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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
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 Flossie Steere, who have formerly re- sided in Columbus, O., but have spent the past few months in Birmingham. will leave today for Los Angeles, Cal, to reside in the future.
 Mrs. Clarence Bonham of Geneva, Ala, who has been the guest of her parents pr. and Mrs. F.. H. Sholl, is now visit ing Mrs. Edward Moore.
 Mrs. J. A. Emory will remain the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Dan Smith, for a week or ten days. Mrs. w. l.. Murdoch will leave today for Louisville, where she will represent the Alabama committee at the Child La Dor conference. She will be accompanied by Miss Jane Gordon of New Orleans and will be in a party which includes many distinguished workers in philanthropic fields.
 Miss Miriam Saul of Atlanta, and Miss Lena Blumberg of Chattanooga. are the guests of Mrs. R. Blamberg, on Eighth avenue, north.
 Friends will be glad to know that there is slight improvement in little Emmie Robersons condition. 1t is hoped that she will soon be entirely recovered.
  Mir Rose Wellington Owen is very ill] at his home at Owenton following al stroke of paralysis early Monday after noon. Mrs. F. J. Tyler of Erwin, Tenn, is the1 guest of her sister, Mrs. Shirley B. Hun-3 ter. 1125 Eleventh street, south. Dr. and| Mrs. Hunter made their home in this cityl for number of years. he as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. Congressman and Mrs. Oscar Under wood were among the guests at din- ner given Thursday night by the Brit ish Ambassador and Mrs Bryce. Mrs oscar Underwood of Alabama as- sisted the. Congressional club in it's annual reception to the diplomatic corps Thursday evening.
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A Winner Sure

From the Washington Star.
 Richard Croker, at banquet in New York, praised a successful political leader.
 Like all successful men, said MT. Croker, The is resourceful He can read fly turn adverse into favorable circum- stances This was proved to the hilt by an episode of his youth.
 .'In his youth. you know, he deeply loved a beautiful actress. one morning during the holidays his motor car stopped at the actress hotel and he got out with a great hamper of pheasant and grouse, champagne, tropical fruit and flowers.
 ?" Here he said to a bell boy, take this hamper to Miss Stella Starr, please
 's.Gee said the bell boy, you're the fifth gent wot's sent her up hamper this mornin'
 Our young friend frowned. ;" 'What-what were the other gents snames?' he asked.
 'They didn't give their names, sir said the bell boy. They just said she'd know who they were. all right.
 .''Wel, here said our young friend, take up my card and tell her this ham, per is from the same person who sent the other four
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would make his love letters into a walk Ing stick
 "I had been married 15 months when 1 read the correspondence, Vinten said, ''and I had saved all the letters my wife had sent me, both before and after my marriage.
 They were the accumulation of a four years acquaintance, and they num- bered fully a thousand.
 II had also kept a letter which l re- ceived from my mother when I was sta 'tioned at Esquimalt, Canada, in 1900. l was then seaman in the sloop Pheasant.
 There was also a letter from my sis- ter saying that her husband was dead: a letter from my father, and one or two other family letters.
 'Of course, they took up lot of space, and l decided to make walking stick of them in my leisure moments.
 First of all got steel rod about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and made a thread through its length. so as to screw on nut.
 Then I cut the letters into portions about one inch square. put a hole in each square, and thrust several of them at a time on the rod, just as you file receipts.
 'I compressed them by screwing up the nut with hand spanner. and when they were sufficiently hardened l put more on, and continued until the whole stick length was finished.
 Having treated all the letters in this fashion, I cut off the rough edges with an old razor. then clipped the stick into shape with a chisel and hammer. and finally obtained perfectly smooth sur face with an ordinary plane.
 ''I finished it off by vanishing the sur face, put an ebony handle on it and a silver mount-and there you have the stick
 You will notice there are gray rings In it at intervals of about an inch. They represent letters writsen to me by my wife, after our marriage, on gray paper.
 The stick is exceptionally strong and formidable. and looks very much like a malacca cane It is about an inch in dl- ameter at the handle end and tapers of gradually toward the fcrrule
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
LIQUOR FORCES
 ABANDON FIGHT No Election in EtOwah Now
 Any Time Soon
PAYING POLL TAXES
Twenty-Seven Prisoners in Etowah Jail-Pay Train of L. X N. at Gadsden MOnday-Republic-
 ans to Meet at Attalla

Gadsden. January 3.-(Special )--The liquor forces have abandoned their fight for an election in this county, at least for the time being. The petition filed here some time ago asking that an elec- ton be called and which was being checked by the probate judge to deter mine whether or not under the law an election could be held, was today withs drawn by attorneys for the petitioners.
 With the near approach of the first of February when the time expires for the payment of poll taxes, there is a general hurrying to attend 10 this much neglected duty. On yesterday there were more than one hundred polls paid into the cof- fers of the collector, and it is estimated that there will be as many or more to- day. More than eighteen hundred have paid the tax to this time In the county and the collectors believes that some twenty-five hundred will be paid before the expiration of the time limit
 There are at present twenty-seven pris- oners in the Etowah county jail. Most Of these are held to answer for violations of the law in this county, but a number belong to Calhoun county, which is send ing it's prisoners here to comply with an order of the state inspector
 Deputy Sheriff Harmon of Annston brought another prisoner last night for safekeeping until wanted for trial in Cal- houn county. The new prisoner is Ro- land Smith and the charge against him is that of housebreaking.
 Mrs A E. Swanson died al the family home in the western part of this city last night. Funeral services were held from the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock and this evening the remains were shipped to Cattaraugus, N Y, where in- terment will be made at the old family home.
 Perry Baker. charged with an assault with intent to kill on one John Ether- idge, is being tried in the criminal court today The evidence is all in and the case will go to the jury late tonight or tomorrow.
 Tho pay train of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company made it's monthly visit to the city on Monday and Ie1t the many en1plONeS or the coinpbnN here something to make the mare go.
 Chairman O. D. Street today issued a call for a republican convention, for the Seventh Congressional district to meet at Attalla on Thursday, February %, at noon, for the purpose of electng two delegates and two alternates to the Re publican national convention. and for the nomination of candidate for Congress and a presidential elector.
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crews of six men each and has been ploughing night and day.
 Immense searchlights are attached to the ploughs and the laborers declare that they can see at night almost as well as during the day. An incongruous feature of the work is that when the night crew is eating breakfast at 6 o'clock at night the day shift is eating supper from the same table. Fowler is planting 2o00 acres of barley and has resorted to the novel scheme of working 24 hours day in order that he may get the grain in before the heavy rains.
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the Senate floor, Now I wonder how in h--l they got here.'
 Of the more than 300 members of the House of Representatives who strut about with much dignity in their home districts you can count on the fingers of your two hands the men who really do big things of national importance. Yet every one of them is earnest and works hard
 Being congressman is one of the hard est jobs in this country. The responsibili- ty Is large the calls are many, the worS Is exacting and the pay is small, taking all things into consideration. The con gresman who does his duty may not be- come prominent (many of them cannotl, but he is a real public servant and de- serves more honor than he receives.
 But as 1 remarked a while ago Sena- tor Bovelace of Brewton is wise for the age fin which he lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
THIEVES AT WORK
 AROUND SHEFFIELD
Newly Elected Officers of Woodmen of World stalled-Maccabees
 Are Installed Also

Sheffield January 3.-(Special)-It was thought the capture of the two men who were operating the house boat on the Tennessee river, the boat being filled with purloined articles which were identi- fled by merchants in Decatur and Flor ence, would end the petty robberies that have baffled the police, but on Sunday night or early Monday morning, the store of W. F. Long on Furnace hill. near Shelf field was broken into from the rear door.
 An iron bar five feet long was found near the entrance and this is supposed to have been the bar with which the thieves forced an entrance. A quantity of tobacce, cigars and a number of pairs of shoes were stolen. No clew was found by which the cuprits could be traced. This same store was robbed about three months ago,
 The commissary department of the Southern shops was robbed a few nights since, and six box cars were rfed in the freight yards of the Southern railway.
 The officers are alert, but have grown irritated over repeated failures to stop the systematic robbery. Tt is reported that a gang of white men from Birmingham is suspected as being implicated in this matter and some sensational arrests  may follow
 The newly elected officers of the Wood men of the World were installed last night in the lodge room. Quite number of visiting Woodmen assisted in the rites, and a large attendance from the mem- bership made the event quite interesting, especially the social features of the even ing.
 Yesterday was a busy day in police cir cles. Alderman Spielberger fined three ne- groes for various misdemeanors. and one white man, who gave his home as in Ten nessee, was fined for drunkenness
 The deputy for the lodge of tho Ladies of the Maccabees, Mrs. James Stansberry, is in Sheffield and doing valiant service for her order. She will go to Tuscumbia today for the purpose of installing officers in hive located at that point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
From Asylum to Streets

,Anniston, January tspecial)-- Having been taken from thetrain in an intoxicated condition by an officer Mon day night as he arrived in the city from the insane asylum. Ellis W5hitlock was fined in police court here Tuesday morning and sent to the chaingang in default of paying the fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24
Butler Commissioners Meet

Greenville, January 2S.- Especial )-The Butler county commissioners court is in session here today, at it's regular meet Ing The amount of work before 1t is very large, including numbers of im- provements for the good of the county.
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Ray-Killed Bacteria

method of sterilizing milk without heating or adding preservatives is claimed to have been effectively demonstrated re- gently in Holland. An apparatus has been constructed, 1t is explained, whereby the milk flows in a thin stream along an erec- tric light. the ultra violet beams working on the bacteria. The result is attributed fo the ,ff44f\ a f~--~-~s ,pde~ fhf inf ---------- --- ------
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Reichstap To Meet

Berlin January 23.-The reichstag has been convoked for February T. The cleo rions to the new reichstaS will be com pleted on Thursday, when the remaining 8 seconA ballots will take splace.
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Fast Seaboard Trains

To Atlanta, Washington, New York -leave Birmingham s:30 a. m. and ! p. m. Through Pullman observation cars and diners. Phone Bell 23S2 fof| reservations.
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Night and Day Farming

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Farming at night is the innovation just introduced by F.. w. Fowler, who lives F miles west of Lodi. Cal. Fowler hal two
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Yesterday was busy day in police cir cles. Alderman Spielberger fined three ne- groes for various misdemeanors, and one white man, who gave his home as in Ten nessee, was fined for drunkenness.
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Flossie Steere, who have formerly re- sided in Columbus, O., but have spent the past few months in Birmingham, will leave today for Los Angeles, Cal, to reside in the future
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Mrs. Clarence Bonham of Geneva, Ala, who has been the guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F.. H. Sholl, is now visit ing Mrs. Edward Moore
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Mrs. ]. A. Emory will remain the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Dan Smith, for a week or ten days.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
THREE AVIATORS
 FALL ID DEATH
Astley Killed at Belfast When
 His Machine Turns Over
TWO GERMAN OFFICERS FALL
Narrow Escape Four Days Before His Woman Passenger Wrote as They Dropped-Two German
 Army Officers Also Killed.

Dondon.-That H. J. D. Astley. the . aviator, was certain sooner or later to come to tragic end because of his daredevil temperament has long been whispered in aviation circles, and his fatal fall in full view of the spectators at the Belfast cattle show grounds while causing painful sensation here. evoked little surprise.
 Only four days before while fving at Lille with Miss Trehawke Davis as a passenger. he had a miraculous es. cape from death, falling 200 feet and having his machine badly smashed. Miss Davis made notes of her sensa- tions during the tumble.
 The fatal accident occurred while Astley was 150 feet in the air. He had been flying brilliantly. and after several graceful evolutions began spiral yolplane. Apparently he bank ed the machine too sharply, and the aeroplane. catching at the same time gust of wind, was dashed straight downward, the aviator being flung from his seat against the wing post.
 He was removed to a hospital, where death followed during an opera tion on his skull. which was badly fractured
 Mrs. Astley, wife of the aviator. was at Hendon watching the flying there at the time of the accident
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
olD AND NEW WORLD
 BRIEFS FOR THE BUSY

Richard c. Xeit, Secretary of the Standard oil Company of New York admitted at the hearing brought by -he Waters-Pieree interests that there vas practically no competition be- tween the various companies that once were part of the Oil Trust.
 President Gompers. Vice-president Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the Federation of Labor. received a stay until November l to complete their appeal to the District of Colum- oia Appellate Court from the convic> non for contempt of court.
 The lnterparliamentary Union at denoa, Switzerland. has adopted ths resolution. introduced by the Belgian minister of state. condemning the use 1f aeroplanes in warfare.
 Joseph W. Devoe, the oldest mem- Der of the Brotherhood of Railway Con dactors, died in Lyons. N. T., aged 70 years.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
General

Minneapolis won the pennant in the Ar rican Association, with Toledo se,-nd.
 Robert C. Conner, New York pc lieeman. was held in $500 bail on charges of stealing a dressed pig. All Jewish enlisted men in the army and navy were granted leave of ab- sence to observe Tom kippur.
 Fastest New Chicago trains are to be run at a twenty hour rate instead of eighteen.
 The clubhouse of the Cornell Attn letic Club at Ithaca, was destroyed by fire.
 Chicago live stock experts are free ly predicting that high grade steers will be selling al sl5 a hundredweight by Christmas. Hundreds of men and women in bathing at Mobile, Ala, came out black. Creosote had escaped from a wrecked lighter. G. Albert and Albert c. Hall, twins. and both veteran telegraphers of Washington, celebrated their S1st birthday.
 s. NJ Williams, inventor of the pow der used in taking fashlght photos, died in San Francisco He never pat ented his invention
 State Commissioner of Agriculture Calvin j. Husin figures that the state will get a net profit of S50.600 from the receipts at the state fair at Syra- ecuse.
 The new motor ship, Christian X. arrived at New York from New Or leans, averaging 1928 knots an hour con the voyage She will proceed to Hamburg.
 Finding the 6og that had bitten frirn alive and well saved W. ]. Seovell of Philadelphia from the fear of rabies. which was driving him to insanity and death.
 Mayor Gaynor, of New York, made public a long letter defending the po- lice force. enumerains reforms he has accomplished and hinting at steps for the removal of District7Attorney Whit man.
 The services in all the Protestant churches in Belfast were aimed es- pecially against home rule.
 Four-year-old Willie Goode of Men don, N D., fell into a grain hopper in 6 grisy mill and was suifoeated.
 Farmers throughout the corn belt say that the crop is now beyond dan ger from frost and will derive moge good than harm from one.
 The dispute between the tralnnen of the Norfolk ard Western, Chesa- peake and Ohio and the Yirginian Railway has been settled. The set tlement is largely the result of the ef- forts of Labor Commissioner Neill.
 Three aviators were fined fer freak flying at Chicago.
 Flour dropped 20 cents barrel in Oregon.
 The Clapp committee will delye further into the "yellowdog fund" of the insurance companies.
 Plans were completed for the New York naval review Oct 1915. There will be 127 ships in line. During a rainstorm in Washington, N. J., thousands of snails appeared on the street. Walking was impossible. Major Frank A. MeNeeley, secre- tary of the New York State Armory Commission. died su6 1enly in Boston. Fifteen indictments for perjury against Newton C. Dougherty, former head of the schools of Peoria, H., ! were returned. Practically all horses that have
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
Sporting

Numerous experts throughout the country are expressing the opinion hat Joe Wood will he easy for the Giants. while Ray Collins, the left lander. win be the man to beat them.
 With the international League sea. son at an end. Toronto winning the pennant. it is unofiicialIy announced that George T. StaIlings will sign a five years contract to manage the Boston Nationals al S6,o00 per.
 J C. Hatfield, the English swimmer, broke the worlds record for the l.0o0- yard swim by covering the distance in l3 minutes 19 1,5 seconds.
 Knisley, the active youngster of the Reds, has legs like Billy Hamilton and a chest like Tommy Mccarthy. It is said the Brooklyn club had chance to get this promising player once and passed it up.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
JUMPS .245 FEET TO DEATH.
German With Parachute Leaps from
 Ceaumn of Victory.

Berlin.-4 man named Buettner dumped from the top of the famous column of N3etory in the Tiergarten and was instantly killed. The column is 245 feet high.
 Buettner had agreed with a moving picture firm 5o make the jump with a parachute from the summit of the col umn. The operators of the moving picture machine were all ready and 8 big crowd was & atching wh<n Buett- .ner ascended t4cs staircase He lost no time in making the jump from the top. iT'he parachute failed to act and he came down lise a stone. He was dead .Nghen the orgeokers reached the spot.
 The police, ,who allowed the per Gormance, assert taaat the man com mitted ssnieide, as an examination showed that the parachute was worth iesss, anu it was alao learned that Buettner | ad tried toEkin himself two weeks age' over a loxs affair.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27

been xaccinated ia Red Cloud. Neb. 10 ward on the new horse disease are dying
 The first football fatality of the sea son occurred al Gouyerneur N, Y. when Ceylon Sssrrin, l5 years old. was kicked in the stomach.
 Twelve prisoners Of whom nine were negroes. were whipped in the New Castle, Del. county w0rkhouse. They were convicted ef theft
 Mrs. Julia Desairg of Sterling, Ill, in sueing her husband for divorce. al- leges that ne sat her on top of a red hot stove while she was scanuly clad.
 Kansas Roosevelt presidential cleo tors will 90 on the ballot this year in the independent column by agreement with the Republican party Robert F. Pritehard. s leading law yer of Tennessee. died in Chat tanooga court room from acute indi gestion.
 A mob of 5000 strikers and symps- thizers in Superior wrecked six street cars and beat crews and guards, More than 50 persons were injured
 Armed with axes. l35 employees of an electrical company chopped down the wooden tabernacle of the Noli. vaites in Zion City. Ill
 Two United States marshals were killed from ambush ntar Coneyville, Kan. by "hootleggersr Two others were mertally injured.
 Federal officers raided a counter feiting den in Cleveland and seized two men, their wives and quantity of tools
 The New York state Progressive committee has adopted a small gold bull moose as a contributors badge.
 The milling plant of the Berger GritteRden Company in Milwaukee. Wis. was destroyed by fire The loss is s250.ao0
 Ward Werthington, 2S years old of Philadelphia. was thought to be dead and as last resort the pulmotor was used After six hours work the patti ent was able to speak and eat
 George Wilson. who escaped from the Tombs Prison, New York. July T. was arrested in Philadelphia as he stepped of a train after having com mitted a robbery in Atlantic City
 Charles Wald. a Wright aviator, flew to Glen Head, l.. l., from New Rochelle with a 5o-pound bag of mail. He hucked stiff wind all the way, mak- ing the trip in 70 minutes.
 The resignation Of Colonel Roose- welt from the Republican Club of New York was accepted without comment, and the usual phrase with regret was omitted
 The Federal Bureau Of Labor, after investigation in thirty-two States, re- ported an average increase in the cost of living in the last ten years of 5e per cent.
 Association Park. the home of Kansas CiD's American Association team, was destroyed by a fire that also burned a plant of the City lee and Storage Company, at Nineteenth and Olive streets, and two residences. all near the park. The total loss was S1oo. .0oo.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
Home of Dwarf Races.

Tn Luzc1. the Philippines, there dweils a race of dwarfs known as the Aetas, wlose average height is four feet eight or nine inches They live in the mountains of the interior, thus bearing out the theory of one author ity upon little peoples that most, If not all. of the dwarf races survive only in the most inaccessible parts of the continents or islands to which they belong.
Putnam patriot., 1912-09-27
PITH OF THE
 WEEKS NEWS
Latest Telegraphic and Cable
 Intelligence Epitomized.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
Political Pot Is 5ubbIins FurlousIy- News About Wars That Are Rac- ing and Rumors About Wars
 to Come
Washington

The fifteenth International Con gress of Hygiene met and heard of me dical discoveries of the year
 President Taft issued an order up- holding Secretary Fishers revocation pf the Valentine ruling forbldding the wearing of rengious garb or insignia In Indian schools.
 Colonel Roosevelt will appear before he Clapp committee investigating campaign contributions on October 1. The committee has also determined 10 hear j. Pierpont Morgan and George W Perkins.
 President Taft ordered the heads of departments to proceed in the prep sration of national budset despite the prohibition of Congress.