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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS
At The Lyric


 Saturday afternoon matineegoers1 oi Birmingham will find entertainment that is unusually attractive at the Lyric today as the programme offers varied and highly pleasing amusement. There are. some big features on the bill and every act is a good one.
 Gus Edwards School Days" is one of the big features and 1t Is brimful of comedy and song. The performers, nine in number, are talented and present an entertainment that Is high-class and laughable.
 The California Boys band, which has proven so generally pleasing, is anoth- CT big feature and these boys present an entire change in programme which lis bery pleasing. The musical numbers are well selected.
 Doc O'Neil is one of the funniest fell lows who has come this way recently. and has already scored big hit with Lyric audiences. He tells some funny story in a funny way and is a good entertainer.
 Mabel Johnson presents delightful entertainment in ventriloquism and is excetionally clever Joe Dealy and sis ter present high-class dancing act. The curtain at the matinee will go up promptly at 3 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

came to Birmingham instead of proceed ing to Steele. a few miles from Attalla- Upon arrival here they registered at the Metropolitan as man and wife and re- mained there until the tragedy"
 Swan further stated that she had been wakeful during the night and moved around the room; that he was in the lavatory completing his toilet when he heard the pistol shot and that when he saw her she was lying across the bed with the pistol in her hand; that 1t was his pistol but he did not know she had it. He immediately notified the hotel au- thorities."
 The police and coroner were notified and Coroner c. A. Hogan and officers E. W. Crump and Bariield, Chief of Po- lice Martin Eagan and Captain Newman were on the scene in short time where an immediate investigation was held. re- sulting in a verdict by the coroner of sui eide. Letters were found in her posses sion addressed to Mrs. Tressie Silvers, but the police are of the opinion that she ie ti,e " fe of a man named Landers oi Steele In the letters which are said that she was off for q lark and that her only fear was that Earle might fnt out" It'is believed by the authorities that the woman feared discovery and commit ted suicide rather than return to hei home.
 The body was removed 10 the parIort of the Johns Undertaking company ano will be shipped to Steele at 4:l0 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Wonderful Education Work Done in Showing People
 Advantages of Rice
OTHER ACTIVITIES
 SHOW SOUTH ALERT
SLipbuilding Promises to Be Future Great Industry Because of Tim N Der and Climate Permit
 ting Winter Work
pv HOLLAND

New York, May 10.--( Special )--Eight years ago a little under 100000 bushels Of rice were harvested in the state of Ar kansas. In 1916, 6300,O00 bushels were har- vested and reports come to this city indi- eating that Arkansas will harvest this year at least 100000 bushels of rice. That at prevailing prices will yield to the farmers of that state about S7,000 900.
 This growth of itself illustrates modern tendencies in the south which are in the direction of greatly diversified crops be- sides making research into agricultural possibilities offered by soil which in the past was deemed fit only for pasturing and good deal of 1t regarded as worth less. That was the situation in Arkan- sas before rice cultivation was begun, A man of science in the sense that he had good judgment and was willing to ven- ture experir1ertally determined to learn whether certain prairies Of Arkansas could be utilized for the cultivation of rice. He did something which suggests the experiments that were made In Lou isana by the great chemist and inven- tor, who having drilled through the sci! and the quick sand, perfected a method by which the almost inconceivable great sulphur deposits that lie beneath the soil in parts of Louisiana could be se- cured. His experiments and the estab- lshment of his plant in Louisiana pre- ceded the experiments which were made In Arkansas by only four or five years. He achieved one of the greatest Of American industrial successes, for he maoe the United States independent of the world so far as sulphur Is con- cerned and able to export each year an increasing surplus.
 This achievement may soon be matched by the Arkansas and Missouri farmers, who, supplementing the rice planters of Louisiana and Texas, may be able to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
JOHN FRANKL|NCOOK. DIES IN ANN|STON.
Was Father of Paul Cook, Well Known Newspaper
 Man of Birmingham

Anniston, May 12.-(SpeciaL. )-John
 Franklin Cook, aged 6s, member of the county tax equalization board, died after
 a long illness in St. Luke's hospital. at [
 o'clock Friday morning.
 MT. Cook, whose health has been falling for the past year. suffered an operation
 about a month ago. Since that time there had been very little hope for his
 recovery, although everything that medi-
 cal science and the love and devotion of
 his family and friends could do was done
 for his comfort
 He was born in Clinton, Miss, and edu- cated in the Baptist college at that place.
 In his early life MT. Cook moved to Pick ems county, where he purchased a large
 plantation and shortly afterward estab- lished supply store at Vienna then a fiourishing port on the Tombigbee river. MT. Cook amassed considerable for tune as a planter While In Pickens county he met and married Miss Zula Belle Stringfellow, who is still fondly remembered by older residents of this city for her beauty and wit. With his
 wife and two children, Paul and Iva, Mir. Cook moved to Anniston over quarter of century ago, when the young town was booming, taking apartments at the old Anniston inn, until his home on Leighton avenue could be built He invested large part of his fortune in Anniston. He built up a big merchan- disc business and invested heavily in real estate in this city and in Birning- ham. This was during the period of An niston's greatest prosperity.
 Business men today, when they learned l of Mr. Cooks death, commented on the 1 fact that his transparent honesty and scrupulous business prnciples, which had prevented him from taking advantage of 1 others, were responsible for his failure to | amass another great fortune in Anniston, but they added that he had done great deal in the upbuilding of this city and the good financial reputation of Annis- l ton was largely due to the honest policies I Of himself and other merchants during | times of financial stress.
 | MT. Cook is survived by one son, Paul | Cook, an associate editor of The Bir- mignham Age-Herald and one daughter,
 Miss Iva Cook, of this city. His only sis ter, Mrs. T. c. Herrod, of Vicksburg, l Miss, is now with Miss Cook
 l The funeral service will be held at the residence. Ninth and Quintard at 1C l o'clock Saturday morning The service will be conducted by Rev. Leon M. Lati- mer, pastor of the Parker Memorial Bap- l tist church, of which MT. Cook was a
 member Interment in Hillside cemetery will follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
BROOKS LAWRENCE
 VIGOROUSLY DENIES ALLEGED INTERVIEW
Head of Anti-SalOOn League Says Reports Alleging Criticism of President
 by Him Are False

Brooks Lawrence, superintendent of
 the Alabama Anti-saloon league, last
 night issued a statement denying em-
 phatically the interview credited to
 him in a local afternoon newspaper
 yesterday in which it was alleged that
 he declared that President Wilson had
 usurped all functions of the govern
 ment of the United States and had out
 done Theodore Roosevelt
 The leader of the organized prohi-
 bition forces of the state was une-
 ments purporting to have been made by him.
 According to the published state ments, exception to which MT. Law renee vigorously takes, it was allee ed he had charged that the President die tated to the supreme court of the United States it's decision on the Ad- amson law; that he had changed the form of the government beyond rec ognition; that this was weakline Congress. and that the present war was an administration war and the administration is going to run 1t in | its own way. MT. Lawrence was fur | ther credited with having stated that EfeSlOenL w llSOn was to pldIne TOT tue | fact that the United States was not fully prepared for war at this time In his statement denying the al legged interview, MT. Lawrence said: During our prohibition fights ir l Alabama I have been misrepresenteC on that subject many times and I have held no resentment but certain words put into my mouth by an evening pa. per regarding our present conditions are so utterly false that wish to en- | ter an emphatic denial without dis. cussing through the columns of The l Age-Herald any of the incidents thai | might have induced these statements We are in war which, in my | judgment, is going to call for the best | in us and it is no time for public criticism or condemnation of the Pres | ident. our Congress or anyone else. | have indicated my interest in a vic, 1 tory for our country through the de partments of government at Washing l ton and I wish to register an unquali | fled denial of the sentiment ascribet l to me- said pr. Lawrence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
WOMAN SUICIDES
 AT LOCAL HOTEL
Mrs. Landers, Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff From
 Steele, Kills Herself

Mrs. Tressie Landers, young womar aged about p years, committed suicide yesterday morning about o'clock in her room at the Metropolitan hotel by firing a bullet through her head from .S2- calibre revolver death being almost in- stantaneous. According to the police the woman registered at the hotel Wednesday with NJ. J. swan a deputy sheriff from Steele, as man and wife
 Swan stated to the coroner that he had known the woman for several years and met her in Chattanooga some daSs ago in the Southern railway station, where both were buying tickets for Steele; that both left the train at Attalla and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

Gulf coast ship yards will not be com pelled to wait until abundant Puget sound timber is secured The proximity of excellent timber to the southern ship yards gives to them an advantage which the northern and eastern ship yards do not possess. Pine and cypress are pro curable so near the ship yards that the cost of transportation is reduced to the minimum.
 can be carried on the year around. The south apparently is taking or is about to take pre-eminence away from New Eng. land so far as wooden ship building in- dustry is concerned Nevertheless, the New England ship yards will be, until the end of the war and for some years after, driven to their capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Loew's Biiou

The bill at Loew's Bijou for today iA
 so full of genuine enjoyment that ca.
 pacity houses are sure to be the rule
 at every performance. Tojetti and Bennett, in song and fancy dances, are about the classiest
 pair in their line seen here for some
 time. Largay and Snee are fun pro-
 ducers extraordinary and with songs
 and nifty conversation make big, Init.
 Espe and Dutton two versatile young men, do number of things and do them well. Using comedy lines as Ia starter they give a dance, then some cannon ball juggling and wind up with Ia thrilling acrobatic stunt. Harry Breen advertises himself as nut" and fully maintains the part while on the stage. His conversation ia full of nonsense. and his songs are ridiculous but the way he puts them over keeps the house in an uproar @rhe New Producer is one of the classiest and most meritorious singing lacts on the vaudeville stage today. Every one of the 10 performers is an artist and they render some of the best operatic selections in the musical world and render them we'll. The act is a big hit.
 Muriel Ostriche. in ssMoral Courage" a splendid photodrama. several reels of good comedy and news pictures are in- cluded in the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
PRATT CITY LEAGUE
 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

The executive meeting of the Pratt City branch of the Jeffersonian Demo cratic league was held Friday night in the city hall at Pratt City. Ways and means for promoting the best inter est of the league were discussed. Some of those taking part were Capt. J. D. Dickson. president central orgapiza- ton, Hugh Lynch. l.. Griffith John Y O'Hare. Mike Shevling. W. II. Barn ard, Tony Schilleci. w. J. Outla ~. Hugh O'Brien, and Eugene Burgiss. Those present agreed to attend the Ensley meeting Monday night. May IA, when Judge H. B. Abernethy speaks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Chicago Man Suspected

Geneva, May 11.-(Via Paris.)-pr Henry Charles Somers of Chicago his daughter Alice, and two German friends named Rothschiids and Hopf have been arrested here as German spies Dr. Somers who has an Amer ican passport. Is said to be a native of Frankfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
"The Digest" the Busy Mans Bib

Those of us who are busy, and which of us is not in these supersrenuous times, frequently sigh over which we have to struggle in our daily papers in order to obtain those diamonds in dust-heap, the items of vital news for which we are seeking. THE LITERARY DIGEST not only sits the news. but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

this afternoon. The dead woman Is sur vived by her husband, mother, brother and stepfather. The latter three came 10
 Birmingham last night to arrange for
 shipping the body but declined to com rnenf on fhf. fragedv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
THE SOUTH AND NEW sHIPs

No part of the United States where deep water is accessible to ship builders Is doing more to increase our supply of ships than the south. Apparently ship building is to be one of the great indus tries of the Atlantic and gulf coasts, and one of the largest of the ship building plants of the United States is to be es- abolished near Baltimore.
 But this will be done with New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg capital. Even as near Washington as Quantico Va, there is to be established a ship yard large enough to justify an investment of $3000,000 of capital. The Atlantic and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Regret Calling Landstrum

The Hague May 11.-(via London. )-The Chamber of Deputies, by vote of A to 26, has adopted a motion regretting the governments action in calling up the landsturm of 1908. in opposition to the previously expressed wishes of the cham Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Notice
ro tha P,,bl,c.

To the Public:
 It has been published that the bar bers have raised the prices on all their
 work. The executive committee oi Journeymen Barbers local union No S3
 wish to state that the only advance in price Is cents extra for neck shave and IS cents on fancy shampoo. When massage Is given with both hand ana machine the price has been raised from 1855 cent to 50 cents. The guaranteed salary of each journeyman barber has been raised from $15 to $16 dollars per week. The percentage on all work done in excess of $25 per week remains the same as before, so per cent The following is the new price list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
W0RKMEN HONOR
 MEN DRAF TED Efficiency Club Gives Send Off to Fellow Workers of
 National Army

The members of the E. B. Crawford Ford Shop Efficiency club held very enjoyable banquet Friday night in one of the private dining rooms of the Hill man hotel in honor of TWO of its mem bers who leave Sunday night for Camp Pike to join the national army. The guests of honor were w. c. Mitchell and M. K. Finch. who were given a delightful send-on by their fellow work ers T. P. Evans was master of cere- monies at the banquet and carried off everything in great style. A number of short talks were made py the different members and the occasion proved to be a very enjoyable one.
 The efficiency club is the first one of it's kind in thi sstate for automobile me- chanics and the members are looking forward to much success for the club. The members are planning to make the social end one of the bright features If their club as well as the "efficiency'' part. The club was organized with 25 charter memb bers as follows: w. $. Self, Charles Griffin, R. l.. Worthington. w. Howell. R. J. Stay, s. E. Nichols Howard Yielding, J. w. Wair. l.. w. Gains, as sistant stock manager; w. C.. Mitchell. O. B. Smith. manager accessories de- partment T. F. Evans, N. O. Smith, cashier F. H. Smith. garage manager: G. M. Rambo. M. D. Chafin. w. c. Murphy, G. l.. Cook. l.. R. Ward, A. c. Culpepper, R. c. Chambers H. L.. Robinson, w. K. Finch. H. c. Stellmon, w. J. Weaver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

confronted the people in the spring. Out of this meeting grew the organization which has accomplished wonders throughout the state in increasing the crops Alabama this year has the largest corn crop in her history. And in that common effort for the common good we saw united all the different fac tions and clements of the citizens of this city.
 "The club was active In endeavoring to secure for Jefferson county 8 unified health system. and the school tax amendment In our crisis with Germany. just prior to hostilities, we lent such aid and assistance in upholding Pres ident Wilson as we could by indorsing his stand and circulating and collecting petitions to the same effect. And more elouuent than this, the Community club has given of it's membership 50 men to the army of the United States in it's war for democracy.
 ..The meetings of the club are held at luncheon hour every Saturday At these meetings we often have prominent and distinguished citizens to address us on matters of public interest and impor- tance. Among many to address us dur ing the year were: Morris Bush, Sydney J. Bowie, Frank P. Glass Oscar Wells. Mrs. G. H. Mathis, Senators John H. Bankhead and o. w. Underwood ana Secretary of War Baker.
 "At Christmas time a dance is given which is always one of the most en- joyable social affairs of the year. And in the summer there IS given either a dance or a picnic. In this way 1t Is sought to have well rounded organiza- tion which mixes the frivolities of life with the more serious and sterner du- ties of citizenship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
NORTHERN MINERS
 ID ASK FOR LONG
 TIME CONTRACTS
Mining Prices Paid in Ala bama Are as High as Any
 where in Country

The presidents of the Indiana. Illi- nois. Ohio and West Virginia state or ganizations of the national miners union will meet in Washington Tues day, and, according to indications. will demand of operators contracts for two and a half years at prevailing prices for mining coal.
 Information to this effect was cb-
 tained yesterday at Alabama headquar-
 ters. J. L. Clemo, secretary, stated that
 any agreement reached by the four or
 eanizations above mentioned would be
 ratified by all other state organizations.
 In addition to demanding long con
 tracts. the miners. it Is indicated. will insist that operators in each state
 adopt uniform wages for day labor CTS.
 "Prices for mining coal as paid in Alabama" said MT. Clemo, "and as will be paid after october l. are as high as prices paid elsewhere. The day wage, lhowever--and a great number Of men work by the day-must be remedied, in my opinion, before unrest can be laid" The miners feel certain that the President VIII roVlse HIS scdio V SSAA7 ing prices. of which the operators have complained. Mr. Clemo pointed out edi- torial comment in the miners official journal to the effect that the Presi- dent set his scale simply for the pur- pose of forcing operators to make ac- curate statements as to their cost or production. The journal. continuing, de- clares, with certainty. that the scale will be revised.
 In the benefits to accrue to the op- orators therefrom, the miners, 1t IS in dicated, are planning to demand their share. Just what effect the result of their session In Washington this week will have on operators, Is unknown Alabama will respond to a call from Washington by sending delegation of miners. headed by J. R. Kennamer, whenever the call is received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Local Coal Operators Announce
 Another 70 Per Cent Increase Oct

retained-and not because of profit achieved by operators in the production Of coal
 It is believed by the operators that as result of their action miners at work will continue at work, and miners not at work will return to their cham bers.
 The reason for the action Of the op- orators will be officially stated to Dr. H. A. Garfield, coal administrator of the government, whose assistance in securing a revision of the President figures is anticipated.
 CLEMO DISCUSSES IT
 Efforts to secure statements from of- ficials of the miners union were, in the main, fruitless.
 J. L. Clemo, secretary of District No 20, said:
 "The United States Steel corporation granted 10 per cent increase in antici- patton of the wage meeting in Wash ington next week It is regarded as certain that the wage meeting will in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
BARRETT FORCES ID. LAUNCH INTENSIVE FIGHT THIS WEEK Voluntary Speakers Are to Cover All Parts of the
 Greater City SHELBY CLAIMING
 ALL THE SUBURBS Barrett Reiterates That the Wood lawn School Site Is Settled and
 Urges Ward to Begin
 Work

Beginning Monday, two weeks before election. the Barrett forces will begin a "hurrah" campaign to continue night and day until the polls are opened.
 It is understood there will be many many places More than a dozen speakers have volunteered their service until the campaign is over, and every section and portion of the city will be given an op- portunity to hear the issues of the cam paign discussed and the principles of the East Lake candidate expounded. Reports coming into headquarters, it is claimed, are Of the most gratifying char acter. "Dr. Barrett will carry every su- burban box in Greater Birmingham,' said John Shelby, Dr. Barrett's campaign manager. And when I say carry mean that he will carry every box by substantial majorities over his oppo- nents.
 T believe. judging from the reports I have received from every section, and which are reliable, that Dr. Barrett will receive 70 per cent of the total suburban vote. And I believe this estimate Is con- servative. We expect to carry the cen- tral city by a substantial majority"
 pr. Barrett denies emphatically that there is any intention on his part to att tempt to remove the high school from Woodlawn to East Lako. as was stated at political meeting in Woodlawn Fri day night. T have stated publicly and privately" said Dr. Barrett. with all the vehemence I am capable of. that i'll no event would I attempt to remove the high school which the board has located at Woodlawn. The matter has been dis posed of and will not again be reopened
 T stated this in speech at Woodlawn Ia short while ago I have told many peo- pie personally who have mentioned 1t to me, and I again repeat that the high school will remain at Woodlawn unless the present .l changes 1t. It occurs to me that if F1r. Wards adherents are so apprehensive about it's removal they should insist upon his beginning actual construction of the building. The matter is entirely in his hands at the present and he can ally all fears by beginning work.
 I "Of course. l know that no one believes 1 there is any intention of anyone to l change the location of this school. Such l reports are made and circulated for po- l litical effect. Such tactics, however. arc not proving effective, and the only persons
 deluded by them are the ones resorting l to then
 | Barrett meetings will be held Monday night at the Ensley city hall. Tuesday | night at East Birmingham, at Hartline's 1 drug store; Thursday night at Central
 Park, in park in front of Baptist church,
 and Friday night at the Woodlawn city | hall.