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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
BOUGHT EXPLOSIVE
 ] BY THE WAGON LOAD
Sold Large Amount of Nitroglycerine to J. B.
 McNamara

Indianapolis, October 23-How J. B, Mo Namara and Ortie E. McManigal carried away nitroglycerin by the wagon loads was discovered by Charles C. Kizer at the trial of the accused dynamite plot ters'' today.
 Kizer, who now lives at Tulsa, Okla, was the manager of plant for the man. ufacture of explosives at Albany, Ind, when in 1908, he said, the dynamters be- gan buying nitroglycerin from him and hauling it away in wagons to Muncie, Ind. The government, in charging the 45 men on trial for complicity, asserts that they resorted to nitroglycerin in blowing up a job after they found dynamite was not strong enough, and that they rent ed house in Muncie to hide the ex- plosive.
 "One day in response to d telephone call from Indianapolis" said Kizer, I met J. B. McNamara at Muncie. He represented himself as being c. J. Clark, a contractor of Peoria, H., and said he wanted nitroglycerin to blow up some dltches near Indianapolis. He said he had tried dynamite and 1t was not strong enough. l agreed to sell him 20 quarts, and I delivered 1t to a farm three miles from Albany on the road to Muncie. A month ldleF ne bought oO qudllS' ulu not hear anything from him until a year later, when he and McManigal bought 120 quarts. When l took 1t to the farm they had two rigs waiting and had pre- pared 12 boxes in which to pack the cans. Afterward I wrote to Clark at the address given at Peoria, but the letter was re- turned"
 The boxes referred to by Kizer later were found in the house in Muncie which s1,a ,faa fo1 Itr Herbert s. HoclSin, now secretary of the union.
 John W Chiffon, foreman of a construc- ton company. described three explosions on the same job at Cincinnati in 1909.
 w. H. Medley of Fall River, Mass, a police officer told of the blowing up of bridge across the Taunton river in April, 1908, when pieces of fuses were found.
 The testimony so far has been regarded as preliminary to that to be given by Me- Manigal and later witnesses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
BASEBALL REPRESENTATIVES
 SATISFIED WITH MEETING
Derr Pratt of St Louis Club Talks of Players PuposeSaw Yale Army Game and Boosts Vandys' Chances.
 May Coach Alabama

"The principal things that we wish to contend for said Pratt, ''are legal con traets-contracts that can be upheld by law-minimum salary limits, the abolish nent of the cover over practice which keeps deserving players in minor company and trials before punishment of an of- lending player
 The players, however, expect to meet with no opposition from the magnets. Their course of actlon-will. in their opin- ion, better conditions for all parties con cerned and will receive the cooperation of managers and officials. They are at present demanding nothing, merely stat ing their grievances to the commission and asking for readjnstment.
 Practically all of the leading stars of the baseball world were in attendance at the meetings, including Christy Mathew son and Ty Cobb both of whom were elected to offices of vice president from their respective leagues
 On his way home Pratt stopped over in New Haven for the Yale-Army game. ''1 was distinctly disappointed at the eNhibi- tion," said Pratt. Except for weight tha big eastern teams have nothing on the southern aggI Iegations. and do not play with the snap and spirit of the Dixie line ups There were practically no new for nations or styles of play used by either the Army or Yale both resorting to the oiu &diie NAtu tue oocdsloHdi oSe ol the foreward pass. From the exhibition put up by these two teams. and chasing them With Harvard, it is hard to see how the Crimson is going to beat the Vanderbilt Commodores McGugin has a wonderful team this season, and would not be at all surprised to see him take the measure Of the Harvard squad.
 Pratt left Wednesday morning for Tus- caloosa, where he may assist Coach Graves with the University of Alabama team for the remainder of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24

starkville, Miss, october 93,-(Spe- oial. .l-As result of several shifts in A. and Ms varsity. lineup, the squad showed a reversal of form in yester- days scrlmmage, and ploughed through the scrub opposition almost at Will. Six touchdowns were piled up during the afternoon by varsity, while their defense was practically impregnable to ehe scrub attacks.
 McGee's handling of foreward passes was very noticeable, but 1t Is probable that he has worthy rival in Kimball in this department. as the latters work with the shoots was exceptionally clever in yesterdays scrimmage An other man whose work recently has showed marked Improvement is Mar shall. a candidate for quarter, and he is at present pushing the veteran Coop CT for a regular berth.
 'Blondy" Williams demonstrated the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
BRESNAHAN SAYS HE WILL FIGHT TO THE LIMIT HIS DISPOSAL

lutely In the dark as to what the real McGusin stock consists of. It seems entirely improbably that another visit would be paid Nashville by the Nir- slnia inspection board the coming Sat urday, as 1t is entirely unlikely that anything but the straight stuff will bo dispensed during the Mississippi con test.
 And also prominent among those clustered on the observation tower at Atlanta may be mentioned Harris Cope of Sewanee, Tenn, parsonage of much note in those parts, who likewise. with strong glass, was peering over and anon at the moving mass in the Ponce de Leon morass in Atlanta, What both Cope and the Virginia look k- outs saw may have been disappo oint- ing, but il could not have been highly educational
 Other Observers
 In addition, Auburn had on hand an ample corps of scouts watching both teams a<the strong Alabamians mix with both at a later date.
 Coach McGugln has not commented in any way upon The possible presence of the visitors in question: and II IS not an absolutely settled fact that he knew they were on hand. That lie can scent football scout like hrddos can a covey, however taken along with his general line of campaign would in dicate that he at least had hunch that there were some visitors present attracted by other motives than wit messing a football game as a spectacle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
ELBERFELD SIGNS
 STRONG PLAYERS

Chattanooga, October 23.z(special)- According to peppery Bob Higgins, the secured two star players in Catcher Gabby Street and Outfelder Jack Ellston. Hig- gins, who was with Toronto last sea son. states that the two starred in the International league and that fandom in that section was. greatly puzzled when they were relegated to the Southern league via Detroit. Higgins Is wintering here along with Jim Baskette, the Nap hurier: Dock Johnson also of Cleveland, and his brother, Jimmy the former Baron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
SHIFTS IN A. AND M. SQUAD
 BRING REVERSAL OF FORM

fact that he has but few equals in tho south in offensive work. by his playing yesterday. lie was a tower of offen- sive strength to the varsity lineup. and on ono occasion romped straight through the opposing line for 90 yards and a touchdown.
 The whole varsity lineup showed marked improvement over their work heretofore which was very pleasing 10 the coaches, and which indicates that A. and NJ is going to offer Auburn one of the stiffest bits of opposition in Birmingham saturday that the orange and Black has had this season.
 The lineup Of the team yesterday, and the one that will probably be used against Auburn was: Capt. Ellard anl Wells al tacl<les Baker, McArthur. and Cassanova, guards; Marshall Ruftin and Cooper quarterback; Williams, Gnleland, Marshal, Reule and Cooper alternating in the backfield.
 After the scrimmage work yesterday, varsity engaged in a brisk signal prac- tice for about an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
PAPKE WINS BOUT

Paris. October 23.-Billy Papke, the middleweigho fighter of Illinois, tonight defeated the French champion, Georges Carpenter The Frenchman quit after the 17th round.
 At the weighing in al , o'clock in the afternoon Papke exceeded the middle weight limit. Carpenter was 'under weight The Frenchman's manager im- mediately claimed the title of middle weight champion. He said:
 The fight will proceed as arranged, but will not be for the title which now belongs to the Frenchman."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
CROWDS EXPECTED AT CHATTANOOGA
 FOR BIG GAME

Chattanooga, October 23.-(Special.)- Special bleachers are being built at Cham berain Field here to accommodate the crowds which are expected to attend the Sewanee-Tennessee game here next Sat urday. It is blieved that the largest crowd that ever attended football fray in Chattanooga will be on hand. There will be practically 300 alumni of the two schools here, while 600 Tennessee stu dents will come down from Knoxville upon a special train.
 There is active betting here upon the outcome of the fray, the odds favorine Sewanee by about to 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
JOHNNY EVERS MAY SUCCEED
 F. CHANGE AS CUB MANAGER

and Charles Murphy, president of the club. m2ntained retieenee. The last nights announcement that Murphy had granted permission to Tinker to nego- tiate with the Cincinnati management regarding the leadership of that team
 eliminated the shortstop from the list of those whom rumor during the day had named as Chances successor. It also served to strengthen the belief that Evers would be given the place. and practical confirmation that such was the correct guess came subsequently,. Evers home is in Troy, N. Y. He came to the Chicago National league team in 1902 and after brief career as an utility player was made regular at the keystone sack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
 WOULD IMPROVE RURAL SCHOOLS

Chicago. october 2s-Improvements of the rural schools will be one of the domi- nant features of the work undertaken by tho National Educational association next year, according to opinions expressed to- day by President E. T. B'airchild of To- peka, Kan, and other officers of the organizatlon who met here to arrange for the next annual meeting of the body.
 Salt Lake City was chosen for the meet ing place in July, 1913, and tentative programme for the national session adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
sFIGHT?" ASKS BRESNAHAN.
 FAM IF, WELL GUESS YES!

they want me to. never quit on the ball field, and I won't quit now"
 Rumors were in circulation today that President Robert L. Hedges ot the St. Louis Americans was after Bresnahan to manage his club next sea . son, and was ready to pay the catcher the S10,000 a year, his contract with the St. Louis National league team calls for, but not the 10 per cent of the profits. It is believed Bresnahan would American team, because of his ability to steady young pitchers. The Ameri- can league team has a number of prom ising youngsters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
RING NEWS

Chattanooga, October 2s--(speeial.)-- After a three months sojourn in the east. Jake Abel, the local fistlc prodigy, is back iii his native section looking for battles. The local lad had three battles in the east, winning two and losing one. the last named to Tommy Langdon Abel was under the management of Jimmy Deforest. His last southern appearance was his finish fight with Terry Nelson in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
KEYNES MARES
 SOLD TO GOULD

Lexington, Ky, October 23.-Five brood mares, the last of James R. Keepes stock farm holdings here, were bought today by Frank J. Gould for s50,000 tho highest prices ever paid for a similar lot at single auction. The mares will be taken to Goulds stock farm in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
TRACK MEN WILL FIGHT
 AGAINST STOPPING RACING

Chicago, October 23.-Both sides in the fight waged by the state of Indiana to close the Mineral Springs race track near Porter, Ind, rested today, but the race track men were making prepara- tions to reopen the contest. State troops retained possession of the property un- der orders to prevent racing. The card of races for this afternoon was can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24

celled.. Owners and promoters decided to bring suit against the state for s1OO,OOo.
 This sum is alleged for damages when Plans also were made for filing an appli- cation for an injunction to prevent the state from interfering further with the track. Several stable owners prepared to ship their strings" to other tracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24

on a multitude of circumstances which support each other. building up struc- ture Of evidence irrefutably proving that this man committed the crime"
 MT. Moss completed his address at 7:25 o'clock this evening and court adjourned. Justice Golf will deliver his charge to- morrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
PEPPERY SECOND EASTMAN OF CHICAGO CLUB IS SLATED TO
 WEAR MANAGERIAL ROBES,
 SAY REPORTS FROM CHICAGO

Chicago, October 2S.-John Evers. sec ond baseman of the Chicago National League team, will be manager of the team next season, succeeding Frank ChancA This announcement was made by friend of the player today.
 The player himself declined to be quoted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
To Post ,one Paper Case

Washington. October 23.--The govern ment will ask for an indefinite, postpone nlcnt of the wood pulp and paper case set for argument tomorrow in the cus- toms court. Officials want more time to prepare the government side of the in- tefnational issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24
Fighter Killed

Nashville. October 23.--The grand jury reported yesterday in the case of Mrs. j.. R. Allen, young widow, who on August 12 shot and killed William Shofer, Nashville prize fighter. finding no true bill. Shofer was shot and killed by Mrs. Allen when she was at home alone with her two small children. Her statement at the time was that Shofer came to her home, urging her to marry him, and she shot in self defense, protecting her life and home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24

St. Louis, October 2S.-"Fight! Am l going to fight? Well, I guess yes,' Roger Bresnahan, deposed manager of the St. Louis National league club de- clared today. a"I am ready to fight for my rights and will go into any court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-24

OPPOSED CARDINAL MANAGER DECLARES HE WILL TAKE HIS CASE TO COURT IF NECES- SARY-MAY MANAGE THE ST. LOUIS AMERICANS
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

in which 1t was witnessed by over a
quarter of a million people in New
York city alone during its notable run
at the New Amsterdam theatre,
where its patronage reached the high
est figures ever taken in at a box
office for a dramatic production. Not
since The Two Orphans" Camille
or the Sardou plays has there been
brought forth a drama of such uni
vcrsal appeal as Madame "" which
since it's original production in Paris
three years z has played in almost
q score of different countries, and with
u%nvarSing triumphs in each instance.
This masterpiece of Bison eNerts its
spell on every type of theatre-goer. be
he gallery patron or orchestra chair
holder, and. as one famous critic
wrote. has an audience wherever
there is a human heart"
Both in theme and development.
Madame \" is far off The beaten
path pursued by playwriehts recent
ly, and its appeal to the emotion is
we'll night irresistible, the claim being
made for It that man or oma able
to sit through its four acts without
yielding does not exist.
In the famous court room scene of
which so much has been published.
the striking situation is presented of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
WHERE ALL THE FLIES COME FROM

The old question. Where do all the
flies come from?" has been answered
at last by the United States govern
ment. Prof. l.. q. Howard, chief of
the bureau of entomology. has been
studying the habits and life history of
flies and has discovered that each fe-
male lays 1870 eggs at a time and that
she usually lays four of these gener-
ous patches of eggs before she con-
siders her motherly duties ended.
Professor Howard began studying
flies in the early part of June and he
found that the eggs which the fly laid
on June J had Matched out into flies
within ten days. and that each of the
100 young flies We're ready to start
right in laying eggs at the same rate
la their mother had laid them. There
is, thus. abundance of time for the de-
velopment Of twelve or thirteen gem
erations during the summer, before
the flies begin to hibernate.
Starting with the first batch Of 100
eggs laid by the original fly on June l..
we arrive at the following astounding
table of consequences by the last OF
September, when the breeding season
ends:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04
MAD PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS
IMPORTANT NEWS WAS CARRIED FROM PDACE To PLACE BY
FIIET.FOOTED MESSENGERS IN THE ANDES.
New York Press.)

tNeW YORK FrcSS.)
In the Andes there is a kind OF
known as the chaquis. who for many
years, and to n less extent now, has
been looked upon in those regions as
a necessity, much as we regard the
telegraph or the telephone. These
runners have been known in the An
DIES since the days Of the Incas. by
whom. indeed, III first were trained.
Men were specially selected for the
task by reason of their physical quail
ifications, and severe tests were
made of their speed and endurance.
II is related that ~.an the Spanish
invaded Peru they wondered greatly
how 1t was that the Indians were
able invariably to anticipate their
movements. Every move of the for
eigners seemed instantly to be COM
municated to the most distant parts
of the empire. 1t was not long he
fore the Spanish discovered there
was an organized system of rune
in Peru that carried news with as
lance OF 500 miles in fifty hours across
the s~now-covered mountains and
barren deserts.
Along tho old Canine Real. the
royal highway of the 1ncas. there arc
still to be seen in Il good state of pres
%ervation the little buildings wherein
relays of chaauis were lodged. These
buildings were erected on hillocks, SO
they might be used also as points of
observation, from which the APP
proach OF messengers might be seer
from a distance. AS one arrived.
heated and breathless. another would
he ready to receive the message and
convey it to the next station without
a moments delay. Frequently the
Inca communicated messages to his
soldiers and officials by means OF
signs. A ring. a bit of wood or Il
leaf might he sent along the line, an
object that meant nothing to the mes
senger who bore it or to those who
might see it in in his hand, but which
was significant enough to him for
whom it was intended.
AS evidence of the speed Vt these
chauuis it is Of record that the royal
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

Suppose We say that an average
house fy measures a quarter of an
inch in length and Il quarter of an
inch in height when n stretches her
legs or wings. and a quarter Of an inch
in width. Four flies standing in In
dian file would reach Just one inch.
Sixteen flies would occupy one square
inch. Sixty-four flies would make one
cubic inch.
Thus we see hat there would be
253,440 flies in a mile if they stood
one in front of the other. If all the
four octillion flies stood in Il continu-
Gus line they would reach 10000. O0O.-
600. 600. 600. 00O.0 900 miles: they would
reach $4,000. 900. 900, 0OO.O 900 times
around the earth. Spread out owe
the surface of the earth. they would
make a carpet over the entire globe
more than a thousand miles thick.
Stretched out to the sun (Which is 3d.
100000 miles away these flies would
project to the very center of the solar
system; passing Venus and Mercury.
on the way. they would form a huge
road from the earth to the sun a
thousand miles wide and three miles
deep.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-04

which were set up In a restoration
OF Its Jaws. The teeth were collected
many years & from the phosphate
beds OF South Carolina by the late
Joseph Cohn.
4 word about these jaws; they are
SUFFICIENT size. to allow five or six
men to walk abreast right into the
row above and below, those in the
middle of each row being the largest.
ono of them which was especially
measured is Az inches wide at the
hase Of the crown and 6 inches high.
Iher are "a teeth in the lower, and
back of each of these rows there are
three more, not seen in a front view.
which are intended to take the place
OF any teeth in the front row which
may be lost. The edges of each tooth
are like sharp knife blades. or, to he
more accurate. sharp saw edges. since
they are serrated. What a tremend-
Gus engine Of destruction this jaw
u have been in life. Fancy the
millions upon millions of fishes that
II have heen %guillotined by the
swapping together Of this gigantic
evolved an engine of destruction more
terrible than this. Not even the dem
tai battery of the gigantic d%inosaur.
Tyrannosaurus rev., surpassed 1t in
power. And what Of shark
was this to whom belonged these
jaws? Have we any data by which to
picture it's size and appearances? For
tunately, We have. There survives at
the present day a closely related shark
ance of it's gigantic extinct relative.
This surviving species is the great
white "man-eater." known to scien-
fists as Carcharodon rondeleti, which
is washed up on the Atlantic coas
once II a long while. One Of these
sharks, a rather small specimen. 10
feet long, was cast up on the Massa-
chusetts in 1883. and received
careful attention at the hands Of DR..
scription and accurate measurements
of it.
Its teeth We're one and on%e-fourth
inches high. and if we compare the
size of its Jaws with those of the ex-
tinct shark (Carcharodon megalodon)
we may safely conclude that the latter
nus have been in the neighborhood
of 20 or so feet in length. 1t was
thus as large as a sulphur bottom
charodon megalodon is not the only
extinct species of this kind of shark.
To judge from the fossil teeth which
occur in different parts of the world,
there lived at least a dozen other spe-
cies in the Sea contemporaneously
with it. which have also become ex-
tinct. The surviving species. the great
white "man-eater." is exceedingly are
and may be regarded as on the verge
of extinction. What was the cause Of
such a gigantic and terrible monster
becoming extinct?
No knowing all the conditions Of
life of such a creature. it is not posi-
Bile to give an accurate answer to this
question. but we may venture an eX-
PLANTATION. We know that a shark Of
such gigantic proportions must have
consumed enormous quantities of fish.
Owing to its rapacious habits these
fish have decreased in number
sufficiently in course of time to have
deprived it of its staple article of food
and thus must nave led to it's eXtinc.
ton. This view is made more prob
able when we remember that the giant
shark lived in the sea with a dozen or
more other species which were rom
stantly competing with it for food.