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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28
News of Ensley

Everything is in readiness for the trade
display which is to be given under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Ensley Baptist church for the benefit
of the missionary funds tomorrow and
Friday night at the Ensley opera house.
In the display about rs merchants of this
city and district are represented by 20
young ladies of the church. Besides this,
there are number of small children
who will give a pretty drill and song.
The ladies have taken much interest In
the comm gevent and are trying to make
it one of the best displays that has ever
been held in the Birmingham district.
The following young ladies take part in
the entertainment: Miss Mary Gum, Miss
Grace Hillhouse Miss Agnes Long, Miss
Bessie Stewart, Miss Leona Davis, Miss
Edna Meyers, Miss Rebecca Gay, Miss
Marie Broadnax, Miss Pauline Echols,
Miss Roberta Russell. Miss Margaret Da-
Wis, Miss Lillian Hendon, Miss Velmon
Supple, Miss Ruth Davis, Mrs. DR.. Les
lie, Miss Maelimore Supple, Miss Roselyn
Phillips Miss Virginia Phillips, Mrs. j.
l.. Smith, Miss Dobson, Mrs. Blackbourne,
Mrs. Strickland, Miss Myrtle Wells, Miss
,, Lucille Smith, Mrs. Spencer, Miss Lenora
Bailey, Miss Agnes Busby, Miss Nettie
Davis, Mrs. Allen Miss frankie Enzor,
Miss Ora Minor, Miss Hazel Mae Elroy
Miss Matte Braswell, Miss Virginia Dick
ems, Mrs. C. A. Hassler, Miss Thelma
Cook, Miss Annie Lou Pitts, Miss Nina
Welch, Miss Mamie Rasco, Miss Marie
Hearst, Miss Mollie Jordon, Mrs. Veasey,
Miss Francis Sheldon, Miss nellie Sup
pier Miss Foy Russell, Mrs. Burgin Miss
Ludie Campbell Mis- Rosa Mehaffey, Miss
Barbara Endrees, Mrs. Huffbaker, Miss
Lucille Lewis Mrs. b. O. Edwards, Miss
Mary Goodwin, Miss Pauline Phillips, Mrs.
Piper, Mrs. J. T. Edwards. Mrs. Noble.
Miss Edith Brooks. Miss Edith McWil-
liams, Miss Celia Root, Miss Louise Math-
ews. Miss Irene Adele, Miss Marie Hull,
Miss Bertha Bates and others.
The vestrymen of st. Johns Episcopal
church held an important meeting Mon
day night in the office of w. N. Wood.
Several committees were appointed, one
TO draft plans for the new church build
ing, which will be erected in the near
future on the corner of Avenue G and
Twenty street. The committee
is as follows: c. II. Marugg, w. f. Will
cox and o. A. Cane. Another commit
tee was appointed to canvass all men,
bers of the church in the Ensley district,
consisting of r. II. Shaddick, w. M. Per-
son and j, ]. Nickols. Other matters of
Importance was taken up by the vestry-
ment Work on the new church is ex-
pected to begin in a very short time.
The semi-annual election of officers of
the Lyric club of the Ensley High school
was held yesterday afternoon after school
The Lyric club has about S5 members
The following officers were elected: Davis
Gingery, president; Eugene Freeman, vice
president; Miss Margaret Suppler treas
urer; Miss Louise Mathews, secretary;
Miss Nettie Davis, librarian, and Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28
DIR. Bowling Speaks to Mothers

DIR, j. d. Bowling delivered q very inc
teresting lecture yesterday afternoon ID
the mothers of the nelghhorhood Mt tho
South Highlands school His subject was
prenatal Care" The large attendance
of mothers at the lecture gave ample
proof of the popularity of the series of
educational lectures now being given by
physicians of the city at the varioua
school buildings In all parts of the city.
ATTEND BODEI<ER MASS MEET
ING AT JEFFERSON THEATRE TOs
NIGHT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28
At the Majestic

At the Majestic theatre this week the
photo drama, Traffic in Souls" express
the inside workings Of the white slave
traffic. The pictures are attracting large
crowds at every performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-28

and after the early stages were intensely
interested in the work Of the two heavies
Numerous times during the two parts Of
the bout both men seemed on the verge
oI achieNlng fan, but each time the un-
der man, by quick work would wisgle ont
and then the contest would begin again
with added fury
especially at one time in the first part
did Donnelly barely miss throwing his
Greek opponent The 1rishman gained n
toe hold on Kervaras and came within
an acc of hemming his shoulders to the
floor, only the hugh strength and dex-
terity OF the Greek preventing this feat.
AT no time during the entire bout was
there any sign of stalling or the use OF
any other crooked methods which are "a
closely connected with the wrestling
game. The match appeared strictly on
the level and few, if any, of the speeta.
tors who witnessed the entertainment
went away dissatisfied.
Preceding and following the main card
were number of good minor events Two
wrestling matches between lightweights
were staged as prelude to the big wrest-
ling bout, and each was creditable affair.
The first which was between ]. d. Meyer
and H. NJ, Gakis. resulted in a victory
for the latter, who won in two straight
falls. Gakis secured the first in 21s min
utes and the second in two. The other
wrestling event was between John Galanos
and J. d. Jones. This resulted In a draw
after q minutes of work, neither being
able to secure a fall out of the other.
The events staged after the match were
exceeding interesting and proved to be
even better than the preliminaries
Announcement was made last nigh. by
officials of the Birmingham Athletic club
that DR.. Roller, one of the foremos.
wrestlers IN this country, would wrestlo
at the club on February 4. DR.. Roller.
has agreed to throw both Donnelly and
Karveras one time each, IN 60 minutes.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
GERMAN BUSINESS men
COMING RY THOUSANDS
Great Exodus to the United States, Where There is No
War, has Already Begun-Many Who Have Lost all
will make new start Others have Considerable Money

Berlin, Nov. 13.-Thc prospect of
q winter campaign in Russia presents
no terrors to the German military
writer's, now dealing with the problem
OF a long continuance of the war. Far
from anticipating u repetition of Ma
poleon's disastrous experience in the
Moscow campaign, they look upon
eral December and Genera January,
as allies who will remove for them
two of the greatest obstacles to opera
lions against the Russians, namely.
the transportation problem and that
of overcoming the natural defenses
of the country-its swamps and rivers.
The expert Of the Deutsche Tages.
zeitung points out, too. that the Rus
slams, in order to stem the German
advance, have relied largely on en-
trenchments laid out on a tremendous
scale. Once the ground lis solidly
frozen the construction Of such works
for defense will be greatly hampered.
Every battle has demonstrated the
value to the Russians Of the trenches
and other military field works." Il
the writer. 1T has been difficult in
all cases to take positions so protect
ed, and the Russian successes have
been mostly due to the laying-out of
fortified positions in the open field.
With the ground frozen and no
longer easily worked with pick and
shovel. the l%aying-out of earthworks
will be made extremely difficult, and
the Russians. whose forte from the
times Of Napoleon to Mukden, has
lain in the defense of field forti1ca-
tions, will thus lose the most import
ant factor in defensive tactics.
Troops operating on the offensive
must deal with the fifth element" as
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
PAR|S|ANS ST0L|D
UNDER THE FIGHT
Bomb Throwing No Longer
Frightens them, While the
Northern fight has Effect

Paris, Nov. 13.-Parisians are be-
coming stolid under the trials OF wal.
Bomb-throwing aeroplanes have been
unable to disturb them. and the long
campaign in the north has not x
hausted their patience. They are
glad If the allies gain but a mile .
day, and seem satisfied even II no
ground has been lost.
Instead Of the expected enerves-
cence of impressionable people threat
ened by such q redoubatable assailant
as the German army, complete tran
guilty prevails. There seems to be
entire confidence in n manicure
and it is a striking exempihcation
of the force Of character of the man
that he has made map students OF
people who were pre-eminently hero
worshippers.
Appealing in no way to romantic
fancy, he takes himself entirely out
of the category Of the popular idol.
The sale Of postcards which Is taken
in France as a sure barometer of pop
ularity. show that while most people
want the photograph Of this great
general in their collection. he is out
run in order by King Albert, the Bel
gian soldier, General French. "Tom.
my Atkins" and the Turco.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13

Napoleon called the Russian mud. In
the winter the bad roads are covered
with snow and may then be used by
sleishS, and the great rivers and
swamps which form the principal fac
tors in the Russian defense lines will
then be covered with ice, permitting
easy crossing everywhere.
Swedish Kings Plan.
The idea that winter was the best
season in which an attack on Russia
might be made is that Of a genial SOL
dier of history, Charles XII Of Sweden,
who afterwards demonstrated the
correctness Of his conclusion. He
waited with his advance into Russia
in 1907 until cold weather had set in,
and after the rivers and swamps of
Poland had been frozen over, he
crossed the Vistula on December 20
and advanced rapidly as far as wilma,
retreating Russians. The enemy, how
ever, retreated again. and this winter
campaign brought no result. because
King Charles could not get the Rus
slams to stand.
"Napolean counted on the aid of
winter in his campaign in 1906. But
the weather was against him. De-
cember Of that year left the roads as
soft as they had been in the autumn,
ana the french were Obliged to quar-
ter themselves upon the Poles and
wait for cold weather. Frost finally
came on February l and six days later
the battle at Prussian-Eylau vas
fought. Napoleon. as we'll as King
Charles. availed themselves Of the
opportunity offered by harder roads
and frozen rivers.
las Carl Bleibtrau in his work on
the campaign Of Napoleon in Russia
in 1872 has shown. it was not the cold
that demanded the greatest sacrifices
in human lives. Napoleon lost 200,-
600 men on his advance into Russia
and only 100000 men on his retreat.
1t was also shown then that the Rus
slams suffered as much from the cold
as did the French and that both ar
mics We're hampered by the ice.
Napoleon's retreat was due to a short
age Of powder, only one-half Of the
quantity thought available being on
hand. The supply service had failed
altogether"
Major Moraht. the military expert
Of Tageblatt. points out that railroads
have also r~evolutionized conditions
since Napoleon's time. Railroad con-
struction now advance almost as fast
as an army and to an army provided
with half Il dozen lines of steel lead
ing back to its base the problem of
ammunition and food supply presents
no difficulties. even in Russia.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
The European War Situations as Shown by Press Dispatches

dam. His fioors were cleared Of their
wares-hed deals in rubber-by 9 hur.
ny order from Germany just before
war was declared. The incoming
cargoes oontraband. He was paid for
this rubber by England at market
prices. He and the leather manufac-
turer are going TO America as soon as
they can realize on some of the debts
due them.
There is a r rich man in san
francisco who knows my work" sa I'D
me once before. I'm going to accept
that offer now. I've had enough Of
countries where there Is war"
The rubber dealer doesn't know any
one in the United States. He says that
doesn't make any difference. He has
money, ever II his business is gone.
I'm Dutch" says he. I'VE get
along anywhere-if there is no war;"
Leaving Germany Also.
Three Hamburg Germans-solid,
substantial. b~usiness-like chaps
were on their way to London. Oh, yes,
Germans get to London. They only
have to know how and to have a
knowledge Of the English language.
I'VE sold our business and had the
money-all In gold-a month before
war came" said they. 'Now Ham
burg Is almost dead. Not more than
twenty per cent. Of her factories are
still open: Many Of these r. running
on part time. The harbor Is crowded
with dead ships. It will be years be-
fore Germany RECEIVERS. Why should
W. stay?"
So they are going to the United
States. They were not able to get out
Of the country with all their gold.
But they have enough to keep them
going until they find an opening in
w. OF that opening when they find il
If It takes a year. They've had
enough Of war.
There are thousands more like
them. The leather man said five g
his personal acquaintances plan to
remove to the states as soon as they
can gather together the scraps the
war has left them. The rubber deal
exodus Of men with money from that
part Of Germany.
I'VE could get along under the bur-
den OF taxes for keeping. up our
armies" they said, "but when the war
came and destroyed every ones bust.
ness-what's the use? Well go where
peace Is apt to last"
- may 10 InlS army OF immigration
will not be recruited largely from the
day laboring classes. Many Of them,
when the war is over. will not have
enough money to get to the states
Many will be so crippled and diseased
that a remove from their old homes
would be folly. Many will take ad-
vantage Of the rising market for labor
which will certainly accompany the
rebuilding process Of the belligerent
countries. and which will operate un-
der forced draught because so many
of yesterdays workmen are now dead
in unmarked rows on nameless battle
fields.
But there will be a surprising influx
Of business men to America Most O,
them will have some money. Others
will have only introductions and
knowledge. But they will all be in.
spired by a profound desire to live i,
q country In which conditions are not
to be shaken now and then by some
frantic fear of They are tired OF
sabre clanking.
I'VE IRE business men," they all tell
you. Wal is foolish"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
WOMAN RREAKs ARM.

ter Dobson vas tho Victim Of a
strange accident which resulted in
the fracture Of her shoulder blade.
She was working around the yard and
in some manner run q fork into her
foot. She tripped. and In falling
caught the side Of the pig pen with
both hands. slf2 became dizzy and
In attempting to rise lost her balance
and fell backwards, breaking hertarm
at the shouldar.h Il
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
CHARGE ISLANDER
Women Of Wing Become Involved and

Women Of Wing Become Involved and
Go to C0urts.,
Bismarck. N. D., Nov. 1.-THE pre-
liminary hearing Of Mrs. Pipecorn.
charged with Islander. was held before
Justice Varney, at the court house.
The defendant Ia accused Of assailing
the character of Ars. Belle Wilcey,
both the defendant and the complain
Ing witness being residents of Wing.
Eight witnesses were heard by the
court, the defendant being bound Over
to the district court, and released on
her own recognixance.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
sERIOUsLY OUT BIZ SAW

Neche. n. D., Nov. 1J-Wilfred
Bourgeois was the victim Of q very
painful accident while cutting poles
with . circular say.. In some man
ner his left hand; came In contact
with the saw and the four fingers
'r ssss a, s.S's, ssssi euiss ban - ms
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13

end bleeding BY morning Hi clothing or
tho least friction irritated the trouble. His
fAcs and scalp wece covered. They called
& ocsemA.
eve trisd di6srsns treatments but none
cured him. AZ thres yeaEs old wo commenced
the uss o. OuticurA Soap No Ointment.
We could 70 IN improvement aftsr tho
Arst months treatment. It ook nearly q
year to effect . complete euro and he never
had anything liks II anos." (signed) Mrs.
?. scoaeid. Maf. II. 1914.
Samples Free by Mail
Oars fr,ys9 haiR WITH Cuwcw Soap
Md sOuacurs 0iatnnA. Thy hssp ~
esllp dean and ~ ffsa danAruR. anAy
itchlng and nitaAm ed peuaste natuzal
h~air-orowfns conditions whn ~ 10 fAils.
AithouSh Cutacurs Soap (2Se.) aad OnH-
cyEs Otntmsnt ts0c.) arc sold By drussists
everywhere. . sample q esch witA SIP.
0kdq Beck WIN b mt ffss upoa rsqussA
A6A&aQAe~ 80
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-13
THIRTEEN FINED
Bismarck Gamblers Plead Guilty and
Pay Penalty.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 13.-In
Judge Casselman's court, the fifteen
men who were arrested when the po-
lice raided a gambling joint at SIS Ia
charge of gambling. A. Charley and
Red" Harris, supposed to have been
the proprietors of the place, were
bound over to the next term Of the
district court, while the other thirteen
pleaded guilty and were fined for
committing a misdemeanor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04

WE hope the next legislature
does some real eliminating of super
fuous state jobs. There are a lot
of people on the state payroll who
are not earning the salary they are
drawing and the quicker the legis-
lature gets rid of them and puts
the states business upon a more
economical basis the better it will
be for the taxpayers-Mora Times.
Tell us please. If it takes ten
employees to do certain piece of
work, could FIVE do it without i'm
pairing the efficiency and would it
cost less? Who are the ones not
earning their salaries? Now is. a
good time to send in list of the
superhous ones to the legislature
but care should be taken as the
members of this august body
might be adverse to legislating
some of its own members out of a
job.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04
minds t make tn best O what
comes"
comes

THE deer season came to close
at midnight Monday and it is by
far the most disastrous season for
deer and moose ever experienced in
this section of the state. The kill
amounted to thousands. Many
men in St. Louis county and other
counties were out of work and took
advantage of their idle time in sup
plying themselves with meat for
winter. 1t will now be we'll to re-
member that a retaining tag is
necessary to attach to your venison
or moose in order to keep it past
the allotted time which expires to-
morrow night. The fatalities in
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan among the hunters was also
large. Minnesota contributed II
dead and IL wounded as it's share
of the toll. A Duluth gun club
will advocate law shortening the
season on big game and birds.
The season for big game is pro-
posed from the 10th to the 3Oth of
the month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04
Pine Seedlings Doing Well

Local Federal forest officer:
are very much elated over the sue
cess that has been attained from
the nursery stock set out by then
last spring. The plants were rails
ed in the nursery near the Bair6
Ranger Station. % miles out or
the Stoney Road.
1t was thought that a two weeks
drought, which came on shortly
after the plants were set out, would
kill the most of them from exces-
sive drying out of the soil, but a
recent examination shows approx.
mately 80 per cent of the plants in
good shape for the winter.
The plantation consists of 1900
one year old and $500 two year
old White, Norway and Austrian
pine seedlings.
Direct field seeding has not beer
successful here so far, and for this
reason a local nursery has been
established to provide stock fol
reforesting the denuded areas on
the forest reserve.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04

site for the Coon Hollow folks or
the choice of a teacher for school
No. 7.
Another thing-the common
school boaod will develop a valu-
able experience in school manage
ment. The common school dis
trict will be always building,
always buying, supplies. always
learning how to do things to the
best advantage. The little district
builds once in generation, buys a
set of charts once-usually the
wrong set-buys furniture once.
The local board has no experience
to go by and the experience it ac-
quires is of little value because it
never has to do the same thing
again. In the common school
board the members of the board
will acquire just that sort of exper-
fence.
Besides they will have trained
man to help them, just as the city
district has its trained superintend-
ent. That means economy in
purchases, economy in building,
in heating, in every phase of the
physical management of the
schools.
In the unorganized district in
St. Louis County. which is very
much like one of these common
school districts will be, the man
agement is so successful that a
number of the local districts are
being dissolved voluntarily to get
the better management which the
big district is able to offer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04
For the Children

The Mothers Club have arrang-
ed with Manager Toms to give a
Christmas treat of a free matinee
to the children of this city on Tues
day, Dec. 22nd, at the Opera
House. The three-reel film of
Cinderella" will be presented.
Contributions, large or small, to
help defray expenses of this enter
tainment will be very much ap-
preciated. The same may be
handed to Mrs. H. E. White, Mrs.
Charles Quigley or Mrs. w. d.
Gallagher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04
FROM Aug. to Nov. /, the

FROM Aug. l to Nov. /, the
Panama Canal collected in tolls the
neat little sum of $735,1S2, or $4,-
All, O92 for the year on this basis.
This is better than IL per cent of
the total cost of the canal. Nearly
all of these tolls were paid by
American vessels as there has been
very little foreign traffic owing to
the war. The repeal of the free
tolls law has made this possible and
the money went into the u. S..
treasury instead of into the pockets
of the ship owners as would have
been the fact under free tolls. 1t
also has not been shown where any
producer or consumer is any the
worse off for this revenue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04

Governor Elect Hammond has
put the efficiency commission S
plan at the top of his list of things
he wishes to see accomplished.
1t should be adopted without
substantial change. If those who
wish to protect some special inter
ests should succeed in having the
bill so modified as to destroy its
main purpose, it would be much
better to wait until legislature is
assembled that will adopt it, than
to accept it in that mangled form.
If the measure should fail, the
people should know who is respon-
sible for its failing and the reasons
for it,
This is the substance of what he
said at a conference with the
efficiency commission, at which he
declared himself out and out in
favor of the com missions plan.
He was careful to point out that he
had no intention of infringing on
legislative prerogative-the legisla
ture is the law-making body and
nobody can tell it what it ought to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-04

do. No legislature is going to
accept, without questioning,
ready-made bill. The legislature
will do we'll to scrutinize this
measure most carefully and will be
expected to make amendments
wherever the necessity for them is
developed. But, Mr.. Hammond
says, if it is going to be mangled
in this process, it would better not
pass at all.
SOME COMMENTS
Duluth Herald-If anybody
thinks he can improve upon it. he
ought to have chance to show it.
The burden of proof is upon him
to show that it is an improvement.
If he can convince him that it is,
then the plan should be altered
accordingly. If he cannot, then
the plan should stand.
Bnt insisting that the plan be
swallowed whole, just as it stands
and without thorough discussion
of every detail, is mistake in
judgment that will do the plan no
good.