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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
OBSERVES
 DECORATION DAY
Appropriate Exercises Will be Had in St. Andrews Episcopal Church
 This Afternoon

Jackson, Miss, April 25.-(Special.) ) Decoration Day, April 26. will be ob- served by the citizens of Jackson, as sustal and in view of the fact that the 26th falls on Sunday, the attendance on the exercises will no doubt be larger than if on a work day
 This observance will be under the auspices of the Confederate Veterans. Daughters of the Confederacy, Daugh- ters of Veterans and Sons of Confed- : crate Veterans, and Mrs. John Lorenz will have charge of the music pro- gramme
 dhew's Episcopal church, prayer being offaTed by the Rev William Mercer Green, the rector The programme calls for an address by J. N. Powers, state of education, and by Judge Richard F. Reed of the supreme court.
 Following the exercises at the church procession will be formed on West street. headed by the Confederate Vet Slingan. commander of the Robert A. SEfth camp. These will be followed by other Confederate organizations. school children and citizens, all carrying flow CTS. which. on arrival at Greenwood cemetery, will be placed on the graves of the more than TOO Confederate sol diers buried there. and whose graves are always kept green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

so far as we could but we have been
 confronted with the fact that the em-
 ploYes themselves object to tho re-
 duction of hours because necessarily
 il would result in a reduction of their
 wages. The wages of our men are cal
 culated daily by the hour-so much
 per hour During the last year at least. perhaps longer, We have been paying
 more per hour than many of our
 strong competitors, perhaps cents
 per hour more per day We have been
 the leaders in wage increases and We
 have declined to make reductions when
 some of our competitors made reduc- tons in their companies. If we we're to cut down below 12 hours per day the wages of the men would be de-
 creased. and they decide for themselves
 largely how many hours they wish to work and what they wish to earn
 ''l assure you gentlemen We are do- ing the best we can We have many burdens to carry. particularly at this time. and they are very heavy. and we are trying to carry on the affairs or our corporation In such q way as 10 secure the approval of the employees and of our stockholders and of the general public. We have at the pres ent time more than 50,000 stockhold- CTS who are employees of the subsid- iary companies of this great corpor- alton, and the number Is increasing, and we have their interest 10 consult We do not feel justified in making large expenditures that are unneees- sary. but we feel fully justified for the very large expenditures which we have made. and which we are con- stantly alung calculated to promote the welfare and the best interests of our employees and their families I am sure Mir. Cabot feels that we have been doing the best we could to justify our claim that we are sincere, honest and fair to all interests" 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
GARY EXPLAINS
 LABOR ATTITUDE
Head of Steel Corporation Tells Why Employees Want to Work 12 Hours a Day

C. NJ. Cabot of Boston, who owns 40 shares of Steel corporation stock suggested at meeting two years ago that the 12-hour-day in force at cor poration plans be investigated along with all welfare situations. Although the Steel corporation could have de- feated the proposition of MT. Cabot, it was determined to make the inves- tigation and at a heavy cost the in- vestigation has been completed and Mir Cabot says he is satisfied and has nothing further to say
 In commenting upon that report Judge Ebert IL Gary. chairman of the board. explains the Steel corpora ; tons attitude toward It's labor
 His statement follows;
 The directors always lend willing ears to suggestions respecting the well fare of employees of the Steel corpor- alton and it's subsidiary companies In terested in the subject We have a very much greater interest in the question than MT. Cabot. for instance can possibly have The better the physical and moral conditions of the employees the better work they render. and the corporation employers are de- pendent upon the effective service Of the employees so that In one sense it pays us to treat the employees as we think they deserve. But aside from this we also have q feeling of hu- manity for humanity. as you gentlemen have.
 Very much has been said by pub He speakers concerning the l2-hour day, which was referred to the com mittee, and the committee in it's report makes the surroundings plain and clear. All of us, whatever position we occupy, are much of the time com pelled 10 devote more than ? hours a day toward the work we are en- gagged In. IL Is not so much a ques- ton of being actually employed 12 hours a day HIS it is in being em- ployed too many hours continuously at hard work. Our 12-hour- day men are not employed ontinuouslv 12 hours. In this question and trying to eliminate the 12-hour day the com mttee reported that wherever prac- ticable we have reduced the number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
Quick Home Cure for Piles
Trial Package Absolutely Frcc-win

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 If you are sufferer from piles, instant relief is yours for the asking, and a speedy, permanent cure will follow
 The Pyramid Drug Co.,, All Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich, will send you free. in . plain wrapper. trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy. the wonderful, sure and certain cure for the tortures of this dread disease. Thousands have already taken advantage of this offer. thousands know for the first time in years what it is to be free from the pains, the itching, the awful agony of piles.
 Pyramid Pile Remedy relieves the pain and itching immediately. The inflam- nation goes down. the swelling is reduced and soon the disease is gone absolutely.
 No matter how desperate you think your case is write in today for the free trial treatement Then, when you have used it in the privacy of your own home and found out for yourself how effica- cious 1t is, you can get the full size package at any drug store for % cents. Every day you suffer after reading this notice you suffer needlessly. Simply fill out free coupon and mail today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
(Advertisement) Damned With. E aint Praise |!

Walter D. Seeds letter tosDr. Tnge. ..of Mobile, as printed in the Montgomery Advertiser of April 24s
 Perhaps l am nearer your, way of thinking than you imagine. am re- fusing to ask anyone to vote for Com CT. though I am receiving many letters along this line, When I cast my ballot for him. it will be solely because of those who are now behind him and not for Governor Comer's sake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
CHILD DRAGGED TO DEATH
 BY A FRIGHTENED HORSE
Little Daughter of Marshall Farmer Dragged Half Mile and Badly Mangled by Maddened Animal Which She
 Was Grazing in Field

Gadsden April 25.-tSpecial.) )-Dragged by terrified horse to her death was the awful fate of the 11-year-old daughter Of Nathan Riggin, prominent farmer re- siding near Warreton, seven miles from Guntersville, yesterday afternoon. The girl was holding a horse. which was grazing in the front yard. The rope was wound about her arm. The horse became frightened and started to run. The child was dragged for a half mile at it's heels When the little body was recovered, bones were broken. the clothing torn to shreds and the features were almost un recognizable.
 At a conference of Conner leaders at the Printup hotel yesterday, attend by Alex Garber, state campaign manager, plans
 were made for an active campaign to pu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
HENDERSON MEN ID STUMP STATE 
 Nearly Two Dozen Orators Invade Nearly Every
 County This Week

Montgomery, April 25.-(Special.) ) Nearly two dozen prominent orators and public speakers will be on the stump next week in the interest of Charles Henderson's candidacy for governor The list of speakers in ciuoes Capt. Reuben F. Kolb. who will tour Tuscaloosa, Marengo and Henry counties. and Harris w. Seed of Selma nephew of Walter D. Seed, who will speak at several places in Walker coun- ty. MT. Henderson Is scheduled to de- flyer six addresses during the week.
 Mr. Henderson's campaign will be taken into practically every county in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

Etowah county into the Conner column. This morning Capt Frank s. White de- livered an address at the courthouse in behalf of MT. Conner.
 Many applications for enlistment in Company F are coming to Capt. W. k. Bare. Captain Bare spent several days recently in Marshall county, and while there was approached by many men who wished to join his company.
 Capt F. NJ. Eslick, l.. s. A, the recent purchaser of the Stocks building, who has been in Gadsden. has been ordered to report at St. Louis for active duty
 Traffic will be shut off at night on the Louisville and Nashville bridge over the Coosa after Monday night in order that repairs may be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
Pierce in Washington

Washington, April 25.- Especially J. E.. Pierce, editor of the Huntsville Times. was a caller at the White House today and he also paid his re- spects to Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels. MT. Pierce has been to New York where he attended the recent meeting of the Associated Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
NOnuniOn Man Shot

Trinidad, Col, April 25.-A man has Just been shot near the county jail. foreign striker ran from the jail to a local newspaper office and said he had shot the man because he was not a union man. The striker then ran down the street still carrying his repeating Tile and sack of cartridges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
WHITE LAUDS COMER IN CALHOUN SPEECH
Speaks Twice Saturday at
 AnnistOn and Oxford
AS TO MINERS STRIKE
Declares Former Governor Making Race in Response to Demand of the Business, Farming and Educa-
 tional Leaders of the State

Anniston, April Speeial,)- to Anniston from Gadsden, where he spoke
 in the morning Capt. Frank S. White made strong address in behalf of the candidacy of B. B Conner for governor at the Calhoun county courthouse Satur- day afternoon, later appearing before an audience at Oxford.
 Captain White dwelt at some length upon his personal association with MT. Conner. whom he praised for his courage and his high sense of integrity. He de- elared that MT. Conner. as he knows him, stands for the larger welfare of all the people of Alabama, and that he is mak-
 ing the present race in response to a de- mand of the business, farming and edu- cational leaders of the state, and at a personal sacrifice of money and health.
 Mir Conner said Captain White. stands before the people of Alabama on his record. He is not burdened with any promises to any faction in Alabama poli- tics, but that he has promised the people of the state, if elected, to deliver 1t from the control of political and railroad bosses, answering only the call of the people in the discharge of his official duty.
 Captain White who himself has been intimately associated with the labor men of the state for many years, defended the record of MT. Conner in regard to his at titude in the miners strike at Birming- ham and praised him for his work as producer In his business affairs.
 Although we are now out of the ser vice, this does not mean that we are out of heart" said member of the Pelham Guards Company D, A. N. C.. which recently withdrew from the Fourth regiment, to which it had been annexed on the disbandment of the Third Ala bama.
 The Oxford company has remained in the service, and its men are all ready to respond to the call for volunteers. Lieuts. J. ]. Crow and o. W. Humphries have gone to Montgomery to stand examina- tfons and Captain Harrison says that in the event he is called upon he can fur nish a company of 50 men,
 The Rev. c. w. Boudin, who has spent several years as a missionary in Tokio. Japan speaks at the Parker Memorial Baptist church Sunday morning He knows the Japanese pulse very well and talks with interest regarding the pos siole attitude of the Japanese regarding the American invasion of Mexico
 The regular monthly meeting of the Calhoun County Baptist Young Peoples Union association will convene with the church at Ohatche Sunday afternoon. President Lamar Jeffers will preside at the meeting and several addresses will be heard
 About score of persons will go from this city next week to Atlanta to attend the grand opera week attractions at the auditorium- In that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
Victor Herbert I'll

E London. April 25.-The condition of Victor Herbert, the composer, who was operated on today for appendicitis, was reported to be critical tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
COMMENCEMENT AT
 LEEDS LAST OF MAY

Leeds. April Special )-The stage in the high school auditorium has been enlarged for the commencement exercises which will be held the latter part of next month. Prof J. W. Ellen burg is in Birmingham today making arrangements to have the new drop curtain put up as soon as possible
 The Birmingham High school base ball team arrived in Leeds this morn ing for the game with the Leeds high school team this afternoon.
 Mr. McNeal, county superintendent of education, gave lecture at the Leeds high school yesterday morning on Local Taxation" and the advancement of education in Jefferson county during the past year. Both talks were very interesting and were enioyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
MEMORIAL SERVICE
 IN EUFALUA TODAY
Exercises Will be Held at Fairyiew Cemetery Sunday Afternoon.
 Services at Clayton

Eufaula. April 25.--(Special)-The Con federate Memorial day will be observed Sunday afternoon by the people of Flu faula at exercises to be held at Fairview cemetery under the auspices of the Bar bour county chapter. United Daughters of the Confederaey. If the weather is incle- ment the services will be held at the New Eufaula theatre, instead. The pro cession to the cemetery will be formed at the opera house and will consist of the Eufaula Rifles, speaker mayor and min isters, in carriages; Confederate Daugh,- ters, city councimen. citizens, school children and automobiles Capt s. H. Dent will direct the parade as chief mar shal The memorial exercises were held at Clayton yesterday under the auspices of the Clayton chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mayor T. NJ. Patter- son directed the interesting programme that was given for the day. the memorial address being given by G Ernest Jones, editor of the Clio Free Press. w. H. Mer- Till, prominent young attorney of this city. will make the memorial address to- morrow at Midway.
 The official count in the election held at Clayton. this county shows the fol- lowing to have been elected: Mayor, J. l.. Martin, who will succeed T. NJ Pat terson. who was elected solicitor of the third judicial circuit without opposition; clerk, c. H. Feagin; marshal, E. B. Will son; counclmen, ]. P. West s. J. Wright A. w. War; J. S. Snead and G, J. Gran tham.
 ,tfo ttla Nh Init ate Veterans, has reelected Capt. s. H. Dent. commander, and A. A. Couric ST. adjutant. for the ensuing year. Captain Dent, Mir Couric A. K. Merrill and George II. Dent were elected delegates to represent the camp at the annual Con federate reunion to be held at Jackson vile. Fla, May 6, and 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

AIr. w. R. Phillips Jr., 1s9 Moreiand Ave, Atlanta, Georgia, writes: T had the catarrh and stomach trouble for more than five years, and l faithfully tried all the medicines I saw advertised, and found they all failed to cure me. l then heard of Peruna. I purchased six bottles, and after their use 1 soon ais covered that I was well, safe and sound. l now weigh two hundred and ten pounds and have never been sick since 1 took Peruna. It surely is the best medicine for colds, stomach trouble and cata srh that I ever heard of"
 Our files abound with testimonials of people who have been the victims cf stomach trouble. Peruna seems to be peculiarly adapted to these cases. In no class of human ailments are our resti- monials more enthusiastic and numerous than in cases of stomach ailments Some oii(hese are slight. giving rise to ordinary indigestion. Others are serious, reducing the patient to almost a skeleton. Pe- runa, because of it's tonic laxative quaI- ~ ies, seems 10 be specifically adapted to catarrh of the stomach and similar ail- ments.
 Those who object to Iiauid medi- zines can now procure Peruna Tablets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

The regular monthly meeting of the Calhoun County Baptist Young People Union association will convene with the church at Ohatchie Sunday afternoon. President Lamar Jeffers will preside at the meeting and several addresses will be heard.
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

and A. V. Smith, conceived the idea Of
making this bold experiment and care
fully planned all the details attendant
on the carrying out Of the idea into
effect Excepting themselves, there were
few who admitted even the possibility of
success. They believed they could
achieve success and the concrete results
prove every day more convincingly that
they were right.
Much of the success won by the Vita
graph Theatre must be attributed to the
high class Of plays presented there. An
instance of this is found in the plays
now running there to crowded houses,
"Mr Barnes of New York" and the
three-reel ultra-modern laugh-maker.
Love. Luck and Gasolene" Everyone
has read Archibald Clavering Gunter's
thrilling creation, Mr.. Barnes Of New
York" everyone knows it. as it has
been presented as a drama on the stage,
but, In reality, no one knows it who has
not seen it as the Nitagraph presents il
as photoplay. The book has been Wis
ualized and made a living reality, the
drama is no longer hampered BY the
necessary limitations of the speaking
stage, and the result is a revelation of
what can be accomplished BY the film
when acting, staging and photography
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

which only comes to few of the count
less thousands Of aspiring thespians.
Never before have the police reserves
been called out to hold back the mob
clamoring for admission to see an actor.
Never before has moving picture idols
appearance in person on the boards met
with such success as King Baggot is ex-
periencine in "The Baited Trap" This
is because this Universal star, and the
star Of the Universal, richly deserves
the recognition an appreciative public
is showering upon him. For years he
has by hard work and by that infinite
capacity for taking pains which some
characterize as genius, steadily forged
to the front in motion pictures. Not
only does he direct but plays the lead
and he either writes the photodramas in
which he appears or rewrites them. The
New York public which has admired
his work on the screen is Aocking to see
I'm in the flesh and has found that their
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

Culey (Walley Nan). The entertain
ment is rounded out with the new silent
comedy called "The New Stenographer."
The most successful of the runs char
acterizing the Vitagraph Theatre was
ended on Easter Sunday when the 250th
performance Of "a Million Bid" and
Goodness Gracious were given. Both
those plays are now released for presen-
tation throughout the country and are
winning similar success wherever shown.
The shipwreck scene in "a Million
Bid" is the most thrilling ever taken for
amusement purposes and one which far
surpasses the "head-on" collision be-
tween two trains which the Vitagraph
Company recently wrecked for three
reel picture The steamship is com
pletely wrecked and is seen to disappear
before the anxious spectators.
"A Million Bid" seems to improve with
all the big feature competition which is
springing up on all sides, for its all
around excellence is only accentuated
when it is compared to other pictures.
In every respect it lives up to the repu-
tation it won of being the finest motion
picture ever made, and to this IS due
the fact that it scored the longest run
ever achieved by a motion picture in
New York.
Evening journal., 1914-04-23
''I1R. BARNES OF NEW YORK;
SCORES HUGE SUCCESS
oAT BROADWAY PREMIERE
President Rock of the Vtagraph Company Proves That
Competition With Sol Dsant Legitimate Can be
Successfully Waged Equal Terms

such as are here displayed are combined
in one perfect whole
The "Mr Barnes" in this presentation
IS, of course, Maurice Costello, the Vita
graph star one Of the best known and
most accomplished actors in motion pic
lures.
In the comedy picture, Love, Luck and
Gasolene," are shown the strange and
amusing adventures Of John Bunny,
Miss Tom Boy Gillian Walker) and
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

The Vitagraph Theatre was the first
Broadway motion picture house in New
York-or elsewhere, for that matter
to come out in open competition with
theatres offering what is self-styled the
Legitimate drama" both as to price and
manner of presentation. William Rock,
president Of the Vitagraph Company,
and his associates, J. Stuart Blackton
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

notable plays this company has pro-
duced.
The story It tells is based on the theft
of an invaluable scarab owned by Mr.
Hamilton. Meredith Blake. a gentleman
crook, plots to steal it and is aided by
Spider They get the scarab, are sur
prised by Hamilton and leave him sup
posedly dead. Judith encounters the
escaping thieves. and to prevent her
giving an alarm they carry her off in a
taxicab. Richard Neal a private inves-
tigator. rescues Judith and captures the
thieves A union between Neal and
Judith promises to follow the near
tragedy.
Evening journal., 1914-04-23
KING BAGGOT, UNIVERSAL
STAR AND STAR OF
UNIVERSAL, WINS b WAY
His Appearance in Person, Together With His Company
Stage of the Republic, Creates Furore Un-
precedented in Picture Annals

New York in matters theatrical has
always been the criterion by which
actors and plays have been accepted by
the rest of the country Therefore to
be a Broadway star and to have ones
name emblazoned in electric lights over
the Republic Theatre, one of the most
famous theatres in Gotham, is an honor
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

idol has not feet of clay There is no
disiliusionment such as unfortunately
characterized the appearance of sew
eral other motion picture favorites.
The photodrama itself is clever
idea. It shows how motion pictures are
made. After several reels are thrown
on the screen and the action of the piece
approaches the climax, the picture sud
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

For a drama Of excitement thrills,
heart interest and love, the Essanay's
special mystery drama in two parts, I'm
the Moons Ray" just released, will
stand out prominently in the list OF
Evening journal., 1914-04-23

denly stops, the lights go up and King
Baggot and his company who have
enacted the roles in the motion pictures
step out of shadowland, appear on the
stage in brofride peysonae and enact
the remaining scenes.
Frank Crane, director of Imp fea-
tures, has begun the production of a
three-reel drama entitled "On the Chess
Board of Fate" written by W. Hanson
Durham. 1t is the first three-reeler to
be attempted by Mr.. Crane sinde his
afiliation with the Universars Imp COM
pany, and he considers it one of the
best dramas that has come under his
hand in a long time. The author, Mr..
Durham, was formerly editor of the
Vitagraph's western company and a
director under Rollin s. Sturgeon. The
story centers around an old doctor who
tries to use his daughter as a pawn to
save himself from prison Walter Mil
Ter, formerly star of the Biograph COM
pany. will enact the lead. Alexander
Gaden will play the heavy.
Evening journal., 1914-04-23
A Lubin Stars p
Advance to Lead
Florence Hackett, a Living
Example of What Talent,
Brains and Beauty Can Do

Robert Edeson, Enrolled in Jesse l.
Laslxy Feature Play Co.'S Forces, to
Star in "The Conjuror's House
Bernard LoewenthaI to Give Himself
Wholly to Picture Business
Evening journal., 1914-04-23
TiChenor & Lincoln
Working Wonders
Staging ""The Littlest Rebel"
in Locale in the South Where
Scenes Are Laid.

Historical Accuracy to be Secured in
All Details of the Spectacular PaS-
cant to be Presented-Veteran Off,
GERS of the Civil War to collaborate
with Producers