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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

talented instrumentalists. in "A Mu-
steal Muse in kits" will be the head
line attraction for the last half of
the week. This pretentious musical Of
fering is said to be one of the best
of the kind and they furnish high
class entertainment in song, dance and
instrumental music the selections on
the bagpipe featuring the offering
There are excellent vocalists in the
company as well as instrumentalists
and the number will no doubt prove
one of the biggest musical features
recently seen in Birmingham.
Olga and Mishka company, Russian
dancers will also be a big attrac-
ton the last half of the week. Both
of these dancers are former members
of the famous Russian royal ballet
and they entertain in both classical
and modern dances. Captain Barnett
anG, son, two midgets, will be present.
ed in comedy offering entitled, rat
the Little Newsstand" Other attrac-
tions The last half of the week in
clude Cocoran and Mack original
laugh creators. and the Ferraros sur
plising clowns.
The, Lyric screen kilograms, showing
the very latest news events in pic
lures, will be big feature of all per-
formances. These screen kilograms
are the very latest news pictures and
they are released in Birmingham ssi-
multaneously with releases in New
York and all the larger cities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
G. LOOMS Allen, Who Has
Been Missing, Is Located

Syracuse, N. Y. March &C. Loomis
Allen of this city, who disappeared from
Baltimore, Md, January 10, has been
located. according to statement issued
by business associates mere today.
I. c. Cherry, vice president OF Allen
& Peck dnc.9, made the following an
nouncement:
&C. Loomis ALLEN has peen located. He
is not with a woman. We expect to
have definite word by the middle of next
week"
Mr. Allen was last seen at a Balti-
more hotel, where he resided while serv-
ing as director of the war board of
the American Railway association.
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lyric BILL FOR
THIS WEEK STRONG
WITH FEATURES
Programme to Be the Best
Recently Offered at the
Popular Vaudeville
Playhouse

Some of vaudeyille's biggest fea-,
lures will be presented at the Lyric
Iduring the present week and adj
Vance notices indicate that the pro-
|gramme will be among the best res
Gently offered at Birmingham's pop
|ular vaudeville theatre. Among the
|big attractions for the week are the
|Great Leon and his big company Of
Wender workers, said to be the great
est of all magicians and illusionists'
Tenn Browns Musical Highlanders, IL
musical treat in kits; Countess Mar
|dini, famous Italian accordionist Dol
|1y Grey and Bert Byron, the latter
famous as the successor of George M
|Eohan in broadway jones'" Olga and
Mishka company, celebrated Russian
dancers, and other big acts.
The headline attraction, for the first
half of the week will be the Great
Leon and company. the wonder
w orkers." This production is stu-i
pendous comedy mystery spectacle in
one act and two scenes and is a suc-s
cession of battling and bew ildering
Illusions. weird and uncanny mys-l
teTies, scenic surprises and electrical
effects 1t Introduces some of thA
IuOSI udTlIS, Starting anu StIiSellOItdI
illusions ever attempted. The act
reachesN it's climax in 1.-The fire and
water" Illusion. which is declared b.
critics to be a modern miracle. 1t is
declared to be the seasons creates:
novelty.
Another attractive number on the
programme for the first half of the
week will be Countess Nardini cele-
hrated Italian accordionist. This young
lady is recognized as vaudeville
headliner and she renders a most
pleasing programme of selections
Dolly Grey and Bert Byron are clever
entertainers, the latter being accorded
by many critics the position of being
a worthy successor to George M
Cchan. They entertain in what they
call vaudeville frappe entitled, "A
0rls Weight" other attractions thu
first half Of the week include Charles
Cartwell and Laura Harris in new
singing and dancing slSit called Golf
ing With Cupid" and Kayle and
Kcyne. dancers and comedians
Tom Browns Musical Highlanders,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
Billie Burke at the Strand
Theatre in Ewes Daughter"

Billie Burke the Paramount star, is
appearing today, tomorrow and Tuesday
at the Strand theatre in screen adap-
tation of Alicia Ramsey's Ewes Daugh-
ter" which recently was shown on
Broadway with Grace George as star
The screen version was arranged by
Margaret Turnbull. while the picture was
directed by James kirlkwood.
An excellent cast, including Thomas
Melghan, William Riley Hatch, Florence
Flynn, Lionel Atwlll and others as well
known. The story is decidedly differ
emit" and the fact that Miss Burke wears
frocks of the very latest design adds
greatly to the attraction
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''The Price of a Good
Time" to Be Shown
at Alcazar This Week
Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
Have Another Big Success to
Their Credit

Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley have
another success in THE Price of Good
Time" which will be shown at the
Alcazar theatre all next week, picture
which is true to the type which they
have both been so skllful in filming.
1t offers the unusual achievement of
melodrama that is graphically pre-
sented, originally devised and produced
with good sense.
The story is that of pretty young girl
who works in a department store. Her
home life is a wretched one. Along
comes a millionaire Who satisfying
whim of his own, asks the girl to be his
guest for six consecutive nights. Ills
intentions are eminently proper.
Lnnie goes and gets her first glimpse
of luxury and of good time. We have
never seen any film heroine who enjoyed
herself more. Miss Weber takes her to
cabarets. restaurants, musical comedies
and amusement parks. And they are all
the real thing.
Then the time comes for parting. Lin
ME is reluctant and gives the man to
understand that she is perfectly willing
to go on having a good time on any
terms.
Just at this moment a suspicious and
disagreeable brother who has succeeded
in tracking Linnie down to the million
aires home, bursts in on compromising
scene. OF course he jumps to the con-
clusion that the poor, misunderstood and
downtrodden millionaire is to blame.
After SO many white slave melodramas,
who would not?
So he Is the aggressor in fight which
eventually develops in a scandal that
gets the man into trouble and blignts
Linnie's life. After considerable nagging
at home and public embarrassment she
ends her futile existence under the
wheels of the mans automobile
Miss Weber, being intensely graphic,
shows us a picture of a graveyard and
calls it THE Price of Good Time" OF
course, that is not what the audience ex-
pected. The usual conclusion is sone-
thing livelier and more lurid.
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"THE SPOILERS" REX
BEACH'S FA NOUS
NOVEL, AT STRAND
The Most Popular Film Drama of
American Life Ever Released
to Be Shown Here

THE Spoilers" is without question tho
most popular film drama of American
life ever released. The al-star cast APP
pearing in this de luxe edition includes
such favorites as william Farnum, Kath-
Ign Williams. Thomas Santschi, Bessie
Eyton. Frank Clark ana others. More
than 400 persons were used in making
the picture, which was produced at
an enormous price.
William Farnum as Glenister Is superb.
Tlenister is a young American who has
come to Alaska to make his fortune and
finds that big interests, with evil influ-
ences, are about to ruin his labors OF
years. Blocked in the courts, by United
States troops. by an evil Interpretation
of the laws himself he Nights on and on
and finally sees his efforts win the sue
cess for which he has dreamed. Spec
tacular scenes abound and the entire
production cannot fail to make lasting
impression on any American who looks al
the picture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
FIRST FIELD DAY
OF ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE IN CITY
Notable Pulpit Orators to
Address Congregations
of City at Morning and
Evening Services

Today is the first Anti-Saloon league
field day in Birmingham, and the pulpits
of the leading churches will be filled by
special programmes will also be rendered.
The second field day of the Anti-Saloon
league will be Sunday, March II.
At the First Presbyterian church this
morning DR.. Ira Landrith, formerly of
Ma shville, but now engaged in the field
work of the Anti-Saloon league in the
United States, will make an address at
the morning hour. DR.. Landrith is one
of Americas foremost preachers and
platform orators, and is considered one
a the strongest men in the field in the
cause of prohibition. He will fill the
pulpit of the Methodist church at Besse
mer at the evening hour, when union
services OF all churches will be held
Rev ]. B. McAilister, superintendent
of the Tennessee Anti-Saloon league and
one of the south's most brilliant orators.
will speak at South Highlands Methodist
church at the morning service and will
speak at the Vine Street Presbyterian
church in West End at the evening
service.
DIR. L. R. Horton of Spokane. Wash,
one of the best temperance orators in
America, will fill the pulpit this morning
at the Eleventh Avenue Methodist
church, while this evening he will make
an address at the Avondale Methodist
church.
DR. John G. Wooley of Chicago is one
of the greatest of the veteran fighters
of America in the warfare against alco-
hol. He will occupy the pulpit of the
Woodlawn Methodist church this morn
ing, and this evening he will speak at
the Ensley Presbyterian church. where
union services of all churches will be
held. a, oes
DR.. r. L. Davis of Raleigh, N c.,
has been superintendent of the North
Carolina Anti-Saloon league and is a
splendid speaker. He will deliver an adj
dress at the Ensey Highlands Presbyte-
rian church at the morning hour and at
the evening service he will speak at
the Simpson Methodist churhch.
DR.. G. w. Young of Louisville, Ky.
assisted in organizing the Alabama Anti
Saloon league and he will speak at the
West End Methodist church at the morn
ing service, while at the eTening service
he will address the congregation of the
Mt. Vernon Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

Those playgoers whose appearance at
the box office window are limited to the
engagements of such plays as Ben Hur'
and 1.-THE Old Homestead" are much in
evidence in the audiences wherever
Turn to the Right" is presented This
splendid play will be seen at the Jeffer-
son theatre for three days, with the
original cast and production, which ran
nine months at George M. Cohan's grand
opera house in Chicago
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Roanoke Woman, in iii
Health, Commits Suicide

Roanoke. March Especial. Mrs.
James A. Walls committed suicide at
her home in this place by firing a bull
let into her brain Friday morning
Death resulted almost instantly. Mrs
Walls was in the prime Of life. but
for several years had been great
sufferer. 1t is thought this strain
proved too much for her mind to en-
dure. Mrs. Walls was a highly es-
teemed lady and member of the
local Baptist church
Messrs. George w. and Wilson L.
Hill of this place, received news by
telegraph today that their oldest
brother, John N. Hill. died last night
at Heidenheimer. Tex. The deceased
was 90 years of age. He left this Sec
ton 4S years ago to make his home
in Texas
At an early hour Friday morning
the building known as Kyle's barn, on
Main street, now owned and used as
stock barn by T. L. Belcher & Co.,
was burned. Four head of horses and
mules persisted. These, together with
the building, was partially covered by
insurance. E. O. Kitchens pressing
club and DR.. w. J. Horizons veter-
mary office, both in the same building,
represented a total loss with no in
surance.
Mr. and Mrs. Fount r. Lane has ar
rived in Roanoke from Atlanta, where
they were married in st. Johns
Methodist church Wednesday evening.
The bride was Miss Media Manning
Of Atlanta. Mr.. Lane is connected with
a local wholesale grocery house.
The probate judge has called an cleo
ton to be held April on the propo-
sition of Kidding Randolph county OF
the cattle tick. 1t is believed the
proposition will carry
Randolph county has eight am
nounced candidates for sheriff and one
for representative
To make the spring and weight exercis-
ing machines more attractivesto children,
"a physical ciilturist has mounted them ii,
a human. figure, the handles being in
CLOSED in the hands
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Magee Figures in Big
Three-Cornered Deal

St. Louis, March 9.-Lee Magee, in
fielder was released by the st. Louis
Americans today to the Cincinnati Ma
tionals. A three-cornered trade was in
volved.
from Cincinnati Tim G. Hendryx, out
fielder and the New York American will
get a player later, either from Cincin-
natl or from the st. Louis Americans.
Magee was obtained from the New York
Americans in July, 1917.
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General Townsley Returns

An Atlantic Port, March 9.-MaJ.
Gen. Clarence p Townsley. commander
OF the military camp at Greenville. s.
G., returned today from a trip to the
American front in France. He was ac-
companied by his staff
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

To make the spring and weight exercis-
ing machines more attractivesto children.
a physical culturist has mounted them In
IA human. figure. the handles being in
closed in the hands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

Randolph county has eight am
nounced candidates for sheriff and one
for representative
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The probate judge has called an cleo
ton to be held April on the propo-
sition of Kidding Randolph county OF
the cattle tick. 1t is believed the
proposition will carry.
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31

equally as we'll from Canon City, Grip
pie Greek, Pueblo, Florence or Mani.
tou, a circle trip Of 1876 miles, unri-
vailed either in ruggedness of scenery
or in variety of interest. This trip
completely encircles Pixies Peak, snow
capped "Sentinel of the Reckless" It
traverses historic Ute pass; winds
through the worlds greatest gold-min.
ing camp, and passes the dumps Of the
greatest producing mipes at Cripple
Greek, Victor and 06ldfield; unfolds
the grandeur >and rugged majesty Of
Phantom Canon, unquestionably one
Of Colorado's finest gorges; connects
with the far-famed Skyline drive and
the road to the top of the Royal gorge
at Canyon City; passes through the
great orchard section, the oil fields
and the cement districts, and winds
back to Colorado Springs through pine
forests and picturesque foothills
country. Or the wider circle may
we'll take in Pueblo, the pittsburgh
of the West" with it's immense steel
mills, and up the fertile Fountain val
ley to Colorado Springs.
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31

~HE Phantom Canyon highway
between Cripple Greek and
Canon City. Colo, is now
open to travel. and as a re-
suit Colorado offers to- the mOtOrtst
Dnother great circle trip through some
CT Americas finest scenery. The
highway was formally dedicated on
August 80, when more than 500 motor
lists from Teller, Fremont, Ell Paso
and other Colorado counties gathered
at Glenbrook, a point midway between
Cripple Greek and Canon City, and
participated in the ceremonies Incl
dent to the opening of this road.
Phantom Canon highway is unique
among the scenic roads of the Rocky
mountains, and it's story is one of the
most interesting chapters in the his
tory of road building in Colorado. In
the early days of Cripple Creek, there
was built the Florence and Cripple
Creek railroad, a narrOw-gauge line,
to carry the rich ores to the smelters
and to bring the fruit, hay and other
products of the fertile valleys to the
mining camps high in the hills. AS
time went on the need for this road
grew less and less, until finally it was
abandoned and. dismantled. But the
need for communication between min
ing camp and agricultural valley con-
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
ELECTRICIANS
cIeopatra's Court Physician Known to
Have Prescribed Them for Med.
icaI Purposes.

The electric ray ia species Of fish
found on the Pacific coast. It is
known from central California SOUTH
ward to the Santa Barbara channel
and is very common in Monterey
bay.
This fish is provided with an electric
organ composed Of hexagonal cells,
reaching from the skin of the upper
surface to that of the lower, and stu
ated at each side of the head and gill
chambers. The electricity discharged
from this ray has the properties Of
other electricity, such as rendering an
iron bar magnetic, decomposing chem
icals and producing spark.
Stories vary as to the volume Of
the discharge, but even small ray
Is capable of .nflicting considerable
pain. After few discharges the fish
becomes exhausted and must rest be-
fore it's electric organs are again func-
tional.
It is of interest b note that the first
record we have Of the application Of
electricity is of the time Of Antony
and Cleopatra, whose court physician
recommended the electricity Of an cleo.
trio ray for medical purposes, especial
" for pains in the head. Later 1t was
prescribed for the cure of gout.-Amer-
lean Angler.
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
Gas Gets the Rats.

An enemy whose activities do not
figure in the official reports but against
which allied soldiers wage daily war
fare is the rat. Tens of thousands OF
rats, huge, sharp-fanged fighters, have
dug themselves in among the billets
and trenches in France and Flanders
and they are a constant torment.
Thanks to modern medical science
there has been little or no disease
communicated by the rodents. Rats
multiply rapidly in the trenches and
thrive well. They steal the soldiers
rations, disturb his rest and spiteful1y
bite him when he offers resistance. The
pest IL hunted with ferrets, terriers,
poison and traps and when particu-
,arly numerous given a gas attack.
After the trenches are drenched with
gas they are generally clear Of rats
for a long period.
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
IN 1nE[[lr1lEl
HELPED KILL RASPUTIN

Col. Stanislas Lazavert, who came
to America to report to President Will
son on present conditions in Russia,
says he is one of a party Of six that
fred from the colonel's automobile the
shots that killed the notorious monk,
Rasputin. The machine was standing
outside the residence of Grand Duke
Dimitri Pavlowski. In the party were
the colonel, Grand Duke Pavlowski, an
other grand duke whose name he would
not mention, M. Tuchotone, M. Purish-
koch and Captain of the Guards Prince
YuSOff. III
The monk was killed because he
was considered to be employed by Ger.
man money to influence the czarina
in bringing about peace between Rus
STA and Germany, and it was from
patriotic motives that he was removed.
Colonel Lazavert is Pole, but
held commission in the medical
service of the Russian army. After
the killing of ~Rasputin. the flight OF
the colonel and his wife from Russia,
to leave their baby only four months {
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
PREFERS WIFE TO THRONE

In answer to pleas that he desert
his bride of humble BIRTH, Crown
Prince Charles of Roumania replied
that thrones are so unstable nowadays
that he preferred the certainty of hav-
ing the wife he wanted to the chance
of losing the succession.
The escapade of the crown prince
in going to Odessa and marrying &C.
ellie Lambring, the daughter of a
major in the Roumanian army, reOpens
the question of the Roumanian dynas-
tic succession. When King Ferdinand
heard of the marriage he ordered that
the crown prince be given Is days
solitary confinement for absenting him.
self without leave from his garrison.
The king sent IN emissary to
Bender, Bessarubia, where the young
couple were spending their honeymoon,
with instructions to try to undo the
nuptial knot, but to no avail. The
bride refused to part with her wedding
ring and the crown prince declined to
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
The Narrow.

tinued. The county commissioners OF
Teller and Fremont counties were
equal to the occasion; with the COOP
GRAFTON of the state highway commits
sion they secured the right of way,
and then they set about to convert 1t
into q real highway.
Built on Old Railroad Line.
Probably 100000 was the original
cost of building this roadbed, miles Of
which were cut and blasted from solid
granite. At an expense of $4,000. the
road builders have made Of it. first
class motor highway, rebuilt and re-
paired bridges, widened the roadbed
where necessary, and generally put
the 81 miles in excellent condition.
While the road is almost continuous
curve, mile after mile. It Is wide
enough at most places for cars to pass,
and ordinarily careful driving Is all
that is necessary. 1t is built on a AZ
per cent grade.
It is a wonderful ride from the
world-famous Cripple Creek mining
district through Phantom Canon to
Canon, City and Florence. For the
first few miles out Of Victor the road
stays on the top Of the RIDGE with
long-dfstance views of Pixies Peak, the
Sangre de Christie and other snow
capped mountain ranges. Then It
loops its way down into the canyon.
Granite Walls and Deep Cuts.
Rugged granite walls stand like tow
ers of many ancient ruins. The road
winds along the base of these mighty
cliffs, often through great cuts be-
tween high granite piles, occasionally
crossing the ravine on solid steel
bridge, and even piercing the noun
tcin sides through tunnels blackened
In bygone days by the smoke of the
locomotive that no longer sounds its
shrill whistle to the echo Of the mar
row walls from which the canyon
took its name. After a serpentine de-
scent Of 20 miles the road comes out
onto the broad plains and soon Is
making its way past great apple or
chards and fertile fields to the twin
cities Of Florence and Canon City.
Completion Of this highway makes
accessible from Colorado Springs. and
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
CR0WDER A MISSOURI BOY

Five miles west Of Trenton, Grun-
~ county, Missouri, stands a village
called Edinburgh, which was once
fourishing town, but Is now rapidly
passing away. Here EnOch Herbert
Crowder, now provost marshal general
of the United States army, was born
April II, 1850. His birthplace was
log cabin similar to the two or three
still standing in more or less dilapi-
dated condition just to the west OF the
village. His parents, John Fl. and
Mary G. Crowder, were in humble CIR
cumstances at that time, but they were
of strong and sturdy stock and they in
stilled into their son those qualities Ut
manhood that have enabled him to rise
to one of the most responsible posi-
lions in the army of the. nation.
General Crowder's early education
was received at an institution ut Edin-
burgh called Grand River college, Mt
that time the most prominent educa-
tional institution in north central
The Tomahawk., 1918-10-31
OUR MINISTER TO HONDURAS

Thomas Sambola Jones, appointed
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
Of the United States to the
Republic Of Honduras in July, 1913,
was born at Jackson, La, October 5,
1859. He was educated at Centenary
college, holding the degrees of A. b.
and A. NJ. from that institution, and
took his degree in law at Tulane uni
versity, New Orleans, La.
Two years after leaving college ne
became superintendent Of public
schools at Baton Rouge; entering
Journalism little later, he was editor
Of the Louisiana State Journal, and
also was the founder and editor Of the
Louisiana Educator. He served -
secretary to Governor Foster Of Louis
lana. and as colonel on the stats Of
various successive governors Of the
state.
In 1904 he was appointed tna
Southern commissioner for the 81.
Louis exposition. and from 1902 to 1912
r Of the city Of Baton Rouge. From
,oe for the Panama-Pacihc Internatio0-
1912 has been a member Of the Loutse
his appointment he was also chairman
the Louisiana state council Of defense
xth congressional district Of Louisiana.
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