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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
W|NDSTORM FELT
 IN TEXAS CITIES Great Property Damage Is Done, But No Lives
 Are Lost

Dallas, Tex, January 31.-The east ern portion of Texas and parts oi Arkansas and Oklahoma early today felt the effects of a severe windstorm which at Tyler, Tex, and Malvern and Garland City. Ark, assumed the proportions of a tornado. Falling tenn peratures also were noted. No serious delay to traffic or communication lines were reported
 No deaths had been reported today The greatest property damage was approximately $15000 at Tyler, Tex. and s10,000 at Malvern, Ark, Marshall Tex, and the surrounding county suf- fered loss from wires blown down and outhouses damaged. Jefferson, Gaines vile and Childres. Tex. reported se- we're winds At Tulsa, Okla, the tenn perature, according to unofficial fig ures, dropped 40 degrees during the day, while Enid, Okla, reported snow an inch deep.
 At Garland City several frame houses were blown down and property damage was estimated at several thousand dol lars. No one was injured.
 At Malvern 15 small buildings were wrecked and the plants of severa lumber companies damaged. No ont was injured
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German cruiser Gazelle was torpedoed by a submarine of unknown nationality near the Island of Rueger, in the Baltis. on January 26
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
BIG INCREASE IN
 PRICES OF FOODS

London, Janaury Correspond ence of the Associated Press )-The ab, rupt increase in food prices in Great Britain refuses longer to be concealed and the labor element threatens to bring the matter before Parliament.
 Bread has increased 50 per cent in price. The effect of this on the poor is drastic All agencies concerned blame some one else. J. c. M. Kerslake, presi- dent of the Master Bankers Protective society, places the responsibility on spectators. Wheat gambling and in . creased freight rates." he says, "are the chief causes"
 Ship owners say that the supply of ships Is not equal to the demand. It Is true, however, that longer and less direct voyages made necessary by the war had a marked effect on freight rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
GERMAN SUBMARINE .U-21 UNDER WATER' EMDEN, SAY ENGLISH. Has Done Much Damage To Commerce, Causing the
 Loss of Many
 Lives

London, January 31.-The toll taken by the German submarine U-21 in it's raid late Saturday in the Irish seas, in the vicinity of Liverpool, still stands at three ships-the steamers Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche and the Kilcoan, the last small vessel. The kilcoans crew was landed today on the Isle of Man by coastwise steamer.
 In addition German submarine also has torpedoed two British steam CTS in the English channel near Havre the Tokomaru and the Icaria
 The Irish sea raider escaped and shipping interests, confident she has returned to her base, ordered d re- sumption of normal traffic today
 This under water Emden Is the ves- sel which last September torpedoed in the North sea the British cruiser Pathfinder with loss of 246 lives and later destroyed two British steamers off Havre. She found numerous ves- sels in the waters to which she has now transferred her activities. In addi- tion to the three vessels she is known to have sunk she chased at least five other steamers These include the steamer Graphic. with 100 passengers and a crew of 40, and the smaller boats Aureus, Ava. Kathleen and Edynlion. All these vessels escaped in zigzag flight.
 The Graphic's captain had his ras- sengers don life belts and sent all the members of the crew to the stoke hole so that the steamer could keep up full head of steam. The captain also took the precaution to warn by wire less vessels from coming into the zone of the submarines activity
 The Allan line steamer Scandinavian from St. John. N. B.. January 22 for Liverpool, with 800 passengers on board. learned of the raid of the U-21 and put into Queenstown. After re- maining in Queenstown for short time the steamer proceeded for Liver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
Baltic Shipping Safe

Berlin, January 31.-(By Wireless to London )-The commander of the naval station on the Baltic announced that shipping will be safe in the Baltic if the routes previously recommended are fol- lowed. This statement was made in re- ply to queries from ship owners regard ing the safety of navigation as the result of submarine attacks on the Gazelle. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
Rear Admiral MOntagu Dies

London. January 31.-t7:25 D. m. Rear Admiral the Hon. Victor A. Mon tagu died today.
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Local Data
Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at United States weather stations during the 24 hours ending s D. m. 75th nerid- ian time, January 31, 1915.
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THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, January 31-Forecast for Alabama: Rain and colder Monday; Tues day fair, colder
 Tennessee: Rain and colder Monday, much colder at night; Tuesday fair, cold CT in east.
 Georgia: Rain Monday; Tuesday fair, colder.
 Mississippi Rain and colder Monday; Tuesday fair.
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Attempt to Strike Fails

Florence. Italy, January 31.-G 20 p. m.)-An attempt to foment gen. eral strike here today failed, chiefly through the attitude of the populace which threatened to take the law into it's own hands against the disturpers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
William M. Brown Dead

New York, January 31-William M. Brown, representative in Congress for the Twentyfourth district of Pennsyl- vania, and former lieutenant governor of that state, died here today of pneumonia.
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Chamber of Commerce Meets

Constantinople. January S.-Fifty busi- ness men attended the annual meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Levant at the American embassy Mariellas Bowen was reelected presi- dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
TRAINS 2l AND 22 DISCONTINUED ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL-

EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JANUARY 3l, 1915, ALABAMA GREAT SOUTH ERN RAILROAD tQUEEN AND CRESCENT RGUTE) TRAINS 21 AND 22, OPERATING BETWEEN CHATTA- NOOGA, TENN.. AND BIRMINtSHA A M : ALA, WILL BE DISCONTINUED. FOR FULL IMPORTATION APPLY TO NEAREST TICKET AGENT IT. F.. LATIMER, DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT, BIRMINGHAM. ALA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-01
Financial Information

THE ALABAMA HOME" which has cash capital of almost Two Million Dollars founded in February 189 under continuous it's founding It funds in the Birmingham district first mortgages joys the unique record having dividend since the day of it's organization It's stock has sold par has call demand regardless the finance in America It is such record that socts your business
 THE ALABAMA HOME" Special Stock pays 6 per cent per semannua dividends and the invested can be withdrawn The stock amount from S10OO0
 Money invested now will draw full five dividend on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
S0CIFIY NOTES FROM
RRIST0L HERALD.C0URIER

MIR. and Mrs. Lee r Miller ard
two sons OF Elizabeihton, motored t.
this city Sunday, whore Mr. Miller
addressed the Bible classes OF the
Baptist church While in Bristol
they were the guests Of Mr. and Mrs,
Sam Copenhaver, on West State
street
Mr. and Mrs Flnak B.. St John
and daughters, Misses Louise and
Love, and maid. of johnson City,
came TO Bristol Friday and We're
guests yer Sunday of Judge and
Mrs. c. j.. St. John at their home on
Windsor avenue.
Mr. and Mrs Frank St. John and
daughter, Louise, spent Sunday with
MI. ana Mrs. c. j. St John. on
Windsor avenue, and returned to
their home at Johnson City by auto
mobile
Miss Ihea Hunter, Of Johnson City
is de'i hitting Bristol audiences with
her superb voice She gave a pri-
waite recital at Virginia lnPtitutc last
night
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
NOW HER FRIENDS
HARDLY KNOW Her
But This Does Not Bother Mrs.
Burton, Under the
Circumstances.

Houston, TeXas.-ln an interesting
letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton
writes as follows: 81 think it is my duty
to tell you what your medicine, cardui,
the woman's tonic. has done for me.
Twas down sick with womanly trouble,
and my mother advised several different
treatments, but they didn't seem TO do
me any good. fingered along for three
or Tour months, and for three weeks. J
was in bed, so sick I couldn't bear fol
any one TO walk across the floor.
My husband advised me to try Cardui,
the woman's tonic. | have taken two
bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained
Is pounds and do all of my homework.
Friends hardly know me, am SO we'll"
Ii you suffer from any of the ailments
so common to women, don't allow the
trouble to become chronic. Begin taking
Cardui to-day. 1t is purely vegetable,
its ingredients acting in gentle, natural
way on the weakened womanly constitu-
ton. You run no risk in trying Cardui.
II has been helping weak women back TO
health and strength for more than so
years. II will help you. At all dealers.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies.
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for Spectdt
Instructions on your case and 6f-page book. Home
Treatment for Women" sent in plain wrapper. E69-B
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
MANY ADVANTAGES OF
THE SUMNER SILO
(By c. A. Hutton, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee,

y
sion, University of Tennessee;
A small silo for summer feeding is
one of the best means of keeping up
the milk flow of the dairy herd Few
dairymen have sufficient pasture for
their herds during the hot; dry months
OF midsummer, and as a result, the
milk flow usually decreases.
More COWS can be fed from the same
acreage by the use of the silo than by
pasturing. There is no waste from
tramping down of the food, and the
cows are not exposed to the hot sun
and flies. An excellent plan is to have
a silo small in diameter so that some
silage can be fed every day during the
summer, if it should be needed. Many
dairymen now have two silos-a large
one for winter and a small one for
summer.
The dairy with plenty of good silage
is very largely independent of weather
conditions. There is seldom season
when he can not grow a fair crop of
silage corn, and there are few sum
mers when he could not make more
money from his herd if the dry, short
pastures were supplemented with
ration of corn silage.
From twenty to thirty pounds of
silage would be fair daily ration for
COW ii she has some pasture. About
two and one-half to three inches
should be fed off of the surface of the
silo daily during the hot weather in
order to keep the silage sweet and
free from mold Allowing an average
ration of twenty-five pounds per day
for the six summer months, herd OF
twenty cows would require forty-five
tons of silage, and silo 10x30 feet
will be required From four to six
feet should be added to the silo to
allow for settling of the silage. For
Il herd of thirty cows, G7 tons would
be needed, and slo 12x30 would be
required.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
MONEY TO LOAN.


Applications received for loans from
$4,000 to 100000, on improved and
unimproved town property and farm
lands. Interest per cent straight.
Interest payable annually or semi
annually Time: one to ten years.
Applicants for loans will please give
description, location ana valuation Of
property oGorcd as security fer lean.
state improvements ana valuation Of
same.
We want country representatives to
receive APPLICATIONS for loans, appraise
property, and serve as our exclusive
representative Attorney or real es-
tate man preferred Applicants for
i5nas. ana applicants kor agencies
positively required to furnish at least
Two character references and forwar
postage I've Pc stamps Tor application
blanks, full particulars, and prompt
reply, Write Southern Office, South
eastern Mortgage Loan Assn, Fourth
Natl Bank Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
BUYING THE BEEF BULL
A QUESTION OF TYPE

(By r. M Murphy, Division of Exten
sion, University of Tennessee
The buying Of a beef bull is not
nearly so much a question OF breed
as of type Whether an animal has
good top line and good underline.
with plenty of width and depth ana
good quarter is OF much more import
ance than whether he is a 5horthofn.
a Hereford or an Angus Ii is very i'm
portant in any case that he be of pure
breeding and comes of line OF good
producers. A bull of scrub parentage
might be frst-class individual in
every respect, but We should hardly
expect him to transmit his excellent
qualities, because he did not inherit
them honestly. His offspring will al
most invariably give him away. We
can never judge an animal except by
his offspring, but our best guarantee
lies in good pedigree. A good pedi-
gree is one in which the immediate
ancestors are animals of importance
Farther back than six generations the
influence is practically nothing.
AS we become better acquainted
with the different breeds we find that
neither of them has any particular ad
vantages over the other. A great
many people change from one breed
to another because of a desire to
have something different, and more
frequently than otherwise, to have
changed was mistake, especially if
the change meant the introduction of
a breed entirely new to a community
which had up to the time favored a
single breed. A man introducing and
trying to populariZe a new breed is
at serious disadvantage because he
generally has but few animals to
work with and he finds no ready sale
for the surplus stock he may wish to
dispose OF. 1t is much better business
to select the breed the community IA
Tors.
Select an animal OF good proper.
tons. low down, boeky. straight top
and underline, with plenty of depth |
and width good width OF chest, |
strength in heart girth, low down in |
tiank, and well developed quarters,
with just as little head and neck and |
legs as possible.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

W O.. Phillips was down from
Fish Springs today for few hours.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
THE BEST TIME TO PRUNE
by c. A. Keffer, Division of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee.)

tBy c.. A. Keffer, Division of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Before trees come into bearing they
are best pruned as the buds swell in
the spring.
Peaches my be pruned at any time
While dormant, and in large orchards
the work had best be begun in Decem-
Der, in order to be sure of finishing it.
Never neglect peach pruning.
Apples in bearing are best pruned
in late April or early May, about the
time the first leaves are full grown.
This will permit the formation during
the season of fruit buds for the fol-
lowing year.
The plum is pruned very much like
the peach, but less severely, and the
cherry requires the least pruning OF
all fruits. Plum and cherry are best
pruned as the buds swell in early
spring.
Grapes should be pruned as soon as
possible after the leaves fall, and late
pruning is undesirable because the
vines bleed. badly after the sap starts.
Contrary to general opinion, vines
very seldom ii ever bleed to death.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
"April 21gt. 1915.

April 21St. 1915.
SEALED PROPOSALS viii lbe recclv-
cd at office of Treasurer, Mountain
Branch, NJ H. D.. ". S., National
Soldiers Home, Tenn. and there
opened at the time fixed, for furnish
ing and delivering supplies in accord
ance with Instructions and specifiea-
tions, copies of which, with blank pro-
poals, can be had upon application to
the Treasurer. as follows: For cur
rent EEpenes and Subsistence sup
plies, until O'Clock r.. NJ, May 10Th,
1915; for Houehold supplies. until z
O'clock r., NJ. May 18th, 1915; for
Hospital supplies, until 2 o'clock p
NJ, May 18th, 1915 for Repairs sup
plies, until o'clock p NJ, May 24th;
1915; and for Farm and Clothing sup
plies, until o'clock r.. NJ, May 18th.
1915 Oliver X Marshall, Treasurer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
SHEEP OWNERS
NEED DOG LAW
interests Suffer Large Annual
b Loss Because Of RaVages
of Common Ours
AND 1AXATIOA
Tennessee is Ideally Located for the
Production Of EarIy Lambs-cheaP
10 65ise, as Tfey Live Largely On
Waste.

icy r Nj Murphy, Division OF Ezten-
sion, University OF Tennessee
The sheep interests of the state are
sadly in need of an effective Dog Law
Tennessee is ideally located for the
production of early lambs, and but for
the rayages of the common cur, the
number OF sheep now in the state
would be double in the next five years.
Sheep, with the dog out Of the way,
are our most profitable live stock.
They live largely upon things that
usually go to waste. Every farm
should have q small flock to utilize
surplus pastures, weeds, etc. A good
breeding eve, costing SIS, viii live on
what she can pick up and produce a
lamb, and frequently two, worth IS
each the FIRST Of each June
Our present legislature should pass
such la@. Following is given an out
line embodying the essential features
OF all the deg laws now in force in the
different states:
Taxation CT Dogs.
I. State TO license and tax all dogs
six months Of age or over which are
not licensed and taxed BY cities or in
corporated villages.
3 All licensed dogs to be taxed as
follows:
one mal2..... ......,......... 9l.5O
Each additional male. ..... 800
Gpa fa+,gola & %
Each additional female, ........ 500
Kennel licenses to be issued with
restrictions. (See Kennel License
Law Of state Of Conneotlcut)
3 Counties or townships should be
empowered to levy additional taxes on
dogs should it be deemed necessary.
Issuing License, Payment Of TAX and
Identification Of Dogs.
l. All dogs six months of age or
over TO be reported by owner to proper
county official for licensing. Owner
shall also be responsible for relicens-
ing dogs at end of year.
2. All taxes to be paid by owner to
proper county official at time of
licensing
3. All dogs to wear collar showing
owners name and having attached a
metal plate bearing license number
and date and place of issue of license.
Handling Of Sheep-Kiling Dogs.
/. Dogs may be killed by any one,
(c) When caught chasing or killing
sheep. tb) When caught off owners
premises, unattended and without a
collar bearing license number.
2. reward of SIS to be offered by
proper county official to any one
Identifying sheep-killing dog. Money
for payment of reward to be taken
from funds accommodating from dog
taxes.)
g. Dogs must be ordered killed by
authorized official when proved to be
sheep killers.
Compensation to Sheep owner for
Injured or Killed.
I. Authorized county official to pay
owners of sheep injured or killed. the
full value of damage done, from the
funds accommodating from dog taxes
Should such funds be insufficient to
Eay all damages in full, other funds to
be made available for this purpose.
But should such funds accumulate in
excess Of amount required to pay dam
ages, the same 10 be available for some
public service after three years time.
2. Counties should have power to
proceed against dog owners to regain
all money paid out for injuries to
ahnGn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
mpensation to sheep owner for
injured or Killed.
HOW ONE FARMER is INcREAs-
ING HIS BEEF CATTLE PROFITS.


(By h. NJ Murphy, Division OF Exren-
sion. University of Tennessee.)
Butter fat is worth about thirty
cents per pound One beef cattle
raiser in East Tennessee approaching
this fact and also the fact that his
baby calves do as we'll ON skim milk
fresh from the separator as when
sucking their dams, has taken to milk.
ing his cows, separating the cream
from the milk, and shipping 1t to the
nearby creamery. Three pounds of
corn will easily replace one pound of
butter fat in the calf's ration, at cost
of only four cents instead of thirty.
Is this twenty six cents worth the trou~
BILE? Suppose his cows produce on the
average only one hundred and fifty
pounds of butter fat in a year, or one
half pound of fat per day for ten
months. This, at thirty cents per
pound, means forty-fiye dollars per
COW, or enough to pay for her feed and
care, leaving her calf clear profit.
This man does not live near the
railroad either. The produce merchant
makes regular trips through the coun-
try gathering up butter and eggs, and
now instead OF selling him the surplus
butter at fifteen cents per pound, he
gives him ton cents per can for haul
ing the cream to the railway station
and returning the can. Now instead
of selling product which winds up in
the oloomargarine factory, even though
it may leave home in good condition,
his cream is manufactured into first
class butter in the creamery forty
miles away, and he gets paid for q
first class product
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
Society Personals

Mrs Fuqua and Miss Mae Fuqua
are whiting relatives in Chicago +
James r. Reeves suffered a alisht
stroke of paralysis this week and IS
seriously Ill at his nome near the
city
Mrs Robert. Burrow is VISITING
MIS-. James p Taylor at the latter's
home en- the Nolachucky river, near
Joncsboro
Mrs j. w Allison, of Erwin, is
seriously i'll at the home of her
mother, Mrs. T. V. McCown, in
this city She is reported slightly
better
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
LIon,a pas,ruetIon peereed.

Every mans hand is against the
Hon. His destruction is encouraged
by all the governments of Africa;
and the occupation of most parts OF
the continent by the white race Is
likely. before a great many years, to
close his history except Ia few re.
gions.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

served faith and confidence and
whose capacity for the highest order
of legislature service 10 his state is
we'll established If not that type Of
a man. the next United States sena-
tor from Tennessee in all human
proba 5i'ity will be a Republican.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Ten demonstrations listed this week,
and one tAok out forty.iive acres in a
corn demonstration aud another took
as much as six acres,-if. s. IIarkle-
read, Greene County, March G. 1915.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-22
GOERKE'S TAX
APPEAL DECISION
IS RESERVED
s#s#4=sasf
Merchants Object to 5000
Per Front Foot Assessment
on Property.

The appeal OF the Goerke Company
for reduction in the assessment on
the property which they occupy at
6s7 to 705 Broad street from ss6s, 700 to.
ss93,s was argued before the County
Board of Taxation today. Decision
was reserved.
The appeal asks for a reduction on
the property known as 6s7 and 6ss
Broad street from 1924, 400 to s25s. .ss7
and on the property 701 to 705 Broad
street from s570.so0 to $4,000. The
reductions are asked on the land, and
not on the buildings
The valuation placed on the two
tracts in dispute place The assessed
value on the property at $1,000 a front
foot. This is considered excessive by
counsel for the Goerke Company, who
argued that valuation on the prop-
erty of s6,5eO per foot would be fair
value.
An assessment of 1880 per front
foot added to the yalue CT the 'front.'
age at the corner of Cedbr and Broad
streets on account of its value as a
corner lot was also objected to by
counsel for the ebieefors, ON the
grounds that Cedar street was not Of
sufficient value "a 4 thorougtfare for
this extra assessment.
A Experts Testify.
The only witness called by. Saul
cohn, counsel for the Goerlse Com
pany.., was Joseph S. Feibelinap, a
local real estate expert, who testified
that, in his opinion. the rate of $1,000
per front foot placed on the property
by the Board of Assessment and Tax.
alton WAS excessive. as was the extra
assessment on the corner property.
James Al, Berry appeared as expert
for the city Mr. Berry held that the
valuation was not excessive and that
the value OF the property had been
greatly increased by. the erection of
the new Public Service terminal on
Park place and also on account of tho
proximity to the Centre Market
The appeal of the Weingarten
Brothers Realty Company for a re-
duction of the assessment on the
property 2B6-220 Haisey street from
$3.50, ,70e to 1851 900 was Withdrawn by
Mr.. Gohn, attorney for the applicants.
City Counsel Spanlding Frazer ap-
peared for the city.