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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
POLICE NOTES

Avery Holley and James Morgan
were arrested last night on charge of
lettering.
the Lyric building, where equipment
has been taken from many cars re-
Gently, according to complaints made
by car owners.
Claud Day and Hamp Coburne, wear
ing military uniforms, who were serv-
ing a 10 days sentence in the city
Jail, escaped yesterday as number
of prisoners were being taken into
the Jail. Coburne was caught and put
back into the Jail by Detectives Nc
Gill and Patton. Late last night Day
was still at large.
Hudson Jemison was arrested yes
terday by Officer Crawford. charged
with being a Stacker" 1t is said that
Jemison failed to register.
Bob Weatherspoon, who was arrest
ed last Saturday on charge of viola
ting the prohibition law, was fined
corder's court yesterday. The case was
appealed.
J. S. J. Lanett, who was arrested last
Monday on charge of falso pretense.
was given two fines in the recorders
court yesterday, one of SIS and the
other SIS. 1t was said that he col
lected bills here without proper au-
thority.
Evans Gamble. negro, who was SEN
fenced from Jefferson county April Z,
1917, to three years in the penitentiary
for burglary and escaped from the Hen
derson Land company at Tuscaloosa Au-
gust 6, was arrested yesterday after
noon at o'clock by Detectives Giles.
Propst and Ryan at Eighth alley and
Twenty-fifth street.
Owen Gilbert was arrested yesterday
Childress on the charge OF grand lar
ceny of $50 watch, and M. Schroeder OF
Birmingham was arrested by Detectives
Propst and Ryan, charged with buying
and receiving stolen property. 1t being
alleged that he bought the stolen watch
for 81.
The Ford automobile of ]. ". Webster
o. Sayre was stolen from Twenty-second
street and Third avenue between 10
O. clock and noon yesterday, according to
report made to police headquarters. A
reward of SIS has been offered for the
car with an additional reward of SIS for
the arrest and conviction Of the thief.
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COMMITTEE
TO START CAMPAIGN
FOR SOLDIER BOOKS
Citizens Urged to Give Good
Books for Use Of Boys at
the Front-Boy Scouts
to Aid in Movement

A campaign for books for soldiers
will be conducted next week, August
10 to IS, by the Birmingham public
library.
The special committee of the library
board, appointed to have charge OF
this matter. worked out the details for
the campaign at meeting in the pub
lie library yesterday afternoon. The
committee consists of E. E. Smith, Mrs.
r. Dupont Thompson, Mrs. D. M. Lewis
and Mrs. ]. NJ Hawkins. John c. Hen
lev, Jr., Baxter Eastburn and Morton
Simpson met with the library board
in an advisory capacity on matters
relating to publicity. Howard Wester,
scout executive. offered the services
of the Boy Scouts in collecting The
books.
The war department. through the
commission on training camp activi-
ties, has asked the American Library
association to provide adequate library
can training camps.
The committee Of the library asso-
citation, which has charge of this mat
ter, is calling upon the libraries of
the country to collect the cooks need
ed from the people who have them.
Books are to be taken to the cen
trail library in the city hall or to any
one of the branches in Ensley, West
End. Avondale. Woodlawn and East
Lake. Those who have several books
and cannot take them to the library
should notify the library, Main $3.50,
to call for them. City automobiles and
Boy Scouts will make the calls Fri
day and Saturday.
1t is especially urged that people
give their best books. not simply the
things they have no further use for
themselves. The books should be well
L in good condition. and of such
a kind as are likely to interest the
young men in these camps.
Books of travel, good novels, es-
pecially recent ones, detective stories,
technical books. textbooks on the
French language, books about the war.
books on games and sports, will all
be popular with the soldiers.
Story magazines of the better sort
will also be very acceptable If new.
Periodicals over six months or a year
old are not likely to be used, accord
ing to reports from men now in the
camps.
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VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN
WILL PREACH SUNDAY

Rev Robert Lee Bell, former pastor
of the Handley Memorial Presbyterian
church of this city, who recently vol
unteered as chaplain in the army, Of
fering his services in France, will be in
Birmingham today. and will preach Sun
day at the Handley Memorial church to
his former congregation. Mr.. Bell is
now pastor of the Stuart Robinson Me-
mortal Presbyterian church of Louisville
and is on his vacation His son, Edgar
Bell, has also volunteered for war serv-
ice and is in the aviation corps at FIT.
Leavenworth. Kan. While in Birming-
ham Mr.. Bell will be the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Hornady in Norwood
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Are Summoned

Districts and 4. as the result from these
two districts are not satisfactory.
Ensley is making splendid progress.
having received larger quota of rlen
who have not claimed exemptions than
any other division so far.
Jack Fair. colored, appeared at the
office of Secretary Pepperman Friday and
returned the blank which had been given
him for filing an exemption He had
stated that he had wife and child.
When he returned the blank he stated
that he had called up his father-in-law
and that he stated that he would take
care of the wife and baby while Jack
took few shots at tho Germans
Boards working today are Divisions
and in the Jefferson County Bank build
ing and Division at Ensley, all of which
will complete their first work today.
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FIRST NATIONAL TO
MOVE BACK HOME
Bank Headquarters Have Been Re-
modelled and Are Ready for
Occupany

The First National bank will move
back home Monday, that is, they will
be 'at home to their 10000 depositors on
that day at their building, corner of Sec
ond avenue and Twentieth street. The
home of the First National bank has been
undergoing repairs for several months,
and the remodeling and charging of the
banks quarters made it necessary for
them to move out of the building suntil
the work had been completed.
The new home is spacious, substantial
and beautiful, giving the customer every
consideration and at the same time MAX
ing it pleasant for employees The saw
ings department will be open at the new
quarters this afternoon, it is announced.
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GRAHAM SIGNED TO
PLAY FOR TRAVELLERS

Nashville. August 10.-(Special)
President Bob Allen of the Little Rock
team announced today that Dawson
Graham, formerly first baseman with
the Toronto International league team
had been signed to play the outfeld.
Graham's home is in Nashville Re-
Gently he was sent home after being
fined and suspended but permission
was secured from Toronto to sign the
player by Little Rock. President AL
len expects to announce deal for a
new pitcher within the next few days.
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VOLUNTEERS FOR
REGISTRATION DAY
Last Call Made for Women to Assist
in Registration Work

The maxim that One volunteer is
worth 10 pressed men," is equally APP
plicable to women and those in charge
of the registration of the women of
America for war service have issued
call for volunteers to assist in this
great task. There is need of workers
for women registration day and all
women who are DESTROYS of doing
their bit" on this day are requested
to call Miss Amelia Worthington.
Phone 342S, not later than 6 o'clock
this evening, for after that time the
lists will be closed.
Miss Worthington also announces
that at the registration headquarters
at the Tutwiler hotel there are a large
number of posters setting out the
purposes of woman registration day
and giving other valuable information
pertaining to the same. She requests
that all persons interested call at the
Headquarters and assist in placing
these posters where they will be of
service in advancing the movement
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examination of men for the selective
draft, q men having been rejected, ZIG
accepted, 131 of whom claimed exemp-
lions, only IS refusing exemptions. There
were three men in service and seven
transfers were handled from other cities.
The number of men notified who failed
to report numbered %. Today there will
be mailed notices to 100 more men in
this division, in order that the govern
ment may secure the aiotted number of
men at the earliest possible moment.
The number of exemptions is so large
that it is estimated that there will be
call for more men in order to get the
necessary quota from each division. The
new call for more men will also include
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Two Men Are Seriously
Hurt in Auto Accident

Gadsden. August 10.-(Special)
E. w. Green. a prominent real estate
dealer. and Ed Horton of Steele were
critically injured late this afternoon
when a car in which they were re-
turning from a business trip in the
country overturned short distance
from the city. The negro driver was
unhurt The car struck a mudhole by
the roadside VIXEN the driver turned
out in meeting a farm wagon. The
injured men were rushed to hospital
hero.
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AmaMs@mm@mts
At Loew's Bijou

Entirely pleasing is the offering to-
day at Loew's Biiou for every num-
Der on the big programme is of the
highest quality and of the kind that
entertain. The Three Creighton Sis
ters in song and dance and music
revenue are the topliners; Fredericks
and Palmer are entertaining in dainty
bits of musical comedy; Bush and Sha-
piro, two character comedians, are
really funny; and Paul and Paullne,
in an acrobatic oddity, are clever
Ethel Clayton. the beautiful movie
star. in Souls Adrift." is the picture
feature LoeWs news weekly and ex-
cellent comedy films complete the bill.
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DENTISTS WILL
NAME OFFICERS

The Birmingham District Society OF
Dental Surgeons will hold its annual
meeting at the Tutwiler tomorrow night
for the election of officers for thee ON
for the election of officers for the COM
first year, which has been highly sue
cessful.
The present officers of the organization
are as follows: DR.. ]. C. westbrook,
president: DR.. r. T. Smith, vice presi-
dent, and DR.. George P. Cousins, secre-
tary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Scandinavian Vessels
Sunk by Germans Said
to Number 933 Now

Copenhagen, August 1o.-Nine hun
dred and thirty-three Scandinavian
ships have been destroyed by torpe-
does or mines since the beginning OF
the war, according to the Aftenbladet
OF this number Norway lost 900. Dem
mark 1877 and Sweden 146. The number
of Scandinavian seamen lost in these
disasters was about 500.
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ON ROLL OF HONOR


Among the names Of those list
ed in The Age-HeraId yesterday
morning AS falling to answer the
summons of the exemption board
was that Of Henry Grady Prickett.
Investigation disclosed the fact,
however. that instead OF young
Prickett being a ''slncker'' he Is
among the patriots who answered
the nations call and II already In
service In the United States army,
having enlisted long before the
summons for examination was is
sued.
The ARe-Herald Is more than
pleased to make this correction
and also to commend the patriot
ism OF young Prickett.
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At the Lyric

Birmingham citizens seeking COM
edy and high-class entertainment will
find most pleasing entertainment at
the Lyric this afternoon. Two of the
greatest laugh producers in vaude-
vile are on the bill The School
master" featuring Charles Hendricks;
and La France and Kennedy, blackface
fun-makers. Hazel Moran is a clever
lariet thrower. Music lovers will like
Travato the eccentric violinist, and
Reddington and Grant. "the bouncing
boys" are good entertainers. Pathe
news pictures are always a feature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Building Gains

The American Contractor in its
compilation of building statistics for
July shows that Birmingham made a
gain of II per cent in building oper-
ations in July. 1917, over July, 1918.
In July. 1916, there were 4SS build
ings erected at an estimated cost of
$141,41s. while in July. 1917. there We're
$50 buildings at an estimated cost Of
$242,508.
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Militant Suffragettes
Display Banner Calling
President Wilson Kaiser

Washington, August 1o.--A banner
displayed at one of the White House
gates by woman's party suffrage
picket addressed to KAISER wilson
was torn down today after an in
dignant crowd had jeered and Kissed
the suffragists for several minutes.
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TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Lyric: Keith vaudeville. Matinee at 8
o'clock. Night performances at 1880 and
9:15 o'clock.
Loews Bijou: Superior vaudeville and
feature pictures. Continuous performances
to II p. m.
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Marmaduke B. Morton. managing editor
of the Nashville Banner. and formerly
one of the best known newspaper men of
Birmingham, was here yesterday.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
BOLSHEv|K| NOW
IN |NCOMMUN|CAT|0N
WITH THE GERMANS

COPENHAGEN, November 21.-Com-
munications have been established be-
tween the Russian bolsheviki and the
gram from the bolsheviki committee at
Stockholm. which was to have been
one of the features of the great So
cialist mass meeting addressed by
Philip Scheidemann, the German So
cialist leader, at Dresden Sunday. ar
rived at the capital of Saxony too late
to be read.
The bolsheviki greeting, however. was
scarcely all that the Scheidernann social
lists desired. 1t declared that long, hard
| fight was ahead before the great forces
| of capital created inside and outside of
Russia could be forced to accept the
desired basis of peace and it called upon
the German socialists to follow the Rus
| sian example and to Join in a mass ac-
tion of the international proletariat.
The bolsheviki committee spoke of re-
ceiving assurances of energetic sup
port from the socialist parties and or
ganizations in France. as we'll as in
Austria Hungary and Germany, but the
Vorwaerts says it feels compelled to
doubt the statement regarding the
French socialists.
have over and over again shown that
they have no intention of departing
| from their attitude of supporting the
government and of doing their duty
as loyal Germans in the war.
| The demonstrations of the socialist
| radicals in Germany. who. far from
adopting the bolsheviki program are in
active and violent oppositions were
| broken up by the police Sunday.
1t is impossible to tell how importa mt
| the demonstrations were. as the Berlin
newspapers were forbidden to refer in
| any way to the incident, the Monday
morning and Monday afternoon editions
being restricted to a brief official para
| graph.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
CHEMISTS BACK PRESIDENT.
But Members Rap Hoover and Up
hold Suffrage.

Under the leadership of DR.. John K
Haywood. president of the Association
of Official Agricultural Chemists of the
United States, composed of officials en-
forcing state and national food, drug.
feed. fertilizer and insecticide laws
closed its thirty-fourth annual meeting
at the Willard Hotel today.
During the meeting a paper on "Tbe
History of Insecticide Legislation in
the United States was presented bv
DIR. Haywood. DR.. II. W. WILEY. an hon. :.
orary president of the association. ad-
vised every one to stand behind the
president in the war emergency. de-
claring for womans suffrage as a war
measure, and criticising the food ad-
ministratfon as saying too much and
doing too little.
These officers were elected:
President, P. F. TrowbridKe. experi-
ment station, Columbia, Mo-; vice pres
ident, H. c. Lythgoe, state department
Of health. Boston. Mass, and secretary
treasurer, c. L. Alsberg, bureau of
chemistry, Washington, D. C. Addi-
ticnal members of the executive COM
mittee: B. B. Ross, Polytechnic Insti-
tute, Auburn. Ala. and A. ]. Patten,
agricultural experiment station, Lans-
ing. Mich.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
HEARING IS BEGUN.
Appeal CT Potomac Electric Power
COMPANY Before Court.

Hearing was commenced today be-
fore Justice Gould of the District Su-
preme Court of the appeal taken by the
Potomac Electric Power Company
from the valuation placed on its prop
erty by the Public Utilities Commission.
On the action of the court as to the
value of the company's holding will de-
pend the question of whether con-
sumers must continue to pay 10 cents
per kilowatt hour for ELECTRIC current.
An onenine statement of the case for
the power company was made today by
Attorney Charles A. Douglas. The tes-
timony taken before the Commission
Gould. comprises twenty-five volumes.
Arguments will also be made by Corpo-
ration Counsel Syme for the public
utilities commission and by Attorneys
J. J. Darlington, c. A. Douglas. ]. s.
Barbour and S. r. Bowen for the power
company.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
Southern Railway Earnings.
Strength Grows in List.
ALLEGED PL0TTERs IN COURT

SAN FRANCISCO. November 21-
Efforts of the United States govern
ment to prove the existence in this
country of conspiracy to foment rev.
olution against British rule in India
began yesterday. when thirty-four al
legged eonspirators went on trial in the
United States district court
After the defendants had been identi-
fed United States District Attorney
John w. Preston moved that the
charges against five of the defendants,
Ernest Sekunna of New York, Capt.
Ralph Russ. who received his commits
sion in the United States Army in the
nfst reserve officers training camp
here: M. Martinez. San Diego, Cal. at
torney: Leopold Michaels. muitimiliion-
atfe ahip owner of San Francisco. and
Ray Howard. Los Angeles. a Mexican.
be dismissed on the ground, that II
would not be lust and fair" to prose-
cute them The court granted the mo-
tiqn: The $4,000 bail Of John F. Craig.
mfuionatre shipbuilder. of Long Beach,
Cal. the only defendant who failed to
appear. was declared forfeited and a
bench warrant was issued for him. He
was reported on his way here
District Attorney Preston then moved
that the trials of three other defend
ants be indefinitely postponed.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, November 21.-Uncertainty
over transportation difficulties and
prospects of new restrictions on trad
ing had depressing effect today on the
corn market. Not even the news of the
smashing of the Hindenburg line
seemed sufficient to stir dealers into ac-
tivity. Rallies took place, but were not
well maintained. Opening quotations
which ranged from u off to b advance,
with January 1.18 and May 1.16h to
1.17b, were followed by material set
back all around.
Oats weakened with corn. Business
was almost entirely of local char
acter.
Higher prices on hogs lifted pro-
visions. Offerings were scarce.
A fresh upturn in meat prices at
Liverpool and a continuance Of active
demand here for meats led later to ad-
ditional gains Packing interests
bought.
Subsequently sharp upturn in corn
acute inability to move grain from in
terror points to terminal markets. Wall
street advances and a more complete
understanding of the magnitude of
Gen. Haig's success tended also to
strengthen the market. The close was
unsettled, Y to 1k net higher. with
January 1.191s to 1.195a and May LITE
to LITE.
Corn-No. yellow and No. 8 yellow
nominal; No. yellow, 200. Oats-No.
3 white, 6S1aa70; standard. 69a70. Rye
No. ?. 1,7sk. Barley. 1.10a1.36. Tim
othy, 5.0Oa75O Glover. 20.O0a20.60.
Pork nominal. Lard. 27.55a27.65. Ribs.
275O
Evening star., 1917-11-21
GIVES HISTORY OF CHURCH.
Rev. C. sturges Ball Addresses Meet
ing of Congregationalists.

The history of the Congregational
Church was outlined by Rev. c. Sturges
Ball of the Associate Congregational
Church of Baltimore in an address last
night at the annual meeting OF the
washington Association of Congrega-
t;onal churches at the Plymouth Con-
gregationaI Church. 18th and streets
northwest. DR.. Ball urged the con-
solidation of the church behind the
President in the waging of the war
other speakers at the meeting which
onened Yesterday afternoon were Rev.
N Greeley of Eanderwerken. Va;
Rev A. c. Greene of Plymouth Church,
Rev. Walter A. Morgan of Mount Pleas
ant Church, Dr. Edward d. Eaton, Mrs.
1miia T. Bodfish of First Church, L, NJ.
Hershaw of Plymouth Church, Dr. T.. N NJ
Rliss of Mount Pleasant Church, F. w.
sweeney of Ingram Church, E. b.
smith Of Lincoln Nc Tsmpls TorK Rev and aodnsy RsT
Henrv A. Atkinson of Boston. Rev. L.
B. Moore presided
Evening star., 1917-11-21
MRS. MARY Mel. W. BIRD DIES.
Wife Of Physician at Sandy Spring,
Md, and Red Cross Worker.

Mrs. Mary Mcintyre Wilson Bird, wife
of DR.. J. w. Bird of Sandy Spring.
Nd, who had been actively identified
with Red Cross work of Montgomery
county, died Sunday at her home in
Sandy Spring. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at st. Johns
Church. Olney.
Mrs. Bird was thirty-three years old,
She was graduate of st. Mary's Semi
nary and of the Nurses Training
School of the Presbyterian Hospital of
Philadelphia She was assistant SUPER
intendent of nurses at the University
Hospital, Baltimore, for two years.
Mrs. Bird was a member of the Red
Cross. and was active in the work for
the local branch of Montgomery
county. She was chairman of the COM
mittee on medicine and nursing of the
Maryland Council of Defense and a
director OF the Needlework Guild of
America.
She leaves three children.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
Infant Grandson of Cornelius Eek
hardt Falls Into Scalding Water.

The two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
J. w. Walton died Saturday at the home
OF his parents. 951 Madison avenue, Bal
timore. from injuries received when he
fell into tub of scalding water Funeral
services were held yesterday at the resi-
dence of Cornelius Eckhardt. grandfather
OF the child, 233 Florida avenue northwest.
Five physicians, 1t is alleged, refused to
leave their offices to treat the injured child
i'll Baltimore, two of them alleging their
refusal was due to the fact that they were
not certain they would be paid for their
services
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton went to Balti-
more from Burlington. N. j. about, two
weeks ago and had no family physician.
Evening star., 1917-11-21
LABOR DEMANDS DRAFT
OF ALLIES IN AMERICA

BUFFALO, N. Y, November 21.-The
favorable report today of a resolution
calling for the conscription of citizens
Of allied nations in this country
brought on one of the heated debates
of the annual convention Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. 1t reached
a climax when Thomas Black, a
Canadian delegate, who characterized
conscription laws as ''dastardly legfs-
lation' was called upon to retract or
leave the floor of the convention.