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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
GIVEN IA MONTHS
 FOR SMUGGLING

Chicago, December 23-Lorne Stone burg and Albert Arthur Quellette, con- victed in the United States district court of smuggling five Chinese women over the Canadian border to Chicago, were today sentenced to serve IA months in the United States penitentiary at Leav- enworth, Kans., by Judge Landis
 Stoneburg, whom the federal authori- ties had sought for 13 years, and who formerly was a switchman, told the court that he had been blacklsted by every railroad in the country, and that he was compelled to go in the business of snug glng Chinese into this country to earn living for his wife and children lie said that he was blacklisted at the re- quest of government inspectors, who sus. pected him of aiding others In the Illegal traffic. He said he received $65 to s12O for each Chinese drought into the United States from Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
MAYORS WIFE SELLS
 DRESSED FOWLS

Indianapolis, December 23-Mrs. Lew Shank today actively reinforced her hus- band, the mayor of the city. in his cam paign against the high cost of Christ mas produce and product She stood in the public market place selling dressed turkeys and chickens, all kinds of nuts and mincemeats purchased by the mayor directly from the producers and offered to the consumers at prices under quota tions of regular dealers.
 Mrs. Shank's smiles of acknowledge ment of felcitations stimulated business at the mayors stand, and the display dis appeared rapidly. Outside the building the mayor in person superintended the sale of live turkeys and chickens. He of- fered in all 1000 hens, ton of walnuts and several hundred gallons of mincemeat highly favored to the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
FAMILY IN COLD
 WAITING ROOM

Oklahoma City, Okla, December 2S.- Complaining that the railway station waiting room at Boynton, Okla, was without fire on a bitterly cold day, J. M. Jackson filed a protest with the corpora tion commission, and scrutiny of his alle- gations brought the discovery that the Jacksons are parents of 13 children born in three years. Their eldest, a son, is now If years of age, making the person. nel of their progeny list IA in number. Five years ago the increase in the Jack son family became marked. Twins are now five years old. Triplets succeeded the twins in 12 months. and in another year triplets again made their appear ance, but one year after the last triplets came five children on the same day. The five are still alive, but the health of the whole family, declares Jackson, was inn paired by the absence of warmth in the Boynton sta ton waiting room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
GRAN COMMENTS
 0N CUBAN PLAYERS

New York, December 23.-John Me Graw. manager of the New York Ma tional League Baseball club, which is just back from. it's invasion of Cuba, shas no extravagant opinion of the Cuban ball player. He is dull thinker but fast runner. according to the manager. These Cubans are only fair ball nlayers," is the way McGraw puts it. They are fast on the bases and they can throw to beat the wind. They have picked uppall the points of fielding, but they can't bat Not only that. but they do not play what we call brainy baseball. Very lit- tie attention is given to highbrow work on the diamond. They perform the man. ual part of the game well, but the crafty, keen headwork we see at home is ab- sent. They know nothing about inside playing and we were able to outtricx them most of the time. They look for speed but when they try to solve the mysteries of a curve they churn the aX like an aeroplane."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
PURSUIT ENDS IN
 TEN CENT STORE

Toledo, O. December 25-From the counter of a 3 and 10 cent store, where she was waiting on Christmas shoppers, Mrs Anderson W. Jones, alias Mrs. An drew E. James, was arrested here today after two years pursuit by federal offi- cers for alleged illicit traffic in oleomar- garne in Louisville. Her husband is in jail here wanted in this county for the same offense. Their son. Morris Jones. r.. was sentenced by Federal Judge J. M. Killits this noon to three years in the re- formatory at Emira, N. Y., for coloring and selling oleomargarine in Toledo.
 The woman will be taken back to Louis vile for trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
SUPPLY OF NEW
 MONEY EXHAUSTED

New York, December 23.-On the eve of Christmas this city discovered there was a dearth in new money. At the sub-treasury 1t was said today that the supply of crisp. unused bills and shining coins, which it is usual to distribute at this season of the year to persons and institutions which wish them for Christ mas gifts. had been virtually exhausted. Individuals who wish small amounts of new currency in exchange for their torn or soiled bills, were accommodated ,at the sub-treasury as long as they asked for smai, denominations, but there was n6 large reserve for the banks to draw upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
TWO ARE SAVED
 FROM MINE UNHURT

Shenandoah, Pa, Dcocm,ssr z. Thomas Reed and Joseph Levin. two miners, who were entombed in the colliery of the Le- high Valley Coal company early last night, will spend Christmas at home with their families. They were rescued unhuit today. The men were working on the night shift when there was a gigantic rush of coal caving and cut them off from entries. All miners were summoned for rescue work and working in short re- lays at high speed rapid progress was made and the men soon reached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

St. Petersburg, December 23.-(SpeciaD. The appeal of the Bishop of Chelabenisk cn behalf of the peasants of the Oren- burg and Turgai districts, has empha- sized the deplorable condition of the peas ants in many parts of Russia due to the failure of the crops. The famine strick- en people are Hooking to the towns and villages. asking for special services and the administration of the last communion, so that they may be prepared for death The yield of crops in the Orenburg gov ernment is S6 per cent below the aver age.
 In the province of Ufa in the present year for many months already the chil- dren have had no other Food than acorns, and even acorns will very soon not be available when snow covers the forests.
 For some strange reason the govern nlent not only Is trying to minimize the seriousness of the situation but is refus- ing permission for private aid to be giV- en the famine victims.
 The Central Zemstvo organization, the headquarters of which are at Moscow, has been prohibited from aiding the vic- tims on it's own account The organlza- llOn mas ailGduX tplltCttu alD,udD anu tliiS sum will therefore be distributed in the most necessitous governments by the va rious individual Iemstvos
 Side by side with descriptions to the effect that the peasants in the Samara government are eating dogs and tree bark comes the announcement that the chier Of police of Syzran has prohibited the To- cal press not only from organizing sub scription lists but also from making any mention of the famine.
 In the administration of Riolusk con cert organized in aid of the starving pea sants has been forbidden on the grounds that the famine is not yet officially regis tered.
 The Biro~off Medical society and the Imperial Economic society have been pror hibited from giving assistance to the uis- tressed peasantry The governor of Eka- terinburg district is coniscating subscrip- tions by the local newspapers for the Eco homie society.
 It Is calculated that the crops deficit. for the present year is 2i1,000o00 pounds, or well over 40.C00,000 tons. and tho famine has again pushed up the mortality figure for Russia.
 Famine is always present in some dc gree in Russia. as shown by the vital statistics in comparison with those of other countries. In Russia the death rate is $50 per 1000, in France 211 in Germany ISL Of 1000 males in Russia. only .07 reach the age of 5D years. as against 4l2 in Germany and i76 in France.
 In Norway of 1000 children, 190 die be- fore reaching the age of 3. in Denmark 2i1, in Sweden 1S6 In Russia the numper Is 495--that is 10 say, only one-half of the children born in Russia reach the age of 5.
 A strange story Is being told relating to Count Tolstoy's last play, entitled '"rhe Living Dead The manuscript of the play was found among the counts effects after his death. It was produced in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
RUSSIAN FAMINE IS NOW
 BECOMING VERY SERIOUS

Moscow Art theater, and made a hit, and has since been played in Berlin and Vienna. Now, however, scarcely known writer of the name of Alexander Solo Hieff claims the manuscript to be his, and that it had only been sent to the grea man to be corrected and criticised. Tho genuineness of the claim is disputed, a. Solovieff is not well educated, and has not yet furnished the necessary proofs.
 M. Pankratoff, chief of the Harbin fire brigade, has arrived at Moscow by bi- cycle from Harbin, having taken four months to accomplish the distance of 5,625 miles. He started with three com panlons, all of whom abandoned the journey at Tomsk. M. Pankratoff went on by himself, and had numerous adven- lures. He was frequently attacked by peasants, and on one occasion was seri- ously injured in the back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
BURNS WILL HAVE
 ECKOFF TESTIFY

Indianapolis. December 9. Frank Ecloff of Cincinnati, said to have infor- nation of the dynamiting operations Of the McNamara brothers and others alleged to have been associated with them will be brought to this city on January , to tes- tify before the federal grand jury, ac- cording to the statement of William ], Burns, wno arrived here this afternoon. Burns would not reveal the present where abouts of Eckoff, but said that one of his operatives was with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Two Indicted for Murder

Chicago, December os.-The grand jury today returned indictments charg- ing Frederick c. Bonham and William E. Channel with the murder of Mrs. 4-arriet Kaufman. who was killed by four automobile bandits in front of her home on the north side, December g as she Was returning from the atre with her husband. The jury rec ommended that special effort be made to arrest George Rcbenau and John Stacey. the other alleged members of the band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
XMAS TREE AT
 BRICEVILLE MINE

Knoxville, Tenn. December 23-A man. moth Christmas tree for the children made fatherless by the Cross Mountain nine explosion of December 9awas given 1t Briceville this afternoon About 200 ,hlldren were remembered by gifts con- sisting of clothes, toys and confections purchased with funds contributed espe- ,iallX for the purpose by men, women Ind children in many states. Prof. J. Aubrey Foster and his wife had charge If the affair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
BUILD RAILROAD
 TO HUDSON BAY

Winnipeg, Manitoba, December B. Work on the construction of tho railway to Hudson bay is to proceed at once. This information was made public today by the Hon. Robert Rogers, minister of the interior. following an interview with J. D. McArthur, railroads contractor, who will have charge of the work.
 It Is to be a government owned and operated line, and a line of ships, also government owned may operate between Hudson bay and Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Victory for "Insurgents'

Elgin.<1ll., December 2s.-The struggle for supremacy in the directorate of the Elgin butter board between the 'regu- lars and insurgents ended today in q auiet but decisive victory for the in surgents." which elected all their off cers. No action was taken on the pro- posed aboishment of the quotation com mittee.- The directors will meet January s to perfect organization of the new board. The new president is Charles H. Potter of Elgin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Will Attend Dr. Goode's Funeral

Meridian, Miss. December 23.-(Special) The intelligence received here yesterday 'f the death of pr. Rhett Goode at his soine in Mobile. Ala. was received with deep sense of regret by large num- |, per of friends here. It Is probable that l3 number of physicians from this city Hgill attend. the funeral. pr. Goode was Isne of the best known physicians in the louth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Mcfarland. PhiIhrock Bout

Chicago, December 23.--Pacixy Mo Farand and Philbrock were matched yesterday for 10 round fight to teke place at Cleveland, Ohio. next Friday The boxers will weigh 1S5 pounds at 3 o'clock,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
cuIN's CHRISTMAS GIFT

Guin. December 23.-tSpecial.) The city of ,Guin received a nice Christmas present today from the state high school board when they located the Marion county high school at Guin. The board visited all tho points in the county the first of this week and decided upon the location after a full investigation of all claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

A strange story is being told relating to Count Tolstoy's last play. entitled ''The Living Dead" The manuscript of the play was found among the counts effects after his death. It was produced in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

At the First Methodist church to- morrow morning the Rev. George b. Boyd will take for his subject, The Nativity" and for the evening sermon he will discuss, Gross Bearing" Spe- cial music will be rendered by the choir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

Miss Patricia Stribling of Lawrence burg, Tenn, a former teacher in the Ensley public schools, will spend the holidays with Mrs. r. D. Euler, Jr., at 2604 Ensley avenue.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
LOCAL BRIEFS

Miss Jean Brightwell returned
Monday from a brief visit in
Topeka, Kansas.
Mrs. VIM. Aull went to Kansas
City Monday to spend the
day.
Mrs. Oscar Andreen returned
Saturday evening from a visit
in Higginsville.
Roscoe Groves of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Prof. NJ. j. Patterson return
ed Saturday from Hannibal,
where he went to attend a meet
ing Of the State Teachers Asso-
citation.
c. l.. Ristine returned Monday
morning from a trip to Fulton
and st. Louis, where he officiat-
ed in the Westminster Christian
College and Missouri w Washington
University football games.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
REFUSED TO SELL TREASURE
Woman Offers to Buy Antique Chair
From cobbler, but He Would Not
Part With It.

A nail p%rotruding from the heel
Of n of my patent leather pumps
took me into a shoe cobbler's shop
on Beretania street the other day,
writes a woman of the Honolulu Bull
letin's staff. The man sat in one
corner of the tiny nine-by-twelve
room. He was a swarthy foreigner
Of some sort, with matted coal black
hair, sooty eyelids and bearded chin.
He wore a silver ring in one ear and
an immense carved bracelet on his
left arm.
The general appearance Of the
room was as filthy and unkempt as
the man who coupled it. The place
was bare Of furniture with the ex-
ception Of a rough wooden bench on
which the man sat and a stained ma
hogany chair in one corner.
This chair attracted my attention
as | was making a hasty exit, and in
spite of an impelling desire to get
away | stopped for a moment to ex-
anime it. 1t was old, highbacked
and hand caryed-a genuine an
tique, and a beauty.
Thinking that any cheap chair
would serve the purpose of the cob
bier as well, l offered to buy the one
in his possession.
He gave me a deeting, disdainful
glance, and then casting his eyes ner.
vously on his great horny hands, he
answered, "Me no sell-me like
that"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
KILLED swoRDFIsH WITH RIFLE

When Capt. Enos Nickerson of
the fishing schooner Pontiac reached
the wharf at Boston the other day,
he proudly exhibited a 45O-pound
swordfsh which was pierced behind
the left gill with a rifle bullet.
Captain Nickerson was fishing in
the South channel, and upon seeing
a good sized swordfsh he deter
mined to substitute the rifle for a
lily iron. One bullet performed the
deed and the priced fish rolled over
with a great Tapping of its tail and
was easily hauled on deck. This is
the first time that a swordfsh has
been known to have been caught in
this manner.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
WHEN NEW YORK is UGLY.

In a recent number of the Vienna
Neue Freie Presse, Stefan Zweig
gives his impression of New York
after a "sojourn Of a few days" He
comments on the vastness of the city,
its tumult and hurry, amid which he
has discovered the Irresistible
storm-creating rhythm of the Ameri-
can metropolis" The night life un-
der the glare of the brilliant illumin-
alton has its fascination as much as
the day scenes, but when it is all
over, and the streets have become
empty and only the roof signs re-
main to attract attention, then New
York IS ugly. "There is nothing
more ugly" he adds, ethan New
York asleep-New York without
people"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
YOUNG DEER WAS ARRESTED
Fisherman With the Aid Of a Rope
Captured the Animal While
In the Water.

Patrol wagons have queer passen-
gers sometimes, but surely there was
never a queerer, one than the deer
that the Boston police arrested. The
deer was not much more than a
fawn, or at least he had not been
grown up for more than a few
months. Perhaps that is why he got
into such trouble. He was found out
in Boston harbor, but how or why he
got there he refused to tell.
A fisherman saw the animal first
The mar was out in a motor boat
when he saw something in the water
that did not look like anything he
had eve seen before. He steered
toward it and found that it was a
deer with antlers that rose above the
water like branches of coral beneath
the sea. The mar threw a rope
around the deer's horns and towed
it to shore, and the police were
called. They came with a patrol
wagon, into which they loaded the
frightened beast. The deer was taken
to the police station and fed, and the
newspapers were notified to find out
who the owner was. 1t was thought
that the deer had strayed from some
private game preserve.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
HINT ABOUT RUBBER GLOVES.

An accident that befell my new
fiat silverware was particularly dis
~tressing. | bought a pair of rubber
gloves to protect my hands when
washing dishes. After using them l
noticed that my silver was almost
entirely black with tarnish. l learned
from a druggist that these gloves
were coated with "fllers," and many
Of them contained sulphur, which ex-
planned at once the reason for the
tarnish. The very soft rubber gloves
are harmless, but this pair was stiff
and white-coated. If the gloves are
washed several times with soap and
water, it will remove the sulphur
Good Housekeeping.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
PURIFYING SMOKE BY WASHING

A method of freeing chimney
gases from SCOT and dust by washing
has given quite astonishing results
at a cocoa factory at York, England.
The gases are drawn by a fan from
the boiler, passed through a brick
lined chamber containing the water
sprays, and then led by a tortuous
course to a rather short stack. For
300 cubic feet of hot gases per hour,
one gallon of water is used. The pea
slack coal contains 40 per cent. of
dust and in "A hours the smoke
washing has collected as much as
1900 pounds Of grit, or about 1.5
per cent. of the coal burned.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
A Father Vengeance.

Would have fallen on any one
who attacked the son of Peter
Bondy Of South lockwood, Mich
igan, but he was ~powerless be.
iore attack of Kidney trouble.
Doctors could not help him" he
he wrote, $50 at last we gave
him Electric Bitters and he i'm
proved wonderfully from taking
six bottles. It's the best Kidney
medicine l ever saw" Back
ache, Tired feeling, Nervousness,
Loss of Appetite, warn of Kid
ney trouble that may end in
dropsy, diabetes or Bright d.
sease. Beware: Take Elec-
tric Biiters and be safe. Every
bottle guaranteed. SOC. at Cren-
shaw & Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
NEVER USED THE REVOLVER
Judge Carried One Unpaeked Through
West and Then New York
3 Burglar Stole It.

A group of New Workers on their
way to New Brunswick for the
moose hunting season were discuss
ing the new firearms law. A we'll
known justice of the supreme court
admitted that he was so doubtful
about the scope of the law that he
had sneaked away from his apart
ments in a taxicab with his rifles
carefully concealed from the eyes of
passing policemen.
(Which reminds me-" he said. and
the crowd settled down in peace, for
the justice was a great story teller,
"of my first trip to the west, more
years ago than l like to think of.
The west was wild and woolly then
as | viewed it, so my slender luggage
included a revolver to use against
hostile Indians and outlaws. The
trip was peaceful enough to suit
anybody and hat gun was never I'M
packed. When l got back to my
New York fiat l put it away in a bu-
reau drawer thinking it might come
in handy some day. And then I'll
be hanged if a burglar didn't get
into my rooms in a week or so and
pinch that gun"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
oLoIHoRTco1HcNoE By
CRENSHAW & YOUNG

Mrs. Ernest Hoffman returned
Saturday night from Kansas City
where she had gone to see her
brother who was recently in
jured.
Oscar Westerman spent Sun
day in Wellington.
Mrs. Alex. Graves and daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth, went to Kan
sas City Monday to spend
the day.
Miss Virginia Graves returned
Sunday night from a visit with
friends in Kansas City.
sHERWIN 8 WILLIAMS
Paints.
w. F. Weis.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
HARPooNED A DEvILFlsH.

F. G. Nicholemus of New York
and j. c. Cotter of Port Arkansas,
harpooned and landed a gigantic ray,
or deyilfsh at Port Arkansas. Tex.
The fish measured IA feet across and
weighed 1900 pounds. The monster
tOwed the launch three miles to sea
and was captured emily after being
shot ten times. The struggle lasted
an hour and a half.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
Saved Many From Death.

W. L. Mock of Mock, Ark.
believes he has saved many
lives in his % years of experience
in the drug business. "What
always like to do, he writes, lis
to recommend DR.. Kings New
Discovery for weak, sore lungs,
hard colds, ~hoarseness, obstinate
coughs, la grippe, Group asthma
or other bronchial affection, for
| feel sure that a number of my
neighbors are alive and well TO-
day because they took my adj
vice to use it. l honestly be-
lieve its the best throat and lung
medicine that's made" Easy to
prove he's right. Get a trial
bottle free, or regular soc OR
$1.00 bottle. Guaranteed by
Crenshaw & Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18

Mrs. w. Z. Comstock returned
to her home in Kansas City Fri
day evening after a visit here
with relatives.
Miss Hattie Gordon arrived
Friday from Fort Scott, Kan,
sas, for a visit here with friends.
Mrs. Laura Temple left Sat,
urday for her home in Joplin
after visiting the family of DR..
N. B. Payne.
Mrs. Claude johnson returned
Friday from a visit with rela-
tives in Lawson.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
Central Business College, 1922.
"a Oak Street, Kansas City
Mo

We are now in our new home,
which was planned and built
with a special view to the com
fort convenience and benefit of
students. The building is Of
brick and white glaze tile; east
front windows on every side.
Hard wood floors; lighted by
gas and electricity, the finest
and best school rooms in Kan
sas City. Our goth annual &c.
page catalog is now ready for
distribution. If you are con
templating attending college.
write today for this catalog; il
will be mailed free.
Central Business College,
1924 Oak ST.,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-11-18
SOCIAL cHlT.cHAT.

Adam was discussing his rib.
ut is the only operation l can talk
about as yet" he apologized.
Herewith he anxiously awaited
the advent of appendicitis
per's Bazaar.