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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville April 24-(Special.) )-Memo- rial day will be fittingly observed in Huntsville Sunday afternoon, when the Daughters of the Confederacy will dec crate the graves of all Confederate vet erans who are buried in Maple Hill cem- etery with flowers. Mayor J. D. Hum phrey will act as master of ceremonies and the oration of the day will be deliv- cred by Douglas Taylor. An original poem. prepared for this occasion by Miss Ella H. Ware, will be read
 When the petition of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, ask freight rates on the Huntsville division comes up before the Alabama Railroad commission, it will be opposed by a com mittee of Huntsville business men. A special meeting was held by the Hunts vile Chamber of Commerce last night and it was the unanimous opinion that the rates are high enough on this road. The Chamber of Commerce. Retail Merchants association, and wholesale merchants will each send representatives to oppose the increase. High officials of the Southern railroad. learning that the new passenger schedule on this division is not satisfac- tory to the business interests of Hunts vile, have expressed willingness to re- wise the schedule in any way possible in order to better serve the people here. A committee was appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to take the matter up at once. It is suggested that the restoration of the Newsboy train schedule and the running of a new accommodation train daily between Huntsville and Chattanoo- ga will be satisfactory to great number of patrons of the road, especially the wholesale men.
 The Tennessee Valley Motor company was incorporated here under the laws of Alabama yesterday by ]. l.. Kendall. Will liam P Dilworth and l.. c. Gibbs. The new company will establish large garage and repair plant and automobile agency.
 Rube Bennett and his two sons and the McKelvy brothers. who engaged in a bloody affray with knives at Owen Cross Roads last Sunday. have all recovered. First reports of the affair were to the effect that four of the participants would probably de
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
"For the
 Woman who Knows

For the woman who knows, nothing need to be said as to the merits of Peruna. She knows already that Peruna is a great remedy for her many ailments.
 But there are many women who do not know what a valuable remedy Peruna Is. Catarrhal com plaints of any sort. whether of the head or the internal organs, yield to Peruna if taken regularly.
 Mrs. L. A. Patterson. 2ss Utah Ave. Memphis, Tenn. is one who knows. T have been a friend of Peruna many years We always recommend it to our neighbors." Mrs. L. Martin. Yo1o. Cal, also knows of Peruna. q am sure Pe- runa saved my life. I had been very sick three months. Doctors were in despair. No one can de- scribe my joy and happiness be- cause of the change Peruna pro- duced in me-
 Women in all walks of life are making similar statements. They also find 1t a reliable and valuable household remedy. Every woman should have copy of The Ills of Life"
 Bent Columbus free Ohio
 
 The Peruna Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Tuscaloosa News. Through what ap- Bears to have been negligence or in- competence on someone's part at least four people were killed outright and many other injured Wednesday after noon in Birmingham when the wall of the steele-Smith building fell ard wrecked three adjoining stores The wall which fell had been left stand ing when the Steele Smith store burned sometime ago.
 In discussing the tragedy, The Blr- mingnam Age-Herald promptly ie- mands a rigid Investigation
 The attitude of The Age Herald in this matter is proper and demands the fullest consideration. From the evil oenee at hand. there seems to have been little necessity for such a disas- ter. There is no Justification for al lowing dangerous walls of burnt build ings to stand and menace the lives of citizens going about their legitimate affairs.
 But it is not enough merely to fix the responsibility for such affairs after the victims are in their graves. What is really needed is such vigilance and attention to duty as will make the oc- currence of similar tragedies impos- sible. Birmingham had very severe lesson in the necessity for safe build- ings when the structure occupied by the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company burned with loss of several lives. The people have right to demand protection from such need less tragedies and they should make their officials realize that fact.
 Decatur Daily: one of the most ap- palling accidents in the history of Bir- min sham was that of Wednesday aft ernoon, when the walls of the burned Steele-Smith building toppled over >n the building below. crushing out a dozen lives. No warning was sounded The helpless victims of the tragedy were caught like rats in a trap. Some of them perhaps were instantly killed, while others fingered to be tortured by fire and smoke.
 Someone was to blame for this horrl- ble catastrophe.
 It Is evident enough that some of ficial had erred in judgment. or had Leen negligent in duty, or the walls would have been razed as soon pos sible after the Steele-Smith structure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
WHAT ALABAMA EDITORS
 THINK OF THE DISASTER

was wrecked by flames. That the ac- eident of Wednesday was directly due to brisk winds will probably be tic explanation. This is plausible. at least. But it does not exculpate tho guilty for it requires no colossal imaeina- tion, or unusual foresight. to predict strong air currents for March and April even in the pacific climate of the southland.
 Mobile Register: Somebody ought to go to the penitentiary-who is re- sponsible for allowing the four-story high wall to remain standing after a fire. a menace to peoples lives in tue city of Birmingham. Investigation will show, no doubt. that monetary consd- erations influenced the owners of the wall and that some influence or somo incompetence influenced the official whose duty it was to protect the lives of the people
 Tie Register desires to express the sympathy of Mobiles people for the sufferers, the sorrowing parents and relatives of the dead and injured in the terrible affair of the fallen wall that destroyed two buildings and killed dozen of people and injured as many more.
 Montgomery Journal: Several poo pie were killed and many injured ia Birmingham when a brick wall of a burned building fell on two other buildings that were crowded with shoppers ft seems to us that such an accident could have been prevented. However. it serves as warning that hereafter walls of burned buildings should be torn down without delay.
 It Is said that this wall was five stories high, and had been permitted to remain standing for about two months Even under ordinary ocndi- tions it would seem that this was dan gerous When a high wind and heavy rain came the wall collapsed and as q result many were killed and injured. The wall should have been razed mi mediately. If this had been done there would have been no accident.
 New Decatur Advertisers It would seem that they had better abolish the office of building inspector in Birming- ham. If he could not see the weak wall in the Steele Smith store, how could he see anything that others could rot see as easily? We remember in Ss. Louis 30 years ago, the building iii- spector condemned a wall and said 1t was liable to fall any day, but the wall is standing there yet. as bold as brass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
DECATUR

Decatur April 24.-(Specfal.) Mfrs. w.. F. Boswell died late yesterday evening at the family home on Lafayette street after a short illness. Mir. Boswell was in Mis- sissppi and he was telephoned for, reach ing here last night just after his wife had died
 MT. Boswell was superintendent of a street paving company and for some time past has been looking after some work in Mississippi.
 Mrs. Julia Callahan, aged 30 years, died in Decatur yesterday morning and the flu neral was held from the residence of her son, w. W. Callahan, yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs. Callahan was one of the few re- maining people of the old school. She was one of the oldest and most highly respected ladies of the Decaturs. She was born and reared in Lawrence county. Her only child. w. w. Callahan, is a promi- nent lawyer of Decatur and last fall received a most fiattering vote for the democratic nomination for Congress against Judge E. B. Allen, who received the nomination
 James F.. Penney of Birmingham and Morgan county have compromised on the assessment of MT. Penney's property in this county at s55,000. The property had been assessed at $39, 764 and the commits sioners raised the assessment to $71, ,69S. The case was taken to the circuit court by MT. Penny, but the case was dismissed by Judge Robert Briclxell when the com promise was affected.
 At the county courthouse in Decatur yesterday Miss Etna Mason and Herbert married before a few witnesses, the cere- mony being performed by Frank J. Davis. clerk of the probate court
 Former Justice of the Peace T. J. New some will now remain in the county jail here until the supreme court of Alabama passes on his bond.
 Newsome is charged with the murder of C. E. Hatchett and for the second time Judge Thomas w. Vert allowed him bond in the sum of $500 on a habeas corpus trial. The state appealed to the supreme court This is one of those peculiar cases in which the state can appeal from the decision of the lower court in a criminal case.
 Newsom is under indictment for mur- der in the first degree. Just when the trial of the case against him will be heard in the courts here is not known. and will not be known until the matter of bond or no bond is decided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Operated on Pretty PoIT'

From the New York World
 Springfield, Mo.-Attended by trained nurses, Polly" a parrot belonging to Mrs. A. l.. Bailey, was operated on by two physicians for the removal of a diseased gland. Polly entered strong objections to being put under the influence of an anaesthetic and it was not administered.
 The operation required an hour and a half. after which the bird was bundled up by Mrs. Bailey and taken home.
 Talking over the telephone. singing and whistling are some of "Polly's" accom- plishments. Polly is 50 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
SHEFFIELD

Sheffield, April -(Special)-A Jack Smith, a young man who recently came here from Memphis. has been ar rested on a charge of passing worthless checks. It is said that he is prominently related in Huntsville and Haleyville, the latter place having been his home for sometime. Being unable to make bond he is in jail awaiting action of the grand jury
 A large surveying party Is now located on the Tennessee river above here, the purpose of which is to de- termine the exact amount of each farmers land that will be submerged by the back waters caused by the build ing of dams acros sthe Tennessee river Maj. w. H. Vim of Nashville is in charge. and associated with him in the work are D. c. Trevarthen of Birming ham, J. O. Sallee and c. w. Thomas of Nashville, and R. B. McWhorter of Chattatnooga.
 The new schedule of trains recently inaugurated by the Southern railway between this city and Memphis is prov . ing very satisfactory to the people of the tri-cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Florence. It is now possible to leave here early in the day for either Birmingham, Memphis or Chattanooga and return the same day.
 Much regret was caused in Sheffield and Tuscumbia when news was received by friends of the tragic death in Bir- mingham Wednesday evening of Miss Hattie Lou Dedman and the serious in jury of her sister, Marie Dedman. The Misses Dedman formerly resided here, and were the nieces of MT. and Mrs l. D. Kirby of this city. whom they had frequently visited. A cousin John Sharp, of this city, went to Birming- ham and brought the remains of Miss Dedman here for interment, the funeral being held at the home of Mrs. J. C. Riser an aunt in Tuscumbia, this morn- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Boyhood
From Judge

Mamma-And you actually ate little toad? What in the world made .-ou do so?
 Little Lester Livermore--w Willie Kick over bet I dasnt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
GADSDEN

Gadsden, April 24.-(Special )--That the cotton acreage of north Alabama will be practically the same as it was last year. despite the campaign which was carried on for acreage reduction, is the belief of many cotton men and farmers Reports from Marshall, Chero- kee, DeKalb. St. Clair, Calhoun and Eto- wah indicate this At one time it was thought that reduction of 50 per cent was probable but it Is doubtful If tho reduction will reach 10 per cent. Some of the Etowah county farmers insist that the present price is regulated by the law of supply and demand, and is not a trick of speculators, as has been charged by some. These farmers expect a fair price for the staple next fall.
 At a special meeting of the finance committee of the council Monday night the financial condition of the city will be considered. and plans for retrench- ment made City Clerk Balfour, in a semi-annual report several days ago, revealed the fact that receipts for the first half-year are $13,00O less than for a similar period last year. Rumors have 1t that cuts are being contemplated in the police. street and perhaps few other departments.
 News was received here today of an attempt to assassinate Gid Wright, a justice of the peace in Marshall county. MT. Wright was shot in the leg by an unknown person, and his injury is not serious. His activity against the lawless has aroused their enmity
 A carload of poultry was shipped from Gadsden yesterday over the Nash vile. Chattanooga and St. Louis for New York. Other heavy shipments are expected.
 The Lawyers defeated the Preachers Teachers in an exciting contest at League park yesterday afternoon by n score of 16 to 15. An accident occurred in the fifth inning when one of the players caught a fly. The players were selected from Gadsden's most prominen. professional men.
 At meeting of local travelling men this afternoon plans were discussed for securing the 1916 convention of the Travelling Mems Protective associa ton. which meets this year at Decatur
 Emma Sansam camp, U C. V. met this morning and selected the following delegates to the annual reunion at Rich mond; A. Christopher, w. A. T. Oliver. Joe Rogers and Ed Keeling. Alternates; J. F. Adams. J. R. Hughes, E B. Reece and J. D. Stout. The party. with othe~ Gadsden citizens. win leave here in a special car on the Southern railway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
ton is Africa For Christ. and is con- sidered a subject of more than usual in- terest

The annual May festival of the students of the Stafford school will be held Fri day afternoon. An interesting programme has been prepared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
TUSCALOOSA

Tuscaloosa. April 24.-(Special)-A great deal of interest has been aroused In ras- caloosa by the news dispatches. concern ing the kidnapping of Lieutenant Warden of the British Medical Army corp. Lieu tenant Warden was kidnapped by his wife and brought to America as she objected to his serving in the army. Mrs. Warden is a Tuscaloosa girl, the daughter of the late Judge w. R. Smith. former presi- dent of the University of Alabama.
 Columbus W. Boyd died Thursday night at his home in Peterson City, this county. He was 60 years of age. He is survived by the w4tlow and eight children. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon and the interment made in the family burysng ground near his home.
 Mrs. B. w. II. Lewis died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N o. Hedgcoth, on Greensboro avenue. She is survived by several children, The body was taken to Brookwood where the inter- ment took place yesterday afternoon.
 The semi-annual convention of the Ep- worth League of the Tuscaloosa district will open in Northport this morning, to be in session through Sunday. The ses- sions will be held in the Northport Meth odist church. The theme for the conven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
'LLOYD-GEORGE'S VIEW ACCEPTED Coming to Regard Prohibit
 tion as Necessary
EXPRESSIONS OF PRESS
The Manchester Guardian Voices Philosophic Acceptance of Situa- tion-LOss of Immense Revenue
 Regarded With Uneasiness

London. April 15.-(Correspondence of Associated ss.)-England seems to be rapidly coming around to the Lloyd George view of prohibition as neces- sary war measure. according to the Brit ish press.
 We believe that the country is quite prepared to submit to any disicpline that needs of the war may demand" says the Manchester Guardian in an editorial typi- cal of the British newspaper comment. but the more important as coming from the kingdoms greatest manufacturing city.
 Tt is clear that if you are to have prohibition at all it must be total pro- hibit:on,' the writer states after review ing the various schemes for restricting the sale in laboring districts
 We do not wish to press the ordinary temperance arguments. for whatever is done will be measure of temperance in secondary degree and primarily meas ur, for increasing national efficiency in war times. If drunkenness increa sed eff nclency 1t might at time like this be accepted as national necessity and even a virtue. There being no doubt that abstinence, whatever else may be said for or against it, does help d man to work steadily and hard, abstinence is a duty If the thing is worth doing at all if Is worth doing we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

News was received here today of an attempt to assassinate Gid Wright, a justice of the peace in Marshall county Mr. Wright was shot in the leg by an unknown person, and his injury is not serious. His activity against the lawless has aroused their enmity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Urges Absolute Prohibition

The government says this journal, after saying so much, will not deserve the confidence of the country. or be worthy of the awful responsibilities which 1t has assumed, if it does not take strong measures. The matter is of urgent i'm portance and Parliament could be sum moned week earlier in order to give ef- feet to the policy. We say this with out withdrawing the criticisms we have passed over and over again upon many of the autocratic measures taken by the government since the war began We believe that the suppression of news and views, and the attempt to intimidate opinion by abrogating Magma Charta. were most unwarranted and mischievous.
 But temperance is a curse, the sup pression of which the strongest demo- crats and the most fervent upholders of parliamentary government have advo- cated In times of peace 1t is a measure that has been adopted not always with success, by various states of the Amer ican. union; and if in an emergency like this 1t will enable us to shorten the ef- fusion of blood and treasure. it is a measure which ought to be adopted with all speed and with the good will of all sections and parties in the community. even though it involves a pecuniary com-i pensation on a moderate scale to those who are dependent for their livelihood upon the production and sale of intoxi- cants. Let beer and spirits give way to tea and coffee. The cost to the revenue for year. moulding eompensations, may run to 50.00O,000 sterling ($250, GOO 000) but the economic and social compensations will be enormous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

A carload of poultry was shipped from Gadsden yesterday over the Nash Vile. Chattanooga and St. Louis for New York. Other heavy shipments are expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Sends Out Investigators

The Guardian has also sent out inves- tlgators to report on the effect of short ening the hours in which liquor houses may now remain open. Formerly the houses opened in the morning at o'clock in the working districts, although there was not much business until about g., when the women would appear. Now the doors are closed until 10:30 a. m, which prevents an early start in drinking and gets some of the idlers to work But the change in the night closing hour from Il to lQ p. m. seems only to concentrate the amount of drinking and to encourage the sale of bottled goods
 Great Britain's brewing and distilling trade represents an outlay of nearly a billion and a quarter dollars in capital It pays to the government in licenses about s200,000000 annually. This loss in revenue would be serious, and causes considerable apprehension among the wealthy taxpayers, who fear they may have to make up the difference
 The Economist, in its issue for April |S, devotes a considerable portion of its space to Chancellor Lloyd-Georges asser- tions that drunkenness in the large ship ping and manufacturing towns is holding back the supply of war munitions. The Economist passes lightly over the poss- ble effects of throwing out of work the large number of persons employed in connection with the manufacture and sale of intoxicants, and urges that the gov ernment at once proceed to enact laws absolutely prohibiting the sale of all al- coholic drinks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

At meeting of local travelling men thls afternoon plans Were discussed for securing the 1916 convention of the Travelling Mems Protective associa tion. which meets this year at Decatur.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25
FACTS ABOUT
THE HISTORY
Of THE EARTH
EARLY GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF
ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL
PLAN DISCUSSED IN SURVEY
REPORT.

New details are continually being
added by biologists to the known his
tory Of the earth; including the de-
velopment of plants and animals.
However, that History, which is re-
corded in the rocks, is. still fragmen-
tary, like a badly 'nutilated book. One
Of the great defects in the record Of
the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
regions of this country is the absence
of the later part Of the Cretaceous and
and the early part of the Eocene chap
ters-perhaps 8 to 10 million years
ago. A report recently issued by the
Geological Survey as Professional Pa
per 901J, entitled "The Cretaceous-
Eocene Contact in the Atlantic and
Gulf Coatal Plain" by L. w. Stephen
son, discusses this missing part Of the
record and shows that the break m.
cover a very long period Of time. 1t is
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

Children love this harmless fruit lax
ative," and mothers can rest easy af-
ter giving it because it never fails to
make their little "insides" clean and
sweet.
Keep it handy , Mother! A little
given to day saves a sick child to-
morrow, but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs, which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages on the bottle. Remeber there are
~counterfeits sold here, so surely look
and see that yours is made by the
California Fig Syrup Company"
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-03-25

known that at that time the continents
were at least as large as and probably
larger than they r uow, and the
oceans were accordinly smaller. Any
rock that were then formed in the sea
seem to have been weathercd and
washed away.
Hundreds of kinds of plants and
animals that lived before and hundreds
that lived after this great period are
known, but not one of which lived dur
ing the period. Strange to say, few if
any of the species which existed be-
fore the unknown period lived through
it. 1t is like a play in which the
places Of n act remain the same =
in the preceding but the characters are
all new, and yet many of the new
players resemble the old ones so much
that n is compelled to admit that
they are close relatives. In each of
the States bordering the Atlantic Oc-
can, south Of New York, and the Gulf
Of Mexico are layers of rock which
were formed before and after the per-
iod whose record is missing. In these
layers are entomed sea shells Of many
kinds, but apparently not one specie
lived through from Cretaceous to Eo-
Gene time.
A copy of the report may be obtain
ed free on application to the Director
Of hee Geological Survey, Washington,
D. C.