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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
WOMEN

Boston. December 17.-,Women should do the proposing to the men nowadays, according to the belief expressed by George Willis Cooke, lecturer. "Shyness is not essentially a feminine quality he declares, but simply the result of teaching. Women at the present time ap- pear to be getting a better education than men and therefore should be able to select a helpmate more intelligenty than man can do. She is taking the initiative in business and in politics and the time Is coming when she should also take it in love. Marriages will be hap pier when the women do the courting'
 Girl babies are now born taller, and with much more vitality than used 10 be the case, according to an authority in this city. Miss Charlotte w. Dunn, assistant superintendent of a hospital here, patronized by the stork to the ex- tent of 5000 babies year says:
 We have noticed that girl babies are getting taller and that they are appear ing in this world lately with reore vi tality than formerly. The boy babies con tinue on the average, both in weight and height"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
THE COTTON GOODS
 CONTINUE STEADY

New York, December 17.-With all in- ton for many months to come, cotton goods merchants are now endeavoring to impress upon buyers the fairness of cur rent prices as reported in recent reyls- ions. That buyers are coming to see that values of today based upon those current before the boom of 1906, are at least safe, is shown by the steadiness of recent mail orders for supplies of staple domestics for the delivery in the next two or three months.
 There are still many spring goods to be purchased and the southern jobber is still slow in placing the usual volume of spring orders because of the unsatisfac- tory conditions from country retailers. But nearly all the leading cotton goods commission merchants now believe that natural barriers to trade will be re- moved soon after the holidays and as they have already made considerable they have been showing a larger meas ure of confidence during the lull that has ben on for the past week.
 Bleached cottons sold under the well known brands have been cleaned up and advances from the low point are being made Heavy coored cottons are firmer and leading mills are well under order for the winter. Print cloths are quiet, and fine goods are in a very unsatisfac- tory position as a consequence of over mill building. Jobbers are doing a quiet trade and retailers are naturally busy on holiday novelties rather than on piece goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18

New York. December T.-(Special.)-Aoe Atten has certainly been provided with about all the work he can attend to for some time to come. His manager, George Weeden, has made the following matches for him: At Pittsbeld. Mass, Attell will COX Tommy Houck 10 rounds. The fol- lowing Tuesday he will meet Patsy Kline for six rounds at Pittsburg. On the 29th Attell and One Round Hogan box 10 rounds at the Madison Athletic club.
 On January II Abe will meet Jack White of Chicago in a 10 round battle at New Orleans. This will be for the featherweight championship at 122 pounds ringside. It was on January 14, 1891. at New Orleans that Fitzsimmons defeated Jack Dempsey for the middleweight cham pionship of the world in IS rounds. Att tell. however, doesn't attach any import ance to the date. He can't see how Jack White is going to take anything away from him.
 Attel will then go to Los Angeles, where he is scheduled to meet Johnny Kilbane
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
THE REASON WHY EASTERN
 COLLEGES KICK ON RULES
By WERNER M. JONES

Nashville. December 17.-tSpeciaD.- That the outcry against the present foot ball rules in the eastern section of the country is due chiefly to the failure of the grldiron mentors of New England to successfully adapt themselves to the modern style of play. is the opinion of both Coaches AIeGugin of Vanderbilt and Yost of Michigan. who further declare that in their estimation Princeton's freak victories made possible by muddy fields contributed materially to the sectional complaint against the football code of 1911. Yost and McGugin both go a step further and instead of turning back the hands of the gridirion clock. would open the game further by even more encourage ment to the use of the forward pass.
 Both are in favor of removing the lid entirely as to the distance in heaving the ball forward, limited by the present rules which McGugin would allow anybody to recover legally touched pass. T stanc pat as far as the spirit and practically pat as to the letter of the rules" de- clares the Michigan coach, and would suggest but one alteration other than that mentioned and that is as to dis tance required to be gained when the offensive team approaches its opponents goal line" The Ann Arbor instructor considers 1t a trifle too hard going at present when this situation is reached on account of the concentration of the de- fense with practically nothing for the of fense to do but straight play or drop kick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
Mayor Shank In Trouble

Indianapolis, December 17.-(SpeciaD. - It looks as if Mayor Lew Shank had got himself into a fine lot of trouble. It was mere bagatelle for him to go foraging about the country and come home laden with potatoes and Thanks giving turkeys bought direct from the farmers and sold direct to the consum- CTS of this town at rockbottom prices, thereby delivering a stinging solar plex- us. as it were, to the grasping midde- man. But if Shank vacates the mayors chair one minute to go a-hunting for Christmas trees, as is-or was-his inten- tion, Indianapolis may find itself under the rule of woman as mayor pro tenn.
 The women say Shank promised to let them name one of their number as his subtitute while he was away scoutir g for cheaper commodities of life. Shank says he did not promise anything of the sort But 1t has resolved into a ques- tion of Shank word against the total weight ol the Indiana Restricted Equal Suffrage association and if numpers count for anything the women surely have the advantage. They have select ed pr. Hannah M. Graham, physician | and energetic equal suffragist, to Hop into | Mayor Shanks chair as soon as he sal | lies forth in quest of Christmas trees.
 That shows how convinced they are that | Shank cid promise to give them chance | at his job. Mayor Shank had decided
 to save himself trouble by leaving town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
ENGLAND FEARS THE MURDER OF THE KING Kingdom Will Be Greatly Relieved When They
 Leave Inda
Rx PAIL LAMBETH

London, December 17-(SpeciaL)-Wh the time comes for King George and Queen Mary to leave India on their home ward trip, official England will breathe a deep sigh of relief. That their majesres are in danger of assassination so long as they are in India is believed in quarters most familiar with the situation in the great Asiatic empire. It is stated on high authority that the government, before the King and Queen started for the dur bar, had received warnings of plots against the persons of their majesties among the seditious Bengals. It is known that King George was strongly urged to give up the trip, the outbreak of the Italo- Turkish war giving a good pretext. It is stated the King had almost been per suaded it was best to stay, but Queen Mary insisted that the alarmist reports were exaggerated, and that the abandon- ment of the durbar would cause harm in India.
 The government has taken extraordinary prece ution 10 make it impossible for any plot against the life of the King or Queen to be carried out Not only are they accompanied by bodyguard of carefully picked men, but India fairly swarms With detectives and secret service men, and the King and Queen are so carefully guarded 1t would be almost an impossi- bility for anybody not known to be all right to approach close enough to do harm. tf F. I
 Especial care is being taken to guard the King during his tiger hunting trip in Nepaul, on which he has just started.
 Therefore, the government will feel a great feeling of relief when the royal party Is again on ship board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18

q used to hold to the opinion" he de- clared, that after the 9 yard line had been reached five yards on three success sive downs instead of 10 as at present would be about right and still hold that the principle is correct, but 1 now believe the situation would be properly met by making this change to apply only within the last 10 yards.
 Coach Yost considers the forward pass the greatest adjunct to the successful de- velopment of the modern game, not so much as to the pass itself as to the fact that it scatters the defense in way that tends to contribute materially to the promotion of the open game gen. erally.
 One further suggestion of a somewhat material nature is offered by Coach Me- Gugin and that is that. the rule prohibit ing blocking on a punt in the 20 yard zone be changed.
 Dr. ". l.. Dudley, president of the s. T. A. A, and a member of the general rules eommitte, is likewise opposed to any changes calculated to hark back to ancient football of the close forma- ton and dragging variety. He will at tend the forthcoming meeting of this com mittee in New York prepared to resist as far as possible any effort along the line indicated.
 Bradley Walker, old Virginia tackle, and who has refereed more southern games by far than any other officlal' has but single suggestion looking lo- ward a modification of the present rules and that sto allow hiking within the 25 yard line. He thinks it too hard 10 make headway near the opponents goal line end would give more latitude to the offense in this emergency than would Yost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
GOVERNMENT WORK IS VERY VALUABLE Famous Co-Operative Dem- OnstratiOn Work Is
 Doing Good

Washington, December 17.-Great stress is laa upon the value of the farmers cooperative demonstration work hetrg carried on in the south by the department of agriculture, in the annual report of Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry, which has charge Of the work.
 As, for an instance, he cites the fact that the average yield of cotton on dem onstration farms was more than 50 per cent greater than the average yield of the whole states. Even this," he adds, does not represent the full benefit of the work because the cotton raised under demonstration methods always shows a better percentage of lint than that grown by ordinary methods
 Again the average yield of corn on the demonstration farms, he points out, showed an increase of more than g per cent over the average production under ordinary methods. Cooperative demon- stration work, he says, brought about widespread interest and greatly increased practice in maintaining soil fertility by legumlnous crops; greatly increased ten dency to grow home supplies and make cotton the cash crop-nearly twice as large sales of improved farm machinery in the south during the past year as in aiy previous year and great increase in the number of pure bred stock introduced and grown. The most noteworthy estuie of the demonstration work in boil weevil territory during the past year, he says, has been the pronounced success of a large number of demonstrations ill raising cotton. He calls attention to the fact th9 t tho departments method of producing cot- ton under boil weevil conditions Is be- ing fast adopted by the most ignorant planters and farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
A LONE LIEUTENANT WINS DUEL OVER ODDS

Mexico City. December 17.-Crouching behind a pillar in the corner of the court yard of the barracks in Cuautitlan, state of Mexico, Ceferino Munoz, of the Tenth cavalry yesterday won q duel with 20 mutinous troopers.
 During the day the men had drunk quantity of tequa and as it's effects became apparent the dislike for the life of the enlisted men grew to the point of determination to leave the service without the formality of discharge.
 Shouting Viva La Libertad'' they made a break for the doors of the bar racks. Lieutenant Munoz appeared and ordered them to quarters, but the men opened fire on him.
 None of the bullets struck him, and from his post behind the pillar he fired into them with his revolver. His single shots were Intellectually returned and at the end of the fight three troopers were dead and several wounded. The remain der he sent to the guard house, report ing the incident today to the depart ment of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
IRON AND STEEL ARE.
 FAST IMPROVING.
Recent Heavy Orders Bring Better Prices for the
 Commodities

New York. December 17.-It became evi- dent last wek that the steel trade is fast recovering from the depression that with one exception was the severest ever ex- perienced by the industry. Recent heavy orders have placed the mills in position to demand more remnuerative prices.
 Contracts have been taken equal to the four to six months capacity of the mills rolling bars, plates and shapes, sheet bars and manufacturing tin plate. The wire mills have also taken larger orders. Pipe mills have more substantial con- tracts but are less heavily sold than the plants rolling other products.
 Rail mills are not so we'll sold. scarcely one-third of their capacity for the frs, six months of 1912 being engaged but in few days the Pennsylvania and New York Central systems will announce the distribution of their 1912 contracts. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern have placed contracts for 10000 tons each although the official sanction will not be given until after January 1. The New Haven is expected to place orders for 25,0OO tons and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western for 25.000 tons, and the Southern railway has an inquiry for 27.- 900 tons.
 The principal structural contract placed last week was for 10000 tons for the Barr building at St. Louis, which was awarded to the Jones and Laughlin Steel com pany. At the close of the week it was announced that the American Steel com pany would fabrication 5000 tons of the steel for the Hell Gate viaducts.
 The volume of business in pig iron was sharply contracted. Contracts for only 10o000 tons being placed in all dls- lrictS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
THIS WEEK WILL
 BE D|SAGREEABLE

Washington, December 17.-There are strong indications that the coming wek will be marked by rain or snow and gen. orally unsettled and disagreeble weather throughout the United States, according to a bulletin issued tonight by the wealth CT bureau.
 Temperatures generally" says the bull letin, will undergo decided changes, and the precipitation which. in the form of snow and rain in northern and rains in southern districts, will be above the nor nal.
 "A disturbance that is now over the western plateau will advance eastward and cross the great central velleys Mon- day and Tuesday, reaching the eastern states by Tuesday night or Wednesday. Another disturbance will appear in the far west about Thursday, cross the Rocky mountains Friday, the great cen tral valleys Saturday or Sunday, and the eastern states at the beginning of Christ mas week.
 These disturbances will be attended by general precipitation and decided changes 1 in temperature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
ANSWER TO BILL
 OF INJUNCTION

Jackson, Miss, December T-Coun- sel for state made answer to tho bill of injunction filed by former Gov. James R. Vardaman, who sought to stop the proceedings in chancery de- handing of the former governor an accounting of certain state funds. Gen. eral denial is made of the assertions of MT. vardaman that political motives were behind the suit, and announce- ment is made that early next week a motion will be made asking that the restraining order now in effect be dis solved. Appeal to the state supreme court is promised if the motion of the state is denied.
 Mr. Vardaman, in his petition seek- ing the injunction, urged that legisla- tive inquiry would he the proper pro- eedure to secure an accounting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
CUMM|NS WILL BE
 RELEASED TODAY

New York, December 17-William J. Cummins, the banker, convicted of steal ing Sl40,000 from the Nineteenth Ward bank, while he was executive chairman of the Carnegie Trust companv was forced to spend another day in jail, despite the fact that he has secured from the supreme court certificate of reasonable doubt and friends are ready to put up the $GO,0O0 bail bond that has been asked for Cummins will be released tomorrow just as soon as the necessary legal steps can be taken.
 District Attorney Whitman has men constantly on guard at the entrance to the Tombs prison, ready to serve sub poena on Cummns ordering him to ap- pear as witness in the trial of Charles H. Hyde. formerly city chamberlain in a banking case which is to come up in January Mir. Whitman, he says, does not wish to serve Cummns while he Is in the sheriffs custody, preferring to await his relase in order to avoid any question of improper service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
HERE HELD UP IN THE
 HEART OF CHICAGO
Assaulted in One of the Most Densely Populated Office
 Buildings

Chicago, December 17.--(Speeial.)-In the Peoples Gas Light and Coal company briding on Michigan avenue at l2;SO o'clock last night. one of the eity's largest offices, and one of the most densely pop ulatee portions of the city. Ralph Herz, a solicitor for the Mutual Life Insurance company of Massachusetts. was held up, beaten and robbed.
 Herz was coming out of the door of his office into the corridor when the two men approached him. They leveled their revol- vers at his head and commanded him to throw up his hands. Herz, thinking the affair was joke. refused to comply ana laughed at the robbers.
 Enraged by the attitude of their victim, ono of them struck him over the head with the butt end of the revolver. He screamed as he fell, but the other bandit bounced upon him and began kicking him in the head.
 Employees in a number of other offices, hearing the shouts, rushed into the cor ridor. One of the robbers was going through the victims pockets while the other was kicking him in the head and body.
 When the alarm was sounded and a crowd gathered in the corridor, one of the men leveled his weapon toward the doors Of tho offices and commanded the men and women to go back on penalty of death.
 Women stenographers and office boys became panic stricken, and no one thought to call the police at once. After the robbers had extracted Herz's purse they backed away from him toward the stairway and raced down to the next floor. where they calmly walked into an elevator and escaped without detection.
 Chief McWeeny declared the robbery in the skyscraper today as one of the boldest in recent years. Herz had just returned from the bank, and to this fact he owes the safety of $500 He said he did not know the amount of his loss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
ABE ATTELL CERTAINLY HAS
 ALL THE WORK HE NEEDS
BY W. B. tBAT) MAsTERsoN

in a % round battle, in which the cham pionship will again be at stake. For this battle Attell is to receive s65oO and two round trip tickets. This is quite a neat sum for little Abe.
 Tommie Carey, the Los Angeles pro- moter has hung up S10,0O0 purse for the battle, out of which Attell is guaranteed $G5OO and Kilbane s35G0. Kilbane accepted the terms for the reason, so ne has stated, that he expected to annex the champion- ship along with the money. Kilhane might do it, of course, but if he does he will have to step faster than ever before for Abe is probably better now than he has ever bene in his entire ring career.
 It might not be out of place to again refer to the date. It was on Washing tons birthday, February 22 1910, that Wolgast took the championship away from Battling Nelson at Point Richmond, Cal When Attelrs attention was called to the incident he grinned and intimated that the California date would probably turn out in the same way that the New Orleans one with Jack White would.
 T don't go much on these hoodoo num- bers nor dates" said Abe. Days and dates have always been the same to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
KERN LAUDS T. R.

New York, December 17-(Special.)- Theodore Roosevelt was hailed as pa trot for sanctioning the absorption of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany by the Steel trust in a speech de- livered by Senator John w. Kern of In- diana last night at the annual dinner of the Indiana society of New York at the Playa hotel. Senator Kern declared that Roosevelt when President realized that it was within the power of the men who put the proposition up to him to precipitate a financial panic, and that he was forced by shere patriotism to grant their demands.
 Senator Kern said that the American people were not adverse to the amassng of great fortunes by honest and lawful methods or to great industries that were buii, up without violation of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
NEW YORK WILL HAVE PLENTY
 OF BOXING SPORT THIS WEEK
By JEFF THOMPSON

New York, December 17.-(Special)-It's going to be one good match after an other in New York this week. One blos- som after another bursts forth from the big plant, and no less than four rosy events are spread out for the delectation of the local fight fans.
 First on Monday night comes Battling Nelson in a tryst with Willie Howard, the Ridgewood Terror. at the Irving Athletic clut in Brooklyn.
 Nelson's essay is hard one In How ard he will meet regular rough house" fighter
 The fellows who like boxing as an art will swarm to the Fairmont club on Tues day to see the postmaster in the game of hitting and getting away, Packey Mac Farland doing some sharpshooting at the beal of Young Hickey. Hickey. while not a MacF'arland, is a clever chap, too, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
Good Roads Money

Washington, December 17,-Exactly ESQ., 0o0.OOo is proposed to be appropriated by Congress for roads during the next five years, under a bill introduced today by Representative Prouty of Iowa, who ad- vocates national and state cooperation in road construction and maintenance. He proposed that Congress appropriate and apportion among the various states $5,- 0OO,Oo0 in 1912: $l0,00009o in 1913; S15, ,000,- GOO in 1914 s2O,000,G00 in 1915, and $50 o00, 900 in 1916. The federal expenditures on each road would be limited by the bill to one half the total cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18

with his fine art stuff he has healthy young kick.
 The real lightweights, Leach Cross and Knockout Brown, mix 1t on Wednesday up in Harlem. Not since Matt Wells and Knockout Brown fought in the gar den has there been so much interest in the lightweight division as has been mani- fested i'll the outcome of this fight
 Then comes Nelson again with One Round Hogan. Bat is the same old foxy matchmaker he always was. Hogan had to concede everything to him before he would consent to the match. The Battler put so many thorns in the paths of a battle that most boxers wouldn't have Iis- tened minute to his terms. However, Hogan is so confident he can win de- csively over the durable Dane" that he knowingly took the worst end of the terms and agreed to the match.
 In this contest Nelson is going in at catch weights, while Hogan has to make 134 pounds at o'clock on the day of the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18
FOUNDER OF THE RED
 CROSS IS VERY ILL

washington, December 17.-(Special)- Miss Clara Barton, founder of the Amer ican Red Cross, and for many years it's nresident, is in a precarious condition at her home at Glen Echo. just outside of Washington. Friends and neighbors had hoped that she would be well enough for celebration of her 9Oth birthday an- niversary on Christmas day, -but they have been obliged to give up any such idea
 Miss Barton has been gradually fail- ing ever since her serious illness last winter. Of the friends who call, only the most intimate are allowed to see her.
 It is said her illness left her heart weak and that her throat is now af- fected.