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The Seward gateway., 1916-05-15
ROBSON DEFEATED

BIRMINGHAM, May 15.-William Banlhead, son of the seantor, has de- feated Richmond Pearson Hobson for the congressional nomination in the Tenth district.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-15
BRITISH LOSE TRENCHES

LONDON, May 13-The office admits that we have lost some of the fifth line trenches front of five hundred yards Vermele. This loss was caused by a sudden offensive against the British lines near Huuch The Teutons appear to have decided to concen rate their efforts positions and have paused in the Verdun region.
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ANOTHER CASHIER IS
 IN HANDS OF THE LAW

SAN DIEGO, May 12. - Emilton Barber, recently cashier of the San Diego Savings Bank, has been arrest ed on the charge of embezzlement and forgery.
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MEXICAN MARAUDERS

MARATHON, May 12. - Mexican bandits again crossed into American territory last night and attacked civi- Hans and soldiers four miles north of Boquillas. After a short skirmish the bandits fled.
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Robert Ashland returned so quietly on the Northwestern after an absence of several months and seemed so much at home after coming back that he was hardly noticed,
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sulting the civil and military authori- ties there with the intention of mak- ing some arrangements for the man agement of the affairs of the country that will commend themselves to Irishmen of all parties and to parlia- ment. He confessed that the govern ment of Ireland is in a most unsatis- factory condition that cannot be con tinued.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-15
SEIZE SEATTLE LIQUOR

SEATTLE, May 12. - Liquor con signed to ten Seattle drug stores and large shipments on the way by trans fer companies to storage were seized today by a squad of forty policemen and confscated. The liquor, which was valued at seventy-fve thousand dollars was taken to the public safety building.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-15
COURT AT ANCHORAGE

A session of the District Court will be held at Anchorage on June 20. Clerk of the Court Lang passed by on the way to Valdez yesterday on the MaripOsa. Judge Brown has gone to Ketchikan to hold court here. Mir. Lang is unable to say yet when the Seward term for this year will be called.
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CHALLENGES WILLARD

CHICAGO, May 13. - Fred Fulton has wired Jess Willard a guarantee of S27, ,00O for a ten round fight against Hudson in July here. Willard is holding out for SS5,OOO.
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ALL HOPE OF SETTLEMENT IN
 MEXICAN AFFAIR ABANDONED
CONFERENCE FAILS

WASHINGTON, May 13.-A situation more serious than any since the American troops entered Mexico con- fronts the administration today because of the failure ot the negotiations between Scott and Obregon Secretary Baker has directed Scott to return to Washington and Funston to return to San Antonio. All hope of reaching an agreement seems to have been abandoned.
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 * FOR SUBMARINES * * PANAMA CANAL e

WASHINGTON, May 13. - Secre- tary of War Baker Secretary of the Navy Daniels and the canal authori- ties have joined to draw up a resolu- ton asking for the appropriation of three million dollars for the purpose of establishing submarine bases for the protection of the Panama Canal The resolution asks that the money be made available immediately.
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OTHER EXECUTIONS

DUBLIN, May 12.-It was officially announced that James Connolly, lead CT of the Irish revolutionists, and Me Diarmid, another leader, were execut- ed in Dublin Castle this afternoon.
 (Note: The execution of Connolly was announced before, but this may be an error for another)
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BOISE, Idaho, May 1S.-BOise last night experienced the worst earth quake in her history. In the down. town districts people rushed from the buildings and some damage is report cd
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GERMAN MINISTER RESIGNS

COPENHAGEN, May 18.-Vice Chancellor Delburck of Germany who also holds the office of minister of the interior resigned today because he charged with failure to properly safeguard and distribute fOodstufs
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MOUNT MEN ON PONIES

FL PASO, May 18.-General Funston plans to strengthen the border patrol by mounting two thousand infantry on Texas pones The available cavalry has been exhausted by other requirements The Texas ponies will subsst on scanty herbage where other animals would St91yp
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After that he came back to Dawson and was here when the war started. Trocaz and three other French reserv- ists left there in September, 1914, for France.
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SCOTT AND oBREGoN MEET

FL PASO, May IS. - Generals Scott and Obregon have conferred again but the former has announced that no progress has been made.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 12.-| Curtis B. Jones, an American farmer was shot tonight near Mercedes, Texas, by four or five Mexicans who escaped.
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ROANOKE LOSSES

LOS ANGELES, May 18.-The lat est news about the Roanoke is that she had forty-eight aboard and that only five were saved.
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MORE BIDS FOR
 MAIL SERVICE
POST OFFICE STILL HOPES TO HAVE AERIAL ROUTES
 IN ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, May 15. - The second call for bids for an aerial mail service in Alaska will be made as soon as the factories can indicate that they can build the machines.
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REPORT FATAL FOOD RIOTS
 IN BERuN--M MANY KILLED
FOOD RIOTS IN BERLIN

LONDON, May 13. - Unprecedented food riots Oc cured in Berlin last Sunday, according report from Geneva Machine guns had to be used to que the rioters and three hundred were wounded or killed
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TO KILL BILL

WASHIGTON, May 19. - Senator Kenyon Sherman is talking against time to kill the rivers and harbors bill.
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COUNCIL MEETING

A meeting of the city council will take place this evening and some in teresting transactions are expected.
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SOME FRESHMEN RELEASED

DUBLIN, May 18.-A number of Dublin citizens ar rested during the Irish revolt have been released as re- suit of the visit of Premier Asquith to this city
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ANOTHER VICTORY

DUBLIN, May 15. - It was finally announced that James Connolly and John McDermOt leaders in the Irish rebellion, were shot this morning.
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DELAYED CABLES.

(Some of these cables may have appeared in another form as matters were terribly mixed by the cable break)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
GENERAL BRICKEN IS MEETING SUCCESS
 IN HIS CAMPAIGN
Candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals Praises Loyalty of His Friends and Is Confident
 of Success

Gen. Charles R. Bricken of Luverne, solicitor of the second judicial circuit and candidate for judge of the court of appeals, was at the Erkert hotel last night. Judge Bricken leaves this for St. Clair county in the in- terest of his candidacy.
 q am highly gratified with the sit uation in north Alabama" said General Bricken last night. q spent the early part of the campaign in south Ala bama. where have lived and am known, and waitetd until late in the race to come to this section I expect to remain in north Alabama until the primary in May. One of the most grat- flying things of the campaign to me has been the loyalty of my friends in south Alabama. I find everywhere I go letters from people in my circuit or in my section of the state urging their friends in north Alabama to sup port men. I have just learned that a letter is being sent out now signed by the mayors of all the cities and towns in the second judicial circuit. I feel very much pleased over the situation and I am confident that I will be cho- sen to one of the three places on the court of appeals
 Judge John Pelham, senior judge or the court, Judge Thomas E. Knight, of Greensboro Judge w. w. Whiteside, of Anniston; J. M. Bonner, of Camden and Judge J. B. Brown of Cullman are the other candidates for the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

Max Bloom will be at the Lyric all this week to entertain and a large crowd is expected at today's matinee to greet this popular player. Max Bloom is one of the best comedians before the public, and he will present ''rhe Sunny Side of Broadway" a pretentious musical come dy and he will be assisted by pretty Alice Sher and about 20 other high-class enter tainers.
 The song numbers are a big feature of the production and then that Bloom comedy is sure to keep the Birming- ham theatre-goers laughing all this week. Bloom is a Birmingham favorte, and his appearance this week means { there is to be some classy entertain ment.
 The "Olds'' will also be on the bill and will appear in The Man and the Mum my,'' a ventriloquist novelty. combining ventriloquism. telepathy. refined comedy and mystery. Lester and Mature, singers and dancers, will also assist in the en- tertainment and they are said to be ex- cepticnally clever. The curtain at the matinee will go up promptly at 2:3o o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
SEWANEE ALUMNI T0GVE bANQUETAT TUTW|[ER TONIGHT Chancellor GailOr Will Be Guest of HOnOr-Many
 Prominent Men to
 Speak

Everything is in readiness for the big banquet which will be given by the Sewanee Birmingham Alumni association at the Tutwier hotel tonight A large number of the alumni are expected to at tend and a number of prominent speak CTS will be on hand.
 The principal speaker of the evening will be the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, chancellor of the University of the South Other speakers on the programme are Rt. Rev. A. w. Knight, vice chancellor; University of Alabama; John Howe Pey- railroad; George F. Milton publisher and editor of the Chattanooga News; Rev. Milton S. Barnwell, rector of the Church of Advent; pr. Henry M. Edmonds, pas tor of the Independent Presbyterian church; Rabbi M Newfield of Temple Emanu-El, and Walker Percy. The com mittee in charge of the entertainment is composed of H. G. Seibels, Robert Jemison, Jr Val J. Nesbitt, Herbert E. Smith and E. c. Armes.
 The galleries of the banquet hall will be open to the friends and families of the guests including ladies at 8:30 o'clock when the speaking will begin. The fol- lowing invitations have been issued
 "The Sewanee Birmingham Alumni as- sociation requests your presence at the Tutwier banquet hall on Monday evening, April B. at 7:30 o'clock. The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, chancellor of the Uni versity of the South will be the guest of honor. No subscription will be asked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
OF THE VETERANS WILL BE
 G|VENFREE MEALS.
Commissary Con- mittee Will Meet This Week to Work Out
 Further Details

The members of the commissary committee preparing for the Confeder- ate veterans reunion to be held here May 16, IF and IS. will meet this week at the Chamber of Commerce.
 The committee, composed of some of the most active and experienced men of the Chamber of Commerce, is con- fronted with one of the most important problems of the forthcoming reunion.
 It is the duty of the committee to prepare food and service for the vet erans who will camp at the Alabama State Fair grounds. It was stated Chamber of Commerce are preparing for 5000 veterans who will be the ex- elusive guests of the city. That is to say, 5000 veterans will be furnished food and sheltetr free of all cost. To handle this immense number of men at meals three times every day is a hard task. The committee. however, has tackled the problem with a vim and from estimates in hand they will have plentiful supply of food for the vet erans.
 
 committee indicates that the rations will include among others things the following:
 One thousand pounds of beef, 2500 pounds of ham, 1900 pounds of bacon, 500 pounds of lard, 1000 pounds of cof- fee, 300 pounds of butter, 200 bushels of potatoes. 700 loaves of bread per meal or 1900 loaves for the entire en- campment.
 The help necessary to serve the vet erans will consist of 150 walters. meat cutters. 16 cooks, 10 dish washers. 10 pantry men, 5 vegetable cooks, four firemen, 6 pantry girls, one head waiter and two assistant head walters.
 The cafe for the veterans will be adjacent to the sleeping quarters at the fair grounds. The committee in charge of the work of providing for the venertans in this way will have all details worked out and will be ready for the invading hosts perhaps earlier than any other committee. The large item of expense attached to the TO- union is that of food and shelter. The details of the work in this connection are being watched with extreme care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
GRAIN FREIGHT RATES

As to the freight rates, that is a subject that is bound to bring out much fervid oratory by Commissioner Barber. Inci- dentally, it is readily agreed that will be about the net result of the discus sion.
 Another subject that will very likely be gone into will be that of the public schools. Commissioner John R. Hornady, to whom the schools are as his favorite child, is certain to speak on his plan to submit a $2,O0O,O0O bond issue to con- struct new schools and repair the old ones MT. Hornady in this matter will receive the oral and moral support of Commissioners Ward and Truss
 Other than the joint conference today the legal battle in Montgomery on be- half of the city commissioners will of itself demand much attention from the public. On Thursday oral arguments be- fore the supreme court on the validity of the liquor inspection law will begin. City Attorney M M. Ullman will argue against Walker Percy and Augustus Ben ners, who represent D. s. Markstein, in the suit in which Judge Sharpe has al- ready decided against the city, but on which an appeal is about to be heard
 As to the actual work of the city com missioners, this week, it is likely to be confined to the passage of the junk ordi- nance and an ordinance for the more adequate punishment of persons whose pe- culiar temperament leads them to bor- row automobiles without the owners per mission.
 As City Attorney Ullman will be in Montgomery during the greater portion of the week, his report on the financial transactions of the Tidewater is not like ly to be submitted. However. the quiet investigation instituted by Commissioner Barber, to aid his brother commissioners in the affair will, in all probability, con- tinue unabated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
NEWSPAPER CLUB WILL INSTALL NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT Retiring President B. H. Mooney Will Make Report
 of Clubs Activities
 for the Year
Be at the Newspaper club tonight.

Be at the Newspaper club tonight.
 At o'clock sharp the new officials of this popular club will be formally ln- stalled, and no doubt there will be a large crowd present to encourage the new officers in their work for the coming year.
 Officers that are to be installed to- night are as follows:
 President, H. c. Selheimer; vice presi- dent, Forney Johnston; treasurer, Frank Stevens; recording secretary, c. D. Cok- CT; member board of governors, w. w. Crawford, w. D. Nesbitt, B. H. Mooney, Leon Friedman, Oscar Turner and J. R. Hornady.
 The officers whose administration ends tonight are: President, B. H. Mooney; vice president, Leon Friedman; treasurer, Leon Friedman; recording secretary, P. A. Smith.
 Members board of governors, c. M. Stanley, o. S. Finch Charles Fell, E. F. Enslen, l.. Sevier and Crawford Johnson.
 At the meeting tonight retiring Presi- dent B. H. Mooney, will make full re- port of the affairs of the club and form- ally install the new officers.
 An announcement of new secretary will be made Tuesday by the new direc- tors. The new secretary has already been informally chosen and he IS one of the best known men in Birmingham. His connection with the club will mean that the club will be operated along the best possible lines and with the best serv- ice to the members.
 Means of financing the club have been made, and it is indicated that the News paper club is about to enter on one oi it's greatest periods of success and use fulness The club is in better condition now than for sometime, and it's continued and successful operation is an assured fact The new officers are enthusiastic and with proper support, will no doubt make the Newspaper club the city's most popular club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
FEDERAL PRISONERIN IN
 SERIOUS CONDITION

Not much hope is held out for the re- covery of B. F. Dillon, age 8 years, United States prisoner on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act, who attempted to commit suicide yesterday morning at ? o'clock in the Jefferson county jail by taking three bichlorde of mercury tablets
 After Dillon had taken the tablets he awakened his celmate and told him what he had done. The man called the inside warden and told him of the at tempt Shaw & Sons ambulance was summoned and Dillon was rushed to the Hilman hospital. It was stated last night that he is in a serious condition. The only statement that Dillon would make is that he was tired of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
J.E. Stanley Desperately III

News reached Birmingham last night that J. E. Stanley, formerly of Birming- ham, is desperately i'll at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. I. H. Stanley, in Ordway Col. and that the doctors feared he could not survive the night. MT. Stanley is an only brother of c. M Stanley of The Age-Herald staff, and was himself connected with The Age Herald during his residence in Birming- ham several years ago. Mrs. J. E. Stan ley and their two children are also with him in OrdWay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
MONTHLY MEETING OF
 THE HUMANE SOCIETY

The regular monthly meeting of the Birmingham Humane society will be held Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Lyric building. Reports of the officers of the society for the past month will be read and other business transacted. Mrs. w. N. Wood, president of the society, urges all members and friends interested in humane work to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Auto Recovered

The seven-passenger Hudson automo- bile of G. Hewson of the Saunders Motor Car company, which was stolen last night while standing on Fifteenth avenue and Nineteenth street, south, was recovered early this morning by Officer Arthur FL lis and Patrol Driver Frank Wagner There was reward of s25 for the re- covery of the automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
At the Photoplay Houses

At the PhOtoplay Houses strand" Audrey" with Pauline Fred erick.
 Colonial-"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" with Charlotte Walker Irianon-'"The Flying Torpedo" with John Emerson.
 Odeon Two-"The Wayward Sister," with June Daye. Princess-"Out of the Quagmire," with Joseph Kilgour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
To Boycott Teutonic Goods

Rio Janeiro, April 2.-Members of the Japanese colony here at a meeting to- day passed resolution which advocates the boycotting of German and Austro- Hungarian products
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
SENIOR CLASS WILL PRESENT A MN U A l.
 PLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL
High Class Comedy to Be Presented at Auditorium to Be Followed by Bazar-Fine Perform
 ance Promised

The senior class of the Central High school will present it's annual play and bazar at o'clock at the High school au- ditorium. The play is entitled. What Happened to Jones'" and is one of George Broadhurst's farce-comedies and will be presented by an "all-star" cast, many of whom have appeared in comedy roles. The comedy is said to be very amusing and the lines exceedingly clever. The participants have been rehearsing very diligently under the direction of Miss Margaret Weaver and the play promises to be the most entertaining ever staged by amateurs in the city.
 The plot is laid around hen-pecked husband, whose residence adjoins an in- sane asylum. The cast follows:
 Jones, travelling man .... James Childers. Prof. Ebenezer Goodby .Hofford Todd Anthony Goodby, D.D. Electric Griffin Richard Heatherly ............Joe Burnett Holder policeman ............John Griffin Bighee, the Nut ........John Dearborn Fuller, superintendent ..... Douglas Boyd Mrs Goodby ......... Mary Nell Findley Patty ............... Rosa Woods Wilder Ma1orie .................... Beulah Rains Minerva ......................... Mary Allen Alvina Starlight ......... Jessie Mathews Helma ............ Leonide Smith
 Immediately after the play, the baZa- will be opened in the gymnasium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
TODAY'S EVENTS

Sewanee alumni banquet at Tutwiler tonight at 7:3O o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
LITTLE CHANGE IN CAPACITY

It might appear at first as though the adoption of modern equipment of larger capacity was responsible for this great showing, but there was very little change in the capacity of cars in the two years that are compared; it is rather the re- suit of a persistent determination to util- ize all cars to their fullest capacity.
 During the last four years, the same 12 companies have affected saving of 165, 696 cars through the heavier loading of equipment
 'The shippers, consignees, and the rail- roads have been greatly benefited in the larger number of cars switched and weighed, to say nothing of the great saw ing in operating expenses; switching serv- ices on 165, ,696 cars of 331 ,392 terminal movements and the expense of handling this additional number of both empties and loads through the various classiinica- tion. interchange yards of the railroads from point of shipment to destination. It proves exclusively the money value of conserving the freight equipment, not only when there is a severe car famine. but at all times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03

At the Theaters Lyric-Vaudeville. Matinee at 2:30 D. m. Evening at 7:30 and o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
SEEK COOPERATION

Still, in all seriousness, the meeting this afternoon between the Chamber of Commerce directors and the city com mission probably marks a new era in the city government, and incidentally, means greater cooperation between the city and the business interests of Bir- mingham.
 Some of the questions that will be taken up today will be the acquisition of the Tidewater lines by the city, the building of a municipal auditorium, and the lowering of the freight rate between Riverton and Sheffield for the benefit of the local grain men.
 On the question of the Tidewater it is freely predicted, owing to the over whelming public sentiment in favor O. the city buying the Tidewater, that the directors of the Chamber of Commerce will readily agree with the city commits sioners, of whom the majority are on record as favoring the purchase that it is the only feasible thing to do
 As to the auditorium, that is @ subject close to the hearts of all memb bers of the Chamber of Commerce. A resume of the plans already submitted as to the possible completion of the Roden steel frame, at Seventeenth street and Fifth avenue, will be heard and thorough ly discussed. Whether or not anything of a definite nature regarding the pur- chase or the leasing of the Roden hotel property by the city will be done re- mains to be seen.