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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MINIATURE RIOT
 ON TENTH AVENUE
Thousand People Gather When Negro Woman Assaults Husband With
 Ax-Riot Call Turned In

When an unknown negro woman liv ing on Tenth avenue between Twenty third and Twenty fourth streets, north, suddenly became infuriated last night about s o'clock and locked her husband in the house. grabbed an ax and told him if he moved an inch she would brain him, she caused minia- ture riot
 Police headquarters was notified and Detectives R. G. Williams, Saunders Osles Smith and Patton were dis patched to the scene, By the time they arrived about a thousand people had congregated. One could plainly see the insane negro woman holding the ax
 over her husbands head as she re- proved hin. in no uncertain language. all the time telling him if he "batted his eye he would be dead nigger." As the officers kicked down the door the infuriated negro began to wield
 the ax in their direction and narrow k missed hitting several of them.
 Finally one of the men grabbed her
 from behind and held her fast while she was disarmed and placed in the pa
 trol.
 During the melee some of the on- lockers fired a revolver and polio, headouarters was notified by an ex- cited voice over the phone that the police and the negroes were having a battle and several had been killed. The other patrol was loaded up with plain clothes men and Chauffeur Ross Brown put on all speed. By the time the wagon loaded down with officers reached the scene the entire block on Tenth avenue between Twenty-third and Twenty fourth streets was hte"al- | ly tanned When the newly arrived r,en reached the house where the dis turbance was all the excitement hae yi3sided and the negro woman was or her way to jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

Commencement at Birmingham col lege will begin Friday eevning, with the closing of the training classes and |, ciamation contests in the college chapel. Saturday the students will be free, but Sunday morning at Il o'clock at the First Methodist church the com- rlenoement sermon will be delivered by pr. W W. Pinson of Nashville.
 The exercises will be resumed Mon day morning at the college chapel, be- ginning at 10 o'clock. The freshmen and sophomore Reclamation contests will be held In the evening the intef society oratorical contests and debate will take place. Tuesday morning at lo | o'clock the junior orations are sched~ 1 uled and Clyde Nann will deliver the 1 alumni address. H. NJ DuBose of At
 lanta will address the literary societies | of the college
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
ERUPTION ON SIDE
 |TCHED FEARF JULY
Felt as Though On Fire. Couldn't Bear Anything to Touch It. Used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura 0int- ment. Skin Cleared and No Trace of Trouble Left.

R. F. D. No. 8. Lexington. Okla.-"I had a severe eruption on my right side which was about four inches wide and ex- tended half way around my body. It came suddenly was bright scarlet in color and I felt as though I was on fire all the time. The eruptions commenced exactly like prickly heat and looked like it. They itched fearfully. I couldn't bear anything to touch me at all.
 "I sent at once for Q cake of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment and my relief dated from the first application: I slept that night for the first time in days. washed the eruptions well with the Cuti- cura Soap, dried them and applied the Gu ticura Ointment It was not long before the skin cleared and no trace of the disease was left" (Slgned) Mrs- W. w. Harbison October 27. 1914.
 Keep your skin clear. scalp clean and free from dandruff. and hair live and glossy with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Sample Each Free by Mall
 With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T. Bos- toa." Sold throughout the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

ever labored in Alabama. lie was
 eighty years old March 5.
 
 recent diocesan council of the Episcopal
 church The following resolution Was
 unanimously adopted at Anniston by the
 Eighty fourth council of the Alabama
 diocese May B. and :, 1915:
 "Whereas, our brother in Christ,
 Thomas J. Beard, doctor in divinity, did
 attain on March 3 last the great ase of
 four score years, be it
 'ResolVed First. that we his brethren and friends of the council of the diocese of Alabama who hold him in kind. es- teem and high respect, do most heartily felicltate him in being permitted to 'ahor so many years for God and his fellow man: and moreover to labor a beconneth "Christs faithful soldier and servant. for his life has been characterized by
 earnestness and devotion to duty; Second, That we devoutly hope he will be vouchsafed grace and strength for the
 work which his hands may find to dc our ing the time vet allotted to him to look upon the light of the sun and reJoiee in the beauty and glory of Gods world: and further that every blessing shall Do his here and the crown of eternal life his hereafte in the beatihc presence from everlasting to everla sting; and, Third That copy of this action Of l ours properly engrossed and signei by the president and secretary of the council be sent our brother
 "C. NJ BECKWITH D. D., "President of the CouI.c1. ''WILLIS q. CLARK, Secretary of the council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
COMMENCEMENT THIS WEEK
 AT BIRMINGHAM COLLEGE

The annual alumni meeting will be held in the afternoon at o'clock and at o o'clock the alumni barbecue will be held on the college campus Wednes- day morning the commencement an1 graduating exercises will be held The baccalaureate address will be delivered by the Rev. T. N. Ivey of Nashville. and the conferring of degrees and awarding of diplomas will take place. The board of trustees will make an an nouncement regarding the work of the year. The trustees will meet Monday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock, but will have nothing to say until the graduating ex- crcises Wednesday.
 There are five graduates of Bir- mingham college this year, each of whom will receive the degree of bach elcr of arts. The list includes J. B. Frarklin Birmingham; B NJ. Porter, Rugersville: Thomas s. Fowlkes. Dick ert: W P. Nolan, Alexander City. and R. D. walstrom. New Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MAKE TRIP TO LOCK IT
Some of the Local Citizens Who Made
 Trip Last Sunday

Sunday a number of Birmingham peo- pie enjoyed a trip to Lock +. among them being MT. and Mrs. J. H. Heineke, MT. and Mrs. Charles Mathison, MT. and Mrs Charles Wullenbucher. MT. and Mrs. c. T. Rainbow, MT. and Mrs Henry Uhl MT. and Mrs. A. F. Bunker, MT. and Mrs. F. L. Schillinger. Mrs. c. Yeargin Mrs. George Bodeker Mrs. c. Lodeberg Miss Amelia Conradi, Miss Kate Arnold Miss Edith Uhl Miss Lillian Capps. Miss Tillie Mathison, Miss Carrie Bundy, Miss Joanna Bodeker, Miss Bertha Rainbow Miss Margaret Bodeker, Miss Ruby Wul- lenbucher. MT. Walter Scharber, MT. Wal ter, Schuster. MT. Arnold uhl, Mir. Frank Mathison, MT. Clarence MAthison. Mr Freddie Wullenbucher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Injustice to British Empire

To the Editor of The Age-Herald;
 Your editorial of this morning does injus- tice to the share the British empire Is taking in the war It's chief weapon Is, always has been and doubtless always will he the fleet. which has kept the seas relatively safe for allied shipping since the war began. The fact that France. Russia. Italy, Servia. Japan and Brit ain can carry on their international trade without material interference, that they can import food and munitions of war at will. while Germany and Austria and their ally. the Turk, are forced to live or their own resources is not due to the armies in France and Flanders and Po- land and Calicia, but to the mighty fleet that lies near enough the North sea io keep the Teutonic dreadnaughts in their place. Very truly yours.
 C. B. MARTIN. Tusca loosa May 30 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
CRAWFORD BACK FROM
 INSTITUTE MEETING
President of Tennessee Company Has Nothing to Say About Reported
 Plans of His Company

George G. Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, returned to Birmingham yesterday after an absence of several days attend ing a meeting of the American Iron and Steel institute, and also the meeting of the presidents of the companies owned by the Steel corporation. MT. Crawford did not have any announcement to make yes- terday as to any new improvements that are contemplated by the Steel corporation here.
 He said that business apparently wal much better, but that there was nothing to give out at this time incident to the repored plans of the company here MT Crawford was unprepared yesterday to make any announcement about a finishing plant in regard to which there has been much speculation of late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
EMPIRE COAL SALE
 IS NOT AFFECTED

The sale of the Empire Coal company to Walter Moore and associates, as an nounced in The Age-Herald yesterday morning, does not affect the sale of Elm pire coal on the Birmingham market.
 J. Edward Hawkins, secretary and treasurer of the Empire Fuel and Iron company, which concern has the ex- elusive disposal of Empire coal in Br- minsham. stated yesterday that his com pany held longtime contract with the Empire Coal company, which in no. wise affected by the transfer and tha, their patrons would be supplied as usual with Empire coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
bELCHER ARRESTED
 HERE AT REQUEST
 OF ATLANTA POLICE
Alleged to Have Been Impli- cated in Sensational Hold up in Georgia City.
 Denies His Guilt

Clyde Relcher. a white man alleged to have been implicated in the hold LID of Mr. and Mrs w. L. Kelly in At lanta sometime ago, was arrested last night at 7:SO o'clock by Detectives Me Farland and Watson at the direction of Chief Martin Egan, in the Pastime pool room on Second avenue, between Eight eenth and Nineteenth streets. When ar rested Belcher admitted he was the man wanted by the Atlanta authorities but denied any knowledge of the holdup.
 The robbery of the Kellys occurred in Atlanta sometime in March and was of a sensational nature. Three men en- tered the Cash Grocery store, located on Broad street, in Atlanta, and held up Kelly and his wife at the point of re- volvers. The burglars got s126o in cash. several watches and pistols and some jewelry According to the police, Mrs. Kelly recognized one of the men as l Clyde Belcher. Beleher left Atlanta the following day and had not been heard of until Chief Egan received information that he was in the city and had him | arrested.
 
 porter Belcher made the following statement:
 "Yes. my name is Belcher and know they want me in Atlanta for highway robbery. l am not guilty. and when the time comes I will prove my innocence The night that the Kellys were held up l was in Caserra's pool room and bar. 1 stayed there until they closed and then went up to a hotel nearby to spend the night. It was there that I met two men whom the police afterwards ar rested on the charge of highway rob bery. Just because I spent the night ir the same hotel with these men the police thought that I was mixed uf in it."
 When arrested Belcher had a book in his possession which appeared to be a record of his movements since leav. ing Atlanta. He had been to Macon Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Louisville ano was arrested and fined S25 in St. Louis Although circulars giving the descrip ton of the man had been sent broad cast and reward of $100 was on hi head the St. Louis police overlooked th' man even though he served time in tha city. After leaving St Louis, Belche journeyed back to Memphis, thence t' Grand Junction, New Albany, Corinth Ripley and other points. He arrived il Birmingham, according to a statemen made by him, yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The authorities in Atlanta hav been notified and a man with a warran will arrive tomorrow to take him bacl to that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

Sammy Watson's farmyard circus Is full Of good laughs; Lind has number of gorgeous costumes to make his act a success and Steffy Berko, the violinist, is said to be one of the musical treats of the season These three acts and that of Hanon and Clifton constitute a very good vaudeville bill at the Lyric this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

The following marriage licenses were yesterday recorded in the office of tho probate judge
 Samuel R Burns, Germania park to Miss Annie Showers.
 John $. Ramsey, Ensley, to Miss Annie kelso.
 NJ. N. Morris. Jr., Birmingham, to Miss Bessie Cooper
 John Caldwell Birmingham, to Miss Anna Doris Willingham
 John N Grant. Birmingham. to Mrs. Azelee Gallant
 Arnold Dulion. Birminaham to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Douglas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Major Lull Fayors Tax Raise

To the Editor of The Aee-Herald,
 In your issue of June l you state in special from Tuscaloosa that Mayor Frank I.ull of WetumplSa at the Municipal lea glue meeting opposed the proposed constitutional amendment permitting towns and cities to raise the tax rate to S1 per hundred.
 Your correspondent is in error. did oppose d raise from 30 cents to Sl n per hundred.
 I did not oppose the raise from 5h cents To Sl per hundred. on the -on- traTN. 1 advocated it and wrote the resolution adopted by the league in. dorsing it.
 Nobody opposed the proposed raise. Not only sol am on a committee 10 advocate the proposed raise before the committee on finance and taxation.
 FRANK W. LULU Birmingham, June 1, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Weather Bureau to
 Make Night Forecasts

Washington, June 1.-The weather bureau put into operation tonight a new plan of making night forecasts for the various states. Heretofore all forecasts have been made here. but beginning tonight the bureau at Cni- cago will make predictions for the mid dle western states while those Spr the mountain states will be made at Den yer. Forecasts for the eastern and southern states will continue to be piade at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
TRIBUTE PAID TO
 DR. T. J. BEARD

Friends and admirers of pr. Thomas J. Beard all over the state have been greatly plea sed by the tribute paid him by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Epperson to North Carolina

J. Epperson. assistant baeteriolosist in the city laboratories, will leave lo- day for Durham. N C., where he will become chief milk and meat inspector for that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
LEGAL. HQIIDAY

LEGAL HOLIDAY
 Thursday. June 3, 1915, Birthday of Jefferson Davis) being legal holiday fin Alabama, all banks members of the association will be closed.
 BIRMINGHAM CLEARING HOUSE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Marriape License

Tuscaloosa, May 30, 1915.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

George and Helen Kumaris, boy.
Edward J. and Margaret y. Hickel,
boy.
Frederick J. and Catherine E. Eich-
holz. girl.
David D. and Myrtle Z. Daw son. boy.
Harry L. and Helen ]. Bailey, girl.
Jacob F. and Eva L. Rengel, girl.
Edison and valaria Weston. boy
William ard Edna Kutchin, boy
Evening star., 1915-06-01
Prisoners Abused.

"Innumerable are the bestial attacks
on women and girls.
"Other supplements disclose the afro
cities perpetrated on German prison
ers of war by Russian troops Ere
quently those German soldiers taken
prisoner were robbed, spat upon or
otherwise mistreated. 4 Russian Of
f1cer threatened German soldiers who
refused to betray their comrades with
death, and actually ordered one of them
shot. Russian troops placed German
prisoners in narrow pits before their
artillery positions with the evident in
tention of allowing them to be killed
by German fire. Cossacks, in riding
past German prisoners of war, cut off
their heads, or wounded them, or-by
choppins Off their lmbs-mutilated
them. German prisoner was cruelty
bound to sort of treadmill and left to
starve. Three hussars were found
hanged in barn with their heads
down and their noses and ears chopped
off. SO that they must have died in
frightful agony.
Neither did the Russian hordes hes
itate at the mutilation and murder of
wounded German soldiers. Thus they
tore the bandages off the wounded so
out their eyes. cut of their tongues
ears, fingers and feet of others, or
smashed in their skulls In many in
stances the atrocities took on the very
character of fiendish torture. Thus a
prisoner. slightly wounded, who was
pinned to the wooden floor Of a veran-
dah by sword, which went through
his mouth, had the flesh stripped off
his entire forearms from the elbows
down, while his fingers were cloven TO
the wrists: another. who had a frac-
ture of the skull, was bound to a calf
in stable in such way that the ami
NAL would have to touch the uncovered
brain with its mouth at every least
movement
The most terrible thing of all
though, is an order from the Russian
general staff, found on Russian officer
of high rank. which commanded that
all the male inha bftants able to work
from boys of ten years upward, to be
driven before the storminG columns
this atrocious order, whereby the Rus
sian chief has placed his
name on the pfllory for all time, was
evidently made with the intention that
the German soldiers. in order to meet
the attack of the Russians, should have
to shoot down their own compatriots.
The imperial German government
believes 1t should stigmatize before all
the world this barbarous behavior OF
the Russian troops, defying as it does
every law of warfare and humanity
and 1t hereby most vigorously and sol
emnly issues protest against these
atrocities, which are indeed the dis
grace of the twentieth century"
Evening star., 1915-06-01

women. were brought TO New York yes
terday by the steamer Laplsnd from Liv
erpool The bodies were those OF Mrs.
Catherine f. Wiley of Lake Fores,.
ILL.,: Miss Elizabeth Secombe of Boston.
George r. Coping OF Toronto, w. H..
Brown and q man. Lindsay. ad-
dresses not given. The Lapland brcugrr
1893 passengers.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

often by one division of troops after
the other. each soldier taking what
ever took his fancy. Finally, homes,
farm buildings and provisions we're,
without reason or purpose, destro!eu
by fire. The population. including
women and children, were illtreated
on empty pretexts or without any rea-
son whatsoever. although they did
everything to satisfy the desires of the
feassian soldiers as to lodgings and
food. This Ill treatment was partially
characterized by exquisite cruelty: for
instance the male population of an en-
tire community. the judge not except
ed. were beaten with whips and threat
ened with death. Fugitives were shot
down without further ado.
Above all, however, numerous citi-
zens were murdered without any cause
often under terrible tortures or in
presence of their relatives. Young
men were shot, not because they had
committed something. but because they
were liable to military service.
transport of fugitives was suddenly at
tackled: the men were separated from
the women and killed without proce-
dure of any kind. A chief forester. es-
corting a troop of German convicts,
was taken prisoner by Russian troops.
brought before Gen. Rennenkampf and
probably in accordance with that
generals infamous order to kill all
German foresters, deliberately shot.
The brutal lust of the Russian soldiers
for murder did not stop even at old
men. women and children. The mur-
der OF a little girl about two or three
years old. is a particularly horrible in
stance Revolving also is the case of
an entire family. which fell victim to
the lust of murder of Russian SOL
diers. The man was spiked to the ia
Ole. the child to the door. the breasts
of the wife were cut off and her body
eviscerated. In another instance a
man and his wife were nailed by the
tongue to table. in which position
they perished of hunger and loss OF
blood.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Col. George C. Ross of Washington,
assistant United States attorney general,
delivered the Grafton. and Miss Mary Van
Casteel of Washington recited at the
Memorial day exercises at Winchester,
Va
Evening star., 1915-06-01
Births Reported.

The following births have been re-
ported to the health department in
the last twenty-four hours:
Case B. and Mary Rafter, boy.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Charles Robinett. merchant At NJ
palachia. Wise county, Va, shot an!
killed a young chauffeur named Carrie
near Appalachia- Carrier had strurG
Robinett with his car on a trip.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Mrs. Daniels left last night for Rich
mond, where she will attend the Con-
federate reunion. She will remain until
Thursday. when she will join the Sec
retary at Annapolis for the graduating
exercises at the Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Mrs Carl Joerissen entertained at A
luncheon of twenty-four covers today
in compliment to Mrs. Frank Willis.
Gov. and Mrs. Willis. who have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Joeris
sen for several days. will leave for
their home this afternoon
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Steamer Brings Five Lusitania Dead.
NEW YORK. June1.-Five OF the
Lusitania's dead. three men and two
Evening star., 1915-06-01
To Inspect c. j. Bell Garden.

At the conclusion of the visit to the
experimental farm the florists are to go
to visit Twin Oaks, the home of Charles
J. Bell. near Cleveland Park, and inspect
the rose gardens there. An invitation has
been extended to the florists by Mrs. Bell.
who is an enthusiastic rose grower.
Members of the National Rose Society
take great interest in the rose garden at
Twin, Oaks, which formerly was the home
Of the late Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard. Mrs
Hubbard took great interest in the cul-
ture OF roses and donated fund, the in
terest from which provides gold medal.
which is presented every five years to the
winner of rose contest held under the
auspices of the National Rose Society
Evening star., 1915-06-01

large dance was given at Over
look Inn. East Washington Heights.
Saturday evening. Among those pres
ent were the Misses Annie Toll, Marie
Haas. Beatrice Haas. Lottie Ellis, Edna
Shaw, May Miller, Ida keenan, Sims,
Alma Ester and Nora Wood, Col. a
Bliss. the Messrs. Gilbert Mcdonald.
Frank Kane, Julius Thurm, Jack
Evening star., 1915-06-01
3ocietX
Continued from Eighth Page. ,

Annapolis. where she will be the guest
for June week of Mrs. Livingston H
Stedman of Seattle. Wash.
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Miss Eileen Ferguson Roach Of Bal
timore arrived today to be the gues
until Friday of AGSs Helen McCuHper
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Nc,
Cumber.
Evening star., 1915-06-01
Property Destroyed.

The movable goods OF the poor as
well as of the wealthy were stolen,
looted or wantonly destroyed by the
Russian troops in every conceiva BILE
way Cattle and provisions were taken
without payment or promissory GER
tifcates. Men and women had to give
the covetous soldiers their last cop
pers. The dwellings were searched
Evening star., 1915-06-01

Miss Lucy Mackall entertained at
picnic yesterday at the country nome
Of her parents, neap Langley, Va: The
guests were Lieut. and Mrs. Edmund
Parker, Miss Anne Blackwood, MISS
Lucia Holerith. Mr.. Harris Frankln,
Dr. T. Edmund Franklin, Dr. Aoa"'
Kemble and Mr.. Gilmer EasieE
Evening star., 1915-06-01
Ritehies parents. Mr.. and Mrs. T. Har-
rison kensett

Miss Sarah Stone Hickling, who has
just completed her musical studies in
Baltimore, is leaving today for a visit
to friends in New York
Evening star., 1915-06-01
Speeches at Presentation.

The presentation of the rosebushes to
the government is TO be made in behalf
of the florists by William F. GUIDE of
this city. The rosebushes are to be ac-
cepted on behalf of the government BY
the Secretary of Agriculture. Commits
sioner Newman is expected tosbe pres
ent and make a short address.
Members of the executive committee of
the National Rose Society are to arrive
in this city tomorrow morning. They are
to assemble at 1914 + street at / o'clock
tomorrow afternoon and after holding d
brief business session go to the Arlington
farm. Local florists and rose growers
have been requested to join the party.