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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
.THORNWELL HAYNES
 MAKES AN INSPIRING
 ADDRESS AT Y. M. c. A.
New President of Birmingham College Is Speaker at Afternoon Meet
 ing for Men

Yesterday afternoon Thornwell Haynes delivered a strong inspirational address before the Y. M. c. A. on the subject of "The Overcoming Life.'' The young manhood present to hear the new presi- dent of Birmingham college, in street parlance "sat up and took notice." for MT. Haynes is most delightful, virile speaker.
 "The shortest words are the strong est.' he began. T am not speaking especially of profane words. These are oftimes emphatic, but much more dis gusting. I speak of such words as love home God pure mother, 'do, dare 'neace,' be.
 We are to speak of the Overcoming Life Here is word that's long, but it's good one, overcoming.
 Let me til you what an overcoming life means. It means to be king of your thoughts, to be king of your words, tc be king of your actions. In other words, it means to be absolute monarch oi your life.
 Most men are mediocre because they are working about 15 per cent of theii brain cells. What a giant you might be if you had the other S5 per cent going If you want to get ahead in the world you've got to get ahead. Something like 75 per cent of mem are square pegs ir round holes At the beginning of life or somewhere near, they fell by chance into what they are doing and they have never had the grit or backbone to change for that which would be suitable to theil talents They are afraid to change.
 Fear is tha biggest devil loose in the world today. Fear takes just about 5 per cent of the men who get up every morning takes them by the throat ant shakes them until their backbone dangle. like a paper string. Poor men! They afraid they'll lose their money, afrait sickness will overtake them, afraid o 10000 things in the future which neve come to pass.
 "A priest met the plague going up tt the city. Say, said the priest. 'wher are you going?
 "'Oh. I'm going up to Bagdad to kill a thousand people,
 Some months later the priest met thu plague returning
 Say remarked the priest T though you said you were going to kill thou sand, and, To! 50,000 people have died al la result of your visit
 Oh replied the plague. T kept m! word and killed only 1000 and fear killed the other 49,OO0.'
 Now, I want to tell you something about yourself today. Every man hal God-power within him. You knov when Jesus was asked where God was he said that the kingdom of God { within you What is that which teli' you that you are a human individua with the power of thought? What is thu T am about you? What causes you t' tecognize and reason of the blessednes and tenderness of friendship when yo, look your neighbor in the eye. It is th' divine part. of you trying to make itsel known"
 MT Haynes asserted that the part O us which lauds us for charitable act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
PRESIDING ELDER WINS FIRST PRIZE
 AT EAST LAKE PARK
Dog Show Was Big Success With a Fine Array of Pedigreed Animals
 on Exhibition

'Presiding Elder" English bulldog, owned by A. E. Lundstrom carried off first honors in the sweepstakes at the East Lake park dog show and inci- dentally the beautiful silver cup which went with the honors The cup was donated by the Vermilax company of New York, manufacturers of dog renie- dies, who make it a policy to further the interests of dog shows over the country. James H. Steffen. who judged the show. is also connected with that company.
 Many beautiful dogs were in the show and Judge Steffen had a real job on his hands when he came to judge the sweepstakes. In the Aireda,e class Sir Westleigh' won first prize and Peg O My Heart" second. Collie, Prince Darnly," first. and General Jcffre," second in the dog class, and Chris" first; and 'Lessie. second, in bitch class. There were also black and tans Bostons, Fox Terriers, Spitz, pointers and settlers. Judge Sreffen' S awards gave general satisfaction.
 Next Thursday night there will be fireworks display, rivaling in ;,eauty any heretofore presented at East Lake park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
John McAndrew Dead

Mobile, June 1S.-(Special)-John H. McAndrew. once president of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and active in cir cles of the Travellers Protective associa- tion, died here yesterday afternoon While he had been ill for long time, his inn mediate illness was of short duration.
 MT. McAndrew, who was member of the local merchandise brokerage firm of McAndrew, Hopper & Co.,, was the author of several laws by the Alabama legisla- ture for the protection of the oyster in dustry He was one of the organizers of the Bayou La Batre Canning company.
 He is survived by one son, John Craft McAndrew, and two daughters, Mrs. Will liam Ferry Harvey of Chicago, and Miss Josephine McAndrew of Mobile, and oth- CT relatives
 The funeral will take place Monday aft ernoon from the residence here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
About 1S,OOO Citizens Af- fected by Raises-Hear- ing of Protests Be-
 gins Today
STRIKING FIGURES
 ARE PRESENTED ON JEFFERSON'S BURDEN
Real Estate Exchange Gives Out Some Staggering
 Totals to Show Injus- tice Being Done

When the county board of equaliza- ' tion assemblies this morning the people of Jefferson county will face an in-
 crease in their tax assessments for the year of exactly s37 ,65O,512, The totals have been finished by representatives of the Real Estate exchange after several
 days of Iaborious effort in going over the tax assessors books.
 Approximately 1900 taxpayers have had their assessments increased, and this number of notices has been sent out during the past few days by the tax as- sessor. Every citizen has the right to protest against increases and the board of equalization will begin it's sessions at the county courthouse this morning at g o'clock. Every citizen has the right to cred in alphabetical order, but will be taken up as the taxpayers present are reached.
 Naturally, there will be a great crowd present for the opening hearing but there is no special need for hurry as the board will be in daily session for hearing com plaints until about August 1. Here are some remarkably interesting figures as contained in a statement which was is- sued yesterday by the Birmingham Real Estate exchange:
 "The amount of tax increase citations which were sent out by Tax Assessor McLendon during the past week to the
 taxpayers of Jefferson county is $S765O,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19

Mississippi and Florida. The mobiliza- tion point for Alabama is at Montgom- cry.
 Senior Capt. L. s. Dorrance stated last night that while his companies were not recruited to war strength he expected everything to be in readiness within a weeks time.
 we need 113 horses for each battery" said Captain Dorrance, but these will be issued to us at the mobilization point. It is possible, however, that we may re- ceive marching orders before we are re- cruited to war strength.
 Birmingham is not the best place in the world to secure recruits and it is possi- ble that by moving to different locality we may secure the desirable men very quickly. We are now ready to move with in "A hours"
 BACK FROM SUNDAY HIKE
 First Lieut.. H. J. Porter stated that despite the long drill hike everything was in readiness and his rockies were rearing to go.
 we are hot and dusty from the long juant, but rearing to go to Mexico said Lieutenant Porter. Il am glad you tele- phoned me, as I will call the boys and break the gladstone news. Our battery can be mustered in service before tomor- row morning."
 According to the latest advices received ir local militia headquarters it appears that they may leave for Montgomery at any time.
 Major Seals said:
 q expect a telegram any moment to go forward We will not wait to recruit to war strength, but will move at once to Montgomery. We will get plenty of men later. I expect all the patriotic boys of Birmingham to come forward and enlist before we leave the city. Come on. let's s go and settle this Mexican business for once and for all. The other military officers of the city were about in the same mood as Major Seals and it was evident that President Wilson mobilization order struck a popu- lar chord in National Guard circles of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
Letter Carriers Make
 Plans for Convention

The programme and plans for the en- tertainment of the Alabama Rural Let ter Carriers association, which holds it's annual convention in Birmingham July 8 and 4, will be mapped out at meeting held here today. Frank H. Carr of Mill stead, president of the association; F. A. Reynolds of Minter, secretary of both the state and national association, and J. R. McSwean, president of the Jeffer- son County Rural Letter Carriers asso- citation, are the members of the commit tee who will make the arrangements for the state convention.
 They will meet at the Chamber of Com merce this morning and will take up with W. c. Radcliffe, general manager of the chamber, the plans for the enter tainment of the visitors. Between 150 and 200 of the rural carriers are expected to attend the July meeting here, as all the carriers will have a two days holiday at that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

A large crowd is expected to attend to- days matinee to greet the opening per- formance of the five-act Keith vaude- vile bill which is headed by that Bir- mingham favorite, Villa Holt Wakefield, held Tere today Frank H. Carr of Mill
 The return to vaudeville entertainment will be welcomed by many as Birming- ham has become a city of vaudeville boosters. The bill that opens today is di- rect from the Palace theatre, New York. and is said to be very good.
 Eva Taylor and company in farce comedy, Madison and Mace in a singing and dancing act, the Four Volunteers a comedy singing quartet, and Ponzini and Contini, comedy monkeys complete the bill.
 Pathe pictures will be feature. The matinee begins at D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
B|G CROWD TONIGHT AT THE NEWSPAPER CLUB Reorganization Committee to Announce Plans for
 Saving One of City's
 Big Assets

A large outpouring of Birmingham s prominent citizens, as well as members of the Birmingham Newspaper club, is ex- pected at the meeting to be held at the club rooms tonight at o'clock to hear suggestions from the reorganization com mittee which is headed by W. D. Nesbitt.
 The knowledge that the affairs of the Birmingham Newspaper club have reached a crisis has stirred up the civic pride of Birmingham citizens and those who have the welfare of the city at heart have declared that the city cannot af- ford to lose the club. It is pointed out that the Newspaper club is one of the most widely known institutions in Bir- mingham and that visitors to the city feel their visits incomplete unless they have visited the Newspaper club and seen the city.
 The reorganization committee urges that all citizens who are interested in the welfare of the club and city be pres- ent at the meeting tonight. Arrange ments have been made to take care of a record breaking crowd, as many promi- nent citizens of the city have expressed an intention of being present and put ting their shoulder to the wheel to help in a financial crisis one of Birming- hams biggest assets
 The Newspaper club finds itself in a financial crisis because many members ot the club have not paid their indebted ness. On the books of the club there is about $6o00 in outstanding accounts. Int reorganization committee urges that those | citizens who are indebted to the club pay I up for two reasons-to help the club ano Birmingham and to care for a just and l. ~IzJ. t<.z oI~- ( .. Jefferson County bank also worked a hardship on the club. It is to overcome these conditions that have beset the Newspaper club that the reorganization committee is now busily at work and this committee desires full cooperation. The meeting tonight will begin at $ o'clock and will be held in the clubs co fa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19

or censures us for dishonest act, is the God part of us trying to assert itself.
 His final plea was for a recognition,
 continual assertion, and every day con- sciousness of this Godhood presence
 until we realize our likeness to God. especially since We were made in his image and not as worms of the dust. When a man links up his business and his home life and every act of his civic life with this great God power and God- love, nothing in the world can prevent him from becoming prosperous, healthy, and beloved, and, becoming that, he will
 have attained the Overcoming life" MT. Haynes also spoke to the large Ramsey Sunday school class in the First Methodist church in the morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
PERSONAL

The friends of w. H. Nichols. local manager of the Metropolitan Life In- snrarce company, will regret to learn that he is at the St. Vincent hospital, having undergone an operation for rup- tured appendicitis. His condition has been very serious, although somewhat improved in the last day or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19

We have been Waltlng-preparlns and we are ready" was the simple statement of Major Carl D. Seals, the ranking militia officer of the Birming- ham district.
 Senior Captain l.. s. Dorrance of Battery A was enthusiastic and said:
 That's good news-we are ready"
 Junior Capt Henry J. Porter, Jr., of Battery c. who had just returned from a strenuous hike to the wilds of Boyles, answered the call with:
 Ut suits us-we are ready"
 The Associated Press dispatches gives the orders from the war department to the effect that three regiments of in- fantry and two batteries of artillery from the state of Alabama are ordered to the Mexican front. This is the entire body of the State National Guard.
 The two batteries of artillery are To- cated in Birmingham. One of them Is recruited from the best known men of the city. which is Battery c.
 The three regiments of infantry are divided as follows: The First regiment is recruited from south Alabama, the Second regiment from central Alabama, and the Fourth regiment from north Alabama The three companies of in- fantry recruite in Birmingham are from the Second ana Fourth regiments. There is also company in Bessemer from the fourth regiment. Each infantry company in the Birmingham district has a peace enrolment of 60 men and three off cers. but will speedily be recruited to war strength of 150 men within the next two or three days. The artillery com panies are better recruited at the pres- ent time as Battery A has 90 men and Battery c has about 75 men. Both Bat tery and C will be recruited to the war strength of 133 men.
 Following are the officers of the artil- 'ery conlparies:
 Battery A-Ranking officer, Capt. l.. S. Dorrance; First Lieut.. Alfred Brumage, Lieut.. Robert l.. Pittman, Second Lieut. Lawrence S. Morgan, Second Lieut. Fred A. Feld
 Battery C-Ranking officer, Capt. c. P. Nolan; First Lieut.. Henry sJ. Porter, First Lieut.. John M. Fray. Second Lieut. ElbeJt S. Jemison, Second Lieut.. Arthur A. Adams, Jr
 Of the infsptry companies located in f;irnine ham and Bessemer there are Company II of the Fourth regiment in Bessemer, commanded by Capt. Lacey Edmcndsol., Company K of the Fourth regiment under command of Capt. Morti- mer Jordan; Company of the Second regiment commanded by Capt. H. F. Haistead. and Company c of the Second regiment under the command of Capt. John Towle Evans. Maj. Carl D. Seals is the ranking officer of the infantry, and in all probability will be notified i'm. mediately from the war department to proceed with the mobilization.
 we are all ready" said Major Seals,
 as we have our mobilization orders with us. and know ,rst what to do. I expect a long distonce message from the adjutant general of this division any moment and will be down tc the armory within the next l cur I expect all the boys will ee there also.''
 : ONE SANITARY COMPANY
 fA4l- <.~.rr ,t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19

At the Photoplay Houses Strand-"Silks and Satins," with Marguerite Clark.
 Colonial-"The Mysteries of Myra," with Howard Estabrook and Jean Sothern.
 Majestic-"Gloria's Romance" with Billie Burke.
 Trianon-"Mr Goode the Samaritan," With De Wolf Hopper
 Rialto-"The Destroyers," with Lu cille Lee Stewart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
BIRMINGHAM MILITARY MEN ARE READY AND
 EAGER TO GO TO FRONT
Every Officer Delighted to Hear News-Major Seals Says Men Can Be Quickly Assembled At ArmOry and Entrained for Mob
 ilizatiOn at Montgomery
"We are ready. y

We are ready.
 This the of the Birmingham officers of the National Guard when informed last night of Presidents Will son mobilization order for duty in Mexico.
 Every cheerfthe ring of earnestness the of the officers they answered the telephone and of Associated Press dispatches that their sudden removal from friends home and families for indefinite nar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
CITATIONS ADDED

Through the courtesy of MT. Mc-
 Lendon we were permitted to put an
 expert bank clerk in his office the
 past few days to add up the citations
 lists and the totals show that there
 were about S,OOO taxpayers who were
 raised Their old assessments
 amounted to $62,344,S2S, and the new
 assessments fixed by the county
 board of equalization amounted to $99,995,338, making a gross increase
 of $37, ,65O512.
 MT. McLendon has had no occasion to tabulate the decreased assessments, so it has been impossible for us to add them up However the experience of all the
 real estate offices in Birmingham is that the decreased assessments amount to
 less than per cent of the increases and on this basis the total reductions for the county would be $1,8S2,525.00. This deducted from the gross increases leaves net increase for the county of $35, 767,- 9S6. 40.
 A net increase of $S5, ,767, ,9S6.4O at rate
 of 70 cents means $250, 59O additional taxes for Jefferson county and at 6o cents means $232, ,491.90 additional taxes for the state; 60 per cent of these in- creased, values would probably be in the city of Birmingham, or $21, 46o, 79l. .S4, which, at per cent, means SPA, ,6O7.91 ad- ditional city taxes. half of which goes to the sinking fund and half to the gen. eral fund. This is a grand total of $6s7,- 475H additional taxes which tho peo- pie of Jefferson county will have to pay next fall if these increases are permitted to stand.
 NOT ABLE TO PAY THEM "We again contend that the raises are out of all reason and that the people of the county are not able to pay them. '"rhe reports of the state auditor show that if we take the assessments of 19Ot as a basis, Jefferson county has been increased at the rate of 15 per cent a year, and the remaining 66 counties of the state at the rate of per cent a year. This is anything but equalization. This year the new board of equaliza- tion takes Jefferson's assessments of
 1915 amc uniting to about $145. .000000 as a new basis and proposes to start off with an increase of $35,767,9S6 or 25 per cent Again we ask, where IS the equalIza- tion?
 Tt must be borne in mind that Jeffer- son cornty's old real estate assessments not including personal property, are about $1OO, ,00O 600, so the proposed increase of nearly $36, 6,00O,0O0 will fall entirely on the real estate interests of the county and will be an increase of B per cent or 3s per cent. In other words, the board of equalization, if it so desired, could take every real estate assessment ir the county according to their new fig urcs, ana deduct 25 per cent and still have a total real estate assessment fol | the county of $100,0O0,0O0
 | "Of course, there is no way of telling accurately just what. the boards ol equalization in the other counties are doing, but those that have. been watching the newspaper reports predict freely that the total raises proposed in the other 6t counties of the state will not equal the SSo To7, ,9S6 proposed for Jefferson county We hope that the board of equaliza ton. will bear these facts in mind wher they come to review the assessment lists during the next five weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
AGE-HERALD EXTRAS

Tremendous excitement was noted on the streets of Birmingham last night from o'clock until well into the early hours of this morning. The Age-Herald, known favorably throughout the city for its conservative policy in regard to the issuing of 'sextra editions" came out at promptly S05 o'clock last night with an extra" and as scores of newsboys and reporters swept through the streets and the slumbering suburbs with hoarse cries of ''War extra-Age-Herald extra-Presi- dent Calls Troops to Mexico!" the city came out of it's lethargy as>if by magic and the telephone girls at the central station were given some exercise by the hundreds of hurried calls to The Age Herald offices for still more detailed ac- counts of the news
 In less than one hour over 5000 copies had been distributed in various parts of the city-and second extra was issued with more detailed account of the troop movement about 10:30 o'clock. Several thousand copies of this edition also was disposed off with the result that Bir- tContinued on Page Eight)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

General meeting of Birmingham Newspaper club at 8 D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
At the Photoplay Houses

Lyric-Vaudeville Matinee at D. m. Evenings at 7:30 and 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
ONE SANITARY COMPANY

Other than the above military organi- zations there is sanitary company com- manded by Maj. George A. O'Connell. the ranking medical officer of the state Ma tional Guard First Lieut.. R. F. Ash worth will be in command of the sanitary company when the mobilization order is received.
 All the units of the Alabama National Guard are in'i the tenth division which comprises Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
CABINET Meets
TO HEAR PLANKS
Approves Wilson's Draft of
Platform Principles and
Talks National Politics.

President Wilson and his Cabinet dis
cussed national politics for more than
an hour yesterday. The st. Louis plat
form and portending signs of another
Republican split were the chief sub
)ects considered
The President prepared several planks
of the platform himself. and the Cabinet
approved. These planks refer to party
legislation. The final draft OF planks
dealing with campaign issues, will be
postponed until after the Republicans
adopt their platform. President Wilson
will write these planks also. The Dem
ocratic campaign slogan will be peace
and prosperity"
The traiff will be upheld as great
model Of economic legislation that has
not yet been tried out. The party will
be pledged to further traiff legislation.
The Administrations ability to keen
the country out of war will be extolled
and preparedness legislation will be cited
as its active response to public demand
1t will be claimed that impetus to bust
ness was afforded by the Federal reserve
act, and it will be cited as constructive
| legislation.
Chairman Stone, OF the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, will be entrusted
with the responsibility of the platform,
after President Wilson finally completes
1t and approves it. He will carry it to
| st. Louis for submission to the conven-
| ton, with Instructions to have it adopted
as written.