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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-09
SERVE ONLY FURTHER TO
 MIDDLE CONTROVERSY OVER WATER RATES
A STRIKING CONTRAST
By ELLIS c. HoLLuMs

A pathetic relic of a by-gone age seated within the shadow of the walls of a structure typical of the present era of modern architecture was to be seen about Il o'clock yesterday morning at the Jeff ferson County Bank building. An old lady. wrinkled. withered. feeble. occupied seat on the stone ledge of the build- ing She was smoking cheap brier pipe tranquilly and apparently took lit tie note of her surroundings.
 Many passersby were attracted by the strange sight of a woman smoking and such an old woman-but they hur- ried on, each intent upon his own endeav- ors, and hardly more than passing thought was given to her.
 She was dressed simply in calico, a one-piece dress, and wore a huge bonnet. On her hands were black silk gloves, with half the fingers miessing, after the style of many years ago. Passing her on the street were ladies, old and young, dressed after the latest dlstates of Dame
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thing else The other commissioners do not appear inclined to join me in advising the people not to pay their water rents if the rates are raised. 1 am going to stick to my original position, however, for I believe 1t is right
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Fashion, and beyond cursory glance she gabe them no attention.
 A young girl in her teens passed by, with the regulation tight skirt and the latest wrinkle in waists, and one of the latest models in summer parasols. The old lady had no parasoL Her dress was full almost to largeness. It was made of single piece, and the waist buttoned down the front.
 It was a striking contrast-the old and the new. The old lady represented a type almost extinct. The building with in the shadow of which she was seated represented the latest achievement of modern architecture and towering 25 stories above her was the Newspaper club, with every modern appointment, fur niture such as she probably never saw. The present-day type of woman passed. dressed after a fashion to which she was foreign.
 The crowd passing glanced carelessly for moment at the pathetic figure. passed by and were lost from view. And the old lady tranquilly continued to en- joy herd pipe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-09
| QuinIue that Won't Make YOu
 Nervous

FEBRILINE Is trademark name which designates the first, original and only reliable Tasteless Syrup of Qui- nine. an improved Quinine, pleas ant to take; does not nau- seate nor cause nervousness. Children take it and never know 1t is Quinlne. Especially adapted to adults who can not take ordinary Quinine. Try 1t next time you need Quinine for any purpose. Ask for Bounce original package. The name FEBRILINE is blown in the bot tlo 26 cents.
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Weatherly After Franchise

"The waterworks companys attempt to increase it's rates is as I have said ex- acting and arbitrary, it dare not attempt to force the people to pay them, and do not believe the people ought to pay them. I have every faith in winning the supreme court decision. What 1 want is that waterworks company's franchise. They have no right to it. Theys have forfeited it. I believe the supreme court will hold that they have forfeited it, and if they do we can then buy the waterworks company about million dol lars cheaper than We can now. Why should we pay them a million dollars for franchise which we gave them for have forfeited? Something else may de- the only thing to do is go ahead and fight it out in the courts to the finish.
 MT. Percy has already receded from his first position in regard to ~the com pany being forced by Judge Crows de- cision to put in the higher rates. I in- sist that their use of the low rates of the past two years was voluntary and is prima facie evidence that their present voluntary increase in rates is arbitrary and unjust"
 The legal phase of condemnation pro ceedings Is now being looked into. MT Ward states he does not know enough about the law in the case to discuss it, but he favors condemnation proceedings at once. In view of the present suit pending against the company, it is thought that the city might not have the legal right to condemn the water com pany and buy it until that suit Is de- cidsd-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-09
CLEARS
 PIMPLY SKINS
An Easy Way to Get a Clear. Fresh
 and VeIvety Complexion

Pimples and blackheads disappear. red, rough. ugly complexions become clean. clear and velvety, and hsar health and beauty are promoted by the regular use of Resino1 Soap and an occasional application of Resinol oint- ment These soothing. healing prspara- tions do their work easily. quickly and at little cost. even when the most ex- pensive cosmetics and complicated beauty treatments' fail.
 Resnol Soap and Resinol Ointment. heal eczema, letter. ringworm, psoriasis and other skin eruptions, stop itching ie stantly and are most valuable for sores. burns. boils, piles. etc Sold by all druggists. For trial free, write to Dept. 10-R, Resinol. Baltimore. Md
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-09
Becker Here Yesterday

W. A. Becker, general passenger agent for the Queen and Crescent route. was here yesterday. visiting Hugh Latimer, district passenger agent for the line His trip here was one of routine business and was not in any connection signif- cant according to information obtained at the local offices. MT Becker lunched at the Tutwiler, which he pro- nounced one of the most elegant hotels that he had ever visited in this coun- try.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
OPERATIONS WITHOUT ETHER
servian Hospitals Ran out of Pain
Killer Three Weeks Ago, the
Red Cross Reports.

New York, Nov PA distressing
lack of medical supplies for the
wounded of the battle fields of Europe
is shown by appeals received by vari-
Gus relief organizations and by the
tremendous orders received from the
warning nations by American manu-
facturers of such materials.
Reports received at Red Cross head
quarters from nurses attached to some
of the hospital units sent to Europe by
that organization show that the supply
of absorbent cotton, bandages, gauze
anaesthetics, iodine are utterly in
adequate.
Servian hospitals ran short of ar
aesthetics three weeks ago and surg
zeal operations there have since been
performed while wounded were still
conscious. according to Red Cross re-
ports. Many deaths from shock Of
operations are reported From nurses
in French hospitals come such state
ments as ''bandages, medicines and
ambulance necessities are like the
treasure of kings. Gauze and anti
technique serum are very difficult to
get and cotton is disappearing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
NEED MORE COOPERATION
Government May Cut Out
Yards of Red Tape.

Washington, Nov 24.-Two plans de
signed to bring the executive and legis-
lative branches of the government in
closer touch are being tentatively con-
sidered by the President and members
of his Cabinet and by some OF the
more important leaders in Congress
One is the personal attendance OF
the President at executive sessions Of
the Senate in the consideration OF
nominations and treaties. The other
is the participation by members of the
Cabinet in the proceedings OF the
House of Representatives
The President already has the right
to attend legislative sessions of the
Senate though no President since
George Washington ever avaiIed him
self of the privilege. To confer upon
the members Of the Cabinet the right
to participate in Congressional de-
bates, but without voting power, will
require an amendment of the rules
Voting privilege can be granted only
by an amendment of the constitution
at least that is the opinion Of
authorities on such subjects.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
OFFER TO HELP CANADIANS
Minister of Militia Says 100000
Americans Would Enlist for
the Big Conflict

Ottawa, Canada, Nov 24-One hun
dred thousand men in the United
States have offered to enlist in Can
ada for service in Europe, according
to Major General Hughes, Canadian
minister Of militia He made the
statement to the Canadian Club in re-
ply to questions regarding the theory
that Germans in the United States
might attempt raid across the Dor
der. Major General Hughes said he
was in favor of accepting the men
who had offered themselves. Hun
dreds of Americans, he asserted. al
ready are with the first and second
contingents-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
REFUSED FOOD TO BELGIANS
american Relief Commission Declares
Germans Would Not Have Given
Supplies to the Starving.

London, Nov. 25-The American
commission for relief in Belgium to-
day issued the following statement
With regard TO a statement publish
ed in America and credited TO General
Won Frankenberg, governor OF Ant
werp, to the effect that If America had
not been so kind-heaTted as to send
fOodstuffs to Belgium the Germans
themselves would have considered IL
their duty to bring food from Ger
many, We cannot conceive that the
German governor of Antwerp ever
authorized such statement and are
inclined TO believe that the report is
UnfOunded-
The following cities, through their
representatives, have made appeals to
the German representatives in Ant
werp for food Malines, Lierre. Willie
brock, Boom. DuffOl, TOrhagen, St
Nicolas, COutich and Wahlen- They
were refused
The provinces Of LimbOurg and
Luxembourg adjoining the German
frontier, have made repeated appeals
to the Germans for the right to buy
food in Germany and import it into
Belgium and have been consistently
refused
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
Victory for Russians.

The Russians have won an import
ant battle with the Germans between
the Vistula and Warta rivers in Po-
land.
+ Official news received in Lon
don declares that the rout of the
German and Austrian forces in Po-
land has been complete. The general
staff, however is not yet able to give
any details of this fighting. St is now
clear that the Russian victory in Po-
land is decisive. The number of pris-
oners taken by the Russians is esti-
mated at fifty thousand.
+ Abandon Guns and Transport.
! The Germans have begun a retreat
along the entire front, and in many
places the fight is a disorderIy rout.
marked by the abandonment of artil-
lery, maxims and transports. Berlin
meanwhile is beginning to talk about
repulsing Russian attacks. which is a
subtle method of announcing that the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Whipped by a school teacher at
Brookhaven, Miss, for minor infEac-
ton of the rules of the school, Kirby
Clay collapsed and died within few
minutes A coroner's verdict said
Geath was directly due to heart dis
ease.
The twenty-irst annual conven-
ton of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy has come to a close at
Savannah, Ga. The 1915 convention
will be held in San Francisco.
A contract for s2,50O.O0O worth of
rife cartridges has been awarded to a
pean nation.
The army transports Cristobal,
Aansan and Sumner, bearing General
Funston and part of the Fifth Brigade
troops which have occupied Vera Cruz
for seven months, have arrived at
Galveston.
President Wilson will not adopt
the suggestion Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor that steps be taken
to have a receiver appointed for the
Colorado coal mines involved in the
strike, with the purpose of having
them operated by the federal govern
ment.
Thomas Mcclure, quarter back on
the RusseIlEiIle, Ark, High School
football team, is dead as the result
Of an injury received in a game with
Little Rock High School q week ago.
The -CrockerIand expedition, after
its long trip of twelve hundred miles
from Etah to the point where Rear
Admiral Robert E. Peary said he
sighted the great and unexplored con-
tinent supposed to exist in the north
polar regions. found that CrockerIand
vas net there.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
SEVEN MILLION ARE STARVING
Mothers and Babies Dying in Little
Belgium While America Thanks
Providence for Bounties.

New York, Nov 27-Thanksgiving
day found million starving persons
in war swept Belgium crying out for
bread and only half enough food on
hand to appease their hunger Three
thousand tons of food are required
each day to feed the sufferers, yet to
date the United States, upon which
the BeIgians must depend in the main
for sustenance, have furnished less
than half that amount. Ten ounces a
day will save a human being from
death by hunger
The foregoing epitomizes a state
ment issued by the American Commits
sion for the Relief of Belgians, carry
ing a plea for the small quantity of
food specified for each inhabitant Of
the stricken land
A cable from H c. Hoover, chair
man of the London commission, de-
cIared the situation desperate and
urged assistance Immediately. He said
the commission was chartering sew
eral ships for dispatch to the Atlantic
.seaboard, trusting that Americans
would fill them with supplies.
The Middle States are leading in
contributions, the commission says.
Edmund James, president of the Uni
Tersity Of Illinois, has started move
ment to raise one-half million dollars.
Each Of the ninety-nine counties of
Iowa soon will contribute a second
carload Of -four.
In Kansas ten thousand active work
eTs have been organized to work for
the cause in Just ten days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
IS DEAD IN WRECK
California COasting Steamer
Goes Ashore and Surf
Smashes Vessel.
SEA BATTLES THE RESCUERS
Life Savers Drown, Line Throwing
Gun Bursts-EnterPrise Of News-
paper Aids Greatly.

Bolinas, Cal, Nov 25.-Forty-three
survivors and fifteen dead from the
wrecked cOasting steamer Hanalei,
which went ashore on Duxbury Reef,
near here, had been accounted for at
10 O'Clock this morning
OF these thirty were towed ashore
by life lines or struggled through the
smother Of surf BY their own strength
and thirteen were carried aboard the
revenue cutter McCuIloch. The If
teen dead also were on the McCuIIoch.
They were beaten to death by the
surf
The Hanalei broke into splinters
early today after pounding on the reef
nearly twenty-four hours Some Of
the fragments washed far enough in
shore TO enable those cIinging TO them
TO make a fight for their lives The
ordinary apparatus OF live saving was
pOwerless against distance, fog and a
breaking sea
Heart Breaking Efforts.
The Fort Point life saving crew
from the beach fired lines which fell
short until, in desperation, they double
charged their mortar and IL burst An
effort TO launch a boat from the Hama
lei failed and a passenger was drown
ed a sailor tried TO swim ashore
with a line, and men on the beach
could see his arm swing above the
waves, but at the line OF breakers he
sank and his body drifted out to sea
A life saving crew which went out
toward the wreck was upset The cap
tain reached shore and the remaining
five men got aboard the Hanalei Two
later were washed of and drowned,
and there seemed no hope for any
rescue
The Wrecked Schooner Awash-
At = o'clock in the morning the
Golden Gate life saving crew, with q
larger mortar. appeared Through the
enterprise OF a newspaper it had been
ferried across San Fancisco bay, load
ed on a motor truck and sent ten miles
over mountain roads. It began to
shoot lines toward the wreck as the
tide rose After the third shot the
water was waist deep on the schooner
and the wireless operator. who was
sending with an imprOvised outfit held
in one hand. reported that the pas
sengeTs were desperate
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
BRING HUGE ORDERS TO U. S.
England 70 Spend IS Million With
Middle West-France Calls for
Many Motor Cars

Chicago, Nov. 24--British orders
for more than 81. 600 worth Of
vehicIes-mOtOr cars, wagons, sleds,
harness and equipment. were brought
back by Frederick s Fish OF South
Bend, Ind, who has just returned
from England England has also con-
tracted for FIVE hundred motor trucks
from Kenosha, Wis, firm, while the
French government has ordered more
than 81 ,000.Oea in motor cars from a
Jackson, Mich, factory Another war
time order made known here today
was a British order for , million l.
pound tins Of corn beef
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05

German troops are on the defensive.
The main Russian force is exclu-
sively engaged against the Flock
group, whose front is cut IN halves.
It's right half is surrounded on all
sides and is vainly struggling as in an
iron wise and striving TO break through
to the left wing at Lowicz, which in
turn is battling unsuccessfully.
A Second Battle Probable.
The same dispatches that tell Of
Won Hindenburg's reverses, however,
say that the German re-enforcements
were being brought up so that another
great battle is likely to develop on
line nearer to the frontier of Posen.
where the Germans will have the
same chances of renewing a vigorous
offensive as had the Russians in the
present instance.
General Won Hindenburg has about
100000 men, but if the Petrograd re-
port can be accepted, they have been
separated, badly cut up and thousands
taken prisoner, so these German forces
will require reformation and rest.
Another Russian army is operating
along the border of East Prussia, and
a third one is pursuing a vigorous
campaign in northern Austria 1t
was said by military experts that the
purpose of the Austro-German attack
and pursuit of the Russian center
was to draw off the second and third
armies from East Prussia and Galicia.
What these lesser Slav forces are do
ing has not been revealed.
PrzemysI About to Fall.
dispatch from Petrograd says
that it is announced there that the
siege of PrzemysI appears to be rapid
ly approaching its end. The trenches
surrounding the Notifications are in
the possession of the Russian troops.
Many of the trenches are filled with
lime, confirming statements Of pris-
oners that cholera is raging in the gar
rison of PrZemysl.
Austrians Tell of Success.
Reports from Vienna tell of success
es in Galicia, including the occupation
by the Teutonic allies of Tarnow and
Wieliczka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
GERMANS IN DESPERATE
ATTEMPT TO REACH COAST

London-Behind all buster of the
German press we may read a resolute
Teuton determination to continue at
lacking and a confidence in ultimate
triumph of Germany which are almost
sublime. An effort is to be made to
burst through to Calais Upon this
task one-half million German troops
will be engaged within the next few
days.
Perhaps one hundred thousand Ger
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
trunks Are winnino East

Official reports given out in Con-
stahtinOple relate the continued sue
cessful Turkish advance upon BatUm,
the Russian port on the Black Sea.
All the territory between the TurkO-
Russian border and the River Chursk
is in Turkish hands, while a Turkish
force in the southern part of this ter
ritory has taken Artwin. The Turks
declare that the English losses at
Shatt-el-Arab amounted to $50 dead
and several thousand wounded.
Russian Port Bombarded.
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, fol-
lowed by a fiotilla of torpedo boats,
appeared off Tauhse, Russia, and
opened fire, hurting 125 projectiles
into the neighborhood The Russian
artillery Immediately replied with a
very effective fire.
Turks Reach Suez Canal.
An official Turkish statement says
that the Turkish troops have reached
the Suez Canal. In fighting near FL
Kantara the English suffered heavy
losses and took flight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
CARS TROOPS BACKED
AUSTRIANS TO CORNER

London.-Prof. Bernard Pares, the
British governments correspondent
at the Russian army headquarters, in
a dispatch dealing with the general
Russian advance, says that after the
Russians had held the River San for
nearly a month against the Austrians
word came to go forward. The river
was crossed and the enemy, driven
from his trenches and the neighbor-
Ing villages, was forced back
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
Christmas Shin in Dock.

London, Nov. 27.-The first case Of
gifts from the children of America to
the little ones Of England and Belgium
was hoisted from the Christmas Ship"
Jason early yesterday, and the work
Of unloading a part Of the Golfers
cargo then proceeded repadly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
To ARREST street Car FIirts.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Six detectives
were assigned today TO ride on Chi
cago's street cars to protect women
patrons from flirts. Leonard a Busby,
president of the Chicago surface lines,
said that reports had reached him
that certain me@ had made a practice
recently of annoying women.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05

mans will lay down their lives in the
frantic effort to form a pathway for
their survivors in obeying the kaiser's
desperate order that Calais be taken
by December 10. Germans know how to
die and the legions marching across
Belgium to join battle with the Allies
in the surely decisive contest in this
region know that for tens of thousands
among them there will be no return.
There are two dominant impulses
which make Germans fling themselves
upon death with such recklessness.
One is a devotion to the Fatherland,
the other terror of their officers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
Left I. c. c. for corporation.

Washington, Nov. 27--Ross D. Ryn-
der, chief examiner Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, has resigned
to become commerce counsel for a
large Chicago corporation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05

Washington, Nov 24.-Justice La
mar refused today to issue a writ OF
error TO bring to the supreme court for
review the conviction of Leo N Frank
for the murder Of Mary Phagan. fac
tory girl, In Atlanta. Ga, in 1913.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05

''I took your Com
pound and have q fine,
strong b aby. Mrs.
JOHN MITCHELL, Mas
sena, n. Y.
Lydia E Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound is a
wonderful medicine for
expectant mothers. -
Mrs. A. II. MYERS, Cor
donvilie, No.
I highly recommend
Lydia E Pinkham 5 Veg
etable Compound before
child-b birth, It has done so
much for me" Mrs. z.
NJ DoERR, r r. 1, Con-
shohocken, Pa
al took Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound to build up nv
system and have the
dearest baby girl IN the
world" - Mrs MosR
BLAKELEY, Imperial, Pa
CT praise the Con-
pound whenever I have
q chance. It did 50 much
for me before my little
girl was born Mrs.
E. W SANDERS, Rowles-
burg, W. Va
"I to ok your Com
pound before baby was
born and feel I owe my
life to It Mrs. WINNIE
TmLIS, Winter Haven,
Florida.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
PupiI be After Whippina.

Brook Haven. Miss. Nov. "a
Whipped by q school teacher for a
minor infraction OF the rules Of the
school, Kirby Clay, u years old. col
Iapsed and died within few minutes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
So white House Eunctions.

Washington, Nov 24--FOrmal an
nouncement was made at the White
House today that the state receptions
and dinners will be abandoned this
year because Of the death Of Mrs VIII
son. The New Years reception TO
the public has also been Cancelled
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
CHICAGO a Robbers Haven.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Fifty robberies
are committed in Chicago every day,
of which probably twenty-five are
gun jobs according to statement
made today by James Gleason, super
intendert OF the police department.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-05
Minister PRAYED Too Soon.

Dallas. Tex. Nov. .2S.-While the
Rev. Charles Clingman of the Church
OF the Incarnation was giving thanks
at the Thanksgiving services a thief
stole the ministers and his assistants
raincoats-