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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
MAR|ON'S POSTAL
 RECE|PTSINCREASE POstOffice Will Be Con-
 verted Into Second Class eA Office July 1

Marion, May 2S.-(Specia1 )-Inspect or w. B. Brannon has just completed an entire check-up of the Marion postef flee in order to convert 1t into a sec ond class office on July 1. The receipts of the office have increased 100 per cent in the last 10 years. In 1904 the gross receipts were s4200 and now they are $S4OO
 James O. Sturdivant will be the as- sistant postmaster; Miss Ludie Nichols the register and money order clerk While Charles J. Dennis and W. G. Nichols will serve as assistants for 90 days until a civil service examination can be held
 The office will not open on Sundays after July 1 and a rush Is being made to secure boxes.
 The Board of Trade will use every effort to have Congressman Under wood carry out his promise of two years ago and give Marion the public building in order to care for the in- creased demands.
 Dr. J. E. Young has let the contra ct Tor the erection of six-room bun galow on the vacant lot near which the first Judson building stood
 Prof. Frederick A. Goode. for the past SIX years one of the directors of mu- sic at Judson college, has resigned, and with his family will go to his old home In Colorado for several months before taking up work again
 The high school building will soon be we'll under way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
COLLECTOR ADMITS
 H0LDUP WAS FAKE
B. F. Cox COnfesses to De- tectives That He Took
 Money Reported Lost

B. F. Cox, a collector for the Met ropolitan Insurance company. with tears in his eyes confessed yesterday afternoon to Detectives Daily and Brown and State Manager Al C. Ches- hey of the Metropolitan company that the "holdup" which he reported to the police last Monday night. was fake . He admitted that he had been appro-
 priattng the funds of the company for the past six weeks and thought that
 by reporting "holdup' and being robbed of the sum he owed his firm that everything would be all right. Following his confession Cox was re- moved to the county jail on a warrant charging embezzlement
 According to the written confession of Cox made before Detectives Daily, Brown and Goldstein and witnessed by company, he spent sl15 of the com pany's money in paying old debts and on last Monday night he decided to re- port holdup, claiming to have been robbed of $115 The confession states that he held a pistol in his hand and 1t went off-the bullet going through his coat--and then he went to the East End drug store at Twenty-seventh street and Avenue and called up the police to report the alleged robbery Cox further stated that he had never considered that the local police would inve estigate his actions in the robbery as it was his belief that the detectives would simply look for the robbers that he had described.
 Cox has a wife and two children, who live on Red mountain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
GOOD CROWD SEES
 FREE PHOTO-PLAY
Estimated That Creation" Is Being Witnessed by 50,0OO People Per
 Day in United States

The Bijou theatre was comfortably filled With people last night eager to learn something concerning the Bible. It is declared that the Photo Drama of Crea- ton IS preaching to over 50.0o0 people daily. as about 4s cities are being served throughout the URfted States and the average daily attendance is over 1000. One of the interesting and significant pie lures shown in Creation is the parable of the wheat field The Iectursr says, .The wheat field parable of the Kingdom repre- sents the church during this age. The wheat, almost checked out by tares of error. yet finally ripened and gathered into the heavenly garner, will be the Son of righteousness to usher in the new day of Messiahs s kingdom.''
 Part two will be shown in Birmingham for the last time Saturday night Part three, beginning Sunday afternoon at the Bijou theatre, will be shown all next week, afternoon and evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
SUPREME COURTS
 DECISION IS FINAL Jackson Cannot Receive Benefits of Tick Eradi-
 cation Law

Montgomery, May 2s.-(Special.)-In ac- cordance with a recent decision of the supreme court the state live stock sani- tary board today decided that Jackson county cannot receive the benefits of the tick eradication law. The supreme court held that the law can be enforced in counties where more than one-half the total area Is under stock law.
 The board met today at the solicitation of committee from Jackson county, which met with the board, but it was de- cided that the board had no Jurisdiction in the matter. The board had before them an opinion of Attorney General Robert C. Brickell, to the effect that the supreme courts decision was final
 The members of the state live stock sanitary board are Capt. Reuben F. Kolb, commissioner of agriculture and indus tries; Dr. c. A. Cary of Auburn, state vet erinarian, and c. s. Templeton of Au- burn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
.SPE|GHT NOMINATED. FOR HE UNEXP|RED. TERM OF CLAYTON
Committee From Third Also Fixes June 29 for Primary and Transacts Other
 Business
By l.. s. BETTY

Montgomery. May 2SE(Special. )-The
 nomination of J. J. speight of Eufaula
 as the successor of former representa-
 tive Henry D. Clayton for his unex-
 pired term, the fixing of June 29 as the date of the primary for the nomination
 or congressman for the long term,
 and the transaction of other routine
 matter featured the session here today
 of the Third congressional district dem ocratic executive committed MT. Speight
 was formerly secretary to MT. Clayton
 and is clerk of the house committee on the judiciary, of which MT. Clayton was chairman. His nomination was made unanimous by the committee. He will take up the work in Congress where
 MT. Clayton left off, and possesses q familiarity not only with the needs of the Third district but with the work
 before the judiciary committee in Con- gress.
 MT. Speights nomination was made over the protest of Oscar Mulkey of Geneva, who announced in telegram to Chairman s. P. Rainer of Union Springs, that he would be a candidate in the event q primary were ordered for the nomination of a congressman for the short term. MT. Mulkey declared that he did not think the committee has the authority to nominate a can dtdate as Mir. Claytons successor.
 Following the reading of the tele- gram to the committee, Chairman Rain CT placed MT. Mulkey's name in nomi- nation. but it was promptly withdrawn by Judge P. c. Black of Geneva, who represented MT Mulkey
 The committee decided that the ma lority rules shall prevail in the nomi- nation of congressman for the long term, and that in the event nomina- tion is not made on June 29 that the committee will meet on July z, canvass the returns, and select the date of the second primary. The candidates for the long term were assessed s100 each.
 All of the candidates for the long term were present at the committee meeting today. They are Judge A. A. Evans of Barbour Col. T. S. Frazier of Union Springs, and Henry B. Steagall of Ozark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
COLOMBIAN SENATE APPROVES TREATY But One More Reading on Canal Protocol Now to
 Be Had

Bogota Colombia, May 2S.-The Colom- bian Senate by 23 votes against s. has ap- proved the second reading of the treaty between Colombia and the United States in connection with the Panama canal. The third reading is expected today. f
 By the terms of the treaty Colombia is given the right of free passage through the Panama canal of it's troops materials of war and warships. even in case of war between Colombia and another coun- try.
 Colombian products and it's malls pass ing through the canal are to be exempt from any charge other than those to which similar products and mails from the United States are subject. Thesel products are also to be admitted to thel canal zone on the same basis as Ameri-l can products.
 In case of interruption of canal traf-l fic. Colombian troops, war materials, pro-I ducts and mails are to be transported by the railway between Ancon and Cris. tobal on the same terms as those of the United States.
 Colombian coal, petroleum and sea salt passing from Colombian ports on the Atlantic to Colombian ports on the Pal cific or vice versa are to be transported over the railway at the actual cost off handling and transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Dr. Berry to Speak

The meeting for men Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the Young Mems Chris tian association will be addressed by Dr.. w T. Berry, well known physician of the city. He will speak on the subject "The House We Live h." and will say some plain things about the body This meeting is free to the men of Birming- ham, and special invitation Is extended to strangers and visitors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Rev. Klein Here

Rev c. A. Klein the evangelist, and T. N Boyd. his singer. arrived in Bir- mingham yesterday from West Blocton, where they have been conducting services MT. Klein and Mir Boyd went into i'm mediate conference with .he officials of the Fountain Heights Methodist church. where they will conduct revival begin hing next Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

The Lyric offers this week an excep- tional bill of headliners, including Little Emma Bunting in "The Princess of Patches" Kinney and Clarke In the mod ern ballroom dances; Stuart Barnes, the singing monologuist; the seven Bracks and other acts that please and entertain. No bill of the season has been more popu- lar than this one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, May 2S.-G D. m.) There has been no change of importance in either pressure or weather condi- tions over the cotton belt during the past "A hours. Rains continue over Texas and Louisiana, rather cloudy weather over Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina, and fair skies over Georgia and South Carolina. Although no Texas stations reported heavy rains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
SUGGESTIONS FOR
 EQUAL|z|NG TAXES Certain Gadsden Business Lots Escape Assessment GOOD ROADS MEETING
Peyton and Associates Inspect Prop. critics of N, C. & St. L., and In- cidentally Look Over Gulf
 States Steel Company

Gadsden. May 2s-(Special)-As a re- suit of the investigation of Etowah coun- ty tax books being conducted by Special Examiner E. OBrien. 1t has been revealed that some of the lots on which big busi- ness houses stand have escaped assess ment. The buildings have been assessed, but 1t may be difficult to determine the value of the lot itself. The result of the investigation will be placed before the commissioners court in July. and sugges- tions will be made for equalizing taxes.
 President John H. Peyton of the Nash vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad made his first inspection trip to Gads- den today, He was accompanied by other officials of the line. The special car ar rived at Il o'clock. and after a visit to the company's terminal here, the party was taken on an automobile tour over the city and to the Gulf States Steel com pany. No announcement of any kind was made, and nothing could be secured re- garding the old rumors that the road will build bridge over the Tennessee river near Guntersville, and that the line is contemplating taking over the T. A. & G. railroad. When asked about this, MT. Peyton replied: Tt Is all news to me"
 Prospects are bright for a large attend ance from every section of the county at the good roads meeting to be held at the courthouse Saturday morning It is probable that plans will be made for hold ing an election on the question of issuing $300000 in bonds for road improvement.
 T.. ID
 only 12 or 15 of the 134 veterans and widows cited to appear before the state pension board will be cut off the rolls.
 At the term of county court to be held Monday by Judge l.. l.. Herzberg, there will be B cases on the docket. One is the preliminary hearing in a murder case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29

in the reports tonight excessive rain falls have occurred in the Houston and Waco districts within the past 36 hours. General rains occurred over the north ern sections of the country east of the Rockies, Duluth and Chicago reporting amounts exceeding one inch.
 Temperatures have risen over all sections east of the Mississippi. except in the lake region. Cooler weather pre- vailed over the lakes. northern plains and the greater portion of the Reckless p. m. temperatures were about 10 de- grees lower over the western cotton states than for stations of equal lati- tude east of the Mississippi.
 Summary of Observations made at United States weather bureau stations May 2S:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Two Bruised in Collision

[. S. Mattock and C. B. Pyatt were badly bruised when the motorcycle they were riding collided with the South Ems ley car No. 250 at Palmer station about 12:l5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mat tock and Pyatt yere removed to St. Vim cents hospital. According to Conduc- tor F. B. Lee, in charge of the street car
 the motorcycle ran into the car head-on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Al the Maiestic

The Waif probably one of the strong est dramas that has been offered as a motion picture feature. Is to be>seen at the Majestic for the last half of this week, was shown for the first time Thursday afternoon and night, and was a great success from every standpoint. The film is in six reels and tells a powerful story
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
News of Ensley

Annual commencement exercises of the Ensley High school were held yes ! terday morning at the auditorium of the Ensley school. A large audiencel was present and the following pro1 gramme was carried out:
 Hymn: "The Spacious Armament on High" creation Haydn; schooll Invocation, Rev. L. E. Brubaker. Ad-i dress. Mir Roy Dimmitt. President address, John Edwin Auston. Glass; history Helen Margaret Armstrong; Piano, Hungarian Etude" (McDoW 1 ell), Miss Beatrice Tate. Class essaEI May Agnes Hilleke. Class poem. viJ1 ian Inez yann. Essay. An IcebergI John Franklin Patton. Essay. "JoH1 Cotton in the Twentieth CenturN1 Lora B. Gallagher. Vocal solo. sej lected, Mrs. c. ]. Severin. Glass pr9' phet. Myfa Agnes Long. Essay, I'M say. "The Great Stone Pit at Ravel loe. Marie Hortenee Hunt. Piano .Nocturne In A Flat Major." Qisxt)I Miss Grace Bird Hillhouse. EssaY ssafety First, the Corporations Moti to- Ernest Lee Butler Essay. "1 Resolution" Lelie Maryettd sa nder Class will, Lola Pernice Whitd Farewell address. Gordon Davis Pail mer. The 1s members of the EnsieJ class received their diplomas at th1 high school last night.
 Miss Annie Williams of the Shady side Methodist church. teacher of ona of the largest Philathea classes in thl district, has been selected as a deleI gate to the world wide Baraca Phil athea union. which meets in Wacd Jqne s-ll.
 tParlee Taylor. negro woman, whl was arrested on suspicion of beinI complicated in the killing of 0eoPeik West at Tuxedo Junction WednesdI night, was released from custody yes| terday, no evidence being secured q connect her with the crime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Howard Benton Makes Statement

Howard Benton of the J. c. Benton Grocery company, 17l7 Jasper street. yes- terday issued a statement calling atten- ton to the fact that he is not the Howard Benton who was in collision with !. T. Bagley. city fireman, Wednesday moria- ing at Avenue and EigKteentb stxeet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Weather Forecast

Washington, May 2S.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Partly cloudy probably local showers Friday and Sat urday.
 Georgia Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday; not much change in tenn perature.
 Tennessee: Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, probably scattered thunder showers, cooler Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Negro Graduates to Get Diplomas ,

The eleventh annual commencement ex- ercises of the Industrial High school will be held tonight at the Sixteenth etreet Baptist church. Thirty students will be presented diplomas. The 22 girls of the class will be clothed in their own handi- work at the school. each dress costing but N.A. The diplomas will be presented by pr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the public schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Whenever You Need . general Tonic
 Take Grover

The Old Standard Groves Tastless Chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because 1t contains the well known tome properties of QUI- NINE and IRON. Drives out Malaria, enriches blood. builds up the Whole System. b0c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
Files Divorce Suit

Boston May s-Mrs. Lillian A. Turn- bull of Brookline who claimed to have been the wife of the late E. J. fLucky)
 ! Baldwin, the California ranchmen. filed
 la evt* Tor divorce today aaRinst her hue-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
'Ohea1 ~.s <kysiitskSru1''
Tho Food-Drlnlg Sor alI ,Aees

The Food-orink sor all Ages
 Each milk. matted grain. in powder form. ror'ntants, ,invalids and growing children. Furenutrition. upbuildins tLs wholsbody snvisor.tes nursins uothsrs and ths aesd. More hsalthful than tea or eoffse. Ss'ss ss ssssatuss. Ask ~ ssoasscocs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29

The annual commencement and enter tainment of the St. Mary's Catholic school took place on the 18th at the school building. and was satisfactory to faculty and patrons of this old we'll known in- stitution of learning. most interesting programme was carried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-29
|ALMON DECLARED
 PARTY NOMINEE

Tuscumbia. May S.-(Special.)-At the recent meeting of the state executive board of the democratic party, E. B. AL mon was formally declared the nominee of the party for the Eighth congressional district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
BOUCk WHITE A FORMER SET
ELEMENT WORKER.

Holy Trinity Church, in Brooklyn, a
storm centre when the Rev. Algernon
CrOpsey was being tried for heresy
several years ago, again became the
vortex of an ecclesiastical tornado n
the fall of 1911. For in the parish
house, next door to the church In Mon
tague St, sat Bouck White, head Of
the settlement work of the parish and
author of a book which many thought
struck at the foundations of Christian
ity as understood and practised in the
churches. The book was THE Call os
the Carpenter" in which Christ is de-
picted as a man of human origin,
whose mother before His birth thought
that Rome was composed largely OF
original trust makers.
The book caused rumpus between
the author and several orthodox theo-
lcgians, and resulted in Mr.. White
leaving church work in Brooklyn. Lay
men among critics condemn the book
on charges of bad taste, bad scholar
ship, and even blasphemy. Orthodox
and prominent clergymen are among
those who pay enthusiastic tribute to
the books message and inspiration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
Continued from first page.

alton demanded the use of the largest
airships for long range work.
Dependence is not placed on our
aeroplane scouts for the kind of SER
vice entailed by Mexico's wastes Army
flyers stated before the Committee on
Military Affairs last August that only
five aviators in our army were able,
after two years of training, to find their
way across country without becoming
lost, and these officers placed great
stress on the difficulty Of operating
over an unknown country.
The necessary rapidity of an aero
planes flight, especially over unfamil-
lar topography, has without doubt re-
stricted the service that the aviators
connected with General Funstons
army have been able to render. The
dirigible's capacity to move fast or
slowly and at great height permits II to
hover over any point long enough to
study every detail of the locality. This
method is obviously vital in strange
and broken country like Mexico.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

committee was amazed when Briga-
der General Scrivener pointed out the
effect of dropping 300 to 400 pounds of
nitroglycerine on a lock or spillway Of
the Panama Canal. and added that
there would probably be very little
difficulty in doing it if a foreign fleet
anchored say, fifteen TO twenty miles
out, beyond the range of the canal
Notifications, should send its air fleet
to damage the canal. General Scriv-
ener made it plain that if we had
nothing except land guns To resist the
air craft the working of the canal
would very likely be interrupted in
case Of war unless we had air craft to
oppose that sort of attack
The danger of the canal becoming a
ditch of folly was emphasized by the
reminder that the Notifications to be
placed at either end of the canal were
meant simply as the natural defence
against hostile navies. But to-day air
craft were becoming more and more of
menace. and il was regarded as the
height of carelessness to wait until this
menace was more fully developed be-
fore developing our own aerial defend
ers. An air fleet stationed at the ter
minals of the canal was pronounced by
other military experts testifying before
the committee TO be of greater service
in destroying a possible enemys whole
fleet OF dreadnoughts than the forti-
fications themselves. :.
Aside from the present failure of this
government to find any airships in the
European market. Captain Samuel
Reber, commanding the aeronautic bu-
reau of the army, told the Military
Committee that. unfortunately there
was no one in the United States nor
any plant in the country that could
build a dirigible He did not believe.
he said. that we had one aeronautic
engineer capable of designing diri-
gible In sharp criticism upon the
naval expenditures now being made by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

the brick-sown fields of Manhattan.
So does the love Of books about house
building. Volumes about cosey houses,
with fireplaces, seem to be particularly
favored. Who shall linn the dreams of
the readers? AS they sit in the
panelled, carved and frescoed halls of
the great reading rooms. or lounge in
the smoke laden atmosphere of the six
by-six dens in their apartments, they
are perhaps picturing a bungalow in
the country, with front steps laved by
the sparkling blue waters Of the Sound
and Kitchen door opening upon a wood
ed precipice, with rocky Businesses,
where the boys can play Indian.
Continuing with the letter A the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
LIFE is NO SIESTA FOR THE REVEREND BOUCK WHITE
HON. the Author, Speaker, Thinker
and Social Philosopher Became
Unpopular in the Town of
Middleburg, N. Y.

Middleburgers don't much read the
metropolitan papers; their literature is
the almanac and patent medicine ad-
vertisements in the weekly papers. In
deed, II is a question II they know that
such book has appeared and Is carry
ing the story Of their straightforward
imagined redemption"
But THE Mixing did penetrate TO
the village beyond the Catskills and
for several weeks Sweet Auburn boiled
over. The villagers had no trouble
identifying themselves. The first burst
Of public resentment appeared in the
form Of a letter in a local paper,
signed Jane Ann Smith" Jane Ann
spoke of mental Jim jams" said THE
Mixing" was literary hash that has
the same value to a thoughtful reader
as hog lights TO a meat market" and
referred to her old friend Bouck White
as male child. born years ago in
this village, whose early stupidity gave
no indication Of his future precocity"
All this affected Mr.. White to this
extent:
Not only Middleburg." he said. but
the bulk Of the other rural districts In
this land are on their way to the
peasant state. Genuine friendliness TO
them stands not in amicably disguis-
ing the fact, but in publishing it.
Americas rural districts are being
mashed to death by economic forces
BEAUTIFULLY at work. And the people,
softened and emasculated by the an
tiquated follies that are handed to
them in the name Of religion. are too
timorous to lift their heads in any
heroic endeayor