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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
LAST PERFORMANCE.
OF SOCIETY CIRCUS
Miss Mildred Donaldson,
Roman Ladder, Calliope
and Sextet Features

The last performance of the 1913 So
jefferson theatre before a large audience.
There was the same enthusiasm mani
Tested. both in those who took part in
the performance and in the audience, that
characterized the two preceding perform
ances. The programme contained great
variety of entertainment and was for the
most part highly creditabe The Society
circus committee deserves praise for the
successful show provided
Last night the features that won the
most applause included the artistic and
graceful ladder work of the Roman lad
der gymnasts. directed by Harry Miles,
with Gilbert Ritchie. Tom Jones, Ham
ilton Wilkins, William MillilSen. Her
pert Cobbs, Ed Chairsell, Guy Hawkins
and Billie Cobbs taking part in series
OF excellent poses; Miss Mildred Donald
son In two of the late song hits, "oh.
You Circus Day. and MY Turkish
OPAL assisted by the Merry inertia
Maids, who We're Miss Lola Rideout, Miss
Elizabeth Prince Miss Jordan Prince
Miss Eleanor Patrick. Miss Florrie Miles
Miss Emily Fies,N Miss Claire Tayman
Miss Virginia Ford, Miss Leita Stewart,
Miss Violet Semon. Miss Helen Shrop-
shire, Miss Elizabeth Buckley; the Society
circus calliope. a novel and enjoyable
speciality directed by Dr. James Il. Ded-
man and Harry Miles; the 7. c. I. male
chorus. fine company of singers. di-
rected by Stephen Allsop; the graceful
dance numbers of Miss Ruth Keiser
Miss Florrie Miles, Miss Lola Rideout
Miss Mildred Donaldson and ]. e. Miles
and the Potlatch double sextette, which
made a pronounced hit Those taking
part in the Potlatch number were Miss
Mabel Wheelock and Mr.. Ernst Gunther
Hansel. Miss Eleanor Matthews and Mr..
Alex Dearborn, Miss Edith Bowron and
Mr. Marshall Mayes, Miss Virginia White
and Mr.. John Newsome Miss Carrie
Yates and Mr.. Frank Baton, Miss Della
Houston and Mr. Herbert Cobbs. The
members of the double sextette sang and
danced well and this feature of the pro-
gramme was pieturesquely staged The
circus parade. directed by VIII STREET.
created much excitement by marching up
and down the aisles the young musi-
clans of the Boys Industrial school band
contributing materially to the success
of this novelty.
The Society circus this year is the
fourteenth consecutive entertainment of
the kind that has been given in Bir-
mingham under the auspices of the Bir-
mingham Athletic club. Every year great
interest is shown In the circus and the
programmes always offer entertainment
of first class quality. This seasons show
has been pronounced a decided success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Waters Disappearing

indianapolis, Ind, April 1.-Conditions
throughout the flooded district of Indiana
except in the extreme southern section OF
the state rapidly are returning to nor
NAL Reports from over the state today
show that waters which remained sta
tionary for days practically have disap-
peared and homes deserted by their own
ers are being reoccupied
In indianapolis hundreds of homes We're
cleaned and with furniture which could
be salyaged and that supplied by the re-
lief committee, the owners were able to
resume housekeeping. Relief funds are
constantly increasing and all persons who
lost homes or furniture in the flood are
being cared for.
Many persons In the West indianapolis
flood district today were treated with an
anti-diphtheria vaccine and DR.. L. v.
Keene, in charge of the medical relief
work in the flooded districts, said he
feared no epidemic. There is enough OF
the vaccine on hand to treat 10000
patients.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Money Value of People

Dr. Frank Crane IN the New York
Globe.
The price of man in the United
States is $4,000.
This is according to the figures given
by Prof Irving Fisher of Yale in his
report to the National Conservation
lcommission A newborn baby Is worth
$50. Don't ask me how 1 know. Ask
Professor Fisher.
There being eo.o00,oo0 people in the
country, the whole human herd would
lbe priced at around $3.50, 1000, 100000
Earl Mayo, In the Outlook. gives the
Iestimated wealth of the nation (exclu-
|sive of human live stock at 10000
100000.
This" he says, 'is the computed
value of all the land and all the build
|ings, all the mines and mills and fac
tories, all the railways and other trans
portation facilities, all the domestic an
mails and farm products; in fact, every
thing in the country that possesses a
monetary value except the people them
Selves
Contrast 25o, ,000, ,000,0o with 10000,
900, 900 and see how much more people
are worth than stuff
10000, 900, 900 would be worth Just so,
if there were no people, that Is. 1t Is
the human being that makes all values
of whatever kind
Walk along Wall street. New York
or La Sale street Chicago. and observe
the crowds; then look at the banks and
tall buildings; then think that 1t Is the
human stream that leads all wealth to
the high money cliffs 1t runs in, that
= Iftt.1 N. hn h
would be worthless and the honey of
no more value than dust.
The wealth of nation lives entirely
in its people, therefore.
Isn't it about time for us to realize
this, and to act upon it2 We talk about
the rights of property as opposed to
the rights of man; there are no rights
of the f1rst except what. are borrowed
from the rights of the second
And does it not follow that the
surest way to increase the wealth of
its human components? II the money
now spent by the government in
rivers and harbors" and in building
postoffices and dreadnaughts were
spent In sending every youth under 81
to school, 1t would be how much more
efficacious in making US the richest
nation on earth
some day or other statemen Will ar
rive who will be long headed enough
to see that there are but two fhnda-
mental sciences to which government
should give its first attention. eu-
genics and education. That Is to say,
there is more money in the scientific
breeding of human creatures than of
bovine creatures, and more money in
the proper equipment of children than
of railways
TT is open to serious question" said
Ruskin, whether, among national man
ufacturers, that of souls of a good quail
ity may not at last turn out quite
lucrative one. Nay, in some far away
and yet undreamed of hour. I can even
imagine the nation as a Christian moth
er. may at last attain to the virtues
and the treasures of a heathen one,
and be- able to lead forth her sons,
saying: These are my Jewels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Speaks to Negroes

Declaring that the men of the negro
race ought to take a more active part In
negro church work, and not leave the
running of church affairs in the hands of
women entirely DR. C. First Johnson or
Mobile, negro business man and lay
church worker delivered a strong address
on Men and Missions at the formal
Launching of the Laynen's Missionary
Movement in Birmingham at the Six
teenth Street Baptist church last night,
before an audience of more than 1000
people. The exercises last night We're
planned by the laymen's missionary move
ment executive committee, and designed
to come just before the opening of the
Alabama State Negro Business league in
order that a large number of negro BUSH
ness men from various portions of the
state become more actively interested In
the movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
BASEBALL KILLS
CHIEF OF POLICE

Winchester. Tenn, April ii, G.
Hays, chief of police of Decherd, Tenn,
was struck accidentally by baseball
this afternoon and instantly killed. The
blow took effect just behind his left
ear Mr. Hays was watching game
of ball between Decherd boys and the
high school boys of that place when
Vista Tillet, pitching for high school,
threw ball. Hays was In the act Of
passing behind the bat and the result
of the catcher missing the ball was
Havs death. Mr.. Hays was man of
family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
IMMIGRATION TIDE
NEARING FLOOD MARK

New York, April 1.-The annual tide
of immigration at this port IS again
approaching the flood mark reacneo
in years preceding the financial panic
of 1907. according to figures contained
in a quarterly report issued today by
Health officer Joseph J. o'Conneil.
There were 342,763 persons
classes inspected at Ellis Island during
the first three months OF this year
This is an increase. of nearly S2,ooo
over the corresponding period Of 1917
The number OF third class passengers
was nearly 10000, an increase OF
about 41.5OO. 81
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Too Unenthusiastic
om Youths Companion.

From YOUTHS Companion.
"Oh, I just love cake and it's awfully
nice," cried little Dorothy, regarding her
chocolate frosted dessert with high op-
proval.
you should not say you love cake :"
reproved her mother; say you like it,;
and don't say very. Don't say nice.
but good And, by the way. the word
just should be omitted, and also the
oh Now, my dear, repeat the sentence
correctly
Il like cake; it is very good" repeated
Dorothy.
THAT is much BETTER said her
mother
But Dorothy was far from being sat-
isfied. 1T sounds as IL I was speaking
of bread, she said, with an air of dis
gust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
CANADA MAY GET
THE PARCEL POST

ottawa, ontario. April IA parcel post
planned on the zone system, similar
to that in the United states, is proposed
for Canada. Postmaster General Pelle-
Tier announced tonight that he would
introduce the necessary legislation in
parliament soon. Since the inaugura-
ton of the system in the United States
the Canadian postoffice department has
handled great quantities of incoming par
eel post matter without receiving any
benefit in return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
MEXICAN POLICE
CHIEF IN AMERICA

New orleans, April 1.--Gustavo Gar
mendia. who was chief of the Mexico
City police in the last days Of the Ma
dero administration. arrived In New
Orleans last night from Havana, ac-
cording to reliable information mere
tonight While nothing was Know"
regarding his destination II is regaro
ed as probable he is on his way 20 JOIN
the rebel forces of Carranza.
Garmendia played prominent part
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shawneetown, the oldest existing city
in Illinois. in touch with the rest OF
the world tonight.
Living in Tents
OF the 1000 inhabitants of the town
500 are living in tents furnished by
Illinois and pitched on the ridge mile
back from the city. A detachment of
the militia Is in charge. The rest of
the people have gone elsewhere.
This is the first time the water has
been inside the Shawneetown levee
since the dixie broke April 8, 1898, and
80 lives We're lost. IT was to prevent
the damage to property occasioned that
time by the rush of the waters that the
citizens cut the lower levee this after
noon.
At the mouth of the Wabash river
today the water rose foot and 20
miles up the rise was four inches. From
Maunie, Ill. up the river is falling
slowly.
At Carmi, ILL.,, the wabash and the
Little Wabash are one stream for
miles and half the town of Carmi Is
under water.
The mouth of the Wabash is more
than 35 miles across and there is hard
ly dry spot in Point township. Posy
county. at the confluence of the Wa
bash with the Ohio.
Uniontown, KY, on the Ohio Just
above the mouth of the Wabash, is 10
TO 20 feet in water tonight and water
is running into the second stories of
the business houses. The water is six
inches above 1884 mark now and to-
night the last inhabitant left the
stricken town.
This afternoon the body of a wom-
an was found in the river there.
The Ohio river tonight passed the Il
foot mark, the highest ever recorded
here, with one exception. Backwater
today Invaded more homes in Oakdale.
There has been little loss so far. Three
factories have been compelled to sus-
pend operations in whole or part and the
big Louisville and Nashville railroad
shops at Howell suburb, will be closed
for eight days because so few cars can
be brought in. This will give 1900 men
an involuntary vacation.
Captain Naylor of the United States
army arrived tonight to take charge OF
relief work along this stretch of the
river.
Many people were taken from flooded
houses and barns In lower Posey county
today near the mouth of the Wabash.
On the Illinois side of the Wabash dis
tress is said to be worse than on the
Indiana side. Near Carmi and Maunie
families caught by the high water have
been without food for three and four
days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
SUCCESS CONES TO .MKE. COTTRELLT
aFTER BEING 81 IEaRs 0N TIE STaGE

tinuous1y since she made her debut in
1876 in the old Germania Theatre in
New York as A singer in German light
opera. She was the principal artist in
Sehil1er's Love and Intrigue played
by a German stock company that dedi-
Gated the Thalia Theatre, still standing
In the Bowery in that city. At one
time or another she has played In the
companies of nearly all the leading
men and women stars Of the American
stage, and this season has played in
Messrs. Conan & Harris musical pro-
duction. 1.-The Polish Wedding" which
did not reach New York; with Mr.. II.
B. Warner and Miss Laura Hope
Crews in "Blackbirds," and at present
in the role of Frau Gudula in 'The
Five Frankforters," at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre, New York.
A perusal of the newspaper criticisms
of the New York premiere of Mr.. Carl
Rossler's drama would lead one to be-
lieve that in Nine. Cottrelly a great
artist had been discovered" While
1t promises to be the best role in Eng
lish that she has ever had, yet 1t has
been reached only after career in this
country extending over thirty-seven
years. Surely in Nine. Cottrelly's long
experience, in her life of hard study
and consistent application young stage
struck America can find material for
reflection.
Nine. Cottrelly was born in Ham
burg, Germany, and went on the stage
in that city at very early age, appear
ing in a repertory company and learn
ing musical as well as dramatic roles
She came to this country to sing il
German light opera soon after tht
death by accident of her husband, al.
English circus performer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Set the Clock Back

From the Weekly Telegraph.
Mistress thurrying frantically)-"M Mary.
what time is it now?"
Maid 'TIalf-past two"
Mstress-"Oh. I thought 1t was later.
still have 20 minutes to catch the
steamer
Maid-"Yes. mum, l knew yed be
rushed, so | set the clock back 30 min
utes to give ye more time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
ELKS INSTALL ALL
NEW OFFICERS

The new officers of the local lodge of
Elks were installed last night and a
Dutch lunch served to the members of
the lodge who were in attendance The
officers installed We're. Harry l.. White,
exalted ruler; Fl. f. Shropshire, Jr,, sec
retary$ John S. Leedy, esteemed leading
Knight; George B. Ratterman, esteemed
lecturing knight; Edgar NJ. Conwell,
treasurer; J. j. Greene, tyler; John ID.
McCarty. trustee for three years; John
w. Perkins, representative to the grand
lodge; Guy B. White, alternate delegate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
HUNDREDS ATTEND
HOTEL OPENING

Decatur, April 1.-(Special. Hundreds
of people from far and near attended
the opening of the new Hotel Lyons here
today. Tonight a grand ball was given
in the dining room. attended by society
from all parts of the state.
Klenk's orchestra of Birmingham fur
nished the music.
The building, land and furniture of the
hotel cost $4,000. 1t is owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Z. Lyons and Mr. and Mrs.
william *. Mcneil of Decatur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
JAS. H. TINDER'S

Toric eyeglasses are in a class by
themselves ahead of everything in
the glass line The most dressy and
comfortable glasses made Jas. H.
Tinder, scientific optician, sO6 N Nine
teenth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Rising at Memphis

Memphis, April is. c. Emery local
forecaster Of the weather bureau, issued
a bulletin tonight predicting that the
Mississippi river at Memphis would reach
a stage of IS feet, possibly 46. The high
water mark of last year, when several
levees collapsed along the central
stretches of the river was 45.3.
Previously Mr. Emery had estimated
that the high stage here would be 44.5.
Tonight's estimate was made after dis
patches had been received reporting the
river rising rapidly at Cairo. fall of .
of a foot at st. Louis. less than had
been expected, and telling of a great
volume of water coming out of the
Wabash.
At Memphis the stage at I o'clock to-
night was 37.3 feet, rise of five-tenths
since a. m. Cairo reported a stage of
5S.S, a rise of six-tenths in 12 hours and
vicksburg, Miss, 4o.4 feet, rise of two
tenths.
Officials of the St Francis levee board
and of the United States engineers Of
fices here asserted tonight that at. no
point south of Cairo is the situation as
yet alarming. Private dispatches, how
ever, from Birds Point. Charlottesville and
Belmont, Mo-, and Hickman, KY. were
less assuring At Hickman especially
conditions are reported fast becoming
serious.
Other than the flooding of the town.
the break in the private leyee at Column
bus. KY, last nightis expected to cause
but little damage, a series of small hills
and ridges protecting the surrounding
country. Less than half the county will
be inundated. So far as can be ascer-
taIned all of the residents of Columb bus
reached places of safety before the en-
mankment collapsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02

change materially the situation in Louis
vile.
Reports tonight from western Kentucky
continued to tell of inundated lowlands.
Refugees were coming into the cites,
where extensive relief work was under
way.
Maj. J. A. Logan, In charge of the fed
eral relief work on the lower Ohio said
tonight that reports received by him in-
dicated that most of the towns were able
to cope with the situation unaided.
Surgeon Evans of the United States
navy, according to Major Logan, will ar
rive here tomorrow with several carloads
of provisions and will take charge of the
relief work at up river points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Frog Scarcity Starves Tribe
1xvood Falls MINI fra1ePrafn IN I

New York American.
A frog famine in Renville county has
caused John A. Dalzell of Morton, a for
mer member of the Minnesota state leg
islature. to go to Washington to ask re-
lief for the Santee Sioux Indians living
in the vicinity of Morton.
Fifty families. embracing fully 300 per-
sons, made living by catching frogs
for the Minneapolis and st. Paul mar
kets until the year Just passed.
The valley in which they caught the
frogs has become dry by reason of the
water having been turned off on account
of government work In progress nearby,
and the frogs have disappeared.
The Indians are. as a result, on the
verge of starvation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Fund Plan Arranged

washington, April Especial arrange
ments have been made by United States
Commissioner of Education Claxton with
the Red Cross society whereby all funds
raised by the schools of the country, In
response to the commissioners appeal OF
March 27, will be set apart from the gem
eral contributions and applied to the I'M
mediate task of helping children In the
flooded districts TO return TO school.
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$50 People Homeless

Owensboro. Ky. April 1.-The Ohio
river here tonight reached a stage only
seven inches below the high water mark
of 1884. The rise in the last Y hours
has been three inches.
A carload of provisions today was sent
to Hawesville. Ky, 40 miles east of here
which is under from one to four feet of
water The train was met two miles
out of Hawesville by motorboats. Four
hundred and fifty families are homeless
in the submerged town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
RELIEVES PAIN AND HEALS
At THE SAME TINE
The Wonderful, Old Reliable DIR. Por-
ter's Antiseptic Healing OIL. An >
Antiseptic Surgical Dressing
Discovered by An Old II. II.
Surgeon. Prevents Blood
Poisoning

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that DIR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC
HEALING OIL is the most wonderful
remedy ever discovered for Wounds,
Burns, Old Sores, Ulcers, Carbuncles,
Granulated Eye Lids. Sore Throat, Skin
or Scalp diseases and all wounds and
external diseases whether slight or SER
ious Continually people are finding
new uses for this famous old remedy
Guaranteed by your. Druggist We
mean it. 25c, 500 $1.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
r ee Foct Rise in IL Hours

Louisville, April 1.-The Ohio river here
tonight at o'clock showed stage of
40 feet and was rising slowly. This is a
rise of three-tenths of a foot IN the last
II hours
A further rise of about 0s foot is pre-
dicted by tomorrow noon, when the crest
OF the flood Is expected to reach here.
The additional rise is not expected to
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GAP IN BIG FOUR
LEVEE AT CAIRO,
ILLINOIS, GOES OUT
Continued From Page one)

and the river was rising at the rate
of an inch an hour. A stage of 52.6
feet. expected late tomorrow. would
shut down the lighting plant and
stage of 56 feet, which has been pre-
dicted, would leave less than five
blocks of the city out of water.
Lieut. Simon Boliver Buckner Jr.,
with five noncommissioned officers, ar
rived here tonight 1t is not expected
there will be any suffering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Tarabosch Reported Killed

London, April "A Cettinjes dispatch to
the Times, dated April l, says: ~
1T is reported tonight that Great Tara
bosch has fallen into the hands of the
Montenegrins."
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men also-who would bask in the glare
of the spotlight and would WOO in the
painted arbor while the white and the
red footlights are dimmed for the more
romantic blue pause and consider Mme
Mathilde Cottrelly.
She is an actress who has been be-
fore the American public almost con-
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PERSON AL

C. NJ. Kennimer of Atlanta. super
intendent of agencies of the Fidelity
Mutual Insurance company, Is regis
tered at the Hillman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
QUININE AND IRON THE MOST
EFFECTUAL GENERAL TONIC
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic Combines
Both In Tasteless Form. The QuInlne
Drives Out Malaria and the Iron
Builds Up the System. For Adults
and Children

You know what you are taking when
you take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, recognized for 80 years
throughout the South as the standard
Malaria. Chill and Fever Remedy and
General Strengthening Tonic 1t is as
strong as the strongest bitter tonic, but
you do not taste the bitter, because
the ingredients do not dissolve in the
mouth but do dissolve readily in the
your Druggist. We mean 1t. soc.
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day than at any time since the great
rush of water from the Seioto and
Olentangy rivers overwhelmed 1t. Con-
structive relief work in Ohio will be
the objective toward which the efforts
OF the relief organizations viii now
be bent, Governor Cox announced. A
definite plan will be formulated to-
morrow when the state relief committee
will confer with Governor Cox. Miss
Mabel Boardman, national secretary of
the Red Cross. and Ernest P. Bicknell,
national director of the Red Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
New York Flood Relief

New York, April 1.-The half mil
lion mark was passed today in the
fund being raised here for the relief
of the middle west storm and flood
victims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Shakespeare on the Road

Hamlet had just been hit by a cold
storage egg. Whereupon he turned grave
ly to his audience.
How truly spoke the good Marcellus,1
quoth he. Something Is rotten in the
state of Denmark
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The Servians numbered 10000 with 9S
guns The Turks had 200 Siege guns
and from $50 to 500 field pieces.
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In the defense of the late President of
Mexico when Madero was attacked by
Huerta soldiers.