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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
ISADORE SHAPIRO IS TREMENDOUSLY
 IN EARNEST ABOUT COMMISSION RACE
(Continued from Page Five)

Three years later I was given my de-
 gree in law. I was the first special stu
 dent to whom Yale university ever award ed law degree.'
 How did you get by in Yale?" he was asked.
 T worked" he replied, 'T washed dishes, was superintendent of the law library, looked after my dormitory and did all manner of things when I was not studying. During one of my Christmas vacations sold neckties in Macy's in New York, and in my summers I worked as private secretary to United States District Judge William I. Grubb. To get back to Birmingham from Yale in sum-
 mers I would work my way in the steer age of the coastline steamers. Oh, it wasn't grand, sweet song, but the mem- ories of my winning fight are worth while''
 His eyes were glowing as the grimness of his recital brought back visions oi the past.
 Won Student Honors asked the reporter.
 "Yes," he said, 1T had to make good and in doing so I naturally earned some honors. I was president of two debating clubs and in my senior year won the prize debate. The dean objected to my l entering the senior debate but appealed I to the faculty and was upheld. After | graduated I delivered one of the com mencement addresses at New Haven. It | was the first time such signal honor l had been given to an alumnus as young as l."
 And since leaving the university" was the next question.
 l i've been practicing law and serving | the public whenever the occasion demand l ed action on my part. And I'm running for city commissioner on a plank of pub lie ownership of politics. | Public ownership of politics?" "Yes, sounds rather strange, eh? We'll l it means that I am running as a servant ] of the people. I mean to go among the | people, find out what they want and then | try to get it for them. I mean that ] | am against all secrecy, star chamber ses- sions and all that sort of antique trick | cry. If I am elected commissioner and | someone tries to put something over, | am going. in the vernacular of the street | to give vent to a tremendous squawk l Whenever things are not going right, | am going to the people. I am going tc | talk to them, tell them everything about l their laws and proposed laws. and noth- 1 ing will be too trivial or too important
 in nature to avoid my discussing it with 1 the people. I did this in the legislature
 I reviewed pending bills, and their effect | On Birmingham and was the only one ot | the legislators to display such confidence | in my constituency. I believe in the peo- | Ile, for I have lived with them, fought with them and starved with them."
 I Shapiro was now standing and enun- 1 ciating his points with an oratorical wave l of his hands. He presented the picture | Of strong dynamic force and whatever 1 the merits of his arguments, the impres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

Warrior river where water transporta- ton is afforded all the year round. This is but the beginning of a utilization of & water route to the markets by the Em- pire company. A survey will be made of the Warrior river for the purpose of locating the proposed Lock IS. The work will probably begin January 1. The lock will make the Warrior river and it's forks the Spsey and Mulberry rivers, navigable for % miles further than at present and the people of Walker, Win ston and Blount counties will be greatly benefited. The Empire Coal company, Panama Coal company and DeBardeleben Coal company own large properties which will be reached by these streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

These mines were opened about 15 years ago by the Milner estate. After a series of difficulties and successes, and of | changes of ownership, this valuable prop erty was acquired last July by com pany of capitalists headed by Walter Moore of Birmingham New life was in- fused into the enterprise, and today 600
 men are there employed, delving into the bowels of the earth and bringing forth from 1900 to 1400 tons per day. This is the famous Black Creek seam-famous for it's high grade quality for domestic,
 steam and coking purposes The plant is l automatically and modernly equipped, steam, air, animal and gravitation fur
 nishing the nropelling forces. Hand and air machine mining are both in vogue,
 and the wage scale is 60 cents for hand work and 55 cents by machine. A bat ! tery of 100 coke ovens is located near the
 mouth of the mine and the coke produced l is of the highest grade.
 Of the 600 men employed at these mines,
 60 per cent are white. YFWhen we take into | consideration that the thickness of the | seam here is from g to 40 inches, and that the present pay roll approximates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

CeritY.
 What is the matter with Birming- ham?" was the next question fired at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

iron-nature' treasures lying in the hills and valleys of north Alabama in juXta- position.
 Surely if the good Lord ever did plan for great city. He selected Jones valley as a site for such a structure. The only wonder is that civilization and progress were so late finding it. And knowing ones do say that the development of the coal deposits of Alabama is now only in it's infancy, to say the least, in it's youth. The Warrior and the Cahaba coal fields close by constitute immense deposits of wealth.
 According to c. E. Lesher, of the Uni ted States geological survey, a greater number of men were employed in the coal mining industry in the United States in 1914 than ever before, the total num- Der of employees in both anthracite and bituminous mines for the first time ex- ceeded three-quarters of million. This record was made without sacrifice of efficiency, for although the average num- Der of days worked in the bituminous mines was the smallest since 1896, except
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
IF YOU DON'T THINK TT
 PAYS TO ADVERTISE, READ
 THIS STORY" SAYS DOLLY
By DOLLY pALRYMPLE

She shot contemptuous glance at hlm, and then one in the opposite di- rection, and walked on as if she had not heard him.
 He tried again:
 q beg your pardon for speaking to you" he started, but this time she in- terrupted him and snapped back:
 Don't you dare to address me, sir''
 T am sorry but you see -
 q don't see anything except that you are very persistent exceedingly im- pertinent person. If I had the time, would stop and give you my impress sion of men like you, who will speak to perfect stranger merely because she is alone. It Is contemptible. If had my way"
 But don't you see -" "Yes, see; I can tell you what I do see. I see that policeman over there. and if you do not leave me at once I shall call him and have you ar l rested. I never heard of such inso- lence in broad daylight" "Oh, very well; good afternoon" said the young man and walked away, a grin on his face. and lady's gold ! watch in his pocket thick with mud, but ticking merrily on. That evening when the young woman got home. she discovered that she had | lest her watch.
 | What on earth to do--where to turn what to say-she didn't know! 1 I'll advertise" she said "I'll ring | up the morning paper. I'll see now if advertising really pays 1 The next day the nice, young man answered an advertisement" in the 1 morning paper which offered S1O for the return of "ladys gold watch, :, lost the afternoon before, and no ques- tions asked" and he promptly sallied
 forth to get the reward" 1 Does advertising pay?" the young lady unused as she hugged her treas
 ure close and fast to her heart While
 the little watch ticked merrily on, "It does, it does, it does"!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

It was late in the afternoon when a handsome young woman of the self reliant type, strolled briskly up the street and chanced to drop her watch in a mud puddle at a crossing.
 She passed on without noting her loss, but a tall, young fellow standing at the corner picked it out of the mire and handed it to her.
 On catching up with her he raised his hat and said:
 T beg your pardon. but I should like to -"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
DIR. ANNA l.. BROWN
 WILL SPEAK TODAY
To Address Y. w. c. A. Workers d First Methodist Church-Mrs. Me-
 Farland to Speak Tonight

The feature of today's conference oi mingham will be the address this aft ernoon of Dr. Anna l.. Brown of New York, who will take the subject, "The Challenge of the Y. W. c. A." The ad. dress will be given at the First M. B church at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
 pr. Brown is head of the department of hygiene and physical education oi the national board of the Y. W. c. A.
 Tonight at o'clock Miss Elizabeth Mcfarland of St. Louis will speak at the First Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

certain as the rising of the sun. We have the natural resources. We have the things material. Community thought Is thoroughly independent. Nothing is more wholesome than independent think ing. When people think they do-they achieve. What Birmingham needs Is com munity spirit The common goal should be the common veal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
ALABAMA COAL MINING
 IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY
Warrior and Cahaba Fields Immense Deposits of WeahEn pire Mines in New Hands and Now Work
 About 600 Men
By FRANK V. EVANS

, The average number of days of employ ment of each man was POT for the United States, 195 for bituminous and Ignite and
 245 for anthracite In the bituminous
 mines. the yearly average decreased from S37 tons in 1913 to 724 tons in 1914 The daily average increased from S.61 to 3.71 tons.
 Empire mines, in the northeastern part
 of Walker county, within three miles oi the Jefferson county line and about 8
 miles northwest of Birmingham, presents
 an index to the immense possibilities and the success of coal mining in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

Alabama, seventh state in amount of coal production, mined 15,5O0,000 tons of bituminuous coal last year, falling off of 100000 from the preceding year; but the estimated output for this current year, 1915, is a regain of the 100000 tons.
 Busy, bustling, growing and prosperous Birmingham, this great mart of trade, city of sSyscrapers, of homes, of social attractions, of political civic and re- ligious stir. is really reflex of the labor and capital of miners of coal and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

only 1908, and the average output per man for the year was the lowest in five years, the average daily production for each employe of 1914 was the highest on record in bituminous coal mines. This record is to be attributed, not so much to the better character of the labor, as to the improved mining methods and the in creased application of scientific manage ment.
 The number of men employed in the coal mines in the United States in 1914, was 763, 1855, of which number 179,679 were engaged in mining anthracite and 5S3,50S in mining bituminous coal and Ignite.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23

This photograph, taken at the Dar-
danelles. shows British soldier,
wounded In the arms, being lowered
aboard a hospital launch in what is
known as "bosun's chair" which is
swung out by means of crane.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Mammoth Had Eaten Moss.

Ferdinand Camus reports to the
French Academy of Sciences that II
the stomach of a mammoth dscov-
cred in an almost perfect state of
preservation in the ice of the Liakhof
islands and presented to the Museum
of Natural History IN Paris he found
moss. This he was able to identify as
three species that ctili flourish every
waere in the Arctic and Antarctic re-
gions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Would Helm Some.

1t is a small English country town.
and one OF the members of the special
war relief committee .s also proprie.
tor of drapery emporium" To him
came for advice and assistance a
poor woman who had just heard the
worst about her man at the front.
Would the separation allowance be
paid still? Or would the war Office
make a special grant? Il can't say
definitely what the war office will do
in your particular case" was the
judicious verdict, but. person
ally. shall be glad to--ah--to supply
you with mourning from my establish.
ment at wholesale price"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23

or all the strange inventions which
this war has brought out. none is
stranger than the uniform which is
shown in the picture. At night, in the
darkness of the trenches, the officers
don these phantom uniforms and
walk about in the open to inspect the
lines. This they can do without fear
on account of the dress which makes
them practically invisible because of
the black material of which 1t is made
Two holes through which the wearer
can see and another hole through
which he can breathe are cut into the
hood.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Lavender Repels Mosquitoes.

Noted in this evenings issue a
formula for repelling mosquitoes. A
simpler and more effective repellent
is oil of lavender, sprayed through
an atomizer on parts exposed. This
oil is more efficient than citroneIIa,
ammonia. camphor, tar and o hundred
other "straws" that "skecter' victims
have clutched at. 1t has been found
tried in New Jersey and not found
wanting, so what more can one ask
r?--tLetter to New York Globe.)
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23

We often forget that church is an
educational institution. For man to
absent himself from church services
because he feels religious deficiency
ls like a boy staying away from school
because he is ignorant.-The Christian
Register.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Love.

Love is the highest gift Of God:
humble. gentle, patient love; all VI
sions. revelations, manifestations
whatever are little things compared TO
ove.--John Wesley.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Russlan earbers act as Surgeons.

russian BARRIERS Act as Surgeons.
russian BARRIERS with about six
"eeAs medical training are with the
a. r army in great numbers as full.
!, ,used surgeons. according to reports
= a. wounded German soldiers who have
'ss. ss,. returned from the front. These
o0,,'u'ers. \, many OF whom bear evidence
NJ. improper amputations. also com.
n d. OF poor sanitary conditions In
~ Vsss'an hospitals. but praise the Rus
,~' su woman nurses as being kind and
'0nslderate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23

terry Of his suffer.
ing. although an
innocent man;
and by the fact
that after his
kindness to the
chief butler the
latter forgot him.
Yet there was
light in the prison
and that in sew.
eral directions.
Prisoners Of .hs
Lord
To gin with.
the text tells us
that the Lord
was with Joseph" "
AS we express II
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
A Hopeless Case.

do you see tnat strong. healthy
looking man over there?"
II was just admiring his physique .
The doctors gave him up years
ago."
You surprise M"
Yes. They found they couldn't get
anything out OF him"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-09-23
Goodness in a
Dungeon
BY REV. l.. W. COSNELL
Assistant to the Dean. Moody
Bible Institute d Chicago
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TEXT-He was there in the prison But
the Lord was with Joseph--Gen 1870. 21.
Joseph's prison was made gloomy
by physical discomfort; by the mys-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
Mrs. Carn1an Calmly
Welcomes NeW Trial
81 Will Be Exonerated Says Woman Who Will Face
Jury May Murder Charge-Frose-
cutor Silent About Evidence

home, on the Merrick Road. after 6
O'Clock. She was met by George Levy,
her lawyer, who informed her of the
turn in affairs. Through him she said
she welcomed new trial. 81 am sure
| will be exonerated," she said.
Mrs. Carman Pleased.
Mrs. Carman remained in the house
long enough to change her dress. then
set out with two friends in touring 3
car. Mr. Levy said they had a dinner
engagement at Jamaica. and would not
return home until after 10 o'clock.
Since the jury that tried her on an
indictment of first degree murder in
October, 1914, disagreed, Mrs. Carman
has been enjoying her freedom. Fol-
lowing the trial she was admitted TO
$4,000 bail furnished by friends at
Freeport. In interviews since then she
has repeatedly stated that she would
welcome a new trial.
81 feel confident that twelve men will
believe the truth" she is quoted as say
ing. More recently, however, il is said
She has expressed her willingness 10
let matters stand as they were.
Regarding the exact reasons for
Continued on page 9. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
OFFICERS FEAST AS
SOLDIERS STARVE
Przemysl Garrison's En-
listed Men Faint with
Hunger-Cats at So.
[BY Cahle 10 he Tribune. ]

Przemysl, March 80 delayed
Przemysl is a story of an impregnable
fortress, two or three times over
garrisoned with patient, haggard SOL
diers, starving in the trenches, and
sleek, faultlessly dressed officers liv-
ing of the fat of the land in fashion
able hotels and restaurants.
1t is probable that the supplies were
uneconomically expended, with the re-
suit that when the push came the
situation at once became acute and
the sufferings of all classes, except
the officers, became general. First the
cavalry and transport horses were
consumed, then everything available.
Cats were sold at 81 and fair-sized
dogs at So apiece.
While the garrison became thin and
half starved, the mode Of life Of the
officers in the town remained un.
changed.
Until the last the officers had their
three meals day, with fresh meat,
cigars, cigarettes and wines and every
luxury, while their own orderies and
servants begged for a slice of bread.
While the officers diet was merely
threatened with curtailment, private
soldiers were seen actually to fall in
the streets from lack of nourishment.
The officers are reported to have re-
tanned their private thoroughbred rid
ing horses until the day before the sur
render, when two thousand of them
were killed to prevent them from fall
ing into the hands of the Russians.
One Russian officer, on entering the
town, saw hundreds of bodies of beau
tful thoroughbred horses, with half
crazed Austrian and Hungarian SOL
dlers tearing into the flesh, with their
faces and hands smeared with blood as
the devoured the raw flesh.
The Austrian officers showed not the
slightest sign of being disconnected or
Inundated at the collapse Of their
fortress.
The entire conduct of the siege on
the part of the garrison seems to be
entirely without explanation. The
Austrians had throughout plenty OF am
munition, and they certainly greatly
outnumbered the Russians, yet they
made but one real effort to break out,
this occurring three days before the
surrender.
Civilians as we'll as prisoners are
unanimous in their praise Of the Rus
sian officers and soldiers, who have
shown nothing but kindness and deli
cacy of feeling since their entrance
into the fortress. This consideration
is utterly wasted on the captured Off
GERS, who treat the situation supercili-
ously and are quite complacent in their
relations with the Russians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
LUSITANIA TO DEFY
GERMAN BLOCKADE

More than 200 first cabin passen-
gers and l75 second class will brave
the German submarine patrol of tho
English coast this morning when the
Lusltania sails for Liverpool. The
most notable array of travellers to set
out 10 cross the ocean since the war
began will be on the big Cunarder.
careful investigation has been
made of all passengers unknown to,
the line. The pier is closely guarded
day and night, and this vigilance will
be increased as sailing time, 10 o'clock,
approaches.
Richard Croker, who will take his
Indian bride across for a glimpse Of
the "ould sod" will be among the pas
sengers. So will Frederick w. Whit.
ridge, president of the Third Avenue
Railway, and Mrs. Nhitridge. Other
passengers include William O'Donneli
Iselin and Miss Louise NJ. Iselin, Canon
James Owen Hannay, the Irish writer
known as George A. Birmingham; Cap
tain Granville Fortescue, Colonel A. Y.
Barton, of the Canadian army; Gerald
Morgan, the war correspondent; An
thony J. Drexel, Lord Castlemaine,
Nine. Lalla Vandervelde, wife Of the
Belgian Minister Of State, who has
been in the United States several
weeks seeking aid for her suffering
countrymen.
There will also be aboard Mrs. Will
lam B. Leeds, Lady Ross, Lieutenant
Commander s. Tskatashi, Of the Japa-
nese navy; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z.
Russell, OF this city; Captain ID. l..
Hough, DR.. Charles f. Fearn, OF Chi
cago, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T..
Brakeman. Of Mount Kisco.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
CUPID CALLS MAYOR
TO AID OF PASTOR
Clergyman in Canada Wants to
Get Wife Here-GirlS,
Please Write.

Backed up with a letter of commen-
dation from the Bishop of Ontario and
kind words from other persons of
prominence. a clergyman Of the Church
CT England from Barrie. Canada, has
asked Mayor Mitchell to find him a wife
in New York City.
When the Mayor replied he had no
means of obtaining wives. but would
be glad to publish his letter. the min
lister sent the following:
Dear Sir: This is 20 thank you for
kindly acceding to my request to aid
NE in finding wife, and you may pub
lish my want. | desire a we'll bred,
cultured woman. healthy. cheerful,
preferably not over thirty years OF
age. For publication let me repeat
that am an Episcopalian minister,
graduate of leading university,
healthy. vigorous and bright. artistic
and practical, affectionate and very de-
voted where deserved.
II send you credentials that will en-
able YOU to attest my position and So
cial standing.
"Of course, all communications will
be honorably treated by me as strictly
confidential"
In his letter. which was inclosed. the
Bishop wrote:
"He is in good health. very active,
full of pluck and energy. He could be
designated as a manly man. He is
about thirty years old and has no ties"
A letter from NJ. L. Mackenzie King,
director of the Rockefeller Foundation
for Investigation Of Industrial Relations
in Ottawa, 20 the clergyman. which he
sent to the Mayor, said that Mr.. King
had received IAN exceedingly kind and
generous letter" on the clergyman's
behalf from her royal highness. the
Princess Frederick of Brunswick and
Lunenburg. which letter was written
"by her royal highness in her own
hand"
Barrie is O town of $500 people, with
several manufacturing establishments
and other industries. about sixty-four
miles northwest of Toronto. 1t is the
county seat of Simcoe County.
Any woman desiring to communicate
with the clergyman on matrimony may
address him at Postoffice Box 701, Bar
RE, Ont.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
MUST TAX MORGAN ART
Appraisal to Go On, Even if
Museum Loan Is Made Gift.

Deputy State Controller William
Boardman, speaking yesterday on the
subject Of the Morgan loan exhibition,
now in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. said;
The collection is now subject to the
inheritance tax, no matter what Mr..
Morgan may decide TO do. A special
act might remove the tax were the COL
lection TO pass soon 10 the museum or
some other institution, but our duty is
clear and we shall proceed as soon as
possible 10 appraise the museum col
lection. do not know how long the
work will take. but | judge it cannot
be hnished prior to Mr.. Morgan's re-
turn 10 this country from England.
Il believe Mr.. Boardman continued.
that If the loan should now be con-
verted into q gift the Controller would
approve bill to provide for its exemp-
ton. In any event this Office must now
go on with the appraisal"