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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Convention Committee Work

IFhe auditorium bond issue case vii soon be before the supreme court, ana there seems to be practically do doubt but what Chancellor Benners' decree on the validity of the proposed $2OO,- 900 bonds will be affirmed. It is be- lieved that an early decision will be reached by the supreme court.
 No time will be lost in selling the bonds. There has been, in fact, a standing offer for them ever since the bond election was held. It may be next fall before the ground is broken for the auditorium, but building of concrete construction can be com pleted in eight or nine months time When the $2,00O,OO hotel is opened next month Birmingham will be more talked of than ever as convention city. The auditorium will be the only thing needed. In the matter of hote accommodations, counting guest rooms, Birmingham will be better off than any other city in the south.
 The Chamber of Commerce conven- tion committee should begin active work this summer and try to secure several large bodies for 1915. The largest national meetings, however, are often planned two or three years ahead. The international convention of Rotary clubs, which meets in Hous- ton during the week of June 21, will hardly accept an invitation from a southern city for 1915. But if an urgent invitation is extended there is every reason to believe that the Ro- tarians will select this city for the 1916 convention. The international meeting of the Rotary clubs assem- bles crowd numbering from three to four thousand.
 Many of the national bodies have already held their annual meetings for 1914, but quite number will meet this fall. The railroads from now on will do a great deal in exploiting Bir- mingham as a convention city, and it will be safe to say that within the next four or five years Birmingham will witness more large meetings than any city of approximately it's size ir the United States. Concerted work or the part of the Chamber of Commerce the hotels and the railroads will cer tainly be effective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
The Prohibition Agitation

'I understand that the Anti-Sa1oor League will start a campaign in New York city in the near future with a view of making it dry, but if such an effort Is made it will fail," said William T. Thornwell of the borough of Manhattan
 With me personally it is a matter of indifference whether any city is wet or dry l do not indulge in alcoholic stimu- lants, but l feel certain that the ma jority of voters in New York would vote against the anti-saloon proposition believe that if the league were less radical and would exempt beer and light wine from its proposition it might some day win even in New York. From observa- ton l would say that majority of peo- pie who favor license and regulation drink beer and nothing stronger. Prohibi- ton seems to work well in small towns but the larger the city the harder it will be to enforce prohibition laws"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
REAL PAINLESS DENTISTRY

From the New York Evening Sun.
 A pretty young bride was explaining why she could not spend a certain hoi- day in the country with the Woman Who Saw. You see," she said, my husband is having long siege at the dentist S, and he has an appointment for that day.
 "Oh the poor fellow. I'm so sorry.'
 "Oh, don't pity him! He enjoys it inn mensely" answered the bride.
 Enjoys! Did you say he enjoys it?
 Perfectly loves it!'
 The woman who saw looked so aston shed that the young girl added: You see. l read to him. We happen to be in the middle of that new detective story, Blind Mans Bluff and we couldn't bear to stop right in the most exciting part, and Harry was afraid if l stayed at home I'd finish it by myself-as I would have done. of course! So he took me and the book right along with him. And as we were both right there. it seemed pity not to go on reading it. So I put a chair alongside of him. and while the dentist worked I readN I do it every time now, and Harry hardly knows he's being hurt.
 And how about the dentist? Doesn't | he mind?' queried the Woman Who Saw. weakly
 "Oh, he! He's crazy over it! .. He's young, too, you known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
LOTHIAN FOLDER COMPLETE

From the Dotan Morning News
 The Dotan Chamber of Commerce has just received from the printers and is now distributing the handsome 10-page folder which has been in course of preparation for several weeks There are 5000 in the edition and they, will be sent to homeseekers throughout the United States.
 The folder is well gotten up, attrac- tive and brimfull of substantial infor- nation about Dothan and Houston county. It describes the soils and topog- raphy of the country, its fertility and the variety of crops that can be raised, the city and county's religious and edu- cational advantages, excellent photo graphs of good roads and paved streets of city and county. handsome residences and the business district and school buildings. An interesting comparison Is shown by photographs of Dothan n 1890 and 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
TONGUE WHISPERS.

 In Huron newer. Hugh Hughes, Hewed yew trees of unusual hues Hugh Hughes used the yews To build sheds for his ewes So his ewes a blue-hued yew shed use. smart young fisher named Fischer F'ished fish from the edge of Assure. A fish, with a grin,
 Pulled the fisherman in. Now they're fishing the Assure fol
 Fischer. A right-handed writer named Wright, In writing write" always wrote rite Where he meant to write right" If he had written right right, Wright would not have wrought rot writ
 ing rite" A canny young canner of Cannee One morning observed to his granny, "A canner can can
 A lot of things. gran, But a canner can't can can, can 'e?'
 -Tit-Bts. An old woman who lived in Darmstadt Had a canary that sang in B fiat. It trilled all the while And she asked with smile Gan ary bird ever beat that?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Before marriage he raves over her. After marriage he raves at her.
 When a man is home he wants a divorce if his wife leaves a thumbprint on the plate she sets before him. But when he is in saloon he will wipe the foam off his mustache with the same towel the other fellow used to wipe the free lunch limburger off his hands, and everything is all right.
 A honeymoon is like a lot of other good things. It lasts as long as the money lasts.
 There are lot of fellows in the world who are willing to share their last dollar with you, but they are the kind of fellows who never have a dol lar.
 Most of us are so busy Investigating the past and worrying about the future that we haven't time to bother with the folks who are with us now. Fashion ovens things up for the Mems Missouri club. The skin-tight skirts are going out, but the uncor- seted wobble is coming in. When the world isn't acting mean enough for the devil. he makes few hypocrites and turns them loose. Some men are always near sighted
 when they see wedding ring on s
 woman's hand or Q No Trespassing' lsign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF PETRowITz czARowITz

Vienna. Once there he put his destiny
 in the hands of his brother-i in law. Elm
 peror Charles VI Peter, as soon as he
 heard of the elopement, sent his coun- cillors, Romanoff and Tolstoy, to solicit
 the return of the profligate prince On February IA the three arrived in
 Moscow, where the prince was con- ducted to the presence of the Czar minus his sword. He presented to his
 father paper containing a confession
 and threw himself at his fathers feet begging for mercy. But for all his oaths, the Czar could not now believe Alexis. and so, seeing that after his death. the
 son might make a jest of his oaths ordered him to be tried
 His trial took place before the senate
 and states assembled each of the
 judges desiring to suit his own purpbse
 rather than that of justice. The scrip lures of the Old and New Testai ants.
 the military and constitutional le the empire were all consulted an cussed in the passages that were
 The senate resolved that the or. srg judges should be brought in one | and each should be heard on h cision. When this was through the isters did'the same, and, although apart, they were nearly all of the itah- imous decision that the penalty hat was deserved was death. The prir nc on his part implicated the arch lest James, saying that when he hao s that he wished his fathers death, a0l. answered: God forgive you; we that event as much as you.' The Czar was merciless in the strongest light, that no one could say that they had been minmized The un- fortunate prince entangled himself in the suit and at last the fatal sentence
 was pronounced to the effect that it was
 with an afflicted heart and eyes full
 of tears, that we, servants and subjects,
 pronounce this sentence" of the prince being guilty of having formed a bare design to kill their sovereign and to
 usurp the empire"
 The Czar ordered the sentence to be
 taken to Alexis, and there made him read it. The death sentence, together with the poison which is said to have
 been administered caused the young
 man to fall into swoon out of which
 he never recovered till his death. three l days later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Prosperity in the West

Unless people in my part of the coun- try were to read New York journals they would not know that the country had been passing through a period of severe depression said Charles T. McCurdy oi St. Paul.
 I visit many western cities, and there mas been fair degree of prosperity ir those cities for several years past. we had large measure of prosperity in 1912 and we have had no dull times at all
 The splendid crop outlook is making everybody optimistic. and there is genera talk of great boom this summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
ROANoKE's MEMORIAL DAY

From the Roanoke Leader.
 Confederate Memorial Day in Roan- oke is always one of the greatest days on the local calendar. No occasion so appeals to patriotic sentiment and civic pride. No day is more enjoyed by the heroic survivors of the greatest war in history, and by their friends and hosts. On that day joy and sadness blend in sacred harmony.
 Plans and prospects now indicate that the celebration of 114 will be one of the most notable in the history of the town. No effort will be spared to make the veterans remember to their dying day the celebration of this year among their most precious memories. A pleas ing and inspiring programme has been prepared and ample committees pro- vided to arrange every detail looking to the success of the occasion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
4 Great Banquet

have attended many elegant banquets In Birmingham, but the newspaper club dinner Wednesday night in honor of MT. Harding was to my mind the most subperb I have ever attended anywhere, . said Harry Jones.
 Not only was the menu sumptuous. put the service was perfect. And as fer the programme, it left nothing to be de- sired in the way of speech-making or advertisement. It was admirably balanced between the grave and the humorous. Certain it is that no city in the world has newspaper. club equal to Birming- hams"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
BIRMINGHAM HOY IN MEXICO
om the Eufaula Daily Citizen

From the Eufaula Daily Citizen
 MT w. M. Baldwin has received a let ter from his son, Dr. w. M Baldwin, a surgeon in the United States army, now located at Vera Cruz, which gives inter- esting details of the field hospital, and corps over which he presides. It has l. nurses from Galveston, and is one of the most important hospitals now in serv- ice. Letters from Midshipman Carl Bare field. son of MT. and Mrs. Edwin Bare field of Birmingham. formerly of Eufau- la, state that he is now on the battle ship New York. and he writes of many very interesting experiences since his shir went to Mexican waters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
The City's Great Strides

Birmingham made greater strides with In the past three years than in any previ- ous period of six years,'' said D. $. Hem- mngway of Chicago.
 T was here for the first time in 1899 Birmingham was a small city, but 1t had the signs of future greatness When l was here in 1905 I remarked many hand some improvements. but today I look With amazement at what has been ac- complished. This city has many fine office building and the only 25-story build. ing in tho south. With new era oi general prosperity Birmingham is sure tc go forward by leaps and bounds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29

mine at Gull rock, 1o miles off the point. score of wooden ships which have gone down around the point in 20 years or 50 have lost their cargoes there.
 It is estimated that lying loose in the waters of Superior about the shores of I>eweenaw is from 1oo,0op to 15O0o0 tons of perfectly good iron ore, all to be had for the taking, and if the old lake ever re- cedes a mile or two miles or dries up, fortunes will be made by those who get onto the ground first. The copper pen insula is rusted along it's shores from the washings of the jettisoned cargoes of iron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Roebuck Club Popuinr

The Roebuck club has received re- gently about 60 new applications for mem- bership," said A. l.. F'ulenyider.
 It Is already one of the most. popular clubs in the south, and, of course as it's membership grows it's popularity as d golf and social center will be enhanced
 Many beautiful homes are being built in the Roebuck neighborhood. Birming- ham has many charming residence sec tions and this is one of them. Large de- velopment work is planned and will be carried out within the next F months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Studying a Social Problem

A Philadelphia woman has under taken a unique line of work in which, it must be confessed, her capabilities will be put to a severe test. AS court officer she will try to straighten out domestic entanglements and restore harmony between warning couples who think they must have divorce. Beng a woman who understands human na- ture and the perversities of the femi- nine mind, she has already advanced some original ideas for minimizing the divorce tendency.
 Drinking is one of the principal causes of matrimonial infellcity, she declares. To combat this tendency she has organized progressive abstinence clubs" the members of which must sign a pledge to take one drink less each day. Men folk will smile at this suggestion and say that she will have hard time getting any good results in the case of a man who can't take one drink without taking many, and snust either stop short or not at all.
 It is possible to quit the drug habit
 W degrees, but quitting the liquor
 T3it with some unfortunates seems eroe an entirely different proposition. N dipsomanac and drug fiend may be on the same footing ,-but the aver age drunkard cana6f be treated like a victim of dfugs. However, that is only ore phase of the work. If pro- gressfve abstinence" makes any head x6y in Philadelphia, it will be trib- Kute to this woman's persuasive powers.
 Another and perhaps more, promis- ing feature of the undertaking will be the adjustment of difficulties between husband and wife growing out of tenn peramental differences, female tan trums, masculine obstinacy and other vexations that change domestic felici- ty into one long battle. Female tan trums, says the investigator, play a big part in destroying the happiness of homes. Coming from woman, the statement has considerable weight. She will attempt to show an irate husband that his wife couldn't resist the temptation to buy fancy petit coat, despite the fact that he can't af- ford such extravaganza. Nagging on both sides will be discouraged, and whenever possible couples seeking a divorce will be persuaded to go back home and start all over again.
 Here is field of limitless possibili- ties and one in which an intelligent woman can make herself extremely useful. Many separation could be prevented by few helpful sugges- tionS. if given in time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29

AJAX ttthoi ioNo anu iniiitdlS SF- verity was Peter the Great, What mental struggles must have passed through the mind of this great uplifter of Russia as he weighed in the balance the love of his son and the duty to his people! This prince, by Peters first wife, was a voluptuous youth, in love with a dissolute life. ever prom ing his promises.
 When the Czarowitz reached the age when he should have had discretion, his father tried to satisfy his one great wish, to leave a son to rule the nation he had built, by teaching him the arts which constituted the ruling of Holy
 Russia. Seeing his words had no effect
 he sent to his son letter. in it show ing all his love for the prohigate off spring. In answer the Czarowitz wrote
 his father to the effect that he no long
 CT desired the throne of the Moscovite empire; that he would uphold the claims
 of his younger brother; that he was not, even if he had the ambition, fit tc rule; and, lastly, that he would retire from public life if his father would only give him enough money to exist The father wrote in answer that Alexis either throw off the friends he had gained and lead better life, or renounce all claim to the throne and embrace a monastic state.
 In reply the prince wrote:
 Most Gracious Sovereign and Father Yesterday morning l received your letter of the 18th of this month. My indisposition flinders me from writing
 to you at large. I am willing to embrace
 the monastic state, and I beg your gra- cious consent thereto. Your Servant, ALEXIS" set out to make a tour of the surround ling countries to acquire such improve | ments in the Knowledge of arts and 1 sciences that would uplift and civilizt the people of his own domain Before his departure he visited his son, who was on his sickbed. Swearing terrible oaths the prince promised to retire to z
 monastery, there to lead a better life i but when Peter was gone, seeing thai
 he could no longer keep up the pre-. tense, he resolved to elope.
 Setting out as if his destination wa:
 Copenhagen the prince, to throw pos sible pursuers off the track, made fol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 Declaring that the river is a curse rather than a blessing to Tuscaloosa if no advantage is taken of it's possi- bilities, MT. John H. Bernhard. vice president of the Alabama and New Or leans Transportation company, pleads with the city to lose no time in ar ranging for a wharf in a letter ad- dressed to the Board of Trade and read at the directors meeting last night
 MT Bernhard points out that the river, which makes costly bridge nec- essary, actually increases the cost of transportation to the west, cannot lower the transportation costs of the city un- less the city makes some effort to take advantage of the opportunities.
 Mr. Bernhard thinks the barge line company has demonstrated that water transportation to and from Tuscaloosa Is practical, and that 1t only remains for the city to make use of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
ORE IN LAKE SUPERIOR

Calumet, Mich, Special to the New York
 Sun
 A veritable open pit iron mine If much richness lies off the snore of Kcweenaw point, the richest copper mining region in the world, which juts out into Lake Superior from the southern shore a dis tance of 5d miles. Sawtooth reef, off Eagle river, Keweenaw point, d mile. ard throwing it's cruel points up from 100 fathoms of water to within 20 feet of the surface. has caught and held. and de- stroyed many a ship. boats that have lost their course in thick fogs or cn dark nights or have gone ashore because of dcviations of the compass, for there is some attraction on the norta and west side of the point which strangely affects the com7ass
 The steamer George s. Baker of the steel trust fleet, which was picked up by Sawtooth reef during dense fog last Monday morning, went on the rocks be- cause of the compass ''runuing away" The same was true in. the case of the Moreland. which was destroyed -on Saw | tooth reef three years ago. although the 4"oi SioAd Neut Ou tuo Tochs OuTl0& clear. cloudless and fogless night. ac- cording to residents of Eagle River. who sat on the porches of their homes and
 watched the big ship swing in onto the reef. Whether 1t is the jettisoned cargoes of iron ore that cause this devia. tion of the compass cannot be said. Some marine men believe this true. however
 If n,iEht Le true. for the downbound boats hug the shore along here quite closely
 Sawtooth reef is a mile off shore. with very deep water on both sides.
 From the i'll fated Moreland. which was just off Eagle River on her maiden trip Cnearly 120U0 tons of ore was tettisoned
 A cargo of 10.5oO tons was thrown over.
 board from the holds of the George &
 Baker. Half . dozen other ships whicf
 rave stranded along the Keweenaw west and north shore have contributed iargs
 carsoes. The steamer Waldo gave sool tons of ore toward this under the lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
IN THE MOUTH.

Wife (readng headline): "Suffragettes may shoot King Georges entry at the Derby. What does that mean?" Husband: Trying to knock his teeth out with bullet suppose"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
AN ARMoRED VESSEL OF 1880

From Les Nouveles Paris.
 Armored vessels of war had an earlier origin than is generally supposed. The Knights of St. John Of Jerusalem built In was protected with cuirass of lead. to its great advantage in sea fights. The Santa Anna had another modern feature, a contemporary chronicler narrates with pleased astonishment that the vessel car- ried bakery, which permitted the crew to enjoy the luxury of fresh bread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
The Next City Election

The contest for city commissioner for MT Weatherly's place will, in the nature or things, be spirited" said a politician.
 'Thero will be three candidates-Mr. Weatherly, pr. Lovelady and Mir. Harry Jcnes The law provides that candi- date must have majority of the votes cast in order to win. In case that a candidate fails to poll a majority, the two receiving the largest number of votes shall run it off in second election to be held week after the first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
THE EVERLASTING TEMPLE
By Wordsworth.

By Wordsworth. T N my minds eye Temple like cloud Slowly surmounting some invdious hill
 Rose out of darkness: the bright Work stood still And might of its own beauty have been proud. But 1t was fashioned and to God was vowed By Virtues that diffused, in every part. Spirit divine through forms of human art Faith had her arch-her arch. when winds blow loud Into the consciousness of safety thrilled; And Love her towers
 Hope had her spire Star high and pointing still to something higher. Trembling gazed but heard vocs-it saids ''Hel-gates are powerIess Pbantoms whom huild '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
WILL WOMEN HEAD JU isONf From the Marion Standard.

' 'oA' 'hc Ahaiioi CtdhudIu
 pr. A. J. Dickinson is quoted as say the management of Judson college over to the women. He says he will offer resolution to this effect when the con- vention meets in Selma next fall and will lead the fight for it. Dr. Dickin- son says he Is not only in favor of giv- Ing the presidency to a woman, but all the places in the faculty. pr. Dickin- son Is a member of the board of trus- tees and has been an active worker for the school for a number of years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Give thanks you have lived so long. Tempest.
BEGINNING THE DAy-I thank

BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank Thee. 0 Lord, that I do not have fo know the close reasons underis- ing nII Thy dealings with me. am ,l.d tbat I can trust to Thy Ioye and wisdom. I asIx to know only so much as will make me seD",.ive to Thy voice and responsive to Thy will. In Christ's nar.e. Amen.- H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
BANQUET TO BE RENDERED skEGcs

From the Decaturs Daily.
 At meeting of the board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. held May 2s. 1t was voted unanimously that complimentary banquet be given in honor of United States Marshal Hen Try A. Skeggs. about June 15.
 To this gentleman. as mayor of De-
 catur. Is greatly due the progress and
 development made by Decatur durinr
 the IS years he has been mayor.