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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

serve the delegates meals while they are in this city in the vacant store on Avenue E, near the corner of Twentieth street. The ladies of the Aster and Cum nngham chapters, F.. o. S., will assist the local lodge in serving the dinners Dr. John T. Kent has been appointed chairman of the entertainment commit tee and has all arrangements completed for the occasion.
 The officers of the conference are as follows: w. $. Porteous, Globe lodge No. S1, w. MI; c. F. Dodson. Pinson, No 475, s. w.: O. D. Whitaker, Farrar No. 8. J. w.; Sam M. Blake, North Birming- ham No. 591 secretary and treasurer; Jerry Gwin, Oak Grove No. 617, $. D.; J. D. Killough, East Lake No. 4S0, J. D.; John Johnson, Globe No. 7S1, tiler; B. T. Waits. chaplain; Virgil Hawkins, Johns No. 511, s. S.; Ped Hickman, Farrar No. s. J. s.; T. 0. Jones' Fairview No. 644, lecturer. Conference colors: All pastmas- ters and masters will wear white badges; all senior wardens will wear red badges; all junior wardens will wear pink badges; all senior deacons will wear yellow badges; all junior deacons will wear cream badges; all other members will wear blue badges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

school in Woodlawn this afternoon at 3:3O o'clock.
 The Rev. H. IT. Hibbs, pastor, will occupy the pulpit of the Ruhama Baptist church in East Lake this morning at Il o'clock, his subject being, Jesus Preach ing in His Old Home, Nazareth" The pastor will preach this evening at 7:3o o'clock, his subject being, 'An Open Door in Heaven Junior and Senior B. Y. F. U. meets at 6:30 D. m; Sunday school be- gins at 9:30 a. n
 The Rev. Harold E. Dickens, pastor. will occupy the pulpit of the Fifty y-seventh Street Christian church this morning at Ii o'clock and this evening at 7:45. His subject in the morning will be, Begin ming and Perfecting,''- and that for. the evening, "A Supreme Question" Sunday school begins at 1915 a. m.
 First Church of Christ, Scientist. will hold services this morning at il o'clock and this evening at o'clock John Spar row is first reader. The subject for today is Soul" Sunday school begins at 93O a. m Testimonial meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Reading rooms, Ill American Trust building, open daily, except Sunday, 10 a. m. to p. m
 The Rev. Dwight s. Bayley, pastor, will occupy the pulpit of the Pilgrim Congre- gational church this morning at Il o'clock and this evening at o'clock His sub- iect for the morning will be, "The Prin- ciple on Which the Christian Bases His Life and How It Is Revealed" and that for the evening, "Helps to Prayer" Sum day school begins at 9:3O a. m
 The Rev. Albert Sidney Johnson, pas tor, will conduct the services at the South Highlands Presbyterian church this morning at Il o'clock and this evening at 7:50 o'clock. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
BENEFIT CONCERT

"A Nautical Knot will be given by the members of the Lyric club on Thurs day evening at the Elks' home on Ave nue D for the benefit of the Jewish war relief fund. The Ensley committee in charge of the movement decided that it would be better to present the operetta than to solicit funds, and committee of ladies and men have been appointed to sell the tickets for the occasion. The report of the two committees shows that number of tickets have already been sold and a large crowd is expected tc attend the entertainment. The commit tees are as follows: Ladies' Mrs. Henry Keller, Mrs. J. Moog, Mrs. A. Poss, Mrs. F. o. Harris, Mrs. M. H. Mcdowell, Mrs F. B. Dodge, Mrs. J. Kent, Mrs. Neal Duggar, Mrs. R. s. Hickman, Mrs A. F. Hilleke. Mrs. D. M Lewis, Mrs J. w. Brigman, Mrs. J. c. Bryant. Mrs E. w. Averyt Mrs. Irby Zeigler, Mrs. William Mentzell Mrs. G. A. Bishopp Mrs. J. A. Dupuy, Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mrs. A. A. Lovett, Mrs Tchsudy and Miss Johanna Friesleben. Mems committee, Henry Kel- Ter, J. A. Dupuy, the Rev. J. w. Fulford M. H. Mcdowell, Tom Deveraux and sev- eral others.
 The meeting of the Aster chapter No. 172, Order of Eastern Star, which was itSio sNStSlody stltcliOOH at tie NH sonic temple on Avenue E, was at- tended by large number of members Mrs. Daisy Angwin, past worthy mat ron. and Thomas DeWalt Craig, past worthy patron, were both presented a jewel and a cut glass plate as a token of esteem for the work which they did last year, while they were in of- fee. The jewels were presented by Mrs Mary Dunlap. grand chaplain, and the plates hu Kent, present worthy matron of the chapter. Arrangements were also com pleted by the ladies to help the Globe lodge to serve dinner to the delegates while they are in this city during the Jefferson county Masonic conference. Several other matters besides the regu- lar routine business was transacted.
 Adolph Hays, a negro, was stabbed in the right lung and probably fatally injured yesterday morning about 9:30 o'clock by a negro named Abraham Munroe, in the Barlo pool room on Seventeenth street. It is stated that the Munroe negro walked into the pool room and stabbed Hays without warn ing. Munroe after chase of about eight blocks was captured by Officer l.. Pope and lodged in the Ensley jail on a charge of assault with intent to mur- der Hays condition is said to be seri- OuS.
 Troop 20, Boy Scouts, met at troop headquarters on Avenue F Friday even- Ing with good attendance. The follow ing boys were voted into the troop, their membership to take effect upon their passing of the required tender foot test: Nelson Thomas, Zack Walker, Edgar Dabney, Warren Mays and Claude Thopson. An all-day hike will take place Sunday with Scoutmaster Cooley. The hike will be from the end of the Edgewood car line to Oxmoor and return. All scouts that can are urged to go on the hike. The assistant scoutmaster will give a series of talks beginning next Friday night. The sub iect for next Friday will be, "The Origin and History of the Scout Idea.'' Each succeeding meeting night a def- mite portion of the scout work will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

This famous sextet, whose song, Sam, Sam, from Old Alabam', was the hit of the recent minstrel perform ance given by the Ensley EllSs at their home in the Steel City, will appear in the minstrel entertainment to be given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

Hear Governor Glenn at First bap- list church today, II q. m.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
And This Was Success.
(Waterbury Republican,

The public would not have been surprized if Richard Canfield, the gambler, whose estate was probated yesterday, had left millions Actually he left quarter of a million, less than fairy popular author, Richard Harding Davis, had saved out of the proceeds of his writings.
 Garfield was a clever and cultivated man, college graduate, an art con- nOisseur, almost a scholar. He showed ability enough to have shone in any one of several walks of life. and Ee did, not need to drift into gambling. If he took it up because there was big money in 1t and because money was the supreme good to him. he made a poor choice. Even a quarter of d million will be generally pronounced poor booty as a return for his anxious life of warfare with the law and society. And at that, Garfield was
 the rich gambler, the fortunate one, the lucky survivor of many who had tried the chancey route to wealth. Most of them leave nothing.
 The one man In a thousand wno was esteemed successful and lucky leaves a comparatively small fortune, ton of having given his name to or invented a popular game of solitaire.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
WORLDS COURT FOR
 NATIONAL DISPUTES
Movement For Tribunal to Adjust Diff fcrences of Countries Receives
 Fresh Impetus.

New York, May 2.-The movement to organize a tribunal for the adjust ment of international disputes and to maintain permanent world wide peace received impetus today from the sec- ond world congress held here under the auspices of the Worlds Court league. William H. Taft is honorary president and John Hays Hammond is president of the organization. About 2,0OO delegates came from all parts of the country to attend the meetings which will continue for three days.
 The sessions opened with the meet ing of the worlds court league The first meeting of the congress followed Tn the afternoon session MT. Taft was to deliver an address on "The supreme court of the United States, the proto- type of a world court" Oscar Strauss former American ambassador to Fur key, was to speak on international reconstruction
 Many women will take part in the proceedings
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
\ Recruiting Station.
(NeW Haven Journal-COuriel


 The people of the good old state of Connecticut have not reached that condition of ultra refinement where they fear to recruit judicial officers for high executive service. Senti- mentally there is as good a reason for ignoring the political eligibility of mon who have retired from the bench as of those who are still com fortably seated upon it. If the rari- fled atmosphere in which judges dwell is so restraining, it is inconceiv- able that it's effect is not permanent and uniting to other political honors at any time. And yet Connecticut has had mighty good luck with two gov ernors plucked from this rarified at m mosphere and is promising to nom mate another in the fall Judge John M. Thayer retires soon from the su- preme court. 'Why not John M. Thayer for next governor?' asks the democratic Hartford Times. It is always a perpleXing question what to do with distinguished public ser wants when they are forced by ar arbitrary estimate of age into pri- vate life. The bench of Connecticut may be made more attractive than ever if the practice of nominating former judges for governor continues. We hesitate to say more lest we find ourselves upon forbidden ground.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
Federal Inspection of Dairy Products
 (NeW York Sum-

A resolution presented in the house of representatives on February Il, 1916, by MT. Linthicum opens with the amazing preamble that the bu reau of animal industry reports 94 per cent. of the creameries in this coun- try as unsanitary; 61 per cent. of cream used as unclean or decomposed; 72 per cent. of cream containing vir- ulent disease germs being made into butter, and a large percentage of all dairy cattle affected with tuberculo- sis, and that infected dairy products are among the chief agents in the spread of tuberculosis, typhoid fever and other infectious diseases.
 We must confess tha this arraign- ment of article of food of daily con- sumption is alarming. The careful scrutiny of the milk supply of cities and towns, which has recently become general, and the instruction which the public has received upon the necessity of cleanly milk vessels and on pasteur izatiOn appear to have led to a sense of false security.
 "Hoard's Dairyman" states that out of 1,053 samples of butter Is per cent. were found to contain tuberculosis germs Moreover, MT. Linthicum asserts that the government has been defrauded Gin one instance of $1,5OO,- 00O) through lack of proper inspec- tion of dairy products. In. view of these facts he offered a resolution that the speaker of the house of represen- tatives appoint a committee of five members, with power to summon and examine witnesses, to investigate and report as speedily as is practicable up- on these alleged facts and to devise a method of inspection which may cor rect the abuses.
 The slightest reflection must lead to the conviction that action upon MT. Linthicum's resolution should not be delayed, as no subject of legislation approaches in vital importance the conservation of the health and lives of the people. If such fragrant viola ton of the laws of hygiene exists, and there appears to be good auth ority for believing it, an act to enforce proper protection to the people should be passed without delay.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02

drink. I was summoned to the apart ment about six times in all"
 Asked how long MT. Belmont stayed piled:
 T have known him to be there for three weeks at a time."
 Thomas Dunn, the elevator runner in the building, said that Mrs. Bessie Bloodgood hired the apartment on Oct. 1, 1914. The apartment was on the fifth floor, rear. Then he said:
 "A man came there to see Mrs. Bloodgood and I announced him as MT. Raymond. I asked him for his full name and he told me it was Ray mond Belmont
 How long was he there?"
 For week at a time"
 "Please look at this woman" said Mir. Mooney, indicating Mrs. Belmont. "and tell the jury whether she is Bes- sic BloOdgood."
 'No," replied the witness.
 MT. and Mrs. Belmont were married on Nov. 21, 1912. Seven months be- fore he married her he paid her SEQ 900 for a release of all claims she might have against him. During trial of the separation suit came out that MT Belmont was worth $143.2S4 when he became of age on Jan. 14, 1910. From that date until Dec 31. 1912. he had spent $77.905. During the argument concerning alimony it was contended that Mrs. Belmont had par ticipated in this expenditure.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
FISHERMEN HIRE PONDS
New Britain Fish and Game Club
 Will Hold Meeting Tonight

There will be an important meet ing of the New Britain Fish and Game club at Bardecks hall this evening at o'clock. All lovers of fishing and hunting are urged to be present as matters of importance will be discussed.
 Already the club has over 200 mem bers and much enthusiasm is being exhibited. Doerr's two ponds on Shuttle Meadow avenue have been leased by the club and will be stocked. One pond will be stocked with trout and the other will be stocked with bass, pickerel and white perch.
 Members of the club are also con. sidering the advisability of hiring q patch of woodland that can be used as a game preserve.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
CLEAN UP!

nile New Britain has not entered AlIy in the competition for clean lp" which has been started in three hundred cities of these
 England states, still the Hard
 city has realized the value of
 a campaign and the individual
 owners and housekeepers have Eut on a private expedition of own. There will be no prizes puted here, nor will the chief lives of Massachusetts, Rhode a and New Hampshire, in their Aty as a judging committee, have 3nce to come here and pass on the 5done. Every man, woman and awho lives here wants to see New An become better place in 3 to live. In order to do this it aessary that each individual do VI her part. The cleaning up lign can go on without any com
 1s to direct it's activities, with
 3e governors of three nearby
 a to visit and approve of the
 a or without the need of setting
 3zes. Cleanliness is the great
 3ze that can be offered. It be-
 a each and, every person in this
 aao owns a little home, or who
 bL place in which to live, to 3 and systematically start off the
 hason by a thorough cleaning s8out the premises. The old
 snaterial let lying about after Enter months should be gath 3gether and later sent to some N the way place. Make it a |4ity without the crushing force IArder from the health depart
 Set out the flowers and beau VI place.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
THE HIGH COST OF WALKING.

Some few months ago patrons of shoe stores, and there are many in the land, stores and patrons, were told that the prices on these neces- saries were going skyward at the amazing jump of twenty per cent. Now comes another predictor and says that before the Summer is over the prices of footwear will have reached another high point along the scale that reaches into the clouds. The president of a large shoe company in depositing all the blame for this com ing condition at the door of the Euro pean war says that even if certain con- tributing causes are mitigated there these coverings for the pedal extremi- ties. Shoes are expensive, but we must have them. The higher cost of the initial product is what causes this raise in price, one of the few instances where an explanation is really forth coming. The entire world is clamor- ing for leather and there is not enough leather to go around. One of the first laws of economies here enters the sit uation. The demand is greater than the supply And why is the supply limited? Well, to follow out the req sons given by this manufacturer, the leather have jumped anywhere from one hundred to one thousand per cent. in price; this, also, because of the war. The materials cannot be gotten from tlefields of Europe, along with want ing shoes, must have leather goods for their knapsacks, leather for the horses harness and saddles, and belts. There are so many other things leath- CT may be used for in equipping sol diers that the civilian population of the earth must stand back and wait it's turn. All this, of course, but helps Then again, right here at home, be- cause of the wonderful business pros perity the nation is going through, factories are enlarging and demand
 ing greater belting to keep the ma chinery going. Another reason for the shortage of leather. Then, too, the cattle herds are diminishing. Naturally, the supply of raw materials has diminished because of the war. So, all these things added to the re- maining fact that labor rates have why walking will be a rather ex- pensive pastime during the coming open season. But this is no argument for buying motor car.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
For a Clean New England. (Meriden Record.)

The cleanup and paint-up cam paign is on in New England cities and towns and the New England committee in Boston is soliciting money to further the scheme. In Boston it is planned to have the city inspected, with the purpose of locat- ing all very bad and unsanitary places. Police. public works depart ment employees, boy scouts, firemen and health inspectors will assist
 The large silver loving cup that was last year awarded to Hartford, Conn.,, for conducting the most efficient and thorough cleanup campaign, is to be contested for again by the New England cities and towns taking part in this work The judges who are to award this cup are Governor Me- Call of Massachusetts and Governor Spaulding of New Hampshire.
 The New England committee will offer a silver cup to it's cities and towns of 5000 or less inhabitants, the cup to he the permanent pro- perty of the city or town winning it.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02
MRS. BELMONT GIVEN
 ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
Barber and Elevator Man Say He
 Visited Bessie Bloodgood

New York, May "A jury before Justice Clark in the Supreme Court returned a verdict yesterday that Ray mond Belmont, son of August Bek- mont, had been guilty of misconduct with an unknown woman between April l. 1914, and May 1, 1915, thus according to Mrs. Ethel Helen Lind ner Belmont a divorce. While the CO., respondent was referred to as an "un- known woman in the complaint, she was referred to in the court proceed. ings as Bessie Bloodgood, who lived in a small apartment in West Fifty ninth street.
 MT. Belmont was Tn court in re- sponse to a subpoena for the pur- poses of Identification only. He did not defend the action, and both he and his wife appeared to welcome the ver- dict of the jury. It was the second time that the defendant and the plain tiff had figured in court within a year and in the same relative positions. On May 6, 1915 Mrs. Belmont obtained from Justice Greenbaum an award of $1OO a month alimony in her success full suit for separation It is likely that this alimony will be continued until Mrs. Belmont can prove to the satisfaction of Court that MT. Bel mont is able to provide more gener- Ously for her.
 The first witness yesterday was Otto R. Smith, a barber, who said he went to the F'ifty-ninth Street apartment and shaved a man whom he supposed was MT. Bloodgood, and that a woman whom he thought was MT. Bloodgoods wife paid him. Edmund L. Mooney, the plaintiffs attorney, asked:
 Identifies Belmont.
 Do you see MT. Bloodgood in court?''
 'I do,' replied the witness. Asked to point him out he indicated MT. Bel mont, who sat in the rear of the court room with his counsel, Henry A. Uter- hart. The witness said that MT. Bel mont wore a bath robe and that Mrs. Bloodgood wore a kimonO. The wit ness couldn't tell the exact date of his visit. but thought it was some time within the period set forth in the complaint At a later time he shaved Mr. Belmont again in the same apart ment. The shaving was done while the defendant lay on the bed in bath robe, with Mrs. BloodgoOd reclining by his side. She paid him for his work.
 "There was a bottle of champagne in the room,' said the witness, and Mrs. Bloodgood asked me to have a
New Britain herald., 1916-05-02

rude firearms which were adequate a few decades ago. On this subject, however, Congress is at present legls- lating, and whatever be the outcome of it's deliberations, the executive branch of the government will act in sympathetic cooperation, using what is given with a view to making it the best, and I may incidentally say that throughout the whole country there is an inspiring response to the coun- trys military needs. Young men in college, young men in business, at the bench and in the professions are asso- ciating themselves for training in a fine democratic and enthusiastic way"
 And in the second place, it might be added, there will be arms and soldiers, ships and sailors, as soon as the nation can get around to it. This present Congress knows full we'll the senti- ment of the nation and may be eX- pected to supply the arms and ships. It is up to the patriotic young men of the nation, those who have not yet acquired the full responsibilities of later life, to furnish the soldiers and sailors, and this by either enlisting or devoting their spare moments to mili- tary training. In times of peace and prosperity recruiting is a difficult thing, as shown by the recent results throughout the country when men wages as they are at present it would be next to impossible to maintain a huge standing army in America. .>To do so would strain the taxpayers pocket books to the limit of endurance In fact, it will be difficult to bring the total peace strength of the army up to one hundred and fifty thousand men. This the Secretary of War knows and shows his good sense by planning to help those young men in college in business, in the professions, and at the bench, who wish to asso- ciate themselves for training with the regular troops when time will allow With the regular army as the 'skele- ton," these men could be added in times of stress to fill out the gaps in the ranks. It will have to be some 1 what along those lines that the United 1 States must prepare.