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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued at the clerks office of the pro- bate court:
 F. c. Hambey and Miss Ruby Bagley. Paul sims and Miss Fredie Cornell Jones.
 Garland J. Williams of Jacksonville. Fla. and Miss Jennie l.. Watson.
 Bill Wallet, Tcdgewater. and Miss Lena Wasieleha.
 William T. Evans, Dolomite. and Miss Pearl Thomas.
 Arthur Armstrong. Avondale, and Miss Lela Skinner.
 J. c. Bartu, Ensley, and Mrs Lila Britton.
 Will Morgan, Doceaa. and Miss Olive R. Echols.
 Manuel H. Cook. Helena. and Miss Alto Larine Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
PURITY

The ingredients of the food you eat and give your. children should be pure and healthful beyond any question.
 Various food officials and pure food experts have frequently endorsed Royal Baking Powder as being superior to all other simi- lar preparat ions, and many of the great chemists of the world, including most of those of official position, have given like test ttmouy.
 No other article of food has ever received such emphatic commendation for purity. strength and wholesomeness, from the most eminent authorities, as Royal Baking Powder.
 Because Royal Baking Powder adds only healthfu1 qualities to the food is one of the reasons why 1t is always preferred by teach CTS of cookery and the medical profession.
 ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.
 New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
TT PAYS TO ADyERTJsn

When an article Is so much better than any other of the same kind that those who buy 1t once refuse any sub stitute offered and insist upon having 1t again and recommend 1t to their friends, 1t pays to advertise. Foleyu Honey and Tar is advertised because no other cough medicine can displace it in homes where it is once used. It gets right at the seat of trouble, clears nose and throat of mucus, heals raw and inflamed surfaces. 1oosens tight ness of the chest Sold and recom- mended by leading druggists all over the United States. Sold everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
French Club Meets Today

jrhe French club will hold it's next lsekly meeting at Capitol Park inn this ening at S:30. The programme wills be as most interesting one yet had
 s those interested understand that a
 iil speaking knowledge of French is at necessary to proper and full enjoy
 ssnt of the clubs privileges and bene- as, but is the best medium. as well as
 ts most pleasant of acquiring command it, the membership increases. The Hes are purely nominal. All interested \, cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
TODAY'S EVENTS

Chamber of Commerce smoker at s clock at the Tutwiler hotel City commission meets at o'clock at ne city hall.
 Regular weekly luncheon of Ad club l o'clock at Newspaper club.
 At the Theatres Matinee at 2:S0 D. m fvening, 7;30 and o'clock. Orpheum-Burlesque; 3 o'clock, HAS and o'clock, p. m.
 Strand-"The Prince and the Pauper, 5 tith Marguerite Clark. YTrianon-"The Alster Case" with Bry- mt Washburn. lOdeon Two-'The Money Gulf. Princess" The Diamond from the Sky. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
Four Candidates Declare They Win
 Make Vigorous Fight In the Run-Off

port me, that will, if elected, stand resoiutely for the things that make for the best interest of all the people,"
 J. D. Truss: From the returns it appears that I am to be in the final race for city commissioner. I take this occasion to thank the friends who supported me and shall appreciate the support of new friends. If I am so fortunate as to be chosen one of the commissions CTS, l shall do my utmost to be servant to the whole people, and l shall dare to do right"
 Dan A. Hogan: q expect to be elected next Monday. My friends and their many friends can elect me and I am confident they will do so I wish to thank those who supported me in yesterdays elec- ton and assure them of my deep appreciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
Is Special Attorney General

Montgomery. December 6-(SpeciaL) Attorney General William L. Martin today announced the appointment of Lawrence E. Brown of Scottsboro as special at torney general for a term of two months. Mir Brown is an able and prominent law yer of north Alabama and is considered highly qualified to discharge the duties of special attorney general. He began his duties today. Mr. Brown succeeds w. H. Mitchell of Florence, who has been in the office of the attorney general for the past six or eight weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07

ciples will be victorious next Mon- day.
 "The people will select me to continue the fight for them.
 ITO all those who supported me, I am profoundly grateful. I appeal to those who did not to rally, not to my support alone, but to the assistance of Birmingham. Bir- mingham is in distress It needs a new order. I feel confident that on Monday the people will choose me to fight and achieve for them.'
 John R. Hornady: "I am intense ly grateful for the flattering vote given me and feel that it forecasts certain victory in the election next Monday. I feel deeply grateful to the friends who so l6yally support ed me in the race just ended and assure them, as we'll as the many who will now be at liberty to sup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
Incorporation

| Allentown Land company filed decla- ration of incorporation in the probate court yesterday with capital stock at 5000. Officers: F. B. Price, president and
 treasurer; Groom ". Walker. vice pres
 ident and IT. A. Brown. secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
LITTLE SINGLE SHOPPING

Notwithstanding the fact that it was generally understood that 1t was not illegal to single shot any of the IA candi- dates, there was little of 1t done in any of the boxes. the voters perferring not to take any chances. AS an evidence how little of this was done, one of the watch CTS at the city hall box stated last night that only 10 single shots were cast. and that each of the four leading candidates received two each, and one each for two of the defeated aspirants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers Ire recorded in the probate court yes 5day: s94Oo-J D. Stewart to c. J. Stewart,
 ! 4 in block g. s1073--James J. Garrett to Ben F. leather. lot 5 in block PIP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
CANVASS RETURNS TO-DAY
FOuR LEADERS WELL KNOWN

Yesterdays election was merely q qualifying round. It brought out -four citizens out of a group of IA for final judgment. These four-Mr. Shapiro, MT. Hornady, MT. Truss and MT. Hogan are well known to the electorate and while the present week will see more fireworks than when it was a free for-all race it is not at all unlikely that an old-fashioned acrimonious po- litical fight will be staged
 Isadore Shapiro is lawyer and a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
SHAPIRO, HORNADY, TRUSS. AND HOGAN
 ARE FOUR LEADERS
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as the reports of the boxes were filed in.
 It will take the official count to decide positively whether Dan A. Hogan or M. H. Mcdowell is entitled to a place in the run-off election next Monday. Accord
 ing to the unofficial count last night Dan A, Hogan was l5 votes in the lead or M. H. Mcdowell.
 Perry w. Turner, who was expected to make an excellent race, came in sixth mainly, 1t Is said through the defecuon of many votes to the Austin camp. The former chief of police of Birmingham and now chief deputy sheriff, came in sev- enth and showed remarkable strength in the suburbs In fact, il was not until the big city boxes reported that Connie Aus tin lost hope of being in the run-off. J. H. McCary was the eighth man on the ticket and was followed by H. Scudder Ryall. w. D. Hankins, J. B. Wood and w. H. Barnard were next. while Glover Moore and Roy D. Perkins ran a neck and-neck race for last place. There were only eight votes difference between MT. Moore and MT. Perkins. but up to a late hour last night there had been no de- mand for recount from either contest ant-and none was anticipated
 ELECTION VERY QUIET
 The election passed off quietly. There was total absence of excitement or con fusion around any of the polling places as or many former elections. The paid and "unpaid' workers were conspicuous by their absence and much satisfaction was expressed by the voters
 There was no congestion at any of the voting places of the so-called big boxes and no long line of waiting voters Al though there were many representatives of the different candidates there was lit- tie challenging of votes
 Immediately following the closing of the polls the various managers got busy and by 8 o'clock the newspaper offices were giving out the news of how 1t turned out
 CANVASS RETURNS TODAY The election commission. composed of J. P Stiles, judge of probate: Thomas J. Batson, sheriff, and William J. Wal drop, clerk of the circuit court, will meet this morning at 10 o'clock and canvass the returns. They will check up the off cial returns of the election managers and declare the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes as the winners and entitled to enter ne run-off next Monday. The election nw nagers will not recount the ballots, unless contest is filed. but will declare the winners on the sworn returns of the election man. agers.
 INVvD EAnEDc WEJT KNnWN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
"The Garden of Allah"

Robert Kitchens, the author of the fla nous and gigantic play of the desert, ''The Garden of Allah which will be the attraction at the Jefferson theatre for three days commencing on Thursday December 16. with a matinee Saturday is a gallant friend of modern woman hood He still sees in her the ideal self sacrificing mother, and when he admits her failings, which is rarely he speaks gently and apologetically. and in an un- derstanding of her underlying goodness of heart, excuses her surface manner isms. It is good to find a writer, in this age, of Bernard Shaw philosophy, who clings to the old-fashioned ideal oi women, and who considers she is still with us. Such writer turns out read able literature one can enjoy without the bitter taste left after the sharp wit of Shaw and his votaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-07
At the Lyric

The Lyric has built up a patronage through the efforts of Manager Monte
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
SHRINERS READY
FOR CEREMONIAL
sphinx Temple Will Hold Big Event
in Hartford on Wednesday.
May 10.

Wednesday May 19, will be a red
letter day in Masonic circles as the
annual ceremonial session OF the
Sphinx Temple will be held OH that
day at the Foot Guard armory in
Hartford, with Governor Holcomb.
Lieutenant Governor Wilson. other
state officers and members OF the
legislature in attendance
As usual the pamphlet published by
the Temple for this occasion is replete
with humor, giving cheering advice to
the, fearful candidates and limiting at
the terrible tortures in store for them
as they trot across the burning sands.
Accompanying the pamphlet is a
little book of comic tickers, labelled
The Sphinx Jitney.'' Each ticket is
for some point OF interest (?) in Hart
ford, for instance, one is good for a
Tide from City hall to the Union
station ruins. Another VIII take the
owner to the retreat while some may
secure a ride to the police station
The only one missing is that which
will provide transportation for the
candidate from the armory to the hos
pital after the session.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
HOLDS DESTRUCTION OF
LUSITANIA UNSUITABLE
DIR. Dernberg Takes Position
AS Ship Carried Con-
traband Of War.

Cleveland, O., May s.-Dr. Bernard
Dernbere. former German colonial
secretary. who arrived here today
from New York to address the City
club. holds the sinking of the Lusi-
tanla By a German submarine to be
just;fiable. He takes this position be-
ca use the Lusitania carried contra
band OF war and also because the boat
was classified as an auxiliary cruiser at
tho disposal of the British admiralty.
Warnings given by the German en-
bassy at washington together with the
note Ct February Is from Berlin de-
claring the existence of war zones re-
lieve Germany from responsibility for
the loss OF lives Of Americans, he said.
DR.. Dernberg also characterized the
torpedoing of the American tank liner
NGulaight, carrying a cargo of oil from
Fraace to England, as justifablc.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
is ALMOST BLINDED
BY GAS EXPLOSION
Burdctte Elliott Painfully Injured ut
Dennison's Garage When
Stove Blows Up.

Attempting to light a good sized gas
water heater in q. e. Dennison's Main
street garage early this afternoon,
Burdette Elliott, we'll known young
chauffeur employed by Mr.. Dennison,
was almost blinded when the gas ex-
ploded in his face. He was rushed
to his home by Dr. George II. Dalton
and Is expected to recover the sight
Of both eyes as the pupils were not
injured. His nerves were completely
shattered, however, from the shock.
The pilot light on the heater, I'M
beknown to the men in the garage,
had become extinguished and when
Elliott approached II with a lighted
match thet accumulation OF gas inside
the cylindrical heater exploded, shoot
ing a sheet of flame into the young
mans face and binding him tenn
porarilly.
He staggered from the spot and an
instant later fell insensible to the floor
The report of the explosion was
heard in the street and a large crowd
quickly gathered.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
TRUMBULL'S FATE
is STIEL IN DOUBT
Relatives of Former PIainyilIc Man
AnxiousIy Await News
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of Survivors.
OF SURVIVORS.
sF

Plainville, May S.---Early cable
grams giving list Of the survivors
of the Lusatania gave out but little
ENCOURAGEMENT to relatives and friends
of Isaac b.. Trumbull,a formerly of
this place, who was passenger on
the Inflated liner. Mr.. Trumbulrs
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh TrumbulI
of Maple street. spent the day anxious
ly awaiting information and as the
hours crept by and hope that the
young man had been saved began to
diminish their fears increased and
they were almost distracted. Up to
a late hour, they had heard nothing
concerning his fate and they began, to
dread the arrival of the news that he
persisted.
Efforts to get into communication
with his brother, John H. Trumbull,
president of the Trumbull Electric
company, who is in New York were
unsuccessful. Henry Trumbull of
Pennington avenue, another brother
spent the day seeking information but
could get no news Other brothers
are George of Bantam, Frank and
Albert of Bridgeport and James, who
is in Saranac, N. j., recovering from
an operation recently performed.
Mr.. Trumbull is treasurer OF the
American Cycle Car company OF
bridgeport and it was in the interests
of this concern that he started on
the trip abroad. His wife, who prior
to her marriage was Miss Bertha
Cleveland of Bristol, is at her home
in Bridgeport. She has heard nothing
concerning her husbands fate.
Mr.. Trumbull is native OF Plain
vile and is next to. the youngest mem
Der of the family. With his brothers
he received his education in the Gram
mar school here, subsequently be-
coming a manufacturers of electrical
supplies, business in which all the
members of the family made for
tunes. He was located in Bantam
for number of years and has been
in Bridgeport but short time. He
is one of the heads of the concern
which manufacture the Trumbull mo-
tor car. He is reputed to be wealthy.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
! stor1ncock Lands 100.

London, May 8, 7:19 a.. m.-The fol-
lowing message has been received by
the Cunard Steamship company from
its Offices at Queenstown:
The Stormcock has landed about
/ so. passengers and crew. The traw-
lers Cock and Indian Empire have on,
board about 200, the tug Flying Fish
about 100, three torpedo boats As and
four dead.
we are putting up those landed at
hotels and boarding houses but can
not give a list of survivors for some
time. as the passengers are In such q
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New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
HAS MARROW tss
-Four Year old Morris 81
Hun Over by Tr{

Morris. the four year b
and Mrs. Jacob Sperry "a
street had a narrow osca|
ing run over by the EaeI
trolley about 1915 o'clo}
in front of his home. T'1
crossing the road and aid
approaching car. Nirsla{
part OF the motorman Wal
his life. The motorman
uation in a moment and
emergency breaks. the ID
lifting the child up. III
how little Morris oscar
even the slightest scratch]
Mrs. sperry who was
the back porch OF her I'D
SO excited at seeing the
about to run down her al
lost her balance and FEN 4
azza painfully sprainine
She will be confined to h|
several days.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
BARELY ESCAPES
DEATH UNDER CAR
r. T. Hanson, of Mcriden, Tries to
Hop 1890 Dinkcy, With
Disastrous Results.

DUO to his eagerness to reach his
h, RE in Meriden for the k-end,
l.. r. Hanson, aged twenty three
years, almost sacrificed his life early
this afternoon when he triedsto board
the 1913 o'clock Berlin bound train
between Church and Elm streets.
Fortunately the young man jumped
for the rear platform Of the last car,
or otherwise when he was thrown off
heswould surely have been ground UNI
der the wheels. He was taken to the
New Britain General hospital by Of
ficers King and Wagner in the police
ambulance and it was said there that
his leg is probably fractured below
the knee. This is the second time the
young man has had this limb broken.
The young man Is employed at the
New Britain Lumber & Coal COM
pany and boards at No. $40 Park
street He came to this city month
ago yesterday to take up this employ
ment and has been going back to his
home in the Silver city every Satur-
day afternoon.
Today he was later than usual in
getting started and hurried up the
tracks toward the depot. AS he was
about midway between Church and
Elm streets the dinkey came along at
slow rate of speed and Hanson esT
saved to hop on the rear platform of
the last car In running few steps
to gain momentum he failed to see a.
low switch and banged into it. Even
then he held onto the car railing with
perseverance and was dragged along
side of the track for fully twenty five
feet. Hanson himself says that had
he not been encum bered with heavy
travelling bag he would have climbed
aboard in safety. ~
AT the hospital the young man dis
played much grit and held tightly to
tho head of the bed while the nurses,
were pulling his leg to set the bone.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
TO ADMIT KIMBALL.
Auditor of American Hardware Cor
porati0n Will Become Barrister.

AT a meeting to be held next Friday
George Turner KimbalI, auditor of the
American Hardware corporation, will
be admitted to the Connecticut bar as
lawyer. Mr.. Kimball comes from
Illinois, where he was practicing
lawyer.
Teofl Grabowski, a local notary
Tublic VINO comes from Indiana
where he formerly practiced law. will
also be ADMITTED to the bar at this
time.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
HICKS THANKS OFFICE FORCE.

Postmaster Ira e. Hicks who was
presented with a valuable smokers
cabinet by his friends at the Federal
building yesterday, today gathered
them together and expressed his
heartfelt appreciation of their actions.
The major told that he regrets leav-
ing them after SO many years of con-
tinuous service and assured ''the boys
that he would always regard them as
his friends.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
BASTIAN IN AGAIN.

John Bastian, we'll known char
acter, was arrested at his home on
Meadow street this afternoon and was
locked up pending a. hearing in po-
lice court Monday morning. He is
charged with breach of the peace, his
neighbors having complained about his
actions.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
Fifty-three Americans Safe.

London. May 8, 1928 al. nl.----rf f
American consul at Queenstown in a
TELEGRAM to the United States embassy
here said that he had cabled to the
state department at Washington q list
5ccntsining the names Of forty-taree
Americans who have been saved. The
message adds: There may be am
othsr- dozen Americans not In touch
with me- I also believe that one ten
der load of survivors landed at
Clonakilty. 0
a. .srhc survivors will proceed at noon
1pr later this afternoon. The total
survivors at Queenstown number ga.
About sixty-three corpses remain un-
N identified
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
F,ARMINGToN MAN ON BOARD.
Professor Friend Officer. Of American
Society for Psychical Research.
Especial to the Herald.)

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Pennington, May 8.-Edwin w.
Friend of this place, who was one Of
the passengers on the Inflated Lusi-
stania Is we'll known in literary circles
In the United States.
"a Professor Friend was formerly con-
nected with a college in Boston and
has lived in this town for about a
year. He resides on the Hartford
read a short distance out of the CEN
ter.
1T is understood that Professor
Friend was going to Europe for Miss
Theodate Pope in the interests of
psychical research He is under Sec
rotary of the American Society for
Psychical Research.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
l,2l6 LIVES LOST IN LUSITANIA DISASTER;
137 AMERICANS REPORTED AMONG mis-
TWO TORPEDOEs FIRED
AT BOAT IS SURVIV-
ORs' STORY.

The latest available information in
N dictates that about two-thirds Of the
persons on board the Lusitania lost
their lives when the big transatlantic
liner was sunk off the Irish coast by
torpedoes from a German submarine
last Friday.
The number of passengers is given
by the Cunard steamship representa-
tives In New York as .254. and of
the crew as 6s5. a total OF 1919. The
number Of survivors now accounted
I for is 7os. This indicates a death
list Of 1,216.
Hopes for Others Dashed.
Hopes that the list of saved may
!. be materially increased We're dashed
by an announcement from the Brit
ish admiralty that all but one OF the
rescue fleet Which put out from
Queenstown had reported, and that
there was little prospect Of news Of
further survivors Nevertheless In
4 uuiries are being made all along the
coast in the hope that other rescues
may have been made by small craft
which put in at isolated points.
OF the 290 first class passengers it
Ii now believed only seventys six were
saved. No word has been received
Of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Charles
Frohman and other prominent men
who were aboard.
Struck BY Two Torpedoes.
The story of the Lusitania came in
slowly, owing partly to the confusion
prevailing at Queenstown, where most
of the survivors were landed. No In
formation was available as to how
many of the Americans on the Lusi-
tsnia had gone down, Stories told BY
survivors seemed to confirm the earlier
report that the Lusitania had been
struck by two torpedoes.
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin was
directed to make inquiry Of the Ger
man government concerning the sink
ing of the Lusitania. While the sit
uation is regarded at Washing ton AZ
serious one, on account OF the loss
Of American lives. it is expected the
government will await the receipt OF
officiai information from Germany be-
fore deciding upon further steps.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
CIANCI GIRL RECEIVERS.
Is Discharged from New Britain Gen
craI Hospital Today. IS

Pasqualina Cianci, the seventeen
year-old divorce who was shot at her
home on Lilac street last Sunday
morning, was discharged from the
New Britain general hospital today as
recovered.
Salvatore Carpentere, who is charged
with attempting to murder her, is
held in $4,000 bail for a hearing in
the local court next Saturday
New Britain herald., 1915-05-08
NO WORD OF cHrNA,s REPLY.

Toxic, May 8. 1870 a. m.-The
Japanese foreign office announced
this morning that IL had received no
information as to the nature of Chi
mas reply to Japan's ultimatum.