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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
WIRE" MAN STEALS
 VALUABLE GEMS
While Pretending to Fix Phone De- mands Frightened Women to
 Give Up Jewels

Chicago January 21.-A robber who se- cured entrance to the home of II. E. Swesnik, 3345 West Sixteenth street. to- day by representing that he was sent there to change the wires on the tee- phone, robbed Mrs Swesnik of pair of earrings. a locket and bracelet at the point of a revolver.
 The valuables are worth s750, according to the valuation placed OF them by the victim when the police made an 1nvesti- eation. She told the police that man telephoned that he would be over to her house in few minutes to change the wires on her telephone. She said she told him that it was working all right and did not need to be changed He insisted that he had orders to change the wires and would have to do it.
 When he arrived he disconnected the wires so that the phone was out of serv- ice Then he drew a revolver and threat ened Mrs. Swesnik.
 Take those diamond earrings off, and he quick about it." the robber demanded He then demanded diamond set locker which his victim was wearing. together with a bracelet, and they were handed over. Mrs Swesnik said that the robber then dragged her into a room. but her pleading and the sight of her baby, which commenced crying resulted in the mans leaving. after he had threatened to come hack and kill her if she screamed before five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
PHYSICAL DIRECTOR NESPOR
 TELLS HOW TO LEARN TO RUN

will be given plenty of room in which to expand and contract
 Many have an idea that the runner should breathe through his nose. This is pure rot You want all the air you can get and as quickly as you can get fl. Then breathe through your mouth. Now a word of caution. Cold raw air will soon choke you up and bring on fatigue. Curl up your tongue in such a position that the air must pass around it. This will tend to remove the chill.
 Do not think you can build up won derful endurance in a week or month, your strength If you have never been active in athletic sports and are mak- ing your first attempt, stop, not when you first feel tired, but when you begin to suffer. As time goes on you will become stronger and in a few months you can cover miles of ground, and if hard pushed can make it hurt without fear of injury. At foot races, I have often heard an athlete call to his friends, Make it hurt. boy, he is just as tired as you are! Grind 1t out, old scout, Show him where you livel Lead him all the way homel' I, too, have noticed the effect of the encouragement
 "The contestant finds speed and en- durance when he thought he was all in He spurts and breaks the thin line of red string a, winner. He called upon his reserve strength and won. His training wat good, his courage was better"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
BURNS WINS OVER
 DAILY AT ALG|ERS
Awarded Decision After 20 Rounds of Hard Fight
 ing-Meets COulon

New Orleans, January 21.-Frankie Burns of Jersey City was awarded the decision over Johnny Daly of Brooklyn after 20 rounds of hard fighting before the Westside Athletic club. Algiers, this afternoon, winning the right to meet Johnny Coulon in the same ring, Feb ruary 1s for the bantamweight cham pionship.
 It was a rattling good fight from the first round on; both were willing mixers and fought at a fast pace. Daly has a cast iron stomach or the scrap would have ended in the fourteenth round, when Burns punched and jabbed it a dozer or more times with hefty wallops that would have knocked out a less hardy fighter Daly was considerably weakened and appeared groggy at the end of the round
 They fought furiously in the first round Burns bringing the blood from Daly's nose and mouth with straight lefts. the Brooklyn boy raising large lump on Burns right eye with hard left swing
 Burns was best at might. working rights and lefts to the stomach and kid neys in the frequent clinches which Daily sought. Daly left the ring with badly battered and swollen face and several marks on his body. Both were under H. Harry Stout was the referee and the de- cision was a popular one
 Johnny Couon of Eenosha, Wis, was signed up last week to meet the winner here February IS to defend the pan tamweight championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
AUBURN PLAYS VANDERBILT
 ELEVEN HERE NOVEMBER s23

Der in Mobile. Big football games are seldom billed for Mobile, and a game for the Gulf City is a feature of the schedule. Auburn. in it's function as q state college, is planning to lay it's most attractive feature of college lift. foot ball before the citizens of as many va rious sections of Alabama as possible.
 Auburn's schedule is unusually heavy for 1912, with seven Southern Intercol- legiate Athletic associatlon games, al- most all with formidable teams, being booked. In order named Auburn. will play Mercer university, Clemson college. Georgia Tech, Louisiana State university. Vanderbilt and Georgia.
 Every prospect, looking nearly a wear ahead, is for an excellent team for Au- .siir, one which is very likely to meet with every exigency of the diffic,lt schedule. Class football. for which )mahy students are practcing, will be the re- ctuitns eronnd from which Coach Don ahue will select likely material. Every eye is centered on the class teams, to which regular varsity men are ineligible Rip Major of Anderson, s. C., will be captain of the team of 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHERS
 GAVE 4279 BASES ON BALLS

New York, January 2l.-Ofieial records of base on balls. strikeout and first base on errors by teams in the National league during the season of 1911, with individual figures in some cases, were made pub lie today by Secretary John Heydler.
 National league pitchers, these statis- tics show gave 4279 bases on balls The St. Louis club led with 592; Chicago was second with 5S5 and Cincinnati third with 57s Brooklyn was last with 425. Sheck- ard of Chicago led the league having re- ceived 147 passes in 156 games. Bales and Bescher of Cincinnati follow with 103 and 1O2 respectively. Sweeney led Boston with IT; Devore had s1 Wagner and Byrne 67 each and Higgins 95
 There were 479s strikeouts, divided among the eight clubs as follows:
 Brooklyn, 6ss; St. Louis, G5o; Chicago, 617; Cincinnati. 59l; Philadelphia, 5SS;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

To the hundreds of travellers who go abroad each year there are tens of hun dreds who have never crossed the water.
 To the thousands of travellers who have seen nearly every spot of interest in Europe and other countries. there are tens of thousands who have never seen the world famed Passion Play at oberam- mergau.
 Occurring. at 1t does only every. 10 years, there necessarily is little oppor- tunity afforded for witnessing this beau- dful. inspiring tragedy that forms the greatest masterpiece the world has ever known.
 To the multitudes that will never be able to attend personally the Passion Play at Oberammergau, a reproduction of this wonderful drama in the form of stereoptlcon views and explanatory notes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

sail on May 14 to spend my thirteenth summer al Omerammergau.'
 What impressed you the most?" asked.
 "The sincerity of the villagers in their uplifting work and the absolute lack oi commercialism, was the reply
 Why did the villagers extend specia privileges to you?'' I inquired T do not know. Perhaps they thought l that I was just as sincere as I thought they were. I have written more articles on the Oberammergau Passion Play than anyone else," said he.
 MT. Ellsworth then produced pages from all the leading newspapers of the United States and article after article In the numerous American magazines.
 T hope to finish my book Fourteen Summers at Oberammergau.' when l re- turn to the village he continued.
 ''Who, in your opinion is the greatest of all the actors in the sublime tragedy?' I asked.
 There are four said MT. Ellsworth. "Johann Zwink, the Judas; Sebastian Christ. and Gregor Breatsanter, the Caiphas. Without single exception the greatest of these is Johann Zwink. and not only the greatest of these. but the greatest actor I have ever seen. In the portrayal Of the Christ, of course, the most essential thing is the appearance and likeness and Anton Lang is con sidered a perfect image of the accepted Christ"
 "In regard to these performers and their work" I suggested. "are they suf- ficiently remunerated to enable them not to have to work other than during the production of the Passion Play?"
 'In the Passion Play said MT. Els worth, "the highest salary ever paid to any performer was given to Anton Lang who received s6 a performance. while 300 or more of the performers received one mark-24 cents-for each perform ance These performances were eight hours in length and often in the rain and snow and the most awful weather"
 "The enormous sum that is realized from the Passion Play" I observed, l "what is done with it?' "The profits from the Play" said MT. l Ellsworth, "are used for the benefit of the little village as whole-for the school fund, the bridge, the river and road fund"
 ''In the stereopticon views which you present" I asked, "are the colorings and general scenic effects pictorially cor rect?"
 Absolutely" said Mir Ellsworth. 'I have the only correctly colored pictures of the Passion Play in existence today Here is my proof:'
 MT. Ellsworth then produced box con- taining 142 samples of cloth, every shade and color imaginable, saying;
 Mrs. Josefa Lang has made every costume used in the Oberammergau Pas sion Play during the past 30 years. She Is my friend; I call on her every sum mer; she is now 6S years old. and gave to me these samples from which all the leading costumes in the Passion Play were made. I marked the samples and mailed them to my colorist in Boston. and she has made a perfect reproduction and taken no liberties whatever with the coloring of my BOA views"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

Lexington, Va, January o1.-Another Washington and Lee alumnus has been elected to Congress, this time from one of the new states of the Union. MT. H. B. Furgusson of Alburquerque makes full half dozen old students at w. & L. who are in the lower House of Congress. He was chosen at the last election held in his adopted state and is now at his place in Washington If Mir. Furgusson makes better record in Congress than he did as a student,
 he will have to be very busy man. For during his stay In the university he took three degrees, being Bache-
 Tor and Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws as well. He took the Cincin-
 natl medal for the oratory and was an instructor in modern languages during
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
HOLD BOXING BOUTS
 SATURDAY NIGHT

The second series of boxing bouts will be held In Birmingham at the Athletic club next Saturday night, when Biscoe Seals and Dave Johnstone. the southern lightweight champion, will fight each other a return bout, and other wrest- ling and boxing exhibitions will be given This is the second affair Of this kind that has been held-the other having been some time in December, when Seals was given a decision over Johnstone in a four round bout.
 Besides this bout, the other main attraction will be a fight between Me Reynolds, "the streak of lightning" and Wambsgan, a, New Orleans lightweight. These two bouts will be of great in- terest, for then the real strength of the two local pugilists will be shown. Both of the local fighters and the New or leans boys are preparing for the annual s. A. A. U meet for the championship of the respective weights, which will be held in February in New orleans.
 At the last exhibition Seals was given the decision over Johnstone, who weighs about 10 pounds less, than the local boy. At the last bout Seals was kept on the defensive throughout the four rounds, and was awarded the decision after the tie had been called for three rounds--the regulation time of an anna teur bout. However, on this occasion Seals declared that he will fight on the offensive and that he intends to get a decision before the three rounds.
 Harry Miles, secretary of the Athletic club, has announced that this entertain ment will be open only to club mem- bers and their friends. Anyone who is not a member of the club will have to secure written invitation before he will he allowed to see the fiphts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

Auburn. January 21.-(Special)- )-Au- burns football schedule for 1912. which is practically complete, is notable for
 several reasons. First of all. Auburn
 has secured a game with Vanderbilt which, it is the local hope will be the first of a perpetual contract. The game will be played in Birmingham on Sat- urady, November 23. Auburn men are overjoyed at the prospect of Wander
 bilt game, whatever the outcome, as they
 felt that for the last two years their schedules had elicited a diminishing local interest.
 Birmingham will see two of Auburn's big games, the game with Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical on October
 26, and the game with Vanderbilt No- vember 23
 Another notable feature is the fact that
 the Thanksgiving game with Georgia is scheduled to be played in Athens, Ga.,
 on the university campus. Despite the fact that the Thanksgiving game has additionally been regarded by most col leses the world over as one to attract great crowds, to be played in large cities ". returns, Auburn and the University of Georgia have decided to break away from the old material viewpoint, and, on the basis of sport for sports sake, take the biggest game of the year, the Thanks giving contest, to the students them selves. and to play it on the campus. Next year the game will go to Athens; the year after to Auburn, and thus alter hating year by year. A great demand for the campus game, for the dual pur- nose of establishing football as a pure sport and of fostering cole eifa <as
 been evinced in the instance saf c9i- leges Auburn and Georgis als NtA lfN' to adopt the new system.
 The renewal of relations burn and Louisiana State uni if al the separation of three yes nN Nei.l
 alone make Auburn's schec
 The two colleges will pl' Stt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
REGISTRARS FOR
 JEFFERSON COUNTY

Montgomery, January 21.-tSpecial) Registrarssef Jefferson county, as ap- pointed by the board of registrars this week, are announced from the office of Gov. E,mmet O'Neal as follows; F. L. Demere. James F. Hawkins and Jack B. Wood, all of Birmingham.
 Appointments made by the governor during the day as follows: w. & stokes, Montgomery, vice W. Fl. Tice. resigned O. D. Du Pre- of Attalla. member of the state board of embalmers, vice J. H Crosby term expired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
WILL PROSECUTE
 HARVESTER TRUST
Wickersham Assures Committee on Rules He Is Actively Plan
 v,ir,U Suit

Washington January H-Attorney General wickersham told members Of the House committee on rules Saturday that 1t would not be necessary for them to recommend a congressional mvest- gation of the International Harvester company as his department was actVe- ly planning the dissolution of that cor poration On this information the com mittee agreed to delay action on the resolution of inquiry introduced by Representative Foster of Illinois.
 The Attorney General did not indicate the departments plans any more def- initely but members of the committee said they understood the Harvester cor poration had been flatiy informed that 1t must voluntarily dissolve or be forced to dissolve by government suit. Oni- cials of the corporation conferred re- gently with the Attorney General.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
SIX CLUBS WILL COMPOSE
 COTTON STATES LEAGUE

Jackson. Miss, January 2O-Six clubs instead of five will compose the Cotton States Baseball league, according to ac- tion taken here Saturday at the annual meeting of that organization. In addi- ton to Jackson, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg. Meridian and Greenwood, either Yazoo City, Laurel. Baton Rouge or Algiers, La, will be admitted. with Yazoo City given the preference. The directors fixed January 25 as the time limit for that place to deposit it's forfeit money.
 A. Lewis, president, presided at the meeting Others present were !. H. O'Neil, representing Meridian, and also holding a proxy for Vicksburg; c. E..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

Pittsburg, 5ss; Boston. 577; New York, 5Os.
 Coulson of Brooklyn and Bescher of Cincinnati led in this respect with TS strikeouts each Luderus struck out I6 times, Carey 75, Devore 69. Schulte 6S. Engerton 6S and Hauser e. Those who played in 130 games over and had a low average os strikeouts were; Sween- ey 26 Tinker S1. Mitchell 34, Larry Doyle S9, Murray B. Myers g, Knabe S5, Wax ner 34 and Oakes 35.
 A new departure was the keeping of records showing the number of men reaching first base on errors. These fig ures showed 1196 runners to profit in this way. Boston was favored I'll times. Philadelphia 164, Pittsburg 154, Cincin- natl 151, St. Louis 147 Brooklyn Al, New York 1s9 and Chicago 129. Sweeney of Boston led the individual players. reach- ing first 8 times on errors. The other club leaders were Mitchell 25, Lobert 23, Daubert 9, Wilson of Pittsburg 2l, Evans 19, Merkle IS and Hoffman ls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
Will Improve Park

Anniston, January. L)-ln anticipation of the coming of John Gan gels Rochester Hustlers, who will ar rive here to train on March 10. work will begin shortly on the improvement of the Anniston park. The grounds are to be leveled off, the fence reno vated. the stands repaired and other im- provements made. as the Southeastern season opens shortly after the Hustlers leave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
AND LEE
 MEN GO TO CONGRESS

the last few years in college. - When he left Washington and Lee he tried the practice in Wheelings but the call of the west came to him and he has answered 1t with success. as is shown by his recent election to Congress.
 The other alumni of Washington and Lee who are in the same body with him are Representatives Flood and Hay of Virginia, Representative Slayden of Texas, Representative Mays of Florida,' Representative Davis of West Virginia.
 But in the upper House of Congress Washington and Lee has 8 very good representation in Senators Bryan of Florida, Chamberlain of oregon, owen of Oklahoma. Foster of Louisiana and Poindexter of Washington. With these, and one of the new appointed justices of the supreme court of the United States. Justice Lamar, local alumni are having a goodly voice In shaping tho policies of the nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

Saunders of Greenwood, Eugene Graham, P. $. Merrill and II. l.. Harris of Jack son; P. c. Edmondson and Carlos Smith, Hattiesburg. Y
 The old salary limit was retained and penalties for violating that provision of the rules were fixed at s300 for the club, $20o for the player who accepts, and in addition 30 days suspension and s100 for the club manager. It was decided to play a season of 120 games, divided into two periods of 60 games each and to open the season April Il.
 After the adoption of the minor fea- lures concerning the government of play CTS, 1t was decided that seven games in- stead of five shall constitute the num- Der to be played in the series this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
No Trace of Prisoners

Decatur. January 21.-(Special)- Sheriff McCulloch has heard nothing as yet from the five prisoners who made their escape out of the county jail here last Tuesday by digging their way through a brick wall. The escapes are all white men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
Preds Show Up Strong

Anniston January 21.-(Special.)- The Preds of the Alabama Presbyterian college showed up strong in their iA- ItI.-I game nerel Friday evening when they defeated the Gadsden athletic club by a score of 2s to ,. and it seems that they will make good their promise to wipe out the memory of more or less disastrous season last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

"ALABAMA GROCERY COMPANY PURE FOOD SHOW" JANUARY 2f, B AND 20, 1912, FROM 7;30 r. VI. TO 1O,3O r. NJ. PUBLIC INVITED. LADIES, PRESENCE ESPECIALLY DESIRED. NO ORDERS WILL BE SOLICITED.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
Mr. Henry Ellsworth Talks
 About the Passion Play" Pictures

Perhaps the Best Authority America Oberammergau Its World Famed Presentaton-Has Lived in the Little Bavarian Village Every Summer for Twelve Years. Sincerity of the People, Their Uplifting Work and
 Absolute Lack of Commercalism
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22
Fast Seaboard Trains

To Atlanta. Washington. New York leave Birmingham S:30 a. m. and 3 D. m. Through Pullman observation cars and diners. Phone Bell 23s2 for reservations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-22

MASK BALL TUESDAY, JANUARY 23. M'CONNELL's, 2O211z FIRST AYE,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
His Brides Name Slipped from Mind

never questioned in the bureau, and
anyway, young man about to take
unto himself wife is supposed to be
thoroughly familiar with said swife's
name and address.
However, Covert informed Knoll
that his bride-to-be was Miss Vera
lone. The license was issued to
George H. Covert and Miss Vera lone,
and the minister delegated to tie the
Knot was the Rev. Charles Wood. Not
until the bridal pair reached the par.
sonage did they discover the grave
error made by Covert, and a hurried
trip was made to the home Of Col,
John E. Young, clerk of the court,
who rectif1ed the error, and promised
to make. the necessary change in the
official record book as soon as he
reached his Office next morning.
The knot was tied Immediately, and
Covert attributes the mistake to the
fact that he was nervous-this being
ms first venture. He has been exon
Grated by Mrs. Covert, nee Vera lone
Murray.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
Not Seen in Congressional Record

er, cannot afford-ur to sit here and
hear these constituents, sir-ur in
suited, sir, by remarks, sir, I mean,
Mr.. Speaker, of. the gentlemen from
Wayback, and -ur I stand here, sir,
in the presence of the great American
: -- -u people to defend, yes, sir,
to defend the bringing, sir, upon my
constituents, sir, that is satisfac-
tory-ur to all when I was elected
ur to this honorable body, sir. But,
sir mean, Mr.. Speaker" And
about this time the gavel of the
speaker comes down with bang that
rattles the medallions in the glass
ceiling, and he says just as easy: "The
time of the gentleman from - has
expired" and his oratory Is cut
short. Now, you don't suppose for
once that that sort Of stuff is going
to appear in the Congressional Rec
ord. No, indeed. The official stenog-
rapher has taken down every "uh
and ah," and goes to the little desk
at the end of his five minutes stands,
and talks it into the photograph Just
as smooth and pretty as anything you
ever read in your life, and it comes
out just as though Mr.. Representative
was an orator of the first class, and
he sends it back to his constituents,
and they think he's wonderful to
speak right on the floor Of congress
in that wonderful way
1t is the general belief among news
paper readers that 1t is the so-called
"Backwoods" statesmen, who are the
guilty ones in this respect, but the Of
fetal stenographers say that the re-
marks of some of the members known
throughout the land as brilliant ora
tors, would at times look something
like the foregoing.