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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15

Fort Worth, Tex. April l4.--Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, house physician of the Virginia K. Johnson Home for Girls of Dallas. Tex. today told the women S missionary council of the Methodist Epis- eopal church, south, in session here, that present day methods of the organization in caring for unfortunate women were inadequate
 While in your institutions unfortunate girls taken in charge by the church are under supervision. but what happens when they leave none of you know" Dr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Reserves Called Out

New York. April N.-District Attorney Charles s. Whitman discredits that part or the confession of "Dago Frank" Giro fici. made before the gunman was put to death in Sing Sing prison yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
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The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
UNWILLING CEREMONIAL.
Woodmen of Two Camps to Honor Their Dead Next Sunday With
 Exercises.

A joint ulveiling by camp and circle, WoOdmen of the Wor d, of twelve monuments to be unveiled at Greenwood next Sunday afternoon to honor the memory of Sovereiens Frank r. Mclaughlin, Edward II. NJ, Parham, Marion Clark. James II. Run van, Wm w. Wiley James B Wood Robert F. Scudder James Aven, z. s. Delman, M. C. Fletcher, Robert A.. Couch. and Mary Elizabeth WheelocE vii take place
 The procession will be formed at w. 0. w. hall on Prospect avenue at 2:30 o'clock and march to GreenWOOO led by Ledgerwood $ band, followed by uniform rank W. 0. W. and the of ncers and members of the camp and circle, the latter in carriages. "Nearer My God to Thee. by band and mem bers, and the invocation by Rev. A.. M Robertson, pastor of the Park Ay enue Methodist church, wi open the exercises at the cemetery. Hon. Thuston r. Farmer will deliver the oration Appropriate hymns will be rendered by a young lady quartet and recitation by Miss Marguerite Er hart
 Sovereign William K. Hardin will act as grand marshal, Sovereign w. r. Hawkins officiating as master Of ceremonies.
 The camp officers who will taks rart in the dedication of the monu- ments are Sovereigns D. $. Barnes, F.. c.: George R. Cover. C. C.; J. s. Thompson, Adv. L.; NJ. II. McLendon, banker and j.. J Hickman, clerk,
 On account of the unusual number of monuments and the prominence in this life of those whose memory it is the desire to perpetuate by these tokens of esteem, large attendance is to be expected.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15

ing. IL is understood that satisfac- tory assurances had been received as
 to the safety of workmen and tanks, removing for the present danger Of foreign competitions on that score.
 Althoush Admiral Mayo has return ed with his fleet to the Panuco river,
 it was made plain that he was not to land any marines or to assert any authority whatever over Tampico. 1t was said at the department that he had not asked for or received any in stuctions regarding the admission ot arms into the port.
 Another phase of the situation that attracted much attention was the en- barrassment which success brings to the constitutionalists in demands for compensation for losses to foreigners within their sphere of influence which foreign governments are pressing with increasing force.
 The Spanish ambassador called at the state department to see what could be done for Spaniards ejected by the consttutionalists from Torre- on. lie also has a bill to present for s20,Oo0.0oO worth of Spanish owned cotton alleged to have been confiscat- ed by the coustitutionalists
 "FcrceI loans levied on foreigners in Mexico furnish further occasion for strong diplomatic representations he nearer General rarranza comes toI a government to which such representations can be address ad with prospects of success.
 The case of William $. Benton, the British subject killed at Juarez, also looms threateningly ol the constitu tionalist horizon Great Britian has announced that it will exact adequate reparation for this event as soon as responsibility can he fixed upon au- thorities from whom such reparation can be demanded
 Though much interest here ll the sudden displacement of General Maas l who commanded federal forces outside If Vera Cruz, the war department has been unable to procure any adequate explanation and General Funston to- day reported that even at Vera Cruz the reason for this change is unknown.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15

make what disposition of it General Maas may wish
 Workmen are busy removing the traces of bullet and shell fire result ing from the two days fighting The gaping noles in the Benito Juarez tower over the municipal museum, where the bluejackets planted three shells the first day, have been re- paired. Private houses, except those on the water front, have been re stored and only few bullet scars at various points remain
 The court of claims is sitting daily sitting out complaints of property damage submitted by foreign resi- dents The total of these complaints has been surprisingly small so far. The Mexican claims will go to Wash ingtOu for settlement but the fact that foreieners will probably receive quick compensation for broken win dows and doors has encouraged the native business men to believe that for once they will not be compelled fo bear in silence the damages sus- taiued in fighting in which they had no part.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
FAVORS NATIONWIDE PROHlBl- FAVORS NATlNWIDE PROHlBi-
 TON OF LIQUOR SALES.
RECOMMEND FIELD WORKER
Denominational Control Over Sunday School Lessons Was Another Rule Adopted by the Baptist Meeting at Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn, May 1l.-The southern Baptist convention today went on record as favoring national prohibition and authorized the em- ployment of an agent to do educa- tonal work in the interest of the movement Action on the question was taken by the adoption of the re- port of the temperance committee submitted by Rev A. J. Barton of Waco, Texas.
 Denominational control over its Sunday school lesson courses also was decided upon by tine convention, which adopted One report of the Sun ! day school lesson committee.
 Routine committee reports and an address of welcome by Mrs. Ben W. Hooper, wife Of the governor of Ten nessee, occupied tue greater >>trt of the sessions Of the Womans mission union, which is meeting simultan- eously with the convention. The union also authorized the sale of the Margaret home for children of mis- sionaries located at Greenville, s. G. which has been maintained by the or ganization for ten days.
 Tn the report ol the committee Jn temperance, national and state esis- lation accomplished in the current year was reviewed in detail. The re- port also included the joint resolu- 'tion of COngressmal Richmond r. Hobson and Senator Morris Shepard providing for an amendment to the federal constitution forbidding the sale. manufacture, eXp0rtatiOn or im- portation of intoxicating liquors eN- cept for medicinal and other neces- sarv purposes. Endorsement of the resolution was recommended by the committee and members of the con vention were urged to use every righteous and proper influence for an enactment of this legislation"
 The committee also recommended the employment Of a field worker "who shall devote all his time to the promotion of our cause"
 In conclusion the report quotes the declaration of principles adopted by the last national convention of the Anti Saloon League of America, which in part is as follows
 We declare our settled conviction that license and regulation are made quate to exterminate the liquor traf- fife. The liquor traffic is a federal evil. a national menace; to powerful for state authority, requiring na- tional jurisdiction and treatment It is commerciaized vice and it capi- talizes human weakness. We there fore declare for it's national annihila- ton by an amendment to the federal constitution"
 The report of the temperance com mittee was adopted after some dis
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
SAILOR HERO BURIED.
Part of Burial Service Is Last Letter
 to Aged Parents.

Forrest Miss, May II. With the pines of his native state as sentinels, Elgie C. Fisher, the young Missis. sippian who died for his country at Vera Cruz, tonight sleeps il flower banked grave in the little town of Damascus, 20 miles inland
 Late today the long funeral pro, cession wended it's way to the Fisher burial grounds and the body was low cred into the earth by young com panions in life of the fallen hero. A military sa ute was fired and the lead CT of the Third regiment national guard sounded taps.
 The body arrived by laln from Jackson under escort of a detachmen. of the capital city guard The caskel was borne to the court house, where it was concealed from view by nun dreds of floral offerings. The funeral exercises were under the auspices Of the daughters of the Confectionery.
 Dr. C. A. Mcllhenny, mayor of For rest, who had known the dead youth from his infancy, delivered the tuner al oration and read the last letter written by the sailor to his aged par tents just before the occupation O Vera Cruz
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
THERE SEEMS NO AVENUE OF ESCAPE FOR ARMY WHICH
 EVACUATED TAMPICO.
REBELS ARE PRESSING THEM
And Their Goal, San Luis Potosi, is OVerrun by the Constitutionalis Forces-Feared Army May Be Cut to Pieces Soon.

Vera Cruz, May 1f.-A violent cleo trical storm in the vicinity of Tam pico has rendered the wireless vir- tually useless and only meagre de- tails of the situation at that port evacuated yesterday by the federals, were received today.
 The plight of the federals under Zaragosa, who are retiring in the di- rection of San Luis Potosi along the railroad, is considered by those who know the country as extremely sc- rious.
 The coustitutionalists have overrun the territory about San Luis Potosi and control @ considerable portion Of nhc railroad. Northward toward the federal lines the country is rugged and barren and probably impossible to the weary veterans of Tampico.
 In Zaragosa's rear are constitution ready 10 press after him. The gen oral belief here is that the little force of rederals will be cut to pieces.
 News was received today that the warning of the constitutionaljst leader, General Caballero. of his in- tention to attack Tampico with artil lery was given to the commander of the British cruiser Hermione May 2. Foreign residents immediately becan to go aboard the various ships. It is reported that only a few Americans remained.
 Within fine city there were ire auent native patriotic demonstrations before the attack began A few re- cruits had reached General Zaragosa but the coustitutionalists had in- creased to 5000 with F field guns, making the odds against the federals hopeless The ammunition supply aboard the federal gunhoats had been greatly reduced and this is consid- cred the probable cause of zara- gosa's determination to evacuate the city.
 The situation at Vera Cruz was one of absolute quiet today and Brigadier General Funston's men have settled down to the routine of garrison duty. With the arrival of addition equip ment it is probable that most of the troops will be put under canvas.
 Consul Canada is disturbed over the detention of Cuban messengei who was sent out 10 General Maas' lines with a letter urging the release of Admiral Fletcher's Filipino ser want, who wandered out into the Mexican territory and has been held by the federals for more than week. The Cuban has been gone four days and it is learned that he. too, is held | by the federals. The Cuban also bore a note to General Maas regarding the Mexican generals personal property which he abandoned when he wi;ll- drew from the city. The authorities are anxious to return the property or
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
Moving on saltillo

Torreon, Mexico, May lt.-Ceneral Francisco Villa, in command of tue oousHmtionalst army now moving against Smuno, refused to express himself before his departure as to the course me Huerta garrison of that city is likely to pursue but he said he had done everything possible to meet the situation His army is proyisioned for thirty days and it is said has enough ammunition.
 That Saluuo will be taken is con fdently believed by constiutionalists here. With Saltillo in the possession of Villa and Carrauza it is said tho faderals must retire on San Luis Potosl, making if possible for the government of the north to cnncen- Tate its troops on that point without fear of being outflanked.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
RYAN DEFENDS POSITION.

New Orleans, May 14.-Dr. Edwaro %. Ryan, American Red Cross official, recently under arrest in Mexico, ar rived here tonight from quarantine on the steamship Esperanza He de- clined to discuss events prior to his arrest, saying that his lips were seal. ed by a promise he made the Brazil ian embassy before leaving Mexico City,
 Dr. Ryan was asked regarding local publication of what purported to be a statement from Miss Mabel Boardman declaring ne was not connected with the American Red Cross. He stated that he had been a member for the past year and he was commissioned by Director Jenkinson, now at Vera .Crnz.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
REVOLT IS SEETHING.

Vera Cruz, May 14.-Revolt against General fluerta's rule is seething in Mexico City Constitutionalist agents work openly with hand bills, while their operators inflame the citizens against the dictator It is common gossip there that members of General Huerta's official family are jealously watching him for the first signf of weakness which would mean their ruin as well as his.
 The provisional president is believ- ed to he in constant danger of assas- sinatioa while the ciity is said to be liable at any moment to an outbreak Of anarchy. This is confirmed by the stories of many refugees arriving here.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
Rebels Confirm Capture.

Juarez, NeXico May l4.-A brief message from Gen. Pablo Gonzales, in command of the constitutionalist forces at Tampico. received here by local officials today, carried official confirmation of the occupation oi Tampco by the consttutonalist troops. No details were given.
 The telegram read:
 "Om forces occupied this port at 5 D. m yesterday after bloody en- -agement Captured enemies artil- lery and numerous trenches. Felici- tations on great victory
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
sHRlNERs GO VISITING.
Leave Atlanta to Visit Savannah and
 Other Points.

Atlanta, Ga, May Members of the Imperial council of the Mystic Shrine which has just completed its annual meeting here, left tonight for Savannah, Ga. on special trains to spend tomorrow sightseeing there. Many of the members were accompa- nied by their families
 Special trains continued to leave here today carrying homeward the thousands who came here for the events of the week Frederick R. Smith of Rochester N. Y, the newly elected imperia, potentate, and Will liam w. Irwin, of Wheeling, w. Va, past imperial potentate, today made public statements thanking the local temple cf Shriners and the public for the reception given the meeting.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
AUTHOR AND EDITOR DEAD.

Austin, Texas, May 14.-Dr Ferdi- nand E. Daniel. prominent as physi- clan, author and editor, died at his home here tonight, aged 75. He was a former president of the American Intehnatonal Congress on Tuberculo sis. Dr. Daniel was commissioned a major for hospital work in the Con federate army of Tennessee and in 1878 he was active in stamping out the yellow fever epidemic in Missis- sippi
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
CONFERENCE DISCUSSES .'RoHI- BITIoN OF ITS USE AMONG
 THE MINISTER'S.
MAKE sDECISlON 0N FRIDAY
Canadian Delegates to Conference Of fer Felicitatons and Good Wishes for the Work-Discuss the Need of Religious Schools.

Oklahoma City, Okla May 14.- When the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, adjourned at noon today it had un- der consideration the tobacco habit memorial, which seeks to amend the rule regarding the use of tobacco by preachers The rule now requires the bishop in admitting young men to orders to admonish them against the use of tobacco, but the new pro- posal is to refuse them admission un- less they promise to refrain entirely from the use of the weed. This question will come up at tomorrow's session as the pending order of busi- ness.
 The conference held another ses- sion tonight to give the fraternal delegates from the Canadian Method ist church an opportunity to deliver their messages.
 The Canadian church sent two fra ternal delegates, one ministerial and one lay and both delivered addresses extending cordial greetings to tn Methodists of the southern jurisdic- lion. Dr. Samuel P. Rose the minis
 erial delegate, spoke first. He -exs pressed felicitations to the confer ence and expressed gratitude for the opportunity afforded him to visit this great lawmakiI.g body of his sister church. He discussed the church and the ministry and their great in- fluence in development of civilization and spoke optimistic of the future. He said the authority of a minister no longer lies in his office, but in the purity of his life and the truth he proclaims. He must be the man he ought to be in person, aim and char acter, if he teaches the truth and expects to retain the respect of the generation. The modern church, he said, must justify it's claim to live by works that attest it's divinity.
 It's not the cross that turns men from the church, he declared, but it Is the church that bears and offers no cross. It's not opposition of wealth outside the church which is its menace, but the wealth that be- longs to the church.
 The speaker said in many of the congregations Bhis day and time the "oncer" habit obtains so generally that from 65 to so per cent of the people have repudisted all responsi- bility for the evening services.
 Mir G. F. Johnston, the lay dele gate, who came with Dr. Rose, spoke next. The central idea of his address was the correlation of educational and missionary work. He spoke of the great influence of organic union which would give Methodsm 'sreater and wider influence than it had ever had and the hope and prayer of Canadian Methodists, he declared, was to this end. He stated that 1t was the aim and ambition of the church that men should go out from it's schools and colleges equipped and commissioned to carry the religious and educational work Of the church into all fields He spoke of the great educational plans the Canadian church is working out and. like Dr. Rose, viewed the situation with much enthusiastic optimism.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
MEXICAN GUNeoArs LEAVE.

Washington. May 14.-A delayed wireless dispatch from Rear Admiral Mayo at Tampico late tonight an noulced that the Mexican federal eIu boats Brave and Zaragosa, one of them towing the tug Tampico, had eft the Panuco river and steamed southwark They were followed by the American cruiser Tacoma and the destroyers Warrington and Hen Icy.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
FREIGHT THROUGH CANAL.

Panama, May 14--A freight barge line through the canal will be inaugu- rated tomorrow when five empty barges will be lowed from Colon to Balboa to carry cargo back. The first cargo probably will go through the canal late Sunday or early Mon Iday.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15
MEET THE HIGH
 COST OF LIVING

One way to meet the high cost of living is to spend more time studying the advertisements In your morning newspaper. In that way you will learn where to spend your money and get the best possible value.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-15

Washington, May 14.-Foreeast for Arkansas: Partly cloudy Friday; Saturday unsettled, probably showers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-08
WINDOWS-PLEA FOR
 ABUNDANT FRESH AIR

Study them. Ninety out of every hundred are down. Of ten which are up, four are no more than few in. ches above the sill, and some have the shades down to obstruet the free pass. age of the air. That's the case in Dawson. It's the case everywhere. It should not be.
 When men lived in houses of reeds they had constitutions of oaks. Now that they live in houses of oak they have constitutions of reeds. Why? Fresh air, and no fresh air. That's the pith of the story.
 The moral applies in Dawson. When tight windows came in, health goes out. Lungs must be washed, and breathing must be deep or the fated hour will find the deadly germ lodged in the susceptible little-used tender tissue. Then, when the seed is sown and cultured in fetid atmos- phere, and blood remains sluggish, vitality vanishes.
 These glorious Klondike summer days should see everyone sleeping with open doors and windows re- moved. Then, with clean premises, health will prove the pillar and the strong stay through many years. Long life and enjoyable life would be the boon.
 The white plague numbers its vic tins in every land. Too much does 1t figure in the Northland. Before the whites came, the reds lived in the open and were exempt. Now the reds are bottled in novels, and the race is dying. The Indian agent should work reform on this line, If nothing else. And just as vigorous a campaign would be of incalcuable benefit to white Yukoners. Back to the prim- ative is not expected in all respects, but nearer to Adams way of revel- ing in fresh air would mean the great est good each individual could render himself. And 1t costs nothing, but is all gain. Do it now.
 Open the window, or sleep in the open entirely-llye.-Dawson News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-08
TRYING THINGS OUT
 ON ALASKA PEOPLE


 That the United States will prob ably use Alaska as an experimental ground on which to try out various economic theories. Is the sentiment of an article in the San Francisco Star of last month, under the title of "Alaska. Experiment Station" The article reads as follows:
 Alaska may yet become great social experiment station. We Amer jeans need one. Alaska Is great storehouse of mineral wealth, as some say; 1t Is a great storehouse of natural opportunities, and t has great stretches of good agricultural land. No wonder the seekers after special privilege wished to control it.
 "only O few weeks ago congress appropriated SS5.OOO,OOO for the con struction of Q government railroad from the coast through the great coal fields. Now comes one of the thinking members of congress - Rep resentative Warren Worth Bailey, | of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania dis trict-with bill permitting munich paIities in Alaska to get their reven- ues by single tax on land values; and there Is reason to believe that the people of Alaska are in favor of the bill. It is said that Secretary of the Interior Lane is in favor of it, or, at least. friendly to 1t. and Delegate Wickersham of Alaska is for 1t.
 "The people of Alaska have good reason to favor the Bailey bill. They are very close to British Columbia, which Is doing some good experi- mental work in relieving industry from taxes, and in putting taxes on land values and natural opportuni- ties. Down here "in the States" we may yet learn a great deal from AL aska. a.'
 It does seem as though the United States congress is already using this Territory in measure as an expert mental station to try out new politi- cal theories, and there is no reason why the people of Alaska should object. as long as they are not made the victims of unreasonable legisla. tion.
 The government ownership of al railroad is one of the most important experiments ever started by the United States. If the experiment proves a success, Alaska will be the winner, and if 1t fails to be profitable. which is very unlikely, the people of the Territory will lose nothing from the experiment.
 The single.tax experiment will be different, but in any case, whether 1t proves an economic success or a failure. 1t will not materially in- jure the people of the Alaska muni- cipalities. for as the law was drawn up. the proposed single tax system will not be enforced on the various towns. The people of the munich palities will determine for themselves if they want the single tax, and will be permitted to enforce 1t if they do desire and repeal it if found ob- jectionable.-Fairbanks Citizen.