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The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-17
GARAGE FIRE START OF
 LARGE CONFEDERATION

WORTHWHILE N C., Nov. 17 (by Associated Press). - Fire originating the greatest part of the business dis trict with a loss of $70,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
1.-THE GREAT AIR
 RORBERY"-ALCAZAR

There is another point settled now. Lieutenant Locklear can act just as well as he can perform the most marvellous stunts in the clouds that have ever been dreamed of. Tn "The Great Air Rob- hery' playing this week at the Alcazar theatre. there is every big thrill that could he put into one film
 Lieutenant Locklear seems to care as little about his life as mosquito. He crawls along the planes while in full blast with as little trepedation as would feel walking across the stret. He seems not to realize the law of gravity.
 It is a wonderful film, and you experi- ence all the thrills that you felt in part when watching him here at the state fair. It is much better. because you see him closer. the picture being taken from another plane, and you go with hisa, fig rratively speaking, and see how really dangerous it is
 The story that has been written 10 put all of Locklear's daredevil stunts into play is a most interesting and exciting one, and Francelia Ellington. the pretty hlonde, who plays opposite Locklear, IS certainly capable actress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
FLORENCE MAN HELD IN CONNECTION WITH
 DEATH OF HIS WIFE

Florence, February 9.-(Special }-James A. Kidd. employe of plant No. ?. Muscle Shoals. was given preliminary hearing today before United States Commissioner IC. A. Avart on the charge of having choked his wife to death following the birth of child, and his bond was fixed al $t GOO, which was made.
 Kidd's wife died on the night of Jan uarv 24 and she was buried the next day. there being no charges preferred a gainst her husband at the time. but three women who gave attention to the dead woman made statements to various parties that there had been some ill feel
 ing between the husband and his wiie,
 It was alleged Kidd had threatened to
 get a divorce and marry another woman and the women claim to have noticed on examination of the body that there were deep finger prints about the neck with every appearance that the woman had been choked to death. Mrs. Kidd had given birth to a chhu fen days prior to her death, but parties seeing her the day before said she was | in perfect health. On the statement ot these witnesses Kidd was arrested several 1 days after the death of his wife and to- l day he was given a formal hearing oefore l the United States commissioner. hldo maintained that he was innocent, but l there was sufficient evidence to require bond for his appearance before higher court Kidd came to the government works a few months ago from Lawrence county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
GOMPERS DENIES LABOR Is MENACE
 TO THE COUNTRY
By Associated Pres.

Washington, February 9.--In a state ment today commenting on the assertion of Speaker Gil,ett yesterday in an ad- dress at Springfield. Mass. that the na- ton faced new problem in dealing with combinations of the employed Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, hotly denied that tabor was menace to the country and charged that Congress has utterly faiIed' to protect the people from trusts and profit eers
 MT. Gillette said that the Congress made a fight upon the trusts, NIT. Com pers' statement said. That kind of a fight seems to the people of the United States to be more of a burlesque. Ask any citizen of our country; ask any house. wife what they feel as the result of the fight on the trusts And the answer Will be readily forthcoming.
 Congress has utterly failed in any kind of fight to protect the people of the United States from the trusts and the profiteers
 As for the charge that labor is menace to the business of the country, it is absolutely unfounded and an un- warranted attack upon the workers or our republic who are trying to secure d reasonable wage that will af1ord them and their dependents the opportunity to subsist despite the piracy of the trusts ard the profiteers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
Final Hearing In
 Natchez aRte Case
 Is Begun Yesterday
By Associated Pres.

New orleans, February 9.-Examner William A. Disque of the interstate com merce commission, opened the final hear ing here today in the noted Natchez rate ca SC.
 It is expected that the hearing will last about a week. Assistant Attorney Gen. eral Barrow of Louisiana appeared for the state railroad commission and ship pers, the city of Natchez, the individual railroads and the railroad administration were represented at the hearing. It is proposed to increase commodity and class rates 30 to 200 per cent in Louisiana, and advance rates in Mississippi, Arkansas Texas, Alabama and other points south of Memphis, The case is an outgrowh or revival of the noted Natchez case in which Natchez shippers asked that rates discriminatory to Natchez be removed The city of Natchez was favored in the original decision in the case by an ad- vance in all class and commodity rates to a parity with those to Natchez.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
STRONG BILL SHOWN
 AT LOEW'S BIJOU

Munford and Stanley are headliners in an all-star production that opened yesterday afternoon at Loew's Bi1ou All the acts are fast, full of pep, origi- nal and well played
 Munford and Stanley have a skit that is blending of oddity wit and har- mony The ludicrousness of one of the team is in sharp contrast to the splen- did blending of their two voices. The act is a good one, the especial feature being the singing.
 "Too Easy" is a comedy skit by George Randall and company the origl- nality of which makes it an enjoyable act Fooling his wife. is what the hus- band thinks. but the skit shows there are always two sides to a question.
 Senna and Webber, in a comedy skit, Will You Marry Me" are good dancers and impersonators Their imi- tation of the bowery tough and his girl was unusually good
 The four Bangards, on the zylophone, piano and violin play both pePs7iar and classic selections Their playing is a bove the average of the vaudeville act. The Bangards appear in the French aviation costume which adds greatly to their production.
 Gordon and Gordon are contortion- ists. acrobatS and dancers, and present a varied and amusing act. They tie themselves into several knots and per- form stunts with q seeming ease
 Shirley Mason, in Her Elephant" is q photoplay that takes one behind the scenes of the big tent in the circus. A pretty love story is woven around the setting of the sawdust ring. There are some great scenes in this picture and one in particular, which shows three rings of the circus, going at one time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
Theatres Moves ANNE JORDAN v
ANNE JORDAN

through the enure lie or d person. Most times there are throw backs and captions 10 tell what has passed. But in this film you see it all. The girl. June is her name, played by beautiful Rosemary Thelby, leaves her western home to visit her uncle and his daughter She falls for the "he-vampf stuff that is so we'll DOT trayed by Lew Cody and marries him. She is now happy. he soon disillueions every particle of the creams she had of hira and spends all of her money be- sides
 She returns to her uncle's home and goes to Reno to get divorce. Time heals the heartaches, and June loves again. This time it is a good man she loves, and they are married. The eX-husband goes down and down, and at last tries to blackmail her husband by telling him that in New York state June is still his legal wife The husband knocks him down and he goes about his revenge by proving that June is still his legal wife in New York, although she was divorced in Reno.
 There is a little baby who doesnt know what to make of all this legal husi- ness. he just knows his mother and father are good. and takes for granted that they .are within the law.
 And so the case comes up in court. the first husband having his ex-wife tried for bigamy. The judge is forced to admit that the law still holds the wife married to her first husband. and will continue to pass out such justice until there is a universal divorce law in the United States The husband. maddened at the outcome of it all, fires 3 the eK-husband. and he dashes out of the court, and not looking where he is going, runs into an automobile and is killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
"TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM" AT JEFFERSON

Tor many years the name ef Robert Downing, who opened an engagement last night at the Jefferson. was familiar on the billboards of the United States He appeared with distinction in such pieces as The Gladiator" ''Virgnius, "Ingomar" and others that called for the robust style of acting. He trad the boards with the best of the histrions or those days. wearing the arnor of Spar tacus or the toga of an ancient Roman with equal distinction. his powerful physique and his rumbling bass voice well suited to such parts.
 Louis James, Frederick Warde and Rob- ert Downing were perhaps the best known tragedians who toured the south twenty years ago. Mir Downing left the stage and for decade has been pas tor and evangelist. Perhaps the religious atmosphere in which he moved, his work in the slums of large cities and his labors for the success of prohibition turned his thoughts to the old rnelodrama, 'Ten Nights in Barroom.' which he chose as the vehicle in which to make his re- appearance as an actor. It would be sllperfluotIs to say that MT. Downing play as 'Ten Nights in a Barrcom, drunken hero of the drama. whose re- formation is wrought through the death Of his little daughter. struck down III Simon Slade's tavern By a beer mug in- tended for her father. He does full jus tice to the character. It would be sur prising if an actor of his experience and attainments did otherwise.
 However, it is something like anti climax to see pr. Downing in such q play as 'grhen Nights in Barroom although it has survived for half cen- tury or more and may last until the nem- orv of the demon rum has faded from the public mind In curtain speech Mir Downing remarked that it might be con sidered strange to see him in a melo- drama after playing classic pieces for twentv-five years, but stated that he re carded Joe Morgan as a fine study ana tic incidents depct>l true to life, ana was desirous of driving home the op- feet lesson the play teaches since there is still great deal of liquor to be con s;med in this country before it becomes bone-drv. Rather significant was hls statement that in spite of the fact that the south is regarded as stronghold oI prohibition, it was not until he reached this part of the county that he encoun- tered active hostility to the Eighteenth amendment
 Mir Downing is closing his tour in Blr- mingham. His engagement includes per formances tonight and tomorrow nlght' with a matinee tomorrow afternoon. "Ien Nights in a Barroom' is to be sure a classic of it's kind, but the friends or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
Armour Announces
 Plan to Segregate
 Leather Interests
sy As,ocIatea Prs.

Chicago. February 9.-Armour < Co. meat packers, tonight announced plans for the segregation of it's leather inter- ests from its general packing business as part of the separation of the concern affairs in corformance with an agree ment made with the Attorney General some time ago.
 The Armour Leather Company. incor- porated in Delaware last week, will have S25. GOO, 600 of per cent cumulative pre- ferred stock, slO.0Oo,OoO to be issued now s15, ,OOO, 600 common (par value sl0 and 1OO,- GOO shares of founders stock with no par value, the latter classes to be issued in full now
 The founders stock. having ten votes for each share, will be held by Armour & Go. to bind the new company to the present concern. It will be taken by Ar mour Ss Go. at s a share, but will not Graw dividends in 1920 unless earnings available for dividends equal sAoooooO and it's income is restricted in successive years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
EXPLOITS OF A GERMAN
 SUBM ARINE"-

Twenty ships slowly sinking beneath the waves as the result of unwarned att tacks by German submarine arc shown in ''The Exploits of the U -S5." a remarkable picture showing at the Co., lonial theatre today. and through Thurs day. This is only part of the big pro- gramme which includes MareIerits Clark in one of her very best Paramount Aircraft productions, "A Widow by Proxy"
 "The Exploits of the U-35' is one of the marvels of the present day It is an exact and authentic transcript of the ruthless attacks on umarmed ships by German submarines during the war. It tells the tale of one cruise of a Ger man submarine. taking it from the time 1t leaves the base until it has sunk it's quota of ships and returned.
 This film was made by the commander of the U-S5 as proof to his commanding officers. Every report of sinking ha 10 be backed un by undeniable testimony. The words of German naval officers were mot accepted unsubstantiated. So the commander of the U-a5 determined to bring incontrovertible froof. so he car ried motion picture camera with him.
 When he attacked q ship, which was unarmed so he could come to the sur face, he mounted his motion picture camera and took pictures of all that transpred The results are shown in "The Exploits of the U-35."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
New Elixir, Called Aspiron- al, Medicated With Latest Scientific Remedies, Used and Indorsed by Euro. pean and American Army Surgeons to Cut Short a Cold and Prevent Compli- cations.
Every Druggist in U. s. In- structed to Refund Price While You Wait Ss Counter If Relief Does Not Come Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
 Relief, Quick Warm-Up.

The sensation of the year in the drug trade is Aspironal, the two-min- ute cold and cough reliever. authorita- lively guaranteed by the laborator.es; tested approved and most enthusias- tica1ly endorsed by the highest au- thor4ties and proclaimed by the com moh people as 10 times as quick and effective as whiskey, rock and rye, or any other cold and cough remedy they have ever tried.
 All drug stores are now supplied with the wonderful new elixir so all you have to do to get rid of that cold is to step into the nearest drug store, hand the clerk half a dollar for a bot tie of Aspironal and tell him to serve you two teaspoonfuls with four tea spoonfuls of water in a glass. With your watch ir your hand, take the drink at one swallow. and call for your money back in two minutes if you cannot feel your cold fading away like a dream within the time limit. Don't be bashful. for all druggists in- vite you and expect you to try t.. Everybody's doing it.
 When your cold or cough is relieved take the remainder of the bottle home to your wife and babies. for Aspironai is by far the safest and most effective the easiest to take and the most agree able cold and cough remedy for infants and cA!ldren.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
"OH. LADY. LADY," COMING

"Oh, Lady, Lady comes to the ieffer- son on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee.
 "Oh, Lady, Lady," is the fifth Of the series of New York Princess theatre mu- sical comedies and is strictly different from what has been long known as mu- sical comedy in America. It is the de inty style made famous in New York by F. Ray Comstock and William Elliott.
 The company to be seen here is a ca pable one, and the c'I)rus is made up of attractive girls with all the charm and enthusiasm of youth.
 The cast of "Oh. Lady, Lady" will in clude Miss Pauline Barrie Miss Florice Auburn, Joseph Medallion, Billy Gaston, Miss Betty Bye, Eugene McGregor Miss Madeline Grey, Walter Grey, Thomas C. Leary, Miss Marie Haun and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10

hings that circulate like wildire through the comedy. Whats Your Husband Do ing," playing at the Strand all this week.
 The two stars of this production. Doug las MacLean and Doris May, are the young couple who made Twenty three and a Half Hours Leave" so attractive, but they have surpassed themselves in this new comedy, and are a great credit 10 Thomas Ince, '"Fhe Maker of Stars % They are both young, handsome and full of pep" and know now to make the most of each moment cf comedy.
 The plot for the play is a screaming farce. with captions that keep the au- dience laughing till their sides hurt. and feel like they want to stuff their hand kerchiefs into their mouths to keen from stopping the traffic outside from so much noisy laughter
 Beatrice Ridley Doris May) is jealous of her husbands correspondence with someone at the Honeysuckle Inn. She decided to see her lawyer about it. To the firm of Wdgast X Pidgeon goes Beatrice
 "Wideast & Pigeon nave troubles of their own. They are married also, and their wives are jealous of the vampire correspondents who come to their hus- bands offices to see about divorce cases. Widgast, played by Douglas MacLean, has a happy notion. An actress comes in to see about signing contract as hostess of the Honeysuckle inn. and they hire her to demonstrate tc their wives how true they are. It works fine, ana the wives plan a celebration dinner for the forgiven husbands.
 And then Beatrice comes in. She hires Widgast 10 take her 10 this inn 10 see what her husband is doing there. Pigeon to sign papers selling his share of silent stock in this inn, and the wives of the two lawyers are left alone for the eve ming, so they decide to go out and can eel their table. In separate compartments tho whole crowd is dining, and Beatrice becomes saddened to think that her hus- band would treat her that way. and takes her first few drinks Pigeon comes to Widgasts assistance trying to get her home, and just then the place is "pinched" and all three couples spend the night in jail
 But leave it to Beatrice. She talks goit to the judge and he resigns his bench in favor of Widgast, and departs for his morning game The other culprits are marched in and a severe trial takes rlace nicely. and the little green god of leal- ousy has to look around for other prey. Although Douglas MacLean and Doris | May are the featured stars, the rest or the cast is excellent and the other two 1 wives almost as pretty as Doris, ana 1 Walter Hers as Pigeon is immense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
ANITA STEW ART
 AT THE TRIANON

Anita Stewart in her greatest picture, Tn Old Kentucky" is playing this week at the Trianon theatre. This film IS a careful study of happenings in Old Kentucky before horse racing were a cut and dried business and prohibition made mint juleps a curiosity. There are the niehtriders. the real races, with Miss Stewart really riding a horse to victory, the burning barn. when Miss stewart saves the life of Queen Bess.' the race horse, and every other exciting thing that could make this picture about an hour and half of thrills.
 The story woven through is wonder fully sweet one. a mountain girl who comes down to the bluegrass to study, and saves the fortune of the man she learns to love by riding his horse when his jockey has been made drunk by a rival The colonel and his lady, who di- vides his affections with his mint jeleps, make comedy of the highest type. Miss stewart has proven herself great actress, and also a very fearless one, in this film
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
GET READY
 FOR ''FLU''
Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free From Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Neausea- less Calomel Tablets,
 that are Delightful,
 Safe and Sure

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
 ing their friends to keep their systems
 purified and their organs in perfect
 working order as protection against
 the return of influenza. They know
 that clogged up system and lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications.
 To cut short a cold overnight and to prevent serious complications take one Calotab at bedtime with a swallow of water-that'S all. No salts. no nausea, no gripping. no sickening after effects. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is ac i've. your system is purified and rel. eshed and you are feeling fine with a hearty appetite for
 breakfast Eat what you please-no danger.
 Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-fiye cents, Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly delighted with Calotabs--- Adv.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
ID AVOID
 THE "FLU'
First Of All, Make Sure Your Blood Is Red and Rich-in
 Fighting Trim
SAFETY IN VIGOROUS
 BLOOD
If You're Listless and De, pressed Don't Delay a Min
 ute-Get a Good Tonic

If you get the influenza see doctor at once-but why get it7 Isn't it worth while, instead, to take every precauticn now. against getting it7
 Probably the best and first thing ts do is to make sure you are in good physical condition. Daring an epidemic, almost wherever you go you are exposed to in fluenza. As long you are really weu, the red corpuseles of your bleed fight off and defeat disease germs. But when you are tired and run down. when you feel all right except that you haven't much energy er euthusiasm, your blood Is tired out too, and you are an easy victim.
 Pepto-Mzngan has become famous es s builder of rich. vigorous blsod It helps you ts avsid illness. Or. it helps you rc- cover. if you realized your poor physical condition too late.
 Physicians have been reeemmendmx Pepto- Mangan for years in eases of anenis thloodlessness). It is reliable. effective, and has a record of twenty-frve years success Take ne chances with rundown condition Get Pepbo- Aangan today. It is good health insurance
 PeptO- M snzan IS seid in lsqzxid and tahiet form There is nc difference in medic al value Take either kind you prefer. But be sure you get the genuire Peptc-MamEan -''Gnde's-. The full name shsazSd be sn the paekage.-AAv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-10
Fireman Blown From
 Cab As Flue Bursts

Selma, February s-especiall--A negro fireman was blown from the cab of en- zine No. 4 attached to a passenger tram on the L. & N. from Pensacola, due to arrive here at s:25 tonight. Both legs were broken and he was otherwise in- jured when the flue of the engine bursted The accident happened one mile south oi Berlin as the Pensacola train neareo Selma. No other persons were injured Il is thought relief train was sent oui from Selma to bring in the wounded man The train reached the city about mid night.