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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
PARDON BOARD MEETS

Montgomery, May 2.-(Special. .)-Restor- ation of civil rights to five former state convicts were recominen, board of pardons at it's regular May ses- sion, which was held last week. Those for whom such recommendations. were made were:
 Charley Ashmore of Marion county, Ed die Browning of Etowah, M. D. Gray of Cleb urne, J. w. Herrin of Walker and c. E. Lancaster of Sumter.
 The board recommended clemency in the following cases:
 John Bettis of Mobile, serving sen tence for murder, and Herbert Young of Montgomery, serving a sentence for forg cry.
 The board declined to recommend elem ency in the following cases:
 Jack Bishop, Houston county, murder; Charlie Brown, Lee county, manslaughter. Tony Gambrone, Tuscaloosa county, manslaughter; Rufus Hall, Randolph county, murder; Cecil Harris and Lee Woods, Cleburne county, assault to mur- der; Melton Martin, Tallapoosa county manslaughter; Harry Mcbride, Sumter county murder; Horace Wilmington Dale county, bigamy.
 clined to recommend the restoration oi civil rights:
 John Johnson, Butler county. murder; Fayette, Palmer. Marion county, incest Leo Pitchford Tallapoosa county, wife beating; Will Turner, Tuscaloosa county defrauding creditors
 The following cases were passed to the rext meeting of the board:
 Sandy Brown. Blount county, burglary John Ellis Bullock county, murder: Dick Parsons, Tuscaloosa county, murder; Ar thur Smith, Autauga county, murder; George Thomas Wade, C1eburne county arson; Nick Weir, Sumter county, mur- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
TAYLOR IS PAROLED

Montgomery, May 22.-(Special) ] Governor Henderson has granted pa- role to W. H. Taylor of Montgomery, son of former Chief of Police w. H. Taylor, who was serving a seven years sentence at Wetumpka for killing q negro. Parole was granted in order that Taylor might accept position in another state. He had served about three years of his sentence. The pa role was recommended by number of prominent citizens of Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Auto Accident

Willie Hughes. negro, who resides at Twenty y-sixth street and Avenue c. was painfully injured yesterday morning at 11:S0 o'clock when he was struck by an automobile, driven by w. A. Carroll, 2014 North Twenty-sixth street, at Avenue c and Twentieth street. The negro refused to be removed to hospital. and he was sent home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
BORDEN BURR IS
 FINED FOR SPEEDING

Borden Burr, well known attorney. was fined $15 in the police court yes terday afternoon by Recorder Anderton on a charge of exceeding the speed limit MT Burr was arrested late Sat urday night by Officers Moreland, Foley and Burgess at Avenue and Twenty-fourth street. The officers stated that MT. Burr was going at the rate of 30 miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
SENTENCE TO DEATH HAS BEEN
 COMPUTED BY CHIEF
(Continued from Page One,

request from the American embassy, re- viewed the sentence and commuted it to 10 years imprisonment.
 It is believed that General Maxwell left the way open te the premier for further communication of the sentence, but 1t is not known what action MT. Asquth will take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
WANTS APPOINTMENT

W. Dewey Miller of Pe1l City, first sergeant of Company c, Fourth in- fantry, at that place, has made ap- plication to the state military depart ment for one of the three appoint ments from Alabama to the West Point Military academy under provisions of the recent act of Congress allowing the appointment of national guards men to that school. MT. Miller has been connected with the National Guard of the state since March 20, 1915.
 MT Miller is the second to apply in writing to the military department for one of the West Point appointmtnts The first to file application was Jo- seph H. Jordan of Montgomery, mem Der of the Greys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
CAMPAIGN FOR THE SCHOOL BOND ISSUE OPENS VIGOROUSLY Speakers Cheered at Wood lawn Last Night as They
 Explain Needs MEET TONIGHT AT
 EAST BIRMINGHAM Free Picture Show at Majestic on Los Angeles Schools Will
 Be Repeated Again
 Today
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN
 SCHOOL BOND CAMPAIGN

Pratt City-Mass meeting to- night at city hall.
 East Birmingham - M meeting at Cunningham school Wednesday night at o'clock. Wylam-Mass meeting at o'clock Thursday night.
 Ensley-Mass meeting at Elks hall 8 o'clock Friday night.
 At 2:S0 this afternoon and o'clock tonight. presentation or educational film. March of the Empire" at Majestic theatre free of charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23

Tie duueU tHdt WHIIe lnIS tHOrmOuS Iif crease had been in progress, only eight classrooms had been added to the schools of the city. He also pointed out that com pulsory education will become a fact in Alabama next year, and he said that it was the duty of Alabamians to provide proper facilities when they said to the children You must attend school or be- come violators of the law"
 The meeting concluded with brief but enthusiastic talks by Den Davis and R. DuPont Thompson, both of whom pre- dicted success for the bond issue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Special Bargains
 by Merchants in
 TOday's Age-Herald

Porter s-Kneipp linen mesh under gar ments, $3.50.
 Jobe-Ro suggests appropriate gift pieces for the graduate
 American laundry says phone 3715 for the palm beach wagon-50c.
 Reid Lawson advertises graduate gifts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Austrian Plane Destroyed

Rome, May 22.--(via Paris.)-A naval flying squadron defeated and burned an enemy aeroplane in the up- per Adriatic last night. says semi official dispeatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY


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 TYPEWRITER RIBBONS made newN 15 cents each, two for 25 cents: work guaranteed; send 5 cents with worn out ribbon for trial; mail or ders solicited. Room l, LyonTerry Bldg.
 FOR SALE-Cheap, entire stock and fixtures of small grocery and con- fectionery store; wish to sell at once. fine chance of bargain for one wishing to engage in like business. Stock and fixturc> unin- cumbered. Prefer to sell as a whole for cash. Address, N-5s, care Age- Herald. 523-St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Greek Steamer Sunk

London. May 22.-A Lloyds dispatch says the Greek steamer Anasatosios- ECoroneos, 1901 tons, has been sunl<-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Italian Steamer Sunk

London, May 22.-Lloyds announces that the Italian steamer Birmiania, a vessel of 22l6 tons, has been sunk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
HORNADY EXPLAINS VIEWS

Commissioner Hornady presented the stereopticon views, showing -ondltons ln many schools throughout the greater city, and explained the needs in detail. As picture after picture was thrown upon the screen, illustrating the dangerous con- ditions that exist in many of the schools, a profound impression was made upon the audience and his vigorous insistence upon the adoption of the bond issue in order that the crisis might be met, was re- ceived with vigorous applause.
 MT. Hornady, in addition to pointing out the imperative needs of the schools, went into the financial side of the propo- sition, showing how the bond issue of S2,- GOO 900 could be carried without a cent of additional cost to the taxpayers. In this connection he said:
 .'The assessed valuation of Birmingham property in 1917 will exceed S100, GOO, 900. This means a revenue of over S1, GOO for the city. Of this sum one-half goes into the interest and redemption funds and the money can be used for nothing else. Out of this sum of more than $500,000 Bir- mingham can pay the interest on the $2,- GOO of school bonds and have sufficient left to care for other bond interest. There fore this bond issue to modernize the school system and to protect the lives and health of the children will not cost the people one cent more in a Editional taxes. "
 BOWIE'S PLEA
 An eloquent plea for the people of Birmingham to rally to the schools and give their children the facilities they are entitled to%was made by MT. Bowie, who submitted the following figures in emphasizing the fact that the demands are growing with great rapidity while the facilities are not increasing at all;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
TERRIBLE BATTLE IS RAGING IN THE SNOW
 ON AUSTRIAN FRONT
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(COntinued from Page One) on the Tretino front is to prevent Italy from participating with her troops in the struggle on the French front and also to paralyze any action aiming at the join irg of the Avlon and Saloniki forces for a simultaneous effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23

The campaign in behalf of the bond is- sue of s2,Oooooo for school purposes was given decided impetus at woodlawn last night when a large and highly enthusl- astic audience assembled in the Bapust church and, after hearing the issue dis cussed, pledged it's support to the propo- sition. The speakers were Dr. J. IL Phillips. Commissioner J. R. Hornady S J. Bowie of the board of education Ben Davis and R. DuPont Thompson. J. B. Gibson presided, acting for the ladies of Woodlawn, who arranged the meeting
 The campaign of speech making which was launched in Woodlawn last night will be carried to Pratt City tonight, where a meeting will be held in the city hall Other meetings will be held throughout the week, and in the meantime the great educational film, 'The March of Empire, will be shown twice daily at the Ma jestic with no admission charge.
 At the meeting in Woodawn Dr. Phil lips told of some of the makeshifts re- sorted to in the effort to meet the situa' ton presented by constantly increasing demands upon the school facilities with no increase in these facilities. lie said that to provide room for the increase, we have been compelled to use cloak rooms. storage rooms and poorly lighted ana worse ventilated basement rooms. The board, during the past four years, to relieve the congestion in these buildings has erected temporary frame structures for B classrooms; 1t has converted old dilapidated residences for the use of 2e other classrooms, and is paying, rent Tor churches, halls and residences for the use of 3l more classroors. More than 6oOt children in Birmingham are housed 1T 112 temporary classrooms, either cheapiy constructed or leased for the purpose, ant more than 200 other classrcoms now in use should be condemned
Evening star., 1916-07-02

WLADYSLAW BEN
DA came over to this
country some years after
his aunt, Helena Nodes
ka, greatest of Polish act
resses, started her big fruit
ranch in southern Califor-
MIA, with the dream of
making it an agricultural
community of Polish refu-
gees. Some of the Poles
who emigrated to the Mod
ieska ranch brought with
them pokers and tin pans
necessities they despair
ed OF finding in barbarous
America. The commu-
nifty was a failure, but
young Benda wasn't
he began to draw black
and-white studies of love-
ly, languorous Polish ladies
the kind that used to
captivate their Russian
conquerors, and that now
captivated the New York
magazine editors to such
a degree that Mr.. Benda
has never been allowed to
go back and settle in his
native Cracow; instead,
he lives immured in a
studio somewhere in upper
New York City. This is
no place to talk shop;
otherwise we should men,
ton that our next serial,
by James Oliver Curwood,
is to be illustrated by Mr..
Benda.
Evening star., 1916-07-02

Photograph by Paul Thompson.
IN his youth Abraham
Jacob of Hartum.
Westphalia, had a scrap
with the Prussian govern
ment which landed him in
Jail for two years, and
then made things so hot for
him that he fled to Eng
land. From there he came
to New York. His first
year, charging 25 cents
for an office call and so
cents for outside calls. he
took in $973.25. To-day,
at eighty-six, he holds his
place as one of the leading
authorities on children's
diseases in the country
but don't call him at 1890
A. NJ. and expect to get
away with a 50-cent piece.
Those days are past
Evening star., 1916-07-02

WOULD you like stomach like horse?
Breathe deep of this ether sponge;
zip. sit--two quick strokes of DR.. Carrel's
knife; now you may sit up and drink a
little orange juice. Your stomach has
been removed and horses stomach SUBJ
stituted. AS young inferno in the hos
pital at Lyons. France, DR. Alexis Carrel
was obsessed with the idea that worn-out
ORGANS of the human body could be re-
placed with new ones. Years later, at the
Rockefeller Institute in New York, he
proved it. and has added so much to
medical knowledge that the Nobel prize
was awarded to him.
Photograph by Arnold Genthe,
Evening star., 1916-07-02

|ro,s-s" Technical World.
IN y horsepower limou-
ls.1 !. to a chorus girl. and
now ,mething about rapid
t yo re only an amateur.
- 10 something that
& ~ ssecond, For years
|Iichelson, who came to this
elmo, Germany, has spent
,ys Of light. He knows that
hits him in the eye this
un only about ten minutes
sun is only a trifle OF 93,-
y. On the other hand, If
Neptune it would have to
} miles, which is something
Of which knowledge they
Nobel prize ON him.
Evening star., 1916-07-02

Photograph Underwood 4 UnteI
M1HEN Olive Fremsad four years old she made her
first public appearance in Stockholm In return for
her services she given chocolate horse of which she
Immediately bit off the tail For this she soundy spanked
and After this bitter experience of fame
its rewards she America and settled down leading
the singing for her fathers revival meetings Minnesota
seventeen she left home and ourneyed alone New York
study music Every thousand young girls
New York to study music but 999 go back home
school, Young Olive Fremstad didn't go back-she went
right and clear the ooghts of the Metropolitan
Evening star., 1916-07-02

IN the afternoon. just before he
was scheduled to conduct an eve
ming performance at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. DR.. Leopold Dam
rosch died. His son Walter. only
twenty years old, took his place.
at can't be DONE said the wise
ones; "no youngster of twenty can
lead at the Metropolitan. But
Walter did it. He and his father
had worked together in Breslau be-
fore Later on he built up the New
York Symphony Orchestra, which
means keeping in good humor
seventy-five OF the longest-haired
musicians in the country.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17
los DRAMAS De NEW YORK
(Viene de la 6a. plana)

cepto que % gritar 4 los nihos y
que 70 pensa no habria mas DISCUS
, tos."
Los halazos fueron oidos por john
! Cummings y IL fan1ilia de an chau-
sarr que ocupaban un cuarto en- ell
| piso baio. a Ia espalda de Ia case; p0T
Fnoape Graft. el jardinero y 2or
orros sirvientes del tercer pIso. Cum
J mines tue ell primero en- entrar 4
iIa reclma.a; este Sc habia dado cuen-
IA de Ia primera querella y no ha-
hia podido dormi.r 10 prlmero que
VIA fue 4 Mr.. BeGtinger t!rado Ger
"a de Ia ventana; ! los nihos 10
| deados del cadayer y 4 Ia sonora
! ou4 lie hablaba deSde 81 CANA.
.Aoui, John-aqui esta Ia plSio!a
i-yete-He acabado cor q, 4! fin,
Y "a no podra cansarme mas dis
gustos. L!"ma por teItfono al Jeie
Harkey y die TODD; 20 espero aqui.
Cumming te!efone6 Al Jefe Haricy.
= al Dr.. George L. Verbect y 4 81
camilia y todos llzgavon al mlsmo
tempo. "Entonces-dijo Il sonora
B~eutinger -"Yo he acabado con ell
| Trat5 de matarme y lc mate para
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17
:RASTA CUANDO TENOREMOA
YERDADERA HISTORlA
NACIONAL?
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17
ARTURO AMBROGI.
IN AGENTE SECRETO DE CA
RR{NXA ESTJEO EN- Ell PAS0.
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dos a que recuperaran los cabal.OS.
Sennett. Quien en- union de IN ran
chero Y otro rural hicieron de es-
piaS Y eXplGradores de los soldados
que entraron, diCen que aunque 80
hicieron dos viajes a Mexico. III min
guno Sc LEGO a san Ignacio.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17
~lNiVERSIRlO FUNEST0
(Viene de Is "a. pae;na.)
aguas del amor universal


las aguas del amor universal
Estas palabras del EliSso kecIuS
han tenido n exception en- las
agnas del Rim 4 partir del Congress-
de Viena. Dehia ser el laZo de union
entire Alemania y Francla, y Ia poll
tica ingicSa 10 conFirti6 en- mott
yo permanente de OdiO.' Las cons
ti]tuciones carlovineias, los cartu!a-
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blan de Ia Francia riberena, de aque'
la que posela Ia ofii!a lZquieF"" "''
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17
B4JO E.. 0 DEL TROPICJ
CViene de Ia 7a.)

brarse valvian = cae:. fernando CO.
mo cel6as de colmena. l. ebuli.
cion era ~acelarada. = las oT7i!aS- Ia
mel estaha eatrando en- Panso &c
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ba en- n p.saya un POGO d MEL. Y
c1orreaoa una l&grima en- aqua
tresca nara veg - co4Eu.aba. Lucg"
mefia q mano en- 81 huaeal, Y pes
caado el goter6n 10 sacaba e m"
a~ng=lrdo!. entire el tcdo pulgar : e,
nGice a!argiadolo como IN eiastIco.
nara yer 81 ,.aha el puntO requerido.
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ro y emru34nao nucvar"ente In pa
y, seqq,a na-i-nto, semoviendo IL
m:e.. qua d~Spedia espeSas "!e&daS
de .pe;iJcso vaao.
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81 Tro.uyis, ayatad" oor unos
r-e.-a. ocl,iosos. camenzo Il reno
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brado en- ,roncos de ahuacaVe. Cad;'
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-17

& AilSt lb4iE-f u 80 'iSN ~ psNt4O.
! Pero todos ayudaban en- aIgo. Quien
: iba. siempre que 10 pidieran. 4 echar-
les brazadas lie coho!lo a los bueyeS
recien uncidos. y a los que esperaban
hautismo. Era para que 81 perolon
no Sc quemara. Los gourIness de las
moiiendas. echan deSpueS en- canta-
roS csc caldIcho turDio Y dejando-
10 fermentar algGn tempo obtienen
el guarapo. que es una deliciosa liz
bida. A.rededcr de las oilas en- que
sc 5aJia el dulce, Sc agrupaban los
curiosoS. Ia miel sc ponia blanca
Gnas veceS. otlaS Sc ameicochaba. Y
aaJa 81 dulce acefsdo; cuando n
miel sc obscurecia. cobraba an tintc
de cachaza, Y el dulce esa deprecia-
do. HabiaI que ilevarlO = Ia capital,
Y verderio. : dos por uno. en- IN Ad-
miHistraci0n de Rentas. Esta yez.
IA mic! 10 estaba muy blanca; pero
tampoco hahia pel!gro de que Sc
amelcochara. Era cara del plan, '
de csa 70 habia que fiarse. La Sc
gura era Ia del rinc6n dc Ia arada.
De cuando en- cuando. Justo tomaba
u yaleta de nanc de Uno de los mo
iedores. y con los dedos remoiaGos
en- a.r,a .rssea, ar,anca5a una mnta
de dulcc Y Ia amasaba entire los de-
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-01-19
BASKET BALL LEAGUE STANDING

The battle is on in earnest. Everyone
is watching and prophesying the out
come; however. it is long ways to the
end. There are forty.seven more games
to be played. The winning team will
hold the championship cup one year.
There are only five more league games to
be played on the local floor Watch this
column each week for the standing. The
order may not be exactly the same next
week.
Unofficial reports of the latest games
Jan. -. at Burlington, Burlington High
VS. Spaulding High. won by the former,
90 to II; Ian. Il, at Hardwic Hard
wick Academy vs.. Montpelier Seminary,
won by the former. SO to II; Jan. Il. at
Montpelier, Montpelier High VS.. Stowe
High, won by the former, 80 to IA; Jan.
10, at Barre, Spaulding High VS.. Stowe
High, won by the.latter. 81 to 3s.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-01-19

At the sixth anGu Il conference Of the
Colder Boys OF Vermont held at Rutland
last Friday evening there was an attend
ance Of about 600. Among the speakers
was Gov. Gates who afterwards said at
was most enthusiastic gathering of boys
and with their shouting and cheering
did wish myself a boy again. Ienjoyed
every moment ofthat splendid gathering"
The Governor was most enthusiastically
received and his remarks were roundly
applauded. 1t was a good address, just
the sort of talk that enthuses and inspires
young men. In concluding the Governor
said
"The most satisfactory work of my life
was when, more years ago than care to
name, l was a teacher in our public
schools. Brought into contact with
the young men and women was inspired
to higher ideals, and lived with them in
a day of idealism. We are living in an
age when it is with gratitude that we
ook back upon our Puritan ancestors,
their rigid examples and precepts."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-01-19

Tests in three colleges have shown
that the students are ignorant of COM
mon current affairs, which are familiar
to newspaper readers. Undergraduates
appear to have little time to devote to
newspaper reading. OF ffty-nine stu
dents to whom were submitted twenty
one questions, none answered all cor
rectly and only three did better than
ninety per cent. For instance, forty-two
out of ffty-three students of Bowdoin
College failed to identify Saloniki, the
scene of important events in the Balkan
campaign. Some of them thought Sa-
loniki was in Poland and others did not
attempt to locate it at all. A daily
course in history in the making might
be profitable in the institutions ofhigher
learning. Of course this does not refer
directly to. our Vermont higher institu-
tons, but all the same it might be we'll
to think it over"