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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
FORCES IN HAITI
TO BE INCREASED
Rebels Organize Army to Attack
Americans-Artillery Goes
to the Front

Washington. August 23-Reliable re-
ports that Haitien rebels have been or
ganizing an army to attack the American
forces on the island, are responsible fol
plans now being carried out to reinforce
Admiral Capertons marines and bluejack.
cts.
The marine artillery battalion at An.
napolis, comprising $50 men and u three
inch field pieces, will be embarked or
the armored cruiser Tennessee and sent
to southern waters this week, to avail
developments at some place where they
can be landed in few hours The Ten.
nessee arrived yesterday at Norfolk, and
will proceed to Annapolis tomorrow.
Admiral Caperton today reported quie
at Cape Haitien and Port au Prince. buI
said 1t had been necessary to take ovel
the customs house at St Marc. TIL
Haiticn troops near Cape Haitien refuse
to disarm, but natives came into the towr
to market Saturday. Admiral Capertor
said, which he viewed as hopeful sign
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NO ONE DROWNED IN
MERAMEC FLOOD
Former Reports that Twelve We're
Killed Unfounded-Impossible to
Estimate Damage

st. Louis. August 2s.-The receding
OF the Meramec river flood today
failed to substantiate reports that ~
persons were drowned Sunday when
the river rose to new high mark. 1t
is believed now that none persisted In
the overflow.
1t is impossible to estimate accur-
ateiy the property damage from the
floods of Meramec. Gasconade and 9TH
er Ozark mountain streams. but a
large area of bottom land in eastern
and southeastern Missouri is under wa
ter; hundreds of summer jewellers were
driven from their clubhouses, tents and
cottages along the streams and the
greater part of the town of Valley
Park, 10 miles from st. Louis, are in
undated.
Thirty-five hundred persons in VAL
ley Park were made homeless Sunday
and today relief committee voted to
appeal to Governor Major for aid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Dire Predicament
of Man Holding Job
Which He Can't Lose

From the Globe Democrat.
Philadelphia, Pa.--The man who car
show Oliver p. Smith of Horsham. Mont
gomery county, Pennsylvania, how to lose
his job as postmaster will earn his ever
lasting gratitude. Also he will be provid-
ing the postmaster with a cure for in
somnia, because for the last seven months
Smith has been lying awake nights trying
to figure out a letter of resignation that
will take.
Smiths tenure Of office started in 1873,
sc that he has been on the 10 beverly day
except Sundays and holidays for 43 years.
Seven months ago he sold out his general
store to William II. Hoyt, made the latter
deputy postmaster and sent letter OF
resignation to the postmaster general,
strongly urging the appointment of Hoyt
TIC succeed him.
Every once in awhile since that time
Smith has written letters insisting that
he has resigned. To etch he gets a
highly formal reply, explaining that the
department will take action in due
course" Now he's afraid the department
will take q nation to take be postmas ter
for six or seven years before the action
starts.
Postmastering at Horsham requires
about three hours work a day. Men who
work for Uncle Sam In such positions
may resign, but they cannot quit until a
successor is appointed. Smith IL wonder
ing what action the department would
take II ne died. A local poet butts in
With the following:
The world IL full Of socialists, jhilanthrop-
lists and other lists.
And they are full Of many plans to get .
person work:
But Smith IL looking for q plan his Job to
can; he wants man
Who'll make his resignation take. 80 he
can loaf and shirk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
INHABITANTS OF
MEXICO CITY DIE
OF STARVATION
Estimates Place Deaths
From Starvation at Twen-
ty-five Per Day

Mexico City, August 1S.-tBy Courier to
Vera Cruz, August l6, via New Orleans,
August 2S)-Deaths by starvation con-
tinue in this city. and most conservative
estimates place them at % a day
A visit to the various hospitals by a
representative of the American Red Cross
disclosed that for the first three DAYS
OF August 20 deaths from starvation
We're recorded. This number did not in
clude the many who died in the streets
from lack of food. Yesterday six death
certificates attributed starvation as the
cause.
During the month of July 1856 deaths
We're registered in Mexico City Accord
ing to Charles ]. O'Connor of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, 5 per cent of the deaths
occurring in Mexico City are due to under
feeding.
Notwithstanding the authorities may be
actuated by sincere motives to relieve the
distress, their work up to now has been
OF little or no effect. School teachers,
government employees and even employees
or the Beneficiencia Publica, which cor
responds somewhat to the central charity
organizations of American cities, were
among those who have adopted plans of
seeking the Red Cross for assistance.
such supplies as were brought in by
General Gonzales when Carranza forces
reoccupied the capital on August 2, are
nearly exhausted. The situation is such
that only large supplies of provisions
from outside of the capital can prevent
an Increase In the number of deaths
from starvation and allay the misery en-
tailed among the lower classes and even
apparent in the middle classes here.
A comparison of prices during July. 1914.
and July this year shows the following
increases:
Corn 24oo per cent, beans 22oo, rice 1920,
sugar $40 and flour 9o0
The increase in price of corn. the only
absolutely essential staple for the Next
can people, has rendered its procurement
by the poor impossible and many case
have been discovered of entire families
who have been compelled to subsist on
herbs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
SUPERINTENDENT
LINE ORGANIZED

New York, August 2s.-The an
nouncement from Amsterdam last
night that a company called the
Sweden-America line was being formed
to carry on trade between New York
and Swedish ports with German ships
now idle in American ports, was fol-
lowed by the statement here tonight
that among the first ships to be pur-
chased by the new company might be
the Hamburg American steamers Penn
sylvania, Bohemia and Bulgaria, lying
In this port.
Hans Lagerloff, general manager OF
the Scandinavia American Trading COM
pany here, who made this announces
ment, added that an offer of purchase
was subject to the legality of the
transfer OF the ships from German to
Swedish registry and depended on
whether the allies would permit them
to be used in the Atlantic trade.
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RELIEF WORK GOES
ON IN GALVESTON

Galveston, August 2s.-Relief work in
Galveston found necessary as the result
of the tropical storm which swept this
city last Monday is making satisfactory
progress. The number of cases needing
help has been small so far and all will be
taken care of. Rail lines have been es-
tablished to both ends of the causeway
and piledrivers, materials and men to
operate them are ready to build trestle
across the bay.
on steadily.
The waterworks system probably will be
In operation by tomorrow at the latest
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iected their duties. Hence the GUS
tomary rites for delivering the sun.
which should have been arranged In
advance and superintended by the as
tronomers. were In the emergency per-
formed by other officials without
proper preparation. The Emperor ac-
cordingiy ordered the army to punish
the astronomers.
A later document makes Ii possible to
Fix the date of this event as October 1s.
2l27 b. c. Julian calendar)-the
earliest recorded eclipse in the world.
Calculation shows that there actually
was solar eclipse on that date, but
probably not In China. through the ele-
ments of the motions OF the sun and
moon are not accurate enough to in
dicate certainly the path of so remote
an eclipse. The authors are inclined to
think that the information fixing the
date of the eclipse Is due to Chinese
astronomers Of later age. who caleu-
lated that an eclipse occurred on thnt
date and enormously supposed that e
was visible In China.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Germany Silent

London August 24.-(s:22 a. m)-There
is still no word from the Germans re-
garding the result of operations in the
Gulf of Riga. The German press APP
pears to be maintaining complete silence.
The Russian reports refer to two distinct
affairs one being the torpedoing of the
battle cruiser Moltke, or vessel of the
Moltke type. by British submarine in
the Baltic and the other to a German at
tempt to force the Gulf of Riga which, 1t
is declared, ended disastrously for the
Germans.
From the information available it would
appear that heavy vessels of neither side
were engaged in the Riga operations,
which on the part of the Germans were
in the nature of mine clearing work with
view to supporting an attempt to land
troops at Perneau to cut communications
with Petrograd.
No date has been given by Petrograd
for the sinking of the cruiser described
as the Moltke. but the Times naval cor
respondent assumes that it was Wednes-
day or Thursday, when, he says. the
Germans had forced an entrance into the
Gulf of Riga and when, uncertain of the
defense being overcome. they had moved
a supporting force to that vicinity to
prevent their ships inside from being cut
Off
According to the same correspondent
the Germans appear to have attempted to
enter the gulf by both channels. the south
ern of which was used by the heavy
warships. and by the Moon sound. where
some of the heaviest fighting occurred
and where the Russians admit the loss OF
the Sivutch, slow but well armed YES
sell
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Z NEW STRIKES
ARE INSTITUTED

Bridgeport, Conn, August 23-Seven
new strikes--malxing IA now in progress
were instituted here today. The plants
affected include the Spring-Perch COM
pany. the American Tube and Stamping
company the Love laundry, two plants of
the Garfield Rubber company. Crown
Corset companies, Salts Textile company
and the Batcheller and Crown plants.
Labor leaders expressed themselves OPP
tinistically tonight regarded an amicable
adjustment of the troubles and the grant
ing of an eight-hour day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
TO MINING COMPANY

Ell Paso, August 23.-Alleging conspiracy
to control the price of zinc ore, the San
Roberto Mining company of Zacatecas,
Mexico. today filed suit in the federal
court here against H. A. Hauser, the
American Metals company, and num-
Der of American-Mexican mining COM
panies asking $2,70S.600 damages.
The San Roberto company claims that
the terms of contract under which they
were to furnish zinc ore to the defend
ants were violated in that the increase
in the price paid for the ore based on
the increase in the market of spelter
was not forthcoming when spelter ad-
vanced 26 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Women ON Strike

Bridgeport, Conn.,, August 23.-About 800
women and girls employed in the George
c. Bachelor company's shops and the
Grown Corset factory, struck today for a
readjustment of working conditions. Be-
sides the eight-hour day they ask modi
fication of certain charges and abolition
Of the fine system. Strikers at the In
ternational Silver company's plant did
not return to work today. although the
eight-hour and time and half for over
time asked for had been granted. The
strikers say certain changes in shop con-
ditions must be made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24

Fire Of unknown origin practically
destroyed two-story house at Thir-
teenth avenue and Twenty-first street
this morning at $3.50 o'clock. The house
was vacant and belonged to F. NJ.
Shepherd The damage Is estimated
at $1,000. Quick work on the part of
the firemen prevented the burning of
the house. to the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Deaths and Funerals


John H. Nelson. aged IS. died yester.
day afternoon at the family residence
1920 Fifteenth avenue. north. The funeral
services will be held from the residence
this afternoon at Forest Hill cemetery.
He is survived by his widow one son
Eugene Nelson, and five daughters, Mrs
d. A. Mccain of Ashville Mrs. J. A.
Gilmore, Mrs. c. w. Rogers, Mrs. W
r Taylor, Mrs Henry Chambers and Mrs.
o. r.. Bragan. all of Birmingham. Six
grandsons will act as pallbearers as fol-
lows: James Mccain, Oster Mccain, Ar
man Gilmore, VIII Mac Nelson and
Clay Nelson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
EARLIEST RECORDED ECLIPSE
From the New York sun.

Messrs. Hirayama and Ogura have
published in the Proceedings of the
Tokyo Physical societ "
the results OF their attempts to fix
the dates Of some early eclipses re-
corded in Chinese literature
The earliest Is mentioned In one of
the books of the Shu Ching. where 1t
IL recorded that In the reign of Chung
Kiang, the fourth Emperor Of the Hsia
dynasty. there occurred an eclipse Of
the sun which had not been predicted
by the astronomers. who were ALLEGED
to have been drunk and to have neg
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Slips in Spelling

slips In spelling. as we have noted,
are not confined to the illiterate. But
there IL difference in the character OF
the mistakes. The well educated bad
speller usually drops a letter here and
there. while the iliiterate man adds one.
For instance, l have a letter before me
from barrister who mentions q par
aief case, and also an epistle from 3
worthy man, who was born before school
boards were invented. who speaks Of hiG
two 'souldier" sons and signs himself
yours truly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Boston Eliminated

Philadelphia, August 23.--Boston,
the present champions. as well as Phil
adelphia and Cleveland. was eliminated
In the first round of the union print
ers' eighth annual baseball tournament
which opened here today. The winning
teams were st. Louis. Washington and
St Paul.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24

FrOm inc LOUISVILLE Herald. N
At a meeting of Boston clergymen the
other day this story was told: The min
lister was dining with the Fullers and he
was denouncing the new styles Of dancing.
Turning to the daughter OF the house. =
asked sternly:
do you. yourself. Miss Fuller, thlnh
the girls who dance these daq6eo -
right?'' s.. s Z. 3 a
They must be- was the anSQ6 =
cause notice the Girls who don't 49,
them are always left" S.
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Pensacola, Fla, August 23.-The Mexi-
can schooner Ysidorowake was taken in
charge here by United States officials
and at the same time shipment of arms
and ammunition. said to have been in
tended for one of the Mexican revolu-
tionary factions, was seized.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
FraternaI Congress Opens

Minneapolis, Mimi, August 23.-About
1000 delegates, representing most of the
208 organizations affiliated with the
National Fraternal Congress of Ameri-
ca, were present today when the presi-
dents and medical sections were opened.
Subjects of interest to heads of lodges
and to medical examiners were up for
general discussions. The convention will
open tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24

Atlanta, August 23.-Gov. Nat E. Harris,
who was confined to his bedroom yester-
day by an attack of Indigestion, still was
unable to leave his home today. His
condition was somewhat improved, how
ever
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
DETAILS OF NAVAL
BATTLE UNKNOWN
Defeat of German Warships
is a Huge Surprise

London, August 2i.-(s;15 a. m)-De-
tails of the naval battle in the Gulf of
Riga are not available in Petrograd, as
the Russian naval staff is opposed to pub
lication of information regarding naval
activity says the Posts correspondent
He hints that the result was almost a
surprise even to the naval authorities.
1T is certain the correspondent
wires, that no Russian ships able to
cope on even terms with the German
cruisers were present in the gulf as 1t
is uncomfortable that the Russian admiral
would risk dividing his force or incur
the danger of having his ships bottled
up. The destruction of the German ves-
sells. therefore, must have been the work
mainly of submarines and mines. although
there doubtless was lively fighting be-
tween small craft.
In explanation of the Russian naval
activity since the beginning of the war
it is stated that the Russians at the out
set set themselves only the task of hold
ing the Gulf of Finland-in other words,
Petrograd. On several occasions the
desire of naval commanders to come to
grips with the Germans was so strong
that the staff was compelled to issue stern
orders against a too venturesome policy.
as the Russian navy admittedly is in
ferior to the German.
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Washington, August 23.-The new coast
guard cutter Tallapoosa. built for services
at Mobile, Ala, has completed Its out !.
fitting at Baltimore and Is on its way to
Mobile. She will stop at Norfolk.
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louis H. Turner

Louis H. Turner. aged 33 years. died
it midnight at local infirmary. Flu
neral arrangements will be announced
later. =
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From the New York Sun.
Beloit, Wis.--A unique industry In
Wisconsin. skunk raising for profit.
mas been started by William Fsirbert.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Gan Aditorial on Furniture by Lucille Weaver)
- URNITURE Is Full
Wrapped in Romance

VIdppCu Ill NOAldANO
EARTHs hottest spots its coolest spots its toughest widest spots
u give the woods that to make it.
GLANCE at the exquisite granting that mahogany table
Once they parts of noble tree with back bent to
hot winds from off the Caribbean And because of this
perpetual grinding Nameslow cell by cewove the growing
granting and beautiful.
IRCAssAN southern Russia 1t from
u slopes mountains Our almost extinct
walnut searched out tree by though each
gold story Each foot of lumber which
furniture has fascinating tale tell could whisper
in your ears and you had time to listen
HERE August Sale of Furniture will find wood best
III purpose wrought into perfect furniture by mase
prices invite with their exceeding lowness
THE mountain peaks capped giant
the pride of the natives and around them many factories have
with sharened and shining blades ready cut saw
and them into ornamental fux1d$oke
FR these factories up there built proud
"A er said among furniture exposition
and they did, and they brought all except
He the furniture and could be sampeded by
ing dining songs praise He said them Your stately oaks
unud for furniture They arid mountain peaks The
grain and brittle and when made and shipped into lower
attitudes moisture cracks swels and loses its nsh'
WHEN they said what will dos Where will turn to oa
"To the plains Michigan answered Boye 1.-THE land Of
white oaks growing rich, moist SOIL nsurng small grain,
hardness and toughness nowhere else to be found
Michigan oaks necessarily and twisted by winds
destroy cell life render the grain repugnant to the
W. Broyes enter home and instantly tell
your With all his knowledge he is
but with his ability supply the best furniture
Michigan less than others charge for North
Carolina goods he justly proud and wants know wan
to have the advantageprofit thereby.
ND TO- the bearers dmbounded swept off their feet
"A They reluctantly acknowledged that he had studying the fur
nre while they asleep and they sad We will do
thing offset his horoughnes We will sell cotton ners wrapped
covering call them cotton Mattresses
THEN W. Broyles said to the peoples "Lners short staple
grned The heavy with
resency yellow coming
full Of Oil The warmth of the body chemical action
producing broken and bodily ailments Thousands
their mattresses if they knew what they contained.
MR. BOARDR bed is uncomfortable hard knoy take
M knife and make slit in mattress and for the
future generations rebel demand mattress of
staple white cotton fed cansed and made sanitary by the
modern methods science This the kind sold by w
Broyles and he guarantees each for year.
OF the address the w. Broyles Furniture
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-01-01
Was a Kings Hiding Place.

Discovery has been made in a vii.
lage in Hertfordshire, England, where,
hidden in the old oak roof timber of a
cottage a curious construction resem.
bling a beehive was brought to light.
1t is made of wisps of straw, tied to-
gether and held in place by split BRAN
bles and is in fairly good condition.
Considering its age, it is yet strong
and rigid. This cottage, known as
Double cottage, has always been cred
tied with a history, as one of the
places where Charles II was hidden
while flying from Cromwell and his
army after the royalist defeat at Wor.
cester. The presence of the immense
straw beehive was unsupported until
now. One theory prevalent in the vii
lage is that the king concealed him.
self in the barrel until danger
had passed, and another that ii
was used as a safe place for the
keeping of the royal jewels. 1t is
known as a matter of history that
Charles II actually stayed for a short
time at Mornington court, to which
Double cottage is adjacent. The cot
tage must therefore have been famil
lar to him. This fact gives some color
to the notion that in troubled times
the king might have sought shelter
within its walls.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-01-01
First New York Printer.

The first printer in New York and
Philadelphia was William Bradford,
who was born in Leicester, England,
May 20, 1868. He was a Quaker, and
emigrated to America about 1852. He
set up his press in Philadelphia, and
in 1857 printed an almanac. He fell
under the d~ispleasure of Philadelphia.
and, after being acquitted of a charge
of seditious libel, he removed to New
York, where in 1893 he became the
first printer in the American metropo-
lis. His first shop was at 81 Pearl
street, but later he removed to Han
over square, where in 1925 he issued
the first newspaper printed in New
York-the New York Gazette. Brad
ford died in New York in May, 1852,
having survived his paper by several
years, and was buried in Trinity
churchyard. His tombstone has been
removed to the rooms of the New
York Historical society, but an exact
copy of the original may be seen by
visitors to old Trinity.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-01-01
Oil and Gas From Bricks.

Recent experimenting in the Peter
borough (England) b~rickyards with a
patented process for extracting oil,
ammonia, and gas from burning bricks
is likely to have an important com
mercial significance. All bricks made
from the Oxford clay in the neighbor-
hood of Peterborough burn of them
selves in the kiln, because of the bi-
luminous matter they contain, and
that bituminous matter yields oil. gas,
and ammonia on heating in a retort
out of contact with the air.
Patents have been granted to an ex-
scholar from the Cathedral grammar
school, Mr.. G.. P. Crowden, who has
invented an apparatus to modify the
present brick-kilns, SO that the waste
heat from the burning bricks may be
used for heating the r~etorts, and fur
ther, that the green bricks themselves
may be retorted, and the oil, gas, and
the ammonia recovered from them
The results are said to be most aston