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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
 AND FASHION WEEK
 |NDORSED BY BOARD
One Day More and Fashion Week Will Be a Reality. Automobile Show Will
 Be Opened Monday

The automobile show to be held in Bir- ningham next week was officially in dorsed by the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting yes terday afternoon. The Chamber of Com merce will cooperate with the automo- bile men in every way possible to make the show a success.
 Just today and one more day, and Fashion Week will be a reality, In fact, it will begin to be a reality at exactly 8 o'clock tomorrow night, when George Ward lights the bomb that is to call fashionable Birmingham to attention.
 The bomb shooting ceremony will take place in front of the city hall aud at the same time Memolis band will begin play in some Hitting spring melody. It is going to be dark for just five minutes before O clock, and then when the lights are turned on again that particular portion of Birmingham which has come down to view the windows, will have as much as 1t can do because every window down. town is going to be decorated with something special for Fashion Week.
 Visitors to Fashion Week and the au- tomoble show, which will be held jointly, are expected to begin arriving in Bir- mingham tomorrow, and it is estimated that many hundred visitors will be here Monday afternoon when the automobile show will be formally opened at ? o'clock Governor Henderson has stated that he hopes to be able to attend the show.
 There's going to be a big automobile parade, and a big society ball in connec- ton with the automobile show, and lots of other features during the next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
ID OPEN BIDS ON
 POSTOFF!CE TODAY McNeel Now Believes Work on the Structure Can Be
 Started by April 1

Work on the new postoffice may start about April 1, according to John D. Me- Neel, custodian of the federal building Bids for the building, according to the plans recently adopted. will be opened in Washington today.
 If any of the bids are low enough to come within the appropriation. the contract will be let right away and work should start about April l." said MT. Me Neel. And + feel practically sure that the bids will be low enough"
 In every department of the federal building the need of larger quarters is being felt more each day and there is much anxiety over the date of the be- ginning of the new building. Since the first floor was remodeled several months ago, the postoffice department has been able better to operate efficiently. but more room is badly needed, according to postoffice officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
DIR. HOGAN ASSUMES
 DUTIES AS CORONER
John R. T. Rives Named as Assistant Coroner and Miss Marx
 as Clerk

pr. George A. Hogan. recently appoint ed coroner of Jefferson county by Cover nor Henderson. on the resignation of pr. c. c. Wiley, assumed the duties of his office yesterday morning and appoint ed John R. T. Rives as assistant coro- ner and Miss Hattie Marx as clerk and .stenographer. Felix M. Parsons was named as assistant coroner at Besse- mer
 pr. Hogan is the fourth coroner of Jefferson county since the first of the year. Former Coroner Charles l.. Spain S term of office expired on January 15 and he was succeeded by John R. T. Rives, who was elected to the office by the people of the county. Custer proceedings were instituted against Mir Rives on the ground that he was not qualified for the office as he was not physician as re- quired by law. MT. Rives resigned and Dr. Wiley was appointed who after get ting all the legal tangles connected with the office strengthened out, rendered his resignation. The appointment of Dr. Ho- gan followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
DR. WRITTEN URGES ADEQUATE SUPPORT
 OF TWO COLLEGES
Says Men Turned Out of Birmingham and Howard Prove Worth of the
 Institutions

The Rev. Dr. l.. F. Whitten is another port for Birmingham's two institutions o1 higher education, Birmingham and How ard colleges. He writes:
 Dear Dr. Barnett: Please permit me, in columns of Age-Herald, to say that the continued agitation and pre- ation of the needs and immense value of Howard and Birmingham col leges by you and other distinguished citizens is certain to result in good. We do not underestimate the worth of all industrial and commercial plants in our city, and hope we shall secure the arYnor plate plant, too, but these splendid education institutions are also of great value. They propose to make ideal men. They are doing work which can never be destroyed. These Institutions number already some of the most successful and useful men of Alabama among their graduates
 More fine young men are in their classic halls being molded, and are soon to be finished products of in- corruptible manhood No one can deny that these two colleges are among the most vital and valuable assets of our great city. They were born of prayer They have struggled nightly for existence. They are both in great need of financial support. Birming- hams citizens cannot, in good con science, let them continue to suffer and labor under the heavy burdens they must carry, on and on, and then grow weaker, and finally give up the ghost,' unless they get endowment They have already made an imperish- able record in the men they have pro- duced. With proper financial support from this great city of wealth and power their work can and will be many times greater in a few years How can these valuable colleges he sustained and made strong and sat as they ought to be? By the united cooperation of all of our people who realize their importance.
 We frequently hear it said that Bir- mingham is not united. Here is one movement which will benefit the en- tire city, and for it all Birmingham can, and I believe will. unite. There is nothing impossible with God and blessed, beautiful Birmingham.
 l.. F. WRITTEN. <
 Birmingham, March l. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
185 5PERSONS MAY
 HAVE TOSERVE
 FULL SENTENCES
Record Is Being Compiled of All Of Judge Grubb's Suspended Sentence
 Cases

One hundred and eighty-flve persons, convicted in the' federal court of the northern district of Alabama, and whose serve the term fixed by Judge Grubb in the original sentence
 According to the ruling of the supreme court last December, district judges have no authority to suspend sentences. In line with this ruling the office of the dis trict attorney in Birmingham has been asked to furnish to the Attorney Gen. eral list of all suspended sentences which have been pronounced since 1907. Together with each case is to be sub mitted recommendation from the dis trict attorney as to whether or not the sentence sholud be confirmed, or whether the person should be pardoned
 Pardons where deemed wise will be granted by the President, according to announcement from the district attor- ney Complete data, as nearly as is pos sible to obtain, as to the conduct of per sons under suspended sentence is being furnished the Attorney General, together with the requested information and rec ommendation of the district attorney.
 Included in the record, which is being prepared by James Smith, clerk in the office of the district attorney, are many moonshine cases, with sentences ranging from less than year to two or three years.
 The record involves persons in all parts of the northern district, and many of those who sentence has been suspended have moved out of the state. Every effort is being made to locate them, in order that complete list may be furnished Attorney General T. w. Gregory, as re- quested
 MT. Smith has been busy compiling the record for several days and will complete it today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
BERTHA R|DGEWAY
 GIVEN THREE YEARS
Jury Holds Woman Indicted for Murder of Mrs. Wilkes
 Guilty of Manslaughter

Manslaughter in the first degree was of Bertha Ridgeway, charged with the murder of Mrs. B. M. Wilkes, and her punishment fixed at term of three years in the penitentiary. The case went to the jury late Wednesday evening and falling to agree the jury was sent to hotel for the night by Judge w. E.. Fort, before whom the case was tried The jury resumed its deliberation yesterday morning and at agreement and returned the verdict and sentence as stated above.
 Mrs. Wilkes was shot and killed sev- eral months ago near theGold reser- voir on Fourteenth avenue and Twen- third street. The defendant ad mitted the shooting, but claimed it was accidental. Sentence will be imposed by Judge Fort on Saturday. Appeal may be taken to the supreme court.
 Jury in the case of Nelson Gillen, negro, indicted for highway robbery, returned a verdict last night of guilty as charged in the indictment and fixed his punishment at 30 years in the peni- tentiary. The case was tried yester- day before Judge w. F. Fort with As sistant Solicitor W. S. Welsh prose- cutting, and went to the jury late yes- terday afternoon. The negro will be sentenced on Saturday.
 Charles Graham, charged with high way robbery, was acquitted yesterday in the special division of the criminal court presided over by Judge Charles w. Ferguson. Attorney B. M. Allen represented the defendant.
 Judge H. P. Heflin is engaged in the trial of Charles Wilkins. charged with murder. The case will probably reach the jury this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
HAVE REAL CLUE TO CATCH ROBBER
 OF CITY'S BIG JAIL

Arlie Barber says the police are not baffled by the new brand of robbers who break into jail storehouses and employ motor trucks to remove their loot
 In fact, the com missioner of
 public safety stated yesterday aft
 ernoon that the sleuths of the city
 had weII-defined clues as to who
 the robbers were that carried away
 the loot of 46 24-pound sacks of
 flour, threeSsacks of feed, six 5O-
 pound sacks of meal and more
 than 100 pounds of white meat
 from the stOrehOuse of the stock
 ade.
 According to MT. Barber, the war den of the stockade must have been so busy awakening the cooks and other. helpers at the jail that he could not make the rounds to ascertain whether the truck was a flivver or a hi gh- powered motor. For the warden begins shortly after o'clock in the morning to awaken the cooks, kitch- en help and assistants that they may prepare the morning repast for the other inmates of the bastlle.
 Inasmuch as the warden cannot serve as a patrolman, watchman and aWdkener, ne does not inspect the storehouse and sheds of the stockadc and therefore thieves. so modern as to operate with the motor chugging loudly nearby, did not expect detec- tion, for who could hear the crash of glass above the chug of a motor?
 Furthermore, perhaps they knew the warden had to arouse the inmates of the jail. Hence the clue! An, Ha!
 The detectives were not exact-
 ly hot upon the trail and could
 not get a whiff of the spent gasO-
 line from the motor truck and were
 deprived of this evidence, but it is
 understood are working on the
 clue. And before another day shall
 have passed-prOvided the South
 side stockadc gets "Big Ben" or
 so to relieve the warden and no
 further rObberies Occur-thc mod
 ern stOrehouse breakers will be
 landed behind the bars of the jafl
 It was rumored yesterday that the detectives in following the clues of the men who robbed the jail would keep one hand securely upon their badge and would guard their pockets with the other. but this could not be con firmed
 The bloodhounds, recently purchased by the city, were of no avail, as they could not follow the scent of gasoline fumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
AGE-HERALD'S PULL

The following letter tells what an ad will do in The Age-Herald:
 'Fayette Ala, Feb. 27, 1917. The Age-Herald, Birmingham
 T cannot thank you enough for my little ad in The Age Herald last week. have received more orders than I can fill. Some send checks, some postoffice orders, some money. Some order 30 dozen eggs at time. If l ever need to ad vertise any more, will certainly adver- tise in The Age-Herald, for it is certainly the paper that brings business,
 1T sell over 100 dozen eggs a week, O you know they are fresh. Thanking you again. I am, yours for success, q MRS. G. LEE THOMPSON"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
45,0O0 CATAL0GS
 HANDLED IN DAY Many Big Concerns Now Using Birmingham Office
 as Distributing Point

FOrty-fivc thousand catalOgs from Bellas- Hess company were handled through the Birmingham postOffice yesterday. The cataIogs came i'm in the morning and by night every one of them had been moved.
 These catalogs were not taken to n warehouse, but were handled di- rect through the p0stoffice here. In most cases. however. where large shipments of catalOgs are sent through the local postofficc they are consigned to some ware house here and then shipped out through to the locnl office to 0th- CT places on permit. Several of the big eastern concerns handle t0eir catalogs through Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
SUFFRAGE SCHOOL
Reports to Be Made at Meeting of the
 Local Association

Reports on the suffrage school recently conducted in Birmingham under the auspices of the National Equal Suffrage association. will be made at the meeting of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage asso- citation tomorrow afternoon at Cable hall.
 The reports will show that many new. IT embers were added to the association during the school. and as result of the work accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
BANKERS TO MEET
 HERE ON MARCH IA
Members of Group Two to Be Guests at Dinner-About Sixty
 Visitors Expected

The next meeting of Group of the Alabama Bankers association will be held in Birmingham March 14. The group embraces the banks of some 27 counties in this section of the state and 1t is ex- pected that about 60 members will attend the group meeting.
 Thomas Bowron of the First National of Birmingham is chairman of the group and he is arranging for dinner for the visitors on the evening of March 14. A business session will be held during the afternoon and a programme is also being worked out for the night meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
MINE RESCUE WORK Itinerary of Truck During Month An nounced by w. T. Burgess

w. T. Burgess has announced the itinerary of the mine rescue truck, which will demonstrate first aid methods among the miners of Alabama.
 The schedule began yesterday when the truck went to Margaret.
 The itinerary follows:
 Margaret. Alabama Fuel and Iron company, March l to [.
 Acmar, Alabama Fuel and Iron com- pany, March to 14
 Marvel, Roden Coal company, March 16 to "A.
 Garnsey, Galloway Coal company, March "A to 30
 Flat Top, Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, March Il to IS.
 Mail, express and telegrams to be sent to Mine Rescue Station, Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
COMMUNITY CLUB
Banquet in Honor of Members Who
 Saw Service on Border

In honor of its members who saw serv- ice along the Mexican border in Battery c. the Community club will tender banouet at the Southern club tonight.
 Plates for nearly a hundred will be set when the. banquet begins at 7:45 o'clock The president, Joseph F. Mudd will be the. toastmaster. Some novel fea- lures have been provided to entertain the returning guardsmen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
At the Photoplay Houses

Rialto: Mrs. Vernon Castle in "Par- ria"
 Trianon: Anita Stewart in The Jug gernaut."
 Strand: Blanche Sweet in Those Without Sim
 Colonial. Mary Pickford in "Cinder- . clla.' Triangle: William Desmonds in The Last of the Ingrahams."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Lyric: Keith vaudeville. Matinee at 23o Night performance at 7:9o and 3 o'clock.
 Majestic: Gardner and Lawson, in Hello Southland Revue" musical con- edy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
PERSONAL

The many friends of Mrs. R. Ward. who was operated upon at the South Highlands infirmary. will be pleased to learn she is resting nicely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
Card of Thanks

Gard or ThankS We wish to thank our many friends for their sympathy assistance and beautiful floral offerings in our recent bereave- ment. the death of our son, Everett.
 MIR. AND MRS. c. E. EVINS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
STRUCK BY TORPEDO

We sailed for the United States shortly after the bombardment began and every thing was all right until we were about 25O miles east of Malta. It was about 5:45 in the afternoon for we were eating when we felt the ship lurch and settle bit The cry went up that we had been torpedoed, so we all ran for the life boats, for we had been drilled.
 'It was a time of great excitement. for some of the crew were just kids and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
ROCKY ROAD TO MATRIMONY.

Mrs. r. A. McGaughey was the
hostess at a miscellaneous shower
given last Wednesday, with Miss Ma
bel Pierce as the guest OF honor. Miss
Pierce is to be married tomorrow to
Mr.. Joseph E. Gary.
The Rocky Road" was outlined by
ribbons stretched across the room,
with mile posts worked by such mot
toes as 'You Can't Turn Back Now, =
Seven Days to Matrimony," "Steer
Straight Ahead" etc. AT the farther
end was a chair drapped in white
decorated with double hearts pierced
with single arrow. The pathway
was filed with rocks" and Miss
Elizabeth MCGEE escorted the bride
to-be into the living room and started
her in the 'road" with large basket
in her hand. The various rock"
were presents wrapped in brown pa
pers, and these Miss Pierce gathered
up until her basket and her arms
were filed. She clipped the ribbon
mileposts one by one as she advanced
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02

and seated in the chair, the final goal,
opened the bundles and displayed the
many beautiful gifts from her admir-
ing friends. The accomplished hos:
ess served delicious refreshments to
the guests, covers being laid for Is.
Those present were Misses Mabel
Pierce, Martha Gary, LYDIA Belle
Gary, Elizabeth Gary, Matte Adams,
Elizabeth MCGEE, Mary Pierce. Marg-
aret Foard, Lillian Fosrd, Julia Hen
ry, Sara Wallace. Cora Williams,
Edith Williams. Mesdames Jas. Bak-
err. w. S. Pierce, A. M. Henry E. T..
Libby, John Adams, Charlie Adams,
A. H. Wallace, Frank Stowe. Charlie
Pierce and Dennis Pierce.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
Cohen-Klein.

Mr.. Louis A. Cohen, Of Greenville
and Miss Hattie Klein we're married
at the home 81 the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
Joe Goldberg, in GAINESVILLE, last
Thursday evening. The civil cere-
mony was performed by Esq. Wiley
j. Smith and the ritualistic Jewish
ceremony by Rabbis H. Bohn and
Sam Klein, of this city. The Clarks-
vile orchestra rendered the wedding
march. After wedding dinner they
left on an eastern tour. The groom
is in business in Greenville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
WINS GRATITUDE or SOLDIERS
o>ee~ an American Girl Made Life Less
Lonely for McE IN
Trenches

The idea Of the war godmother
sssa godson in France, meant to
tcnehi soldiers at the front who
4 gcre xiihout kin or friends at home,
= l'hrough bis adoption" for the time
-hc'ng by some kind woman willing
10 write to him, has struck the sym
pathetic fancy of the American girl,
and many "poilu" now rejoices in
a pretty "Americaine" for core
spondent and protectress. Miss
Gladys HoIIingsworth, chairman Of
<kc american Girls Aid for War Re
1ief an France, has secured hundreds
of godmothers for lonely soldiers
through her acquaintance with Of
@cers in charge of various regiments
who wrote to her recommending SOL
skiers who could be helped and
<Aeered in this way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02

"Do y = suppose moving pictures
Will evcs ID away entirely with per-
Rermances on the stage?" mo, In
deed" replied the astute theatrical
manager. 'Tn the opinion of the tired
business man, to whom I cater exclu-
;ssvely. no shadow on the screen, how
ever iifeiike, can take the place Of a
real live chorus girl"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02

A lot of building lumber and house
framing timbers at Gracey, Ky. Also
the livery stable property situated
near the |. C. depot in Gracey.
MRS. LUCY N. MEECHAM.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
How Nature Protects Orchids.

Orchids are the most skilled of all
plants in the art of stimulation. They
choose for imitation some insect, bird
or animal free from danger. Some or
chids initiate poisonous spiders. The
fly orchid and the bee orchid are ex-
amples which initiate so skillfully that
trained scientists are often at fault
in detecting the deception. These or
chids resemble clusters Of bees or flies
resting on a dry twlg.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02

~If had twenty dollars would buy
ussre things than this house could
Aeld." said Tommy. II wouldn't" said
Albert. II would buy" and, looking
ut mis- little sister. continued. "a dia-
aaond ring for Mollie." Mollie, suspi-
risus Of such generosity, declared: II
would not have your diamond ring, but
you'd better pay the nickel you owe
ime."-Exchange
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
The Futures Bright Hope.

Grandpa thought pa was going to
turn out to be something wonderful,
and pa Is confident that son will make
a mark In the world. Each generation
seems to realize that 1t is failure.
but 1t is betting on the next genera
tion.-Forth Worth Star-Telegram.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-02
Paralysis Causes Death.

Nicholas Goldworthy, of Mullen
berg county. died at the Western
State Hospital on the 30th mt, Of
general paralysis. He was So years
old and had been in the institution
about year. The body was shipped
to Central City.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-22
JONES SCHOOL NOTES

The boys and girls of Jones are looking and longing for Christmas and Old Santa They expect this to be the greatest and grandest ever eX- perienced by them Many Of them have already written old Santa strong letters ordering everything from "Jack-in the box" to a Ford. and urging him to be on the dot with the goods
 Almost all who have been attend ing regularly are doing the best work ever done: however, nearly two hun dred have been out for the past three weeks with measles, whooping cough humps and a few other diseases which the publishers of the common dictionaries have neglected to put in their publications, therefore. we shall not mention them here
 There never was more patriotic 1 bunch of boys and girls than loso at Jones School They have donated liberally to the Red Cross, the Y NJ c. A., bought over 2,000 Red Cross seals, bought number Of the wal savings stamps They have. also helped out charity just Htue bit, having donated over thirty toys sey- enteen little dresses, four nice quilts. some stockings, underwear. books and just Q little bit of money.
 The school has sold about $40 worth of thank you books"
 The Jones school 5. l. A mas paid $75 on the new piano. It is a good instrument and the school is getting a great deal of good out of it.
 Jones school has a good orchestra which consists of a piano, cornet, mandolin and a saxophone. It is un- der the direction of Miss Florence C.. Leighty
 The bazaar was quite a success. The children furnished 8 number of ar ticles and they were nearly all sold
 s. [ A.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-22
MAGAZINE WOMEN TO
 TAKE CITY TERRITORY
MISS CLARE M. TUBBETT WILL LOOK OVER THE SANITARY
 CONDITIONS ABOUT HOMES

Miss Clare M Tubbett who repre- sents the Delinetaor, a magazine given to patterns of womens dress
 has arrived in the city for the pur- pose of making a survey of things To- cally about the homes, the sanitary conditions, etc, and she is working with the o-operation of the state health officers and county Health Officer Dr. John S. Wood Miss Tub bett has been engaged in health propaganda for some years, and is eX- perienced in the various lines she will direct here The sanitary conditions about homes, with particular refer ence to the care of babies, is said to be the mission of this young woman