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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

When care Is used in arranging this simple apparatus an image of the san will appear on the screen which will have all the sharpness and clearness of steel engraving, it's appearance re- sembling more or less that shown in Figure 3. The observer will at the pres ent time see several spots upon its sur face, anI if he will look at these at intervals of a few days he will plainly see that our great luminary Is stead- fly turning around upon it's axis, just as the earth is doing. But our great sun, million times larger than our earth, instead of turning about once each day, occupies 25 1-5 days In mak- ing one single rotation. If, therefore, the observer sees a large spot just com ing around the advancing edge-that is, just rising to his view-nearly two weeks will elapse before it's steady on- ward motion will have carried it en- tirely across the disc of the sun and caused it to withdraw from view to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
.DOWELL NAMED ID
 LEAD INSTITUTES
Miss Bradford and Ledbetter
 to Be Assistants
TEACHER-TRAI G
Institutes Will Be Held in Every County in State During This Scholastic Year-Statement
 Issued by Feagin

Montgomery, October s1.--(special> ing may be emphasized in Alabama as never before, and that county institutes may be held in all the counties of the state during the present scholastic year, Miss Lula Bradford of Birmingham and Prof. R. E. Ledbetter of Cullman have been appointed by Superintendent of Edu- cation William F. Feagin as assistants to Prof. Spright Dowell, who has been named as institute conductor for the state
 The appointment of Professor Dowell and his two assistants is under pro- visions of the new institute law, enacted at the recent session of the legislature. This law. in brief. provides for the hold ing of institutes during the entire year.
 MT. Dowell was formerly chief clerk in the department of education; Miss Brad ford was for number of years super visor in primary work in the public schools of Birmingham, and Professor Ledbetter was formerly superintendent of the city schools of Cullman.
 With the announcement of the names
  tendent Feagin announced three institutes to be held in the state during the month of November: namely, in Geneva county. November to 6; in Chiffon county, No vember 10 to 1S. and Bibb county, Novem- ber 24 to 27.
 Feagin's Statement 1 Superintendent Feagin's statement an- nouncing the new institute programme Is as follows:
 ] Heretofore the state institutes have been held in the summer months when teachers were scattered to the four cor ners of the state, and of the country as well. and it was utterly impossible for the county superintendents or the institute workers to deal very specifically with the l peculiar local conditions in any county The teachers, too were on expenses and sometimes were not quite in a frame of mind to get the best results from the instruction imparted. For that reason i, occurred to me that the law should he so changed as to make it possible to hold the institutes at any time during tfs year. to authorize the payment of teaclI 1 CTS attending as for time taught, to re- quire holders of life grade certificates to attend. at least for the contributions they might make to the success of the in- stitute. and to employ persons of recog- nixed ability to specialize in the work of conducting Institutes.
 "A law embodying these ideas you will recall. was enacted by the legislature, and MT. Spright Dowell, chief clerk in the department of education from the beginning of my administration was ap- pointed the director. believe that MT. Dowell is the best equipped man in Ala bama for this work.
 1 ITO assist in this specialized work of Misunderstanding, have secured the serv- ] ices of Miss Lula Bradford for num- Der of years supervisor of primary work l in the city schools of Birmingham. She has had the personal direction of approxi- mately 200 teachers each year for several lyears. and is perhaps the best authority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
AGED JEWELER KILLED BY BLOW WITH AN AK

Brunswick, Ga, October 31.--Richard Oberlaughter. 60 years old, proprietor of a tewelry store, was found dead in
 his place of business early today, his
 head split almost through. An ax with bloodstains on 1t lay nearby Ap-
 from the store, but cash drawers had
 been rifled and as police were told that Oberlaughter was accustomed to keep 8 large sum of money in his store. this was believed to be the motive for the crime A negro named Tresvant was held tonight pending an investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
Mother and Son Drowned

Monroe, La, October 31.-Mrs. Robert Chamberlain and her 2-year-old son were drowned near here late today when a motorboat in which they were riding col lided with snag and overturned. and MT Chamberlain probably was fatally burned by the explosion of the gasoline tank, which followed the collision. A 5 year-old daughter was rescued unhurt. Chamberlain Is employed in a local rail- road shop as a machinist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
MISS BLANCHE WALSH. NOTED ACTRESS. DEAD

Cleveland, October 31.-Blanche Walsh. the well-known actress, died tonight in a hospital where she was taken two weeks ago for an illness which required an oper- ation Miss Walshs refusal to disappoint an audience caused a relapse. After she went under the knife she insisted on keep ing an engagement at Youngstown, O., where she collapsed and was brought back here.
 In private life she was Mrs William H. Traverse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

The Interborough shares felt the full
effect of the subway accident Inter
borough preferreds first sale was at
81 Il, against closing price on Tues
day OF 50, and 1t quickly broka further
TO so, subsequently there was a rally
to sos, when reports came tina. loss
OF life would be mlnimized. marlborough
common opened at II. IA points under
its last price on Tuesday, touched 1O7s
and rallied 10 III.
Tho whole stock market in the early
dealings was influence more or less by
the accident, tho tone being uncertain,
with prices tending downward for a
time, but there were partial recoveries
by the leading stocks later In the day.
Reading opened at 1853. sold as low
as li5, rallied TO l4Sh and closed at
1861. Union Pacific opened at ll77s.
which proved its highest. declined 10
III and closed at HTS. Amalgamated
Copper opened at 6a7s sold as low as
52s and as high as 53h and closed It
52A. United States Steel opened al
50&, sold as low as 50A and as high
as 81 and closed at 5o%.
Special attention was attracted to Beth
lehem Steel, which developed great
strength it's price crossing that OF United
States Steel II opened at 4SR early
touched 1874 and then advanced to ST.,
closing at 5lk Missouri Pacific was
active and weak. From an opening at
So, it declined to s%, closing at 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
sUB.TREASURY STATEMENT.

Exchange prices wtr1
1851 lt6 sic lh3 lS'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
THE STEEL MARKET.

The steel market outlook continued
fairly encouraging. with buying by the
railroads the principal factor. The
Pennsylvania has asked for bids on its
1915 rail requirements. which will
amount to about 10000 tons. Increased
activity was also noted in ting equipment
market. the Baltimore and Ohio having
ordered 1000 freight cars for inn
mediate delivery, and another order of
the same size is expected from the road.
orders for bars, plates and shapes have
been better than they were a month ago,
but prices have not responded materially
to the Improvement in demand, as there
wern offerings at 81 ton above the
s. 05 price.
Mill operations have Increased about
10 per cent. and it IL believed that "A
further Improvement in production VIII
be witnessed I'm the near future. Re
ports from Sharon state that consider
able improvement work is going on there
including the construction OF smelters'
opcn hearth furnaces and bar mills. TIN
plate mills AT Pittsburg will put into
effect "A substantial increase in output
shortly. as orders received for 1915 ship
ment will enable them to put on addl'
tional men and mills, and production Is
expected to Ice at tho rate of about M
per cent. OF capacity in two weeks or so
The Daily Iron Trade says eastern
railroads are appearing in the steel mar
lSets as good buyers of finished INES IN
Guiding PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, Baltimore
and Ohio and Southern Railway. Plttsburs
mills are operating at better capacity que
10 receipt OF mill orders following IN
creased December selling. Middle West
ern sheet and tnplate makers are speed
ing mp mill activities. All important stee
interests quote $l,10 for shapes, plates
and bars, for prompt delivery
The iron 4 gC says
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
THE COPPER MARKET.

The copper market came back I'M
expectedly strong yesterday with sales OF
electrolytic at 1871 cents a pound. This
price Ia understood to have applied on
business booked for March and April
Endeavors to pull the full price for spot
copper were unavailing, however.
On the preceding day 1t became appar-
ent. as noted in THE SUN yesterday.
that consumers were willing to pay 13H
cents, but the ease with which an even
better figure was obtained to a certain
extent surprised the producers themselves.
Some export bookings were made on the
new basis, but American manufacturers
as well bought additional tonnages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
LONDON STOCK MARKET.
Trading Continues small In volume
but STEADY In Tone.

LoNpoN, Jan. although business con-
tlnued small and in a few departments.
the steady tone prevailed and sentiment
frightened up considerably. A fair busl-
ness was done in gilt edged investments.
Consols, war loans and Indian securities
were higher, consols closing at 6Sss.
Home rails were also better and bank
shares moved up. Other domestic issues
made a good showing. Argentine and
MeXicans sold off. Mines and oils did
well.
Americans were steady. steel, New York
Central, Union Pacihcs. Canadian Pacific
and Atchison were the principal stocks
dealt In.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT BONDS.

'Par value, $50, TEX dividend.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
THE CURB MARKET.

Prices fuotuated uncertainty and mar
rowly In the curb market yesterday on
moderate amount OF business Ex-
cept for n Arm tone exhibited by auto
mobile issues industrials generally re-
Elected trihing recessions. Considerable
Interest was displayed in bonds. particu-
larly the Government OF Argentine SIS,
which were firmer Trading in oil and
mining stocks was inactive except In
SPOTS with price changes unimportant
ard Irregular
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

TUESDAY.
Dat, hv s,b.Tr.asury 20 BANKS, ;siSToso
Do 10 hanks 10 sun Treasury ass 900
"1 Lam W ""N' =" VOC .''.''. $4,000
SINCE FRIDAY LAST
p.,a ~, s,,h. rrrsasury 90 hanks IS oS3 OOo
Paid by banks to ub-Treasury. lO''s'v'
1o., 70 hanks. jlISSsss
LOSS ,.,.,, 70 - esSSS same ps''oa pre- z.,Lo~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
THE SUGAR MARKET.

The raw sugar market was quiet yes
terday, with the spot basis advanced to
4O4 cents, at which price sales have
recently taken place. The market for re-
fined sugar was unchanged, with all
interests doing business at 495 cents.
Trading in sugar futures was quite
active yesterday and prices advanced
1 to points on sales OF LOO tons.
Prices were:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

day 1914 a633s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
STANDARD OIL SUBSIDIARIES
BONDS

$4,000 Chgo 4 n W 5s....io7is 1915 1914 1914
5000 Gov OF Arg IS Aj.loo 100 i.1s 100 100 i-lS
1000 Gov OF Arg IS (B).. osN ssia $685. ss's
5000 Gov OF Arg 6s c.. ssT ss's ssS ssis
'Sell cents per share
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

and literature, and among its shelves
are kept some remarkable manuscripts
of the gospels, dating from the ninth
and tenth centuries. The monks main
tain a type foundry and a printing
press, and they have accomplished
great things for the education of their
people and fer the development OF Ar
menian literature. The academy con-
nected with Echmiadzin is one of the
first educational institutions in the Ar
menian world, and many of its pupils
do excellent work in German and Rus
sian universities. 1t was founded UNI
der Catholicus George w in 1878, and
regularly trains between two and three
hundred boys.
THE Armenian church is claimed by
its adherents to be the oldest estab'
lished Christian church in the world,
having been founded in the first part
of the third century. 1t is probably
the most national of all churches in
the world, for only Armenians belong
to it. Today the heart of Armenia
is in the midst of the path where saw
age contests are ebbing and flowing
and where, according to reports, de-
struction has become the law and
reigns supreme"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Marriane and Mathematics.

"Yes," said the old mathematician,
with a CLEAN in his eyes, 1--WE always
looked at it that way. Marriage is ad-
dition; when the little ones come it's
multiplication; when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon of their happi-
ness it's division, and when the final
parting comes it's subtraction"
And how about divorce?" asked the
listener. 81
"Oh, that would come under the DE-
nomination of fractions"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Hardly Complimentary.

A New England housewife one after
noon received a call from hobo to
whom that morning she had given
some doughnuts.
The knight of the road dotted his
ragged headpiece and with great civil
ity addressed her thus:
Madam, this morning you gave me
three doughnuts. Would it be asking
too much to request fourth?"
I'll be glad to give you another,
said the woman, as she prepared to
wrap one in a newspaper. so you
like my doughnuts, do you?"
1T isn't that, madam" explained the
hobo. you see, some friends of mine
down in the meadow wish to have q
game of quoits."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

burned and their cows poisoned and
no gypses have been sent to Jail for
their crimes. II does not take long
for farmers who have tasted of the
vengeance OF the gypsies they have
defed to spread the news that the
swarthy tricksters mean what they
say when they make threats
The average farmer is helpless
against fire. and, therefore. the aver.
age, good-natured Yankee farmer
meets gypsy's terms in a horse
trade rather than incur a greater loss
by having some of his valuable prop
erty burned to the ground. This may
seem weak on the part of the Yam
kee farmer, but the farmer knows the
evil-eyed, dark-skinned parasites will
not impose upon him two years in sue
cession, and so he trades a fairly good
horse for a brokendown nag. saves
his stock and crops, and takes par
ticular pains in the future to dodge
the chicken-stealing tribesmen.
While gypsies are too cautious. as
general rule, to steal horses,
especially in western communities
where men would give them chase,
they handle horses stolen by gang
sters in New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, st. Louis and other large
cities in which nags disappear mys.
teriously, OF which no trace can ever
be found.
1t was after the passage of the
Mann act by congress and the break.
ing up of the methods of interstate
traffic in women which brought about
the passage of the law. that the gyp.
sizes were hailed into the trade by
clever procurers in the large cities,
who assured them of big profits.
Gypsies as has been said, acknowl
edge no country In their religion
which is a religion of hate, they have
no word for God, soul, or heaven
They have their own king, whom they
elect yearly at a seaport in Spain
This king is supposed to be indicted
into Office by the sacrifice of two white
babies. In recent years, the gypsieE
have found 1t safer to forego the
actual sacrifice of the babies, but year
ly two white babies are stolen from
the enemy" appear at the coronation
and are adopted by the king
Some of the gypsies are men o
magnificent physique, and the battles
fought for the great honor Of beinl
dubbed king" would make the aver
age censored prize fight appear lik,
. chid's play.
| The gypsies travelling the United
. States and now seen camping aloni
) the roads are no better educated thai
i, the gypsies who travel the European
> countries The gypsy literature |
b. preserved chiefly by word of mouth
Q mothers and fathers teaching thei
4 young the gypsy traditions, and thos
!, traditions are kept as fresh as ar
q the Mother Goose tales of more Ell
e lightened people. The gypsy is nc
e devoted in any way to the arts. o.
/, casionally, however, a great musicia
n arises from the gypsy tribes. Occi
Il sionally, too, the gypsies turn out a
intellectual light, such as Gypsy
e Smith, the evangelist, who is pur
d blood gypsy, and did not sleep in
S bed until he was twelve years oil
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Pitiless.

Some men have no hearts" said
the tramp. I've been a-tellin that
Teller am so dead broke that have
to sleep outdoors"
Didn't that fetch him." asked the
other.
Nav. He toll me he was a-doin' the
same thing. and had to pay the doctor
for tellin' him to do it."-Christian
Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Exposed.

And you say you can't imagine how
you get your attack of hay fever?"
Cant account for it nohow, doc
but, say, come to think, did run a
risk. | sat next to a girl in a car
who carried copy of When Knight
hood Was in Flower, and l suppose l
got sniff of the pollen"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

with an auger and a pipe inserted in
the hole. furnace body in the form
of U-shaped hood with open bottom
and open end is placed against the
stump and covered with earth so as to
be almost alright, thus serving to con-
centrate and localize the heat gener
ated within the furnace, which Is
placed over the burning fagots used to
kindle the fire.
AS the fire burns the flames extend
into the auger hole. and by adjusting
the damper in the furnace chimney, a
draft is produced that causes the IRE
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Saffron Beam,

81 fear that you are inclined to look
on your fellow man with jaundiced
eye," remarked the altruist.
1T isn't my fault" said the pessi'
mist. my fellow man shows on an
average such a broad yellow streak
that the reflection has affected my
vision"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
He Had Painted Too.

my dear fellow" said the artist,
you can't imagine how much work
there was in painting that picture"
oh, yes. cam said the young
country lad, my father made me paint
the barn one summer"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
FIRE REMOVES THE STUMPS
Invention Of Oregon Man That Does
the Work in a Thoroughly Sys-
tematic Manner.

A stump burner that will consume
the green and unseasoned wood of
fresh stumps, destroy the woody fiber
Just below the surface of the ground
and even convert the larger roots into
ashes has been put to successful tests
In Oregon.
A hole is first bored into the stump
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

rapidly to eat hole through the
stump, The pipe section is gradually
fed into the charging cavity After
the fire is well started, the furnace
may be removed, earth banked about
the pipe section, and the stump left to
its fate while the worker proceeds to
kindle the blaze for the next stump.
The device is the invention of Sam.
uel F. zysset of Thomas, Ore.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
Fresh Stuff.

81 like a summer resort which has
old legends attached to it."
Current gossip is good enough for
me-"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08


this country. AS a race, they have
been charged with having been active
in the so-called white slave" trade.
There is direct evidence against some
of the American tribes, showing that
hundreds of the swarthy wanderers
have lured away young white girls
from towns, villages and farms, and
sold them into captivity. Moreover
there is evidence that the gypsies have
sold their wives and daughters into
captivity indicating that the morals
of the gypsies are degenerating
American communities which have
become aware of the dangerous white
slave practices of the gypsies are look
ing upon the horse.trading, fortune
telling. thieving gypsies with more
suspicion than usual at this time.
They are warning young girls to
keep away from The camps where
formerly they went to nave their for
tunes told. warning householders to
keep gypsy women out of their homes,
and warning constables to keep a
sharp lookout for the men who prom
ise servant girls chances for good
jobs in the large cities
The gypsy has thrived for many
years in the United States, where he
is still somewhat of curiosity His
glib tongue, his skill in handling
horses, his persistence and his trick
hnu IN "a 70
much money which he stores in
banks. Picturesque, untidy. fortune
telling gypsy women have ably as
sisted their lords in accommodating
money, for they have a decided facul-
ty for coaxing silver pieces from the
pockets of superstitious women, who
firmly believe the gypsies have the
power of foretelling events.
Gypsies have never gone through
the cruclble which makes Americans
out of foreigners They have stead
lily, as a race, refused to become Amer.
leans. First and last they are gyp-
sizes and highly proud Of their Romany
extraction. They seldom marry out
side of their own race, and, with but
few exceptions they refuse to identify
themselves with any nation. The
gypsies now travelling the highways
of England may be travelling the New
England States next year; the gypsies
who have made France their travel
ing ground the past decade may maze
their camps this summer in Ohio anC
Indiana, while the Austrian gypsies
may choose Michigan and Illinois, oil
Missouri and Kansas for their mex
operations In whatever country they
are found the habits and customs o
the gypsies are the same.
Gypsies, here today and there to
morrow, have operated in the rura
districts very much in the same man
ner that the black-hand organization
have operated in New York. Chicago
Pittsburgh and the coal regions of tn
United States In order to make farm
ers agree to their terms in hors
trades, gypsies have boldly state
that, II their terms are not accepted
they will burn down barns, poiso
stock, or burn haystacks. They hav
boldly stated. and they still so stat
to jewellers in rural communities, tina
II persons appear against them /
court, the vengeance of the tribe wi
be visited upon such persons
There have been farmers who hav
defed the threatening gypsies, an
such farms have had their barr
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

The man who is away from home
most of the time lodges a lot of do
nestle trouble.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Few men are able to appreciate get
ting the short end of joke.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Some Office holders get up and howl
about the burden Of holding political
office, but never think of resigning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Love is supposed to be tender pas
sion, but sometimes the girls father
makes it tough proposition.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Experience often provides a lot of
raw material for unnecessary CONVEX
sation
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Patience abused becomes fury.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Tank Beverly says that il fish could
vote the angleworm would be elected.