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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

/ through some technicality escaped sen
tence- Later he was brought before Judge
Mulqueen on a similar charge, but was
discharged, although a few months later
Judge Mulqueen sent him to the Black
wells Island Penitentiary for a year after
being convicted of carrying concealed
weapons. Again, a few months after his
release, he was tried before Judge Null
queen and luck once more favored him,
for he was discharged.
After scanning this record Scanlon and
Dennison remarked THAT'S a pretty
bad chap we are after. He's been lucky.
too, but if we can find him this time we
think he viii do a fairly long stretch in
Sing Sing" The two detectives set out
to find their man. From his character
they knew he would seek the lowest dive
he could hide in, and that chances are.
with fair sized bank roll in his pockets,
he would be surrounded by his friends Of
the underworld whom he would call in
to share the fruits Of his two early morn
ing hold-ups. It is always come easy. 20
easy with these crooks, and when they are
in funds they stick around saloon or dance
hall until the last penny is spent and
they must go forth and clean Up another
job.
After visiting scores Of saloons and
dens Of various sorts the two detectives
entered a place in West Twenty-seventh
street near the water front. Lined up
against the bar stood as hard a lot of cut
Threats as one would care to meet. The
detectives at first glance were prone to
quietly leave the place and seek help from
nearby policemen, but they knew that
should they hurriedly leave the saloon
they would attract attention and Derhans
suspicion and before they could return
their quarry either would have llown or
else armed himself and his cronies for 2
battle
Without further hesitation the detec-
hves walked up to the man they picked
out of the -rowd as the one sought and
quietly remarked Ryan, we want you -
In less time than it takes to tell it
Ryan's hand shot to his pisto, pocket in
quest of the gun that had aided him in
his early morning hold-ups. Before he
could grasp his pistol. however, the fist
of one of the detectives went true to.
the mark and Ryan was stretched on
the floor dazed from the blow that had
landed flush on his jaw. His cronies
were not men to stand idly by and see.
one of their number seized by a "buT''
unless a fight were put up to save him, and
II jiffy every man in the room had
closed in on the detectives and as furious
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

/ \ England experiments have been madt
recently in showing the museums and
art galleries to the blind. Mr.. J. A.
Charlton Deas. F. R. Hist, S. librarian
and director of the SUNDERLAND public
Libraries, museum and art gallery, has
made a report of the experiments made
with a numbe. Of blind children.
Or the first Sunday demonstration the
dimensions and arrangements of the art
gallery we're carefully described, includ-
ing the arrangements for top lighting and
the methods for hanging and protecting
the pictures. Although these details may
seem trivial. said Mr.. Deas, - knOvl-
edge Of surroundings, relative proper
tons and atmosphere generally Is as
important snd interesting to the sight
less as to the sighted, who are apt to
overlook this fact through unconscious
familiarity"
Following the physical, social and
geographical information, the persons in
charge of the demonstration proceeded
to show" the pictures. First, short
explanation Of the purpose Of pictures
was given; then, a small painted and IN
PAINTED canvas, an artists palette,
brushes and paint tubes were handed
to each individual to feelIand examine
closely. Then the visitors were taken
to the pictures, glazed ones being selected
for obvious reasons Their length and
height and the character Of the frames
were gone over with the sensitive fingers,
the great size Of many of the pictures
greatly surprising the spectators. The
guides described the subject of the pic
lures and then taking the fingers { the
blind person outlined the most important
objects in them, in this way revealing
their size and relative positions The
pictures Of large and bold subjects were
much admired.
Subsequent demonstrations on Sunday
afternoons dealt with objects in -7useums.
The first one started with a lecture on!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
Keeping His Victim Covered With His Revolver.

When the case came 90 trial we kne" II
would be absolutely essential to gather
together every witness possible 70
strengthen our case, for Ryan would
doubtless summon regiment Of witnesses
to prove that he was anywhere but at the
scene of the robberies when the hold-ups
occurred. The first man to fail rs was
Guzzes. We learned he had fled the city
and before doing so had told an intimate
that it would be as much as his life was
worth were he 20 appear in the court
room against Ryan. he added that Hall
knew what was coming to him should he
testify. and he had reason to believe that
the same treatment that would be &C
corded to Hall would fall to his lot should
he further antagonize any member Of this
band
We traced Guzzes TO Port Chester and
thence to Buffalo We learned that he
Lad been beaten by the members of the
band to which Ryan belonged and told
that if he put in an appearance at the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
Mountaineer Summer School.

n FTER twenry-one teachers had each
/ II refused in turn % teach the regular
Il school at Irish Creek Hollow, in the
mountains OF Virginia, two county school
teachers and a twelve-year-old assistant
/ invaded the district with a camping outfit
and organized a summer school and an
evening school that were both better at
TENDED than any school in past years had
ever been
| The experiment was so successful that
tother isolated communities in Virginia are
/ TO be handled in the same way. Instead
of allowing these isolated districts to get
Ialong as best they may. State and county
Officers IN Virginia are going 10 send to
the mountains every summer the very best
teachers they can obtain in order to pro-
vide the educational facilities that are
needed
] Irish Creek Hollow is IN a mountain
valley in Rockbridge county It Is sDarsely
settled and remote Of access. The inhabi-
tants are mOuntaineers OF original stock
iwho have intermarried as much as the
law permits. They live in log cabins that
ARE not even good log cabins. There was
school building, but for several years there
I had been no school No school teacher
would accept the position
/ In 1911, after all attempts to get a regu-
liar teacher had failed. the county super
iintendent persuaded TWO experienced
teachers to go to Irish Creek Hollow, after
| their own schools had closed, and to open
a summer school They carried with them
( tents to live in, provisions and cooking
utensils. School was opened in the old
school building and the attendance ex-
ceeded all expectations. There were eighty
children enrolled IN morning classes and
thirty to forty adults in afternoon and
evening classes The mOunJaineers were
so appreciative Of what was done for them
that summer that they built an additional
IschoOlroom and two comfortable living
rooms for the teachers.
Public spirit had developed to such an
extent the following year that when one
OF the State inspectors and the secretary
Of the Virginia Cooperative Education
Association visited the place in the sum
mer of 1872 they were able to organize a
school and civic league and an athletic
association
Practically all the residents Of the COM
munity enrolled in the civic league An
interesting feature OF the work Is that il
reaches the adults as well as the children.
Il 81 turday afternoon class in reading and
writing for grown ups numbered among
81 members oid men and women with
grandchildren in the morning school
In speaking Of the experiment Mr.. A c.
MOnahan, rural school specialist in the
United States Bureau of Education. says
In inaugurating this work Virginia has
undoubtedly taken a valuable step toward
benefitins one Of the most deserving anc
most neglected classes Of our country.
Some or our best American stock is IN
The mountains, and it should not be al
lowed to degenerate for lack of educa-
tiOnal opportunities The state Depart
ment of Virginia is now making a survey
OF the mountain sections OF Virginia AID
proposes to conduct many summer schoo-s
in the future like this one wn-cn has be.n
held for three years IN Irish Creek
Hollow"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

possible, the model ought 10 be as large
land as clear and definite in outline as
jmay be. We have a figure of an eagle in
Ischool, a few inches in height; this is
shown to blind folk and they are told that
the form Is correct. but Jhey must en-
large it in their minds What standard
have they for their enlargement Now
that the children have seen an eagle, the
model will be of some service to help them
to picture the shape of wing, sc. This
Ia. plies all around-realiy first, then
model The blind who have once seen are
LOT course better off, because they have
quite n number Of mental pictures to fall
back upon and can use them to assist in
grasping fresh ones. But even they find
great difficulty in assimilating new forms.
inasmuch as what they took in through the
eye appears different when observed
through the medium Of touch: further
more, their standards change and need
readjusting through touch. There appears
to be a perspective of touch. as well as
of sight The touch is one part at time
and then builds that to another. and vet
another. until the whole is produced.
The sensibilities of our blind have been
aroused in all sorts of ways. One said to
me that if she were to be squeezed to death
she would rather be so by the polar bear
than by a snake. I asked her why. and
she answered, The bear is a comfortable
sort Of creature to feel, but the snake is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

to cream with advancing years induced
one person to ask how nearly such a
change compared with the appearance OF
the hair Of an elderly human being. An
other found pleasure in the fact that the
bears coat was similar in color TO a scarf
which she was wearing. Several expressed
surprise that the head of the walrus and
the bear felt out of proportion with the
size of their bodies, while another COM
mented on the smallnesS of the eyes Of
these two large animals"
In commenting on the experiments Mr.
G. l. Walker, a man blind from birth and
for years a teacher of the blind, said that
they had opened up a new world to the
blind
Contact with nature and her works,
he continued, shows them what is and
what is not possible Where there was
darkness and lack of form there are now
struggling notions of shape and size. The
very effort to bring cohesion out of empty
void must quicken and strengthen our
mental powers. We have gallery of new
forms to initiate and to which we must
now strive 10 approximate. and these in
their turn Will suggest and explain hosts
of others, hitherto flabby and useless as
practical mental food.
Explanation and opportunity to OBJ
serve are imperiously required: appeals
must be made to realities and not to in
models. Where reality is i'm
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
NEXT WEEK

Inspector Faurot VIII tell Of the
thrilling chase and capture Of
Ramona Forsbrey, slayer Of three.
Chased by a policeman after shooting
a clerk; fierce battle in dark cellar;
arrested; later Unidentified by means
OF finger prints as two time muir
derer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
COURT ITEMS

The evidence was concluded last
night in the case of Will Reeve, charged
with assault with intent to murder and
the arguments will begin this morning z
at $3.50 o'clock. The case is being tried
court, Judge w. E. Fort presiding,
Reeve and Dispatcher Crumpton of the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company, claims self-defense.
Judge Greene tried a number of jail
cases in. the second division, but there
| were no convictions.
The following cases are set for to-
day in the first division of the criminal
court
Henry Harmon, grand larceny.
Mamie Brown, grand larceny.
Lane Glasbow, burglary and grand
larceny.
Shade stewart burglary and grand
larceny.
Isaac Caldwell murder in the second
degree.
Robert /. rench, embezzlement.
p II. Hambright, false pretenses.
Arthur johnson, burglary and grand
larceny.
A. L. Nourse. murder in second de-
gree.
Jim Sadler, operating gaming table.
Fletcher f. Stevens, burglary and
grand larceny.
Rosa Tortora, abortion.
Crawford Blackwood, operating gam
ing table.
Frenchie Gelder. alias, burglary.
Frenchie Gelder alias, burglary
Frenchie Gelder, alias, burglary and
grand larceny.
Ed Muslin. burglary and grand lar
ceny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
KELLEY PLANS NOT
YET SATISFACTORY
Matter of Detail Only, Says Kelley,
and Will Be Adjusted Before
the Meeting Tomorrow

City Engineer kirkpatrick reported at
the recessed meeting of the city COM
mission yesterday morning at II o'clock
that the plans submitted by the Kelley
interests for their proposed street car
system in this city We're not as yet sat
sfactory.
George Kelley, Jr., was present and
stated that the whole thing was a mat
ter of detail and could only be solved
by conferences between his engineers.
himself and Mr.. Kirkpatrick, and that
he had been seeking such conferences
for the past several days and that the
city engineer had been so busy they had
never been able to get together.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick stated Mr.. Kelley's
statement was a fact and that the Kel-
leys had shown no disposition to evads
or delay the issue Upon motion of Mr..
Weatherly. Mr.. kirkpatrick was instruct
ed to devote his entire time to this mat
| ter between this and Friday and be pre-
pared to make a report at the Friday
| meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
NEW DEPARTMENTS
OF Y. M. C.. A. PLANNED
sH. r. Howell Appointed Social Secre-
tary With G. ID. Deedmeyer as
Assistant

Additional to the already many
branches of the Birmingham Young
Mems Christian association, two new
departments have been established
that of a social secretary and an as.
sistant secretary. II. r. Howell, Yale
graduate of Gadsden, will fill the first
position, while George ID. Deedmeyer
'pf Baltimore will be the assistant sec
retary. the former assistant secretary
VI. H. Cantell going to his home In
1ronaton, O.. for a few weeks and from
there to the Young Mems Christian
association of Boston.
George ID. Deedmeyer. who arrived
here last night. and who was formerly
associated with Secretary Stallings IL
association work in Baltimore, will tax.
charge of this department this morn
ing
There is no reason why we should
not make this place social center foi
the young men of Birmingham. The
members that we have now" said Mr.
Deedmeyer. are the men that in the
future will carry on the business o.
Birmingham. If they become acquainted
now we will have perfect cooperation
among business firms them
Some time during the latter part OF
the month reception will be giver
TO the members of the Young Women
Christian association by the members
of the Young Mems Christian associa
tion. An elaborate entertainment will
be arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
WOMAN IDENTIFIED
AS MRS. KNAUS
Was Killed by Boyles Car
Tuesday Night Near
Vanderbilt

The white woman who was killed Tues
day night at about 7:30 o'clock on the
Vanderbilt trestle near Forty-fifth street
was identified yesterday as Mrs. Louis
Knaus, by Mrs. r. A. Credible of Boyles,
by whom the late Mrs. Knaus had lately
been employed.
Mrs Knaus who was about 55 years
of age, is believed to have become tired
and leaned against the trestle. The
corner of the car struck Mrs. Knaus on
the head, crushing the skull and badly
bruising the face
Mrs. Knaus was native of Germany
and emigrated to the United States about
s5 years ago with her husband, who died
about 10 years ago They first settled
in Illinois and came to Birmingham in
the early sos In the early years of resi-
dence in Birmingham Mrs. Knaus is said
to have had considerable means, but fol-
lowing the death of her husband her
money was lost and for some years she
had been working for various people in
and about the city. The family had one
son, who went to Africa some years ago
and has never been heard of.
The last place Mrs. hhauS is Known TO
have worked was that OF Mrs. l. r.
Rubensteip. 1926 St Charles street. where
she began working on Monday morning.
ON TUESDAY afternoon. she is said to have
left the Rubenstein hame saying that she
had found another place and that later
she would send for her wearing apparel.
She was killed by the street car few
hours later.
The remains are now being held at
Shaw g. Sons and definite funeral ar
rangements will be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
Chief Bennett Is Enthusiastic

1t is not often that Chief A. V. Bennett
of the fire department is enthusiastic,
but he was highly eated last night
Last night about $40 o'clock there was
a fire alarm from the warehouse of the
Wimberly & Thomas Hardware company
on Avenue A between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. When the depart
ment arrived all that was necessary for
the firemen to do was to turn off the
water
The blaze had been automatically ex-
tinguished by the sprinkler system which
is used in the huge warehouse.
THE fire last night" said Chief Ben
nett, was certainly splendid illustra-
ton of the sprinkler system. 1t seems
that a can of varnish had been spilled
yesterday afternoon and someone had
wiped it up with cloths throwing the
cloths in a nail keg. OF course the
cloths ignited by spontaneous combus-
ton, the keg caught fire, presently there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
$4,000 SEWER
CONTRACT AWARDED
Action Taken at Meeting of
Commission Yesterday
DRAINAGE is NEEDED
Will Extend From Avenue f and Thir.
teenth Street Northwest to Smith
Park-WiIl Be Largest Storm
Sewer in Birmingham

One of the most important sewer con-
tracts awarded by the city commissions
ers in long time was let yesterday
morning at the recessed meeting OF
the commissioners at IL o'clocy The
contracts provide for storm sewers iu-
volving an expenditure of. over s19o. 900.
the sewers to drain part of the city
which for many years has been
yeritable inland lake after every rain
storm.
The new construction Is to begin at
Avenue e and Thirteenth street and
run In a northwesterly direction, emp
Smiths park. 1t will be the largest
storm sewer in the city, the lower end
being 91s feet high and IA feet wide.
large enough to drive two teams Of
horses into 1T.
1t Will drain that territory to the
southeast and west of Avenue 4 and
Thirteenth street. This has always been
one of the lowest sections of the city
and Is where a sewer was built in
1909 ends This old sewer connected
there with large ditch, but at every
heavy rainstorm the ditch became
clogged and the water would back up,
sometimes as far back as Avenue II
and Eighteenth street. The new sewer
will begin where the old Que stopped
and will convey this water where it
cannot back up.
The new sewer will go under a net
work of tracks of the Louisville and
Nashville, the Alabama Great Southern
and the Belt railroads. including the
lower end of the Louisville and Nash
Vile yards. The money by which it
Is to be built Is the last of a s400, 600
bond issue voted by the residents of
old Birmingham several years ago be-
fore the establishment of Greater Bir-
mingham.
The contracts for sections No !. . and
8 of the sewer were awarded to the
Southern Asphalt and Construction
company for s70,940, s26,945 and s7O.052.
respectively. The fourth section, which
is the section which goes under the
network of railroad tracks was awarded
to A. c. Brooks & Co. for $24,75030 All
the awards were made to the lowest
bidders on the recommendations OF
City Engineer Kirkpatrick and Com
missioner Weatherly in charge of
streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
ATTHE HOTELS

n. b. Phillips of Springville. ]. T. John
Son of Chattanooga and Paul B. Lum of
Washington are registered at the Empire.
II. ]. Schmidt of Phelia, e. C. Miller of
Baton Rouge and J. S. Fouche of chat
tanooga are at the Florence
T.. e. Stone of London, KY, w. A. Col
ledge of Chicago and ]. F. Boxer of Car
bon Hill are stopping at the Birming-
ham.
M. g. Hubbard of Cordova, L. C. Smith
of Atlanta and W. Y Lovelace of Brew
Ton are among those at the Hillman.
w. H. Rudisil of Admission. John T.
Ashcraft of Florence and r. p. Morelia of
Mexico are registered at the Morris.
W. T. Goodwin of Warrior, j. A. Ma
Joney of Montgomery and S. A. Curry OF
lMontevallo are at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
ANNOUNCE PURSES
FOR RACING AT FAIR
Over $4,000 Offered-Best
Horses Of Country to
Compete

Purses for the several horse racing
events at the Alabama State fair were
decided upon yesterday by the racing
committee of the fair association. Over
$1,000 is offered as purses for the races,
which will insure the appearance of some
of the best horses in the country on the
track at the fair grounds.
Attending the meeting held yesterday
were President B. B. Burton. Bert ia
cobs r. A. Brown. Oscar Turner and
Sam Fowlkes acting secretary of the fair
association. Moxie F'ies, superintendent
of the races. was called in an advisory
capacity and the time of the races and the
several purses decided upon follows:
Early Closing Stakes-2:20 trot, $1,000;
2:2o pace, $1,000. The entries to close
July To-
Purse Races--2:a7 trot, $500; 21s tro.,
$500; 2:l5 trot, $500; PIP trot. $500; s-year-
old trot, $40O
Pacing Races-2:24 pace. $500; 2:1s pace,
$500; 2:12 pace, $500; 200 pace, $500; free
for-all pace, $500; 3-year-old pace, $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday
IN the office of the probate court show
ing the following transfers of property,
the consideration being $1,000 or more:
s105o-James Nj. Brown to John Wilburn
and Mary Wilburn, lot II, block 35, map
end survey of DIR. Joseph r. Smiths addi-
tion to the city of Birmingham.
sl525-J. l.. Kelley and Annie e. Kelley
to ]. NJ Durham, lot 9, block 9-B, present
plan and survey of Rosemont.
$3450-Edna Gockel and William Gussen
10 J. Friedman, lot 9. block 4, map and
survey of the property of the Southwest
Land company
$2500--C. A. Roberts and Matte E. Rob-
erts to w. o. Snyder, lots 10 and II, block
BE, East Lake Land companys map and
plan of Lake Highlands.
$66O0-C. b. Jones to Sidney Hart, lots
D. 10, II and IL, block 224, Elyton Land
company's present plan and survey of
the city of Birmingham.
$1O0O-National Real Estate Bond and
Mortgage company to A. r. Land. lot s,
block 1; also lot 8. block 2, map and sur
vey of above companys first addition to
South Highlands.
$685. H. Peck to Jesse F.. Stallings
and J. e. Seap, parcel of land in north
west quarter of northwest quarter of sec
tion 20, township II, range west also lots
!, and 8, map and survey of Ensley
Land company's addition to Pratt City;
also parcel of land in northwest half of
southeast quarter of section 3d. township
II, range west; also parcel Of land in
southwest quarter of section 20, township
II, range west; also lot 2, block 9, Elyton
Land company's map and survey Of the
city of Birmingham; also lots to 5. in
elusive, present plan and survey of Mason
City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were Is
sued yesterday In the office of the pro-
bate clerk:
S. B. Garrett of Dallas and Miss Belle
Lathem.
Alonzo Koontz of Greenville O.. and
Miss Johnnie Cooper.
w. X. Sargent of Wylam and Miss Mel
lie Young.
G. B. Spradley of vandiver and Mrs.
Sallie Kncaid
j. d. Hughes of Birmingham and Miss
Bessie Triese
e. ]. Snedden of wylam and Miss An
ME Moxley.
J. T. Self of 'vinesville and Miss Lucy
| Philders.
| J. III. Vann of Birmingham and Miss
Mary e. Earnest.
| w. S. Crocher of Birmingham and Miss
Agnes Davidson
Richard Taylor of Anniston and Miss
| Bessie Winter.
| w. ]. Smith of Bessemer and Miss Ruby
4 Sims.
Bud White of Johns and Mrs. Nancy
| Homton.
A. r. Patton of Birmingham and Miss
Lille May Osletree.