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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-13

Remnants of Swiss Embroidery
Flouncings. IS and 81 inches wide,
left from our recent sale: good as
sortment of brand-new designs, in
scroll and openwork effects:
lengths suitable for making.
waists. corset covers and dresses.
Values worth 25c. 39c dM
and soc yard. Remnant VIC
price
Remnants OF Embroidery Edg-
ing and Insertion. desirable
widths. Values worth N9/
sc and &c yard. e0NC
Swiss Embroidery F1ouncings. 81
inches wide, for making waists
and handsome one-piece costumes;
large variety of beautiful OPEN
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-13

Remnant News of
Boys Clothing.
Boys Navy Blue Serge Suits. pure
, worsted: double-breasted coat with
, knickerbocker pants: sizes to IL
; $500. 500. $500 and $500
$3.50. Reduced to-.
Boys Soft Shirts. with collars at
! tached; blue and white striped
, madras: odd sizes. Sold Il e.
, regularly at 25c each. Re- Il 81
, duced to-.
Boys Colored Wash Suits, %
) belted style; sizes 3, 4 and oOoOC
years. Reduced to..........
BOYS Bloomer Pants. of fancy
cashmere and tan duck; n M
, sizes and years only. Il w
Worth SOC pair. ......-.......
Boys Silk Shield Bows. NN/
assorted colors; worth Z2C
!, 1Oc. ............-............
Bows Ideal" Under O.
waist Suspenders; worth o.
2oc. ........................
Bows Linen Collars, Barker brand;
sizes In to 1914. Sold OR~
regularly at for 25c Re- ZSC
duced to 6 for. "........'..............
Boys Wash Suits. one. two ana
three of each kind: white and COL
ors; sailor. Russian. beach, kmono
and military styles.
Sizes 21s to g years. &h no
Values worth up to 20
S4.OO. Reduced to-.
BOYS Corduroy Pants.
boomers and knickerbock- EN-
ers, odd sizes. Sold regu- OyN
larly at $1.OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
The Alaskan Boundary
rom Popular Mechanics.

From Popular Mechanics.
 The last of the long chain of bronze monuments that mark the Alaskan boun- dary between the United States and Can ada is as straight a line as the broad red line that is ruled up the map, was planted this past summer within a few feet of the Arctic ocean, at the land end of Demarcation Point. and 40 miles east of Herschel island. The joint Canadian American boundary survey parties have completed their work except for a little checking and typographical survey that may be carried on later. The American party, headed by Thomas Riggs, Jr., has returned from the Arctic.
 Contrary to a common idea of the Are tic the last boundary monument was planted in luscious green fields that are mass of bloom in summer. Huge Cali fornia peoples, lupine, daisies Johnny julnp-ups blue bells and most of the common American field flowers bloom in bright patches about it. Close by is a low cut bank which is the beach of the al- most tideless ocean. The maximum tide observed by the surveyors this last sum nor was eight inches. ef .. a4tfrra
 The monuments are set approximately four miles apart, and some of those plant ed this year are in almost inaccessible spots in the rugged, barren Arctic range The Canadian party planted the monu- ments on the line the Americans sur veyed, and when pack horses could not reach the points. monuments, materials and tools had to be carried on mems backs up the towering cliffs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
To Lure the Cat

From the London Telegraph.
 1 was coming home rather late from the theatre the other night, says Robin Goodfellow, and all was quiet as l walked down beneath the trees in our modest suburban road. Then. quite suddenly came upon a romantic little scene in the front garden of one of the most respect able of the villas.
 Beneath two tall trees a fire of sticks had been lighted. and over it bent the shivering forms of two young ladies in evening dress. I noticed, to my surprise. that one of the ladies had frying pan in her hands, and an appetizing smell of bacon rose into the air. I wondered whether these two products of our city civilization were playing at the siInpfa life: but the next day I found the incl dent had more prosaic explanation.
 The favorite Persian cat had been missed during the evening, and at length had been located in the upper boughs of one of the trees. All blandishments failed to persuade her to come down. and ye. her owners refused to lock her out for the night. At last they remembered that she would always make her way into the kitchen and sit sniffing at the frizzng bacon, and they decided to fry some bacon at the bottom of tho tree 10 at tract her.
 I believe that after half an hour over the fire the ruse succeeded, at the cost of two bad colds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
NARROW ESCAPE ON
 CHRISTMAS DAY
Passengers on Liner Badly Fright ened by Terrific Gale off
 French Coast

London, December 2S.-Stories were told by many Of the 300 passengers of the Pennsylvania and oriental liner Narrung, which had come from the far east. encountered the full force of the hurricane off Ushant on the French coast on Christmas forenoon.
 Waves mountain high washed the decks of the vessel and flooded the cabins. The passengers driven from their berths in their night clothes were compelled to sit :'or many hours knee deep in water Finally a terrific broad side of high waves struck the vessel and crippled her.
 Wireless messages were sent asking for aid but before this this arrived the captain had once more got his vessel under control and was making his way as best he could toward the mouth Of the Thames where the Narruns ar rived with a heavy list and everything on deck smashed. torn or washed away
 From most of the southern ports come reports of the arresting of commerce and damage to vessels. Many ships were compelled to abandon sailings be- cause of the damages they had suffered during the series of gales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
ABDUL HAMID'S CONFIDENCE
His Philosophy On Misfortunes of
 His Country
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post.
 If all the world loves lover it is no less interested in villain, even one who is prevented by cruel circiIm- stance from working longer at tho trade. And so newspaper readers found a certain relief this morning in turn ing from the reports of the operations around Tchatalja and the negotiations between the allies, and the powers, to the sayings and doing of one Abdul Hamid formerly a prominent citizen of Constantinople, who. under urgent invitation left his country some time ago for his country's good. The faith of this old man, who has. every req son for cYnicism, in the Fundamental of human nature is touching. T have every confidence," he declared, fin the loyalty and friend ship of the Kaiser. Under such aus world" And he left Saloniki, where he had been trying to. feel at home, for the deck of a German guardship. He was able to remark without apparent bitterness upon the extraordinary fate of country that has lost two wars in a single year. Nor was his attention confined to the realm of the actual, exciting as that realm has been and still is for him and his. The charms of literature were not without potency If he could only have had Sherlock Holmes for a chief of police, And, one may add. if Abdul Hamid had only been as humane as he is human, the history of Europe might have been changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Plenty Turkish Tobacco

From the New York Sun.
 The war has virtually stopped importa- ton of tobacco from Turkey, but you need neither fear nor hope, for the pres ent at least that the Turkish cigarette will cease to be. or even that the price will be raised.
 Importers are always prepared for emergencies by having two years supply of Turkish leaf stored away. Just now there are about SOo.ooo bales piled up in bonded warehouses in this city.
 The reason why importation has ceased is that most of the ships which ordinarily bring tobacco to this country are no longer touching at the troubled turkish ports such as Kavalia on the Aegaen sea, the great tobacco center, now occupied by Bulgarians.
 The boats of the Austrian Lloyd line are still keeping to the old schedule, but they are over -burdened and Austria and Hungary have first call on whatever to- bacco they cain carry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
PHILIPINOS WANT
 OWN GOVERNMENT

San Francisco, Cal, December 2S.-M. Ernshaw and Manuel Queseon. delegates to Congress from the Philippine Islands, who will renew the fight for the inde- pendence of the Philippines. are here today en route to Washington. They seek an autonomous government under the protection of the United States.
 "The Filipinos believe they should have their own government and of ficials, ,'| Queseon said. '''rhe cost of the government adminisi-red by the Ameri- cans is too high, duo largely to the salaries paid to Americans in office. There are in the Philippines S,000,000 natives. Of these less than 400,000 are uncivilized. Our schools have graduated 300. 000 pupils who can read and write English and Spanish and 25 per cent of the population can read and write. We believe the Jones bill now before Con gress will settle the present status of the islands if it is passed and minimize the burden of taxation and give us more na tional unity and pride"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
MRS. KING DESERTED
 BY HER RELATIVES
Sister Denounces Her In Bitter Terms-Spends a
 Restless Night

Macon. Ga, December 2.-Deserted by her relatives since her confession yes terday that she plotted with Nicholas Wilburn to kill her husband, Mrs. James King tonight occupies a cell in the Jones county jail. Mrs. John King, sister of the prisoner, with whom she lived after her husband was shot and killed De- cember 12 by Wilburn, today denounced Mrs. James King in bitter terms. She expressed the hope that her sister would be punished to the full extent of the law" Other relatives have refused to offer financial assistance to aid the wom- an in her trial.
 Mrs. King spent a restless night in the Hail but was visited today by her children and seemed in better spirits. Nina King 1s-year-old daughter of the prisoner, to- day asserted that her father knew of the relations between Mrs. King and Will burn some time before the tragedy She declared that he had planned to secure a farm in an adjacent county to separ- ate the two, but that Mrs. King had re- fused to move.
 "He went to Ashburn to look for an- other place." said the girl, "but she told him he would go with another wife and that she would get another husband"
 Detectives today announced that the confession of Wilburn that he killed James King was secured while they were hiding in the woods with the prisoner and were being pursued by a mob. He is said to have made a full confession 10 the crime after the detectives had promised him protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
FINANCIAL WORRY
 CAUSE OF SUICIDE

Chicago. December 2S.-A man who from letters found in his pockets is thought to be Herman Schmidt, of Hab- erstadt Germany, tonight committed suicide by shooting himself while riding in a taxicab. The letters found indicated he planned self destruction before en- terng the taXicab Worry oyer tinan- cial matters is believed to have caused the suicide.
 The chauffeur heard the discharge of the revolver. and thinking a tire had burst dismounted and examined all of the taxicabs wheels. Then he noticed blood running out of the door of the vehicle. The injured man was dead when physicians arrived.
 Other letters found among Schmidt s effects were addressed to New York peo- pie. and another to the local German consul.
 In the letter to the public Schmidt arologized for causing annoyance to tho chauffeur and said only lack of funds prevented him from rewardins the man. Only one cent was in the dead mans pockets. A clipping telling of the rise to affluenee of man who once was chased as q tramp. also was in his pock ct. One of the missives contained I ref erence to being destitute in this cruel city"
 Schmidt registered from New York at q local hotel on December -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
THEFTS

Negro purse snatchers were abroad in force last night and several cases were reported to the police
 Mrs Cooley had her purse snatehed from her hand by a negro at Ninth alley and Nineteenth street. north. Mrs. Cool ey grappled with the thief and held on to the purse. which was dropped in the alley entrance. The negro fled while Mrs Cooley recovered her purse
 Mrs. l.. T. Steadham. 1i14 North Six teenth street had a purse snatched from her hand by negro at Ninth avenue and Nineteenth street about 9 o'clock last night. The negro escaped with the purse containing s.
 Mrs. w. r. Shropshire. 2O2S Dane ave nue, had her pocket picked in down. town store. the thief obtaining $11 in cash.
 pr. Browning, 14o2 North street. Ris- ing station. was robbed of an Elgin watch.
 Four dozen pairs of ladies silk hose, one dozen pairs of gents silk hose and one dozen silk handkerchiefs were stolen from l. G. Macksoud, 2Ol South Twen- tieth street
 c. W. Burney. 20 South Twentieth street, was robbed of an Elgin watch.
 J. D. Mcleod. 1405 North Seventeenth street, was robbed of some jewelry and clothing.
 Thieves entered the Bohemian bakery on Fourth avenue, stealing 40 cents from the cash drawer and quantity of sugar, lard and four The lard was s1oveled from a barrel with the coal shovel
 Dan Odom, in care of the Florence bar. offers a reward of s5 for the re- turn of a collie dog which was stolen from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
MOORE & HANDLEY
 MEN GIVE BANQUET

An enjoyable canquet given to the Moore & Handley travelling men was served last evening at the Hillman hotel. There were 39 covers and the evening was spent in much merrfment, many humorous speeches being made. J. D. Moore presided and was ably as sisted by Harry Jones' MT. Moore said that the banquet was really in honor of Harry Jones' twenty-fifth anniversary as an employe of the Moore & Handley company.
 The following attended T. s. Nor ton. P. G. Ault, w. K. Ramsey, George J. Hunt, R. I4 Fuller. HenrN Conner, ]. P. Jones. w. J. Kinney, Winfield Partridge, II. w. Coffin, L. B. Leftwich, II. Robinson, J. P. Perkins, J. E. Simp- son, J. A. Pearson, J. NJ Bates, C. A. Jordan. J. ". Mckinney, F. A. Gibson. A. H. Geohegan, o. w. Colgan, R. N. Mabry. Charles Bratton, J. W. King, J. NJ. Thompson, W. A. Currie, Ed Robin son, D. o. Green w. w. French, P. J. Dowd, J. C. Reese, F. o. Bullock, c. c. Blackwell, F. L. Buchanan, J. J. Davis, r. D. Horton. J. c. Ware, Harry Jones and J. D. Moore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
What the Baby Grabbed
.om the Boston Traveler.

From the Boston IraNeier-
 Samuel A. Thompson, secretary of the rivers and harbors Congress, while lec- turing before the Fruit and Produce Ex- change, told the following:
 Among a certain people,, he said, 'it used to be the custom to test the future of a baby by placing before him a coin. Bible, piece of cloth and several other articles. The articles which the baby grabbed was supposed to indicate it's fu- ture calling. Thus, if it grabbed the Bi- ble he would be a preacher. if the money he would be a business man, if the cloth, a tailor, etc.
 "Once, when a proud father was trying out this test the baby snatched the Bible in one hand. the. coin in the other the piece of cloth in his teeth and began to try to gather in all the rest with his arms.
 .Mein Gott!" cried the man, he grabs everything in sight. He's going to be a railroad man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
FIFTEEN DROWNED
 IN DANISH STEAMER

Penzeance, Eng. December 2S-Fif- teen of the crew Of the Danish steamer Nolmer were drowned when 1t was wrecked in the gale in the Engrsh channel near Penzance. The captain and another survivor. were picked up southwest of the Lizard and landed at Newlyn by q trawler. The crew apah- doned the sinking. ship on Thursday one of the lifeboats with nine occu- pants was capsized by the heavy seas and six other men were washed out of a second boat, commanded by the captain. The men were all drowned The two survivors were dashed about for two days before being sighted by the trawler that resceud them with diff ficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
TEXTILE STRIKERS CLASH WITH POLICE III Treatment Charged To Officers Before Media
 tion Board

Little Falls, N. Y., December 2s.-With the state board of arbitration sitting as mediators in the strike of the textile workers, hundreds of strikers gathered todavz in the streets and cIashed with the police The first conflict came at the Phoenix mills, where the police cleared the sidewalks of massed pickets, so the citizens could pass, and the sec ond occurred during the parade on Main street. During the melee striker lying prone on the sidewalk refused to move or budge. Women in the procession be- gan to scream that he had been maced but this the police denied.
 The board continued taking the testl- mony Of strikers. Miss Annie koAis. machine operative at the Phoenix mills, testified that Chief of Police Long threw her down the steps of the strikers headquarters the day the strike was called. She added the officer threw three girls on top of her. She said this came while the place was being raided to find strike officials. She said a police man attempted to fiirt with her while she was on picket duty Miss Kokis said she told the man she was married and told her husband. The so-called husband was clubbed.
 Miss Annie Mala1i1 who said she was q years old and received S4 a week for her work testified she did not resort to this ruse. She said she lived in an eight room house with a score of other per sons. She testified they slept three in a bed. II. Gotaraz who said he made SEA- week by working five nights, compared the police of Little Falls to the Alcade of an Alcazar.
 And in Russia, Gotaraz said, "the police use their fists like in Spain'
 The hearing was adjourned until Mon day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
CHARGE CHIEF WITH
 ACCEPTING A BRIBE

Lawrencevlle, Ga. December 2S.-M. Witt Cole, local chief of police, is un- der arrest here tonight on a bribery charge resulting from the escape from his custody of prisoner captured near Lena, Ark, who vas wanted in Geor- sia in connection with a murder com mttcd fl years ago. Coie recently was indicted for bribery by the Mena, Ark. court. X requisition for his return to that state has been received by Gov ernor Brown.
 Wade Higgins was captured in Arkan- sas several weeks ago and Cole was sent to that state to bring the pris- oner to Georgia to face trial. The pris- oner escaped from a moving train, and Cole returned empty handed. Higgins was indicted in 1898 by the Gwinnett county grand jury for the murder of John McClung.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
ALABAMA MINISTER LEARNS REAL NAME
 AFTER MANY YEARS
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>~~~>~~~~-~~~-~ Ozark in a covered wagon, and adopted the homeless boy.
 4 The Johnsons lived four years in Kan sas City, and then went east in the wagon to Tennessee.
 At Jasper, Marion county, David grew up and in 1891 was ordained a primitive Baptist minister.
 From the moment he learned to read and write he devoted all his time when not at his duties in the search for rels- tives, and a name. The Johnsons told him all they knew of his history. but he found names and dates at Ozark forgot ten when he sought to learn of his stay there.
 Two months ago he received letter from the family of Thomas Leonard of Koppel, Tex, saying they had recognized in his story told in an Arkansas paper the connection with their own family history The letter directed him to Mrs. Johnson at this place. and when he came here to- day the identification was complete.
 The Rev. Mr. Leonard now lives at Elk mont, Ala, is married and has Il grown children.
 The Leonards mostly wealthy farmers, are planning a reunion of the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Christmas Story Writers
From Golfers Weekly.

5
 The days when the wandering minstrel sang his song and told his story by the yuletide board in the manor hall, and master and men. mistress and maids, wept and laughed together, is gone forever. The sage, the storyteller, the singer of songs no longer stops on his gypsy way to make us merry and strengthen the bond of brotherhood with tears. But into our homes there comes a guest, as gay, as sad, as full of common sympathy and human fire as ever sat by a blazing hearth and strummed his battered harp. The story writer touches the source> of hu- man emotion in the swarming life about him and sends into a million homes his message of laughter and of tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
AROSE FROM COFFIN

Nashville, December 2S.-A special dispatch from ClarlIsville today says that Richard Brindlay of Palmyra re- turned to his home yesterday after ali extraordinary experience. Christmas day he visited in the adjoining county and while there was attacked with collie and apparently died. While friends watched at night beside his bier they were startled by deep breath from the catafa1que and approaching the sup posed corpse Brindlay opened his eyes and coughed completing the resurrec- tion. Relatives were summoned and found the resuscitated man sitting up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Moore Not Allowed Bond

Columbia, Mo. December 2S.-Lee Moore, accused of the death of Mrs. Georgia Moore. his mother and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary J. Wilson, in their home here last week, was bound over to trial after preliminary hearing today He was not allowed bond. Letters written by Moore to various women were in evi- dence. Most of the letters told of his ex- pectations soon to have home of his own. The prosecution contended that he referred to the home of his mother and grandmother The attorneys of Moore offered no defense plea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Deaths and Funerals
Miss Kathleen E. Vance

Miss Kathleen D. Vance, aged ? years. daughter of MT and Mrs, Horace H. Vance 2121 Avenue II, died at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, following an opera ton for appendicitis. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev J. w. Johnson. pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. The follow
 ing pallbearers have been selected: pr. F, w. Harris, s. W. Lee, Jack Hockaday. ". w. Lee, F. C. Steele, o. l.. Bennett. B. W. Erwin and Lawrence Matthews.
 Miss Vance is survived by her parents and one brother, Clyde Vance. The in- terment will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
GIRLS WAGES BELOW
 LIVING MARGIN

Boston, Mass, December 2S.-Wages paid to young girls in city department stores are typical of wages below the living margin according to Prof. Henry R. Seager of Columbia university. who today discussed tho subject at joint meeting of the American Economical association for labor and the American Advancement association. Professor Seager argued that conditions which control the supplies of such workers give no promise of improvement unless the state interferes by prescribing the minimum rates which will be tolerated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
BRYANT IN JAIL
 ON MURDER CHARGE

Mobile. December Exchanged with the murder of Tom Morrow, an aged man at Mount Vernon, Mobile county Dan Bryant, at whose house Morrow had lived for several years, was locked in jail this afternoon in spite of the fact that a deputy sheriff and seven other men had witnessed what was said to have been a dying declaration of Morrow that the shooting was accidental. The whole party Is said to have been drinking in room Friday morning when gun was acci- dentally discharged by Bryant. Morrow lived several hours.