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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02


 The inhabitants about the region of Tfahuanacu are Amaras. the race that ncludes most of the red men of Bolivia It is different from the Inca and is sup ncsed to be much older. It is by no means certain. however, that the Aylna- ras were the original habitants of the country. and I am told that the shape of their skulls proves that they were not so.
 The Aymaras have their own stories aS to their origin. One of these Is that the first people upon earth became SO wicked that the gods turned them into stone. and the idols of Tiahuanacu were the result.
 According to their tradition of the creation. the world was made hy the great god Pschacamac, and at first it was beautiful to look upon and fill ,d with comforts for man. It was rule d, however. by one Khuna who seems 10 have teer an errel of darkness rather than of lpht. IL was he who brought drcughts and cold a,,d other troubles increasing them from, time to time until man becsme little more than a beast. Then Pachacamac fought the devil khunu. He spread rains over the earth. causine the, deserts to bloom. and he broueht forth the sun to warm 1t. Thereupon the Khunu added to the rains and the flood came. during which the earth was covered with darkness The fight went on. hut Pachacamac finally conduerod. appes-ir@ as the sun, god. and eoverir~ the world with lightf He created another god to aid him. and, this god cut down the moun+ains and made the plateaus. He wiped out the desers and caused srrings to flow forth from the rocks. It was unS~r these gods that man got fresh start and eventually rose 10 the lords of creation.
 FRANK c. CARPENTER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
La,1d Naturalization i,1 Sight i1 Germany

League of German Land Reformers. which has more than lo00C0 members. Eighteen years ago Damaschke threw up his post as elementary school teacher in order to devote his life to social reform. Since then he has been Germanys most influential land theorist and land reform propa gandist. Damaschke, like Henry George, starts by fundamentally differen- tiatng land. from capital. He is not against complete land standardization or standardization. but he demands state prohibition against dealing in land as goods. Instead of the slngle tax he puts the unearned increment tax. After years of struggling Damaschke is seeing some of his doctrines realized. As a result of the financial reform of 1909, Germany has law which taxes pretty stiffly the natural growth fof land values, and now Prussia is to have law limiting the right of entail. and another law which puts the distribution of land lnder state control Tn some respects the league or German land reformers goes much fur ther than the Prussian bills. but in the rartial move towards land standardization the bills are ahead of the league
 On the oppos.te sdc stand tie power full agrarians. These agrarians are in control of both chambers of the Prus- sian Diet and the new bills must pass these chambers before they become law. The bill restricting the dealing in land as goods will probably pass without dif- ficulty. The agrarian interest is solid against land speculation because such speculation is carried on mostly by city men, banks. and land development cor porations, with which the agrar.an party is chronically at war. The agrarans. therefore, approve of the principle of this bill. The governments bill restricting the right of entail is causing strong opposi- tion The president of the lower chamber of the Diet and ex-Reichstag President, Count Schwer;n-L -Loewitz, who is a com bative agrarian and protectionist, is mar shaling the landed forces in favor of the entail principle which he describes as "the bulwark of Pruss,an arstocracy and monarchy The agrarians are all the angrier because the preamable to the bill restricting entail proclaims that entail is beneficial when it is rightly applied. and they ask: if that is so, why pass a bill which will practically prevent any fresh entails?
 A fierce battle is iue before this b.. becomes law The Bavarian agrarians are also mobilizing for an assault upon their entail restriction law. The Reich stag ''leit" parties aim at taking land re- form and especially the question or en- tail, out of the hands of the separate estates. and at having 1t resuiateu homogeneously for the whole empire pS imperial legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

of the Andes A scientific traveller who recently passed through here has brought forth the idea that the Bolivian plateua was once settled by the ancient Phoeni- clans. This man claims that the gold of Ophir came from the Andes. lie says the Bible states that it took three years for the ships to make the journey to the mines; and this is borne out by I Kings, 10th chapter, 22d verse. In the navigation of those ancient times it would certainly have taken as much as three years for a ship to have passed out or the Mediterranean, through the Straight of Gibralta and across the Atlantic ocean to the west coast of this continent and back. The verse referred to says they brought back gold and also almuk trees, and ivory apes and peacocks." There is no ivory in South America and the pea cock comes from India. As to apes there are plenty of monkeys in the lowlands of this continent but as to the almugs tree. I know it not
 The excavations of Dr. Butchen in clude many finds of implements of stone and also some of gold. copper and bronze The first belong to the stone age, and the latter are said to date before the times of the Incas. As to the pottery, l say much that seemed to indicate an Egyptian origin. Many of the cups and howls have the shape of a cat They made me thing of Bubastis the famous seat of the worship of the cat in the days of Pharoahs. This ancient city was situated in the Land of Goshen, not far from the Zagazg now stands, and right on the route the Egyptians took when they came down into Egypt for corn. Bubastis had many cat eoddesses and it's chief goddess was a cat-headed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
A Proud Boast
i-llls

A teachers meeting was .n progress and it was decided that the more diiiicu', subjects should come in the morning anu those that required less application iater ir. the day. History was last on the list, and Miss Wheeler. the you.s teacher protested.
 But 1t certainly is easier than science or mathematics" the principal insisted.
 .'As teach 1t" replied the young teacher mo subject could be more eirfi- cult and confusing."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

on fha II had a cat cemetery, situated ,,. .ne west side of the town. Th;s r.. rea which With cat rnumrnies. ar,nv oe cases of naa been ineased in cat-shape.l some of ,ha oou and bronze. photographed ana 'heir heads are l.fe-iike. '''a 'acu'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

ccopyrlgnisa. 1e14 by Frank G. Garpen-
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La Paz, Bolivia.
 T@ Al ABLE to give you today the f&sa story of some wonderful dis- EsSssA.--4 coveries just made in the heart lssss3sst of the Bolivian Andes. You may have read of the ruined city of Macchu Pichu. found by pr. Hiram Bingham in the heart of the jungle within four or five days of Cuzco, the capital of the meas That is situated in Peru. On the high plateau of Bolivia are the remains of another ancient city not far from La Psz that has been Snown for genera tions. It's origin has never been sebtled, but now out of the ground from under it are coming pottery, relics of gold and copper and the skeletons of human be- ings that lead scientists hero to sup pose that it was in existence two thou sand, years or more before the first stones of the pyramids were laid.
 This ancient city Is known as Tiahua- nacu. It Is twelve miles from Lake IT, ticaca, and some of it's ruins are within a stones throw of the railway that goes frcm Guaqui, the Bolivian port on the lake. to La Pas. stopped there on my way across the plateau.
 The ruins are scattered over an area equal to about dozen 160-acre farms. They consist of the remains Of massive walls, of terraced mounds, and of the g eat edifice sometimes called the Tenn pie The latter building covers four acres and it wac made of blocks of black stone thirty inches in thickness The stones are much like those of the ancient buildings I saw in Cuzco. They were fitted together without mortar and that so closely that found it impossible to insert a knife blade between them. The stones are cut with absolute regularity, and we have no modern buildings which ere more closely fit ed together.
 As 1t Is now, most of the structures Of Tia huaDacu have been carried away. and 1t is only the mighty pillars that are scattered here and there and the cut ste nes remaining from the old buildings that indicate the wonders of the past. The temple itself was in the shape of rectangle, 445 feet long by 3SS feet wide. It's outlines are marked by massive Llccl1s of red sandstone, some of which are still erect. They evidently formed the part of a rough wall and they sup ported a platform of earth that rose eight feet above the country surround ing. On the eastern side of this platform was lower terrace. along the edges of which were great stone pilasters rang ing in height from to IA feet and in width from 2 to feet There were 10 cf these. All except one stand there today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

right, 1914, by Curtis BrownD BERLIN, August 1.-(Special)
 Germany is marching rap idly towards land nationali- zation. Before all the impor-
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
ANOTHER WIDE
 DYKE IS FOUND

SEWARD, Sept. 26.-The discovery of another dyke of porphyry through which runs a rich ledge of seven feet in width is the story brought to the city yesterday by Peter Fox and An drew Hickey who have spent the sum- mer around the Hope and Sunrise sec tions but particularly on Palmer creek. Another bit of pleasant news brought by them is that Hirschey with four men is taking out ten ounces a day from his ledge. Charles E. Heron has gone to Glacier creek and will take a drill there later to prospect. The ground on which they have had the drill is proving to be a splendid dredging property the two new arriv- als say. In all respects the outlook in the country in which Mir. Fox and Mir Hickey were busied is exceeding. ly good.-Seward Gateway.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
OTHER BATTLES SMALL
 COMPARED TO AISNE

The announcement yesterday that the loss at the Battle of Aisne is es- timated at 1SO,oO0 men makes the loss es in other great battles seem small, And, it must be remembered in this connection, that the estimates of the loss at Aisne are only those up to the present time, and do not include loss es a the period when the tide of bat tie turns one way or the other strong. ly which is usually the time when the losses are heaviest.
 The following record has been com piled of other great battles in the past, the name of the battle, the date of the engagements, the loss and the number of men engaged being stated in th1 order named:
 Leipsic, Oct. 16-1S, 1913. S3,OOO 375, 900.
 Waterloo, June IS. 1915, 53,OOO, 139,- 900. AntIetam. Sept r, 1862, 21,OOO, 115,- 900.
 Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1861, 10000. I55,OOO.
 Koeniggraz. July 8, 1886. 3O,OOO, 400, 900.
 Sedan, Sept. l, 1870, 26,OOO. 100000.
 Omdurman, Sept. 2, 1898, 15,OOO, 73,, 900.
 Mukden, Feb. 20, Mar. 10, 1905, 16O,- 900, 6OO,OOO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
ACTORS MAKE QUICK CHANGE.

Setting an CIV record for rapid fire marine transfer, the Juvenile Bos- tonians, theatrical troupe, will dis embark from the Mason liner Wilhel- nina in midbay late today as the steamer reaches port from Honolulu and will board the steamer Admiral Farragut as that vessel is steaming on its way north.
 The transfer was arranged today on wireless instructions from Captain Peter Johnson of the Wilhelmina. The troupe must fill engagements in the north and has not an hour to spare.
 Today the Wilhelmina is sailing un- der full steam for this port. As soon as she enters the bay and is passed by the quarantine doctors the troupe will be taken of in a launch and hur- ried to the north-bound vessel, which by that time will be heading for the Golden Gate.-(S. F. Call, Sept. 15)
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Yesterdays Scores.

lOoAClAay Q SSSANS' At Venice-Venice, 5; Sacramento, l.
 At San Francisco-San Francisco, 1; Oakland, O. The game went fifteen innings.
 No game at Portland with Los An geles on account of rain.
 NATIONAL LEAGUE.
 Yesterdays Scores: At Pitsburgh-Pittsburgh, 2; Gin cinnati, 1.
 At New York-New York, H. Bos- ton, 5.
 At St. Louis-St. Louis, 5; Chicago,
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
RAILROAD STIRRING INTEREST :.
 IN SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Monday after noon the Lehigh Valleys personally conducted tour" of industrial centers along its line for the purpose of en- klndling intelligent interest in South American trade leaves New York for Easton, the first stop. A series of meetings has been arranged to include many towns and cities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
FEDERAL LEAGUE. Yesterdays Scores:

At Brooklyn-Brooklyn, 8; Baltimore 1.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03

KabIer oIaar Factory. Ph0no 11s.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
CANNOT RAISE FREIGHT
 RATES ON POTATOES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The Inter. state Commerce Commission further from Sept. 29, 1914 to March 29, 1915, the proposed increased rates on potatoes in carloads from Minneso' ta. Wisconsin and other States to Southern Illinois, Indiana and other States, previously suspended from June until Sept. 29, 1914.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
CHICAGO TO HELP
 SOUTH SELL COTTON

CHICAGO, Oct. S.--A $25,OOO,OOO pool formed by Chicago banks that do an extensive business in the South Is the principal plan now being consid cred by combined committees repre- sentlng the Association of Commerce and Clearing House Association ap pointed to evolve some proposition to assist planters in disposing of the surplus cotton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
JUTE YIELW TO BE
 GREATLY HIGHER

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The yield of jute for the 1914-1915 season is ex- pected to be 1O,5OO,OOO bales. This eXcedes all records.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
INNOCENT POSTAGE
 FOR SOUTH AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Postmast' er-General A. S. Burleson has under careful consideration a plan making the two-cent rate for letter postage effective throughout the Western Hem isphere. The purpose is to make the relations between the United States and South America closer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
HAITI IS NOW IN
 VERY BAD SHAPE

NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-The National Bank of the Republic of Hayti has stopped the poyment of money to the government Hayti has foreign debts of $24,465.912 and interior debts of $2,O16.S21. not including its oyerdraft. Appeal may be made to the united States to relieve the bankrupt condi' tion of the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
RAILROAD FARES
TO BE ADVANCED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Interstate passenger fares, in both Eastern and Western territories, are to be increas ed by the railroads in the immediate future. The new rates will be fixed on a basis of PIE cents mile, but will vary slightly, in particular cases from that base.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
MANY COUNTRIES GET
 AMERICAN GRAIN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Of the clearances of wheat and flour from Gulf and Atlantic ports last week, which equalled 7,616,9OO bushels, g. 221,OO bushels were shipped to Eng land, 629,OOO bushels to Holland, l. 632,OOO to France, 57S,OOO to Continen' tai parts and 157,OOO bushels to San tos. Not a bushel was sent to either Germany or Belgium.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE. YeEterday's Scores:

At Boston-New York 5: Boston, O.. At PhIadelphia-Washington, 4; Philadelphia, 3.
 At Chicago-Chicago, 5; St. Louis,
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
AMERICAN GRAIN AND
 COTTON IS MOVING

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 3.-Holland- American liner Maartensdijk has sail ed from New Orleans with the first shipment, consisting of 22O,OOO bush els of grain, 300 bales of cotton and other products. Other shipments, it is said, will soon be made.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-03
Exnerta oppose Cotton PIan.

ENpGTIo OPPOoO SVSsV'
 NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Some foreign exchange experts are inclined to criti- else the "buy-a-bale of cotton" idea on the ground that the tendency is to put up the price of cotton up above an export basis and thus impede the movement to foreign countries.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-19
SMALLPOX DISCOVERED IN
FASHIONABLE HOTEL

The discovery of a woman suffer-
ing from smallpox caused quite a
commotion in the Hotel Del Prado,
at Fifty-ffth street and Blackstone
avenue early Saturday night, when
it was discovered that Mrs. Irene
Finch of Kansas City, Mo-, was suf-
fering from the disease, and was
taken to the Isolation Hospital for
treatment.
DR.. Robert Black, the house ply
stefan, was venturing through the
lobby and noticed a rash on Mrs.
Finch's face. He took her to an ante
room and discovered the disease.
AS a result of the discovery every
employee in the hotel and many guests
were Vaccinated, according to H H
Mclean, manager of the hotel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-19

pl., beaten and robbed. Paul Ulatow-
ski, 3S, 1903 Milwaukee ay., ar
rested.
Frank Hvedak, 25oe N. Racine av.,
suicided. Gun.
Admiral George Dewey failed to
identify the mysterious 81. G. r.
Arthur SchoensIadt, 1855 S. Mich
igan av., owner of Palace Movie The
alter, arrested. Violated fire ordi-
nance.
Secret service men unable to stop
$5,OOO,O00 shipment of peso notes.
Cannot declare them counterfeit be-
cause U. S. does not recognize Next
can government.
Defense to give their side in vote
fraud trial today.
Thomas P. Reilly, 3946 Wentworth
av., drowned in south branch of river.
Council committee may decide on
double-decker bridge for Franklin st.
Leo Kuraszak, 201e BIackhawk
av., fought reflection in glass. Fell
through window. Arrested.
George Walsh, 20, 6262 Stony Is
land aV., arrested in Buffalo. Said to
have taken $4,000 from Packard
Motor Co. r..-
-O-O--
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-19

| CHILLING OF WOMAN RESULTS
IN ARREST OF MAN
GaIesburg, ILL.,, Jan. 1o-Robert
Higgins of North Henderson today
was placed under arrest on a charge
of having killed his wife Jan. 5.
At the time Higgins claimed her
death was due to the accidental dis
charge of a gun he was cleaning. A
coroner's jury exonerated him.
Last Monday G. w. Ernst, uncle of
Julia Flake, Higgins 15-year-old
stepdaughter, presented letters al
legged to have been written last Oc-
tober and November, in which she
suggested to her uncle that he kill
her mother.
She was subjected to a grilling
examination by States Attorney VIII
son of eMrcer county and Boutelle
of Knox. Wilson refused to make
public the result of the examination,
but Immediately sent detectives to
North Henderson to make the arrest.
The theory of the state is said to
be that the girl was infatuated with
her stepfafher and that her relations
with him had been discovered by her
mother. Then, it is charged, she per-
suaded Higgins to commit the crime.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27

emily two more OF our men had to join
the bunch because they couldn't shout
their good advice. lest the robbers
hear every word. l was away to Apex
Rock. Iron down in the canyon. and
these blasted idiots talked.
OF course old Whiskers knew that,
antelope will always creep up TO In
spect any waving rag. Before the ex-
element was properly begun he and
his robbers slipped through our broken
line.
II Ransome has time to aim he's
dangerous to the neighbors, but since
the odds were a thousand to one the
gun would kick him as far as next
Thursday, I'd have bet my debts he
wouldn't hit the party with that flag
Yet that's what happened. He got the
widow O'Fiynn.
With one heartrending, devastating
howl she went to grass. and she did
surely shrek as IL there was no here
after. Murthered in the limb she was
and as | left to follow the sounds of
them escaping robbers. didn't have
time to send carpenter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION. GAS
"Pape's .Diapspsin" cures sick,
sour stomacns in five minutes
Time It!

Really does" put bad stomachs in
order-'really does overcome indiges-
tion, dyspepsia. gas. heartburn and
sourness in FIVE minutes--that-ju
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar.
gest selling stomach regulator In the
world II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour. undlgested food and
acid: head is dizzy and aches: breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste. re-
member the moment 'Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous. and.
the Joy Is its harmlessness. !.
A large fifty-cent case OF Papes Dia-
pepsin will give you hundred dollars
worth Of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. 1t belongs In your
home-should always be kept handy
in case of a sick. sour. upset stomach
during the day or at night It's the
quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
TOOK GHOSTS WORD FOR 1T
New York Woman Declares Fathers
Spirit Told Her That Friend Had
PurIolned Ring.

Through the proxy of Mrs Ida
Shapiero OF Brooklyn. the ghost of her
father appeared as witness before
Magistrate Miller In the New Jersey
Avenue police court Of that borough.
alleging that Mrs. Clara Steiner. who
occupies an apartment on. the same
floor with Mrs. Shapiero. had stolen
$3.50 ring belonging to her
Mrs. Shapiero charged that Mrs.
Steiner had visited her on July and
was upward OF an hour in her bed
room. which Mrs. Shapiero had occa-
sion to leave once or twice. In
drawer OF the dresser reposed the
ring. On July 4. when Mrs. Shapiero
missed her ring she went looking for
Mrs Steiner. and learned she had
gone to Paterson. N. J.
But sure as ! am here. your honor"
said Mrs. Shapiero. the figure of my
departed father appeared to me.
could see him as plainly as you your
self sitting before me. He spoke
slowly. He said: Mrs. Steiner has
your ring. She took 1t from drawer
in your dressing table Take her into