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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03
U. S. MINISTER TO
VENEZUELA RESIGNS

Caracas. Venezuela, June 2-Elliott
Northcott. United States minister to vene-
zuela, has resigned from the diplomatic
service.
He sailed today on board the steamer
Caracas, leaving the archives of the
American legation in charge of Richard
James Biggs, Jr., the diplomatic clerk
of the legation.
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burg Americanische Packetsahrt Aktiem
Geseltshafft VS.. Sarah Gye. reversed
Shelby, circuit judge dissenting.
From Texas: Bernhard Hoersgen VS..
Southwestern Portland Cement company,
reversed.
From Alabama: D. d. Metcalf VS.. Han.
over Star Milling company; petition for
a rehearipg denied.
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SHOT BY OFFICER
RESISTING ARREST
J. w. Gibson, Who Shot Ne
gro in Huntsville, Wound
ed While Fleeing

Huntsville, June 2.-(Special)--J. W.
Gibson of West Huntsville was shot by
Policeman Wheeler Mitchell today while
resisting arrest. Gibson shot a negro,
Ben Blackman, through the neck, and
when the officer appeared he fired at the
officer He was brought down with a
bullet through the hip and is in the jail
hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03
GERMAN ARMORED
CRUISER REFLOATED

Kiel, Germany, June 2.-The German
armored cruiser Bluecher, was refloated
today after having been aground to the
north of the island of Romso, in the great
belt between the Baltic and the Cattegat
since Friday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03
Page Attends Derby Leype

London, June 2.-Walter Hines Page,
the new American ambassador. accom-
panied by Irwin B. Laughlin. secretary
of the embassy, today attended King
Georges usual Derby Week levee at
buckingham Palace.
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Gard of Thanks

We wish to express our gratitude to
our friends for their sympathy and
thoughtfulness during our recent sor-
row in the loss of our husband and
son. Frank NJ Yielding.
MRS. F. Nj. YIELDING, MIR. AND
MRS. C. M. YIELDING AND FAMILY.
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! Athens, June Especial THE pro-
gramme for the second annual meeting of
the Womans Missionary society of the
North Alabama conference which con-
venes in Huntsville, June 1913, 1918, is as
| follows.
Tuesday Evening, p. m.-Devotional
exercises led by the Rev. John r. Turner,
pastor First Methodist church, Huntsville.
Music by Huntsville choirs.
Report of conference treasurer for for
eign department. Miss Mamie Bethard,
Decatur.
Report of conference treasurer for home
department, Mrs. ]. B. Simpson, Birming-
ham.
Hymn No. 415.
Address by the president, Miss Mary
Norman Moore, Athens.
Prayer.
Music by conference quartette.
Benediction.
An informal reception will be held in
the auditorium Immediately following the
exercises SO that the delegates may greet
one another and meet some of the Hutns-
vile ladies.
Wednesday Morning
Wednesday Morning, 9:30-10-Openins
devotional exercises conducted by COLI
ference president.
Music by conference quartette.
Enrolment of delea gtes rules of order
appointment of committee on platform
courtesies.
10-10:30-Report of conference secretary
for foreign department.
Report of conference secretary for home
department.
10:30-11-Report of press superintendent
and superintendent of supplies.
Appointment of agents and reporters.
11-12-Workers' conference on social
service, led by Mrs. Arch l.. Trawick
fourth vice president or Woman's Mis-
sionary council. Nashville.
| 12-12:30-Bible hour, theme, Neglected
| Fields" led by Miss Louise Robinson, sec
, ond vice president.
Wednesday Afternoon
2.20-2-DeVOtiOns. minutes announce
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The following teachers have bee,
elected for the city school of Cullman
Principal. Prof j. j. Moore; SIKH
grade, Mrs. Emma Brown; fifth grade
Miss Effie Leeman; fourth grade, Mrs
Mai Hickman third grade, Miss Aim;
Martin; second grade, Miss Jenni
Bolte; first sbade, Miss Mittys Hughes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03
YOUNG LADY BURNED
POLISHING STOVE
Miss Agnes Schmidt of Gull
man Probably Fatally
Injured

Cullman, June Especial. AN un-
usual and almost fatal accident hap
pened to Miss Agnes Schmidt, while she
was assisting in polishing the coo<ins :;
stove. The polish exploded, burning
all the flesh off her face and right arm.
Her clothing also caught FIRE and was
put out by wrapping her in blank t.
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The quarterly meeting of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows home trustees
took place in Cul1man Monday at which
was present the following members
Judge James Backwood of Gadsden.
John Ellis of Admission, w F. Uruuhart
of Selma, r. r. Lee of Cullman and
Grand Master f. NJ. Cramton of Mont
gomery.
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Tnmson Amounted

Washington. June 2.-Traddeus Austin
Thomson of Austin, Tex, was today
nominated by President Wilson to be min
lister to Colombia.
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e24.75 BALTIMORE
AND RETURN. JUNE
5-0-7. LIMIT 10Th.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
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Cullman Symphony club, the leading
study club of the city. has elected the
following officers for the incoming
ninth year of it's existence: President,
Mrs j. Bascomb Brown; vice president.
Mrs. A. G. Coe; treasurer Mrs. Adam
Dreher; secretary, Mrs. Harry Parker
This is the most popular and only mu-
steal club of Cullman.
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DECISIONS ANNOUNCED
IN UNITED STATES COURT

New Orleans, June 2.-(Special THE
United States circuit court of appeals
announced decisions in the following cases
today:
From Mississippi; United States VS.. G..
NJ Kennedy. reversed; United States VS..
Union Naval Stores company, reversed
From Louisiana: Walter Moses VS.. Long
Bell Lumber company, reversed; Ham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03

The Cullman County Medical society
held Its regular monthly meeting at
Cullman Monday afternoon. After the
regular routine of business. the discus
sion of unsanitary conditions of the
city was entered into, and stricter In
structions were given DR.. r. H. Baird
as to the enforcement of the clean up
orders, and the isolation of infectious
cases
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The Cullman Equal Suffrage club O
which Mrs. l. Pollak Is president, meet
in the commercial club rooms ever
Tuesday afternoon.
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Wednesday Afternoon

2:30-3-Devotions, minutes, annou
ments of standing committees.
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While the committee list was under
consideration Representatives Boehr of
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

lean, all good names and honest, some OF
them from puritanlcal New England.
The Bishop OF Pontopiddan, another wor-
thy divine, believed implicitly in sea ser
pents. and even altered the descriptions
and drawings of other men TO gratify his
own enthusiasm IN regard to them. The
Bishop of Pontopiddan, who lived In the
middle of the eighteenth century, ad-
yanced the theory that the mermai6s OF
medieval lore were nothing more nor
less than IA cows that browse upon SAT-
water green's with their front fippers ana
open their mouths sideways. But In re-
gard to sea serpents the bishop was not
so skeptical He described them on near
saw as numerous lengthy and terrible
often one hundred feet in length. possibly
six hundred, with eyes as large as pew
ter plates, lilac or blue in color, and some
times fiery red with anger.
The good divine even made journey
down the scandinavian coast TO inyesti-
gate a tale that a tablecloth had been
made by a fsherman's family from the
skin Of a sea serpent which the reptile
had sloughed of in the pleasant waters
of the harbor of Kobberveug. The bishop
was honest enough to state that he had
been gulfed in this respect but that did
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nm Zozr3 MzoGrCol7
GHHReI5 ( <E,~r

Mrs Robert H. Mccormick, whose hus-
band had q long and brilliant diplomatic
career. is building one of tho haudsom-
est homes In Washington, with every pos
sible detail which could add 90 the COM
fort and brlliaucy Of social entertain
mert The place might justly IAN 10 her.
or nor sister. Mrs. Robert ". Patterson,
who has a handsome home on Dupont
Circle. might WELD the whip as leader
~ the smart set She has handsome
daughter. Countess Josephine Gisycki.
who was some time ago divorced from her
foreign husband. and who speaks several
foroicu languages and would add charm
10 the establishment should her mother
step into tho vacancy
Some ono has mentioned Mrs. Edward
Bealo Mclean as the possible successor
of her nlustrious mother-in-law. but she
is too Young. enjoys only a smattering
Of foreign languages. and is more de-
voted 10 her little boy and hor horses and
her dogs than 10 mere society. Mrs.
Walsh. Mrs McLcans mother. has also
been mentioned m the same conn"n ton:
hut while she IS social and genial she
has never sought leadership Of any
kind
MADAME Christian Hauge, widow OF the
onctimr Minister TO this country from
No~wav has every qualification required,
is rich. handsome. accomplished and.
above an fascinating. She belongs 10
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as commands.
In fact this new leader Of the smart
set must be the ST. Peter standing at
the door Of Washlngton's social paradise
and so alert that no undeserving way
farer may enter without her recogniuon.
BY many IL is believed that the woman
20 hll the difficult role has already risen,
but more Of her anon. Her champions
maintain that she possesses all the quail
fcations, and besides. she Is 4 widow.
There are more than a dozen society
women who are battling with her for
supremacy and the spectacle is an inter
esting one
Now. if the baliotng we're for the most
popular woman Miss Mabel Boardman
would need only 20 extend her hand and
take the palm. II would be hers for the
asking But as for social leadership. she
does not want il. nor it's restrictions. nor
it's responsibilities
Mrs. Henry +. Dimock might gain the
trophy. FOR she has once before shown
Washington society what she could do.
and that when her brother. William O..
Whitney. was Secretary OF the Navy.
But she has passed the time In life when
she cares for leadership and Is deyotng
herself 10 the great work OF the WASH
ington Memorial Association. in which
she has interested Presidents of the past
and present and all the great men and
women OF the day.
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Mr. kGzSU5z12 q /NZGs7~
@H>zeelJ 6 SST'~op

the large colony OF wealthy widows who
have come 10 make Washington their
nome. and since her return few months
agl has given a number OF brilliant din
ner parties and other entertainments.
Mrs Robert HIT whose husband was
for many years chairman OF the Foreign
Relations Committee of the House, and
who BE- versed in diplomatic customs,
would make an irreproachable leader, and
she. too owns one Of the handsomest
homes IN Washington. Mrs. HITS resi-
dence is on Dupont circle just opposite
tho home Of the late Mrs Letter She
speaks several foreign languages and is
equipped with helpful family.
Mrs Marshall Field also belongs 10 the
large colony OF wealthy widows, and
there is not a doubt that she could WELD
the leadership gracefully should she wish
II. hut the belief Is strong that II should
go 10 sor3o woman more conversant with
oT-ial life In Washington. Mrs. Henry
O.. Corbin Is mentioned I'm the same con-
neotion She has been a Washington
woman since her debut here under the
patronage OF the late Mrs. Stewart. wife
Of tho late Senator Stewart. OF Nevada.
Her sisters. the Misses Patten, should
either of them become the real leader.
would be able 30 entertain the diplomats
faultlessly. In fact. their home In Massa-
chusetts avenue has long been jokingly
referred 20 as THE Irish Embassy.
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7E15gauyag Marine F5e g25 Ae A3'~""N'/"' 81
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their log book lest they be derided when
their vessels are snug in port. Natural
lists have hemmed and hawed in their
writings regarding IT. Poets have been
reticent upon the theme-all except John
Milton. whose remarks upon Leviathan IN
paradise Lost" have been construed by
modern authority TO mean Sea Serpent
pure and simple. For century the sci
enti6c world has looked at sea serpents
askance.
And vet there is one professional field
ir life whose members have supplied more
data concerning sea serpents and given
more profuse information in regard TO
them than all the shippers and travellers
who have ever circled the globe' FROM
the earliest times 1t has remained for the
ministry TO supply US with our greatest
number of facts" regarding the marine
descendant of Adams happiness. Dea-
cons. priests and bishops have seen sea
serpents galore, and there are on ME the
names OF at least d dozen clerical men
who are involved In the coils OF sea ser
pent stories. from CLAUS Magnus' the
Archbishop Of Upsals, down to the rev
=. w. Demboldt Archdeacon OF Molue;
ire Rev. William jerks the Rev. A!cen
! bradford. the Rev. Mr.. Cummings OF
Sullivan, and the Rev. Ale%anaer Mac
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not alter his opinion regarding sea ser
pents in general. The illustration In his
book showing a sea serpent reared
on his tail. squirting profuse gallons OF
water out OF his snout, was drawn and
exaggerated by the Bishop of Pontopid-
dan from the sketch made by Bing, who
had forever immortalized a sea serpent
beheld by Hans Egede. IL IS notable that
Hans Egede was himself an evangelist.
whose work as missionary was taking
him 10 the wilds of Greenland when the
sea serpent appeared before him.
CLAUS Magnus, the Archbishop Of Up
sala. writes at length OF a sea serpent,
ascriblng to 1t length of two hundred
feet and a glrth of twenty. and stating
the beliefs of the sailors of his time re-
garding it-how It was fond OF calves and
sheep and swine, and used 10 snap the
seamen from the decks OF their own ves-
sells. An artist named Gesner made a
drawing Of the Magnus serpent. saying
that II "incloses vessels as large as our
own trading vessels" by tapping them in
circular coils. He adds that it is harm
less when not provoked"
The Rev. Mr.. Cummings, OF Sullivan,
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e/1I2aC o0IgAE ZSNeT
The List of Prerequisites That Are laker
as Matter of Course Is Long
and Terrifying and May Well
Daunt the Bravest and Most
Ambitious Climber.

better known in the old world than any
other society woman in the capital Mrs.
Townsend would have as her able aid
her daughter, Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry.
who might we'll aspire to the palm her.
self. but that she prefers to devote her.
self 70 more serious walks Of life. Their
homes stand side by side i'm NIassachu-
setts avenue, the one a great social CEN
tre and the other. that OF Mrs. Gerry,
notable political meeting place.
What Mrs. Loiter's great dinner parties
and balls were TO the elite Of the capital
and other cities, Mrs Townsend's enter
tainments have also been. She has en-
tertained on familiar footing all of the
Presidents OF the last twenty years and
their wives, and the representatives OF
all the crowned heads Of Europe. Her
chef, her wines. her service are faultless
and one never spends an awkward or
uneasy moment in her home. Her flower
bale. one OF them given for Mrs. Ncho-
las Iongworth. one for Miss Ethel Roose-
Welt and another for Miss Helen Taft,
equalIed in fame the wonderful Dove
Dinners" Instituted by Mrs. Mclean, when
even the moste ardent mans man was
glad 10 meet only women about the
board
When the official social code OF Wash
ington was so carefully laid out by the
early Presidents ard their wives. resident
society in Washington was not forgotten
and the First Lady OF the Land trundled
out in her coach to return the calls Of the
elite. Since that time regular calling
has not been in vogue. but a President
end his wife always find an opportunity
for slipping into the hospitable homes OF
social leaders, while other members OF
oficial society are greatly dependent
upon ther.
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They each speak several foreign Ian
guages.
Mrs Joe Letter, who Will become the
mistress Of the handsome home Of the
late Mrs. l. u Letter on Dupont circle
when il is again opened, Is adapted TO
leadership and could no doubt exert a
powerful sway socially, but she IS COM
pletely wrapped up in her children ana
highly domestic in her tastes. II II came
TO a choice between a formal dinner party
and her boys she would choose the latter.
Thus hampered she Is out Of the ques-
tion. Mrs Hope Slater. who has a large
fortune. is a widow and possesses many
social graces. and Mrs Larz Anderson,
who is a. accomplished writer and artist
as we'll as a hostess Of infinite charm
are both REGARDED as lin the running
Mrs stephen y. Elkins wife OF the
late Senator from West Virginia; Mrs.
Franklin MacVeagh, Mrs. John Hay
Mrs. Thomas +. Bayard. Mrs. Hennen
Jennings ard a host Of others are men,
toned. and all flvorably. too but as
leaders each lacks the strenuous quail
ties believed necessary.
Mrs Edison Bradley is favorably mem
toned as natural leader and is pos
sessed Of all the requisites She Is
broadminded and philanthropic. and has
proved to Washington society that petty
gossip has no abiding place with her She
would doubtless accept the PALM though
she would not seek a.
There are other pronounced leaders
along many lines. but when weighed IN
The bala,ce they are found wanting and
after ALI. the woman who most nearly
nlls tho hill. If not entirely, is Mrs. Rich
ard II. Townsend She has one OF the
largest. handsomest and best appointed
,o,,es I'm Washington and is probably
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Every One Is Agreed That the Question as
to Who Shall Succeed the Late Mrs.
eU I. Letter Must Be Settled Be-
fore the Season Opens
in the Fall.
in the Fall.

, successor must be selected before the
opening Of the winter season. and even
now the subject is the chief topic Of in
terest among Washingtonians. whether
they be detained In the torrid capital or
sojourning in the mountains or by the
seaside
The one point on which all are agreed
is that the woman who fills the place
must possess a rare ability and sense Of
discrimination.
She must be rich. No one disputes that
She must have a large and handsome
menage That is a sine qua non.
She must speak several languages-be-
cause she at once becomes American
hostess for the direct representatives Of
the crowned heads OF Europe.
She must know politics. Without the
political element in the capital there
would be little left. nothing for the rich
to fawn upon.
She must know literature. art. music,
and the interesting corners OF the earth,
because these will be the themes dis
cussed about her board
She must have no grisly skeletons in
her closets TO startle her guests at the
most inopportune times as skeletons are
wont 70 do.
She must be broadminded upon all sub
jects. but not too much SO
She must be generous in giving. for
without devoting herself to philanthropy
TO considerable degree she cannot hold
the favor Of the Chief Executive Of the
nation and his wife, and without that she
would be a failure.
And above all her personality must
be so strong that old and young. rich
and poor. saint and sinner, will acknowl-
edge her leadership and accept her wishes
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n ULL for the shore! The sea serpent
is due 10 appear at all the fashion
able watering places. 1t has been
'ome time since the scaly leviathan mas
'een reported. and he is almost certain
% come shopping around TO investigate
'he styles IN sheath skirt bathing SUITS
mat are 30 popular this summer. II you
are a pretty girl and intend 10 brave the
waves In a ballet dress Of pink satin re-
member that the sea serpent EATS pretty
WIS and be cautious. Remember that
ailer all. he may not be myth, but Z
'tsI and terrible monster, a descendant
ol the ancient period when snakes oi
monstrous length and girth swan the
Iepid seas that laved the Rocky Noun
aims or lifted their repulsiye heads and
'osred reptilian challenges in the very
spot perchance. where Trinity chimes TO-
DAY.
30 many hoaxes dealing with the sea
serpent have been played by imaginative
travellers, who have described aho
Netched the modern saurian,' that the
very name Of the brute IL avoided by al
oet the brave To say that you nave
seen the sea serpent Is 10 put with your
""h tongue a blot on your own charac'
Nr. skippers who have beheld the mon
Ssr have MADE no entry OF the fact IN
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rASHINGTON. July 26--Who is
w 10 be the leader of Washing
w tons smart set?
Who? And who? And who? This IS
the question which has been asked ever
since the death Of the legitimate leader,
Mrs Levi T. Letter. several months ago.
And not only is the question interesting
society in the capital, but in New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago as well.
There was a time. years ago, when the
matter was far less momentous. for there
was sure 20 arise i'm official life some
woman with worldwide experience and
wealth and having sufficient influence 70
gain the honor Now. however. things
have changed. There is an official Wash
ineton and a purely social Washington,
and while their social interests are
strongly allied their leadership is sepa-
tate and distinct
With wealth influence, diplomacy and.
above all. ID good heart. Mrs. Letter fell
into line as the natural leader and sec
ond In her wake was the late Mrs. John
R Mclean. Their dinner parties. their
dances. their at homes" were the es-
sence Of refinement and good judgment
They were not swimming pools for the
socially ambitious who appeared with
neither pedigree nor wedding garment
but whenever man or woman who was
worthy Of recognition appeared he or
she could count on it, and 20 dine at
either of these homes was to gain imme-
date recognition. So astute were they
in Judgment that not once in their entire
careers was either Of them duped. as
have been leaders Of Newport, New York
and Chicago society on more than one
occacfor
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IFrom The Tribune Bureau ]


rASHINGTON. July 26--Who /
A TO be the leader of Washing
w toms smart Set2
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