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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-01

In the receiving party greeting the
guests last night were Mr. and Mrs Ed
ward Magruder Tutwiler, Mr.. and Mrs
Edward II. Cabaniss, Mr.. and Mrs. Franl,
H. Crockard, Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs William II. Kettig,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jemison, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell Maben. Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ
Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Culpepper Exum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Crawford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Murphy. Mrs. Solon Jacobs,
Mr.. ard Mrs Edward w. Barrett, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Fowlkes, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Badham, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross C.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. David Roberts. Jr.
Mrs. Rufus n. Rhodes. Mr.. and Mrs. A
II. woodward, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Baugh, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkpatrick
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Miller. Mr.. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
VALUE
 IN WAR DISCUSSED
Ayiators Rendering Invalu- able Service, Says French
 Newspaper

Paris, August 2S.--(6:0 D. m.)-The value of aeroplanes in scouting work Is sub ject of discussion of technical observers.
 Our military aviators are rendering invaluable services says the Temps quoting an authority on aviation whose name is committed for military reasons The paper continues: "Our aerial forces are infinitely superior to those of Ger many. Besides, some hundreds of mili- tary aviators and all our best civilian airmen are in the service. Brindejono Des Mouinais, Roland Garros, Eugene Gilbert and Jules Vedrines are all at the front. Vedrines has just completed a raid with an apparatus of extraordinary power. Something more will be heard of this later. The experience of our air people shows that an aeroplane is sare from bullets when a thousand yards high and at two thousand yards an aviator
 still can observe accurately with the naked eye. As our flyers can guide a machine with one hand and use glasses with the other the masses of the enemy cannot escape observation.
 'The most difficult thing is to deter mine commands by discrinina ting among the uniforms. One danger to the air man Is from his own soldiers who have not learned to distinguish our aeroplanes from those of the enemy. I would sug- gest that we do not fire upon air craft at all unless absolutely sure that we know their identity
 The Journal De Mine ct Loire at Anglers publishes a letter from one of the French frontier fortresses in which the writer complains of the loneliness of life there. It would seem that the only sport of the garrison is to watch for German aeroplanes and fire upon them Three German airships are said to have been brought down while the aviators were throwing bombs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CATCHING SNAKES
 IS HIS PROFESSION
Jimmy Beck Hunts Them for Circuses and Museums-Has His Own
 Medicines for Bites

snake hunter goes snooping around likely looking spots. Say he is traversing country road. Suddenly he sees faint
 mark in the dust or mud, according to whether ittis wet or dry, says writer in the Metropolitan Magazine. You or I might call the mark mere trail of dust lifted by the wind or the erosion of tiny stream of rainwater. Not so Jimmy Beck.
 He stoops over the telltale trail. ''H'm!' he'll say, and then-weil. there may be setter dogs who beat covert more fu- irousls than Beck does. but I have so far failed to see them. It's spry snake that escapes.
 Having located snake Beck next pro- eeeds to capture it. His first move, if it happens to be snake with which he is unacquainted, is to get a stick with a prong in the end. Armed with this stick he approaches the reptile. He rifles it up,
 prodding and pol<ing till the gentleman coils. Then Beck puts til8h prong over the snakes neck. holds 1t down. and bending over, takes a look into the crea- lures eyes.
 If hit his vepomous snake Jimmy says. Ifs heye will aye an helliptical pupil, like the pupil of a cat sitting in the
 sun But hif hit is a nonvenomous snake is pupil will be round.''
 Of course the venonlous snakes, told ac- I'cordlng to the eyes as aforementioned. merit different treatment. But even here there is no toadying to the hysteri- cal fear with which most of us observe snake just as you or I would go for a dollar in. the most conventional pursuit. nevertheless there is always present, al- ways stalking by his side. the danger of the game He realizes 1t. And though he says, not brazenly but with the quiet con- hdence of man who knows his own trade l fear no snaks." yet he knows that sometime, someday, like the aviators, the game will get him. He has his own medicines for snake bite. And they are medicines which have travelled all over this country with him, from the Ever glades of Florida to the vast marshes of the country around the headwaters of the Mississippi. where dwells the surly mas sasauga, on east into the Adirondacks:
 back west into the hot dry plains of the southwest and into the troubled regions of our violent dispositioned sister republica.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
MLOUGHLIN FAVORED TO
 WIN TENNIS TITLE AGAIN

and as Williams tonight was a fayorite over Fottrell, many followers of the game predicted that the finals would be a repetition of those of 1913 when Me Loughlin found Williams his only op- ponent for the title and defeated him.
 The feature match today. that be- tween Williams and Karl Behr, was dis appointing. Behr proved unusually err ratio and Williams defeated him in about an hour. Mclaughlin allowed C. J. Griffin, also from the coast, to take a set in their contest. It was the sec ond time Mclaughlin has lost set since he came east in the spring
 In the other two matches Clothier put out Wallace F. Johnson. of his own city, in straight sets, while Fottrell had little difficulty in eliminating G. F. Touchard, of New York.
 Rain began falling just as Mrs. Frank Bishop, of New York, and N. w. Miles. of Boston, in an invitation mixed doubles contest, defeated Miss Eleanor Sears. of Boston. and the former world s champion, Norman E. Brookes, of Aus tralia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CAN PARIS HALT GERMAN SIEGE?
 CITY IN DANGER
tCo.ti.ued from Page o.e,

of 100000 kilograms of powder Won Moltke points out that the bombardment of fortified place. in the heart of an enemy's country, Is difficult If not im- possible. until the invader is master of the railways or waterways by which heavy siege artillery can be brought up. He explains the failure to bombard Paris at the outset of the former siege by saying 1t would have required 300 heavy guns with 300 rounds for each gun. The movement forward of these heavy guns would have required 4500 four-wheeled wagons and 10000 horses. which were not available.
 At a later stage the Germans brought up their big siege guns attacking the en- ciente and ports and dropping 300 to 400 15-centimeter shells daily into the heart of the city. Notwithstanding the fury of the German attack, Paris withstood the siege for 132 days. Since then the en- tirely new and outer third line of defense has been erected and military experts say the fortifications as a whole are far more formidable than those which resist ed the former siege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
GERMAN RESERVISTS ENTER TSINGTAIJ

kiauchau. Shan-Tung, China, August 27-German reservists from distant parts of China are stil entering Tsing Tau. Many of them are along the railway between Wei-Hsien, province of ShanTung, and Tsing Tau. The first German outposts are at a village 12 miles from Tsing Tau. It is there that the bridge has been broken
 The outer line of defense runs from the small river Litsum through the mountains. about eight miles from Tsing Tau. This line Is not strongly fortified and the real defense probably will be made across a narrow neck of land only three quarters of a mile long, three miles from Tsing Tau.
 The mountains within this line are named Moltekbere. Bismarckberg and Iltisberg. Powerful guns are in posi- tion on the slopes leading to the noun tains. The defenses are strengthened by barbed wire entanglements and mines on the plains between the two ranges of mountains. while trees have been fefled and villages burned.
 The Gtrmans expect the Japanese will easily take the outer range of de- fenses, after which an artillery duel will foiloF between the attackers and the forts ,bn the mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
ELECTRICITY COOKS
 MEALS ON WARSHIP
Uncle Sam's Cooks Like the New Ar rangements on the New
 Dreadnaught Texas

The United States steamship Texas. the most recently constructed battleship of the United States navy, is the first bat tleship on which coal-fired ranges have been entirely replaced by the electric type, says the Electrical World. The equipment consist of ten ranges in the general mess gallery, five in the officers gallery and two bakers ovens.
 The immense extent of the cooking operations on board this ship are only realized after considering the quantity of food prepared and the number of people served. The crew consists of 91J men and the officers number about 70. The officers meals are a little more elaborate than those served the crew, but the quality of food served is about in proportion to the numbers fed. Cof- fee, tea, boiled meats and vegetables for the general mess are prepared in steam jacketed caldrons and therefore do not require the operation of the electric ranges. In the officers gallery, where less food is prepared, electricity is used exclusively for cooking and even boil ing.
 About $500 pounds of bread is required week. not including that consumed in the officers quarters. Other foods have to be prepared in like quantities. A sin gle meal requires as high as 600 pounds of meat, 175 gallons of coffee, and 40 gallons of soup. The cooking operations named in the order of the quantities Of food prepared by that method. are fry ing, roasting and broiling. More than half of the food, by weight is boiled, while that baked and roasted about equals the amount fried.
 The switches controlling the different parts of each range are placed in a compartment above the hot plates. The switches connected to the hot plate and oven circuit are each equipped with al, lows energy to flow through auxiliary heater unit to produce a high heat needed in rapid cooking.
 Sufficient cooking apparatus has been installed so that under ordinary condi- ti3ns it is necessary to operate only four -fifths of the oven at time. By leaving one-fifth of the oven idle each urits will last a longer time.
 The time required to prepare each meal depends on the food to be served The temperature of the hot plates can he raised from normal to a working value in about 20 minutes by connect Ing the nigh heat unit for five min utes at the start and using only. the main element thereafter. By operat- ing the high heat,' units in the ovens in a similar manner the temperature can be brought up to the proper value in from 25 to 30 minutes. Only about six minutes is required to start the hroiler
 Particular care is exercised to pro- cure economic operation of the ranges by concentrating the cooking on few ranges so that the inefficiency of inter nIttent operation is avoided. The head cook supervIses the operation to seq that switches are not left closed when q range is not in use.
 The first class cook on the Texas .de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

 ciares that he considers the electric range far superior to the coal fired type. First of all the use of the cleo trit type eliminates the necessity of handling coal and ashes. Consequently there is less dirt present in the room where the food is prepared. The cleo trio range is much cooler to work around, the heat being hardly notice able even on hot days. Furthermore, he declares 1t is much easier to cook with the electric equipment, as the temperature Is uniform
 The ranges have been in constant use on board the Texas since. March 12. and since that time three meals a day for. a crew of 300 men have been prepared with no interruption or de- lay. In the general mess galley five cooks and head cook are required each watch. In the officers gallery there are four cooks, one for each off . cer's mess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
At 104 Walks Miles to Barber

T VIII ttIt zSeW T OTk EUn. .
 Worcester. Mass.--Patrick Burns. aged 104 years, of North Brookf field, " alked a distance of six miles today to the nearest barber shop because his razor was dull and had to get barber 10 shave him.
 'I don't mind the walk l would rather walk six miles than go without a shave" said the centenarian
 The walk did not seem to tire I'M. Burns when he reached the barber shop tut he did not attempt to walk back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CRUISER ON FIRE
 DRIFTS AWAY

One cruiser, battle scared and on fire, drifted away in the mist and was lost sight of.
 The British cruiser squadron, according to the semi-official report of the battle, although attacked by submarine boats and menaced by floating mines and the guns from the German warships suffered no serious losses.
 The cruiser Amethyst and the torpedo boat destroyer Laertes both were dam aged, but all the ships in the British fleet were afloat at the end of the en- gagement. The British less of life was not great.
 In the battle cruiser squadron were the flagship Lion, the New Zealand, the Queen Mary and the Princess Royal, commanded by Rear Admiral Beatty. which Rear Admiral Morre, Rear Admiral Christian Commodore Goodnough and Commodore Tyrwritt had charge of other contingents
 A wireless dispatch tonight from one of the cruisers said she was making for fort with men wounded in the engage nent
 The Mainz and the vessel of the Coeln class were protected cruisers 402 feet long and displacing 42S0 tons. They had speed of slightly more than 25 knots ar hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29


 Anywhere that snakes dwell Jimmy Beck has wandered or will surely wander some time--if the game doesn't get him first. And he will be bitten from time to time. His medicines. he says, will cure him. Really, too. his treatment doesn t coin eide with the treatment prescribed by medical men But he pins his faith to it, because it has never failed him. Five cents worth of hartshorn, cents worth of strong turpentine. and 3 cents worth of bicarbonate of soda all put into little vial together is Beck s remedy for snake bite. That, and for rattlesnake bite a twentieth grain of strychnine capsule swallowed immediately. This dope Is the vial he puts on the wound; he does not take it internally. It doesn't follow the prescribed methods in the medical books Yet it seems to be all that stands between Jimmy Beck and the game getting him. He has been bitten, too, for his hands and forearms have scars where deadly ser pents have struck home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
HANAMETAL FLIES AMERICAN FLAG

Picking, August 2S.-The steamer Hama metal, captured by the British and taken to Wei-Hai-Wei flies the American flag. She has been in the coasting trade be- tween Vladivostok and Tsing-Tau She is owned by naturalized American, whose citizenship has been forfeited by long absence from the United States.
 The Hanametal last sailed from Shang- hai. ostensibly to remove women and children from Tsing Tau. but in some quarters here it is believed she carried contraband of war Before leaving Tsing- Tau for Shanghai, she dismissed her British crew and shipped crew of Ger mans. This aroused the suspicious of Willis S. Peck American consul at Tsing- Tau, who warned her captain against traffic in contraband.
 Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty com manded the British forces and with a strong array of torpedo boat destroyers battle cruiser and light cruisers and sub marines, attacked the Germans in Helgo- land right early this morning. The pro- tected cruiser Mainz was sent to the bottom in an engagement with the light cruiser squadron while the battle squadron sank another cruiser of the Coein class. In the general fighting two of the German destroyers were riddled and sunk while many others were badly damaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Do Not Recall Rulers Name

From the Philadelphia Times.
 There is one highly civilized country in which not one person in four could give the rulers name.
 That country is Switzerland. Svitzer- land has just had new president. but his appointment has passed practically unnoticed, even in Switzerland itself.
 One reason why the president Is al- most unknown either ny name or by sight is that he is not a public figure at all. He has no privileges as presi- dent, and no official unieorm-not even of the army.
 Switzerland has a fresh president every year. He has no personal authority as president, and Is practically only the speaker of switzerland's 'snapsuming lIt- tlo Parliament
 It is'recordsd that atsa nestins of swiss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CLOTHIER, WILLIAMS
 AND M'LOUGHLIN REMAIN. WILLIAMS AND M'LOUGHLIN
 EXPECTED TO MEET IN FINALS
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Newport, R. l., August 2s.-The lawn tennis championship tournament today narrowed to San Francisco and Phila- delphia, with the title holder, M E. Me Loughlin, an almost prohibitive favor ite. The other three victors in the day s matches in the sixth round of the all- comers' tournament were E. F. Fottrell, San Francisco. and R. Norris Williams, second. and William J. Clothier, Phila- delphia.
 Fottrel1 will meet Williams and Clo- thier will play McLoughlin in the semi finals tomorrow. Clothier fell before the champion in straight sets last year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Echoes From the War Zone

office is beginning to publish lists of casualties among the officers engaged in the fighting and that alrea dy one general has been killed Among the deaths an- nounced today was that of Lieut.-Col Patrick Mahon. who fell in Alsace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
CALDWELL WITH MEMPHIS

Herbert Caldwell. sporting editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, accompanied the Memphis club from New Orleans. He is Journey ing around the circuit with the Fur ties, enjoying the tour with the players. He is considered dean among the sporting writers in the south and Is considered one of the ( most able baseball critics in the Southern league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. I. T. Moser

Funeral services over the remains of, Mrs. Mamie Rowland Moser, aged as' years. wife of Detective J. T. Moser. were conducted yesterday afternoon at o'clock Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
, Mrs. Wilhelm VonYoRes

News was received in Birmingham ves,. terday of the death in Terra Haute, Ina< of Mrs. Wilhelm vonvoges, the moti1
 of Fritz Wilhelm vonvoges. who was . former resident of this city and secre- tarv to W. winans Freeman, head of the Alabama Power company Mir. von- yoges is with MT. Freeman in Cincinnat1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Sam Daifla. Sr.

E sam Dailla. ST., aged 57 years died yesterday morning at the family residence. 1924 Eleventh avenue, north. Funeral ac. arrangements will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Beniamin E. Mc(,ehee IF

E Benjamin E. McGehee. Jr. aged 18 years, died yesterday morning at the res- idence of Frank Req of Downey station. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

business men no one could recall tho name of the President. The waiter was asked. He happened to know because the President was his uncle. His namo is Arthur Hoffman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Falmouth. August 2S.-rhe Unitcd States cruiser Tennessee arrived here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Southhapton, England, August g-Q 30 a. m.)-The first hospital ship from France arrived here last night with POO British wounded from the first battle at Mons. Nearly all the men were injured by shell fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
TWO CRUISERS AND
 TWO DESTROYERS GO TO BOTTOM OF SEA UNDER BRITISH FIRE
tcontinued from Page One,

the Paklat were transferred to another vessel and taken to Tientsin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

London, August 2s.--Q1:47 D. m.)-The Antwerp correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says the Brussels burgomaster has not handed over the war levy of s40O00,000 demanded by Germany. He declares he has not the money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

London, August 2s,-(3.l5 D. m.) Marquis de Crewe, secretary of state for India. indicated in the House of Lords today that the government proposed 10 employ native troops in the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Washington.-Mes predicting trou- ble between German-Americans and Can adians have been received by the state department from persons in several states along the northern border. Careful in vestlgation by federal authorities. officials said tonight. have proved such fears ut ferly groundless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Ottawa, Ont.--The sortie of German cruisers and dsstroyers which resulted in . naval battle in the North sea has eroused the apprehension of Canadian military authorittes. who are about to dtopatch troop ships for Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Peking.-Military men nere say that the varships of the allies, including the Aus tralian dreadnaught expected in China waters soon, will be able to Lombard Tsingtau with safety, owing to the range of their large guns, which is greater than that of the guns within the German forti- hcations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

London, August 2S-(9.2O p. m.)-An- toipe de Zwan, the Polish author. has sent this telegram to the Spectator:
 "Tke mobilization was carried on in warsaw with indescribable enthusiasm. For the first time since the partition ef Poland our peasants took an active part in . national movement. There are more than 100000 Poles in the Russ sian army.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Ltondon.--A Paris dispatch to the Reuter- Uelegram company says the French war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Paris.-A buffet has been opened by the societies of actors and actresses for needy stage people. of whom there are thou sands in Paris. Two meals a day will bs given to any actor, actress or theatre employe at the buffet
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-31
HOW TO SAVE GIRDLED TREE
One Plan Is to Saw OFF Below Injury
and Cleft-Graft the Stub-Another
Is Bridge Grating.

Girdled trees can also be saved by
saving off below the injury and cleft
grating the stub. If the stub is over
an inch in diameter two scions should
De inserted, which will hasten the heal
ng of the wound. At the close of the
1rst season the weaker one is re-
moved. From the scion inserted a
strong tree will be developed in two
Or three years. Trees that have been
saved in this way will come into bear
ng about as soon as others not gir-
lied, set at the same time.
Another way to save trees, if the
injury extends completely around the
rec, is by bridge grating, By this
system scions which have been cut to
wedge at each end as for cleft graft
ng, are inserted in the live bark
through openings cut above and be-
ow the wound. These scions will carry
over the sap until the wound is COW
cred. The scions should be about two
inches apart. After setting the scions,
he parts are waXed and then every
hing is covered with burlap. This
operation should be performed before
The buds have started to swell.
A good wax to use for this kind of
work is made of the following ingre-
dents: Resin, one pound; tallow, one
ounce; alcohol, eight ounces. To make
This alcoholic wax, melt the resin and
tallow together. Then remove from
the fire and add the alcohol after al
lowing the liquid to cool somewhat
Stir until thick paste is formed. In
order to keep the wax in paste form
It will be necessary to place in closed
receptacles.