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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

it's surrounding country offers a big field for our work was told that from Chi cago alone, 25,O00 people leave annually to settle in other localities. Our depart ment had quite a volumous correspond- ence with people from Chicago and points nearby and l expect to make many re- cruits there to join the army of home seekers next fall and spring to the great Birmingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
Money Was Trifle

From the Washington Star.
 And your husband gave $50,000 for that old book?"
 "Yes,' replied Mrs. Cumrox.
 "To show how much you care for literature, I suppose?'
 No; to show how little we care for S50,000."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
By Political Training

A man who used to be in politics and was a constant borrower found himself in need of a new hat, says the, cnlcago Evening Post But he couldn't find anybody who would lend him a cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
ReYenged

From the Houston Post.
 Johnny. I have great news for you; l am going to marry your sister. What do you think about that?"
 q think it serves her right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
Ruining the Lecture Market

From the New. York Herald.
 s Charles H. Sherrill, minister to the Argentine republic. who has been in the United States telling business organiza- tions about the opportunities to get
 wealthy from trade with South Amer cia, received a call from middie-aged woman who approached him in a west ern city with the statement:
 T am going to assit you in your work"
 "Yes," said MT. Sherrill.
 sI am going to take some of these lecture dates off your hands and give them myself. By the way, how much do you get night for them?' MT. Sherrill related with directness which carried conviction that he did not get red. cent and paid his eX- penses besides.
 Well" said the caller, in great an- ger as she flounced to the door, Il thought you were a business man, but it seems athat you are only doing . great injury to the lecture market ih this section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

The Proof From the Washington Herald You say he has untold weaith! Hasn't, flied tax statement TOT years"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
Mysterious Region
Still Unexplore

A protocol just signed in behalf of
the Peruvian and Bolivian governments
arranges for a definite demarcation OF
,he' frontier and refers any dispute, in
matters OF detail. to a tribunal of the
British Royal Geographical society for
adjustment
North of Lake Tticaca. in Bolivia, is
tract OF some 81, 900 square miles in
extent known as the Caupolican. Major
y. IL. Fawcett. r. a., who has lately
turned TO London after participating in
the boundary survey between Peru and
Bolivia. informs the Royal Geographical
society that There still remains some
thing like l0,000 square miles OF the Cau-
pelican into which it is believed that no
has finished his work In connection with
the present survey. Major Fawcett pro-
poses TO traverse this region diagonally.
The TO- 600 square miles to which Major
Fawcett refers constitute one OF the i'm
portant white spaces remaining upon the
may OF the Americas. The difficulties in
the WAY OF the explorer In that region are
peculiar There are records OF eXpedi-
tions OF from twenty 10 as many one
hundred men. from which but one or
two have returned to tell the story. And
the story WAS of fever. starvation and
the slow torture Of thirst The snvages.
Rorneo head -hunters. frequently poison
the available water supply. They do not
usually stampede camp. or the pro-
cession OF carriers on the march: thcv
lie in wait and shoot from ambush, and
glide nocturnally through the jungle to
descend upon the unsuspecUng traveller,
II is absolutely necessary to win the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

Cherry caught fire A load of hay which
was on its way TO the mule stables az
the bottom CT the mine stood for tlme
beneath torch suspended from the rooi
of low passage. Presumably drops oil
burning oil fell on the hay From tins
resulted one Of the most terrible mine
disasters which has ever happened in the
United States. The fire spread from The
hay and burned fiercely IN both OF the
shafts which led to the surface. soon cut
heroic volunteers who went down in an
attempt to rescue the men below were
trapped by the fire and killed.
Two hundred and tifty-six men lost
their lives that day in the mine, about
one half OF all the men OF the village OF
Cherry.
All the strength of the community and
OF the state was instantly dedicated 10
efforts OF rescue. Brave men eagerly
rseed their lives. Practical miners; mine
inspectors, scientists. firemen, gathered
at Cherry and did their best. The creep
gases bafflcd all the power OF man. Then
came the suspense OF waiting In the
gray dawn women with babies In arms
and other babies clinglng to their skirts
! gathered In silent groups about the shaft.
When darkness fell they melted away to
| their desolated homes. They scarcely ate.
they neglected their children and them
selves. Occasionally somo overwrousbt
wa tcher AT the shaft would burst the
bonds OF frozen grief and shrielS out her
| fears in wild. formless cries But these
| incidents served only to accentuate the
dumb, broodng. terrible silence Of those
| who waited as the days dragged by.
Saturday. November 90. exactly week
after the disaster, and after all the min :
| Ing experts gathered there mad decided
| that no living man remained in the mine,
| a thing happened which had all the effect
! of miracle. Twenty-one living men
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

He took charge of his men and ordered
them TO build a wall across the tunnel.
This was accomplished before the air
became too bad TO breathe. Behind the
wall the men lived for a week. The
last remnants Of their lunches were doled
out by Waite. There was but small
drip that furnished water Ii supplied
enough for each man 10 have two swal-
lows a day, The drip was patroled and
when the turn OF a given man came The
patrol felt his throat and allowed two
swallows.
Every day Waite climbed to the top Of
his wall opened a small hole and smclt
the outside air. This was tho only way OF
determining whether there was a change
or not ON the seventh day the air
srnellcd fresh and sweet TO Waite. lie
decided that the mine was open and that
the time had come TO make a dash for it.
In a file thirty feet apart the men started
out. This line kept its members posted
rs to conditions alons the way. But IL
had not gone far until its calling brought
r. response. The men of the bureau OF
mines, equipped with oxygen helmets,
we're in the mine and came TO their res
cue. They were led out,
Waite was offered $500 a week to go on
he vaudeville stage. He refused it. He
today working as mine foreman and
respected By all his fellows. He values
this respect morc' than money or noto-
rlstN
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
Orrile Destroys
Desire Tor Drink

The man who drinks 10 excess needs
treatment for MS condition The Orrinc
treatm can be used with absolute con
fidcnCc. II destroys all desire Tor wh!skcy
beer and other iutoXlcants. II is "A simple
treatment. II is given In the bome--no
san.tarlum eNpense-no loss of time from
work. II is en inexpensive treatment
Many men spend more In n day Tor whi3-
key and beer Cor their friends and them
selves than would pay for the treatment
We are so sure that Orrinc viii tene!it
YOU hat we say 10 you that II after u
trial YOU fail 10 get any benefit from its
use. We viii give your money back.
ORRINE Is prepared in TWO forms No
|. secret treatment, powder. absolutely
tasteless and ooorless, given secretly in
food or drink. ORRINE No. .. IN pill
form, is for those who desire 20 take vol
untary treatment. ORRINE costs only
Sl.00 Il box Write Tor Free ORRINE'
Booklet (nailed In plain sealed envelopcJ
to oRRlNE CO., I7s orrine Building.
Washington. -. G. ORRISE is recon- =
mended and Is for sale in this city by
Druehl & Eranken. 271 So. Main: Smith
Drug Co.. 1.-THE Busy Corner: Smith Drug
Co. No. 2: Kenyon Hotel Block, 2l5 So,
Main.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
MURDERER IN WHITE
TROUSERS IS WOMAN
Mysterious Killings Traced to
Aged Hag Whose Poverty at
Last Led to Detection.
Special Gable to The Tribune.

Special Gable to The Tribune
BERLIN. April ga remarkable story
OF crime has come 10 light as the result
OF murders In the Black Forest had kept
the people of the pcighborliood In state
of panic.
In 1908 a middle-a -aged woman was found
dead and her money missing. A man was
suspected on the curious ground that he
was accustomed to wear white trousers
and that a man so attired had been seen
In the neighborhood the day before the
crime. but he was able TO prove AIN aiibi
and WAS discharged. Nearly u year later
another crime of "A similar kind occurred
near by. widow living alone with her
S-year old daughter was found dead while
the little. girl was discovered with her
throat cut.
Pho child recovered and her first words
were. Save me from the man in the
white trousers Several suspects were
detained in connection with the affair,
but the child could identify none and the
murders still remained a mystery.
II was only when the woman Hopf was
arrested that light was thrown on the
previous crimes Caroline Hopf had be-
come financially embarrassed and reduced
almost TO starvation She declared she
must have money from her sister, do
mestsc servant al the house OF wealthy
people When her sister was unable to
help her, she hid herself In the loft OF
the house with the intention Of commit
ting theft at nighttime: Dut she was
discovered by another servant.
In all access OF rage she threw herself
at the servant and attempted 10 cut her
throat with razor. but the girls screams
attracted other people 10 the sDoi and
thc woman Hopf was removed by the po-
lice.
She was then found In be wearing a
mans suit OF clothing under her dress.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

friendship of these savages in order to
traverse their country with small party.
Insects are enormously troublesome.
snakes are numerous. vampire bats kill
cattle and attack human beings AT night
while pleasantly sleeping and unaware
Food supplies must be carried. In "A Coun-
try saturated with swamps, where II
rains heavily most OF the time and beasts
OF burden cannot go. Thcrei the con-
stant danger OF fever and Of malignant
ulcers and suppurations from wounds of
insects serpents or poisonous thorns and
uetiles.
Nevertheless. the lure OF the wild has
not lost its power upon men OF the fear
less and rcsourceful type represented by
Major Fawcet:. lie pays his respects to
the 'incredulous folk who sit AZ home
and think they know all that is To be
known about the world The work Of
the explorer was not done. by any means
when Stanley lifted the veil OF mystery
enshroudinG the darl; continent. We
have n darl; continent In the western
hemisphere. and South America stil
awaits her Stanley who shall throw light
upon the hidden recesses OF western
Brazil Colombia and the CaupoIcan.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
And Yet-WOman
Must Be Beautiful

(From Womans National ,Magazine)
"Oh, the bother and trouble that
accompanies washing the hair The
long hours in unpresentable condition
waiting for it to dry-the danger Of
catching cold-and, most Of all, the
knowledge that too much wetting
makes hair coarse, dull, dead and brit
tie! And yet-and yet one must get
rid Of dust and oil and dandruff, and
keep the hair looking it's very best
"If you would be beautiful, there
is nothing SO good as brushing the
head with therox. 1t keeps the hair
delightfully."- lustrous, light and fluffy,
and promotes its. growth, The scalp
is made soft and plant and immacu-
lately clean. If you want abundant,
glossy hair, mix four ounces of thcrox
aud four ounces of powdered orris root
keep the mixture in a sitter top can
and sprinkle little (say Tablespoons
full upon the head: then brush thor
oughly through the hair. Do this once
or twice n week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
AL ORPHANS OF MEN Ar TcHERE~
ANO S0PPoRTED BT FENS

mother is receiving her monthly pit
tances as a solace to her loss.
John Kenik was a sturdy slav. To MIN
and his wife. Maria. had been born five
sturdy children. Then two months after
the disaster. there arrived two more III
tie Keniks. twins. So Maria now has
seven chlldren dependent upon her. the
eldest OF which is 8, This is no mean
burden for q foreign woman in strange
land the language of which is sun
some thlnc OF mystery 70 her. But
Maria is frugal In the way of her kind
She has a pension OF $50 month. out
OF that allowance she maintains her lit
brood and allows the children to grow
up as Americans in this new land; In
five years more little Frank will be
IA and may become a mule hoy in the
mine. In a few more years all the chill
dren but the twins will be earning
money. and the pension will be no longer
needed. There will be no suffering in
the Kenik family.
There was the case OF Olaf Sandeen,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
MONTE CARLO WINNINGS
ALMOST BROUGHT TROUBLE
Special Cable TO The Tribune.

MONTE CARLO. April GA funny
incident occurred the other day in the
rooms al Monte Carlo. Two friends went
In to play and one of them had big
run OF luck, so big that he didn't know
where TO stow away all his money. His
friend noticed q bundle OF notes slipping
out of his revolver pocket and fore
seeing that they might be lost took them
and put them into his own pocket. He
then went OF for q refreshment at the
bar. but had scarcely ordered his drink
before casino inspector came UP to
him and accused him OF robbery.
II took quite a LOT OF explanation be-
fore the inspector would believe that he
had acted solely out OF good nature
But there was more fun to come The
Inspector satisfied the "robber' returned
10 mis- whisky-soda.
Presently a well-drcssed man ap-
preached. eat down in the seat opposite
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
Distribution OF FUNDS

The fund Is put in trust and 10 to be SO
distributed that it, VIII all be exhausted
by the time the youngest of the children
is u years o! age. In the meantime
ceIve so month until that child is
IA The widow with Two children Is 10
receive S25 month until the eldest is
IA The widow with three children is
ond child Is Il. The widow with four
children is TO receive S35 month
until the second child Is Il. The widow
with five or more children is 10 receive
This Is the pension system where The
family remains In America There are
terms under which an immediate settle
nent may be had in cases where the
victims were mostly OF foreign birth,
Widows may, under such circumstances
secure lump sums OF from $500 10 5000
and fron, Sl0O 10 $500 for each child, de-
pending on age
These amounts are not large from the
but they mean comfortable living and
small fortunes To the foreign born. Al
ready ono foreign woman with $50 a
month has been married for her money
italy and taken their places among the
wealthy as Viewed from the standpoint
OF the European peasant.
AT the time of the disaster emergency
aid was rushed TO the scene and such
organizations as the Rcd Cross, the AS
sociated Charities of Chicago, the United
Mine Workers OF Illinois and others pro-
vided assistance But as the stories OF
the horrors OF the disaster and the suf-
ferinG and hclplcssness Of the survivors
poured in. While immediate suffering
was alleviated, II became necessary to
provide for the future of the deprived
women and children, and 10 this end an
,,y.t i.N,,#
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

the trousers being made of a peculiar
kind OF almost white cloth. 1t was on
making this discovery that the police,
connecting her with the other murders
initiated Inquiries into her past. Com
plete evidence of her completely in the
crimes has now been obtained, and the
doctors have, after examination come 20
the conclusion that the woman is q mono
maniac Insanity has been traced in her
family and, 1t has been shown that from
quite an early age she has maSqueradcd
In mems clothes at intervals.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
HOSPITAL ERROR III
TO MANY C0NPu|
Special Cable to The TINS.

Special Cable to The TiS..
MARSEU.LES. April I'D
nary sequence OF errors "a 4
Marseillcs in conseauenee 4
mistake Al n hospital n
a patient In the institute
were Informed that their d.
and had been buried. In q.
young mans friends asked q
I'm might be exhumed and
sent 10 Dljon. Shortly afl>
were astonishcd 10 secaiy1
from their son asking ioF 4.
able him to leave the hcslt1
home. Thinking the le!tr7
work OF n swindler the ps.1
the Narseilles police asklns
rest the person who shoIi
postal order sent in reply 10 4
This WAS done and the your
ly protesting his innocence.
prison. where he remained 1
Then II was discovered u
mans $ description OF hlmssi
and that II was his neighbn
who had died and bad bess
name. The parents wsre a.
and a most moving scsne ~
they arrived at the prison q
son. An elaborate judlci1
he necessary 10 "reSuTed I
the error. ~ ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
No Father Nor j

But when Olaf a,oa
little Sandecus remei,4uIn -
the shack tor two daua
Thought uf them. lys, -
nclghbors recalled ,he Insl ,I.,ll
were wan with hunes
awaiting their father
They were malntalne,
by the charity oreani, s,io ~
ping were they that = s..'!
tuiiOnS offered them hon nua
end an uncle was founI g
Ing camp. and the chila,
him and the pension lollo,s
There are families NV
are now being si,pnos,.
their pensions. Thssa
Luckle, brave little sea-,
five children. one Of v n.y.,
born since the disaster
Is also Scotch. and ths
the eldest l. years ols
the wife of An English MI.
twins TO the four chIld,er =;
the tragedy. Julia DorIr q
IN" mother OF eight ornSs
an abundance Of famllIes -
for there was no race s,d.
Practically all the Cher =
of foreign birth. Tiers s,.
born Americans nowadsvs "
ground and work In the rrI,
cigners arc producing Ire j.
of the nation. One Am.r-
and he left no depends,t.
Italians, Scotch. French ~.
many others OF varying rs,.
up their lives. and TODAY ~
, their adopted land are ~:
American born children -.
sixteen languages spoksr
was q Babel set down In X. Z
OF Illinois.
From its confusion OF M.
tragedy II rs believed Nm
Grafton OF American men -
n lesson In rightly flreet7
will go on TO benefit nssr
Far down in Alabama dis1,
being handled in the ana ,
they in New York. whers a
ers were recently trapps5 \
building. The great ct,6'
which has been for lnnr n
manner OF GlsposIng of lIs 4
needy and the unlortunats ,
of its being irlttered avn
has accepted this greai -
right method Of lending +,
sIsrance. When II is r.
adopted. it Is ANTICIPATED ~
will give more eenerously. "a
confidence enGendered. n
not have taken It's toll Ia M
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD

II you suffer from bleeding. itching.
address and I will tell you how to cure
yourself at home by the new absorption
treatment; and will also send some OF this
home treatment free for trial. with refer
ences from your own locality II re-
uucstcd. Immediate relief and permanent
cure assured. Send no money. but tell
NJ Summers. Box P. Notre Dame. Ind
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
Individual Tragedies

Old Mrs. Howard lost two stalwart
sons in the mine. They were aged IL
and 20 respectively. They were cut off
by the poisonous gases and slowly
smothcred The younger boy went first
and The elder wrote on wrapping paper
OF his passing. He kept an hour by
hour diary until his pencil trailed off
into nnintelllgihle scrawlngs. The old
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
SURVIVOR OF $50 DUELS
WILL BE GIVEN BANQUET
,ecIal Cable to The Tribune

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
PARIS. April 29.-Rouzier Dorcieres. a
journalist to whom dueling comes nat
uraliy after an experience OF ESQ fights
I'm which lie was either principal or sec
ond, is TO be the guest OF honor at the
banquet given by his opponents and
those who have had his services as sec
ond.. Dorcieres Is a mild-mannered man
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

were discovered and brought forth A
great wave of new hope surged through
the community. Men ran about the streets
shouting the good news until they were
ready to fall from exhaustion. y long
row OF blackened and distorted bodies
which had been brought forth and laid
on the ground 10 be identified was de-
serted and forgotten. But no more living
men were found. and tho tide Of hope
passed on. leaving despair the 6acker
after its passage. The fire in the mine
increased in spite Of heroic efforts to
up from the caving in OF it's passages.
On Thanksgiving day solid caps of con-
crete were laid upon the mouths of both
shafts TO smother the fire. Had any hope
survived In any breast, this scaling OF the
mine cxtinguished its last spark. And
It was not until tho following April that
the fire in the mine had suhsided suff-
cicntly to permit the removal OF these
concrete seals, and not until then were
the last bodies Of the Victims Recovered.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
W orking Out Scheme

The Cherry relief commission was
ganized from the various associations In
terested in caring for the bcreavcd. By
mutual consent the money contributed
from various sources was all turned over
to this commission II was deposited and
the commission was authorized to work
out Il scheme for its distribution.
Ernest 2. BickncI national director of
the Red Cross. was the originator OF the
distribution and pension scheme. Scien-
ttfic charity workers spent months In
ticular needs OF the dependents of the
victims OF the disaster. When all these
we're classified and all funds were in, the
distribution was figured on a mathcmat
certain cases, and the pension system
was inaugurated in the great ma jorty
The commission has just now completed
its work and turned the machinery OF
the further distribution oil funds over
TO trust company. where II will work
Itself out almost automatically until the
fund is exhausted thirteen years hence.
Today the widows OF the men who died
town. To receive tho funds being given
they must live respectfully. The chill
dren are being fed and clothed from this
money: They arc going to school and
becoming good Americans. They must
go 10 school. or their allowances will be
cut off. In this way are the lives OF fhe
pensioners more closely guarded than are
those Of the other villagers. In this way
men who died at Cherry may be more
effectively trained and educated than
they would had their fathers lived, and
so may the disaster prove an indirect
blessing.
The Disaster
The occasion OF the dieaster that drew
forth this modern method OF charity may
be yell remembered. 1t was at about
o'clock in the afternoon OF Saturday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

in a commercial wsy-s q
man in some line Of endeSv
want an expert accounisx'
contractor. a solicitor, .
Do you need a seryanti y
want ad. Call either pAe
Ind. $50.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

\ great, hulking spea.
a loaded car on the trscrsll "
TO run off. Olaf wns rdck
were three tow headed slo5>
ant upon him, lie hsd va
fence around his shacl. aa
gate when he went 10 S arg
ones prowlcd or slen, "atk k
ilbc so inhny bear ,asoo-,
worked his shift. Tbn,ua's
strong on his miners W
ised 10 make the sor.
which Uncle Sam iy q
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and any shaft. In the end he found
cut off.
Waite was old In experience and knew
that the fire would eventually smother
them all II its fumes were not fenced off.