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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21
GIee Club Tonight

The University of Alabama has one of the best glee clubs in the United States In fact it is surpassed by none. The chorus is perfectly balanced this year and the concert which 1t will give at the Southern club tonight for the benefit of Q local chapter of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, will be one of the musical as well as social, events of the winter.
 All Alabama is proud of the University Glee, and theaudience that greets the singers should fill the spacious ballroom to overflowing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God shall l flee my task or shall nee to Thee for equipment to meet lts Thou hast given me more tham can do. Thou must then make me more than l ann. I must have more grace and more strength. Nay my Lord, | must enter into secree alliance with Thee; and when seem to perform it must De my pO" underneath. Amen.--H. M' E'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Chicagos cabarets are under fire. and the investigators have made 1t quite plain why visitors from rural Illinois and ad- jacent states so to Chicago to have the time of their lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

From the Knoxville Journal and Tri-
 bune.
 It is said Kentuckians are investing liberally in the rich cotton lands of the Alabama black belt. It is better that than to put their money in foreign war securities. But it would be better still if they should stop in Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Washington bureau. 2e7 AibDs build Ing. ...4 Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms Az to so. inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business ottlcs Tribune building, Chicago. The 3: Y Reckwith Special Agency. agents TOT eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

The nation has been rocking with mirth ever since Colonel Roosevelt declared that President Wilson was afraid of the colonel and the Kaiser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Perhaps MT. Bryan has already made up his mind about the future, but like Henry Ford and few others. is waiting for an opportune time to take the public into his confidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21
THEY'RE sTANDING-sTILL

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 It is safe to say that these air raids on Italian cities do not diminish the Italian resolution to stand firmly with the allies to the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

MT. Underwood journeyed down to New Thomas Fortune Ryan and forthwith threw the republican press into convul- sions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

According to the Audubon society, the dove is pugnacious bird. The speci- men aboard the Oscar II seems to have been quite belligerent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Even in the movies, Mime. Held's naughty shoulders are considered demor- alizing by straight-laced people. As Mir. Drew says in his latest play. Wonderful Womanp'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

The French Canadian soldier who says he has caught and choked to death 25 Germans in the trenches must be lineal discendant of Tartarin of Tarascon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

A puzzled contemporary professes an inability to understand the methods of the police. That should cause no alarm. Quite often the police don't understand their methods either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21
HOTEL HOBBIES
Runinenn Imnroremert

There seems to be a marked im- provement in most lines of business '' said Sidney H. Lazarus.
 Tn my own business, that of manu- featuring mattresses, February is far ahead of January, and January showed a big increase over December. The outlook for spring trade in Birming- ham is unusually bright"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

After skating on thin ice for a long time Ambassador von Bernstorff seems to have broken through at last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Even when hard pressed by foe, the resourceful Turk still finds time to mas sacre helpless women and children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

It's about time for the German crown prince to shuffle off this mortal coil once more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Mss Bessie Shaw and w. D. Brum- beloe are the onIy autnollzeu tfaNs4- ing representatlve es or Ane Age-dst- sld in it's circHlation department The Are-Herald is not responsible Tor money paid to out-of-town carriers or dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

I1 MT. Taft has decided to live and die professor, political preferment will not stand in his way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

The Kaiser has decorated Captain von Papen. whose speciality while in this country was the double-cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

The President missed some glorious weather by not paying a visit to the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

According to Colonel Goethals, some thing has been going on in Panama be- sides the building of the canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21
WISE kENTUCKIANs

When Erzerum fell the spirits of the Russians were considerably elevated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21
THEAGE-HERALD

knLeGeu al the Blrming nam. Ala, uostoffice as second class matter un- far act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

Daily and sunday Ags-HeraId. year s6.00 Daily without SunoAy. ..-........ 4OV Daily and Sunday, per month";. .eV
 Daily ana sunday, three months. l.bO Weekly Age-Hera1d, per annum. .b9 Sunday Age-HeraId, per annum.. z.VV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-21

No communication will be publishes vsithout its RuLhorR nGnno Rejected SnanuscIIpt wl1I not be returned uh- less sIaRps are enclosed Tor that pur- pose.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

MI! Penfield are in a hospital with
 fractured skulls
 The American survivors reported
 that Mrs. D. w. Hilton, T. w. Gull
 bertson and Daniel Sargent had been
 rescued Dispatches from .Boulogne report the safe arrival there of John H. Hearley and Samuel $. Bemis. Miss Elizabeth Baldwin was killed by the explosion, according to those arriving at Dover who state also that Miss Edna Hilton is missing. Nothing has been heard of the other twelve who were aboard the Sussex However, as great ma jority of the rescued passengers were landed at Boulogne it is possible they may be among them. It is estimated officially that the loss of life will reach fifty These were either killed by the explosion or drowned when the ifeboats capsized Two passengers, a man and Woman both Belgians, died in hospital at Dover tonight.
 It has been reported that Robert w. Bliss, secretary of the United States embassy at Paris, and his wife, were aboard the Sussex, but as a | matter of fact they are still 1T London.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
LAST IF YAH STONE -AGE TRIBE
 COULDN'T STAND CIVILIZATION

ridden only a week. His effects will
 not be cremated with his body, as was
 the custom of his people but will be
 preserved at the museum where he
 spent his last years.
 According to a history of the Yahi tribe compiled by Prof. T. T. Water
 man of the University of California who was a close friend and observer of Ishi, and who identified the half starved supposed wild man" as the possible last survivor of his race, lshi was one of small party of Yahis who fled into the hills east of the Sacra- mento river in 1865 after their band had been almost exterminated by a party of armed whites.
 Evidences of the survival of four o1 the Yahis was found in 1908. Accord l ing to Professor Waterman, at this | time they were using the bow and ar ! TOW and other aboriginal tools and ap- 1 pliances and knew nothing of the us- i ages of civilization.
 1 1shi told museum scientists that al l his companions had died before ht l ventured across the border of civili-
 ZatiOn.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

alongside for several miles from Pre- venci to Santonino. Wires were cut on both sides and attempts made to
 burn the bridges.
 There were fourteen women and children on the train, which was compelled to move very slowly. The attack of the bandits was foiled by
 the prompt arrival of cavalry under General Matias Ramos, who left San
 Pedro immediately upon learning the
 wires had been cut. Bandits are becoming more az gressiye in this section, following the arrival of couriers from Villa urging
 the leaders to initiate his methods against 'gringoes," and exterminate all they find.
 An all day battle at San Marcos five miles south of San Pedro, was fought today by the troops of Gen. eral Ramos against the main body | of Villistas under Canuto Reyes. Fears are expressed for the ninety Americans left in Torreon and Dur ango.
 l Hunger and want of employment apart from any political tendency is
 aiding the Villistas in getting re-
 cruits, it is said.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
AMERICANS ON SUSSEX AND SOME
 PROBABLY LOST
(Continued From Page One)

Charles T. Crocker, Edward Marshall and Wilder G. Penfield. G. H.
 Crocker and MT. Penfield are in a hospital with fractured skulls. Chas. Crocker and MT. Marshall are unin-
 jured.
 Reports received here say that Mrs
 Hilton. Daniel Sargent and T. w.
 Culbertson were seen aboard French
 trawler. It is feared, according to the
 same reports, that Miss Hilton was
 drowned when a lifeboat capsized. As to the cause of the disaster. Mir Marshall, a newspaper correspondent said: q have no doubt the steamer was torpedoed"
 Six Americans Saved LONDON, March 25.-There were six Americans among the seventy survivors of the Sussex who reached Dover today on a British destroyer The majority of the survivors agree
 with the opinion of the French ad- miralty that the Sussex was torpedoet 1 by a submarine
 The Americans landed at Dover were Francis E. Drake, Edward H Huxley, Edward Marshall, Charles T ] Crocker, George H. Crocker and Vii l der G. Penfield. G. H. Crocker ant
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
WANTS HER DIVORCE DECREE SET ASIDE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 25.- Marie Cronan of Larchmont N. Y. who obtained a divorce in 1910 from Lieu tenant Commander William P. Cronan, U. S. N., commanding U. $. $. Supply now in San Francisco bay en route for Guam, petitioned the courts here today to set aside the decree. Mrs. CrOnan through her attorney, stated as grounds for the setting aside of the decree. which was granted her by Judge Thom- as F. Graham, declaration made by Cronan in testimony before Wash ngton, D. C., court that the divorce was obtained through fraud and col lusion.'
 Cronan has remarried, his present wife being the former Nellie Grant, daughter of the late President U. $. Grant. In the event of the setting aside of the first Mrs. Cronan's decree of di- yorce, the second marriage would be an- nulled automatically.
 Cronan and Miss Grant were child hood friends and were married in San Francisco in 1913. They have daugh- ter ten months old
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
Western Zone Campaign

western ZOHe NdtlPdl9u
 LONDON, March e5.-The following official statement on the campaign in the western zone was issued to- night:
 Last night the enemy sprang a mine near the Hohenzollern redoubt and entered one trench but was driven out again by our bombers. Today we bombed tEe enemy's trenches near Bois Blanes and badly damaged about 100 yards of the parapet. The reply was feeble
 The enemy artillery was active to- day near Berthouval, Neuve Chapelle Voormezelle, Ypres and Wieltje. Our artillery retaliated."
 French Official Statement
 PARIS, March 25,-The official communication issued tonight reads as follows:
 Tn Belgium we bombaDded the enemy trenches to the east of Boe- singhe and ill the neighborhood of Het Sas ~-
 "In the Argonne the operations have been quite violent in the sectors o:
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
SOCIALISTS OF RE|CHSTAC NOT
 IN FULL ACCORD
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 BERLIN, Marcn %. tvia London, reichstag faction. which comes with the formation by eighteen seceders of the socialist democratic working all liance," is hardly more than public rec ognition of the differences existing in the party circles since the first day of the war
 That sharp differences of opinion tatives had been an open secret. They began with the refusal of fourteen members to vote for the war credits in August. 1914. This minority gained strength slowly, until twenty members declared last December that they were unable to approve the war budget.
 According to the assertion of the Vorwaerts at the time, the number of members of the reichstag actually sharing the minority view totalled A.
 Yesterdays reichstag session had been preceded by socialist party cau- cuses, according to statement in the party's executive committee an agree ment was reached to refrain from pol itlcal speeches in connection with the discussion of financial measures. At the final caucus Friday morning the steering committee that a political de- bate should take place. the submarine and budget questions had been dispOs | ed of
 The executive committee asserts that neither Deputy Haase nor any other member of the minority protested against the program. At the last min l house, Deputy Haase announced that he would speak.
 l A party caucus held immediately after Fridays reichstag session listen l ed to the foregoing report by the exec utive committee; then decided by { i vote of 5S against 33. with four ab- stentons and F absentees, that Depu. l ty Haase and those members of the l fuction who grossly disregarded ant 1 publicly thwarted the decisions reached at committee meeting have thus for feiteG the rights arising from member ship in the faction"
 1 The withdrawal of IS members ant the creation of a new faction followed shortly upon this caucus. While onl,
 IS actually revolted. the strength of thu
 radicals is nowise limited to this mum ber This is shown by the vote at tn, caucus on Friday afternoon of 8 against disciplining the rebels and als'
 oy the statement published in the Vor
 waerts (the official organ of the so
 cial democratic party) over the sigma
 lures of 14 members of the party. This statement declares that the un
 dersigned voted in party caucu on Friday afternoon against the vir tual exclusion of the IS members be 1 cause they were of the opinion tha
 reichstag faction had no right to is sue this decree The signers of thi
 statement include: Albrecht, Antricl
 Edmund Fischer, Hoch, Hofrichtel Huettmann, Jaeckel, Leutert, Raut.
 Seisshaus, Schmidt (of Meissen an
 Simon.
 N The ncn- socialist papers affect to SC in yesterdays event a final division i the socialist ranks, win breach whic
 cannot be bridged.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

The official communication issued to- day reads as follows:
 "In the Rovereto zone there was an artillery duel, followed during the night by small attacks on our posi- tions at Mori- Vechio on the Rio Car meras. Anige valley and at Potrich and the Terragnolo valley. All were repulsed. Weather conditions are bad on all parts of the front.
 Yesterday there were merely ar tillery actions on the IsonZO which were of severe character only around Tolmino and on the heights north west of C,OriZia"
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
GANG ENGAGES VILLISTAS WHO
 FIGHT FEEBLY

Continued From Page One)
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
SAY CHANGES WERE
 MADE IN AWARDS
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-Dis- claimer of responsibility for the final awards in the automobile section of the Panama Pacific exposition is made in a statement issued today by the jury in the department of transporta- tion, having to do specifically with
 motor vehicles.
 The statement, which is signed by the
 chairman, s. G. Chapman, and the five other members of jury alleges that af- I ter the jurors had made their report changes were made in the awards
 which materially misrepresented their l position.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
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 SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-Ishi, last of the Yahi stone-age tribe of In- dians, which once flourished in Cali fornia, east Of the Sacramento. whose discovery" in 1911 near Oroville, Cal, resulted in his adoption by savants of the University of California as valu- able anthropological acquisition. died here today from tuberculosis, possibly brought on by the interruption of his primitive outdoor life.
 Since shortly after his appearance, hungry and almost naked, in Oroville, Ishi was maintained as a living ex- hibit in the Affiliated Colleges Museum ill San Francisco, where he kindled fires by rubbing sticks together fash toned arrow heads. and exhibited prowess in other primitive exploits, for the entertainment and instruction of thousands of visitors.
 Ishi died nameless, for 'Ishi," in the language of his vanished tribe. meant man, and was given him by scholars associated with him in 1911. He was about 60 years old and had been bed
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
ADDING MANY RECRUITS TRepublican A. p. Leased WIre1

WASHINGTON, March 25.-A total of 1888 recruits have been added to the army in the last ten days, the war department announced today. The campaign to add some 24,000 men to the fighting forces, bringing them up to the maximum strength, began March 15, ten days after the Ameri- can troops had been ordered into Mexico in pursuit of Villa. A total of 2,S75 applicants were examined to obtain 710 men.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

The Italian Statement ROME, (Via London) March 25.-
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
OTIS MAKES SLIGHT GAIN

LOS ANGELES, March 25.-General Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, made a slight gain during the day and is reported by his attending physician to be resting much easier tonight. While all dan ger from the mild pneumonia from which he has been suffering is not passed, it is believed that he will be able to throw off the attack.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
NO RENEWAL OF
 GERMAN ATTACK
 ON VERDUN LINE

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Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
BALDHEADS NOT
 SUITED FOR MEXICO
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CHICAGO, March 25.-Baldheaded men are not wanted in the pursuit of Villa. It is warm down along the bord- CT and they might become affected by the heat. So announced Lieutenant F. R. Kinney of the recruiting office to- day in refusing to enlist Stanley T. Mooney of Syracuse, N. Y. Two oth- CTS sought enlistment but were refus- ed on account of badness.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

Four De Paris, Courtes, Chausses and Haute Chevauchee. Quite intense artillery activity has been displayed to the west of the Mouse against our second lines, to the east. in the region of Cote Du Poivre and Douaumont, and in the Woevre in the sectors of the Mouse hills.
 There was no infantry action during the course of the day 1 This day was calm on the rest of i the front"
Arizona republican., 1916-03-26

(Continued from Page One) of Rokitno itself, there was an eX- change of fire. In certain sectors the artillery duel was very heavy. In Galicia the situation is unchanged.
 Tn the Black sea our tcrpedo boats destroyed 16 sailing vessels on the Anatolian coast.
 "On the Caucasus front our prog reSS continues.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
HIGHWAY NO. IS So MILES
So Miles Graded Only

(Highwsy No. j., as designated by
the original road Jaw, hrgins al
SAM Petty place and runs Ia
BueboIe Ford on plneyl
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
LARGEST ENGINES
IN THE SOUTH
Wallet Compound Locomot
ives for n. { X st. l..
RaiIway-New
Box Cars.

Nashville, Tenn Feb, l4-Witl
the delivery III the three MaIIe,
compound engines recently pur
BASED by the Nashville, Chatta
aooga Il 1t. Louis Railway for u.r
in operating heavy freight trains
py.r the mountain on the Chsrta
auogn division near CoWan, that
road viii have IN operation the
heaviest locomotives IN the south
These engines each have a tract
i've force oi - D00 lbs. The tote.
weight Of engine and tender II go
JO0 iba--or 80 ton~-nnd each ~
llur has ,lNseen drivers, ighl
cylinders. ami weighs exclusive 81
the tender. 10000 lbs Tines,
mammoth locpnotlyes are abnul
the sire If tive ordinarily large er.
slnes and are known ~ the mos
powerful type Of locomotive
Within the past yrar the \ { Il
Il 7 has ir,Teasrci it's 'tatsnuasfve
equipment 10y the addition ii soy
araI new NiRada type freight en-
slnt~ aud Pacific type psssen2e'
locomotives, these engines being
rated among the most powerful u
their type In OTHER words, the
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
THE DICKSON HARDWARE co.

do this may have their certificate,
ready tn present to Boards 81 Edu
cations for positions early in th,
summer,
II there be sufficient demand
we shall hold an examination ah"u
the middle Of July We cannu
promise certificates from this exam,
ination to be given in timr Ia ntgIl
school before the first or middle q
September. II il, therefore. neses
sary that the examination he pass
ed. II possible, before July,
The law does NOT provide Tor H.
renewing Of any kind except fv,
year certificate II wlIl bp nccr..
.arv, Therefore, for al holders r'
two year certificates expiring iur'
1916, to take these examinations.
Respectfully.
$. ", Sheriff., Sup't.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
A CARD.

Having been requested by ny
ri .uds TO make the race for Reprp
sentative. and not very well opinion
ated with the platform OF the pre-.
enl candidates | nm almost per
aGaHad ii ,ff.ttr fnE' rafr.,' ind n ~
and elected, shall decm lta pleas
ure 10 carry out every pledge TO IN
people. having in view At an TIN
the legislation ~ would be- If great
eat interest to my pAople. | will 10
a brlel way act forth IA this article
few Ut the things that favor, q.
well a. the things oppose
First let me say that | am BIT
terly opp sed to the annexation ut
the strip Of territory from Htckmm
County TO our county, on the ground
that il would mean long continued
lawsuit At the expense uf our cnun
" | am also opposed to the pres
ent game and fish law aud would
he in favor OF repeating them aud
,nacting such laws NJ would allow
free man in free country to hunt
and fish anyway they desire--excrpl
dynanltlng and posing tish---sa
long AS the owner OF the premises
does not object. and leave il ~ A
matter between the land owner and
sportsman While the narcotic law
is a Federal matter and could not
te remeile,i locally, still my deslte
ia to see at least few VI these laws
repealed; and such Other laws en-
acted az would allow my country
merchant to handle such needed
h ,usehold remedies as laudmum
Drhollc acid, etc, az the country
people need for sale am ia
t,vor II good roads and schooIs
but not in favor IT more bonds Tor
roads At time when the whole
country IL already in bankruptcy ON
account II taxation | am not IN
favor Ut large salaries for teachers
with amount Ut services rendered
An also IN favor uf retaining the
County Judge and allow MIN hi
preseu, s1tary feeling a.. 40 that
he Is not drawing too much salary
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18

county has at present 10 transact.
At the proper time | shall MAKE
known a few more things that !
favor; and further. let me state that
| am and have always heen "a r. u
lar Democra., aud have never been
guilty Of stahbing IN The hack the
hest behaved demoerAt- ~ The state.
Rob /. Love Taylor and Benton
Mcmillan, | Am in sympathy with
the man who swings the ten p, und
mattock aud wrr-tls- with the new
ground pillow, being myself one OF
that class and would il enter III,
race and elected be IN favor of an
legislation IN his behalf aud favor.
Very respectfully
" q. Y. SCHMITTOU.
Sayden, Tenn, Feb. Is. 1916.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
A "Back to Nature" Vail.

Nm. Ruttan, grocer Of Brook
Hald Hans. recently did some UNI
quW advertising which SET the tow
laughing and brought some slo"
payers to time Here is the way
he went after them:
Il, is rumored that certain
iastidious young lady in this tow
sneads bread with gloves en-. lhl
incident may be peculiar, but ther,
are Others.
Now need bread with IN
shoes on. | need bread With IN,
pants on, and unless | corral a fpw
4 the outstanding accounts tina
are on my books, | will need bread
without a dadhurned thing on. anc
this town will be a Garden Of Edel
this season II collections 80 ro
Improve shortly. Pay me! Indus
trial Grocer.