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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
CLEVELAND FLAT
 VISITED BY THIEF
Young Man Gained Entrance Under Pretext of Seeing to Some
 Improvements

Cleveland. october l-"Father has bought the house, a nafty1 dressed young man who carried a yard stick and dis played note book announced late yes- terday at the Durham, a fashionable apartment house here. Tenants knew the house was for sale and accepted the strangers word. especially as he began telling them how he wanted to inspect their apartments, take measurements and notes, and order any changes in decora- ton they might desire. Entree to all the apartments wos granted. but later oc- cupants discovered the loss of jewelry and other valsables. Inquiry elicited the fact that the apartment house had not changed hands The police are looking for the man who for half an hour prac- tica.ly owned the place by his Ioquacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
A. J. MILLER IS FOUND
 DEAD IN LAUNDRY

Decatur October 1.--(Specia1) )-when Mrs. A. J. Miller returned home from a drive she found her husband lying in the laundry room dead. A physician who viewed the remains said he had been dead from one to two hours. If Is stated that he took laudanum, whether with suicidal intent or not is not known.
 MT Miller was foreman of the paint shop at the Louisville and Nashville shop in New Decatur for many years until a few days ago he quit to accept a sim liar position with railroad company In Texas. He was we'll known and highly respected citizen. He leaves a widow and one child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
Injured Lady in Woodlawn

As the result of the wreck yesterday morning of the Louisville and Nash vile train near Athens, Mrs. Madalyn carlin of 1915 Twelfth avenue, north, Nashville. Tenn is confined to her bed at the Woodlawn residence of Mrs. :. D. Stallings, 235 South Fortyninth street, suffering from wrenched spire and a bruised arm. Mrs. Carlin's con- dition is so serious as to demand the continued attention of physicians.
 Mrs. Carlin at the time of the wreck was on her way south to Birmingham 10 visit Mrs. S D. Stallings. All of her effects, trunk and suitcase, were con- sumed in the fire that burned the seven coaches which were derailed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
Red Bay to Have Show

Red Bay, October 1.-(Special)-The Haae Sae.y company will soon exhibit here Owing to the fact that this will be the first railroad circus to visit this part of the country, the largest crowd that e, CT came to town is expected. The ex- hibition has been extensively advertised throughout the country for miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02

I give below an extract from a letter written me by the bus mess mana ger of one of the leading news papers of this c o u n t r He said in part:
 q was very much interested in your article about the use of alcohol in pat ent medicines. As you know, Y UT ad has been running in my paper more or less for the 1 a s t t W Q n [ y years. I have been frequently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
GRAPHIC STORIES TOLD OF NARROW ESCAPES
 IN THE l.. & N. WRECK

'fCOhuhufd FrOm FuEe OhcJ ~~-~~~~-~-~~~~~~~--S> S>~~>~--~->~~~--- given necessary attention here by Dr. Andrew Cameron, local surgeon for the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 The passengers on the train were given breakfast in Birmingham by the Louisville and Nashville management.
 Local officials would not talk yes terday for publicantion, although they were exceedingly grateful over the out come of the dangerous wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
NOTICE Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company

Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholders Of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office Of the company in Birmingham. Ala, on "wednesday. October 2. 1912, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. for election of directors and the transaction of such other bus mess as may be brought before the meeting. k. D. LANKFORD,
 Secretary.
 September 21, 1912. 9-21-11t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
SPURIOUS COINS IN EVIDENCE IN DEKALb
Alleged Counterfeiters Have
 Hearing at Fort Payne
TWO PUT UNDER BOND
Wright, Negro Desperate, Will Have Trial as Soon as Condition Per- mits-Revival Begun-Fence
 School Grounds

Fort Payne, October 1.-tSpecial. .)-John and Richard Dial and c. Waiter Smith, all prosperous citizens of the northwest ern part of DeKalb county. have been tried before United States Commissioner Reuben J. Guest at this place on the charges of conterfeiting and passing of counterfeit money.
 John w. Dial and c. Walter Smith were each placed under s1eeo bond and Richard Dial was acquitted. The elder Dial and Smith will receive another hearing on Oe- tober 15
 For several weeks taht portion of De- Kalb county lying on Sand mountain and adjacent to Jackson county has been flooded with spurious coins in the form of sl and of 50 cent pieces. and the gov ernment officials have been in behind them with the result of the arrest of these three men.
 A quantity of the spurious coins was found, but the officers failed to get the eounterfeiting outfit.
 Wright Trial Shortly
 Sheriff Thomas G. Harris of this county reports that the negro. desperado. Will Wright, who is in the 'Gadsden jail for safekeeping, and who was desperately wounded before being captured a few weeks ago, as getting along nicely and as soon being able to stand trial which he thinks will be within the next few weeks, or as soon as Judge w w. Har- alson, circuit judge for this district, is at leisure to call an extra session of court for this special trial.
 Revival Begun
 Rev. Kit Zwingle. accompanied by the Zwingle quartet of Tennessee has begun a revival meeting at the Cumberland church at this place.
 Fence School Grounds
 A neat fence is being placed around the city school building and grounds, which will add greatly to the appearance of the place and will prove of much benefit to the school children.
 Conference Appoint ments
 At the quarterly conference at this place Prof H. M. Weavers was appoint ed superintendent of the Methodist Sun day school and ". V. Jacoway was made steward in the place of S. E. Winton, who has removed from this place to Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02

also the Firth, where Woodward has al- ways found large proportion of his strength.
 On the whole. the situation Is not one with which Atanta's leading business and professional men are entirely pleased. They would like to have some one else to vote for for mayor but that some one else didn't become q candidate. so they must pick from what is offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
DEPUTY TELLS OF
 GREWSOME DEATH
Athens Man in Montgomery Gives Details of Burning of the
 Express Messenger

Montgomery. October 1.-(Special. )--- More grewsome and horrible than some of Edgar Allen Poe's tales or stories from the Arabian Nights. is the ae- count given by Deputy sheriff o. w. Strane of Athens, Limestone county or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02

iAOuStScll dSktu CtudloT Idshtci-
 Looked Over Delegates
 q looked them over" MT. Finn said.
 Do you mean in financial way"
 Tn any way
 ''No, I wanted to see how our politics were manipulated" he said; 'I just looked over sad looking lot
 Senator Pomerene wanted to know when Finn became supporter of Roosevelt. When did you see the light?' asked the senator.
 Finn declared he had been active in Roosevelt's fight because he wanted to change conditions in Pennsylvania. Sen ator Pomerene produced a copy of what was said to be an agreement between the late Senator Quay. Mr. Film and J. o. Brown, under which political affairs in Pennsylvania were to have been appor- tioned between them.
 Did you write thatkagreement?" the senator asked.
 MT. Finn declared he had been called to a Washington conference to tell about campaign expenditures and did not ex- pect to be asked such questions.
 The committee does not want to be lectured.' Senator Pomerene added. Did you write that agreement?"
 T am perfectly willing to tell in my own way of my relations with Senator Quay Film added
 q intend that you shall answer in any case the inquisitor interposed. Did you write it?'
 Agreement Vicious
 "Yes, did. or rather wrote an agree ment somewhat like it," Film said. q can't tell whether that's it.''
 You recognize that it is about as vi- cious an agreement as could be made?' demanded Senator Pomerene.
 Finn said he had never intended it should be effective. He declared he had voted against Quay knowing the agree ment would probably be used in the press and that he would rather have had it published than to have voted for Quay.
 Tn our country we have a method of selling people gold bricks" he said. 'I sold the senator one."
 Senator Pomerene wanted to know more about the telegram sent to the Standard oil company, requesting assistance in Films canvass to succeed the late Sena- tor Quay. Film reiterated it had been sent by J. G. Splain with no authority of his. Film was excused finally and Judge Splain of Pittsburg, taking the witness stand said that after Senator Quay's death he conceived the idea that he might be of some service to Film. He said he went to New York June 7 1904, and asked MT. Archbold to use what influence the StandardiOil could in behalf of MT. Film. "Archbold gave me to understand that he did not think he was in a position to do anything for Mir. Finn" witness ex- plained.
 Splain said he was sure he signed the telegram sent to Archbold and which bore the signature of William Film.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
DEPUTIES DESTROY
 STILL IN MARION

Hamilton. October 1.-tspecial) )-SheriH Luther Lloyd, with deputies, made a raid about seven miles north of Hamilton a few days ago and destroyed large still that had been in operation only a shcrt time before they reached 1t. No one was found at the still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02

The regular republicans of Marion county met in mass meeting at the court house recently and nominated full ticket The republicans of the county are very much divided over Taft and Roosevslt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
Conference Appoint ments
SEVERAL BUSINESS
 CHANGES AT FLORALA
Enrolment in Schools Reaches 250. Covington County Fair Last
 of Month

Florala, October 1.-(Special.)-As tho fall season approaches there are many changes in the business firms and loca- tions being made in Florala. Among the most important changes are: J. R. Shep- herd will move his furniture business into new two story building fronting 50 fee. on Fifth avenue. This building Is now being erected by L. E. Marley & Go. The Brunson-Parker Hardware company have sold their stock of goods to the Central Hardware company and their building on Fifth avenue will be occupied by the FloralR Hardware company.
 The Hughes Wholesale Grocery con- pany will have completed within few days their milling plant. The machinery for this plant is now being placed in the building This mill will have grinding capacity of 400 bushels of meal q day.
 Matthews Bros. Lave added live stock and trading depai tment to their business. Their first car loed of mules has ar rived.
 The enrolment in the Florala City school has reached 250 pupils. This is a year The indications are that more will be enrolled during the first half of the year this session than were enrolled dur ing the entire past session.
 The directors of the Covington County Fair association are making prepara- tions for the fair to be held in Florala during the latter part of October.
 This fair will last for three days and will be held in the Chautauqua building as last year. The prizes will be an nounced within few days by the d. rectors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02
Looked Over Delegates

ing to get southern delegates for Colonel Roosevelt?'' asked Senator Paynter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-02

is chunk of real satisfaction to any man but particularly to the man who only known the old style dark plug. Drummond IS made of the very cream of Burley leaf It's nerve
 soothing mildness has made. thousands of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
WAR ON LOAN SHARKS"
New York City Is Planning a
Crusade on Usurious
Money-Lenders.

NEW YORK. April l3-As a result OF
the recent decision of the appellate divi-
sion sustaining the contention of the
court of special sessions of New York in
the matter of money lenders charging
usurious interest Assistant District At
torney Stryker is preparing a crusade
against the loan sharks" of this city
Complaint after complaint has poured
in upon the Office. and today subpoenas
were issued for upward of fifty persons
who had written the district attorney COM
planning of having been fleeced by the
turnabIe Monday, and on the testimony
adduced in an inquiry to be held by Mr.
Strkyer cases will be predicated to he
tried in special sessions.
In the possession of the district attor-
ney's Office are copies of notes and as
signments of salary signed by applicants
for loans. These assignments make the
loan shark" the attorney in person Of
the applicant with full power to collect
salaries and prohibit the borrower from
taking any portion of his salary. The as
signment is declared to be seldom II ever
filed with the employer. but held over the
borrower a club. making him frequent
ly a victim to payment of from 300 TO
600 per cent interest on the money Dor
rowed
The Sage Foundation Is cooperating
with the district attorneys office in the
crusade and within a fortnight it is eX-
pected number of cases will be noted
for trial.
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AIR AND SUNSHINE
Requisites to Health in the
Opinion of DR.. Wiley.
SANITATION OF THE HOME
Theme of Address Before Citizens
Observation-Disclosures Session
Held New Members.
SANITATION OF THE HOME

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, until recently
chief of the bureau of chemistry. De-
partner of Agriculture. speaking last
night at the meeting Of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association. paid his re-
spects to the builders of rows of houses
saying that few. if any, architects seem
to know anything whatever about build
ing houses in which ventilation and a
sufficient supply of fresh air may be OBJ
tanned.
DIR. Wiley was scheduled to speak on
1.-THE Ethics Of Civic Pride" but changed
his mind and talked about sanitation
ventilation. proper methods of building
and the value Of fresh air and plenty OF
IT in preventing and curing variou.
diseases.
1T will never be possible he said, 'te
solve the problem of properly lighting anl
ventilating human dwellings where
houses are built in rows. O-t here yol
have an advantage over other parts Of
the city, because you have had sens,
enough to see that your homes have
plenty of space around them. and tha
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cause to fear tuberculosis, because v
will never have it,
Address by Albion Z. Paris.

Albion X. Paris. president of the
Georgetown Citizens Association. ad-
dressed the meeting, speaking of the ben
efits of citizens associations, and of the
good accomplished through the united
efforts of their members
At the business session that preceded
the addresses it was announced that a
bill had been prepared to be introduced
in Congress. providing for a fire engine
house to be built near the intersection
of Grant road and Connecticut avenue,
to cost about $4,000.
The following new members of the
association were enrolled: Thomas Evans
Greene. H. w. P. Hunt, Arthur c. Moses,
w. A. Smith, Dr. Wilbur M. Phelps, E. P.
O'Danel. Howard s. Colt, w. B. Foil
mer, Dr. Elmer s. Newton. Dr. w. O.
der and s. ]. Black
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OF the New England branch of the
American Peace Society and a further
paper on 1.-The Organization and PRO
cedure of the Third Hague Confer
ence." by Henry White. formerly
American ambassador to France and
to the last n-American conference.
After the reading of each paper the
sub ect will be discussed from the floor
by members of the society. The sessions.
all of which will be held in the Pan
American building, will be open to the
public and will afford an excellent oppor-
tunity for those interested in interna-
tional law and diplomatic relations to
hear discussed in an interesting and
scientific manner the questions which are
likely two years hence to occupy the pub
lie mind in connection with the holding
of the third Hague conference.
The executive council of the society will
hold business meetings on the afternoon
the society Saturday. The business meet
ing of the society for the election OF ON
GERS. ETC.. will be held at 9:15 a. m Sat
urday.
The meeting will close with a banquet
at the New Willard Hotel Saturday even
inS at 7:30 o'clock. at which II is eX-
pected that prominent men of this and
other countries will be present. The
banquet of the society last year was one
of the most brilliant gatherings of inter-
national leSdI ldlent Ine CITY mas ever
seen. In addition to President Taft and
Senator Root, president of the society.
there were gathered at 'the guest table
the British and Japanese ambassadors.
Chief Justice White of the United States
Supreme Court, Sir Charles Fitzpatrick,
chief justice of Canada Judge George
Gray of the United States circuit court of
appeals. Martin A. Knapp, presiding
judge of the United States Commerce
Court and Senator Henri La Fontaine OF
Belgium.
The officers of the society for the year
1911-12 are as follows:
Honorary president. William III. Taft;
president. Elihu Root: vice presidents
Chief Justice White, Justice William r.
Day. P. {. Knox. Andrew Carnegie,
Joseph H. -hoate, John w. Foster.
George Gray. John w. Griggs, William
w. Morrow, Richard Olney. Horace Por.
ter, Oscar s. Straus, Shelby M. Cullom.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson, James B. Angel.
Executive council. to serve until 1912
Chandler P. Anderson, New York
Charles Henry Butler, District of Column
bia: Prof. George w. Kirchwey. New
York: Robert Lansing, New York; Prof
John Bassett Moore. New York: Jack
son H. Ralston. District CT Columbia
James Brown Scott. District of Columbia
Prof. George G. Wilson, Rhode Island
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houses are not built adjoining one an
What Future Has in Store.

THE time is coming when. in this coun-
build houses in rows. in which the only
possible into as small space as may be,
paying attention only to the architectural
adornment Of the fronts.
THE discreet house, said DR.. Wiley,
"even if it is built Of concrete, can easily
be treated in sanitary way, as to light.
air. etc. tuberculosis is essentially a
house disease. No out-of-door race ever
had or has tuberculosis. For sanitary
reasons, a cataclysm that would destroy
every house in this country would be a
blessing, because, when il wiped out the
houses, 1t would wipe out tuberculosis.
While the house does not specifically
cause tuberculosis. 1t does cause condi-
tions that make the disease possible.
1.-The sanitary house, the discreet
house. has an abundance of light and an
abundance of fresh air at all times. In
it the sun shines into every room at some
time during the day. and sunshine is the
best germicide there is. With houses
of this sort tuberculosis would diminish
so rapidly that it would soon become ex-
tinct.
I'VE are all more or less subject to
superstition and prejudices" Dr. Wiley
continued: few of us are free from a
dread of sitting at table in a party OF
tnTteen rev OF us care 10 Degln new
career on Friday, as l did few weeks
ago. We still retain a prejudice agains,
working on Sunday. though / must say
that this is a superstition that is being
given up more rapidly than most others
But the prejudice, the superstition against
fresh air Is the most persistent of ALL l,
is this superstition that Is responsible fol
cold, the most prevalent of all diseases
for fresh air cures and prevents colds
it does not cause them. The child Col
adult that sleeps with windows wide oper
will never suffer from colds
In conclusion DIR. Wiley said: we mus
not only make our. homes beautiful: wt
must make them sanitary. We must I'll
them with fresh air and with sunshine
When we do that. we will never have
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Easter Hop of Southern Club.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE. Md. April 13.-The
Easter dance under the auspices of the
Southern Cotillion Club of Prince Georges
county was held in Masonic Hall this
evening. The decorations were orange
and black. Supper was served at 1880
and dancing continued until midnight
More than one hundred guests were pres
ent from Washington, Baltimore and the
contiguous counties The chaperones
were Mesdames A. 0. Appleman. E. A.
Fuller, NJ. f. Gait. John G. Holden, w.
ID. Porter A. H. Wells G. H. Welsh. r.
G. Whiting and o. B. Zantzinger The
committee in charge of the dance was
composed of Messrs. c. E. Warren, G.
II. Hibberd, H. w. Burnside, A. c.
Adams, X. F. Brooks, j. w. Burnside
and w. w. Whiting.
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TAX RATE REDUCED.
Garrett County, Nd, Property to Pay
$1.l1A on Each $1.O0.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OAKLAND. Md, April 13.-Tne tax rate
for Garrett county is IS cents, as COM
puted from the new assessment and 23A
cents for the state, a total of $1.11A on
the 500, a reduction of 1913 cents. The
reduction is due to the big increase in
the assessable basis. which is $l1,S71, ITO,
an increase of 81. &C., 29S over the old
The state tax commissions returns adds
40CO,OOO to the basis.
The levy will yield s1O4, 465.77 for the
operation of the affairs of the county
Among the larger items provided for
are: Public schools $33, Geo; general road
levy, $14,J5j: courthouse bonds, $500;
bridge account, $1,000: new roads.
$46OO.
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FOR THREE-CENT PIECES.
Coinage Is Proposed in Bill by Rep
resentative Rulklev-

The coinage of three-cent pieces by the
United States mint is proposed i'm a bill
introduced in the House OF Representa-
tives yesterday by Representative Buckley
of Ohio. This bill has been introduced
before, and is intended to cover the con-
dition in Cleveland, Ohio, where a three
cent car fare prevails The bill mentions
20 cents as the maximum for which the
proposed three-cent piece may be used
for legal tender.
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To serve until 1913 Augustus o. Bacon,
Georgia: Frank C. Partridge. Vermont;
Prof. Leo S. Rowe, Pennsylvania: F. r.
Coudert. New York: Everett p. Wheeler,
New York: Edwin DENLY, Michigan;
Alpheus H. Snow. District of Columbia !;
Prof. William r. Manning, Texas. To
serve until 1914. Richard Bartholdt, Mis-
souri,: Gen. George B. Davis, District of
Columbia; Prof. Charles Noble Gregory,
District of Columbia: A. J. Montague,
Virginia. Rear Admiral Charles H.
Stockton, District of Columbia; Charles
B. Warren, Michigan: John Sharp Will
liams. Mississippi; Prof. Theodore s.
Woolsey. Connecticut.
Executive committee. Elihu Root,
George Gray, Prof. George w. kirch-
wey, Robert Lansing, Prof. John Bas-
sett Moore, Prof. George G. Wilson.
Oscar s. Straus. Ex-offco, Charles
Henry Butler, corresponding secretary;
Chandler P. Anderson, treasurer: John
W. Foster chairman James Brown
Scott, recording secretary
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ROBERT H. SHEARER DEAD.
Prominent Business Man of Cum
berland, Nd, Succumbs.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, April 13.-Robert
II. Shearer. sixty-two years old, one of
Cumberland's best known and longest
tablished business men, died this morn
ing at his home on Washington street.
from a general breakdown. Mr.. Shearer
had been confined to his bed for five
weeks. He was a director of the Third
National Bank. Mr.. Shearer was a ma
tive of Winchester. Va. His body will be
taken Monday. by way of Washington. to
Charleston. w. Va. for interment in the
plot where his parents are buried.