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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
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Neil O'Brien Minstrels

Neil OBrien ana his minstrels gave an excellent programme of the negro min strel art to a we'll filled house at the Jefferso last night Throughout a long performance the audience sit, laughed and wept with amusement.
 The musical phase of the performance was of especial merit. With such vocal ists as David Morris, basso; James Bar ardi and William Curran, tenors, and George F. Peduzzi, baritone, some of the best vocal music of the popular kind heard at the Jefferson this winter was furnished. Mir. Barardi in "The Game of Hide and Seek" and You're More Than the World to Me" gave truly wonderful demonstration of one of the most famous tenor voices on the stage. He was forced to sing the chorus of You're More Than the World To Me" four times.
 The travesty at the close of the first part on the quartet from Rigoletto was highly amusing and contained faithful musical production of the classic.
 Major C. NoWal1, the dwarf, furnished one of the best comedian characters of the show. Harry von Fossen, well known monologist, at the close of the show kept the audience in an uproar with string of ridiculous talk that no one better than Non Fossen knows how to handle The staging and scenic effects were pleasing, especially the first part with the black and white tones in the scenery and the costumes of the minstrelmen.
 Neil O'Brien himself. of course, was the typical minstrel of the crowd In the first act he told some fetching stories in truly negro dialect and style and in his sketch entitled 'Demon Rum," he drew an enormous amount of entertain nsent out of a farce on prohibition as il is and not as it ought to be. The O'Brien miristrels have come to be regarded as one of the leading minstres of the coun- try and their reputation was far from suffering at the Jefferson last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
TURKS REPORT
 DESTROYER SINK

Berlin, March 19.-6By wireless to Say Ville).-The Overseas News agency today gave out the following regarding opera tions in the Dardanelles:
 Turkish headquarters reports that an enemy destroyer has been sunk in the Dardanelles. and that one British battle ship has been disabled and another dam aged.
 Ihe Mills agency of Constantinople reports that two British battleships of the types of the Irresistible and Africa which already had been damaged were sunk last night by the fire of the Turk ish batteries.
 "A Turkish aviator has ascertained that one battleship of the Cornwallis type has been lowed by several ships to the Island of Tenedos.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
DETAILED ACCOUNT
 OF COMMANDMENT
Continued from Page one)

fashion, was passing out, the Bouvet was blown up by a drifting mine. She sank in 36 fathoms, north of Eren- keui village. in less than three min utes.
 At 2:36 D. m. the relief battleships renewed the attack on the forts, which again opened fire. The attack on the forts was maintained while the oper- atic~ the mine sweepers continued. l9 D. m. the Irresistible quit
 listing heavily, and at 5:5o
 ink, probably having struck
 mine. At eos o'clock the
 having struck a mine, sank.
 is sank in deep water, vir- whole of their crews hay
 emoved safely under q hot
 lois was damaged by gun
 aflexible had her forward
 ton hit by a heavy shell
 repair.
 ardment of the forts and
 eeping operations termin-
 rkness fell The damage
 Afrected by the prolonged
 the powerful forces em-
 be estimated yet and
 t will follow. The losses
 was caused by mines
 he current, which were ~< areas hitherto swept
 knger vii require spe- british casualties were not --.vavy. Considering the scale of the operations. but virtually the whole of the crew Of the Bouvet were lost with the ship, an internal explosion appar- entity having supervened on the eNplo- slon of the mine
 "The Queen and Implacable, which have been dispatched from England to replace the ships lost in anticipation of this operation are due to arrive inn mediately thus bringing the British fleet up to it's original strength The operations are continuing with the naval and military forces available on the spot.
 'On the 18th instant, Vice Admiral Garden, who had been incapaoitated by illness, was succeeded in the chief command by Rear Admiral John Michael De Robeck with the acting rank of vice admiral"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
SEEK TO DETERMINE
 AREA OF BLOCKADE
 AGAINST GERMANY
(Continucd from Page one)

Earded as legitimate act of war, and the belligerent right IS respected: the princi- pie winch is recognized is that the bellig erent has the right to put pressure upon his opponent without interference by neu- trals. and while it is undoubtedly in convenience and may be loss to neutral commerce to be excluded from the block aded area, it is a recognized consequence of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
NAIL ACQUITTED OF
 MURDER CHARGE

Huntsville, March 1s.-(Special) )-Elbert Nail was acquitted by jury tonight after a sensational trial of two days in the law and equity court on a charge of murdering Bradford Shelton.
 The defense pleaded self defense and sought to prove that Shelton fired the first shot in the dNel that resulted in his death. The jury Is out only 4o minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
Song Retical Today

This afternoon at 3:90 o'clock at Clark X Jones hall Mrs. Marie Kern-Mullen will present in recital Mrs. O. l.. Stephenson, one of Birmingham best known singers. as professional pupil. w. II Geigen- berger, celloist, will assist.
 A beautiful programme has been ar- ranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
FORTS SUSTAIN
 GREAT DAMAGE

London, March 20.-q:03 a. m)--An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Athens, dated Friday, says:
 At s o'clock 16 allied warships en- tered the narrows and opened a violent fire on the central forts of Dardanus, kilid Bahr Souain Dere, Medjidie, Tehemerlik and Hamidieh, which replied with lively, but unsuccessful fire.
 ''The town of Dardanelfes is in flames. The operations are continuing at o'clock this evening. The forts must have sus- tained great damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
Deaths and Funerals
William Caldwell Brown

Te remains of William Caldwell Brown, the aged man who was found dead in his room, 21211s Second avenue, early Thurs day morning. are being held by the War ner-Smiley Undertaking company pending receipt of final instructions in regard to the funeral.
 Relatives have been located in Texas. and 1t is understood that the body will be buried in Birmingham, but final arrange ments have not yet been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20

Montgomery, March 9.-fspecial)-Tha tle relatives of C. Homer Billingsley, former clerk of the pure food and drug bureau of the department of agriculture and industries charged with the embez- zlement of several thousand dollars of statt funds, will seek to effect a com promise with the state by the payment of the indebtedness due by Billingsley, is the most recent report in connection with the pure food and drug department scandal.
 According to the report, which seems to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
"A Pair of Sizes"

Edward Peple's farce, "A Pair of Slxes," that is said to contain more hearty laughs to the minute than any other play in recent years, will be the attraction at the Jefferson theatre Fri day and Saturday, matinee Saturday.
 The story of "A Pair of Sizes tells the trials and 'tribulations of two pill makers who cannot agree as to how their business shall be run. They quarrel so often that they finally summon their attorney, and tell him to find some way out of their unpleasant partnership. The lawyer finally agrees that the two men shall play a game of poker and abide by the result; the winner to conduct the business for year, the loser to act as the others butler. They agree to this and a pair of sxes decides the result. The love interest is supplied by the fance of the losing partner who, after a great deal of trouble. shows the astute lawyer that sometimes lone queen of hearts is better than a pair of sixes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
George L. Staples
George

George l.. Staples, aged 29 years, for merly of Birmingham. died yesterday morning at Montgomery. His remains were sent to Anniston via Birmingham for interment. The deceased was for merly connected with the American Bakeries company, and has many friends in the city. Warner & Smiley sent the body to Annisten last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
CARDINAL AGuARD| IS DEAD IN ROME Subdean of Sacred College Passes Away at Age of
 S3 Years

Rome, March 19.-Via Paris. March 70, 4:35 a. m.)-Cardinal Anthony Agliardi. chancellor of the Catholic church and subdean of the Sacred college died to- day at the age of S3 years. He was the titular bishop of Albano and was pro- claimed cardinal in 1896 It was he who proposed to the Sacred college on August 22, last, that an address be sent to the belligerent powers asking that an armstice be arranged so that a sue cessor to Pope Plus K need not be elected while blood was being shed upon the battlefield. When there was fric- tion between the French government and Cardinal Merry Del Val in 1906 it was reported that Cardinal Agliardi was q candidate for papal secretary of state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
YOUTH AsSAssINATED
 AT CARBON HILL

Meagre reports reaching Birming- ham last night told of the assassi- nation of Casey Hall o-year-old youth, at Carbon Hill, by an un- known negro. The shooting oc- cured at o'clock.
 A negro had previously had trouble with Superintendent Mich olls of the Galloway Coal company, and it is believed that the negro waylaid Hall thinking he was Nicholls Carbon Hill is fin Walker county, about 50 miles from Bir- mingham, on the Frisco railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
Mrs. Vireinia Winston

Columbus, Miss, March 19.-(Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Virginia Winston, wife of Capt. William Winston. re tired hardware merchant, who died last night at her home. No. 604 South Third street. was held at St. Paul's Episcopal church at 33O o'clock this afternoon having been conducted by the rector, Rev. W. S. Slack. The death of Mrs. Winston, who was 57 years old. was sudden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
Studies Labor Situation

Denver, March 1s.-W. l.. Mackenzie King, former Canadian minister of la- bor and now connected with the Rockc- feller foundation, arrived here today to spend several weeks studying the labor situation in Colorado.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20
ALLIES SUBJECTED
 TO HEAVY FIRE

Paris, March 19.-(9:45 D. m)-'rhe min istry of marine tonight gave out the following communication:
 Tn the course of the operations in
 l the Dardanelles on March IS, the allied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20

Cardinal Agliardi was born at Cologno Italy. September f. 1882. He was ap- pointed archbishop of Caesarae by Pope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20

Everything is in readiness for the five-act play. The Deacon" which will he presented tomorrow night at the Hueytown school auditorium under the auspices of the School Improvement association. The performance will be- gin promptly at s o'clock and a spe- cial musical programme has been arr ranged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-20

The pulpit Of the Church of Christ. on Second avenue and Sixteenth street. will be filled at the Sunday morning end evening services by Evangelist James A Kerfoot. At the II o'clock service MT. Kerfoot will have as his theme. "The Ensiaved Laborer,' and at the evening service he will preach on "A Faithful Saying"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
WESTERN.

A million-dollar estate left by Judge
John J. Redick of Omaha to four heirs
WIS partitioned by lot.
Flour reached $3.50 barrel. the
highest in years, at Cleveland. Ohio.
Wheat was selling at $l.37k.
Seventy picture brides from Japan
arrived in San Francisco on the liner
Shinyo Maru to meet husbands they
have never seen.
William Cole was killed and Charles
Sanger shot through the arm and ear
bors on ranches in the remote Big
Creek district in Wyoming.
Two men who have never seen her
have offered to marry Mrs. Alma ID.
Little, the Detroit woman whose fight
10 establish her white parentage and
her birthplace as Denver has attracted
nationwide interest
Women. If you are looking for
work don't come to California" This
warning was issued by the commits
sion OF immigration and housing of
California, after investigating condi-
lions throughout the state.
A trainload of thirty-six cars of the
finest range horses ever seen in the
West passed through Encampment,
Wyo., en- route to Canada, and thence
10 England and France, where the ami
mails will be used at the front.
perched in the cab of engine No.
l41S, drawing the Santa Fe's Califor-
MIA limited. Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
daughter of President Wilson, rode
from Winslow to Adamana. Ariz. Sec
retary McAdoo of the Treasury Depart
ment also rode in the cab. At Ada
mana the train was held for ten min
utes to permit Mr.. and Mrs. McAdoo
to view the petrified forest. They were
returning to Washington from San
Diego, where the secretary went as
President Wilson's personal represen
tative to attend the opening of the
Panama-California Exposition.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
SPORT.

The twenty-second annual meeting
of the United State Golf Association
at New York was preceded by din
ner TO the officers, committeeman
and delegates.
A coast-to-coast automobile race for
a $1,000. wager was arranged at New
York between Raoul La Mat, well
known in New York sporting circles.
and Stanley James. a former Wash.
ington newspaper man.
Directors of the Horse Show. and
Midwinter fair. scheduled for the Den.
yer stockyards, Jan. is to 23, an.
nounced their success in obtaining one
of the finest Judging staffs that has
ever been brought to Denver for an
event of similar character.
A report states that an ''old time
killing" on the Juarez race course was
registered by Jack Richardson,
trainer and horse owner of Denver.
netting him $4,000 on Upland King.
known among turfmen as one of the
most decided mudlarks in America.
Transfer of the Yankees to Colonel
Rupert and Captain Huston was for.
mally completed at New York and
President Johnson of the American
league. who engineered the deal, re
turned to Chicago. 1t was under
stood that a first payment of $4,000
was made.
A flat one-fare rate for the round
trip to Denver from Colorado points
and Cheyenne. granted by the Union
Pacific, Burlington. Colorado & South
ern and Rock Island railroads assures
a record attendance at the National
Horse Show and MiSwinter Fair at
Denver. Jan. 1928, in the opinion oi
its managers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
GENERAL.

The Carnegie foundation has contrib
uted s25O,OOO TO the Stevens Institute
of Technology, at Hoboken, n. J.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF
Chicago is seriously i'll at the home OF
Governor Dunno in Springfield, Ill.
with an attack OF acute indigestion.
The Commercial Cable Company an.
nounced in New York that it had been
notified by the Japanese postoffice OF
the reopening of mail service to Using
Tau.
Rag Apple korndyke, eighth. a
Holstein bull, was sold at auction at
Syracuse, \. V, for S25,0O0- Oliver
Cabana, Jr., of Buffalo. was the pur
chaser.
A great ice gorge in the Miami river
at Piqua, Ohio. threatened the new
$50, 900 concrete bridge, and men blast
ed with dynamite to break the huge
piles of thirteen-inch ice.
Five legislative enactments to
which the Progressive state admins.
tration stands committed were urged
in Gov. Hiram w. Johnson's message,
reau 10 lhe I.eBiSidtuie VI Sahioi hieh
A prize herd of blooded cattle
owned by Enos NJ. Barton. wealthy
manufacturer, and valued at $4,000
has been ordered killed by govern
ment inspectors, it was announced in
Chicago. because several of the cattle
were found to be affected with foot
and mouth disease.
Celebration of the centenary oi
peace between Great Britain and the
United States was begun at New Or
| leans, La, with a salute of twenty-one
guns timed to end 100 years to the
moment after Andrew Jackson tri
| umphed over the British army at Chal
/ mette.
While officials Of the State Depart
ment and some of the foreign EN-
bassies were keenly interested il
news that the Federal Court in Cali
| fornia had declared unconstitutiona
the Arizona alien employment law
they indicated that no comment woul'
be forthcoming pending receipt of th'
text of the courts opinion.
Charles Watson, California pic
neer, who drove plow until he wa!
90 years old. died at Berkeley at tn
age of 100 years, months and days
His health failed him only a few day
! ago
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
SALTS IF BACKAcHY OR
KIDNEYS TROUBLE you
Eat Less Meat II Your Kidneys Aren't
Acting Right or n Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be-
come sort of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coated.
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full Of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore. water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine SO it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes n delightful. effer-
vcscent lithia.water drink.-Adv.
Moat etrI. ,uJt having their pjctures
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
WASHINGTON.

The Senate confirmed the nomina
ton of Edgar NJ. Harber of Trenton
as collector of internal revenue for the
Kansas City district OF Missouri.
In conference with Democratic
and Republican leaders of Congress.
President Wilson asked for an appro-
priation of s25O,OOO to defray expenses
of the celebration of the opening of
the Panama canal planned for next
March.
Secretary Bryan announced the re-
ceipt of the note from Great Britain
replying to the American communica-
tion on Dec. 2G, respecting American
commerce.
Black smallpox has broken out in
Vera Cruz and the tropical town is in
the tlroes OF an epidemic, American
Consul Canada reported to the State
Department.
A $l1O.OO0,OOO balance of trade in
favor of the United States on Decem-
ber's foreign business was the pre-
liminary estimate OF the Department
of Commerce.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. poiN G 3. ACHIEVE
MeNTs. sUFFERiNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Premier and Madame Viviani OF
Paris have received official confirma-
tion of the death of their youngest son
on the field of battle.
II is officially announced that the
Russian troops have gained decisive
victory at Sari Kamysh. The entire
Ninth army corps OF the Turks was
captured.
The reports reaching London show
that General Won Hindenburg. the Ger
man commander in Poland. for some
time past has made no appreciaple
progress toward Warsaw.
Dispatches from Sofia, Bulgaria, give
in circumstantial detail an account oil
unsettled conditions at Constantinopie,
where it is said that internal disorders.
as well as attacks from without. ap-
parently are feared.
The London Posts Bucharest corre-
spondent says: 'ftumania is mobiliz-
ing 100000 men, of which number half
million form the field army. Ru-
mania will strike. even should Italy de-
eide not to enter the war;
A Petrograd dispatch to the London
Exchange Telegraph Company says;
1T is officially estimated that twenty
seven German army corps are operat-
ing against Russia. Four hundred
thousand Germans and Austrians have
already been taken prisoners, and
their killed and wounded are three or
four times heavier"
Aside from the continued Russian
pursuit of the Turkish forces defeated
in the Caucasus and the continuation
OF the Russian advance through the
passes of the Carpathian mountains,
siege warfare with intermittent artil-
iery duels seems for the moment to
prevail almost everywhere in the area
of hostilities in the eastern zone as
well as in the western, according to
London advices.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
PRODUCTION OF MINES
THREE MILLIONS IN DIVIDENDS
IN CRIPPLE CREEK.
The Production for Month of oecem.
ber Had Gross Bullion Value Of
More Than Million.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cripple Creek, Colo.-The produc'
tion of the mines in the Cripple Creek
district for the closing month of 1914
totaled S1.250 tons. with gross bull
lion value OF s1.165.s54.50. The aver
age value of all ores treated per ton
was $l4.34.
Included in the December figures
will be found the tonnage treated by
experimental plants during the year.
These experiments have been con-
Quoted by mining companies who con
template mill constructions. Plans
have been prepared for the erection OIL
two or more plants in the early
months of the new year Frank Caley
of Littleton, lessee of the Jerry Johh-
son mine, has already commenced con
struction, and the Cripple Creek Cya-
nide Company will start work soon.
The figures as reported out by the
mill managers and representatives OF
the snelters in this district, follow:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
VILLA STOPS BORDER BATTLES.
Gives Pledge to General Scott to End
Hostiiities on Frontier.

FL Paso.-General Villa gave Gen
aral Scott his word that he would pre-
vent further border fighting which,
since the Madero revolution in 1911.
has been menace to residents of
American border towns.
The Mexican leader promised the
American chief of staff he would or
der Governor Maytorena to sign an
agreement which had been drafted by
General Scott at Naco, which would
prevent recurrence of the fighting
here which during the last two
months has caused the wounding and
killing of more than fifty persons on
the American side of the line. General
HILL commander of Carranza garrison,
defending Naco, Sonora. already has
signed the agreement.
The 5000 Villa troops passing
through Juarez on their way to Sonora
will be sent, Villa said, to Guaymas,
on the California gulf, and will not par
ticipate in fighting along the border.