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The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Court Holds Marriage
To Hush Girl Is Void

NEW CITY. N. Y. Nov. 2s-A decree
has just been filed by Supreme Court
Justice A. g. Tompkins, of Rockland
county. annulling tho marriage Of
LILLIAN Kochman to Theodore Koch
man. Of Clarkstown. on the ground that
he married her to put an end to a
breach of promise suit.
Mrs Kochman says that she sued him
when he broke of their engagement two
years ago. Then he renewed his attcn-
tions. and they were married She al
legcs that he left her after the cere-
mony, stating he had only married to
escape the expense OF a trial OF her
suit and the possible payment OF dam
ages.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
LaSsO Dead Man From
Deadly Switchboard

PASSA1C. Nov. 8-John Dilch. tUcn-
tv-four. was electrocuted yesterday
when ne started to turn on the electric
lights at the switchbord In tho plant
OF the Mayor Car Company Of Athena.
The shock left his body standing
upright against the board. with one
hand clutchinE the knob Of the door.
Blue flashes coming from his body and
the board were seen by other work.
men. but they were afraid to touch
him.
FINALLY one man threw n rope over
Dilch's head. and. with three men pull
ing on It. they dragged his body from
the switchboard. DR.. Armstrong said
he had died instantly.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Buck With Three Legs
Made 60 Miles an Hour

CTPrON. Nov c6-HavinE only three
legs. II large buck was killed in tho
0gecchch river Swamps when 1t was
shot down by Henry Archer. According
TO the statement OF the hunters. he was
making about sixty miles per when he
what speed he would have made. II The
fCct-footed animal had had all four legs.
The presumption IT, on the part OF
being shot and wounded previously
while Young or that the limb was
Cna we'd on
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Washington People
Fail to Recognize Kidney
Weakness,

Arc you a bad back victim?
Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy
spells?
Go to bed tired-get up tired?
It's surprising how few suspect
the kidneys.
It's surprising how few know
what to do.
Kidney trouble needs kidney
treatment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the
kidneys only.
Have convinced Washington peo-
pie Of their merit.
Here's a Washington case; Wash
ington testimony.
Kidney sufferers hereabouts
should read it.
c. A. Burch, 91S c street, S. F.,
Washington, says: 81 suffered Sc
vcrely from kidney trouble. The pas
sages of the kidney secretions were
irregular and painful and l had
dull ache over my kidneys. | had
suffered from the trouble for quite
a while and had tried different
medicines without benefit. Four and
a half boxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills
put stop to the trouble"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Burck had. Foster Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, n. y
Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Wife Would Not Allow
Him to Sit in ParlOr

ST LOUIS. Nov. 26-Tsra.l GrolInck
has nled suit to divorce Mrs BESSIE
Molosk' Grollnck. He alleges she was
OF n nagging disposition and would not
permit him to enter their home by the
front door. hang his hat and coat on
the hall tree. sit in the parlor. or eat
in the dining room.
He also alleges she would shout and
scream at the top Of her voice." and
that she had a habit Of running out OF
tho house and shouting that he had
true,
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
TRR0NGS RUSH TO
SHARE FRENCH LOAN
Unprecedented Enthusiasm Is
Shown Among All Classes as
"victory Loan Is Opened.

FARIS. Nov, 26.-Finance rather
ovcrshadows war as tho center OF in
terest at present. 1t Is today that the
subscription list OF the great French
war loan was opened. Financial circles
are wrought up to an unprecedented de.
gree OF excitement, enthusiasm, and
satisfa ction over the outlook. That the
operation will be a phenomenal SUGGEST
already is absolutely certain.
France Is the sole power among the
helligcrcntS that has not yet issued q
loan. Now that she has decided to issue
one. 1t is to be on 2 grand scale and
viii make powerful appeal not only
TO tho frcnch--that Is matter OF
coursc-but also to all allied peoples
and all ncutrals.
The price of issue of the loan Is IS
~. the rate of interest per cent. The
caoItal invested need not be paid al
four monthly instalments. Even thus
the interest is 5eS per cent.
Free of Taxation.
But. In addition. to those who pay the
subscription at once, the interest works
out 5.13 per cent.
Moreover, the loan is free Of taxation
and is redeemablc in January. 1881.
when II will be refunded at par. Thus
In fifteen years investors mcre thnn
double their capital These details fully
explain the keen interest taken In the
loan here and abroad.
But tho Overwhelming attraction here
is the rockribbed certitude OF the loan
on the basis of victory Its official
name is only the French . per cent
loan" but throughout the country 1t Is
known az the victory loan, and
enthusiasm Is shown by every class.
every individual cooperating to make
the loan triumphant success worthy
of it's popular name.
The first days subscription to the
great loan of victory" as the new
French loan has been characterized by
the minister of finance. brought uot
greater number of investors than had
been antiCipated. The lines began
forming at o'clock at the special loan
and at the headouarters of the loan.
at the Pavilion dc Florc. in the ex-
treme southern wing Of the Louvre.
All Glasses Apply.
At the postoffces the subscribers
crowded the corridors so that 1t was
almost impossible to buy postage
stamps. At the Credit Loynnais and
other banks the windows set apart for
the receipt of applications had to be
doubled. while at tho Bank Of France
tho crowd was so big that the police
were OBLIGED to use extra precautions.
Wolns mourning, servants in white
aprons. -'kmen In blouses. young
boys ano girls bringing their savings
touched elbows with capitalists waiting
to subscribe millions
The first subscription was 100000.
This was followed by one for 600 and
two for SEQ. 900 each. The greatest sum
subscribed by single individual today
was sl.0OO.O1. and all the formaltics
connect a u In the "a ~ ion
pleted in six minutes. which constitutes
speed record for a French official and
furnishes evidence of the energy Of the
minister OF finance. Mr.. Ribot, who or
Sauized the issue. Tho minister by
resortnE to business methods made the
otmost OF the confidence felt by the
French people and of his personal pres
tiRe.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Samuel Given Churchill's
Place in the Cabinet

LONDON, Nov. 26.-It is officially an
nounced that Herbert Louis samuel
at present postmaster general has been
appointed chancellor of the Duchy OF
Lancaster with a seat in the cabinet
Thts appointment hIls the vacancy in
tho cabinet caused by the resiGna ton
of Winston s. Churchill. who has gone
to the front.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
District Redmen Will
Hit Trail to HerndOn

OF Red Men will confer the degree on
two palefaces. to be adopted by
Seneca Tribe. when the District tribes
men trail to Herndon. December II.
Great Sannap Ernest r. Boyer is ar
ranging for the trip. which will follow
the trail OF the Old Dominion electric
line
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Sold Water for Whisky.

ATHENS. Ga. Nov. 26. Luther X.
Jackson vas fined SIS for selling a bot
tie of water. The technical charge
against him was soliciting sales OF
liquor" He had offered to sell a party
quart OF whisky and delivered a
quart of river water. the Durcha ser
opening the package after Jackson had
left him.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Rabbits 81 a Pair.

MILIVILLE, y. J.. Nov. "6,-There is
= scarcity of rabbits in south Jersey
markets. and they are bringing 81
kajr.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Guide Is Needed.

Assistant Attorney General Wallace
has the front bed room OF the main
building: Assistant Attorney General
Graham. suit of two bed rooms 8ni
a bath in the same house: John Suter
the Attorney Generals secretary. the
front parlor of the Palmer house. and
c. l.. Stewart. chief clerk. the dining
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Department of JUSTICE
Seeking New Building
Attorney General Presents Urgent Reasons for Con-
sideration for Headquarters of Legal Branch of
Government-Now W Lost" in Eight
Houses.

room. Mr. Stewards stenographer
occupies the buffers pantry.
It's rather embarrassing when visi-
tor comes TO see the pardon attorney.
the r"r:h ta drhG nber ;h the sec nd
CoUr. an.l to the hltnrCcIn u he wishes
to see tn" pardon attorneys assistant.
It's harder still when the visitor Is
seeking, Assistant Attorney General
knaebel: lie must he dircctcd through
tho. bridge of aishs. over the stables.
and it's usually necessary to send n
messenger along rs guide.
Thcrc arc clerks In the halls and cor
ridors. offices IT, the billiard rooms. Of
fcials tramp the servants stairways.
and somo arc chartered below stairs.
where once the tongue OF gossip wag-
Ged. And the effort to transform four
dwellings into offices with the few
connect them into one building has
brought about a labyrnthine maze OF
passageways that no Attorney General
ever has been able to find his way
through unaided In the course OF sim
gle term.
Department Feels the "Slight."
The Department OF Justice feels that II
has been sllghted. First, II was quarter
cd upstairs In the old F'recdmens Bank
OF the Riggs Bank building. when that
building was condemned and s,Ibsc-
duently torn down, the dcpa rtmcnt was
temporarily housed In Its present build
ings. That was nearly n quarter of n
century ago. At every session Of Con-
gress sine then there has been re-
quest for a new building appropriation.
Sometimes the Senate passes the Jus
tice building bill and tho House pigeon
holes II. and sometimes It's the other
way. Once Congress bought ground
south OF tho Avenue. between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets. for a
group OF buildings including the jus
tice Department. but failed to make an
appropriation.
But Attorney General Gregory is an
optimist. and is going after Congress
again. II he succeeds. he will bc blessed
forever by the nearly 200 civil service
employees Of the department. and. In
cidentally. by the newspaper profession.
half OF whose members have Depart
ment Of Justice SCOOPS chalked up
against them because they got lost in
the building and didn't find tho man
they were looking for until after the
paper had gone to press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

Blachs Closes Monday at 1 P. M.-Labor Day Blachs Closes All Day Next Thursday - Holiday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

this Is a painful situation Thanks how ever, are due to friends who have not for gotten us and it is hoped that tho small receptacles placed at various points in the city for donations may be freely used by large number of citizens. The fol- lowing friends have given space for these receptacles: Brown-Marx cigar store, Empire cigar store. Mims Stones cafe, Nenable's cafe Beavers cafe Metropoli- tan cafe. Patton-pope cigar store, News paper club, Nunnaly eompany's Twen- tieth street store. Erckert's barber shop, Averyts. Twentieth street: Hagan-Dun- lap Drug company. Adams Drug com pany. Iiillman hotel, Chris cafe, Florence hotel cigar store, Pryor Plumlee's and loaned by Gen. l.. V. Clark for use as long as they may be needed.
 The association records it's thanks to Dr. Walsh for number of hammoo.ks. IL ss only owing to the generous activity of inc ladies and friends who assisted in the Red Cross seals campaign that the association has been able to carry on it's work al full pressure during this summer but now. Is the time when further gener- ous donations are urgently needed in large numbers. By the adjustment of the vIsjt- ing nurse work, a saving of $50 per month has been effected, and the fruitfuness of the garden this year, which has been un- exampled. has reduced the cost of opera tlons.
 Tn the visiting nurse work instructive and interesting details may be given. The secretary has Just seen an appalling in- stance of the need of such work and of the source of infection. A young woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

mother of two children, deserted by Ter husband, Is living with a relative and is In an advanced stage of the disease There are 1H persons in the small house. The patient has recently taken an ex- tended journey and must have been con stantly spreading the infection wherever she went The physician in charge of the case caused great annoyance by assert ing that 1t was tuberculosis, and there can be little ,doubt that the pitiful stua- tion has meant the infection of every member of her household. This is exampls number one.
 "A more cheering instance has been re- gently reported of negro woman in an advanced condition of the disease. who under the care rof the visiting nurse ap- pears to be on the way to complete ar rest Thus sunshine and shadow go close together in the work of the association.
 The dlspensary report for the month shows that there were al examinations made, of whom F were negative ss- picious. incipent, moderately advanced and 4 far advanced Twenty-one exami- nations were made of persons already served. Two hundred and forty-se,eu visits were made by the nurse at a cost of &15 car fare. One thousand and 90 spu- tum cups and 200 paper napkins were dis trlbuted. Relief was given to z. medicine to ?, 80 quarts of milk was distributed and baths given to patients. Four spe .i- mems of sputum were submitted to tho city laboratory, n houses reported for Immigration, , patients sent to the sana- tomum and to the almshouse. Thirteen deaths occurred in the out department during the month and IT new cases W ere fcund'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
DR. EAVES MAKES HIS REPORT FOR AUGUST Handicapped by the With drawal of Appropriation
 From City

The report of the work done by the Jefferson County Anti-Tuberculosis so- ciety during the month of August was made public yesterday by Dr. Geor ge Eaves the secretary. It follows:
 twenty -four cases have been treated at the sanatorium during the month of August six have paid a portion and nine have met the full cost of board. The av- craze number of patients during the month was 36, the total of hospital days being 1124. Three were dismissed as in- stances of arrested disease, one ran away because of home sickness after a stay of one day. three were dismissed as greatly improved and will continue treat ment at home and three new patients were admitted during the month
 "The summer months bring a specially trying condition to the association be- cause donations fall off when many of our friends are away from home. This condi- tion is greatly aggravated at the present time because for the first time in a very long while the association is able to draw nothing at all from the city. With a waiting list of persons singularly adapted to receive benefit from the sanatorium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
LAW ID BE TAUGHT AT '. M. [. A. SCHOOL
Dr. s. Townsend, B. K. Fish and R. L. Lang Announced as Instructors

Announcement was made at the Y. M. ing year law will be taught in the association institute In addition to the subjects usually given. The increasing number of men in the city who wish to study law but who are unable to enter one of the universities as well as the number of those who would like to prepare for the profession without devoting to their training the three years residence required by the law schools of the first rank more than justify, in the opinion of Educational Director R. E. Mitchell. the establish ment of a school of law in Birming- ham.
 The courses in law, like the other work of the association, will be given in the evening, in view of the fact that most of those who register for the association work hold positions which require their time during business hours.
 The remarkable success of the night law schools of New York and other cities has naturally suggested that similar conditions here should be met in the same way and an opportunity for legal study afforded to those who would not otherwise have it.
 What is commonly called the lease book" system will be adopted, this be- ing the method used by the law schools of Harvard, Columbia and other insti- tutions of undisputed confluence. While the details of the plan are not yet ready to be given out, some of the instructors have been selected. among whom are D. S. Townsend, B. K Fisk and R. l.. Lange, all of whom are members of the local bar. The first two named are graduates of Co., lumbia university, New York, and Mir. Townsend Is a member of the New York bar. while Mir. Lange studied law at Oxford university. England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

ROTOGRAvuRE: ROTOCltAyURE.
 PHOTOGRAPHERS!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
WORK OF CONSERVATION
 OF THE ALABAMA BIRDS
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

No mere beautiful or pathetic story
 could be told than that of the pris- oner. coloeere. who was condemned to
 die, and desolate over the horror of his
 fate. was about to take his own life,
 when his attention was attracted by a little sparrow Chat had flown into his ccil
 The soothing presence of the tiny friend from the outside world came as message of hope and after a night of refreshing sleep he awoke not to
 the fear of the death penalty, but to the Knowledge that he had been
 granted another trial and new life. Tie little bird became the constant companion of the man but after six months it died. Heartbroken over the loss Cologere became ill a small notice of this pathetic story was seen in a newspaper by a woman whc became in- tcrested in the prisoner and his wife
 and child. One day she presented the prisoner with small canary. This little bird has been the constant com panion ot the man ever since, while the woman is befriending the wife and child of the prisoner.
 Remembering such stories as these we cannot but feel the necessity of protecting the birds from the cruelty of the sportsman and the small boy. Conservation does not mean the mis- erly hoarding of the natural resources of the state but a just protection to them. Public sentiment demands the conviction of those persons that trans gress the bird and game laws. Only In this way can we protect the wild life of our state.
 Several years ago the eastern and northern states recognized the neces- sity for game laws and the good re- suit soon spread and each succeeding legislation showed more states adopt Ing the laws. The south has made splendid progress along these lines, the states of Florida and Mississippi alone being without uniform game laws. Protecting the Migratory Bird
 We should feel a moral obligation ill the protection of the migratory bird.
 Birds know no state boundary lines
 and deserve our consideration Espe- cially is this true of the sweet singer
 of the north, the robin. Think of the
 horror we should feel if our own mock
 ing bird was killed on a flight to
 Cuba. The robin lives near the homes
 Of citizens and becomes a delight and
 a friend to man. An old couple liv-
 ing near Boston wrote their grandson
 who had also migrated south for the
 winter that spring has come at last
 for a robin had Just nestled in the cherry tree outside the window"
 The migratory bird has another
 value. When we consider after they
 nave done the work of one section In
 one season they go further and take up the work there, the killing of these
 birds is not a local offense, but a na-
 iiSpal In al
 The wild pigeon has become extinct and is now regarded as a curiosity. Not very many years ago the wild pig
 con was very numerous. What Is true
 of this bird Is relatively true of a great many valuable birds. Mir. William
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
Optimistic German Expression

London. September 4-t4 a. m.)-Dr. Walter Rathenau, president of the Ger man General Electric company, delivered a highly optimistic speech at a meeting of the company Friday regarding Ger many's industrial and economic condi- tions, according to Reuters Amsterdam Correspondent Dr. Rathenau is quoted as follows:
 Our anxiety concerning raw materia has vanished. The blockade no longer afflicts us. On the contrary, England, who hoped to destroy us industrially and economically, now suffers the heaviest from her own blockade, while we, de spite the blockade, are able to continue our immense work of producing unprece- dented quantities of war munitions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
Hindenburg Hunts Deer

Berlin. September 4.-(Via London, l:3s a. m)--Although he is conducting the greatest campaign of history. Field Marshal Won Hindenburg found time thls week to take q day off for his ldvorito sport of deer stalking.
 He arrived Monday evening at Schip- penbeil. in East Prussia, near the scenes of his two great battles---those of TannenberG and the MazurIan lakes.
 Accompanied by Prince Donna Schlo- bitten and Count Doenhoff, the field marshal hunted in the forest of the Countess of Eulenburg and killed two stagS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05

A. Lucas. dean of American Game Bird culture, Is responsible for the state ment that If the present rate of ruth less destruction of our game birds Is not checked. and vermin left to pray continually upon them, they will pass e' av'stence with the passing of this century,"
 s-~ publication of the Clifton Game and Forest Society of North America l desire to quote as follows
 Recent conquest of nature: When the last century opened. mans conquest of crude nature had not gone far ex- cept in scattered spots An aeroplane survey of the world showed in Europe. Asia and America few immense na- honal clear farming spaces. but the earth was still almost like a Garden oi Eden. Ocean swarmed with whale seals, sea otter and sea birds Anil nal and vegetable life of Africa and America had achieved perfect balance Africa swarmed with life. mostly mon strous floral and faunal survivals of the latter end of the Tertiary epoch, while the Quarternary bird, beast and plant life of America was equaled in number all the worlds beef cattle of tcday The measureless wild pastures were kept cropped and orderly by vegetable eaters. and the vegetarians We're prevented from eating the world eO q btdHh, S1tt0leSS ueSeTI DA Inc hungry flesh eaters, for one lion at a meal could swallow all that buffalo mad eaten in a year. Ir this way meat eating animals paradoxica1ly preserved the vegetarians by eating them; saved vegetarians from themselves, kept town their number, and thus saved plant life. for everything depends upon plant life. and plant eaters, left alone by man and other meat eaters, would surely make desert of the earth for themselves
 Animals and primitive man. As for man and his primitive weapons. the animals regarded him as a kind of Adam In Eden. so little did they fear him. Daniel Boone had to beat bison off with sticks, and the first Boers Of the Veldt were stopped for days at time by great, curious. fearless herds.
 "C1earing the earth of nature: White mans travel, trade bullets and bac- teria are turning Africa into a faunal desert, and weeds are taking the place of it's great beautifully balance floral world America has been cut cleared and narrowed of most wild things un- til only mans good and evil, wheat and weeds, possess It. Where white man goes, either his weeds or his farms must follow. So that by the end of this century the geological and botanl- cal gardens will be the only place for the lover of nature to see the scant remains of the worlds paradise of 5iologic centuries agone, when all here was finely balanced, well ordered Garden of Eden an earth full of the plants and animals that the Bible tells about"
 The Economic Value of Birds
 Statistics show that approximately SS00,000,00 is lost yearly through in sCcts. The birds are the natural enemy of insects and naturally in- crease their value as friend to man.