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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
TRAIN ROBBER
 CAUGHT IN GEORGIA

Gainesville. Ga. February 22.-Sher- if Sargent of Lumpkin county last midnight captured a man who answered the description of one of the five who held up Southern train No. 36 early last Saturday morning. The man had SAP worth of English gold coin.l Some of the money taken from the express safe on the train is known to have been foreign. The capture was made n miles north of Dahlonga. Two com panions of the suspect escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
TO INVESTIGATE
 FAILURE OF BANK
Depositcrs of Pratt City Bank Hold Mass Meeting to Employ
 Counsel

The depositors of the Pratt City bank held mass meeting last night, at which Sam Foley presided as chairman. com mittee was appointed by the chair, who were instructed to come to Birmingham today and secure the best legal talent to look into the matter of the banks failure.
 The committee who will make an in- vestigaton of the course to be pursued by the depositors in the affair are J. x. Thomas, Samuel Brown, William Muir, Dr. J. T. Seay, w. c. Mcclure, Sam Foley and J. C. McMurray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
WOMEN WRECKED
 AND ABANDONED

Pittsburg. February 22.-An automo- bile party of six went over a 25-foot embanlSment At West Liberty near here and two women. Mamie Gregory and Annie Mcdonald. were dangerouly in- jured. Four men, including the ehauf- feur, escaped injury and disappeared The automobile turned turtle into a creek, pinning the two women un- der the machine in the water. The wom- en almost perished in the cold water before they were rescued by the motor man of street car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
CITY OFFICIALS
 INSPECT DIARIES All Found In First Class
 Condition F. M. PRINCE, JR., DIES Clay Gentry, We'll Known Citizen of Johns, Takes His Own Life. Negro Stabs Another
 to Death
F. M. PRINCE, JR., DIES

Bessemer February 22.-(Special.)- Mayor l. A. Lewis of the board of alder men made a tour of inspection of all the dairies that furnish Bessemer citizens their milk today and found them in first class condition. The inspection trip was made in automobiles and the members of the council were quite pleased at the showing made by the dairies of the city. The party was accompanied by Dr. E. P. Hazelwood, the newly elected meat and milk inspector.
 The office of meat and milk inspector is comparatively new one but there has already been considerable improve ment in market conditions under the new order. The mayor and aldermen found conditions much improved
 The dairies of city are one of the most important parts of it." said Mayor Lewis this afternoon, and it is of great importance that every precaution be taken to keep the milk supply of the city disinfected. Medical science shows that more disease comes kom impure milk than from any other thing. l was much pleased to see the da;-ies which furnish the city with the milk supply were will be continued improvement"
 Negro Killed
 J. R. Eaton and Will King, two negro men, became involved in a difficulty this afternoon and as result King is deau from knife wounds and Eaton is in the county Jail at Birmingham suffering from serious cuts on the body.
 The difficulty occurred near the South ern depot on Nineteenth street and Twelfth avenue, north. and after few words both negroes drew knives and be- gan cutting at each other. King. was literally sIashed to pieces and Eaton was in little better condition.
 Eaton was arrested by Deputy Sheriff John Smithson and taken to Birmingham, where he was placed in .ihe county jail with a charge of murder against him.
 Frank Prince, IT,, Dead
 Frank M Prince. Jr., died today at the Robinson hospital after short illness. MT. Prince was found Monday afternoon in helpless condition in his buggy. He was suffering from a severe stroke of paralysis. Mr. Prince was hurried to the Robinson hospital, where every attention was given him. but he died this afternoon in spite of all efforts. Little hope was held out for hls recovery from the first. MT. Prince was son of Dr. Frank M Prince of Prince Springs and has many friends in Bessemer who will regret to learn of his death. No funeral arrange ments have been made yet.
 Gentry Kills Self
 News of the suicide of Clay Gentry, q well-known citizen of Johns,. reached Bessemer this morning. The news was telephoned in. from Johns shortly after , O clock and was communicated to Coroner Brasher. who immediately went to Johns to investigate the killing. The coroner states that he will not hold q formal in quest over the body of Mir. Gentry as it was plain case of suicide.
 The deceased is thought to have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
Package of Money Lost

Meridian, Miss, February 22.-(Special) While transferring six packages of money at the transfer station of the Southern Express company this morn ing at o'clock some one made way with one package of the silver valued at 5000. The money was done up in packages of 5000. each. As yet there is no clue to the thief. The companys de- tectives are at work on the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
Personal and General

The funeral of Frank Whatley, mine boss of the Senge mines, who was killed by falling rock. was held this afternoon at ? O clock Ip'erment was in the Union cemetery with Kennedy Bros. in charge, MT Whatley was 3o years old and is sur vived by widow and one child.
 The regular meeting of the Myrtle Lin ton lodge. Knights of Pythias, will be held tomorrow night and large attend ance is expected.
 Mrs. T. w. Owen of Ashland. Ala, is the guest of Mrs. R. s. Noland at Jones' boro.
 Mrs r. P. Lovett is in Acton, Ala. att tending the bedside of her brother.
 Mrs c. M. Brannon will entertain the Matron's club Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs w. H. Brannon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23

Respondent on account of continued i'll health. He blew off the top of his head with a shotgun in the same room that his wife and babies were sleeping. His head was completely riddled with shot and death was instantaneous.
 Gentry leaves a wife and five children. He was about 30 years of age at the time of his death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
Sells Business At Oxmoor

Mir. Nose Hill of Oxmoor has sold his store and business at Oxmoor to w. s. Harper & Co. Hereafter Mr Hill will give his time and attention to his store and business located at Fossill, Ala. In a few days MT Hill will remove his family to his old home at Sunny Sdeon the South Bessemer car line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
"Winning Miss at Bijou

Such a miss-such winning miss-as is offered at the Bijov this week. with a matinee today. is rare morsel for the theatregoer who pays popular prices.
 Opportunities to see this cleverness, are becoming scarcer daily. and there re- main matinees Thursday and Saturday and performances nightly. "Graustark' ia next weeks attraction. Manager Se- mon announces that the production and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23

In a statement issued by the Postmas- ter General it is declared that of the 55 periodicals other than newspapers, jour nals and other the like. published in Ala hama, none will be affected by the pro- posed increase of postage
 The conference committee on the rivers ard harbors bill has practically agreed on one of it's disputed items and the provision authorizing Watt Brown to construct a power plant at lock on the Coosa remains in the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23

company are of extraordinary strength and that this is the first time at popu- lar prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23

Senator Scott. who has charge of the Subway pension bill fin the Senate did not give House advocates of the bill much encouragement today but expressed doubt of its becoming law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23

Senator LaFollette, chairman of the census committee said today that the de- lay in taking up the House reapportion- r,ent bill was due to the inability Of Senator Hale to be present owing to his duties on the finance committed The Wisconsin member will call the commil- tee together by Monday and favora ole r.port Is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
FEAR DIRECT VOTE
 OPPOSED BY TAT I
Louisiana Postmaster Dis likes POsitiOn-COnstruct
 Power Plant on COOsa

Washington, February 22.-(SpeciaL)- retention in the Senate, has also joined forces with the opponents of the con- stitutional amendment providing for the election of senators by direct vote of the people. that he has yielded on his demand for tariff board and in return gets the votes to pass the Canadian reci- procity bill. thus preventing an extra ses- sion of Congress and an immediate dem ocratic tariff revision, was one of the stories circulated at the capitol today and stranger stories have come true
 The postmaster at Delta, La, is almost the only person in the United States who has federal office who wants to pc rid of 1t and can't. In a letter to the Postmaster General it was related at the department today, he said that his office was the most one-sided office in the world It is only a fourth class office and the postmaster has no cleyical help and no allowance for clerk hire, and his receipts only a few hundred dollars a year, and yet-last year-1910-he paid out S56,S74 56 on 19,477 postal money or ders drawn against his office At Vicks- burg, Miss, a first-class office just across the Father of Waters, only 25,399 postal money orders were paid in that time.
 The postmaster blames all his troubles on liquor. He doesn't drink 1t himself and his patrons don't either They sell it. Vicksburg, he explained is a dry town in a dry state, and Delta is wet town in a wet state.
 Thirsty citizens of Vicksburg buy their drinks at Delta. The postmaster is un- der bond and can't quit until somebody is put in his place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-23
Refuses Rehearing

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
FIRE F|END PLACES
LIVES IN DANGER
Applies Match to 0il=soaked
Stairs in Crowded Tene:-
ment House.

Following an incendiary fire which
endangered many lives early today in
crowded Italian tenement house at
1870 Eighth avenue, owned by Alfonzo
Cettani, the police of the Second pre-
cinct are making a thorough investi-
cation. The four-story frame building
was found literally saturated with ker-
osene. Four separate fires We're started
simultaneously in the house, two on
the stairways. A few seconds delay in
the arrival of the fire apparatus would
have meant a holocaust,
TAT at 2:35 q M The flames were ex-
tinguished before very much damage
was done.
Captain Martin, of the Salvage Corps,
reported to Captain Brown, of the Sec
end precinct. today that he had found
the stairway of the tenement saturated
with kerosene, and that four separate
fires had been started. The danger of
arson is SO great in the tenement dis
trict that the police will make a de-
termined effort to run down the man
who was responsible for the fire.
The members of Newarks Little Italy
are aroused by the danger that was
barely avoided in Cettani's tenement.
1T was lucky the fire was discoy-
cred so quickly" Captain Martin said
to an Evening STAR reporter 1T
was the making of a big blaze"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
CRUSADE AGAINST
FALSE WEIGHTS
New State Superintendent Wal
drOn May Visit New
ark Soon.

A Statewide crusade against dealers
who use false weights has been begun
by William l.. Waldron, the newly
appointed State superintendent of
weights and measures, and Newark
will probably be one of the first places
where he will make wholesale investi-
cations
1T will be next to impossible to
make this campaign In a satisfactory
manner until after the appointment of
three assistants" said Mr.. Waldron.
"The civil service examinations for
these three places will be held early
in November.
Every merchant can rest assured
that he will be treated fairly but no
consideration will be given to anyone
who seeks deliberately to violate the
law. Any dealer who after receiving
proper notification has in his possess
sion any defective weight or measur-
ing apparatus need expect no second
warning
Mr.. Waldron explained that many
scales easily weigh wrong because they
have been made cheaply. and for this
reason first warning would be given.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
NJ NAMARA MAY
NOT co ON STAND
Forecast Is Based Upon His
Lawyers Statement in
Court Today.

Los ANGELES, Oct. Is.--It was said
on good authority early today that
James B. Mcnamara probably never
would go on the witness stand The
hint of Attorney Darrow in court that
the defendant could sit mute while the
prosecution attempted to show the
building was blown up by dynamite" is
held to be a forecast of the plans of
the defense to stand pat on the theory
that the Times disaster was caused by
gas and that the defendant knew moth
ing about 1t.
Mcnamara himself is taking an in
part in the trial. The
battle between opposing attorneys of
which there are five on the defense
and four on the States side, is attract
ing all the attention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
BranChvil' Fears Heavy
Loss Of Life and
Property.
WATER is UP TO SECOND
STORY OF SOME HOUSES
Big Dam Strained to Bursting
Point by Onslaught of
Rushing Water.

BRANCHVILLE. Oct. 1S.-With the
big dam of the electric light plant in
the Culver strained to the bursting
point by a flood, caused by the rain,
heavy loss of life and property is
feared here.
If the one dam breaks, two others will
be swept away by the raging torrent,
and the town will be swept from one
end to the other.
The Lackawanna bridge in the lower
section of the town is bearing the full
brunt of the torrent and trains are
creeping over the structure, whicn
shows signs of weakness The danger
is acoentuated by the fact that big
flood is pouring into the stream from
Culver Lake.
Guards are spatroling the vicinity of
the big dam watching for the first signs
of a break. The torrent IS going over
the dam several feet.
The principal streets are flooded. and
in many places the water reaches al
most to the second stories of houses.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
JOHNS To PUSH
DIVORCE FIGHT
Will Appeal to Court of Errors
for Reopening of
Case.

Scouting the idea that he or his at
torney We're a party to any collusion.
Lee r. Johns, proprietor of the oxford
Bowling alleys. S39 Broad street. today
expressed his determination to carry
his divorce case to the Court of Errors
and Appeals.
This will be the next step in the pc
culiar marital tangle of Mr.. and Mrs,
Johns, who have not been living tC-
gether for three years.
Vice-C Chancellor Walker yesterday
handed down a decision in which he
refused the motion made by Frank e.
Bradner, counsel for Johns, to reopen
the case
The trouble between Mr.. and Mrs,
Johns started when she took long
The last visit, on which she was ac-
companied by her little daughter, lasted
for more than three years.
Johns instituted suit for divorce, al
leging desertion. The case was heard
by Alonzo Church. as special master
who recommended that divorce should
be granted
A Western lawyer, representing Mrs.
Johns, wrote to Mr.. Johns saying that
he believed Mrs. Johns had good
grounds upon which to defend the ac-
ton, and further limited that the Mis-
souri, law allowed a settlement to be
made by husband on a wife.
Mr.. Bradner, in replying, said that
Mr.. Johns would continue to support
his wife until he obtained a divorce
but that the Western attorney was,
nevertheles, privileged to apply for ALI
mony. Through this episode the Vice
chancellor found evidence of collusion
and dismissed the case.
Frederick F. Guild, who was appoint
ed counsel for Mrs. Johns, was granted
$10o fee. This was objected to by
Mr.. Bradner
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
FLEEING HUSBAND
BADLY TROUNCED.
Vainly Tries to Escape Irate
Wife by Running Down
Fire-escape.

The lively story of a scrimmage In
which the husband came off only Sec
ond best after being chased through a
building by his irate wife, her uncle
and the latters wife, was aired before
Acting Judge Yuill today when Barney
Harris, of 81 Broome street, appeared
against the three, preferring charges of
larceny and assault and battery.
According to Harris he was married
a year ago January, and his wife left
him last April, going to live with an
uncle, Isadore Grassland, and his wife,
at 1876 Prince street Later she ap-
peared before Judge Hahn and asked
for the arrest of her husband on
charge of support Judge Hahn,
after investigation, told her that
woman who dressed as stylishly as she
and wore Jewels didn't need extra sup
port and refused to grant a warrant.
Last Saturday, Harris averred, his
wife, together with her uncle and the
latter's wife, sighted him on the street
and started to run after him, threaten
ing him with bodily harm.
He fled into a building at SO Mercer
street and attempted to escape down
fire escape, but they overlook him on
the ground, and, according to his story.
trounced him severely. He says that
during the tussle. in which the woman
pummeled him and pulled his hair. that
his necktie, holding a diamond valued
at $3.50. was taken.
Against the two women he preferred
a charge Of assault and battery and
against Grassland charge of larceny.
They We're paroled for a further hear
ing.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
VANITY BOXES NOT PART
OF GENERALS EQUIPMENT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S. - Toilet
cases, vanity boxes, perfume bottles
and other instruments for personal
Identification have no place in SOL
diers' equipment at least not at gov
ernment expense.
Brigadier- General Anson l. Mills,
commander of the department of the
gulf, with headquarters at Atlanta,
Ga. bought $40 toilet case for his
carriage and it was charged to the ex-
pense account The case contained a
mirror, a clock and two bottles. Comp
troller Tracewell, Of the treasury. to-
day disallowed the item as not coming
within the classification of army equip
ment. General Mills will have to pay
for it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18

alone except for Mrs. Hamilton, a 60
year-old chaperon and housekeeper
chosen by Miss Heath. She won't see
newspaper men.
The girl intends to push her fight for
an accounting and a new guardian TO
the limit. She Is so annoyed by the
publicity given her quarrel with her
elderly guardian that she has made her
home veritable fortress in which she
can direct her legal battles In peace,
In Miss Heath's fight for the removal
of her guardian, mortgages covering
property owned by Mr.. Maddox are
the principal point at issue. She hopes
to convince the court through her coun-
sci that Mr.. Maddox transferred mort
cages amounting to $21, 800 to the estate
and thus violated his trust She main
tains that the mortgages he as execu-
tor, issued to himself were entirely for
his own benefit Mr.. Maddox contends
that the responsibility lay with the
court that signed the order allowing
the transaction.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
WHO OWNS THIS
$4,000 PENSION? !?
Resigned Members of Salvage
Corps Will Meet Tonight
to Find Out.

Determined to find out what is to be-
come of about $1,000 in the Salvage
Corps pension fund, members of the
corps who have paid in money will
meet at 790 tonight, at their headquar-
ters, in Washington street and find
out just how matters stand, All the
members of the fund, with the excep-
ton of Captain Martin, have resigned,
but it is said that their names have
been kept on the roll to render valid
the holding of the fund.
The resigning members were given to
understand, they say, by Captain Mar
tin, that they were out of the benefits
to he derived, but that number of
honorary members who had paid $5 to
enter the organization were to be given
back this money. The resigning mem
bers contend that if money is to be re-
funded to honorary members all others
connected with the fund should be
treated in the same way
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
SUNDRY BONES BROKEN,
He NOW WANTS $1O,O 900

John Fbensberger, d barrel manu-
facturer of 129 Gotthart street, who
lives in Hoboken, is defendant in a suit
for $4,000 alleged damages, claimed by
William Siegrist. of 46i Avon avenue.
The sui arises out of a head-on col
lision between the automobile of Ebens-
berg and the motorcycle of Siegrist
on the Turnpike on the night of Oc-
tober q, 1910.
According to Siegrist's story he and
his motorcycle got all the worst of the
argument. He came to on the side of
the road with sundrv broken bones,
most of them being ribs, with an arm
and leg thrown in 70. good measure.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
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9 as 10
Miss CarlOtta Heath, Who Wants Frederick R. Maddox Re-
moved as Guardian, Barricaded in House as She
Awaits Decision from Judge Martin.

Miss Carlotta Heath, the $15o,000
orphan. who is endeavoring to have
Frederick r. Maddox, her elderly
guardian, removed, is all alone with
her housekeeper in her palatial home
at 900 Roseville avenue today while
the course of law pursues it's unhasten-
ing way.
Following the hearing yesterday be-
fore Judge Martin in the Orphans
Court, e. A. e w. r. Day, Miss Heath's
attorneys, and Ralph e. Lum, counsel
for Mr. Maddox, We're given week in
which to submit briefs. After delb
Grating upon these, Judge Martin will
render his decision.
The vivacious 19-year-old girl, who
testified that Mrs. Maddox had called
her "a -- little fool and told her
chat there would "be raised"
about her action in taking her griev-
ance into court. has barricaded herself
in her big house Mr.. Maddocks and
his wife left Monday, and the girl is
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
g" Came Saw, Conquered" Said Christian n DELFT All
Happened After Miss Anna E. EiOey Glanced to
Look from Her Window.

Cupid chuckled gleefully when Miss
Anna E. Hoey, whose home was oppo-
site the 7 st Orange police headquar-
ters, once happened to look out hei
window and saw Policeman Christian
n. Dell, one of the heroes of the United
States navy, start out on his rounds.
Thereafter her interest in the whole
East Orange police force centred in
one man.
In some mysterious way Dell OWNED
this He Immediately emulated the
famous Roman who came and saw and
conquered
AS a result he and Miss Hoey were
married late yesterday afternoon by
Rev. Charles B. Bullard, pastor of the
Elmwood Presbyterian Church, and
gave bridal supper in their new home
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
AGED VICTIM OF AUTO
SUCCUMBS To INJURIES

Wensel Haselmayer, the aged man
of 26 Sterling street, who was struck
by an automobile at Springfield ave-
nue. and Howard street, has succumbed
to his injuries in the City Hospital.
The charge against the driver of the
machine. William j. Bergman, of Short
Hills, who was released in $1,000 bail
yesterday, probably will be changed by
Captain Voget from atrocious assault
and battery TO manslaughter Mr..
Haselmayer. who was a widower, is
survived by three sons and three
daughters.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18

at Main street and Arlington avenue.
Dells most famous exploit ives a
feat of prodigious strength, endurance
and bravery. which he performed on
board the Samar. u. s. NJ. when the
boat, while steaming from Hong Kong
TO Shanghai, ran into a northeast mon
soon.
Dell was in the engine-room. So vio-
lently was the boat tossed by the gil
santie seas that he was flung against
a boiler and badly burned In spite Of
his painful injuries, Dell kept on work.
Ing
One by one the men beside him lost
their footing and were flung 10 one
side, senseless. Then, for eighteen
hours, until he finally fell exhausted.
Dell toiled at the work of four men.
He was honored for his brave deed