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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
L. w. ROGERS LECTURES
Speaks Against Theory of the Sudden
 Creation

l., w. Rogers, national lecturer of the Theosophical society, spoke at Clark & Jones Recital hall last night on Rein carnation.'' the third of a series of lec- lures on occult science.
 Mr. Rogers devoted the first part of his lecture to the theory of materialsm, declaring that it no longer had stand ing in the scientific world. He argued that the human soul must be the product of q very long evolution. and that it would be as absurd to think of 1t as being sud- denly created as to think of the earth, as it is now as springing suddenly from void.
 The lecturer argued at length the in- justice of any plan of sudden creation because, he said, it would not be fair for some to be born rich and others poor; some intelligent and others stupid; some with moral parents and others with crim- inal fathers and mothers. It would be absurd, he contended. to give the re- ward of heaven to those who were so situated from birth that right living was easy, and consign to eternal punishment those who were criminally inclined by birth and never had a chance to im- prove. But by the evolutionary process of reincarnation, he said, there was equal opportunity.
 MT. Rogers lecture tonight is on Thought, Power and Fate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
MYSTERY SURROUNDS ASSAULT ON GRANT
 AT GREENVILLE, ALA.
Grant Remains Effort to Get Rid of Him Because He Knew Something About
 $100,000 Holdup

Greenville, November 21.-The condition of Sam Grant. employe of local auto mobile agency. who was assaulted by a stranger about five miles from this place Saturday afternoon, remains unchanged Grant is stili unconscious and but little hope is held out for his recovery Police are working on the theory that the as- sault was not made with view to rob- bery but was made in an effort to "get rid' of Grant, who is said to have in- formation as to who the three men were that held up the New York and New Orleans limited passeger train near here July 15, last At the time of the holdup Conductor McRae died of heart failure and the robbers are said to have got ten money consigned to Texas banks to the amount of st0o,0Oo, though this was never confirmed by the government.
 The robbery theory, which was first ad- vanced. was dispelled by the finding of two purses in Grants pockets. one con- taining s65 and the other s30.
 Bloodhounds sent from the state peni- tentiary at Wetumpka to Greenville in automobiles Saturday night, got here too late to take up trail and they were returned to Wetumpka this afternoon. The sheriff and his forces and large num- bers of citizens of this community are securing the country looking for the stranger, who rented the car which Grant was driving, and with whom Grant was last seen. Feeling is high here and a lyEching is feared if the stranger is ap- prehended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Isabella D. Robertson

Mrs Isabella D. Robertson, one of Birminghams oldest and most beloved women, passed away at the home or her daughter in Memphis yesterday morning after six weeks illness. Mrs. Robertson was born in Tuscaloosa April 6, 1897. Soon after the war she married Dr. Norris of that city, who left her widow about two years later She came to Elyton in 1869, to teach music at the old Elyton academy, where she met Prof. Samuel l.. Robert son, whom she afterward married. AS a devoted mother and lovable Christian character, she made host of friends wherever she went She was always devout Presbyterian and had been Q member of the First Presbyterian church of this city since its organiza- tion The funeral will take place from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. NJ Robertson, 1919 Tenth avenue, south, and services will be rendered at the First Presbyterian church at S:30 this afternoon The following have been asked to act as pallbearers: Judge A. H. Banners D. R. Copeland, Robert Jemison, Sr., c. c. Snyder, w. A. Por- ter and R. G. Hewitt The burial will take place at Oak Hill cemetery.
 The deceased is survived by Mrs. H. M. Robertson of Birmingham, Mrs. IL. A. Moody of Birmingham, Miss Anna T. Robertson of Stanton, Va, Miss Re hecca Harrison of Memphis, and W. D. Robertson of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. w. H. Pickering. aged GA years, who died last Wednesday. were conducted dence on Avenue c. Interment followed at Fraternal cemetery at Pratt City. The deceased is survived by her husband, one son, R. w. Pickering of this city, and two daughters. Mrs. Frank Skinner of Pratt City and Mrs. E. M. Nesbitt of Bessie mines. The ladies of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers conducted the services at the grave and their burial ritual was very impress sive. The members of Steel City lodge No. 156 Woodmen of the World, attended the funeral in body and the pallbearers were selected from the members of Com pany B. Uniform rank, of the local lodge. of which her son is an active member.
 The band meetings of the Ensley Bap- tst church will be held this afternoon at o'clock, as follows: The Builders with Mrs. l.. R. Vines, 1719 Avenue G; Work CTS with Mrs. Grover Wren. 201S Avenue e; the Highland, with Mrs. T. A. Bur- bidge on Pike avenue.
 Some complaint has been made about the police department arresting num- her of negroes recently for blockading tbe sidewalk in front of the express off, Ace. They were fined S. Captain Don- lon stated that the negroes arrested were lettering around the express office to see which other negroes, purchased liquor and toat they would follow these negroes to get a drink He said that the negroes who had packages in the express onice would not be bothered as long as they kept i'll line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
DAVID STARR JORDAN.
 IS COMING FRIDAY.
Will Lecture at High School on "The Lesson of
 the War"

Dr. C. A. Brown, principal of the Bir- mingham Central High school and chairman of the Lyceum committee. an- nounced yesterday that Dr. David Starr Jordan, chancellor of Leland Stanford, Junior, university and director of the World Peace Foundation, comes to Bir- mingham on Friday night, November 26, as the fourth number of the 1915-1s Lyceum course This will be what the committee considers. or terms. one of the major attractions of the years pro- gramme, pr. Jordan Is a biologist--a scientist of international eminence. He has the distinction of being the fore most American student of the great Agassiz, whose principles of teaching he has applied to modern methods and conditions with such marked success. The Worlds Work says that as a writer Dr. Jordan has few equals In the liter ary world, and that he is greater speaker than writer.
 Dr. Jordan's studies in the biology of fishes led him at length into a study of the biology of men, and here he en- countered results that turned him Into one of the most vigorous of the advo- cates of international peace. He found that the individual combats that are part of the competitive struggle for existence in subhuman animals were not analogous with the organized war fare of men. All through nature he found running "a splendid system of the survival of the Attest which Is com pletely countermanded by the modern practice of war"
 Thus, from the biology of nature he turned to a study of the biology of war, Some of the most powerful arguments against militarism are his pointed prhas- ing of the discoveries that followed these researches He quotes the poets words about the "unreturning brave" and grimly notes that it ever is the brave that do not return from war. Again. he quotes Kipiing's Send forth the best ye breed" and adds the acid footnote, "and the nation breeds from the second best
 and a half in studying tho on-coming of the present war and it's causes, and previous to that time he spent another year in Europe and Japan in the same quest. He has given many lectures in Great Britain and also in Germany, Bull garia, Belgium and other European countries in opposition to the war sys- tenn. In the six weeks preceding last Christmas he gave 70 lectures in the leading cities between Boston and Dem yer.
 Dr. Jordan's subject for the Birming ham lecture will be The Lessons of the War"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
EVERYBODY SEES A
 CHANGE IN FATHER,
 SAYS GRATEFUL SON
Suffered Over 20 Years and Paid Out Thousands Try
 ing to Get Well

My father has suffered from chronic stomach trouble for over 20 years and has raid out thousands of dollars on medicines and doctors" said G. w. slayton, a we'll known Cobb county farmer. who lives near Smyrna, a short distance out of Atlanta.
 We tried nearly everything trying to cure him, and he went off to the springs, thinking maybe the water would help him but it just looked like nothing would reach his trouble. Then he tried dieting, and lived on liquid food until he almost starved-but even that failed to do any good, and he just kept going from bad to worse
 'I don't guess there ever was a case as stubborn as his, and if there ever was q confirmed dyspeptic he was one of them, aud I guess he would have been one yet if it hadn't been for this Tanlac.
 ''The first we heard of this medicine was when my father saw an advertise ment in the papers from parties he knew fin Tennessee. who were friends Of his and he knew what they said about it was the truth-sO he got it right away and began taking it
 Well, sir. it acted just like magic and everybody notices the change in father now--why, he is just like diff ferent man, and sits down to the table and eats like farm hand. Only yester- day. he ate pork and turnips for his din- ner, and ate so much we were actually afraid he was overriding the thing, but he laughed and said nothing hurt him now, and that he was hungry and expect ed to eat and make up for lost time.
 Now, when medicine will do things like that, ] .think people ought to know about it, and ] want to say right now that l would not give one bottle of Tan lac for all the other medicines and health resorts in the country put together" ,ranlac Is sold in Birmingham exclu- svely by Jacobs Drug Store and Patton Pope Drug Co. It is also sold in Bessemer by Pegran-P Patton Drug Co; in Ensley by D w Morris Drug Co; North Bir- ninghan, Walker Drug Co.,, and Pratt City, Gale Drug Co.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
PLOT ID KILL O|L
 MAGNATE FO|LED
Explosives Placed on Drive way Near Residence of
 John D. ArchbOld

Tarrytown, N. Y. November 21-A plot to kill John D. Archbold. president of the Standard oil company of New Jer- sey. was frustrated by the finding of a dynamite bomb In the wheel rut of a roadway on his estate here, in the opinion of Chief of Police William J. Bowles
 The bomb consisted of four sticks of dynamite with wires and percussion caps and Chief Bowles said tonight he blieved the plan was to blow up MT. Archbold in his automobile, as he was driving over what Is known as the south roadway from his home.
 John Wahlqust, superintendent for Mir Archbo1d, notified Chief Bowles today that the bundle had been found The dynamite, wire and caps were wrapped i'll dark yellow paper. Bowles said it was arranged so the slightest impact would explode the dynamite.
 Bowles declared the person who placed the explosive was familiar with the route MT Archbold takes when driving from his home to the dock on the Hudson river where he board his yacht, the Vixen, for New York.
 lAc polilD WtS ICuIQ cdluTudy. bUWtG5 was confident tonight the bomb had been placed last Friday and that it was planned to kill MT. Archbold Saturday morning as he passed the spot in his automobile, but the financier left the es- tate late in the day, after the explosives were found.
 The police are looking for a man seen Friday near the place where the bomb was found. The Archbold estate is three miles from Pocantico Hills, home of John D. Rockefeller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22

kk 4 FOOL THERE WAS" from
 \ Vampire" dramatized by Porter Emerson Browne, will be at the Jefferson tonight, tomorrow matinee and tomorrow night with a highly capable cast. "A Fool There Was" Is the story of the folly of man once entangled in the wiles of the feminine snare.
 The Thanksgiving day attraction at the Jefferson will be "Outcast" the problem play of Hubert Henry Davies. which made such 8 hit in the city a few weeks ago. Jeanne Eagels will again have the role of Miriam in the company.
 Sunday movies vindicated them selves yesterday by the fact that it was an utter impossibility to se- cure seats in any of the theatres that were opened yesterday after noon unless one waited for hours iii the lobby and outside on the walk. Are the Sunday movies pop ular? The people answered by an attendance of 12,450, which should. be conclusive proof to the ministers and Sunday school work CTS that they are putting their head against a stone wall.
 The Pastors union and the Sum- day school workers are going to the city hall tomorrow afternoon to battle with the city commission on the question of Sunday movies. The owners of the picture theatres, not being organized and all en- gagged in a cut-throat competition, are fearsome of the result How ever, they should not be. The city commission has decided on a pol icy of toleration after deep thought and decided on such a pol icy not because it would put few dollars in the coffers of the pie ture men, but because 1t would re- lieve an acute situation--it would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
EEOOTIIGEYTS@ Ia |@ AnD 2SGREHN S
By RICHARD F. LUssrER

provide entertainment for the lib- eral-minded on Sunday afternoons. After arriving at such conclu- sion 1t Is not likely that any ac- tion of the Pastors union will cause 8 resembling of the action.
 Incidentally, If the picture men were organized they would be able to look after their interests much better and would not be prone to grow hysterical at the slightest rumor. Get together, boysEwhile there is time.
 George Damerel. a popular light comedian, comes to the Lyric this week in a tabloid musical comedy.
 "The Disciple" with William $. Hart, an ce-Triangle feature, will be the attraction at the Strand for today. This Is the first picture showing the virile Mir. Hart in sev- eral months on local screens and it is bound to attract much atten- ton.
 ''The Turn of the Road" with William s. Kilgour and Virginia Pearson, will be the offering at the Trianon for today. This is Vita graph V. L. S. E. feature.
 Elizabeth Finder, the winner of a recent Age-Herald moving pic- ture contest comes to the Prin- cess today fin "The River of Ro- nance" This film Is strictly an Alabama product, as 1t was writ ten by an Alabamian and the star is the pretty daughter of Dr. J. H. Finder The hundreds of friends of Miss Finder will enjoy today her advent in the shadow drama.
 "Heredity" and "A Bargain in Brides" wiu be the pictures shown at the Odeon Two for today. One is vitagraph drama, while the other is Kalem comedy.
 Caught in the Harem" Is the new burlesque at the Orpheum this week.
 "Why Girls Leave Home is the question Jack Morgan will an- swer at the Bijou this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Russians Retake Town

London, November 21-The recapture of Czartorysk by the Russians was ac- complished Just "A hours after the Austro- German forces had taken the town, says Reuters correspondent at Pctrograd He states that the Rus sians' withdrawal to the right bank of the Styr was decided on to give free play to their artillery. which, posted on high ground. was employed so ef- fectively that the Teutonic forces were driven out of Czartorysk. The Russians also delivered an attack from the di- rection of the Czartorysk station on the Kcvel-Sarny line. few miles north of the town They also recaptured Koz- linitchy, west of the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
ADJUSTMENTS
ssOutcast"

If forbidden things are no longer for bidden-on the stage; if the facts in volved in certain sides of life are to be shown here, as they have been shown in France and Germany, 1t may be best to present them as delicately and honestly as in the latest play by Hubert Henry Davies, entitled Out cast which will play return en- gagement at the Jefferson theatre Thanksgiving, matinee and night. This "Outcast'' is by long odds the best and most satisfying work which the dis tinguished author has yet given to the stage, having all the wit and literary brilliance of his earlier plays, Cousin Kate" and "The Mollusc,' yet far ex- ceeding them In vital human interest and compelling power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
BULGARIAN TROOPS
 REACH MONASTIR

Geneva, November 21.-(Via Paris,) Press dispatches from Bucharest say Bulgarian forces have arrived at the Servian city of Monastir and are being reinforced. A telegram from Constanti- nople says the first contingent of Ger man troops has reached that city, and that Field Marshal Won Machensen is expected there next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
British Crew Ashore

London, November 21.-The admiralty states that the crew of the British boarding steamer Tara, sunk early this month in the Mediterranean: by Ger man submarine. has been compelled to land on the African coast beyond the Egyptian frontier. The British author ities in Egypt are endeayoring to ascer- tain their whereabouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Mrs. Charles Sumner

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs Charles Sumner, who died Sat- rrday afternoon at o'clock at the fam ily residence in the Savoy apartments after a long illness, were conducted from the residence yesterday afternoon at o'clock, Dr. J. H. Dickinson of the First Baptist church officiating. Inter- ment followed in Elmwood cemetery Tho deceased is survived by her hus- band The following acted as pail bearers: Harry H. Hawkins. H. E. Ereading, George l.. Tarrant, Carl II. Seals, Richard F. Johnson and William J. Waldrop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
T. D. Robertson

Funeral services of J. D. Robertson, who died Saturday night at his residence, PIP South F'ifty-seventh street. will be held this morning from the family resi- dence at 10 o'clock. Interment will follow at Forrest Hill cemetery. He is survived by his widow; three sons, Lloyd, John and William Robertson, one daughter, Miss Annie Robertson, brother w. N Robertson of Loachapoka, and sister. Mrs. J. w. Glenn of Opelika. The fol- lowing have been named &s pallbearers: George Harris, L.. l.. Day, T. R. Ed wards, Mir Bradley, pr. A. Krabe and T. M Woods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell. aged 30, who died In local infirmary Satur- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. were con- oucted from Johns private chapel yes- terday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment followed in Elmwood cemetery. Tho deceased is survived by her hus- band, Arthur Mitchell, and seven chill dren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22

morning He leaves wife, two daugh- ters, Christine and Louise of Selma, one son, William A. Sparrenberger of Mont gcmery, two sisters, Mrs. John Fay and Mrs. M. H. Sweat of Montgomery, and one brother, John w. Sparrenberger of Selma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Clifton w. H. Medlock

Clifton w. H. Medlock, aged 20 years. the oldest son of Mir. and Mrs. o. D. Medlock, died yesterday morning at II o'clock at the family residence at Osce- ella station on the North Bessemer car line Funeral services will be conduct ed this morning at 10 o'clock from the residence. Following the services the remains will be sent to Cullman for in- terment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Annie Ruth Allen

Funeral services over the remains of Annie Ruth Allen. the infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. George P, Allen, who died Saturday morning at the family residence at Boyles, were held from the residence yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Mrs. R. E. Flowers

The body of Mrs. R. E. Flowers, aged 1s years. who died Saturday morning in a local infirmary was sent to Rem lap yesterday morning for interment by Smith & Warner Undertaking Go. The deceased is survived by her hus- band. R E. Flowers; a small child: mother, Mrs. Florence Brewer; a broth CT, Will Brewer; and two sisters, Miss Alto and Miss Evelyn Brewer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
"The Smart Set"

Salem Tut Whitney and the Smart Set will be offered at the Jefferson Wednesday. matinee and night, in a sparkling. tuneful musical comedy, George Washington Bullion Abroad" The vehicle, it is said. is most elabor- ate and the scenic equipment and other accessories are complete in every de- tail. The Smart Set is the most talked of colored musical organization on tour. It is springhtly in both songs and story and is filled with haunting melo- dies that finger in the memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Charles H. Sparrenberrer

Selma. November 2l.-Charles IT. Spar
 renberger. age sl, for many years com nected with the Dallas Compress com pany. died here this afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Biz Elk Dead

Franklin, Pa, November 21-Georl P. .CroUs. aged 55, former grand et alted ruler of the Order of Elks, did today. He was elected grand exalts ruled at Salt Lake City in 1902 al, presided over the 1903 convention Baltimore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
"A Fool There Was

Irrespective of the fact that for two seasons Robert Hillard's greatest sue cess, "A Fool There Was" which comes to the Jefferson theatre tonight and matinee and night. toured the country to capacity business, under the direction of Messrs. Klaw & Err langer. it is still duplicating that busi- ness in every city where it plays under the personal management of Robert Campbell. One would think that by now everyone has seen this peculiarly fascinating, though weird play, DOT traying the powers of good and evil, the unaccountable influence that drift in life's path and then turn us without desire without inclination to either course. "A Fool There Was" IS such a play. Kiplings "The Vampire" has been strengthened by it's dramatization into "A Fool There Was"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22
Al H. Wilson

The story of "As Years Roll On," to be presented at the Jefferson theatre on Friday and Saturday, matinee Sat urday, bys Al H. Wilson, the singing dialect comedian, is said to bo a very interesting one that would make good novel if it were published as such. It relates the adventures of a young Hol- lander compulsorily enrolled in the army. who assaults and supposedly kills superior officer while resisting ar rest To avoid the penalty for what he thinks is murder, he escapes to America and locates in New York city. Prosperity and domestic happiness smile upon him as the years roll on. Happy in an existancs that has but one shadow the possibsiity that some day he will be recognized and denounced by some one who knew him in Holland. During the performance MT. Wilson contributes special delight by his rendition of yesterday" Mother Mine," AS Years Roll On" and She's Left Me for a Teddy Bear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-22

The ladies of St. Aloysius' Catholic church of this city will conduct bazaar in this city Thursday, at which time many beautiful and useful articles will be placed on sale The ladies will also serve a turkey dinner The public is cordially in- vited to attend
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06
FUNERAL.
of Kathleen Coughlin viii BE
Held at Church Of the I'M
maculate conception. {

The funeral of Kathleen Conklins
aged eight months. daughter OF ~
and MIS- 3. N. Coughlin, OF 219s lack
son street, who died at II O'CLOCK
Thursday night after SUFFERING thtee
days from cholera infAntum, W1llssbe.
held at O'Clock Saturday a1IernooAs
ception and the burial viii be the
Holy Cross cemetery.
Surviving relatives Of the deceASed
child are her parents, Mr.. and M
b. NJ Coughlin, a brother Carr
Coughlin, and Mary and Beest6s
CopghIin. sisters. all Iiying 1T home