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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
NEWS OF CALERA
Residence of John Pilgreen BurnsA
Prominent Merchant Shot

Calera, May 23.-(Special.) -About $3.50
o'clock last evening the residence for
merly occupied by John Pilgreen was de-
|stroyed completely by fire. 1t was occu-
MED. notwithstanding vigorous work>Qn
the part of the townspeople it burned up.
bud" Pilgreen, as he is Familiarity
known, was the owner at the time of the
destruction. This makes two fires within
a week. ~
Stephen Bristow, a leading merchant of
this place, was shot last evening In the
hip and arm by some unknown person.
The wounds we're flesh wounds and are
not considered serious.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
New wrecker for L. 4 n.

Decatur, May -2S-(Special)- "A new
modern steel wrecker has been ordered
by the Louisville and Nashville railroad
for the Decatur division. and 1t is ex-
pected to arrive within the new few days.
This wrecker will take the place Of the
old wooden derrick wrecked which has
been in use by the company on this d.
vision for many wears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

Camp Hill, May a,-(special.)- closins
exercises at the Southern Industrial in
stitute will begin on May 20, when Prin-
cipal Lyman Ward will deliver the COM
mencement sermon. Rev. H. NJ. Steven
son of the local Methodist church will
preach to the student body in the even
ing. Tuesday evening the students, under
the direction of Miss Ethel Spiers, will
present Romero and Juliet" The alumni
banquet is to be given Wednesday night
Thursday morning the graduating exer-
cises occur, and Richmond Pearson Hob
son will deliver the annual address
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
Enslex PersOnals

Mrs. Joseph Steed left yesterday for
Admission on weeks visit to relatives.
Mrs. ]. H. Stewart is quite sick at her
residence, Terrace Park.
]. e. Thomas returned last night from
trip to New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wood Of Gadsden
are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. N.
Wood on Avenue G.
Messrs. CASTOR, Pettus and Ewing have
opened a branch office in Ensley In the
Office building, with Mr.. Ewing in
charge.
Prof r. E. Tidwell principal Of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

GUN. May 23,-(Special.) 1.-The cotton
season was wound up here Saturday
when Jim Pearce Co. of this town sold
the last lot of $40 bales to Mississippi
firm. The total value Of this lot of cot
ton will be approximately $4,000.
This section of the state has been visit
ed by copious rains within the past week
and crops and gardens have taken on q
new lease bf life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

The Ensley lodge of Ellis held an in
teresting meeting last night, which was
we'll attended. After the business was
the mysteries of Elkdom. A short social
session was held and much enjoyed by
the antlered tribe. Exalted Ruler John
Morrison and the other officers are bent
on making record this term and have
made a fine start thus far
Steel City lodge. Knights of Pythias,
will meet In regular convention tonight
at their new hall on Avenue e. The de-
gree team under Capt Archie Mays will
confer the rank Of knight in amplified
form.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

Huntsville, May 23.-(Special. 1.-The But
Ter Training school team left today for
Cullman to play the Cullman school team
and the Williams school team left today
for Pulaski to play Massey. These will
be the last games OF the season for all
teams engaging in them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
Bridges-Keel

Huntsville. May 1.-(Special.) -Friends
and relatives have received notice of the
marriage of Miss Lima Keel of Paint
Rock and Mr.. Wallace Bridges of the
same place. at Birmingham. They met
by pre-arrangement and, after being mar
ried, went on honeymoon trip to the
north.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

The citizens Of Admission voted today on
an issue Of 10000 in bonds for the pur-
pose Of improving the city's schools and
raising funds Of which the city was de-
prived temporarily by the provisions of
the new municipal code. which changes
the date for the collection of taxes. A
very light vote was cast, but there was
Ayery little opposition to the issuance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
OF
MERIDIAN Man

Meridian, Miss, May 23.-(Special.) THE
mysterious disappearance of Sig. Green
burg from his home and business in
Meridian two months ago with not a
word having been heard from him during
the time, is cause for considerable I'M
easiness among his friends and his wife
is half distracted
Mr., Greenburg was the local manager
for the Forbes Piano Co., and there
was no trouble with the. firm or with
his family. Besides his wife, he has
two children, one a girl of 16, and a boy
of TO-
Mr.. Greenburg had been a resident of
Mississippi for eight years, and of Merid-
ian one year, coming here from Jackson.
The last heard of him was from Hat
tiesburg the day after his departure.
He is a man of culture, well educated
and of pleasing address. His family be-
lieve that his absence is due to a tenn
porarily unbalanced mind
F. o. Croy. late proprietor, and Miss
Mae Evans. late manager of the Kimbrell
hotel, who some weeks ago were ar
rested charged with having in their pos
session property alleged to belong to the
former owner of the hotel, were acquit-
ted in justice court this afternoon. There
was no evidence at all introduced to bear
out the charges.
Charles F. Willard cancelled his en-
gagement for aviation demonstrations in
Meridian today. On three different occa-
sions flights were scheduled, but weather
conditions were not satisfactory. The
weather today threatened rain and the
audience was not sufficient to justify
Willard in making flights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
Kaplan's VIII Gets Into Court

Due to the fact that there are several
ambiguous codicils in the will of the
late l.. T. Kaplan, the wealthy Admission
Hebrew who died a few months ago, the
trustees, NJ B. Wellborn A H. Shep-
pard and Judge Thomas w. Coleman
have filed bill In the chancery cours
which seeks to remove the will from the
probate court and to determine the real
benefciaries CT this final testament
The deceased left large part of his
estate to the Jewish hospital for con-
sumptives at Jerusalem and the Jewish
hospital for consumptives at Denver
Col, but investigation shows that there
are four Jewish hospitals In Jerusalem
and two in Denver, but none of them is
known as a Jewish hospital for consump.
tives.
This source Of doubt was brought be-
fore Chancellor W. w. Whiteside Mon
day morning and he granted an ex parte
order, making the several hospitals par
ties In litigation that 10 now under way
and which will be continued at the next
term of the chancery court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24
Carnival to BE Mnde Permanent

President Leon Ullman of the Admission
Merchants Carnival association stated
this morning that the festival which was
held here last week proved to decided
success, despite the Indictment weather
which prevailed during the greater part
of the week, and that the event will be
made a permanent thing by the Annis-
ton merchants.
The carnival attracted numerous WIS.,
itors to the city and Mr. Ullman says
that the merchants reaped rich reward
for their efforts. Another carnival OF
similar nature will be held. he says, next
October and November, to be branched
into great county fair during the latte,
part of the fail. In this effort he says
that the merchants organization will
have the cooperation OF the Admission
chamber of commerco.
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27
LA GRAVE LOOKED
 UPON AS COMER
Frisco Boxer Is Given Great Deal of
 Credit for Achievements.

Anton La Grave, the Frisco boxer who jumped into fame by battling the durable Dane to draw in fifteen rounds. is being looked upon as a comer by coast critics. The BU.cher- town youth has been given a great deal of credit for his achievements fai it seems that the Frisco fans regard the result as nothing more than a defeat for the former champion
 They point to one thing as all that saved Nelson from a knockout and this the fact that the native son lacked the necessary kick. He is another one of those lightweights withopt a good. hard wallop. but there is still time fer him to develop a little steam which will pull him out of that cl& 5 which already is overstocked in ligh.- weight division. La Grave VI. appear again, however, and before very long as Los Angeles promoters are dicker- ing for a mill with him on one end of the deal.
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27
-:- In the World of Sports -:-

left for Prescott and the engine was clumbing every foot o6 the way until they landed in the city that boasts of being "a mile high" Fifteen min utes later they were plying foot ball in an atmosphere far lighter and much colder than they were accus- toned to. Naturally they began to wheeze and pant Lungs that were like bellows in Phoenix were like rub Der whistles in Prescott. They could n't do the work demanded of them.
 Opposing the Phoenix eleven wefe d bunch of mountaineers who didn't know anything else but light air and cold weather. Their lungs were adapted to the high altitude and as result they did some awful things to their opponents during the first two quarters After that the alfalfa chewers" settled down and made one touchdown which counted. It is not denied that they carried the ball over the line three times but twice they were penalized. Even the Prescott coach admitted that Jackson should have been penaliZed for crawling. That penalization cost Phoenix one touchdown. Jackson claims that he yelled down" but that his opponents kept on pushing him. He was not crawling but was being pushed.
 Taking all into consideration, the showing made by the P. H. $. team was very creditable. The wonder is that it did so well. The boys were certainly hitching their wagon to a star when they conceived the idea of playing in Prescott without being scorned upon. They knew the alti tude would handicap them but they didn't realize the extent of the handi- cap.
 Should Prescott send her team to Phoenix it wouldn't stand the ghost of q show. In this low altitude her boys would be under as great handi- cap as our boys were in Prescott
 The difference in altitude between Phoenix and Prescott makes it inn possible to ever determine which has the better football team. Provided the elevens are fairly matched in size and have had approximately the same amount of practice, Phoenix will win in Phoenix and Prescott in Prescott
 There are those who say that the high school has not as good a team this season as last This may true, but it must be remembered that we were inclined at the first of this sea son to compare the team with what the school had at the finish of the last. No one remembered what, the
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27
VERY FEW GOOD BOXERS
 IN THE RING TODAY
Heavyweight Fighters With Exception
 of Johnson are Jokes.

It is doubtful if in the whole history of the ring there has ever been such d scarcity of really good professional boxers. In the heavyweight class, outside of Jack Johnson, the rest of the so-called fighters are jokes, and the big negro could probably whip Sandy Ferguson, Al Kaufman, Jim Barry. Jack Burns. Tommy Burns, Jim Stewart, Con O'Kelly and. any others who may be overlooked in this class ification inside of twenty-five rounds if they could be induced to meet him and he was fighting on the level, for in a fight where he was really trying it is good betting that none of these men would last over ten. rounds, and some of them would not last over two If any good, husky young fellow was to come along now who would have even the slightest chance of beating the big Texas negro, the money he could make would be fearful to think of, and. considering this fact, it is very difficult to understand why some of the big fellows who are playing college football for a small salary and their expenses. or some of the big huskies who are playing on pro- fessional baseball teams. should not get wise in the boxing game and take a chance at it.
 The stigma against the professional boxer is not any greater than it is against the paid college football play CT. The chances of injury are not any greater. or the list of death and serious injuries in the ring are trif- ling as compared with the slaughter of the college football field or the baseball diamond. On the other hand the remuneration from boxing is many times greater.
 The professional boxer with any
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27

team of 1909 was at the beginning of a series of gridiron battles. And when the few boys with enough grit and ambition to try for this years team began to awkwardly practice everyone looked on and said: This team can't be compared with last years eleven. See how slow they are" They were slow and they never did get to be as fast as the old team, but before the season was over they con- pared very favorably with the stars of 1909
 Brooks and Hahn were missed, of course. They were the fastest men of the old team. But Goebel was still with them and he is the best man the P. H. $. will have on its football team for many a long year. He is surely a kicking phenOm. In the en- tire history of football he has almost no equal in the art of booting the pigskin. He can judge to a nicety just where 10 plant his toe and with what degree of force to elevate the inflated ball skyward. He kicks neither too hard nor too light and almost never kicks to one side. The ball goes straight the way he wants it to go His SS-yard punt in the Pres colt game showed what he could do. No team that the r. H. s has ever played has had a man to. approach him. In several games last season he worried the opposing eleven to the point of eXasperation. By long, ar duous work it would advance the ball rI ha fn haN Goebel wait it back toward the other end of the field. Jackson. next to Goebel. was the star of this years team. .IIe is the boy with the beef and the brains tO use his strength. Nearly all the teams appreciable gains were made by Jackson. All three of the .touchdowns claimed by Phoenix in the game of Thursday were made by him. It takes something of a man to stop Jackson when he gets started
 There. were several other men on the eleven who if they keep on play ing football. will develop into stars. There is O'Neill at right end. for in stance, and Harvey. who is almost as good as Jackson, except for his weight
 To Foster H. Rockwell is due the greatest share of the credit for what ever the team may he said tn have oc- cOmplished. From the very beginning of the season he directed the practice of the boys and at times his language was more fOrcible than polite. But he got the very best out of the play CTS that it was possible for him to get. His constant criticism was on account of a lack of team work. Play to- gether and use your heads,' he kept telling them It must he admitted. however. that the eleven never did equal last years organization in its team work.
 Another point of weakness was the forward pass. Never did the boys seem to be able to- work this play just right. Prescott. however, worked the forward pass in great shape. em- ploying it to make a number of long gains.
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27
HIGH SQUAD
 PRO AND CON Some Praise Mixed With
 MeeG Of Blame
 ALTITUDE WAS RESPONSIBLE Players, Suddenly Set Down in New Atmosphere, Un- able to Do Themselves Justice-Goebel and Jack son Stars of the Eleven.
ALTITUDE WAS RESPONSIBLE

While the third and final game of the season was lost to Prescott by the Phoenix high school football eleven, the defeat really does not count any thing against the team. Even dis missing the complaint of the local boys that they made three tOuchdOwns whereas they were only credited with one, the conditions under which the two teams had trained made it impos- sible to accept the game as an accur- ate test of their football abilities. On the face of things it looks like the Phoenix players had the best of it.
 Any team going to another city and playing on a strange gridiron is at a disadvantage but the disadvantage under which Phoenix played at Pres colt last Thursday were unusually great
 At S:3O in the morning the boys
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27

allows. Several of these fellows have been posing as welterweights. although when 1t came tO a showdown they could not scale better than 15O pounds and several of them were a great deal heavier than that
 A man of the Ryan or Kid Mccoy stamp would have a soft thing now in the middleweight class, as the best of what the modern middieweight bunch seems to have in their equip ment is their slugging ability. With men lighter than themselves this is valuable acquisition, but against an other slugger of equal hitting ability does not go for much. Against skillful boxer who can at the same time hit hard siugsing seldom counts for anything A man like Ryan, Me
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27

kind of a reputation, can earn more in one six-round contest than the col lege football player will earn in a whole season. and the boxer can feel in his conscience that he is pn the level and not acting the hypOcritc. one rather queer thing in this connec- tion is the fact that while practically none of the professional baseball play CTS can be induced to go into the ring under any conditions, they are ready to fight with their bare fists on the slightest provocation.
 Since the death of Stanley Kctchel. who was never the champion middle weight. there has been considerable talk regarding who was to succeed him as the titleholder of that class. And this calls attention to the fact that
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27

there is almost as great a scarcity of good middleWcights as there is of crack heavyweight fighters. Taking such men as Billy Papke. Leo Houch, Frank Klauss, Hugo Kelly, Tony Ca poni, Willie Lewis, Harry Lewis, Frank Mantell and Jack Sullivan, there is not one really good man in the lot. Tommy Ryan in his good days would have had little difficulty in cleaning up the whole bunch of them. one after the other for, while Ryan could probably hit harder than any of these so-called middle weights, he was in addition a remarkably clever boxer. and it is s,not going out of the road to say that none of the men men, toned above possesses any more know ledge of the manly art than the law
Arizona republican., 1910-11-27

Coy or Jack Dempsey would ask nOth- ing better than to be pitted against the slugger, especial ythe fellow with the terrible right-hand punch The matter of a few pounds did not count It was only matter of time till the sluggeT would tire himself out and then the task of cutting him to rib bons would be an easy one. It would be Imaginable to think what would be- come of some of the lattcr-day middle weights were they to go into the ring against the sort of men whom Demp- sey and Ryan conquered.
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-16
Fossils and Gold.

In Alaska the bones, and often the
entire bodies of extinct animals, such
as the mammoth, the mastodon, the
reindeer, and the bison, are found
most abundantly in layers Of soil d.
rectly above gold bearing gravels. So
intimate is this association between
fossil animal remains and auriferous
deposits that one scientist, who has
lately explored Alaska. says fossils
serve prospectors as indexes of the
metallic richness of the soil. In anc.
lent times both the gold and the bones
and bodies of the animals were de.
posted at the bottoms of valleys by
action of rivers and smaller streams,
many of which have now disappeared.
Consequently the appearance OF fos-
sils is, 1t is claimed, an almost certain
indication that gold will be found In
the neighborhood. The cabins of
many miners are ornamented with
huge tusks and antlers unearthed in
the diggings.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-16
LOURDES.

Here we are again after q few weeks
rest.
Miss Mar. Wit spent from Friday
until Sunday with her cousin, Miss Ab'
bic Kubik.
Mrs. Frank McCarville and her two
sons and the Misses Maggie and Susie
Urban visited at the Jos. Neubauer
home Sunday. ..
Miss Emma Capouch spent last week
at the hons of her sister, Mrs. Frank
Kubik.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Benedik spent
last Sunday at the Mrs. Blaska home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Komarek entertained
company Sunday last.
James Kovarik was Schley caller
Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Kubik and baby
visited at the Will Hosek home Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Urban and chill
dren called at the Anton Kubik home
Thursday last.
Mrs. John Voves was an Alta Vista
caller Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Neubauer. son
Frank, daughter Annie and Miss Josie
Dvorak were Cresco visitors Saturday.
Little Joseph Urban was on the sick
list last week.
Will Maruska was a Cresco caller
Tuesday.
Matt Kobliska was ut Alta Vista
Tuesday.
Messrs. Frank. Joe and John Urban
are busy getting their wood supply.
Ed. and Joe Neubauer called on Will
Hosek week ago Thursday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-16
ONE ON THE PoMPous JUDGE
Sarcastic DenuncIatIon Of Sleeping
Juror BrInss Startling and DE-
comforting Reply.

The lawyer for the prosecution had
finished his closing argument and the
Judge, a pompous and long-winded in
dividual, was charging the jury:
He was in the midst Of an unusually
long and tedious address when he
suddenly noticed that one Of the Jury
men had fallen asleep. The indigna-
ton of his honor was boundless. Rap
ping sharply on his desk he awak-
ened the slumberer, who seemed not
at all abashed at being thus caught
mapping. After glaring at him angrily
for few moments, the magistrate in
his most sarcastic tone said:
$50 that's the way you attend to
your duty, is it? You're fine speci-
men to have on a Jury. Do you think
your opinion will be Of any value
when send you out to determine the
fate of this prisoner" {.
Yes, sir" said the juryman quietly,
Il think So"
ooh. you do. do you?" shouted the
exasperated Judge. pray tell me. Or.
how long have you been sleeping?"
81 don't know. your honor" was the
reply. How long have you been
talking?"