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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

all sorts of devices to make him laugh
or lose his pose.
Turner, whose stage" name is "Rigo, .
says he would give anybody $4,000, if
he had it, to make him laugh. II has
been tried "a hundred times, even To the
device of tickling him on the bottom Of
his bare foot. but nobody has ever sue
ceeded in affecting the risibes of the hu-
man wax figure. Scores of persons have
waved lighted matches before his eyes In
dangerously close proximity, but he has
never batted an eyelash. Last week in a
test a man held a match so close to his
eyes that it slnged an eyelash. Turner
threw his head back to avoid being
burned. but his eyes remained immov-
able
A Wax Man Cannot Smoke
Turner gets So week for posing in
store windows as man of wax, and the
work day is four and one-half hours.
Sometimes Turner has worked as long
as six and one-half hours when he was
feeling good, but that is long time 10
remain motionIess or rigid, and he does
not attempt it for that length of time
unless conditions arc favorable. Since
he began posing as a wax figure and me-
chanical man he has not taken a drink
of liquor, nor a chew Of tobacco. nor
has he smoked a cigar except in the
performance of his act. Steady nerves
are needed for work of this Kind and
Turner says he is afraid if he does any
of these things his nerves will go back
on him and lie will lose his SO a week.
Also when he is working a wax fig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
The Woman Who Tainted

The Woman Who Tainted
On one occasion a wax museum at
Brighton Beach had the wax figure of a
policeman in front of its place. AS Jest
Turner walked up in front of the police
man. placed one hand on the wax figure
on his shoulder in an attitude of ar
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
SPORT.

Charlie White of Chicago, BY bril-.
liant boxing. had shade the better OF
Ad Wolgast Of Cadillac, Mich. In their
ten-round no-decision boxing contest
at Milwaukee
Chasing the little white ball over
the green costs two million golfers OF
both sexes In the United States, ap.
proximately $sOO,OOO,OOO a year, &C.
cording to table published by Chi.
cago golf expert.
Eddie Wheeler, a member of the
South Bend. Ind, baseball team last
season, signed contract at Mime.
apolis to manage the Grand Forks
team of the Northern league during
the season of 1914.
Ira Bidwell, former manager of the
Cheyenne Indians, and later organizer
of the Ill-fated Colorado league OF
1912. is gathering at Kansas City an
aggregation of ball players with which
he proposes to invade Cuba.
Negotiations are under way to
match Benny Chavez, Trinidad ban.
tamweight and Leslie Winters Of
Nashville, Tenn. for a fifteen-round
bout. under the auspices of the Pueb.
10 Athletic Club, on New Year after.
noon. Chavez already has been signed
for The date. and has agreed to meet
either Patsy Branigan or Leslie Win
ters.
In filing the annual report with the
new Legislature at Albany. N. Y, the
state athletic commission will show
that since the boxing law went into
effect in August, 1e11, about $4,000
has been paid into the state controll-
er's office, this money being the
amount of the per cent tax on the
gross receipts of all licensed clubs
operating under the statute.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
USE A BLUFF" TO IMPRESS
Some casss Of Deception That Have
Come Under the Observation Of
Group Of Bankers.

A group Of bankers met for their
daily lunch at club restaurant
whore 1t was their habit to discuss
various problems. This time the con.
vsrsation drifted toward the various
modes Of deception practiced by peo
pie. One member related how, among
his acQuaintances there were I'VE who
owned pianos but not one could play.
These friends, he stated, were In bat
fair circumstances. and to his think
ing It was folly to invest merely for
the sake Of Appearances. Another
member Of the party stated that hs
knew family where they had I'VE
shelves for the fake books to enlarge
the library 80 that It would have an
impressive appearance. Glass doors
covered the shelves. and whenever .
visitor expressed a desire to consult
any particular book the key to the
doors could not be found. Each bank.
or seemed to have some story to tell;
even silent Clarke" as one OF the
members was known, because Of the
few stories he told startled them all
BY reciting the methods employed by
q man he knew whose desire was to
impress everyone that he was rich.
''Why!" he said, that man was so
crasy to show of that he blacked him
self each morning and washed the win
dows to make people think he could
afford q negro servant"
Weekly.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
GEN ERAl.

Woman suffrage was indorsed by
the New Hampshire State Grange BY
a vote of 113 to Gl.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt returned
home from South America, where she
left Colonel Roosevelt during his tour
of Chile.
Paul Armstrong, New York play
wright, and Miss Katherine Calvert,
Baltimore actress, were married in
New Haven. Conn.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Douglas Robin
sou, Episcopal bishop of Nevada, died
in New York at st. Luke's hospital
from a complication of diseases
The funeral of the Right Rev.
Henry d. Robinson. Episcopal bishop
of Nevada, was held in the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine in New York.
Scott HURT Paradise, a senior, was
selected at New Haven. Conn.,, by the
committee of awards as the Rhodes
scholar to Oxford university from
Yale university.
A motion picture film, purporting
to reveal facts concerning the White
slave traffic, was forbidden exhibition
in Chicago after 1t had been viewed
by committee of police and citizens.
Bank Examiner Sheriff. Smith OF
Pittsburg took charge of the First Ma
tional bank of Elizabeth, Pa, on in
structions from Washington, the d.
rectors of the bank having made the
request.
A rare set, of law books printed by
benjamin Franklin were purchased at
Philadelphia by the New York state
library for $415. The documents are
seventeen folios executed between
1859 and 1764.
Means to provide public employ
ment for 10000 men and women said
to be out of work in Los Angeles, was
discussed at a meeting of representa-
tives OF civic bodies.
Thomas Rankin, organizer and pres
ident of the Fremont Voters Associa-
tion of the United States. composed of
those who voted for John c. Fremont
for President, died at Burlington, la.
Harry X. Thaw is to be examined by
commission of four experts who are
to DECIDE not whether he is insane but
whether his liberty on bail would be
dangerous to public peace and safety"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
CONDENSED RECORD OF Ykg
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D o . N G Q. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN.

Ben B. Lindsey OF Denver and Miss
Henrietta Brevoort OF Detroit We're
married in Chicago.
The marriage license clerk in East
ST. Louis. ILL.,. refused to grant Il
license to japanese to marry an
American woman
Gary md, will not have woman
police head at present. as Mrs. Kate
Wood Ray declined to accept the ap-
pointment rendered her by Mayor
Knots.
Mrs. Kate Woods Ray, president of
at Gary, Ind. will be appointed pres.
ident of the Safety Board. Mayor
Knots announced.
Col. F. S. Savage. for twenty-five
years connected with the passenger
department of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad. died at Topeka.
Kan, of Bright's disease He was
forty-Iive years old.
Three packages Of registered mail
containing $1,000 each and $4,000 in
postoffice funds were taken from the
safe of the Wallace. Idaho. postoffice
by burglars, no trace of whom has
yet been discovered.
r. E. Young, a churchman and bust
ness man of Long Beach, is i'll in the
county hospital at Los Angeles follow
ing his plea Of guilty entered to
charges that he had victimized several
elderly women In love fraud"
scheme.
The fact that food has been syste-
matically stolen from a city hospital
and taken to two saloons, where it
was served as free lunch, became
known at San Francisco, following an
investigation started by Acting Mayor
Jennings.
William ]. Bryan. secretary of state.
telegraphed he would be unable to at
tend the annual Democratic state din
ner scheduled to be held at Topeka,
Kan. Jan. 5. The committee thereup-
ON gave up the plan for the banquet
and will hold its regular dinner ON
Washington's birthday.
Mrs. Albert T. Patrick, whose hus-
band served ten years in Sing Sing
prison as the alleged murderer of Will
liam Marsh Rice, died at Tulsa, Okla.
Patrick and their children were at the
bedside. Mrs. Patrick, as Mrs. Addie
M. Francis, was married to Patrick
soon after his conviction for the mur-
der of Rice. For the ensuing ten
years she devoted her entire time and
expended s50,0OO in efforts to prove
Patrick's innocence and gain pardon
for him.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Lawyer Scored on Judge.

Lawyer scored on JVo0o.
Lord Mansfield received . hard sse-
ting down from Thomas Erskins. The
latter was arguing q case bseors the
house Of lords-a Scottish appeal ~
lating to trust estate In the couroo
Of his argument he had frequent ooaa-
sion to use the word curator" always
pronouncing 1t In the manner approved
In the Scottish courts; that u. With
the accent on the first syllable.
This grated upon the ears Of LORD
Mansfield. who. though . Scotsman b.
birth. had taken pains to become
Anglicized. At last he broke out:
"Mr. Erskine. we are In the habit n
this country Of saying curator. fol-
lowing the analogy Of tho Latin. IN
which. ~ you are doubtless aware, the
penultimate syllable is long"
Il thank your lordship very much, I"
returned Erskine. I'VE are weak
enough in Scotland to think that In
pronouncing the word curator We are
following the analogy Of the English
language; but need scarcely say that
l bow with pleasure to the opinion Of
so learned a senator and 80 great an
orator as your lordship. 8.
Walsh. in the Sunday Magazine of the
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
WASHINGTON.

Wilson signed the Hetch Hetchy
bill granting public water supply to
San Francisco.
Consul Letcher has advised the
State Department that many reports
OF maltreatment of Americans in Chi.
huahua are without foundation.
The parcel post systems first
Christmas brought such an enormous
burden to the mails that the facilities
of the Postoffice Department were
taxed to the utmost
A barbed wire fence along the Mex
ican boundary to check intrusions in
to American territory was proposed in
bill by Senator Ashurst. total of
$350,OO0 would be appropriated.
Secretary Garrison announced that
when Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood leaves
the office of chief of staff next April
he will be assigned to command the
eastern department, with headouar.
tiers at Governors Island, New York,
succeeding Maj. Gen. Thomas H.
Barry. who will so to the Philippines
The administration currency reform
DILL. proposing revision of the finan-
ciai system of the United States and
the creation of regional reserve banks
to act as strengthening elements in
the banking and financial world.
passed the Senate by vote of 54
to "a
Shattering the rules of the House
of Representatives. champions of pro-
h1bition. who packed the galleries,
broke into repeated outbursts of ap-
plause and actually shouted from their
seats as Representative Richmond
Pearson Hobson of Alabama pleaded
for a resolution which would submit
constitutional prohibition amend
ment to the states.
Congressional investigation to dis.
close to what extent, if any, teachers
pets" exist at West Point was asked
in the Senate by Chairman Chamber
lain of the military affairs commit
tee.
President Wilson nominated Clar.
ence Carrigan of California for con
sui at Grenoble, France, and Ezra NJ,
Lawton of Ohio for consul at Teguc-
galpa, Honduras. John F. Robins of
Ely, New. for register OF the land Of
flee at Elko. New Ashley G. Dawley
of Elko, to be receiver of public lands
at Elko.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
STRIKE IS MPRORABlE
POLICY REpoRY A6oprgp ~ IA.
0oR CONVENTION.
leaders Would Recall Ammo~s, rura
Prisoners Over to Civil Autheritiss,
Remove chass and othsr Officers.

we,,.roNewspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Resoiution drafted by the
policy committee and providing that
the convention call upon Governor
Ammons to turn all military prisoners
over to the civil authorities, remove
General Chase ~ head of the militia.
remove Major Boughton. Major Town
send aud Captain Householder. abol-
ssh the military commission and ia
yoring statewide sympathetic strike.
were adopted by the special conven.
tion of labor union delegates in Build
ing Trades Club hall. The resolu-
ions also provide that II the COVER.
nor fails to comply with the request
within five days circulation OF peti.
tions for the recall of Governor Am
mons be begun by the officers Of the
State Federation of Labor
A proviso placed in the resolution
makes it improbable that a statewide
strike will be called. in the opinion OF
Chairman J. X. Radley of the resolu.
tions committee and Secretary-Treas-
urer William Green Of the United
Mine Workers.
This proviso places the proposition
Of the strike in the hands OF the ex-
ecutive .committes of the state fed
Grafton, which in turn is instruced to
take up with the twelve vice presi-
dents Of the American Federation OF
Labor the question of financing the
strike.
Such action would mean that the
state executive committee and the ma.
tional executive committee both wosld
have to approve the call for a state
wide strike Even then. it Is stated.
sixty-ftve per cent of the locals In the
state would be compelled to have an
individual referendum vote to ratify
the sympathetic strike proposition BE-
fore 1t could become effective.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
FOREIGN.

Funeral service was held II Rome
for the late Cardinal Mariana Ra M
pOlla. who died suddenly on Dec. ls
May. Gen. Vittorio Cunibarti of the
naval engineers corps who drafted
the plans for the first Italian super
dreadnought died at Rome.
DR. Ricci. director-general OF fine
arts, personally supervised the pack
ing of the painting Mona Lisa,
which was forwarded to Rome.
That Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia
died on Dec. IL is confirmed In the
latest dispatch as received at Rome
from Adds Abeba. the Abyssinian capt,
tai
Shah kai-Fu who was Chinese con
sui at New York from 1904 to 1908.
was appointed Chinese minister at
Washington in succession to Chang
Yin Tang.
The British press generally ex-
presses regret at the cabinets de-
cision not to provide an official Brit
ish pavilion At the Panama Pacific
exposition.
Milpa Alta, a town in the federal
district, sixteen miles south of the
Mexican capital. was attacked by a
strong Zapata band. The federal gar
rison was routed and a number of fed
erals were killed
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli, who
was papal delegate in the United
States from 1896 to 1902. is seriously
i'll in Rome. The cardinal, who is
sixty-five years old is prefect of the
sacred congregation of rites.
The underwriting by an interna-
tional group of bankers of a loan to
the Mexican government, sufficient: to
meet The bono interest payments fall
ing due in January. was arranged at
Paris through the Banque de Paris At
Des Pays Ras.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Thatcher Heirs Get Four Million,

Pueblo.-A check for $147,S93. .05,
the state inheritance tax from the es.
tate of the late John A. Thatcher, by
far the largest inheritance tax ever
collected in Colorado, was sent to
Denver incidentally, the report of
the appraisers and administrators
was surprise, in view of past devel-
opments, as it showed the late Pueblo
banker left $4,0O0,O0O. At the time his
will was filed for probate a month ago
it appeared that the total would be
only about s3,000,0O0.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Packers Buy 3,soo-acre Ranch.

Rocky Ford.-A ranch of $500 acres
near here, to be sown in alfalfa en-
tirely and to support 10000 head OF
cattle. became the property of the
Michael Cudahy estate of Chicago in
deal closed here. To insure the
watering, the Cudahy heirs have
formed the Ordway-Rocky Ford Mu-
tual Ditch and Canal Company, capi-
talized at s2,OOO,OOO. About $4,000
will be spent in improving the land.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Eavorite Fiction.

THE Science of Palmistry."
1T Will Be the Least Bit Out of My
Way, l Assure You"
THE Bed Was Very Comfortable,
Mrs. Irons; Slept Like q Top"
Reformed Spelling"
Your Esteemed Favor of Yester-
day"
Il Never Felt Better In My Life"
why. Father, l Don't Know One
Card from Another"
If Thought 1t Was Doing Me the
Least Harm I'd Quit 1t in Minute" j"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Timber Lining Wal. c.u.. o, o...h.

Victor, Colo.-The system Of mining
employed at the Golden Cycle mine
was responsible for the deaths of
Frank M. Woods. Jr., Soren Sorenson
and Patrick Kevany in the cavein of
Dec. l, according to the verdict Of the
coroner's jury. The Jury reported
that in its opinion the slide was caused
because the walls Of the levels were
timbered instead Of built up with
waste rock. The jury did not name
any individuals ~ being responsible.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Guards Return Fire Of Miners.

Walsenburg.-The first gun fired BY
the militia in actual combat since they
were ordered into the field cracked
Friday night, when members Of Com
pany F Of Fort Morgan, guarding the
Cameron mine. Colorado Fuel and
Iron property, two miles south of Wal
senburg. returned the fire Of persons
that they had called upon to halt as
they were trying to enter the mine
enclosure.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Gets $500 for Injury.

Pueblo.-For injuries suffered when
she stepped into an open ventilator in
the floor of the Grand Opera House,
Mrs. J. NJ. Nolan has been awarded
$500 damages by jury. She asked
for $4,000 for injuries she sustained
in her fall.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
MatchlesR,

And what became of that girl who
was such matchless beauty In our
set when I went away"
She still is"
What, after all these years."
Not so much of beauty, but still
matchless. She's an old maid"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25

Gen. Chase to Free Military Prisoners.
Denver. - Adjutant General John
Chase released all prisoners from
military arrest in Trinidad and Wal
senburg Friday and announced. in let
ters to Sheriff James S. Grisham of
Las Animas county and Sheriff Jeff
Farr of Huerfano county his readiness
to turn them over to the civil authori-
ties.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Herwood victim'. Brother Killed,

Denver. w. S. Copeland, brother
of George E. Copeland, who was killed
by Harold Frank Henwood when Hen
wood killed TONY" Won nhul in the
Brown Palace bar, met instant death
in mine accident at Cripple Creek
He was inspecting mine when he
lost his balance and fell into a stope.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
He Was Havlnu IL.

stubb-That's a witty Britisher.
while he was sitting on the park
bench some mischievous boys filled it
with wax and his coat tails adhered az
If they had been cemented.
Penn-Great Joke! What did he
say when he arose?
Stubb-Why, that well-known Brit
ish expression: "rm having a ripping
time"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Got Mixed.

What sort of proposal do you
suppose that business admirer of hers
made Gladys?"
What was it,"
Il suppose he was negotiating for
some real estate at the same time, for
he asked her to give him the refusal
Of her hand"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Clean Fake.

TITS almost impossible to believe
some of the things you read in the
newspapers nowadays"
What have you run across now?"
This half-column article about a
city-bred girl yanking OF her petit
coat and stopping a cannon ball ex-
press from dashing Into an open
switch"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Go Ahead, Jimmy,

And remember. Johnny Binks,"
said the teacher. who was endeavor-
Ing to drive a moral precept into
Johnny's head, there Is always plen-
ty Of room at the top"
Il guess you got that little wrong.
teacher" said Johnny. whose father
ia street-car conductor. PLENTY of
room up 'front.' is the way my pa says
It,"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
NJ O.

1T seems strange to think that one
little word from you will make me
happy for life."
Yes. But there's another little
word the saying of which will keen
me from being miserable for life. /
am just selfish enough to say that
one"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
viii Lower Sugar Beet Prices.

Grand Junction.-Sugar beet grow.
ers agreed to lower the price of beets
next year as an experiment. This
promise was made at a meeting at
tended by officers of the Western
Sugar and Iron Company at Delta.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
She Didn't Understand.

o"o o'0" 0HUerxtSHu.
See here" said his wife; 81 hear
you acted scandalous on that trip with
those Knights of Sparta"
Me? Hows that?"
Mr.. Wombat says you posed a.
the 1saak Walton of the party. What
DO you mean by going around under
an assumed name2"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
His Solution,

Mrs. vansook Cat the children's par.
ty)-I declare, little girls and boys of
twelve stay up half the night, nova.
days!
Mr.. Newlyblest (absenuy)-I sup
pose they acquire the habit while they
are babies-Puck
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
A Gentle Knock.

OeHtIe KNOCK.
mat girl has pretty hair" remark
ed the young rnan.
Yes" said the damsel he was with.
and she has some at home that 10
even prettier."-Loulsville Courier
Journal
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
A Bigger Contract.

SO you think you can support my
daughter"
Il think So"
AND can you support her French
maid, her two poodles and her pet
monkey"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
A Princelv GIT.

There are not many great philan-
thropists."
Il heard of one the other day"
What did he do?"
He gave away pass to the worlds
SERIES"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-25
Usual Distinction,

Young Wife-That pudding have
Just made for you is a poem
Hubby-And | suppose I'm to be the
waste basket. - Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-09

High team total-Journals 19.051.
High average-C- H Cosby. 107-10.
High total three games-C. II. Co.'S
by. S54.
High single score-Watkins 139.
High team total one game-Vir-
ginians, 562.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-09

will be one great affair, The Rieh.
r1ond and Petersburg BOWERS have
worked shoulder to shoulder from the
first drop of the hat
The Baltimore and Washington pin
understand that there Will be one big
time in the capital city on Wednssday
night, which viii be known as Rich
mond Day, and this alone has made a
'' President a s. N 4. Williams. of the Rich
mond Bowling Association. deserves
great credit for the way he has aided
There is no reason why Richmond
should not make fine showing this
in the ranks will toe the mark.
Following is comlete list OF the
Doubles. at 3:15 o'clock
Dobie and Harrison.
Thorpe and Williams.
Lambers and Ellis.
Bell and Roy.
Schmitz and Oyerman.
Jennings and Sutterlin.
Singles. at 4:25 o'clock
Cosby. Cook, Deasy. Bailey, Whit
man, Splitting.
At o'clock
Young. Burgess.
At 5:35 O'clock
Thorpe, Blair. Wade. Ellis. Rowsey.
Singles at $40 o'clock
Schmitz. Overman, Jennings Suffer-
lin, Bell, Roy.
Doubles at 6:f5 o'clock
Curry and Fiers.
Barksdaie and Fitz-
Lanier and Roberts
Burgess and Connors.
DobIe and Harrison
Fiers and Ennis
Five-men teams at 1855 o'clock
The Times Dispatch. Cockades. Pal
ace, Coolers, Richmond, Cook Printing
Co.
Doubles at 1915 o'clock
Whitman and Splitting.
Wade and Blair.
Cosby and Cook.
Deasy and Bailey
Jones and Young.
Mcfarland and Rowsey.
Good might
President Williams has ordered that
all scheduled games in the Newport
League of the Richmond Bowling AS
ISOLATION will be postponed this week
on account of the Washington meet