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Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25

more than an umpire (and everybody
knows Griff's aversion to indicator
handlers) it's a cigaret He tried re-
peatedly to break Grandil OF his habit,
talking to him like father to his
son time and again, but to no avail.
Chic just couldn't or wouldn't quit the
coffin nails"
I.onged for Drag.
The story comes that Gandil's cigar
ct smoking became real serious mat
ter between Chic and Griff last season.
On occasions Gandil longed for a drag.
puff, a pull or whatever you will, at
a pill and was guilty Of the unpard on
able offense Of getting taste" be-
tween innings. GriH caught him at
it and fined him $40, not once, but any
numbe OF times
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
FUTURE DEPARTMENT STORE.

"who are those solid-looking men
going up in the express elevator?"
'"They are capitalists. We have a
marked-down sale Of railways today
on the twenty-fourth floor in the sec
ond annex back."-Life.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
ONE OF MANY.

Pat-Oi'm askin' yez, Moik. wuz yez
ivver struck by loightnin'?
Mike--Manny's tn tonne, me by.
Pat-Yez don't name it!
Mike-Sure, an OF do. Hoven't OF
been married these tin years, b'gorry? ?
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
HIS TURN COMING.

Diner-see here, where are those
oysters ordered on the half shell?
Waiter-Don't get impatient, sab.
We're dreffle short on shells, but
you're next, sah-Boston Transcript,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
Willard and Moran in
Comparative Measures

Some husbands talk in their sleen-
yes, yes, go on-and then their wives
talk when they wake up.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
CANADIANS JUMP
INTO FIRST PLACE

BY rolling a consistently high class
game the Wanderers, Of Winnipeg,
jumped into first place in the North
western Bowling tournament here last
night, with q score of 2,811.
Brohman is leading In the singles
with score of $50, and the Bemidji
pair. Gillette and Communist, are
leading in the doubles with 1,072.
The following are yesterday's1
scores:
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-25
IN COURT.

Defendant Gin loud voice)-Jus-
tice! Justice! I demand justice
Judge-Silence! The defendant
will please remember that he is in a
courtroom--Penn. state Froth.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-05-31

Alberto l.. GAI.INDEX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
JOHN H. ROUNTREE
 DIES ON THE TRAIN
Decatur Man Was Returning From Baltimore Where He Had Under
 gone Treatment

News was received in Birmingham last night of the death of John H. Rountree of Decatur on the Southern train from Baltimore at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. just before the train reached Atlanta. The deceased was a brother of J Asa Rountree of Birmingham, secretary of the United States Good Roads association.
 MT. Rountree had been i'll for year or more and had gone to Baltimore for treatment On the return trip he was accompanied by Mrs. J. A. Rountree. and was joined at Wadesborough, N. C., by his brother. Dr. ". S. Rountree, of Wylam The remains reached Bir- mingham last night at 10:20 and were immediately transported to the home of J. A. Rountree. 1900 Eleventh ave- nue. south. where they will be until noon today. when they will be sent to Morgan county for interment Friday morning in the family burial ground, near Hartselle.
 MT. Rountree was well known in Birmingham, having been resident here five years. At the time of his death he was residing in Decatur and was president of the Decatur Lumber company The deceased was Shriner. a Mason. a Knights of Pythids, and had been Methodist throughout his life, being very active in church work. He is survived by five brothers, Dr. w. s. Rountree of Wylam, James Rountree of Vivian, J. A. Rountree of Birmingham. Charles Rountree of De-
 catur. Joe L. Rountree of Hartselle, and two sisters. Mrs. J. R. Collier of Decatur. and Mrs N. S. Zeigler of New Decatur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
FEEL SURE FOWLKES
 WILL LEAD TICKET
Remarkable Meeting in His Interest Held Tuesday
 Night at Courthouse

One of the principal subjects of com- ment in Birming gham yesterday was the meeting held Tuesday night at the cir cult courtrooms in the courthouse Tn the interest of the candidacy of Walter B. Fowlkes for the board of revenue.
 The meeting was entirely informal, and had been called simply by passing the word around among MT. Fowlkes' friends, but the courtroom was packed and the crowd extended clear out into the corridors. It was estimated there were more than 300 present. About two thirds of the outlying beats of the county were represented, and it was said to have been one of the most thoroughly representative gatherings of all classes of the county's citizenship ever assembled.
 All of the speeches made were short and informal and between 25 and 30 were heard. The speakers reported the sentiment from the various precincts of the county, and they were all of such favorable nature that those present went out with the renewed determina- tion to see that MT. Fowlkes leads the ticket in next Tuesdays primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Hard Labor Sentence
 for Deputy Sheriff

John Chance. a white man was
 fined s10O and given a sentence of 50
 days at hard labor for the county on a charge of abusive language by Judge
 Fort yesterday in the criminal court
 Chance is a deputy sheriff of Walker county. but happened to be over the line of Jefferson when he committed the offense.
 Will alias Kangaroo, Sparks, negro, pleaded guilty to q charge of assault and was sentenced to six months at hard labor by Judge A. Fl. Aston in the criminal court yesterday. sparks was tried sometime ago by d jury and when the jury reported ready to return q verdict Sparks was missing. He re- turned and pleaded guilty, asking the mercy of the court on his own initia- tive.
 Jesse Owens, negro. pleaded guilty before Judge Alston yesterday on a ch rge of grand larceny and will be sentenced Saturday.
 l l. F.. Ramsay. negro, pleaded guilty , before Judge William F. Fort on q | charge of violating the prohibition 1 law and was given the lowest fine oi
 $50 and costs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
CROWDS EXPECTED
 ID HEAR CHIMES OF
 NORMANDY TODAY
Advance Sale of Tickets h. dicates an OverflOwing Attendance at Both
 Performances

The Chimes of Normandy with a fine cast, an exceptionally strong and we'll trained chorus, and an orchestra Of skilled musicians, all under the direction of Robert Lawrence, will be presented this afternoon and tonight at the Jeffer- son theatre
 No light opera ever written combines so many charming features as Chimes. The librette is full of romance and mirth, and the music is of the good, old tunefu kind. It has always been a favorite opera for amateur production.
 MT. Lawrence's operatic experience es- pecially fits him for staging this or any other standard work, and he has labored hard to make Chimes a dazzling suc- cess. The costumes are brilliant and new.
 The advance sale indicates two capacity houses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
CANDIDATES FILE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS WITH PROBATE JUDGE Five Candidates Fail to File List Before Closing Time
 Last Night-Several
 Have No Expenses

Expense accounts showing the exact expenditures of each candidate up to date were filed in the probate court yester- day. with but few exceptions out of the entire list only five candidates failed to file expense accounts before closing time last night.
 Several candidates reported no expen- ditures, including Judge William E. Fort. Judge J P Stiles and Judge C B. Smith. while Judge H, A. Sharpe's was cents for two 2-cent postage stamps. In the race Tor the county board of education there were four candidates who have not made any expenditures
 In the race for Judgeship, Romaine Boyd leads in point. of expenditures, his account showing a grand tota, of $l,624so. For county treasurer. Cleon B. Rogers is leading the figures, being sS3s.4. Dr. M w Hancock leads the ooroners 8 race, with $sl1 SO H. NJ. Byars is leading the county board of education with s3o marked up on his account. pr. R. F. Lovelady has spent few dollars more than any one else in the race for the board of revenue.
 The list of those who have filed ac- counts with the probate judge and the amount they have paid out, with the ex- ception of those running for constable, are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04

W. Melville Drennen. former mayor of Birmingham. believes the city com missioners have a great opportunity to set the people striking example In harmony and cooperation.
 When they come before the people with a suggestion why should they not come with a united front?" asks Mir. Drennen. If they do not agree among themselves on propositions they ars submitting how can they expect Us citizens to show unanimity of senti- ment?
 Here are some facts that impress me. Our present commissioners seem to be running to municipal ownership.
 First, they make proposition to buy the waterworks plant in order that there may be municipal ownership.
 Second. they decline to allow the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company to acquire the Tidewater lines in order to have the way clear for the city to buy the lines so that there can be municipal ownership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
WEATHERLY SEEKS
 TELEPHONE DATA
to. Act on Automatic Phones

The communications committee of the Rotary club met with Commission CT James Weatherly at his offices in the city hall yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and received from him the data he had in hand regarding the proposed automatic telephone system for Birmingham. MT. Weatherly ex- plained to the committee that he had not completed his investigations and would have no report on the matter to make until he had completed the work.
 MT, Weatherly said he had in fact. just started on the work of acquiring data and told the committee that he thought some exhibition of the pro- posed systems should be had for the purpose of demonstrating whether or not they were needed and would be useful in Birmingham. lie said he knew the automatic system was prac- ticable and could be used. but that the question at issue was. is Birming- ham in need of it at this time?
 MT. Weatherly has not introduced any ordinance on the matter of an auto matic telephone system and will not do so until he is completely convinced that such a system would be good for Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
CONDEMNED NEGRO IS STILL HOPEFUL
 OF FURTHER RESPITE
Attorneys for Martin Con- tend He Is Innocent and Are Hoping for Com
 mutation of Sentence

Sam Martin, negro convicted for the murder of James Little. another negro. is again within one day of the gallows The respite of two weeks granted the condemned negro expires tomorrow. and unless another respite is granted or the sentence commuted, he will hang in the county Jail yerd tomorrow morning.
 The negro and his attorneys are still hopeful that the sentence will be com muted or that he will be pardoned by the governor. The sentence has been re- splted by Governor Henderson three times. the orders coming from the gov ernor each time just few hours before the hour set for the execution of the sentence.
 The lawyers representing Martin have been untiring in their efforts to save him from the gallows, ana in running down each possible clue to the negro's inno- cence They had the body of James Lit tie exhumed- by orders from the gov ernqr and the bullet extracted from his body. The bullet proved to be of dif- ferent caliber from the revolver used as evidence in the prosecution. Upon this fact the negro and his counsel are hoping for a rardon a communication of the death sentence to life Imprisonment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04

Third, they come to us with a half million dollar bond issue 10 build an electric plant. which the city will own carrying out still further the plan of municipal ownership.
 Fourth, is a proposed bond issue of $2. coo. 900 for schools These schools are. of course. owned by the city. so municipal ownership, is vindicated there.
 Fifth, is a proposed bond issue of million dollars to build a city hall on leased property and move out of a building which tine city already owns. l suppose this. too. is carrying out the idea of municipal ownership.
 But the thing I should like to em- phasize Is this: The commissioners themselves should be agreed on the va- rious propositions which they submit to the voters.
 Suppose, for example. my partner and myself should want to borrow s50,- 900 from a bank. Suppose l went to the banker and told him we wanted 1t for one thing and my partner then went to him and told him WIG wanted 1t for something else The first thing that banker would do would be to tell us 10 go back to our offices, get to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
DRENNEN SAYS THE COMMISSION
 CAN SET EXAMPLE IN HARMONY Former Mayor Calls Striking Attention Partnership Asking For Loans Upon Which Themselves Are Not Agreed Commission
 Should Before Voters With Solid Front

gether and agree on what we wanted and then lay our proposition before him. That would be the only business like thing to do.
 Tt is the same way with the com missioners who come to the people ask ing the people for large sums of money. The propositions fail 10 get unanimous vote among the commission CTS themselves. One commissioner ap- parently has one idea about the amount needed and what it. IS to be used for. while another commissioner has another idea.
 This naturally confuses the voter who is really in the same position as the banker. The voter naturally wants the partners applying for the loan to get together on their differences. de- ] eide what they want and come to the people with a united front. If they don't do 1t they will find MT. Voter Banker cold toward their proposals. He will think 1t decidedly unbusiness- like 10 advance money to partnership in which the members of the firm themselves are not agreed as to. what should be done with the money or whether indeed the firm ought to ask for the loan at all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
ALL NEEDED INFORMATION

According to the engineers the report will give all the information needed in constructing the highway, and when the full information is put into the hands Of the board of revenue and the Chamber of Commerce, it will be up to them to act Just what they have in mind to do about the building of the highway has not been learned. Members of the board of revenue say they have not dis cussed the matter and have been wait ing for a final report from the engineers before considering the building.
 While waiting for the report the Cham Der of Commerce committee has been thinking the matter of bond issue over. They are of the opinion that the only way in which to build the road to the river, and do it immediately, is to issue bonds. Some of the members of the board of revenue are of the opinion that the road could best be built by convict labor. However, the committee and the board of revenue will be likely to get together on some plan after they have the plans before them to work from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
TO GIVE MINSTREL
 IN THE OPEN AIR
Walker Memorial Brotherhood tt Appear In Behren's Park
 Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night the Brotherhood class of the Walker Memorial church of West End will repeat their clever presentation of The Ugly Brothers Minstrel al an open air performance in Behren's park
 This will be given under the auspices of the ladies of the Second Presbyterian church. and the proceeds will be divided between the Methodists and Presbyterians for the improvement of their respective Sunday school rooms.
 The park will be suitably illuminated and seating arrangements have been pro- vided for 800 or 600 people.
 This is. one of the first times that the people of Birmingham have attempted tc put their parks to this kind of com munity use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
HOME AND SCHOOL THEME GF LECTURES
 BY DR. [. H. GR|GGS
Lectures Prove of More Than General Interest and With Each Day the Attend
 ance Increases
By G. LEWIS BALES

Principles of Government in Home and School was the subject Wednesday aft ernoon of the third in the educational se- ries of the Griggs lectures. The course of F lectures embraces two series The aft ernoon series of six lectures deals with the general theme. The Philosophy of Education" The evening series embraces six Dramas of Protest"
 The lecture of Wednesday afternoon was evidently of more than usual interest to the general public. that is, independent of the teachers. for despite the fact that the clouds hung low and threatened rain. the attendance marked a very decided in- crease over either of the previous after moons. A conspicuous feature of the Wednesday afternoon audience was the number of fathers and mothers present. representing the business men ana busy r1a-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
GO OVER PLANS TO-DAY

There are a number of things in con- nection with the plans that MT. Cross- land wants to confer with MT. Clark about before submitting his report and the two engineers will spend most of the day today going over the plans together. Engineer Clark's advice on the matter is very valuable to the government engi- neer, as the data was compiled by Mr. Clark, who is more familiar with the routes and road building in Jefferson county than anyone else.
 MT. Clark and MT. Crossland left Bir- mingham yesterday morning for a trip over some of the roads of Jefferson coun- ty, it being MT. Clark's purpose to point out to the government engineer some of the difficulties and advantages or road building in this county, and to give, him better idea of the lay of the land. However, MT. Clark reported the trip un- successful on account of the rain during the night and morning. The roads were so slick and bad that they had to turn around and come back. Mir. Clark said they got along fine as long as they were on the macadamized road, but found travelling on the dirt roads too difficult and returned to the city
 The two routes proposed for the high way differ in distance by six miles, while the grades are the same e per cent, ac- cording to the figures of the county en- gineer. The route to the Warrior by way of the Taylor's Ferry road is 24 miles, and the route by way of Nichols Fish trap road is IS miles. making a differ ence of six miles. The Nichols Fishtrap route terminates at the Locust Fork. while the Taylor's Ferry roac leads to | ta r,,o in,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Attempted Suicide

Fred Brown attempted suicide yester- day morning at Il o'clock at the resi- dence of F. s. Abraham, 5l2 Nineteenth street. north, by taking large quantity of acetanilid, according to police authori- ties. Brown was carried to the Hill man hospital in the Johns Undertaking company's ambulance, where it was stated that he will recover. call was received by the police department shortly after II o'clock that a man had com mitted suicide at the above address. Call Officer Pittman investigated and found Brown lying on a bed in his room uncon- scious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
warfare upon that blanc. they ought

warfare upon that plane. they ought to in decency acknowledge the fact Moreover, in my humble opinion. Ger many has not helped her position in any way by the policy she has pursued; leaving the United States out of the question altogether She has in this matter overshot the mark She has aroused antagonism and enmities that will take her a century to overcome, and she has not advanced her position from a military stancpoint I think lit is not the part of kindness or of friendship to urge man or a nation to an indefensible course
 Again, MT. Persons says: "We have no cause to love the British empire; she has fought us twice" Remember. my dear sir. both of those wars were were fought not by the British people. but by' the faction which happened to be in power at the time, contrary to the real sentiment of the most intelli- jgent Englishman We have had no trouble with England in more than century. We have a border line of 1000 miles between us and Canada without a fort and without an armed ship upon any of the great lakes. England was our friend in the Spanish American war. It was an English admiral who saved Dewey from a most distressing situation in Manila bay. It was Eng lands refusal to go with Japan that prevepted us from serious trouble with that nation in recent years It was an English chief justice who decided the Alaskan boundary line in our fa- Nor. It was England who first sus- tgested the Monroe doctrine and whose navy has made 1t. good. We have every reason to be friendly with England, liar more so than with any other nation
 cn earth not merely because the great Dominion of Canada lies to our north. but because we speak the same lan-
 guage and We have from her the same
 inheritance of liberty. Yours very
 truly SYDNEY ]. BOWIE. Birmingham. May l. l9is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
.DR. GRIGGS URGES
 SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
Tells Rotarians That Schools Are Most Important Adjunct of City
 Government

Edward Howard Griggs, nationally famed as lecturer. was the speaker before the Rotary club at its regular weekly luncheon. yesterday and he ad- vised the members of the club to work for the proposed bond issue of g., 0o,00O for school purposes, saying the schools were the most important adjunct of the city government.
 Commissioner James Weatherly. who was scheduled to speak at yesterday s luncheon, yielded his entire time to Dr. Griggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
SHE TOLD HER NEIcHsoR

Y told neighbor Whose vefy young
 child had croup about Foleys Honey
 and Tar" writes Mrs. Rehkanp. 24V4
 Herman st., Covington, Ky She thought that the child surely ~ould die it was so bad. When she gave it a couple doses of Foley's Honey and Tar she was so pleased with the change she div not. know what to saS. 1his oid reliable cough syrup immediately
 helps coughs. colds and whcoping cough. Just as good for old as it is for young folks. Sold everywhere:--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Al fine Photoplay Houses

Rialto-.The Law Decides,'' with Harry Mercy.
 1rianon-"The White Man (called The Aryanr). with William s. Hart. His Bread and Butter" Keystone comedy.
 Princess-"The Man Within with Tom Mix and all star cast. The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite
 Odeon Two-"The Smugglers." with AL fred Paget and Linda Arvideon. "In- somnia'' with Billy Reeves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
Suits Filed .

The following damage suits were filed in the circuit court yesterday
 Mike Graffo, pro ami, Joe Graffo, vs., R. R. Rochell. and the Jefferson County Bot ting Works 5000. claiming that the. de- fendant was made sick from drinking a beverage bottled by the defendant com pany.
 Mrs. Neal Robinson vs. Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company, S501J claimed for alleged personal injuries. Mrs. B. P. Davidson vs. Mrs. J. G. Wyatt, 5000 claimed for alleged damage to personal property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-04
What Does Your FoodCost? You.could

easily spend two dollars for a meal and not get as much real, bodybuilding nutri- ment as you get in two Shredded Wheat Biscuits, the food that contains all the muscle-making material in the whole wheat grain pre- pared in a digestible form. Two Shredde d Wheat Biscuits with milk or cream will make a complete. per feet meal, at a cost of not over five cents. A food for youngsters and grown-ups. Eat it for breakfast with milk or cream; eat it for luncheon with fresh berries or other fruits. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y.