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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
ARROW ROCK DAM
 DED|CATEDB BY J. s.
Thousands Attend Opening g of Great Irrigation Prof.
 ect in Southern Idaho

Boise. Idaho. October Especial trains oyer the United States government rail- read today carried thousands of southern Idaho people to Arrow Rock to attend the dedication of the great dam built to store the flood waters of the Boise river
 At noon carrier pigeons, taken to Ar row Rock from every part of the Boise ir- rigation project were released from the crest of the dam. The dam stores up water which will irrigate 234,0o0 acres.
 Arrow Rock dam is 3S4.5 feet high; measured from the low points of the foun- dation to the top of it's surmounting crest. To anchor this structure it was meces- sary to blast through 91.5 feet of vol oanic rock down to solid granite. Ap- proxima tely 600,000 yards of concrete were used in the dams construction. the cost being $5.500,0O0. Work was begun five years ago.
 Back of the dam the channel of the Boise river is converted into a reservoir extending IS miles into the mountains with a storage capacity of S0,000. .000, ,00O gallons, enough to water 234.000 acres ad- ject to Boise and other towns in what Is known as the Boise irrigation project. The installation of the system cost the government s12O00. 900. which is to be re- paid by settlers in 20 years.
 The water storage this year has saved the crops on 100000 acres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
AT THE THEATRES

yesterday did not receive full value for their money, but at the same time the vehicle provided for the company this week is not a capable forerunner for the productions which might be played in the future. The entire cast made the best out of the piece and did all
 in their power to put on as good a show as possible. The scenery is p-to-date the costumes fresh and pretty, the eho- rus, usual, winsome and pleasing.
 "rhe Dream Girl" consists of a pro- logue. two scenes and an epilogue. The music is catchy and the songs unique Guy Voyer, as the juvenile work s hard and through his rare ability, makes the part pleasing. although it does not do justice to this clever actors clever versatility His song, In Birmingham" written by Boyle Woolfolk. was one of the brightest spots in the play. Lorraine Bernard, as the "Prima Donna," Is all that could be expected and did full justice to the part. She Is capable and always sue ceeds in making the best of any role in which she appears. Harrie Lee, as Vivian Gladstone" is a sure favorite with any audience and her daintiness and grace is always refreehing Joseph Rolley as sam, the Props Man" was acceptable and was the cause of a great many laughs. Minnie Pillard, Fred Durham and Joseph Woods main tained their reputation.
 The specialists were well received and the quaret composed of Flanagan, Gibbs. Johnson and Garrison sang sev- eral songs that were good Trathen and Garrison. in an artistic farce num- | Der, were well received Manager Ret tick announces a chorus girl contest | next Friday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
Who Go to Alaska

John A. Sle1cner Tn LeSlle 5.
 While mining is the magnet that att tracts the speculative person to Alaska the real wealth of some of its richest valleys along the coast will be found in it's grazing and farm lands. Bright young men from the Dakotas, Wash ington and Oregon have found this out and they are pointing in the right di- rection when they come to Alaska, for its climate is mlder and more salub- rious than that of many of our north western states. The mining prospector is impatient to strike 1t rich quickly, while the ranohman and farmer are willing to walt and hold on. Let no young man go to Alaska unprepared to endure the hardships of a far-off territory. An experienced prospector recited many pathetic tales of the sur- : ferings of young men who started out to risk everything in taking 8 golden chance in Alaska. The disappointment. the loneliness. the suffering some have endured should be lesson to all. Said my friend Let no young man come here without return ticket, paid for and in his pocket and few dollars set aside for a visit home. If he wins out the is sure to go back and tell the good news. If he fails he must go back and the ticket will be the handiest thing he ever had in his life. But l don't say this to discourage the new conner. I believe Alaska Is the land of promise for the right kind of men"
 Rarely do you find excursionists so deeply interested in the territory they are visiting as are the passengers on trip. to Alaska. They carry maps and official reports, which they study and talk about, and they buy photos of ey- cry place they visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
MOROCCO INTERIOR
 EASY ID REACH NOW
COlonists, French Reservists and German Prisoners
 Gathering Wheat

Casablanca Morocco, September To-
 Correspondence of the Associated Press )-An excursion into the interior of Morocco. an important and hazard ous affair 10 years ago. is now the simplest sort of trip. Under the old regime the first necessity was to ac- quire the good will of the caids, guides as honest as possible, a small force of cavalry and enough provisions to be able to share generously with the tfbesmen encountered by the way.
 Today a child of 8 years at the wheel Of wheezing automobile serves as a guide, caravan and guard Except for the Mauresque towers that one sees in the distance and the Gourbis and the camps or the natives, the country of the Chaouia, where the French had so much unpleasantness with recalci- trant natives 10 years ago. resembles n vast wheat field, It is possible to pen citrate far into this country over con- crete roads as fine as an in Europe It Is also possible to go farther fol. towing the trails at speed of 25 miles an hour during the dry season.
 on either side of the route and in every direction colonists, aided bv na- tives French reservists and German Prisoners, are gathering the wheat sheaves in thick stacks The crop breaks all records for Morocco. mak- Ing more plausible the pretension that the black soil of the Moors will one oay rival the steppes of southern Rus sia and the prairies of the United States in the production of wheat The regions of the Rharb valley of the Se- bou. the region of the Doukkala, the Abba and the Haha-Chiadma will be able to export this year 2,O00. 900 bush els. while the Plain Isaida that export ed b0,O00,0OO bushels of wheat and oth- CT grain to Tunis last winter. will near ly double it's exportations this year.
 Considering the comparatively high initial cost of colonizing Morocco. the development of the agriculture in To years has been marvellous. Round the Camp Boulhaut, which Is the new name Tor the old village of -Slimane, where the redoubtable Taers came oft en as late as 1910 to raid the meagre products then drawn from the soil, there is prosperous village surround ed on all sides by the finest model farms Further on, near the intersec- tion of the roads from Casablanca and from Bousnika on the left bank of the Oued Cherral. agricultural properties have been established rivaling the most perfectly equipped ranches of the west On the right bank of the Oued lived the Taers. who. under the old regime, refused the Sultan himself passage across their territory. They have ac- quired the habit of visiting the colon ists' markets and a taste for the traf- fc that goes on there. The spectacle of the prosperity of regions Just across the stream has had more civilizing influence upon them than all the pow der and shot expended in the penetra- ton of Morocco. They are gradually themselves becoming scientific farmers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
WALSH GAN NOW | EAT THREE SQUARE | MEALS EVERY DAY
Machinist in Bad Shape for Three Years-Went From
 40 to IF Pounds

"Yes. sir, I will be glad to tell you what II think about Tanlac. This makes the |hird bottle have bought and If 1t wash Iwhat is claimed for it, and wasn't doihS Enc good, l wouldn't be wasting time on ! |. l have no objection to you puphshihe
 What I say for 1 believe If medicine helps any one who is suffering 1t is notn- ans but right to let other people know |aIout it." This Is what J. T. Walsh, lwell-known machinist in the employ ot !. he Southern railroad. and who lives at |591s Second avenue. south, Birmln2ham
 lGld the Tanlac representative at Patton- IPope's Thursday
 T have been in pretty bad shape Tor afhe last three years he continued, and
 ,itrine that time it looks like I had done Everything a man could do to get well. mad so much trouble from indigestion that lit got to be what they call gastritis and lat times would almost play out entirely :Eyerything I ate soured and so much gas |loi med on my stomach 1t looked like l was
 bEonted. I was constipated nearly all the
 dime. ane very nervous and sleepless at snight My tongue stayed coated and l
 had a nasty. bad taste in my mouth. lbften dizzy spells came on me and wound spL in binding headaches.
 .I went down from 40 to 1T pounds. sand was weak tired and worn out most
 3pf the t.me. The least bit of exertion 'keemed to flag me out. and I felt drowss |hnc depressed Frequently my back and 'Aiinbs ached something awful. I had no Energy and took no interest in my work. Nothing in the way of something to
 Neat temrted me a particle, and whatever 9l managed to worry down usually soured ;Fieht away, and when those attacks or |Eastritis came on l suffered agony
 Il "Eirally l was advised to lay off and |Iake a long rest out in the country, but III culdn't do this as my work had to flbc kept up. At last, seeing that l was |lgetting no better. I decided to try trip Ito Fall River Mass5 where l had rela- Itives, thinking tine change of climate Knight help, but l couldn't see any im- |!proy enent after I got back. and just |tkept on going from bad to worse until |Ihad mighty hear decided to give up. II "A few weeks ago l commenced read Hing about Tanlac in the papers. and no- |lticed so many people had tronblf just |tabout like m.ne and claimes ac had |zhelped them so 1 came to toss md got |Ia bottle. l also got some of the -.blets tc |Igo with it and have used them both reg !Iularly.
 N Tn few days I could see that I was
 Igetting better. My appetite improved and 5gas didn't form like it did. Soon the ner- lEousness went away, and l began sleep ling some at night Then l began Ito strengthen up, and now feel
 bso much more spirited and don't |inotice a hard days work at all ID am eating hearty three times day hnd have gained five pounds on two bot h kles. That worn-out feeling has left and
 E sleep sound every night
 [ '"Tanlac is surely a good medicine, and las everything that is claimed for it. l ,5expect to take enough of 1t to put me Flight to stay. for l have had about all
 the trouble I am looking for."-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
ERWIN POPE HAS
 MADE HIS ESCAPE
 FROM PRISON BARS
Famous Calhoun Prisoner Gets Away From Aldrich. Bl0OdhOunds Prove of.
 No Avail

Montgomery, October 4.-(Special )-Er- win Pope, Calhoun county. negro sen- fenced to death five times for the murder of James McClurkin. a white farmer O. Oxford, and granted communication 10 life imprisonment by Governor O'Nea,. escaped this morning from Aldrich, ac- cording to an announcement made this afternoon by the convict department.
 Pope was trailed all day long by blood hounds, but without success. The con vict department has offered $50 reward for recapture. Pope was sentenced to death five times and four times his ca SC was reversed by the supreme court. On the fifth appeal the higher court affirmed the trial tribunal and fixed the date of his execution. His sentence was com muted toelife imprisonment by Governor O'Neal on the day before his execution was to have taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
Sewing in China

From the Brooklyn Citizen.
 In many towns of China one may have his garments mended on the street, and while he waits" Native sewing women are to be seen on low stools, perhaps on the sidewalks. mend ing articles of masculine attire.
 The accomplishments of these street seamstresses are somewhat limited. their efforts with the needle being for the most part confined to running" Other branches of needlework are prac- tically unknown to them. As a con sequence their efforts are better ap- preciated by native workmen than by foreign travellers
 They are never short of patrons among the former. for these are often natives of other districts. and, having come to the city to engage In busi- ness, have no one to mend rent for them. Their wives being left at home. they are glad to avail themselves Of the services of the street needlewom- an. For this class of customers tho skill of the itinerant sewing woman answers practically every purpose.
 Generally speaking these women are wives of boatmen and 1aborers who live in the houseboats which line the creeks of many Chinese cities and towns and their needles are great help toward the solution of the prob lem of maintenance in crowded city or town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
CHINA TREMb[ES IN
 LOOKING ID FUTURE
Fears War Will Upset Bal ance of Power So Long
 Maintained in Far East

Feking August 12.-(Special Correspond ence of the Associated Press )-Chinese newspapers are anxiously speculating as rope, and their effect upon The Hague tribunal and the possible arbitration of international disagreements in the fu- ture.
 The fear is general throughout China that the international balance of power maintained in the far east before the war may be upset as result of the pres ent struggle. Many prominent officials frankly say that the absolute crushing of a calamity for China, as they fear that such a condition would make it possible for Japan to enforce successfully the de- mands upon China which are now held ir abeyanee.
 This attitude of Chinese officials to- wards the war has been dstasteful to the English in China. However, the Eng fish with large commercial interests in the far east are openly critical of Ja- pans attitude towards China, and their outspoken criticisms of the Japanese de- mands has produced much discussion in Japanese newspapers which has been re- produced in both the foreign and native press of China.
 China still pins faith to The Hague tribunal, and prominent Chinese news papers hope for the strengthening of it after the war by military force which will back up the decisions of this in- ternational court.
 While the war prevented China from suggesting that the recent demands of Japan be submitted to The Hague the Picking Daily News urges that after the settlement of the present war the Chi nese government must obtain from The Hague tribunal definite pronouncement interpreting the open door policy in the far east.
 What is the open door?" this paper asks. "The favorite interpretation is equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations in China This is useful enough Interpretation. but when it comes to practice it is found that Japan holds the principal of equal opportunity Is not violated if Japan ob- tains the exclusive right of railway con struction in South Machuria and eastern inner Mongolia. Can that theory be up- held? Most people would agree with out hesitation that in forcing China to give her the right to veto railway con- struction in these regions by other pow ers Japan has wrested from them equal opportunity, Other nations must have possed equal opportunity to construct rail- ways prior to the new Chino-Japanese treaty. otherwise Japan would not have deemed 1t necessary to compel China to withdraw the right by treaty.
 "To the non-Japanese mind there can be no question that in securing exclusive rights on South Manchuria and eastern inner Mongolia, and demanding them in Fukien, Japan was deliberately violat- ing her promise to maintain the promise of equal opportunity. But Japan still maintains in her demands she showed the fullest respect for her engagements. If China could obtain from The Hague tri- bunal some authoritative interpretation of the expression equal opportunity she would find it much easier to repel any endeavor to impair the principle.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
At the Grand


 "A Night at Coney Island was a Grand theatre success at the opening perforNsnce last night.
 The musical numbers were original, bright and clever. and the beauty cho- rus appeared at it's best in its assist D ance to the leading members in their rendition of the attractive features.
 Al Bush and J. T. Beesons interpre- tation of their parts proved original and pleasing.
 Miss Violet Grant in her number, How She Dances" was quite a fav- orite at the opening performances and Miss Lavetne Griffen in the "Bowery Belle" and Miss Isabella Drisda1e in her two musical specialties. Way Down Wonder in the cornfield" and Midnight Cakewalk," was clever
 Dan Belmont. H. J.. Fletcher, Babe Layetta and others among the princi- pal members of the company were at- tractive in their roles in "A Night al Coney Island"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
Tobacco Habit
 Easily Conquered

A New Yorker of wide experience. has written a book telling how the tobacco or snuff habit may be easily and com pletely banished in three days with de- fiRhtful benefit. The author. Edward J. Woods, S25 F Station E. New York City, will mail his book free on request.
 The health improves wonderfully after the nicotine poison is out of the system. Calmness, tranquil sleep, clear eyes, normal appetite. good digestion. manly vigor, strong memory and a general gain in efficiency are. among the many benefits reported. Getsrid of that ner-. vous feeling; no more need of pipe, cigar, cigarette. snuff or chewing to- bacco to pacify morbid desire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
Al G. Fields Minstrels

The theatrical season was opened at the Jefferson theatre last night by Al c. Fields ministrels. During many years of minstrelsy MT. Field has built up large and enthusiastic following who antici- much certainty and pleasure as Thanks giving day. The Jefferson was filled with a noisy. good natured crowd. typical of the sort usually drawn to such entertain ments. The performance. to judge from their vociferous applause and hearty laughter. met with unqualified approval,
 MT. Field never disappoints his patrons and he has a very good show this year. possibly trife weak in spots, but well worth seeing and comblng in pleasing proportions comedy, singing and dancing and spectacular features. The first part,
 showing a Mississippi river scene on the levee at New Orleans, the revels of
 roustabouts. the departure of the famous
 Robert E. Lee and the race between the
 Lee and the Natchez. followed by pro-
 gramme of singing. dancing and comedy
 in the grand salon of the Lee. was 8
 fitting introduction to other good things
 which were to follow. MT. Field has
 succeeded admirably in getting away
 from the stiffness that often mars the
 opening part of minstrel show. The
 features on the programme had consid-
 erable merit in themselves, while the
 scenery and the costuming were on an
 elaborate scale. MT Field has good req
 son 10 feel proud of his show in these
 particulars, as well as gratified by It's cordial reception last night
 Jack Richards won perhaps the most applause among the vocalists. Joe Golf man, Harry T. Shunk. John Healy, Bert Swor and MT. Field furnished abundant cc,aedy which kept the crowd in an up roar. All the comedians acquitted them selves well, although the inimitable Bert Swor was most in evidence, and theii jokes for the most part sounded new "t;land Opera vs Ragtime," was followed by Dancing Fancies.' introducing trav' estes of the popular ballroom dances Bert. Swor surpasses himself in hi: monologue this year. Since the death o the lamented George Evans, Mir. Swor il almost in a class of his own among black | face comedians and his quips seem mex | haustible He not only has keen sens' of humor, but Is an apt delineator O negro character. A comedian rarely ex periences the sort of reception that wa given Mir Swor last night. At the con elusion of his monologue the audience was so noisily insistent that he do nor | that it seemed for while as if a musi l cal speciality next on the programm l would have to be postponed indefinitely l It was indeed a fortunate day for MI 1 Field when he attached MT. Swor to hi
 forces.
 1 John Heaey Is another veteran il | burnt cork who has long been popula member of the Field company. MT. Heal, and MT. Swor evoked great deal O l laughter with their Ford automobile but the concluding burlesque was onl ! diverting now and then. Patriotic tab | leaux ended the performance.
 l The Field minstrels will give a matt
 nee this afternoon and another perform | ance tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
PEACE LEAGUE MEDAL
 FOR THE PRESIDENT

Washington. October 4-President Will |son received today a medal from the American School Peace league in recog-
 hilton of his "pre- eminent services in the
 cause of peace" The medal was pre- Isented by Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
TWO CHILDREN HAD GROUP

The two children of J. w. Nix. mer- chant, Cleveland, Ga. had croup last winter One was boy of 6, the other a girl of years MT. Nix writes: Both got so choked up they could hardly breathe and couldn't talk. l gave them Foley's Honey and Tar and nothing else and 1t entirely cured them" This relia- ble medicine should be in every home for it gives immediate relief from colds. coughs and croup. heals raw infiamed throat and loosens phlegm. Sold every where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
TORNADO SWEEPS
 OVER MORGAN CITY

Morgan City, La, october 4.-Twelve dwelling houses and store building were razed and the plant of the Brownell- Drews Lumber company was damaged by a tornado which swept through the north ern portion of this city today. One ne- gro was killed and F persons were in- jCred none fatally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-05
At the Maiestic

The Boyle Woolfolk Musical Comedy company in .'The Dream Girl" as pre- scented at the Najestic yesterday in three performances, was not as good as the shows hitherto presented by this capable cast. While the show can not be called a poor production, 1t cer- tainly cannot be classed with the three previous musical comedies which have been put on.
 It would not be fair to say that those who witnessed The Dream Girl''