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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Silks and Dress Fabrics

r LECANCE and profusion mark the new show L ing in this section wonderfully beautiful
 weaves that the dressmakers and weavers have been selecting from most bera the past week The Silks show the highest art of the French and Swiss and dyers perfection they human skill hope to attain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
A Season of Splendor In Women's Ready-to-Wear
HAT is what the new styles promise in their rich and rare colorings and gorgeous trim
 mings Suits are of quiet magnifcence. The

long coats we've already told you promises great follow ngand the Russian tendency is in the military cut and in the rich though subdued trimmings that bring out the beauty of the cloths Styles show wide variety many in wed chevots cames har zebenes and novelty worsted chatan leafgeen elaborate @ 
   periods oversdts,
  with gold silver embroidery,
  bos.oi, champagne others
   old 
   New in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Millinery! Whats to be Said?

o FOR poets frenzy. an orators eloquence U an artists sensitive perception of beauty and I color harmony all these powers nigh we'll be employed to adequately describe the new creations for Miladys head
 This Fall must look to the far East for nspiraonfor the turban which will play important part borrowed from the Cosacks adapted with of their barbarc dre gard for the conventional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

/ graceful Millinery, giving expres- sion to an epoch rather than of a fad
 Tomorrow and all week we will show you delightful new Pattern Hats from Paris and New York. as well as beautiful conceptions of our own. We know you will be inter- ested. Misses and girls are just as cordially invited-they have not been forgotten in the showing we will make.
 OPENING SPECIAL
 Tailored Shirts Women's White Madras Shirts with stiff cuffs and detachable stiff collars; worth oo $1.25; special. VOC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

s n  de qusetes, Cygnes, others Crysta and Slks-Benga-
  In s limit to the od he It
 
  beaut 1lsection ntomor The New Dress Goods rich rather than overancy. Overs have evolved beautiful colors than beore and many odd artistic shades Surely person could desire and color than shown the Marx assort ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

- ARlS ideas a-plenty for dressmakers- -exclu- r sive novelties in a wealth of maqniiicence, a
 daring of sparkle and color. Gold and silver, bronze copper steeevery metal has been called into play Beads-new, tiny strung on embroidered on great and opalescent colorings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

or and almost every material. Fringes, Drops, Tassels, Galoons, Bands.
 New Nets-the effective big meshed ds-embroidered, braid ed and plain, are shown in black and all new shades.
 Venise Bands, Allovers and Me- dallions with fringe and dangling balls promise to be even more pop ular.
 New Allover Laces in cream, white and black, and new Applique Bands in various colors and combi- nations, will be in high favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
The New Neckwear-

chet Lace Coat Collars, new and lots of other new things ing now. New Ruchings in
 gled Scarfs and beaded Scal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02

The requests of manufacturers of
bleached -four that no more of it be
seized until a test case shall have been
decided were refused. The food ex-
perts of the Department of Agricul-
ture some time ago decided that
bleached flour was In violation of the
pure food laws, not so much on the
ground of impurity, but because of al
legged misbranding, and the agents of
the department were instructed to
seize the -four.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
TAFT TO URGE POSTAL SAVINGS.
Will Ask Congress to Keep Party's
Pledge as Soon as Possible.

President Taft has indicated in talks
with callers that in his message to
Congress next December be will
strongly urge the early establishment
OF a postal savings bank system. The
President realizes that there is strong
opposition to such legislation and,
while he does not propose TO rush Con-
gress on too many matters at once, he
will ask that the platform declaration
of the Republican party in favor OF
postal banks be fulfilled as speedily as
possible. influential members of the
Senate and House are urging that the
matter be left over until the monetary
commission has made its report and
ensuing financial legislation has been
disposed of. 1t even has been said
that the relation between the subjects
to be dealt with by the monetary com.
mission and the postal banks is so
close that the two should be handled
together. President Taft believes that
several hundreds of millions would be
placed at the disposal Of the govern
ment through postal savings banks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
$50 HAVE PELLAGRA AT PEORIA
Army officer Reports on Conditions
at State ASYLUM.

More than fifty cases of pellagra,
with fifty additional in a state of re-
covery, and fifty more under suspicion
at the Peoria, H., State hospital, are
reported to the War Department by
Captain Joseph F. Siler of the army
medical corps stationed at New York,
who was sent to Peoria at the request
of the hospital officials to investigate
the outbreak Captain Siler is of the
opinion, according to the report, that
the disease has long prevailed, not
only at the Peoria hospital, but
throughout Illinois, as well as through
the great corn growing States of the
West. Overdependence on corn as an
article of diet, and especially the con-
sumption of corn in a moldy or nearly
moldy state, is given by the army sur
geon as the probable cause of the dis
ease.
The discovery of pellagra at the
Bartonville institution several weeks
ago has attracted the attention of the
entire world of medicine to that point
and many other physicians are work
ing with Capt. Siler in his attempt to
get all the data on the disease in its
various forms and stages.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
lair FULL OF RACERS
OVER RHEIMS COURSE
Ideal Weather Conditions at Aero
drome Bring Out Dozen Ma
chimes for Contests.
TESTS BY MANY AvIAT0RS.
Latham Breaks Record Made by
Paulhan for the Time and
Distance.

Hubert Latham, the French aviator.
Thursday broke the worlds record for
time and distance in the contest ar
Rheims, France. He came down after
he had covered about 153 kilometers.
or 95.01 miles. Paulhan in his flight
Thursday made 1907 miles. When
Latham started on his second effort
there were ominous black clouds on
the horizon, and during the aviator's
fourth lap a sharp squall of wind and
rain broke over the aerodrome. The
spectators did not believe it possible
for Latham to ride out the storm, but
to their delight he only mounted the
higher and took his machine over the
tribunes at height of 800 feet
The fifth day of aviation week was
ushered in with ideal weather condi-
tons. The light airs and overcast sky
brought the flyers out early. and be-
fore noon no less than dozen ma
chimes, like huge gulls, were circling
above the plain. The program of the
day included the continuation of the
trials for the Grand Prix de la Cham
payne, the endurance test, the lap event.
the speed event, race between dirigi-
BILE balloons and landing competition
for spherical balloons. Latham, in a
beautiful monoplane, was the first avn
ator to get away. He announced his
intention to make an effort to beat
Paulhan's great record for the endur-
ance prize, made yesterday-two hours
So minutes and "a seconds. He start
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
RAIL KING RETURNS.
Hartman Shows Feebleness as He
Leaves Liner, but Is Optimistic.

Ten pounds lighter than when he
left America nearly two months ago,
but with his spirit unbroken and
breathing a sentiment of optimism,
z. H. Hartman returned Wednesday
to take what he quizically calls the
after cure" Though Mr.. Hartman
cheerfully declared that he was feel
ing pretty WE'LL" he showed in every
movement, every intonation of the
voice, that he is a sick, tired man,
dispatch asserts. He is sallow, almost
yellow. and his step as he greeted
friends who had boarded the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm ii. at quarantine was
noticeably feeble The best descrip-
ton would be that of man conval-
escing from great and serious illness.
At his magnificent summer home at
Arden, n. Y, the so-called 100000
fortress" Mr.. Hartman began the
after cure" for which the treatment
at Bad Gastein and other European
resorts was preliminary. He is con-
stantly attended by his family and a
corps of skilled physicians. How long
he will remain in seclusion, how long
it will be before he resumes the active
direction of his vast railroad interests,
depends solely upon his health. He
arrived feeble, face gaunt and voice
weak
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
FINDS BIBLE NOT ORIGINAL.
q. of C. Professor Says Pagan Be
liefs Have Aided Christianity.

The Bible is not original with its
supposed coInpilers, according to the
opinions expressed by Professor Ger
aid b. Smith of the faculty of the d.
vinity department of the University
of Chicago The story of creation
and the deluge appeared long before
the Bible was written" the speaker
declared. Both of these stories were
traditional in the early literature o.
the Babylonians.
The theologian of to-day IS ac-
quainted as the theologians Of former
days were not, with the reality and
vitality of non-Christian religion, and
in the investigation of the Old Tesla
ment religion 1t has been found that
many of its elements were derived
from Israel's contact with Babylon.
The history of Christianity reveals the
fact that Christian beliefs have grown
and changed as Christianity has met
with the secular forces of its history.
There are elements in every pagan re-
ligion which every Christian is com
peeled to recognize as truth. The ques-
ton must be raised whether the con
tact with oriental peoples, which is to
be so prominent a factor in the near
future, will not mean that Christianity
will be Influenced and modified as II
has been in the past"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
FATAL CRASH IN AUTO RACE.
One Killed, One Perhaps Fatally
Hurt at Brighton Beach.

Leonard Cole, a mechanic of the
Stearns car in the twenty-four hour
automobile race at the Brighton Beach
track, was killed and Laurent Crosse,
the driver of the car. was perhaps IA
tally injured in an accident. The
crash happened just beyond the club
house as the cars were punching to
take the turn. Cole was crushed un-
der the machine and instantly killed.
Crosse was thrown to one side and
his spine fractured.
The fatal accident came a moment
after a minor sensation. The score
for the first hour had been given out
when the Fiat and the Allen-Kingston
came into collision. The latter ma
chine caught fire, and the 10000 per-
sons in the stands had thrill, as ii
appeared to them that somebody must
be in the flames. Announcement was
made as quickly as possible that no
body was hurt, and the spectators had
settled down again when the fatal col
lision occurred The Stearns car was
complete wreck Cole was found
under the wreckage and was pulled
out dead.
The Indianapolis motor speedway
commission is held responsible for the
deaths of William Bourque and Harry
Holcomb, driver and mechanician of q
Knox car in the automobile races in
that city recently, in the finding oil
Coroner Blackwell. Bourque and Hol
comb were among several persons
killed on the course during three days
racing. The coroner in his report
says the speedway was not properly
built for racing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
1900 ARE DROWNED
IN MEXICAN FLOODS
$4,000 Made Homeless and Prop
erty Damage of $I7,OOO,ooo
at Monterey.
RAIN DESCENDs FOR ~ HOURS
Adobes Swept from Foundations by
Score-Light Plant, Darkened,
Aids Horror.

Twelve hundred persons drowned,
$4,000 homeless, and property damage
to the extent of S12;000,000 is the re-
suit of a flood which struck Monterey,
Mexico, between IL and II o'clock Sat
urday morning. For seventy-two
hours rain fell in unprecedented vol
ume throughout the section, and the
Santa Catarina River rose gradually.
At first it was thought that there
would be no loss of life, but the water
had a height never before attained and
swept buildings from their foundations
by the score. The electric light plant
was put out of commission before
night, and the complete darkness was
an added horror. Cries OF the drown
ing could be heard, but the onlookerS
were powerless to render aid. The en-
tire suburb of San Luisito was swept
away. The Santa Catarino River was
a raging torrent, many of the streets
in the city proper being under water
The great steel plant at Monterey suf-
fered loss of nearly $1,000,0O0 by the
llOOu, anu Tic VI iuC HhOAASSAh
Lead Company was cut off from the
city and submerged. 1t is estimated
that the loss at this plant will be over
s3,000,000 The flood is the greatest
since 1881.
The Santa Catarina River runs al
most directly through the center OF
Monterey. Along its right bank is 10
Gated the suburb of San Luisito, inhab-
tied by the poorer element. 1t was in
this section that the greatest loss of
life occurred, for the greater part of
the suburb is composed of one-story
adobes. When the flood waters struck
these buildings, of adobe, they collaps-
ed as though composed of paper and
buried their inmates beneath mass
of debris in such manner that they
had absolutely no opportunity to es-
cape Many families having experience
ed other floods. remained in their
dwellings until compelled to seek
refuge on the roofs, but too late, for
they found themselves entirely sur
rounded by water and absolutely at
the mercy of the stream
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
PNTICCS%akzl
@0LITIcLANyS

The Legislature of Georgia came to
the end of its session without having
permitted the federal income tax
amendment proposed by Congress to
come to a vote.
Maryland Democrats favor suf
frage amendment to the State cor sti-
tuition to be voted on this fall. rhe
suffrage amendment will disfranchise
the il.iterate negro.
President Taft plans to placate the
insurrectionary Middle West during
his forthcoming Western tour by MAX
ing series of speeches explanatory of
the Payne tariff bill.
The "drys'' won the local option cleo
ton in Santa Rosa County, Florida.
The saloon element ordered the cleo
ton and sought to regain territory lost
to them by election two years ago.
The President has decided to have
the census appointments divided
equally among Democrats and Repub-
leans in the States of the solid South
which are wholly Democratic, in all
other States the Republicans to get all
the places.
Since the adjournment of Congress
thei word has been passed around
among the leading Democrats of the
Empire State that the time had come
for a new effort to revive the genuine
simon pure Democratic spirit in the
party councils. 1t is proposed to hold
a general conference at Saratoga on
September 8.
!.
fer until the next session of the Leg
islature the consideration of the fed
eraI income tax amendment to the
constitution. Gov. Weeks has vetoed
the liberal Sunday law, passed by the
Connecticut Legislature. 1t would have
repealed the old blue laws.
Advocates of equal suffrage are plan
ming a campaign which will emanate
from Boston as a starting point. Those
who are enthusiastic in the campaign
see i'm it's elimination the election OF
Jane Adams as a future President o.
the United States.
Capt. Richmond p. Hobson, while
addressing the Chautauqua assembly
at Correctionville, Iowa, said: THE
best thing that could happen to this
country would be to have all of the
States doubtful That is. have half OF
the voters so independent in though
and action that they will vote ire
| spective of party in order to advance
| the ends of good government"
The name of Seth Low, former may.
| or of New York. and once head of Co.
lumbia University, is given seriou.
consideration by President Taft in tn,
| selection of a successor to Whitelav
| Reid as ambassador to Great Britain
AS a result of the refusal of Sena
| tor Aldrich and other tariff confer ee.
to grant an important request made b!
Secretary MacVeagh, it is quite unlike
Nv that any bonds for the Panama ca
| nal work will be sold the coming year
| Instead, certificates of indebtedness!
| will probably be sold to pay for thu
| canal work and to replenish the treas
ury in the event of the development o
] deficit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02

ed flying at a great height Sommer
Cockburn, Buneau-Varilla, Delagrange
and finally Glenn II. Curtiss. the
American contestant, followed Latham
into the air.
A noteworthy feature was witnessed
when Delagrange. flying low. started
to overtake Latham. who was still
high in the air. There was q pretty
race for four miles and Delagrange
was overhauling Latham when he was
compelled to descend.
The international cup OF aviation.
known also as the Gordon Bennett tro-
ply, was won L. Glenn III. Curtiss, the
only American aviator entered IN the
Rheims races, in the fastest aerial
journey of twenty kilometers t12.42
miles) ever accomplished by man. His
time, Is minutes so 3-5 seconds, was
only five and three-fifths seconds fast
er than that made by Bleriot over the
same course.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02

.@T@!RT

John Gates, Pisa. is now owned by
J. III. Hopkins, of St. Paul.
Hamburg Belle failed in an effort to
break her record of 2:O2A at the North
Randall track, Cleveland, 2:03A being
the best she could do.
Before 5000 people at Scarbori
Reach Park, Toronto, Alfred Shrubb
ran Tom Longboat off his feet in seven
and one-half miles of a twelve mile
race.
An offer for a match between James
]. Jeffries and Jack Johnson has been
made by the directors of the Tulcare
County (Cal) Agricultural Association.
who claim the backing of fifty business
men willing to subscribe $4,000.
John WEIGH, of Lexington. KY, is
nushing a movement to have the af-
fairs of the Latonia Agricultural and
Fair Association investigated. WEIGH
is one of the stockholders and if his
statements are found to be true the
attorney general of Kentucky will
probai,ly take steps that will result in
Latonia FORGETTING her charter.
A new worlds record in the hop
Sk1D-dnQ- Wofo iiouO CT Dootch W
Daniel +. Ahearn, of the Irish -Ameri-
can A. c., of New York, who made the
distance of so feet 81 inches
Melvin Sheppard, the worlds great
est runner, is out of athletics for the
rest of the season. He has been in BED
for some tir1e suffering from an abb
scess on the calf of one of his legs.
Mrs. Christine Struhm, so years old
ia walking from Alberta, Mich, to Chi
cago in the hope that dispatches tell
| ing of her journey will reach her los
son. william Wallace Cutler, whom she
| has not seen since he left home in
| Grand Forks. n. d., in 1891.
/ w. X. Vanderbilt's Messidor ILL., wor
the Prix de Villers at Deauville. Mr.
| Vanderbilt's Bats Delight finishe,
fourth in the Prix de Honfleur
| c. l.. Harrison's Waldo, at Sarato
| ga. easily won the Saratoga specia
| six furlongs, and in doing so proved
| himself the best 2-year- old of the year
| Thomas X, 2:17H, the bay geldin,
| which has earned the title, THE Iror
| Horse" by his remarkable perform
| ances in the track, has been sold an,
retired to private life. He is nov
owned by Frank Ellis, of Philadelphia
VINO will use him exclusively for pri
vate driving. He has won over twent,
| blue ribbons at various track events
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
QUAKE IN ITALY.
Province of Siena Shaken, Causing
Panic and Injury.

province OF S1ena oudkeu, OduSluB
Panic and Injury.
A heavy earthquake was felt
throughout the Province of Siena,
Italy, Wednesday. Practically all the
houses in San Lorenzo were destroyed
or badly damaged. Many persons were
injured The quake was felt most Sc
verely within a radius of twenty miles
from Siena Considerable damage was
done at Buonoconvento. Several
houses collapsed and one person was
killed. Several persons were injured
at Monteroni. A number Of houses
also were damaged there and masonry
fell into the streets. Siena itself es-
capped with a severe shaking. The
people were badly frightened, however
and rushed out of their houses into the
streets, where they wandered about in
a state of semi-panic until they were
assured that the quakes were over.
Siena Province has an area of LAC
square miles and population of 233,
0O0 The city of Siena is at an alti
tude of 1000 feet and counts 10000 il
habitants. San Lorenzo, Buonocon
vento, Monteroni and Piombino are
villages with populations ranging from
900 to 900
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
RAIL WAYS ARE READY
FOR CROP MOVING
Great Surplus Supply of Box Cars
Being Sent West to Carry
Grain.
BIG DEMAND WILL BE MET
Gradual Increase in Transportation
Business Shown by Report of
Committee.

The crop moving season in the Mid
die West and in the great grain belts
will not find the railroads mapping. Ac-
cording to the fortnightly report of
the committee on relations between
railroads of the American Railway AS
sociation great supply of surplus box
cars already is in the section of the
country which will first feel the de
mand for cars and in which the most
serious car shortages occur. The lat
est report of the committee records
that throughout the country there are
159.424 surplus cars, a decrease of 90.
$40 from the corresponding period in
1908. The largest decrease was in box
cars, in which class the surplus was
reduced 21,141. The sulplus number Of
this class of cars at the present time
is about $4,000, and half of these are
in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia, and the Dakotas, known as group
6, awaiting the call for crop moving
purposes.
Before the crops really begin to
move a Stlll greater NUMBER VIII De
sent West to meet the estimated de-
mand. The report of the committee
also shows a gredual increase in rail-
road business as measured by the de-
mand for cars from April. 1908. when
the financial panic struck full force.
On April 20, 1908, the number of sur
plus cars reached the highest point in
the history of American railroads. At
that time nearly 100000 cars were
standing idle in yards and on side
tracks. By the following August, when
the panic had spent its force, this
number was reduced to 253,003. Dur
ing the last year the climb has been
gradual, and it is estimated that in
the latter months of the year the crop
moving will call into use nearly every
idle car in the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Te1egraphic Infor m tion Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Hot Jelly Kills Infant.

Death from scalds received in a big
kettle of boiling jelly was the fate OF
Gladys, the 5-months-old daughter CT
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hoppel, 913 Liberty
street, Fort Wayne. Ind. The little
baby fell from her sisters arms into
the kettle of boiling liquid and the low
er portion of her body was badly
burned. The infant was taken to g
hospital, where death relieved it's ter
rible suffering in few hours. The lit
tie sister, Helen, from whose arms the
infant fell, was also scalded by the
liquid splashing on her, but is not
thought to have been very seriously
injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
Bows Try to Wreck Train.

An attempt by four boys to wreck
the Chicago Express, south-bound, on
the Illinois Central railroad, near Kan
kakee, ILL.,, was discovered by a
switching crew in time to prevent an
accident to the train, which was
crowded The boys had placed rails
at a switch south of town. Werly
Smith, Sam and David Blatt and Clay.
ton Robertson, ranging in age from IA
scene OF the intended wreck where
they were awaiting developments
They admitted placing the obstruction
on the track, and said they just
wanted to see a wreck"