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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01
CITY ITEMS
Norman in Birminghnm- Jam,

Norman in Birminghnm-Jam D. Norman. ex-state senator from Cham bers county, is in Birmingham the guest of his son, Edward R. Norman. They lunched together at tho News paper club yesterday. Senator Norman. who was member of the upper house during the term of Gov. B. B. Conner. was here on personal business. lie said that the farmers of Chambers county are very much awake 10 the im- portance of divcrsification and that the indications pointed very strongly to q material decrease in the cotton acre age in the county this year.
 Birmingham seems to be growing at a very rapid rate" said Senator Nor man. This is my first visit in seV- eral years I regret to say but I can see evidences of progress that inter est and astonsh me very much Bir- mingham is certainly one of the great est cities in the south and destined tu be one of the foremost cities in this country before very long.
 Senator Norman will be in the city several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01

George Ingram Passes Through George Ingram. president. of the South ern Bitulithio company. was here Nes- terday interested in the paving con tracts which were up for consideration at the city hall. MT. Ingram, whose company has handled considerable paving here, said that the indications pointed to very active paving work on the part of southern cities during the next few months.
 Tn many cities affected by the war we have all that we can do,' said MT. Ingram. 'In Birmingham there has been quiet season but we believe that Birmingham will not stand still on such an important matter as paw ing and that an opening will occur here during the next few months, which will be for the benefit Of the entire city"
 Mir. Ingram went to Nashville yester- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01
To Confer With Davis

Mrs. Mathis will also confer with A. C. Davis and Mrs. Thomas M. Owen pres- ident and secretary, respectively, of the Diversified Farming association of cen- tral Alabama. After this conference MT. Davis will appoint three bankers, three farmers, three wholesalers and three manufacturers from the central part of Alabama to form part of the statewide association. Dr. j. T. Doster. president of the North Alabama Diversified Farm ing association, will appoint similar com mittees from the northern counties of the state. J. Leslie Taylor of Mobile president Of the Diversified Farming as- sociation of southern Alabama, will ap- point his committees on the statewide organization in the next few days
 From Montgomery Mrs. Mathis will go to Mobile to confer with Mr Taylor and other members of the southern as- sociation about the work. She will re- turn to Birmingham the last of this week or the first of next week and aid Dr. Doster in the plans for the north Ala bama association.
 The statewide association composed of the three presidents of the regional associations and the committees ap- pointed by them, will meet in Montgom- cry in a short while.
 Prof. P. G. Holden, director of the az rcultural department of the International Harvester company, who has been in Alabama for nearly two months, left ves- terday for Chicago for short stay. Pro- lessor Holden said that he could not say too much for the kindness and hospi- tality of the people of Alabama nor for the deep interest they took in the diver sification campaign. He said that he believed that the leading business men and farmers all oyer the state were thoroughly aroused to carrying on the work in big and practical way and that the followup work would be the greatest movement for good ever inaugurated in che state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01

Massachusetts Mutual Agency Here It was announced yesterday that the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company had authorized the opening in Birmingham of q general agency for that firm. The affairs of the com pany will be in charge of Manly E.. Leavell. who has been appointed man- ager for the company i'll northern Ala bama. He will have associated with him William Vaughan, Jr. who has been with the company for sometime and who is well known here. MT. Leavell was here three years ago and is well known.
 Mir. Leavell said yesterday that ne had lost none of his former enthu- siasm for Birmingham as one of the greatest cities in the south and that he felt sure his interest in the work here would be shared by the patrons of the company when it was realized that the company would handle it's local affairs in this city direct instead of through Nashville.
 Eric P. Cheape and B. G. Eaves, for merly with the Massachusetts Mutual will engage in the insurance business with other companies, it is stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01
Dodge Visits aBirmInghnm-ct

Dodge Visits ABirmingham-Char D, Dodge of Lansing. Mich. a broth CT of Mai F B. Dodge of the Tennes~ see Coal. Iron and Railroad company. is here visiting Major and Mrs. Dodge on Ensley Highlands. MT. Dodge WAS a guest of his brother at luncheon yesterday at the Newspaper club. He said that he had in the past few years heard a great deal os Birmingham but that he was not prepared to find d city quite so large or so thoroughly metropolitan.
 ''Birmingham is certainly great city" said MT. Dodge. "The evidences of progress here are far too numer- ous to mention. I have heard a great deal of Birmingham lately, but noth- ing can be said that will exaggerate the wonders of this city as l have seen them.
 Mr Dodge will be here several days.
 Triton in PelI City-McLane Triton. agent for the state banking depart ment in the reorganization of the Jef- ferson County Savings bank and also president of the First National bank of Pell City. visited the latter place yesterday on personal business. MT. Triton has been here since the clos ing of the Jefferson County bank al- most constantly and was compelled to visit Pell City in order to look after his affairs there. He is expected to return to Birmingham this morning. MT Triton with other officials of the Jefferson County is working very hard to get the bank In shape to reopen by May 1, or not later than May 10, ac- cording to an announcement yester- day.
 Joseph Thompson Here-Joseph .. Thompson of Lowndes county, one of the largest landowners and farmers in the state, visited his local offices yesterday for the first time In several weeks. Mir. Thompson has been oper ating one of his large plantations since retiring from the position of internal revenue collector. He said that the agricultural condition of the state was much better and that the crop diver sification plans were of great value to the farmers of this entire state. Mf. Thompson will return to his plantation today.
 Hugh Morrow i'm MOntgomery--Hugh Morrow of Tillman, Bradley x Nor row was in Montgomery yesterday on legal business. He will return home tonight It is understood that Mr. Mor row went to Montgomery to confer with associate counsel for the Louis vile and Nashville on business for that company.
 Seyior in Cincinnati-L Sevier. gem cral agent for the Southern railway and allied lines, was in Cincinnati yes terday for conference with T. c. Powell. vice president of the Queen and Crescent route. He will return to Bif mingham this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-01

Seyior In Cincinnati-L Sevier gem oral agent for the Southern railway and allied lines. was in Cincinnati yes terday for conference with T. c. Powell. vice president of the Queen and Crescent route. He will return to Bif : mingham this morning.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04

will graduate from the state univers-
ity agricultural course this month. His
year in Medina county VIII begin July
IL.
Another important matter taken up
at the same meeting was the report
Of the subcommittee on County Com
vention week. Arrangements are
being made for local banquets or meet
ings to be held at various points as fol-
lows: Wadsworth and Sharon, June,
IA, Medina, June Is, Spencer, Granger
and Homer itentative), June 16. Le-
roy and Lodi, June III, Seville and
Chippewa Lake, June ~ on is. Bruins,
wick and Chatham have previously.
held their annual banquets. Outside
speakers secured include A. H. Lichty,
general state secretary, of Columbus;
Dr.. w. ]. Hutehins Of Oberlin; =. J.
Hart attorney, Of Cleveland, and T.
B isaahzm, state secretary Eorrounty
work, Oh Columbus. Besides there
men, representatives Of the county
I. mmittee Win give short talks. Fur
ther arrangements wiz ~ reported
nexv Weeh: w w f " y .& " s
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04
To ReOrganize
Complaint Board

The state tax commission has de-
cided to reorganize the county board
eighty-fve counties where it had not
already done so. Thus far the boards
have been reorganizeds in Cuyahoga,
Franklin and Lawrence.
Not only will the boards be reor-
ganized, but most Of the old time
members will be dropped and new
material in nearly all cases will be
put on the job. There will be few
instances where present members will
be retained, but only. a few.
This call to the colors was not ex-
pected by many county political
leaders. It was known one vacancy
would be ready for distribution in each
cf the counties, but there had been no
official intimatiOn that the administra-
ton intended To cust Ill members and
put up an entirely new board in each
Of the sOanties:
sFor some weeks tax officials have
been at work on the list from the
counties. Information has bean
sought from many sources, including
the field marshal Aof the tue Demo-
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04

Gratis, who has recommended a mum
Der Of the faithful.
The job pays $40 a day and lasts but
a short time during the summer.
The list win not be announced until
it has been submitted to and approved
by Gov. Willis, which doubtless will
be done today.
Up to last night there had been no
definite word received officially as I'd
what changes would be made in Medi-
ma, although Tuesday A. D. Somers
received an anonymous telephone call
from Columbus asking him if he would
serve if appointed.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04
EUROPE IN

C1Je1IutlC 0tIuSBlC, Dut COulS WAdt WAAL,
4 Germany cannot deny that as soon as
war was inevitable she had vast arm
les of well-drilled men at the very
gates of almost every Belgian city.
(. This was the policy of Prussia, SO
well defined and carried out in the
! Franco-P Prussian campaign, only the
emphatic stand taken by England in
1870 saving the countries along the
sea from sharing the fate of Sleswig-
Holstein, fourty-fve years ago. Ger
many has always desired an outlet
through Belgium or Holland.
Well do I remember how the army
Of the Little Kingdom was constantly
harrassed by the troops of Prussia,
and how heavy the load upon the little
state to keep under arms her army,
draining her resources, to preserve if
possible her independence.
The pre- ent war has materially
changed the position of the Belgians;
since the invasion by German troops
it has been stated that over one million
of her citizens have been driven across
the border into Holland, to seek re-
fuge and food. This may be exaggera-
ton, yet firmly believe that about an
eighth part Of her entire population
has become exiled from the land of
their sires. This may seem to the
reader a small fraction, for war is
cruel, thus we ask what has become
of the other seven-eights who have re-
mained? Very few have been able to
remain in their own homes; for all
available space has been requistioned
by the German government for the en-
tertainment of troops. Can you i'm
agine the cruelty of being compelled
to entertain hostile soldiers, or to be
imprisoned and perhaps shot for trea-
son to a people you hate? Germany
sees her folly and would if possible re-
trace her steps or at least make us
believe she has plenty of proofs that
Belgium received only what she right
ly deserved. But it is fact not to be
denied by any right-minded person
that prior to the entrance into neutral
Belgium, Germany offered to preserve
for her all her territorial rights and
indemnify her for any damage done,
knowing full well that this was i'm
possible, for as soon as German troops
set foot on Belgium soil, that little
state would naturally become the bat
tie ground of the contending armies. I
am glad that Belgium refused to be-
come a party to such base design and
ages to come will sing her praises for
the stand she has taken.
Knowing that Germany has long
since hoped to have an outlet for her
commerce by the way of the Neither
lands, / am Of the opinion that Bel
gium would lose her identity as al
nation, becoming German province,
just as in 1871, Elsace and Lorain
were made German territory, should
Germany be victorious in this struggle. |
France has proven herself better
equipped and better fitted for long
war than she did in the Franco Prus-
sian campaign; still l believe now that
France would have vanished her Ger
man foes in 1871, if she had been care
full ir the selection Of her army lead
ers. The soldier of the line in France
is second to none in battle while the
generalship Of that campaign was
very faulty and it was openly charged
in the ranks that France was the VIC
tim of high treason.
ITO be continued)
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04
IA.

Significant; action was taken by the
county committee at . meeting Held at
Lodi last Saturday, when Hubert Con-
IarrOs Of West EHkton, Preble county,
o., was chosen Fellowship Secretary
Osuceeed Byron "A. Schnell, who bes
came the executive secretary FOR
Union county, last fall VIM. Conarroe
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04
High Standard Paints

ssThe Paint Of Proven
Performance win insure
for you the Best Looking
House in Your NeighbOr-
hood, and save you
money beside.
Lowe Brothers Vernical
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04
MOWERS

BalI-bearing or not, as
you prefer, range in price
from $3.50 to $825.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-06-04

Varnish y Stains, Floor
Raints and Varnishes,
Lowe Brothers Mello-
tone (the most artistic Of
wall decorations), all
give Best Results. That's
why we sell them.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
STUYvESANT SQUARE DISTRICT STILL
RETAINS Much ofM OLD CHARM
Fine Dwelling Houses Sold
Parcels Near Home of Charles Steele and Charles M
Schwab Mansion-Buyers for Apartments and Loft
Budings-Lively Trading in The Bronx.

Brinkerhofr to John Cosgraye 81 East
18th ST., four story dwelling, on 10,
1S.9Xl02.2 feet. The same broker re-
Gently sold %, adjoining, to the same
purchaser.
William II. Mcknight. who is said TO
represent the Bedcll Suit and Cloak
Company. has sold the Ulysses Court
apartment house, at 528 Riverside
Drive. The structure is six stories
high and occupies a plot SO2XS6 feet,
located 400 feet south Of 121th ST. The
new owner is St. Louis investor, who
gave in payment the lease Of the build
ing on the southwest corner of Wash
ington av. and 18th ST.. St. Louis, which
rents at S35.0 600 annually. The Man
haitian property figured in the deal at
about 100000.
The Charles f. Noycs Company has
sold for Lucius II. Beers, represented
by Lord, Day G. Lord, the five sorry
apartment house l772 and l7fl Madison
Avenue, on plot i0Xl00 feet, near ll6th
Street The property was held at Slo,-
600, is mortgaged for $4,000 and rents
for approximately $500 a year.
Bryan l.. Kennedy has sold for Mrs.
Louisa Boynton SO West Fiftieth Street,
a four story and basement dwelling, on
lot 20xl00 feet, Columbia College lease
hold, 10 Mrs. A. VI. Christie, who will
use the premises for a high class retail
business.
A number Of interesting sales were
announced in The Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

The Stuyvesant Square section clings
..rsciously 70 its old home charms.
Builders OF big lofts have not yet
disturbed the quietness nor marred
the sttractiveness of this historic part
Of New York. Nor are there any signs
IN the realty armament presaglng such
an Invasion in the near or far future.
A short distance TO the west is the
Irving Place section, where III the
last ten years some loft structures OF
many stories have been erected, cast
Ing their deep shadows on adjoining
nearby sites and being forceful re
minders Of the responses made TO the
ever changing needs Of the greater
city as regards its industrial ana
other centres.
From nearly every part Of the Stuy-
vesant region the new mercantile
forms in the Irving Place area are
plainly seen. A few blocks north OF
the square. at Seventeenth Street and
Second Avenue, there are number OF
loft or factory buildings, with front
ages in the avenue.
One, the Schlegel Building, at the
southeast corner Of Twenty-second
Street and Second Avenue, is ten
stories. This modern loft structure IS
numbered among the largest in the
entire central East Side territory. 1t
has frontage on the avenue Of S4.7
feet and It's length along Twenty-sec-
ond Street is 1875 feet.
South Of Fourteenth Street, Second
Avenue Is the Broadway Of the East
Side. From early until late at night
!; IS alive with pleasure seekers and
hurrying masses OF skilled and un-
skilled workers going to or from
work.
The birthplace of Augustus Van Horn
Stuyyessnt, at 1876 Second Avenue, for
years one Of the historic landmarks OF
this city, went the way of many other
familiar landmarks in this section, and
became, after extensive alterations,
place Of motion pictures. Hebrew signs
are everywhere displayed to arrest the
attention Of the passersby. for most
Of the people in the neighborhood are
Jewish. Other signs in Hungarian or
other foreign language, are also placed
IN prominent points along the avenue,
because here is where many persons
Of different races find people of their
own nationality and are as much at
nome as one can be in a strange coun-
Try.
Maybe those building forms, the rows
oi old brownstone dwelling houses
which link the Stuyvesant Square sec
uon 10 that of bygone days. will dis
appear before an expansion Of the lower
second Avenue business and amusement
zone! Experts in the Manhattan realty
market, however, have not given much
,,hought TO such an expansion, firmly
believing that the blocks given over to
use as public parks in Second Avenue
II0m Fifteenth 10 Seventeenth Street
VIII stand as an irremovable barrier to
managing this part of the avenue 70 re-
semble the thoroughfare between Four
~enth and Houston Streets.
The distinctive and attractive build
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

The sale OF dwelling houses in choice
sections was one Of the leading feat
ures yesterday of the real estate mar
ket.
A client of the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company bought through Will
lam b. May & Co. the 25-foot high
stoop house at II East 62d st. The
premises have a depth of 100 feet.
This site is to be improved by the pur-
chaser with house for his own occu-
pancy.
The house will be of the English
basement type from plans by Harry Al
len Jacobs. On this block are the
homes of Paul j. Raincy, Edmund l..
Baylics, Warner Van Norden and W. A.
Read. Opposite the site is the home OF
Charles steele. and at | East 62d ST. is
the Drexel house. On the Fifth av.
corner is the new home OF the Knicker-
booker Club. which is expected to be
opened this spring.
a costly home opposite the Charles
NJ. Schwab mansion at Riverside Drive,
73d and 74th sts., has been purchased
by an unnamed prominent New Yorker
as a residence. The deal, which was
closed by Slawson & Hobbs. as brokers.
involves the sale for +. =. Stiger Of the
five story American basement house at
319 West 74th St. just off Riverside
Drive. The house, which has been held
at $4,000, occupies a plot 26 feet front
and so feet in depth. II is classed
among the finest houses on the West
Side, and was built by days work for
the owner by Harvey Murdock. II is
from plans by {. i. II. Gilbert, archi
tect.
Harry c. Hallenbeck, Of the Wynn
koop Hallenbeck Crawford Company.
purchased from the Lupton Publish
ing Company. Moody b. Gates, presi-
dent. the twelve story Lupton Build
ing. at % to 81 City Hall Place. The
property measures 5910x99l1 feet,
and is on the ,ast side of City Hall
Place, which the Courthouse State
Board decided some time ago should
be acquired in order TO get away from
the quicksand foundation which was
found under the original site, TO the
west. The sale was influenced by the
leasing by the Lupton firm Of large
space in the sixteen story Hallenbeck-
Hungerford Building, in Lafayette,
White and Franklin SITS, through the
Charles F. Noyes Company and NJ. & l..
Hess.
The Airmor Company has sold the
seven story store and loft building at
81 West Sd St, on a plot i5X152.11 feet,
between Wooster and Greene SITS. The
property carries a mortgage of SllO.-
900 at AZ per cent interest The pur-
chaser is the Ridgewood Park Realty
Company. which gives in exchange the
former II. p. Corbin Company factory
on Jamaica Bay. 1t has floor space
of $4,000 square feet, and is completely
equipped for manufacturing sash, doors
and blinds. The property consists Of
twelve acres of ground, located on Mill
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
Stuyvesant Square from the Realty Angle
Signs That house Invade This District and Disturb
Its Numerous Institutions the
Israel Hospital TO Be Erected Livingston Place

strong and almost unscathed by age
or storm a hundred or more years al
ter their erection.
At the northwest corner of 10Th
Street and Rutherfurd Place is ST.
Georges Church. II was erected on
this site in 1845. according to the build
ing records of the city. being the sue
cessor to St. Georges Chapel, IN Beck.
man Street. The religious Society OF
Friends had their previous meeting
house and seminary at Pearl and Rose
streets. The German Masonic Tenn
pie was erected at 22i East 18th Street
in the 'I0s
As its name implies, the section was
called after Peter Stuyvesant. states
General Governor in New Amsterdam
for the West Indian Company. He be
came Governor in 1647, being the last
of the Dutch governors of the colony.
He planted many pear trees IN the as
trict; one of them was still standing
I'D TO a few years ago at Thirteenth
Street and Third Avenue. One of ms
first acts as Governor was TO appoint
the first surveyor Of buildings that
Manhattan ever had. In those days su-
pervision of the erection and upkeep
of buildings was not scattered among
a lot Of men. Governor Stuyvesant
centralized this power IN one man. Inc
work Of the survey or of building was
TO regulate all new construction work
in New Amsterdam.
Heirs Of Governor Stuyvesant arc
still numbered among the largest prop
erty owners Of Manhattan. Some arc
residents of this section, which was
once the farm of Governor Stuyvcsant.
The large brownstone house 246 East
Fifteenth Street, southwest corner. OF
Second Avenue, is the home Of Mrs:
Rutberfurd Stuyvesant. The book OF
ownership relating TO the section ahows
that the majority Of sites in the square
have not changed hands in a long time.
For instance, look at the names OF the
owners and the dates when they ac-
ouired title to their premises to the
block front on the north side OF Sew,
enteenth Street, between Second ana
First avenues. Charles Francis Mur-
phy has his city home there at so us
home is next to the house at the nortn-
east corner of Second Avenue and SeN,
cnteenth Street. Here is partial llst
Of the owners of the block front:
Dates on
u.hic oh itlc
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Richard II. Scobie has sold for Ed
ward Costello TO A. Hamilton g. SON.
builders, the southwest corner OF Cres-
ton Avenue and Field Place, about $50
feet west Of Grand Boulevard and Con-
course. between l83d and lSith Streets.
The plot fronts 100 feet on Creston
Avenue and 80 feet on Field Place. and
will be improved with high class
apartment. II was a cash transac-
tion.
George ". McAdam. large holder
of West Bronx realty, has bought
through (. Osborne Smith the plot, 90