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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

~ Officer Witzinsk Sixth precinct, stubbet his toe against tn backbone iv angry Red.
 ". Inspector Flatfut lost good an dimon studded watch, inscribed Fr'm tn Benivolint Ordher iv Poolroom Keepers iv America
 SLIGHTLY INJURED.
 Sleepy sas fined tin thousan dollars an sintinced to nine years in tn wurruk house.
 In tn same pa-aper, Hinnissy, find that an emergency meetin' iv tn Commercyal club, tn Stock Exchange, tn Boord iv Thrade, tn Meth odist ministers, an tn naytional bank prsidints was called Afther prayer be tn Riverind Misther Stiggins thankin' tn God iv battles fr this gr-reat victhry over tn foorces iv disordhcr a resolution was adopted with much enthusyasm applaudin' tn polls fir their services, ricom- mindin tn promotion iv Inspector Flatfut, an votin him silver service marked To tn Pre- sarver v Our City an subscription was taken up iv wan hundherd thousan' dollars to be dis thributed among tn men. On tn iditoryal page l find a piece headed Our Noble Polls an teln that tn iditor feels that aven if Inspector Flatfut does take piece iv change now an thin what's little pcalilly like that compared with his heeroic conduck in dalin' with tn foorces iv rivolution. Tn gran jury flees tn city in dis guise an tn states attorney announces that in view iv tn recent magnificent definse iv property be tn polls firm now on he will confine his prose cutions to civilian larceny.
 An that night tn city becomes gay capital again. Tn shades are up in all tn palaces " chance, tn ball floats cheerily into the single . on tn green tn cards leap two at time firm tn daln box, tn voice iv peddlers sellin' cocaine firm wagons is heerd on tn sthreet tn firm iv Hookem, Skinnem an Compny, daers in green goods an goold bricks announce they have taken store at State an Madison large enough to accommydate their local thrade we'll as their mail ordher business, an tn Riv rind Doc tor Summer, prisidint iv tn S'ciety fir tn Sup prissyon v Sinful Gaiety, is run in charge iv vagrancy carryin' concealed weapons, an re sistin' officer.
 "So ye see, Hinnssy these rivoluchins does some good It may not seem so to man who is on his way to catch tn fve-ive with bag iv, garden seed undher wan ar-rm an package iv phonygraft records undher tn other an suddenly finds himsilf tn objick iv cavalry charge. But they give good dale iv heathful out iv dure exercise to tn buns in tn park, they deflate, as Hogan says tn agytators who wud bust other wise, an they reform tn polls departmint, turnin thim firm vyans into body iv men that wud make tn army v tn Pottymack look like mob iv polthroons without changin' their habits I think tn least Inspector Flatfut cud do wud be to sind Percy something fir Chris mas
 "Sure therell niver be rivolution in this counthry," said Mir. Hennessy.
 Not while there's amy other news fir tn pa -apers," said Mr. Dooley.
 Icopyright: 1914; By Finley Peter Dunn&1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

thousan's iv pleasure seekers firm tn neighborin hotels an barrooms. As go to press tn issue iv tn bloody conflict is still in doubt Tn polls unquestyonably won most iv tn sprints, but tn rivoluchnsts claim to be victors in all tn long distance ivints, although our corryspondint at Wan Hundherd an Ninetyeighth sthreet re- poorted at midnight that Officer Mulcahy was gainin' on Lmpin Leary. Tn plan iv tn rivo- luchinists was to march north along tn avnoo, smash in tn club windows, sack tn grocery stores, carry away tn cigar signs, burn tn wather wurruks, an set up indepindint gover- mint in tn park, causin' gr-reat injury to tn geeranyum beds.
 "' But polls spies had been at wurruk an tn military plans iv tn polls were laid accordingly Wan brigade guarded tn avnoo. sicond threatened tn line iv rethreat while tn rist " tn corps, undher tn personal direction iv lnspec- tor Flatfut himsilf, attacked tn rivoluchinary army. A scene iv gr-reat carnage ensooed. In angry Reds fought despritly. Undher tn leader ship iv Pollacci Polenty, an Eyetalian fanatic who said aftherward that he was thryin' to get home to his family, they charged repeatedly But this is not tn first time Inspector Flatfut has had to meet charges an he hurled thim back with pr-reat loss Tn mounted polls acted with tn gr-reatcst gallantry, again an again ridn down tn angry Reds. So tn tide iv battle moved to an fro an to tn inthrested spectators it seemed that it wud niver end But afther five minyits iv in- cessant conflict tn polls held tn field an were stackin' tn mutilated pris'ners iv war in tn pathrol wagons an cartin' thim off to tn polls station or tellin' thim to get along out iv here
 "While tn main body was engaged with tn rivoluchinary army detachment " cav'lry undher Lootinant Grabal was havin' desprit encounther with an angry Red be tn name iv Geeseppy Nienty, age nine, who was discovered chalkin' tn wurruds !" Down with govermint :" on a fence. Tn miscreant wudve escaped if he hadn't got stuck on tn wurrud govermint-such is tn irony iv tn position iv these people who wud desthroy what they cannot spell. Again an again he was charged be tn mounted polls, but he stood with his back again tn fence an they cud not reach him without hurtin' their horses noses. Emily Pathrolman Mullgan iv tn thrafic squad dismounted firm his ste-i an at gr-reat risk to his life rushed tn angry Red an. afther fndin' out where he lived, led him captive to tn corner an sint him home, fate which he richly desarved Tn list iv casualties follows
 SEERYOUSLY INJURED.
 May McGinnis aged siven; was wheelin' her infant brother in baby carredge whin caught in tn maelsthrom iv tn last desprit charge; is not known to be reg'larly afilyated with amy rivoluchinary organization
 q" Man suspicted iv bein organizer iv Roosh- van Nihilists; cards in pocket show him to be Prof T. Arbutus, author iv |" How to Tell tn Wild Flowers 2; says he was inquirin' tn way to Pinnsylvanya deepo an officer thought he said Down with tn Pinnsylvanya railroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
AIT must be hard wurruk bein' an agytator,"
 said Mir. Dooley


 I'd like tn iob," said Mir. Hennessy.
 "You?" cried MT. Dooley. "W What wud ye be doin' in job like that2 Besides bein' nex' dure to deef mute ye often wurruk fir Twin an sometimes get it. fine agytator ye'd be, standin on tn back iv dhray makin' few deleeryous gestures, sputtherin' with rage, an thin iumpin' into tn sthreet an hittin' tn first polisman ye met with shovel. No, sir; an agytator must start with tn power iv speech, he must nver agytate himsilf. an he shudden't ver come in contact with tn polls. Why, tn agytators an tn polls ought to be tn best iv frinds Wan cud har'ly exist without tn other, an they furnish each other with good dale iv conjania emplymint in tn coorse iv tn year. If it wasn't fir tn agytator tn polls wud be busy defndin' property, an if it wasn't fir tn polls tn agytator wud be at home complainin' to his wife about tn cook.
 "Ye see, it's this way It is three o'clock in tn afthernoon an tn agytator is dawdlin' over his breakfast an wondherin whether tn sthrug- gle is worth tn cost He had hard night tn night befure. A lady down in Michigan avnoo who runs a saloon-'
 "What ar-re ye talkin' about?" said MT. Hen messy. :" A lady run saloon? I niver heard tn like"
 Here it is in tn pa-aper,' said Mir. Dooley. Las night at Mrs. Bullyvard's mo, it's spelled salon. We'll, it's tn same thing, on'y tn drinks ar-re free. Anyhow, our hero had had tough time He was interrupted again an again, an whin he got back to tn club he had a quarrel with tn cabman over tn fare. He was sore at heart Here he had labored fir tn cause iver since he left colledge, on'y to have wan iv his protijees compel him to pay dollar fir tn ride whin tn legal fare is ninety-eight cints or have his ntelleck knocked out firm undher his stoveppe hat He reluctantly chose tn former, although tn sacrifice iv principle cost him dear But he soon shook off this moment iv gloom, fir his eye lighted on small paragraph down in tn left hand corner v tn basement iv tn sheet that reported a prohssor at Harvard as sayin' that there were two millyon unemployed in tn city iv Chicago. What says he all these people without mofsel iv wurruk?' he says. Call cab,' he says, an is soon speedin' to tn Lake Front.
 Manetme things is goin' badly with his frinds tn polls. Tn S'cety fir tn Previntion iv Noise has complained iv tn clatter iv tn little ball in tn wheel; desk sergeants has been dis covered sellin' opyum pipes over tn desk, an sivral burglars has wrote to tn pa-apers com painin' that there must be graft in tn engravin' departnnt iv tn centhral office because tn ink rubs off their licenses to steal Tn iver vigilant press with tn wandhrn eye has demanded that tn chief iv polls be beheaded, a massmeetin' has been called to hang the inspectors, an tn gran jury has met an indicted Pathrolman Schmidt fir gran larceny in takin' coffee bean cat iv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

be tillyphone an tells him there's an arnychist rite in tn park. What happens afther that I'll read ye out iv tn pa-apers. Here it is:
 ARNYCHISTS ROUTED. "' Turr'ble Battle Between Angry R Polls.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14

most powerful batter can bat a ball
tossed-not pitched-in the air. The
record throw Is 1926 feet 9la inches,
made by Sheldon Lejeune in 1910.
The record hated ball mot made
in a game or from a pitched ball
but from ball tossed in the air by
a fungo' batter) is 419 feet l.
inch. made by Edward Walsh in
1911. There Is no record of the
length of the longest fly batted
from pitching, for an excellent rea-
son. A small boy outside the fence
always makes off with the ball be
fore an overfence home-run drive
can be measured, II is probably
well over 500 feet.
AT the rate of 120 feet a second
il takes one-half a second for the
ball TO get from the pitchers hand
to the batter at the plate. II is the
fact that this time IS so small which
accounts for much of the pitchers
power over the batter. Half the
time a pitcher fools a batter ii is
not because the latter didn't see the
curve of the ball or note that the
ball was a floater' Zone pitched
slowly, but because there wasn't
time for his nervous reaction to
work between his recognition of the
fact and the instant he must act on
his knowledged . The mind has
been made up. The brain has tele-
graphed It's instructions. Spite of
his will the bat swngs-and after
it has passed over the plate the
ball passes lazily by the batter into
the catcher's mitt"
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
Interesting Items from Stageland

Vinton, Kurt Carpe, and little Ethel
Downie, and will be under the stage
direction Of Percy J. Moore.
E. S. Willard, whose last appear
ance in this country was in April.
1907, has arranged with Walter
Hast to make farewell tour of
this country in repertory, including
the plays in which he won his
greatest fame, "The Middleman" and
THE Professors Love Story" 1t is
possible that he will revive "The
Silver King" in which he played
the original Spider. When MI Will
lard sailed for England seven
years ago he announced that he
would never appear again west OF
the Alleghenies. Whether he will
set aside this decision has not as
yet been disclosed.
Elsie Ferguson will appear this
season under the management of
Charles Frohman and Klaw and
Erlanger in "Outcasts," by Hubert
Henry Davies, author of Cousin
Kate" and The Mollusc" The
play is now running at Wyndham's
theatre, London. Mr.. Frohman and
Klaw and Erlanger have Joined
forces for its American production,
because the play belongs to Mr..
Frohman and Miss Ferguson's ser
vices to Klaw and Erlanger.
IN "MOVIE LAND"
Leo Delaney is once more working
before a Vitagraph camera, having
returned to that organization recent
ly. The popular photoplayer left
the Vitagraph company last spring
for vacation, during which he re-
ceived several tempting offers from
other film companies before return
ing to his first love.
|. William c. De Mile, the famous
playwright and prominent as a dra-
matte teacher, is now in California
preparing to take charge of the
scenario department Of the Jesse
Lasky Feature Photoplay company.
Mr.. De Mile will work in conjunc-
ton with his brother, Cecil B. De
Mile and Artistic Director Wilfred
auckland. Mr.. De Mile will first be-
gin work on the scenario Of his own
play. 1.-The Warrens Of Virginia"
Among the stage successes credit
ed to Mr.. De Miles pen are Strong
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14

Strikes New Lead.
CAPTAIN Harry George was in Val
de- for few days during the past
week buying supplies for his proper
/ ~ al Port Wells. He reports that
he has struck a new lead of gold
/ bearing ore two feet wide. which
was encountered while sinking on
| the discovery lead.
Captain George has a force of sew.
en- men on the property and the 60
horse power gasoline engine is do
ing good work in drilling on the
ore The property is not far from
| the Granite mine and is promising
| to be big producer. Ample capital
| is behind the venture and the best
Of machinery is being used in the
development work-Ealdez Miner
Bonanza Shuts Down.
Seward Gateway: The Bonanza
mine will ship out no more ore
this winter owing TO the lack of a
market for copper. q lack which
is due of course to the great war
in Europe. The Copper River rail
road will. however. be kept going
all winter and it is even intended
to put on a larger force Of men to
operate it. With the news of the
closing Of the Bonanza comes the
news that hundreds Of men have
also been laid off in the mines around
Juneau from the same cause. The
worst of il is there is no real lack
of a market but the copper can
not be shipped freely The chances
are that the market would be better
than ever if none Of the belligerents
objected to letting it into hostile
countries
Getting Ready for Work.
Seward -That many men will
spend the winter in Girdwood and
ment of Al Williams who came in
from that section recently Messrs.
Williams and Mike Deegan who have
been finishing up their assessment
work on California creek arrived
last Saturday.
They report that the French and
Heron drill is still working Daw-
son has crew of men getting
things ready for work in the spring
An excellent saw mill site has been
cleared and about 100000 feet of
logs are waiting on the roll ways
Alaska's Mines
p. r. Mcguire, who is here on
business, is always consistent
booster for Alaska and he has been
over every part of it. says the Jul
neau Empire He says that this
country is realizing its promise,
despite the great handicap under
which it has been working by rea-
son of restrictive legislation.
"Take the Chisana for instance"
said Mr.. Mcguire. "it will produce
about half a million this season.
Fairbanks produced less than that
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD
APPLICATION.

Department of the Interior. United
States Land Office at Fairbanks,
Alaska, Nov. IS, 1914
Notice is hereby given that William
Perry Borden, of Fairbanks, Alaska.
who on October 80. 1914, made
Original Homestead Application, No
03S2, for lots and 4, Sec 3d. Lot
3 Sec. 81; T. l n, r. l w. and s.
L. L of Sec. IS; and Lots l and
. Of Section So. Township l North.
Range 2 West. Fairbanks Meridian.
has filed notice of intention to make
five year proof. to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Fair
banks, Alaska. on the Goth day of
January. 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Hampton Ballaine of Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Charles Crozier. of Fairbanks AL
aska.
Alec Somerville, Of Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Benjamin S. Kennedy. Of Fair
banks. Alaska
ANGUS M'BRIDE,
Register.
First publication Nov 90, 1914
Last publication Jan. IS. 1915
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14

reach second base trifle to his
right Of the bag and low down. He
hopes for this because the minute
fraction of time between the field
er's catch al the ball and his drop
ping his hands TO get the runner
may make the difference between
safe and out For the same rea-
son the base-runner slides. He does
not make quite as fast time sliding
as he would running But he is
under the necessity of stopping
quickly and on the bag and of
keeping his anatomy as far away
from the fielder as he can. Sliding
makes him certain of a quick and
sudden stop. and also makes it
necessary for the fielder to drop his
hands (Which takes timel to touch
him Hence the catcher saves this
extra fraction of time with a low
throw"
So much for throwing; now for
batting. Why may a fast pitch be
batted further than slow one?
Because the speed of the batted
ball is due partly to its own re-
bound from the bat and partly to
the bats velocity. The longest hits
are thus made from fast pitching.
OF course. fast pitching is hard to
hit. because that element of time
enters again. The batter. hitting
at an unexpected fast one" will
make a foul Of he hits it at alb
more often than anything else Mr..
Claudy goes on:
The best arms in the business
can throw a bali farther than the
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
General Mining News

| the first year, and We all know how
! Fairbanks was knocked the first
year.
The Slate creek district this year
produced about s15O.OOO; the Nelchi
ma, another new camp, yielded about
S75000 considerable placer gold
was taken out of the Sustna valley
the Tanana district will give a good
account of itself Ruby is coming
up strong with a larger production
this year: the Iditarod is holding its
own; about the usual amount will
be taken from the Koyukuk and
Nome will yield a goodly sum from
its placers.
There are besides, you must re-
member dredging outfits and hydrou-
lie and ground sluicing outfits work
! ing in many districts of Alaska. The
same mining men who graduated
from Dawson and evolved the steam
points and self-dumping, buckets
which reached the climax of eff
cheney in quickly mining the high
grade creeks in the TananaL are
now evolving other methods for
profitably handling the lower grade
ground. They are using scrapers, in
some instances, ground sluicing on
large scale, in other instances, and
have most recently built an Alaskan
dredge, much smaller and cheaper
dredge than the big ones first
placed in service.
an other words, Alaskans are
overcoming the environments through
their own inventive genius and in
dustry, and they are working the
different districts according to the
natural conditions and making the
most of the conditions. And nearly
every district in Alaska presents
difficulties which demand a separ-
ate treatment.
Il have said nothing whatever
about the quartz and other mineral
scattered over Alaska which are be-
ing worked and prospected, because
the idea | want to convey is that
the placer mines will give employ
meENo for a good many years to
come
/"Just one word | would like to
3dd. and that is about the farmina
resources Of the Tanana valley.
These are real. The farmers in
there have already demonstrated
What can be done You hear about
Natersoaked potatoes, but | want to
tell you they raise just as good po-
tatoes in there as they do any place
in the world. Naturally the soil is
sour unless turned over and the sum
allowed to get at it. The same dig
advantage has been met with in AL
new countries. The government ey-
detrimental farm last year sold 1855
worth of produce. Mel Sabin in the
Tanana has built a $1,000 barn. Paul
Rickert gets something like $4,000
a year off of his place"
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14

Barney Bernard, the Abe Potash
in Potash and Perlmutter," has
written a play The style is similar
to Potash and Perlmutter, and
deals with two Jewish characters
who are business partners.
Charles F'rohman has secured a
new thirty-minute play, adapted from
Charles Dickens by Paul NJ. Potter,
in which Billie Burke will appear
in connection with Jerry"
Rachel Crothers's comedy, Young
Wisdom" which was seen in New
York last season with Mabel and
Edith Taliaferro in the leading
roles, was produced by Cyril Maude
at the Playhouse, London, Sept. IT,.
Margery Maude and Madge Tither-
adge played the leading roles. The
play is preceded by the military play
let, "On Duty"
Despite reports to the contrary,
says the Mirror, Nat c. Goodwin
will continue for a second season
in William H. Posts comedy,
Never Say Die" Among the play
ers who have been re-engaged to
support him are Margaret More
land, Gladys Woolson, Charlotte
Lambert, Dennis Klew, lsador MARCEL,
Walter Kluxton, and Frank Lynch.
David Belasco will present Frances
Starr in a new play by Edward
Knoblauch, about Christmas time,
the name of which has not as yet
been revealed. Preparatory to this
production, Miss Starr will tour the
Eastern cities in "The Secret" open
ing at the Montauk theare, Brook
lyn In her support will be Robert
Warwick, Frank Reicher, Montagu
Love. Edwin r. Wolfe. Harriet Otis
Dellenbaugh, Beatrice Reinhardt,
and Elaine Inniscourt.
"The Dummy" which has had
such phenomenal success in New
York and an all-summer run at the
Hudson theatre, opened its season
on the road Sept. 81, in Springfield.
Mass. The company includes the
little comedian, George Mack, in
the title-role; Frank Campeau,
Glare Weldon, Joseph Conyers. Will
lam Holden. Mary Stockwell, Ben
Higgins, James R. Garry, Arthur
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the matter Of the estate of
Charles Albert Carlson. deceased
Notice Is hereby given that Peter
August Gustafson. administrator Of
the above estate, has filed with
the probate court for Fairbanks
precinct, Fourth division. Alaska, his
final account. and that Monday. the
9Th day of February, A. D.. 1915.
at two O'Clock p. NJ has been duly
appointed by the said court for the
settlement of said account, at which
time any person interested In said
estate may appear before the court
and file exceptions in writing to
the said account and contest the
same.
Dated December 2, 1914.
PETER AUGUST GUSTAFSON,
Administrator.
First publication Dec 7, 1914.
Last publication Jan. 3, 1915.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.


To S. L. Bedrock, Harry Nelson.
Al Goodwin, A. NJ Olsen and H.
a. kavlie. their heirs. executors,
administrators and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that you are indebted to me.
the undersigned. for the assessment
work performed during the years
1912 and 1913: s. l.. Benbrock. on
80 Goldstream, creek claim, and Har-
ry Nelson, Al Goodwin. A. NJ Olsen
and H. A, Kavlie, on Black Prince
association. mining claim, Goldstream.
all in the Fairbanks recording dis
trict. Territory Of Alaska.
In order to hold your interests in
said association under the provi-
sions of section 1924 of the revised
statutes of the United States. said
expenditure being for your share of
the annual assessment work for
said years. and if within ninety
days after the last publication of
this notice you fail or refuse to
pay to the undersigned as co-owner
your said proportion of the expend-
lures aforesaid your interests in said
claims will become the property
of the undersigned as co-owner I'M
der said section 1924 r. S.
CHAS. ROLLIN.
First publication Oct. -, 1914.
Last publication January 1S. 1915.