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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Students Arrested

Chicl<asha, Okla. July 24.-G. o.
Smith and Roy E. Burke, until recently
students at "A university in Waco, Tex,
were arrested here today charged with
counterfeiting gold coins. 1t is alleged
that they coined s., $40 and $50 pieces
in their rooms at night and floated
more than $500 of counterfeit money
before leaving Waco. They purported
to be from Michigan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Reinforcements at Juarez

Ell Paso. July A.-Fifteen hundred fed
eral reinforcements reached Juarez this
afternoon in command of Col Alberto Ler-
razas, ex-governor of Chihuahua. Six
hundred of the men are volunteers. 250 of
them from Orozco's command. Their ar
rival precludes the possibility of a success
full rebel assault on Juarez, as the garri-
son Is said to total nearly 1000 men now.
They announced that they will at once
begin campaigning against the rebel bands
near Juarez and scatter them.
Colonel Lerrazas, discussing the dispo-
sition of the United States to stop expor-
tation of arms and munitions to all Mexi-
can factions, said:
The revolution in Chihuahua Is now
practically crushed but we have to put
down the bandits. If we cannot get arms
and ammunition we cannot protect our
own people and property of foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Matthews Hurt

Charleston, W. Va, July 2i.-Samuel v.
Matthews. state banking commissioner
and George w. Weekly, his assistant,
We're injured today when carriage in
which they were riding across Sewel
mountain. Fayette county, plunged over
200 foot embankment. Commissioner
Matthews is in serious condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Conclude Testimony

jackson, Miss, July 24.-The taking of
testimony was concluded tonight in the
trial of W. A. Montgomery. trustee of
the state board of prisons, charged with
malfeasance In office. Tomorrow will be
devoted to argument and 1t is believed
the case will go to the jury before night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Fahey Suicides

Atlanta, July 24.-Thomas P. Fahey.
aged 80, of Mingo Junction. o., private
in Company G, Seventeenth United States
infantry. committed suicide today at Fort
Mcpherson by shooting himself in the
month with his army rifle. No cause for
his act has been found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Company InsOlyeut

Huntington. w. ". July A.--The Hunt
ington Chair company filed in a petition
in bankruptcy here today. Liabilities are
$157,246 and assets s70,45i Losses sustain
ed through flood of the Ohio river
are held responsible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
NJ. NJ. Fuller Arrested

Detective Jake McGill returned last
night from Russellville where he went
Wednesday to arrest NJ NJ Fuller on
the charge of forfeiture of 2 bond Mr.
McGill was successful and returned with
his prisoner whom he placed in the city
jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
KENNY WAS THE
SIXTEENTH MAN

Donald Kenny, If ] remember correct
", was the sixteenth man to be initiated,
The particular test to which Kenny was
being subjected is known as the brand
ing iron. BY this the candidates are told
that they must be branded on the chest
with the emblem of the order of Moose
so that If they are ever stranded any
where by showing the emblem the order
of Moose will help them out.
For this the candidates are placed on
is being placed on the board one men,
Der of the degree team places a band OF
metal around his ankle, connected to a
small magnetic. The candidate is not
blindfolded and can see all the prepara-
tions being made to brand him. First
a branding iron is heated from a blow
torch and when it is red hot,s the person
holding the torch advances on the candi-
date as if to brand him with it. but in
stead another fellow whom the candidate
does not see stamps him with a rubber
stamp on the chest and at the same time
another places piece of metal on the
candidates bare shoulder which completes
the circuit with the magnetic and the cam
didate is given a light shock, which is
supposed to give him the impression that
he has been branded by the red hot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
SAW THAT KENNY
WAS VERY PALE

"As Kenny got off the fitting board
after he had been branded. | was
standing about Is feet away, and see
ing that he was extremely pale I ad-
vanced toward him. and with other
members supported him to a chair
Kenny smiled and said that he was
sick. | believe that this was all that
Kenny said before he collapsed and
died.
"While we were working over Ken
ny in an effort to ascertain what was
the matter with him, | realized that
he was in bad way and rushed to the
other end of the hall to stop all fur
ther initiation. and then another mem
ber Informed me that another candi-
date, which proved to be Gustin. was
also sick in the rear of the hall
stopped all further initiation and per-
sonal1y pulled one OF the candidates
off the fitting board where he was
+ waiting to be branded.
! Between the time that Kenny was
branded and Gustin there were two
other candidates branded and none of
them suffered any i'll effects
when we realized that Kenny and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25

The highway robbers then made good
their escape.
Pappas, Immediately following the de-
parture of the three desperadoes. tele-
phoned for the police and gave the alarm.
Captain of Detectives Jack Mcdonald at
once detailed several detectives to search
that nelghborhood in East Birmingham
thoroughly for the robbers. At an early
hour this morning 1t was reported that
two of the highwaymen had been cap
tured but this could not be verified al
police headquarters
Initiated last night when the two
deaths occurred were as follows:
Z. h. Baldwin, Christopher Gustin
II. Norris Frank Benninger, II. s.
peterson, j. c. Eskridge, Emil Feist,
Jake Giamalva, w. II. Meyer, ID. S.
Campbell. d. A. Kenney, Earle West
brook. H. P. Pyron H. w. Kaminsky.
w. o. Hoadley, John S. Mason, r. d.
McDuffey, b. r. Sherman, John Nc
Laren, J. M. Long, O. S. Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25

the initiation was John Mason, and
excused him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
LODGE CANDIDATES
ARE KILLED WHILE
BEING INITIATED

srantinued from Page oneD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
Masked Men Enter Store
And Rob Proprietor Of 800

Three masked young men entered the
store and pool room of Jim Pappas at
34OO Tenth avenue, north, last night at
1915 o'clock with drawn revovers and
demanded all the money of the store
keeper. Pappas held up his hands, when
a shot was fired over his head to scare
him and submitted to having $50 in cur
rency removed from his pockets while one
of the trio also stole $40 in cash from
the cash register and some pool checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25

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Gustin were badly off | rushed to the
telephone to get all the doctors
could. The lodge physician in the
meanwhile was working over both
men in the hall l also called for
amb ulances.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
RANCHMAN DIES IN POSTHOLE
Californian Falls Into Excavation and
ls suHoeated, Being Unable to
Estricate Himself.

Stockton, Cal.-Rbmain Moll. n
wealthy rancher of this county, met an
unusual and tragic death.
Moll and his foreman returned to
his ranch near Escalon after attend
ing TO business matters in stockton
Mol started to walk to Escalon He
cut across the fields and while walk
ing near the Tidewater & Southern
railroad stumbled over a mound OF
dirt and fell head first into a post
hole.
The hole was about two feet wide
and six feet deep. Moll was unable to
get out and was suffocated
His body was found by n section
crew. The men noticed little dog
standing on the track. They followed
the dog. which took them to the place
where his master had met his death.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
JOURNEY IN MEXICO

what / worst feared was an attempt
on the part of the band to carry OF
my bride. 1t looked like serious
trouble when three Of the Mexicans
dismountsd and stood In a group dis.
cussing the situation In low tones.
They had already taken possession %
our two horses and saddles. With
their rifles in their hands the three
men walked to the door and peered
inside When the intruders saw us
they removed their hats and bowed
In the courteous manner that is com
mon to all MeXicnns. They are polite
even when about to commit murder
In a quiet, polite way, the Mexi-
cans told mo the constitutionaliets
were in need Of horses and money
Would ! and my beautiful lady please
deliver over TO them what money we
had and also turn over our horses
for the good Of the cause?
The argument | made was useless
We We're made TO comply with the de-
mands of the rebels, or outlaws, which.
ever they were. and were glad moth.
ing worse had happened to us. We
were left stranded in a desolate re
gion. without money or means of trav-
cling, except on foot. | asked the
sheep herder If there were any cattle
ranches in the neighborhood To our
! delight. he informed us that the
ranch of Rill Blocker. an American.
WAS only Is miles away.
I'VE get out next morning on foot
to the Blocker ranch. II took us all
day to get TO TIE ranch, where We
were welcomed by one of the Blocker
boys. We were given two horses and
Mexican guide, and on the third day
my wife and | resumed our Journey to
the ranch. 10 miles distant.
1T was terrible journey. lasting
many nights and many days. 1t was
through an almost trackless country.
! For days at time our only susie
nance was the juice and roots If cac-
| tus plants and wild berries We slept
upon the ground without covering.
cannot tell you how happy we were
when we struck a Moxical jacal Just
| the other side Of the Rio Grande, and
later were brought to this side OF the
river and then to Boquillas."
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
BUY TlMARCHUS SILVER COIN
British Museum Acquires Relic OF
Babylon-ls Very Rare and
Highly Priced

London The British museum has
Just acquired n silver coin of Timar-
chus, Satrap of Babylon. part of the
Syrian empire. Timarchus on the
death Of the reigning king OF Syria
Antlochus ". in 162 b. c., usurped
the throne, refusing to acknowledge
Demetrius and his wife, Laodice, the
legitimate SUCCESSORS. Timarchus
reigned only one year during which
time he struck few coins, which are
now very rare. OF these one Is a
unique gold coin now in the. Berlin
museum; another a unique silver coin
of one drachm, which is In the Brit.
ish museum. Until recently no specl-
men Of the larger four drachm silver
coin was known to exist except one.
which had been taken by the legiti-
mate rulers. Demetrius and his wife,
and rostruck with their portraits. Last
year n coin bearing the efigy OF Tim
archus was sold at an auction In Ger
many. and another example, taken to
the British museum short time ago
has now been secured for the national
collection.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
Experience Of American Couple
at Hands of Rebels.
N. q. Felsor and His Bride Relieved
Of Automobile and Horses Are
Forced 10 Travel Miles
Through Traekless Country

San Antonio, Tex.-M. b. Telsor and
his bride are in the remote border
town OF Boquillas. resting from
strenuous trip Of 200 miles through
the mountainous portion Of northern
Mexico, which they made to escape
death at the hands of outlaws.
Mr.. Telsor was manager OF ranch
on the plateau known as Llano de los
Cristianos. more than 300 miles from
the nearest railroad point He is an
American. While on n visit to San
Antonio. Tex. soveral weeks ago he
married Miss Dora Seltrous The
young lady was reared on ranch In
western Texas. and when her husband
suggested that she remain with her
parents In San Antonio pending an i'm
provement OF conditions In Mexico she
told Mr.. Telsor that nothing would de
light her moro than To be with him
upon the remote Mexican ranch among
quiet surroundings.
Our troubles began shortly after
we crossed the Rio Graudo at Eagle
! Pass on our way to the ranch" said
Mr.. Telsor "On my way out of the
country ! had left my motor car at
Eagle Pass and my wife and started
TO tho ranch In IT, We were below
the boundary line. when we were held
up by ragged Mexican and n number
OF poems. who informed us they were
constitutlonalists.
The leader said he would have to
commander my automobile. lie con.
fscated II. giving me n receipt for It's
value. the sum TO be paid when the
constitutionalists get control OF the
government ! made vigorous protest
against the proceedings, threatening to
bring down the wrath of he United
States government upon their heads
They only laughed and shrugged their
shoulders. | finally managed to enlist
their sympathy enough to get them to
provide us with two horses with which
TO continue our journey. On the nfth
day troop OF 20 armed men surround
ed our hut
Il knew the desperate character OF
many OF tho border MeXicans and
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
BOYS FLAG SAVES RICH MAN
Weakness OF Struggling Victim Of
Bull Meant Certain Death, but
for Red Emblem.

Emlenton. PA small red flag, in
the hands OF Lawrence Mortland. a
boy Of ten years. saved tho life of
Joseph Grief. a wealthy oil operator,
when he was attacked by an infuriated
bull on his farm at an early hour the
other morning. Grief was crossing
the field, when the animal made a rush
for him. BY lodging he managed to
evade the onslaught OF the bull
Taking advantage OF the only
chance TO save his life. Grieff caught
the animal by the neck and attempted
TO prevent gorinG. In his efforts to
evade the horns OF the bull Grief was
several times hurled to the ground and
trampled on.
When it appeared as II he would
be killed, young Mortland. who had
seen GrieIs predicament from atar.
came running down the road With a
small red flag. waving It furiously and
yelling or a sudden the bull looked
up. and, seeing the red flag waving
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
SAYS HER SOUL is TUNElESS
So East Liverpool Musician Seeks Dl
Vorce From Bride OF Few
Weeks.

East Liverpool. O.-Claimins that he
is entitled to legal separation be-
cause his young wife. Mrs Florence
Polk Loseee, has no soul for music"
Frank Losee, youthful musician.
sued for divorce.
Several weeks ago Losee and Miss
Polk, who is the only daughter OF Mrs.
Louise W. Polk. one OF the wealthlest
women in this section, and Harry Nellis
and Agnes Clemens participated In o
double elopement TO Wellsburg.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
FORGED TO BE A "ROOTER"
Young New Yorker Lays Crime to His
intense Love for Game OF
Baseball.

Los Angeles. Cal.-William II. Cal.
der, seventeen years old, who de-
scribes himself as some baseball
bug" and who is under arrest here,
has confessed, according to the police,
that his love for baseball made him
forge checks in New York to the ex.
tent OF nearly $1,000. The victims
we're his employers, members of a
prominent New York law firm.
Calder said he went to Chicago first
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11

at him through the fence. made a
wild rush for the boy. Grief. although
badly injured. managed to crawl to the
fence and through to the road. while
Mortland was taunting the maddened
bull with the flag. Grief fell uncon-
scious n moment after reaching safety.
lie sustained several broken ribs and
was badly injured.
The bull, in his efforts to reach the
red flag and young Mortland, nearly
tore down the fence.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
Measles Finally Gets Him.

Cambria, Pa.-After successfully
fighting severe attacks Of delirium tro-
Wons, pneumonia peritonitis and frac-
tured skull all within three weeks.
John \. Losh. a miner. died at the
Memorial hospital from an attack OF
measles
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
The Anderson Grocery

We are dealers in hrst-class line OF Groceries and Market
Meats We cater to our We give Special Attention to
all Orders Deliver Promptly Try Us when you Order again
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11

to attend tho Frank Chance day cere.
monies.
1T was the greatest day of my life"
he declared. Then he attended games
in Detroit and Denver, and came to
Los Angeles, where he said he attend.
ed every game since his arrival ten
days ago.
Calder will be taken to New York
for trial. He said his father was John
II. Calder, a woman's suit manufactur.
er
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-07-11
GARAGE for Baby CARRIAGES.

Philadelphia.-To insure the regu.
lar attendance OF mothers and faith.
ers, the Henry Disston Memorial
church here is building garage for
baby carriages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Burns Dictaphone Records Are
Playing Important Part in
Fight on Tammany,
BETTING FAV0RS mitchell
Whitman Announces That No I'M
munity viii Be Given for
Graft Testimony,

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
5ULZEREGCED
|. As He ATTACKS
MURPHY LEADER
Deposed Governor Stands Fire Of
Missiles and Continues De-
nunciation Of Tammany.

NEW YORK, Nov. Eggs were
thrown at William Sulzer, the de-
posed Governor and candidate of the
Progressive party for the Assembly
in the Sixth District, when he ad-
dressed a meeting tonight in Tom"
Foley's District and denounced
Speaker "Al' Smith, Of the Assembly.
None of the eggs struck their mark,
and Sulzer stood his ground and con-
tinued his speech. Some of the eggs
struck Suffers friends, however.
Foley is noted for his dirty poll
tics." shouted Sulzer. He and 'Ar
Smith are doing this to shut me up,
but they can not do it"
Most Of the audience seemed TO Ia
vor Sulzer, but the Foleyites in the
audience managed to prevent any sign
Of enthusiasm.
In ali of his speeches to-day Sulzer
denounced Abram /. Elkus, Demo-
cratic nominee for judge OF the Court
Of Appeals. and Speaker Smith, who
is a candidate TOR reelection. Both
men, Sulzer declared, were mere mes
sengers for Tammany Leader Muir
ply.
There was nothing too dirty or
COnteIuptlDle lb( EOlliibI " w AOi '4AS
boss said Sulzer He is menace
to good government"
Sulzer asserted that the Judges OF
the Court of Appeals were controlled
by Barnes and Murphy.
'If Elkus is elected" he said, Muir
ply will tie Barnes"
The National Manufacturers Assoc
citation, Sulzer said, asked Murphy to
defeat the nomination of John Mitch
ell for Labor Commissioner.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
bic RIVER FETE
FOR 100000
DAM ARRANGED
Conception Of Hydro-EIectricaI
Plant at HaIes Bar, Tenn, To
Be Celebrated November IL.

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. Featured
by the presence of a large number Of
Congressman, elaborate banquets and
pyrotechnical displays. the celebration
on November 10 marking the compile
ton Of the so, 900, 900 lock and dam at
Hales Bar, Tenn promises to be
epochal in the annals OF hydro
electrical development in the South.
The large delegation from the civic
organizations of the city, as we'll az
all others in attendance, win make
the trip Of twenty miles to Hales Bar
on steamboat f1otiIIa. All the mo-
tor boats and pleasure craft Of the
city Will also attend in gay decora-
tons.
Upon arrival at the lock and dam
the ceremonies, not yet decided upon
by the committee in charge, will be
begun Immediately.
Inc party Will return to Chdtta-
nooga upon a special train early in
the afternoon, and at night banquet
will be held at the1 Signal Mountain
Inn, attended by pyrotechnical dis
plays. The price for the repast has
been fixed at SO per plate.
The Congressional delegation will
attend the opening OF the Tennessee
River improvement Associations
meeting at Sheffield November IL, ss
well as the exercises at Hales Bar.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
2-STATEFA|R|N
AUGUSTAOPENS
ON WEDNESDAY
Georgia-CaroIlna Show To Be
Featured by Annual Georgia
Clemson Football Game.

AUGUSTA, Nov. Secretary
Frank e. Beane is putting on the
finishing touches in preparation for
the eighth annual Georgia Carolina
Fair, which will begin here on next
Wednesday and continue through the
following week.
On Thursday, the second day Of
the fair, the annual clash between
Clemson and Georgia football elevens
will take place. C1emson's over
whelming victory over the University
Of South Carolina Thursday has
given the Tigers added confidence
The poultry show this year, says
Manager Cameron, Of the Augusta
Poultry Association, will have 1000
birds entered.
DR.. Joseph E. Green, president of
the Savannah Valley Associated
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

Farmers Clubs, announces that the
agricultural exhibits will eclipse ali
previous efforts.
Entries in the live stock department
have come with surprising rapidity
and this department is going to be
better than ever before.
The first annual bench show of the
Southeastern Kennel Club will be
great attraction, and dog fanciers
from everywhere in Georgia and
South Carolina will be here.
The amusement features will in
clude auto polo, balloon ascensions
the football game, motorcycle and au-
tomobile racing and shows on the
midway.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

there about him (F'rawley) getting
some money from some brewery"
Stilwell replies:
81 can prove that. He will always
take money on those things. Each
one of them got $4,000 a year from
the brewery association interests"
Senator F'rawley, when asked later
in the day about Stilwells use of his
name. said:
There Is no head or tail to those
black book statements, and you can
make for me a general denial OF
everything in 1t respecting me-"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Women to Run for
Council in Chicago
University Dean and Settlement
Workers Eager to Secure Laws
to Aid Their Sex.

CHICAGO, Nov. Miss Sophronisbs
Breckenridge, dean Of women at the
University of Chicago; Miss Mary Nc
Dowell and Mrs. Joseph I. Bowen, set
tlement workers, will be independent
candidates for the City Council at the
spring elections, 1t was announced to-
day.
The object Is to promote legislation In
which women are especially interested.
I'VE decided that since cooking has
become an art. like grand opera, IT
might as we'll be treated like grand
opera" said Mr.. Reed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GLIB. POTATO GROWN BY
SAVANNAH CITY FARMER

SAVANNAH, Nov. John Pratt.
who farms his back yard on Freeley
avenue, has the prize for intensive
farming. He produced enough pota-
toes on two acres to store large
barn, and sold the neighbors enough
to buy himself a horse. One OF the
vegetables weighed nine pounds, four
and one-half pounds heavier than the
one a North Carolina farmer sent
President Wilson.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Couple Have 9, but
Want 20 Children
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gregory. Pana,
Ill.,, Ardent Anti-Race Sui
eide Advocates.

PANA, ILL, Nov. John Gregory,
Pana business man, aged "a, and wife,
aged 90, became parents of their ninth
child, girl. They have been married
eleven years and have never had a
physician in their house but once, and
then to reduce their boys fractured leg.
Both are strong anti-race suicide adj
vocates, and Gregory said to-day that
he and his wife are anxious to become
parents of twenty children.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

Greer Still in Business.

THE best laid plans Of mice and
men aft gang aglee." and so in the
case of M Greer. '"The Upstairs
Jeweler," though he had adver-
tised and conducted a sale OF his
entire stock with a view to a
transfer of his business to a firm
of young men. This trade fell
through IA and he desires his friends
to know that he is at the old place,
21-2 Walton street, and will be
pleased to see them, as he will
continue to conduct the business
personally.