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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
COUNTY
 R0ADSMEN MEET
Perfecting Plans for Meet ing of the State AssO-
 ciatiOn Here

The executive committee of the Jefrer- son County Good Roads association. to- gether with members of the finance and entertainment committed, met In the d. rectors' room of the Chamber of Com merce Tuesday afternoon at o'clock for the purpose of hearing the reports of the various committees in regard to entertain ing the nineteenth annual session of the Alabama Good Roads association, which meets in Birmingham on October 12 and 13 John w. O'Neill, president of the Jefferson County Good Roads association, presided over the meeting. He stated the object and interest that was being man- rested In the coming meeting. wn.ch promises to be largely attended from all parts of the state.
 J. A. Rountree secretary of the Alabama Good Roads association, was called upon to report the number of delegates that have already been appointed by probate judges, mayors and presidents of civic organizations. His report was a most en- couraging one and showed that there would be a large attendance, as well as prominent speakers who had accepted in vitatlons to attend the meeting.
 Judge Dan Green reported what had been done in regard to entertaining the delegates and stated that the entertain- ment committee. which Is composed oi H. K Milner. Senator F. s. White. Jacot Burger, Dan Green. Hugh Mc0eever and Ed R. Norman, were working on plans and would give them to the public in [ few days.
 A report of the finance committee b, Judge w. I. Grubb, chairman. as vel as reports from subcommittee represent ing the merchants, automobile dealers machinery and material people were re ceived
 A special committee was appointed ts decide on the place of meeting, as in vitations have been received to meet il the auditorium of the Chamber of Com merce, the auditorium of the permanen exhibit hall and the city hall.
 One thousand beautiful and uniQu badges were presented to the local ar rangement committee by A. T. Newell { Brothers. On motion these badges wer accepted and vote of thanks was ex tended to the donors.
 After thoroughly going over the va rious details in regard to the coming con vention. tho meeting adjourned subject {
 the call of tho president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
WANT CITY ID PAY RENT FOR MARKET Farmers Ask Commission CTS to Provide Stand at
 Five Points

The proposition to utilize the building near Five Points formerly occupied by the Flies Livery company as a stable w as brought up before the city commissioners at their regular meeting held yesterday afternoon. A delegation of farmers a.,c truck gardeners were present. J. NJ. Langston acxed as spokesman for the delegation. He stated that the municipal market was a decided success and that an average of 8 or 40 farmers broue Int their produce to the market Mr. Lang- ston said that it was necessary for the farmers to have shelter during the win ter months, more from rain than from cold weather and pointed out that with small expense the Fies building could be transformed into a very desirable market
 The matter was presented to Commits sioner Weatherly previous to the meeting and he presided during the discussion be- fore the board meeting. President George Ward stated that the proposition was a new one to him and as the city was asked to pay the rent for the building and to nx 1t up for market purposes he sug- gested that action be deferred until a later meeting in order that the matter might be investigated as to the exact cost of the proposed change. His sugges- ton was concurred in, as it was stated 1t would be several weeks before the cov- cred market would be needed.
 The other matters that came before the commission were purely routine. As the garbage question is to be considered Thursday morning by the commissioners and to make provision for any other emer- gency in pending matters, the commits sioners adjourned until o'clock Thursday afternoon.
 A summary of the routine business fol- lows:
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and con tractors estimates.
 Reduced assessment of Mrs. Lillie Me Arver against lot ?, block 2, West End Improvement ordinance No. 8, pro Eo A-13o, IS 2-3 per cent and remitted interest to November P, 1911.
 Reduced assessment of Fannie Dupuy against lots and 7 block 366 R. s. Montgomery survey, Elyton, Ordinance No. 4, Pro Nos. 154-155, to $450.
 Authorized the city comptroller to ac- cept partial payments on certain delin- quent suburban assessments.
 Reduced assessment of Ingnazia Piazza against lot 10. block 1, Day & Ryan sur vey 15 per cent, and allowed owner of said property the privilege of paying said assessment on the 10-year plan.
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Lane in reducing certain fines and forfeitures imposed in the recorders court from Au- gust 19 to September 19, 1915. Refunded Walter Jones s account fine imposed in the recorders court. Denied certain petitions for refund of fine,
 Referred certain petitions for refund of fine to Commissioner Lane with power to act.
 Approved requisttion of the purchasing department to purchase wood block pave ment at $1.24 per square yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
GOVERNOR WILL NOT APPROVE
 SENATE BILL 822
Publicity and Appeal Sec ti0ns Identical With Meas ure Previously Vetoed
 by Executive

Despite the request of local corpora tions, 1t Is generally thought improbable that Governor Henderson will sign sen- ate bill s22. that which requires the pub lie utility commission to give publicity of its intentions and permits corporations to appeal from the decision of the com mission.
 When the bill creating a public utility commission had passed the senate and was under debate in the house, amend ments were attached permitting appeals and compelling the commission to adver- tiso in Birmingham, Montgomery and Mo- bile newspapers as to it's contemplated actions In these amendments the sen ate concurerd, but later both houses re- ceded from the amendments because of the governors veto. Inasmuch as the provisions of bill S22 are identical with the provisions of the amendments which were vetoed 1t is taken for granted that the governor will permit the bill to die-this despite floods of telesrams which reached him yesterday from local corporations hopeful of securing the right of appeal from the commissions decisions.
 
 been noted, provides that the commits | sion-formerly the railroad commission shall have Jurisdiction over rate and charge making of all public utility cor porations In accordance with the pro visions of the bill, municipalities are de- prived of important rights of which for years previous they had been in possess sion. The municipalities as a rule pro- tested against the passage of the bill, and the corporations, as a rule, urged it's passage. While it is true that the bill owes it's success chiefly to the energy of corporation lobbyists. one member of | the commission, B. H. Cooper, and Atticus Mullin, the secretary, both residents of Bii mingham, worked asiduousy in behalf of the measure.
 | It is known that in the beginning of the discussion respecting the passage of a public utility commission Dill, both MT. | Cooper and MT. Mullin opposed the idea. | and it is understood that the other asso- ciate member s. P. Gaillard. stood with l them. Their change is due, it is thought, l to criticism levied by the city commission | of Birmingham and newspaper of Bir- mingham. not only against the pending bill, but against the comm:ss,on as well. As to whether or not the energy of the officials who live in Birmingham threw | the balance in favor or the bill there Is
 some question: but there is no question but that the bill would have encountered great deal more difficulty in passage
 had the officials opposed it. And there
 were some in Montgomery who declared | that the cities would nave won but for
 their support of the bill.
 | The measure increases tenfold the duty
 of the commissioners but does not in-
 crease their pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
Building Permits

The following building permits were granted by the building inspector yes- terday:
 314OO-Home Building Realty com pany, Twelfth avenue. between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, to erect one story frame building.
 $1750-R. L. Baldwin, 907 Eighth ave- nue, to erect a two-story frame resi- dence.
 $125-W. H. McPherson, Fifty-ninth streAt and Third avenue, additions to frame building. ninth avenue, repairs to brick building.
 $2S0-Priestly Toulman, 2425 Sixth avenue to recover frame building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
Dardanelles Campaign

Some phases of the DArdanelles cam paign, which he alluded to as 'distinc- lively the most far reaching campaign of the war" were discussed here today by an officer attached to the British gen. eral staff on the Gallipoli peninsula
 "Germany's great dream was an en. trance to the Mediterranean and an out- let beyond that sea" he said. The Dar- daneIles campaign has ended that dream forever. So long as the British fleet re- mains intact 1t can victnal an offensive garrison on the Gallipoli pepinsula which will act as an impassable barrier to any German use of the Dardanelles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29

The constitution denies the legislature the right to change the salary of an of- ficial during his term of office. but the constitution does not deny the legisla- ture the right to abolish any office which it has created. and create new office of identical functions. but providing for different salaries.
 Yesterday, as is known, the point was raised in the press that the five-commis- sioner bill was unconstitutional on the theory that whereas at present the com missioners of Birmingham receive s7O00 per annum. the commissioners in the fu- ture-if the five-commissioner bill is in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transactions were recorded in the office of the pro- bate clerk yesterday:
 s6SOo-Pinkey Scott and wife to B. A. veitch. 4 acres in the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 36 township 19. range , west.
 $s400-Apollo Billiard Supplies company to Empire Realty and Mortgage com pany. lot 200 feet by 75 feet, in block 6. of J. M. Wares survey.
 &90W--Fred and Edith Broderick to A, D. Lessman and wife, lot 20, in block 4 according to the map of Woodlawn Realty company'S first addition to Woodlawu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
NEW COMMISSION LAW IS IN
 ACCORD WITH CONSTITUTION

dorsed by the people--will receive si0oo. Jnfamilarity with the provisions of the bill is held accountable for the raising of the point.
 "There is nothing in the contention" said John B. weakley, member of the leg islature and one of the authors of the bill. "The fve-commissioner bill express ly provides for the abolition of the city commission of Birmingham, and the creation of the board of city commissions CTS. In view of the foregoing, the legis;a- ture might have fixed the salary of the commissioners at any figure 1t desired and still be in keeping with the pro visions of the constitution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
PERSONAL

The many friends of George M. Plais- ance. popular travelling salesman. will re- gret to learn that he is confined to his home by illness MT. Plaisance is mem Der of the committee on membership in the United Commercial Travellers and was to have had an active part in their grand rally next Saturday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
ITCHING BURNING
 RED P|MPLES
All Over Face. Hair Thin. Would Comb Out Great Handfuls.
 In a Month Face Clear.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
 SOAP AND OINTMENT
"At first my face would itch and could not keep my hands of 1t. l would scratcn it and then pimples came. The pimpies

WerO hard anQ reu' HIiu were all over my face. They got worse until I could not sleep they burned and itched 90 bad. My head had lots of dandrun and my hair was so thin. and it came out every time I would comb 1t. and some times I would comb out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
Marriare Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday:
 H. A. Frohoff. city. and Miss Leila Mae Batson.
 F. H. McCauiey, city. and Miss Mar guerite Parsons.
 Wallace Altaway, city. and Miss Wlni- fred Lucas. Whisenant.
 w. A. Cain. city. and Miss Annie Holt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
At the Theatres

Biiou-"Within the Law" No ma tinee night at S:30 o'clock.
 Majestic-"Lovers and Lunatics," musl- cal comedy; matinee 2:aO p. m; night. 7:S0 and D. m.
 Lyric-keith vaudeville Matinee, 2:3O p. m; night 7:30 and D. m.
 Grand-"On the Fire" burlesque; mati- nee, 3 p. m.; night, 7:S0 and D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
At the Photoplax Houses

nv tHc HUUoPIdy HOuSeS Strand-"N Neptune's Daughter" with Annette Kellerman.
 Odeon Two-Paramount feature. Odeon One-'"The Terror of Twin Mountain" with Helen Rosson. Princess-"The Wanderer," with Henry Nalthall and Mae Marsh.
 TriaLoE-'The Wonderful Adventure, '' with William Farnum.
 Vaudette-"When the Call Came" Should Mother Tell?" with Betty Nansen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29
TODAY'S EVENTS

The Rotary club will hold its regular weekly luncheon at l o'clock at the Tut wiler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-29

great handfuls.
 "A friend told mo of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. used them for month ana my faco was clear. and my hair growing nicely" (sIgned) Miss Leola Pruette. l49 s. Morcland Ave, Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 20, 1915.
 Sample Each Free by Mall
 With 8z-p. Skin Book en request. Ad- dren post-cord ssCufisusa. Dept. T. Bes- ona.'s ooId onrpugh6ut tho world.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
SID THOMPSON
 DIED THURSDAY
We'll Known Citizen Succumbed to Dropsy-Funeral and Interment
 Sunday Afternoon.

Sid Thompson, A, son of l.. c. Thompson, for years in the real estate business in Paragould, oper- ating under the alliterative firm name of "See Sid," died at three fifteen o'clock Thursday afternoon at his home on South Seventh street after an illness of ten months with dropsy. MT. Thompson's con- dition had been serious for four or five months. He consulted special ists in Memphis, St. Louis and Hot Springs, in addition to receiving the advice of local physicians, but from the beginning his malady proved so stubborn that no relief was avail able. During the past few weeks he had been confined to his bed, and for several days prior to his death he was in a stupor.
 MT. Thompson was born and reared in Paragould and spent prac- tically all his life here. He was an industrious and energetic citi- zen and by his close attention to business and his fair dealings with splendid real estate agency that was known throughout this section of the state.
 His death causes genuine sorrow among his large circle of friends and acquaintances. MT. Thompson was a member of the First Baptist church, the A. O. U. w. lodge and the Woodmen of the World. Flu neral services will be held at the family residence Sunday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. W. c. Wood of the First Baptist church, and Rev. F. c. Laslette of the First Christian church. The A. O. U. w. will have charge of the body at the grave. The Woodmen of the World will march in the procession from the residence to Linwood cem- etery
 A strange similarity in dates running through the Thompson family is worthy of mention in connection with the death of Sid Thompson. His parents were mar ried on the 25th of the month; ; Mrs. Thompson, Sid's mother, died on the 25th; Sid was born on the 25th of April, 1871; his sister, Mrs. Geo. w. Cox, was born on the 25th; his brother, Joe Thompson, who died several years ago, became ill on the 25th.
 MT. Thompson is survived by his father, l.. c. Thompson, his wife and two bright daughters, Hazel and Jack, by two brothers, J. l.. and Brad, and one sister, Mrs. Geo. w. Cox.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
Lady Hazard.

Jack Hazard, the comedian, has a letter from a friend in Boston, which he treasures. The letter con- tains a bona fide account of ar answer made by a grammar schoo pupil in Boston during the course of an examination in English.
 The youngster, boy, was called on to spell and define the word hazardous. This was his reply:
 "H-a-z-a-r-d-e-s-s- female haZ- ard. ."-Saturday Evening Post.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
PRESIDENT RELIES
 ON YELLOW BOOK


 Washington, Nov. 27-(Special to The Press. )-Joseph P Tumul- ty is devoted reader of The YeI- low Book. This is not a magazine publication, nor anything like that. In fact, the public cannot purchase it at any news stand or book store. There has been only one issue, a strictly limited edition consisting f of a single copy
 The Yellow Book is a collection of clippings from fifty representa- tive newspapers published through out the country, dealing with ad- ministrative, political and general governmental questions. It is through the daily additions to this book that President Wilson keeps in touch with public thought.
 President Wilson has been cred ited with this keen practice of keeping his ear to the ground, his finger on the public pulse and his eyes on the score board of nation al sentiment very closely. It is one of his ways of following the thought of the people, as reflected in the press. The president does not have time to ready fifty papers; at least not every day. The White House, therefore, has clipping bureau consisting of the newspapers and two men to do the clipping.
 Every evening as he leaves the White House, Secretary Tumulty stops for the Yellow Book and takes it home with him, there to peruse it under the influence of good ci- gar and comfortable slippers. In the morning he takes it back to the executive offices and if on the previous evening, he has found any item he thinks would be of interest to the. president. he tells the execu- tive all about it. S Usually there are no extraordi- nary results rom either the presi.
 
 dents or Secretary Tumulty's read mig of the Yellow Book, but recent ly there was an example of what can result. A story had been pub lished in a metropolitan paper which did not coincide with the facts.
 Accordingly the author was Do- litely but firmly handed his pass ports at the White House offices and it was several days before again he was received
 Dispatches from Cornish, N. H., at the time the president was fram- ing his second Lusitania note to Germany, further indicated that the president watches the Fourth Es- tate. It was then reported that President Wilson was reading the smaller papers of the country, rath- CT than the metropolitan dailies, on the assumption that the former are closer to their constituents than the latter. It has been said that this reading had something to do with the phraseology of the note.
 At any rate, there is mighty lit- tie that goes on in this country, having to do with the nations business that gets by the White House Yellow Book.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
DECLARES GERMAN
 ARMY DISCOURAGED

!
 Schultz, German soldier, who de
 serted from his regiment, was !;
 stowaway on the Dutch liner Moor derdyk, which arrived yesterda.
 from Rotterdam. Schultz, who wa' private in a light infantry regi
 ment of Leipzig, told the immigra tion authorities he deserted because he was hungry and everybody wa. discouraged.
 "I had served two years wheT the war began" he said, land then we were rushed into Belgium. Aft CT that came the march on Paris don't know where we went, for every time we got to town the officers pulled off all the street signs and then told us we were so many miles nearer Paris. The only way we could tell whether we were advancing or retreatine was by watching the officers. When we were beaten and pushed back a lot of officers would be graded in rank. After we gave up the Paris march we went back into Belgium "The food was terrible all the time. There was never enough oi | it and what there was generally rotten. I got tired of being starv- | ed I was not the first to desert There were 120 men from my regi- ment before me and the others used to say that they would throw down their arms if they dared. The whole army is discouraged.
 About four weeks ago I made uI my mind to get out. We were in
 Brussels and there was French girl who sympathized with me She gave me some women's clothes and l ran away at night, stealing
 rides and keeping hidden in the day. When 1 got to Rotterdam some Dutch longshoremen gave me some clothing and I managed to get into the coal bunkers of the ship Schultz, who is 25 years old, lay in the coal bunkers until the Moor derdyk had been passed by the British authorities at Downs. The ship was held there three days and he was without food all the while He gave himself up when the shiI reached the open seas. He has rel atives in New Jersey, he said, and will try to be allowed to go to them instead of being deported.
 There is little chance of his stay | ing, however. He was kept on the 1 iNoorderdyk last night and will be 1 taken to Ellis Island today to await the sailing of the ship, on which
 he will be returned. He probably
 will be taken off by the English al
 the Downs and may escape going
 back to Germany.
 "I don't want to go back to my country" he begged "Pd be shot certainly. I've had enough. My father and brother were both kill
 ed in the trenches. I don't want to
 be sent cabk."
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
No Coffin to Fit Him.

Prescott, Nov. 26.-E. A. Pruitt 26, a farmer residing near here died Wednesday of consumption Burial was at Bluff City. MT. Pru- itt is survived by his wifi dnae itt is survived by his wife and ore child. He is believed to have been the tallest man in the county. He was more than seven feet tall, and were unable to furnish casket Cf sufficient length and had to order one from a casket factory at Tex arkana.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-03
BLOWN OUT OF TRENCH;
 WRIST WATCH ONLY LOSS

| New York, Nov. 26.-Lieut. Col
 R. H. Ryan of the Canadian con
 tingent in Flanders, who was in
 the trenches two weeks ago, arriv.
 ed here aboard the Saxonia of the
 Cunard line. At the Prince George
 hotel he said he was not even pre-. sentable enough to be interviewed
 as he had to get kit from a pa
 in the trenches, when he got 8 months leave of absence. He wore dark suit and khaki shirt anc brown necktie.
 Lieutenant Colonel Ryan has been in some of the bitter charges and declares the soldiers now are hardly human. It is dirty fighting now, he said. This he lays to the work of the Germans.
 "You must know that I missed being interned because I got a suit of clothes to cover up the khaki, he said "In thirty-six hours from the time I was in the trenches was a passenger aboard the Saxo- mia. It was only a couple of days before left that I was thrown out of trench by Jack Johnson or a coal box and for eleven hours was unconscious. I had thirty days leave of absence and decided to come to New York, where I pass ed a great deal of my time before the war.
 Fancy! That brute of a shell not only blew me out of the trench, but robbed me of my wrist watch. And then, look, I'm alive! And what's more, right in the Prince George hotel, which I left to go to Canada when I decided to go to fight. I have been in the Boer war, the sso-Japanese war and other fights"
 Colonel Ryan said he had been much impressed with the organiza- tion of the German war machine. But on the bayonet charge their machine goes wrong.
 Men from Great Britain and her colonies don't look human when they get the order to charge he declared. And there's nothing in Gods world that can stop them nothing but death. I've seen 16,- 1 900 Japanese killed in a couple of hours. But they were there through sheer religious fanaticism. But Britons do it in a bull dog way, and they have courage within themselves.
 The colonel declared that in comparison to the Prussians the Saxons were friendly.
 "They would talk to us from their trenches" he said. They would tell us that they were going 1 to be relieved by the Prussians and that before they quit they would hand us a volley of five rounds Yes, they'd always notify us of their leaving and of the coming of the Prussians. After that came the real dirty work"