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Miss Sparks Speaks


Miss Annie l.. Sparks made u splendid
talk in which she expressed, on behalf of
the working girls of the city. their apprc-
citation of the ,Sindness of the association
In sharing THAR headquarters with them,
Miss Sparks told of the many inconven-
iences the girls employed in the large Of
flee buildings were put to. and that often
they had no place to rest or to cal their
lunch She told of the organization of
working girls clubs ard expressed the
hope that the association might have the
satisfaction of having made possible the
organization of such a club. Miss Sparks
spoke with much earnestness and made a
deep impression on Ter hearers
A motion was adopted offering 'the use
of new headquarters to the State Equal
Suffra ge association which was accep'e
with much appreciation by Mrs. Jacobs
on behalf of the state organization.
Mrs. Hundley announced that the foi nal
opering of the Cable -Rurton-Shelby build
ing would be held on about June Is. and
suggested that the formal opening Of the
headquarters be deferred until that time,
suggesting also that shower" be had
on that occasion Of books and other equip
ment for use In the rooms.
Mrs. r. d. Johnston. chairman of the
SUPP ly committee, made several practical
sue gestions for raising funds for tire as
socjation. The president announced tha. a
distinguished visitor would soon be IN the
city in the person os Mrs. Meehan Of New
Orleans, chairman and organizer of the
won,an's suffrage rarty of Louisiana. ard
recording secretary of the City Fedora
ton of Won sa's clubs, who would make
an address before the association.
Announcement was made that tho head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

F. NJ Moody has returned from New
Orleans, where he attended the Launching
of the first barge of the Alabama-New Or
leans Transportation company, and Is
loud in his praise of the trip. The launch
ing was attended by many prominent CIT
izens from various Alabama cities and
greatest enthusiasm was manifested by
those present. Mr.. Moody thinks the barge
line will mean much toward the 1uture
of Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Meeting Enthusiastic

The meeting yesterday was both en-
thusiastic and interesting and was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Oscar Hundley. the
newly elected president. Notwithstanding
the inclement weather, the meeting was
well attended and much business was
dispatched Mrs. II. II. Smell was at the
secretary's desk. Calling the meeting to
order, Mrs. Hundley announced the heads
of the several standing committees of
the association as follows: Membership.
Mrs Solon Jacobs; press, Mrs. J. f.
Frazer; finance, b. P. Ramseur litera-
ture, Mrs. Sidney Ullman; clippings, Mrs.
w. N. Wood; printing. Mrs. Chappelle
Cory; church extension, Mrs. j. o.
Thompson; woman's journal, Miss Ethel
Armes; lectures, Miss Amelia Worth
ington; supplies, Mrs. r. d. Johnston.
Mrs w. l.. Murdock made report on
the Thursday closing proposition and
asked for further time to complete the
report as one of the large downtown
stores had not signed the agreement to
close their store on Thursday afternoon
during the summer months. She urged
the members of the league who traded
at the store to call on the owners and
to urge them to sign the agreement. Mrs.
Murdoch stated that unless this was done
there was danger of the movement fall
ing through.
Mrs. Hundley made a statement IN refer
enee to the new headquarters, which, she
said, were located IN the fourth floor OF
the Cable e-Burton-Shelby building. Stat
ing that the expenses would for the pres
ent be S27 per month. she asked for con-
tributions to defrGy the expenses. Judge
Oscar Hun1ley stared the list With S25
per annum and other liberal contributions
were made. almost insuring the necessary
amount. Mrs. Hundley referred TO the
fact that the establishment of permunen.
headquarters had besn the earnest desire
of the former president. who worke d hard
to that end, and chat it was very crafty
ing to all that this lad at last been ac-
complished
Mrs. Jacobs stated that one of the pur-
poses of the headquarters was that the
working girls of the city might have a
place to rest during the noon hour and
eat their lunches. She said it was not the
mere proposition to provide themselves
with comfortable quarters that nad de-
velcped the movement. hut a desire to
share them with the women employed in
the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

The following wedding invitations have
been received by friends and relatives of
both Miss Cribbs and Mr.. Fulton in Tus-
caloosa and elsewhere in the state, where
both are well known: Mrs Harvey H.
Cribs requests the honor of your pres
ence at the marriage of her daughter,
Nell. to Mr. Harry Roscoe Fulton, ON the
evening of Wednesday, June 25 1913 at 8
o'clock. at Christ church, Tuscaloosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

j. H. Bernhard, general manager of the
Alabama New Orleans Transportation
company, is visitor In the city, and
states that every effort will be made to
jnaugurate a regular freight service be-
tween New Orleans and Tuscaloosa. The
barges will be operated between New Or
leans and the following Alabama points;
Mobile, Demopolis. jackson, Eutaw and
Tuscaloosa.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
SUBMITS REMEDY TO TEST.
Missouri Physician to Offer Tuber-
culosis Specific to Germany.

St. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 1e.-In contrast
to the attitude attributed to DR.. Fried
erich Friedman. German physician. who
claims to have discovered a specific for
the treatment of tuberculosis and who
is said to have demanded 10000 from
his government for the formula, is that
of DR.. George NJ Heath, of st. Louis,
who has been recognized as a serious
contender with DIR. Friedman. DIR. Heath
to-day cabled the German government
that SHOULD they care to test the serum
his experiments have evolved a quantity
viii be sent at once.
Further. DIR. Heath proposes to Ger
man scientists that they test his prepara-
tion in any manner they chose, declaring
that he will welcome any suggestion
tending to improve the results. received
from his own method of administration.
DIR. Heath arrived at the conclusion
to offer the test to the German govern
ment after his interview with Charles
f. Finlay. New York finsncier and real
estate operator. who. has offered mill
lion dollars for q successful treatment OF
the disease.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
SQUEEZING THE POOR.
some Are Compelled to Pay mt Rate
of SIS for Coal.

ExpIoitation of the very poor was
charged against certain Washington coal
dealers in a statement made by Col.
W. c. Haskell, Superintendent OF
Weights and Measures, yesterday.
"IrnscrupulOus dealers" lie said, are
charging the poor of the city for coal
at the rate of s1G-30 a tom
Mr.. HaskeITs announcement comes as
the result Of an exhaustive investigation
by his office into the sales of coal in
quantities less than quarter-tons. The
results of this investigation will furnish
the basis of several prosecutions, Cot.
Haskell states. Charges will be entered
in Police Court within the next few days
against 4 number of dealers on the
charge of violation OF the weights and
measures law.
Many cases of sale Of coal in indefinite
containers. which approXimated standard
containers in appearance. were discover
ed by Inspector L. s. Schoenthal, who
made the investigation. Coal put up in
paper sacks, weighing thirteen and
three-quarter pounds and containing
five-eighths oc a peck. were found SELL
ing at ten cents-or at the rate OF $3.50
a ton.
The report states. that although the
poor realize that they must pay a rela-
lively higher price when purchasing in
such small quantities. they are not
aware Of how eNorbitant the prices
which they are being forced to pay
really are.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Trnidsd-George Denny to Katie Denny. lots a to
90 block T. SO
1918 Eighteenth Street Nortwest-Richard s Wolfe
ct ux. to Edwin ID. Steele. lot a. square 49, $40
Woo1ridge-Susan =. Rowland ct al. TO Frederick A.
Linger, lot ) block 5. SO
2iS i Street NOrthwest-Rchard Wilkinson to
Catherine Wilkinson, part lots and .. square
Z. Of lOi, So
Alley between Sixth and Seventh. L and NJ Streets
Northwest-Laura q. Wall 10 Ransom e. Ed
mcndson, lot s.. square 40. $40.
Pleasant Plains-Laml q. Wall to Ransom q.
Edmondson lot l9 $40
Whittinghsm-Hcnry Naylor, ir.. ct uE TO Lucie
Dagger Mason. lots q and =. block 5c7 so.
Mount Pleassnt-HaTry A. Kite Ct ux 20 Sarah
De'irsh Calder. lot s.. square 357. SO. Same
70 Edward +. and Lucy Z. Morrison. lot 81.
SQUARE Sss. So
g, Twenty-sirth Street NOrthWest-ChaTles o..
Greenwood ct uG. to David F. Weaver. lot .,
square L. SO
Nineteenth and Streets southsas,-Dsrid p.
Weaver ct 10 ". Gertrude Frazier, original
lot !, sqUare lllo SO.
lIo and 1906 Street Sortheast-Teresa o'Hrien
to Timothy HAnlnu. lots and -. SQUARE
lO25. SIC.
l-loo Fourth Street Northeast-Annie e Costello ct
al to Margaret A. DoWney. lot ls square sos So
u Fourth Street Southeast-John e weetIon ct ux
to Catherine ODonneil, part original lots and
IS square 7S. $40.
Northern Addition to Chillm Castle HCightE-
Washington Land and Mortgage Company to 8.
Z. Underhill. lots 81 and s.. square s7li. $50
l3os East Capitol Street Northeast-George +. Pet
ty ct tn Edward d. and Ellen L. Bolger lot
Il, square IOo5. SO
Anacustia-Henry r. Bersmsnn. trustee to George
r. Ostermayer, lots 6s5 to 6sS SO.
Pleasant Plains-Morris Needle TO Bessie Needle lOt
lo7, square DO SO.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
TAFT AT laying
!. OF CORNERSTONE
President to Assist at Cere-
monies at Unitarian All
Souls Church.
MASONS TO BE In CHARGE
Edi6ee to Cost 100000 When CON-
pleted-0f Gothic and Ro-
man Style.

President Taft will assist at the cor
herstone-laying Of the new Unitarian All
Souls Church and Edward Hale Everett
Parish House to be erected at Sixteenth
and S Streets. this afternoon at 2:3O
clock Although the work of erecting
the church will not be commenced for
some time. the laying of the cornerstone
has been hurried to allow President Taft.
who has taken great interest in the
church, to asst at the ceremonies before
retiring from the Presidency and leaving
this city.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of the Dis
trict will conduct the ceremonies in con-
nection with the laying of the stone.
which is the stone from the old church at
Fourteenth and l. Streets. The trowel
&c be used is the one that was used by
George Washington at the cornerstone
laying of the Capitol. This trowel is the
property of Potomac Masonic Lodge of
Georgetown, which is lending il for this
purpose. The contents of the old corner
stone which was placed In the Fourteenth
Street church in 1877 will remain untouch-
ed. and another pocket will be provided
in the stone for the reception of the new
articles
President Taft and Dr. Samuel T. FL
lot. of Boston, president Of tie American
Unitarian Association. will make speech
es The cornerstone will be laid by
Charles E. Baldwin. grand master OF
Masons of the District of Columbia. The
Invocation and benediction will be defiv-
cred by Rev. DIR. Ulysses G. h. Pierce.
minister of All Souls Church.
The committee in charge OF the cere-
monies is made up of James 4. Sample.
Henry +. Blount. Mrs. Whitman Cross,
Daniel Z. Douty. Mrs. Thomas NJ. Gale.
James F. Hood. and Myron -. Parker.
The new church edifice is to be erected
an the east side Of Sixteenth street, ad-
joining the new Scottish Rite Temple. at
Sixteenth and Streets. II is to be of
stone, containing, besides the auditorium
and the memorial, lecture and class
rooms, kitchen. gymnasium. and cloak
rooms, and many other conyeniences not
usually found in churches. The cost is
estimated al Sl000O. and the edifice Will
cover a frontage on Sixteenth street OF
III feet. extending to within 60 feet OF
Il Street. Its design resembles that Of
an old English monastery, with huge
tower of a modified Gothic and Roman
style, making a structure which will well
balance the temple building al its side.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
DISTRICT FOUR.
MISS LATHROP TO SPEAK.
Head of ChiIdren's Bureau to Ad-
dress Child Labor Conference.

New York City, Feb 12.-The ninth
annual conference of the National Child
Labor Committee will be held in Jack
sonviIe, Fla. March 1916. The general
subject-"Child Labor and Poverty''-wiIl
be discussed in relation to wages, health.
unemployment. and the family. Many
Southerners will be among the speakers.
and conditions OF child employing indus
tries in the South will he described.
Every Governor has been asked to ap-
Point delegates in order that each State
may be officially represented. The thirty.
six State child labor committees will re-
port to the conference on local problems
and the progress OF their State cam
paisns. DR.. Felix Adler. chairman of the
National Child Labor Committee; Presi-
dent Bruce Paine, of the George Peabody
College, Nashville. Tenn; Miss Julia
Lathrop, of the Federal Children's Bu-
reau; Mrs. Florence Kelley, of the
National Consumers League; Gov.
rrammell, of Florida; Hon. j. A. Nc
Cullough, of South Carolina; Mr.. Sher-
man c. Kingsley. of the Elizabeth Nc
Cormick Memorial, Chicago. and owen
r. Loveioy, general secretary of the
National Child Labor Committee will n.
among the speakers.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CE

bbl., 1ooa4 50; Florida oranges 225a215; California
oranges. L75a22; grapefruit per box, 22sa3oo: pine
apples, 215a35o; cranberres per bbl e5oa05o; tan
gerines. per strap 2ooa2so.
HAY AND STRAw-Hay. Western, No. l. la.ooa
$3.50; No. .. B.0oalso0 mixed hay. i20oal6oo; straw
rSe per ton. l6ooel7.oe; machine thrash eooalo co.
straw. wheat, 1.l0a7 20; straw oats, 7ooaz.@
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. No. l. per bus. 65aso;
pcr bbl Ls5al5o; No. . per bbi.. 75aLoo; swee, per
bbl. 275a3-Z5; ysms per bbl. L75a2-75: onions PER
sacks, ooalGo Spanish per crate. lo1al 3; cabbage
100 lbs, 5oa75; kale. per bbl.. 5a7s; cauhower
basket, loasoO; lettuoe. per basket. l0oal.5 So
string beans F1orida, per basket 15a25o beets per
100 bunches. 25os35: tomatoes. per crate 2eoa3 30
celery, New York. per doz.. Gallo; eggplant per
crate. 1oai25; New York. per crate. 5oass0: Flor
ida. per crate, L2oe3y; peppers, l0oal per crate
Florida white squash, Local 3 pcr crate; parsley
Florida per basket. L5oall5: rarsnips per bux f0a
80; sisify per bunch. 2ai; Florida early York cab
bage, per bbl.. L5oa20.
LIVE SToCK-Sheep. per lb.. 3aili: lamts. per
lb, 7as; calves, choice. h., H. medium. per 10,
loal0i.
WOOL AND HIDEs-wool. washed, free Of tsrrrs.
per H.. DsS2; WOOL unwashed. per lb. aaz: hides
dry. per b, IS; green. Is; calfkins green each liza
LIS
GRAlN-Wheat, per bus, s5aLo5; corn, shelled. per
bus, ea65; ear new. per bbL 2Sa3.3
SEEDS-CloEer. rcd. I225al275 clover aEsikc,
lS.Gali.Oo; timothy. 2l5a20; blue grass l50a2 90;
orchard grass ls5al go.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
CASTRO STILL GOOD!

Several detectives connected with the
New York office of the Bureau OF Inyes-
tiSation of the Department of Justice. il
was learned yesterday from Bruce Bic
laski. chief of the bureau have been
watching President Castro since his ar
ri'ai In this country. So far there has
been nothing, Mr.. Bielaski says, to show
that Castro is actually engaged in fo-
menting revolution in Venezuela. He
has not heard of the charges made by
Jacinto Lopez which were filed with
District Attorney Wise
As far as Castro is concerned" said
Bieiaski to-day, this department Is not
worried over anything that he may be
spie TO do Our employees have him un-
der strict surveillance and know the char
acter OF his visitors II he can pull or
anything under these circumstances
without this department knowing it. he
will have to show us
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
MISS GORDON TO GET
$4,000 ANNUALLY
Probate Court Allows Society Girl
Full Income from Fathers
Estate.

The will of Nal. James J. Gordon. pro-
viding that his daughter. Miss Alice Ger
trude Gordon, receive only an annuity
of $500. was set aside yesterday by a
Jury before Justice Gould in the Probate
Court. Miss Gordon will receive the an
uual income, amounting to more than
S25C0n. from the $4,000 estate of her
father.
The will 5f Mai Gordon. which was
executed March 2. 1911. two months be-
fore he died. at the age of seventy six
years, provided for an annuity of 800 a
month for his daughter, his only child.
1t further provided that twenty-one
years after her death. If she left no
children, the, estate was to so to the
Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hos
pital, the Episcopal Home for Children,
and the Southern Industrial Educational
Association.
Miss Gordon. who became twenty-one
years old January IL of this year, filed a
caveat to the will, elleging that her
father was suffering from an incurabIe
malady at the time he signed the will,
and did not CONF rehend that she was
not TO get more than the mere $500 a
year from his estate Witnesses testified
yesterday of having talked with Maj
Gordon several months before his death
and the execution of the will, and that
he had told them 1T was his wish and
intention to make provisions so that his
caughter would have the benefit of the
entire income from his estate. Miss Cor
don also testified to the same effect
The verdict Of the jury was in the
nature Of compromise. Miss Gordon's
attorney informing the jury that she had
agreed to- execute a deed of trust to the
National Savings and Trust Company
with n view to carrying. out the wishes
of her father with respect to the condi-
tional legacicS Miss Gordon resides al
1900 Sixteenth Street, and Is prominent
in the y,unger social set. The estate.
comprised largely OF coal fields in wes,
is estimated at SO0.G1.