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ALDRICH SPEAKS
TO SUFFRAGISTS
ON PARCEL POST
Declares Neither Farmer
Nor Women Manifesting
Proper Interest
THERE IS MUCH ROOM
FOR IMPROVEMENT
Present Volume of Business Should Be
Tripled, He Says—Explains De
tails of the System—Miss
Benners Reads Paper
"Up to date neither the farmers nor
the women of the state havo manifest
ed interest in the parcel post and 1
attribute it to ignorance," declared
Postmaster Truman H. Aldrich yester
day afternoon, speaking before the
Bqual Suffrage association on "The
Benefits of the Parcel Post to the
Women of Alabama.” "Atlanta during
January handled about 180,flh0 pack
ages,” he continued, “while Blrmlng
3:am, a larger city, handled approxi
mately 50,000 packages. It is needless
for me to say that there Is much room
for Improvement in these figures."
Colonel Aldrich went into all phases
of the parcel post and outlined a brief
history of the postal system In the
United States. He declared that the
parcel post was designed primarily to
help out the farmers and the women.
He urged the suffrage association to
oo-operate with him in spreading
knowledge of the parcel post among
the people of Alabama.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the association convened yesterday
afternoon at 3:50 o’clock with Mrs.
W. L, Murdoch presiding as Mrs. Solon
Jacobs was unable to be present. In
the absence of the regular secretary,
Miss Helen Benners acted in that ca
pacity. The business of the meeting
v as purely routine and was quickly
transacted. Mrs. Murdoch then intro
duced Colonel Aldrich, who spoke In
part as follows:
Colonel Aldrich Speaks
"The topic assigned to me is that of
1 LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR SALE_
iSSl'PrmrExcelsior motorcycle; been
thoroughly overhauled and In first-class
condition; can he seen at Walthours
place; bargain for quick salo. _ _
For SALE OR EXCHANGE—Fifteen
beautiful 60-foot lots In the heart of
Woodlawn between 61st and 52d streets,
and between the Gate City and East
. Lake car lines. All street improve
ments and sewers down and paid tor.
Partially improved; a fine proposition
for a builder. Apply to l)r. W. H.
....Milder. Mf Woodward Phone. 1M.
For SALE—120 shares ot Ala-Cola stock;
a bargain. If interested call on Denton
Williams Realty Co., 607-8-9 American
Trust Bldg. Phone 216.
IVVANTED—To-seir~corTier lot, close In,
180 foot railroad frontage; splendid lo
cation for garage, warehouse or shop.
Am forced to sell. Price JOOOO. Address
T-54, Age-Herald. _
IFOR SALE OR-EXCHANGE—478 acres,
black prairie land, H mile from town
with 9-room house and 16 acres in
town, good pike road from Selma. R, F.
Pool, 21 Watts building.
_FOR RENT_
jfRUCK""farmTfor rent; house and 20 acres
for rent to dairyman, at mining camp,
with contract for all milk and butter
from 80 cows guaranteed, collected
through pay roll of company. B. F.
Pool, 21 Watts building.
WANTED _
Wanted to exchange city property In
Oklahoma for acreage In the Birming
ham district. What have you? Address
S-04, Age-Herald.
WANTED— SALESMEN
SALESMAN Tor tfirininfcfhum district;
best custom shirt house in south wants
seven Industrious men; one who has
had experience In haberdasher shop or
tailoring preferred. Address 127 Morris
hotel. ,
~ WANTED—SITUATIONS ~_
Safer on bread, cake and pastry and
good on candy wants work, country or
city restaurant, bakery or hotel; wages
secondary. W. J. Pender, general de
livery.
~ WANTED—-MALE HELP~
(SALESMEN make $10 extra per day.'call
ing on merchants and professional men,
on routes they are now traveling.
Guaranty Adjustment Co., Montgom
ery, Ala.
CHANCES^ ~_7
half interest in paying proposition.
Young man with some life and hustle.
Address P. O. Box 29. 2-9-31.
BOIL pipe plant complete, ready for op
eration, can he bought very cheap or
would sell equipment separate. If in
terested address Thomas L. Patton,
Sheffield. Ala.
_FOR RENT—ROOMS
FURNISHED room? furnace heated, hot
and cold bath, electric light, one block
from car line. Apply 73n let avenue.
West End to owner._0-9-at-su-tu-thu
•fwo furnished /rooms for rent, private
residence. South Highlands, convenient
\ to cars, good neighborhood, can furnish
meals if desired. Phone 4432 Main or
uddress 1100 St. Charles street.
TWO connecting rooms furnished for
light housekeeping; modern conven
iences; to couple without children. 2620
00th avenue. Phone Main 5424-W or
7660.
“ LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
Cost—Bill book, liberal reward if re
turned to Domestic Laundry. 2409 Ave
nue E.
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICE—Call at 2123 N. 5th avenue for
clothes left at Southslde cleaning, 3tW
S. 20th street before ten days, else will
be sold tor charges. Phone Main 6121.
t--1
Poultry Raisers
By feeding Parker’s Poultry Feeds
you cen keep your chickens heelthy
and laying. Agent for Cyphers In
cubator* and Brooders. Full line of
supplies for poultry raisers.
JOHN L. PARKER
Woodward Bldg.
informing tlie league more particularly
about tlie parcel post business, Its
rules and regulations, Its sphere of use
fulness and what Its future is likely to
mean to the people, but before going
into details, which X confess arc a lit
tle dry, it Is my purpose to give you |
an outline of the business and char
acter ot the postoffice department. The
postoffice machine is the greatest ever
invented. It Is one of tlie greatest, if
not the greatest, employers of labor
in the world. It curns more money
than the steel trust, tlie greatest com
bination of capital in the world. It
penetrates every owp,( hamlet aqd vil
lage, even crossing the glaciers of
Alaska with news for the lonely im
migrant. It penetrates the wilds of the
tropics. It Is all pervading and uni
versal. AVe hardly realize what an
enormous machine it is, with what
smoothness and precision it operates.
The first essentials are explicit Instruc
tions on every phase of the matter,
strict economy an 1 quick movement.
The subject is so great and the oper
ation of the postoffice machinery so
very sure that It will be impossible
to give more than e simple outline of
the present methods pursued by the
department and some historical notes
on the origin of Its present complex
regulations.
History of Postal Department
"The postoffice department is co-ex
istent with the beginning of our gov
ejnment. The first Postmaster General
was the sage and philosopher, Benja
min Franklin, and even now his por
trait hangs in the office of the Post
master General In AA’ashington.
"VA'hen Benjamin Franklin was Post
master General there were no railroads,
no steamboats and no method of com
munication except the primitive one of
early ages, and over the whole of the
North American colonies there existed
only 75 postofflees. Of course there were
postofflees before the time of Franklin,
hut they were small affairs and quite lim
ited In their work and usefulness. The
first postoffice in what Is now the Uni
ted States was probably the one started
in Boston In 1639, the first postmaster
being Richard Fairbanks.
"The administration of the postofflfe.
department is divided between the Post
master beneral, who is head of every
thing, and four leading departments, or
divisions, presided over by four assistant
postmaster generals, each having juris
diction over certain branches of tlie ser
vice.
"The questions of wages and appoint
ments, allowances of all kinds, and gen
eral questions of administration, etc., are
handled by the first assistant postmas
ter general. In addition to the duties
assigned to the first assistant in connec
tion with the office of the Postmaster
General, he Is really the official who at
tends to the appointments of postmasters,
and while the political power in all ap
pointments rests with the President of
the United States, the details of tlie ad
ministration of this one item take up a
large part of the time of a good many
men. In the year 1911 there were 59.237
postofflees hi the United States, of which
51,343 were fourth-class offices.
Letter Carriers in 1862
"The letter carrier system, which is in
charge of the first assistant postmas
ter general, was inaugurated in 1862, and
at that time carriers went from house to
house and collected a fee of 1 or 2 cents
for each letter delivered. Uniform de
livery was inaugurated in 1863 in 49 cities
„f the United States, and It is now free
In 1000 offices. Special delivery service
was started in 1885.
■The railway mail service, and every
thing pertaining to the transportation of
mail, is handled by the second assistant
postmaster general. If you recollect that
the annual expenditure of the railway
mail service alone amounts to over $80,
000,000 you can see what an enormous
amount of work this one branch lias to
look alter.
"The third assistant postmaster gen
eral handles! the finances, and the is
suing of all kinds of stamps, envelopes,
etc. When it is remembered that the
1 revenue of the postoffice department is
about $250,000,000 per year, and that the
expenditures are about the same, one
cun lmagi>K that the duties falling upon
the head of ''tills department are, to say
the least of it.'^iuitlferlous. It may tie
of interest to note 'hat, adhesive stamps
were not In use until Util, and that money
orders and the registry system were not
perfected until after 186ft. Up until 1863
tlie rates of postage were very high, let
ters being sent only 300 miles for 3 cents,
and for distances over 300 miles 10 cents
was charged. A uniform rate was estab
lished in 1863.
Woman Changed England’s System
"The reason England adopted a low
rate of postage was from the action of a
woman. Postmaster General Rowland,
away back in the 40's, saw u carrier
present a letter to a young woman In
some eoi ntry town, and the postage was
something like 20 cents in our money.
With tears in her eyes she asked the
carrier to let her look at the envelope,
which he did. She then returned It to
him with the statement that she could
not afford to pay the postage, and that
he would have to take the letter back.
The Postmaster General stepped up to the
young lady and offered to pay the 20
cents postage, exactly ns a gentleman
from Birmingham would have done. But
she refused it, saying that she had an
understanding with her sweetheart to
thp effect that if her name was written
a certain way everything was all right.
But if it were written another way slic
would pay the postage. She said that
they had been writing this way to find
every week if each were well without
any expense whatever to themselves. The
postoffice department In England has
discovered as a great many gentlemen
have, there is no use in trying to circum
vent a woman when she has her mind
made up. The whole postoffice system
of Great Britain was changed on account
of this incident as described, and cheaper
postage followed.
"The fourtii assistant postmaster gen
eral has charge of supplies of all sorts
ond of the ruial mall service. The rural
mail service was started In 1890 as an
experiment, and today there are over 1,
000,000 miles of rural mail routes in the
United States and the annual expendi
ture amounts to nearly $40,000,000. In the
state of Alabama alone there are some
tiling like 37.000 miles of rural routes and
about 11(h) rural carriers. The Birming
ham postoffice pays out to these curriers
about. $1,000,000 yearly.
“The assignment of the parcel post
bus not been definitely made to any de
partment, but Is under the direct control
of the Postmaster General himself, it
might be proper right here to say that,
leaving out political and personal feel
ings. the Postmaster General has made
a magnificent record in the last four
years. He has brought the Income and
the disbursements of the postoffice de
partment to a practical equality. At the
time he took charge there was a deficit
of over $17,1X10,000 per annum, in the four
years of his service he has saved the
government in expenditures something
tike $469X10,000 It Is with great regret,
however, that I am compelled to state
that he ts still a bachelor.
Explain* Parcel Post
"1 Kin going to enlarge upon the parcel !
post, and perhaps qfter giving you a few
tacts in reference to that subject you
will all be asleep, and I shall be glad to j
slip away. For many years there ha^
been an attempt made by Congress to ,
inaugurate some sort of a parcel post sys- !
tern, but the enormous extent or our :
country, and the conflicting interests have j
prevented until the idea of a zone sys- j
tern was elaborated. By this system •
each town is the centre of a zone for I
the establishment of rates, and the dis
tance from each town governs the rates
from it- In this way it is up to the peo
ple of Birmingham, for instance, to !
monopolize the trade immediately around !
us, and if we do not do it, it is our own
fault.
“All mall has heretofore been classed
in four great divisions, first, second, third
and fourth. The parcel post business
comprises what has heretofore beon con
sidered fourth class matter, with an in
crease in weight allowed, a reduction in
• harges end a large addition of things
ro be carried. In fact the law stAtes
that fourth-class matter, in other words,
parcel post matter, shall embrace ali
that matter not now embraced by law,
Including farm and factory products, no'
already in the first, second, or third class,
with the following limitations: The weight
must not exceed 11 pounds nor the size
72 inches in length and girth combined.
The country Is divided Into units of about
30 miles square, each postoffice belonging
within a certain unit. These units arc
permanent and are each given a number.
We have eight zones which are formed
by circles from each town, and the posi
tion of any town is ascertained from a
book and map furnished to all postmas
ters. By simply looking up the map and
finding what zone a unit is in we can
determine the rate at once, knowing the
W'eight. 1 wish to call your attention to
a map here showing the zones with thn
hook giving every postoffice in the United
States and opposite which we have in
serted in our work book the zone for
eaeh towm. This shows at a glance how
a package may he rated out from Bir
mingham. There will prfbably be more
or less change in the rates as the post
office department gets the necessary ex
perience. The law allow's the Postmaster
General considerable latitude, which is
fortunate, because it saves going to Con
gress for every little change which may
become necessary. If there are any ques
tions in regard to Ihe zone system which
you desire to have answered 1 shall be
pleased to do what l can towards an
swering them.
Produce Shipments increasing
“The reason that a distinctive stamp
is used is in order to find out the cost
of this Rystem. We still have a lot of
packages on hand with ordinary starry
on instead of the parcel post stamps, for
which we have found no owners. For the
present there will be no registration of
parcel post packages, although they may
be insured up to a value of $50 at a
cost of 30 cents, which answers all the
purposes of registration. The parcel post
also has no special delivery. But all
these things will follow later on. The
general regulations governing parcel post
matter are the same as those covering
fourth class mail heretofore. In other
words, if you wish to ship a quart of
syrup in a glass bottle, with a piece of
paper for a stopper, and place it in a
tliin pasteboard box, you will not be ex
actly complying with the regulations. This
happened to us a few' days ago, and the
result was that about 1000 letters were
covered with a lot of ^an syrup. About
a week ago someone shipped a small
bottle of formaldehyde which broke in
the office in handling and nearly half
the clerks had to vacate until the odor
was gotten rid of. All fragile articles
should be marked fragile and If perish
able should be so marked. Of course,
eggs are neither fragile nor perishable,
tnererore the instructions are to mara
them 'eggs.' Quite a number of packages
of eggs are going through now, and 1
am able to say that the shipments of
butter from the country are largely in
creasing. There seems to be a lack of
knowledge among country people, as to
packing fragile and perishable articles,
like eggs, etc. If it were generally known
that cartons, etc., for the handling of
such articles could be procured here in
Birmingham, and that they could be used
over and over again, 1 believe that a
good many more eggs could be distribu
ted. If some simple arrangement were
made for the handling of butter a great
deal more butter could come to town.
This parcel post business is going to be
a great boon to the country people, for
it will enable them to communicate with
the outside world from their own doors,
and it will be a boon to the good house
wife for it is bound to reduce the price
of foodstuffs and thereby lessen the cost
of living. It brings to the children of
the farmer a knowledge of the world
direct, for it enables them to dispose of
many little things that are now wasted.
It brings the city and the country nearer
together than ever before.
City Not Doing Its Duty
“Just at present we are handling from
40,000 to 50,000 packages per month, but i
do not think Birmingham is doing its
duty toward the parcel post business yet.
We ought to do three times as much bus
iness as we are doing. However, our
merchants are beginning to wake up to
the situation, and we are now' able to
report that more parcels are going out
to the country than are coming in from
other places. There is very little busi
ness at our suburban stations in com
parison with what there should be. I
must confess I do not understand the
reason why. This is too much of a re
tail town and in order to expand and
grow independent of merely natural re
sources it will be necessary for us to
branch out into a wholesale business.
OUr railroad and mineral interests are
largely discounted, and if the town Is
to continue to grow It must branch oilt
into other Uaes.
“Some of the articles that have gone
through the mail arenas follow's: Stove
pipe, eggs, bread,'' •gpeat, turnip greens,
fresh ham, syrup, Tresh tomatoes,
dressed chickens, coal scoops, garden
spades, ladies’ hats, men'-s clothing,
shirts, all sorts of millinery goods,
samples of hundreds of different kinds
of machinery, etc., and cotton seed ok*
Quite a little country produce is being
shipped. It seems to nie that what we
need most is the exchange of commod
ities between the country and the town
or city, especially things in the nature
of foodstuffs. The newspapers announce
that during the first month <Sver 40,
000.000 packages were handled in the
United States.
"Tlie parcel post business is exclu
sively a domestic one. There Is a for
eign parcel post, but it is governed by
different rifles and regulations and
takes ordinary postage stamps instead
of the parcel post stamps, because all
of the regulations in reference to this
matter are subjects of treaty between
the United States and foreign coun
tries.
Appeal for Education
“In conclusion I would like to inter
cede for the poor suffering men of
Alabama. One min out of'every n*no
In the state of Alabama is unable to
read and write and in all seriousness
I beg you to consider this and to re
member that before equal suffrage is
given it seems to me that the question
of educating and uplifting the ignor
ant should have attention for it goes
hand in hand with suffrage and a
knowledge and an education sufficient
to qualify the voter should first be had
before the right to vote is granted.
The postoffice department is one of
the greatest educational systems in the
world. We lose millions every year in
the dispatch of newspapers, books and
pamphlets, because the government
realizes that Its very existence depends
upon the spread of knowledge as fal
as possible to every citizen. Back of
all the questions of suffrage it seems
to me is this question of general Ig
norance. It is a stumbling block that
must first be gotten out of the way.
The laws of the country militate
against the property rights of women
in a dreadful way. There is no question
but that a reform in this direction is
greatly needed and it seems to me that
PLANS TO SOLVE
Thinks Dividing Big Land
Estates Would Aid in
Making Peace
Columbia, A. C., February 8.—Mexico,
troubled by rebellion and unrest, may find
the solution of her difficulties in the di
vision of the great landed estates into
small farms, in the opinion of Zeferino
Dominguez of Mexico. Senor Dominguez,
known as the "Corn King of Mexico,”
thus expressed himself here today 1n
making an address at the fifth annual na
tlonal corn exposition.
The Mexican agricultural leader held
that desire of the masses for land was
perhaps the chief factor In the unrest
that prevails in the southern republic.
He proposed that the Mexican govern- j
ment take steps to give to every Mexican
citizen, if he wishes, a small farm to j
work. If the citizen to whom the land,
is given achieves satisfactory results In
Its working ho would be deeded the land
by the government, according to .Senor
Dominguez's plan.
"I am going to lay my plan before
the Mexican cabinet shortly.” said Senor
Dominguesa*. "I also am planning to go
to Washington and try to enlist the co
operation of the United States govern
ment in its behalf."
Suggestion also was made by the Mex-1
lean agricultural leader that Mexico main- '
tain a large standing army, one-tenth of i
the members of which shall always be
working on the farms. This, he thinks,
would make the army self supporting.
T. M. Nelghbort of Texas also ad
dressed visitors to the exposition today,
explaining methods of combating the cat
tle tick.
The exposition will continue through
next Friday.
DENNY TO RETURN
TO WASHINGTON
Washington, February 8.—The closing
chapter of the quarrel in the marine
corps two years ago which resulted in '
the transfer from Washington to the
Philippines and to California of two oi
the officers involved, was written today
when Seoretery Meyer ordered Col. F. L.
Denny to return to Washington from San
Francisco and resume his duties as quar
termaster at marine headquarters. But
coupled with this announcement was the
statement that Colonel Denny had been
unable to take the regulation naval physi
cal exercise on account of heart trouble
wherefore tie has been ordered before a
retiring board upon his arrival in Wash
ington.
PEDESTRIAN SAVES
BANK BIG SUM
Wardville, Okla., February 8.—A pe
destrian with a handy pistol saved the
First National hank of Wardv’lle $5000
oarly today but at that it cost the
hank $900.
Three men blew the vault door of
the bank from its hinges. The noise
attracted a citizen who opened fire on
the trio, a number of shots being ex
changed without result. The robbers
seized $900 and escaped, overlooking
$5000 which the officers of the bank
say was uvithin reach.
THE BIG SNEEZE
.
Chicago, February 8.—This year of grace i
may pass into history as the year of
the big sneeze, taking rank with the year
of the big wind. Precisely at 10:30 o’clock,
today there was a chorus of sneezes on
the first floor of the wholesale drug
house of Peter Van Schaack & Sons Co.,
on West Bake street. At 10:32, the wave
of sneezes spread over the second floor
until presently 125 employes, ker^choolng
explosively rushed into the street. Ex
planation of the outburst was found in I
the fact that 225 bags of sulphur were on
lire in the basement. Crowds attrac‘**d
by the fire engines, rushed to the jBcene,
but retired as quickly aneezin*/ The
fumes spread to adjoining .* wildings and
their occupants "merged on the street,
red nosed, red eyed and grinning, but
sneezing. Firemen rushed into the base
ment, quickly retreated sneezing and
dragp.ng 12 of their number who had been
v vereome by the fumes. So pungentwere
th» fumes that only one stream of water
could be applied to the fire.
Jackson Citizen Killed
Nashville, February 8.—A dispatch from
Jackson, TJenn., today says C. C. Steele,
70 years old, a prominent business man,
was killed at Stantonvllle In McNary
county by Dr. G. W. North, 40 years old,
c. dentist. The tragedy grew out of a
chancery law suit over opening a street
in Stantonvllle, North being plaintiff and
Steele defendant/ North, after the shoot
ing, made his escape. Bloodhounds were
requested from Jackson. Steelo had been
"ti member of the county court 18 years.
this association should distribute
thoroughly the information giving the
exact disabilities that now obstruct the
property rights of women here in Ala
bama.
"I thank you. ladles of the Equal
Suffrage association, for the honor
conferred upon me. I am sorry, how
ever, that I had to appear before you
to talk on a subject so dry. If 1 ever
have another chance upon a different
subject, perhaps 1 can please you bet
ter. The preparation of a mint jullp,
for Instance, or the science of cooking,
accompanied by practical illustration
of how to do it, or an article on the
rearing of children would be more In
my line."
Miss Benners Reads Paper
Following the conclusion of PtTBt
master Aldrich's address many ques
tions were hurled at him from his au
dience on the parcel post. Mrs. Mur
doch thanked Mr. Aldrich for his en
lightening address and introduced Miss
Helen Benners, who read a short pa
per on "The United States Government
and Its Work." Miss Benners in her pa
per went all through the many dif
ferent branches of governmental work
and legislation, explaining with detail
the history and duties of the federal
government.
"The United States government
spends 43 per cent of Its eritlre yearly
expenditure in the maintenance of the
army and navy," said Miss Benners.
"This is in ratio to the expenditures
for the same purpose of Germany and
far more than that of the other great
powers.
"This huge expenditure is for prep
aration, defense against enemies which
do not exist, while the expenditures
for the enemies that do exist right
with us—disease, illiteracy, infantile
mortality is minute in comparison.
"The appropriation for the erection
of a national children’s bureau in
Washington amounted to what the an
nual repairs of two torpedo boats cost.
There is something wrong in such a
system of spending the public monies
and the women should be educated on
the ways of public expenditures so that
when they get the ballot they will be
able to work Intelligently toward mak
ing the national expenditures for edu
cation. prevention of disease, infantile
mortality he more commensurate to its
needs." ■>
The meeting then adjourned.
NELSON MAY ERECT LARGER
BUILDING ON GUNN CORNER
There is some possibility that the
building to be erected by Frank Nel
son, Jr., at the corner of Third avenue
and Nineteenth street on the site of
the Gunn drug store, may be several
stories high, according to an announce
ment made yesterday. That the build
ing will be erected to a height of at
least two stories, work to begin by Oc
tober l, this year, was a statement made
yesterday by T. H. Molton, agent for
Mr. Nelson.
The building will be occupied on the
ground floor and the basement by the
F. W. Woolworth company for one of
their 5 ami 10 cent stores. The second
floor will bo apportioned off into 18
handsome office rooms. * The buildlug
is to have a very handsome front to be
constructed of white vitrified brick, and
will be completed ancl occupied by
April 1, 1914, by the Woolworth com
pany, stated Mr. Molton. *
This will make the second store for
the Woolworth company in Birmingham
as they recently closed a deal by which
they rented the old Ferd Marx store
for 10 years, at which place they will
operate one of their chain of 5 and lb
cent stores. It was stated yesterday
that the Woolworth people would ar
rive in Birmingham March 1 and take
posesslon of the old Ferd Marx stand.
They will make extensive alterations
and improvement on the interior of the
store and will open for business with
the public about May 1.
“Architect H. B. Wheelock has al
ready drawn the plans for the build
ing to be erected on the Nelson cor
ner.” stated Mr. Molton. “While the
building is not as tall as Mr. Nelson
would prefer to erect on this valuable
site, he prefers to meet the wishes of
the Woolworth people and the plans
now made call for two stores and a
basement. However, there is an agree
ment with the Woolworths that as
many more stories can be added as Mr.
Nelson sees fit. The foundations called
for are such that several more stories
can be added and before the final plans
for the building are made it may be
that this will be done. It will depend
entirely on the demand for office space
in Birmingham. At this time we can't
promise more than two stories and a
basement."
Chattanooga, February 8.—The two
days’ conference of the Baptiat State Mis
sion Board secretaries closed today with
the unanimous recommendation that Chat
tanooga be chosen for next year’s con
ference. The conferees indorsed a plan
for all mission causes as follows: $1,250,
000 for the Judson fund; $1,000,000 for
homeless churches in the south; $1,250,000
for foreign missions; $1,500,000 for state
missions and education.
The last two items of the table to be
raised by April 30 of this year, follow the
others being raised in three years. Tills
makes a total of $16,500,000.
SENATORCLARK
HAS RECOVERED
Los Angeles, February 8.—Fully re
covered from his recent illness, former
United States Senator William A. Clark
today was able to attend the dedica
tion of the Mary Andrews Clark home,
which be built here for working girls
111 honor of his mother. The homo cost
approximately $250,000 and is Intended
to shelter young women who work for
wages ranging from $5 to $10 a v^eek.
Board and lodging at the house will
average $4 a week and It has Individual
rooms, the girls will have the free use
of sewing machines and the laundries.
Under the deed of gift by which Sen
ator Clark gave the institution to the
Yonng Women's Christian association
the home must be self sustaining. It
has a large library, a gymnasium and
tennis, handball and basketball courts.
ENGLISH BARON
A “SYNDICATIST”
_
London, February 8.—The eon and
heir of Baron Armstrong, the Hon. Wil
liam John Montagu Armstrong, avowed
himself a '‘syndicalist’’ in a communi
cation today to a newspaper in New
Castle-on-Tye, where his father's great
ship building yards are located.
In his letter Mr. Armstrong affirmed
that "the masses of the people are
seething with justified discontent.'’
Their wages are low, their rents high,
while caste distinctions rend in twain
the unity of all nations.
Mr. Armstrong, who will not be 21
until October, favors the use of pol
itics for remedying social evils, but
says that if constitutional means fall
he advocates u general Btrlke as the
only alternative.
TO EXTEND POSTAL
SAVING SYSTEM
Washington. February 8.—Postmaster
General Hitchcock today directed the ex
tension of tlie postal savings system to
the 16 postoffices of presidential
grade in Porto Rico. X)iey are the first
outside the United States.
To encourage the use of English among
the inhabitants all blanks and certifi
cates will be printed in that language.
Amend Banking Law
Washington, February 8.—An amend
ment to the national bank la wto permit
national banks to loan money on real
(state was Introduced today by Senator
Hoke Smith. Senator Smith wdll not at
tempt to secure action on the amend
ment at the present session, but will be
Introduce it In the special session and
press it as part of any currency revision
plan.
SQUAWS ARE HEAP
MUCHSUFFRAGETTES
Indian Women to Take Part
In the Big Inaugural
Parade
Washington, February 8.—Dawn Mist,
daughter of Chief Three Bears of the
Glacier National park Indians, will com
mand a troop of mounted Indian maidens
in the cavalry division of the woman's
suffrage pageant here on March 3. This
is said to be the first time Indian women
have taken part in the nation-wide move
ment for extending the franchise to
women.
In Dawn Mist's troop will bo 10 maid
ens, all selected as being the most repre
sentative of their tribe. All will be
dressed in their tribal ceremonial cos
tumes and be mounted on Indian ponies,
richly caparisoned with elaborate Indian
bead work.
Dawn Mist, who has given much
thought to the woman’s suffrage move-!
ment* succeeded in obtaining the co-oper
ation of Louis W. Hill, son of James!
J. Hill, who has agreed to provide t.rans- i
portation for the young women. While i
in Washington the Indian girls will live
in their own tepees on a camp ground
provided for them.
The cavalry division of the pageant is
taking large proportions. It is believed at
suffrage headquarters that nearly 200
mounted women will be distributed j
through the procession. The division will
be commanded by Miss Genevieve Wlm
satt of Maryland.
It is practically assured that one large
section will be composed of women wage
earners. Several of the women’s labor
unions of Washington already have sig
nified their intention of marching.
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church. Pratt City, which will con
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How I»ng Did He Keep It Up?
From the Atchison Globe.
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was a farm hand who had to work li
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