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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Municipal Lecture

Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Phla- delphia, secretary National Municipal league, author and lecturer on munich pal and civic questions, will be in Bir- mingham Saturday. February 5.
 He is coming under the auspices of the Social Workers association and ar engagements are being made for him to make an address either at a public meeting or luncheon. The subject of his address will be, The New Concep- tion of Civic Life.'
 MT. Woodruff is an authority on mu- nicipal affairs He is a lawyer, has been a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, counsel to the Philadelphia Municipal league and to the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and is now editor of the Ma tional M Municipal Review and secretary of the National Municipal league.
 Local arrangements are being made by a committee from the Social Work CTS association, consisting of Isadore Shapiro and Judge s. D. Murphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22

of several members of the local ex- change for lunch and afterwards a trip about the city.
 MT. Ingersoll is returning from trip through the west where he has been organizing real estate exchanges, and plans to reach Washington, D. C., in time for the meeting of the executive committee of the national assocition on January 27-2S.
 MT Ingersoll has visited Birmingham before, and will be in this city again for a day in about a month, when he will visit New Orleans for the purpose of looking over the ground before the annual convention of the National Asso- citation of Real Estate Exchanges, which will be held in the Crescent City, March 27-30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Attempted Suicide

Miss Elsie Mae Hughes, age 20 years. attempted to commit suicide yesterday morning at 4:45 o'clock at the Inn ho- tel, located at First avenue and Eight eenth street, by taking three bichlor idle of mercury tablets. The young woman was rushed to the Hillman hos pital. where she was given medical att tention. The Hillman hospital authori- ties said last night that she was not in serious condition and would re- cover in few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
DAVE RICH GOES EAST
Will Attend Shoe Style Convention in
 Boston Tuesday

Dave Rich has accepted the invita- tion of shoe manufacturers to attend the style convention in Boston Tues day. This is the annual meeting of prominent manufacturers to determine the correct shoe styles for the coming season. MT. Rich left for Boston yes- terday morning.
 This style convention is an import ant occasion in the shoe trade and prominent shoe merchants from over the country are invited to participate in the convention and afford the man. ufacturers the benefit of their experi- ence and knowledge of the footwear requirements and preferences in the diff ferent sections of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
MAKES LARGEST GAIN
Alabama Agency of Equitable Life
 Secures Bronze Trophy

The Alabama agency of the Equitable Life Assurance society led all the agencies of that company in the Uni ted States in the matter of business increase during the past year and Grigsby T. Sibley, state manager of the company, was presented with a handsome bronze trophy which had been offered as the prize. The reports were made at the annual convention of managers and agents of the company at Atlantic City, from which Mr. Sib- ley has just returned.
 Of the total increase made by all the agencies of this company in the southern states, the Alabama agency recorded practically 50 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Evening Service at 4:3O

\ Int Rev. w. N. Claybrook, rector,
 anhounces that in future evening serv- ,fces at St. Mary on the -Hig ighlands church will be held in the afternoon lat 4:30 o'clock instead of o'clock as
 Formerly. The new order will take eff fleet tomorrow, when the evenin g iprayer and address will be at 4:30 o'clock.
 i Holy communion services will be dheld tomorrow morning at 7:30 o'clock Iand the morning prayer and sermon Twill be delivered at Il a. m. A full Ichoir will render selections at the serv- I1ces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued at the clerks office of the pro- bate court yesterday:
 P. R. Ronss, Ensley, and Miss Annie R. Brooks
 Lee O. Byrd East Lake. and Miss Lady Grace Robinson.
 Delbert Ward and Miss Annie Corey.
 Ernest B. Allen and Mrs Lena Tay- Tor.
 T. o. Outlaw, Pratt City, and Miss Winnifield Braswell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
NEW PASTOR FOR
 WEST END CHURCH
Rev. J. w. Hickman to Hold First Services at the Vine Street
 Presbyterian Tomorrow

The Rev. J. W. Hickman, new pastor of the Vine Street Presbyterian church, has arrived In Birmingham, accompanied by his family, and will hold his first services tomorrow.
 MT. Hickman succeeds pr. w. B. Holmes. who resigned about three months ago. He is a graduate of the Union Theological seminary, Rich mond, Va, and took a postgraduate course at the Baptist seminary in Louisville Mir Hickman was formerly pastor of a church at Craigsville, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
FIELD MANAGER
 AT LUNCH TODAY
Board of Trade to Entertain John T. Kirby at Dutch Luncheon
 Today

John T. Kirby, field manager of the will be in Birmingham today and will be entertained at a Dutch luncheon in the private dining room at the Tut wiler
 The affair is being arranged by the Board of Trade, but in addition to the members of that organization, members of all the civic bodies of the city as well as all the business men interested are invited to attend.
 It is urged that reservations be made as early today as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
SIx-YEAR-OLD HAD GROUP

'1 have a little girl years old who has great deal of trouble with croup,' writes w. E. Curry of Evansville, Ind. Fl have used Foley's Honey and Tar, obtaining instant relief for her. My
 wife and I also use it and will say it Is the best cure for a bad cold, cough, hroat trouble and croup that 1 ever Baw." Those terrible coughs that seem to tear one to pieces yield to Foley's s Honey and Tar. Sold everywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Church Blown Up

Cumberland, Md, January 21.-A church being erected by the congrega- tion of the Church of the Latter Day Saints at Buck Valley, Fulty county, Pennsylvania, was blown up by dyna- mite today. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of men believed to have com mitted the crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Real Estate Transfers

| The following real estate transfers |were recorded in the probate court yes- |terday:
 II $7000-Mrs. Lena w. Ford to Ed Rob- |tnson, part of lot 2, in block 31, of |Phelans addition to Birmingham. Y $2000-J. B. Anderson to Winfield T.
 lWilson, lot 20, in block, 5, Hyde Park,
 II $1S75-Jefferson County Building and lLoan association to Nickalas Saizis lots 10 and 2, in block 5-A, East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
JUDGE M. T.P0RTER
 IS CRITICALLY |LL
Widely Known Citizen Re ported to Be Sinking
 Rapidly at His Home

Judge M. T. Porter was reported in very critical condition last night at his home. 1910 Eighth avenue, north. It was stated that he was in no pain but that he was thought to be slowly sinking.
 Judge Porter Is one of Birminghams S oldest citizens He is over 90 years old and is one of the most widely known men in Jefferson county, of which he was probate judge for many years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22

Business and industrial leaders in this district view with no small concern the announcement from Mobile that an effort is to be made to place a tax on all freight loaded at that point coming up the War rior river.
 While the amount of the tax which is proposed has not been given out, it is considered in Birmingham most unfor- tunate that any effort should be made in this direction which would tend to hamper the traffic on the river just as it is being started
 A resolution has been introduced in the city commission of Mobile by Commis- sioner Harry Pillans, providing that the city of Mobile shall levy a tax on all freight loaded at the city wharves des- tined for up the river points. At the same time a resolution was introduced by the same commissioner to test the constitu- tionality of the bill passed by the last legislature creating the Mobile port com mission. George Gordon Crawford of Birmingham has been named by Cover nor Henderson as a member of that com mission.
 MAY HAMPER MOVEMENT
 Birmingham men, well as prominent citizens from other parts of the state located on the Warrior, are inclined to believe that it will seriously hamper the movement to secure the benefits of river transportation if the projects fathered by Commissioner Pillans are allowed to be- come effective
 
 It will be recalled that the Mobile port commission bill was passed after there was considerable unfavorable publicity re- garding the alleged eXorbitant charges assessed against traffic at Mobile. Es- pecial mention was made of the alleged pilots trust" whose charges were said to be excessive. It was for this reason that the port commission bill was passed, taking control of the harbor and wharves at Mobile out of the hands of the city government there and placing it under a commission named by the governor. The powers of this commission regarding the port of Mobile are somewhat similar to those of the railroad commission over the railroads.
 It is feared that if the control of the port should again pass into the hands of the city government there the conditions which were alleged to have hampered water traffic in the past might be re- peated
 BECK SEES DANGER
 Herman M. Beck, a prominent whole sale merchant, discussing the matter yes- terday, said: T would consider it most unfortunate at this time if any tax should be levied by the city of Mobile on freight destined for points up the Warrior river.
 Such an act, or any other movement there which would tend to hamper river traffic, might seriously interfere with our efforts here to get the benefits of river transportation. While I am not fa- miliar with the details of the proposed tax, I fear that any tax which would be levied would be sufficient to prevent any great volume of business on the river from gulf coast points. T consider that the Warrior river traf- lc question is one of the most important problems which has faced this district in many years. To secure the fullest ben efits from the river, it will be necessary to have a rail connection, either steam or electric There should, of course, be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
.|NGERSOLL GUEST
 OF REAL ESTATE WEN
Executive Secretary of Real Estate Exchanges Guest
 of Local Exchange

of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges, will be visitor in
 Birmingham today and will be the guest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Women to Talk Peace

Berlin. January 21.-(via London) meeting of the Free National Wom- ens association was held in Berlin to- day The association voted to discuss the conditions under which peace shall be concluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22

At the Photoplay Houses Strand-'The Golden Chance with Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reid Colonial-"The Missing Links with Norma Talmage and Robert Harron. Trianon-''Should Wife Forgiven with Lillian Lorraine.
 Rialto-"What Will People Say?" with Olga Petrova.
 Odeon Two-"The Blindness of Virtue, with Bryant Washburnt.
 Odeon One-'The Home and the Law" with Gladys Hulette.
 Princess-"Pieces of the Game,' with Bryant Washburnt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
Have You a Boy Problem? ?

It cannot be solved by arith- metic. Solve it by feeding him Shredded Wheat "a natural food that makes his body buoyant with the en- ergy of youth-a muscle and brain builder = contains the life of the wheat in . digestible form. Builds sturdy, robust boys and girls. Serve it for breakfast with hot milk. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
DO SOMETHING FOR CITY

"Let the board of revenue do some- thing for Birmingham" said Commis- sioner Weatherly. You have candi- dates in East Lake for the board pledge them that they should help the city. The east and west highway can be built by the board of revenue as it is authorized by law to do so.
 "We are the only city in the Uni ted States operating within our in come. We do this by law but don't think the legislature put something over on us in passing that statute, for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22

we were behind that measure. We want to live within our income, but not our present income. However, | hope the equalization scheme will turn out well. I understand that the county equal izers will turn in increased property valuations of over $1O0,000,000, which should double the tax revenue of the city. We could then operate more comfortably.
 AS for the east and west highway, it is the greatest investment for the citizens of this city. Fourteen miles of this highway passing through the heart of the city will raise realty values over 25 per cent. I promise you that complete highway within three years"
 After MT. Weatherly's remarks there were several complaints from various citizens and then Commissioner Ward said:
 Are you going to treat Birmingham fairly? This is the question you gen tlemen should put to all candidates running for the board of revenue. Pin them down-pledge them to do the right thing by this city.
 WANTS ALL THE CREDIT
 "The board of revenue will do noth- ing for us. Why? Because it wants to expend money in the country districts al Warrior, Short Creek and Lewis burg. The county board of revenue wants to spend its moneys where it will get all the credit. If it spent money in Birmingham it would be lost in the midst of the great municipal work and the board of revenue is not taking any chances of having what 1t does for the county rendered insignifi cant.
 ''The city of Birmingham is paying 60 per cent of the taxes and represents 75 per cent of the population of the county. It gets in return about 15 per cent Get after the candidates for the board of revenue and make them prom ise to treat Birmingham squarely. MT. Hornady will tell you about the dis crepancies in the per capita distribution of the funds of the county board of education"
 AMAZING DISCREPANCIES
 Commissioner Hornady then stated he was Investigating the inequalities that had been called to his attention. He said: "In some places it is $16 per capita, others SIP and $14, but in Birmingham it is s9. In fact, the dis tribution of county educational funds is such a hodgepodge that I am seek ing a satisfactory explanation before making the matter public That such discrimination against Birmingham could exist, did not believe pos possible.
 "Now at the May primary the can didates for the county board of edu- cation should be marked men by the voters of this city. Vote only for the men that will give Birmingham and its schools what is their due"
 Before the meeting adjourned R. B. Rogers and Beauregard Vintson, can didates for the board of revenue and residents of East Lake, pledged them selves that if elected they would look to the city's interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres
At the Photoplay Houses

Lyric-Vaudeville Matinee at 2:3o p. n Evening at 7:30 and p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22

Executive secretary of the National Associa ton of Real Estate Exchanges, who will be the guest of members of the local exchange today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
'MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY
DISCOVERED IN VERMONT

A classic example Of the true light
ming calculator" was Zerah Colburn. a
Vermont joiner's son. who suddenly
exhibited his Amazing capacity when
six weeks Of schooling IA. country
school. where, curiously enousht. he had
been regarded as = backward pupil
while, even at home. he was thought
inferior in intelligence to the five elder
children.
One day as he was playing about
his fathers workbench he h-ran 10 re-
cite scraps OF the multip alton Ia
Bile His fathers curiosity being aroused
he asked the boy to multiply IS by ~.
and the instantaneous reply was l,26i.
The father said that he was as much
surprised as II some one had suddenly
risen up out OF the earth and stood be-
fore him.
He was taken before the Vermont 81
preme court. before the legislature and
before college professors. and he as.
tonished everybody, Asked in June
1911 How many days and how man,
hours elapsed since the Christian era
commenced'" he replied in % seconds
"66l.9lS days, lS,&@.Jb0 hours. New
York Journal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29

DECIDE mEUI
COURSE IUEsv
Carranza Note TO Be Take0
Up That Day,

WASHINGTON. Dec. D.--What an-
swer will be returned to General Cas-'
rama, latest appeal for modiiieaail1o
in the protocol signed at Atlantic CIV
will be determined here Tuesday, woon
American members Of the Nexic1le
American Joint commission will NloG1
and consider the Mexican communiea.
ton delivered yesterday to Secretary
Lane by Luis Cabrera Of the Msxieo1
commission.
The Mexicans probably will be here
on that day. In the event the AnseSi.
cans decide Carran.a's reply can be
given serious confederation On imGDe-
diate session OF the joint commissIoa
may be held.
Although the document has not beea
made public, it was said Csnesal Car.
rania's insistence on the uncOOdit3onol
retirement OF the American iorees b
not so strong as formerly. chiefly ~
cause Of the new military situetioa n
northern Mexico. Nor does he ilao1y
repudiate the protocol already sisaed y
Atlantic CITY.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
Trooper ln Desert
Vows He'll Never
Order Short Beers
General Pershing's Men
Find Time to Realize Past
Mistakes on Long Hikes
in Mexican Wastes,

FL PASO. Texas. Dec. 29.-A re-
connaissance party was sent out from
field headquarters by General Persh-
ing when the Villistas were reported
lowering near by One OF the officers
who led the scouting column reached
RI Paso, bringing the following story ::
We had been riding along all day
on the return trip over the dreary des-
er,, As far as the eye could reach the
flat horizon was dancing in the neat.
The horses were nearly spent and the
men were dog tired. The smothering
dust rising from the horses hoof' had
caked on the faces OF the men and the
hides of the animals. We were about
all in.
Just behind me were riding two of
the best eavalrymen in the army, pals
Of one another. noticed tha, neither
had spoken for hours. At last one
turned to the other and said. What's
the matter with your There was NJ
reply. Have YOU got anything against
me- he growied again. II you have
say it and I'll kill YOU For Gods
sake. say something
y knew the months Of desolation and
campaigning might have affected their
minds and there might he 4 murder
So ! pulled my automatic and turned
around
Then the silent one smiled sadly and
shook his head.
"'No. Bill he said. I was jus,
thinkin' IL I ever get out Of here alive
III uever order short beer as long as
I live"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
Lodge to Rattle
Off Live Baby
,s,s. BY a. |. oe,sssrv.

SAUGUS. Mass, Dec. 29-Ihe an
nual ball Of Saugu' Lodge knights of
Pythias, mex, Monday nigh, will be
featured by the presentation OF a baby
to some destroys couple. The identity
OF the three lodge members who will
select the baby's foster parents is a.
deep a secret as is the whereabouts o.
the infant, whose advertised disposition
has set the whole town astir. Since
IT first became known that the baI,
committee had decided TO present the
infant to some deserving couple" ii,
tie else has been talked OF here. A pc
ti,ion was Immediately circulated
among the residents and more than 400
signatures were affixed. protesting
against the proposal OF the ball com
mit'ee The chief objection wa. tina,
the idea Of "rafflins" a child va, "un-
Christianlike." il not illegal. The ball
committee won its point, however, and
today II announced that more than a
dozen applications had been received
from couples desiring to adopt the
baby. In the meantime the parentage
and presen, whereabouts OF the infan,
are known only to the members of the
lodge committee II has been in,imat-
ed IN some quarters that the blue
eyed J-months old baby nigh, prove
TO be some animal baby, but the com
mitteemen steadfastly insist that the
infant is human and a blond. Sc
keen is the intcres, aroused in the mat
ter that the town hall promises to be
packed TO capacity when the baby i.
awarded TO the winning couple on New
Years night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
Sentiment.

But this is not day OF sentiment
Sentiment is propul,ive power, hu
il does not propel in way that i,
serviceable to the nation unless il hav;
a definite purpose before i,--Woodrow
Wilson in Flag Day Speech, Washing
ton, d. C., June IA, 1910.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29

Is the high cost Of living bot,ering
YOU. Turn some OF your old things into
money The Times want ads will do it.
IS words three times for Is cents
Phone PIX s.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29

weights are Win. Welsh Is blocking the
game with his ten round mo- decision
bis purse" barrier
Smaller stars.
We have always figured Frank Hinhey
n' the greatest football player OF all
time on Tho pound for pound basis
Hlnkey was wonder, measured from
The results achieved by s70- FOUNDER
Whoereas the Yale star weighed under
50 pounds
Hirkey had no vast bulk or nbnorma
physical power TO carry him along III
had great power for light man. hui
nothing ~" the physical power Of Shev
lin, Fitzpatrick. Coy, Heston ana others
Yet no greater football player ever lived
10 take the non-partlsan judgment o
those who have seen most OF the Srea'
ones play
In such games ss football and boxing
whese weight and strength are vital fac
tors. small star competing bsyoni hi
weight always deserves more credit
Hinkcy Of Yale. Stevenson of Pennsyl
vania. Tichenor of huburn-these are
the types thst deserve the crest. Itch
tnor OF Auburn and Brown Of Seewarse
made the All Southern for two or NOR
years when each weighed less than ~
po%Snds ,
who weighs 100 pounds he a great foot
bali player He has all the best Of n
where no great nerve is required. Blu
Hinksy or a Stevenson must he nine
tenths nerve and courage to get by.
Golf and tennis are games where biI
men are likely to be at N physical dis
I advantage; for the sEall or comparative
ly smaller man Is likely 10 have bette
muscular control than the bigger one II
such games. ret In tennis roach an,
physical power IN big asset.
! This explains why the crowd In alwsy,
| with the smaller man For to win h,
must have greater amount Of the inaid
STUFF courage, nerve or whatever yol
label the quality that makes for the Will
10 conquer and the determination /
| AfrINn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29

welsh, In the lightweight division, Ia
not TO be ciassed a. a fighter on the
pound for pound test with such entries
tell just how good the rest Of the light