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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-27
Yale Glee Club

Before a fashionable and enthusiastic
audience the Yale Glee, Banjo and Man.
dolin clubs gave thoroughly enjoyable
concert at the Majestic theatre last night.
The young men of "Old Ell showed great
aptitude with the banjo and mandolin,
and vocally the affair was a treat.
Out of the many good things rendered
none seemed to please so we'll as d, S.
Moore, IS. He was encored repeatedly
and his ''pianolog' and impersonations
were quite the best thing of an excellent
programme.
OF the vocalists Mr.. I4angeheim wa
easily in the van. His was tenor of
dulcet fibre and the song, Mother o.
Mine showed the tonal power of his
voice at its best. Mr.. Meyer, a tenor. and
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Temperature

Mr.. Innis, basso, leader of the Glee club,
were close behind Mr.. Langeheim in vocal
honors.
The Yale clubs presented formidable
array of young men-there being two
score making the present southern tour.
They gave an interesting programme. 1t
was not ambitious, but the young men
from the university meath the elms gave
an entertainment of which even the mos,
"hnicky" would have found it extremely
difficult to offer criticism.
me programme of the concert was as
follows:
Mother of Men," Glee club.
ta) Moorish dance song; (b) Brazilian
Dreams" Mandolin club
Nine Inches of Foam" Glee club.
Mother o. Nine" Mr.. Langenheim and
Glee club.
Quartet, Messrs. Langenheim, Meyer.
Parker and Innis.
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Weather Forecast

Washington, December 26.-FWecast for
Alabama: Fair Saturday; Sunday unset
tied and warmer; probably rain moderate
east to southeast winds.
Georgia. Fair Saturday; Sunday increas-
ing cloudiness. probably followed by rain;
moderate northwest winds.
Mississippi: Increasing cloudiness and
warmer Saturday, followed by, rain at
night or on Sunday; moderate east and
southeast winds.
Tennessee: Increasing cloudiness satur-
day; probably followed by snow or rain
by night; Sunday cloudy probably rain.
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COMPLETE PLAN FOR
UNDERWOOD RALLY
Hundreds Expected to Hear
House Leader at Gads-
den Monday

Gadsden, December 26.-(Special)
Plans are being completed by Under
wood supporters for the rally to be
held Monday morning at the court
house, when Mr.. Underwood will de-
liver an address. They expect hum
dreds of voters to come to Gadsden
to greet the House leader. 1t is thought
that Mr.. Underwoods address here
Monday, which is expected to be the
first of a series of campaign speeches
during the holiday season, will add "a
new feature to the campaign.
More than 10000 parcel post pack
ages were handled through the local
postoffiee without any confusion and
no delay during the holiday season
Volunteers of America yesterday gave
ESQ dinners to the poor of Gadsden,
Alfalfa and Alabama City, and had
calls for more. They are planning the
establishment of an industrial depart
ment.
Fire Chief Stallings yesterday re-
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TO PROBE CAUSES OF
BREAKING OF SHAT IS
OF NAVAL VESSELS
Crippled Vermont Object
Lesson for Naval Board
OF lnspection-Inquiry
Will Be Thorough

Washington, December 26.--With the
broken shaft of the battleship Vermont
as an object lesson, the naval board of
| inspection and survey is going to the
Norfolk navy yard in a few days to begin
an exhaustive inquiry into the causes
for the breaking of the great main Shaft
| ing of naval vessels. One of the two
great propeller shafts of the Vermont
snapped while the battleship was breast
ing storm in midocean, two weeks ago,
| returning from the Mediterranean to
Hampton Roads. The vessel was kept
under way with the remaining propeller
until assistance conmoned by wireless
arrived, and therefore never was in the
extreme peril that would have followed
had both shafts broken
few years ago there was a series
| of breakdowns of this character among
American navy vessels and while tenn
porary expedients were adopted, mainly
in the direction of charging the size of
the shafting, it has remained mystery
in engineering circles just why shaft
should break when 1t had been given an
ample margin of strength above all fore
seen strains. That the steel gets tired
uHutl tne CONSTANT vibration OF a long
cruise at IL knots speed is the opinion of
most engineers, but what the naval board
intends to find out, If possible, is some
means of detecting this deterioration be-
fore the metal actually reaches the break
fling point.
To Make Thorough Probe
The inspection board which is headed
by Captain Henry B. Wilson, will make
microscopical examination of the metal
in the broken shaft of the Vermont,
and later this will be subject to some
special studies by the engineering cal
lasses at Annapolis. The starboard shaft
of the Vermont, which was unbroken,
will be removed and subjected to tests to
ascertain If it was weakened in any de-
gree. simultaneously careful measure
ments will be taken of the bearings OF
the long line of shaftlng to make sure
that they have not been thrown out OF
line by the severe weather to which the
ship was subjected. This would cause a
slight bend in the shaft at each revolu-
ton which might after several hundred
revolutions so exhaust the steel as to
cause a fracture,
This inquiry is to be made as thorough
as possible with the hope that it's results
may be of great benefit to the merchant
marine as well as the navy If it develops
a means of detecting unsoundness in
metals by exterior inspection and meas
urements.
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MARION INSTITUTE
CLUB AT UNIVERSITY

University December 26.-(Special.) 1.-The
former students of Marion institute al
the University of Alabama have organ
lied a Marion club in the university with
the following officers: President, Robert
A. Johnson of Tuskcgee; vice president
T. Ds Council of Brundige; secretary,
William Russell of Tuskegee.
The membership inciues 10 students from
the departments of the university. In
addition, a strong group of Marion men
are in the medical department of the Uni
versity of Alabama at Mobile.
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Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham. December 26.-G p. M
The pressure continues low over the mid
die and northern Atlantic sections. the
center moving from the Carolinas to Long
Island since Thursday night. The aren
of high pressure has moved from the
plains states to the eastern half of the
great central basin. Pressure changes
over the western states have been I'M
important. Fair weather has been gem
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Alderman johnson of the council
committee investigating the plan to es-
tablish a municipal electric light plant
said today that the committee expects
to have rates submitted by the Ala
bama City. Gadsden and Alfalfa Rail-
road company, the Alabama Power
company and the Tennessee Power
company.
Hamilton B. Rails, Jr., and Miss Vera
May Anderson, daughter of James An
derson of Turkeytown, were married
yesterday at the home of the bride.
Mr. Rails is head of the Rails Dairy
company.
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.eThe Blue Bird"

Theatregoers at the Jefferson theatre,
January to 8. will be entertained with
a set of Maeterlincklan grotesques. me
point about them all is that they're not
mere extrayagant absurdities, but express
sive of deep philosophic concepts.
Take Bread" for instance; a pompous
crusty fellow, overrunnng into weird pro-
turbances and projections. His hostility
to man is explained, by the fact that he
is the erstwhile savage, bearded wheat
reduced to subsection for mans use. or
"Supar" a candy-sweet, two-faced char
acter. forever breaking off his fingers to
feed the blue Bird kiddies. Seat sale
January s.
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Big PROPERTY Loss

Philadelphia, December 2e-Death and
considerable property damage resulted
from storms which ragged throughout east
ern Pennsylvania last night and today.
Michael Clark, an inmate at the Scruyl-
xii! county 'almshouse, and Dennis Nc
Fadden, farmer, were found frozen to
death today in snow drifts near Potts.
vile
High winds, heavy snow and low tenn
peratures- at Reading and Hazleton de-
moralized wire communication and Sc
riously delayed trolley and railroad traf-
fic.
SEanolxin reported all coal mines in
the region idle as the result of a severe
drop in temperature and tive-inch snow.
fall.
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Atlantic CITY Feels Gale

Atlantic City, N. j., December 26.-Bulk-
heads were smashed, tons of lumber were
washed up ON the beach and other dam
age was caused by a storm which ragged
here last night and today. The five miles
of meadows between this city and the
mainland resembled turbulent sea all
day The tide was three feet above nor
NAL. Hail, snow and rain fell.
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Hungarian Rag" Banjo club
'Song of the Nightingale Glee club.
'Tutti Fruitti." Glee and Mandolin
clubs.
Serenade, Mr.. Moore and Mandolin club.
Specially, Mr.. Moore.
Medley, Glee club.
Yale medley, Banjo club.
AT Dawning," Mr. Meyer and Gles
club.
Bright College Years. Glee club.
r. E. l.. 4
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ly drowned 80 or 40 men and women who
were breakfasting in the basement grill
of fashionable hotel. The combs swept
over all barriers, smashing In the win
dows, and fell upon the guests at the
tables. Walters and guests got out be-
fore the second wave dashed In but a
few minutes later there were several feet
of water in the grill. Seven blocks of
the cement shore line bulkhead were
washed out.
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At the Biiou

Another large audience of children is
expected this afternoon at the BiJou 10
see Miss Emma Hunting In the title role
Of little Lord Fauntleroy." 1t is play
which particularly appeals to the youns
r,eorle and Miss Bunting has acquitted
herself admirably in the first boys part
which she has attempted before Biz
mingham audience.
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At the Orpheum

and two performances tonight at the
Orpheum. The bill this week is said to
be one of the best that has been pre-
sented at that theatre for some time. All
acts are excellent and there are number
of features which have pleased the audi
ences.
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ADJUSTMENTS
"The Quaker Girl

What promises to be a musical gem is
the engagement here of THE Quaker
Girl" which comes to the jefferson thea
ter this afternoon and tonight.
Lionel Monckton's lifting melodies,
dainty love story, and a cast of more
than usual excellence combine to make
this an attractive musical entertainment
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Hundreds Are Remembered

Admission. December 26.-(Special )-Over
300 of the city's poor were fed at Christ
mas dinner at the Salvation Army hall
Thursday, and on Friday evening several
hundred little fellows were treated to
presents.
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COLUMBUS FIVE
WINS FROM A. & M.

Columbus, Ga, December 26.-tSpeciai)
In one of the scrappest basketball games
that has ever been played on the local
court, the Columbus defeated the M1ssis-
sippi A. and M. college by the decisive
score of 10 to 0.
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"Within the Law"

One Of the gripping scenes In Within
the Law" Bayard Veillers successiui
new play of metropolitan life. which the
American Play company Is to offer here
at the Jefferson theatre Wednesday and
Thursday nights and New Years Day
matinee, provides the spectacle of a pro-
fessional criminal confessing the guilt
for a murder voluntarily and going to his
execution because of his devotion to a
woman who befriended him in an hour OF
peril
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broadway Jones"

broadway Jones
The seat sale for broadway Jones" be-
gins today at the Jefferson theatre for
Tuesday matinee and night
Without the aid of lifting tunes or rag
time about the American flag or any
other favorite topic, George Nj. Cohan's
newest play. Broadway Jones' has
scored one of the big hits of the theatrical
year. In the play broadway Jones' has
squandered fortune in an effort to burn
up Broadway" There comes the newt
able smash and he loses his money. He
consents to marry an heiress old enough
to be his mother. but an uncle dies and
leaves him a chewing gum factory. Inc
girl in the play appears on the scene and
through her Influence he Is prevailed on
to go to the Connecticut village where
the factory is located and assume charge
of his new possession.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-27

Carrier boys of the Evening journal
were entertained yesterday at a local
cafe by Loui Allison, superintendent OF
city circulation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-27
Only One "BROMo QUININE,.

That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
Look for the signature of E. W.
GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day.
Cures Grip in Two Days. 25e.
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ceived a check for $50 from the town
of Altoona as a Christmas present in
remembrance of the work done by the
local department at the recent fire in
that town.
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Paving contractors will reach here
Monday to begin work on Forest ave-
nue. and Seventh street.
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The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad
companys mines resumed work today
after having holiday Christmas day. A
splendid Christmas tree was given to the
children of each camp by the company.
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TWO DROWNED; II
BELIEVED LOST IN
NEW YORK STORM

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Invitations have been received for the
reception which will be given on New
Years day by Mrs. j. w. Carter and Mrs.
Cora Handy in honor of Mrs. James b.
Houston. The hours will be from to 5
o clock.
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Fire Chief stallings yesterday re-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

late Roman Emperors when charges
of ritual murder" were made against
the Christians. Christian mission
aries in China also have been charged
with this imaginary crime.
In the Cars domain politics out
weighs justice, and the word progress
causes Nightmares in the royal court.
From the fact arises the Beiliss case
an attempt on the part of the gov
ernment to divert the thought of the
rough hOrdes from political rights
and to license their passions to COM
NIT murderous reprisals upon unnum-
bered Jews to avenge a crime that
was never committed and that never
existed except as myth.
The charge Of ritual murder" is
alien both to Jewish doctrine and to
Jewish practice. Popes, emperors, a
khalif Of Islam, scientists and schol-
ars have denounced the charge as
bassless. Protests against the Beiliss
case haze been signed in America,
England, France, Germany and Rus
sia. The present Cars great-grand-
father, Alexander /, issued q ukase
prohibiting ritual murder cases
against the Jews. That was
100 years ago. The theory of such
a crime is untenahle, and no case of
it ever has been proved.
Yet this blood lie perists in Rus
sia, and the Emperor (who, by the
way, suggested the establishment Of
universal peace at The Hague) does
not hesitate to seize upon it to fling it
at an excitable people with the pur-
pose Of moving them to unholy massa-
cres.
Pogroms, or wholesale murders of
the Jews are common i'm Russia, and
the ritual murder charge is the one
most often resorted to that warlike
people might be inspired to put a de-
fenseless minority to the sword.
In each instance the charge lin sub
stance, is that in obedience to the
command of his faith the Jew mur-
dered gentle and used his blood for
ritual" purposes in the Matzoth, un-
leavened bread eaten at the Passover.
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should be sown at once.

should be sown at once.
Prepare a good seed bed, using sta
bic manure freely. Grape will not
do we'll on poor soil) Sow about
pounds Of seed to the acre broadcast.
II drilled. three pounds will do.
An acre Of good stand of rape
sho lld take care of at least fifteen
shotes for three months. Some grain
should be fed, using the rape to sup
plement the ration.
The amount of grain required to
produce one hundred pounds gain
may he reduced from 80 per cent to
so per cent, or even more, by the
use OF such forage as rape. Can you
afford to neglect forage crops for your
hogs?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-05

Vetch growing i'm the South At
iantic States" Is the subject of an
instructive bulletin by A. G.. Smith.
agriculturalist OF the United States
department of agriculture, recently is
sued. Mr.. Smith Is a resident of
Columbia and has been at work fo
the national government in South
Carolina for several years.
The Progressive Farmer. reviewing
the bulletin ny Mr. Smith. says:
bulletin On "vetch Growing in
the South Atlantic States" has lately
been issued by the United States de-
partment OF agriculture.
Ii Is written by A. G. Smith. agri-
cuituralist OF the Office OF farm man.
agement. and is just what the South
ern farmers need. The bulletin rep
resents four years work with tests
on over 500 fields In an endeavor to
lind suitable winter lesumes for the
South and to determine the best
methods OF growing these crops. The
conclusion In that vetch. particularly
hairy vetch. In uniformly more sue
cessful on all types of soil than GRIM
son. bur or red clover. although un-
der favorable conditions the clovers
do well. Under only exceptional con-
ditions Is the planting of Oregon or
English vetch advised, although the
seed are cheaper. Oregon vetch re-
quires n moist loamy soil. and has not
succeeded well on most uplands. but
on bottom lands as around Augusta,
Ga. IL Is standard crop. The So
called native or narrow leaved vetch
which is seen growing wild by the
roadside is grown In meadows and
pastures. but as the seed are difficult
To save because 1t does not yield
as well az other varieties, IL Is rarely
planted. In this bulletin the farmer
Is advised TO use the hairy vetch, es-
pecially on land where it is planted
for the first time.
Vetch being a legume. benefits the
land as does cowpeas BY means of
nitrogen-gathering bacteria, 1t adds
nitrogen to the soil and makes the
use Of ammoniated fertilizers less inn
portant. On the whole. vetch will
improve land more rapidly than cow
peas.
There In a long seeding period for
vetch. but one year with another,
best results are obtained by septem-
her Many failures have been made
oy sowing after the last OF October.
Vetch should have sufficient growth
10 enable Il TO stand the winter, and
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THE BEILISS TRIAL,
An OutgroWth Of Russian Ignorance
and Race Prejudice.

The imperial progmist Of Russia,
Gear Nicholas, several months after
the discovery, on March 20, 1911, Of
the body Of murdered boy at Kiey.
ordered the prosecution and punish
ment OF Mendel Beiliss, a young Jew,
on the charge Of ritual murder"
The victim, Audrey Yuschinsky,
was Christian. The former chief of
the Kiev detective department, NJ.
Minschuk, was ordered to investigate
the case, after the Black Hundred had
seized upon it as the pretext for a
violent anti-Semitic agitation, and
AFTER the matter had been brought to
the attention Of the Car by one of his
ministers
Minschuk's report displeased the
government, and he was tried, to-
gether with his assistants, on the
charge Of attempting to aid the
Jews" Being acquitted, Minschuk
was retired and adjudged guilty of
manufacturing evidence to disprove
the charge against Beiliss. He was
sentenced to one year in prison, and
his assistants also were imprisoned.
Minschuk declared that the real
murderers were a woman named Vera
Tcheberak and her comrades a crimi-
nal gang. Of which the dead boys
stepfather and uncle were members.
They believed the boy had betrayed
them and resolved to be rid of him.
1t was an afterthought that the
ritual murder" charge was made by
the leaders Of the british Black Hun
dred.
Beliss lived nearest the spot where
the body Of Yuschinsky was dis
covered. In August, 1911, he was ar
rested and has remained in prison
ever since. 1t is likely that his trial,
which began on October 6, will con-
tinue a'Tortnight longer. He is being
tried Before: the Supreme Court of
kiev, and has been denied expert wit
nesses upon the fiimsiest Of reasons
The trial has stirred the civilized
world, not because Of the inhumanty
OF it to the defendant. but because it
reveals a condition in Russia the like
OF which has seldom been known
since the Dark Ages, when bigotry
ruled the world, and the time Of the
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Ing seed, vetclI should be sown by
itself or with only small quantity
OF oats or wheat so as to make the
percentage of vetch seed in the mix
ture as high as possible when thresh-
ed. If there is too large a proper
ton OF oats for proper mixture, the
oats can be removed by running
through tanning mill. Special ma
chimes to separate the grain from the
seed are on the market.
Hairy vetch ripens it's seed uneven
ly, so that the time of gathering
should be whenever there is a good
crop of seed ready to harvest. This
Is usually after the bottom pods have
become dry and burst open.
Hairy vetch usually yields about
half as much seed per acre as Ore
gon vetch when planted in the same
region. From three to five bushels
OF hairy vetch seed is considered an
average yield in South Carolina. This
is now worth from 81 to 50 per
bushel.
The hay left after thresning, and
the nitrogen and humus added to the
soil, make seed production a profitable
proposition.
Vetch growers report that while
the vetch is In bloom bees make two
or three times as much honey as any
time during the year. From 25 to SO
pounds Of vetch honey per stand of
bees is obtained during the season.
Vetch honey is white and clear and
of excellent quality.
Several rotations are given in the
bulletin whereby vetch car be used
with other crops. Vetch is especially
valuable in overflow bottom lands,
where it is grown in a rotation with
cowpeas and johnson grass. On other
lands. for mixed farming, 1t is grown
In rotation with corn, cotton, oats
and cowpeas. 1t Is valuable in dairy
and cotton farming.
The experiences of several farmers
in South Carolina in growing vetch
are given. Some farmers have failed
because Of lack of inoculation, SOW.
ing too late or by using the wrong
kind Of vetch seed. Wherever the
special requirements were provided,
successful yields have uniformly been
obtained.
Summing up the method of grow
ing vetch, the following points are
brought out:
Vetch can be sown from August to
october with September the best
month for seeding.
Vetch can be planted in cotton at
the last working or preferably after
the first picking.
Hairy vetch is the best variety to
use.
Thirty pounds Of hairy vetch seed
with from one to two bushels of ,ats
should be sown per acre.