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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
FRENCH, NEAR VERDUN,
BEGIN N ATTACK

heights stretching to the cast OF
C~hampncuvillc, and to the south of
Ornes.
The night was calm on the re-
iraindcr OF the front.
The German line on the Louvemor'
ridge is 10Y only about five and a ha,f
miles from the city Of Verdun and t.
less than two miles from the nearest OF
the forts making up the fortress. Fort
dc Nacherauville. TO the southeast o!
Douaumont.
Kaiser Rchcarsed Offensive.
The PeW Por4sicn publishes a des.
patch from Its correspondent AT the
front. saying that the Kaiser directed 4
sort OF dress rehearsal Of the presen.
offensive against Verdun before the order
to advance was given. Every German
In the attacking army took his place
~ for the attack. aud the whole scheme
of things was reviewed carefully. Then.
the arrangements appearing 10 hc to the
satisfaction OF tho Kaiser. The orders
were given. The incident Is related a.
indicating the Importance placed upon
the offensive by the German Emperor
and STAFF.
The evacuation BY tine French OF some
OF the positions north OF Nerdun is ac-
cepted as an indication that the F,enci,
higher command believes that the pres
ent German offensive will end as have
the other recent attacks. and that the
losses they are sustaining will halt the
Germans before they have reached a
point dangerous TO the French general
defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
.MU.NITION SHIP BLAZE.
Vessel hound for ran Catches
fire From Overturned Lamp.

F'rc was discovered aboard the Brit
ish steamship llvingtou Court. bound FOR
HAVE. France. as she ca, he'd the lover
pay at 1850 O'Clock last night. An over
turned lamp In the lamp room started
the blaze.
cant. Thompson shouted 20 Capt
DAVIS of the tug Louis rulvcr. which
WAS easing. aud IN. tug sped to the
l,nttery tn givc the a,a.in TO the iire-
boa; New Yorker. which reached the
side Of IN. llv!n-,on Court TO lean that
the crew had put ou, the blaze
The steamer H. OF 900 tons. carries
no passengers and has a general cargo.
/, vac reported tina, the vessel carried
munitions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
RECEPTION TO MORGENTHAU.
Am I'M ssa Il VIII he Welcomed ~
City College To-day.

A welcome from the city tN &rh. ssi-
dor Norgcnthau Will d" tol.ur.t MI .r
The auspices OF ~" Mayor ,t.
N the college Of the city g. \.w N.ri.
lSath street and -. Niolo.V. N.rr,,c.
this afternoon az . o'Clu,N. rrr pvili,
is invited.
Cleveland II Dodge Will rra la and
addresses will be made 10y Mar Mitchell
bishop Greer. oscar = S'rdr-. E3hh,
Wise. pr, John II Finley. sidney L
M"zes, president az tho college II IN,
city of New York. and MIR. Mor.ou,hau.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
BRITISH .AIRMEN SCORE.
SucccssfuIIy Attack GERMAN Aero.
drOmc Near Lille.

>pcc,1i 'dhic bcspotc' 10 Tpy ST.,
l.o>poH. Feb. 25-The following re.
from British headquarters ia
France was issued tonight by the official
press bureau
Yesterday our aelopianes car cd
out u successful bombing raid uu the
enemy scrodronl. near Lille. All the
nachin,s returned safely.
To-day the enemy exploded a nine
near Fiicour; ThH exp osiou caused
10 casualties, our artillery was active
against ih" enemy trenches about the
Npres-'umincs Canal and east Of Boe-
single.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
cANFIELD'S PARTNER KILLED.
William Dunn Victim ~ bomb Ia
raid on Paris.

Po--'N. Feb. 25--Wjlliam Dunn, one
I'M partner Il tho late Dick Garfield
r N'N Work. Saratoga and Narragansett
To-. va E.lled by Il bomb dropped In
N Z in"3u raid GA Paris on January 20.
A .a.rg L" his brother. joseph j. Dunn.
: '.r'tor Of Il Palm Beach resort.
l'i". loft Boston last October for Eng.
~. .ra'uran'cd by Jack Simmons. 4
otter from tie British Consul in Paris
say that while Dunn was being
saved 10 a hotel barber shop n bomb
'' the hotel. killing him and lnjuring
3 uu,or..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
LOSE HOPE.
Baron Won srhcnck Leaves Greece,
Probably for Ruma MIA.

Sp,'H ran DesDdfch 10 THE srN.
CoMB. Feb. .,.-A despatch from
Athens says that Baron o Schenck.
fcrmsrly German Consul at Nolo. who
T.. he.n actively engaged H. "a pro-
German publicity campaign, has gon. to
Norasiig II will probably go 10 Ru-
nnJ'ia.
tat pro.terman propaganda u now
'U.sted' III Greece and might be more
p-ohtahe elsewhere. He had counted
King Constantine among his intimate
friends hut decided 10 ;.hlhi II Greece
when the Greek monarch granted an
audience TO Gen. Sarrail. the French
commander in chic: in the Balkans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
PIERS ALL GUARDED;
ship PLOT FEARED
Cropscy Gets Warming. Noti-
fics Police and Forces Arc
Sent to Brooklyn.
LETTER GIVES DETAILS

An anonymous letter. limiting that
dire things were due to happen to ship
ping. which District Attorney Cropsey
OF Kings county turned over TO the
Brooklyn police yesterday was rc-
sponsible for grea, activity on the part
OF detectives and uniformed officers
along the brooklyn waterfront last
night. Precautionary measures OF an
unusual character were taken at the
foot Of Fulton street. where detectives
fitted here and there in tn" shadows OF
warehouses and piers and closely scru-
tinizcd all persons who passed that
way. All men who had no business IN
the n~eighborhood we're shooed away.
The police carried on their operations
with much secrecy and refused to admit
that anything unusual was going on un-
iii after Mr.. Cropsey admitted mat he
had received the letter and had passed u
on TO the police in order to be on the
safe side.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
STOCKHOLM HELD UP AGAIN.
Mall for New Ork Taken From
Liner by British.


l.nNpoN. Feb 1.-THE steamship
S~tockholm Of the Swcdish-Amer'rau
line, bound from roihcuhurg. Sweden.
to New York, was stopped yesterday ny
tho british and taken to tho clyde, THE
mails were then rcmoycl and the vessel
was latcg permitted 80 sail.
The stockholm of the Swcd, sl- \mrri-
can lin" was held up and the m, *
taken of 10y the British on her maiden
VOYAGE IN tho middle 80 ne"cmhc'
Great popular Indignation vas eNpressod
in sweden ~ the time over tie Irt.uu
Of tho British, which did much "a widen
tho breach between the two countries
ON her return voyage the liu"r va
again held up and taken Ia Liverpool.
After several weeks she was allowed to
go after IN" parcel post matter and
par, of her cargo had been taken on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
MEXICAN BANK IMMIGRANTS
Twice Arrested by CarranEa, We
Leaves In q Hurry.

MEXICO CRY tyia Galveston). Feb %.
Manager Simon OF the Banco Nac!on.
ale de Mexico left here suddenly this
morning for Paris by the way OF New
York.
rama Administration and was recently
twice arrested, 1t IL believed that this
u~nfrlendllness Influenced his departure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
Britain N~viscs Air Raid Losses.


EPF''"' '""'e "'NP"'" TT F"E wv
LoSpoN. Feb. 25.-The War Office to-
day issued the fnal figures OF the cas-
ualties In the German air raid on Eng
land on January 81. Tw%enty-seven men,
twenty-five women and fifteen children
we're killed and forty-tive men and ATTY
three ome and nineteen children were
injured, In all 3s3 bombs were
dropped. .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
u...sr for German Sufferers.

A bazaar will be held In Madison
anuare Garden from March II TO March
81 for the wal sufferers OF the Central
powers. Count Won Bernstorn Will at
tend The opening night. and more than
so.ooo tickets have already been sold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

TOXIC, Feb 25.--F'our Japanese war
.n'ps Ar" being sent, TO the Indian Ocean
W relieve japanese vessels now there,
vac japanese Navy Department an
~.o1h'e'i to-day, The Department states
,hat N" repor, that a Japanese feet has
s'en sent to the Mediterranean Is UNI
founded .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

LONDON. Feb. 80 delayed by censor).
THE British steamship Oruro. which
left New York for Archaugel on Febru-
airy Z. has been taken into Kirkwall by
the British authorities. The vessel 10
managed by the bedford steamship
Company Of New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

s'ec'1i t1hie he spatch to THE SUS.
l"'"poE, Feb. 25.-The London Ga
r'' publishes "a royal proclamation
.Nlch '&"mpts from import duty mouth
SStgahs, musical instruments whose value
SoeS ho' exceed a shilling, and engineers
saNd tools used as accessories for motor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
AUSTRALIAN LOSSES $685..
U,3:7 Dead ~ "a Jan. I, LOndol
Announce.

SPECIAL 'dbif Dfspdf't 10 THE siN,
IoNpoS, Fec. 5-Australian casual
ties up to the first OF January are an
nounccd TO he 36.sSl. OF this number
3cS officers and ,.ga9 men are dead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
Days British I.OsSrs go.

Special cable Despatch 10 Tar sr>.
I.oNpoN. Feb. 2J,--To-day's casualty
list contains the names OF nineteen oil
GERS, of whom nine were killed, and
Of as men. Of whom IS: were killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
British steamer sunk.

IoNpoN. Feb. 25.-The British steam.
ship Solthford has been sunk IN the
North Sea. -Four OF her crew were
drowned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

Mr.. Cropscy said he received manN let
ters In which the writer's neglected 10
sign their names. and az a usual tning
he dropped them into his waste basket,
but the writer OF this letter dwelt with
such "a degree OF particularly upon
things that had happened and Things
which he said would happen that he
concluded il was his duts to notify the
police.
Thu letter made SUCH an impression
upon the police that all entry was maze
upon the so-called "squeal book IN the
sixth branch detective bureau AT BROOK
Ign police headquarters reading as ioi-
lows ,
Gigantic plot to destroy shipping
Then came the request that re'"p."
men be sent TO the foot Of Fulton street
last night.
Mr.. Cropscy declared lie couldn't re.
member the ,etter in Is entirety. ou' lie
did recall one paragraph, wh'cn ran
something llk. this:
You remember the nre IN Red noon
This was the blaze that DESTROYED Two
a picr ard a number OF bufges
"A, the foo; Of Piouee- street, B"ocNlNlr
on February Is That IL Only an
Indication OF VIA; is going 10 happen.
Mr.. ,'ropsey recalled also taat the
writer referred to what he called a
gigan;.c plot to destroy shipping.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

No steamship Southford IS recorded
IN snippinS records. A British steam
ship ~Sou;hteid Of 3,jos tons is reg stored
AZ Cardiff,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
RUSSIA BUYING WARSHIPS.
Negotiations with japan said "a
Bc <~nr Conclusion.

TOXIC. Feb c5.-Euss.au negotiations
with Japan Tor the purchase by Russia
~ three warsh'rs lost 10 the japanese
in the Russo-JaDaucse WA are said to
be- near A successful conclusion. The
vessels in question are the hattleships
Tango and Sagami and the protected
c!u!ser Soya. The after was bud, in
the United states.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

It was possible last nigh, to see Il
man who looked like a detective ana II
refused TO say ne was or wasn't one
wherever there Was an approach TO d
pier or a warehouse. Detectives We're
centred principals AZ the foot 81 Fulton
street, ACCORDING 20 orders.
Within a block and a half either way
at the cad OF this t~horoughfore are the
Empire, Martin. Roberts and Pierpont
stores. Lcss than a block from rulton
stree, Is the pier % tie i.ainpor' n Holt
Line. This company runs steamships 10
south American ports every other sat
urday and every ten days Il sends a
~'reighter to Manchester, England. The
steamship Dryden sailed from this pier
for l:rgland Yesterday and the next. the
Euclid. Is scheduled 20 sail Oh March 10.
Anxiety for the safety Of the property
of the I.amport & liolt Line, IL is said.
Is based on tie belief that enemies OF the
Allies have ~ feelings toward the COM
pany and want 10 prevent II from snip
pIng arms aud ammunition on ITS
stca meis.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

The Tango was formerly the Russ.tn
warship Pol,a,a. She was suuk of Port
Arthur and Later raised and repaired by
the japanese. She has a displacement
OF II ,0"O I rs and a complement ~ 80
men and carries a strong armament.
Including four ~ inch gums. The Sagami
Ia ~ 1890 IONS. with a complement or
1872 men. Her armament includes four
10 inch guns Til" Soya vas hu,lt ~
phiiadelphia in 1901, She was unk at
Chemulpo IN 1905 and raised and re-
pai cd IN 1905, Her tonnage Is $500 and
she carries besides smaller armament
twelve : inch guns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
MIDKIFF RETURNED TO LOUISVILLE; OTHER
 CHANGES BY STARK

Memphis, May 3.-(Specia1. .}.-Secre- tary Watkins of the Memphis club announced today that Ezra Midkiff, in- fielder. secured from Louisville. had been returned to the Colonels.
 Roy Grimes. a semi -professiona player from Minerva, O., will play sec ond for the locals until Manager Stark gets back into the game
 Watkins also announced that Till man. pitcher. secured from the Browns and with the New Bedford Colonials last season; Ralp Sbarman, outfielder secured from the Giants. would be placed somewhere by the Memphis club.
 been out with an injury. will join the Memphis team at Mobile Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Ordinance No. 38O-C

An ordinance to amend subdivision
 2s6 of ordinance 337-C and to fur
 ther regulate the plumbing and
 steam fitting business and persons
 doing plumbing and steam fitting
 work in the city of Birmin gham.
 Be it ordained by the city commission of the city of Birmingham, as follows.
 Section l. That subdivision 2s6 of ordi- nance No. 337-C, be and the same is here by amended so as to read as follows:
 2Se-Plumbing, gas or steam fitting. Each shop, storehouse or place of business operated or maintained, a minimum an- nual license of fifty dollars (s50) This license shall, in addition to the above cases, also apply to all persons. firms or corporations or voluntary associations, where the person, firm or corporation or association taking out the license operates a cooperative shop, or where the jour neymen are stockholders in the corpora tion or owners in the business. but shall not apply to warehouses used exclusively to store plumbing or steam fitting ma terial.
 Sec. ?. Be it further ordained. That in addition to the minimum license above provided it shall be unlawful for any person to install plumbing or steam fit- ting in the city of Birmingham as a journeyman, without having first made application to the plumbing inspector for a permit to do work as journeyman plumber or steam filter, and the plumb ing inspector shall thereupon examine into the qualifications of such person. and if he be found competent and qualified by experience to do plumbing or steam fitting, a badge shall be issued by the plumbing inspector to such person, and such badges shall authorize the recipient to do business as journeynan plumber or steam filter as the servant, agent or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Boxes Prepared for
 Democratic Primary

Ballot boxes for the democratic pri- mary and tick eradication election to be held May are being fitted up to receive the ballots. In all. the county will have to furnish 236 ballot boxes and a number of new boxes have been purchased to care for the increased voting stations.
 Since the precincts have been di- vided into subdivisions there are llS voting places in the county and two ballot boxes will be placed at each voting division. one for the primary election and the other for tick eradi- cation Sheriff Thomas J. Batson is in charge of the ballot boxes and IS hav- ing the locks attached. later made and pasted on and will have them sent out to the different parts of the coun- ty before May 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04

All persons wearing a straw hat on this night will be admitted free. Hud- son, saxon, Paige, Grant and Cyrene nlSnt- All persons attending the show Tn one or these cars on this night will De admitted free. Automobile dealers ball at the dancing pavilion.
 Wednesday, May 19-Rose night So- ciety night All persons wearing a rose on this night will be admitted free Au- tomobile owners ball at the dancing pa- vllion Drennen night. for riders of King. Hupp, Dodge, Pierce-Arrow Cadillac and Bulcks. All persons attending the auto- mobile show on this night in one of these cars will be admitted free.
 Thursday, May 1.-The Birmingham Age-Herald night. All persons presenting Birmingham Age-Herald coupon on this night will be admitted free Ford, Stude- baker and Detroit Electric and motorcy- Gle night. All persons attending the au- tomoblle show in one of these cars or on a motorcycle will be admitted free.
 Friday, May 12-Fraternal night All persons wearing a fraternal pin on this night will be admitted free. This includes Masons. Odd Fellows, Elks, Moose Ro- tarians, Eagles, Woodmen, K of P, c. of F., T. P. A., K. of C., Red Men and all other fraternal organizations. Chan dler, Oakland, Winton, Mitchell night All persons attending the automobile show on this night will be admitted free
 Extra. All Week-All persons attend ing the automobile show with a horse and buggy. will be admitted free and pre- sented with a season pass to East Lake park.
 Complimentary tickets will be issued every night at the show by the automo- bile exhibitors. These complimentary tickets will be good for free admission to the park on Saturday night, May 13. 1916. GRAND FINISH OF THE AGE-HER.
 ALD AUTO SHOW.
 Saturday, ,daS- 13-Automobile dealers night. All person., presenting ticket is- sued by automobile dealers during the week. will be admitted free of charge Children's day all day. Moillet, Cherv- rolet. Vim, Superior and l. H. c. truck night. All persons attending the automo- bile show in one of these cars will be ad. mitted free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04

undertaken to have First avenue sprinlkled from the city to the park during the show. the first open air
 auto show ever held in the south.
 plans for the arrangement of the dis play space will be made, an equitable system by which the spaces will be allotted will be decided upon and all of the other interesting features will be settled.
 Enthusiastic interest is being taken in the undertaking both by the gem eral public and the principal auto dealers, numbers of them making plans to have exhibits of an especially in- teresting nature
 On yesterday the Flint Motor Car company. local sales agents for the velie and Briscoe cars. signed con- tracts to display three cars. which. with the International Harvester trucks. means that nearly every pop ular car or truck sold locally will be seen at East Lake park next week.
 The show will open Monday night. May and will continue every night
 up to and through Saturday night, May Is, the hours being from ' to 10:30 p. m.
 For the first time in this city's his- tory the people of Birmingham will
 have an opportunity to see all of the late models of the finest cars sold in America exhibited side by side, where the various advantages pos
 sessed by one may be compared with
 the fine points of another. SPECIAL DISPLAYS It is estimated. considering several special displays which will be made | by such firms as the Pyrene Manu-
 featuring company. East Birmingham Iron Roofing company (with one of its portable garages), and one or two speciality firms. that over s1Oo, 1000
 worth of the newest automobiles or , auto accessories will be on display
 nightly at East Lake park. In addition to the special nights
 named in honor of the various cars which have been entered fer The Age Herald show it has been decided Sat urday night will be truck night Vim, Superior and I.-H.-C. trucks being "on
 deck"
 This also means any visitors to the
 park on Saturday night who comes in one of these trucks will be admitted free.
 That the idea is an interesting and popular one is shown by the announce iiSHb lhdl tiie eiiip4oySS ol tue
 tional Harvester company will attend The Age-Herald auto show Saturday night in a body and will go from the rendezvous to East Lake park in one of the new models of the l. H.-C., which has just been received in this city by the local branch.
 Monday afternoon the automobile
 show will be launched with a down town parade through the central streets nearly all the carg which are to be displayed at the park being in the column.
 The show will open Monday night and a large handsome basket of American Beauty roses will be given to the prettiest girl visiting the show opening night.
 The programme in detail is as fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
RAIN SETTLES THE
 DUST DISCUSSION
Subject Will Be Taken Up Later When Nuisance Again Becomes
 Pronounced

The city commission did nof>hold its dust conference yesterday morning. The rain interferred. and the conference is postponed until such time as the dust nuisance again will raise it's hideous head to menace the health and lives of Bir- mir gham children and parents.
 At it's conference Tuesday afternoon the con mission ordered that arrangements be made with the Tidewater company whereby the city could make use of that line cars for sprinkling purposes. and other ransements will be made for handling the situation in other parts of tie city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
MRS. FLORA BUELL.
 SUCCUMBS AT OGDEN
Was Resident of Birmingham and a Sister of Col. Hilary Herbert-Body
 Sent to Greenyille for Interment

Mobile. May 3.-(speciaL)--Mr Flora Buell.. 72 years old. Of Birmingham. died at Coden. Mobile summer resort. shortly after midnight this morning.
 Accompanied by her brother. Col. Hilary A. Herbert. former Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland. they were spending a weeks vacation at Coden. Mrs. Buell. became dangerously i'll last night and the news of her death came as a big surprise in Mobile In the party with Colonel Herbert were his daughter. Mrs. Micou. of Washington. They had planned to attend the Episcopal Diocesan conven- ton of Alabama here next week.
 Mrs. Buell. Is survived by son, David T. Buell. president of the Gulf States Coal company of Mobile. and other relatives.
 The remains were sent at midnight to- night to Greenville. where interment will be made in the family burial grounds, where her husband was inferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
ENSLEY MASONS HONOR BAUER WITH
 ENTERTAINMENT
Tiler of Masonic Lodge Pre- scented With Handsome Emblem for IA Years
 Faithful Service

Nearly 90 people were present al the entertainment which was given at the Ensley Masonic temple last night in honor of James Bauer. who has been tiIer of the lodge for 1i years. Uncle Jimmy, as he is better known. is per haps the most faithful and sincere mem Der of the Ensley lodge. and Is we'll liked by all who know him. Uncle Jim my on his own initiative, raised enough funds to complete the furnishing of the parlor at the temple. He had the parlor repapered. painted and equipped with very fine mission oak furniture. In addi- tion he had the entire hall and fixtures cleaned the majority of the work being done by himself.
 Uncle Jimmy joined the Masonic or der nearly 90 years ago and joined the