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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Committee To Outline
 Plans Of Registration
 Celebration And Parade
Chairman Saks and Committee to Discuss Details of Parade Merchants to Close Stores for Day-Twenty Thousand Persons Expected to Be in Line of Parade With Bands
 Galore and Plenty of Song and Speaking

q hope that every member of my committee will be present at the Chamber of Commerce Monday morn ing at II o'clock promptly, as it will be the most important meeting that we will have, as there are six subcom- mittees to be named, and all of the details of the plans for the big parade and registration celebration must be discussed at this meeting" stated Jo- seph Saks yesterday afternoon.
 It is very probable that the com Inittee will ask all of the merchants to close at noon for the rest of the day, instead of from II o'clock to 2 o'clock. The fact has been brought out that any merchant would just as soon close for the whole afternoon as for few hours as the force would be disorganized for the day anyhow The committee does not feel that there is a single merchant in Birmingham who will object to the half holiday for their employees instead of the three hours.
 The aim of the committee is for 10000 people to march in the parade. An automobile committee, float committee, parade, music, speak ing and decoration committee will be named as subcommittees Monday.
 The splendid cooperation that IS being given Chairman Saks is very gratifying to him, several people hay ing called at his place of business and numerous ones having called hlnl up to offer their services. That the day will be made the greatest that has ever been recorded in Birmingham Tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
FOUNDERS DAY
 TO BE CELEBRATED

Founders day will be celebrated by the Vanderbilt alumni Monday night at o'clock with a banquet at the South ern club. The occasion will be the ceie- bration of the anniversary of the found ing of the University by Cornelius Van derbilt May 27, 1872. This year will be the forty-fifth anniversary of the event.
 Among the speakers at the banquet will be Dr. G. w. Dyer, professor of economics at Vanderbilt and Charles Ea- son, secretary of the alumni association. Henry Morsheimer, president of the local association. Dr. W. T. Berry, vice pres ident. and Frank w. Barnett.
 The committee in charge of tickets is w. o. Sell, chairman; Dr. E. W. Rucker, pr. Ross Snider, J. E. Chappell. J. D. Porter Those wishing to secure tickets should see any member of this commit tee. About 50 guests, many of whom are from out of town, have already re- served covers. Among them are several ladies who were formerly students at the university.
 E\ eryone in Alabama who has been a student at Vanderbilt is cordially invited to be present. If anyone has been unin- tentionally omitted from the invitation list. they are requested to at once get inc touch with the committee on tick cts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
SUFFRAGISTS TO AID
 LIBERTY BOND SALE
Expert Bond Salesman Will Address Meeting at Cable Hall on
 Tuesday

Miss Amelia Worthington, chairman of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage associa- ton, has called meeting of the Associa- ton at Cable hall Tuesday, May 2s, at 3 p. m. G. F. Lee, bond salesman of the National City Bond company of New York. who has been sent here by the re- gional bank in Atlanta, will address the meeting, giving expert advice regarding the liberty war bonds. At the last meet ing of the Equal Suffrage association it was decided that the organization would go actively into the work of securing subscriptions to the bonds, and Mr Lees talk will serve to throw light on the manner in which these bonds are to be sold. All Birmingham women. whether members of the association or not, are urged to come to this meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
SHRINERS TO HOLD
 BIG CEREMONIAL
Session Will Be Preceded by Ban
 quet-Large Class of Candi- dates on Hand

Zamora Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will hold a ceremonial session at 7:3O o'clock Tuesday night, preceded by a business session at the Jefferson thea tre, which will be held at o'clock Prior to going to the theatre. banquet will be given at the Tutwiler hotel at 6:15 o'clock, and in view of the large class, a great time in Shrinedom is an ticipated by all members of the mystic order.
 Potentate Jack Riddle is expecting enc of the most successful ceremonials that has ever been held in Birmingham, and the preparatory arrangements are along a most elaborate line. Many application blanks are being signed up, and even the novices are promised a rousing good time. All members are urged to be on hand on time, and they are guaranteed good time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

The Festival of Pentecost of Feast Of Week. called "Shevuoth," will be cele- brated Sunday and Monday by Jews throughout the world This festival has an agricultural aspect. It marked the period of wheat harvest and of ripening of fruits in Palestine. Gratitude to God for the fertility of the soil was the key note of this festival. The farmer worked on his land. but he remembered that without Gods blessing he might work in vain. He therefore expressed both his gratitude to and dependence upon God.
 According to the lore, Pentecost has a greater significance than this-it is the birthday of Israefs religion. On this day the Israelites stood around Mount Sinai where they heard the voice of God, uttering the Ten Commanomenrs. Pen- tecost is the day of Divine Revelation. As Judaism has had a far-reachng in- fluence upon the Jewish people, as well as upon the world, the Jew commemor- ates and celebrates this day as one of the most glorious days in his history. The Jew draws religious inspiration and moral courage from this day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
COL. ED N. JONES
 OF CAMDEN DEAD. Prominent Lawyers Re
 mains Will Be Taken to Old Home Today for Interment

Col. Ed N Jones of Camden died at local infirmary about D. m, yes terday in his seventy-ninth year. Ills remains will be carried to Camden for burial, leaving here on the Louisville and Nashville this morning. Many of his relatives were at his bedside at the time of his death.
 Colonel Jones held his commission as colonel in the service of the Con- federate states. which he was serving at the surrender.
 He was married first to Miss Mary Blanchard and one of the children of this marriage was Col. Ed N Jones. Jr., U. s. A.. now stationed at Chi cago. One of his grandsons Is Cadet Ed N. Jones III. now at the United States Military academy at West Point.
 He married. second. Miss Mary Beck of Camden. Among the children of this marriage are Mrs John Felix Jen kins. formerly of Birmingham, but. now of Opelilxa, and Mrs. Martin James L.ide of Birmingham
 Colonel Jones was born in Virginia, September 12. 1892. and his parents
 
 He was graduate of the University of Alabama and was a lawyer of great skill and distinction. He repre- sented Wilcox county for many years in the state legislature and for a long time was a controlling political factor in his district.
 He was the law partner of his brother, Gen. Richard c. Jones' former president of the University of Ala a rd of bic Everett Jones. who survives him.
 Among his other brothers and sig ters were pr. John Paul Jones of Camden. Miss Sallfe c. Jones of Cam den and Mrs Kate Richardson Jones of Tuscaloosa, all of whom are dead
 Colonel Jones was man among men. He was possessed of a lovable character and keen intellect There ran through the current of his life a whi,s>. sical humor, which led him alwayo to the silver lining of life. He wac always big-hearted and generous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
OF PENTECOST
 AT JEWISH SYNAGOGUE
Glass Boys Girls Will Be Confirmed This Morning at the Synagogue-Special Sermon Biblical Origin of the
 Feast of Week Will Precede tke Confirmation

The following boys and girls, composing the confirmation class of the Knesseth Israel Sunday school, will be formally inducted in the faith and officially con- firmed during the Shevuoth morning serv- ices Sunday at 10 o'clock, at Knesseth Israel synagogue, Seventh avenue and Seventeenth street.
 Rosa Dannenberg. Lottie sederman. Emily Goldner, Lille Kerner, Bertha Avram, Blumie Shugerman, Jennie Cop lon, Minnie Weintraub, Sadie Cohen, Nathan Rothenstreich, Harry Hurvrcn.
 Dr. Mendelsohn. rabbi Congregation Knessets Israel, will be in charge of the confirmation exercises. in connection with which an interesting declamatory and musical programme will be carried out.
 Preceding the confirmation exercises. Rabbi Mendelsohn will preach a sermon on the Biblical origin of the Feast of Weeks. and its significance, taking for his text. Divine Revelation"
 Knesseth Israel will observe Shevouth vestibal also on Monday when an appro- priate morning service will be held. On this occasion also the rabbi will deliver an address with Gratitude and Obliga- ton" as his theme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
BUSINESS BETTER
 THAN LAST YEAR,
 SAYS MR. JOHNSON
No Need for Hysterical Economy and With Settle ment of Revenue Bill Con-
 ditions Will Be Normal

In making a 5-cent purchase there is usually not much thought given the transaction, as to whether it is a neces- sity or luxury, a habit or a mere indulgence. But when you take into consideration a business that is made of nickels, in other words business that makes the owner of a nickel thirsty, so to speak, you have in war time, when economy becomes the very essence and crux of every mans daily life. a very definite index into the pros perity of community.
 Crawford Johnson, president of the Birmingham Coco-Cola company, is in this connection most desirable person to ask, How is business?" and when asked he said:
 We have no complaint whatever. as our sales are as good as they were last year, in fact better, to be frank about it. We people of Birmingham and of the south ought to be ashamed of ourselves to even think of letting Up in our business affairs when a little hysteria like declaration of war will cause in any country, sweeps down on us. I for one do not believe that we will know that the war is going on sts pertains to business in a few months. When the revenue bill is settled and conditions assume normal again, all the way round unless we suddenly re- alize that business is 50 per cent bet ter than it ever was before, we won't have a thought of slowing up I think that the war is going to make the north appreciate the south as it never has before, and the south is going to feel just as appreciative of the north. We are going to progress in the south through the aid of the north in the future, and the north is going to prog ress, or at least hold it's own now. through the aid of the south, for we are going to have to furnish the food- stuffs principally, while the north fur nishes the finished products in the man. ufacturing lines, and keeps the gov ernment supplied with fighting ap- paratus and equipment
 There is no need for any hysteri- cal economy, to be sure, but at the same time conservative purchases are just as well taken in from the cons sumer's point as conservative selling on the part of the merchant. No man can be blamed for going a little slow, but there Is no occasion for a com plete taboo on anything, as see it. just keep our heads-business is good.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
PASTORS DISCUSS
 ARMY CAMP PLANS
Moral Advantage of Bringing Soldiers to Birmingham Will Be Stressed
 Before Committees

The Birmingham Pastors union met at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning and discussed the project of To- eating mobilization camp in Brming- ham, the moral side of Birmingham S case being taken into consideration.
 The ministers with one accord are Tn favor of securing the camp for Birming- ham and will make presentation of the city's claims from moral standpoint to the standing committee of the civic or ganizations that have in charge the work of locating the camp in Birmingham. Other matters of interest to the clergy were discussed at the meeting, which was well attended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
BANKERS NAME OFFICERS
Local Organization of Employes Also
 Subscribes for Liberty Bonds

The Birmingham chapter of the American Institute of Banking at its last meeting elected officers for the year follows: w. W. Clayton. presb- dent; J. A. Holcomb. vice president: ]. E. Carter, secretary; R. E. Bentley, treasurer.
 Trust and Savings company will go as a delegate to the general convention of the institute~to be held in Denver, Col, in September. It was also unani- mously voted to buy a $100 United States liberty bond, thus contributing their "bit" in helping Uncle Sam win the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Absolutely New Method
 For Superfluous Hair
tsure way to Remove Roots and AID

Goodbye to depilatories. the. electric needle and the razor! Here at last is a method that removes superfluous hair iessiy. instantaneously! Nothing like it ever heard of before.
 If you'd like to try this wonderful process. just get a stick or phelactine from vour druggist, follow the simple in with your own eyes see the hair roots come out. See how per fectly smooth and hair-free your skin will be. Phelactine is non-lrritatlng, loforless. and so harmless you could cat 1t! It is so reliable that every stick is sold on satisfaction-or-m or money back basis.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Grand Larceny Charged

Joe Simmons. negro, was transferred to the county jail yesterday afternoon on warrant sworn out before Judge Abernathy, charging grand larceny. He was arrested Friday by Detectives Fuller and Macke, and according to Detective Fuller confessed to having stolen $6.25 from the cash drawer of Nick vassilakis. 323 Nineteenth street, north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
DIR. EDMONDS TODAY
 AT CHAUTUAQUA TENT

The morning service of the Indepen- dent Presbyterian church today will be held in Chautauqua tent, East park. The music for this service will be fur nished by visiting artists, and Dr Ed
 monds will preach, taking for his sub ject, "The Epic of the Poor" Of course there will be no charge
 for admission into the grounds at this
 Mrs. Nora Hughes Toensfeldt will sing a solo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
B'NAI BIRTH LODGE
 TO ELECT DELEGATE

Election of delegate to the Alabama convention of the American Jewish Con gress will be the special order of busi- ness of Birmingham lodge, No. 36S, In- dependent Order of B'Nai B'Rith at its special meeting Sunday afternoon at 2:su o'clock at the Temple Emanu-El. Pres ident Philip Oster urges that every mem Der of the lodge attend the session, as it will be it's only opportunity to choose it's representative for the convention which will assemble Tuesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Flag Raising on Shades Mountain

The ladies' relief corps Of the Grand Army of the Republic will present to the people of Shades mountain a beau tiful flag this afternoon at 3:3C o'clock. The Second Regiment band will furnish the music. Judge Miller, Judge Nesmith. Rev, J. T. Miller and T. R. Mccarthy will speak. and the school children will sing the national airs. The Boy Scouts will also assist. The committee wishes to thank the liar ris Transfer company for the free trans portation of the band from the fair grounds to the mountain. A cordial in- vitation is extended to the friends oi this community;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
MILITARY NOTES

Lieut.. J. B. Meredith. who has recently succeeded Lieut.. J. D. Smith as chief recruiting officer of the navy at Mont gomery. has issued an appeal to the young men of Alabama to come forward and enlist at once. He says there is great need of men for immediate service and emphasizes the part the navy will play in the war.
 Lieutenant Meredith in an interview yesterday said:
 ''The people of this country are alive to the fact that the army needs men and needs them quickly, and that Congress has provided means for raising them. They are apt to forget, however. that the navy has an important part to play in this war and that the successful pros ecution of the plan of campaign depends on the men in the naval service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic; R. w. Daniels, Seaboard Air Line; c. F. Jackson. Mobile and Ohio and Paul Wright. Southern.
 These committees have been for a week working on the problems con- fronting them, and at an early date will probably be in position to make sugsestions that will materially iin- prove the transportation conditions. The executive committee is meeting daily with the chairman and Kiving careful study to the questions brous 1t before thsm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
TODAY'S EVENTS

Features for today:
 Triangle: Marguerite Clark in The Valentine Girl"
 Strand: "Enlighten Thy Daughter Rialto: Lionel Barrymore in The Millionaire's Double"
 Colonial British official war pie lures. The great Atlanta fire.
 Trianon: Mary Miles Minter in An nie for Spite"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Markell to Lecture

MT. c. F. Markell will lecture this aft ernoon at the Avondale Public Library at S:30 on Racial Characteristics Laid Bare by the War MT. Markell has been abroad number of times. and can speak authoritatively on his subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
GOOD PROGRESS ON RAISING FUND
 FOR BOYS BAND

Good progress is being made by Camp Clayton in raising the neces- sary fund to pay all the expenses of the trip of the Boys Industrial School band to the Confederate re- union. It was found that in order to pay the railroad fare of the band and to provide meals on the train and give them the side trips while in Washington about $1200 would be re- ouired. The subscriptions received up to last night are IS follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
BIC MEETING WILL . BE HELD TUESDAY ID MEET SHORTAGE OF CARS LOCALLY Hutchens Says Increased Efficiency Is Slogan in Meeting Car Situation
 Emergency
EVERYONE IS URGED
 TO COME WHO USES
 ROADS FOR FREIGHT
Committees Have Already Been Named to Handle Various Kinds of Traf-
 fife Originating Here
"Increased efficiency"

"lncreased efficiency"
 Those two words caused Presi-
 dent Faifax Harrison of the South
 ern railway system, chairman of
 the nations defense board in con
 nection with the work being done
 by the American Railways nsso-
 citation, to send H. E. Hutchens to
 Birmin gham chairman of a
 subcommittee which will endeav-
 or to do exactly that-increase the
 efficiency of the shipper, the re-
 ceiver and the railroads. cooper
 atlng one with another, absolute ly disregarding any line that may
 now separate the three classes of
 business men who are suffering
 with malady that is more acute
 in the Birmingham district than
 in any other section of the coun-
 try south of the Ohio river, ac-
 cording to those in authority.
 That mniady Is known in the
 profit and loss column on many ledger as "car shortage,
 Consequently on Tuesday morning al 10 o'clock, Birmingham citizens, whether railroad representatives, coal operators furnace men, iron and steel producers coke manufacturers, dry goods, clothing grocery, grain, feedstuff, building ma terial dealers. sand pile owners, slag ship pers or cranberry merchants, are invited by Chairman Hutchens to meet at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium to hear the practical. brief explanation of the work planned by the supcomanttees. MT. Hutchens will explain to the best of his ability at this meeting Tuesday the object of the American Railways as sociat.on, which has not been made as clear to the shippers, receivers and rail road officials as he believes it should have been made.
 s T have mailed notices to all of the railroads to have their representative at this meeting, and all committee chairman have been urged to attend The meeting will be open and any gentleman representing a shipper or d receiver will be cordially welcomed. We want the cooperation of every man in Birmingham who IS interested In increasing the efficiency of hls shipping or receiving Iacilitles.
 MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES
 There are more dlfteIent angles to the rransportalon situation III Blr- mngham tnan m any other territory <,f fb..f |, get these conditions rfS,lr in our mlnds before We act speci1lcally," sad MT. Hutchens yesterday.
 We nave had a number of repre- sentatiyes from the larger interests ln the Birmingham aistrict to call upon us and say rnat they would co- operate With us to the limit, Iollowing any suggestion that we feel will be beneficial. Therefore 1 don't see to save my soul Why we can't make the work success, with such a splenuid feeling existing, concluded Mir. U f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
COMMITTEES NAMED

'Ine intention IS not to waste time on assertions as to existing conditions and offer of proof to support same, but recognize at the outset condition does
 exist that calls for the most careful and intelligent cooperation between
 the various railway lines, shippers and receivers of freight.
 If. in meeting of this kind. we can develop weak spots. let the responsi- . bility rest where 1t may, we will in
 some way seek and secure a remedy and by cooperation apply 1t in an ef- fectual manner.
 The meeting will be open and gen.
 tlemen representing the interests re- ferred to, are cordially invited to at- tend, prepared to give and take, point out defects and suggest remedies. "As preliminary step towards CO., operation and improving defective methods and practices within the dis trict. the subcommittee has already provided committees of representative railway men in this territory to study up and make g careful survey of the situation
 Committee No. 1-Intensive car load : ing. l.. c. l.. and c. L.: c. w. Tolliver. Louisville and Nashville, chairman; J. A. Morrison. Louisville and Nashville; J. H. Stanfield. Southern; P. o. Wood. Frisco; T. l.. Mill, Southern. Committee No. 2-Coal, cake, iron ore and other furnace materials: Fred Kestler, Birmingham Southern, chair man; J. A. Morrison, Louisville and Nashville; H. H. Vance. Southern; w. J. Edwards, Alabama Great Southern; E. IS. Sanford, Frisco.
 Committee No. Scar supply and distribution. not including coal. coke, liron ore and other raw materials for furnace use: D. c. Evans. Louisville Ia hot C>Y |man, Seaboard Air Line; F. G. Faulk- |ner. Frisco; T. H. Pitts. Southern. J. L. Campbell, Central of Georgia; H. w. Emrick. Birmingham Belt; J. D. Plr- |rong, Birmingham Southern. Committee No. 4-Accumulation and embargoes: Lee Cleary. Louisvills and
 Nashville. chairman; V. P. Whitaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
MANY DIFFEKE ENT ANGLES
HUTCHENS' STATEMENT

Chairman Hutchens has issued the fol- lowing official statement:
 The Birmingham district subcommit-
 tee commission on car service, realizing the greatest relief in immediate sight for the industrial and transportation interests of this territory, appears to be in 'in- creased efficiency which can only be secured through cooperation, and having this end in view, has arranged for 2 meeting of representatives of all the rail- ways of this district in the auditorium, Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham, 10 a. m., Tuesday, May 29.
 "The chairman is authorized to ex- tend through the press of this city a cordial invitation to the industrial in terests of this district, the receivers and shippers of freight to join in this meeting, either as individuals or repre- sentatives of commercial or industrial QrganizatiQns or hnth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-13
By FoNrAINE FOX
ChiRd to Fight

They say that China's going to fight.
Let's hope the news is true. l guess
she did exactly right in waiting for
her queue" And now she's stepped
into the fray, just ask the married men
and you'll find every one will say that
oft within his ken has China won
victory and made him taste defeat and
showed his safest course to be a dig
niied retreat. O Kaiser Bill. you've
lost your luck. Your soul should shake
with dread. From Chlru you will have
to duck and dodge To save your head.
The scales OF Victory are tipped with
China In the fray. You've lost your
grasp. your foot has slipped, you'll soon
get your congo You fear not shrapnel
shells nor grape, nor bombing from the
SKY, but you'll be yearning. to escape
when China starts to fly.
o. WILL MOORE.