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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
VISIT TO KITCHENER'S HOME

a smaller false window drowning down from over the door. Behind is the farm yard, crowded with geese and chickens and a COW and dog. For over POO years that house and farmstead was the home of Lord Kitchener's forebears. On his mothers side, he is a chevallier a fami- ly of long standing in Suffolk, despite the French name.
 In the churchyard which has recently been repaired and restored at Lord Kitch- ener's expense, the Kitchener graves occupy prominent place. There are no messy markers at head and foot, the same as the other village dead.
 The first Kitchener's inscription is as follows: Here lyeth the body of Thomas Kitchener, who came from Binsted in Hampshire. in the year 1693 an agent to ye Honble Sir Nicholas Stuart Bart, and departed this life AprilAye 9th, 1731, ages 65 years" He was Lord Kitchener's thrice great grandfather
 By his side lies John Kitchener his son, who is honored with a poetic epi- taph:
 Stay. mortal, and depart not from my
 stone.
 But stand and ponder well where am
 gone;
 Death quickly took my sense and strength
 away
 And laid me down in this dark bed of
 clay,
 Consider of it and take home this line The grave that is made next may chance
 be thine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
GERMAN FORCES USE MOTOR TRUCKS Ravages of War Have Destroyed All the
 Railroads

Berlin, December N.-lCorrespondence of the Associated Press )-Motor trucks are the principal transportation agency for the supply department of the Ger man forces in the east The territory where the campaign now is being carried on has been occupied and evacuated sev- eral times by both sides with the result that the railroads are no longer in ex- istence. Bridges and culvcrts have been dynamited, embankments leveled, rails removed and stations wrecked.
 Large contracts accordingly were let for type of motor trucks which had been tried out in recene maneuvers It has been impossible to ascertain how many of the trucks now are in commission. It Is known, however, that the trains formed by them must be counted in hundreds A supply officer stated yesterday that DOS sibly there were more than 100 such trains
 The trucks have low, broad platforms and are moved by gasoline engines of 80 to 100 horse power. Each truck hes a trailer which may be abandoned if necessary. Where the roads are good a second and sometimes a third trailer is hitched on. The motor is able to move eight tons of freight at a speed of six to 10 miles per hour, depending on the roads.
 A motor truck train. or column. con sists of 16 freight trucks and their trailers, one automobile and four conveyances for the escort, the automobile in which travels the officer in command, two escort trucks with about 30 soldiers. One this travels also the, engineer officer of the column. Then come the 16 freight trucks and their trailers. Three other escort trucks bring up the rear.
 To make possible the operation of those trains the Germans have been obliged to build many miles of roads in Poland It Is asserted that the effort expended in this would have rebuilt all the railroads. The Germans, however, prefer to use the roads instead of rail- roads, which in Poland are few and far between.
 The motor truck has been responsible for many German successes in the east The numerical superiority of the Russians has been discounted by quick distribution of endorsements. Without the motor truck that would have been impossible, it is asserted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Neutrality Committee
 Is Named by Union

Washington. December 24-Committees to consider the plans proposed by va rious South American countries for main- tenance of neutrality by the republics of the western hemisphere were named at today's meeting of the special com mission of the governing board of the Pan-American union.
 The ambassador from Brazil and the ministers from Peru and Honduras were appointed to consider the Peruvian plan; the ambassador from Chile and the min isters from Uruguay and Cuba that Of Chile; and the ambassador from Argen- tina, Secretary Bryan and the minister from Ecuador. that to be presented by Argentina.
 The Peruvian plan would provide for enlarged neutral zones in both the At lantic and Pacific, which would be de- clared free from all activities of bellig- erent warships. The Chilean plan pro- poses that belligerent vessels in Ameri- can ports be given only enough coal to take them to the nearest port in the ad- joining country. unless they agree to go direct to European ports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
GREENVILLE

Greenville, December 24--tSpecial !, Mir F. r. Rigsby of the southern part of the county died at his home last Friday. MT Rigsby was well known and prominent citizen of Butler county for number of years. He was a mem Der of the Masonic order He Is sur vived by his widow and five children of Red Level.
 At a recent meeting of the city coun- ell an ordinance was passed that em- bodied a new schedule of licenses for the city of Greenvslle for the year 1915 and thereafter. A number of changes were made over those of this year.
 The University Glee club will give a performance in Greenville at the Greenvile opera house on the evening of Friday January 1, 1915. The Gree0- vile alumni of the university an1 the members of the student body are very much interested in the coming of the glee club and they are working anI expecting to have large audience to greet the clu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CAVALRY CHARGES ALMOST OBSOLETE Germans and Austrians Use This Form as Mounted
 Infantry

Vienna, December 6.-(Correspond ence of the Associated Press )-In Aus tro-Hungary as in Germany, a tena cious adherence to tradition rather than recent military lessons has been respon- sible for retention of apparently out of-date cavalry officers. Though the Boer war, the campaign in Manchuria and more recent the operations in the Balkans had demonstrated, military ex- perts claimed, that cavalry was thing of the past in this era of machine guns, Austra- Hungary and Germany con- tinued to maintain large numbers of the expensive troops. Their value now has proved to be slight, it is asserted Already most of the regiments have so modified their work that they are lit- tie more than mounted infantry.
 For reconnaissance purposes and what Is known as screen" work, the cavalry remains now, as in other wars, a very important arm. It may also still be used when endorsements must be sent hur- riedly. The old cavalry charge, however, would seem to have been relegated to oblivion. Cavalry losses have been frightfully heavy in this war, it is said.
 Hereafter cavalry will be used only for field intelligence, patrol, cover and reinforcement purposes. Outside of that the men now fight in trenches, like in- fantrymen.EIn the Austro Hun garian army much cavalry has been converted into machine gun personnel.
 Excellent work has been done by the men on horseback now and then, but usually in operations not considered the proper sphere of cavalry. The Honveds of Hungary became the terror of the Servian troops. In the Macva campaign it was but necessary to make a demonstration with these descendants of the warriors of Attila to get results. But the Honved cares little for cavalry tActics and Austrian regiments.
 At Mitrovici 500 Servian infantrymen surrendered to a Honved patrol of 40 men. The Honveds has risen around the Serbs so many times that the latter believed themselves attacked at last by a division.
 It is predicted that there will be little cavalry in Europe after this war. Ground is gained not by miles, as here tofore, but by feet and yards and In these fronts measures by the hundreds of Kilometres, there is hardly such a thing as a flank, which cavalry might back up or envelop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS CROWDS l
 !. ARE VERY ORDERLY
Police Have Little Trouble. Few Intoxicated Men
 to Be Seen

The police officers of Birmingham last night and early this morning were a happy lot Christmas eve, 1911. was the quietest in years. and while the cops worked hard to handle the crowds they had comparatively little trouble with them.
 Desplte the rain last night the crowds on the streets were up to the standard or previous years with one exception-. they were not as disorderly, not as quarrelsome, but more what a crowd ought to be on Christmas eve-jolly and good natured.
 Whether 1t was the rain which cooled the spirits of the more boisteruus or whether 1t was from some other cause 1t remains fact that there were fewer intoxicated men on the streets last night than on any Christmas in many years.
 The crowds paraded about until an early hour this morning, but when the last cars had left there were com paratively few people remaining and the police heaved a relieved sigh.
 On previous Christmas mornings Bir- mingham has awakened to a blood spattered day, but this morning it Is different. Even the negroes decided to be orderly and join in the effort to make this a record breaking Christmas all around for Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25

Lakenheath, December 22.-(Corre- spondence of the Associated Press.)-A visit to Lakenheath. the ancestral home of the Kitcheners. impressed one with the facts that Lord Kitchener is not that war and rumors of war have very little significance or importance in the free, hard air of the English country side.
 One reaches Lakenheath from Lon don in a couple of hours. The village is a sleepy old Suffolk town, in the midst of the fens--a city of one street, one church, one inn, one graveyard, but with profusion of farm land and farm animals, and an almost Dutch abun- dance of whirring windmills.
 This is Kitchener's country. For Kitchener. like the Duke of Yelling ton, is called an Irishman merely by the accident of birth. He was born in Ireland because his father happened to be stationed there at the time. He is really of old Suffolk yeoman stock, as may be easily proved by pointing to the Il Kitchener gravestones in the Lakenheath churchyard.
 Lakenheath is hardly what one would call an up- to- the minute town. It is frankly, proudly, slow" It talks the Suffolk dialect It shares with thou sands of exactly similar agricultural villages in Britain a leisurely contempt for what goes on in the outside world
 In the inn they discuss the war as they discuss all subjects but in far off. detached way. There Is no doubling their patriotism, firm and solid, unques- tioning patriotism, and the town has fur nished its share of recruits as 1t has for every war since the beginning of things
 The old Kitchener house Is a half-mile or so up the moor road from the Half Moon inn. It Is small. decrepit, old farmhouse, now labeled the "Rookery'' It is of brick and cobble with the reg ulation four white windows in front. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, December 24.-(Special) ] Arthur H. Lewis, a prominent citizen of Madison county, died yesterday at his home in Madison after brief ill., ness. He was a member of one of the old families of this section, and until a short time ago operated one of tho largest mercantile businesses in the county.
 MT. and Mrs. John D. Dilworth have issued cards for the marriage of their daughter, Pearl. to Mir. Benjamin G. Harper of Birmingham. The wedding will be solemnized at the Dilworth home on the morning of January z, and MT. Harper and his bride will leave immediately on a honeymoon trip, be- ing at home in Birmingham after Janu- ary 15.
 The Sunday schools of this city have nearly all observed White Christmas and instead of receiving gifts have dis trfbuted gifts among the poor children of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
FOUND GUILTY OF USING THE
 MAILS TO DEFRAUD

Seattle, Wash, December 24.--Mrs. Annette Loder was found guilty tonight by a federal jury on charge of using the mails to defraud in the sale of stock of the Kupreanof Copper Mining and Smelling companks of Alaska.
 4 The government alleged Mrs. Loder. who was president of the concern. sold stock after it went into the hands of a receiver and obtained purchasers by representing that she would give them highly remunerative employment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Drink or Drugs Destroy Manhood

Any reputable physician will advise you that the poison s'stored up" in the system from previous indulgence Weakens and destroys the nerves, tis- sues and organs of the body
 The Neal Treatment acts as an anti 0ote for these, poisons, eliminating them liquor or drugs, overcomes the dis eased condition, and restores mental, moral and physical manhood.
 For full Information call or address the Neal Institute. 1914 Sixth Avenue. Birmingham. Ala. Phone Main 4616.
 ao Neal Institutes in Principe Cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
DECATUR

Decatur. December (SpeciaI.)-A soo,- 900 loss by fire and water was sustained by W. W. Garnett, wholesale and retail grocery and dry goods merchant here last night.
 The blaze was discovered about Il o'clock last night in the Garnett build ing, corner of Bank and Church streets. How the fire started is unknown. The building is so badly damaged that 1t is doubtful if the walls can be used for re- building. The large stock of dry goods and groceries is ruined. by water and
 fire. This one of the oldest and big
 gest establishments of the kind in this section of the state. The building, as
 well as the stock of goods, was owned
 solely by ". w. Garnett.
 Two negroes, Howard Johnson and John
 Harris, were arrested by New Decatur
 police today at Oklahoma, suburb of
 the Decaturs, on the charge of being
 implicated in the robbery of Olshne's de-
 pertinent store a few nights ago and stealing several hundred dollars worth of goods. A considerable amount of cloth ing was recovered at Oklahoma Two other negroes, who are believed to be
 implicated in the robbery, were arrested
 at Hartselle and brought back here. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company has just paid their state and county taxes to County Tax Collector Charles c. Robertson. The check for the total amount of taxes Is for s23. .663 31. This is the largest check for taxes that has been received in the collectors office The North Alabama Traction company mo, tae electric street cars in the Decaturs, have 1 just authorized the issuance of S75,OOO worth of bonds. The purpose of the is- sue is to take up the unpaid coupon and reduce the capital stock to S75,0o0. l The committee for Morgan county un- | der the provisions of the cotton loan fund, have just announced that they are l now ready to make loans on cotton in | Morgan county. About $30 bale will be | loaned on as much as 100 bales of cot ton or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Blease Grants Pard0ns

Columbia, s. c. December Ex-Governor Please today granted four pardons and four paroles to state prisoners in con- tinuing his custom of granting clemency prisoners were released today than on any previous occasion since the governor was first inaugurated nearly four years ago. All prisoners released today were serving short terms.
 Today's action brings the total number of cases in which Governor Blease has exercised clemency up to 14i5. He will re- tire from office in January when his sec- ond term as the states chief executive expires.
 More than 100 convicts were granted clemency last Thanksgiving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS AT THE TUTWILER
Special Table d'Hote Dinner, Dancing
 and Music

For the travelling men and those that are away from home. the Tutwiler hotel will serve a special dinner tonight, fol- lowing which there will be a dance in the lobby ballroom. which has been cleared for that purpose. There will be a special programme by the Tutwiler or ichestra of unusual excellence
 The management has arranged a spe- cial table d'hote dinner, which win be served fin the lobby ballroom while the dance Is progressing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Association to Meet

New York, December 24.-Edwin F Torrey. secretary. of the United States National Lawn Tennis association, an- nounced today that the annual meeting of the association would be held. here February 5. Announcement also was made that Robert D. aWenn. president of the association, had reconsidercd his withdrawal as candidate for re- -elec- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
O'Connell Made Captain

Montgomery. December A.--tSpecial) Gen. Joseph B. Scully, adjutant general Alabama National Guard. today raised Edward O'Connell and George A. O'Con- nell of Birmingham to the rank of cap tain of the medical corps of the Alabama National Guard. Formerly they had the title of first lieutenant They will con- tinue to be stationed with the Fourth re-. iment of the state troopA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Deaths and Funerals
]. G. Dean

Mountain Creek. December 24--(Spe- cial)--J. G. Dean, aged 70 years, aud a member of Company B. Sixty-second Georgia regiment. died at the hospital here and was buried in the Soldiers Home cemetery at D. m. today. Capt J. M. Simpson read the funeral service. and quite number of the veterans were present to witness the burial on Christ mas Eve of one of their comrades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
TRANSPORT BUFORD
 SAILS FOR NEW YORK

San Francisco. December 4-lThe trans- port Buford with the Thrtieth infantry aboard sailed today for New York via the Panama canal. The troops are to be assigned to the Plattsburg, N. T.. bar racks.
 Aboard the vessel Is Brig. Gen. Clar- ehce R. Edwards en route to the canal zone to take command of the zone troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
S5O,OOO Fire at Decatur

Decatur, December 2.-(Special) )-The wholesale and retail grocery and dry goods store of w. w. Garnett was dam aged Wednesday night by fire and water to the extent of about s5Oy0OO, partially insured. The ladies' outfitting store of w. J. Garnett also was damaged. The two stores are among the largest and oldest in north Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Autos Collide; No One Hurt

Joseph P Mudd, assistant city at- torney, while driving his automobile, collided With the five-passengsr Fora of E. P. Harris, 2S00 Thirty-third street. No one was injured. The acci- dent happened at 4:30 o'clock at Twen- ty-first street between Avenues I3 and c. In the machine with MT. Harris was his family, while MT. Mudd was driving with Miss Margaret Moore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Lawson Seriously Hurt

James Lawson, 704 North Twenty-sixth street, while dancing at dance hall on First avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, became involved in an argument with another dancer and as result is at the Hillman hospital suf- fering from concussion of the brain. Pat Logan is in the city jail charged with as- sault with intent to murder on Lawson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Negro Stabbed to Death

Johnnie Mack. negro, was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon about 4:3O o'clock at the corner of First avenue and Eighteenth street The police are seeking Robert Dale. a negro, in con- nection with the crime. The fatal diff Stst3ty attracted a considerable crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS DAY AT
 NEWSPAPER CLUB

At the Birmingham Newspaper club tonight there will be a special table d'hote dinner planned by Secretary Dameron. Tie musical programme will consist of selections given by request. The menu for today follows Heap on more wood, the wind is chill But let 1t whistle as it will; We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
 S. w. s. Lynnehaven Oyster Cocktail
 Hors D'Oeuvres Assorted Cream of Asparagus
 Clam Broth, Whipped Cream Broiled Spanish Mackerel Au Gratin
 Cucumber Salad Pine Apple a la Creole
 Egg Nog Roast Long Island Goose, Chestnut
 Dressing,
 Glazed Apple Roast Turkey, Oyster Dressing, Cram
 berry Jelly Fresh Brussels Sprouts. Drawn Butter Cauliflower Holiandaise
 Tomato Punch
 Lobster Salad a la Lucullus Fresh Strawberry Short Cake Whipped Cream, Hot Mince Pie,
 Fruit Cake Malaga Grapes Mixed Nuts Layer Raisins Edam Cheese Toasted Bent's Demi Tasse After Dinner Mints Served From 6:3O to 9:o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25

195 Chadwick Baker 196 John Collier 197 Hugh Crawford 19S George Clark 199 J. M. Ball. Jr. 200 Lawrence Fuqua POI ]. M. Morrison 2O2 R. l.. McEntire 203 Russell Densler 204 John Richard Furman 2o5 Gus Alexander 206 Henry Weisenger 207 Raymond Gillespie POS $. J. Screws 209 Edward Garyin 2l0 Marvin Bonner 211 James Brunt 2l2 Morgan John Turner 2l3 George Wofford 214 Clyde Harris 215 Harry Jordan PIG Louis Guy Peters PIT O, NJ. Floyd 21S Preston Jemison 2l9 Robert Paw 220 Charles E Rice 22l Edward Lee Baer 222 Richard Cain 223 Bernard Smith 224 Lee Hagerty 225 Douglas Prescott 226 Ray Hickman 227 Willard Archibald 22S Alden Simpson 229 Blair Simpson 290 Albert DeFuniak 23i Edgar Allen 232 James c. Dawson 233 Mitchell Cogwell 234 Abraham Corey 2S5 Robert Deen 236 Marcus Jones 237 J. A. Minas 23S Alexander Dunlap 2S9 Ellis Griffin Terry 140 Max Stein 241 Leon Rich 242 Dayton Robinson 243 Thomas l.. Cheatman PA Joseph Johnson 245 Franklin J. Gibson 246 Bennie T. Brice PAT Clarence Boggan  PAS Thomas Rylant 249 James Worcell, Jr. 250 Herbert Alexander
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS
Seven Keys to Baldpate'


 Conan & Harris will offer their latest farce. Seven Keys to Baldpatc," at the Jefferson theatre today matinee and night and tomorrow matinee and night.
 One year in New York and six months in Chicago is the record of this unique play of laughs and thrills.
 A company of excellence has been re- tained to present this famous comedy. and it is safe to predict an unusually clever and interesting entertainment
 From the story of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers for his foundation, young MT. Conan has constructed new thing in playwriting.
 In Seven Keys to Baldpate'' Conan runs the gamut of human emotions. His weird manner of introducing the char acters who, one after another, let them- selves into summer hotel that has been closed for the winter. all of them under the impression that theirs is the only key to the hostelry. the tangling of the plot, the exciting experience of the hero and the heroine in their endeavor to out wit the adventures, the crooked mayor the scheming railroad magnate, the black , mailer. the chief of police and an anna teur detective, makes one of the most exciting evenings entertainment imagin- able.
 Plenty of good seats for matinee and night and the following day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
These Are Boys According Their Standing

103 Harry Malone 104 John William Allen 105 Arthur Johnson 106 Die Jemison TOT Billie Sherrod 10S Billie Armstrong 109 Joseph M. Morris no Harry Conner Ill Clarence McDorman 112 John Dale Goldbold 113 Gus Bloomberg IA w. A. Currie 115 F. M. Houghton 1l6 Pettus Hearn IF Raymond Campbell 11S Paul Acton 119 Wingfeld Jenkins 120 Russell Orr 121 Guy Carglle 122 Billie Larvell 123 James M. Mason 124 Robert c. terrell 125 Duncan J. Tut 126 R. D. Gillespie 127 Alvin Bailey 12S William Sadler 129 Eugene Broyles 130 John Armstead, Jr. 13l James Hagan Lovett 1e2 Wallace Ward 133 George Zell 134 William Glenn 135 Jack Krahbuhl 136 Earl Pettus 137 Julian Skinner 13S Floyd Lanick 139 Afford Lougay 140 Jack Brown Al James Stubel ; 142 Guss Gorrias 143 Gibson Gibson IA J. J. Elliott 145 Chas. Lewis Caderhead 146 Herman Altman 147 Herbert White 14S Henry Pool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
At the Lyric

The Lyric will have on its holiday clothes for the matinee and night per formances. and the Christmas spirit will be in the air. Two immense au- diences are expected to attend the spe- cial holiday bills this afternoon and to- night. Children in particular will find a big act to please them this week in Cerrdini's menagery, with the trained sebras, dogs. elephant and horse Many children out of school for the holi- days are already securing their seats for the performances today and tomor- row.