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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

this firm last week and had them stored
in his wine cellar will probably have
some on handsten years from now unless
he is particularly generous. $4,000 order
from customer who Is not dealer is
something of a record in the cigar trade.
But no matter how old the cigars may
be before they are all smoked they viii
not grow dry. for the cedar boxes. while
checking undue moisture, will absorb
what moisture the cigars need from the
outside air and transfer it to them. They
viii simply mellow in their own fra
GRANGE.
You will notice that these cigars even
wien aged are not unduly expensive"
a6ds the manager. ut is a mistake to
suppose that a cigar must be costly in
order to be good. The man who pays 60
cents for a cigar gets the worth of his
money. but anything more than that is a
fancy price.
1.-The man who prefers aged cigars pays
no more for them than he would for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

mornings at the Mary Crane nursery,
earning 10 cents an hour, or $3.50; was
hired out to Davis as a shoveier of dirt;
got hold of team in an emergency and
stuck to the job, and at last accounts
had returned to Petersburg on his own
money. =
Work of United Charities
That is what5the United Charities Is do
ing every day of the year. AS many as
150. homeless men a week have been cared
for in the cold spells of January and Feb
ruary. AS Baldwin says: I'VE can't re-
form a man. We don't attempt TO line
his pockets with money. The best we can
do is to give him a lift and tide over a
crisis But we can keep him from starv-
ing When men are down to their last
nickel and face the inevitable fact that
lise must be sustained they turn to us.
That we may meet their demands ade-
ouately we are asking for help from the
people of Chicago. Ten cents goes long
way Ten dollars will feed 100 men once.
And this is only part of the activities of
the United Charities. There are mothers
and children to be fed and clothed; and
warmth must be brought to hundreds of
homes where there is no male provider.
There are cases of illness to be investi-
gated and attended to, groceries to be de-
livered, jobs to be got for younger mem
bers of the families. Is 1t to be sup
posed that Chicago will permit any part
of this work to be curtailed for want of
monetary support?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

average article which arrives from Hs-
vana in the morning and IS sold over tho
counter in the afternoon But he must
be able TO buy in large lots. We cannot
satisfy his taste at the counter
If he is not willing to tie up $500 IN
cigars and has lost his taste for the fresh
article through a chance gift of an aged
perfecto he may comfort himself with q
pipe.
More rich men are smoking pipes to-
day than ever BEFORE" declared the man.
ager eonsoling1y. But there is an art IN
smoking a pipe.
"The smoke should never be inhaled:
If that Is done it is more dangerous than
any quantity of cigars or cigarettes. A
briar pipe is the only thing to use. since
any wood but the briar root gives its own
odor to the tobacco. There should be 4
different pipe for every day in the week.
After smoking the pipe should be cleaned
with a little alcohol on a pipe cleaner
and allowed to sweeten up for a week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

the derellot, the down and OUTER II
is necessary to look into the workings
of the department for homeless men OF
the United Charities.
Wilkins was down and outer. He
had been unable to get a job because he
was shiftless, aimless. He had no IDEA
where to go or whom to approach.
Wilkins Down to Last Nickel
On the night when Wilkins settled for
his bunk at the Hallway, lodging mouse,
he received one solitary nickel IN chaiise.
1t was his last. 1t was good Tor three
rolls in the morning. Three rolls meant
a days meal. Not much of meal lor
a big man of 30. whose limbs ached and
whose stomach cried for substantial food.
But still, a meal 1t would sustain him
until dark After dark-what?
The police? Hardly.
The charities?
wilkins had never appealed to them.
His companions had prejudiced MN
against all charitable societies. Wilkins
dismissed this plan from his mind in the
morning, He turned and made his way
slowly down the brass covered stairs OF
the Hallway. He walked with the lum-
bering gait of a man overcome by lode-
ing house torpor. He was going to tramp
the streets once more, without any sense
of direction or purpose.
Faces 80 Mile Gale
The pavements were covered with snow
and ice 30-mile gale blew the snow
into his face. He pulled the collar of
his coat closer about his neck. He wore
no overcoat His hands were bare.
wilkins sought cheap lunch counter.
He munched two rolls and washed them
down with water. The third he put into
his pocket. Then he began to tramp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
DUG UP S1305 IN GOLD
PLANTED UNDER BARN
Directions for Finding the Treasure
Given in Will of Thomas
McCue

From the Kansas city Star.
A milk jar full of gold. amounting
to $l305 was dug UP yesterday in
barn on a five-acre fruit farm of
Thomas McCue, who died last week on
his little tract a mile and half
northeast of independence. The spad-
ing in the gold hunt was done by
Judge George L. Walls. Mrs. Emma
c. McCue, the widow. stood by while
her lawyer dug. McCue was a book
keeper.
Directions for finding the jar of
money were found in a safety deposit
box rented by McCue at the Fidelity
Trust company. With the key to this
box to begin with, Judge Walls and
Mrs. McCue have found more than
$4,000 in deposits and currency. In
the vault was approximately $4,000 in
currency. Deposit notations resulted in
a total of $1,000 being located on de-
posit in three different banks
DIG IN THE NORTHEAST COR
NER-'
The safety deposit box was opened
Monday in the presence of Mrs. Nc
Cue, Judge Walls and a deputy sher-
iff assigned by the probate court. The
secret of the memorandum with in
structions for digging in the north
east corner of the COW barn. was
closely guarded until the successful
search yesterday. The memorandum
named the sum the diggers would find.
The gold was at depth of two and a
half feet The condition of the coins
indicated they had been buried several
years.
The little fortune, so diligently
safeguarded, represents mainly saw
ings since the McCues moved to the
fruit farm eight years ago.
Bank failures 20 years ago made
McCue distrustful. A young man then,
he lost approximately $2S00 in two fail
ures. He began to save anew and eight
years ago had money enough to buy
the frnit farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
STORY OF HOMELESS
MAN IN WINDY CITY
Wilkins Was 35 and Had no
Job Nor Home
UNITED CHARITIES
Finds Office By Accident-After He
Discovers Institution Is Trying
to Help Him the Rest Is
Comparatively Easy

From the Chicago Daily News.
When man Is IS, hungry, unshaven
and down to his last nickel tramping the
streets of Chicago day by day and sleep
ing In a FLOP" at night. where can he
SO for help?
To understand the daily plight of great
numbers of men 1t is necessary to know
the story of wilkins. To comprehend how
the helping hand Is being extended to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

There was nothing else to do. wilkins
walked north on Clark street. Men and
women who passed him were bundled up
in big overcoats and furs. They had
homes and jobs. He brushed close to
them and looked into their faces. They
were humans like himself and yet he was
not one of their world.
Wilkins continued to tramp. At noon he
stood on the Rush street bridge and
watched the swirling snow disappear In
the restless water. More crowds passed
him. He ate his last roll.
Walks and Walks and Walks
FIe walked the length of Dearborn and
then turned west to Fifth avenue He
doubled on his tracks. The late afternoon
found him In Lake street Just as the
lights were beginning to appear in the
store windows he turned south to La
Sale.
wilkins came upon the office of the
United Charities at 167 North La Sale
street unawares. He had heard of 1t
as an organization whose work covered
the entire city. He stopped and pondered
Then he ascended the big stairs and
pushed open the glass doors of the main
office.
A young woman who was stamping
some cards at desk, rose and nodded.
She seemed sympathetic.
Got some work?" asked Wilkins, with
trepidation.
Have you a family?' asked the girl.
mo"
where do you live?"
i've been bunking at the Hallway, on
West Van Buren,"
'Oh. yes," wilkins was classified. He
came from the lodging house district
There was no family to be looked after.
He was homeless man.
Directed to an Office
step over to our office in the Northern
office building" said the young woman
This card will direct you They will take
care of you there"
The card read:
Department for Homeless Men.
Rooms 6OS-6O9 Northern office Building
16S North La Sale Street.
wilkins took the card in silence. Then
he made his way slowly across the street
to the department for homeless men.
1.-THE waiting room held two long wooden
benches and desk. There were other
desks and letter files in an adjoining
room. The windows of the Office looked
out over the roofs of Lake street, but
wilkins could see little for the whring
mass of snow.
A young man attired in plain blue suit
was talking to two laborers when Wilkins
entered. Plainly the two were wanderers
like himself.
Sit down. I'll be with you in a min
ute, said the young man to Wilkins.
Young Man Shows Courtesy
The laborers were going to the ice fields.
They seemed grateful TO the attendant.
The young man was affable and cour-
teous. He had dark hair and soft, dark
eyes. He was not officious, like an anna
teur social worker or brutal like the
police. But he spoke directly and in a
business-like manner.
How are you feeling?" he asked.
I'm hungry, boss" began Wilkins.
CAN right, Wen take care of you. Are
you sick?"
NO"
The young man took card from the
desk.
Take this to Johnson" he said. Hell
give you something to eat. Then come
back here and We'll see about job
No embarrassing questions. No cross
examination. Wilkins saw the card en-
titled him to 10 cents worth of food in a
lunch room on North Clark street.
"Thanks boss" he said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Stockings at s24O Make Paris Rebe

FROM the New ork American.
Parfs.-Luxury in voman's dress has
reached such pitch in Paris that society
women here are proposing to organize a
simplicity campaign.
1t is not so much the prices paid for
the dresses themselves as the money asked
and paid for accessories, which are ex-
ceeding the powers of all but the deepest
purses. The extravaganza in stockings
has grown in inverse ratio to the thick
ness of the material.
A shop near the opera sells stockings
at s25 a pair at the cheapest. An inquiry
for the most expensive produced some at
5000 and $240 pair, made of Chantilly
lace, Meehin lace or tissue of gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Would Have Got Medical Care

WOuiu nave UOt Meulcal care
wilkins did not know that If Ill he would
have been referred to a reputable physi-
clan or taken to the Iroquois Emergency
hospital or the Central Free Dispensary
cf Rush Medical college. There a full re-
port would have been made of his con-
dition, a report that later would find q
place in folder devoted to his case.
The lunch room to which he had been
directed was a good place for hungry
man. Wilkins was surprised at the
amount of food he secured for that sim
pie order for 10 cents.
A big bowl of steaming soup to start
with-just the thing for a cold, worn-out
human. Then hash--plenty of 1t. Two
slices of bread butter and coffee. Will
kins' confidence in the charity bureau
grew with each mouthful. He would go
back and talk things over with the alert
young man.
Uses knowledge Of Men
Baldwin, at the department for home
less men. had applied his knowledge of
human nature to wilkins case. Feed
him. then talk to him. was his motto
II the homeless man failed to come back,
well and good If he returned he was
worth talking to.
So wilkins found Baldwin ready for
him when he presented himself for a sec
ond time at the office. Baldwin called
N1lk11S INTO Illt Inner Ollict anu asked
him to sit at the side of his desk behind
a screen of burlap.
On Baldwin's desk lay numerous papers
and card indexes. These included lists of
''potentiol employers" contractors ana
business men who could use unskilled la
borers from time to time; lists of men de-
manding skilled laborers; the male help
wanted ads from the daily papersH tips
from individuals associations and other
Inc. cnIf
for work in his blundering, haphazard
any of them. Baldwin, conducting sys-
tematized clearing house, could fill the
wants of employers and place the unem-
ployed.
Gets Much Information
Baldwin needed a great deal of infor-
nation before his record of Wilkins case
was complete. but Wilkins was not aware
that he was giving up so much about him
self. He did not know that Baldwin was
convinced he was not I'm imposter with
''frame-up' Wilkins wanted job.
So he talked freely
.Jt NAV take me a day to find some
thing for you," said Baldwin. But wen
give YOU chance 10 pick up a little
money before that. For tonight Ill give
YOU a card to the Municipal Lodging
house $50 North Union street That VIII
be good for food lodging and bath
Tomorrow morning report. TO the Mary
Crane nursery You can work there tor
half day washing windows Here are
some car tickets. BY tomorrow noon I'll
have something for you.
."Thanks, boss" said Wilkins.
The first battle was over-work was in
sight. wilkins felt chat he had been
treated as an honest workman There
was great likelihood that Baldwin
would have just the kind of worl; he
needed to put him on his feet. Some
thing had been accomplished.
In Which wilkins Gets Job
Baldwin's record occupies several tyre
written pages in the folder devoted -
the case of James wilkins. j sets fortis
that the homeless man vas IS Years old
born In Petersburg. Ill.,. had no family
was familiar with horses; had been IN
Chicago three weeks when he reported
- thA bureau; washed windows twn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

After being held in the psychopathic
ward at Bellevue Hospital, New York,
Tor ten days Mrs. Caroline Stettler, OF
that city, who alleged that an attempt
was made to defraud her of property
valued at more than 100000, has been
released. She has started an lnvesti-
CATION which promises some interesting
disclosures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03

Motorcycles were put to almost
every imaginable use in cities and
towns affected by the recent storms
and high waters But Omaha, Neb.,
was the only city which conceived
the idea of using motorcycles to es-
tablish Geographic communication
with the outside world. The day
after the tornado in Omaha the tele-
graph and telephone wires were all
down. Relays of motorclyists were
Immediately pressed into service to
carry dispatches to Lincoln, from
which point they could be sent over
the wires in any direction.
Twelve Towns In a Day.
Jack McGraw, of Jacksonville, Fla,
says that motorcycles are the ideal
mode of travel for all statesmen. He
himself is salesman and he prac-
tees what he breaches.
Mr.. McGraw proves his theory by
using a motorcycle to cover his own
territory. Recently ON a trip from
Jacksonville to Tampa he visited the
dealers in twelve towns and reached
Tampa on the afternoon of the sec
ond day.
Many statesmen are of McGraw's
way OF thinking. In Oakland, Cal,
one man, who makes a 256-mile trip,
calling on nine towns. says he covers
the territory on motorcycle in about
half the time he used to by train
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03

INDIANAPOLIS, May ). World
famous drivers, entering the lists
with world-famous cars, ensure to the
third annual 500-mile International
sweepstake race to be held on the
indianapolis speedway May 80 the
most sensational meet in the history
of the event. The entries now are
we'll ahead of those sent in last year
at this time, and it is certain that
when the entry list closes May l the
limit of thirty set by the rule will be
more than subscribed.
This classic, getting impetus year
by year, is considered the greatest
event in American motor racing. For
it American and foreign firms are
preparing carefully the choicest out
put of their factories, and drivers of
note are training as faithfully as do
baseball or football players for an
athletic season.
Perhaps the most notable among
these drivers is wild Bob Burman,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
RACING KNOWS
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY RACE

man, will be member of the Mercer
team headed by De Palma. He is
scarcely more than a boy, but so
brilliant a record has he that he
ranks among the veterans OF the
game. He began his racing career by
driving cars he himself owned, ana
stays in 1t not because of the lure
of prize money, but because of the
fascination of the sport. He has been
considered the most successful free
lance driver in the country
Among the other drivers who VIII
compete are Paul Zuccareli in
Peugeot car; William Knipper, in a
Henderson; Caleb Bragg, in a Mercer;
f. L. Adams, in car of his own de-
sign; Johnny Jenkins, in Schacht;.
Albert Guyot, in a Sunbeam; Harry
Endicott, in Nyberg; Don Herr, IN
a Stutz; Howard Wilcox, in a Fox
Special; Charlie Merz, in Stutz. and
Jules Goux, in Peugeot.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
Headed OFF Runaway.

In a race with a runaway horse
Dick PRESLEY, motorcycle policeman
of Indianapolis, overlook the animal
and succeeded in stopping it before
serious damage had been done.
Attracted by crowd in Indiana
avenue, the motorcycle officer learned
that a frightened horse, hitched to a
light wagon. had just disappeared
into Vermont street. Guided by the
people lining tif~ streets along the
route taken by the runaway, the
motorcycle man soon came in sight OF
the outfit, which was swerving from
side to side Of the street in a manner
very dangerous to any other vehicles
The officer rushed in front of the rum
away, jumped from his motorcycle
caught the reins and succeeded In
bringing the horse to standstill just
in time to prevent it from crashing
into an automobile which was cross
ing the street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03

him: HE has the best curve of an,
left handler 1 ever looked at.
hickey, on the Southern trip, was
startled by Sisler. He told someone,
who repeated it, of course, that Sis
Ter was so good it was hard to be-
lieve him an amateur He plays a
better game than many a class A
Lacquer right now.
Sisler is also fast. He has been
''clocked' going to first in 3-5 Sec
onds. He startles Michigan's oppo>
nents by going from first to third or
from second home on an infield out
or fly to the outheld.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
A Modern Farmer.

A motorcycle owned by a farmer IN
the wheat belt of the Middle west
demonstrated its usefulness the other
day. The farmer had just started his
threshing when the thresher broke
The ranch was located twenty miles
from town, the roads were poor, and
with a horse and buggy it would
have taken the entire day to make
the trip to repair shop. But mount
ed on his motorcycle, it took the
farmers son just two hours to re-
turn with the necessary. parts, and
within a short time the threshing ma
chine was in operation.
This is only one of the many in
stances where the motorcycle has
proven almost invaluable to the
farmer. In Ohio a farmer boys life
was saved by the speed with which a
doctor was brought to the farm on
motorcycle.
In Indiana the single-tracker has
become very popular for everyday
service, as well as emergencies, and
1t is estimated that one out of every
eight farmers in that State is the
owner of one of these machines.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03

the so-called speed king, who has
been famous in the motor racing
world for dozen years or more. He
will drive the Keeton car in the race
here, and now is supervising the con-
struction of his mount in the Detroit
factory of the firm.
Ralph De Palma, the young Ital-
ian-American driver, ranks with
Burman as one of the leading auto
racers of the country. He has COM
pletely recovered from the injuries
he received in a smash-up during the
grand prize race at Milwaukee last
autumn. He all but won the 500
mile race here last year. his engine
going bad on the last lap. He will
captain the Mercer team and ex-
poets to be on the course early in
May. tuning up his cars in a deter
mined effort to win the iaurels he fell
SO short of lsst year.
Spencer -@ishart. millionaire sports
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
Semi Pro Baseball Teams
Have Big Sunday Card
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SEMI-PRo GAMES TOMORROW

Parkview Bordentown B. B. c, Parkvew oval
Armory A. C. Meadowbrook A. c. Rosevlie At
F. C. Trinitys of Brooklyn
worthington B. c.
worthingtons Athletic Park Afternoon
Hill A c. A C, at Columbia Oval After
c. Edison shop Pacific oval After
Irvngton of shop Irvingon
Maple A. C
N Y. Telephone Athletic
Moormans A. c., Boonton. Afternoon.
A. A. c., Rutherford After
Lafayette A. Toenville Johnson's Oval Morn
Spartan A. C. VS. South B. C.,
Erie A. c.. OF Kearny Riverside
+4++
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
LOCAL ANGLERS SET
BACK OPENING DAY
FOR ANOTHER WEEK

The tournament committee of the
Newark Bait and Fly Casting Club
had tentatively set the opening date
for May II. but it was set back a
week out of courtesy to the Anglers
Club of New York, whose events will
be held at Central Park May 10. 1e
and Il.
The committee reported on the
schedule at a meeting of the local
club at Achtel-Stetter's last night,
and with the correction of the OPEN
ing date the club confirmed the
schedule. No definite action was
taken as to closing the lease for the
proposed lakes of the club at Andover
Junction. The matter was left in the
hands of the lake committee.
The schedule of events for the
season are as follows:
May 24-One-quarter ounce accu-
racy bait, one-quarter ounce distance
rod; accuracy dry fly, 5 ounce rod.
June 14-One-half accuracy bait,
one-half ounce distance bait, accu-
racy wet fly. National Association
rules: dry fly distance. ounce rod.
July 19-one-quarter ounce accu-
racy bait, one-quarter ounce distance
bait, trout fly for distance, unlim-
tied rod; accuracy dry fly, 5 ounce
rod.
August 16-One-half ounce accu-
racy bait, one-half ounce distance
bait, accuracy wet fly. National As
ISOLATION rules; dry fly distance, 5
ounce rod.
September 6-Interstate tourna-
ment.
October 4-One-half ounce accuracy
bait, one-half ounce distance bait,
distance, trout fly ounce rod; ac-
curacy wet fly, National Association
rules.
Usual election day tournament.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
S4uat Milligan
NeUer Made Hit
Like This One

PATERSON. N. j., May g.
A home run batted out by a
High School boy in a vacant lot
won the game for his team in
the ninth inning yesterday.
The ball caromed off the head
of Andrew Van Ninwegen, a
baker. who was driving past
the ball field, and landed on
the back of his horse.
The horse ran away and the
baker, partly stunned by the
blow on his head, tumbled of
his wagon as it ran into a tele-
graph pole. The horse contin-
ued at a gallop until the wagon
was wrecked.
The baker. baseball fan, de-
cided to make no complaint
when he heard that the ball
that hit him had brought in
home run and won the game.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
STRIKEOUT PITCHER WITH GREAT
BATTING RECORD PREFERS STUDY

position will ruin his batting eye.
Oficial averages for the ten games
played by Michigan so far this year
show the team has hit at a 1881 clip.
Sisler leads the squad, with Catcher
Rogers second with .4S3. Lavans's
mark is .422 and Bells AT. Three
others have hit better than 300.
In the game against Kentucky
State Tuesday, Sisler pitched five in
nings. He struck out fourteen bat
tiers and caught a pop fly sent up by
the fifteenth man.