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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Methods of Hugo

Writing the above about Chesterton
reminds one that we have lately had
peep into the literary methods of
an even greater star of the literary
firmament, Victor Hugo. no less, who,
it seems, did not hesitate to crib
when he thought well, even from the
smallest among authors. Here is a
decidedly curious confession of the
masters which is recorded in the re-
Gently published "reminiscences of Ed
mond Lockroy
Il find" said Hugo, that 1t pays
to read fifth rate authors. Very Of
ten, burl<S amidst their twaddle and
platitudes, there are fresh ideas and
novel points of view, which they are
incapable of developing, but which
prove serviceable to me. l also believe
in reading an odd volume of a novel,
and then sketching a beginning and
an ending for it on my own lines.
This Is excellent practice for story
writer" Lockroy adds that Hugo S
library in Guernsey contained little else
but odd volumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Used After Years

This struck me at the time as a
gorgeous plot, and for months after my
talk with Chesterton / waited for him
to use 1t. Years elapsed as the play
rights say, and still he did not. Then
his first Father Brown series, THE
Innocence of Father Brown" was an
nounced, and in the second story of the
series l discovered the plot that the au-
thor had unfolded to me.
Recently, however. there has been a
sequel Chesterton has written a new
Father Brown" series-"The Wisdom
of Father Brown" this time-which is
now being published serially on both
sides of the water. The fourth ad-
venture has just appeared over here,
and 1t opens with an American news
paper man in England making a call
on an English scientific writer. He
fails to get his talk" however, the
great author being to much absorbed
in a shilling shocker which he happens
to be reading and the title of which is
The Bloody Thumb" Now the ques-
tion arises has Chesterton remembered
my humble call all these years, or is
it harmless pose of his, profound
writer as he is on many exalted SUBJ
jects, to be found reading a penny
dreadful?" If the first be true, I am
vastly honored to have supplied him
with an idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Illinois Suffrd9ists Find Clothes
Essential In Casting Their Ballots
Ggeous
Her
20 n Al

bered the men. 1t was the first time
they had had an opportunity to exercise
their franchise right since the passage
of the Illinois suffrage bill. The issue
was whether the kindergarten now op-
Grated as a private Institution should
be conducted hereafter as part of the
Geneva public schools.
The women of wealth. of whom there
are many in Geneva, were first at the
polls. Their automobiles had been spe-
cially FURNISHED for the occasion. Sum-
mer gowns of radiant splendor were
In the panorama. Headgear and para
soils were in keeping with the other
adornments of the women voters.
Scores who cannot afford automobiles
or fine gowns wanted to go to the polls.
They started brayely clad in shirt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Page Is a Busy Man

There are not many buster men in
London at present than Walter Hines
Page, the American ambassador When
/ saw him for feeting moment at
the embassy In Victoria street, he said
that he was dividing his time betwixt
four strenuous occupations, namely, at
tending to his ordinary diplomatic du-
ties, helping to entertain the French
President, getting Claridge's hotel, one
of the most fashionable in London,
ready for the big reception to his coun-
trymen which he is arranging for the
Fourth Of July and, last, but decidedly
not least, preparing to receive Mrs.
and Miss Page. VINO. at this writing,
are still on the high seas
But you Know" declared the am
bassador, beaming through his glasses,
I'm enjoying it--enjoying every min
ute of it immensely" He looked it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Mark Twain's First Earnings

From London Tit-Bits.
A friend of Mark Twain once asked
him If he remembered the first money
he earned.
Yes, he said; ut was at school, and
very painful recollection it Is too.
There was rule in our school that any
boy marking his desk, either with pencil
or knife. would be chastised publicly be-
fore the whole school or pay fine of S..
Besides the rule there was a ruler; I
knew 1t because I had felt it; It was a
darned hard one, too.
'One day / had to tell my father that
I have broken the rule, and had to pay
fine or take a public whipping. and he
said:
Sam, 1t would be too bad to have the
name of Clemens disgraced before the
whole school, so I'll pay the fine. But
don I want you to lose anything. so come
upstairs
"A few minutes later / came down
with bad feeling and the $5, and | de-
cided that as | had been punished once.
and got used to it, ! would not mind
getting the other licking at school So
did and kept the So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Outlines Plot

Noticing his visitors look of amaze
ment, the portly author chuckled. Il
enjoy detective stories better than any
other reading on earth he said, "and
having read all the good ones, I'm
forced now to read bad ones, such as
this, rather than not read any at all.
Chesterton added that some day he
meant to write some detective stories
of his own and proceeded to outline
a plot of one. (All the while he was
talking, be 1t observed. he was draw
ing, with great rapidity, exceedingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

Judge J. I. Lowry-Stubborn
ollVer Caldwell-Indifferent
Oscar Berney-Uncertain
DR.. e. W. Averyt-Immovable
J. S. Falkner-Out of the market.
Mr.. Brooks-Y Yielding.
Holt Simonton-Cold feet.
Frank Brush-Getting interested.
John Byrum-Busy waiting.
Fred Moore-Still repining.
g. w. Morris-Hoping on. trusting eyer.
Charles Sloan-Nothing to him.
Walter Davenport-H faint homes
Gus Nelson-Too timid.
Guy Overton-Willing.
Mr.. Sparks-Anxiousy waiting.
Alex Cochran-Always trying to eseane
Captain Donlin-Worth trying for.
II the dissemination of this line on the
prospects for matrimony in Ensley does
not result in some captures from the
above list 1t viii be most surprising,
With this data plan of campaign may
be laid out with full knowledge of the
weak points in the defenses of the be.
sieged and orange blossoms and we'd
ding marches are guaranteed as a result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Chattooga Polls Light Vote

Lyerly, Ga, July Especial )-Consoli-
dated figures of the senatorial election
held in Georgia this week show that Chat
tooga county cast only 1SO votes, one of
the lightest votes polled in the history
of the county. At the Lyerly precinct
only II votes were polled. and at other
places as few as four votes We're cast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
News of Ensley

The new Ensley crematory has been
in full operation since Wednesday of this
week and has fulfilled ali expectations
in the way of destruction of garbage.
The capacity of the plant is more than
sufficient for all present needs of Ems
ley. A horse and COW were consumed
In the plant one day this week most
successfully and with no offensive odors
emanating therefrom, according to resi-
dents living near the crematory. city
officials are highly gratiied over the
splendid showing made during the first
weeks operation of the plant
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Eehols
was held this morning at 10 O'Clock at
Crumley's chapel. The funeral services
were conducted by the Rev j. s. GIas-
gov.
Funeral services over the remains of
Eula May Athey were held at the resi-
dence of the parents at 2615 Avenue c,
yesterday afternoon. The service was
conducted by the Rev. George e. Boyd,
pastor of the Ensley Methodist church.
Eula May was the 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Athey and was
drowned Friday afternoon in the sewer
running from the steel plant near the
| residence of the parents of the little
girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

waist outfits. Then they saw the auto
mobiles with their richly arrayed oc-
cupants. Many of them thought OF
their own simple attire and hesitated.
Some hurried home and donned their
best and then returned to the voting
places. Others did not think voting
worth all this trouble.
The automobiles were decorated with
the yellow of the suffrage cause and
bore placards, 1--WE Want a Kindergar-
ten. The women did not confine their
efforts to getting votes among their
own sex. Men were importuned to vote
for the measure and many rode to the
polls in the automobiles of the new
voters.
There was little confusion. Most of
the women knew what to do. Many
left their babies in the arms of friends
or husbands when they entered the
booths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

grotesque little figures, similar to
those with which he subsequently IL
lustrated his Club of Queer Trades) in
the margin of the no doubt blood curd-
line crimson Hand"
This plot of Chesterton's in a nut
shell. was as follows: The body of a
man was found somewhere in France.
with the head severed from the trunk.
Witnesses disputed as to the identity of
the corpse, and the affair became a
world mystery, when a private detec-
tive came forward and pointed out that
the head and body did not belong to-
gether. The murderer was eventually
proved to be the public executioner,
who had murdered man, beheaded
him, and then substituted the head of
man of the lower orders whom he
had decapitated in the ordinary course
of duty, for the murdered mans head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Fortune Telling

From judge
Jap-Yon can tell what is to happen?
Clairvoyant-Always.
Jap-Well, what Is going to happen to
me?
Clairvoyant-In a certain contingency
you are going 70 get what in this neck or
woods is known as a whaling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
WANTED

WANT TO RENT FOR go OR 60 DAYS
A LARGE TOURING CAR OR TRUCK
WITH SEATS TO RUN FROM CITY
TO SUBURBS. STATE PRICE AND
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ABLE TO
SEAT. MAY BUY IF SATISFACTORY.
ADDRESS TIPS, CARE AGE-HERALD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
ROOMS-WANTED-BOARD

WA.NTED-Furnished room at once,
walking distance business section, price
reasonable, modern conveniences, by
young lady. Address SIS, care Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

Aurora Ill, July 19.-"I haven't any
thing to wear and I'm not going to
vote" said young Geneva housewife
today as she beat hasty retreat from
the polling place toward which she was
headed. and went back to her home and
babies.
Along the streets of Geneva auto
mobiles were rolling toward the polls
In them were women arrayed in their
finest gowns. There was more sartorial
glory than Geneva had seen at a pink
tea. a card club or a reception for
years.
A few minutes after the polls were
open women voters greatly outnum-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished Complete for
housekeeping, large front room, kitchen,
gas range, china closet, bath, lights,
water. $l2. 2l21 Zinman. near Oak Crest
Station, South Ensley car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Too LATE TO CLASSIFY
WANTED-MALE HELP


" NANTED-Young man assistant book
keeper and stenographer, one who has
lumber business preferred; answer in
own handwriting. giving salary wanted,
experience and reference. George A.
Blessed l.. G. Co, Reform, Ala. 7-20-3t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
FOR RENT-ROoMs

FOR RENToone nicely furnished from
room, lights, phone, hot and cold water
only $40 per month. 1880 n. 25th st
Phone 6303-W Main.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
FOR SALE
ATCT1ON! AUCT7oNI
AUCTIONi AUCTION!

AUCTIONi AUCTIONl
Will sell Monday, July q, 1890 a. m. at
219 N. 10th ST., mahogany bedroom furnt-
ture. chairs, tables, davenport iron bed
scme china and bric-a-brac, rugs, all
sizes, in Brussels, Administer and mat
ting. w. T. Parker, Auctioneer
FOR SALE-Ffve passenger Chalmers
$780, seven passenger Oldsmobile, $500
five passenger model d Franklin $3.50:
Firestone-Columbus runabout S45O Hup-
mobile runabout $500; Randolph truck
$3.50; 1911 Packard "30'' Phaeton S2250
$1910 Packard '30' Phaeton $1,000. All of
these cars in first-class second-han
condition Southern Garage 1922 Ave r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Observation-Disclosures


WANTED-P0sition of any kind by high
school student, Is years old, willing to
work, unquestionable references. Ad-
dress P-25. 7-20-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
ABOUT ENSLEY BACHELORS
BY SAM II. KENNEDY

At the performance of the "Old Maids
Convention" at the Ensley opera house,
some valuable information to the un-
married women of Ensley was given out.
Although the play was supposed to be
convention of old maids seeking to de-
wise the nearest cut to matrimony, all the
members of the cast were married wom-
en-, and therefore we'll qualified to give
out advice on how to obtain husbands.
For the benefit of those of the fair sex
still unmarried and who were not pres
ent at the performance, the following
valuable information is given. The sec
retary OF the "Old Maids Convention"
when called upon by the president for
report on the matrimonial prospects in
Ensley, read the followng
Judge Charles Fl. Mandy-Almost per-
suaded
DR.. w. d. Fonville-Fickle.
Robert Martin-Too busy making pills.
dams We're dependable, turning
from hot to cold in their attitude to-
ward the white races, being extremely
kind sometimes and satanic at others.
Mr.. Oakenfull says:
The harmony which marked most of
the first intercourse between the abor-
igines and the discovsrers did not con-
tinue for very long. They found little
reason to be satisfied With their neigh
bors, and, like most savages, passed
from one extreme OF attachment and
veneration to that of hatred and fear"
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11

KANSAS CITY. Sept 1O.-(SpeciaD The fourth trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde of this city, on a charge of having murdered Col. Thomas SwOpe nearly four years ago. is to open next week. The case is one of the most interesting ever tried in the courts of Missouri
 Colonel Swope, an uncle of Hyde's wife, died in cOnvulsions on October 3. 1909, after taking a capsule pre- scribed by pr. Hyde. Later other members of the Swope household were taken sunddenly ill with typhoid and the charge was made that they had been inoculated by the deadly typhoid bacilli. In February, 1910, Hyde was arrested on a charge of murder.
 At the first trial Hyde was con victed in the lower court, but the conviction was overturned and Hyde given another trial. After the sec
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
SWITCH TAMPERER
 IS MADE 4 TARGET
Officer McCann Took Shot at Man
 Who Tried to DeraiI Cars.

Some man whose identity has not been discovered heard the ping of a bullet a little after nine o'clock on Tuesday night but he has not re- ported to say what he thought of the music. For several nights some body has been tampering with the street railway switch at the junction of Pierce street and First The cars have had trouble there frequently and on Monday night a car was de- railed and the passengers were badly shaken. It was found that stones had been Wedged into the switch, projecting above the top of the rails high enough to lift a car off. It was supposed to be the work of mis- chievous boys though persons living in the vicinity said that they had seen the shadoWy forms of large boys or grown men in the vicinity of the switch.
 On Tuesday night Officer Marion McCann went out to await further developments at the switch. He concealed himself near by and some time after nine o'clock he saw man approach the switch and StOOp over it, apparently putting something into it. The officer waited a short time and then called to the man who sprang to his feet and ran up Pierce street. The officer called to him to stop but he turned into the alley in the rear of the residence of F. E. Van Kirk. The officer then fired, not to scare the man who was already sufficiently scared, but to stop him and he was not particular as to how hard he stopped him. He missed but he could not shoot again without danger of shooting into the corner of the kitchen of the Van Kirk residence.
 Yesterday morning the officer went back and found where the bullet had lodged in a barn on the other side of the alley. From the position where he stood, when he fired the shot. the tracks of the fugitive and the location of the bullet he flatter ed himself that it was not bad shot to make in the moonlight.
 The man was tall, roughly dressed and wore a pair of Overalls.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
ONLY \ BEGINNING
 IN PRISON WORK
Views of Parole Clerk of the State
 Prison.

The following is an extract from a don, Prescott, Arizona, by Hon. J. J. Sanders, parole clerk of Arizona state prison, Florence, Arizona.
 Prison work is yet virgin field for the man who studies things. To right things we must enter the world of cause. Each prisoner is an indi- vidual study. Nervous and physical defects have much to do with the indi- vidua1s who violate law. This is rare ly taken into consideration by the courts. Doctors are better fitted to sit as judges in criminal cases than as lawyers. The prison physician, Dr. w. G. Randall, has performed some won derfuI surgical operations on some of the inmates of this prison.
 T am fully satisfied if the physical defects from which these men were suffering were taken into consideration by the superior court trying them, they would not be convicted of crime but would be remanded to a hospital for treatment. We congratulate ourselves that we are not born in the Dark Ages but when one studies the men who are their ailments and defects, knowing these were not taken into considera- tiOn by the courts we can look ahead a thousand years and see the people Of that future day congratulatfng themselves that they did not live in this dark and dismal age"
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
MAY NOW BUILD
 NEW RAILROAD
Navajo Southern Railway
 Granted Permission to
 Sell Million and Quarter in Bonds for Road to Timber Districts

The Arizona corporation commits to the Navajo Southern railway to sell $1,250,OO0 worth of it's per cent twenty year bonds for the purpose .of acquiring further right-of-way, construction of the line to defray thee ost of equipping the same, and the payment of operating expenses Of the road during construction there of, in consideration that the com pany do this and begin the con struction of the road south of HoI- brook seventy miles to the rim of the TOnto Basin.
 The par value of each of these bonds is to be of $1,OOO. It is stated in the order in addition to this that the company has no indebtedness and that the whole proceeds derived from the sale, less the payment of commissions for sale, can be applied to the purposes for which they are asked None of the bonds must be sold for less than S5 per cent of their par value.
 The company must make reports tC the corporate commission at such times as directed by the commission, showing the expenditures of the pro ceeds derived from the sale of the bonds, and must keep it's books in such uniform style as has been here tOfore determined by the commission. A certified report from the president and secretary of the company must he made to the commission thirty days after the sale of the bonds, showing the disposal of them and tie names of the purchasers.
 The additional line of railroad with ir the state of Arizona will serve a rich and thriving agricultural and stock district as well as tapping the immense timber forests in southern Navajo county. The company is all ready the owner of q franchise grant ed by the board of supervisors of Navajo county. and is also the owner of a private right-Of-Way over lands controlled by the United States gov ernment, duly approved by the com missioner of the general land office at Washington.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
FREE TEXT BOOKS MAKE
 SCHOOL MEN BUSY NOW
Circulars Explaining Workings of New Law Sent out to all Counties
 in the State.

The office force of Superintendent c. O. Case of the department of public instruction are being worked pretty hard at this time of the year owing to the fact that information concerning the workings of the new school text book law must be sent to all parts of the state so that there will be a mini mum of mistakes made in it's opera tiOns this the first year.
 There are eighteen thousand of these circulars being sent out, and every school in the fourteen counties is being supplied with enough of them so that all parents may be as well apprised of how to go about things as the teach CT. In MaricOpa county Superintendent Higgins is explaining the use of a paster that he has devised. The paster is put inside the cover page of the text book and it has on it's face the name of the book, the cost, the name of the pupil issued to, and the date both of issue and return.
 On the bottom of the paster the fol- lowing statement appears which tells about all of the important rules for the care and protection of the new book.
 "The law holds pupilsand parent re- spOnsible for the use of this book Some of the rules governing it's use are: it must be returned in good condition upon demand from proper authority and when the pupil leaves the school district; it must not be removed from the school room without permission nor loaned, torn, marked or in any other way unduly damaged Assess ments for loss, damage, or any other just cause, must be paid promptly"
 In addition to the work of sending out the notices by Superintendent Case. there are many other matters to be at tended to at this session of the year that require the personal supervision of the superintendent himself, so that the officer as a whole is about as busy as one officer can well get.
 MT. Case has the consolation, how ever, that he has company. Superin- tendent Higgins of the county schools is also very busy. while no one has much more work to do than Prof John D. Loper, the energetic superintendent of the city schools
Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
SISTERS MARY
 AT SAME HOUR
Double Wedding in Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Woolf at Tempe When Two Daughters Are Mar ried Yesterday
Special to The Republican,

Especial to The Repubilcan.)
 TEMPE, Ariz., Sept 1O.-There was a double wedding in Tempe today at the Woolf home when the two charm ing daughters of Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Woolf were married by Rev. R. A. Windes of the Baptist church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The high contracting parties were William II. Caruthers, who successfully wOoed Miss Irene K. Woolf, and Charles M Hallstcad, who won Miss Mabel II. Woolf Caruthers has been employed in the state engineers department for about year or more at the Tempe bridge. while Hallstead formerly lived in this section, but of late has made his home at The Needles, where he is employed by the Santa Fe railway in the capacity of agent.
 The young ladies were born in Tempe and are well and favorably known he1e. Both are graduates of the Tempe Normal school and both have been teaching in the schools of the county at Alma and Osborn respectively. The wedding came as a great surprise to the friends of the family. The preparations were all made in secret, so much so that it was fully expected that the girls would both resume their positions teaching until the schools opened Monday, when it was found they would not be on hand this year.
 Only the immediate relatives of the high contracting parties were pres ent at the wedding, but this did not detract from the interest in the cere- mOny. The brother of the two brides, Under Sheriff Woolf of Phoenix, came down for the wedding. and the rela- lives of the family living in Phoenix were all present.
 The wedding was fully in accord with the disposition of the two charming brides. Since babyhood they have been inseperable compan- icns. They have seemed to their many friends more like twins than older and younger sisters. They were always together and it is considered fitting here that they were married on the same day and at the same hour.
 Mr and Mrs Caruthers will make their home in Flagstaff after Octo- Der 1. for the groom has been trans ferred there in connection with the operations of the state engineering department. MT. and Mrs. Hallstead will make their home in The Needles after October L The double honey moon will be spent at the Grand Canyon immediately after the cere- mony.