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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Suppose Liberals Split, Will
Bonar Law Succeed
Asquith?
OFFICERS REBEL
AGAINST MOUSTACHE
Is Going Out of Style Despite Fact
That King George Does Not
Approve of Clean
Shaven Men
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

London, August 16.-(SpeciaD The
vague but persistent rumors that Prime
Minister Asquith is on the eve of phys
ical and mental breakdown, which may
compel his retirement from the leader
ship of the liberals and from Parliament
are engendering speculations as to what
may happen If split should follow
and the present party in power become
two rival parties In opposition. VIII M.
Bonar Law then become premier? II So,
it will be the first time for years that one
taryship shall jump at one hound into the
first place of political power in the Brit
ish empire The poverty of experienced
leadership on the unionist side of the
House of Commons is now pathetic.
1t is understood that in view of the
losses which the front opposition bench
in the Commons has suffered by death,
SUGGESTIONS to the peerage and other
causes, Mr.. Bonar Law will invite two
or three prominent unionists back
benchers to join ex-ministers not only in
their place in Parliament. but also in the
deliberations of what is known as the
shadow cabinet
OF all the members of Mr. Balfour' s
cabinet as reconstructed In 1903, who
had seats in the House of Commons, only
three are today still members of that as
sembly-Mr Balfour. Austen Chamber
lain and Walter Long 1t is unlikely.
however. that anything will be done be-
fore next session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

rislang their lives or limbs every day
for a salary of $ll week. this buyer
said recently These loW-priced men
are the beginners, of course, starting
at the bottom to learn the business.
Some of them are the sons of well-to-
do families, who are ambitious to be-
come high officials in the packing con-
Germs. They are following in the paths
OF sons of the big packers and other
men who are heads of departments or
managers drawing big salaries.
I'm the last few months two men we'll
known in the yards have been killed
In this manner one of them was a buyer
who got off his horse to open "A gate A
bull in a bunch of cattle behind him
dashed forward and cornered him The
buyer made a desperate effort to dodge
the brute, but the bull caught him on his
horns and with a mighty upward thrust
of his head. sent the poor fellow flying
through the air over his back.
1T all happened so quickly that two
horror-stricken companions barely had
time to spur their horses In front of the
bull to keep Lin from trampling the VIC
tim. With their heavy whips they drove
the ugly animal away and picked up the
injured man. lie died in a hospital a
few hours later.
1.-The other man killed also was afoot.
lie had dismounted after a bunch of
cattle had passed him in one of the
runuways to look over some of the ami
mails, when suddenly the steers in front
of him took fright at something and
started back
"'rhe others followed suit and before
he realized it they were laundering down
upon him. lie leaped madly for the fence
! but he had no time TO climb it. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Robert Defends LADY Macbeth

Paris, August Especial Henri Rob
ert has been elected leader of the Paris
bar. He has freed more criminals than
any : lawyer living, and succeeds Ferdi-
nand Labori. who made Ills fame in the
Dreyfus case. He is a Partisan of Paris
ians, having been born here 50 years ago.
OF all the cases he has won, Robert
says, his defense of Lady Macbeth has
given him most pleasure. At literary
entertainment he undertook that defense,
and TO the minds of the listeners, proved
that historical murderess to be innocent
His election as leader of the bar has
been almost unanimous. He received 7l0
votes out of possible SOB. This is the
largest number ever cast for a leader of
the Paris bar.
lie Is master of forensic oratory. and
can rise from the familiar to the pathetic
at will. He can make doubts reign where
certainty obtained. He can upset theo-
ries, scatter facts he can persuade and
he can draw tears from the dryest eyes.
Out of court he is a scholar and an
artist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Flour Explosion Wrecks Mill

Inat Eour, the softest and most in
nocent thing in the world apparentJv
the very staff of life, could by any pro-
cess turn to an engine of destruction
wrecking the mill that makes II and
killing many people. as it did in one
of the large cities Of the country re-
Gently would be though incredible, saws
the Christian Herald. But once in a
long while, under certain rare conditions
it does act this way and becomes
terrible instrument of ruin. There is
scientific reason for it's action. Gun
powder, dynamite and other recognized
explosives are all capable of suddenly
releasing enormous power because thev
combine in close proximity finely divid-
ed carbon with exactly the necessary
quantity of oxygen for it's complete com
bustfon, or. as chemist would say, its
oxidation. Flour contains these same
elements, but usually they are held to-
gether in safe proportion. But once in a
while the flour dust of the bin or mill
Is in such a condition that spark,
or even jar, Will produce an explosion
as violent and from the same reason
as that nitroglycerin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
MANY PERILS LURK
IN THE STOCKYARDS
Youths Seeking Excitement
of West Can Find 1t
in Chicago

Chicago. August a. (Speeial)-" Chicago
youths who have fed not wisely but
too well on thrill producing mental con-
feetions in the form of tales Of the west
efn plains and who as a result, have
developed yearning for fields of ven
tnre. might easily satisfy their craving
for excitement without going further west
than the stockyards of Chicago. In that
busy mart they will find perils. hair
breadth escapes and tragedies that rival
any of those of the Texas Jack, 'Wilc
William or 'Bearcat Ben type Of dime
novels.
This is view of veteran buyer for
one of the large packing houses. His
knowledge of conditions in the yards
is comprehensive.
."rhere are young men here who are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Getting Even With the Judge

FTom the New York Morning telegraph.
The suffragette story, which made the
biggest hit at the Park theatre during
e"suffrage week. dealt with the ardent
advocate OF votes for women who was
committed to serve a term in Jail for con-
tempt OF court. After her release she was
relating the experience to a friend.
You see, after tile Judge got through
lecturing me-" she explained, .I snapped
my fingers in his face and yelled 'Budge!
He gave me 10 days.
And how did you employ your time
while you were in jail? inquired the
friend.
Why" said she, IT embroidered the
word 'Fudge' on n sofa pillow and sent
Il to the Judge with my compliments the
day I was released
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Veterans of Parliament

Sir Thomas Roe, liberal member for
Derby, who recently celebrated his S1st
birthday, is one of the three seniors in
the House of Commons The others are
Mr.. Jesse Ceilings, the faithful supporter
of Joseph Chamberlain, who a month ago
celebrated his 77th birthday, who gives
the latter five years, and Samuel Young,
the nationalist member of the east di-
vision of County Cavan, who is 81 and is
still working strongly for home rule. AT
the beginning of the year there were two
more-Robert Cameron, the liberal men,
Der for the Houghton lie Spring division
of Durham. who died, and Sir Henry
Kimber, who resigned from his seat at
Wandsworth.
Mr.. Chamberlain's birthday was cele-
brated at dinners, garden parties and
mass meetings by 300 branches of the
Tariff Reform league all over the coun-
try. He does not now attend Parlia-
ment, but out of compliment for his great
services to his party and to his popular
ity as one of the most eminently patrf-
otic and Irresistible Englishmen of his
day, he will retain until his death the rep
resentation of the great Industrial con-
stituency of West Birmingham, which is
intensely, proud of Joe Chamberlain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

swung around alongside a post, about x
inches, with his back to the fence and
grabbed the fence with his hands
Herders who were near dashed forward
on their ponies, yelling and cracking their
Whips I'm the hope Of checking the stam=
pede but IN a moment they were conf
pelled to turn their horses around and
run before the cattle The steers filled
the runaway from side 10 side and the
first animal that struck the buyer with
his shoulders forced the mans body part
way through one of the boards of the
fence. The broken board and the fence
post were all that kept him from being
thrown to the ground and trampled to a
pulp
When aid reached him the man was
unconscious his body still wedged into
the space occupied by the broken board.
He was injured internally and lived only
few daVS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
The Applied Sciences

II understand your daughter was grad
uated from cooking school last night
Yes, she was valedietorian. Her thesis
was the hit of the commencement exer-
cises"
what was it"
q dunno. She got it out of the back
pages OF one of the June magazines
and topped it off with some pink-whipeG
cream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

it SO near the south pole. one day he
had gone out thiny clad for Anartic re-
gions to climb Mount Erebus. when a
sudden blizzard blew him into deep
gulf. search party found him half
dead, but he was so seriously frost bitten
that he was laid up for three months
and had to have one toe amputated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Divorce Court Relieves Woman


In granting a divorce decree to the
Countess Kate de Montaigu, the president
of the divorce court, Sir Samuel Evans,
said he was departing from a rigid rule
in law, but he thought he was justified,
as by that departure he was putting an
end to an intolerable state of things. I'm
less he granted the decree the countess
was no wife in France, but We're she to
marry again in England she would be
liable to prosecution for bigamy.
The countess is an English lady, and
was married in this country. her hus-
band being a Frenchman, Count Rene
De Montaigu. and she sought divorce
on the grounds of misconduct and deser-
ton The father of the count brought
a suit in France to have the marriage
declared null and vol on the ground Of
his consent not having been obtained to
the marriage, and a decree was obtained.
The president said the point which rose
was whether the court had jurisdiction
to dissolve the marriage. The wife al
legged that her domicile was English, but
she had failed to prove that her husband
had changed his domicile from France to
England, and the result was at the time
of the marriage the domicile was French.
The French court having granted the
petition to the counts father the lady
had no claim upon the man to whom she
was legally married But according to
English law the wife must remain the
counts wife here, and could be convicted
of bigamy If she married again. That
was an extraordinary state of things
and he should depart from the rigid law
as to domicile in order to give the lady
the redress to which she was entitled
He, therefore, granted her a decree of
divorce with costs against her husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Lost His Toe in Blizzard

Sir Philip Brocklehurst, bart. who has
just been married at Swytharley, Mem
orial church. staffs, to Miss Gwladys
Costing Murray and is now on his way
to Central Africa to spend his honey
moon big game hunting, has not got all
his toes intact. Sir Philip was surveyor
and map maker with Sir Ernest Shacxle-
'ons expedition on the dash which took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

We want to particularly em-
phasize the advantage and the
economy of buying fine MAHOG-
ANY and CIRCASSIAN WAL
NUT bedroom furniture at
HOOD & WHEELER'S
Stocks of fine Stands the Saw
Test" bedroom furniture are very
large and very complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
The Noise

What makes that dress so loud9" asked
a husband of his wife the first time
she donned her latest summer creation.
Maybe" she replied meekly, 'It's the
piping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
All at Work

IAN of a sudden you don't seem to
hear anything more auout the futurists.
l wonder what has happended?"
wait till the whitewashing season Is
over. Take 1t from me they'll bob up
into prominence again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
FOR SALE

F0E S1LESfffT -foom semi -51nga1oW,
four blocks from South Ensley car
line, near Fairview; one Broom cot
tage, rents for Sc per month. located
near Corey: one vacant lot at Ensley
Highlands; two vacant lots at Fair
view; eight vacant lots between CO.
rey and Bessemer, on proposed Tide
water car line; 1 am forced to raise
some money at once; will sell any Of
the above at rs per cent of Its value.
II cannot get this, then Will have
to take less. If you are looking for
pickup" I can interest you. Ad-
dress M-S5, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Officers to Be Clean Shayen


Just think of it, John, Bulls army Of
flcers are copying the Sons of Mars and
Cousin Jonathan and becoming bare
faced warriors.
Owing to the appearance of certain
army officers with the upper lip appar-
emily clean shaven has arisen the report
that the Kings regulation insisting on
moustaches has been abolished. 1t is laid
down in section u, paragraph 1896 of the
Kings Regulations for the Army, that:
The hair of the head will be kept short
The chin and under lip will be shaved,
but not the upper lip. Whiskers, If worn,
will be of moderate length.
The regulation has been unpopular with
many officers to whom a moustache is
for one reason or another no adornment.
Many have evaded it altogether and
other comply only to the extent of a
''scrubby designation" on the upper lip,
as one military authority styled 1t.
The officers who have been seen with
out it have proved to the satisfaction of
their commanding officers that no hair
has made its appearance on the upper lip.
Technically, if an officer cannot culti-
vate moustache he is breaking the
Kings regulations. 1t is the duty of the
commanding officer to go into the mat
ter at once. He must satisfy himself that
the officer has not secretly shaved Hay-
ing concluded that a. moustache Is an i'm
possibility, there is nothing to be done
except to hope for the best 1t would be
unfair to courtmartial a man because
nature has behaved shabbily. The mus
tache as a military distinction dates only
from the Napoleonic wars, when the
clean shaven of the eighteenth century
was ousted, at frs. in the hussars, by
the new fashion, initiated by the many
foreign adventurers who then took service
with the British army. 1t was not gem
orally adopted in the line until the middle
of the last century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
Observation-Disclosures

EXPERIENCED c6aGf1e1fS Wants posi-
ton; good reference. 1917 Avenue T,
Ensley, Ala. Phone 159-J. Ensley.
S-17-3t
DRAFTMAN, architectural, have had
four years experience IN architects
office and four years in lumber manu-
featuring eompany's office as de-
taller; can do listing from plans; age
81, married. reference exchanged;
southern location preferred James
A. Clark 1113 Peachtree St, Gads-
den. Ala.
EXPERT stenographer desires position.
Call M. 3531-W. S-17-St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

FOR SALE-Complete grocery business,
doing fine business; best stand in Bir-
mngham for cash business. also for
meat business; compel to sell; will sell
: cheap; rent cheap. Address, O-95. Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

TWO standard home contracts for sale,
s4S paid in; will take S2S for quick
sale. L. L. Hanlon. 1920 N. 10th st.
FOR SALE or exchange, automobile
in good condition. for small farm or
vacant city or suburban property.
Call Main 4374 1880 4th ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

WANTED-To buy, one large Iron safe,
s also one platform store scale, one store
truck Address Box s26, Y. NJ. G. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
A Word About Our Bedroom Mahogar

Prices in every instance, quail
ity for quality, are LOWER than
you can get at any time, any
place or on any terms.
This is plain statement of
fact. Have your bill figured all
around town, then get the HOOD
&c WHEELER prices. We want
you to do this. We know-and
want you to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
LOST

LosT-Ladies' gold watch. fastened
with small gold pin, Saturday moor
on zOth ST. between I'd and 4th aves.
piease return to Mrs. Beulah Ashcraft,
Burger Dry Goods Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
WANTED-FEMALE HELP
- ------'--------------------------
ROOMS FOR RENT

E WANIED--At once. experienced cook /;
no other need apply. GIT N. 2Sd ST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
WANTED

wANTED-For cash. real estate bar
gain cottage or lots on small acre
age at railroad station in country
Nr35, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

RENTJTo gentlemen. large, nicely fur
nished front room. we'll ventilated.
screened. electric lights and bath; ma
hogany furniture, brass beds. Perfection
mattress, best springs; everything new;
roll top desk. telephone and garape:
IDEAL location. cool and quiet; no mos
quitoes. Telephone Main 226s-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
WANTED-MALE HELP

YOUNG man, not over 3 Years e5rSs>-sss os a %
VINO IS mechanically inclined, to repair
ana adjust talking machines and assist
m talking machine department. Call
MONDAY night after 1880 at E. E. Forbes
Piano Co. 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
change Your Old Furniture For New

worth of the old, out-of- date, off
style furniture which you don't
care to throw or give away.
Many Birmingham people are
refurnishlng their homes by
means of HOOD & WHEELERS
Suppose you talk ii over with us.
We operate n second hand store
at 2i11 I'd avenue, where all sec
Ond hand and shOpworn furniture
is sold. No old furniture is per-
mitted nt the big Sd avenue store.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
OPPOSES BLOCKING
OF BASERUNNERS
Will Make Suggestion at Meet
ing of Rulemakers in New
York This Winter.

CLEVELAND, June 13.-When the
rulemakers get busy again next fall
Connie Mack will have a suggestion to
make regarding the blocking of base
runners by opposing infielders.
Connie wants the umpires to be re-
quired to give any runner his base
when the umpire thinks the infielder has
deliberately blocked the paths. Connie
argues that in these days Of heavy
shin guards for the catchers and smaller
shin guards under the stockings of all
the infielders there is no chance for a
runner to get to the base on a close
play unless he has the "heft" to shove
the fielder out of his path.
The trouble with Connie Is that In
the recent Washington series some OF
the Mackmen were blocked at the home
plate while the National catchers scram-
bled around, dug the ball out of the
dirt and then made the tag. The
Washington catchers are declared to
have it on any set of receivers in the
league when 1t comes to getting by with
the blocking stuff.
The Maps can testify that the WASH
ington catchers can block the road to
the plate. At least one Nap is willing
to take oath that one of the National
receivers Is a past master at the art,
for when big John Henry blocked kah-
Ter at the plate after fumbling and then
recovered the ball in time to tag the
struggling twirler it cost Birmingham's
club the only game it dropped to Wash
ington this season.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
AND"CUTIE" LOSES
AHEALTHY TRIPLE
By SENATOR"

And ''Cutie" Carville Morgan lost a
triple. 1t was tough luck for him. but
he didn't care a hang. He took one
look at Moeller streaking across the
plate, made sure of touching first base
and then hiked for the shower. He had
lost a triple, but he had won a game.
When Moeller opened that ninth
inning of the first clash with the White
Sox by jamming a slow hopper down
to Weaver, few In the stands expected
to have the game end so suddenly.
While the Griffmen were displaying un-
wonted activity on their feet and long
lost struggling ability, the end came
sooner than could reasonably be ex-
pected.
Lord might have fielded that bounce,
had he not been or balance. The
crafty third baseman was swaying
toward third and SO Weaver had to
dash In for 1t. He got the ball all
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

right, but the feet-footed Moeller was
almost at first. So Weaver wound up
his glove over toward the home teams
dugout. Moeller quickly picked himself
up and dashed into the keystone
cushion like a greyhound. The stage
was set. Moeller was on second with
nobody out and one run needed to bring
home the bacon.
A woman In the upper tier offered
fervent prayer that the good-looking
second baseman be the boy on the job.
He was. He poled one Of Jim Scotts
fast shoots right OF into the ether.
headed for the scoreboard. "Chink
Mattick and 'Shano" Collins closed in
on the path Of the pill, but they never
had a chance. It was high over their
heads, clattering against the big board
Just about the time that Moeller crossed
the plate.
Tough luckw growled Morgan. as
he touched frst base. There goes
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
On the Battles Eve.


hnvep
the rampin the score
There's
emernl
of weak
keen, " : ~ - aeIdisc clear dandthe trail
souf the Has, lis panned,
Been
der
Big Fourm for DER
~ The -Four moun ride
the American and the
England willing concede the
shining
deadly remains in present compact
fomth cheering s muffed
The Amu al Upset.
Johnsons
victories fell to the Browns
sixteen straight Another
fell the Browns again to
within four OF
the old White Sox record
the fight generally the ones that
left
about to blow themselves to record
By series we'll know whether
trhe whether
When the Maps cease firing and fall back
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
Poughkeepsie Is Now
Host to Every Grew

PoUGHKEEPsIE. N. Y, June r.
All Of the crews to participate In the
annual regatta here . week from Satur-
day were on the ground today following
the arrival Of the Syracuse squad yes
terday. The Syracuse shells had arrived
earlier IN the day and they joined the
other crews in the practice spin. Coach
Conibear. OF washington, stili sends his
men out but once q day. The Western
eight rowed down the river about six
miles and came back with the tide.