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Alma record., 1915-07-01
STATE OF MICHIGAN

FIRST state Bank, cor
poration.
Complainant.
} 29th Judicial Cir
} Cult. In Chancery
Suit pending in
the Circuit Court
Louisa Thompson, Julius } of Gratot County,
Iiesse, Minnie Camp } in Chanccry at Ith-
bell John Ziesse, Will } aca, Michigan. on
liam Liesse, Fred Ziosse. ; the 2lst. day of
and Christian Ziesse, Ex- June AID, 1915.
ecutor of the last will
of Adoph Iiesse, cecoas-,
ed.
Defendant.
In this cause. IL appearing from affidavit on
file that the defendant Fred Ziesse is not a
resident of this state. but is resident of Rem
ondo, state Of California, and that Minnie
Campbell. one Of the other defendants herein.
has departed from her last known place Of
residence. and her residence cannot be ascer-
tained. On motion OF William A. Bahlke. So
licitor for complainant IL h ordered that the
appearance at said defendants. Fred Zesse and
| Miane Samsbell, be entered herein. within
! ivc months from date Of this order and In
case OF his or her appearance. that he or she
or both cause their answer, OF other pleading
| 20 the bill of complaint 20 be filed. and copy
thereof 70 be served upon the complainants 2
solocitor within twenty days after service upon
| him or her of a copy Of said bill and notice
Of tnis order and in default thereof. said bill
will be taken confessed by said defendant
And 10 s further ordered that within twenty
! days from the date of this order, that the com-
plainant cause a notice Of this order to 10
/ published in the Alma Record. newspap,
/ printed. published and circulating in said coun.
\ y, and that aid publication be continued there
! in. once in each week for six weeks in succe..
| sion or that said complainant cause q COPY o.
| this order To bc personally served on said non.
| resident defendants at least twenty days befor,
the time above prescribed FOR their appearance
! William 4. Bahlke Kelly 5 Scar
| Solicitor for Complainant Circuit judge
! Business Address,
Alma, Michigan. ls93-7w
Alma record., 1915-07-01
Legal Notices
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

The Circuit Court for the County Of Gratiot.
In Chancery.
Alma record., 1915-07-01

Suit pending is said
court on the 9th
day Of April. A. ID.
1915.
Alma record., 1915-07-01

29th judicial Cir
Cult. In Chancery
Suit pending in
the Circuit Court
of Gratiot County.
in Chancery at lth.
aca. Michigan. on
the 2lst. day OF
June A.D., 1915.
Alma record., 1915-07-01

Alma College. an ed
EDUCATIONAL corporation,
Complainant.
vs..
William Finley, Jun
Tor. Gardner ID. Williams.
Ephriam s. Williams,
Elnora Weaver. and
Amasa i. Carroll, leg
atees, representatives
and assigns of said
persons and each and
all Of them.
Defendants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
The Muscle Shoals Project

Yesterdays great celebration at Muscle Shoals accomplished It's Dur. pose-it convinced the visiting sena- tors and congressman of the projects worthiness. The people of Sheffield and Florence and the counties near. by deserve the thanks of the entire state for presenting this great power and navigation undertaking in it's true light to tho states distinguished guests.
 The harnessing of this great water power and opening of the Tennessee river to navigation will rebound tc Alabama's glory some day. Every visiting senator and congressman yes terday expressed approval of the pro ject, thes government engineers have indorsed it, so the day should not be far distant when Alabama shall have an electric. power producer greater than Niagara.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
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sions Of our counties and raise . fund aid. to hire a man of intelligence. en- thusiasm and skill. who can teach us to cope with the new Conditions. It has proven best to bring in our demon using local talent.
 Primarily Alabama Is an agricul- tural state and must hold first place The one-crop system of farming has caused hundreds of thousands of dol lars to be sent out of the state each year for food for both man and beast which could have been grown in this state. If we, as bankers, work out a system of financing farmers, based upon diversified crops and not upon cotton alone, a good beginning for rural betterment will have been made.
 The boys and girls-the future men and women-must be considered in these changes. The school laws of our state require that agriculture be taught in the public schools.
 Judge Thomas report should b, read by every farmer and every mer chant and, in fact every representa- tive citizen in Alabama. It is full o. and is educational in a higl degree animating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
MOST AWFUL WAR ENGINE

| indeed, that 1t was infallible. irresist. ible-but inhuman!
 When Cochrane sought service abroad he pledged himself to his gov- ernment not to use his terrible inven- ton, or scheme of operation. or whst- ever it is, for any other country but his own. It was kept in mind down to the time of the Crimean war, but he was not permitted to demonstrate it against Cronstadt or Sebastopol which he promised to reduce to ruins-again, because it was too inhuman.
 What is the nature of this awful contrivance, capable of snnihilating either armies. fleets or fortresses in no time? Some day the historic mystery will be dissipated, no doubt, as mat ter of public interest. in a period of en- during peace perhaps, when no harm tan follow. It is conceivable that by contrast to modern resources for de- struction, Dundonald's destroyer would now be ineffective. At any rate, in an oge of submarines, proJectiles that weigh ton, machine guns that brush whole battalions into eternity, aerial bombs and asphyxiating gases. would any government recoil from the
 thought of employing it on the ground of humanity?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

annotated by its own editor: "An enri- neer of Chicago has proposed a system of elevated railways for that city. ths lines 10 be at a height of 20 feet above the pavement, so as to clear the roofs or the largest houses. This plan is put forward chiefly on account of it's nonob- structive effect on the light. and also be- cause its noise will not be so troublesome as that of a railway at a lower eleva- tion The passengers would be raised to the aerial station by many fits
 Previous to MT. Telle's description. many others had projected the removal of the railways from the streets, one of the first of which was Colonel Stevens of Hoboken, N. J., as early as 1881, when the whole art of railway construction was in it's infancy.
 By the year 1878 there were four paral- Tel elevated railways in New York city. and construction of the same character lad already been projected in Brooklyn and Chicago, and with certain modifica- tions of details, in Berlin.
 In the year 1894 an elevated railway was built in Liverpool England. and in 1900 similar railway was constructed in Bos- ton. These were followed shortly by the building of elevated roads in Berlin and other metropolitan cities
 The first underground railroad wan opened in London in 1S53 but New York city is also entitled to the credit of hav- ing the first practical subway and today has the most extensive subway system of any city in the world.
 Every now and then some writer of special articles on Old New York discov- CTS that there exists under lower Broad way a short tunnel that has right to call itself the first New York subway. It runs 10 blocks, from Park Place to Wal ker street, and was built in 1s69 Tn 1873 this franchise was extended so as to per- init the transportation of passengers from the Battery up Broadway to Central Park and up Madison avenue to the Harlen, river Today there are close to 40 miles of elevated railways in Manhattan alone and slightly more than 26 miles of sub- ways and more being built.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

had to give a programme Of at least two hours duration without encores to gain his fee. MT. Hofmann's concert fee is said to be even higher than that of the great Polish virtueso but on account of hIs long friends1b with Walter Dam rosch. the dean of American conductors, he has consented to make this notable contract with the Symphony Society of New York.
 Not since the days when Theodore Thomas and Anton Rubinstein made their famous tour across the continent has | world famous pianist been soloist on c transcontinental orchestral tour and 1t will be recalled that Josef Hofmann is the only living pupil of Rubinstein and that his home in Petrograd was the res idence of Rubinstein during his lifetime. When the Hofmann days of affluence came he purchased the former home of his friend and teacher and while in Rus sia makes the Rubinstein house his home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
ELEVATED RAILROADS
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A street traffic and commerce in-
 "A creaser year after year, as it is bound te do, the necessity of the elevated railway will be found more and more necessary as the best and quickest means for transportation. In the largest cities of the country at present most of the new lines building and projected are on the elevated plan, and 1t will not be long until 1t is found necessary to place all such roads overhead or underground, the thoroughfares.
 Elevated roads are an American prod uct, but a very close proclamation to the modern elevated road was conceived in France by T. Telle, and described in a pamphlet which he issued about the begin ming of 1855. The Paris illustration for April 26, 1856, made this idea the subject of pictures and accompanying explana- tion It quotes from Telle's pamphlet the purposes of the invention, among which are: The clearing of the streets of Paris or any other large city, the lowering of transportation fares. the saving of time and the establishment of closer civic relations
 New York was the pioneer city to es- tabish the elevated metropolitan railway as we know 1t today. The first line was constructed by Charles T. Harvey on Greenwich street. and first operated ill 1867. The first car ran over the first city elevated railroad in that city on July 2. 1887. The motive power was a cable. The experiment was unpopular. for the req son that the passengers disliked the dizzy height. and 1t failed in 1870
 Five years later. on December 1. 1875. the Gilbert road called after its projector, Dr. Rufus H. Gilbert was definitely au- thorized. It was opened to traffic from Rector street to Central Park in New York, and shortly afterward it passed from the control of the Gilbert incor- porators and became known as the Met ! rcpolitan Elevated road.
 | In it's issue of August 31. 1SS9 Cham hers' Journal had this item from America,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
A Pointer for Brides

Brides-to-be should devote less time to learning to cook and should substitute therefor lessons in boxing or jiujitsu, according to William J.. Hennessy, city prosecutor of Oakland, Cal, who handles all desertion cases in that city.
 Contrary to the generally accepted idea that the idle rich" are most frequently in evidence in divorce courts, Hennessy says that poverty is the greatest factor in the breaking up of homes, and that children are a guarantee of marital permanence.
 Statistics compiled by the Oakland city prosecutor indicate that Ameri- can men frequently desert their fami- lies, while Italians very rarely do so. If this be true it removes one argu- ment against international marriages.
 From his observations, Hennessy as- serts it is the "doll'' type of woman who is given the "shake." The woman who has by golf, gymnastics or actual labor developed muscle that would do credit to an embryo Jess Willard, is apt to be respected by friend hubby who stands in wholesome fear of the flying flatiron.
 According to the Hennessy theory, q golf stick or the humble broom handle, if properly handled, may work wonders in promoting husbandly virtue and inducing him to bring home an unopened pay envelope.
 Perhaps the craze for outdoor exer- else and physical culture, on the part of American women, at which men in their trustful simplicity have been poking fun for several years, has a deeper significance than the men of this country ever dreamed.
 If women, in accordance with Prose cutor Hennessy's theory, are to rise up in might and assert their rights reinforced by the strength of good right arm, upon what is mere man to substantiate his ancient claim to su- periority?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Millionaires are not the only people who have tainted money. Every now and then you get hold of dollar bill that a poor man has been carrying around in his sock.
 If there was as much kissing at home | as there fs at the depot there wouldn't be 90 many divorces.
 If we could see ourselves as others see us we would hotfoot it to an oculist and have our eyes examined
 A hibrow announces that Chinese wom- en were wearing low-cut dresses 5000 years ago. Maybe that is what caused the Chi. namans eyes to grow slaunchwise
 This would be fine world if people were as polite all the time as they are when they are trying to sell you pofne- thing.
 When man has a twin sister he is often 40 years old when she is only 25.
 A woman may admit that she can't sing. But she will get mad if you even hint that she hasn't sense of humor.
 The old-fashioned woman who used to adapt her clothes to her age now has daughter who adapts her age to her clothes.
 Never loaf around where other people are busy. They may not say anything while you are there, but you are going to get good cussing as soon as you cloDo the door bhind you.
 The man who is 50 modest that he In. sists on sitting in the rear pew whom ho goes to church is the same fellow who wants a seat in the front row where ho can smell the talcum powder when Maine selle Jellywobble does dance in . thea% Ire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

From the Providence Journal.
 " HE British war office is reported
 to be considering reprisals. in
 view of the use by the enemy of
 stupefying gases. Two can play at that game, of course. But at this suncture. why would not the British be justified in availing themselves of the mysterious agency described in the military annals as Dundonald's "sc- cret war plan?'
 Admiral Thomas Cochrane, terth
 Earl of Dundonald, distinguished him. self under three or four flags. but most conspicuously under England's and Chiles He is honored in the British navy. at the present time, by the arr n,ored cruiser Cochrane and 2s,0e0- ton dreadnaught to be named 'Almi- rante Cochrane" was under constric- tion for, the Chilean government at the outbreak of the war; it has probably been taken over by the British admi- ralty. Cochrane was born sailor, with a genius for fighting. He fought
 with his fists, with the weapons of the euel, with pen CT tongue, as handily as with ships batteries. As a young officer he flourished in period when his country had plenty of enemies to keep him busy. but in intervals Of reace he was apt to be quarreling with tf e admiralty. In 1908, when he was given a rowing commission "to harass tile Spanish and French coasts as cp- portunity served he demonstrated the capabilities of Q Drake or a Paul Jones. After the Napoleonic wars disgrace fell upon him in the course of his political activities, and he accepted an invita- l ton to take command of the navy of
 Chile in her fight for independence Efrom Spain. After that he commanded
 Brazils navy. in the war for freedom from Portugal, and he closed his career as foreign adventurer with the Greek Lnavy in the war of independence with l Turkey.
 The record of Cochrane's exploits as a fighting sailor is scarcely more bril- liant than the list of his contributions ty rrecept or. example. to naval science z nd maritime warfare. And among lis suggestions or inventions, the one most commonly associated with his
 name is this Secret war plan.' which for nearly 100 years has been lying
 under lock and key in the archives of the admiralty.
 The secret has been well kept Tn the course of the wars since then. Great Britain has steadfastly refused to make the plan public, or make use of it. Why this hesitancy and mystery?
 The explanation is disclosed in the
 findings of the first military and naval
 commission instructed to report on it. Cochrane publicly declared that it was capable of destroying any fleet or fort rcss in the world-an 'infallible menna
 of securing at one blow our maritime
 superiority. and of thereafter m ain-
 taining it in perpetuity; of at once
 commercing and terminating a war by one conclusive victory" and that Inc Y power on earth could stand axainst
 shis attack" Tho commission reported
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
Mother. Day Carnations

That Mothers Day was generally observed in Birmingham Sunday vas evidenced by the fact that every white establishments was sold outearly in the morning. said citizen. "As a mat ter of fact one of the florists stated that it was impossible to supply the demand for white carnations on this day, so widespread has the movement grown.
 This is as it should be for it is a beautiful sentiment to wear a white flower IS token of love and rev. trence for the mothers throughout the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
Why Not a Roof Garden? 1?

A gray-haired resident of Kansas City has solved the problem of the "strap hanger" The man, whose name is not factor in this story, boarded an overcrowded car in the Missouri city the other evening, just as the ( o'clock rush was at it's height.
 To say that he boarded the car is scarcely accurate, for he found diff. ficulty in securing even . toehold or the bottom step.
 In vain the conductor urged pat. rons to "move up front, please" At { corner stop it was impossible for oth CTS to get on the car-and the gray haired veteran of street car patron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

Restaurants are plentiful in China, ac-
 cording to an investigator of the depart ment of commerce They are patronlzed liberally by all classes of people and are varied In type. The simplest restaurant is two stands suspended from bamboo pole. One stand contains a charcoal fire.
 The restaurant proprietor carries his 'es-
 tablishment" on his shoulder from place
 to place and is able to give quick service
 to patrons. The temporary restaura mt
 with rough board tables and benches and
 sometimes provided with an awning or
 umbrellas, is set up wherever there seems
 to be a demand for it. Next above this is the permanent restaurant with an open front, which occupies the ground floor of
 house on some important thoroughfare.
 The stoves and cooking utensils, unlike in American restaurants, are usually in front, so that customers may be attracted by the odor of food cooking. Patrons are waited on by cook walters and in the bet ter class of such places by walters The best type of Chinese restaurant is quite imposing. It usually occupies two floors of a building. the kitchens being on the ground floor as rule and in full view of the public, a fact which ought to make for cleanliness. There Is also usually a store for the sale of food on the ground | floor, which is Crowded during the meal
 hours. Dinners are frequently given by Chinese in these restaurants on an elabor-
 ate scale, the courses numbering from 40 to 60. Chinese women, except where west ern customs have been adoptd, do not dine at restaurants. The men eat away from home more than they do at home, but the women and children stay in their compound and prepare their own meals. Although many dishes of Chinese cooks seem queer to foreigners, they are really quite paatable. The Chinese cook is hardly surpassed for ingenuity in devising a variety of dishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
Bankers and Farmers

The banks, like other branches of business, are chiefly dependent for their prosperity upon agriculture and now more than ever the bankers of Alabama keep in close touch with the farmers. They have been active in the crop diversification campaign and in some sections are being recognized as leaders in the movement which has aroused unbounded enthusiasm throughout the state..
 That. vas an excellent report which %Wlge c. E. Thomas of Prattville made as chairman of the agricultural committee of the Alabama Bankers association at yesterdays opening ses- sion of the annual convention. It was comprehensive and all the ideas ad- vanced were thoroughly practical.
 The report stressed five topics county organization, crop diversifica- tion, the Boys Corn club, live stock on farms and banking and farming.
 The committee said that nothwith- standing the loss we are sustaining by the boil weevil, "it will eventually prove one of the greatest blessings that has come to the eleven cotton states" The fight against the pest  has "awakened the south to her great ct needs"
 The committees report then went on to tell of the splendid diversified tion campaign and of the fine results Of farm demonstration work; also oi the important work of the boys ir 6fbeir corn clubs, pig clubs, potato esubs and peanut clubs. Among many other good things in the report arr these paragraphs:
 Farmers should be encouraged to or-
 1nufse. because 1t requires more uni- N ted effort to ship diversified products I fn carload lots in order to obtain good Drices and reach the larger markets. Xe Dhould join in with ths commits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11

age was getting weary. Suddenly a bright idea struck him, and with con- siderable agility for one of his years he clambered up to the roof, and perched himself there.
 The conductor ordered him to come down and pay his nickel. The roof traveller invited the conductor to come up and get it. An argument en- sued, and finally a patrolman was called.
 In the meantime downtown traffic was being held up, throwing the street car scheduled out of gear, and delay ing thousands of downtown workers. The patrolman, who was built on a ground floor plan, declined to risk his weight on the frail supports lead ing to the roof of the car, and or dered the conductor to proceed.
 Meantime the man on the roof was enjoying the performance and also an abundance of room. No hustling strap hanger knocked his hat atilt. No one ground the "new" If his immaculate patent leather shoe
 If suggestion may be drawn from so trival an incident, it would seem that here may be a solution of the over-crowding of street cars. Why, if the traction companies of our cities are unable to provide additional crews and equipment, not add a "roof garden story to suburban cars?
 Something of the kind, during the hot summer months, would prove a boon to strap hangers. Possibly, if patrons generally would show as much originality and independence in protesting against crowded cars, as did this Kansas Cityan, some solution would be arrived at by the street car companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Evening Star: Possibly these recent floods in Texas have been for the purpose of satisfying the prohibitionists.
 Troy Messenger: The farmer who grew plenty of produce at home last year to run on through this year was the lucky man.
 Dothan Eagle: The injunction to love your neiKhbor is all right as far as it goes but just suppose she expected you to marry her.
 Talladega Daily Home: There is enough Turkish tobacco in London warehouses to last three years, so 1t is stated. In thres years there may be no Turkey but the tobacco from that section of the world will be just as good under another name. Selma Journal: Wind at Birmingham blew in the rear and blew out the front of big liquor store It was cutting a caper such as man might be expected to cut after leaving the same place