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1 1 THE BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 3 7CSW JUDGE GRUBB IS TO DECIDE WHO CONTROLS STATE OF YUCATAN, Mexican Muddle Is Aired Before Federal Judge Here When Agents of Carranza and Villa Seek Possession of the Ysidoro. THEATER WILL BE HANDSOMEST. HOUSE IN ENTIRE SOUTH DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO. LOVERS OF SILENT DRAMA ll THEATER IS SIGHED SATURDAY No Funds to Cover Prima Facie Evidence of Intent to Defraud. r-W mmm ewest Photoplay House Will Be Under Managers of the Odeon Two.

1 ter being appointed to ths place. Re took with him $2,000,000, and (tarried 11 away In the "Yaldoro At Havanna. he left the boat. Then a Villa agent took of It, and took it to Pensacola to ship ammunition. While at Pensacola, the bogl W'a libeled by order of Salvador Alvarado, Governor of Yucatan under arranea.

The libel resulted tn the hearing Saturday before Judge Grubb. The case would under ordinary conditions have come before Federal Judge William Shepheid, of Ponsubk, but as thl Judge Is away on hie vacation, the Qtiet-tlon was argued before Judge Grubb, Mr Villacicnclo testified that he wa the official representative of the Carranza pnrtv, and that the boat In Question was the property of Yucatan, which Is under turn nan, rule. The testimony of Mr. Oarza wa to the effei that Salvador Alvarado, the Governor of Yucatan, wa appointed by Uftrmnxn Judge Grubb said that the whole question, then, wus whether Salvador AUnrado who lllwltd the boat wa the authorized leprosentatlve of Carranza He gave the council for th libellant until Wednesday to produce priwf that Salvador Alvnrdo Is the authorized Governor of urntaii under Carranza rule The ttro Mexhan representatives left for New Orleans baimjiAj night. Each expressed belief that Ute war In Mexico would be finally settled within few months Who control th 8tal of Yucatan? Federal Judge W.

I Grubb ha taken the matter under advisement and will give the Corransa fketion until Wedimeday to prove that Salvador Alvarado la The Issue grew out of a hearing Saturday afternoon before Judge Grubb In which two agent of Villa and Car-ransa each gave testimony to prov that hi party was the rightful owner of the schooner Ysldoro, whlth was libelled in Pensacola by order of F. Vlllaclencio, New Orleans consul for the Carranza party. I Tonge, of Pensacola, argued for th Villa consul and bcott I-oftin, also of Pensacola, was counsel for Mr VaUarienrto Bom read passages of law to Judge Orubb Intend ng to show ths conduct of ths United States In former affairs where two foreign ilaimants brought their Issue to the United States The history of the "5sldoro a brought out at the hearing would furnish material for a tale of adventure Mr. allariencio testified that the schooner, which Is of 6od ton capacltv, really belonged to the State Yucatan, ami that it had been unlawfully seised agents of Villa. He said that Ordlx Arguments, a governor of Yucatan appointed bv Carranss, left the countr 48 hours af- ceockettIMIts' FALSE PRETENSES CHARGED TO HIM Detectives State He Charged White Lead to Glee-Cola Co.

MUNTBOMERI, Ala, SepL 4 8ps-WTien Governor Henderson signed the bad check" bill Saturday tt put info effect the hew la enacted by the present Legislature making It prims fcle evidence of Intent to defraud to cash a check when there are no funds tn the bank to protect it. The bill was drawn at the Instance of the Alabama Hote Men's Association, who received tne cooperation of the merchants associations of the State In the efforts to have the bill adopted. It Is exhaustive and hotel men and merchants believe it will serve as a great protection for them. The pen-ait) provided mav be as much as a thousand dollar fine and a hard labor sentence of six month. The actNread Section t.

He it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama that any person who, with intent to defraud, shall obtain any mone, merchandise property, or thin; of value, though no express represents- tlon Is made In reference thereto, or who. with such intent, in the pav ment id any obligation, shall make, draw, utter or deliver anv check, draft, or order for the payment of money, upon anv bank depositor person, firm or corporation, knowing at the time of sue making, drawing, uttering, or delivery that the maker or drawer has not suffh lent fund In or credit witn stuh hank, depositor), person, firm or corporation for the payment In full of such check, draft or order, upon Its due presentation, Bhall be deemed gulltw it a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and mar elso be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not longer than six months he tlon 2 That the making, drawing, uttering or delivery of any such check diaft or order, upon which pament is refused on due presentation because ot lack of funds, shall be deemed prtnix facie evidence of Intent to defraud, within the meaning of Section 1 of tin avt The word "credit' as herein used shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank, depotorj, person, firm or corporation for the pajment of smh check, draft or order. pan on the telephone a week ago, telling the clerk he was the proprietor of the Glee-Cola Uompunv and wished to huv 1 pounds of while lead The had the load dIivcred to the designated residence, and there, It 1 i la lined Crot kett receipted for it. A statement was later sent to the Glee-Cola Companv for the prhe of the lead, hut the company denied ever having ordered It Again Saturda, the de-tei tives allege Proikett Ailed the company and ordered another 100 pounds Thl time however, the oltv detectives were notified, and after the order had hen Blgntd ami the lead was delivered Crockett was aireted Us broke down, and later nmfessed he was getting tho lead and selling it to Knxolo A VERY DETERmTnED WOMAN. Those Is a woman in tho Potato Hill neighborhood who throws brhks at herself and then accuses her husband of doing It, relates E.

HHe The woman told around that her husband abused her and threw brh ks at her, hut It la now Inown that It Is the wife, and not (he husband, who Is in the wrong Bhu its on her front port at ntght, and quarrels with herself until 11 clock, to hear the row, one would think all the neighbors were engaged, but the woman is doing ft all heiself, her hesband anl children being in the house, and asleep. Ktyisaa City Star. The handsomest photoplay theater in the South will become a reality Thursday when the Strand Theater, Birmingham's newest amusement house, opens Its doors to the public. After Several months of preparation, (the new theater is practically Completed and the workmen are putting the finishing touches to the building now. Rven though Incomplpt as It stands, thara la no question of the beauty of Vha Baer home of the motion picture In Hlrmlngham.

The mural deoo rations have been completed, and the opera 'chair and organ are now being installed. The Strand, aside from lta harmonious deooratlve scheme, Is one of 'the largest motion picture theaters in the South, built expressly for the purpose of showing photoplays and without 'provision for any other attraction. A site, 60 by 140 feet at 1913-1915 Second Avenue Is used for the new theater. A building About Jhe height of an ordinary three-story structure has been "erected, and from floor to roof there la BO break except at the front, where the projecting room end the offices of the company are situated. The seating pace la 60 by about 140 feet, and on each aide 1s a row of handsomely designed boxes The front of the building is a distinctive architectural addition to Second Avenue.

Ornamental tapestry brick Is employed, and a handsome steel and art glass marquis extends out over tho walk. The lobby Is about 20 feet wide and 30 feet deep, flanked on each side by stores. 4 The lobby Is finished In terra cotta stained a tan which shades Into a deep brown. Grecian designs were used In making the decorations, and they give an air of dignity. The walls are stained a brown with a conventional stencil de-Ign.

The box office Is at the right of the lobby, and is finished In marble and plate glass The lobby broadens out Into a foyer about eight feet broad, extending across the entire width of the theater. At each end of the foyer is an ornamental Wrought Iron staircase leading up to the rows of boxes Ascent is gradual, and the staircases are to be In harmony with the mural decorations. From tli foyer the seats sweep down to the organ and orchestra pit. There are four aisles leading down through the seats There Is an aisle on each side down under the boxes, ending In an exit to the alley. Two ending in an exit to the alley two Upper let i.

S. Abernethy, head of the Strand Amusement Company, and the man who sees a dream fulfilled in his new theater. Upper right, front view of the new Strand Theater, which has a seating capacity ot 900, and is the largest and handsomest theater in the South devoted exclusively to the exhibition of motion pictures. It is the last word in photoplay theater construction, and represents an investment of almost $50,000. The workmen are seen putting the finishing touches in time for the pening Thursday.

Lower left, view of one row of boxes, showing how well they are elevated above the seats, and are stepped down sdthat each box 1 an unobstructed view of the' screen. The heavy beamed ceiling is shown. The picture is taken facing the entrance. Lower right, John Kalman, one of Mr. Abemethys most active associates In the new amusement enterprise.

concrete form. They are supported by' hollow Bteel columns, and open on to a separate aisle. They are so arranged that they do not project out over the seats on the main floor, the space under them being utilized for aisles. The masks of the old Grecian Theater form a decorative motif on the sides of the boxes, with harmonious scroll designs Like the walls of the theater they are stained a soft tan, which shades off to a deeper brown. Tan and brown are the colors used on the walla, and conventional stencil designs break the lofty sweep of the high side walls.

The roof carries heavy beams of concrete, plaster-covered, dividing the celling Into panels. These panels are of tan with designs In pale giving the effect of When 1V pounds of white lead was delivered to a house at Vvwnuo and Twenty-Ninth Stieet tho Acme White Lead Company Saturday evening John Crockett, a neat-appearing voung man was arrested bv iHMectlve Williams and WoKer on two tharges of obtaining goods by false pretense. Following the arrest, the detectives said the man had worked a clever scheme on the compan) in obtaining the lead, giving his name as the proptletoi of the Glee-Cola Company, end having the account charged to the cola company. When Croi kett confessed, Joe Farelo, proprietor of a store at Avenue and Twenty-Eighth Street, was arrested on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property. It alleged In Crockett confession the lead was sold to Farelo.

Crockett, It is claimed, called the com- She Am I fhe onl girl jou ever loved He Of course you are not Do you tnlnk I would have the effrontery to offer a girl of our discrimination perfectly untried affections Richmond Times-Despatch OPENED AT Y.M.C.A. BETTER BABY CONTEST AT STATE FAIR WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER i ii Mrs. John B. Reid, Manager of the Womens Department of State Fair, Expects 1,500 Entries for Prize Of- fered by The Birmingham News. Hew Discovery Dodsons Liver Tone Acts Like Calomel Bui Doesnt Gripe, Salivate or Make You Sick Dont Lose a Days Work Harmless Liver Medicine for Men, Children Read Guarantee! The Peddingbaus Studio has agreed to make all these photographs without charge.

Ben M. Jacobs has been made official weigher of tbe contesting babies, and before the time for Judging, every contestant must weighed at Ben Jacobs and Broa Ten physicians of Blr mlngham, consisting principally of those who have specialised in treating babies, will be the Judges of the contest, and the following potrtts will be considered In mak.ng the awards: Expression, intelligence, attention, height, weight, chest, head, disposition, general condition? symmetry and trac- tability. In addition to the prize of $30 which was donated by The Birmingham News, the Tiaders jtonal Back gave $10. and the following well known bachelors of Birmingham $3 each, Barr, Er-sklne Ramsay, John Leedy and Murray Brown. The BirmirHgMvm New Better Baby Contest, one of the moat successful features In connection with the Alabama State Fair last year, will eclipse Its former record, In the opinion of Mrs.

John Reid, manager of the Woman's Department, who is in charge of the baby contest. One thousand babies, comprising the finest specimens of Alabama future manhood and womanhood, were entered in the contest last year, but nothing short of 1,500 will satisfy Mrs Reid this jear. Mr has arranged with Ped-dinghaus Studio to take the photograph of each baby entered, and already a large number have availed themselves of this offering The time for entering the babies expires September 12, and every ond contemplating entering a baby in the contest Is urged to have the protograph made within the coming week. Will Be Conducted at Night as Branch of Institutions Work. IN CHARGE OF MITCHELL Birmingnam is to have a law school at the Young Men's Christian Association building and under the auspices of the C.

A. AJtnough plans are not et complete, some of the instructors have been selected. The law school will be conducted as a branch of the Y. M. C.

A. Institute. It will be for the benefit of those men who axe unable to enter universities and for others who would like to prepare for the profession without devoting 'to their training the three ears time required by law schools of the first rank. As most of those who a ill take the law course are young men engaged in other work during the day, the law classes will be held at nlght. The C.

A.s Institute ran successfully last year under the direction of R. Mitchelt Among the law Instructors already secured are D. Townsend, Fisk, and R. L. Lange, all ot them members of the local bar, Mr Townsend also is a member of the New York bar, and he and Mr.

Fisk are graduates of Columbia University. Mr Lange studied law at Oxford. England The "case book' system is used at Harvard, Columbia and other colleges will be used. the theater These aisles also lead to two separate exits. There are two more aisles In the the star, one from earh set of boxes.

Like the other four aisles, these lead into exits, making In all six fire exits in addition to the big lobby. The arrangement ot the aisles was made with a view to the safety as well as the comfort of the patrons of the theater. Seats Latest Type. The seats are the latest type of orchestra chairs They are wide enough to be comfortable, and a space much above the ordinary has been left between the rows of chairs, doing away with the discomfort of having to find a place to put ones knees while watching the picture. The rows of chairs run well down to the front of the theater, but there Is no seat too close to the screen.

The screen itself, of the latest type of ray-absorbing fiber, adapted to cut down all glare and sheen and give depth to the picture at the sums time, is placed so aa to be on an easy line of vision. Just at the base of the sceen is an orchestra pit and the manual for the organ. Above the screen and at the sides the ornamental pipes of the organ have been installed. The screen Itself la of the picture frame variety. A handsome border of plaster In the same Grecian design that characterizes the lobby decorations is UBed.

Tho boxes range down on the same easy slant of the orchestra floor, which gives an unobstructed vision from any one of them. They are circular In form, and of ornamental plaster over steel and Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Its horrible! Take a dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose a days Mork. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking it up.

This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are sluggish and "all knocked out, if your liver is torpid and bowels fonstipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath Is bad or stomach sour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodsons Liver Tone tonight Heres my guarantee Go to any drug store and get a 50-cent bottle of Dodsons Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and if it Joesn1 straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your Dodsons Livci Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick. 1 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to worW. and clean your bowels of that sour bile ju'nd constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable.

I guarantee that a bottle of Dodsons Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your children. It is harmless; doesnt gripe and they like its pleasant taste. Nell Hubbard, first grade, music. Miss Bessie Morgan, high school, principal, R.

Hunt, mathematics and science, H. Owen, history and Latin. Miss Julia Bjron, English and domestic science. Prof Hunt is teaching his third ear In the Cleburne County Hlgn School. First Redskin To Enter Police Court Of London Is Freed LONDON, fcept 4 Chief Francis Tegahmasow, 24, private first Canadian Contingent, has the doubtful honor of being the first real red9kin in history to enter a London police court On leave from the trenches.

Chief Pegahmagow established 9 too close connection with Irish firewater and mauled a cockney woman on Waterloo Road. He was Londons first Indian "drunk and the Judge discharged him i EDUCATIONAL RALLIES IN CLEBURNE HEFLIN, Ala, SepL 4 Special Superintendent of Education B. Bow. man held educational rallies over Cleburne the past week. The following places were visited by the speake-s.

Mars Hill, Abernathy, Ranburn and Chulafmnee. The Heflin school will open Monday, September 6. The faculty of the public school Is J. G. Madly, Principal, sixth and seventh grades, Miss Bonnie Morris, fourth and fifth grades.

Mis. A Owens, second and third grades. Miss "sky Vh entire coloring is beau- other aisles lead Into the mam body of and yre8tful. Increased Comfort. This much for the decorat he air of the Strand Theater, With the Improvement In building for flra protection and other things has come the lnoreased comfort given In modem construction.

The latest methods of Heating and ventilating have been Installed in the Strand. Let Into the ceiling are four decora tive gratings. Decorative they'hre in appearance, but they are more than that, they serve as outlets for the impure air. Four big fans are Installed over these gratlngB and revolving at a nigh rate of speed, draw out the vitiated air and carry It out througn outside vents, In this manner the air in the theater is freshened constantly Through these fans 80,000 cubic feet of air are removed every minute. The cubic capacity of the theater is 160,000 feet, which means that the air in the theater is renewed every two mlnutea In Summer this constant circulation of the air not only keeps It fresh, but helps to keep the building cool.

The ventilating apparatus, however, will not be depended on solely for cooling Fans have been provided for to help circulate the air more rapidly, and It is expected the temperature In the Strand will always be many degrees lower than that of the street during the Summer. The most modem type of steam radiation will keep the building warm. At various points, recesses have been made In the walls and big radiators Installed. The circulation of the air will carry the warm air from the radiators out into the theater. Having planned to keep the patrons comfortable, lighting formed one of the essential features.

The old days of tne black motion picture theater are passed The new svstem of Indirect lighting wlU be used to advantage In the Strand Big alabaster bowls, containing the lamps, are swung from the celling, and the light reflected bait will give a peasant half glow, providing sufficient illumination without Interfering with the perfect projection of the picture. Music Is Important. The projection room Is the last word in the scientific exhibition of motion pictures. The most approved tvpe of projection machines have been installed, and the latest equipment has been purchased Music baa become an Important part of motion picture projection, and the Strand Theater if going to be admirably equipped In this direction. One of the handsomest and best pipe organs adapted to the size of the building obtainable has been Installed It cost 7,500, and Is said to be the finest instrument of its capacity that can be obtained.

The management Is considering the hiring of a regular orchestra of eight pieces to supplement the organ. While this has not been determined definitely. It Is thought likely It will be done within the next few weeks The Strand Theater shows the growth of the motion picture In Birmingham. T. S.

Abernethv, the head of the Strand Theater, is one of the pioneer exhibitors In Birmingham, And the Strand Theater represents the achievement of an ambition. The completion of this new temple of the latest art represents a gradual growth through the stages of the Odeon One and the odeon Two, both of which were developed by Mr. Abernethy. In the Odeon One, the first floor of a store building wae converted to a motion picture house. Later an Odeon Two was Rtarted on the same basts, then came the second Odeon Two.

Two floors were used here, and a balcony was installed. The Strand Is the last word In the modern photoplay houae. It is designed to seat 900, and It Is designed to seat this many to watch motion pictures and nothing else. The pictures to be shown here rank among the first productions of the country. Eugene Jacobs! Talks T7 ATE VER tKe commodity, tKe thirty million people tne South have the desire to buy it, and what is more important, the money.

You know tKat New England is rick and prosperous, But note these statistics from the U. S. National Bank Report of June 24, 1915. DEMAND DEPOSITS TIME DEPOSITS New England $484,854,630.90 73,175,851.23 J586.15S.168.68 $149,406,705.82 In this connection, please remember that of the seven Regional Banks in the entire U. S.

A three were assigned to the South. Thats significant. These are indisputable facts, not surmises. The money is actually in the South, waiting for your bid. And the most effective and economical appeal tor this, wealth lies through the Southern newspapers.

They offer a combined circulation ot 2,554,672 at $6.21 per agate line on a 2500 line basis, and $4.95 per linein a 10,000 line basis. Surely this is worthy your careful investigation. For full information as to rates, circulation, territory, jobbersemd the like, address papers direct. NORTH CAROLINA Otis, AebeviB ALABAMA Af-HrM, BtmtnctMM 7 From lour big programs the best features will be chosen for exhibition. Fine Program Planned.

Actively associated with Mr. Abernethy Is John Caiman, who has been with him In tbe conduct of 'the Odeon Two Tbeater. Louis Schulhoeffer Is also associated in the new enterprise. The plans for the Strand Theater were prepared by Harry B. TVheelock.

one of Birmingham's well known architects. The Wells Construction Company handled the construction of the building the Strand Theater not onlv is one of the handsomest in the South, the management announces a program that includes some of the most ta-mous producers In the country today Heading the list of attractions are the Paramount features, which have become well known to Birmingham movie patrons through the Odeon Two In addition to the regular Paramount program, the newest film corporation has also leased Its attractions to the Strand. This Is the Triangle Company. While the Triangle is a new company, its active heads axe men who were among the hist to create photoplavs from motion pictures. Heading the list is W.

Orifflth, producer of The Birth of a Nation" and the man who Is credited with many of the achievements of the motion picture today Associated with him in the production of big pictures are Thomas Ince, of the Mew York Motion Picture Corporation, and Mark bennett, maker of Keystone comedies These three geniuses of motion pictures have under their direction a capable ataff of directors and some of the best known performers on ths stage and screen. The releases of the recently formed Klelne-Edlson Company also will be available for exhibition at the Strand, as will the Mutual Masterpieces. From these four regular feature services the program of the Strand will be chosen with such added features as come to the standard 'the management In tends to maintain at this theater. John Barrymore In The Incorrigible Dukane will be the first picture at the xi ew, theater, and will -he shown Thursday, according to present plans This wUl be -followed on Friday and Saturday by Henrv Walthall, Blanche Sweet and Mae Marsh In The Avenging Conscience, produced by W. Griffith YEGGMENFORCESAFE BY USE OF HEAVY PICK TUSCALOOSA.

SepL 4. Special. Yeggmen last night entered the store of W. Key. by fbrrlng an entrance through the back door and made their getaway with goods valued at 300 and 10 In cash.

The majority ef the missing goods were from the clothing department Tt Is believed more than 100 pairs of trousers were taken. big Iron safe was forced open with a pick and the contents rifled. Having completed their labors the thieves proceeded to cut and eat scleral watermelons which were in the store at the time. A number of stores hsie been burglarlxed lately and the police believe that a band of well organized thieves are at work la tha AND THE SOUTH IS CALLING Ldr, Blrmiaphu News, UnniBfbuB Journal, Cididw Timee-New, Coded I tan, Mobil ARKANSAS Cazotle-New, Aohevitt New, Charlotte Obeernr, Charlotte News, Greensboro New A Observer, Raleifh Timea, Raleigh Sentinel, Winston-Salem Arkaneae Democrat, Little Reck SOUTH OAROUNA Daily Moil, Andvooa New A Courier, Chorloaton Record, Columbia State, Colombia FLORIDA Metropolis, JockoenvtJle Thnoo Union, JockoonriUo TtaM. Tamp Tribes Tamp Nova Greenville Herald, Spartanburg TENNESSEE GEORGIA Herald, Albany Cons tl tattoo, Adati Store Drug Tfcie I thoflrvtof oerimof nJoeitimmitn.

prepared hr Wasctn oats AmratTtstNO Aomocr, Atlanta, Go. for member i th 8 N. P. deeWned to point oat to tho advertiser of America tbe muMent op port unities presented the Southern Held through the medmm of the Southern newspaper. Some in tares tin feet wiU be brought out.

Watch for tho next one Herald, Bristol New, Chnttanoor Journal A Tribune, KnarvUl Sentinel, KnoavitlT Commercial Appeal, Memphis New Scimitar, Memphis Banner, Naahville Tennessean, Nashville TEXAS News, Galveston virSnu' Pr- N.ws, Lynch bur, Mrahwt of THE SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSK iRD.JOIEISTOnJfi Birthplace of Cut Pries in Ala. 1904 Second Av. BA-fflYAYyAAVVAVVA'i -J.