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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
lGRUBB HEARS REMARKABLE
POETRY IN NEW YORK COURT
BY CLYDE w. ENNIS

Judge William I. Grubb, presiding over
the federal court in New York, has been
the center during the past week of a per-
feet tempest of merriment, caused by the
trial of Robert J. Kellogg. who would for
a certain fee immortalize poems of aspir-
| ing bards.
For the past few days the trial has
| been the center of unusual interest in
| New York. especially in literary circles
| Poems submitted to the court as samples
of those composed and which were to be
lmmortalized by Kellogg have convulsed
the courtroom time and again, so much
SO that Judge Grubb, restraining his own
laughter with difficulty, has been forced
often to rap for order The newspaper re-
porters in New York attached to the fed
eral building seem to be the persons bear
ing the greatest burden for poets with
submitted efforts, failing to get their work
read in court have wished the effusions
upon the newspaper men resulting in un-
told mental pain and anguish to the re-
porters.
1t is said that in the court room from
day to day are poets from all parts OF
fhe country Hungry poets, long haired
poets, poets that eat and those who sell
dom eat, street car conductors whose s24
was collected by Kellogg, widow ladies
earning by poetry an honest living" and
others appeared before Judge Grubb with
damaging words against Kellogg.
In New York there resides a poet who
told Judge Grubb that Kellogg charged
him S24 for the immortalzation of a song
about Mabel Brown. 1t is stated that
Judge Grubb in his own dignified way
read the following poem about Mabel
which was to assist the budding bard Of
the Metropolis on his road to fame. or
Mabel the budding chap sings:
"On the hillside near my town
Lived girl named Mabel Brown,
Who seemed to be as happy as a lark;
Till one day she felt so queer.
For she wanted to be near
This here chap that everybody's talking
about.
She knew him some time ago
Like her little brother Joe,
That is why one night
She wrote this note:
CHORUS
Il have always loved you
Just as dearly as I can;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Weather Forecast

Birmingham, December 20.-G p. ND
Low pressure centers are crossing the
central valleys and the gulf sections caus-
ing generally unsettled weather with
rainfall in the central valleys, and at
few scattered points in the gulf and At
lantic states Rising temperatures are
also noted as an accompaniment to the
lows on their eastern and southern sides,
but temperatures are low and falling
rapidly towards the north and west.
The cold wave and high barometric
pressure are following closely in the wake
of the low barometer areas, and freezing
weather prevailed as far south as Okla
homa City tonight at Z o clock The cold
est weather of the season exists In the
Missouri valley, but there was little
change there within the last "a hours,
except in the lower portions, where 20
degree drop in the readings occurred.
The cold change will continue south
eastward, probably affecting Alabama
slightly Sunday and to a greater degree
Sunday night. The on-corning cold change
may cause a moderate precipitation in
parts of Alabama and other eastern gulf
and South Atlantic sections, but only
light scattered amounts are indicated by
tonights map.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations
December 90:
Temperature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Davis Is Arrested

Montgomery December 2O-(special.)
Harry Davis of Birmingham was brought
to Montgomery today from Mobile, where
he was arrested on a charge of forgery
The warrant for Davis arrest was sworr
out by local jewelry merchant. who
claims that Davis gave him a forged
check for some Jewelry he purcha sed
Davis left here about a week ago for Mo.
bile, declaring to friends that he was
going to marry a girl In that city EIe
showed a marriage certificate which he
claimed to have purchased from the judge
of probate Of Mobile county. The mar.
riaee. certificate gave Chief Taylor a cllt
20 Davis whereabouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
MOVE NEW TRIAL
FOR MRS. GODBEE

Augusta. Ga, December 2o.-M otion
for a new trial for Mrs Edna Perkins
Godbee, convicted of numbering her
divorced husband, Walter S. Godbee, at
Millen, Ca, today was denied by Judge
II. C. Hammond of the Richmond coun-
ty superior court. An appeal to the
Georgia supreme court will be taken.
The crime for which Mrs. Godbee was
convicted occurred last summer in the
lobby of the Millen postoffice. Mrs.
Florence B. Godbee. third wife of w.
S. Godbee, algo was shot and killed It
the same time. The defendant has not
been tried for the latter killing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
ALTMAN EXPLAINS
VOLUNTEER WORK
Says Organization Has No
Connection With Under
wood State Committee

John w. Altman, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Underwood Vol
unteers of Jefferson County, issued a
statement last night in which he made
it plain that while the object in view
was a common one, there was no con-
nection between his organization and that
of the regular state campaign commit
tee.
In this connection, he said:
Now, It must be understood that we
are separate and independent propo-
sition from the regular campaign COM
mittee of this county, but working with
the same end in view. Our campaign
will be developed as we go along. but
what we do will be done openly, hon
estly, intelligently and vigorously We
expect to appeal to the solid, substantial
men of this community. While we shall
handle the public record of Captain Hob
son without gloves, and show that his
views and ideas along certain lines 1--WE
are not referring to his views on the
prohibition question:, are not in keep
ing with the views of our citizenship
and that he Is In no sense representative
of the people of this state-nor entitled
to represent them in the Senate, we shall
indulge in no criticism which is unpar-
liamentary even unkind.
I'VE now say to the Hobson people.
and the Hobson clubs and organiZa tons
of this county, we will discuss with you
at any time and at any place in this
county the relative merits of the oppos-
ing candidates. This is intended as a
standing challenge to any Hobson organ
ization here. We go further. and say
that in some of you we admire your
enthusiasm and zeal--it is cheerful and
refreshing-and we credit you with be-
lieving that you are in the right But
we know that we are for the right, and
the Underwood Volunteers of Jefferson
County will overmatch you in enthusiasm
and zeal and in cheerful and intelligent
work in this campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER
IS NOT YET LOCATED
Authorities Trying to Find
Man Who Killed Negro
Girl Friday Afternoon

The driver of the automobile which
killed Pauline Pentecost, a 9-year-old
negro girl, Friday evening, has not yet
been located. The tragedy occurred at
the corner of Twentieth street and
Twelfth avenue, south, shortly after 6
o'clock. The girl was crossing the street
when struck by a car which, accord
ing to spectators, was going from High
land avenue into Twelfth avenue at high
speed. The automobilist did not stop,
but continued up the hill toward st.
Mary's church.
No one was able to secure the number
and detectives yesterday had not been
able to learn the drivers identity.
Coroner Spain will delay the inquest in
the hope that the automobile which
caused the tragedy may be located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

The two of US together
Would be happy as one can.
For we were brought up together;
That is the reason Why
We were made for one another.
So together wen stand.
Side by side"
The suffragettes of this city and others
throughout America will be interested in
a poem on the suffragettes written by
James B. Van Wysock, supposedly a
lineal descendant of a noble German
house. His work, Mr.. Kellogg assured
him, would bring solace to the hearts of
almost every woman suffragette for its
lines are peculiarly appealing
One stanza of "Oh, you suffragettes'
was as follows:
'Oh, you sunragettes,
Oh. you great big bunch of suffragettes,
There is no more old maids left on ae-
count of you;
The country is going Wild about you;
You got to suffer yet
It's long wait you bet,
On, you suffragettes,
You great big bunch of suffragettes."
The German singer however. does not
oonfine his work, so he told the judge.
to burlesque, but essays sentimental
songs one of which was read to the
court. Much TO the anazeInenI OIL lHe
writer in the. New York Sun, who was
present, the laughter was easily heard
above the roar of traffic as Judge VIII
liam Irwin Grubb read aloud:
"She was his little school chum,
For he used to call her sugar plum.
One day they were sitting all alone,
When Bill whispered this soft tune
CHORUS
You are not the same little grille.
You have not the same cute little curlie
/ missed that sweet smile l used to get
once in a while;
| can tell in your eyes you look wise,
For you are not the same little grille,
You are grille"
He did this, too:
Dream on Mister Moon Man,
We want to spoon if We can,
Sc hide behind a cloud
Don't hear us talk so loud;
We don't want to be in a crowd
Close up your big dreamy eyes tight,
For We'll say goodnight,
90 on and dream dream, dream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
MANY DEATHS IN CITY
OF NEW YORK FROM
AUTO ACCIDENTS

New York, December 20.-Ceroner's
figures show that the number of deaths
in this city caused by automobiles has
risen from 81 in 1907 to III for IL
months of 1913. Secretary of state
Mitchell May, who has made study
of these figures declared that while the,
increasing number of local automobiles
is partly responsible for the accidents
pedestrians also in this place are TO
blame largely. He favors more rigid
examination of persons licensed to drive
motor cars and recommends the crea-
ton of special bureaus for the preven-
ton of street accidents here.
1t is suggested that all automobile
drivers be finger impression printed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
BILLINGSLEY WARNS
WHOLESALE DEALERS

Montgomery. December 20.-(Special.)
c. Homer Billlngsley. clerk of the pure
food bureau of the department of agri-
culture and industries, has sent out u
warning to wholesale grocery and grain
dealers of the state calling their atten-
tion to the large quantities of rotten
corn which is being shipped into the state
Mr.. Billingsley asks that all merchants
inspect corn before accepting it, in order
to avoid any probable loss which might
result from the condemnation of the
grain.
According to the clerk of the pure food
department he has recently had to con-
denim four carloads OF corn in Montgom-
cry, one in Troy and one in Florala, all
of which was damaged by reason of the
fact that it got wet in transit. The dam
aged corn was shipped to Alabama from
Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
POLITICAL ASPIRANT
TALKS AT TUSCALOOSA

Tuscaloosa. December 20.-tSpecial.)
The election of Reuben T. Kolb to the
governorship was advocated here today
by P. G. Bowman of Birmingham, John
A. Rogers of Gainesville and Captain
kolb himself. Bowman announced that
he would make a campaign through Tus-
caloosa county after the holidays, speak
ing in behalf of Captain kolb. Walter d.
Seed of Tuscaloosa, who is also a candI-
date for governor, was in Tuscaloosa to-
Cay but did not attend the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
MRS. HARRIET ADAMS
is EXPECTED TO DIE

Cleveland. o., December 20.-Mrs
Harriet Adams, former president of the
United Women of the Republic. a writer
of fiction and nationally known as a
temperance worker, is expected to die
in a hospital here of burns received
this afternoon in a gas explosion at her
home. She is 75 years of age. The ex-
plosion was caused by Mrs. Adams
striking a match in a room filled with
gas from an open jet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Weather Conditions

Washington, December 2o.-Forecast
for Alabama: Cloudy and colder Sun
day; Monday fair; moderate northwest
winds.
Tennessee: Cloudy and colder Sunday,
preceded by rain east portions; Monday
fair.
Mississippi: Fair and colder Sunday
Monday fair, moderate northwest winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
KILLS GRANDSON AND
THEN SUICIDES

Marshall, Ill, December 20.-While
seated al the supper table tonight Mrs
Mary Z. Fix seized a butcher knife and
cut the throat of her 2-year-old grand
son. killing him. She then drew the
blade across her own throat. She died
few hours later. Mrs. Fix had been
mentally affected since the death of her
husband a few weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Politicians to Confer

Montgomery. December 20.-tSpeeial)
Announcement is made that the friends
of Capt. Reuben L. Kolb, candidate for
governor. will hold conference here
Monday for the purpose of discussing
various features of the present guber-
natorial campaign. The conference will
be held at the Exchange hotel, and will
be participated in by about 100 of Cap
tain Kolbs friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
To Examine Thaw

Concord, N. H.. December 2O.-A COM
mission appointed by Federal Judge AL
drich to determine whether Harry X,
Thaw's mental condition would make his
release under bail menace to public
safety, WILL 1t is announced today, pro-
ceed with the examination of Thaw as
rapidly as consistent with thorough
performance of the duty imposed by the
court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
James G.. Hill Dead

Washington. December 20.-James G.
Hill, 20 years old. former supervising
architect of the treasury department. died
here suddenly last night. He designed
the bureau Of printing and engraving
and the government printing office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

To Order Marines Home

Washington, December 20.t-To carry
through plans announced for concentra-
tion of marines at important centers in
continental United States, Secretary
Daniels soon Will order home all marines
in the inslilar possessions. &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

The two of US together
Would be happy as one can.
For we were brought up together;
That is the reason Why
We were made for one another.
So together wen stand.
Side bx side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Local Data

For the "a hours ending at Z p.' M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-28

the user can drop to the ground, reg
ulating the speed of the journey--eon-
trolled naturally by the speed at which
the tape unwinds-by means of Il
clutch on the apparatus.
THE efficiency of the thing has been
tested from a height of 200 feet, but
if it is good for that height, it should
be Just as good for greater heights
with suitable steel tapes modified to
meet the probable requirement. of the
possessor of the apparatus. Compact
ness and indestructibility are the
striking features of the tape-measure
fre-escape. They are essentials in any
such devices,
Most of the apparatus available is
constructed of thick ropes with wood
en- grips at intervals, or cross-bars. In
the latter form they are. of course,
rope and wood ladders. But they are
too numbering by far to
drag about on one travels where they
might be sorely needed, and far too
bulky to enable them to remain in
dainty bedchamber without detracting
from its appearance. Such considera-
tions weigh, and an artistic life might
be lost because the rope escape had
been relegated, as a matter or taste,
to the attic.
"The point is plain; inventors must
work along the lines of the tape meas
ure-that way success lies. New
York Press.
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New York State
To Honor Benning=
ton Battle GrOund d.

Albany, N. Y, May 27.-Gov. Sulzer,
Monday. signed a bill appropriatins
$4,000 for acquiring and preserving
that portion of Rensselaer, county on
which the Battle of Bennington in the
Revolutionary War was fought. In
memorandum accompanying his ap-
prevail of the measure, the governor
says: ...s, r.4.4~..st-54,
Our sister state of Vermont has CIV
en- much prominence to the part IN
this battle taken by its citizens ana
which occurred upon its territory.
With commendable enterprise 1t mas
given to the land within its borders
upon which part of the battle was
fought, and to those. who partcipateo
in the battle, such prominence tha'
marry of our citizens have been ms
led to the belief that the Battle Oh
Reaninpten' was fought entirely upon
Vermont soil and not upon the SOIL Oh
the state of New York; where the faet
OF history is that the important part
of that battle was fought on the land
provided TO be purchased by this Dill
in walloomsac valley in Renssalaer
county," ,.n
The Governor also approved Dill
concentrating $4,000 for the celepra-
t,oa of the 5oth anniversary of the pat
tie OF Gettysburg, and measure APP
uropriating $4,000 for the celeoratlon Vi
the centenary of the Battle OF flates-
burg.
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Willie HOffe Re-
tains Championship.

~. IN f4tf y.
1, Now, ,,Yerk, May 2l-Willie Hoppe sue
cessfully. defended his worlds billiard
championship title, at 1s-inch balk line,
two shots in, against the challenger,
Kodji Yanlada Of Japan. here, tonight,
the score being 500 to 3d.
Since the rules of the game were so
changed that the 'anchor" was barred.
no other such one-sided championship
game has been seen. Hoppe won the
bank but failed to score when he led OH.
Yamada ran IS and this was his best at
tempt. as In the next 10 innings he a4.ed
only H.
Hoppe. in the second inning, made a
run of lis of the most mastery billiards
of which he is capable. He nursed, roll
ed. drew and made masse shots without
hesitation and from the start exhibited
no signs of doubt or worriment over any
condition that confronted him. His best
work was seen in his final run of ",
when he played freely throughout. The
score:
Hoppe-0-il5-67-s9- s-0-O- 80 S5- 29-6s-9l. To-
tai 500. Average, Al SIP; high runs, ll5-
91-67
Yamada--15-2-f0-0-4-0- Total %.
Average. 8; high runs. l5-10-4
Time of game, Las. Referee Albert
Cutler.
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Recommends $6,0OO,-
900 for Missions.

/. Detroit Mich. May 27.-The fifth an
nual report of the general apportionment
committee which includes Recommended
ton that the convention make the RAISING
of SC, 600, 600 for missions annually the w
innate objective, was presented, Monday,
to the Northern Baptist Convention III
session here and the Recommendation
was approved.
Several of the recommendations in the
report were subjects of active oeoa'e
One for united missionary campaign
by the convention with DIR. John M.
Moore of Boston as the educational III
rector. was also acted upon favorably.
In his report on the campaign for mis-
sions Dean Smaller Mathews said that
out of the campaign had grown new
spirit of cooperation among the Baptists
of the country. He declared that the
amount raised for general missions, dur
ing the last year, was $4,000 more than
ever before in the history of the church.
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TWO NEW CONFERENCES
Created by Adventists-North Ameri
can Division and European Division.

washington, May 21-Two great Con-
ference organizations, one the North
American division Conference and the
other the European Division Conference,
were created at Mondays session OF the
Seventh Day Adventists of the world
at Takoma Park, Md. The first named
conference will comprise entire territory
of North American and embrace "a local
and union Conference organizations,
while the latter will embrace the terri
tory of Europe, the Russian and Turkish
possessions in Asia, Persia. Arabia, At
ghanistan and the northern and eastern
parts of Africa.
Officers elected Monday, for the Euro
pean Conference were: Pres, Elder L..
r. Conradi Hamburg; vice Pres, Elder
j. T. Boettcher. Riga, Russia; Sec. Elder
Guy Dali, Hamburg; Treas, Miss Alice
Kuessler, Hamburg.
The North American Conference will
meet Tuesday, to organize and elect
its officers.
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FOR LIFE SAVING.
German inventors Device to Escape
From Burning Buildings unwinds
Like a Tape.

Judging by the records published in
the daily papers, the last year paid to
the Fire King greater tribute than
ever in human life," says a scientist
who is greatly interested in life-saying
devices. It appears also that we are
just as far off as ever from the ideal
period when there will be no fires be-
cause everything will be fireproof. So
that all we can do is to seek means to
modify the loss of life when fire catas-
trophies do occur.
"Incidentally we might do something
TO modify fires at the outbreak; or
Their we might abstain from aggra-
waiting them by injudicious heroics. a
little smoke is seen by a policeman on
the beat. Intent on saving lives he
batters in the street door, almost in
stantly transforming mere smolder
into blazing furnace. His battering
Operation has constructed scientific
fiue warranted to carry the flames to
the top floor where the inhabitants
have sought safety. But our friend in
blue precedes the flames. succeeds
perhaps in saving life. albiet some 9TH
Ter may be lost. and wins the award
|siderations, of course-to break his
way into the house.
Such unwise temerity would be dis
|couraged if people could find their
own way from top floors to the pave
ment Various inventions have been
recorded during the last two decades,
all of them claiming to enable people
to make such descent in moments of
stress None has quite filled the bill,
and some have been merely sugges-
tions, which never seem to have found
their way to the public in practical
form. Even suggestions serve a pur-
pose, however, when they set people
thinking on inventive lines; and
therefore, we encourage them, partic-
ularly in the direction of fire escapes
"Our hope is that some reader may
take hold of the thread of an idea and
convert it into shape that will achieve
1.-THE blessing of mankind and fortune
to boot A new device on which a for.
eigner is now experimenting is based
on the fact that when a spider wishes
to drop from its web in tree or 9th
err elevation, it spins thread to SUP
port its descent, and this, figurativel,
speaking, is just what the inventor o
! the tap measure fire-escape proposes
to do in descending from a fire-swep
4 building.
This remarkable escape consists o
/ a narrow band of steel tightly role,
upon spoon contained in casing
In using the device. the end of tn
tape is made fast at the point fron
(which the escape is to be made. !
leather belt attached to the spool cas-
ing is fastened round the waist. The