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MOTION PICTURE GREATDTMAND Birmingham Age - Herald Will Pay $100 for a Good One YOU HAVE UNTIL AUG. 24 TO WRITE Essanay Company of Chi cago Will Judge Efforts of Alabama Writers If you are not already* started to work on a motion picture play story, io so at once and send It to the Photo play Editor of The Age-Herald. These stories will be sent Io the Essanay studio. Chicago, where they will be ijdged and the one having the best will he given $100 In gold by this paper. In the last three years the number of moton picture houses has more than doubled and now there are more than 30,000 in existence. New theatres are being built more frequently than ever before. Every one of these theatres ■ a changing Its programme every day, and you can imagine what a demand this produces for new photoplays and stories and new ideas for stories. The business of film production is progressing, and the rivalry among the tom eras in this country engaged in such work is so great that no expense is spared in endeavors to put out su perior films. New ideas! New Ideas! is the constant cry. There is no rea son why you should not make a suc cess of writing photoplay stories if \ ou possess ideas. Doubtless you have seen photoplays ori the screen which were "ordinary" to say the least. If somebody got paid for those you can do as well. The New York Evening Sun In an flouncing the results on the prlzo con irst recently conducted by it for a photoplay story, made the following statement: "The result of the big photoplay contest has fully demonstrated the truth of the proposition on which the Evening Sun based the competition - namely, that a big new field Is open ing to the people and thal now is the time to intro luce them to It and show them its possibilities—-the Essanay e, i-.paui. which has long ago seen the light of a new day, had dropped the commonplace stuff of the past, and is buying liberally from writers ev erywhere in order to obtain fresh and appealing material. It wants fresh material and lots of it." Write a story—start now—and then send o bring to the Photoplay Edi tor of The Age-Herald and try for the «ire rush prize The story contest i loses at noon Tuesday. August 24. All stories must lie In tt if office by that time. We bate an advertisement In tins paper each dry in reference to •pe story. Write just a story portray ing a good plot. The best plot wins. \ddress alt stories and communlca t.nns to thp Photoplay Editor. Bir mingham A ge- Herald. Birmingham Ala NORTON TO PURCHASE THE ST. PAUL CLUB St Paul. Minn.. August 10.—John W, Norton will exercise an opt’rn he hold* for the purchase of the St. Paul Amer ican association club and grounds, accord ing to an announcment today by Nor ton's attorneys, who notified George E Lennon, principal owner of the dub. thai tlie deal might he closed immediately il satisfactory to him. Norton lias been pres dent of the cltil this season under the terms of the op ti*•• i. ai d ; is said alreadv has liquidatec obligations to the amount of $60,000. Montgomery Market .Montgomery. August 10. (Special. Spot cotton was quoted here today as follows Middling fair. 9.38c; strict good miodlinu. 9.13c; good middling K.SSc; strict middling. 8.63c: middling 8.38c: strict low middling. 7.88c; lo>\ middling. 7.3V strict good ordinary fi.&fcc; good ordinary. 6.50c. Market quiet. EXCURSION Round trip from Birmingham ; Tickets on sale Aug. 12th- only. Central of Georgia “The Right Way” lei outsiders DO' I THE STATE IS E. J. Dunn Comments on Lide’s Letter on the Ala bama Power Company Situation To the Editor of The Age-Herald. I note with much interest the space and prominence in Monday morning's edition of your paper which Is given lo Consulting Engineer Mr. Hide's letter to the governor and legislature In regard to the monopoly, he says, of the water power of our state by the Alabama Power com pany. Will you please take a few lines from -&n humble looker-on though much inter ested one of this question which Is now before our legislature. Now, Mr. Hide Is an engineer and from the reputation he has he must be a good one, but as an engineer is he not now taking the wrong position on this question, a puller down rather than a builder up? One of the best definitions of a civil engineer Is this: The ability to convert the forces of nature to the uses of man.'' Is he do ing this In his letter? Is not his whola argument against It? Take this para graph: First of all, let me call your at tention to the progress made by our state. Admitted to the union nearly 100 years ago, she stands third from the bot tom today in education, and near the bot tom in wealth per capita and in annual wealth production per capita, and this In a state blessed with more natural re sources In minerals, fertility of soil, di versification of crops, rivers and water power than nearly any state In the union. ' And why, l ask. Is this the case? Is it not because we owners, by accident, of all these bountiful gifts of nature have not the ability nor the large sums of money required to taka advantage of them and now when others come forward who can do something to lift the slate from the bottom round of the ladder we would throw obstacles in their way? 1 hold no brief, as the lawyer would say, for the Alabama Power company-, but I do say that in the name of common sense let us push any or all along who can and v/tll develop the mighty resources Mr. bide writes of What does the paltry sum they would pay the state amount lo ill comparison to the millions that would be spent by the company In the develop ment of the Muscle Shoals water power. Ihtnk of It. $40,000,000 to 130,000,000. The idea of waiting for the state to make this development Is a very pretty theory, but how long would tile waiting be? What has the state ever done in this line other than to build a little dam across a little wet weather branch near Spelgner’ If these foreigners, as some see proper to call them, have influence enough with our < ongress to get H to spend 120,000.000 down here, we most assuredly should give them the glad hand of welcome and tell them to go ahead. Our home people have not had lnflilenco enough so far to have the VanHons* canal built and wc think that a good en terprise. much less getting many millions for the lennessee river. The mound builders will be In possession of our old stole again if we wait for It to develop the many great natural resources It ha.o Is not our city and even other cities In the state spending thousands of dollars every month and year trying to get al most any old kind of a factorv to build near Its corporate limits, offering free grounds, free taxes, and even sometimes i mono' ' Then why not help In a small way these men who bring millions and whose improvements will • o paying taxes for our children snd grandchildren. Suppose the company whl manufacture fertilizer, will It not he the very best thing that could hnpnon lor the farmers of Alabama and the whole south? '.'hey would not be denendent upon Chile, then. . we need not fear that the mai busin-ss - will be ruined. Tor there will always be I a big demand for that. One development brings on another and our coal will be in demand more and more as the years go by. So T say, when the car of progr *ss begins to climb the rugged tilti of ob struction, we little fellows shoi hi vet out of the road at least and if we cannot I nosh let us not spang th» wheels. Vnrs E. J. DUNN. Birmingham. August 9. 1915. I----‘ -- ■ -. ANNISTON Anniston, August 10.—(Special.)—1The first day’s session of tho Calhoun County Teachers' institute, which was held Mon day afternoon, was interesting in every detail and wras an Idea of the splendid things which have been arranged for the remaining days of the Institute. Ex | actly 106 pedagogues registered on Mon day and several more will yet arrive. J The principal speakers were Prof. D. R. Murphey and Miss Maude Kimball, who are conducting the Institute. Battery A from Now Orleans arrived st Camp Morgan yesterday with six officers and 103 enlisted men. This battery is a consolidation of selected parts of the companies which form 'the battery at New Orleans II is commanded by Capt. Stan ley M. I^amarie. First Lieutenant Kur cheed, Second Lieutenant Prentlas M. Johnston and Second Lieut. Guy R. Ma loney. The battery is accompanied by Sergeant Van White of the Sixth Fi Id artillery, who is sergeant-instructor of field artillery detailed on that work by the government. In compliance with the request of the New York Herald, who wired the Annis ton Chamber of Commerce yesterday to know' the sentiment of that body with ref erence to the policy of building up a big ger army and navy. Secretary L. C. Wat son. after conferring with members of the organization, wired tho Herald that It Is the consensus of opinion of prominent An nlatonlana that a more adequate army and navy is needed for protection. He also stated that it is believed that military 1 training should be given in the schools, j " 1 ■ 1 L VOTING COUPON Good for ONE VOTE in The Birmingham Age-Herald’a Great Motion Picture Campaign. Name of Candidate . V Street aud No. City . County... Cut out this coupon and send to MoUon Picture Dept., Age-Herald, Bir mingham, Ala., with the name and address of the candidate for whom you wish to vote on or before expiration of date below. NOT GOOD AFTER AUGUST 16 1 , i I 1 Request From Board Is Turned Down by the Commission Request for an additional $1000 was refused the library board by the city commissioners yesterday morning. A communication was received from the finance committee of the library board stating it was almost imposible to cut down the expenditures to the fig ures named in the new budget. The library was cut $4000. which the board states will seriously cripple its use fulness. and asked that the cut be $3000. The commissioners turned down the request. The reorganization of the libraries under a $3000 cut was submitted to the commissioners as follows: Proposed Cuts Rinding .$1,300 Salaries . 1,600 Printing, postage, furniture, equipment, and general sup plies . 350 Total . ..$3150 The Effect on the Service 1. Six employes will be dropped. 2. Salaries of all employes receiving more than $50 will be reduced. 3. The central library wdll be closed every evening except Saturday. 4. All libraries will be closed on Sun days. 6. All branch libraries will be open a smaller number of hours and will l»e managed by four instead of seven assistants. Two branches will be cared for by one assistant in some instance. 0. Binding expenses will be elimi nated. Books that wear out will be held up for binding until the library gets more money, as will also the periodicals that are kept for refer ence. Two or three thousand books will be out of use wdthin 12 months because of this. 7. No new’ bookcases, catalog cabi nets or much needed equipment will be purchased. Thfs means that before the end of the year books will be shelved on, the floor, and scores of pusteboard boxes wdll be used instead of the needed card cabinets; for new books will continue to be added from t lie book fund, and cards must be made for them as well as for the new borrower. 6. Postage and miscellaneous sup plies such as catalogs, cards, loan desk blanks, etc., wdll be cut to the mini mum. 9. Doubtless most of the 10.000 peo ple wdio used the library last year will attempt to make a similar use of It this year. Since they will have to be taken care of by a smaller force, in shorter hours, it is obvious that the service will not be equally satisfac tory. People who are not willing to wait their turn wdll simply have to go away without being served. Weather Forecast Washington, August 10.—Forecast for Alabama and Georgia Thunder showers Wednesday and probably Thursday. Mississippi: Thunder showers Wednes day: Thursday fair, warmer north; thun der showers south. Tennessee: Thunder showers Wednes day: Thursday fair, warmer west, thun der showers east. Local Data For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m., August 10, 1915: H'ghast temperature . 92 Lowest temperature .. 73 Mean temperature . 82 Normal temperature . 79 Deficiency In temperature since January 1 . 333 Rainfall . 0 Total rainfall since January 1 ..30.29 Deficiency in rainfall since Janu ary l . 2.49 Relative humidity 7 a. m. 83 Relative humidity 2 p. m. 58 Relative humidity 7 p. rn. 71 Weather Conditions Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations during the ::4 hours ending 8 p. m., 75th 1 meridian time. August 10, 1915: Temperature Stations and » £ * £ ? Weathe- at 8 p. m. V ? ~ a 5 ° T1 fi|: Atlanta, cloudy . . . . 74 88 ” 70 T®2 Birmingham, raining 80 93 73 Boston, pt. cl'dy ...68 76 60 .02 Buffalo, pt. cl'dy ... 68 72 58 . Calgary, clear . 80 84 52 Charleston, cloudy . 82 96 76 ] 02 Chicago, clear . 70 70 fifi Denver, pt. cl'dy ..78 80 52 Pes Moines, clear ..76 80 64 loi Duluth, clear . 68 74 54 Fort Worth, clear ..80 so 68 .26 Galveston, cloudy . 82 86 78 .00 Hatteras, rain . 72 86 76 .28 Jacksonville, cloudy 82 92 74 . . . Kansas. City, clear .78 80 66 Knoxville, cloudy . . 84 90 70 Louisville, cloudy ..72 74 70 .18 Memphis, cloudy ... 74 82 68 .56 Minneapolis, cloudy. 74 80 .24 Mobile, cloudy . 82 86 76 .01 Montgomery, pt. cld. 84 92 74 Nashville, rain . 74 86 68 .18 New Orleane, cloudy 80 88 78 . . . New York, clear .... 76 80 66 Oklahoma, clear ...76 80 66 .01 Phoenix, clear .108 1 10 76 ... Pittsburg, pt. cl'dy . 74 82 60 Raleigh, dear . 76 84 70 San Antonio, cloudy 84 90 76 .62 San Francisco, clear 64 68 54 . . S.ireveport, rain ... 78 88 76 .04 Spokane, clear . 94 96 56 Ht. Louis, cloudy ... 68 70 68 .44 Tampa. Pt. cl’dy ... 80 92 75 Toledo, pt. cl'dy ... 72 80 64 ... Vicksburg, cloudy . . 78 90 74 ... Yv'ashlngton, clear . 74 82 66 Winnipeg, clear .... 84 92 58 ... B. C. HORTON, laical Forecaster. Steamer Released Washington, August 10,-The American steamer Llama, one of the two Standard Oil ships taken by German submarines to Sweinemunde. was released August 6. Ambassador Gerard reported today. The dispatch did not say whether the Llama's petroleum cargo was detained and made no mention of the steamer Wleo, taken ■with her. Nagroea Bound Over Three negroes. T. L. Hunter. Will Clark and Abe Goss, were bound over to the grand Jury by Judge H. B. Abemethy yesterday afternoon on the charge of bur glary. Hunter was held on a J300 bond while Clerk and Gobi were held under a *250 bond. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA TO STEM TIDE OF j — Allied Success at Hooge Most Important Offensive in the West in W'eeks British Headquarters in France, August 10.—(Via London, 6:10 p. m.) By an attack on Hooge Monday morn ing the British not only recovered all the trenches lost before the flaming German gas attacks on August 1, but more, taking a front of 1000 yards. Al together this has been the most impor tant offensive action in weeks. The British guns preceded It by shelling the German positions on a part of the line in the Yscr canal re gion, north of Ypres, Sunday after noon, to which the Germans replied, delivering the heaviest shelling re ceived by the ruins of Ypres for two months. At 2:30 o’clock yesterday morning British guns loosed their thunder on the German trenches at Hooge in front of Ypres. For two hours this continu ous roar was kept up before at dav/n British infantry rushed the German trenches at Hooge. British officers said the resistance was surprisingly slight, and either the artillery preparation was moat success ful or tho German line must have been weakly held. All through the artillery of both sides continued covering the region of Hooge with shells, vistble over the flat country to the Associated Press corre spondent, while the British were busy consolidating their gains and prepar ing against any .counter attack. The British took 200 prisoners and several machine guns. GOLD SHIPMENT OF $50,000,000 IS ON ITS WAY HERE New York, August 10.—The value o<’ the gold shipment from England, now on | its way here from Halifax by special' train, is $50,000,000, according to R. E. M. ! Cowle, vice president and general man ager of the American Express company which has the shipment In charge. Mr. | Cowle said tonight the shipment was ex i oected early tomorrow. Twenty-five mo | tor trucks with special guards will trans fer the gold to the subtreasury. There had been much speculation as to the value of the shipment, reported to r.e from $15,000,000 to $100,000,000. J. P. Mor gan A Co., the consignees, refused to give any Information regarding the amount or the purposes for which the gold is to be used. GADSDEN Gadsden, August 10.—(Special.)—B. W. Pruett of Ashland, who was some weeks ago elected as vice president of the First National hank, arrived here yesterday to assume his duties. Mr. Pruett succeeds *!• McGaughy, who has gone to Birming ham. Mr. Pruett will move his family to Gadsden within a few days. He has been spending the past month at the Panama Pacific exposition. "With the conviction of Goldier Johnson and her husband, negroes, the police be lieve they have, solved a robbery mys tery of long standing. Several times the home of W. W. Johnson, county highway engineer, was robbed. Hast night a burg lar entered the house end stole Jewelry valued at about f.Vx). The police investi gated and searched the home of Goldie Johnson, the negro servant. Ti e jewelry was found wrapped in a newspaper lying on the floor. The woman previously told the police that a burglar had menaced her with a gun during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Tuesday afternoon another light shower passed over Gadsden and It is believed rain has fallen in those sections of the county where great damage was being done by the drouth. The Etowah County Sunday School as sociation has announced the programme for the annual convention, which will he held at Attalla on August 25 and 2R. Promi nent state Sunday school workers are on the programme. A message received here today stated that the body of William Kimble, a farm er who lived near Rising Fawn. Oh., bad been found in the woods near that place badly decomposed and partly eaten by wib! animals. Kimble disappeared from his home several weeks ago. The man who was last seen with him is being sought. Local farmers are making an effort to Induce the Dwight mills at Alabama city to use cotton grown in Etowah county. The mills have been placing their orders with large buyers and much of the cotton need comes from outside the county. Congressman John L. Burnett will go tn Rlngold. Cherokee county. Friday, where he will deliver an address on immigration and education before the Cherokee County Farmers’ union. PRAISES WORK OF SECRETARY DANIELS St. Louis. August 10.—The United States navy is losing its relative place among navies of the world. Renr Admiral Albert C. Dillingham, IT. S. N.. retired, told the St. Louis'City club today. He said the polieies of the United States were “just as strong as our navy, nnd not a bit stronger.” Admiral Dillingham praised the work of Secretary Daniels and said the navy, rhip for ship, was equal to any in the world. RELIEF MONEY MUST BE RETURNED Washigton, August 10.—The treasury de partment announced today that on Octo ber 1 Secretary McAdoo would make pub lic the names of and take steps to sue those able to pay and who then ha e failed to pay money advanced to them to assist them in returning home from Europe at war’s outbreak. Sums still due from those regarded as able to repay the govern ment aggregate thousands of dollars. To Remove Relics Petrograd, August 10.—(7 p. m„ via Lon don. 10 p. m.)—The holy aynod of the Russian church has directed the Arch bishop of Grodno and Vllna to remove the sacred relics from the churcne^ In Nrest-IJtovsk. Kovno and other place* within the zone of military operations, says the Bourse Gazette. « y i NEW YORK SCHOOLS TRAIN 14-YEAR CHILDREN FOR WORK SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT By MIIS. SIDNEY M. ILLMAN An interesting experiment has recently been made in New York public schools in training the 14-year-old boy and girl for work. A big economic cause was the real reason for this experiment. East year when men and women walked the streets unemployed, thousands of children were | about to drift out into a market which held nothing In store for 99 per cent of them. It is always a problem to know what to do with the child that goes to work un equipped. There is always the danger of •‘blird alley” trades. The board of education in its effort to keep as many children in school as pos sible, instituted '•practical information classes." Now came the interesting part of the experiment, to know what part of the subject the child would take to volun tarily and what they would flatly refuse. In order to induce attendance every possible suggestion of the schoolroom was eliminated. For example, instead of arith metic there was household accounting. There was|no addition or subtraction—in stead a model grocery store w'as had where every day problems were met. Real bill3 were made out and real inventory war taken. A model apartment was used by school No. 7 to demonstrate domestic science, and in this way 300 girls were given actual practical lessons in housekeeping. For girls that must no errands or for cash girls they taught the rudiments of office work. They have work in English, ibCugh f ey do not know it. Every girl keeps a diary and belongs to a liternr* ciue. 11 h-c1' are raught the map of Now York and trade conditions, such as scale of wages, hours of work .and the general conditions of the simps and factories. The idea is not to give the girl any definite trade, the shifting number wou.d probably never be highly trained workers. Idleness and discouragement inevitably result in deterioration and such a class will reduce the idle and discouraged to a minimum. "It all sounds very learned and very am bitious,” said Miss Marettia Tibbitts, the principal of school No. 7, a school in the large congested district of the East Side. “But as a matter of fart, it’s appallingly simple. We simply give them what they want and we have constant attendance. They come of their own accord and leave when they choose. “They are amazingly deficient, appall ingly undeveloped. What we need to give them is not trade training In any way, but opportunity for character develop ment. They need to be made neat, alert, attentive, energetic, thorough. They need just at this age to come in contact with fine ideals. # "That is why the selection of a teacher for tliis class is most important. The girls learn as much from the teacher as they do from their mo lei apartment and their model grocery store. They are just at the age when they notice how she dresses, how she sits and walks, how she speaks; they are awake to her little cour tesies and her kindneses. This is just the age when they are most adaptable, most imitative. With boys it comes a little later.’* The instruction given in these classes is practically individual. The girls are mostly Italian and Russian Jews, although the class boasts one young Chinese ma tron aged 18. With boys the problem is handled a bit different. The office boy is made so efficient by the training that the boss considers him an asset in the business. The game of playing "the boss’’ is found effective, the boy chosen sits at the desk and is the boss. The hoys come in and state their case and the -employer may meet the situation any way he may choose. In this way the real employer finds an office boy, not easily disconcerted and able to answer que^ions readily. It might he a good idea to adopt some such plan of study in our own public school for those pupils vho must at 14 branch out into 4he industrial field. Today, with the ever-rising cry for ef ficiency, it will be found necessary to be equipped for even the most menial work, and the school room should be shoulder ing this responsibility. TELLS HOW TEUTONS CROSSED THE VISTULA! - I Berlin, August 10.—(Via London, 10:38 p< m.)—A Warsaw dispatch dated August 8 describes the German crossing of the Vis tula there. This was effected within th» city itself, although buildings on the eastern bank were occupied by Russians, who offered strong resistance. . The Russians and Germans had main tained a vigorous fire across the Vistula during Saturday. During the whole day bullets whistled through the streets lead ing to the water front of the Polish capi tal. Nevertheless the Germans calmly worked their way down to the quay and occupied in force houses and gardens, commanding the spot selected for th« crossing. This spot was just down the stream from the railroad bridge. Pontoons were brought up under cover of darkness and I crossing was begun at daybreak. I soon as the Russians perceived this move ment they hastily evacuated their posi tions and abandoned the entire suburb of i’raga, firing the main railroad station and houses and burning their supplies. About 15 civilians were killed and 200 wounded in the Ftreet fighting, many of them in the Jewish quarter. One shrapnel exploded over a street ear. NEW NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISHED Montevallo, August 10.— (Special.) The Shelby County Review', published it Calera, has been suspended and the material removed to Montevallo. where • i new' paper, styled the Montevallo Ad vertiser, will begin its career, the first *,, issut coming out Thursday, August 12, V\ alter Brooks of Columbiana and R. W. Hall of Calera, being publishers and editors. Former Mayor L. N. Nabors of Mon tevallo and President A. J. Brown of th& Montevallo Ice and Light compano', were prime movers in the establish ment of the new’ paper. 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