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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
Subway Escalator

From the New York Sun.
 Those who have to ascend or descend long flights of stairs at either elevated or subway stations arc justified in being en- vlous of those who use the Manhattan street subway station.
 The station has the distinction of being the highest on the Broadway division and 1t would be Q hard task for many per sons to ascend the stairs.
 Aware of these facts. tho builders of that portion of the road made provision to meet the contingency. The escalator was installed. and after going through the formality of depositing their niclxels in the ticket sellers booth and receiving the familiar tickets in return the prospec- tive passengers step upon the moving stairs and are brought to the platform in minute or so. The task of climbing is eliminated.
 When the escalator was installed thorough Job was made of 1t. In fact it is so complete that the users of the Man haitian street station enjoy an advantage over the users of other stations along the road. This is the way 1t comes about:
 Alighting from trains passengers tramp down short flight of stairs and step on the moving stairs. going down. They are taken to the street level in jig time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
GERMAN PRINCE IS Al PROMISING ATHLETE
Kaiser's Nephew Is Runner and Tennis Player
 of Ability

Berlin. June -CSpeoIal )-Prince Frederick Karl of Prussia, nephew of the Emperor and one of the most popu- lar athletes in the country. has am nounced his intention of competing this year in the English lawn tennis cham pionships at Wimbledon. Under the pseudonym of "F. Karl" he played last year and then announced his determina- ton to come annually, but because of his preparations for the Olmypic games, in which he hopes to compete, 1t was thought he would spend this summer iri Germany.
 Prince Karl, as he is called here, Is developing into great runner He recently, with the greatest ease. won the Kaisers trophy for army officers in the 4000- metre cross-country run. and he is one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the plan to induce the German army officers to participate more fully in the sports of the coun- try. As tennis player he is by no means in the front rank, having been beaten rather easily by a third-rat player last year at Wimbledon, but he practices constantly with the leading German cracks and F'roitzheim is of the opinion that he will develop Into a player who will give the leading men a hard fight
 Prince Karl bears striking facial resemblance to the Kaiser, even more so than do any of the Emperor's sons except the crown prince. He has the same square head and Hohenzollern nose and lower jaw and is in every way fine figure of man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
FIND FOSSILS OF
 FIRST VERTEBRATE
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Lawrence, Kansas.-Rare fossils, which are the remains of animals supposed to be the ancestors of all animals with baclxbones, including man, were accident ly discovered near Lawrence this week by c. O. Dunbar, a fellow in the depart ment of geology of the University of Kansas.
 These fossils. which represent parts of loo animals. are very rare specimens. only five other similar finds having ever been made in the United States. They belong to the oldest of the vertebrates, from which man has ascended after an evolutionary period of 15,o00,000 years, ac- cordlng to Prof w. II. Twenhofel of the department of geology at the university. Of the 150 pieces found about 12 are com plete fossils.
 The animals were small not more than three inches long. They lived not less than 15,0O0.000 years ago and probably re- sembled the mud puppies which are to be found in present day creeks.
 The geologists at the University of Kansas believe that the find will de- yelop new knowledge to science and have engaged a geoogist from an eastern university to examine the specimens and describe them for scientific data. The fact that the fossils represent the earliest of the yertebrates might, in the opinion of Prof. Twenhofel. prove of great im- portance fin the field of geological and biological knowledge.
 c. O. Dunbar, who discovered tho fos- sils. was walking in the country near Lawrence a short time ago and came upon the fossils imbedded in flint rocks which were lying on the surface Had 1t not been for tho fact that he was inter- ested in geology and was familiar with the different kinds of rocks, the fossils might have lain there for years. Sclen- lists have dug for a long time trying to find just such specimens as MT, Dun bar stumbled onto. but so far only a few discoveries have been made.
 Towns Named by Mistake From the Ladies Home Journal
 It is not often that a town Is named by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
Boy Survives 22.0OO Volts

Mount Vernon, N. Y.-Thirteen-year- old George Kernstock of West Mount Vernon climed one of the high-tension poles on the Harlem road today, and his head touched wire carrying 22.OoO volts. The contact knocked him from his perch. He fell 35 feet, and still lives.
 He is in the Mount Vernon hospital. where he has lain in coma ever since he was picked up. The hair on the top of the boys head was burned of. The bot tom of his left foot was badly charred. and there is a fracture of . bono in the middle of tho back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

cate and charming manner, convincing the man or woman who thinks there is noth- ing left in life for those of the seer and yellow leaf. that there is much left 10 be done-such sweetness and kindness to be passed on, and much real interest for older people.
 In the opening chapter of Looking Westward the author says:
 Julia Ward Howe wrote in her 9oth year:
 The more deeply drink of the cup of life, the sweeter it grows-the sugar all at the bottom
 It Is but lately that botanists have con vinced the public of the true significance of the gorgeous foliage of autumn. Peo- pie have been wont to think and speak of it as sign of decay. We recognize now in the beautiful garments Mother Earth puts on in October the natural and glori- ous ripening of the year. Fall is the full fllment of the promise of springtide; the the apotheosis of summer.
 Does the Divine parable fail in its appli- cation to human nfe?"
 One of the pearls of practical wisdom bequeathed to us by the eighteenth ecen- tury is:
 At 30, a man suspects himself a fool: Knows it at 40. and reforms his plan.' If l were required to name the most dangerous and insdious approach to sen
 
 red light signal over against the list lessness with which we are most familiar in our intercourse with those who are reputed to be "in the decline of life" CThe term Is hateful and, as I hope to show presently, inaccurate) We have come to expect it. and, even when the victim is one of our very own and dearly loved, to recognize the growing indiffer- ence to incidents and events of daily life as stages in the malady we call age" l am standing on the hilltopl" said woman upon the eve of her Sgd birthday to one of the ripest scholars-and, I may add, most devout thinkers-of our day One sees far from the heights. and the Great Beyond seems very near" True. dear friend'' was the quick re- sponse. And there will be no descent for you. Your next movement will be a flight"
 pass the thought on. And so I say-One is not conquered till
 he yields:
 And yield he need not, while, like
 mist from glass God wipes the stains of life's old battle
 fields
 From every morning that He brings
 to pass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
CURING CHRISTOPHER"

By Mrs. Horace TremIett. The John Lane
 Company, Publishers, New York.
 The complaint of which Christopher finds it necessary to be cured is what, in moment of embarrassment, he describes as loss of memory. but is in reality an at tack of infatuation for a musical comedy actress, followed by a very rough hand ling from one of the lady's most formid- able admirers. Christopher's wife regards his condition as very grave, and he un- dergoes a good deal of discomfort in the course of his "cure." This is a fresh and clever novel. which, written with great dexterity and charm, makes delightful reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

CAMPING ON THE GREAT LAKES, '' By Ramona s. Spears. Harper Brothers. Publishers, New York Another dandy good story for boys is Raymond s. Spears book. Camping on the Great Lakes" which is full of adven- ture and thrilling narrative exciting from first to last.
 From the Black river country up into New York state, the reader is carried all the way to the wild northern shores of Lake Superior.
 Enroute ample opportunity is offered the observer to learn of the commercial value of the Great Lakes while fishing, camp ing, and shooting come in for large share of comment attractively drawn by the author.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
OTHER BOOKS REVIEWED.

THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN AT STRATFORD-ON-AV A FANTASY .'' By w. D. Howells. Harper Brothers' Publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

"THE PURPLE MISTS." By F. E. Mills Young. The John Lane Company, Publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

PUNCH AND JUDY"
 By Edwin Pugh. The Bobbs-Merrill Com
 pany Publishers. Indianapolis
 This is no ordinary story. It has been called appropriately "a book for cleverj people," Punch and Judy is real dis eovery-refreshingl humorous and whim- sical; impressively panoramic; delightful " artistic. It is in many respects remi- niseent of Dickens. Yet there is so much that is so characteristically Edwin Pugh that one dares only say it is reminiscent. For Edwin Pugh. if we may judge from
 Punch and Judy" must be as truly orig inal and as absolutely different from oth- CT writers of the day as is his story from the works of his contemporaries
 It's life, life, life, within the pages of this book. There's not dull moment in the whole of it.
 It's life that's bizarre and romantic Life that recognizes no such thing as caste-where they're all just human be- ings, that's all that's enoughi Life where Where everyone has the little spark of human nature that makes the whole world kin.' Life where love, unhamper- ed by convention finds it's way itself Life that fascinates and appals within the same second. Life that is gay and tragic with the same heartbeat.
 Into a labyrinth of life and love such as this Edwin Pugh, the novelist of Lon don Bohemia leads us as we go through the pages of Punch and Judy" He takes us into Soho by the back door, as 1t were-into the very heart of that strange section of London from which Dickens drew so many of his characters
 The story centers around the love af- fair of struggling young musician and a lair artists model-but 1t is not the con- ventional sort of a love story. It has all the force of reality.
 Punch and Judy" two precoclous youngsters "a boy and his twin sister,. from whom the book takes it's name are the little gods of the car, and a truce de- light. It is through the kindly offices of this sentimental Tommy of lad and his sedate little sister that we are introduced to circle of people as varied and inter- esting as pageant. There are folks of wealth and attainment (prototypes no doubt of prominent English lterateurs- Chesterton Shaw or some other) who have been drawn to this literary and ar ustic Bohemia by the magic of 1t all The author unveils lowly lives as well, and reveals, beneath their tawdry pettiness and dissolute weakness their upward striving after something better their loves, their hates, their very humanness.
 There is so much going on all of the time that 1t were folly to debate where 1t ends. But 1t ends happily because it ought to and not because MT. Pugh com promises with his audience.
 It is seldom that such a delightful and worthy bit of literature of so peculiar ly original a nature comes to us from England. It's the sort of thing the Eng fish are wont to pride themselves in being able to grasp and enjoy, and Haunt in the face of American readers as something above their level of understanding, and hold tightly for their own. Having had this much of Edwin Pugh, we can but wish and wait for more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05

SOCIAL FORCEss IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA" By H. c. Wells. Harper Brothers, Publishers. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
LOOKING WESTWARD,

By Marion Harland. Charles 'Scribner's s
 Sons. Publishers. New York
 In dainty little volume entitled Looking Westward,' Marion Harland, the gifted and versatile writer. sends forth forth a message of sweet peace and comfort to those who are growing old.
 She handles the subject n a most deli.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-30
STATE To ENTER LIME
BUSINESS IN OCTOBER
Ncw Enterprise VIII BE Ready To
Make Fall Deliveries, Says COM
missioner Koncr.
BOARD SELECTS LOCATION
Chooses Site In Valley Between
Staunton and LeXinSton-Nlachin
cry Ready for EnStallatiOn-WiH
BE Operated by Convict Labor.

The Commonwealth Of Virginia will
he actively engaged in the limc-grlud-
ing business before October l. The
site for the plant was agreed upon by
the special commission consisting OF
the Governor, the superintendent OF the
sloner OF Agriculture YESTERDAY The
choice of site is made subject 20 a
satisfactory termination OF ncgotia-
tioIs' FOR its purchase TOW under way.
Thc state Convict Lime Rparl met
IN the GoNcruorS Office carly In the
afternoon. Governor Stuart presided.
In determining uPon a choice oil the
several desirable sites aVailablc for
the plant the commission WAS infl,-
cnccd by gcographical location as ven
as by the quantity and quality Of
limestone afforded by each tract al:
land.
The site selected is in the centre oc
the valley, between stanton and i.vx-
inSton. The name OF the owner was
not announced Yesterday, for the rr:i-
son that the choice is contingent upon
everything being satisfactory when
the hoard is prepared to sign the cou-
tract. y central location svas desired.
in order that farmers in all parts OF
the State Will bc able TO obtain the
products of the plant with equal IA
cility and payiug equal freight charges.
Three splendid tracts Of land. rich
In lime deposits. we're. offered in the
Southwestern section of the state. All
We're rejected because OF the geo
graphical locntion. "ntailine a long
freight haul ana high freight bills for
some OF tn" farmers. Il short haul and
low freight for others.
The c.ntrnct for the machinery with
which the plant is to bc equipped was
awarded last spring. The lime grind
ing machinery is almost completed by
;hc builders. Commissioner of Agri-
culture George w. Koiacr said yes
tcrday. ana viii he ready fer ship
mcni in a few days.
I'VE have only 10 put NJ tho build
Ing and install the machinery" said
Mir. koiner. Everything else has been
practically completed. The construc-
tiou work will be began immediately
In the early fall We Will be filling or
ders. and the plant viii he in full
blast"
Convict labor will be employed in
the lime grinding plant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-30
CHAMBER APPROVES
PLAN TO AID COUNTY
Urges Council TO Appropriate Road
Money 20 Expedite An
ncNatiOn.
BENEFITS FOR EoTH SIDES
Litigation Prevented, Ins,tring to
City Control of 1918 Assessment,
and 60 County System of Improved
Highways Leading Into City.

Directors OF the Chamber Of Com
nerce at a called mcetiua, Yesterday
afternoon went on record as faVoriug
the proposition that the city appro-
prlat" by September !, 1914. the sum of
lonopu to he expended upon the main
highways OF ll1nrico County. provided
a." county authorities agree TO with
draw further opposition 10 the anucXa-
ton plan as approved by Judge A. y
Campbell. believing that the appro-
prlation II nadc by the city Will bring
about an equitable solution Of the en-
tire matter. In" Chamber OF Comm cree
strongly advocates that the conceSS sion
asked Ivy the county be granted The
matter Of making tho appropriation
was referred some days ago to the
Finance Committee OF the city Coun-
ell for report.
Unless the city agrees To make the
appropriation asked, the county will
contest the annexation lines as now
Appeals. This would probably mean 4
iong light in the courts before a iinai
adjustment IS made. Icy making the
approximation suggested, il was pointed
out in the meeting yesterday that the
city and county would both derive sub
Staniial gains. BESIDES the great bcne-
III which the city would derive as a
result OF improVca highways. a prompt
ratification of the annexation plan
would give the city control of the 1915
tax assessment. a valuation which, un-
1870. Regardless of the consideration
of the tax assessment. the city. should
AN agreement with the county he
reached. would gain the taxes collected
in 1918, which would represent a large
SUM OF money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-30
CAMP HAS BEEN MOST
SUCCESSFUL, SAYS SALE
Adjutant- General Much Pleased With
Militia Showing at Cor
louisville.
TROOPS WILL DIsBAND TO-DAY
Country Around Gor,lonsyille Partic-
ularIy We'll Adapted To Various
Military ManucuvrcS-Fcw Incl
dents of Serious Disorder.

The cncampmcut OF tho virginia.
niilttiamcn this year has been a most
Successiul one said Adjutaut- General
W w Sale yesterday afternoon dig ]
Governor mas also returned from the
"nCair tment grounds. and shares the
Views OF the Adjutaut-Geucral in re !
gard 10 the. annual gathering OF the
Hthis troops The troops VIII disband
to-d1? and return TO their homes in
various towns and cities OF the state
Although some delays arc auticiuatad
II Is believed thnt all OF IN. Rich
>nond troopers VIII he at home before
ui:ht, as the FIRST detachment OF militinl
VIII leave Gordousviile early this|
morning.
General Leonard Wood. of the United
states Army. who inspected the troop.
"rs at The cncompment. spoke i'm th,]
most nattcring terms OF the Virginia!
soldiers, az did other officers who havtI
visited Gordonsville. Adjutant- Gen
crHl sale stated yesterday that heI
VAS particularly Impressed with the|
natural fitness of tho site OF the en-
canpnent this year. and said that he|
louisville as particularly well suited til
various military m0UocuVrcs. The feW|
unpleasant Incidents which have DC
Cured during the cncampmcnt havo|
Adjutant- General states that on thu
whole he thinks that remarkably good
order has been maintained.
Military oilicials from Maryland Wis
tied Gordonsvillc while Adjutant-G Cen
cral Sale WAS on the cncampmcntj
grounds TO extend an invitation TO thtj
Virginia militia 10 visit Baltimore dur
INK the Star-Spangled BsDncr Gov; en-
NAL during the week of September Gil
While ii is probable that many Vir i
tons, II Is not thought that the cntir,I
state militia Will go to Baltimore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-30
CLAIM To HAVE BEEN
GROSSLY SLANDERED
Two Women File Damage Suits
Against John Wilds in lien
rico Circuit Court.
SAY HE CALLED THEM "TRAsn"
Miss Jane G. Schurm and Mrs. Belle
Timberlakc Jenkins Each Ask
Compensation of 1000 for NJ
legged Injury to Their Good Names.


Alleging that they were grossly
slnndcrcd and insultcd hy Jonn Wilds
while paying :, social call at his; home
on the williamsburg Road on The
evening OF july j.. Miss Jane l.
Schurm and Mrs. Belle TNnbcrlake
Jenkins have filed suits in the Circuit
Court Of iIcnrico County IN which they
in lie sum u 5000.
Unusual contentious are made b. the
plaintiffs, ana rather Interesting
story Is contained in the papers which
they have Med with the clerk OF the
Circuit Court; About y o'c!ocll o. a
summer evening. the story Zoos. the
TWO women Who arc now bringing
suit. called AT tie Wilds mono visit
Mrs. Sarah Thoruburs. connected VI
marriage with the defendant. The
tire" women were sitting on the front
poarch talking, when Mr.. Wilds came
70 the door. and Mrs. Th"rnburg said.
VIVA is'it. dad. You want Taking
as saying. II want 10 know what is
going on ia my yard" and is alleged
to have. followed this explanation
with angry, Insulting and abusive Lam
guagc addressed to the visitors.
When Mrs. ThoruhurE asked him TO
come out on the porch ana have Il
seat, 1t IL alleged that Air. Wilds. re-
fcrring 10 the visitors as trash" and
calling them vile names, ordered them
to leave his house, ANA intimatcd that
he would not like to be found in such
company The two women alicgc that
their good names and credit have been
greatly injured by Mr.. WilGs. anl that
zion for the humiliation they have
suffered
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-30
SOCIETY IS FORMED
TO PROMOTE MATRIMONY
Marriage ECONOMY Association, of
Norfolk, Secures State
Charter.
MAXIMUM CAPITAL $4,000
Purposes Are to Encourage Thrift i'm
Persons of Marriagcablc Agc-Na-
tional building and Loan Associa-
ton Incorporated in Portsmouth.

In some respects. the oldest charter
, GNrr issued by the StSte CORPORATION
Tho papers of Incorporation We're is
sued TO the Marriage Economy Asso-
citation of Norfolk. the authorized CAPT
t3liHation OF which is from $4,000 to
$4,000
The stated purposes of the associa,
THRIFT in persons OF mitrriAgcablc age.
both sexes. 80 that when they ar. mar
rivd. they wili be able TO meet the
extra demands incident to marriage
Liz. the course of true love. the APP
p!cHuon Tor the charter did not ruu
% lyi,t"y I,mG,o'ne When Ric4ard T.
Spcctrd tie first papers applying FOR
The charter, he found tliat the proposed
plan saYVrcd too much Of q banking
business. lie therefore. returned the
papers foi correction. suggesting som.
modiiicatioHa aud changes. The capt
OF IN" value of 500 each. Thc Of
nr"rs OF the association arc: David
Williams, president, Joseph Allison.
Observation-Disclosures all of Norfolk.
CHARTERS ISSUED by
COMMISSION YESTERDAY
charters were issued ~ Follows:
Ainond,u,ui to charter Of Tie Cor
rUgutcd Paper Company. Incorporated.
stock from $4,000 to 800. 600.
National Building and i.oun Associa.
ton, incorporated. Portsmouth: capital
$4,000 to $iru.Utc, building and loan
association; :. II. Goodman, president:
Jerome Goodman, secretary. both OF
Portsmouth,
Baseball Association. Incorporated.
Of Portsmouth; capital S2.50O 10 $40
600; baseball club Vernon y. Brooks
president. Frank, e. Haurahuu, sccrc-
tarN, both OF Portsmouth.
Jordan y Chapman manufacturing
COMPANY. Incorporated, Staunton: cap
ittl Slo,rOe to $4,000. manufacturing
q patent hens nest anu TO furnish
other poultry supplies James :. Jur-
dan. president, ". j. Chapman. vice.
president and secretary, both oi Stauu-
ton.
Thc Bedford ana rlttsylvania Nu-
uai Icl"phonc Company. otter View.
Rural Free Delivery. Huddleston; cap
ital $1,000 20 S5.0Qc TO buld and oper
ate = telephone line. H. \ BENNETT.
president; -. 4. Graves, secretary.
both OF Huddlcston.
st. Paul Giu-Gcra Bottlinp Works.
Incorporated. ST. Paul Va: capital So.
400 to $4,000; bptiling sort drinks
,tc.; \. Handy. president; ! III Dick
cns9I. SccretarE and treasurer. both OF
-. Paul. Va
The southern Engineering Company.
Incorporated. Roanoke. capital s., 900
20 $2",uup. coustruction work of All
kinds; X \. Higgatt. president: r II.
NiIiiS, vice president IT, NJ I'iggatt
secretary ana treasurer. all of Eoa-
Nokc, Va.