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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
DIAMOND JUBILEE
OF FATHER OOWNEY
Celebration Occurs at the
Springhill College-Jesuit
For Sixty Years

Mobile, February 1.-Father Downey,
who, in a Jesuit school in New Orleans
over 80 years ago, taught Chief Justice
Edward d. White of the United States
supreme court, celebrated his diamond
jubilee as Jesuit here today. The cele-
bration was held at Springfield college,
of which he was once president. Doug
las White is in the position he holds to-
day." said Father Downey in his address,
because he learned to apply himself
when a Jesuit boy, and beng a success
in his studies he became a success in
his profession
Father Downey is 80 years old and has
been a Jesuit go years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
FOUR AUTOMOBILES
STOLEN LAST NIGHT
Thefts Committed Between
7 and 8 O'ClOck-HOrse
and Buggy Taken

Automobile thieves were very busy
in Birmingham last night between the
hours of and 9 o'clock and secured
four motor cars. ranging from a road
ster to a touring car. A horse and
buggy was also stolen as we'll as sew
eral bicycles.
The automobiles stolen were; A Flan-
ders passenger roadster. Ameri-
can underslung roadster, 1914 model.
Ford touring car, 1914 model. Overland
roadster
The first of the automobile thefts
reported was that of J. G. Thompson,
q jeweler al 1907 Third avenue. Mr..
Thompsons new American roadster
was stolen from the Country club at
7:30 o'clock.
George II. Gray of Pill Fourteenth
avenue. south, reported about o'clock
that his Ford five passenger touring
car had been stolen from in front of his
residence. The license number on Mr..
Gray's machine is 6456 Alabama.
When the third automo bile theft
MAS reported about $50 o'clock it
was felt at police headquarters that a
gang of automobile thieves were oper
ating and all officers were furnished
with a description of the stolen ma
chimes
About $50 o'clock Dr. NJ. A Cope
land of 721 South Twentieth street re-
ported that his Overland roadster had
been stolen from in front the South
sioe Baptist church. The roadster has
a red cross on each end DIR. Copeland
of RI for ba
of his automobile and the apprehen-
sion and conviction of the thief.
AT 8 o'clock S. H. Welch of 2S05 Jun
per avenue reported that his Flanders
roadster had been stolen at Twenty
sixth street and Madison avenue about
8 o'clock. The license number on the
roadster was ISIS Alabama
This is the second time that my au-
tomobile has been stolen and this time
intend to prosecute whoever stole it
IL he is captured" said Dr. WEIGH
In addition to the automobile thefts
the horse and buggy of E. E. Dean,
1918 Sixth avenue, north, was stolen
about 1880 o'clock.
Other thefts reported yesterday were
c. Smith, 1900 South Tenth avenue
reported that his pocket was picked
on boarding a car at the fair grounds
last night about 7 o'clock. Mr.. Smith
lost a pocketbool< containing about $50
in cash and several valuable papers.
The store of the Addington Manu-
featuring company. Forty-sixth street
and Second avenue, was broken into
early yesterday morning and the bur-
glars secured large amount of to-
bacco and groceries.
The Hughes grocery, 500 Twenty
first street, north, was burglarized yes
terday morning and thoroughly ram
sacked. Several hundred dollars worth
or groceries were secured by the
thieves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
COMMITTEES OFF TO
PROBE MINE STRIKES
Members of House Leave for
Colorado and Michigan
Strike Zones

Washington. February 1.-Subcommit-
tees of the House committee on mines
will leave Washington Wednesday night
for the west to investigate the Colorado
and Michigan mine strikes. The Colorado
investigators, Representative Foster, I'LL
nois. chairman; Byrnes, South Carolina !;
Evans Montana, democrats; Austin Ten
nessee, and Sutherland. West Virginia,
republicans, will go first to Denver then
to Trinidad and Pueblo and later to
Boulder
The subcommittee for the Michigan in
quiry Representatives Taylor of Colo
rado, chairman; Hamlin, Missouri; Carey,
Pennsylvania, democrats; Howell, Utah,
and Switzer, Ohio, republicans, will go
direct to Calumet and take in Houghton
and other places in the strike affected
area
None of the committeeman would VEN
ture prediction as to how long their
tasks would occupy them, but they ex-
pect to spend several weeks in the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02

spoke for three minutes and introduced
Federal Judge Julian w. Mack.
Il hope women will take hold of the
ballot properly and reyolutionize things,
said Judge Mack. 1.-The Lord knows
they need revolutionizing. 1t is up to
you to give us the city beautiful, the
clean city. the decent city. You want to
consider the ballot and make it shorter,
a thing which the men have failed to do
Mrs. Trout said there are many reasons
why women should be vitality interested
in politics, and short talks were made by
Miss Jane Adams, Louis De Koven
Bowen, Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCul-
loch, Mrs. Virginia Brooks Washburn,
Miss Mary Mcdowell Municipal Judge
Joseph z. Uhlir, Chief Justice Harry
Olson and former Judge Charles Cutting.
Miss Adams said the remarkable de-
monstration today refuted beyond all
doubt the claim of politicians that women
did not want the ballot. She said the
women of Illinois We're aroused and that
100000 of them would register in Chicago
Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
BOYS STRIKE WHEN
REPLACED BY GIRLS

Chicago. February Thirty boys,
employees of Jaques Rousse, head of
the so-called tipping trust, which rents
the checking concessions in hotels and
cafes, went on strike today because
Rousso had substituted girls for some
of their number. The employment of
girls, the boys said, was in hopes of
making stronger appeal to the hearts
of cate patrons
The tipping business, the boys said,
has fallen off as result of publicity.
Patrons who formerly gave freely be-
gan war on Rousso when they learned
from the newspapers that tips given
to lively check k~boys eventually found
their ways to Roussos pocket.
Rousso employed 10 girls last week.
They wear special uniforms with no
pockets and with extra tight collars,
to prevent dropping money down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
JOHNF. ANTWINE
DIES IN INDIANA
Local Merchant Succumbs
While Visiting Parents
at Nincennes

John T. Antwine aged 40 years. the
senior partner of Antwine-M MCGUIRE
.DeShazo. clothiers. 1904 Third avenue.
died suddenly at o'clock last night
at the residence of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Antwine of yincennes Ind.
whom he had been visiting since the
Christmas holidays.
The news reached Birmingham about
o'clock and was a great shock to the
friends and relatives of Mr.. Antwine.
I'VE could hardly believe it at first"
said l. G. Antwine, brother of the
deceased, but a late telegram just
received confirms the fact that my
brother is dead It is a great shock
MY brother was about As years of
age and was the senior partner in
the clothitng firm of Antwine- MCGUIRE
DeShazo on Third avenue. He had been
IN business locally for the past six
years.
Around Christmas John was in poor
health and decided to visit his father
and mother in Vincennes. Ind He was
accompanied by Mrs. Antwine, who was
at his bedside when he died. My broth
ers remains will be brought to Bir-
mingham for burial John +. Antwine
Jr. the eldest son of my brother has
already left for Vincennes to attend
TO the arrangements for his fathers
funeral"
Mr. Antwine was we'll known and
highly esteemed in business circles in
Birmingham He was a member of the
knights of Columbus and an Elk. lie
is survived by his widow and seven
children: Four sons John F., Frederick
Louis and Harold Antwine; and three
daughters, Miss Margaret, Miss Lii
liam and Miss Aggie Antwine The par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Antwine, OF
N1ncennes, Ind, and brother, L. G.
Antwine, of Birmingham. also survive.
Mr. Antwine resided at 92S North
Twelfth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
"ALLAT BE PRAISED!' CRIES DOLLY, WHEN
SHE MET EXOTIC MADAME NAZIMOVAL
BY DOLLY DALRYMpLn

=
There are times when one sighs to be
poet, or poetess.
For instance
You see
II l were poet or a poetess I might
easily describe Madam Ala Nazimoya.
Mere prose from one who is not an Ar
mold Bennett. nor yet a George Moore.
or a Galsworthy, or an H. G. Wells, Is
bound to be so inadequate.
However
1t must be prose, so here it goes
Honestly
l didn't mean that to rhyme; I didn't
even try.
Somehow I had got It into my head
that when l met Madame Nazimova [
would be introduced to an extraordinary
sort of person, like she is ION the
stage
I expected writings and hissings and
wrigglings and squirmings and strange
things like that
Maybe-hysteria.
Something curious, any way.
l thought she would probably Shrek or
order me away, or look at me in weird
ii's'iiAi1i biioAA NOuio StIu lie hlIlIB
Instead of that, when we met in the
foyer OF the Hotel Hilman Saturday
morning just after she had arrived, l was
surprised to see an almost girlish Great
ure, with a little slouch hat on, and a
rough and ready coat, which gave the
impression of slenderness, even sweetness,
looking at me from eyes that looked like
blue fringed gentians" you read about
in poetry.
Her skin is the darkest olive imaginable
and her coal black hair is like ravens
wing, and although she looks SO child
like and bland, | can only think of her
as the extraordinary portrait she makes
as 'Fedda' in the curious blush gown
the color of a serpent, or the spectral
woman of THE Comet" with her corpse
like face and vivid crimson lips. and l
can only picture her in my mind as the
radiant goddess standing before
THE fool who hath said in his heart
There is no God
And calling him to account
Madame Nazimova, who looks so long
and slender as "Hedda" and so plump
and petite as Nora is in reality mere
slip of woman.
In fact, she's a tiny little thing, is
Madame Nazimova, just comes about to
the elbow of her perfectly good, new
husband, Mr.. Charles Bryant Dr Myer
lsaacson of the play), for in private life
she Is Mrs. Charles Bryant.
Sounds prosaic, doesn't it, after the for
eign, exotic atmosphere of her own un-
usual name-Nazimova?
| had conjured up visions for years of
what | was going to talk TO Madame
Nazimova about
l had expected her to smoke cigarette
and send the misty gray fumes curling
above her pretty head. while she re- !
clined upon sofa and told me the things
! wanted to hear.
The Russian ladies smoke, you know |
and don't care who talks about 1t.
The American ladies smoke, but they do
care.
That's the difference.
/ could hear myself asking her what
right she had to her wondrous blue eyes
and famed colored lips, and | could even
hear her answering that while she was
Russian, she was from the south of that
great country from the Crimea, where the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
GIRL SAVED BY
TINKLE OF A BELL

Baton Rouge, La, February WITH
in block of the state capitol and in
the most thickly populated portion of
the residential section of this city, a
negro attacked Miss Louise Booth in
her home today. He was frightened
away by the ringing of a telephone
bell just outside the girls room and
although a posse of several hundred
pursued him he had not been caught
tonight. Miss Booth was alone in her
house and was in the act of dressing
when the negro entered her room and
was choking her when the telephone
bell rang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
SUBMARINES REACH
TEXAS FROM FLORIDA

Galveston, February 1.-All but one
boat of the second submarine division of
the Atlantic squadron, the E-2. reached
Galveston today from Key West The
E-2 and several others of the submarines
became separated from the fleet during
rough weather off the Florida coast. The
missing boat, which is commanded by
Ensign c. Laizure, is expected to arrive
within a few hours.
The boats here are the monitor Tonopah
and submarines D-1, D-2, D-3 and Ell.
Li9ht Lewis D. Causey is in command OF
the fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
CONTROL OF CANCER
WILL BE DISCUSSED

Pittsburg, February 1.-Preparations
were completed here today for great
educational meeting Tuesday night to
discuss the control of cancer.
A representative of the American
Society for the Control of Cancer. will
describe the plans of the association
which has been formed as national
agency TO disseminate knowledge con-
cerning the symptoms diagnosis, treat
ment and prevention of cancer; to in
vestigate the conditions under which
cancer is found and compile statis-
ties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
Lemire Refused Commission

Hazebrouck. France, February 1.
The Able, Jules Lemire, who recently
resigned the deputy speakership of the
chamber of deputies, after having been
suspended by the bishop of Lille, was
refused communion by the dean of
Hazebrouek when he presented HIM
self at the altar rails today in ST.
Elois church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
VERSES IN TILE
AT PRESS CLUB

One of the builtTn fireplaees at the
Press club, located in an aleove of the
library has the following verses worked
into the tile:
"Ah, pensive scholar,
What is fame?
A ftful tongue OF
Leaping fame;
A giddy whirlwinds
Fickle gust
That lifts a pinch
of mortal dust
few swift years
And who can show
Which dust was Bill
And which was Joe?'
A singular feature of the work was
fhe fact that the two men engaged in
setting the tile were named Bill and Joe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
BRITISH co. TAKES
OVER SEEBURG LINES

Mobile. February 1.-The Seeburg
Steamship lines. incorporated, operating
a freight and passenger service from Mo-
bile to the Leeward and Windward
Islands. has been sold to British steam
ship company. The lines will be ex-
tended and sailings will be made to Cen
trail American ports. John Z. Kerr & Co.,
bankers and shipping agents of New
York and Jamaica, were instrumental in
making the deal. The line now operates
five ships
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
MRS. ELLEN T. COWEN
PASSES IN MOBILE
Organizer of Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society Dies Yester
day at Advanced Age

Mobile, February Mrs. Ellen Tho
burn Cowen, 70, widow of the late Gen.
b. r. Cowen of Ohio died here today
Mrs. Cowen was one of the organizers of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal church and
retired from work as missionary in India
after so years service. Her sister, Miss
Isabella Thoburn, was the first woman
missionary sent out by the Methodist
church, spending her life In India. Mrs.
Cowmen was a member of the general ex-
ecutive committee from its start in 1869
until 81 few years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02

of the tame little house cat the raised
pet will "eat out of your hand in
terviewer, anyway And Mr.. Bryant,
husband-like. took things in his own
hands and said:
Really, Madame is very tired. You
see, it's like this: She got up at o'clock
this morning. These one-night stands,
you know
But this is life and death matter
with me- l managed to put in. THE
city editor told me to get this story, and
there's my job-can't you see, Mr. MANI"
I'm sorry, but ] am so tired" Madame
interposed, turning her fervid blue eyes
toward me. the personification of martyr
dom and despair
But just a few minutes" T insisted
''Fm an awfully quick interviewer. You
don't know met
mo, no. Mr.. Husband broke in "She
really cannot. She never gives interviews.
Here's our manager. He'll explain"
And
Then there was a hdrrying and scurry-
ing and "Mr. Husband" and Madame
and Mr. Manager" all smiles and apol-
ogies, and poor little Dolly were talking
at the same time-lke a house a-fire-
sounding like a "Volapuk Conference"
or that little "Bedlam affair." or "Suf-
fragette Tea, or something dreadful,
and two or three bell boys rushed up and
captured as many grips and bags" and
things, and
B-r-r-r-r-r, B-i-i-i-f-f-f! B-a-a-n-n-g-gi!
They were off,
Nice of em-wasnt it.?
p. s.
| always will believe ! could have gotten
exactly the kind of interview / wanted
with the beautiful lady if it hadn't been
for that mean, hateful. possessive, pro-
tective, interfearing,s domneerng, good
looking "Dr. Isaacsoni" g 80
Remember in the play how he slammed
the door at the very last on the poor little
prisoner?
Well
huff said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
TOURISTS, EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE IN ROME
ON FEBRUARY 10

Rome, February 1.-The American
baseball players of the National and
American leagues, who have been on
a round the world tour, are expected
to reach here February 10. They will
be received in audience by the pope,
and will play an exhibition game at
the stadium. which seats 100000 spec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
Aged Yale Graduate Dead

Waterbury. Conn, February 1.-Dr.
Garwood RI. Atwood, Yale's second oldest
living graduate, died heer today, aged 95.
DR.. Atwood was graduated from Yale in
the class of 1870 OF the 106 members of
the class there is now only one survivor,
Thomas S. Inglehant of Davidsonville,
Md.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
PARCEL POST CLOSES
AN EXPRESS OFFICE

Canandaigua. N. Y, February 1.
Owing, it is said, to the growth of the
parcel post the Adams Express company
has closed its office here and its business
will be handled by the local agent of the
American Express company. A state
ment issued by the Adams company said
a similar consolidation would be eff
fected in other small towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02

women are blue-eyed and o1ived-skinned
crimson-lipped and black-haired.
Then came visions of dissertations from
her about the stories that are told of how
actresses live the parts they play and all
that stuff and nonsense, and her denial
absolutely by suggesting the dustiness of
stage furniture and the soiled table linen,
and other things that wouldn't be en-
dured for a moment In our own homes.
And then l felt sure we'd talk about
Bella Donna and now she writhes and
comforts and squfrms and crawls. making
of Mr. Chepstow one of those vampires
of whose past nothing is known. coming
from somewhere out of the darkness into
the here-watching for spoil and striking
the victim with her deadly fangs.
"Of course l don't really writhe.' I could
imagine Madame Nazimova saying to me.
Bella Donna to my mind is not English
at all, but some snaky, Shiny creature to
be reckoned with and thus depicted. /
wear no corsets, and my gowns-oh, they
are wonderful creations. Yes, they say
I get into them with a shoe horn, I know,
but that isn't true. The gowns were de-
signed and built to represent Bella Dom
mas strange nature. and once inside them
l merely let my body move freely, and
they call 1.-THE critios-wr writhing. sauirm-
ing, do they?"
From many a beautiful dream there's
a rude awakening.
What actually did happen to my long
coveted interview with Madame Nazmo-
va was this:
| went to the Hillman "by times" and
waited patiently for her arrival.
She was scheduled for 1870 o'clock and
her train was on time (for a wonder).
When | presented myself to her she was
by the side of her big, good
looking husband, and when l asked that
she kindly grant me a few moments
conversation she looked piteously to her
better half' for protection, as if some-
thing dreadful was going to happen.
tWhats getting the matter with people.
anyway, that they are so mortally afraid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
MONEY STOLEN FROM
BANK FOUND IN BRUSH

Shreveport. La. February 1.--Acting, it
is stated, upon Information obtained from
the two men under arrest here in con-
nection with the robbery of the Bank of
Logansport at Logansport, La, Friday,
detectives today found $500 in a elump
of bushes near Logansport. This amount
is only $40 short of the entire sum
stolen from the Logansport bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
EIGHTEEN PERISH
WHEN VESSEL SINKS

Lorenz. the first officer and II of the
rev of the German bark Hera, Pisagua,
Chile, to Falmouth. lost their lives today
when the vessel struck rock as she had
almost concluded her voyage. The re-
naming five members were saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
Sergeant Pickett Resigns

r. H. Puckett desk sergeant at police
headquarters, resigned yesterday to enter
into business for himself. Mr.. Puckett
is one OF the best known officers on the
force. Mr. Pnckett's resignation takes
effect at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
Poole Assumes Duties To-day

Leander Poole of Cuba, who was re-
Gently given an excellent promotion In
the railway service, arrived in Bir-
mingham last night and will take up
his new duties today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR SHERIFF

l hereby announce my candidacy for
sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to
the action of the democratic primary.
GEORGE H. BODEKER.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-29
MAN DROWNED IN
TWO FEET OF WATER

Cottonwood Lake, N. D., July 90
The body of A. t. Drakeley, aged 70,
was found in a pool of water half a
mile from his home, eleven miles
southeast from Cottonwood Lake. Life
was extinct when the body was found
The water was about two feet deep.
Mr.. Drakeley has been living in this
vicinity for many years and was very
active for his age. About a month ago
he made an overland triI. to Montana
to trade horses. and while on this trip
received a sunstroke. Ever since then
his mind has been affected. On the
afternoon Of his demise he was at the
home of his son. William, about a.
mile west from his own place. Mrs.
William was planning on attend
ing a thimble party somewhere
in the neighborhood, so left her faith,
er-in-law at home. telling him She
would take him to his home when she
returned. He did not wait for her,
and started to walk home alone. This
was in the afternoon: in the evening,
he was found lying bareheaded, face
down, in a pool Of water beside the
road, half a mile west Of the Angie,
postoftice. He had both hands up to-
his face, just as though he had been.
bathing his forehead when he fell in. =,
Deceased leaves a wife n two sons
and their family. all rightly respected
and well-to-do. Mr.. Drakeley is a CIV
ii war veteran and served as sheriff in
the eastern part of the state. +,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-29
~Typewriting Records.

The first woman typist to write over
a hundred words a minute in a speed
contest was Miss Bessie Friedman of
New York, who accomplished the feat
at Spokane, Wash, two years ago. On
that occasion Miss Friedman averaged
nearly 107 words a minute for 80 min
utes. In 1906 Miss Rose Fritz wrote
81 words a minute, which remained the
record until 1910, when H. c.. Blais-
dell pounded out 100 words in 60 Sec
onds. Miss Florence e. Wilson reach
ed 112 in 1912, surprising Miss Fried
mans feat. In 1913. at New York.
Miss Margaret B. Owen won the type
writing championship with an average
of 125 words a minute for 60 minutes.
Emil Trefzger took second place with
100 words. and Gus Trefzger was third
with III words. At the worlds cham
pionship contest held in Toronto last
April, Miss Owen retained her title,
writing 1875 words q minute for half
an hour Miss Rose Fritz was second
with 1928 words, and Miss Bessie
Friedman took third place with 1872
words. Fred Jarrett of Toronto was
the speediest Canadian typist, but he
was far back in the procession with
104 words to his credit. Miss Fried
mar was only II when she accomplish
ed the lot word feat, and at Is she won
the novice championship,