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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
DECORATIONS AT
 ST. MARY'S CHURCH
Said by Those Attending to Have Been
 Most Beautiful Ever Seen at This Church

The decorations at St. Marys church yesterday for the elaborate Episcopal Han Easter services were said by those at tending to be the most beautiful that have ever been seen in that church for any occasion. The church lends itself favorably to decoration schemes and the added dogwood blossoms. Easter lilies and a lew palms served to creat an at- tractive picture The dogwood blossoms extended from each door through tho chancel and to the altar. The service was attended by one ot the largest congrega- tions that has been present in some months.
 MT. Clay5rook conducted the services and delivered short sermon appropriate for Easter. and administered holy com munion. The augmented choir and spe- cial music also added much to>the at tractiveness of the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
HUNDREDS VISITED THE ZOO YESTERDAY All Manner of Fashions on Parade-Miss Fancy
 Shocked

Despite the fact that Easter Sunday started off with promise of rain, the afternoon became more spring like and hundreds of people fiocked to the zoo, bringing along the kiddies to see Miss Fancy" the childrens elephant.
 rThere was not the display of Easter fnery on the part of the lSdies that would have been in evidence had the day been more in the nature of June morn, but Miss Fancy was consider ably shocked at some of the creations on parade. One young woman who trudged up the hill to see the lady ele- phant wore a vivid red dress, the skirt of which resembled a partially inflated balloon and extra large mail bag, the strings of which had been slightly drawn at the bottom.
 When this young lady reached the lawn of Miss Fancy's" home, the lady ele- phant was just elevating her trunk for the one-hundred and steenth time to re- ceive a peanut from a laughing little girl The elephant saw the young lady and stopped, her trunk waving uncer- tainly in mid-air. Miss Fancy" could remember having seen the balloon effect a the circus, but that mail bag ap- pearance was something of a poser.
 After deciding to her satisfaction that everything was all right, the elephant greeted the young lady as though she were a long-ost sister and extended her trunk its full length in cordial commen- dation.
 There were on display at the zoo yes terday all the colors of the rainbow. The ladies were wearing everything from the extreme pannier effect in skirts to the newest idea of bustles and five tiers in the skirt. There were bright reds, scream .ng defiance at the more modest blues; rurples of shade deeper than the vio- let: greens that were at once the envy and admiration of all irlshmen; yellows that brought forth tears of gratitude from all woman suffragists and combi- nations of the whole that were the de- spar of all masculinity.
 The animals seemed to be imbued with the spirit of the occasion, the peacock being the most dressed up of the lot, the recent loss of his tail feathers to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
FORT TO IMPANEL
 JURIES FOR WEEK
Noncapital Felony Cases Will Be Tried in First Division of the
 Criminal Court

Juries will be empanelled this morning iR the first division of the criminal court by Judge w. E. Fort and the docket set for the day taken up. A non-capital fel- ony docket has been set for the first di- vision. A few misdemeanor cases have been set in the second division and when disposed of Judge Samuel E. Greene will assist in the first division. The first di- vision docket for Monday includes the following cases:
 Priscilla Lutes Butler. murder second degree; Ed Ellis, murder second degree George Alexander, murder second degree. . Lee T. Robinet, criminal assault: Bill Guice, operating gaming table: John Coats, grand larceny; Ed Conley, grand larceny; A. T. DeBow, embezzlement; l.. G. Gaines, embezzlement: Mary Glass, grand larceny; Arthur Crump, embezzle- ment; Frank G. Moseley and Carl Camp bell, assault with intent to murder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
HOTEL MAN COMING
of Vanderbilt in New
 York to Be Here Soon

Announcements have been received in Birmingham from the management of the Vanderbilt hotel in New York city that Lyles Black of Nashville will shortly visit this city and meet with those that have visited the Vanderbilt In the past and discuss the attractions of that hotel with others going to New York.
 So far as known this innovation by Walter H. Marshall. manager of the Vanderbilt, Is the first time that any eastern hotel has thought so we'll of southern patronage as to send travel Ing agent over the south in order to secure business. MT. Black. who Is well informed about hotel work will. 1t Is believed. be cordially received in this city. In fact that personal popularity of MT. Marshall will insure that the trip of MT. Black to this city will be suc- cessful. Mir. Marshall has been here several times and Is well known here among those who visit New York fre- quently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
NO. ALABAMA PRESBYTERY
 AT WOODLAND TUESDAY

The North Alabama Presbytery' of the Presbyterian church will convene tomor- row night at 7:9o o'clock at the Woodlawn ehsreh and will probably be in session three days Elaborate preparations have been made for the reception of the visit ing delegates.
 Tomorrow night the officers for the en- suing year will be elected. The opening sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. Il. Morrison, the retiring moderator, now financial agent of the Alabama Synodical college at Talladega.
 Wednesday night Judge s. Ds Weakley will speak on "The Work of the Church, ,' and the business of the presbytery will be taken up. Thursday night the Rev.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13

Henry M. Edmonds, pastor of the South Highlands church. will preach on The Identity of the Church Under the Two Dispensations-the old and the New During the meeting of the presbytery dele gates will be elected to the general as- sembiy of the church which meets in Att lantic City In May.
 On Wednesday and Thursday the ladies of the Woodlawn church, which has only recently been completed, will serve lunch for the delegates and visitors at noon at the church.
 At the presbytery will be representatives of the A Presbyterian churches in north Alabama, and much business will be transacted. Missions, both home and for eign, will be discussed and the general work of the church discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
WOODWARD TAXES
 TURN FOR WORSE
Birmingham Capitalist Said to Be Sinking at Florida
 Home

Information received in Birmingham yesterday in reference to the condition of J. H. Woodward, the Birmingham cap italist who is i'll at Orlando, Fla, his win ter home. was not reassuring to his friends. It was stated that MT. Wood ward has been failing during the past day or two and that his physicians are very much discouraged over his failure to resist the disease that has attacked him.
 His son, A. H. Woodward, who came here a few days ago from Florida re- turned Friday afternoon and is in Orlando now. Congressman oscar w. Underwood, a son-in-law of MT. Woodward, has been there fore the past three days. MT. Woodward's condition has been such as to excite the keenest anxiety among his friends and the members of his family. It is said that his physicians entertain little hope of his recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
STILLMAN IN CITY
Says There Is Room for Improvement
 in Pig Iron Market

senting Rogers, Brown X Co.,. the widely known iron brokers. was In the city yesterday on business for his company. He was stationed fin Birmingham some time ago and is widely known in indus trial circles. MT. Stillman visited sever Il local i, i friends ends, and discussed with them
 He said that while the pig iron outlook was not as discouraging as in the pas, there was considerable room for improve ment MT. Stillman visited the News paper club yesterday and spoke very highly of it's attractiveness
 Mir. Stillman said that Birmingham appeared to be unusually busy, and that even if business in other sections was slightly dull. there had apparently been no serious let-up to this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
FAITHFUL NEGRO
 SERVANT DEAD

The death yesterday of fn"Aunt" Anna Zellner. one fthe best sknown of the older generation of negroes. was the cause of considerable regret among those who knew her Qn South High lands. She came to Birmingham in 1874 and was for many years faithful ser want in the family of MT. and Mrs. Ketcham, the parents of Mrs. George R. Ward, and was widely known for her devotion to the family. She was Il years old when she died. She will be burted tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13

lence. And hls heart sinks within him. But in the gathering twilight he finds a message pinned upon the door. It is the handwriting of her whom he loves. And it says My Father has come for me. And he has carried me away up into the mountains. where the sun is shining, and where there is no death. And l am safe, and soon my Father shall return and bring you with Him. and we shall be together again
 And so we come to the dark house that held our beloved. And the eyes are closed. No welcoming light of love is shining. And We gre heart broken and desoate. until we read the message. The loved one is not dead The breeding death is con auered. She has gone to the mountain with the Father, and soon the Father shall come and call us too!
 Death Ends Nothing
 Tine question Is sometimes asked. Does death end all?' The answer given by Christ. and echoed by 20O0 years of Christ's religion is that death ends noth- ing. Death ends nothing, for the won drously simple reason that there is no death. There are no dead.
 We confuse ourselves by speaking of this life and the life beyond as if they were two lives. There is only one life. and that life is immortal here as well as yonder We are here for a time IS we are often in inns where we make friends who are very dear to us, and then we leave them, or they leave us as they pass on to another stage of life's pilgrim age. But We are travelling the same road And our journeys all end within the aFthers house. They see new landscap pes and pass through new experiences into a larger world. but presently we follow We are separated and often lonely but we look forward with joy to new sights and sounds, and to the hour when, further along on the journey, we shall Gravel hand in hand again. and look into their eyes and hear their voices
 ''To think of life as one and indivis- ible, of immortality as our possession here and now, of death as normal change in an eternal process of growth, to think of those whom we call dead as more intensely alive than when we knew them here-all this Is to transform the ex- perience of death, which has for ages overshadowed the world as the end of happiness, into larger freedom and joy. So to think of life and death Is to make of immortality not merely a vague ex- pectation. but an open road that leads into the very heart of a fuller and a bet ter life than we have yet known.
 And I pray that the time may come when we shall lay these tired bodies down to rest without tear. That the time may come when no more the mourner's chant will rise. When the Easter lily and not the dark crepe on the door shall be the sign that soul has passed to God. I pray God the time may come when we can lay these whom we call dead in their last resting place with a song of triumph in our hearts that the strife Is OCT, the battle done-the victory of life Is won.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
NO FIGURES GIVEN
 ON THE STRIKE VOTE

Calumet, Mich., April 12.-It was said tonight at the Western Federation of Miners district union office at Hancock that returns on the copper strike vote were incomplete and that no figures would be available until tomorrow. At the headquarters of Ahmeek the local vote was given as 12S7 against calling off the strike and 36l for ending 1t.
 No figures were given at Calumet head quarters. but it was said the vote through out the district was heavily for continuing the strike. A majority of the members voted, 1t was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
B. R. $. MAKES CLEAN
 SWEEP IN TALLADEGA

The baseball nine representing the Cen tral High school made clean sweep with It's series with the Talladega High school In Talladega Friday and Saturday.
 The local high schoolers won Fridays contest by the score of to 7 while in the double bill Saturday they won by scores of to and to {.
 The game Friday was the best of the series, it going II innings before a de- cision was obtained. In the ninth Jenkins hit home run with one on base tieng the score, while in the eleventh he won the C<ne by skipping out a two-bagger with two on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
R. J. CRAWFORD WINS
 BOWLING TOURNEY

R. J. Crawford won the individual bowling tournament at the Birmingham Athletic club with total score of 55e. His scores for the three games were 176. 213 and 167. R. G. Stevens fin ished second. while Turnipseed. Mason and Shill followed in the order named.
 A series of games will be bowled with team from the Young Mems Christian association Tuesday night on the club alleys. The team from the Y. NJ. c. A will be composed of Bruce. Stapleton, Church. Thompson and Barr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
Memorial Service at Americus

Americus, Ga, April 12.-Dedicatory ex- ercises fin connection with the erection of the monument of New York state in the Andersonville national cemetery to it's soldiers who died in the war between the states will take place April 30. 1t was announced here tonight. A large New York delegation will attend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
ADJUSTMENTS
Otis Skinner in "Kismet"

At the Jefferson theatre Wednesday morning the sale of seats for the engage ment of Otis Skinner in "Kismet' Friday and Saturday nights begins Hajj, the beggar, has been called the best acting part in point of variety of emotion, pie turesqueness and originality that has ever been written by an American dram atist, and it is one that is particularly suited to the versatile genius of MT. Skinner. owing to the length of the per formance and the magnitude of the pro- duction, the curtain will rise at s o'clock in the evenings and o'clock at the mat inees.
 Damaged GcOds'
 It has been the history of civilizatio that the greatest advance has been the direct outgrowth of great wrongs or of oppression. Eugene Brieux, author of Damaged Goods" suffered such a wrong and out of it grew a great good to the French stage. At the time that Dam aged Goods was produced in Paris in 1900 there was a censor of the drama in France, and he exercised his legal right in suppressing the sermon play after one performance The great sociologists and physicians of the nation raised such a storm of protest at this injustice that the doom of the French censor was sealed and shortly thereafter the office was abol- ished. Damaged Goods will be at the Jefferson theatre April 22, 23, with mati- nee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
At the Orpheum

After being closed for two weeks for spring cleaning and repairs, the Orpheum theatre will be reopened this afternoon and tonight with Boyle Woolfolk's Petit coat Minstrels." a tabloid musical comedy with 20 people. of whom all but two are girls, and very clever entertainers. The songs comedy. music and the dancing specialties are said to be particularly good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
YOUNG GOES TO HOUSTON
To Read Paper Before Supply and
 Manufacturers Convention

l. +. Young of the Young X Vann Supply company left yesterday for Houston, Tex where he will deliver one of the principal speeches at the annual convention of Southern Supply and Manufacturers association.
 MT. Young, according to the an nouneement made here, will have A paper on "Our Standard of Eligibility" He will speak in reference to salesmen employed to handle the products sup piled by the dealers. He is regarded as one of the best informed men in his line of business and whatever he says on the subject will be heard with keen interst
 Mir. Young will return home during the latter part of the week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
Damaged Goods"
Lyric-Vaudeville

Easter week at the Lyric theatre will be inaugurated this afternoon and tonight with a vaudeville bill of distinct features, with Ray Cox, a noted comedienne Tn a cycle of new songs and characterizations, and Arthur Deagon of Belle of New York fame" as two of the headliners, and supported by bill of five other acts of much merit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
At the BiiOu

At the Bjou this week will be Little Emma Bunting in '"rhe Wishing Ring" a delightful wholesome Comedy drama in which the little star has a most acceptable part. The Bijou was closed for holy week. and reopens tonight. The company enjoyed extra rehearsals last week, and the scenic artist was given extra time in which to prepare this weeks produc- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-13
PERSONAL

George Gordon Crawford. president If the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company. will return to the city this morning.
Evening star., 1914-08-20
RUSSIA HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
H. BY PRESENT GREAT CONFLICT

demoralized Russia the feeling
changed in an instant.
"The general mobilization made all
Russia realize the situation. The
peasants, the workmen and the strik-
ers of the week before. clerks, stu
dents, teachers and lawyers-all drop
ped their work without q murmur and
joined the ranks.
No Mobilization Riots.
'1 had half expected mobilization
riots in the country districts. like those
which occurred during the japanese
war, but friends from the south, the
west and the east declare that all Rus
sia is as one man. Everywhere the peo-
pie are going to war to die for our
country. as the peasants say.
"The drink shops are closed and all
went soberly and sternly, expecting no
easy victories and prepared for long
and hard struggle.
1.-THE Russian czar came out on the
balcony of his palace to greet an i'm
mense throng of his people.
''The duma gave stirring expression
to the nations feeling. The fanatical
reactionary Pourishkevitch actually
shook hands with his bitter enemy, the
cadet leader, Milioukow. Representatives
of various nationalities the Poles, the
Let's, the Lithuanians. the Russian Ger
mans, and, most striking Of all, the Jews.
stood up and declared whatever they
had suffered they would lay aside their
grievances in this hour of great trial and
fight side by side with the Russian peo-
pie. Many deputies were moved to tears"
Evening star., 1914-08-20
HEALTH OF PARIS IS EXCELLENT;
HELD SAFEST CITY IN WORLD
SEA FLEET.

The director of foreign commerce has
been instructed to see If he cannot take
some steps toward the conquest Of Ger
man markets, and in the interest of
French manufacturers procure CONNER
cial orders which heretofore have been
going to German houses
Large Number Of Unemployed.
The problem of providing work for
the large number of unemployed In
France today was before the cabinet
council presided over by President
Poincaire at the palace Of the Elysee.
Louis Malvy, minister of the interior,
reported that steps had been taken In
collaboration with the local authori-
ties and large employers to start work
shops and labor yards.
Arrangements are being made with
the Bank of France to discount COM
mercial paper freely, and all the banks
are doing their best to assist business
interests.
The ministers Of war and publnp
works have promised to do everything
to restore the freight services of the
railroads and thus facilitate wide
resumption Of business.
Evening star., 1914-08-20
GERMAN SEIZURE OF BRUSSELS
WOULD NOT BE BLOW TO ALLIES
Occupation of Belgian Capital Would
Have Only Sentimental Effect, Says
American Military Expert.

cellent. AS a matter Of fact, the gen
eral public had not yet heard the news
which was rapidly spreading early
this morning in official quarters.
People Will Submit.
THE people will submit to the Germans
without any demonstration. because OF
the practical good sense Of the Belgians.
which teaches them that resistance after
their army is driven back is fruitless. and
because of their supreme confidence that
the British and French will eventually
drive the Germans out Of Belgium.
THE Belgian officials are warning the
people not to attempt reprisals, because
that would bring reprisals on them. You
can hear any kind of rumor in Brussels,
and, if the Germans are determined to
attack in force. Brussels will be taken
unless the allies decide to resist for the
sake Of the possession Of the town.
THE Germans have been using their
cavalry with great audacity, and some
times with more audacity than skill. They
have sent their cavalry as scouts in all
directions. and some reported battles have
been no more than reconnaissance IN
force, in which the Germans used both
cavalry and infantry and some guns,
with either one of two purposes. They
either were aiming to cover their flank
by these continuous threats, or else were
ascertaining the Belgian dispositions with
a view to an attack in force.
Honors With Belgians.
"The honors are with the Belgians in
these combats. Their bicycle corps, ped
aling rapidly on the fine roads, have re-
sponded instantly to the alarms. The
country is wholly unsuited to reconnois-
sances, as 1t is cut with hedges and
sunken roads. There is rarely a field OF
ten acres which would permit OF
charge.
Using telephones which, with auto
mobiles, have become such an 1mpoitant
adjunct in war, the Belgians are able to
give the alarm instantly the Germans
appear. Then the cycle corps, directed to
the point va lying in concealment.
catches the Germans with deadly hre,
frequently at close quarters"
Evening star., 1914-08-20
6, 900 ITALIAN ENIGRANTS CHARGE
OUTRAGES WHILE HELD BY GERMANS

ROME, August 2O.-Notwithstanding
the German official denials. Italian
emigrants returning here today con-
firm the report that they were deliber-
ately fired upon by German soldiers at
Magdeburg.
They declare that about 5000 Italians
were taken on cattle trucks to Cologne,
being thirty-eight hours without food
When they appealed for provisions at
inns near the station they say they
were refused. the reply being that
Italy having declared her neutrality
they could die Of hunger.
Evening star., 1914-08-20

PARIS. August 20. Las a.m.-The
health Of Paris Is excellent. According
to reports of the sanitary authorities the
population Of both the city and its sub
urbs co-operates readily in the meas
ures taken by health officials SO that
there is no danger Of epidemics. Advice
as to revaccination Is very generally fol-
lowed.
The police now consider Paris the
safest city in the world. Bronzed. wiry
bluejackets have been brought from the
naval ports to supplement the police
The patrols find little to do. Before
mobilization the average daily arrests In
the city was TOO. This has now dropped
to 80.
The French ministers Of war and agri-
culture have adopted measures for the
protection Of blooded cattle and horses
to be used for breeding purposs. Another
effort in this direction will be the re-
opening of certain industrial establish
ments which have shut their doors and
the prevention Of the closing Of others