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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
GIRL CONFESSES TO
SHOOTING FATHER

Harrisburg. Pa. April 23.-Bertha Hum
mel, 80 years old, today confessed to the
shooting OF her father, George Hummel,
who was found dead about three weeks
ago in his home at Tower City, Pa. 1t
was supposed he had committed suicide,
but investigation by state police led to
the arrest of the girl, who admitted that
she murdered her parent, but gave no
explanation of the reason for the deed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Nesbitt Preparing Report

Chief Mine Inspector C. II. Nesbitt is
data for the publication of the
1913 report of his office. The report this
wear will be cloth bound and one of the
handsomest every put out by the Ala
bama office. The statistical totals, which
1t will contain, have been published, but
II will contain much detail data which
will be very valuable and which will be
made public later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Weather Forecast

Washington. April 23.-W Gather fore
cast for Alabama and Mississippi !;
Showers and thunderstorms and cooler
Thursday; Friday cloudy and cooler,
brisk south winds.
Georgia. Increasing cloudness
Thursday, probably followed by show
ers by Thursday, and on Friday; cold
Ell Friday; light variable winds.
Tennessee: Showers and thunder
storms and cooler Thursday; Friday
showers and cooler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Marvellous! Fake Discovered

Philadelphia, April 23.-Director Porter
of the department of public safety today
issued an order that Jack Britton, the
Chicago lightweight pugilist, and Pal
Moore, a local boxer, shall be barred from
appearing in boxing matches here in the
future. The order was issued after re-
ceipt of a report from police official
that bout in which these two boxers en-
gaged on Monday night was fake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
EVENTS OF TODAY

Potlatch carnival at East End park.
Capitol park
National Good Roads federation con-
venes in Jefferson theatre. Sessions at
10 a M. 1880 p. m. and p. m.
Sociological congress holds sessions
at city hall at 10 a. M. p. m. and !
p. m.
birmingham college endowment cam
paign.
Potlatch carnival at East Lake park.
At the Theatres
Bitou-"Between showers at 2:3O
and $50 o'clock.
Majestic-"A Knight for Day $3.50,
$50 and $50 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Fruit Crop Small

Chattanooga, April 23.-(special.) y
Reports from this immediate territory
indicate that the fruit crop this year
as a whole is to be much smaller than
last year, although a bumper crop OF
strawberries is anticipated. From one
half TO two-thirds of peach crop arc
the present indications. General pro-
duets are plentiful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Eucharistic Congress

valletta, Malta, April 2S.--The four
teenth international eucharistic con-.
gress was inaugurated today in the ro-
tunda church of Musta. where 1920 peo-
ple assembled The papal delegate, Car
dinal Dominic Ferrata, delivered STIR
ring address. In which he reviewed the
religious history Of Malta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
ADJUSTMENTS
9 O'Clock Curtain at Biiou

Manager Semon of the Bijou has ar
rounced that the curtain at the T3itou
theatre tonight will not be raised until
8 o'clock. This delay of half an hour
vii enable hundreds of patrons OF the
theatre to see the potlatch parade ana
other festivities before attending the
performance of Charley Grapewin Ia
Between. Showers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Wheat Greatly Benefited

Kansas City, April 23.-Wheat, which
was beginnin to suffer from lack of mols-
ture. as reported from Chicago, was bene-
fitted greatly when the heaviest rain of
the season fell last night and early today
IN western Kansas, extending into Ok
lahoma and the panhandle of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
.sHunger strikey Bill rassed

London. April 2s-The 'shunger
strike bill. designed by the gov
eminent to do away with forcible
feeding of suffragettes serving
terms in prison, and which has
been called the "cat and mouse
bill by the militant suffragettes,
passed it's third reading in the
house of commons this evening by
a vote OF 294 to S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
At the Majestic

"a Knight for Day." is drawine
well at the Majestic. There is a matinee
every afternoon at 2;so and two per-
formances every night at $50 and
O'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-24
Will Relieve Nervous Depression and
Low Spirits

The old Standard general strengthen
Ing tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, arouses the liver, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. A
sure Appetizer and aid to digestion. soc.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

For the first time in the his
tory of the institution, the state
is to furnish fire protection for
the 215 children in the Orphans
Home at Atchinson and the three
hundred and twenty-five thous-
and dollars worth of state prop
erty at that place. For years
this institution has had neither
adequate water supply, nor ade-
quate fire protection, and it has
remained for Democratic Board
of Control to remedy this con-
dition.
While certain administration
was working itself into lather
over bed bugs at the State Peni-
tentiary, and columns of news
paper space was being devoted
to crusade against these dis
turbers of the convicts rest, the
little ones in the State Orphans
Home at Atchinson were without
pure water or fire protection.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Half A Million A Month

Kansans are still buying auto
mobiles at the rate OF half million
dollars worth of the gas wagons
every month, according to the
number of licenses issued in the
last month in the automobile de-
partment of the Office of Charles
Sessions, secretary OF state. APP
plication for new licenses are
coming in at the rate of twenty
to thirty day, Curtis Meyers,
in charge of automobile regis
tration,. said yesterday; twenty
two came in yesterday. This
in spite of the, fact that the state
suffered the worst drouth in
years last summer.
And the western part of the
state is buying its share. In
keeping the records in the Office,
the state has been divided into
zones, and these show that one
half Of the numb ber bought in the
last thirty days went west of
Salina.
From twenty to thirty APP
plications for new licenses are
received every day." Mr.. Meyers
said yesterday, ''in addition to
transfer of ownership applica-
tions, which run about a dozen
daily. Figuring only twenty new
machines day, that would be
500 month; the average cost of
these machines, 1t is safe to say,
is 81, 900. That means $500, 900
month for automobiles for
Kansas, and / believe that to be
a conservative estimate.
So fat "a, $40 license numbers
have been issued from the secre-
tary of state Offices since the new
automobile registration law went
into effect last July, valued prob
ably at s34, ,32o, 900. The farm
ers of Kansas are desperately
poor; if you don't believe it, read
the files of the eastern newspap-
ers for last August and Septem-
Der. Topeka Capital.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Obituary

Emma Crawford passed to her
Heavenly home, last Tuesday
morning at nine o'clock, after an
illness of only a few hours.
Funeral services were held at
Lakeyiew Thursday, November
s. Interment was made in Grace
land cemetary.
Emma Carr was one OF eleven
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Carr, and was born in In
diana Aug. 9th, 1866, and died at
her home near Lake View Nov
mber 4, 1913, aged 81 years, 2
ontbs and % days.
Her mother died when she
KS young and her father about
#We years ago.
April 14th 1897 she was united
Pin marriage to George Crawford
at independence, Kansas, and
moved to Meade County, Decem-
Der 1905, where she lived till she
died. Four children were born
to this union, one son and three
daughters, one only baby of
three weeks.
Mrs. Crawford united with
! the Baptist church at Lake View
in the fall of 1910, and she lived
a true Christian life.
She will be greatly missed IN
the church work. She was a
kind and gentle woman, and won
many friends.
She leaves to mourn her loss a
devoted husband, one son, three
daughters, three brothers, four
sisters, several nieces and neph-
,ews and host of friends.
Let ms all live so we can meet
her in Heaven where they never
sa y goodbye. Xxx
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
I Get The chinch Bugs

Topeka, Nov. 11-There IS go-
ing to be a great scurrying of
the Kansas chinch bugs, if they
read the newspapers. Governor
Hodges proclaimed against the
bugs today when he asked that
every farmer and everybody else
take hand in determination the
pests during the last two weeks
of this month and the two weeks
of next month. The governors
proclamation follows:
Whereas, during the spring
and summer of 1913 it cost the
farmers of the entire eastern
half of Kansas an enor nous ag-
gregate amount to feed the chin
ch bugs, and
Whereas, at this season, Nov
ember and December) they are
congregated in the bunch grass
and blue stem, which grow along
the roadsides and fences, in ra-
vines and waste places, SO that it
is an easy matter to destroy them
by burning.
therefore, realizing that CO.
operation and thorough work are
NECESSARY in order to make the
brfnlng efficient, do hereby des-
ignate and appoint the last two
weeks of Novem Der and the first
two weeks of Decembe as "chin-
Ch bug burning" weeks, and call
upon every farmer, every land
owner, every tenant, every road
overseer, and every local organi-
zation to cooperate in the burn
ing of bunch grass and blue stem
along roadsides and in ravines
and waste places, according to
the plan worked out by our state
experts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

Our readers will doubtless re-
member the failure of the Abb
ilene State Bank three years ago
as the result of the operations of
Cashier John A. Flack, who is
now in the penitentiary. 1t will
be remembered that for more
than two years after this bank
closed its doors, J..N. Dolley was
Bank mmissioner, and al
though we have bank guaranty
law, the depositors in this insti-
tuition for some unaccounta BILE
reason were not paid. 1t has re-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

State Auditor w. e. Davis is
writing western Kansas county
clerks asking them to warn set
tiers on school lands that they
must watch their own dates of
interest payment to avoid for
feiture of their homesteSds. AS
the forfeiture law works auto
matically after ten months grace,
the auditor, who is also school
land commissioner, is compelled
to refuse patents on claims where
payments have not been made
within the tenrmonthlimit. Da-
Wis is reminding settlers to pro-
tect their own interests.--Ex
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Lodge 'Doins'
Big Success
So Say All Those Who Were
There. And That Was A
Good Big Crowd

Monday evening, November
tenth, was the seventh anniver-
sary of the founding of Meade
Encampment No. 138, /. o. O. F.
The event was most fittingiy
observed in the way of union
meeting of the members of the
different branches of the Odd
Fellows, the Rebekahs, the Ma
sons, the Eastern Star, the
knights of Pythlas, the Pythian
Sisters, and friends.
A literary and musical pro-
gram was given in the Masonic
Hall, the program being as fol-
lows:
Music BY the Band
Vocal Solo Miss Stockholm
Reading Prof. Hamilton
Address e. D. Smith
History of Fraternitles''
Reading Miss Falls
Piano Solo-Miss Artie Osborn
Address-Mrs Essie A. Hersh-
berger, Pres. Rebekah State
Assembly,.
Address 20. II. Foeltzer
"The Spirit of Pythianism"
Music by the Band
Solo Mrs. Joe N. Hamilton
Music BY the Band
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram the gaests we're invited to
the Odd Fellows hail, where
coffee and dough-nuts seemed to
abound in inexhaustahle quanti-
ties, and where everyone was
made to feel at home.
In addition to the presiding Of
ficer of each of the fraternities
before mentioned, the following
Grand Officers were present and
with the local officers, occupied
seats of honor:
Essie A. Hershberger, Pres
ident Rebekah State Assembly,,
l. o. o. F.
o. H. Foeltzer, Grand Chan
cellor Knights of Pythias of
Kansas.
A. w. Hershberger, Past
Grand Master, 1. o. o. F.
Gen. o. r. Stevens, Grand
Senior Wasden, Grand Encamp-
ment L. o. o. F.
To those who were there, we
have nothing to say, but to those
who were not there, we will say
that you missed the treat of
your lives.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Cold And Snow In East

A severe snow and WIND storm
has been reported in the east on
November 10, sweeping West
Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
heading north toward the lakes.
A snow from ten to sixteen in
ches in depth, thsusands of miles
of wires broken by falling trees
and poles, towns in darkness
throughout the night, and train
and street car service badly de.
moralised were some of the ac-
comparing unpleasant features.
Some of the reports read as
follows.
Officials of the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads
said it would be several days be-
fore the schedules would ap-
proach normal.
Still in the grasp of a blizzard
which for twenty-four hours has
almost isolated the city, Pitts
burg to-day is floundering thro
a foot of snow and is making an
effort 70 repair damage and re-
Store lines ofcom munication and
transportation.
From Wheeling. West Virgin.
ia reports of stalled railroad
trains are coming in.
The entire northern part oi
West Virginia is under blank
ct of snow eighteen inches deep
Buffalo, N. Y. Nov. 10-The
blizzard that had gripped the
Middle West for "a hours, STRUCK
Buffalo early to-day. The city
awoke to face 20 mile an hour
gale that drove before it clouds
of snow and sleet."
And while all this is going OF
in the east, residents of Mead,
county are enjoying Indian sum
'mer. 81
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Meade
Light & Power Company was
held in the Office of L. F. Schulz
machhr last Tuesday evening.
Officers elected were:
President, F. Fuhr
V. Pres. o. r. Stevens
Secy. c. X. Sourbeer
Treas. F. w. Curl
Manager RIA. Brannan.
The meeting voted to have the
light service from $50 p. m. to
100 a. m. and for a couple of
hours before day light.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

A. d. Coon, who has been in
Meade the past week, with car
of Colorado apples returned to
Rocky Ford, Monday evening,
and by Uncle Dick SINNERS
special request he took BILLY"
the Famous Morgan Stallion as
far as Dalhart, Texas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

The editor made a trip to
Meade the first of the week to
staple the poultry books on the
News stapling machine. Meade
county is thoroughly soaked and
has an excellent chance for a
bumper crop next year.-Buck-
lin Banner.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

There are few bushels of ap-
Piles not yet sold from the car,
A. D. Coon shipped in from Colo
Tado, they arc stored at Mrs.
Sanduskys, where they can be
bought at reasonable price.
! XHere will be no more apples
"a this late in the season for
90 a bushcl, so get your order
in early, and save the raise in
price at Mrs. Sandusky's oppos-
ite Backe's Studio.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Special Correspondence

The State Board of Education
al Administration met with the
almost unanimous approval of
the five thousand teachers who
attended the State Association
at Topeka last week. The sing
lie Board system of managing the
state institutions of higher edu-
cation was recognized by the
teachers as a pronounced sue
cess. For the first time in the
history of the Association these
institutions of higher education
were brought into touch with the
teachers of the common schools
OF the state, by means of mag.
nificent exhibits from each in
stition and the presence of dis
tiAguished representatives of the
schools.
The new Board of Admins
tration is bringing these insti-
tutions into closer relations with
the people of the state and put
ting them on a basis of public
efficiency. The old idea was
that of making these institutions
places where high salaried Pro-
fessors could study recondite
subjects like paleontology at the
expense of the tax payers of the
state. The new Board is putting
the big schools of the state on a
basis of practical service to the
people. The Dean fthe faculty
of one of the largest denomina-
tional schools of the state paid
the new Board very high COM
.pliment by saying: II want to
congratulate you on the magniti-
cent work the new board IS doing
for the big state schools. Iwish
my own Institution was under
you
The petty fight which has been
waged on the new Board by the
"human vulture" and a few of
his satellites, is simply an ex-
hibition of political meanness.
The great schools of the state
have never been so prosperous
as now; have never been given so
much money for maintenance as
under the present administra-
ton, and have never been brought
into as close contact with the
people.
Governor Hodges is the best
friend the big educational schools
of Kansas ever had in the Coy
ernor's Office.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13


At the Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Meade Light
& Power Co., held November IL,
1913. it was ordered that the
CASH DISCOUNT, heretofore
given on light bills be DISCON-
TINUED, beginning with the
November bills, due December
1, 1913. Bills are net and must
be paid by the 10th of the month
or wires will be disconnected.
Frank Fuhr, Pres.
c. K. Sourbeer, Sec.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
The Peabody Gazette quotes

The Peabody Gazette quotes
Dave Leahy as saying that Vic
tor Murdock will run for Coy
ernor as a Progressive, and
Bristow for Senator, And then
comments, IF that plan is in
sisted upon, nominees seeking
harmony nominations will just
naturally feel as though they
were driven to drink" And so
the merry political war goes on.
Meanwhile, Governor Hodges
refuses to talk politics and is
deyoting himself to the business
of the state.
S. T. SEAroN.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

Anumber of the little friends
of Miss Mildred Louer gathered
at her home last Thursday to
assist her IN celebrating her
birthday. The little folks pres
ent report pleasant afternoon.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

Mr.. j. l. Stevens, of Coats,
Kansas. spent a part of last
week and a few days Of this. at
the home of his son, o. r. Stew
ems and family.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

c. A. Marrs, manager of the
Fowler Mercantile Co. was quite
sick for few hours last Tues.
day. His heart suddenly went
wrong and did not get into prop
er working order for several
hours. Fowler Gazette.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

"Billy" departed for his new
home in Texas last Tuesday.
BILLY" was formerly owned by
D. Skinner, who recently sold
him to Richard Sellman, and IS
said to be the finest Morgan
horse living.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Our Teachers
In Attendance
One OF The Largest And
Most Enthusiastic Meetinss
Of Kansas Teachers

The State Teachers Associa.
ton met in Topeka November
6 and 2 with an enrolment Of
over FIVE thousand teachers.
Meade County sent more
teachers to this convention than
ever before known in the history
of the county. Every graded
school in the county was repre-
sented.
Twenty teachers from this
county were in attendance, or
about one-third of all the teach
ers in the county. No other
county from this section of the
state was so well represented.
Meade County sent one mem
ber to the school board meeting
which was held in connection
with the teachers association.
The principal speakers at the
general sessions were:
Dean ], E. Russell, Teache
College, Colum bia University.
DR.. Lotus D. Coffman, Uniyer-
sity of Illinois.
James Alton James Ph. D.,
Head of the Department of His
tory Northwestern University.
DR.. C. Alphonso Smith, Uni
yersity of Virginia.
DIR. r. A. Steiner, Grinnell.
Iowa. ..
The State Superintendent, w.
ID. Ross, gave a most excellent
address. Some of his state.
ments as to the rank Of Kansas
as compared to the other states,
were truly startling. His ad-
dress will be printed in full IN
the Topeka Capital and also in
the Topeka State Journal.
A splendid musical entertain
ment, consisting of a joint reclt-
al by Frances Ingram and Chas.
w. Clark, was presented by the
Topeka Commercial Club, COM
plimentary to the Teachers of
Kansas.
The Round Table Meetings,
held in the various places in the
afternoons were highly instruct
i've, as many splendid new plans
we're discussed at these meet
ings.
A special Rural School Depart
ment was held at the First Pres
byterian church. This is the
first time the rural schools have
been given place on the prog
ram of the State Association. In
this large church . there was
scarcely standing room at this
meeting.
The speakers for the afternoon
we're:
DR.. o. w. Caldwell, University
of Chicago.
Miss Adelaide Baylor, Indiana
polls, Indiana.
Prof. K. L. Hatch, of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin.
No teachers attending this
great convention can fail to re-
turn to his work a better and
more enthusiastic teacher and
with a better appreciation of the
great work depending upon him
Pearl Wood Smith,
Co Sunf
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

There will be meeting of the
Farmers Institute in Meade Sat
urday Nov, is at 2 p. M. ~
Special call by the State" A
good attendance is desired.
r. W. CAMPBELL, Pres.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

mained for Bank Commissioner
Sawyer to close this matter up
and something like thirty thous-
and dollars will in few days be
paid to the depositors in this de-
funct bank.
Sawyer believes that the bank
guaranty is just what it was in
tended to be and that depositors
in banks that close their doors
should sbe paid promptly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. f. church will hold its bazaar
Saturday AFTERNOON and evening
November 22nd at the Cones
building. A good time to select
your Christmas presents as there
win be many nice articles for
sale. A lunch will be served.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

Don Otto came down from
Minneola, the first of the week
to transact business.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-08

that every possible weakness in a
girl is detected and traded upon.
For while it is TRUE that "wher-
ever many girls are gathered to-
gether more or less unprotected
and embroiled in the struggle for
THE REAL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-06
MOTHER" JONES IS
IN CALUMET FIELDS
Famous Woman Leader of Miners to
Help Michigan Strikers.

CALUMET, Mich, Aug. 6.-Sheriff
James Cruise was authorized by the
supervisors of HoughtOn county
Tuesday TO hire and arm as many
deputies as he desires to handle the
copper miners strike. The sheriff
announced that he viii wednesday
recruit an army of 600 assistants and
he intimated that If local men would
not accept commission outsiders
would be sworn in. He said that the
latter class already were on his pay
roll
Union circles rejoiced over the
arrival OF Mother" Jones and the
word from Washington that Walter
j.. Palmer had been detailed by the
department of labor to investigate in
dustrial conditions in the copper
country The former spent the day
familiarizing herself with the situa-
ton n preparation for a speech at
mass meeting in the Laurium rink
tomorrow
Union leaders advanced the belief
that Mr.. Palmer's inquiry may re-
suit in a solution of the strike. They