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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
PAIR ROBBED BY
 NEGRO BURGLARS

w. s. Pair, 7l19 Walker avenue, was robbed of $19 and other valuables by two unknown negroes, at his home early yesterday morning.
 The burglars entered the residence through the rear door and their walking through the house aroused MT. Pair. When he arose, he stated to police, he was confronted by the negroes, who drew revolvers, and under threats of being killed he was forced to ransack his own pockets and hand the money therein to the robbers, who on receiving the spells, backed themselves out of the house and escaped. Detectives are work ing on the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21

into the dicarded relics of the great war, Enrich was soon ready to join that dog on the mountain.
 Listen. Lige, don't you hear that dog paying" he queired rousing his roommate.
 Why, of course I hear him. What about it." petutantly answered Lge. cross over having been robbed of moments sleep over yelling dog.
 Come on and lets get that possum." It cant be a fake. That noise is the real stuff
 "Oh thunder. I always thought you were crazy, now I know it." retorted Lige, who was soon fast asleep.
 Two hours later Enrich again reused his roommate.
 Look what I got" he jubilantly yell ed, waking the others well as Lige. Proudly he held up for inspection a large possum
 Gan you beat that. I knew that dog wasn't lying. I have heard too many yell the same way They all make the same tune, but the music may be lith different he added
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
ssHOWDY" FEATURE OF
 COMMUNITY SING

The features of the community sing held at the Woodrow Wilson park at 4:30 o'clock yesterday under the auspices ot the War Camp Community service, consisted of the solos, ''The Americans Virginia" by Miss Lee Lorene Lawley. and the song "Howdy.' which is the latest popular song hit from New York city
 While the audience was singing '.Howdy", Ed F. Shumway, war camp community sing director, suggested that the people stand and shake hands with all ex-service men. This was carried out Among the ex-service men present was a Canadian soldier, IS years of age, who put three and one-half years of service in the Canadian army.
 Among the selections rendered by Tur- ner's band were, March, Omaha" Overture, Light Cavalry Sweet Adeline.' and Keep the Home Fires Burning" were among the songs sung by everybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
Local Accountants
 Pass Examination

The first examination to be held by the state board of public accountancy crea- ted by the recent legislature took place ir Montgomery Twenty-Five account ants from all sections of the state par ticipating
 The following Birmingham accountants were successful in obtaining degree oi "certified public acoountant." George G. emon. c. P. Parker, H. S. Miller T. E. McCarty. Conrad Sauer, J. H. Lehman, Otto H. Schultz, R. H. Scriven, J. F. Andrews, B. Erquahant. H. J. Phey- len. J. J. Scarborough and William A. Reed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
JUNIOR FARM GIRLS
 THREE-DAY COURSE
County Girls Club to Send Delegation Here for In-
 struction in Canning

The programme which has been sr- ranged for the Junior Farmer Girls of the Jefferson County Girls club, who will, beginning Wednesday, take three-day course in home economies. sanitation and culture as well as the most approved methods in canning fruits and vegetables, combines pleas- ure with work. Among the many pleasant things planned for them are a luncheon at the Y. M. c. A, swim ming party at the Y w. c. A and picnic at East Lake park.
 The course has been made possible by the cooperative efforts of the Civic association. board of revenue and United States Department of Agricu1- ture. About 30 girls will be in attend ance from all portions of this county.
 PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY
 10 a. m.. arrival of girls; 1o:3o, ad- dress of welcome, Jere w. Gwin, presi- dent of board of revenue; 1035, ad- dress, N. R. Baker superintendent of educa tion; H. address, pr. J. H. Phil lips; 12. lunch at Y. W. c. A; 1:S0 p, m, business talk, c. l.. Harold secre- tary Civic associations 2. poultry les son, Miss Gladys Tappan; 4. movies, guests of Civic association; 6, dinner; z, open hour; 8, swimming party at Y. W. c. A.
 THURSDAY
 g a. m. songs; 9:2o, cook meal i'll steam pressure cooking, Miss Agnes Hit; 11:30, social talk, Miss Daily; F noon, lunch; 1:30 D. m., laboratory start. dixie relish aud soup mixture. Miss Marion Walker; 2:30 prepare picnic lunch, Miss Martha Armstrong 4;30. picnic at East Lake, guests of Civic association.
 FRIDAY
 S,30 a. m, cooking; 10, correct dress, Miss Agnes Hit; II, thrift talk, Miss Olivia O'Neal; 11:30, personal hygiene, Miss Clemens; 12, lunch; 1880 p. m.. trip through furniture houses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
NEGRO SHOT AND
 KILLED AT REPUBLIC

Cliff Davis shot and killed Lewis Thomas at Republic at o'clock yester- day afternoon. Both were negroes. Davis made his escape.
 Assistant Coroner R. E. Askew held a post mortem on the body late yesterday afternoon and will complete his investiga- ton at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Askew states that the negro. Thomas was shot four times. He was unable to learn the cause of the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
Recruits Entertained
 by Canteen Workers

A trainload of recruits. bound for serv-
 e on the Mexican border and in Siberia,
 assed through the city yesterday ana we're served with refreshments by the led Cross canteen workers at the Termi- ,al station.
 f from IS to 20 years age A number or hem were bound for Fort Bliss, Ell Paso. Tex, and the others will go to Camp Merritt. New Jersey. where they will re- ceive a few weeks training and will .nsu sa shipped nirect to Siberia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
Two Arrested on
 Grand Larceny Charge

William Span, residing at 21s Sixteenth street. and John Bell, negro, were arrest ed by Officers DeGroat Granger ana Dobyns last night on charge or purs- lary and grand larceny and committed to the city jail.
 According to the arresting officers, a number of silk shirts and other clothing stolen from the Summers Tailoring com pany some time ago were found in the possession of the men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
Beaumont Returns

Henry F. Beaumont, secretary of the Birmingham Automobile Dealers asso- citation and manager of the Beaumont Advertising Agency. returned Saturday from an extended motor trip to the Gulf of Mexico, MT. Beaumont having spent 30 days in the southern part of Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
Disastrous Fire Sweeps
 Cardiff and Many Stores
 and DWellings Destroyed
Flames Threaten to Destroy Entire Town Owing to Lack of Fire Fighting Facilities-Dynamite Used to Clear Space and Progress of Fire Stopped
 Many Families Homeless

Nearly of business houses and dwellings totally destroyed early yesterday morning Cardiff when fire of unknown origin Cardiff mining situated about 25 miles Bming the South
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
FRIDAY

S,30 a. m, cooking; 10, correct dress, Miss Agnes Hit; II. thrift talk, Miss Olivia O'Neal; 11:30, personal hygiene, Miss Clemens; 12, lunch; 1880 p. m.. trip through furniture houses
The sun., 1919-06-08
URGES FAMILY CAT
KEPT IN CONTROL
Massachusetts Commissioners
Tell of Harm to Birds.

Boston. Mass. June THE Com
missioners on Fisheries and Game OF
Massachusetts, are trying to bring home
to the people the damage that marauding
cats do TO wild birds.
In statement issued yesterday the
Commissioners say The nesting season
for the wild birds has arrived. and the
Commissioners on Fishing and Game
once more call attention to the necessity
Of keeping the family cat in control dur
ing the time the eggs are being Matched
and the Aedglings are helpless, either
in the nest or when first on the ground,
ut Is matter of common knowledge
that on the activities of the tnsect-eat-
ing birds depends, in a large measure,
the success of the crops and tho preser-
walton OF the forests.
1T is not 30 well known how enor-
nous are the inroads on the wild birds
by the family cat and the abandoned.
hunting house cat. Often the owners
honestly believe their cats TO be inno-
cent OF the practice OF killing birds. be-
cause the work Is not done where they
can see It,
Careful study on this subject have
been made, and the results are surpris-
ng. one cat. which was watched care
FULLY. was seen to kill 5S birds in a
single season"
The sun., 1919-06-08
Notables on the Banks
Commodore Louis Harms
Sketch No. z
By ARTHUR THORNTON.

It is forty-nine years since Capt.
Anderson Colwell. a noted fishing pilot
In his day, advertised In the New York
Herald that he would make fishing
trip to the Cholera Banks In the steamer
Huntress. according to the files of that
paper that have seen.
Capt. Louis Harms, who Is still one
Of the ablest and most popular fishing
pilots of New York, was sailing with
Capt Colwen In the Seth Low and other
vessels a good many years ago. and
recall an incident that occurred on the
steamer Taurus in the summer OF 1918
when that ship was anchored on the
Cholera Banks and anglers were pulling
up those purple humpbacks 30 much
priced by fishermen.
4 man In the waist of the ship got a
heavy strike and thought he had a big
skate, Judging by the helplessness of his
quarry but on getting 1t to the surface
II proved 10 be big. old fashioned sea
boot. made of very heavy leather, Just
like the old top boots. Well, ] got this
boot and. showing II 10 Capt Harms,
he Immediately identified II as belong
ing TO the late Capt. Colwell
Truth ia indeed stranger than fiction.
and as Cant. Louis has always been
noted for his punctilious accuracy es-
pecially on anything that related 20 fish
Ing there is no question but that this
ancient piece of footgeAr was one of n
pair worn by Cant. Colwell
Capt. Louis" has sailed In many OF
the old steamers. including the ]. 3.
Schuyler and Angler and later on the
Taurus.
On the Angler he was well known
and 1t Is probable that the latter boat
was, In its palmy days the most popu-
lar steamer of themsall. and Capt
| Louis was as popular as the boat he
piloted.
Since those times he has been In
various boats. including the Shamrock
NJ. J. r. III, and at one t!me he had a
fine steam yacht of his own that he ran
| 10 the banks called the Orion, one OF the
prettiest ships that ever ran to the banks
though she nearly came to grief one
Easter Sunday when the writer was
aboard in stlff sou east storm, all hands
hanging on for dear life. and remem.
her small bark near US had her top lie
blown away, but Capt. Louis had his
usual good luck and made the Battery
where his steering gear broke down just
before he could dock
He is the man who tells many inter-
esting yarns OF the old boats and the old
days. and il is always a pleasure to the
writer TO meet him and gossip abou,
our mutual experiences.
Some say he once caught a blackhsh
OF seventeen pounds. Well, ! guess I'll
have to ask him about 1t next time we
meet. and I know he will tell me the
| truth about it
| Another thing he knows all about IL
| the Ash finding instrument invented and
used by the late Fred Foster. for he
more than any other man, knows Just
how efficacious it was--or wasn't!
| In fact there are few things In I'll,
fishing game that my friend Capt
Louls'' does not know. I can hear hin
now. on the old Angler. as he located
a spot; Give her another forty fee
OF chain" and then they began to pull
up blackfish and cunners 1t is pleas
ant to sail with him, for he not onl,
knows how 10 find fsh but he also Is 8
pleasant companion.
The sun., 1919-06-08
Urges Return of Small Blacks.

Hooks and Sinkers" writes: I'm ref
erence to 'Hydegrees arraignment OF
fisherman taking small founders,
would say that Port Washington is not
the only place that this is done. I have
seen founders taken that would fall
through the mesh OF n crab net.
"'Hydegree' says that there should
be a size limit for founders. ! say the
same thing. and also for blackfish. !
have seen the latter species caught that
were hardly the size of your finger.
when l go for founders l always
try and get a pail that can hold water
and into this l put the small ones. BY
doing this you keep them away and in
another way you do not tear their
mouths to pieces catching them all day.
"If ybu can't get a pail, why then
use your fish bag. and be sure and leave
it hanging overheard. Remember that
there is another day. and that a fish
must have chance to live. or course
return the small ones"
The sun., 1919-06-08
Can Buoy tiOn.

The Man with the Gray Hat fur
nishes Information of value to the local
angler in telling about the last trip OF
the We Twelve Fishing Club to the Sea-
bright and Long Branch waters. He
writes:
Nineteen members sailed from Timer
Park on the Edith and after a pleasant
trip anchored OF the can buoy al Sea-
bright. and while we Cnught a few fish
there, small sea bass. whiting, ling, &c.
ii was not what you could call good,
so We moved around several times with
no better success, Just a few In each
place, SO We decided to run on to Long
Branch.
Finding conditions no better there
we returned TO Seabright and took up
another position near the can and spar
buoys. Then We certainly had some
sport. The sea bass came on In good
style and every one got some no one
had less than three and some nine or
ten. Joe Rindskoff was high hook, with
10 sea bass, 3 or blacks and an assert
ment of ling, bergals. whiting and a
cCnger eel
First prize went 10 Frank McRickard
with n very nice sea bass of 2la pounds,
the second was divided between II. Lac
arus and John Brewer Each had as
pretty a specimen OF humpback OF about
. pounds as any one would wish TO see,
Say. Mr.. Editor. you would have laughed
II you could have seen Young Pop Hill
trying to ring In n good sized ling for
first prize. Fancy-ling as an edible dish.
Pop got quito peeved because the mem
bers would not stand for the ling.
'Other catches were NJ. Stern, bass
2 blacks. ling and whiting; II. Lazarus
3 bass. black. Is ling and whiting:
]. J. Donnelly. 8 bass. blacks. ling;
L. Seaman, blacks. bass, ling.
Now for the benefit of our brother
fishermen III describe where We got the
run of FISH. We were anchored inside
the can buoy. that Is. between the shore
and the buoy about 100 yards and about
fifty yards TO the south, | trust some
OF your numerous readers will benent
from this information. We shall GER
tainly fish the same place on our next
trip. June IS"
Tho black bass season opens through
out New York State. with few excep-
tons, on June l6.
The sun., 1919-06-08
FLORIDA TARPON
FISHING AT HEIGHT
Passes Around Useppa Island
Full of Sporty Silver
Kings. J
CHANNEL BASS BITE
Furnish Good Fun When
Angled For With Light
Tackle and Plug.
CHANNEL BASS BITE
By JOSEPH w. STRAY.

UsEPPA ISLAND, Fla. June Cham
rel bass are In the passes here in num-
bers; 1t IL no~unusual thing to sec the
angler In a boat getting under way to
start UP the pass to begin another drift,
PICK up light rod and cast plug or an
Al Foster pork rind trolier and hook a
channel bats on the runup; those red
fish run from eight to twenty pounds IN
weight and furnish fine sport II this
Tickle ls not too heavy.
The Jack fish are In schools and oan
be taken with a No. spoon trolling
some have been taken on plugs, but a
small spoon gives best results. These
jack fsh weigh about FIVE pounds
each and are very vigorous fighters.
Should the weather be such that the
passes cannot be fished with safety or
even with comfort, snooks, she6pshead
and sea trout can be taken along shell
tered beaches or about wrecks or old
bulkheads, and a sheepshead fresh from
the water will provide n most delicious
meal
The shooting season IL over, but dur
Ing the open season the quail shooting
on the mainland was most excellent :
gunners from here who hunted quail
never once failed to bag the limit
twenty quaiD allowed each gun. Quite
number Of wild turkeys were also
brought In. The alligator hunting was
only fair. but quite a few wild pigs were
killed.
From May 10 10 June IS this place Is
fishing station only: the golf enthu.
siasts and the bridge players have fitted
away and the talk about the hotel Is all
I Of rods, lines and Ash.
The older men are just as eager as the
younger ones, and both are taking tar.
pom every day. On April 80 the tarpon
register showed that forty tarpon had
been caught up to that time. Tonight Mt
midnight the record shows $50 taken
and more than half OF these in the last
ten days, and an average take of fifty
tarpon day for ten days by. anglers
from one station is sure some fishing.
The sun., 1919-06-08
AVIATORS COUNT
CARIBOU HERDS
Figure 10000, 900 Animals on
Canadian Range.

OTTAWA, June 7.--Aviators who have
flown over the barren lands of Canada
say that there are at least 20 1000, 600
caribou there. The Information comes
from more than one fier. -
In tbs spring the herds migrate 70 the
north, returning south in the winter,
The country over which the herds range
Is wild, desoatc region. without tim.
Der, and the climate is very severe "'
The sun., 1919-06-08
CataIina's Game Fish.

AVALON. Cal, June THE game fish
OF Catalina include yellowstone. blue
nm and yellowfn tuna. albacore. Cali
fornia honito. white sea bass. ocean
bonito. dolphin giant bass marlin sword
nsh and broadbill swordfish. The bats
for the fsh include Flyingfish, eardines.
saury. barracuda, anchovies, skipjack
rock bass and number OF artificial
lures designed TO represent the natural
fish or attract the attention OF the game
The sun., 1919-06-08
Making n Dry Lake ProductIve,

SACRAMENTO. Cald.. June - Cuya.
maca Lake, bone dry in 1913. is now
the scene Of the best fishing in the
State through the building up Of It's
waters and the propagation and plant
ing OF fish. A rainbow of 6i. pounds
ond a steelhead OF pounds are the
largest individual fish taken 50 far.
The sun., 1919-06-08
MackereI and Herring Bite.

George Ansbach and Frank Lewis
were out from Canarsie on Thursday
and they boosted 81 mackerel and 20
herring. The mackerel ran about two
to the pound. They require very small
hooks. Henry Revinius tried for
mackerel on Wednesday and he was
fast TO weakfsh on two occasions, ac-
cordng to Fred Boegel. Henry was
The sun., 1919-06-08

The Grove.
The lofty aisles of high arched trees
Among whose tops the gentle breeze
Is wont 20 wander.
The mingled maze of wide hranched trees
Where nesting birds all summer please
Invite my soul to ponder.
And round each tree OF velvet green
A gentle slope on moonlit nights
Is dImly seen, wherein the queen
or woodland elves holds reyel.
And meath the boughs upon the ground
A Garnet deaf "a every sound
Impels to thought
It's woven OF tho purest green
That in this world was ever seen.
Ills woven with such wondrous skill
And patterned after mighty trees
Long turned to coal, that
Asons Ago was wrought
The sun., 1919-06-08
PuddIensh successfuIIy Raised.

WAsHINGToN. u. c., June Z. - The
Bureau OF Fisheries has been rearing
successfully paddlefsh In its Fs'rport
laboratory. Previous to this tho bureau
had practically no information on the
breeding habits and rate Of growth Of
this fish
The sun., 1919-06-08

The white world. like = maiden pale.
with hair unbound upon her neck and
brow,
Awaits the coming of the sun gods car
In early morn TO tint her wh!teness with
the rosy glow
And warmth Of love.
MIRIAM PEREZ.
The sun., 1919-06-08
skates Forerunner of Fluke.

| Fishing on board the Joe Pinkett OF
Sheepshead Bay was very good on Sun
day and Decoration Day" writes John
F. Baumel of 573 Eldert lane, Brooklyn.
"Messes of twenty-five whiting and
white chin bass were the average per
man.
Several very large skates of thirty
and forty pounds were caught. Several
fuke were also boated, which goes TO
prove my prediction OF last week that the
presence of skates would prove the fiuke
were due any day.
zone of the passengers aboard was a
young woman. who proved herself a
very good sailor and a game sport. She
could handle the rod and reel very skill
fully and could unlock her fish better
than many of the men who have been
at the game for years"
Sea bass, blackfsh and fiuke are
sought by the Seaweed Fishing Club,
who will angle in the outside waters
from the Edith Of Timer Park to-day.
The sun., 1919-06-08
Outside Boats Do Well.

There are plenty OF fsh being caught
these days. but not many in the bays
yet. Billy Roberts OF Canarsie said
yesterday that the outside boats had lots
of blackfish, sea bass, nuke and ling and
that a number of big hake were also
taken. Frank Homan has been trying
for weakfish. but did not connect up to
this time. He had fifteen big herring
on Wednesday.
The sun., 1919-06-08
vermin's Erect on Grouse

What has become of the rufred grouse,
the noblest game bird Of the East? Ger
tainly the alarming decrease In the num-
bers of the much loved partridge"
cannot be attributed to sportsmen. who
take only a small number during the
limited hunting season and could never
have brought the birds to their present
low ebb.
As part of a systematic investiga-
ton of this problem the New York State
Conservation Commission in 1917 sent
a QUESTIONABLE to every game protector,
every forest ranger and every sports
mans organization in New York State,
one question in which inquired into the
chief causes of the birds decrease
Altogether, 270 replies to the question
nalre were received by the Commission,
and although the returns from the pro-
tectors and rangers were tabulated sep
arately from those of the sportsmen
both groups not only named the same
four causes as having the greatest
bearing on the decrease OF the birds,
hut also placed them In the same order
OF Importance. namely, Cd foxes, ca
bad nesting seasons CD hawks and
ca common cats.
II is very significant that three OF
these four causes point the finger of
blame at some form OF yermn. Many
other concrete instances OF the depre-
dations of vermin might be cited but
they are unnecessary. Every sportsm an
and every farmer is we'll aware that
vermin must be kept In check.
The sun., 1919-06-08
Refund for Man Who Mistakes Elk

HARRISBURG, Pa. June "A legisla-
tive bill provides for refund OF 25
per cent, OF the penalty for Illegally
killing an elk or deer when the killing
Is done by mistake and the offender him
self makes voluntary acknowledgements OF
guilt within twenty-four hours.
The sun., 1919-06-08
surf Fishing mt sayviIIe.

A reader, who expects to spend his
vacation from August Is to September
15 at Sayville, L. l.. asks III he stands
q chance of hooking anything from the
ocean beach opposite that town"
Al Olches. who has flshed for years
the south shore of Long Island spring.
summer and autumn. replies that weak
fish, fluke and perhaps striped bass can
be caught in the surf and bay opposite
Sayville. II Reader can arrange TO
get near the Fire Island Inlet his
chances would be better for weakfsh.
bluehsh, fluke. striped bass and channel
bass, which know have been taken
there. The distance is about ten miles
west OF Sayville and it is worth the trip,
The regular surf outfit should he
used. with either shedder crab blood
worms, skinner clans or mullet for
bait. Also the four ounce block tin
sQuid can be used.
IF Reader cannot locate a likely
spot he can get the information from
the boys at the lighthouse near the
inlet"