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Gains 15 Pounds on Tanlac
and Troubles of Long
Standing Are Over
come
'I'm a pretty old man, I'm 60 years j
old and have taken a lot of medicine in
iny time, but I’m here to tell you that
Tanlac can’t be beat. I’ve taken five bot- j
ties and I’ve gained 15 pounds,” said
John B. Huffman, who lives at Gate City, j
Mr. Huffman is well known in mill and
factory circles here and counts his friends j
by the hundreds. He is connected with J
the Peerless Lumber company at Avon- ■
dale, in the capacity of night watchman, j
and is considered honest and trustworthy »
by his employers.
**I suffered with indigestion terrible,”
continued Mr. Huffman, ‘'I’d be bothered j
quite a bit with rheumatism, and 1
couldn’t sleep at night. When 1 would get |
a little sleep, I’d be troubled with ter
rible dreams. My nerves got on an edge,
and I was in a pretty bad rundown con
dition. Everything I’d eat would hurt
me, and I got so bad off even a glass
of water would nearly kill me. My
stomach was bloated up all the time and
I didn't feel natural. I had a sluggish
feeling and I’d feel so bad at times I
didn’t care if I worked or not. I had
gas on my stomach and when I did eat
it wouldn’t get any further than my chest
and it w’ould cause me to have a full and
distressed feeling.
“I saw Tanlac advertised in the papers
and had read about it so much I thought
I’d try it, and after my second bottle I
began to mend up right away. My in
digestion left me and I began to eat
onions and cucumbers to my heart’s con
tent, something I hadn’t done in many
a year. My appetite is right with me,
and I eat all the time. The rheumatism
left me, and T tell you I can sleep all day
these hot days and it don’t bother me a
bit. My nerves got all right and I’m
strong and well again. My stomach got
in good shape and I don’t suffer with gas
and that bloated feeling any more. It
got natural and I haven't had a pain in
it since I first started taking Tanlac.
When I get up in the afternoons I feel
just like I want to go to work right now
and darkness can’t come too quick for
me for I’m always ready to punch my
clock. Everything I eat goes right down
and I haven’t had a pain in my chest in
& long time.
**That rundown feeling has left me, and
I thank my stars that I started taking
Tanlac for it sure put me on my feet
where I can do my work like I used to,
and best of all it made me gain 15 pounds.
I can’t recommend it enough and I’m glad
to let everybody know of the relief L
got from it after taking it a short time.
It’s all it’s advertised for, and I’m going
to stand by it and I know I’ll praise
It to my dying day.”
Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu
sively by Patton-Pope Drug company and
Eugene Jacobs’ Drug store; in Ens
ley by D. W. Morris Drug company; in
Bessemer by Pegram-Patton Drug com
pany; in North Birmingham by Walker
Drug company, and in Pratt City by
Cale Drug company.—Adv.
“ALL ALABAMA” IS
INVITED TO BALL
Jflontgomery Chamber of Commerce
Plans Brilliant Affair in Honor of
National Guard Officers
Montgomery, July 3.—(Special.)—Every
citizen of Alabama is invited to be pres
ent at a reception and ball to be tendered
the officers of the Alabama National
Guard at the Exchange hotel here next
.Friday night. The reception will be given
under the auspices of the Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce, of which Clayton
Trnlis is the president. Mr. Tullis has
been selected as the general chairman of
the reception and ball committee, and H,
A. Thompson has been chosen as general
secretary.
The proposal to entertain the officers
of the militia encamped here was made
last Saturday. The suggestion met with
Immediate favor, with the result that
plans were made at once for the holding
of the entertainment. Committees were
appointed and other arrangements were
made looking to the success of the affair.
The committees for the state-wide re
ception to the officers are as follows:
Finance committee: Maj. R. E. Steiner,
chairman; George W. Jones, E. Meertier,
J. K. Jackson and Judge C. B. Teasley.
Publicity committee: Will T. Sheehan,
chairman; R. E. L. Neil, Horace Hood,
L. S. Betty, J. H. Nunnelee and Bruce
Kennedy.
Reception committee: Bibb Graves,
chairman; VV. T. Robertson, R. F. Ligon,
C. P. McIntyre, Leo Strassburger and
Maj. Ben Noble.
Arrangements committee: John H. Wal
lace, Jr., chairman; Tyler Goodwyii,
Lucien Loeb, Dr. George Wheeler and
Frank Kohn.
The general reception committee was
authorized to increase its membership to
600, including prominent citizens from all
parts of Alabama. Among the prominent
citizens who will serve on this committee
are: Former Governors Jelks, Comer and
O'Neal, Lieutenant Governor Kilby, ex
Lieutenant Governors Henry B. Gray, R.
M. Cunningham and Walter D. Seed, Dr.
George H. Denny, president of the Uni
versity of Alabama; Dr. C. C. Thach,
president of the Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute at Auburn, mayors of all tne cities
and towns, and prominent citizens from
all parts of the state.
In announcing the reception and ball,
the general committee particularly em
phasized the fact that all person*.in Ala
bama are invited to attend. The recep
tion is to be a state-wide affair, in which
•11 persons in Alabama are invited to
participate.
Greater Birmingham Will
Celebrate the
Glorious 4th Today at
This Delightful Resort
Fireworks
D isplays
Music Free Acts
Motion Pictures
LYRICvaku^le
Mats.DaiCq 3 ‘Ahafit* 73®.^®?
Special Matinee Today, July 4
Silk American flags to he kHcii away
■a aouveulra. See “The Aiiuht Clerk,"
■ tuaefu! comedy.
Phone M. TM Seats Reserved
NEWSPAPER CLUB
FORMALLY CLOSED
State Banking Department
Directs the Attachment
WAS NOT UNEXPECTED
All Properties of Club Covered in
Attachment—Recent Financial
Depression Cause of the
Club’s Failure
The BirmijiKham Newspaper clui>
closed its doors at a late hour yes
terday afternoon, following the service
of an attachment issued against the
properties of the organization by the
sheriff.
The attachment was secured in the
name of the Jefferson Realty and
building company, the owners of the
Jefferson County bank building, which
is the holding company formed by the
Jefferson County bank which failed
some months ago.
The attachment was secured under
direction of the state banking depart
ment, which is in charge of the liqui
dation of the bank’s affairs, and which
holds bonds and mortgages of the
building company for several hundred
thousands of dollars due the bank. The
club owed the building company a con
siderable sum for past due rent.
All the puberties of the club, in
cluding the furniture and fixtures, esti
mated at many thousands of dollars,
were covered in the attachment and
as soon as the doors were closed,
shortly before 6 o’clock last nignt, the
work of taking an inventory was be
gun.
The attachment of the club’s property
and the closing up of the organization
yesterday caused little surprise, as such
action has been anticipated for some
days, following the failure of the efforts
of the reorganization committee to place
the institution on a sound financial basis.
The financial depression which decreased
the income of the club for sometime
past, and the loss in revenue due to re
tirement of many members, contributed
to the failure of the club. The failure
of the Jefferson County bank, which had
assisted in financing the organization, is
also said to have played a considerable
part in bringing about the end of the
club.
The Birmingham Newspaper club was
opened in February, 1914, and was con
sidered one of the finest downtown clubs
in the United States. Situated on the top
floors of the Jefferson County bank build
ing. the tallest structure in the south,
and one of the finest buildings in the
country, it was considered one of the
showr places of Birmingham. Its furnish
ings w’ere exceptionally luxurious and for
sometime it enjoyed a splendid patronage
from the leading men of Birmingham and
over the state. When it was opened, the
magazines and newspapers of the country
hailed it as one of the greatest clubs of
its kind in America and Birmingham was
very favorably advertised from the pos
session of such an institution.
HETTIE GREEN IS
DEAD AFTER LONG
FINANCIAL CAREER
(Continued from Fasre One)
all of her financial affairs to her son’s
charge.
FORTUNE NOT ESTIMATED
Wall street's intimates of Mrs. Green’s
fortune ranged from $20,000,000 to $100,000,
000. Officials of the Chemical National
bank in which Mrs. Green once made her
downtown headquarters, declined to
hazard a guess concerning the size of
her estate.
Until a few years ago Mrs. Green was
a familiar figure in the financial dis
trict, but latterly her appearance there
had been very infrequent. It is believed
that a considerable part of her money
was invested in first mortgage and high
class railway bonds, although she was
said at one time to have large sums in
vested in shares of the smaller south
western railroads, including several in
which her son was actively identified.
MANY WILL BENEFIT
Mrs. Green was also the reputed owner
of large tracts of land in Texas, Ala
bama and other southern states, but it is
believed that she sold the last of these
holdings a few years ago.
Both Mrs. Wilks and Colonel Green
were at their mother’s bedside when she
died. Notwithstanding that she had suf
fered paralytic strokes, the end was
rather sudden for yesterday morning Mrs.
Green seemed in better spirits than for
some time. Last night, however, a grave
relapse occurred and during the night
Mrs. Green became unconscious at inter
vals.
The end came during one of these pe
riods. Mrs. Green’s body will be taken
tomorrow to Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Funeral services will be held there Wed
nesday. Mrs. Green’s son and daughter
will accompany the body.
The death of Mrs. Green will release
for distribution among a large number of
people scattered all over the United States
and abroad a trust fund said to amount
to about $1,500,000. This is the residuary
estate of her aunt, Sylvia Ann Howland,
bequeathed for Hetty Green's life use,
and after her death to be divided among
the lineal descendants of Mrs. Green s
gieat grandfather, Gideon Howland, of
Dartmouth, Mass. The clause in the will
provides that “if all the lineal descend
ants then living are in the same degree
of kindred to the said Gideon Howland,
they shall share the estate equally;
otherwise they shall take according to
the right of representation.”
Gideon Howland was born in 17.14, and
died in 1823, and inasmuch as descendants
of eleven of his children are living, some
in the sixth generation, they probably
constitute a small army. Some of the
heirs inter-married and their children will
inherit doubly, thus adding to the diffi
culties to be encountered by the trustees
ir determining the complete list of those!
entitled to the money. Among the How-1
land descendants was Sylvia Grinnell, of
New York City, who married Admiral
Frttz-Herbert Ruxton, of the British
navy, and her sons have been officers in
Britain’s army and naval forces.
BIG CHICAGO HOLDINGS
Chicago, July 3.—Hetty Green's holdings
of Chicago teal estate and mortgages on
Chicago realty were estimated at from
$10,GOO,COO to $20,000,000 by real estate men
today. A few years ago Mrs. Green exe
cuted a 99-yea -lease on property at the
southwest corner of Monroe ami Deat horn
streets at an annual rental of $60,000. She
owned several other pieces of downtown
real estate. Recently she disposed of a
parcel of suburban real estate for $750,
000.
Weather Forecast
Washington, July 3.—Forecast for Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi: Local thun
dershowers Tuesday and probably
Wednesday.
Florida: Showers Tuesday and probably
Wednesday.
Tennessee: Unsettled and warm Tues
day and Wednesday, with occasional
thundershowers.
Local Data
For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m., July j
3. 1916:
Highest temperature . 90
Lowest temperature . 70
Mean temperature . SO
Normal temperature . 79
Deficiency in temperature since Jan. 1 91
Rainfall .-5
Total rainfall since Jan. 1.21.90
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. 1.5.17
Relative humidity, 7 a. m. 85
2 p. .. 79
7 p. .. 83
Weather Conditions
Summary of observations made at Unit
ed States weather bureau stations dur
ing the 24 hours ending at 8 p. m., 75th
meridian time. July 3. 1916:
Stations and
Weather at 8 p. m.
Atlanta, cloudy . 80
Baltimore, cloudy
82
Birmingham, cloudy ... 76
Boston, cloudy . 66
Buffalo, pt. cloudy ... 66
Calgary, cloudy . 60
Charleston, cloudly ... 82
Chicago, cloudy . 64
Denver, cloudy . 86
Des Moines, pt. cldy— 84
Duluth, clear . 64
Fort Worth, pt. cldy. . 94
Galveston, clear . 82
Hatteras, clear . 78
Jacksonville, pt. cldy.. 80
Kansas City, clear.... 90
Knoxville, cloudy . 74
Memphis, cloudy -88
Minneapolis, clear. 76
Mobile, partly cloudy... 82
Montgomery, cloudy ... 78
Nashville, cloudy . 74
New Orleans, cloudy.. 82
New York, cloudy . 74
Oklahoma, clear . 88
Omaha, clear . 90
Phoenix, clear . 100
Pittsburg, cloudy . 64
Raleigh, clear . 78
San Antonio, clear ... 82
San Francisco, clear.. 74
Spokane, cloudy . 68
Shreveport, cloudy . 80
St. Louis, cloudy . 76
Toledo, partly cloudy . 74
Tampa, rain . 78
Vicksburg, cloudy. 76
Washington, pt. cldy. 78
Winnipeg, clear . 84
E. C. HORTON, Local
88
90
80
66
88
72
90
90
68
96
88
81
88
92
88
92
80
80
92
92
90
.80
92
94
104
74
88
94
78
68
94
94
76
88
90
86
84
70
64
60
66
72
54
86
76
76
76
70
76
74
74
78
64
72
66
64
70
74
56
52
74
80
60
70
58
Forecaster
18
18
MONTHS OF ACTIVE
SERVICE AWAITING
MILITIA ON BORDER
(Continued from Pnge One)
course might have on General Car
ranza's suspicions as to the real pur
poses of the American government. The
expedition, without a general officer
in command, would lose something of
its significance in military eyes, it is
said, and be viewed as nothing more
than the policing force it was designed
to be. Some officials believe this
might not be lost upon General Car
ranza and would tend to bear out the
assertions of the Washington govern
ment that its troops be withdrawn from
Mexico as soon as the danger of ban
dit raids across the border had been
ended.
Submission of the dual command pro
posed to General Pershing, however, was
viewed here as confirming the often
reiterated statement that President Wil
son is not now considering withdrawal
Qf the expedition from Mexico. Final de
cision as to what course will await the
reply to Secretary Lansing’s note demand
ing that General Carranza explain his
hostile orders to his troops in the vi
cinity of the expeditionary columns.
It can be stated on the highest au
thority that General Pershing’s orders
have not been changed in any respect,
and that the shortening of his line was
made necessary by purely military ques
tions of supply and defense, determined
by himself and General Funston without
reference to Washington. Complete lack
of any local supplies of forage as well
as the apparent imminence of a Mexican
attack in force, led General Pershing to
order his men northward.
Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador
designate, pointed out today that the
movement of the American troops toward
the border had created a good impres
ion in Mexico City. He was hopeful
that the differences between the two gov
ernments would be adjusted amicably. As
supporting the declarations of his gov
ernment that it was taking all possible
steps to stop bandit operations in the
border region, Mr. Arredondo said that as
rapidly as General* Pershing's men had
moved northward, Mexican ’troops had
taken their places and a strict police
control of the territory had been main
tained.
OBJECT ALMOST ACCOMPLISHED
* This situation already had presented it
self to state department officials. While
the hostile utterances and orders of the
de facto government have brought about
a crisis, the object which the Washing
ton government has consistently sought,
it was pointed out, seems in a fair way
toward being accomplished.
There never has been any purpose, it
was said, but to withdraw completely
from Mexico when the de facto govern
ment showed I he willingness and ability
to furnish adequate military protection
to the border region. That now is being I
given, apparently, in the sections from I
which General Pershing has withdrawn, |
although it also has appeared that the
Mexican troops are being disposed for
the primary purpose of making a display
of force against any southern movement
by the Americans.
It is not known whether this aspect of
the situation has been called to President
Wilson's attention, or whether it may be
regarded as justifying further retirement
toward the border. Up to this time, how
ever, there has been no change in policy
and no movements ordered by General
Pershing have been made with any other
than military objects.
The state department had no advices
I today regarding the probable dato when
! a reply to the demand presented more
than a week ago might be received. Mr.
Arredondo also professed ignorance of
his government's plans. The latest inti
mation reaching the state department was
that the Mexican note would be transmit
ted through the embassy‘s although the
ambassador felt certain it would come
through Special Agent Rodgers at Mex
ico City. Mr. Arredondo emphatically
denied suggestions that the communica
tion already had reached him and was
being held up for telegraphic instruc
tions to deliver it. That was the course
pursued with the long demand for with
drawal of American troops sent several
weeks ago, which was brought by mes
senger from Mexico City,.
Public Service Commission
Rules Against the B.
R., L. & P. Co.
Montgomery, July 3.—(Special.)—The
state public service commission today de
clined to authorize new published tariffs
of the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company, fixing 25 cents as a
minimum charge on all packages hauled
by the company. The minimum charge
heretofore has been 10 cents.
Merchants of Birmingham entered a
vigorous protest against the new tariff,
which was claimed to be discriminatory.
The commission declined to authorize
the proposed increase.
The greater part of the day was con
sumed in the hearing of the Birming
ham Packing company switching case,
which was brought by the company
against the Belt Line and the various
railroads operating in the Birmingham
district. The packing company is seek
ing a reduction in switching charges from
$5 to |2.
C. H. Ungerman, president of the pack
ing company, was on the stand during the
afternoon. The various railroads were
represented by their representatives at
Birmingham. The hearing will continue
tomorrow.
The commission declined to authorize
the sale of the Jasper Light and Water
Pow'er company to the Alabama Power
company on the ground that permission
for the sale had not been obtained from
the city authorities.
The commission authorized the sale of
the Lineville Light company to the Ala
bama Power company, necessary papers
in the case having been completed and
submitted to the commission in regular
order.
GERMANS FIRE BUT
ONE SHOT TO FIVE
Are Apparently Not as Well Prepared
to Resist Allied Thrust as They
Hare Been in Previous Battles
Paris, July 3.—The desperateness of the
struggle along the front of the entente
offensive in northern France is shown in
the progress made through what the of
ficial bulletins describe as the "line.”
This designation does not refer to a single
line, but to the important first position
defenses from a half-mile to a mile deep,
comprising an intricate system of trenches
called a labyinth, connected with ad
vanced posts heavily armored with con
crete, in which machine guns are in
stalled; while in the trenches themselves
are armored turrets protecting other ma
chine guns.
The second and third lines of the gen
eral defensive works of the Germans on
the western front are equally important
and similarly intricate- All three lines
must be pierced by the allies before their
desire to force the Germans to a battle
in the open can be realized. In the bat
tles of Arras and the Champagne the
French attacked the second line without
sufficient artillery preparation. The er
ror was hot repeated in the present case.
The accumulation of munitions behind
the allied front is prodigious, *$hile the
Germans stock is apparently less plenti
ful. as their reply is in the proportion
of one shot for five. This leads to the
impression among observers that their ex
tended front is not as well equipped or
manned as in previous battles.
The fighting about Verdun centers chief
ly upon the Damloup works which have
changed hands twice within the past 24
hours, the Germans first taking them
and the French recapturing them as a
result of a desperate counter attack.
MILLS AND FIVE
REGULAR COLONELS
SECURE PROMOTION
(Continued from Page One)
served as president of the army wa^kol
lege. He became chief of the militia di
vision in September, 1912, and In that
capacity has had active charge of the
National Guard mobilization now in prog
ress.
Colonel Morton returned to the United
States last month after a two years’ de
tail in the canal zone. He entered the
service in 1879. During the Spanish war
he was assigned to duty with National
Guard units of the east and south, but
fought with his regiment in the Philip
pines during the uprising of 1900. Colonel
Adams, long recognized as an artillery
expert, at present is at Fort Sill, Okla.
His service dates frorp 187(5 and he will be
retired next September.
Colone1 Dodd, now on duty in Mexico,
attraoted wide attention by his cavalry
dash at Guerrero last March, when he
went into a successful action against a
superior force of bandits after a ride of
55 miles in 17 hours. He *on promo
tions for gallantry at Santiago and in the
Philippines. He is 63 years old and re
tires July 26 next.
During his 39 years of service Colonel
Plummer has filled many assignments
throughout the west. He was recom
mended for promotion for bravery at
Santiago and saw service in the Philip
pine campaign and the Vera Cruz expe
dition. He is now on the Mexican bolder.
Colonel Townsley has just completed
four years' duty as superintendent of the
West Point Military academy and is on
leave. Both he and Colone1 Plummer re
tire in September, 1919.
To Build Army Hospital
Brownsville, Tex., July 3. —Contracts
were awarded today for the construction
here of an army hospital to cost $20,000.
WHAT rft '
WILL m
TO
PARROT I
SAY?- /
NEWS OF ENSLEY
An enthusiastic and well attended
meeting of the Ensley lodge No. 987,
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
was held last night in the parlor of
the home on Avenue D. The principal
topic of the meeting was about repair
ing the hall, which was badly damaged
by fire Sunday morning. The execu
tive board of the lodge reported that
they had taken the matter up with
the insurance companies and It is
thought that all adjustments woijld be
completed by Thursday. It is the plan
of the club to begin work immedi
ately on rebuilding their hall.
Lawrence H. Pennington, exalted
ruler of the lodge, stated that the dam
ages would amount to about $2500, as
the stage and lodge room would prac
tically have to be rebuilt and the hail
refurnished and that the walls of the
entire upper floor were damaged by
smoke and the plastering on r.be first
floor in the clubroom. dining room,
kitchen and anterooms were water
soaked and broken. The ladies’ parlor
and the gentlemen’s reading room were
uninjured, but some of the furnishing
of these rooms are damaged from be
ing moved out.
About 15 members of the local lodge
have organized a Baltimore club for
the purpose of attending the national
convention, which will be held in that
city next week. The party will leave
Ensley next Sunday morning. The
members of the club will have pri
vate headquarters in Baltimore, due to
the courtesy of Nelson Thomas, who has
a residence in that city, and has of
fered it to the Ensley members. Sev
eral other matters were taken up and
the business meeting adjourned.
Funeral services over the remains of
D. F. Carmichael, aged 71 years, who
died at a local infirmary Saturday
night, were conducted from the San
dusky Methodist church yesterday aft
ernoon with the Rev. J. T. Miller of
ficiating. The deceased is survived
by his wife, three sons. J. F. Carmi
chael, TV. A. Carmichael and McCoy
Carmichael; two daughters, Mrs. A. D.
Cork and Mrs. J. T. Cork; and two
brothers. W. B. Carmichael of Besse
mer and S. A. Carmichael of Shorn
Creek. Mr. Carmichael was a member
of Camp TVilcox, United Confederate
Veterans, and a member of the Im
proved Order of Red Men.
The regular meeting of the Epsley
hive No. 14, Ladies of the Maccabees,
will not meet today as was announced.
The next meeting will be held on
July IS.
The regular meeting of the Ensley
club will be held tonight in the in
ferior courtroom beginning at 8 o’clock.
President D. M. Lewis, when seen yes
terday afternoon, stated that the meet
ing would be held tonight, despite the
fact that today is a holiday. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
L. Meahl left yesterday afternoon on
a business trip to Cincinnati and east
ern points.
MACHINE GUN PLAYS
AN IMPORTANT PART
(Continued from Pape One)
moment a position is occupied they em
place them.
All reports from those engaged in the
fighting agree that barbed wire entangle
ments, however strong, have been, invar
iably well cut and there is universal
praise for the new mortar, the invention
of a government civil engineer in Egypt,
which the British have manufactured in
large numbers.
But frequently the deep German dug
outs instead of being rallying points, be
come traps, with the occupants either
surrendering or being blown up by bombs
thrown into the entrance when they re
fuse to surrender.
The gunners, after their week’s bom
bardment, know no cessation in their toil.
Where the British advance they must
move their guns forward to new positions
for the next stage in the attack.- When
they have a recess in the firing they fall
asleep amid the thundering of the neigh
boring batteries, unless they have to work
on new dugouts.
The aviator's part has never been so
daring, so thrilling as during this battle.
One of them, in a small, fast, single-man
machine, though the usual altitude kept
over the enemy lines these days is from
10,000 to 20,000 feet, descended as low as
500 feet during the battle, and was able
to indentify the khaki of the British and
the green of the Germans as they
struggled for the possesion of a trench.
He sent a wireless message back to army
headquarters of the exact situation, the
promptness of such information being in
valuable. He returned with 40 bullet
holes in his planes and himself uninjured.
The percentage Qf dead to wounded is
smaller than usual in trench fighting.
Many light wounds have been received
from shrapnel and rifle and machine gun
fire, but the good weather and excellent
physical condition of the men mean quick
recovery.
There are plenty of examples of Eng
lish plegmatic temperament. One gun
ner, lifted into the air by the concussion
of a shell, said after he came down: “I
wish they had provided cushions.”
A corps commander, after all commands
were complete for the attack at 7:30
o'clock in the morning, said before lying
down to sleep: ‘‘Wake me at 7:45; the
first reports will be in by then.”
GUARDSMEN HUNGRY
ON WAY TO FRONT
Kansas City, July 3.—Lieut.-Col. Charles
P. Hunt, commanding the First regiment,
Pennsylvania' National Guard, who
reached Kansas City today, appealed to
Mwor Edwards to supply his men with
food. He declared they had been practi
cally on half rations since leaving home
F ft day and since yesterday had been
almost without food. Mayor Edwards and
others arranged to supply' the troops with
sufficient rations for their trip to El
Paso.
MOBILEWILL PARADE
FOR PREPAREDNESS
Mobile, Ala.. July 3.—The general com
mittee in charge of Mobile's preparedness
parade tonight estimated there will be
something over 13,000 marchers In line
tomorrow. The parade has been planned
or. most elaborate scale and is the biggest
public demonstration of any character
staged In Mobile. The parade begins at
8:30 a. m.
Jap Diplomat Advanced
Tokio. July 3.—Baron Gonsuke Hayashi,
Japanese ambassador to Italy, has been
selected as minister to China, succeeding
Eld Hioki.
Baron Hayashi is one of the ablest Jap
anese diplomats and this choice for the
post, at Peking indicates the increasing
importance which Japan attaches to it.
Greek Letter Women Meet
Waupaca, Wis., July 3.—Leading col
leges and universities in the United States
are represented at the national conven
tion of Phi Mu, Greek U ter fraternity
for a omen, in session here voday. NelUpj
S. Hart of New Orleans was-elected pres-1
idenk
CAPT. ANDERSON TO
ON THIRD BATTERY
Entire Battalion of Artillery
Wanted From Birming
ham—Will Accept Re
cruits Today
The work of recruiting men for the
formation of a third battery of field
artillery in Birmingham will begin this
morning when Capt. Ed L*. Anderson,
acting under orders from Adjutant
General G. J. Hubbard, opens an office
for enlisting men at the city hall. It is
planned to have a compete battalion
of artillery from Alabama, and the
third company to be formed is neces
sary for that reason. One hundred and
seventy-five men will be needed and
it is announced that they will be sup
plied with all the neccessary equip
ment at Montgomery just as soon as
they can be enlisted.
Birmingham now has two batteries
of field artillery, Batteries A and C,
these being the only ones in the state.
The war department desired that this
state furnish an entire battalion, and
it was decided by the adjutant general
that the best inerests of the service
would be subserved by having all the
units come from this city. New Orleans,
it is stated, is the only other southern
city which wdll offer the government a
complete battalion.of artillery.
With only the two batteries, the
Alabama artillery organizations would
have to be combined, in case of active
service, with some battery from other
states and it is possible that the com
mand would be placed in the hands of
officers from elsewhere. For the good
of the service it was decided to have
the entire organization made up from
this state, and despite the offers of
other cities to provide the third bat
tery, the claims of Birmingham were
considered an outweighing the requests
made from other parts of the state.
Captain Anderson is an experienced
artillery officer, having served in that
branch of the service for some years
and now being an the retired list. He
was called back into the service a day
or two ago and was commissioned by
the adjutant general to organize the
third battery. He will be assisted in the
recruiting and formation of the bat
tery by Capt. Frank Flinn, who was for
sometime in command of Battery A.
The new battery will be known as Bat
tery B. Captain Anderson stated yes
terday that he already had a consid
erable list of eligible men who de
sired to enlist in the organization. It
is planned to complete the necessary
enlistments by Saturday as the war
department is said to be anxious to get
all the artillery battalions possible on
the border at once. Actual service is
said to be assured for all the artillery
organizations regardless of what changes
in the Mexican situation may come in
the near future.
Says He Will Be as “Pains
taking” as a Lawyer
in a Suit
Bridgehampton, N. Y., July 3.—Charles
E. Hughes today began a careful detailed
study of all phases of the approaching
campaign-a task which will engross his
entire attention during the rest of his
stay here. For more than a month he
expects to do little else than study and
equip himself to discuss in detail all is
sues of the campaign.
He told callers today that he expected
to prepare what he termed “the case
of the republican party against Woodrow
Wilson, with the painstaking care that
a lawyer devotes to an all important
suit.”
Mr. Hughes came out in the afternoon
long enough to pose for moving picture
men designated by the national chairman
to make official pictures.
McGregor to Be Honored
Davenport, la., July 3.—Capt. J. C. Mc-J
Gregor of the Iowa National Guard, who
encouraged members of his command to
take the federal oath after they had first
refused, will be welcomed back to West
Branch, la.,4iis home, “with open arms, '
a statement issued by the West Branch
Commercial club said today.
A recent message warning Captain Mc
Grogor not to return, as “he was taking
our boys off to war,” was sent by an un
patriotic individual, the statement said.
Younger Hill Administrator
St. Paul, Minn., July 3.—Louis wl Hill,
president of the Great Northern railroad,
today was appointed administrator of the
estate of his father, the late James J.
Hill. The value of the estate Mr. Hill
said, is considerably In excess of the $10.
350,000 estimate made in the ordinal peti
tion. *
Trade
Early
Today
As we close at noon for
usual 4th of July half
holiday.
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“THE BIG ALABAMA
HOUSE
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Printers
Binders
Lithographers
Stationers
Engravers and
Office Outfitters
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GIGANTIC PARADE
BY STATE TROOPS
Montgomery to See Soldiers
March in Celebration of
Independence Day
Montgomery, July 3.—(Special.)—All
plans have been completed for the mili
tary parade here tomorrow, when the
three regiments of the Alabama National
Guard, now a unit of the United States
army, will pass in review before Gover
nor Henderson and his staft, members of
the city commission, and thousands of
(citizens and spectators gathered here
from all paTts of the state.
The parade will be on the most gigantic
and magnificent scale ever attempted in
Montgomery since the Civil war. The
parade will form at 1 o’clock at the in
tersection of Commerce and Tallapoosa
streets. The parade will then move south
on Commerce street to Dexter avenue,
and thence up Dexter avenue to the Capi
tol, where Governor Henderson and his
staff, accompanied by Mayor W. T. Rob
ertson and other city commissioners will
review the troops. After the review the
parade will move from the capitol to
Bainbridge street, north to Madison ave
nue and out that thoroughfare to Capitol
Heights and thence along the upper We
tumpka road to the encampment grounds.
The parade will be headed by a platoon
of mounted police, lead by Capt. James S.
Parrish, chairman of the parade commit
tee. Gen. Charles R. Bricken, com
mander of the brigade, will head the
troops.
The officers in charge of the brigade
and each regiment are: Gen. Charles R.
Bricken, brigade commander; Gen. G. J.
i Hubbard, adjutant general; Co. E. H.
Graves, commander of the Fourth regi
ment; Lieut.-Col. W. P Screws, United
States army, lieutenant-colonel Fourth
regiment; Co. W. F. Weiss, commander
of the Second regiment; Lieut. Col. Allan
Crenshaw, lieutenant colonel Second regi
ment; Col. F. M. Maddox, commander of
the First regiment, with Col. H. N. Cole
man. General Bricken will be accompa
nied by his staff.
The parade tomorrow will serve a two
fold purpose. First, it will be in celebra
tions of the Fourth of July, and, second,
it wnl give the people of Alabama an op
| portunity to see the state troops in line
I before they are ordered to Mexico. Re
[ ports received in Montgomery indicate
that people will come here from all parts
of the state to witness the parade and to
greet their soldier friends. Fifty thousand
people probably will witness the parade.
Montgomery is gaily decorated for the
Fouth of July celebration and parade.
All business houses are festive in colors,
bunting and flags, and nearly all the resi
dences have hung out flags in honor of
the day. The capitol is decorated on a
magnificent scale.
The day promises to he one of the most
notable in the history of Montgomery, and
all citizens, from the humblest to the
greatest, are looking forward to the mam
mouth celebration.
Picking the Winners
T. R. Weaver, manager of the Guar
antee Shoe company, is now in the cast
visiting the big shoe manufactur
ing centers.
He was fortunate in placing large
contracts before the big advance in the
price of leather, thereby giving his
firm an unusual advantage in selling
shoes at practically old prices. His trip
now is to decide how he wants them
made.
Mr. Weaver has a way of waiting
until late before giving his specifica
tions on fall shoes and the Birming
ham ladies are insured the very new
est creations in styles the same as ap
pear on Broadway and Fifth avenue.
A look in the handsome show windows
of the Guarantee Shoe company will
convince the most fastidious dressers
that as a style picker he can’t be beat.
—Adv.
ATThl
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MAJESTIC THEATRE
THEDA BARA in “The Eternal Sapho”
A Gripping Story of Modern Life
“The Society Mix-Up”
Loueaome Luke in Funnier Thun Ever iu Thlu ltIp-RoarIng Comedy.
Admission 10c
Mentone Springs Hotel 1
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