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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
FIRE AT EMPIRE BUILDING PRACTICAL DEMONSTRAT TON THAT SKYSCRAPERS
 CAN BE MADE FIREPROOF, SAY EXPERTS

The fireproof construction of sky scrapers in Birmingham received the first practical vindication in the Elm pire building fire of Thursday night. The unanimous opinion among experts yesterday was that the Empire build ing would have been destroyed had it not been for the fireproof construction of the building. The fact that this is the first fire that has seriously en- dangered any skyscraper here and the fact that it was confined to such an extremely limited area was the source of widespread qualification on the part of local architects and builders
 William c. Weston. who has designed more skyscrapers in Birmingham than any one architect, was of the opinion that the Empire would have been . total wreck had it not been for the fireproof construction.
 "rhe fire was confined to the
 roof" said Major Weston. If the E construction had been of wood the
 building would have been gutted.
 As it was the building is fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
PLAN PROGRAMME
 FOR TEXTILE MEET Shook, Everett, Her and Heymer Will Have Con-
 ference Today

President P. G. Shook and Assistant t Secretary w. Blanks Everett, of the Chamber of Commerce. will confer this morning with Alonzo Her and Frank D.. Heymer, of the Southern Textile asso- citation. for the purpose of planning the entertainment programme and other features of that organizations conven- tion, which is to be held in Birming- ham soon. and to decide as to the exact date for the calling of the meeting.
 The convention of the Southern Tex tile association was secured by some swift work with postcards in the sum : mer by the Chamber of Commerce. letter was mailed to every member of the association, in which was enclosed postcard asking him to designate his choice of a convention city. Birming- ham won and MT. Her. chairman of the entertainment committee of the associ- atfOn. is now preparing plans for the entertainment of the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
POLLOCK OVER FARMS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

. In order to look over some of the east. ern farms principally in upper New York and in New England before starting oy- erations on his farm near Sprinyvillc. Charles Woodruff left for New York yes. ierday. It will be recalled that Mir Wood ruff recently retired from the profession af civil engineering.
 MT: Woodruff said that the reputation of the farmers in the New England stated was of such interest and they Were sc uniformly successful that he wanted t0 get . line on the.r system before starring kis work In this section. He will be oz, thts trip about three months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
SCHOOL SITE IN
 GATE CITY BOUGHT City Pays $25OO for Four Acres-Sm Building
 for Present

The city of Birmingham yesterday bought for $2500 tract of land about four acres in extent between East Woodawn and Gate City, upon which a school build- ing will be erected. It is planned in the future to establish a recreation park and playgrounds there, according to Commits sioner James Weatherly.
 The school itself will be to serve tie people in that immediate section, ard Dr. J. H. Phillips says the structure for the present will be but four-room building. The reason for building there, he said, was because it was convenient to a greater number than the former locatioj, of the school, which was farther on to- ward the rolling mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
NEW PASTOR SELECTED Rev. H. w. Head Succeeds Rev. s. J Parish at Park Avenue Baptist

After having been without a permanent pastor for some three months following the resignation of the Rev. s. J. Parrish, the Park Avenue Baptist church at North Birmlng ham th!s week elected the Rev. H. w Head to fill the post MT. Head has been acting as pastor for few weeks and the pulpit supply committee decided that they could not do better than to call him to the pastorate.
 Mir. Head has been resident of Bir- mingham for about Il years. He is na- tive of Georgia. coming to this state witt, his parents when a boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
NEGRO HELD FOR THE
 FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Lorton Powell. negro youth. was held under 800 bond to await the action of the federal grand jury by Judge R. B. Watts. United States commissioner. on a charge of interfering with interstate conn merce.. The negro was accused of break ing into freight car in the Seaboard Air Line yards and stealing therefrom a quantity of tobacco. Powelrs mother. an old negro woman. cleanly clad In calico dress and apron. plead for 1eniency for the boy. stating that he was tho youngest of her 12 children and her only npport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
Real Estate Transfer

The following real estate transfers were recorded yesterday in the office of the probate judge:
 N500-Phil Dorn and Roscoe Chamblee to George Kaneis: Lots 19 and 20 in block 52, East Birmingham Land company's survey.
 $3O00-East Lake Land company to Fred erick w. Mark: Lots IT and IS. in the Roebuck Springs first addition.
 s2500-The Alabama company to the city of Birmingham: All of blocks 15 and 15lz Gate City to be used for school grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
Two Sue for $sO. O.ooo Each

Two suits for damages for alleged per- sonal injuries were filed in the United States court yesterday in which the plain tiffs claim $S0.00O each. Dan Howard and Joe NIX have sued the Woodward Iron company separately. each claiming that while in the employ of the defendant com pany he received personal injuries and was thereby damaged to the extent of s3O.v00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
Marrige Licenses

The following marriage licenses were recorded yesterday in the office of the probate judge:
 Jesse E. Lewis. Memphis to Miss Eve lyn Scott Reynolds.
 A. C. wier. Bessemer. to Miss Ethel Beatrice Brent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
Files Bankruptcy Petition

w. B. Marcum of Tuscaloosa filed volun- :tary petition in bankruptcy yesterday In the office of Charles J. Allison, clerk of tue United States court His liabilities arc scheduled at about $200 and assets at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
No Time for Increase

''This certainly Is no time for an ex- traordinary burden of railroad freight rate increase to be placed upon our peo- pie. in view of the European war and it's effect upon the provision market High cost of living may be borne by the rich, but the poorer classes are Just now up against . proposition as to food supplies,
 tContinued on Page EIeven)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
UNCLE DAWES BELATED LUCK
Twenty Years Of Improbable Time
Was What Worried the Old
Gentleman.

Charley Sessions, secretary OF state.
says that while he was taking his
summer vacation up in Minnesota a
couple OF years ago he met charac
ter at the little village up in the
woods, known as Uncle Dave" says
the Topeka (Kansas) Capital. The
old mans only occupation was carry
ing the sack Of mail over from the
depot to the postofiice once day. II
was all he could do to subsist and 1t
was a mighty lean subsistence at
that. Last year, when Secretary SEES
sions went back again on his vacation
he did not see "Uncle Dave" and
asked where he was. He was in
formed that uncle Dave" had gone
to Minneapolis to have blowout
Charles was surprised that Uncle
Dave" had been able to gather enough
money to go to Minneapolis. "'Uncle
Dave has had a streak OF luck" said
his Informant. "He went over here to
a neighboring town and fell through
hole in the sidewalk He sued the
town and they compromised by agree
Ing to pay Uncle Dave a pension OF
SIS a month" Some days after that
Charley met Uncle Dave" who told
him all about his good fortune. "Yes,
sir" said Uncle Daye.i II am In
big luck, but think what time ]
might have had II had found that
hole 20 years ago"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

it has now been six months since took
any medicine at all. l hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. / now feel perfectly well and in
the best of health. - Mrs. AUGUST
w. KoNDNER, 1852 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know Of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials ON file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact
For thirty years It has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc
II you want special advice
write to Lydia Il. Pinkham Med
icine Co, confidential Lynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman
and held in strict confidence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

through a door at the left, We enter
the CHEEKY living room with its large
bay window al the front end. Four
small easement windows also admit
light over the library bookcase or 9TH
er furnishings that may be ranged
along the side OF the room. The living
room opens DIRECTLY into the dining
room through an opening Ranked by
two columns. At one end OF the dining
room, another bay window admits
ample sunshine, and enlarges the view
to be had from the inside; at the 9th
er end, doors open into the front and
middle bedrooms. Connection between
dining room and kitchen is through the
pantry, which is lighted by window
and provided with shelved cupboard
or buffet for china, glassware, etc. A
small hallway leads directly from the
dining room to the bathroom on the
middle line Of the house. at the rear,
This hallway has a linen closet, and
opens on the right into the rear bed
room, and the left into the kitchen. A
rear porch OF the kitchen gives access
20 and from the back yard
The cost OF building such house as
this would range in different localities
from $4,000 to $500.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Public Opinion.

Public opinion is what we think
other people are thinking; or II is
what we think other people think we
think. When We think We are think.
ing like other people, then we think
they are thinking as We think That
is what we think is public opinion.
When we meet someone who does
not think as we think then we think
that is not public opinion When we
meet, or hear OF, number who do
not think as We think. then we think
that what they are thinking is some
thing contrary to what public opinion
ought TO be, and. indeed. will be- as
soon as they all begin to think as we
think they ought to think.
Public opinion is or two kinds
what IL is not, and what We think II
is. On the other hand, What We think
is public opinion may not be what we
think it is.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Didn't Fiatter IN. sIsbop.

Bishop Mcdowell has recovered
from his recent illness sufficiently
to receive his friends and entertain
them with story now and then.
Some Years ago the bishop was pre-
siding over conference in the south.
At the close Of the session an old
negro nanny, who had been an in
terested listener throughout the pro.
ceedings. approached the bishop to
congratulate him. a5
Abs done attended confunces hyah
since befo' the wah. she said. "Ah's
seen Bishop Simpson an Bishop Fowl
er an Bishop Merrill, but All neyah
saw no bishop who could preside lax
you"
Bishop Mcdowell thanked her for
the the compliment and was about to
turn away.
But" added the old negress, Am
getting on in years now: Abs pretty
old, an All speckt ma judgment amt
as good as 1t once was. Chicago In
ter Ocean. -.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Activities Of Women.

Governor Johnston OF California re
Gently appointed a board OF women to
assume direct control OF one OF the
most important reformatory institu.
tons.
Miss Florence Sanville and Fanny
Cochrane, two Philadelphia women,
are taking a course in agricultural
economies at the University of Wis
consin.
The Countess de la Gueriyiere, who
was the first woman cab driver In
Paris. has gone into a new venture,
that OF nurse in Paris hospital for
dogs. cats and birds.
There are only 100000 married
women in the United States who could
be divorced. and during the past year
10000 couples have found that they
were mismated.
A California woman has erected a
remarkable residence for herself at
the age OF seventy-three With the
exception OF the roof, frame and
floors, the house was built entirely by
her.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
BROCHURES SHIRT FROM TREE
Native Of New Granada Has Little
Trouble Securing Garment Suit
able for His Needs.

IL is comforting at least to know
tina; the sad Song OF the Shirt does
not apply to all parts, of the world,
In the forests of Oronoko, situated on
the slope of New Granada, nature has
provided what serves as a ready-made
shirt for the natives. II is obtaiaed
from the marina tree, species OF
tropical palm, which has a thin,
tibrous red bark When a native
wants shirt he simply cuts piece
of one Of these trees about IS inches
In diameter and takes on the bark,
managing so as not to cut it In any
way, and thus obtains hollow cylin-
der OF flexible bark, somewhat re-
sembling a rough sack without any
bottom. He then makes small slit
in each side for his arms to go
through and puts it on. 1t is only
during the rainy season, however. that
natives conform to the requirements
OF civilization sufficiently to wear gar
ments OF any description.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

The national union against emigra
ton is doing Some practical work.
During the last quarter OF the old
year the Office at Malmo was consult
ed by 420 persons The number OF
properties offered Tor sale was Il, the
number or persons wishing to plh-
chase real estate was 95, and Is deals
were closed. Adyices and informa-
ton and loans we're furnished in 90
cases Thirty-nine persons appliedfor
positions and rs obtained work,
Swedes returning from abroad, espe.
cially from America, TO the number
of 70, asked for Information as to re-
naturalization. permission to carry on
business and own property, military
duties, etc.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

a decided preference for men. Love
OF a whole sex is already awake In
them. but they are rarely devoted to
one man to the exclusion OF all Others
writes Richard c. Cabot in the Allan
tic. A newcomer is especially wei.
coined. This means that their love is
at first general and vague. though later
II may attach itself to one individual
and cleave TO him. forsaking all others
This lesson we sometimes fail to learn.
We then remain impersonal and desire
the emotions OF love, as many people
desire the emotions OF music, without
any awareness OF an individual or OF
the meaning OF the piece. To yield to
such desire Is yillainy in case we
really know better las we usually doD;
but not otherwise When we listen to
good music we are actually listening
to the outpourings OF the composers
heart. He Is speaking to US earnestly
and intensely. and we are listening to
him, not 10 II. And yet ii is often no
crime 10 drink in music merely as
pleasure; indeed, for most people It
cannot be a crime, because they know
no better. But it is always a CHASTITY
mistake, for 1t is treating music,
which is biz OF persons life, as
means OF sensual qualification
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Senator Roots capture OF the $40.
600 Noble peace prize recalls the
Rooseveltian dictum that Root is the
ablest man in America.
1T recalls also many stories OF Mr.
Roots brilliance at the bar. One OF
these stories is about woman who
sued a railroad company for $4,000
for the loss OF her thumb, which had
been destroyed in rearend collision
Mr. Root--a young man then
opened the defense with the words;
twenty-five thousand dollars foI
the loss OF a thumb. Well. gentlemen
of the jury, the only justification
can see for so exorbitant a claim Is
that it was the thumb tie lady kept
her husband under"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Tell Il to Luke McLuke

The hustle, popular with the women
and the iokesters OF the '70s. has re.
turned to Pittsburg. II moved down
Fifth avenue this afternoon attached
to very pretty young woman who
said she was Miss Collingwood. When
the girl and the hustle turned into the
avenue from Smithfield street there
was a gasp from the crowd and in.
quiries OF What is it," Elderly per.
sons paused to inform the multitude
that Il was a hustle.
BY the time the young woman had
travelled block. Pittsburgh's busiest
thoroughfare was filled from curb to
curb with a crowd.
Two policemen finally took Miss Col.
lingwood in tow and led her into a
banking house Later she and her
hustle were whisked away in a motor
earn. Y. Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Floor Plan.

mrity ofNhe coy cottage type OF dwell
ing commonly designated as the
"bungalow"-a word of East Indian
origin--and the extent TO which build
ings OF this class are being multiplied
all over the country. This type OF
house-built either wholly one-story or
with a few rooms directly under the
roof In what would otherwise be the
attic--is such as to lend itself to a
great variety Of treatment and arrange.
ment, these features, however, being
governed altogether by the individual
tastes and requirements OF the pros.
pective occupants.
A very attratiye. cosy and well-ar.
ranged six.room cottage home OF the
type referred to is illustrated In the
half-tone perspective view herewith
and the accompanying fioor-plan. The
width OF the house Ia 81 feet; Its length
AZ feet. The basement extends under
the entire house, and there is an attic.
The rooms are all well lighted. the
three bedrooms, each OF which has ca
pacious closet of fits own, are arranged
along one side OF the house. the other
side being devoted to the waking ac-
tlvitIes OF domestic life. The front
porch is sufficiently large to provide a
shaded outdoor gathering place for the
family in fine weather. The front door
opens into yestibuIe, from which,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Arm. and the Child.

Girl scouts exist in Germany also
Instead OF campfire girls they call
them something that sounds like q
mixture OF Fenimore Cooper and mu,
steal comedy Pathhnderesses is the
literal translation. Apparently. too
they go in for being military with true
German thoroughness One reads how
head game warden presented him,
self at the shop OF a dealer in firearms
in Berlin and desired TO purchase a re,
volver.
"A reyolver!" said the dealer. I'm
sorry, sir, but I've Just sold the last
gross of reyolyers in the shop to the
Potsdam battalion OF girl scouts"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

pensive clothing, The more expensive
home will come later II you first
make good" by adjusting your de,
mands to your abilities, and exercising
patience. In the meantime. remember
that you are saving the landlords prof
it. You are also reaping the "unearned
Increment of increased valuation on
your property. and il Is a fact that IN
any live. growing city or town the APP
probation in value OF property will
more than offset depreciation and cost
OF upkeep on the improvements there.
on. Then, again. there is the great
satisfaction and pride of being under
your own roof which cannot be sold
over your head. and the delight OF be.
ing able TO potter around" and fix
things up according 10 your own fancy.
knowing all the while that everything
added in the way OF convenience or
Improvement is so much added in dol
lars and cents to the value OF the
property
That this is no dream Is strikingly
demonstrated by the prevailing popu.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Titled Rounders.

Eva Tanguay was congratulated
upon her recent marriage.
Its love match, too, said Miss
Tanguay. IT'S not the sort OF match
that our young heiresses make with
titled Founders.
THE average titled bounder. u he
told the truth, would, when he pro-
posed to a young heiress, make a
speech like this:
"Miss Golde-Lotta-I love you for
your pelf alone"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

v eB e table SOlh-
pound did for me.
l suffered dreadful
pains and was very
irregular. / became
alarmed and sent for
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound. L took it reg
ularly until | was
without a cramp or
pain and felt like
annfhar narcnn and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Druggist Blamed.

An old countrywoman stepped into
a suburban drug store and laid on the
counter prescription for mixture
containing two decigrams OF morphia.
The druggist exercised the utmost
care in weighing the dangerous drug.
what a shame!" she cried. Don't
be so stingy: it's for an orphan girl"
--Lippincott's.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
His Guess.

Bacon--I see Kansas City, Kan, had
1871 divorces in 1912 against 1894 in
1911.
Egbert--I take II that some OF the
1924 divorced In 1911 didn't marry
again. then.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGS IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF interest to the SeandlnavIans
In America.
DEN MARK.

Copenhagen.-Th Grand Duchess
Irene Alexandrovna OF Russia. who is
at present here with her mother, the
Grand Duchess Xenia, and her great.
aunt, the Empress Marie. has become
engaged to Prince Yussupoff. The
Grand Duchess Irene is eighteen years
OF age and very beautiful. and Prince
Yussupoff belongs to very old and
wealthy family. He has lived for a
long time in England and was educat-
ed at Oxford.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
VARIOUS EMOTIONS OF LOVE
Always at First General and Vague II
Sometimes Remains lnpersonsi
Through Life.

Swedenborg says that in its early
and elemental forms our love is at.
tached by sex. not yet by one OF the
sex. Even IN babyhoo girls may show
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

King Christian X. is the first mon
arch who has talked into a phono-
graph for the purpose of preserving
his voice for the historic Photographic
archives in the Danish royal library.
He repeated into the instrument his
proclamations and his speech made
from the balcony OF the Amalieoborg
palace to great gathering OF cheer
ing people when he received the crown
after King Fredrik's death In Ham
burg street
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
At the Boarding House.

Mrs. Scanthelp, are you much wor.
ried?"
What about, sir?"
THAT the government will put its
probe into the hash"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Important debates are proceeding in
the riksdag on the subject OF national
defense as the result OF the movement
for greater security of Swedish neu-
trality In the event OF a war among its
powerful neighboIs. The mGv@nent
has led to reports in the foreign press
that Sweden is preparing to make
war. On the contrary, 1t intends TO
increase both its army and navy and
TO improve radically the efficiency OF
the military units in order to discour-
age the powers from incubating war
plans based on the assumption that
Swedish neutrality cannot be defend
ed successfully.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
seemed Mhat Sac Mani.d.

Il see this medicine is good for man
and beast" Yes" said the druggist.
Gimme a bottle. | believe that's the
right combination to help my hus
band. Kansas City Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Many a fellow who isn't a magician
turns night into day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
THIS WOMAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. -"I am more than
glad to tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's