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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Revolutionizing Amusemcnts

From LeSne S.
 Something like s19O,0oo,0oo represents the investment in the production of motion pictures in this country today, while other millions are spent in presenting them in thousands of theatres the country over. It follows that these millions null tiply at the hands of a public which patronizes this new form of entertain ment in far greater numbers than the regular theatre ever has attracted.
 The theatre in many small cities has all most suffered extinction as result Of motion picture competition. New thea tres for the regular drama are erecting but the large number of older theatres that steadily are turned over to the new CT amusement shows it's gain in popu- larity over the long-establishe firms of entertainment.
 The motion picture has eliminated the melodrama which formerly was a great feature of the playhouses, while in all but metropolitan centers it has taken from the regular theatre the more popular patronage which crowded he gallerie $ and balconies-"the gods to whom old , time actors directly addressed their stren- uous efforts and without the approval ot whom such actors and their modern sue c.ssors thought they had labored in vain.
 One reason advanced for the surpassing popularity of the motion picture theatre is the small admission fee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
FATALLY WOUNDS
 SISTER OF BRIDE Shooting Occurred On We'd ding Trip-JOnes Held
 Without Bail

Tampa, Fla, December l0.-AIss Maude Nichols of Fort Meyers Fla, was shot and probably fatally wounded here to- night by K. Percy Jones, prominent law yer at Fort Meyers, who was on his honeymoon trip. It is explained that the lawyer had promised to marry the wound ed young woman, who is q sister of his wife
 According to information obtained to- night, the wounded sister, who accom- panied her sister and the latters hus- band on their wedding trip from Fort Meyers, told her newly married sister the story of Jones alleged deception of her. The trouble thus aroused is said to have continued after the party reached hotel here and is said to have culminated in Jones charging his sister-in-law with talk ing a sum of money from him. The quar- rel ensuing from the alleged charge cul- minated in the shooting.
 Miss Nichols raised her right hand in an effort to protect herself, the bullet passing through it and penetrating her right lung. Physicians say that she can not survive the night.
 The Misses Nichols came to Fort Meyers from Nebraska, City Neb., sey- eral months ago. Jones was arrested and is held without bail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
COUNTY SEAT FIGHT IN
 OKLAHOMA IS RENEWED

| supreme court, which decided the courthouse should be located at New Jay. The records at that time were at Old Jay and the situation became so critical that Governor Cruce dispatched Adjt. Gen. Frank Canton of the Okla homa state militia 10 remove the rec ords to the place designated by the court In the meantime an injunction was issued by the supreme court en- joining the removal of the records Dul before it could De served Adjutant General Canton had removed them. He was then cited to appear before the supreme court on charge of contempt. The charges were never pressed.
 Oklahoma City, Okla, December To- Governor Cruce late tonight received q message from New Jay, the county seat of Delaware county, stating that the town was In the hands of mob from Old Jay, the contender with the new town in the recent county seat fight, and that the sheriff could not enforce the laws without the aid of the militia. fhe governor was asked to send troops Ut once to take charge of the situation.
 The message indicated that while there was danger that the mob would attempt to remove the records and offices Lack to Old Jay there had been no fighting and the governor stated that nothing will be done until tomorrow morning when he will secure more definite information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
WHERE MEPHIsTo DRANK
To Close Leipsic's Saloon of Auerbach
 Made Famous by Goethe

From the san Francisco Chronicle,
 A world famous curiosity is about 10 disappear al Leipsie. This is Auer- bachs cellar or drinking place, which owes it's special celebrity to the fact that Goethe located in it the scene in Faust in which Mephistopheles, standing upon a wine casS. takes hls flight into space, to the stupefaction of the drinkers. The old building in which the cellar is found was built by pr Stromer D'Auerbach between 1530 and 153s and the worthy doctor began by putting there the wine which he intended for his own use.
 Later as the wine was good, he conceived the idea of selling it. and in this way was established the tav- CIT. to which his name has since been attached. From the earliest years of the seventeenth century legend placed in this cellar the famous adventure of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Henrietta Boaz of Memphis, Tenn She was a native of Saxory.
 sl Paso.-James Little and William Bailey, members of the engineering crew of the Greene-Cananea. company, are re- ported to have been killed by Yaqui In dians near Maza. Sonora, according to advces received here today from Cana nea when they left Hermosillo two weeks ago Bailey ma Little were warned not to enter the Yaqui country, but secur- ing mounts at Br'edas, they started on the journey.
 Nashville.-Lester Gammons. aged l9 of Hartsvlle. was accidentally shot and perhaps fatally wounded here tonight by Stanley Austin. a messenger boy. H. oalibre pistol was tho weapon used, the Lullet entering oyer the left eye and piercing the brain, later falling out on the floor. The boys were sitting on a bed playing with the pistol when it ex- p]oded Following the shooting Ansta made several attempts to secure the pis- tol. exclaiming that he wanted to kill himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Nerve Enough

From fearsons S Weekly.
 This story is beirBs told of a well known doctor
 A friend came to consult him profes- soinally, and after the consultation was finished the doctor wrote out a pre- scription.
 You had better have this made up a the chemists he said. Tt will probably cost you half crown"
 Half a crown!' the patient ex- claimed. All right. I'll get it made up. II Then. as he turned to go. he added. "1 say, could you lend me half crown to pay it withP'
 The doctor gasped. He recovered in a second however, and asked for tho prescription. The patient handed It back, and after the doctor had scratched out one item in it he returned it again, together with sixpence.
 You can get what is left made up for siXpence,'' he remarked dryly. What l scratched out was for Your nervesr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
DIR. RUSTIN DID NOT
 COMMIT SUICIDE
Insurance Companies Must Pay Poii- cies-Claim of Suicide
 Was Made

Louisville. Ky, December 10.-A legal verdict that pr. Frederick Rustin of Omaha, Neb., was murdered by some per- son unidentified, and did not commit sui eide was rendered today in the Kentucky court of appeals court when it held that accident insurance companies in which Rustin held policies must pay. The in surance with interest now amounts to about $33, coo pr. Rustin was found dy- ing on the porch of his home in Omaha the night of September 2 1908.
 Contest over the insurance centered around an alleged suicide pact between Dr. Rustin and an Omaha woman. The suit was tried in Louisville upon agree ment of counsel. A jury decided Dr. Rus tin did not commit suicide. and brought a verdict in favor of pr. Rustins widow. The court of appeals said the testimony was conflicting as to whether Rustin com mitted suicide. but that the finding of the jury, the judge of the credibllity of witnesses" will not be disturbed, Omaha. Neb. December 10.-The shoot ing of pr. Frederick T. Rustin. promi- nent Omaha physician and surgeon caused a sensation at the time. Charles Davis, whose family is identified with the First National bank of this city. was charged with Rustin's murder, but was acquitted. A young woman told Il re- markable story of suicide pact at the time. connecting Davis with the shoot ing
 The widows proof of death made to col | lect incident inSllrappp was contested bN the insurance companies in the Kentucky courts.
 Mrs. Rustin is connected with q wei known family of Haverhill Mass. and was a graduate of well known eastern college for girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
POLICE SCANDALS
 WORRY JOHN BULL England Was So Shocked at
 Becker Case OPERA SALE DELAYED
Restaurant Keeper Retires After Max ing FOrtune-Fair H0usekeeper's Diamond Cause of Domestic
 Trouble to BarOnet

London. December 0.-(Special)-fe another British police scandal. Really, this is becoming unspeakably awful You see, we were so very very good and those terrible Americans were so shock ingly, abominably wicked when the Beck CT scandal was first unfolded that eight British police affairs coming one on tor of the other is to John Bull pill as bit ter as gall The latest case has involved the suspension of a prominent official of the London Metropolitan police force The proceedings. while secret, are creat- ing much discussion in the clubs, but nc details have been allowed to leak out.
 The sale of Hammerstein's opera house 10 a prominent financier was all but completed, but owing to the oscillation ol tlie money market due to the Balkan war, the deal had to be put off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
SIGN CHECKS BY THUMB MARKS Forgery Among Illiterate Depositors
 of Bank Guarded Against

Charles H. Plenty, assistant secretary and treasurer of the Hackensack Trust company claims success for his system of keeping depositors' accounts by finger print signatures. It is believed that other banks which handle the accounts of a large number of persons who are unable to sign their names will adopt the sys- tenn.
 The bank keeps on file a card bearing the impression of the print of the de- positor's right thumb. When deposl- tor draws d check he also must put ms thumb mark on the check. If the mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
France Becoming Modest

Strange as it may seem, France has joined the forces which are at war against the undraped statue The objec- tion of American prudes to a beautiful Baechante was not the first exhibition of Boston's sentiment on that subject and it caused less surprise in artistic circles than the order which halted the eree- ton of '.insufficiently draped" statues on a theatre in Germany. But now even
 France objects. Epstein's memorial to oscar Wilde must have trousers before it can be placed in Pere la Chaise, for which historical place it was intended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Charged With Burglary

X negro named George Vim Was ar- rested in the Blue Front restaurant at Ensley last night and charged with bur glary. He has secured over A in cash and pistol and was arrested by officer Pnne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
SprOule Goes East

San Francisco. December 1O.-Wil- liam Sproule, president of the south ern Pacific Railroad company, left for New York tonight to attend the con ference of Hartman officials that will plan the dissolution of the SoutheI II Pacific Union Pacific merger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

on the check corresponds to the mark on file the cheek is paid. Otherwise 1t is looked upon as a forgery. as 1t has been demonstrated that the thumb marks of no two persons are alike.
 Of the ten thousand depositors In the HaekensaclS Trust company. Mr. Plenty says five hundred have recorded their thumb marks and that none objects to this system of drawing checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Restanranteur Rich

NJ Fascati. a well known city restau- lanteur, has just retired, having earned d small fortune as the result of 25 years activities His customers included nota- ble authors and journalists. On occasion he has had visits from members of the peerage, who accompanied by lady friends, have desired to dine in Bohemian surroundings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Negro Houses Burn

Three negro houses caught fire at lngle- wood, near Corey. last night. The .Insley fire department went to the fire in which one house was destroyed and two badly damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Faust and Mephstopheles. Goethe studying at Leipsic from 1765 to 176s, fiequented the cellar. and there talked with his friends of art. literature ana politics. and later turned the legend to account
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
STEEL CORPOR ATION'S
 UNFILI.ED TONNAGE

New York, December 10.+The untitled tonnaEe of the United States Steel corporation totals 7,ST2,sS2 tons on November 90. an increase of 25s,502 tons over october 3l,
 This :. ihe largest tonnage ever reported on the books of the corporation and compares with unified orders of a.lf1.- 955 tons on November 30, 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
Trouble Ahead

The diamond ring of fair housekeep- CT is the cause of trouble that has arisen in the menage of we'll known baronet The ring which accidentally dropped of the housekeeper's finger when removing her glove, happened to be noticed by the mistress, who struck by it's Value, insist ed on certain questions being snswere with painful result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

The name of Mir Martin Harvey. the actor of ,"rhe Only Way" fame, is likely to be found in the New York $ honor list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

A Scotland Yard official confessed the other day that at least d score of mur- derers are now walking the streets of London safe from interference by the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Frankfort. Ky.-Suit was filed in the eir- cult court here today by si fire insnf- ance companies to annul the recent order of the state insurance board which re- duced the rate on dwellings p per cent and by which it was expected landlords would save a quarter of a million each year on premiums
 Honlton, Me.-For nearly two hours to- day Mrs Belle Emelus, whose husband, the Rev. Charles N. Emelius. is one ot the three defendants on trial for the al- legged murder of August Jacobson, was subjected to a cross-examination. Mrs Bmilius denied that her mother, Mrs. An nie Jacobson, who with her son, Edgar D. Jacobson, also is on trial had ever said in her hearing that she was afraid xugusct Jacobson would hurt her, as witnesses for the state had declared.
 Nancy, France.-A repetition of the mobilization incident of November 25, when the reservists in the districts Of Arracourt were called out. oecdrred to- day through the misunderstanding of message by q school master at the village Dl 1TuSuesf OH ilte l<OlIdlHt liPlAAiNi. Paris.-The Spanish naval programme has been determined, according to dis patch from Madrid today. It comprises three dreadnaHghts of 2l .000 tons each, two of the latest type of destroyers, nine torpedo boats and three submarines. All the vessels are to be constructed in Span- ish shipbuilding yards. The work is to De begun as soon as the battleship Alfonso the XIII. has been launched at Ferrol. < Versailles, Isranee.-iA profound sensa- tion has been caused by the news that the body of a young woman found in the depths Of the forest of lFountainbleau two days ago. has been identified as that of Gabrillet Eude. the daughter of a dis tingushed retired surgeon general who resided here
 2 Natchez, Mss.-Mrs. Mary Boaz Sches- Ter Day. 70. died of heart failure here to- day She is survive, by two sisters a brother six children. 26 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Her sis ters are Mrs. Martha Clark and Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Fort Smith, Ark. December 10.-As a climax to the county seat fight in Della ware county, Oklahoma, between the towns of Old and New Jay, mob of 100 men is reported to have marched into the town of New Jay. where the county officials have established offices. late to- day, took the county peace officers custody and assumed control of the town. Governor Cruoe has been appealed to to send a detachment of militia to the scene.
 Because of an interruption in wire com munication to the scene of the trouble, only meagre details of tonights occur renee are available. The telephone office at Grove, the former county seat, re- ports that the wires at Jay have been 'purposely cut"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Delaware county seat fight has been one of the most bitter political dis putes in the history of eastern okla homa. After Jay defeated Grove for the county seat q fight developed be- tween the two factions at Jay. One claimed old Jay was the proper coun- ty seat and the other claimed New Jay was the legal location of the court house. The fight went 10 the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Just at the present time there are quite an extraordinary number of very well known men who have forsaken their usual haunts for reasons known to few besides themselves and the police. One is q gentleman whose brother formerly oc- cupied an exalted post in the public serv- ice. Another is a gentleman, said to be an American of unsavory repute, who managed. somehow another. to get himself elected to one of the most eXclu- siNe clubs in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

Experience with a maxim sun mounted on biplane are being conducted by the military authorities, trials being made whilst flying in firing at another aero plane below. represented by canvass tar- gets spread on the ground. The authori- ties are very reticent regarding the re- suits, but il is stated that considerable success has been achieved in hitting tar gets from heights varying up to 3o0O feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11

The attention of the authorities has recently been directed to a certain house in the West End, where opium smoking is said 10 be in full swing. The secret of it's existence has hitherto been known only to q few select patrons who ae- Quired the habit in the east. but the wife of one of the victims of the habit. having found the address in d secret drawer Of her husbands writing desk. sent it on to the police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
. TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
STATEMENT

from the o"renes November se 1912
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-09
System for The Farmers Is
Urged by Pres. Taft.
Talks to rs Governors Of the
United States in Washington.
Committee Aprolnted TO Draft Uni.
form Legislation.

Washington, Dec. S.-President TafI
in speech to 26 Governors. Saturday
| urged the adoption of uniform state
legislation which would make possible
in this country the adoption of sys-
tenn of rural credits, and low interest
bearing loans to farmers, similar to
that in vogue in many European coun-
tries.
I'VE are not going to adopt a system
over night" said the President. 1T is
going to take q considerable time be
fore The country shall receive the ben
eft of 1T, but the earlier we begin the
agitation the earlier we shall achieve
the purpose we have in bringing the
matter to the attention of the public.
There is no subject" continued the
President, 'cf greater Importance TO
the people of the United States than
the Improvement of the agricultural
method, the keeping them up TO GATE
in all agricultural communities the
securing of profits to the farmer the
attraction of the young men of the
country to farming az lucrative
profession and the lowering of the cost
of producing agricultural products
and the lowering of their prices to the
consumer.
I'VE have great capital in this coun-
try, and we have farming property
that is producing farm products OF
immense value. 1t would seem clear
that with these two elements it would
be possible to introduce third by
which the farmers engaged in produe-
ing the crops should be able, in view
of tie value of what he produces, and
the value of the land on which it is
produce, to obtain money on the
faith of the land and the faith of the
product which will enable him to ex-
pand his acreage and better his meth
DDS of cultivation and production.
''An easy exchange between capital
and farmers with proper security has
been established in European coun-
tries, where the interest has been low
cred so that the farmer is practically
on the same basis of advantage in the
borrowing of money as the business
man. If this can be done abroad It
can be done here, and IL abroad We
find that government institutions
adapted to form the conduit pipe be-
tween capitalists and farmers are sue
cessfully operating, why should we
not adopt them here2"
While conditions in this country and
in Europe were somewhat different,
the President said. by modification OF
the European plan, the idea could find
a proper place in the United States.
Tie following committee was named,
Saturday, to draft uniform rural cred
it legislation to be recommended to the
states: Cows. O'Neal, Alabama, chair
man; Johnson of California; Plaisted
of Maine; Foss of Massachusetts,;
Hadley, Missouri; Harmon, Ohio;
Mann, Virginia; McGovern, Wiscon-
sin, and Carr of Wyoming. On motion
of Gov Hadley resolutions of thanks
to President Taft for his active inter-
est in the idea were unanimously
adopted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-09
Education Notes.

Twothirds of the High schools in
the United States now have complete
four-year courses.
4 compulsory hool-attendance law
for Alaska is urged by DR.. p. p. Clax-
tor, United States commissioner OF
education, who has charge of the
schools for natives in the Territory.
instruction in elementary mining is
recommended by the British Board OF
Education for schools in mining dis
tricts. 1t is suggested that such in
struction can be most effectively giveB
not In separate and detached lessons,
hut IN connection with the regular
school subjects.
There is High school over store
at Norris Missouri. Four families
who wanted their children to have a
High-school education without going
to town for it established such a
school over the village store. Nine
teen pupils, girls and IA boys, at
tended this school last year. The
course of study is that Of standard
Missouri High schools, and the work
is fully approved by the State authori-
ties Other country High schools of
the same kind are planned.
Nearly 1000 titles of books and arti-
cles on children appear in the Bibli-
cgrnphy Of Child Study. 19l0-1l~ come