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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Would Join a Social Club

"I am a reader of your Corner and should like to ask a favor of yonr Cor nerites. Could any one tell me of a nice social club that has parties, meet- ings and private dances? We are two young girls and would like to join a club. And has any one some motion pie ture magazines to spare, even last year s Or the year before? l shall be ever so much obliged to you. II. w
 The address of the correspondent who makes application for information will be passed over to our junior members. The club habit Is spreading, and it is a good thing when the object of the or ganization is mutual improvement in mind and manners and innocent enjoy ment. The address of the dueryist is in our books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
To Cleanse False Teeth

If you think the following will be of
 any benefit to any one you may print it.
 To cleanse false teeth use a good wa sh-
 ing powder and SCOUT them occasionally with salt C." Why not print method of keeping ar tfcial teeth clean, when so large & per certage of the thousands who wear them annoy associates by emitting the pro- cess? There Is no excuse for foul breath
 when one can rid teeth of all deposits of food and tartar three times a day. Teeth should be secured as regularly as cups and saucers are washed after they are used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Kirkland Is Shot

Dothsn. December 27.-fSpecial. While Christmas day passed quietly ir the city of Dothan. there were several shooting affrays in different parts ol the county. at least one of which proved fatal John B. Kirkland. farmer. liv. ing about two miles north of Ashford was shot and almost instantly killed. il is alleged, by his neighbor, Jesse Eth ridge. The difficulty occurred in Eth ridges yard Details of the traged, have not been learned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
DOCTORS 'Doziier &Doziier Specialists
Nervous, BIo0d. Skin, Rectal, Gsenito Urinary, Female aud Chronlc
 Diseases

We treat scientifically chronic nsv- ousf blood, skin, genito-urinary and fe- male diseases; also cancer, scrofula. rheumatism and morbid condition of the heart. lungs. liver. kidneys and pei vic organs of men and women; and by reason of long experience, modern methods and excellent facilities. effect cures in as short time as possible and with moderate expenses to patients
 We furnish medicines without5extra charge, and give our patients the Rene- fits to be derived from X-Rays. violet Rays. Ruby Light Baths, Meqicated \ Vapor and Nebulized Inhalati0n and Asverything that we can make t, available Hfor the speedy cure or our patlents for Specific Blood Poison-is scientif- ically Administered by us.
 our Medical Institute was established in Birningham over 26 years ago and is one of the best equipped medical in- stitutfOns in Alabama
 and examinatfon.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Requests Words of a Song

''f asked for copy of the words of song. The Cold. Chilly Winds of De- eember a while ago, but did not obtain 1t. MRS. c. E,
 Referred I regret that the answer to former request for the selection went astray. I trust this will bring forth bet ter fruit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Nautical Characteristics

From the Baltimore American.
 Notice the girl over there dancing. Trim little craft, eh?
 "Yes, and besides being trim little craft, I notice she is also something of skipper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Selections for Recitation

T write to ask for dramatic selec- tions which will be suitable for recita- ton. Any such recitations as The Bridal Wine Cup or The Child's Dream of a Star will be most gratefully accepted. as they are the kind that l need Almost any kind of plaintive dramatic recitations will be appreciated. E. E. Referred. "The Child's Dream of a Star" is, if l am not mistaken, to be found in any complete collection of Dick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
The Cause

From the Boston Transcript
 How did you lose your hair3'
 Ivory, l was in constant fear that was going 10 lose it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
SOME HELPING HAND
 HINTS FOR THE HOME
sy MARION KIRKLAND
Care of n Rubber Plant

ems works. Win the owner of the SCI copy it for our young student
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28

in weight and Is the happiest and most comfortable man in the army. It is es- sential that the commander in chief should be In the best possible physical condition and his staff have made 1t their first care to look after the field mar shars comfort. Two A. D. C's at St. Omer devote themselves to the kitchen and commissariat work and the cornman- der in chiefs office arrangements run like clock work. He is in constant tele- phonic communication with Lord Kitch- cner at home and with the King at Buckingham palace.
 Prince Recruiting
 An excellent impression has been created by the sending <of the Prince of Wales to the front. and it has caused another boom in recruiting. The prince has al- ways been anxious to so. but Lord Kitch- ener did not care for the responsibility of placing the heir to the throne in danger He has been convinced how ever, that the effect on the country is worth any extra anxiety that the prince ( presence may impose on the generals in command.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28

ton. It was the center of violent attack in the summer of 1877, when the railroad riots at Pittsburg and Chicago were caus- ing panic to appear. It was the stock which James R. Keene defended for two business days in the stock exchange in July, 1877, and was assisted in that de- fense by a great sum of money sent by telegraph to him from California. MT keene stood alone. like Horatius at the bridge. and when the business day was ended knew that he had triumphed and saved the market, and his friends knew the next day and for two or three weeks after that this desperate struggle almost cost MT. 1<eene his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
Another point of View

There are other historic associations
 with the Lake Shore railroad which none
 but the few survivors of the earlier day
 of railroad construction and expansion
 now recall. It was the Lake Shore and
 the Michigan Central railroad manage
 ment many years ago which conceived the
 idea of pooling earnings, an expedient
 which was the last desperate remedy for
 saving the two railroad systems from
 bankruptcy. This perilous condition was
 due to excessive competition. The pooling expedient saved the day for both the Lake Shore and its great competitor, the Mich isan Central. 1t furnished an example which other railroads afterward neeessar- fly adopted, for there was no law against
 it until Congress in it's wisdom some years
 ago prohibited pooling.
 Just before the discovery of gold in California, John M. Forbes of Boston, who had gained fortune in the China trade, and who was then in the prime or life, was persuaded to buy a majority Of the stock of the Michigan Central Rail- road company at almost nominal price, This railroad. which was fostered by the state of Michigan. was to be built from Detroit westerly to a harbor upon the east coast of Lake Michigan. Various troubles beset it.
 Some of them were political some finan- cial and it was at last brought up sharp Tn swamp lanOS a nllle over ndll way III the state of Michigan. Although MT Forbes knew nothing of railroad manage ment or constructlon--for at that time the United States was just feeling its way l toward a solution of the transportation problems-he nevertheless decided to com- l pete the Michigan Central. MT Forbes 1 was a business statesman of remarkable l capacity a capacity which was afterward ] recognized by the administration of Pres 1 ident Lincoln when there was need oi 1 financial assistance for the federal treas
 ury in civil war days. He was persuaded i that the harbor on the east coast oi lake Michigan was not the best terminal l that could be secured for the Michigan 1 Central. He perceived, although some l what faintly, what the future of the then 1, small city of Chicago was to be. Fol I that reason he decided to build the Michi- | gan Central across northern Indiana and ] the lake shore front of Illinois into Chi i cage This construction was not perfected until after MT. Forbes had overcome many difficulties, some of them political | but the impetus which the completion ol l the road gave to agricultural develop men. in the west was instantaneous. Il showed Mr Forbes that it was essentia that railroad should be constructed iron 1 Chicago westerly to the fertile prairie lands beyond the Mississippi, and witt l Missouri as terminal. He therefore se abcut railroad promotion which afterwart I was so highly developed that it became 1 one of the chief transportation agencies
 of the United States and gained recogni
 tion and high credit here and abroad al the Burlington system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28
A Great Competitor

Ii was with Boston capital chiefly that Air I'orhes did this. New York capital was not slow to perceive how valuable the property of the Michigan Central was to be Therefore New York capital under took to build rival road which was to str etch from Buffalo to Chicago. run ring within sight of Lake Erie for the greater part of the distance This con struction stimulated the first great rail- read war in the United States. The New York capital so constructed it's road that it had physical connection with nzf1l0dd at Buffalo which in it's turn connected with another in central New York, and that with another in eastern New York whose terminal was at Albany. These afterward became by merger the New York Central. The competition between the Michigan Central and the Lake Shore seemed at one time likely to bankrupt both sy stems. The building of the roads as we'll as the completion of the Illinois Gen. tra, and the first reaching out toward
 what was to be the great metropolis of the northwest, Minneapolis. had furnished an unexpectedly large amount of trans portion eaAh way. Railroad struggles of later days did not compare in intensity and in desperate attacks with the meas ures adopted by the managers of these two lines. At last. realizing the common danger, the pooling system was adopted uTOn the 1ecOrnINenQdliOH Ol MI. OTDcS
 From that time on the systems grew 1 rapidly.
 l No one dreamed in those early day. 1 that the time was not distant when thert would be a common ownership. for Com modore Vanderbilt at that time was stil occupied with his steamship and steam boat interests. After he had consolidated various lines with the New York Central l he took over the Michigan Central ant
 also a line projected by the late Jacol D. Cox, who had been governor of Ohi' and Secretary of the Interior in Presiden l Grants cabinet which was to give De troit railroad communication with Buf
 falo. These two systems became tn Michigan Central and Canada Southern The commodore also became heavy own CT of Lake Shore and his holdings wer increased by hls son. William H. Wander bilt, and afterward so greatly increase by William K. Vanderbilt that he be camc the majority holder of Lake Shor
 stock. His holdings and those of hi friends were subsequently, sold to tn New York Central the payment bein made in collateral trust bonds of the Ger trai. bearing 31s per cent interest, tw
 bonds being given for one share of tn Lake Shore stock. making 1t a per cer investment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-28

if for no other reason because it has stopped recruiting among the young mei. who may be affected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14

DECREE LOOKED FOR.
Military Genius of French Never
Shown to Better Advantage
Ready tc Afford the World Sur
prise.

Paris. Sept l4--Emphatically de
.claring thai all danger OF a s!"'E
lis now past General Gal.Icn'. MIL
itarv governor Of Paris. today nett
fed Minister Of War Alill'ramd that
the capital can be returned here III
any time. An official decree r:'tral!S,
ferring it is looked Tor iii til" very
near future
Meanwhile. General Gall!emi IS
sending the majority Of his army
of the defense Of Pars. 300.O0O men
10 re-enforce the French forre'
now fighting desperately to drive
the Germans back across the east
ern frontier. They are no Longer
needed here. They have been trace
and found the wonderful fighters
their officers previously announced
them to be. 1t WAS their energetic
attack and complete dispersal "i
the troops used by General N1''
Klrlcli to develop his movement to
the southeast of Paris that enabled
the ritish-French forces 10 attack
the main German right wing. thus
bringing on the battle of the Marine
without being exposed to an ovc"-
whclming assault Oh their flank.
There is no doubt that the kalS-
er's offenSe is broken.
France is furnishing the entire
world one of its greatest surprises
by the extent 10 which the lndlv1d-
VA! brilliancy Of her troops has
trirmphcd over the German lntcn-
sivc organization.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
NEW HIGHWAY
Three-Quarter Mile Detour Around
Luna Park Eliminated by
Engineers.

Practically threc-quarters OF 4
mile in III" route OF the Mount
Vernon boulevard is saved by Il
change announced to the board Of
supervisors Of Alexandria county.
by a representative Of the United
States Office of pnblic roads. which
has been working OF the project
in cooperation with the county Of
ficials. The detuur around Luna
Park is eliminated. and the saving
effected vii probably be used III
extending the road toward Mex:
andria City.
Preliminary papers were signed
bv the board Tuesday. and the fin
al contract will be entered into at
q called meeting of the supervisors
as soon as the route is finally de-
termin"d. probably before the end
of the month
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
ANXIETY IN GERMANY .
Male Members of Families Wiped
Out-Sorrow in Many.

Rotterdam. Sept 1.-The CORES
pondpnt Of the Nipuwe Rotter-
damSchr Courant states that rs
early as Thursday a feeling Of an
yiety was beginning to creep over
Berlin. Everyone in the Prus,lan
capital knew that many severe bar
ties had taken place. and the sud
den restriction Of official news
created much uneaSincss.
This was increased by what the
.AuStrianS called the strategic
surrender OF Lemberg.
No one yet knows how many mcn
/ fell even in the earliest battles. rs
such casualty lists as have been sup
piled are far behind hand. Many
people have been told thar their
relatives are dead. but their names
have never appeared i'll the public
I, lists.
Every night in the higher class
papers appear advertisements no,
itifving friends of the death Of all
average of 80 officers at the front
In one such notice I! captain is notl.
| fed that his three brothers hay,
fallen. Often the intimation l.
made by father that he has loSt
two sons.
tt is stated that the male mem
!hers of some distinguished famllic:
have been practically wiped out
One old lady was informed tha
her three sons. all officers. had dice
lon the battlefelds IN France.
4 special dispatch from Berlin
SAYS newspapers there are withou
ianv news from France. They print
however, with the censors permiS
SION the statement that a declsiv
battle is,probably progressing alon'
Ia line from Mancuill to Nitry
1T will he some time before the .
went is decided. the papers afd. an
that in the meantime the fortune
iof war are likely to shift from on
iside 10 the other. Germans. the
declare. must be prepared for ten
porary defeats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
LATE COL. BROWN.
l'uneTal Services Conducted by Rev
DR.. Duffey, of This City:

Funeral services for Colonel l. 5.
Brown, general agent of the Southern
Railway Company, we're conducted
yesterday afternoon at 9 o'clock Ii
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Washington. After
the services the body was taken II
the Union Station, where it was
placed on the 4:35 o'clock train fos
Atlanta, Ga, where intermant vi!
be made.
Many members Of the Masonic or
ganizations and Confederate Veterans
attended the services. which were con-
Quoted by the Rev. J. w. Duffcy
pastor of the N. Z. Chuch South o;
Alexandria. Col. Brown and Mr.
Dufey had been friends for many
years. both serving in the Confede-
rate army.
Among the honorary pallbearers
were II. C. Ansley and Z. H. Kerr
per-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
NEWS OF THE DAY

4 dispatch from Rome says: !" At
III O'Clock Saturday morning sew
.eral hundred persons.s slncludlng
socialist republican. democratic.
and nationalist members of the
chamber of deputies. gathered near
the royal palace. Breaking through
a Gordon of police they formed III
column. and. following a squat
ron Of the guard. traversed the
streets cheering for Italy. the army,
and France. The populace mas
sed along the route OF the process
sion and in windows Joined in the
cheering and c!amored for war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Vacancies to be Filled in the Classi-
fed Service

The civil service commission an
nounces the following examinations
to be held in Alexandria on the dates
mentioned: Agronomists, September
%; specialist in educational systems,
September 2S; chief petroleum tech
nologist, September 2S; clinical psy,
chatrist, September %; translator,
September 90; automatic scale ex-
pert. October :; statistical clerk, Oc-
toter I; clerk-draftsman, October Z
s: torpedo engineer, October IS;
translator, October 7; sawyer and
carpenter, October -; dairy husban-
man, October -; chronological ran
ger, October 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
THOUSANDS CHEER CARDINAL
Remarkable Scene in Westminster
Abbey, London.

London. Sept. l4--Remarkahl"
scenes were witnessed yesterday
afternoon outside Westminster
Cathedral. from the balcony OF
which Cardinal NIercier. primaSe
of Belgium and archbishop OF Nal
ines. blessed il procession of Lon
don Irshmrn and women number
ing more than 10000.
When the Cardinal appeared on
the balcony he was faced by a
dense crowd stretching from one
end of the avenue to the other. ilr
'Stood between John +. Redmond
the Irish Nationalist leader and T.
p. P'Connor. with John Di!lou
the Bishop of Southwark and
many dis tingltishcd Catholic lay.
men grouped around. -
The appearance Of the Cardinal
was the signal, for4an outhHrSt o'
!cheering. which continued for s"v
! era, minutes.
At the outburSt the Cardlna
was overcome with,rmotion an'
! tears rolled dc dwn his cheeks 4:
he stood with outstretched arms.
After the procession passed M
lO'Counor read an address. signe'
by Mr.. Redmond. on behalf of tn
Irish party. and Mr.. O'ConHor. i
behalf Of the Irish people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
.>ROF SCA.NLON'S ADDRESS
Says that Dry Communities are more
Prosperous Ii'an Wet Cnrs.

Rev. Charles :=canlon. 81, .ecintcnd-
dent of the Temperance Department
Ct the Presbyterian Church. de!ivefe.
cG strong address las7 night at the
NJ. Z. Church, South upon prohibi-
rinn. He said that the commodities of
The world consisted Of food, clothing
houses and tools to work with. He
then showed that the use Of liquor
r:iitated against all Of these. Tfae
persons who indulged in drink, al
things being equal, did not have rs
mich to eat, as good clothing, as ine
houses or as good tools to work with,
and that dry communities were more
prosperous than those where iiqTor
was sold.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
MOOSE VISIT WASHINGTON

Virginia Lodge. 1916, Order@Hos
Moose, on Sunday night visited the
carnival being held in Washington
by Columbia Lodge No. 176 Loyal
Oh LEI of Moose, AID having Al! en-
loved a very pleasant time lefT on
the last train for Alexandria.
The Alexandria members received
the assurance that Columbia Lodge
would visit the fall carnival to De
held in Alexandria and would charter
a special car to convey their part!'
TO this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14

Russia is preparing for a long
war. Her military authorities are
in Tokyo buying arms. anmuni'lon
and provisions in large quantities.
They will also 90 on such missions
ito China anG America.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14

and their resistance. is reported
'mllch stronger than at any rime
since the retreat began. But they
are still retreatino. Their northern
lines of communication are endag-
cred ianG the pressure on th:n' eaSt-
.ern lines through LllXembll"g ans!
the territory south is very great.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14
DESIRES PEACE
WITH BELGIUM
Overture Of Germany Brus-
quely Rejected by Little
Nation.
CONTINUE FIGHTING.
In Two Days Engagement Two
Provinces Are Swept Clear of In
vaders--Rout of Germans.

Paris Sept. 1.-THE Figaro to-
dav asserts that Germany is al
ready making overturcs to l'ei-
gilm for an agreement whereby
in return for certain concessions.
1.:ic war between Belgium and t1e"-
many can be ended. but that hel
suggestions have been brusquelr
ltlr1icd.
The Figaro says Gen. Won Der
Goltz. who was named by the hals-
er as military governor of Belgium
after Germany announced the an:
ncxation of the captured territory
has been in Antwerp. He went
there. it is stated under safe
conduct. and presented a detinlic
proposal. the nature Of which was
withheld.
In view of the agreement between
the allies. the Figaro says. the Bel
gian government positively refused
to consider any proposals OF amy
sort from Germany.
Antwerp. Sept. l4-The Belgian
army today retired to the protec-
tion of the first line Of Antwerp
forts after having successfully az
complished the task set to It by
the British French general stalls.
For four days it has attacked
and harricd two complete German'
army corps. heavy detachments Of
the landstrm. and 10000 rescrv"
sailors now fighting us land troops
The object WAS to prevent any o.
these forces being sent to the alu
of General von kluck.
Outnumbered more than two to
one. the Belgians fought SO vaIin-
1ly that they. forced the recall OF
the two divisions that had hce'
sent south from Client.
London. Sept. l4-Thc Morning
Post correspondent at Antwerp
saws: "a full account OF the Bel
gian advance since September :"
cannot yet be given, since 1T might
disclose the real objective OF the
movements which are not yet com
pletcd. &
"For four days the Belgian army
has been in the field carrying on Il
vigorous offensive against the Ger,
mans. concluding with very sub.
stintial victory. The combatS OF
these past four days have not beer
without alterations. Sometimes
the German forces based on Brus,
sells and Louvain momentarlI\
pushed their foes advancing on
line 20 miles in extent. On tht
general balance the BelglanS have
gained enormously in prestige
They swept two provinces clear oI
the Germans and forced the enemy
to a policy Of defense within al
area which each day has been mar
rowcd
"The general impression glvel
bv this first great attack movement
ON the part of the Belgian army
that it's strategic disposition wa
unexcelled. 1t is certain that /
took Germany by surprise on tn
first two days. and the co-ordlna
ton of the various divisions ha
.heen happily timed. The shortag
Of officers has been felt.
Ostend, Sept IA sharp en-
gagcment took place yesterda.
near Alost between Il detachmen
OF Germans and a column of Bel
gian volunteers. supported by Civ
ic GaurdS, with machine CUR
mounted on motor ears, The Gel
man losses We're serious. and s"vc
wagons with a field Kitchen wer
captured. The Germans are e
trenched at Orroir, near Rcnaix
In the fighting today at Di:
nude four Belgians were kille
and "a wounded.
lo,lol
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-14

The United States could quick.
ly raise an army of 100000 men
and put them III the field, fully
equipped for action. according to
Chairman George c. Chamberlain.
of the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs.