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The evening world., 1913-03-15
AGAINST ALL KINDS OF
BOTTLED GERMS.

They wanted to 20 up In the burning
building and get several valuables from
Dr. Haiton's ONCE. but the police
stopped them on the ground moor and
declined to permit them TO nun the
rsk. Then DR.. Halton told Chief Duffy
about the bottled death" In the ON -
o: Dr.. A. Higgins. . basteriol yist. on
lanes were hercsst
She said n the heat burst the bot
ties and Jars and let the nimble little
busybodies loose there was no telling
what might happen, Tho nremen
headed IN the blaze before II reached
the laboratory and not a germ escaped.
The origin OF the IRE is not known.
E-rcs, Floyd Is employed to look after
the elevator and telephone AT n!sht
for the convenience OF doctors who
work late. About 9 o'clock this morn
ing he got a fash on the switchboard
from DR.. Blooms once on the siStn
floor. but no one replied when no
plugged IN. lie ran the elevator up
and found the glass and woodwork
around the shaft so hot n burned his
hand The heat had caused the Hash.
The only persons who live in the
aiding are T.. -. Seward, the auperin-
:sndent. and nj. wife. who have rooms
on the top floor rear. FLOYD rouse d
them ana carried them down In the eie-
,
The evening world., 1913-03-15
SECRETARY M'ADOO'S FACE
WOULD BE A PUZZlER.

Were Mr.. McAdoo sitting at your
left pushing In his chips and you had
just opeped on a pair of jacks. would
sou figure him for better than openers
or an interrupted fush' Look at mis-
face ana ponder.
Speaking Of Mr., McReynolds, the
Attcrney-Genersl, his face was grown
for poker--and ne comes from Tonnes
see Administering the affairs OF his
office VIII he Ike a game OF poker 10
him Matched against him Will he the
cunningest legal minds in the country,
We Wonder what DE I.ancey NIcoll
would 40 picking out Mr.. Nicoll solely
for the purpose OF llustratlon-shoula
ne resolve d legal battle against the
Altorur, General IN uenalf OF cor
poration down To a poker basis Would
Nj Nico!i delud@ himself with the be-
We! laAl M. Mcksynolds N TRAILING
The evening world., 1913-03-15
WENT TO HER FARM AND MADE
FORTUNE.

Alvord secuted the Idea OF going 20
Rose Bud. The end of the dispute was
that Miss Gross went to Rose Bud and
has made fortune out Of II. Disheart-
ened by the outcome OF his romance,
.Alvord always allowed others to run the
Devils Lake farm. although he con-
tnued to own II.
Miss Cross started for Rose Bud alone
one morning nine years ago. tn.
afternoon Alvord also left Freedom De-
hind. but his destination was Milwaukee.
There he met Agnes fcEert. pretty
daughter Of prosperous contractor,
and they We're married after shp"'
courtshp. They wen, to Devil's Lake
tor time and there met Paul Warner
who had a position on the ranch.
Aivord and his wife came Eas:, and
in 1907 settled in Camden. They had
been here only few weeSs when Wer-
ner drifted in and was taken into tho
household as a ooarjer Two years
later. Alvord furnished the camien
police With pictures ~ his wife and
Werner, aud they sent out an alarm.
asking for the arrest and detention OF
the couple. Alvord heard no more OF
them until he received letter from
Werner short time ago. Werner ~as
in Spokane.
The evening world., 1913-03-15

woodrun's most recent business
transaction for Alvord was to sell for
him . farm Of about two hundred
acres at Devils Lake. North Dakota.
That sale and the sale Of the farm
Of the brfde-to.be 10 in the nature
0f . romantic compromise. Alvord
aod his bride will live in Camden.
That. too. seems to be in the nature
Of . compromise. also romantic.
Alvord = the same age as tho
woman hNS1D ~ mASe his second wife.
He wAs horn at Freedom. Allegheny
County. Wisconsin. Miss, Cross was
born In the same place. Alvord and
she grew up together. played together,
went to the same school and as they
neared maturer age became engaged
to marry. Just before a wedding date
was fixed q difficulty arose. Miss
Cross had come into possession OF
the farm at Rose Bud cnd Lowell II
and decided that she and her husband
to-be should live there. Alvorl had
purchased the Devils Lake farm and
decided he and his bride should live
on It. Miss Cross refused to go to
Devils Lake.
The evening world., 1913-03-15
BIZ Martin Green.
(staR corresponding Of The Evening
World.)


Wofld.)
WASHINGTON. March ls.-The Cab
met OF President Wilson has been called
the high-brow Cabinet and the whisker-
less Cabinet. Even the foliage OF Mr..
Redheld Of Brooklyn but family mars
the symmetry Of the array OF hairless
frontispieces that encircles the table
whom the Cabinet Is IN session, and as
for high-brows there isn't another az
gregaton OF altitudinous foreheads to
match the Wilson Cabinet outside the
Dutch Treat Club % New York. which
Is made up OF poets. novelists and
artists.
Giving the Wilson Cabinet all the
credit due for a batting average Of
bare faces aggregating .soo-the Pres
ident not included In the calculation
has anybody yet thought to analyze the
Wilson oficial family from along the
line OF visages equipped for the royal
American game of poker?
We trow not. And In this frame OF
mind We shall proceed to show that on
the basis of outward appearances
President Wilson's Cabinet ought to
be able to play the grandest game of
poker that has brought about a trans
fer of chips since the inventor OF the
game first skinned down his hand AMI
peeked at the corners of his Ave cards
WILSON AND REDFIElD COUNT.
Ed OUT OF THE GAME.
President Wilson and Secretary Red.
field are out OF the running in this
tabulatlon. The President has a good
poker face. but II is safe to bet. thar
he doesn't know thing about the
game. working knowledge OF poker
might be good thing for him before
he gets through with the game Of
politics. As for Mr.. Redneld. nobody
would play poker with man with
siie whiskers.
Has William Jennings Byran a poker
face? Ask Charles F.. Murphy. Roger
sullivan and others who nave played
politics with him, Although Mr.. Brydn's
v!sase Is moola and has been called
the map Of a preacher. he can use It tn
concea. his feelings in y way most
remarkable.
we uoupt ~ MT. bTNan pays poser.
But We would hate to sit across from
him with all our yellow chips in the
po, AMI figure on whether We ought to
buy another stack on what We couli
learn about his hand from the express
sion on his face. II Bryan drew one
card would you figure him TO be hold
ing four hearts or four aces? We pause
for a reply.
And Mr.. william McAdoo, the Sc, re
tary OF the Treasury. Look. child en-,
and see what an open face Mr.. Mctdoo
has. Why, he looks like man who
carries his thoughts pasted on his
countenance like bills on "A hoard But
We would hesitate about plunSing-on
a small hand --were We sitting In 4
game of poker with Mr.. McAdoo
Think OF the feelings he must have
hidden Behind his smile when he wers
up to New York and started to enlist
capital In the plan 10 build tunnel
under tine Hudson RlN err Think OF the
capacity Cor consealiHg the features he
must have possessed when ne enlisted
millions and millions in Wall stree and
made the contributors believe they
were putting their money into some
thing that would bounce said money
r!ght back at them like rubber.
The evening world., 1913-03-15
Rival WHO STOLE
lW|FE BEST MAN At
/ SECOND WEDDING
lAlvord Teleeraphs Invitation
After He Makes UP With
Former Sweetheart.
WRITES OF ELOPEMENT.
Wesner Says He Kicked Won.
an Out a Few Weeks After
Marrying Her.
WRITES OF ELOPEMENT.

CAMDEN. March l6.-To prove that
he holds no enmity against Paul wer-
ner. who eloped with his wife. paid her
expenses In getting a divorce. married
her and then repented. George Aivord
Of this city to-day sent a telegram TO
Werner at Seattle. Wash. asking him
To come to Camden and act as best man
At his wedding. which will take place In
q few weeks. Assistant City Solicitor
Albert 8. Woodruff. who Is Aivord's
attorney, will act A. best man in case
Werner docs not come on from the Pa
chic coast for the purpose.
Alvord's second wife-to-be IL as yet
Mes Matilda Cross. whose pictures show
. handsome woman She Is thlrty-four
yeaD OF aAe and now lives at Rose Bui.
Nilnn, where she owns a farm Of 40
acres. This farm doomed large In the
eeeiy life Of both Miss Cross and Al
word. In the most recent letter Aivord
had from Miss Cross she said she had
shout closed associations for the sale OF
the farm and that she expected to start
East on March rs. The marriage long
delayed could take place. she said, Just
~ coon a. they could conform to the
nsedful formalities as to license.
TWO FARMS FIGURE IN RE.
The evening world., 1913-03-15
HUNDREDS IN PERIL
FROM MILLIONS Of
GERMS DURING FIRE
Typhoid Cultures in Doctors
Office Threaten Neighborhod
of Madison Avenue Building.

A unique danger threatened the fire-
men who were called to extinSuish q
blnxe on the top Moor OF tho sig STORY
Madison building. on the northweat
corner Of Fifty-slxth street ana Madi-
son avenue. early to-day. In recent
years the former hotel has been turned
into doctors Offices and laboratories.
and near the IRE were countless Jars
and bottles containing deadly cultures
Of typhoid. yellow fever. cholera and
other diseases.
Battalion Chief Duffy and his men
worked valisntly to keep the imperilled
little tenants from escaping. and sue
ceeded. 1t was a woman who tipped
the hrcmen on. DR.. Mary Halton. the
suffragette leader.
Or. IIalton lives at No. 81 East Fifty
ninth street. not far from the former
hu.'l Building. and has an once In the
lattc-. She ana her guest. Miss Elisa.
beth NJ. Becker. . dental student.
heard the commotion OF tho apparatus
ana seeing a glare In tho direction Of
the doctors of,ce dressed and hurried
over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
DEPUTY PRISON
KEEPER KILLED
Stops Escape of Prisoners
at the New Jersey
Penitentiary

Trenton, N. j., September al--ln a
desperate encounter with. a negro con-
vict who was trying to escape from the
institution, ELI +. Stetzer. a deputy
keeper at the New Jersey state prison,
was shot by the prisoner this morning
and died later at hospital. The con-
vict. William Diamond was shot twice
in the arm by Stetser and now is in
the prison hospital. He will be charged
with murder as soon as he is able to
appear in court.
diamond and another convict, James
johnson, also negro. had planned to
escape together and asked to see DR..
Crane, the prison physician, claiming
they were sick. AS the men were re-
leased from their cells by Deputy Keep
Ell Pierson, Johnson grabbed pierson
and Diamond wrenched from the keeper
his revolver. He opened fire OH Stetser,
who returned the fire. hitting Diamond
twice. Meanwhile Pierson had escaped
from the clutches of Johnson and he
and DIR. Crane grabbed Diamond and
prevented him from firing again. John
son plunged through glass door and
was so badly cut that he had to be
taken to the prison hospital. Both pris-
oners We're serving sentences for rob-
berry,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
ReOenue Cutter Bear Has
Narrow Escape In Arctic

Washington. September 1.-The revenue
cutter Bear, moored to a mepacing ice
berg and completely wedged in by heavy
foes of Arctic ice drifting in swirling
current toward the north pole, narrowly
escaped destruction on her annual cruise
from Nome to Point Barrow, Alaska,
Americas most northerly settlement in
the frigid zone.
In report to Secretary McAdoo, made
public today. Capt. ]. G. Ballinger, COM
manding the Bear. recounts narrowing
experiences of his vessel, unmanageable
in the vice like grip of the ice pack and
dependent on favorable winds to reach a
point of safety. In the grasp of the ice
the ship drifted helplessly with the cur
rent for whole night and day at the
rate of five or six knots an hour.
mo apparent damage was done to the
vessel in the pack reported Captain
Ballinger, 'but she encountered tremen-
dous swirls of the current and narrowly
escaped destruction against the ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
.ENSLEy MAN HEAD
OF C0R0LLA EDITORS
Wallace McAdory Is Busi-
ness Manager of Univer-
sity Annual

University, September 21.-(Special.)
The board of editors of the 1914 Corolla.
the annual publication of the students
of the University of Alabama, was ap-
pointed yesterday afternoon by the fac
ulty committee on student publications.
c. 4. Adele, a graduate student from
Ensley, and Wallace C. McAdory, a
member of the junior law class from
Birmingham, are editor in chief and
business manager, respectively, their
appointment having been made at the
close of last session. The additional
members of the board as announced aft
er the committee meeting yesterday
afternoon are follows:
Editor from the medical department,
]. L. Johns. Tallapoosa, Ga; business
manager from the medical department,
C. ID. Mason, Henagar; art editor, B. b.
Johnston, 1915, Meridian. Miss; assist
ant business managers, M. b. Spragins,
1914, Huntsville, and ]. b. Gibbons, 1914,
Montgomery; associate editors, Z. L..
Goodhue, law, 1914, Gadsden; Leon
Israel, 1915. Birmingham j. S. Dick
inson, 1915, Gadsden; Lewis Smith,
1916, Birmingham; coed editors, Miss
Anita waldhorst. 1914, Birmingham
Miss Ruth Yerion, 1915, Citronelle.
Manager McAdory announces that the
work on the coming volume is already
well under way. All during the sum-
mer he and Mr.. Adele have been work
ing on the book. and most of the con-
tracts are ready to be signed. In ad-
dition, a good deal of the material for
the publication, particularly in the art
department, is already in hand
1t is the intention of the editors this
year to give particular attention to an
alumni department, and thereby make
the volume OF great interest to the old
grads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
TO HOLD PRIMARIES
IN MASSACHUSETTS
Candidates For All State Of
fices Will Be Selected
Tomorrow

Boston September 2f.-The officially
recognized political parties-democratie
progressive and republican--will hold pil-
naries Tuesday for the selection of all
state officers, members of the lesisla-
ture and county officials to be voted Tor
at the election November 4. The feature
OF the primaries is the small numser oil
contestants
Lieut.. David I. Walsh will reeeiFe the
democratic nomination for governor and
Charles Sumner Bird viii he named by
the progressives, as neither has opposi-
ton. The republican candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination are Col. Everett
G. Benton, an unsuccessful candidate a
year ago, and Congressman Augustus T.
Gardner The only other contest for
place in the republican state ticket Is for
state treasurer. The candidates are
Charles l.. Burrill and Matthew Kane OF
Boston.
Among the democrats there are COM
testants for lieutenant governor and state
treasurer For lieutenant governor the
fight will be between Edward p. Barry,
Boston, and Richard IL. Long of Farm
ingham. The aspirants for the nomina-
tion for treasurer are Frederick W.
Mansfield of Boston and Joseph +. L.
st Couer of Cambridge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
MAY REOPEN THE
WOODSTOCK STACKS
Darlington Says Company
Is Considering Such Step.
Dette In Admission

Anniston, September 21.-tspeeial) The
present high price of pig iron and the
optimistic tone of the market may re-
suit in an early resumption of the Wood
stock furnaces at Admission, according to
Information given out by John b. Car
rington, although the plans of the Wood
stock company are still more or less nebp-
lous. Mr.. Darlington says
W. Dette, a representative of Croker
Bros. of New York, who are large dealers
in several brands of iron in the sonth,
was the guest of Mr. Darlington at his
Tyler Hill home yesterday and today. The
two thoroughly went over the situation,
and Mr.. Dette stated that he regards the
market stiff at ST. this statement being
on his return from the Birmingham dis
trict, where he has been making an IN
vestigation for his company.
At a meeting in Norfolk some time ago.
Mr.. Darlington was put at the head of the
Admission Iron company's affairs Asso-
ciated with him here is NJ. b. Wellborn,
president of the First National bank. The
company Is going through a process of
reorganization, and Mr.. Darlington says
that this work is progressing very satis-
factorily. However he stated that 1t
will be some time before the company
will be able to make a definite statement
The Woodstock company owns at An
niston two of the largest furnaces in the
south, and within the past decade thou
sands of dollars have been spent in mod
ernizing the plant. Despite this, how
ever, the company has suffered several re-
verses, and was put in the hands of re-
ceivers over a year ago.
There are now five pipe plants in operas
ton at Admission and two more under con-
structlon. When these plants are all in
blast the Woodstock furnaces will have a
good market at home for their output.
All things considered, it is believed that
the Industrial outlook in Admission was
never better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
FIERCE RIOTS IN
DUBLIN STREETS
Thirty-seven Civilians and 7
Policemen Are in
Hospital

Dublin. September 21. - Dublin'sS
a battle between the police and strilS-
ers, Many heads were broken. Thirty
five civilians and seven policemen arc
now in hospitals as the result of the
engagements and many others were
treated for minor injuries. The num-
Der of men in Dublin either on strike
or locked out is about 10000. They
have many supporters and are in saw
age spirit. In the rioting today the
police used their clubs freely and tho
rioters retaliated with bottles and
other missiles so fiercely that one OF
the mounted force was knocked FROM
his horse and severely injured and sew
eral foot policemen were carried Off on.
stretchers.
Many strike parades were held, tho
jeering workmen and their allies
marching through various parts OF the
city. Liberty Hall was converted into
a strike headquarters Street cars wero
held up and all but wrecked.
Police reserves charged one of the
professions when people from the side
streets hegan to stone the cars. Sew
era1 were injured in this slkirmish The
crowd, which numbered 10000 made
Its way through the streets, smashing
was met by large squad of mounted
police in Lombard street. There the
Nghting became more furious. The po-
lice twice charged with their batons
and finally succeeded in dispensing. the
rioters. x1I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, September 21.-(7 p. m. J
The barometric pressure increased rap
idly in the Mississippi valley and gulf
states since Saturday night and as 4
consequence one of the coolest periods
In the history of the station is being
experienced in Alabama. Today the
readings We're II degrees below the
normal in Birmingham, and similar
conditions prevailed throughout the
state Generally cool weather is noted
on tonight's map, but a moderate tenn
perature rise il occurring in the Mis-
souri, valley, moving southeastward
and slow change to warmer is looked
for in Alaban}a within the next SO
hours.
The rain area has drifted to the east
ward of Ala9ama. and the unsettled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22

ice four or five miles north of Point Bar
row. She was entirely unmanageable and
her situation for a short time seemed
extremely critical. She finally drifted
broadside through between two heavily
grounded icebergs with but few feet
to spare at either end and was. worked
around into clear water and anchored to
the eastward of the point"
This was the Bears annual cruise of a
mission of justice and mercy, enforcing
the law and Furnishing offenders through
the United States commissioner and mar
shall aboard and dispensing medical aid
and assistance to the sick and needy. At
Point Hope the Bear found native with
a broken leg which it was necessary to
amputate. Surgeons sawed off the limb
and the ships carpenter made the injured
man a wooden leg.
The parcel post has found its way to
Alaska. Captain Ballinger reported that
the new mail service is being utilized by
the natives in sending fox skins to Seat
tie.
Taking them all around concluded
Captain Balllnger. the native villages
within the Arctic could be held up as
models, so far as law and order is con-
cerned. to places of equal size in any other
country in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
EXTEND CALL TO
ATLANTA PASTOR

Anniston, September 21.-(Special)-A
Episcopal church in this city to the Rev.
John d. Wing, rector of the Church of
the Incarnation at Atlanta, to come to
Admission. He will be here next Sunday.
and will also take part in the festival at
the Church of st. Michael and All Angels
on Monday At that time he will prob
ably give an answer to the yestry of
Grace church
DR.. Wing was born at Griffin, Ca, and
received his academic education at the
State university and at William and Mary
college. He received his theological train
ing at the Virginia Theological seminary
at Alexandria. Va He is the son of
Baptist preacher and one of the youngest
of Atlanta ministers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
WILSON TO REVIEW
THREE REGIMENTS
Cavalry Will March To
Washington-Have Been
at Fort Myers

Washington, September 2l.--President
Wilson will be given an opportunity dur
ing the first week of October to review
the largest aggregation Of mounted troops
of the regular army that has assembled
in Washington since the grand review
in the late sixties of the seasoned veter-
ans led by Generals Grant and Sherman
and Sheridan. This aggregation, COM
posed of the Tenth. Eleventh and Fif-
teenth regiments of cavalry. has been cii-
middle Of July and will break camp Ccto-
ber !.
1t is planned to have these regiments
march to Washington where the presi-
dent may review them During; their
stay here they will be encamped at Fort
Myer, Va, and at the Washington bar
racks. There are 5000 men and horses in
ALL Their work at Winchester trying
out various plans Of troop, squadron. reg
mental and brigade formation ard the
latest drills and exercises as SCI down
by the cavalry board which studied Eu-
ropean cavalary methods for some time
has put them in the finest condition.
Secretary Garrison and MAJ. j.-Gen. Leon
ard Wood, chief of staff of the army
returned tonight from Winchester, where
they inspected the encampment and re-
viewed the troops.
The encampment here will be OF brief
duration. The men will take frai,,s for
their respective posts. the Tenth at Fort
Ethan Allen, Vermont, the Eleventh at
Fort Oglethorpe. Georgia, and one squad
ron of the Fifteenth at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois. Another squadron of the FIJI
teenth ! stationed at Fort Meyers. Va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-22
Offers Home for a Woman

Il am a woman IS years old. l am
crippled so that-I cannot walk or use my
hands except to feed myself and to write
little. | have a small income, but not
enough to keep house and hire an at
tendant. 1t has occurred to me that there
must be somewhere woman like myself,
all alone, but with good health. one who
wantssa good home. good woman who
would live with me and do our little
housework in return for a home. | have
a large yard and she could add to her
income by raising fowls if she wished,
and if she liked, flowers and vegetables.
This is a healthy climate and a neigh
borly, democratic villagea.~ Can you help
me find a companion? My need is great
and urgent. MRS. f. w. CT
This sensible letter would seem to in
dicate pleasing arrangement FOR two
congenial women, neither of whom can
afford to keep house and provide herself
with all the comforts of life unasssted.
One can think out a pretty scene and
setting for old age by the help of the
framework supplied in the letter before
us. hold the writer's address.