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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS TO MEET
North Birmingham Associations
Quarterly Convention Will Con-
vene This Afternoon

The quarterly convention Of the
North Birmingham Sunday School asso-
citation Will be held this afternoon at
8 o'clock in the North Birmingham
Presbyterian church.
An unusual feature of the meeting
will be the furnishing of an item on
the programme by each of the Sunday
schools. Adult work will also be dis
cussed by Mrs. e. P. Green, teacher of
class No. ~. of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Sunday school
The sunday schools which Will par
ticipate in the meeting are ;he Park
Avenue Baptist, Mt. Vernon Methodist,
North Birmingham Christian, North
Birmingham Presbyterian Twenty first
Avenue Methodist and Twenty first
Avenue Methodist and Twenty Arst
Avenue Baptist
The president of the association is
w. D. Moore superintendent of the
American Cast Iron and Pipe company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
GOING ABROADTO
VISIT OLD HOME
Herman School Expects to Take Trip
in Airship While He is In Ger
many Next Month

Herman School, the we'll known Ger
man-American civil engineer and survey
or. win leave Birmingham Wednesday for
trip of six or eight weeks to the father
land He will sail from Savannah to New
work and thence to Bremen to get as
much sea trip as possible.
Probably most of his time abroad will
be spent at his old home In Schleswig-
Holstein, though he expects TO visit a
number of places i'm Germany,
''If possible | want to take trip in
a German airship while am gone" said
Mr.. School yesterday. Regular airship
service is now maintained between Ber-
lin and Hamburg and II the price is not
beyond my purse / want to make the
trip.
Il am 60 years old now and this will
probably be my last trip to my old home
and 1t will probably be my last chance
to take trip through the air."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
AT THE HOTELS

Walter f. Block of Berlin. c. v Hoff-
man of Washington and W. A. Hooper of
ST. Louis are at the Empire.
A. Fietz of Toledo, X. p. Brown Of Chi
eago and l.. c. Bennett of Albany are
registered at the Hillman.
Glyne Waters of Brundidge, C. A. Bar
tholomew of Little Rock and George F.
Johnston of New York are stopping at the
Florence.
J.. w. Mulligan of Louisville. ]. w. Bu-
ford of San Antonio and J. Fl. Davis Of
Memphis are guests at the Birmingham.
J. c. Miner of Vernon, J. {. Cowles
of Memphis and c. c. Vaughan of Fail
City are registered at the Morris.
J. NJ. Shepherd of Selma, W. b. Hatcher
of Macon and Frank c. G. White of
New York are at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
FIRMS FIGURE ON
DECORATION WORK
Artists Working Out De-
signs for Equipment of
Skyscraper Club

Decorating firms of nation wide reputa-
tlon have their most noted artists at
work on the equipment and decorations
for the Newspaper club which is to oc-
cupy the highest floor, mezzanine floor
and the roof garden cafe of the 25-story
Jefferson County bank building,
On every mail yesterday the house com
mittee received requests for plans for
the various floors. Decorators and fur
niture builders OF Chicago, New York.
Grand Rapids. Richmond Cincinnati and
Birmingham have advised the Press club
that their artists will have interior views
and suggestions ready for consideration
during the next 10 days or two weeks
All over the country the news has gone
forth that in every respect the new Press
club is to set new standard for affairs.
of the kind.
All the plans in connection with the
Press club are progressing famously The
citizens who have been asked to become
associate members are replying with fine
spirit. The only criticism that has been
heard is that the initiation fee is too low
and should be raised. In that connection
II was announced yesterday that a meet
ing of the board of governors would he
held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
the Press clubs temporary offices. rooms
440-i41 Brown-Marx building to consider
that proposition. 1t was suggested that
the price Of initiation should be imme-
diateiy increased to S1oo, That would
not include those invited at the lower
figure but would apply to all subsequent
invitations. It is understood also that
the board of governors Will probably,
after November !, withdraw invitations
already issued unless they are accepted
by that time. In other words the onrush
of acceptances and the tremendous wave
of applications has convinced the board
of governors that there need be no delay
In the plans as outlined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
SMITH TO SPEAK At
AOC[Ub LUNCHEON
Those Who Attend Will Be
Given Tickets for Bar
becue Wednesday

The regular weekly luncheon of the Bir-
mingham Ad cluo will be held in a pri-
vate dining room of the Empire hotel next
Tuesday at l O'clock James j. Smith,
publisher of the Birmingham Ledger, will
address the club. Mr.. Smith will pre-
sent some practical thoughts on THE
Newspaper as an Advertising Medium
for Retail Merchants"
Through the courtesy Of the committee
in charge of the mechants' convention
tickets will be distributed at the Tues
day luncheon emitting members Of the
club to a seat at the big barbecue at
East Lake. According to Secretary oil
yer Cox only those members of the club
who attend the Tuesday luncheon will
be presented with tickets for the bar
becue at East Lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
EMS WANTED TO
TELL EVERYTHING

On his arrival in Hattiesburg last Fri
day morning Chief Bodeker at once re-
paired to the Forst county Jail, where
Jerry and Henry EMS. with Barney Lew
is, are kept in custody. To Jerry he
said:
We'll. do you wish to speak TO me"
Yes" answered Jerry EMS, II want
to tell everything
All right laconically answered Chief
Bodeker, and leaving the cell he sum-
moned ToNey Hail. the county prosecutor;
Detective II. X. Trigg, the county clerk
and the official stenographer of the court
house and to them in the dim light of a
Mississippi prison ceii Jerry EMS, the
tall, rawbone Fayette county mountaineer,
last two years under the bold leadership
of Barney S. Lewis.
When Chief of Police George II. Bod
eker arrived in Birmingham yesterday
morning at o'clock he was met by re-
porters at the Terminal station, who
asked him as to the results of his Missis-
sippi trip. To all their questions Chief
Bodeker turned deaf ear and only stated
that Henry EMS had been released be-
cause of lack OF sufficient evidence to
hold him. Throughout the day Chief Bod
eker maintained his silence on the mat
ter of confession because he felt in
honor bound not to make public the con-
fession until 1t was given out in Hatties-
burg by County Prosecutor Toxey Hail.
Last night at II o'clock an Associated
Press dispatch was received from Hatties-
burg telling of the confession of Jerry
EMS. When asked to confirm this Chief
Bodeker made public EMS confession. 1t
is as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
DOUBLE CROSSED" JERRY
EMS MAKES CONFESSION

The double cross is said to have been
responsible for the confession of Jerry
EMS The elder EMS not being able to
read or write readily accepted the small
part of the booty rendered to him as his
share of the New York and New Orleans
express hold-up, few months following
This share. $4,000. less than one-tenth of
what was stolen. was thought by the IL
literate Jerry EMS to be a small for
tune. and until his arrest he says he
thought Barney S. Lewis was the most
generous man in the world.
Under the repeated examination of the
detectives in Birmingham and on the
train on his way to Hattesburg last
Wednesday night in charge of Detective
It. X. Trigg, Jerry EMS was apprised of
the fact that $4,000 was stolen at OlSo-
hala. The realization that he had been
cheated BY the astute Lewis and the
continual admontions of Detective Trigg
shat he should not let the innocent suf-
fer--referring to Henry Ens--s held to
be responsible for Jerry EMS decision to
confess. He would not confess to the
officials of Mississippi but only to Chief
of Police George II. Bodeker, who was
sent for last Thursday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
FULL CONFESSION
OF JERRY EMS
"Hattiesbllrr i

1dttltsDurB, MISS, August %, 1873
Il jerry D. Ennis. make the follow
ing statement of my own free will
and accord. No one has threatened me
nor offered any inducement to make
this statement.
"On or about the middle of March,
1912, Barney 8. Lewis and myself held
up the Mobile and Ohio passenger train
near Corinth. Miss. Barney S. Lewis
blew the safe while | held the trair,
crew. We got four hundred twenty
seven ($42D dollars in cash ont Of this
robbery. We did not take the diamonds
you asked me about nor the watch: in
fact, We did not take any jewellery of
any kind.
I'VE crawled over the tank held up
the engineer and fireman, and then
Barney s. Lewis got off and went
back in the car ana When 7 cot
there Barney s. Lewis had The two
messengers on the ground. The mes
sengers, engineer and firemen went TO
the back end of the car ana sat on
the ground while I watched them. tt
did not take Barney S. Lewis but a
few minutes to blow the safe. When
the train moved off we walked hacl,
down the railroad track in the opposite
direction from which the train was
going, to the first station. Then we
took dirt road and went back 10
my house in Fayette county. I do nor
know where Barney tBarney s. Lewisi
went from there. The next time l saw
Barney (Barney s. Lewis) was on or
about May l. 1912. He came to nv
home where I was blowing in the field
and told me that he wanted me to ed
with him and rob another train. I
plowed on until IL o'clock, unhjtcbed
my mule. Then / put my mule in
the stable. and we went to Corona, Ala
We walked down to the Southern rail-
road, where we caught a passenger
train for Birmingham. Ala We only
stayed In Birmingham short time. We
left Birmingham over the Alabama
Great Southern and went to point be-
low where we held up the New Or
leans and Northeastern tram. We
stayed in the woods two or three days
and then we went to New Orleans.
(Conffnuoa - Pare TenN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
TRIAL NOT DIFFERENT
FROM HUNDRED OTHERS

There was not the slightest difference
between DR.. Dickinson's trial yesterday
and the hundreds of other cases that
have been tried in the police court
recently arising from the traffic ordi-
nance, except that DIR. Dickinson fought
every step in the case, announced aft
erwards that either the ordinance or
the commissioners would be attacke ed
and perhaps both, and appealed.
1T Is one of the biggest tempest
ina teapot affairs | have ever heard
Of said City Commissioner A. O.
Lane after trial was over 'Trhere is
not the slightest difference between
DR.. Dickinson's case and the case of
an ordinary individual. If he's guilty
he's guilty, and IL he isn't he Isn't.
Judge Alvin Douglass presided in
the absence of Judge Jelks Cabaniss,
the regular recorder, who has been alb
sent this week on personal business
Dr.. DiclSinson's reported attempt to at
tack the constitutionality OF, the law
was suddenly dropped for some reason.
He had engaged Attorney {. y. Ritter
to conduct the attack on the validity
of the ordinance, and the case opened
by Mr. Ritter introducing a demurrer
to the charge. DR.. Dickinson appeared
somewhat confused over this technical
parleyfng. The court read the demur-
rer and overruled 1t without any ar
guments being made by either side
Attorney M. M Ullman was present
to represent the city. The demurrer
being overruled, the case was then
tried on the evidence and DR. Dickinson
plead not guilty
Although Attorney Ullman was pres
ent merely to represent the city In case
the validity of the ordinance was at
tackled, after the demurrer was over
ruled without any arguments, Mr. Ull-
man examined the witnesses at the re-
quest of the court in order to help
bring out facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday in the office of the pro-
bate clerk:
w. II. Wilson of Birmingham and Miss
Annie Elizabeth Smoke
w. e. Scott of Warrior and Miss Louise
Redman.
W. O. Sims of Birmingham and Miss
Rosa Ehlbert.
George Tindall of Birmingham and Miss
Susie Stubbs.
Es D. Painter of Mary Lee and Mrs.
vesta Spivey.
c. T. Harris of Birmingham and Miss
Virginia Landes.
]. s. Caldwell of Birmingham and Miss
Minnie Christopher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

cred certain that the meeting will he
called. The petition was in circulation
Yesterday. and the necessary number OF
names was secured, it is understood. with
out serious trouble
While the reason for the petition is not
stated by anyone interested, it is the gem
erai understanding throughout the city
that It is the outgrowth of the dismissal
last week of James Randall as secre-
tary and the employment by the board
of governors of Capt Frank l.. Demere.
It is understood that that transaction
did not meet with the approval of "A con-
siderable number OF the memRers of the
club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Pound Compliments Militia

Col. T. S. Pound of the governors
staff, returned yesterday from Mobile
where he was one of the official party
inspecting the troops encamped there.
Colonel Pound said that the militia Of
this state so far inspected this year
made splendid showing, and that Ala
bama should be proud of the soldiers
He said the governor was well pleased
with the showing made. and all or
those interested felt that the standard
of the militiamen in this state was
being raised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday
In the office of the probate court show
ing the following transfers of property,
the consideration being $1,000 or more:
s325o-J. H. Britain to Essom company,
property in Faggards $ addition.
$1901-Frank Houppert to Vita Davis.
lot I, block IA. in the Woodlawn Land
companys third addition to Woodlawn.
s1sOO-Mnge Mortgage and Realty COM
pany to E. II. West. lot l. block 4-A, OF
the North Birmingham Land company 8
addition to North Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
To Picnic Thursday

The employees In several OF the retail
stores of Birmingham have planned to
specially observe next Thursday after
noon, which is the last half holiday of the
summer, by an excursion to Cooks
Springs. A special train will leave the
Terminal station at 2:30 O'clock arriving
at the springs at $3.50 o'clock D. n. The
return trip will start at 10 o'clock, arriy-
ing in Birmingham at II o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
SEEKS EVIDENCE ABOUT
OBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK

DR.. Dickinson attempted to draw
evidence from the witness to the effect
that the sidewalk was obstructed and
that he was compelled to cross the
street as he did. Later when he made
his plea to the court 1T developed that
he based this argument on the fact
where the new Jefferson County bank
building stands Is boarded up and a
temporary sidewalk of planks Is there
He endeavored to draw. evidence from
Officer Bentley and the witness that
there were tools and other obstacles on
the sidewalk to prevent him from Cross
ing. He endeavored to show that Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
HARRY JONES

Merchants convention week is herei
Railroad time tables and hotel guides are
no doubt popular reading in the homes of
hundreds of north Alabama merchants to-
day for Tuesday night, and at the latest
Wednesday morning. hundreds of them
will board the midnight choo choo bound
for Alabam'' and the North Alabama
Merchants convention in Birmingham
Wednesday and Thursday.
Nearly 600 formal acceFtances to invi-
tations have been received. and the local
Chamber of Commerce committees in
charge of the arrangements say that
practically everything is ready, and nearly
everything is over except the shoutin'. 1t
is known that many merchants expect to
attend who have not sent in formal ac-
ceptances, and that also many acceptances
have been received by jobbing houses
which have not been counted. in the Cham
ber of Commerce total.
No Decrease Yesterday
For the last five days acceptances have
been coming into the office of Secretary
W. c. Radcliffe of the Chamber of Com
,merce at the rate of over 100 a day, and
there wasn't the slightest decrease yester-
day. Mr.. Radcliffe expects to find great
stack of acceptances at his office Monday
morning. The wholesale trade committee
of the chamber and its chairman, Muir
ray Brown, will meet for a final consult
tation tomorrow. The convention is be-
ing held under the direction of this COM
mittee. Tuesday at / o'clock the whole
co Ia do nd ba
committee. of which "Glad Hand" Harry
Jones is chairman, viii meet at a Dutch
luncheon and the keystone in the ar
rangements will be placed in position.
The committee in charge of the big af-
fair are now planning some method of
tagging" every delegate. They are con-
templating a tag which will bear each
mans name and the town from which
he comes in large, plain letters, to be
fastened to his coat lapel. Besides this
each delegate will be given an official
convention badge Harry Jones is send
ing out word to the reception committee
of 100 to meet Wednesday morning at
the convention headquarters at the Cham
ber of Commerce. The reception commit
tee will be distinguished from the others
by white ribbon badges with red letters
ON them.
Indications are that unless some method
is found by which decorations can be
secured from out of town that there will
be few decorations of the business houses.
1t is said that local decorators have been
caught mapping and have not near enough
decorations to supply the demand. Eff
fcrts are being made to secure additional
supplies, but it Is doubted now if there is
enough time left
Delegates Expected Wednesday
The influx of delegates is not expected
in earnest until Wednesday morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

Every train on that day is expected to
bring great crowds As fast as the dele
gates arrive they will be registered at
the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
their badges and tickets given them and
they will then be turned over to the re-
eeption committee and representatives of
the jobbing houses to be entertained and
shown any thing they want to see. It is
expected that many of the merchants will
spend some of their spare time Wednes-
day in looking over the stocks of the job
birg houses and visiting with the houses
they deal with. They will have until 4
o clock Wednesday afternoon to attend to
business or pleasure. as they see fit. At
that time the ride through the residence
district, ending up at East Lake amuse-
ment park, will begin at the Chamber
of Commerce building
Travelling men returning yesterday
from their weeks work over tho north
end of the state say that the merchants
have hailed the convention with enthu-
siasm, and every man that can get
away from his personal and business
affairs at home intends coming. They
say the programme of speakers at East
Lake Wednesday night during The bar
becue-banquet has-attracted much ia =
vorable comment and the merchants
are coming with the purpose of benefit
ing by the things they are to hear on
that occasion. Besides the delegates
proper to the convention, indications
are that many friends and outsiders
will be attracted to the city on account
of the convention and hundreds of
strangers will be here this week The
jobbers have announced that the whole
week, beginning tomorrow, VIII be a
sort of buying carnival and that any
merchant who wants to come day or
two before the convention in order to
get his business affairs settled before
the "fun starts will be well taken
care of. 1t is stated that very few
travelling men will be sent out tomor-
row. as they are all wanted here We'd
nesday, and the majority of them will
remain in town all week to help enter
tain their customers here.
Plans for Refund
The chamber officials have intimated
that they have some unique plans in re-
gard to the railroad refund and other
features. Every man who buys $3.50
worth of goods from the jobbing houses
will have his round trip fare refunded
to him. This is special inducement to
the merchants to come and do their
business at the same time the enter
tainments are provided for them.
The special train excursion through
the mineral district Thursday after
noon is drawing card. Many man
has often been to Birmingham, but
comparatively few of the upstate
merchants have ever seen the world ia
nous Birmingham mineral and indus
trial district When they usually come
here they are too busy, and it takes
too much time and is too much bother
to make this trip alone or in a party
of two or three. The opportunity of
seeing this district and its great mines
and industrial plants is one that is
not to be overlooked. Much apprecia-
tion of these entertainment features OF
the convention is being voiced by the
merchants who are coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

cLEMENT r.. wOoD. CANDIDATE
FOR COMMISSIONER. AND OTHERs
WILL SPEAK AT CAPITOL PARK
MONDAY NIGHT AT r. y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Musical for Masonic Home Benefit

The ladies of the Order of Eastern Star
will Ngive musical Tuesday evening at
the Starr Piano hall at o'clock for the
benefit of the Masonic Widows and Or
phans' home fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-27
FIRE AND FAMINE ADD To
WOES INCIDENT TO FLOODS.

The first dispatches from Indiana
and Ohio, announcing the deaths of
thousands from floods in those states,
were but little exaggerated 1t IS
conceded that about three thousand
people have lost their lives, while
half million are homeless with all of
their worldly possessions wrecked OF
floating away in the rushing waters.
Fire yesterday was augment-ng the
horrors which the stricken cities are
encountering, and we are told the
black horse of famine has also mad
lis appearance.
The Weather Bureau tell: us we
will have but short time 10 await
the rolling away of the dismal clouds
which have hung over Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania and several states dur
ing the present week, and thai north
west winds and cooler conditions are
enroute towards the Atlantic.
While the temperance of the day
god in all his brightness and cool
weather will be hailed with dclight by
the thousands who have beer merely
;nconvenienced by the gloomy con-
ditions of the past few days, many
others will be engaged in the Ghastly
work of searching for bodies Of VIC
tins of the elements and gazing upon
the debris of what were week ago
happy homes.
In some instances entire families
have persisted, and in many cases
there will be vacant chairs when the
survivors gather again around family
boards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-27
HAWTHORNE
WILL EDIT.

Julian Hawthorne and DR.. +. 5.
Morton reached Atlanta from New
York yesterday afternoon in charge
of United States deputy marsfais and
were at once taken to the federal
penitentiary to begin serving senten-
ces imposed on them for fraud IN
using the mails.
Hawthorne was dressed in a dark
business suit and wore red neck
tie and light golf cap on his gray
head. When brought into the prison
they had no handouts on and seensd
in good spirits. They were at once
stripped, bathed, attired in convict
uniforms and assigned to cells. Haw-
thorne's prison number is 4,435. 1t IS
said Hawthorne will be made editor
of Good Words, the prison paper, as
the former editor has been released.
In some prisons, .convicts are, II
possible, allowed to follow avocations
in which they were engaged before
conviction. On one occasion a convict
was asked by prison official If he
desired to work at his former occupa-
ton. The man replied, eyes. l have
been engaged in catching mackerel
most of my life"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-27
NOTICE OF ANNUAL NJ EE:l-Sn
OF STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of Washington Storage Co.:
Inc, will be held On the sixteenth day
Of April ,A.D., 1913 at II o'clock A.M.at
the principal office of the company. in
the State of Virginia, 10 South Far
fax street, Alexandria, Virginia, fol
the purpose Of electing a board Of dl-
rectors and receiving and acting upon
the reports of the officers, and for tie
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meet
ing.
Dated, the 18th day Of March, A.
D., 1913.
LOUIS P. KREY, Secty.
March 19i W A