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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
w. r. Murphy Dropped
Dead at West Lake
Late Last Night

w. r. Murphy. aged about So years,
dropped dead at West Lake last night
about II o'clock. The deceased had been
dancing and during an intermission went
out into the open and almost immediate
ly sank to the ground. DR.. j. s. Winter
and Dr. d. E. Gillem We're present and
gave immediate attention. but their effor.
were unavailing and he never recovered
consciousness. The body was taken in
charge by Jacobs undertaking establish
pent of Bessemer, where it is held pend
ing funeral arrangements.
Mr.. Murphy was employed at the Wood
ward Iron company as bookkeeper and
resided with his wife and one child at
Sycamore street, Central Park, on North
Bessemer car line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
PERSONAL

The many friends of Mr. Frank Adams
will be glad to learn that he has re-
covered from his recent accident and has
left the hospital. He is now at home,
1872 Thirteenth street. south.
l.. SEWER, Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ Tut
wiler, Jr., Pelham Anderson and Winston
Anderson returned last night from Val
ley Head, where they attended the fun
eral Of Mrs. B. Y. Anderson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20

President Woodrow Wilson and his pol
icies in regard to the European war,
Mexico and the tariff will be the subject
duced today at the state republican con-
vention at the Bijou theatre. There will
be 257 accredited delegates seated at the
CONVENTIONAL of the lilly white" va
riety-from every district in the state.
Other than the denunciation of the ras-
cally "hyphens'' in resolutions and weak
ress of President Wilson's foreign policy,
gates from the state-at-large to attend
the national republican convention in Chi
cago on June Z This delegation will go
unnstructed
Yesterday the subcommittee of the state
executive committee met at the Bijou
theatre and went over the temporary
roll. OF all the credentials examined
appeared, and these were not negroes.
On the subject of negro delegates the
leaders of the republicans stated yester-
day that no negroes had attempted to
conform with the regulations of the re-
publican party and stand for election as
delegates, but that Yew. local negroes
had demanded to be named as delegates
to Chicago because of the fact that they
were negroes and it was their due to be
thus honored.
This negro element made their appear
ance at the convention of the Ninth dis
trict last week and in no other part of
the state, although prominent repub-
leans admitted last night that the ne
groes under the leadership of Ulysses
Grant Mason and j. o. Difrey would very
likely meet somewhere in Birmingham
today and elect full delegation to at
tend the national convention in Chicago.
The lilly white republicans state that
this "black-and-tan'' delegation will not
receive any consideration from the Gre
oentIals committee in Chicago.
STREET SUCCEEDS BARKER
Col. oliver D. Street of Guntersville
will be Endorsed today as national COM
mitteeman, as Maj. P. D. Barker of Mo-
bile refuses to accept reelection. Pope
M Long of Cordova will be reelected
as state chairman of the executive COM
mittee. AS to the temporary chairman
for today's convention, there is much
speculation No one would predict last
night who would be selected, as the
choice lay between two prominent leaders
who mustered about an equal number of
votes
The Sixth district republicans held their
convention yesterday at the Bi1ou thea
tire and nominated Sim T. Wright OF
Fayette as their delegate to the Chica-
go convention. and Judge C. NJ. Sartain
as alternate. Other conventions held were
CT the First and Fifth districts.
Prominent republicans from all over the
state crowded the hotel loboies of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
Il. HI. Stevens at Y. M. C. A.

Edward Henry Stevens, distinguished
southern gentleman and noted educator,
father of Frank Stevens of the American
Trust and Savings bank, will be the
speaker at the mems meeting at the
Young Mems Christian association next
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. His
subject will be History From the View
point of Christian Optimism" The men
of the city are invited
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
Suits Filed

The following damage suits were
tiled in the circuit court yesterday:
Walter Watkins, pro ami L. w. Nc
Daniel VS.. Montevallo Mining company,
$1,000 claimed for alleged personal in
Juries.
T. J. Moore VS.. Eldorado Coal COM
pany and Walter Moore, $4,000 claimed
for alleged personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued from the probate court yester-
day:
Marvin. L. Kilby and Miss, Martha l..
finder.
L. B. Harris and Miss Ada e, New
man.
Luther NJ. Land. Lexington. KY. and
Miss Hettie Frazel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
POLICE NOTES


W. Taylor white, 1912 Nineteenth
street. Bessemer, was held up at the
point of a revolver and robbed of IS
in currency by two unidentified white
men early yesterday morning at Fifth
avenue and Twenty-fourth street,
north. The occurrence was reported to
the detective department.
W. A. Camp was arrested yesterday
morning at Second. avenue and Nine
teenth street, north, on a charge of
forgery by Detectives Ellis. Moser and
Lyons. 1t is alleged that Camp forged
a check on ]. Blach & Sons in 1911
The arresting detectives have been
working on the case for over year.
Dozier Hull, negro, was shot through
the spine with a large calibre pistol
yesterday morning at l o'clock at his
home at Oxmoor. a few miles south of
Birmingham Hull was employed by
and was carried to the 4. G. l. hos
pital 1t was stated yesterday that
the negro has small chance to re-
cover. 1t is alleged that Hulls wife
did the shooting.
The five-passenger Hupmobile of L..
M. Robinson. 3426 Cliff Road, which
was stolen from in front of Mr. Rob-
inson's residence Thursday night, was
recovered yesterday afternoon by Of
ficer Carl Whitfield at Tenth avenue
and Nineteenth street, north.
City Detective Frank c. Macke went to
Memphis yesterday morning to bring
back Mary Brown, negro, who is wanted
here for the murder of Eugene Evans,
negro, who was killed two years ago at
Fourth avenue and Twenty sixth street,
north The negro woman was arrested
in Memphis on advice from Detectives
Brannon and Macke, who have been
working on the case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

AL the Theatres
Jefferson-''The Birth of Nation, "
with Henry B. Walthall
Lyric-Vaudeville Matinee at 2:S0 p.
m Evenings at 7:30 and g.
Hippodrome-Roller skating, Matinee
at 2:30 p. M. Evening at 8 p. m.
At Photoplay Houses
Strand-"Alien Souls" with Sessue
Hayakawa.
Princess-"A Child of Fortune" with
Frank Mayo.
odeon Two-'.A Caliph of New Bag
dad" with Van Dyke Brooke.
Trianon-"The Heart of the Blue
RIDGE with Clara Kimball Young.
Rialto-"The Come Back" with Harold
Lockwood
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

The resolution as adopted by the United
Confederate Veterans follows:
Whereas, OF great value to the records
of the army and navy of the Confederate
states during the war between tho states
and the history of thousands of southern
families, is the list of the United States
commssary general of prisoners of war.
their states rank, company, regiment
and army of service, disease, wounds,
time and place of death and where
buried.
This list is a transcript compiled from
the original records with great labor,
time and expense shortly after the close
of the war, and it is of inestimabie value
to history OF the south.
Unfortunately there is only one copy
of this record in existence which is in the
custody of the adjutant general, United
States army at. the war department.,
Washington, d. c..
After a lapse of 50 years it would be
extremely difficult if not impossible, to
rea ssemble the original records and make
another such compilation, and its loss by
fire, decay or otherwise would pc ire
parable.
Therefore be it resolved, BY this fed
Grafton of United Confederate Veterans,
in convention assembled at Birmingham,
Ala, May Is to 49, 1876 that the great
Importance of the list of the United
States commissary general OF prisoners
of war. 1861 to 1866, to the history of the
American people, be brought TO the at
tention of the United States Congress.
with the view of obtaining. appropriate
legislation for the PERMANENT preserva-
ton of the said records, and the .publicar
ton of a sufficient number of copies OF
the same for the use of the members Of
Congress, the government departments.
and the public libraries of the country.
And be it further resolved, That the
ommanderin- chief of this federation
shall appoint an appropriate committee of
members of this federation, its duty of
which shall be to convey without delay
to the United States Congress the ssnti-
ments and views of this federation re-
garding the subject.
SAMUEL E. LEWIS. NJ. D.
May II. 1916.
Following the adoption of the resolution
the following committee was appointed
from the chair: DR.. Samuel e. Lewis,
chairman, and j. Taylor of Richmond.
Va, and the committee was given the
power of. enlargement at the chairrnans
discretion. -.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20

Fred Geiser, assistant general passenger
agent of the Seaboard, Atlanta, gave sew
eral hundred tickets to the Veterans Old
Home for the transportation of these
soldiers to the reunion. There was no
qualification with the exception of being
a veteran who was an inmate of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-05-20

IS URGED
TO ENACT LAWS TO
PRESERVE RECORDS
Value of Records of South
ern Prisoners of War to
Southern Families Is
Pointed Out

One of the interesting resolutions
passed by the United Confederate veter-
ans was ON last Wednesday, when on the
gate from the Charles Broadway Rouse
camp of Washington, D., c., it com
mernorated in a preamble and resolution
the records of southern soldiers in the
list of the United States commissary gen.
eral of prisoners of war during the
period OF 1861 to 1865.
"Of great value to the south" said DR..
Lewis" and to the records OF southern
soldiers during the war and the history of
thousands of southern families is the list
of United States commissary general of
prisoners of war, 1861 to 1866, containing
the names of 26,9s7 prisoners of war, their
state, company, regiment, diseases,
wounds, time and place of death and
where buried.
This list is a transcript compiled from
the original records with great labor,
time and expense shortly after the close
Of the war, and it is of inestimable value
to the history of the SOUTH Unfortu-
nately there is only one copy of this
record in existence, which is in the Of
fee of the adjutant general at the war
department, Washington, D. C. After the
1arse of 80 years it would be extremely
difficult if not impossible to reassemble
Il e original records and make another
such compilation, and i,s loss by fire, de-
ccy or otherwise would be irreparable,
1t is to be hoped that the United States
Congress will enact law to bring about
Its permanent preservation, and publica-
| ton as part of the records Of the union
and confederate armies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09

The annual meeting of Ely Gem
etary Association called for Mon
day evening went by default owing
to the nonappearance of quorum.
This same lethargy has character
lied the meetings for the last three
years or more and should be remed-
led.
A committee of the Mothers Club
were present to place before the
Association the necessity of a we'll
at the cemetery and also the necess-
ity of a general clean up on the
part of those having graves and
lots in the grounds. There are
many who are keeping their prem
Uses in fine repair and the Genet
cry grounds are profting thereby.
There are also those who imagine
that burial of loved ones is all
that is required and their plots
show neglect. The cemetery is
located on one of the most beauti-
full sites in this country and very
little effort is required to keep it in
a presentable appearance.
The Miner would suggest that a
day be set apart for everyone to get
busy with trimming and beauti-
fying bee and have the city of the
dead put in order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
Sad Accident

An automobile owned by Chas
Lundstrom of Virginia at Tower
Friday backed into a building be.
fore which two young children
were sitting, killing one outright
and seriously injuring the other be-
sides tearing away the plate glass
front and corner of the building.
Anton aged S, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Korpi, of the Tower Mercantile
Co. was the boy killed. The in
jured boy was the three-year old
son of Alderman and Mrs. Vein
zierl of Tower. 1t seems that
the auto had stopped at the Chiab-
otti gasoline station to take on gas.
When starting the machine sudden
ly backed up with the above terrible
results. The claim is made that
the driver had failed to shift his re-
verse gear before stopping.
Lundstrom was arrested but was
released on account of the high
feeling against him and allowed to
return to his home at Virginia.
The grand jury will investigate
at this session of the court at Hib-
bling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09

The first rough draft of the new
charter proposed for the City of
Ely and put together by the charter
commission has been typewriter
and placed in circulation. The
document will furnish interesting
reading and everyone should look
it over and render their opinion on
the same.
After a reasonable time the board
will meet to listen to the excep-
tons, kicks and faults to be found
by the taxpayers and remedies
applied to the weak places. 1t is
the purpose to give everyone a fair
shake and produce charter that
will be credit to the city and
furnish basis upon which to build
other changes later as they may
appear.
The new document will have to
be read to the end in order to get
the meat of the same as there are
several clauses that are improperly
placed and which will later be put
into their proper places. Read it
over carefully.
Copies of the charter can be had
by applying to President Brozich
of the board.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
Youthful Burglars

During the evening of the recent
circus while John Poulous of the
Ely Candy Kitchen was busy in
the front of the store, some one cut
the screen on the back door of the
kitchen part to secure an entrance
and distracted about $40 worth of
canned goods, nuts, and candies.
The robbery was from all appear
ances the work of some one we'll
acquainted with the premises and
the habits of the proprietor. Sus-
picion fastened on several young
men of the city and it has been
since learned who the guilty parties
are but whose names have not been
made public owing to the prom
inence of their home ties.
We would advise the boys to get
busy and square up the matter
with Mr.. Poulos or their names
will most assuredly be made public
with police court proceedings and
the publication thereof. All are
known and also how the goods
were disposed of. One of the boys
of the party has coughed up 4"
the story with the names of all the
participants.
This is not the first time the
Candy Kitchen hash touched 4"
and it ia presumed by the same
parties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
Out Of the Ordinary
Something out of the ordinary

-" Something out of the ordinary"
is remark that can properly be
made of Howe's London Shows
Consolidated which will exhibit
here on June 10Th.
The big circus has a reputation
tor producing remarkable surprises
in its arena until the puplic has learn
ed that it can attend an exhibition
of the Great London Circus ex-
pecting to see something new and
different.
There is an unusual number of
features with this show this season.
1t is difficult to pick the best.
Some will like the trained wild
beasts exhibition of horse wonders.
Others will prefer the Zanfretta
family, Meredith Troupe, the
Riding Lowlandes, the Glasgow
Royal Horses. the Elite Troupe,
while some will spend most of
their time laughing at the host of
clowns, listening to the Julius
Winslow famous band, enjoying
the races, admiring the animals or
petting the beautiful Dublin Prize
Horses. No matter which way
one looks while under any one of
the Howe tents, he is sure to see
something out of the ordinary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
Aurora Strike

The miners at all the mines in
the vicinity of Aurora are out on a
strike. An 1. w. w. agitator has
been busy and has organized the
miners into union to be initiated
into which costs each and every one
$3.50 with so cent? PET month
dues.
1t is expected that the strike will
be broken just as soon as all who
have $3.50 will have coughed up
this amount to the agitator and or
ganizer. Many of the miners in
the district affected refused to 90
out but were forced by others.
Since the advance in wages the
secretaries and presidents of the
locals on the ranges have been
working overtime trying to separate
the worker from the extra shekels.
In order to make the cleaning COM
plete high-ups in the I. w. w.
have been imported to help out the
local grafters.
When the matter of dealing with
these trouble breeders was brought
up at a meeting of the commercial
club several weeks ago, the suggest
ion that the matter be left to the
fire department for action met with
unanimous favor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
STOCK MARKET
Nothing Very Remarkable Re.
garding Stocks.

The market during the past
week has been narrow, subject to
shock from any disturbance that
may be directed at securities, says
Skilling's Mining Letter. Under
any condition the stocks may not
be active marketwise but at any
time seasoned copper and lead
silver stocks will give good returns
on investments. The price of
copper metal has more than dis
playad that it is a metal which is
in demand and any increase in the
price of the metal will be slow and
easy. The uses for copper are in
creasing rapidly and very important
department is with the electrical
manufacturers. The electrifcation
of many mines and industrial plants
that we hear about, only means
that so much more copper is to be
used. 1t is being applied in many
other ways due to its advantages.
Lead-silver will come next to
copper, because silver will doubt
less hold very firm while lead will
have less buoyancy. Since a great
deal of silver is obtained directly
combined with the lead mineral
galena, it appears that the pro-
ducers will push the output of this
class of ore. There are mines pro-
ducing 40 to SO ounces of silver
per ton of lead concentrates. This
is an effective sweetener for a
mining company treasury.
There are many stocks for in
vestment but there are few good
low price stocks. For instance we
hear people talk about certain
stocks, well it's good buy. AS a
general thing it is $40 to $50 per
share. The same stock must have
sold around 81 or S. in its early
career, but today that stock has a
market value too high for the
average investor; to make money
on such a proposition means a
large amount of money. There
fore in choosing a low price stock
the most Important thing to re-
member is the kind of manage
ment."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09

of so per cent will be imposed.
Those involved by the tax are
summed up in the following state
ment issued by the internal revenue
bureau:
On July / a special tax for one
year is due from all wholesale and
retail liquor dealers, brewers, whole
sale and retail malt dealers, recti-
fers and wholesale and retail deal
ers in oleomargarine. Also for one
year, doctors, dentists and drug
gists. Brokers, pawnbrokers, COM
mercial brokers, custom house brok-
ers, proprieters of theatres, billiard
room and bowling alleys, commits
sion merchants, dealers in leaf tob-
acco, dealers IN tobacco, manufact-
urers of tobacco and cigars, are re-
CURED to pay one-half of years
tax.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09

We hereby wish to express our
heartfelt thanks to all the friends
and neighbors who expressed their
sympathy and rendered their SER
vices during the illness and death
of our beloved wife, mother and
sister. We especially wish to
thank the donors of flowers and
the several organizations of the
city who showed their sympathy
during our hours of sorrow.
u. S. G. McMAHAN AND Son.
MRS. N. CARR AND DAUGHTER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
"BlIp Trudqeon Married

VIM. J. Trudgeon. the well.
known chemist for the Oliver Iron
Mining company left last Saturday
noon for Alpena, Michigan, where
he was united in holy matrimony
to Hilda Agnes Gilbertson on the
afternoon of Wednesday, June 7th,
at the Norwegian Lutheran church.
After the wedding ceremony the
couple took boat to Detroit and
will make a brief tour of that and
other cities. They will also visit
friends and relatives at Crystal
Falls. Wakefield, and other towns
in the upper peninsula, Mr.. Trud-
geon's former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trudgeon will
arrive in Ely sometime during the
latter part of this month and will
make their home here. Mr.. Trud-
geon's many friends and acquaint-
ances will be glad to see Bill
and bride, and wish to extend their
congratulations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Grant McMahan Dies
Tuesday Morning.

After an illness of over three
months. Mrs. U. S. C. McMahan,
wife of Commissioner McMahan of
this district, died Tuesday morn
ing of pernicious aenaemia. The
end came as distinct shock to her
many friends in this city although
the physicians had pronounced her
case incurable over a month ago.
Mrs. McMahan was born in
Boone, Iowa, 46 years ago on the
9th of this month. She resided
with her parents at her home for
many years and came to this city
in May 1889 making her home
with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Cram at
the Exchange Hotel. She was
married to Mr.. McMahan in this
city and from that union two
children were born. One of the
children died at birth. Albert, the
surviving son and Mr.. McMahan
have been constantly at the bed
side of wife and mother to the end.
Three sisters also survive her, they
being Mrs. M. Bane and Mrs. N.
Carr of Chicago and Mrs. L. R.
Cram of Portland, Oregon. Mrs.
Carr and Mrs. Bane spent several
weeks here at the bedside of their
sister and had returned to their
homes at Chicago two weeks ago.
The funeral was held from the
residence on Harvey street yester-
day afternoon, Rev. Mapson of the
Presbyterian church reading the
burial service. The funeral was
one of the largest ever seen in the
city and the floral offerings were
many and beautiful. Many of the
Old Settlers Association turned out
and escorted the remains of their
departed sister to the cemetery.
The Ely Fire Department also turn
ed out in body. She was laid
away in the family lot by the side
of her baby. Undertaken Fenske
had charge of the funeral.
Those from other cities who at
tended the sad rites were Mrs. Vail
of Virginia, Mrs. Adamson of
Aurora, Mrs. Carr and daughter,
Mrs. Borden. of Chicago, Commits
sioner Chas. Penttila, John Glode
and Chas. Mcnamara of Eveleth
and many others whose names we
did not learn.
In the death of Mrs. McMahan
the city loses a good worker in the
social and charitable activities.
She was prominent member of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-09
CARDEW-C OOMBE.
Popular Young People to be
Married Tuesday.

Tuesday evening at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard c. Coombe, will occur the
marriage of Peter Cardew to Miss
Eva Lillian Coombe. Rev. B. E.
Williams of the M. E. church will
read the service.
The young couple will leave the
following morning for a wedding
trip through upper Michigan and
Wisconsin points.
Both of the young people are
well and favorably known in this
city were they have made their
home for some time and enjoy a
large circle of acquaintance.