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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
OPEN WHOLESALE
 SHOE HOUSE HERE DOnavin Shoe Co. Making Arrangements for Estab- lishment to Cover This
 Territory

Donavin Shoe company of Indiana and Kentucky is to establish whole sale shoe business in Birmingham, and George B. Willock of Indianapolis is here to make the necessary arrange ments. The company already has big stores in Indianapolis and Louisville, and believes there is great field for a similar establishment in Birming- ham,
 "Our company operates on cooper ative basis" said MT. Willock, and has met with remarkable success in ln- diana and Kentucky. We are successful because our plan makes a strong ap- peal to the man who does not want to carry a large stock of goods. ''We provide a means whereby thee merchant can get quickly just such shoes as he wants to meet his require-
 ments and in most cases it prevents the merchant from having his profits locked up on the shelves because he had to lay in such a big stock to meet the de- mands of his customers. Birmingham people will find MT. Donavin a very live wire, and knowing him as I do I feel safe in saying that his opening a store here will add a very important industry to Birming- ham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
OWNERS OF AUTOS
 MUST GET LICENSES
Campaign Will Be Started by City and State Begin
 ming Thursday

An aggressive campaign against auto mobile owners who do not purchase H. cense tags Is to be waged by the city and state in conjunction beginning October 15. Licenses on all automobiles in Alabama were due October 1.
 The city commissioners say special po- licemen will be placed on the work Oc- tober 15. The new tag is green with white figures, so that it will be easily distinguished from a last years tag. The commissioners have received the following letter from B. R. Brown. state deputy in charge of the automobile license tags, and they say the police force will be instructed to act accordingly:
 'The state department request the CO., operation of the Birmingham city of ficials in the enforcement of the motor vehicle law. All motor vehicles are re- quired to have a new 1915 license tag on the first day of october. The 1915 tag is green, with white figures.
 'Tnasmueh as we experienced consid- erabe trouble in the enforcement of this law last season, we desire to eleminate this trouble this year, and request that you instruct the police officers that, ef- fective Thursday, October i5, to arrest all parties operating motor vehicles under white tags; also arrest parties operating cars under green tags which are not placed in the proper position on the car. namely, on the rear where it can be dis tinguished by the light at night.
 .'rhe writer has list of violators at the present time and requests you gentle- men to assign two motorcycle officers to this special work, effective next Thurs day. If you will have these two officers report to the writer on that morning, he will furnish them with the names and addresses of all violators of the motor vehicles law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
MISDEMEANORS IN
 THE CRIMINAL COURT
Double Header Docket Set for the Week-Judge Greene Organ
 izes the Juries

A double header docket of bond misde- meanor cases and jail felony cases Is set in the criminal court this week and both judges are engaged in the trial The bond cases are for misdemeanors where the defendant demanded trial by jury. Many of them are for violation of the revenue law. Judge s. F. Greene organ ized the jury In the first division and sounded the docket set for the week. Judge w. F.. Fort tried number of prisoners confined in Jail on misde- meanor charges As result there were two convictions, three cases nolis pressed. one acquittal. the others being passed until Wednesday.
 Yesterday afternoon Judge Greene took up the case of Will Richards. negro, charged with burglary and grand lar- ceny, which will be concluded this mora ing. Judge W. F. Fort tried tho case Of Richard Oliverri, charged with vio- lating the revenue law, the jury after a short deliberation. finding tho defend ant guilty, and fixing his fine at s25o. The defendant was occupying the .Elms' at West End when he alleged offense was committed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
.bUY-A-bALE MOVE
 BOOSTED BY JONES Nashville Man Speaks at Grain Dealers National
 Convention 1.

Kansas City, October 12.--Charles D Jones of Nashville, Tenn, president ot tke Grain Dealers National association, in annual convention here today, urged every farmer and every dealer Tn gram producing states to join the buy-a-bale ot cotton movement
 Many planters cannot raise enough money on what they have already ginned to pay for picking that part of their crop not already harvested. he said. Joining the buy-a-bale of cotton movement does not mean giving away $50, but rather in- vesting that sum with an opportunity to make good interest on the investment
 The southern farmers are the best domestic consumers grain men have" he added. They need more grain this year than for several years past At present they are not able to meet their require- ments. Tn helping the cotton farmer you are helping yourselves, for you are put ting your best consumer on his feet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
LYCEUM NUMBERS
 ARE ANNOUNCED
Dr. Newell Dwight Hilles Will Be First Lecturer-Champ Clark to Follow Him

C. A. Brown, principal of the Birming ham High school, gave out yesterday afternoon the programme of this sea son's Lyceum course. This is the ninth season for the Birmingham Lyceum course and the attractions for the ses- sion of 1914-15 promises to eclipse any presented in the past eight years. The Lyceum is under the direction of the board of education and has for it's purpose the higher order of entertain ment and broader culture of the peo- pie of Birmingham.
 The first number is to be given by Dr. Newell Dwight Hills of Plymouth church, Brooklyn. on October 2s Fol lowing Dr. Hills, Champ Clark, speak CT of the United States House of Rep resentatives. will appear. The schedule for. the rest of the programme follows:
 November 20-Dr. Thomas E. Green, lecturer, traveller. author.
 January 20--Dr. Hugh Black of the Union Theological seminary. lecturer and author.
 January 26-Frank Speaight of Lon don, in dramatic Dickens recital Pick wick"
 February 10-Frederick Warde, the distinguished actor, author and lecturer. Subject, "Shakespear's Oratory" February 24-Leland Powers of the Leland Powers school of Boston, in- terpreter "The Devils Disciples" by George Bernard Shaw.
 March 1S--Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pick ett the child wife of the Confectionery, fin "The Friends of Yesterday" April 26-Dr. Earl Barnes, author. lecturer, in Social 1mpulses-Family, Friends and Humanity"
 May 1-Dr Earl Barnes, Longing for the Good. or the Hunger for Righteous ness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
CITY BUDGET ID BE
 READY BY TUESDAY
No Further Entertainments Planned-All> Departments
 Ask for More Money

The annual budget for the city will be prepared by the city commissioners within the next few days, and will prob ably be ready for action by next Tues day. No further retrenchment in the city's finances is anticipated, but it Is indicated that all departments will be held right where they now are for an other year.
 Every department state the commits sioners. is asking for more money, and they realize all of them need more money. But they intend to hold them all down to the same figures as last year if it is at all possible. No information on the budget will be given out until it Is completed
 No dismssals of any employees of the city is anticipated, the sole purpose of the commissioners, 1t is said being to keep the budget in statu quo
 James Weatherly, city commissioner, has returned from a two weeks vaca- ton spent in the mountains of North Carolina near Asheville, where he went soon after his reelection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
BOOK SWINDLERS'
 TRIAL UP TODAY

New York, October 12.-The trial of al- legged book swindlers who, according to the government, defrauded persons in many parts of the country of nearly slo,000,00o, will begin tomorrow before Un- ted States Judge R. D. Foster of New Orleans, sitting in the federal court here by special assignment. The defendants include James J. Farmer, William J. Hartley, Samuel F. Warfield and the Apglo-American Authors association, who has offices here, and Is said to have had agents in the principal American cities. Farmers son. Glenn F. Farmer, and Samuel Rosenfeld tried last March under similar indictments in Boston, were con victed and given sentences of six and three years respectively. They were charged with defrauding Mrs. Mary l.. Rogers of Boston, who was said to have paid $87 GOO for rare" books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
STERLING M. BAKER
 WILL MAKE CHANGE
Superintendent Jefferson Bank Build \ ing Goes With Interstate Commerce Commission November 1

Sterling M. Baker, who since the con- struction of the Jefferson County Bank building, has been superintendent of that building, will on November be- come associated with the interstate commerce commission in the capacity of expert accountant
 Mir. Bakers business will be ln reaching valuation of railroads, and his first assignment will be in Savan- nah, where he will take up the prop erty of the Central of Georgia.
 MT. Baker states that his appoint ment is due to the influence and atten- tion of Oscar w. Underwood. He ap- piled for the position September 2s. and was appraised of his appointment October 2.
 MT. Baker is a young man with many friends locally who will regret to give him up. He stated, however, that he would consider Birmingham his home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
THE SEVEN-TON RINGLING
 MASCOT HAS PRIVATE BATH

Aside from those occupied by the per forming seals, there is but one apartment in Ringing Brothers menagerie which is fitted with private bath. This is the glass front flat where lives the coy, seven-ton hippopotamus, Miss saidee. mascot of the circus zoo.
 Should you engage Miss Saidees keeper in conversation he will tell you that she is rare flirt and that he has often caught her making eyes at the giant, and likewise bachelor, armored rhinoceros who occupies the cage directly opposite. This lady of the Nile is the largest black African specimen ever cap tured She will receive afternoon and evening wher Ringing Brothers circus comes here Friday, october 16.
 In addition to their arenic programme and the new spectacle of solomon and the Queen of sheba with it's cast of 125O characters and ballet of 300 dancing girls. RinglinN Brothers are this season show ing the most complete collection of wild animals ever exhibited in America. These showmen maintain five expeditions in Africa alone under the direction Of Captain Jordan, member of the Big Game Hunters association of London, and an ex-English army officer. He re- gently sent the circus over 400 animals. Among these were Miss Saidee,t a baby elephant, family of giraffes, including twins, bi-horned rhinoceros. saddle back tapirs, black chimpanzee of the Congo region, civit cats, gnus, black leopards and a great herd of elands. Civit cats have never before been ex- Libited either in England or America. According to animal experts. they are the most beautiful creature that lives. not excepting the more gorgeous of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
FEDERAL COURT

Judge Alex c. Birch, referee in bank ruptcy, has set the first meeting o1 creditors in the Riley D. Cronk bank ruptcy case for Tuesday. October 20 MT. Cronk, as proprietor of the Bir- mingham hotel, filed a petition in bankruptcy following an attachment sevred on him for rent in advance. His scheduled assets were almost equal to his liabilities. Judge w. P. McCrossin was appointed receiver and is now op- erating the hotel.
 Two wagon loads of ice cream cones seized in 1910 by the authorities of the United States acting under the pure food law were burned yesterday by or der of the government. The cones were in boxes of 100 each and had been seized on the grounds that they did not come up to the requirements of the pure food law.
 Judge w. I. Grubb, who has been sit ting on the United States court of ap- peals at Atlanta since Monday week, is expected to return to the city to- morrow or Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
CARHARTT WILL
 TAKE 5000 BALES
Overalls Manufacturer Announces Details of Plan for Helping
 Relieve Situation

Attention is called by J. Blach & Sons to the offer of Hamilton Carhartt, the famous manufacturer of overalls, to take 5000 bales of cotton at 10 cents a pound to help relieve the south.
 MT. Carhartt specifics in his offer that the cotton will be accepted in payment for goods purchased under certain speci- fled conditions. notably. that the farmer himself must have been paid 10 cents for the cotton.
 Each bale purchased by the manufac- turer will go to MT. Carhartt's cotton mills in South Carolina. there to be con- verted into overall cloth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
Help the Stomach
 Digest Your Food

When the stomach fails to digest and distribute that which Is eaten, the bowels become clogged with a mass of waste and refuse that fer ments and generates poisons that are gradually forced into the blood, causing distress and often serious illness.
 Most people naturally object to the drastic cathartic and purgative agents that shock the system. A mild, gentle laxative, positive in its effect and that will quickly relieve constipation Is Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. sold by druggists at fifty cents and one dollar bottle. It does not gripe or cramp. but acts easily and pleasantly and Is there fore the most satisfactory remedy foi children. women and elderly persons. For free trial bottle write to pr. w. B. Caldwell, 451 Wash ingto St., Monticello. Ill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
Check Kidney Trouble at once

There is such ready action in Foley Kidney Pills. you feel their healing rom the very first dose. Backache, eak. sore kidneys. painful bladder and irregular action disappear with their use. o. Palmer Green Bay. Wis, says: My wife is rapidly recovering her health and strength due solely to Foley Kidney Pills" And w. T. Hutch ens Nicholson, Ga. says: Just few doses made me feel better. and now my pains and rheumatism are all gone and l sleep all night long," For sale by all druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
TO SEND HORSE BRIGADE TO AID
 ALLIED ARMIES

London. October 12.--(S.45 D. m.)--The official press bureau tonight announced that the British war office had accepted the offer made by Australia to send over another light horse brigade with field ambulance corps.
 It has been decided that $125,0o0 of the $2s5,ooo which the women of Canada sub scribed for hospital purposes will be de- voted to the purchase of motor ambulance cars, and the remainder will be used in equippng naval hospital with 1000 beds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge:
 sl5oo-Henry R. Engel. trustee, to John E. Earle, lot Il, Highland Terrace
 $35o0-A. H. Benners to the town of Inglenook, lots 1, and 8, in block z. and lots l, 2, 3 and 4. in block 10, survey of Pendale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
Marriage Licenses

The following licenses were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate trdge
 Oscar H. Lane, Warrior, to Miss Ludie Sawyer.
 John c. Dew, Birmingham, to Miss Sarah Emily Williams. tin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-13
The past two years have been years of doubt to the average business man. At no time has he
Two Years
 of Doubt

felt tsure of himself or sure of the trend of business. We believe it has been easier for those business men who have read our monthly reports on trade conditions to decide important matters than it has been for others, and we trust now that every business man in this city who does not receive these reports regularly will ask for them.
 Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.
 112-116 North 2Oth Street
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-12
Miss Eleanor Wilson Has
Taken Special Interest in
1t and Youngsters Of Cab
met Will Be Her Guests.

from the grass, another Easter Monday
will have passed into history.
There Is hardly a man or woman IN
Washington, who has grown up here,
who would not be ashamed to say that
he or she had not rolled eggs on the
White House lawn on Easter Monday.
1t Is one of the Oldest Of Washington
customs, and no other city in the world
has a custom like II.
When II was announced that Miss
Eleanor Wilson expects to take especial
interest in the comfort OF her little
guests next Monday, inquiries regarding
the origin Of the custom began to pour
into the White House executive offices.
Inquiries Futile.
The queries were all turned over to the
ONCE of public buildings and grounds.
and, although files and musty records
and old documents have been carefully
searched by a staff of clerks, the only
answer the Office can give is the quota
ton from an encyclopedia that the Gus
tom of picking" eggs on Easter was in
troduced in America during the Dutch
occupation OF New York, prior to the
Revolution.
Miss Wilson has already invited the
children of the Cabinet to be her guests
at the "egg rolling" Among them will
be Miss Sally McAdoo. daughter Of the
Secretary OF the Treasury. whose papa
is soon to mary Miss Wilson. Miss Will
son and Sally have become fast friends.
John McAdoo, the younger brother Of
Sally. will be there also. The seven lit
tie Tumultys, children OF the Secretary
to the President. also have been invited
John Bryan, son of the Secretary Of
State. will be another of Miss Wilson's
guests. Also. there will be the other"
The Washington herald., 1914-04-12
BREAKS EXILE AFTER
u YEARS In WILDS
Father Guoy. on Journey to France
Travels by Dog Team
and Sleigh.

Edmonton, Alta. April u.-Bronzed
and bearded. Rev. Father Gouy. superior
of st. Isadore Mission at Fort Smith, on
arrived in Edmonton today, after a vol
untary exile OF twenty-five years among
the Cree Indians living north of the six
tieth parallel Of latitude. He is on the
way to Nantes, France. where he will
visit his aged parents, journeying thence
TO Rome for an audience with Pope Plus
y, and returning to the Mackenzie River
district early the coming September.
Father Gouy travelled from Fort Smith,
the home of wild buffalo and reindeer. to
Fort McMurray. a distance of 314 miles,
by dog team. the trip occupying two
weeks, and from the last-named point to
Athab basca, 25S miles, by sleigh, drawn by
horses. He was accompanied by oJseph
Odette and o. l.. Burdick. traders at the
fort. He said:
I'VE have a good country around Fort
Smith. We have raised No. l hard wheat
and all kinds of vegetables. Horses and
cattle can be wintered along with the
reindeer and buffalo. The nearest settle
ment to us is Smith Landing, sixteen
miles south. while on the north we have
Fort Simpson. 500 miles distant. and Fort
Mcpherson. 1900 miles distant. Truly,
It is a country of magnificent distances
and possibilities
Already l am eager TO return to the
life in the open: but before I do that
must visit my aged parents in France"
The Washington herald., 1914-04-12
Even Col. Crook Can't Re-
member What Started An
nual White House Event
for Children Tomorrow.
BY EARLE F. DORSEY.

A haze OF mystery surrounds the egg
rolling" custom observed on the south
grounds of the White House on Easter
Monday.
Unusual interest has been attached to
the occasion this year. owing to the fact
that Miss Eleanor Wilson. daughter of
the President. and fiancee of Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. has invited the
children OF the Cabinet to participate in
the egg rolling" But even Miss Wilson s
interest in the origin of the custom has
not been sufficient to penetrate the mys-
tery.
Col. Crook. attached to the disbursing
Office of The White House, who is regard
ed as a living encyclopedia" of the
White House affairs, has been unable to
solve the riddle. Col. W. w. Harts,
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds in the District, has ordered a
thorough search of the records of his
office. but no definite information bear
ing on the question has been brought to
light
Here Is One Version.
Older washingtonians have a legend
that the custom was started during the
first administration of President Grant.
The story is a pretty one. According to
this version. Nellie Grant. the little
daughter of the President. who later be-
came a White House bride, had been
sick on one Easter Sunday in the first
Grant administration.
She stood at window in the north
front of the White House and saw chill
dren playing along Pennsylvania avenue
At the time. the White House was more
of a residence and less of a drawing
room than at present Nellie Grant. a
child of twelve or thirteen at that time,
The Washington herald., 1914-04-12
HER POULTRY AT FAIR.
English Woman Fnncier VIII Have
Charge of British Exhibit.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London. April 1l.-No one in America
will be surprised TO learn that Miss Carey.
the English poultry breeder and raiser
OF live stock, has been appointed chief
organizer of the British section of the
live stock department at the Sorthcom-
ing Panama Exposition.
Miss Carey is quite well known in
America, and IL was from that country
that the proposition came for her TO &C =
operate In the coming fair. She made
her sdebut in America some two and a
halS years ago. when she took team
over to the Madison Square show.
Miss Carey has spread out on a
much larger scale. She owns a depot for
live stock in New Jersey and trades es
a woman export agent. not only for poul-
try. but for ponies, dogs, and live stock
OF all kinds