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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
DIR. .STAGG ON HOBSON

DR.. John w. Stagg, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Orlando, Fla, and
temporary editor of the Geger Times,
while In Birmingham yesterday expressed
the belief that the recently published let
ter of Congressman Hobson in regard TO
Governor O'Neal makes the assurance of
the defeat of Hobson in his race for
the Senate doubls sure,
There is quite a contrast" he stated.
between the phillipics of Demosthenes
and the vituperative utterances of Cap
tain Hobson. The former were worthy
of the attention of every man. woman
and child of Athens. The latter, how
ever. should not be remembered BY men.
and should be kept from the eyes Of
women and children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
COURT TOMORROW
AT. SUMMERVILLE

Lyerly, Ga, September 6-(Special.) J
The September term of Chattooga superior
court will convene at Summervile next
Monday morning. September s, at 10
o'clock. with Judge Moss Wright of Rome
presiding. Twenty-six civil cases have
been set for trial ont Monday, and Tues
day. nine of these being divorce cases
The criminal docket will be taken up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Approaching Wedding

Selma. September -6.-tSpecial.) From
the office Of Probate Judge r. II Pitts
Saturday licenses for the marriage or
Miss Burette Lockhart of this city to
Clifford Purcell of Newport. Va, We're
issued. The bride to be is talented and
we'll known young woman of Selma. while
Mr.. Purcell has for more than year
past filled the position of pianist at the
Academy of Music. The ceremony will
be performed Sunday at the home of the
mother of the bride on Alabama avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

smiled-smled simply and confidently as
the diffusing joy of the news that no
more were they animals at each others
ment that none present would ever for
get.~
The killesh Battle
The letter further describes the after
math at I<ilkesh when all give their eff
forts to the aid of the wounded and the
burial of the dead. Bulgarian and Greek
rubbed shoulders and shooed away the
yultures who would make feast of the
victims OF the now silent cannon. AS
they worked and picked up the dead, now
and then a groan was heard-it was a
soldier recognizing relative--a dead
brother or father or father finding the
body of his bloodstained son. War, on
the aftermath of a battle, is robbed of
all it's alluurement disillusion, pain and
heartbreaks remain. Papageorge writes
on tearstained pages of his sorrow at
finding the bullet pierced body of one of
his Birmingham confreres-a mere boy
sunny Jim," he was nicknamed, when
he worked as cook at the Little Gem cafe
en- Nineteenth street.
The letters of John Coeores are in prac-
tically the same vein as those of Peter
Papageorge and tells of another Greek
from Birmingham being killed, but does
not mention his name. 1t seems that
out of 200 or more local patriots who
fought in the Turkish and Bulgarian wars
only two were killed and the Birmingham
boys were in every important engagement
and acquitted themselves very creditably
Reads Age-Herald
Cocores tells in his letters of Peter Papa
george and his antics in battle. Ii seems
that Peter Papageorge is a rabid baseball
fan and when he started off to war he
renewed his subscription to The Age
Herald and asked that 1t be sent to him
at the front. In the midst of battle, while
lying in trenches. Cocores writes that
Peter Papageorge would pull out three
weeks old Age Herald and turning to the
sporting page would read over again the
doings oe the ..Barons' and the hated
Crackers" He would often then turn
to the man lying on the ground besides
him in the trenches, starting an intimate
err: league rag and then both, if Papa
george S companion at the time happened
to be- Birmingham man, would again
read some of Rube Lewis dilations on the
henchmen of Wordsworth" and the dis
cussion would waxed warm until an ex-
ploding shell or the nearness OF whistIing
bullets brought to the attention of these
lishthearted Greeks that they were In the
midst of battle.
The letters of Cocores tells of many such
incidents and states that Papageorge
watched the mails like a hawk and LETT
ters from his friends and relatives were
neglected while he read The Age-Herald
and the baseball news.
Both Papageorge and Cocores will ar
rive in Birmingham within few months
as they state in their letters that they
fought for their country because 1t was
their duty, but they were not obliged to
live in 1t, and little old Birmingham was
good enough for them. This is the crux
of the sentiment of the majority of the
Greeks who left here several months ago
and all are coming back to Jones valley
once again
Wednesday morning, but 1t Is said to be
light and court Is not expected to be in
session longer than three or four DAYS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Mrs. Will Harris in Hospital

Friends of Mrs. Will Harris of Avon
dale will regret to know that she has
been removed to st. Vincent's hospital
and that her condition is giving the
family considerable concern. Mrs. Haf
ris was recently injured by being strucl
by the gate when getting off II Avenue.
G car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Wednesday morning, but 1t Is said to be
light and court Is not expected to be in
session longer than three or four days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

PETER PAPAGEORGE
Who, while bullets flew all around,
read the sporting page of The Age
Herald with perfect sangfroid. He is
connected with the. Greek-American
Produce company on Morris avenue.
Greek, Servian and Bulgarian stood up
with mud and blood stained uniforms
and bodies reelling with the sweat of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

/ J. M Gay. aged IS years, died last
night at his homo on Enqley Highlands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

The pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church will be filled tomorrow morning
at II O'Clock by the Rev. Wayman Clot-
feiters of Kentucky. The Rev. Mr.. Clot-
felier is former resident of Bessemer
The Rev. j. F. Swallow will preach at
the regular evening service. Sunday
school at 9:45 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

The Ladies Aid society of the First
Presbyterian church will meet Monday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. w. A..
Davidson Seventh avenue between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
birmingham Greeks Write Home Of the
Horrible Details Of War and Battle
JOHN COCoREs TELLS OF ORA
MATIC INCIDENTS-TWO BIR-
MINGHAM BOYS KILLED

strife and gazing at each other. they
smiled smiled simply and confidently as
the diffusing joy of the news that no
more were they animals at each others
throat, sbut again brothers. 1t was mo-
ment that none present would ever for
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-05

started with the Giants daily naQ
plenty of chance to work. The SoX
squad was small, and the youngster
at various times has played first base,
the outfield, and behind the bat.
Daily is backstop,~ so it is not fair
to judge him from fielding stand
point on his performances in the gar
den and at first base. Not that he
has dubbed in these positions, but
he is essentially catcher, and that
is the point on which he should be
considered.
1t is in the batting line, however,
that Daily has caused the greatest
comment Day in and day out he has
whaled away at the Giant pitchers,
and he is one of the leading batters
on the present jaunt. A surprising
number of his bingles have been for
extra bases. Two have been circuit
cIouts. -
Admit that the pitching is not quite
up to mid-season standard, and still
you do not detract from Days abiI-
ity. Mathewson, Tesreau, Fromme
and the other members of the Giant
staff are showing strong brand of
puzzlement, and are not Iobbing the
ball over the plate. They are pitching
as well as 70 per cent Of the>bi leag-
uers do during a real campaign.
Daily has also handled himself we'll |
back of the log. He takes the left |
handed speed of Russell or the right |
mitt smoke of Scott with equal facil- |
ity, and throws well to the bases,
thought not as SchaIk, of course.
Ray is at the top of the list in this
If the spring training season were
to open now Daily would be sure of
a berth with the Sox on the showing
he has made against the Giants. Cal
lahan will follow his playing closely
for the remainder of the trip. The
youngster viii have every chance.
SchaIk is to desert at the coast, and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-05

big league baseball. There may be
other teams with a single star of
Schalk's worth, but no other man
ager can point to such aggregation of
young men of equal ability.
Take Schalk, Daily and Kuhn and
compare them with the backsteppers
on other teams, and you will under
stand why we say Commy has the
Midas touch.
Rain butted in at Abilene, Tex,
yesterday and prevented a game be-
tween the Sox and Giants. This is
the first postponement of the trip.
The teams exhibit today in FL Paso.
American League directors are
holding their annual meeting this
afternoon in the, Office of President
Ban Johnson. The league pennant
will be formally presented to Connie
Mack. Connie said the presentation
would cause no surprise, as he knew
about the pennant last April.
A painting will also be given to
President Comiskey of the White
Sox. The canvas shows Commy
dressed as, ''The Trapper," capturing
a bear.
comny's athletes captured several
bears" during the city series.
, As football game Saturdays at
fair between the Maroons and North
western will be fine little parade
for Chicago. Coach Grady loses a
regular or two every day, and at the
present rate he will not have enough
men to fill out the positions. Greer,
the quarterback, was taken sick yes
terday and is through for the year.
This is news to some folks, who
didn't know the Purple had ever
started. In a lecture Coach Grady
showed his men how to meet the
plays. It's secret.
Bob Moha and Gus Christie have
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
LANGFORD WILL MEET
TAR BABY NEXT FALL
johnson Has Been Signed for 20
Round Mill for $4,000 Guaran-
tee-Wiu Fight in Paris.

Sam Langford, who has arrived at
his home near Boston after the long
trip from Australia, confirms the story
that ne VIII 90 to Europe in the fall
to fight Jack Johnson for the heavy
weight championship of the world.
Lan9ford 5 manager, Joe Woodman,
has received cable advices from a
leading French promoter, who says he
has already signed johnson to articles
OF agreement for 2O-round battle
with the Tar Baby in Paris next De-
tobcr or November.
johnson will receive a $4,000 guar
antee, win, lose or draw. and Lang
ford has received an offer of % per
cent of the gross. In Paris it is fig-
ured that this fight will draw a $780,
600 gate. Woodman will cable his ac-
ceptanee this week and Langford will
sail for the other side about the mid
die of September
In finally cornering Johnson, Lang
ford 5 untiring efforts of four years to
get match have been rewarded.
but he says that we will not believe
that johnson is willing to try conclu-
slons with him until the champion ac-
tually appears inside the ropes If the
hight takes place Langford will re-
ceIvc big backing, especially in Great
Britain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Sporting Notes.

Chief Meyers is out of the game
with split thumb.
The Athletics effectually put a Grimm
IN the winning streak of the Maps yes
terday.
Bates delivered as a pinch hitter for
Cincinnati yesterday, when he hit for
home run with man on base.
Paddy Green got his usual trim
ming for Meriden yesterday. lasting
only three innings and yielding seven
runs in that time.
The Philadelphia Nationals made
three home runs off ST. Louis pitchers
Yesterday, one of them bv Becker
with two on bases.
The mighty Ty Cobb made an error
Yesterday and the Highlanders won,
scoring four runs after the error which
/ would have retired the side
Cram of Newport pitched for Bonds
vile Saturday against Indian Orchard.
lie hit j. Lynch with a pitched ball
and fractured his shoulder blade.
Washington made 10 hits yesterday.
one double, another a triple and still
another home run, yet Chicago with
tour hits, beat the Senators, 5 to 5.
Joe Wood $ contribution to the
Washington Times special edition in
honor of Walter johnson and his six
years service with the Washington
team: :" As | cannot do my own writ
ing on account of q broken thumb,
this win be no lengthy epistle All
can say is that | consider Walter
johnson the greatest pitcher in the
game today, and also as good a fellow
personally as he is a pitcher.
The Danbury, Conn, Evening News
rates Tommy Guiheen as the best all
around player on the team represent
ing that city in the New York New
Jersey league. In the first 81 games
which he played this season he batted
for .312, ranking fifth among all of the
players in the league. In these games
his fielding percentage was .955, and
he led all of the second basemen of
the league. Since then he has been
going at even faster clip, playing
practically errorless ball and smuggling
the bali regularly. In one recent game
he was at bat five times, scored three
of Danbury s nine runs, and clouted
the ball for two singles and two
doubles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Twin State Notes.

just why Umpire Foley has been
dropped is not apparent. His work
here was satisfactory
Briggs has finally joined New Lon
don, and yesterday played right field.
In the first game against Sprin gfield
he got three hits in four chances,
driving in three runs. In the second
game he did not get a hit.
Jimmy MacRobbie, who PLAYED
left field for Brattleboro Saturday and
exhibited his inability to hit, although
he was three times passed, has left.
Breck has new man, as vet unnamed,
on his way to play the field in the
game tomorrow
There never was a player who got
going with the fans so quickly as Sol
ONION. The contrast between his work
and that of Sennett was so pronounced
that, added to his batting, it was
enough to set tail-end crowd wild.
Mclaughlin, the old Harvard var
sity pitcher, who has joined Greenfield.
has been with Woonsocket. 1t is from
that league that Proulx, Yelle and
Mulvey came to Brattleboro, and Solo
mon, too, who has been playing with
Gibbs, who pitched a few games for
Greenfield, joined Bangor of the Maine
state league last week and lost his
first game, to ,, although only three
hits were made off his delivery. That s
less than the original BrattIeboro team
made off him.
Hank Gagain, who caught here for
Newport Saturday, has been suspended
by the Meriden club for refusing to 90
to the Fall River team. The Twin
State league is the home of a lot of
suspended players who remain until
they get good and ready to go where
they are wanted.
Arrangements have been made for
special car from Greenfield to North
amFton Wednesday afternoon, when
the Greenfield and Northampton teams
of the Twin State league will meet
The car will leave Greenfield at |
clock and special round trip tickets
issued by the company for the North
ampton trip will be good on this ear
In accordance with the decision of
the Twin State league directors Sun
day that the Gree nfield- Bellows Falls
forfeited game must be played over
again the standing has been somewhat
changed in that a game won has been
taken from the Bellows Falls standing
and game lost has been taken from
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
BUD ANDERSON
new RING star
Coast Fighter Making Rapid
Strides Toward Front.
BEAT K. 0. BROWN TWICE.
Was First Pusilist to Put Over Sleep
Producer on New Yorker later
Trimmed Mandot-He Is the Biqoest
Lightweight Before the Public

California had some real fighters
years ago, bunch of them-Corbett,
Memsie, Powell, Britt. Hanlon, ct al
and the Golden State is we'll stocked
with them now
Foremost is Willie Richie, who is
lightweight champion. Joe Rivers. the
Mexican, is q favorite runner I'D for the
same title. Follows Bud Anderson. the
new brightly lighted puncher who re-
Gently knocked out Sammy Trott and
almost did the same thing to Kayo
Brown. There are Eddie Campi, the
bantamweight who went the distance
with Kid Williams, and frankie Burns
OF Oakland, but we may hear nothing
creditable from the latter because his
advisers did the Eddie Hanlon trick
with him and sent him against Champ
Nolgast when he was only eighteen
years old, a full year before he was
ripe.
The coast dotted on One Round Ho-
gan for time. but the plumber was
only a slight flash.
Richie has his reputation, and Riv-
ers has his. Anderson is making one.
He was unknown until he Topped
Trott, who has fought some tough
trouncers for two years. When Buddie
beat Brown twice his prestige went
higher.
Anderson came off farm near Med
ford, Ore, last winter and butted into
the fight market at Frisco There were
TOO many prelim boys around the har-
Dor city, and Bud hiked over to Los
Angeles, where Tom McCarey gave
him chancec. Tom seems able to
pick them out somehow or other, and
he has no regrets now that he was
good to Anderson, for the Oregon boy
has reached the card stage. Mecca
rey used similar system on Wolgast-
treating him well when he was little
more than punk-and as q result On.
Gle Thomas reaped the benefits of Ads
championship contests In after years.
Anderson is declared a better pros.
pect than many great coast light
weights. He is the biggest lightweight
IN the world. and that's the only bad
point, for he is likely to overgrow the
1873 limit Buds shoulders are tremen-
dous. wide and thick, and he has long
arms and hanlike hands, which come
from directing pillow no doubt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
DEATH DEALING MACHINE
SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT
Remarkable Invention of a BIackn1aiIer
Also Useful In Saving Lives.

In the presence of electrical experts.
federal officers and detectives in Salt
Lake City has just been demonstrated
what is said to be perhaps the most re-
markable death dealing machine in
vented in recent years.
The invention is the work of W. L.
Cummings, twenty-three years old,
who confessed to federal and municipal
officers when he was arrested that he
had threatened to use it to destroy
Miss Dorothy Bamberger, wealthy
society girl of Salt Lake City, unless
che gave him SI,OOO.OOO. After the
demonstration government officials took
possession of the invention.
What is held to be of more impor-
lance. the device. it is said. can be
turned to the saving of life by pre-
venting train or ship collisions
Electricians took the machine into a
steel and concrete vault in an office
building. Another part of the contriv-
ance. on which were mounted a bell and
IN incandescent globe. was placed in Il
closed room across a hall. Then the
electric current of the machine rs
turned on. On the unattached box "a
the other room the bell rang AMI the
lamp glowed brightly
In his acknowledged letter to Miss
Bamberger Cummings sent diagram
of his invention, saying he would place
suit case of nitroglycerin in her room
and explode it from distance. The
demonstration, say the electrical ex-
perts, proves that he could have done
this
In speaking of his invention as he sat
in his cell Cummings said the attach
ment could be installed in locomotive
cabs. where it would give a positive
signal if train ran past closed block
signal In war. he said. mines could
be exploded without wire attachment
The prisoner told the police he had
been induced to try to blackmail Miss
Hamburger by two other men. who. he
believed, We're members of New York
gang Of blackmailerS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

Photo by American Press Association
George BOthner. the worlds greatest
lightweight wrestler. can rarely be
persuaded to show his best holds be-
fore the camera. He considers his
tricks his stock in trade and does not
give them to the world. Perhaps that
Is one reason why he has maintained
his supremacy for 50 many years.
But few days ago at the request of
one of his friends George consented TO
show one of his cleverest methods Of
gaining Il fall-that of throwing a max
without touching him with his hands.
1t appears in the aecompanying.phot
You will notice that Bothner's right
leg extends under his opponents neck,
and his foot pins the left arm and
shoulder down. His left leg is thrust
over the under mans right arm and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
Bennington Man State Golf Champion

7. II. Jennings of Bennington won
the state golf championship Saturday
afternoon on the Rutland Country club
links by defeating Eliot Holt of Bur
hngtcn 10 and in a 36-inch hole match.
Jennings made the Is holes in the
morning rund in &c to Holt s 81. Bogey
for the Rutland course is 50. Jen-
nlngs S score in the nine holes played
IN the afternoon was 80 and Holt IS 40.
The Vermont State Golf Association
voted to hold the state tournament
next year on the links of the Wau-
banakee Golf club in Burlington, and
elected officers as follows: President,
G. Z. Whitney of Burlington; secretary
and treasurer, F. w. Elliott of Bur
hngton; executive committee, G. E.
Whitney, F. w. Elliott, Eliot Holt, all
of Burlington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

the Greenfield standing Greenfield
and keene are now tied for third place.
Bellows Falls is the only team that
objected to Umpire Foley. Tommy
Leonard tried to punch Foley up there
enc day because the schoolmaster did
not see TIT to agree with one of Foley s
decisions. Foley's work elsewhere has
always been satisfactory. but il has
been the rule in this league for some
years that whenever one team with n
pull did not like an umpire the "llmp =,
got through. The majority has never
ruled in that regard except IN the case
of Whitney, when every one of tne
teams kicked
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
RESCUE CAGE FOR MINES.
Designed For Use When Regular
Equipment Has Been Damaged

hosting cage, designed for use pri-
marily in mine rescue work, has been
invented by George S. Rice. chief min
ing engineer of the United States bu-
reau of mines. The cage is the result
of difficulties encountered by the bu-
reau'S rescuerS in mine disasters
where the regular hosting equipment
has been SO damaged or disarranged
that it could not be used
The new cage, which Mr. Rice has
developed, is collapsible, and it is the
opinion of officials of the bureau of
mines that it will greatly facilitate
mine rescue work One cage already
has been installed on one of the bu-
reau's rescue cars. and it was used to
great advantage at the recent Banner
(Ala.l mine disaster. Other cars are
to be similarly equipped
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05

under his body, giving great leverage
power to bear down this near arm and
shoulder
While Bothner in this picture has
mold of his opponents near wrist, this
part of the maneuver is not absolutely
necessary. He merely does it when
working with a strong heavy man, to
render the fall an absolutely certain
pin fall
Throw man and gain a lasting pin
fall without touching him with your
hands! Sounds like a fairy tale,
doesn't it? Well, it is not. Many
sporting people will not believe it
when you tell them about it. But the
camera does not lie. probably for the
only reason that mechanically it can
not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-05
FROG ARMY INVADES OHIO.
Women Terrified at Hordes of Mierat-
ing choppers"

Port Clinton fOD women have been
put In state bordering on panic by
the migration of thousands of frogs.
which are marching or hopping over
land from the marshes of Lake Erie
and the Portage river to Sandusky
bay. Houses are kept locked all the
time. and the women are afraid to
venture out
The frogs crowd the streets and side
walks. swarm upon doorsteps and try
to hop into houses. In the evening
they lift up their voices in chorus.
The migration is expected to continue
until the cold weather.