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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
Kept in Solitary CeH For 4I Years dt Last GiDen
 RiqhttO See His FeHOW Men


 ries of degenerate acts which had ter rorized the South Boston and Dorches- ter districts of this city He was sen fenced to be hanged but because of his youth the sentence was commuted to soli- tary Imprisonment for life. On Septem- Der :, 1876, he was placed in his solitary cell at the Charles street jail.
 But he did not drop out of the public eye. Reports of sensational attempts to escape, carried through with patient in genuity rarely found outside of fiction, became public at frequent intervals. His mother, until her death two years ago, never relaxed her efforts to secure his pardon and was allowed to visit her son regularly.
 When Pomeroy began his sentence he was poorly educated. Now he can read in seven languages and at the age of 57 is studying Arabic. His last known attempt to escape was four years ago. Since then he has been diligently study ing law as it bears on his case. Be- yond his attempts to break through steel and brick to freedom he has been on the whole. his keepers say, a quiet and model prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
BURNETT HOPING
 IMMIGRATION BILL
 WILL BECOME LAW
The Alabama Congressman Writes President Letter Calling Attention to Elim-
 ination of One Objection

Washington, January 24.-(Special) While MT. Burnett chairman of the inn migration committee, fears that Presi- dent Wilson will veto the recently en- acted immigration bill he is losing no opportunity to present reasons why the veto should not be exercised.
 Today in a letter addressed to Presi- dent Wilson, he called the executives attention to the fact that one of the two objections to the bill raised by the ex- ecutive during the last session of Con gress had in this session been eliminated. To the bill of the last session the Pres- dent raised two objections. The first was the fact that the bill tended to deny this country as a refuge for political refu- gees, and the second was the so-called literaey test.
 MT. Burnett represented to the Presi dent that just one of those objections could now be raised. The bill retains the literacy test, but does not deny adms- sion to those escaping political or relig- ious persecution.
 The President must act by next Mon day or the bill will become law by con- stitutional limitation.
 Holland offers a market for Amer ican filing cabinets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
Marion Court In Session

non-jury term of the Marion county cir cult court is in session this week with Judge c. P. Almon, presiding, and Henry ID. Jones, solicitor Several cases have been disposed of. The preliminary trial of James and Wash Bozeman, charged with the murder of Bill Markham, near Guin, last Friday evening. will be held next Monday before Probate Judge Bos- tick The defendants will be represented by E. B. and K. V. Fite, and the state will be represented by Solicitor Henry D. Jones' Markham was at the home of Bozeman when the trouble arose and Markham was shot four times. Bozeman claims that Markham cut him with a knife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25

Boston. January 24.-Jesse Pomeroy, who has been for fl years In solitary confinement in the state prison at Charleston, was granted equal privileges with other prisoners by the state execu- tive council today. Convicted of murder lat 15, Pomeroy two I~lrs later was locked up in cell lighted from a window in the ceiling so that he might not gaze on his fellow men. He was exercised apart from other prisoners and barred, as far as possible, from human compan- ionship. Two years ago the sentence was enforced less vigorously to accord with modern ideas of prison reform
 Now, at the age of 57 years, Pomeroy will move into a cell where he can see passersby, will be allowed to exercise with other prisoners, sit with them at the church services and at the prison enter tainments and will be given such light work in the prison shops as his somewhat enfeebled health will permit.
 Pomeroy was convicted of the brutal murder of two children following a se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
American Shell Contract
 Must Wait, Is Order of
 the English Government

London, January 24.-The British gov ernment has refused permission to the Hadenields limited to proceed with work on the contract for shells for the Amer ican navy ''so long as the exigencies of war continue"
 The announcement is made in the form of an official notice by Dr. Christopher Addison, the minister of munitions. in which attention is called to the fact that the entire steel output is under his con l trr,l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
EIcuTy-sEyEN yEARs oIn

Backache. sore muscles, stiff joints, dark puffs under eyes and bladder disorders are symptoms of diseased kidneys. H. H. Adams, ngfie1d, Mo-, writes: "I had a very severe attack of kidney trouble. am getting old, eightyseven. | tried different treat
 nents. but none did me so much good AS Foley Kidney Pills I consider it the best" Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action, and quick to give good re- suits. Sold everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25

as that doctrine is generally construed. marks a new suggested era in the history of the country.
 Everybody agrees the message was epochal. There is sharp disagreement, however, as to whether or not the ideas advanced are so big that few can understand them, or so entirely theo- retical that they will rank with the
 international revolving of sphere; within spheres under the guidance of an International executive" of R. P. Hobson, a former resident of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
Aged Episcopal Minister Dies

Richmond, Va, January 24-The Rev. William Bell Williams, aged so, oldest member of the Episcopal clergy in Richmond, and probably in Virginia, is dead here after an active ministe- rial life. He was founder of the Lau- rel reformatory for boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
N. & W. Declares Dividend

Philadelphia, January 24.-The direc- tors of the Norfolk and Western rail- road today declared the regular quar- terly dividend of IA per cent and an extra dividend of l per cent on the common stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
Presidential Appointments

Washington. January 24.-William H.. McClendon, Amite. La, was nominated today by the President to be assistant United States treasurer at New Orleans William D. Lawrence was named post master at Bryant, Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25

c. Brown, Mrs. Joe A. Little, Mrs. H. L,
 Banes and Mrs c. G. Houston. The Ladies' Aid society of the Brighton Presbyterian church was entertained this afternoon by Mrs. W. N. Stewart. A business session was held, after which Ia social hour was enjoyed and refresh
 ments were served. Among those enjoy ing this hospitality were Mrs. J. A. Ess- tis, Mrs. William Chamblee, Mrs Joe W5~ren, Mrs F. A. Allaway, Mrs. J. B. Pegues Miss Grace Winter, Miss Rosa
 Leigh Pegues, Miss Dossie, Miss Mary,
 Miss Grace Stewart and the Rev. J. C.. Mcqueen.
 Prof. w. P. Gum slipped last night
 while on the porch at the home of his
 daughter, Mrs. Ralph Burke, and was
 badly bruised and is confined to bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
LONGING FOR PEACE

''Our aim is the same as President Wilson's. What he is longing for we are fighting for. Our sons and broth CTS are risking their lives for it and we mean to secure it. The hearts of the people of this country are longing for peace, we are praying for peace; for peace which will bring back to us in safety those who are fighting our battles, and peace which will mean. that those who will not come back have not laid down their lives in vain."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
FRIENDLY BUT
 FIRM REPLY IS MADE WILSON
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tU0htinueu iruM FHSe O"e3
 riers built up against barbarism be made effective? They cannot be pre- served by the belligerents if any of them choose to ignore them. It is only from neutral states that effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
PERSONALS

Mrs Annie Calmetti of Mobile is the guest of relatives in this city.
 Mrs. E. E. Williams has returned from Virginia, where she was the guest of rel atives and friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25
TORE UP TREATY

What happened? At the very out break of the war the Germans swept aside every one of the barriers. They tore up treaties which they themselves solemnly signed. They strewed mines in the open sea. They committed ev- cry atrocity on sea and land against The Hague convention which they had themselves signed They made war on women. and children. They destroyed neutrals as ruthlessly as they did their enemies They are at this moment driv- ing the population ot conquered terri tories into slavery and, worse even than that, they are making some of the subjects of their enemies take up arms against their own country.
 '.All this has been done and no neu- tral power has been able to stop if. No neutral power, indeed, has made any protest against it. We must then take other means to secure the future peace of the world.
 ..We have rejected the German
 offer to enter into negotiations not
 from lust of conquest or desire
 for shining victories. We have re-
 jected it not from n spirit of vim
 dictiveness or a desire for revenge.
 but because peace now would mean
 peace based on victory. It would
 be a peace which. would leave the
 military machine unbrOken. with
 the halo of success surrounding it.
 It would leave the control of that
 machine in the hands of the same
 men who for a generation pre-
 pared for war, who would make
 the same preparation again and
 who would choose their own time
 to plunge the world into the hOr-
 TOTS which nre now enduring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-25

Holland offers a market for Amer ican filing cabinets.
, 1917-01-18
Reached the End OF the Trail.

Col William f. Cody mas passed from the old trail over which he
maue many a galent ride. He was firm in the belief for some time
after attacked with his fatal illness that "they cant kill the old scout"
but when Dsath beekoued him he followed rs gently rs hid and
with the sanIe calmness that made him u world character on the trail
with Death IN the saddle beside him in pursuit of the murderous
Indians and the troublesome buffalo, Buffalo Bill" as he was known
the world over, died at the home of his sister in Denver. last We'd
nesday ut the ageo seventy-one yeats Whatever and how many may
have been his faults and weaknesses he was a great-hearted man, a
wonderful character and an undaunted force in the redemption of the
wild west, planting the seed Of civilization in it's early history MAXIM.
d. made and lost vast fortunes and was personally known to every
king aud potentite the world around. His personality was pictures-
que and strkingiy attractive and his courage dauntless His body
wa7 buried BY the Masous last Saturday, temporarily in Mount Hope
cemetery, Denver. Decoration day his body will be moved to Look
out Mountain, n spot That overlooks the great plains of The Montana.
CoIorodo aud Nebraska, the scenes of hs enduring achievements as a
scout and hunter. In his death there has been removed a world
admired character
, 1917-01-18
LAST LAUGH ALWAYS BEST
Well to Remember That Amusement at
New Member of Force May
Be but Temporary.

Don't laugh at that green, I'M
gainly-looking fellow who has just
Joined your force. In a few years
you may be asking him for a job.
No, it is not at all impossible.
There are thousands of such in
stances. You can think of some
yourself.
That new boy may not be as nat
tily dressed as you are; he may not
be as keen at repartee he may not
be a "fast stopper" but he may pos
e s the characteristics by which he
may climb fast while you slip back.
The time you spend enjoying your
self he may be using in study which
will help him to advance.
One of these days there may be a
change in the business and the young
man of whom you are making sport
may step into the high place.
Should that time come, do not be
80 small that you say that he must
have had some kind of a pull" or
"that he was a fool and worked over
time and did everything he could to
get a stand-in." Maybe he did. You
might have done the same. So shut
up and take your medicine.
But do not let the next one get
ahead of you.-Toledo Times.
, 1917-01-18

~OPULATION, 1000; situated on the head waters of the
North Platte river, surrounded by 100000 acres of deed
4 ed and patented agricultural land 900 acres of irri-
gable and dry land subject to entry under the land laws Of the
U. S Agricultural crops are small grains, such rs oatr, wheat,
rye, barley and emmer; forage crops: timothy, clover, alfalfa,
broom grass, native grass and red top; vegetables: potatoes,
cabbage, turnips, in fact all kinds of garden crops; small fruits:
strawberries, raspberries, currauts, Eooseberr!es aud Others.
Minerals: Gold, silver and copper. Also coal mines. livestock:
Cattle, horses and sheep, in all grades up to the finest breeds
known-this is considered the greatest stock section in the
world. Mineral Waters: Both hot and cold; in abundance for
all ailments, very healthful for both drinking and bathing, and
second 10 none on the American continent Saratoga Is the
center of a territory in which the greatest trout fishing known
a5ounds, and thousands of tourists enjoy it's pleasure every
year. Good bunting In season for both big and small game.
For definite information address The Saratoga Sun. This
paper is published IN the interest of Saratoga. Carbon county
, 1917-01-18
TRUE QUALITY OF COURAGE
Vieksbure Veteran Has Left Graphic
Description of the eraVest
Man He Ever Saw.

The quality of courage is largely
an inherited trait. Some people are
as naturally timorous as others are
naturally brave. These varying quail
tiles exist among animals as they do
among men. A bulldog of fighting
strain often Will whip a mastiff
double his weight because he has that
tenacious courage peculiar to his
type of the species.
But there is wider diversity in
qualities of courage among men than
among animals. With men much
depends upon the angle from which
they see things. A veteran who
served through the campaigns
around Vicksburg with Grant said
the bravest man he ever saw was a
poor fellow who occupied a position
one day where the bullets were flying
thick and fast. His knees knocked
5gether and his teeth actually chat
tered because of his excessive fright.
But he was sustained by a most mag
nifcent sense of duty. He was loyal
to his country and the flag. Over
whelmed with physical fear, his rea-
son sustained him. He would not
seek safety when such seeking meant
disobedience of orders or desertion of
comrades. That was a case where
moral courage triumphed over phys
ical fear.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
, 1917-01-18
a WAR ON cATERPILLARs.

A war on caterpillars that have
been destroying all the foliage of the
trees in the woods of Surrey, Eng
land, has been declared by hocks of
starlings and jackdaws. Battalions
of the birds have attacked the mis-
chief makers, and the trees have
been black with them, while the noise
made by the birds in their search
for the caterpillars can be heard for
half a mile away. Only those cater
pillars which have succeeded in hid
ing themselves in particularly deep
crevices of the trees have escaped the
onslaught.
, 1917-01-18
PASSPORT TO THE FRONT.

The only passport to the front
which it not fraught with a thousand
difficulties is a simple little tele-
gram. With it a woman-it is near
ly always a woman-can leave Lon
don, get aboard ship, pass through
Boulogne, and arrive at the front
without any other document, the
London Chronicle states. But it is
not a passport that any woman would
wish to have, for that little telegram
is sent only to the relative of some
soldier abroad who is dangerously i'll.
The church army has a special
branch which looks after the woman
who receives the sad summons. The
army sisters meet her in London;
she stays the night, if need be, in one
of their homes. She is escorted to
the train for the front, and is met at
Boulogne. She gets to the base hos
pital, and then her dear boy sees her
and smiles happily, and, perhaps, re-
ceives his last promotion. But very
often these dangerous cases recover,
and there are joyous hours before the
journey home is made.
The war Office helps women in very
poor circumstances, and the church
army frequently makes the way easy,
too.
, 1917-01-18
REALLY CALL OF THE WILD
Physician Describes Spring Fever
Feeling as Return Of Primitive
Impulse In Man.

Spring fever is not a disease, but
IN expression of a desire to chuck
one's job and answer the call to the
wild, according to DR.. W. A. Sawyer,
secretary of the California state
board of health.
"Whether man is descended from a
monkey or from Adam and Eve, who
roamed about the Garden of Eden,
there is that inherent longing to play
and bask in the sun when spring first
appears" said Doctor Sawyer. "It
is certain that our forefathers,
whether man or monkey, used to cele-
brate the opening of spring by lazily
basking in the sun, and it is that
longing IN our part to do likewise,
which we call spring fever"
, 1917-01-18
James Gregory Dead.

james Gregory, IF Lamar, No,
died at his home ia that city on
Jan. 8, 1917. Mr.. Gregory was 81
years, 10 months and Is days Of
age, aud vas one of the first cattle
men Of the Saratoga valley in the
early days of this section, having
his headquarters on tine North
Platte river, near where q. A. Ryan
now lives. He will be remembered
by many Of the the old timers OF
tuls section
, 1917-01-18
High School Dance.

Friday evening the high school
and junior high school boys and
girls enjoyed u delightful evening
spent in dancing. The dance was
held in the opera house beginning
at seyeu-thirty and lasting until
about eleven O'Clock. A daity
lunch was served about ten o'clock.
Music was FURNISHED by Miss Nora
Dpggett aud Mrs. Lee Wilcox.
Mrs Esdahl was cheperou of the
party.
, 1917-01-18
FISHERS FEAR MONSTER EEL
Giant Deep-sea Reptile Attacks Men
as Well as Destroying the
Shelifsh.

Fishermen not only hate the mon
ster muraena-they fear him. He
robs the sea of shellfish and other
inhabitants that the fishermen want
him to leave for their nets. In adj
dition, he isn't backward about at
lacking a fisherman now and then.
This bold outlaw received its name
from the Romans.
The muraena is a 5eap-sea eel. His
weapons of attack are two rows of
sharp teeth, strong enough to crush
the h~ard-shelled fish on which he
feeds. They range in size from snake
like creatures, about a foot long, in
the Mediterranean, to monsters six
and eight feet long.
These giants the fisherman fears,
for they will attack him either in or
out of the water. Their bodies are
spotted or decorated in varied colors.
For the most part these cells in
habit e a in the tropic or temperate
zones, but a few will ascend rivers
where there are tides.
, 1917-01-18
wyoming Republicans Elect Delegates

Cheyenne.-Six delegates to the Re
publican national convention were
elected at the Wyoming state owen
ton here, They are: d, e. Hollister,
Cody; Ralph DEMO, Sheridan; Pat
rick Sullivan, Casper; John Hay,
Rock Springs; g. L. Hinkle, Cheyenne
and Thomas sheldon, D~iamondville.
Republican electors selected we're ].
L. Baird, Newcastle; ]. A. Delfelder,
Riverton, and w. E. Chaplin, Lara
mie. The delegates to the national
convention were un~instructed.
, 1917-01-18
NO A

"Do you think you will succeed IN
lrresting that criminal who writes
you impudent letters?"
eyes," replied the police officer;
eff we don't get him on this charge
we'll get him on something else. l
understand he uses an automobile,
and sooner or later he's bound to get
arrested under the traffic regula-
tons"
, 1917-01-18
T

Artist-Oh, milkmaid, if you will
pose for me Ill give you a dollar an
hour.
"Sorry, sir; but Pm getting a
thousand a week from a moving pic
ture concern over the hill."-Life.
, 1917-01-18
NOT INTERESTED.

f'That woman seemed to bore YOU
eyes, Pm b~aldheaded, as you see.
All she could talk about was the
trouble she has in washing her hair
, 1917-01-18
IFoREWARNED.

Mother-Young man, don't ever
let me catch you kissing my daugh-
ter.
Young Man-No, ma'am, l won't
-Gargoyle.
, 1917-01-18
DADS REASON.

"Your father refused his consent "
"He did. Did he give any reason p
"Only that he insists on selecting
his own son-in-law."
, 1917-01-18

The United Stctes senate passed law last week by a vote of 50
to 81 pboIshIng liquor from the Distinct of Columbia. Now if con-
Rress will prohibit the government issuing federal liquor licenses to
boo'leE@e1s and joints Il" states t'at have prohibited the sale of liquor
Ii will be placed IN the attitude of aiding and abetting law enforce.
menl Instead of aiding criminals TO violate law aud accepting their
money,
, 1917-01-18
MORE URGENT.

Daughter, don't you want to i'm
prove your mind%
"Of course, ma, but Pm busy with
my complexion now"
, 1917-01-18
Bread is selling cheaper in Belgium than in the United States
The reason is the government regulates he price.

1t Is hoped that the present legislature will use the ax is trim
ming out the dead timber in present laws. A few amendments here
and there, will be appreciated. The neei led changes recommended III
the governor message. The primary law might be amended. Itis
pie.
, 1917-01-18
SUDDEN.

"His marriage was most unexpect-
ed, l believer
Rather Especially to himr-
Sydney Bulletin.
, 1917-01-18
HAS TO-.

GLOW is this, JonesP They tell
me your son is M the big cities hit
ting all the high places"
So he is. He's a steeple-iack."
, 1917-01-18

The railroads have made more net profits the past year than ever
before, making on a n average % per cent on the actual value of the
property, leaving out the rightof way, which belongs is the people
With all this the management is fighting the men who do the
management.
, 1917-01-18

Some one asks: "What is the matter with the railroads that they
are not extending their lines. The matter is that there is o cheap
European labor to DO the work, and railroads under private ownership
do not extend unless labor is cheap, nAnother reason is that congress
may conclude to take them over for the good of he country aud value.
will fall enormously when this is done. The tide is drifting that way
, 1917-01-18

The European war is the result of a false standard bred and
cultivated by 49, European ruling ayistocracy. The common people
are made to believe the ruling classes ae superior to them and they
worship anu fellow bl, dy their command In the human family
there Is no distinction in birth, Heath g. the ultimate end. The wles
of the sluggard have created the falls basis on which this distinction
is based.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-09
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARTHA
JONES HELD AT CANUT1LLO

The funeral of Mrs. Martha Lindsey
Jones who died Tuesday night in the
home of her daughter. Mrs. J. H Wal
lace. at CanutillO. was held Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock Rev E l. MILF
can. assisted by Rev " T HatchelL
conducted the services. Burial was in
the Canutillo cemetery. The Pallbearers
were J. L Foster. James HILBERT, VII
Raynud. F II. Warden, l. H Brandt
and Tom Johnson
Mrs. Jones was born in Mississippi
August q. 1851. She married Louis
Jones February Il. 1857. They had
lust passed the anniversary or their
golden wedding. Mrs. Jones is survived
bv her husband and four children. Mrs.
] II. Wallace OF CanutillO: a J. Jones
and J. B. Jones. OF Cross Plains. Tex
and Mrs z. c. Jones. of Colorado city
Tex
The fathers of both Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones were killed while fighting In
dams on the frontier None of the rel
atives were able TO attend the funeraI
except Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace and Iam-
iIv and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan W Williams
OF Las Cruces A large number OK
friends were present There were
many beautiful floral offerings